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VoL xiX. ' KlX(tSTREE^ ~sT"c~ T11URSDA V7 JULY 1071003. < V'v. NpT^ | LOCAL ITEMS j OF INTER Hon P S Wall of Scran ton was here Friday. Mr CM Riohburtr of Greelyville * n\ was nere x'uesuny. Mr L E Burkett of Taft, was in town Tuesday. Mr J P McXeii, Esq., of Florence was here Tuesday. Mr L C Dove left Monday for his home in Dovesville. Mr B A McKnlght of Gourdin was in town Saturday. ^ Hon T B Gourdin was here Monday from Heinemann. Mr Cap Epps of Workman was on ottr streets Saturday. Miss Lula Strong visited friends at Central Wednesday. T A LTal Ini? ic in OnnPrriifnvPn vnptu n 1V\TM? J ?o tM .. on professional business. Mr Eddie Lewis has been spending some time in Florence. Mr S J" M Tisdale of Greelyville was on our streets Monday Mr 8 J McCollough of Trio was here Saturday on business. Mr J C Lynch of Lynch was noted on our streets Tuesday. Edwin (irayson of Benson spent a few hours in town Saturday. Mrs It M Thomas of Mouxons visited friends in town Saturday. Mr E J Penderjjrass of Florence visited relatives in town Sunday. Mr J T Davis of the Trio section, spent some time in town Saturday. Mr Iloliert Burgess of Spring Bank was a visitor in town Tues day. Mr Mott McClain of Lake City spent Sumluy in town visiting friends. Miss Murium Steele of Florence ^ is visiting .Misses Marie and Seliua Thorn. Miss Emma Watson of Salter? was the guest of Mrs C M (.'handler Sunday. Mr \V \V Kennedy, ot the Hebron section, was on our streets Monday. -Judge T E Salter? was here Monday from Salters Depot on otllcial business. Mr Julius McFaddin of Cad?8 was a visitor at the county seat Saturday. Rev Dr Wilson of Charleston preached in the Episcopal church last Sunday. I'rof Ernest Wiggins is attending the summer school at Knoxville.? Berkeley News. Mr Ernest Iihame of Sumter was the guest of Mr M F Heller, during Monday nnd Tuesday. Mr Robert Keith Dargan of Darlington was here Monday on business relating to the oil mill. Alice Fluitt, colored, from Taft, Was pronounced insane Monday by l)rs Brockington and Epps. Miss Mamie Kellehan of Central is spending some time with the family of Mr RH Kellehan. Wilmot Gllfand has been in < Charleston sevefal days playing ball with the Light Dragoons. Mr It C Burgess, the popular "saw mill man" of the Workman section, wan in town oaturday. V Mrs D C 8cott and son, David, have gone to Maxton, X. C. to visit the formers sister, Mrs Margarette Alford. The Georgetown base ball team are expected to cross bats w?th the Kingstree team Tuesday aird Wednesday. Mrs Mary Wilson and Mr Jam?* Stewart of Charleston are at th* bedside of their father Mr T M Stewart who is suffering from a stroke of paralysis at the home of 31 r Tom 3?elley, a few miles west 4? town-. ? 1 i-.v.. . ... ! . ywymmMwmx (I AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ^ I LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ I NOTED ^ 1 | Written in Condensed Form | and Printed in Like Manner ^ I for the Sake of Our Busy ^ 1 I Readers 1 Mr G Y Jones, the elHicient Coast Line agent at this place, spent Sun- I day with his wife who is sick at } Scranton. ) Mr Eugene Montgomery of I Georgetown was here Monday on a ; 0 visit to Itis parents Mr and Mrs M S I j Montgomery. y Miss Flora Meyer left Tuesday c morning for Charleston where she () will be under Medical treatment ^ for some time. r The summer school for colored ^ teachers opened July G> with 10 teachers, since then they have en- \ rolled 20 making 30 in all. 11 Mrs H C Edwards and daughter. Mrs Willie H Edwards of iSi vai - ' nah, Ga., are visiting the son of the 1 former, Mr W II Edwards. I1 .Mr AC Stuart and Mr J Eddie Godwin of Lake City were here Friday. While in town they paid u Thk Ukcokd a pleasant call. c The second nines of Kingstree and Lake City played in Lake City J on Wednesday. The Lake City h club won by u score of 27 to 7. tl Mr W B Logan of Charleston tl visited his father, Coi It C Lagan, n this week. *' Mr Logan's man} |; friends are always glad to see him. p Miss Florence Gacnicone, wno n has been visiting the family of Capt n John A