VOL. XIX. KL\(tSTREE^ S; C;, THURSDAY, JULY 2; 19(4 NO. 2^
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j LOCAL ITEMS
1 OF INTEREST
Next Saturday is the glorious
Fonrth.
Mis* Mamie Schultz is in town
this week from Lake City.
Capt W R Funk has been sick of
rheumatism for some days.
Mr Louis 8herfes.se of Charleston
spent Sunday in town with friends.
Next Saturday, beinc a legal holiday,
the Bank of Kingstree will ha
closed.
Miss Mary Meyer lias returned
from an extended visit to friends
^' In Charleston.
tt Messrs T 0 Poston and T M Cox
of Bloomingvalc called pleasantly
to see us Friday.
Miss Alma Gordon of Lanes is
visiting her sister, Mrs L Mouzon.?
Georgetown Outlook.
The base ball boys returned from
Georgetown this morning highly
pleased with their trip.
Mr Cash Epps of Cades, who is
now a "knight of the grip," was
here Monday on business.
Miss Maud Z Logan left Monday
for Walhalla and other points in
the up country to spend the heated
term.
Mr W E Severance, a popular
commercial salesman and broker,
was iu town Monday from Lake
City.
Mr H K Bfowder of Lanes has
received $2"> from the artificial
limb fund of the Pension Department.
Mr J P Wheeler returned to
Georgetown Monday after a visit
of several days to his family at
Cades.
Miss Mary B ?yd, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs John A
Kelley, returned Monday to her
home in Darlington.
Prof George McCu'tchen, a memP
her of the faculty of the South Carolina
College, is spending some time
at his old home ut Indiantown.
Miss Lulie Cauthen returned
Monday to her home in Orangeburg
after spending some time here
with her brother, Rev Henry
Cauthen.
Judge Townsend has issued an
order granting a change of venue
from Richland to Lexington county
in the case of the State vs James H
Tillman.
Two more cotton blooms were
received last evening from the
farm of Messrs D W Avant & Son
ot Harpers. These were picked on
the 27th of June.
Mr Androw Simonds, formerly
president of the 1st National Bank
of Charleston and prominent in
social and finaucial circles, has
been adjudged insane.
Mr and Mrs W J Bryant of
Everett City, G;t., who have been
Visiting Mrs Bryant's parents, Mr
ami Mrs B B Chandler at Rome,
returned home last week.
Miss Annie Chandler of Benson,
oue of the "sweet girl undergraduates"
of Chicora Collene, Greentille,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs L J
Barr, in West Main street.
Miss Annie Kiser, who was
recently elected as a teacher in the
Xingstree Graded school, has declined
the position. She will return
to her former position at Fairfax.
Again we are compelled, on account
of the demands on our space,
to omit many items of personal and
* . local interest. We regret the
i necessity that forces us to do this.
Dr A D Epps, who has had
charge of the small-pox case at
Fowlers, reports that his patient is
out ol danger and well on the way
to recovery. No new cases have
developed and h'e thinks now that
there is slighff danger of the disease
spreading. This intelligence is
gratifying iiWeed and speaks well
for the skillful handling of the case
t)? Dr Epps, as well as the prompt
Action taken by tin; authorities.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ^
LOCAL REPORTER AND ^1
NOTED
Written in Condensed Form ^
and Printed in Like Manner
for the Sake of Our Busv ^
Readers ^
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I .Mr PA Alsbrook has opened a:
furniture ttnd general repair shop i
in the building formerly occupied !
by Parr & Co. Later on, we tin- j
derstand, he contemplates carrying
a complete line of furniture, etc.
We call attention to the services
to be held in the Methodist church
next week. Let all the i>cople attend
these meetings. It will pay
you to hear Mr Shelton, as he is
one of the leading revivalists of the
State.
The board of county commissioners
met at Burr's Ford last Saturday
to let out the bridges at that
place for repair. The contract for
the large bridge was given to Mr
J J Eaddy for $260, and the smaller
one was hid off by Mr Z T Eaddy
at $21.30. These were the lowest
bids offered.
The editor is indebted to the
courtesy of the committee for an i
invitation to the picnic at Brown's
Ferry on July 9. We have a distinctly
agreeable recollection of
participating in the pleasure of a
stmilar occasion and would be delighted
to be present at this picnic,
if it were practicable.
