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J. C. LYNCH. - - Vice President, ^ ^W ^W ^ We solicit your bosinew. D*r \o>pl |
E. W. YATES. - - - * - Cashier. ^ ^ ^ V V V >
VOL. XIX. KING ST REE, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1903. NO. 3g lf|
1 am Sell
THE CELEBRA
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BAD NEGRO USES PISTOL WITH
DEADLY EFFECT.
One Whit? Man Kilted a^d Another t
Wounded?Ne?ro Escaped and
is Still at Large.
Rosemary, October 7:?One
man sbot and another Mounded
is the work of the nimble pistol
in the hands of Rufus Pursy, a negro
desperado, at Rosemary, a station on
the G & W R R, just beyond Harpers
aud only a few miles from the
Williamsburg line, on Friday evening,
October 2, at 7:30 o'clock.
The inau who was killed is Mr
George H Almeida, a boiler-maker
in the employ of the A. C- Lumber
Co., aud the wounded man is Mr J j
P Wheeler of this county. The
negro escaped and so far "is we Van j
learn has not been caught up to this
time Mr Wheeler's wound fortunately
turns out to be a flesh one and i
serious effects are not apprehended.:
Following are the particulars of the !
affair as telegraphed to the Columbia i
^ State by its Georgetown correspondent:
*" The negro, a man of very bad !
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cnaractrr, uikuc ixhu^cil ?ci ? vuvu i
sive in the presence of Night* Watch- j
man Wheeler, who was on duty, and .
who ordered him off the premises. !
The negro cursed the night watch
uiau and made threats of violence, but
walked away to his cabin. A number
of white men were aroused to;
anger bv his vile language and fol- ;
lowed the negro to his place of re- I
treat, headed by Mr Wheeler. Among 1
the party was Almeida, a young man j
who was universally liked, and a
perfect athlete. Wheeler pushed
open the door and walked in followed
by the rest, when the negro i
opened fire with his pistol, one bnl- ,
let striking Wheeler in the mouth
and passing out at the jaw, inflicting
a painful but not dangerous wound. .
Almeida received a mortal wound,
in the head, from the effects of which i
he died in twenty minutes. Great i
indignation at the horrible deed of
this negro is felt here by those who ,
have so far heard of it, and if he is !
Ciught, summary punishment should
be given him under the law, and a
salutary object lesson taught to the
lawless element among the blacks in
this section, at present fast going |
from bad to worse. j
You will find it to your interest
to call at Thomas & Bradham's
before purchasing a buggy or
wagon. Nice lot at rock bottom
prices.
ICE CREAM PARLOR CLOSED.
In announcing the closing of my '
ic* cream parlors for tlie season, I
wish to thank the public for their i
liberal patronage given me during
the past year. My parlors have been j
a popular resort ail summer and my
friends in town and in the country
have mv siueerest thanks. When
the chilly days of winter are over
and the balmy days of spring are |
here once more, my parlors will again i
be opened and I will be letter preparea
than ever to serve my custom-'
ers, and I hope to see them all and
many'new ones next season.
Respectfully,
L. J. Stack ley.
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VARIOUS HAPP.-NINGS IN TOWN '
AND VICINITY. !
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People Who are Coming and Going? ]
The Vexed Labor j
Problem,
Lake City, October 7:?Mr and
Mrs C 11 Gaudy visited relatives in
town recently.
Miss Elmer Epps is speudiugsome
time at her brother's, Mr II V Epps'.
Mr W E Carter and family moved
into town last week to make thter
home with us. We extend them a
hearty welcome and hope they will
tind our town so pleasant that their
stay will be permanent.
Editor C W Wolfe was in town
Saturday last a few hours.
The splendid brick store of Mr
J L C Moore is Hearing completion.
The counters and shelving are now i
being put in. i
Mr "Zcke" Brown is now running I
the Planters' restaurant,, having secured
the same from Messrs Belk
and Uodgers.
Mr H Xachmau spent last Wednesday
and Thursday in Columbia on
business. <
LeRoy Lee, Esq., attended Magistrate
Baldwin's court Tuesday. He <
represented the defendants in the (
case of State Jesse Graham and
Zingle Singletary, violation of dispensary
law.