Kelley, returned to her tj home in Georgetown Friday y morning. j Mr Gilbert Epps, who has l?een ^ somewhat indisposed for the past (j few days, is at his (tost again in the wholesale department of W T Wilkins & Co. 11 'I Mr H A Meyer gave an enteitain men t in the court house Monday i.ight on his talking machine, that was much enjoyed by all who were present. n On the (tension list under the bl head of warrants for limits, the ap- a plicants under the law all get *- ) n each. Under the head of Williams- 11 burg Comes H K lirowder. (] Prof 1) \V Daniel of Clemson Col- & lege states that institutes will Ite gl held at Conway on Saturday of this week and at Greely villa on the 21st, instead of the dates previous- . ly given. 11 ei The meeting in the Presbyterian church closed last Friday night. | The Jiev Mr Bailey made a fine impression on the community and will be heartily welcomed at any S future time. Miss Mellie Singletary, daughter of Mr W It Singletary, has been s spending some time with the family of Mr B 0 Whitehead, in attendance ^ on the examination for the Winthrop scholarship. o Mr Harvey O Byrd of Scranton c, was here Friday to stand examina- ^ tion in the contest for the South Carolina College scolarsnip. While in town he was the guest of Mr 14 Sanders Whitehead. a fi Miss Carrie, the charming daugh ter of Capt It H Itodgers of Kemper, Marion county, Ik visiting her old college chums, the Misses Mabel and Belle Harper, in east Kingstree. She, with th? Misses Har- h pora, will shortly join a laige party I of friends on Pa wley's Island. I ? p The Shelton Meeting. ], The meeting in the Methodist ^ n church, conducted by the Rev John Bass Shelton, began Monday night * and is still in progress. Mr Shelton c made a tine impression here nine ^ j _i? i- it:.. years ago, ana wnen ne came una i ' time the people Mere eager to hear him. He holds three services daily? 10 a. in., 5 p. m., aud 8:30 p. m. v Large crowds are attending, aud Mr j ' Shelton is doing some tine gospel ! preaching. Great good will come c out of these services. The meeting will close Friday night. All should 'attend* b y -i "** I ff IFF HE OIL MILL PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. 'he Inrfeneitriiknt Oil Co. Takes Stock in Local Mill?Mr. R. K. Dargan made General Manager. On Monday, 13th, Inst. Mr R K )argan, of Darlington, the General rfatiugei of the Independent Oil -Iill Co., of Darlington, was in vingstree in conference with thi flicers of the Williamsburg Oil Mill tfter the conference it was anlounced that the two cotton seed ompank-s had come to an undertanding hv which there would be o conflict of interests. It will be ecalled that when the Williamsburg till was projected in the spring that he Independent Company showed ght. This company controls seam' i.\ or seven mills in this part of the fate, and is a foniiduble enemy, 'hey Iniught a cotton gin, the Thorn roperty, ai d it was understood that hey would gin free in order to get lie seed. It looked as though there mill? )u> -i rnvnl lx'twei'ii this niieern unci the honte mill. Hut lie action of the Darlington people id not stop the home people. They ad confidence in their ability to run lieir mill successfully in spite of be fight which the Darlington Mill as making on them. Finally the Arlington Co. approached the local eople, and made several propositus for consolidation. Mr Dargan inde several visits to Kingstree, and be visit of Monday bore fruit. The Williamsburg mill did not join the ndependent Co. but the Indepenent Co. simply bought ten thousand ollars worth of stock, and sustains ) the local mill the same relation bat any other stock-hqlder sustains, 'he local mill is still ''under the irect control of the local directors, 'o give the Independent Co. the ten bonsand dollars in stock it was ecessarv to increase the capita) tock from twenty to thirty thous nd dollars. Mr K ii ltargau was uwle General Manager. This is a lagnificent arrangement, and reects credit, on the business igacitv of the local ofticers. It asiires peace between the two coinpaies, and gives to the local mill the vices of the best general