MAY HAVE DISPENSAKIES.
So Savs the Supreme Court as to :
Lake City and Scranton. <
Columbia, July 1.?The supreme (
court has reversed the decision iu
the lower court in the case of the
Lake City and Scranton dispensaries.
This case has been much mooted
and it was considered as fixed that
these two ambitious Williamsburg
towns would not have a dispensary. 1
There were several constitutional
questions involved aud the decision 1
of the court, handed down by Jus- *
tige Woods, is very involved for a (
layman to understand, but it is stated
with very much positiveness
that Lake City and Scranton may
have booze after their stubborn fight 1
unless some move by the quick-wit- 1
ted attorneys for the anti-liquor faction,
Messrs Shipp Bass, find some
other way to stop it?Florence
Times.
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Whose Wheel is This?
Mr J P Wheeler has in his posession
a "Rambler" bicycle, model
38; chainle88, which he thinks was
stolen by the negro from whom he
obtained it, and he is anxious to restore
it to the rightful owner. Seeing
the negro with such a tine wheel
he questioned him aliout it;
and the negro, after telling an
improbable story to account for his
having it, became suspicious and ran
off, leaving the wheel with Mr
Wheeler. The negro gave his name
first as Jim Moore and later on as
Ed Moore. He claimed that he got
this bicycle by trading for it another
wheel that he obtained in a trade
with a negro named Willie Davis,
near Wilmington.
Mr Wheeler will be glad to communicate
with anyone who can
give him any information as to the
ownership of the wheel. His address
is Georgetown, S. CM Care A
C Lumber Co.
$5,000 LOSTI
Therefore, due notice is given,
that I will be absent from ray office
from July 1st to 9th inclusive.
Respectfully,
A \f Rvinpo
XX # AU* k/il A
Dentist.
"FORCE", a ready-to-serve, readyto-digest,
delightful food, brings the
independent strength that comes of
.health-.
'FAIR PLAY" AND "MORE ANON".
Failed to Specify When Invited
to Do So.
To Whom It May Concern:?
The local press for several weeks
past has contained articles from the
pens of Capt W II Kennedy ("Fair
riay" in tiie Weekly Man; ana ur
A M Snider ("More Anon" in The
Keeord and the Mail), which articles
were calculated to create the impression
that the town funds were ,
misappropriated. These charges
having become sensational, and public
curiosity having reached that
tension which demanded facts, and
we being unable to give the facts
(as we were as much in the dark as
the public), the editor of the j
Kecord in company with Editor P (
II Stoll, of the Weekly Mail, went \
to the offices of Capt Kennedy and I)r.
Snider and asked that they j
state specifically when, where and j
how any town funds were misappropriated,
and that we, as repre- <
sentatives of the press, would make a
personal investigation of the town
clerk and treasurer's books and if <
anv irregularities were found, the
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same would be printed prominently j
in lx>th newspapers and all corruption
exjwsed. That justice might j
be done to all and injustice to none, |
we deemed our proposition a fair j
and equitable oue. ,
Capt. Kennedy, when seen, unhesitatingly
and unequivocally stated
that he knew of no discrepancies in
the books or misappropriation of
funds, had heard of none and had
charged none. (
Dr. Snider, when called upon to
specify, declined to do so.
(Signed) C. W. Wolfe.
(Signed) P. H. Stoll.
Death of Mr T. C. Lesesne. ,
Mr T Clarence Lesesne, who for
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some months has been afflicted with (
that dread malady, consumption,
lied at his home in East Kingstree
cu lust Monday. At 3 a m the tide '
af life ebbed and his spirit crossed j
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infinite.
Mr lesesne was born in 1862 at
St Mark's, San tee, being the eldest ,
son of Mr and Mrs Sumter Lesesne, (
the former of whom has been dead (
for many years.
Mr Lesesne was a member of the
Presbyterian church. He bad long f
since realized the hopelessness of his
condition and expressed the belief :
that his sins were forgiven through ,
the redeeming power of the Savior,
lie is survived by a widowed mother
and several brothers and sisters.