manager l the South. Roth parties intersted should congratulate themselves. killed by train. am Brown, Colored, Crushed by Log Train. From Taft comes the news that ant Brown, colored, was killed on 'hursday last, by a log train on the reoigetown & Western R. R. The egro was from Ashley Junction and n his way to Georgetown to seek mployment. He was walking on be train and in stepping from car 3 car fell between and was crushed 3 death. An inquest was held and verdict in accordance with above Acts was rendered. An Observation Party. On last Monday e\ening at the ospitable home of Mr and Mrs R I Kellehan on Main street, Miss itila Strong gave an Observation arty in honor of her former col^ge friend Miss Carrie Rogers of larion. Amusements and refresh t i* i j# \ i i _ icuts or aengnauj kidus wert erved for the guests, and all prcant pronounced the occasion one ol leasure. Mr C D Jacobs won the prizeshaving cup, for the best impromptu escription of his partner's dress, hile the booby prize a package ol obacco aud cigarett papers, went tc ir J G McCutcheu for the best ake recipe. A man's crookedness often get! rim mto financial straits. NEGRO DESPERADOES Two Dusky RasCala terrorize Scranton and Other Towns on the r Coast l?rie. The upper- section of the county , from Scranton up, on the line of the North Eastern It. R., has been terrorized by two negro desperadoes. Their names are John Richardson and George Williams. On last Sun' day they lauded in Scranton on ' tiain No. 40. They went at once to 1 work in their rapcality by breaking ! into the store of Mr Winslow Wright, ' and taking therefrom some tire arms, viz: one breech loading shot gun, ' one army carbine riHle, and several boxes of loaded shells. Having this : equipment they proceeded toward Florence, raidiug an orchard several 1 miles alK)ve Seranton and securing ' a'quantity of choice fruit. On Mon( day morning they visited the tobacco barn of a Mr Jordan, at Cowards, and opened lire on a Mr Coward, wounding him in the leg. This was entirely without provocation. Leaving this section they marched northward and attacked a chicken house, taking some fifteen chickens. By this time companies of citizens were formed to capture the men. Before they caught them, however, thev reached Kffimrhain and Wil Hums offered hid chickens for sale in a store. He was arrested * hile in the store. Richardson siring the plight of his companion sought refuge in a nearby forest The O ? forest was surrounded by citizens, and Mr Stephen Byrd, catching sight of the scoundrel, emptied both barrels of his gun in Richardson's face. He was then easily bagged. In his body were found no less than 200 small shot while in his face and breast there were one hundred and seventy five shot. The negroes were carried to Florence and put in jail. Richardson claims to have come from Florida, but is well known in Florence. Williams says his home is in Orangeburg. 1HE SUMMER SCHOOL Opetos July 20th? lo Charge Profs E. W.-Wiggins and 'C. R. Banks. * .The Summer School lor Williamsburg will begin on Monday, the 20th, and it is earnestly hoped that a great number of teachers of the couuty will be present on the opening day. The courses of study have been so arranged as to meet the needs of the teachers of the county. Arithmetic, Algebra, Pedagogy and English will be taught, and the text ? ? * i MI t _ iir i. books Mia twin oe useu win De neniworth's Practical Arithmetic, Weutworth's First Step in Algebra, Buckler's Grammar, and a number of the shorter English classics, beginning with Evangeline, or soma other if this nas been used in formef summer schools. The English and Arithmetic will be taught by Prof C R Banks, the well-known Superintendent of the Lancaster Graded Schools, while the other branches will be taught by the principal. We trust that teachers will not harbor false ideas as to the importance or the nature of these summer schools and that we shall have a large number of teachert present We will try to make the work interesting, and at the same time, to give teachers some new . ideas in methods. This great summer school here is a striking index