The funeral services, eouducted
by Kev C F Kamsbottom, took place
at the Williamsburg cemetery at 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Kingstree vs Georgetown.
A picked nine of ball tossers went i
from here to Georgetown Tuesday to
cross bats with the Winyah boys, i
Two games were scheduled, one to 1
played Tuesday aud the other Wed- ;
nesday afternoon.
The line up tor Kingstree was as 1
follows: '
F W Fairy, p
D R Snider, c
M Scott, lb i
W Gil land, 2b
W L McGutchen, 8 8
T McCutchen, If
C Jacobs, of ;
0 Arrowsmith, 3b
J Z Hanna, rf.
W H lieardon, c
Tuesday's game was won by
Georgetown when Kingstree had 1
victory within its grasp. In the
ui nth inning, with two out and a
score of 8 to 6 in favor of Kingstree,
Geergetown got busy and made three '
runs, which gave them the game by
a score of 9 to 8.
In the second game, which came
off yesterday, Kingstree won a great
victory, shutting out Georgetown by
a- score of' 5 UfO."
from fytras;
SWORN STATEMENT DESCRI- '
BING RECENT ENCOUNTER, !
Setting Forth in Detail the Circum- t
stances Leading up to the Diffi- <
culty Between uapt. Keney ^
and Dr. Snider. ^
Editor County Record:? 1
A8 Dr. Snider has published a a
statement of the difficulty occurring (
between us, which I insist is untrue, a
I beg to hand you a sworn statement 1:
by the eye witnesses thereto, and sisk c
that you publish it. As lie has a
mentioned the name of Mr E C e
Epps, in his labored effort to make u
it appear that I decoyed him in my u
Dffice, I think it important to state a
that I asked Mr EC Hops to go J
with me to Dr Snider's house, and 1:
be present with him whet' the exam- J
i nation of the books was had, as he, a
Mr Epps, was an expert a ccountant, J
ivhich iuvituion, Mr EppJ declined.
John A. Kelley. a
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Dapt. John A. Keller, t
Kiugstrct, S. 0. (
Dear Sir:? b
At your request, we hand you 0
herewith, a sworn stitmn-iit as to t
the difficulty which occurred be- g
tween you and Dr Snider in your g
)ffice, on June 15th. c
Very respectfully, v
LkIIoy I,i k, g,
C. E. StAi and, n
F. Will Fairy. r
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA >'
County op Willi ami: euro. a
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Personally appeared be! ore me,
LeRov Lee, who being duly sworn,
jays: That on Monday afternoon,
June 15th, he walked over to Capt.
Kelley's office, and on reaching the F
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iDor, saw that t;apt. a.eiley, ur. ;
Snider and Mr C E StAmand, town 11
ilerk and treasurer, were busily engaged
looking over some books and ^
papers; that thereupon deponent *
started to withdraw, but that Capt. 0
Kelley and Dr. Snider both assured a
leponent that they were not en- a
gaged in anything private and invi- ^
ted deponent in; that deponent then *
opened the door and entered. Wheu ^
ieponent had seated himself he a
noticed that Mr StAmand was ex- 8
plaining to Dr. Snider the receipts
and disbursements for the month of 0
February, 1903; that the matter of a
investigation went on for some time,
when Dr. Snider announced himself ^
T
is being satisfied that everything was 1
straight, that there were no irregu- c
larities, but Capt Kelley insisted on
his making a complete investigation, ^
ind after they had gone over the c
general fund, the dispensary fund *
ind assessment book were examined, ^
md Dr. Snider thereupon an- y
nounced himself as entirely satisfied ^
with the result, using the expression: I
"that the books were as plain as the
lose on your face." Capt. Kelley *
then asked Dr. Snider if there were C
any charges that he had to make, or ?
any reports he had heard, which he, I
Capt Kelley, could throw any light a
on, to which Dr. Snider replied that i
there were none; that he was en
tirely satisfied that there were no o
irregularities and that everything 1
was straight. Capt. Kelley then ^
said. "Well, Dr., according to i
our understanding this morning, I
you were to make suitable repara- *
tion if you found everything I
straight;" to which Dr. Snider re- r
plied, "I have not ??me to explain ?
or discuss that;" Capt, Kelley then ^
said, "Dr., you remember I told you s
this morning that the article pub- ?
lished by you last week charging t
the town council with fraud and J
corruption was very offensive and 1
insulting to the town council, and
to myself individually, and saying m
that if you found that the muni- i
cipal affairs of the town were straight, t
that the town council would expect a
you to make suitable reparation, and
hat you then said, "Yes; 1 will cOrainly
do what is right, I will give
he Devil his dues, let alone a liunun
being." To this question Dr.