of the desire of teachers for better things. We have 2500 teachers present from nearly every State in the Union, coming from the high school up to the German Aniversity. Ernest Wiggins, ! Principal, | Kncrsville, Tenn., 'j July 11, 1903. "FORCE", a ready-to-serve, readyto-digest, delightful food, brings the 1 independent strength that: cotnfes of toaKk LI MILS THE NEWS AS KEPORtid B OUR CORESPONDENT. TW< hiaHanaitu Miliar?Mr ftldrfll Re-elected?A Mot f Town. Lake City, July 14.?Mrs Htwe den of Charleston has been visitiu the family of Mr A M Stifceliffe She went from liere to Florence. Mr H S Cunningham* dow c ttishopville, was in town last Wet1 nesdav. Mr Cnnningham Was resident of this county and editor c the Williamsburg Herald up to som lifteeu years ago. We understan that he is still iu the newspapc business and is editor of a paper a the county seat of Lee county. Constable J D Alsbrook of Cc lnmbia was here on business; We are informed by some of tfa most reliable citizens of the surround ing country that the seizures c whiskey made by our towu author ties have had a good effect ujxjn th blind tiger.business in the countrythat there is nothing like as nine illicit liquor sold now as before ou in ten dent and marshal began thei work. The book-keeper of the Star wan house is Mr J R Motley, of Dauvilh Va., who came clown a few days ag and took charge of the books. H is a cousin of the auctioneer of -th Star. Mr E T Moody came back to hi old home last Friday. He has bee living in Orangoburg. The dispensary matter, in al probability, is not yet ended. Thos who are opposed to the establish meat of a dispensary here believ they are in the right, and they wil tight to the last ditch; and are dctei mined that if they shall finally g down in defeat, they will go wit the full consciousness of having don all they could do to keep away fcha which they are honestly convince would be a terrible'blow not only t Lake City and Scranton bnt t upper Williamsburg county. Fc two Tears thev hare kept it away an it is not here yet. And it will b some time before it comes, if at al Those interested are considering a appeal to the United States suptem court Uupon application of th plaintiffs' attorneys |Justice Wood last Friday issued. an order stayln the remittitur from the supreni court until the further order of th court. This stays the whdie matt* for tfie present When Paul Jam was asked if he was ready to 8U1 render he made the memorable repb "I have jnst begun to fight." Thi ttply won him the battle. At a recent meeting of the boar tfftrustees Rev W H Saddler w? re-elected principal of our schoo The assistants have not yet bee selected but will be iu a short whili We think the trnstoee acted wisel is retaining Rev Saddler. He is good man, a good citizen and a goo teacher. He gave as general satk faction as any teacher can readH ably be expected to give, fto off can please everybody, and the trui tees who yield to every kick wi ruin their school. Whereetefjyc tind a school that changes teachei every year, you may mark it dow that there is something wrong wit that school. Mrs Stack of Pinewood fc tisitin relatives in town. Ground was broken Monday ft M r J L C Moore's new store. Tl site is just we&l of the did btftldin and right beside it. Tl# new IflJlK will be of brick and will measitt twenty-five by one hundred feet. One of our citizens had a weath< thermometer that was made 1 register as high as 120 degrees. Or day last week his little daughter pi (Continued on page 8.) W. T. Wilkirts ,j \ liliii . tntttififi -ra-i ; JHTM : lltln I r Buying in c&r| "load lots wi "are able m J meet compeM - line. Here arJ " some of oii I Specialties!: 1 ?ATf$^ M 4 X % 4 4 % * BAKING PdWtfEMB 1 9 " TdBACCCf aYiy GRADE 'M -i? . > . .j COTtOLENE CAS* or BK1| .. MATCHES pet fcR<3sS IS r: Pure Ovel Compound 't HAMS, BOLOGNA ?Al/S|||B CANDIES, CRACXXRfif 11 d BACON, SUGAR, Bbl or Sac* 18 POTTED HAM ahd TONoH I; CONDENSED MILK Jj " AXLE GREASE S j Wrapping PAPER tfftd BA(jH v HOMESPUN, fey /he TOBACCO OLCTrf ' f I i Efc% * * * ^ ?- molasses 8 " CHEESE 8 rt $fACARON^ I D SARDINES' 8 salmon' h I If. I.M