Snider replied, "Yes; I remeinbcf
t;" then Capt. Kelley said, "Well,
hen, I expect it?" Dr. Snider saidj
'I cannot give it this evening," and
Japt. Kelley replied "I demand it."
)r. Snider said, "I refuse." Capt.
ielley arose and asked, "Are you
rrned?" "Dr. Snider said "No,"
}apt. Kelley then closed the door
;iid locked it and put the key into
lis nnoket.. nnd then stenned to the
" r > i i
himncy corner in the same room
nil picked up his palmetto walking
ane (one he has been constantly
liing for quite a while) and walked
ip to Dr. Snider and strnck at him
cross the edge of the table. Mr StLmaud
jumped up and caught the
ick on his arm. Capt. Kelley told
Ir. StAmand to get out of the way,
ud struck again, hich blow struck
ifr. StAmand on the head.
By this time deponent had rushed
round the table and jerked Mr.
ItAmand out of the way and taken 1
he stick from Capt. Kelley, leaving J
/'apt. Kelley and Dr. Snider, who
y this time was on his feet in front I
f Capt Kelley, facing each other, J
hey then clinched, and in a few
econds Capt. Kelley had floored Dr. j
luider and jumped on him and
ommenced beating him in the face
rith his fist. Dr. Snider in a few J
econds said to deponent "Take this
aan off of me!" To which deponent i
eplied, "No, Dr. Snider, not until '
on say you have got enough and i
ou will make satisfaction;" that in J
few seconds more Dr. Snider said:
Take him off! I have got enough, ^
nd will apologize." That depo- |
lent then took Capt Kelley off. ^
Capt Kelley, for the first tunc, i
?rodnced the written statement
rhich was published. Before signag
the statement Dr. Snider said,
Capt. Keft^, I want you to un- J
erstand that I am not going to be
orced to sign anything; but there is
/v^kinrr ? tbio ofatamant tKftf T I
ny objection to and I will sign it,"
lid he then sat dotin and signed it.
Lfter the statement was signed Capt
Selley asked Dr. Snider if any one
lelped him to prepare the article
igned "More Anon". Dr. Snider
aid, "No". Capt. Kelley then said:
Dr. Snider, will yon swear that no
ne assisted yon in preparing that
rticle?" and Dr. Snider replied;
;Yes; I will; no one helped me;"
)apt Kelley said, "Dr., didn't W
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1 X*enLICUJ WilbC tuat fti utit ai*u
arry it to your house for you to
igu aud yon could not read it and
te had to carry it back and get it
opied and you then copied it and
lad it published?" Dr. Snider 1
lung his head hnd said, ''Since
ou seem to know something about j
he facts, Capt. Kennedy did pretare
a skeleton and I tilled it in."
Capt Keller asked Dr. Snider
iow much of the article did
}apt Kennedy write, and Dr. 1
Jnider said about one-third. Capt
ielley then got the article and
sked Dr. Snider to show him how
ouch Capt Kennedy wrote and Dr
Inider pointed out about one-third 1
if the article. Capt. Kelley asked
)r. Snider why he went to Mr
Vilkins and explained to Mr Wilkns
that he did not mean the article !
mblished over the signature or ;
'More Anou" as any reflection on
lim (Mr Wilkins), but he meant to
efer to Kelley and Heller, and Dr.
Inider said he did not tell Mr.
Vilkins that; Capt. Kelley then 1
aid, "Mr Wilkins said you did", .
,nd Dr. Snider said, "I did not
ell Mr. Wilkins that", and Capt.
?elley said, "Gentlemen, bear witless
to that".
Dr. Snider then asked for some
vater and was shown by Mr Fairy .
nto the back room of the office
milding, where he bathed his face
ind soon returned to the front'room
(Contifitfed oh page 8).'
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