' Dr J R Brockinton came up from '
Turkey Creek Saturday and spertl
the day in town on business. The ,,
Doctor says that the cotton crop of
his township (Turkey) is about 60
per cent of a full crop.
Dr F W Ham, who is a graduate ,
of the dental department of the Bal"
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tiniore Medical college, win ue uere i
from the 15th to the 22nd of Octo- j
ber. He will be found over Pr ;
Courtney's drug store.
The labor question has become a '
serious problem in this section. So
far as the town is concerned affairs
have reached the point where m ile
labor can not be had under any
circumstances. It is only occasionally
that a negro man can be hired i
to even chop an armful of stove j
wood. The streets, are tilled with
loafers who will not work be it ever
so little, except in the tobacco ware-!
houses and pack houses. The con - )
ditious in the surrounding country
are 110 better, if not positively worse. '
We have heard complaints from all
A-..? - A a.v-kitto onnrnurh .
(jliurtcrs. U ISO at; mo au|/iv?vu
ing. A number of fa riners tell us !
that the time is at hand wheu something
must be done. What is that
something and how shall it be done?
Pr A II Williams, president of
the Bank of Lake City, attended the
Bankers' Convention in Columbia
T uesda y.
Mr J J Morris was called to Harpers
Tuesday by news of the death
of his sister, Mrs E A Powers, who
had been sick of typhoid fever for i
some days. The funeral services 1
held at. Trio on Wednesday, i
Mrs Powers was a widow and - leaves
five children?two sous and three
daughters?all of whom are grown
up.
W. L. B.
SWIFT RETRIBUTION.
A Trio of Youthful Culprits in the
Toils of the law.
Monday morning when Messrs
Lee and StAmand opened their office
they found that one of the windows
had been forced open, evidently
by some one with burglarious intention.
They also discovered that the
safe was unlocked and that a sum
of money?something tover $20?
had been stolen. They immediately
set to work to try to find out who
had committed the high-handed
burglary. The affair was reported
to the merchants in town who were
usked to look out for susDicous
characters who were conspiciously
flush with coin.
On Tuesday Mr Winslow Wright
of Scranton, who had heard of the
robbery, telegraphed here that two
small negro boys had been spending
money freely in his store. Mr
Wright was advised to hold the
boys and, accompanied by Sheriff
Graham, Mr Lee went to Scranton
on the evening train. The boys
proved to be Ben Williams and Sam
Kennedy from Kingstree. Both
were arrested and Ben confessed the
crime, desciibed how it was done
on Sunday morning and implicated
both Sam Kennedy and Asbury Mouzon,
the latter being a negro boy
about 18 years old, who was employed
to clean up the office.
The two boys were, brought back
here Tuesday night and yesterday,
along with Asbury Mouzon, tney
were given a preliminary hearing
before J udge T E Salters. A probable
case being made out they were
all three bound over to the circuit
court.
Kennedy and Williams are quite
>mall and young in years, bnt the
former has already figured in one
3r two thieving escapades.
Buggies, Wagons and Harness all
leading and standard makes at
Thomas & Bradham's.
W. c. T. U. CONVENTION.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold its annual
Convention at Anderson, S. U ,
October 15ih to 18 h. Delegates
wishing to attend will write at
nice to Mrs M E Liuon, 214
Whiten S', Anderson, 5\ V.
IV^ Iiomm in have a larire attend
rince ami a delightful Convention.
Mrs Unroll of Oregon, National
Organ.z >r. will be with us during
the entire Convention. The Convention
will he welcomed on
Thursday evening, October loth,
by Hon J M Sullivan, Mayor, Mr
B F Cray ton and Rev M B Kelly,
nf the Methodist Church, and Mr?
Bleekly of the W 0 T U.
Rev VV I Herbert of Columbia,
S C, will give an address on
Temperance Friday night. Rev
\V R Murchison of the Central
Ureshyterian church will preach
a serin ni before the Convention
at eleven A. M , on Sundav. Mrs
Uuruh will give an address on
Suudav evening.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
Scott* Emulsion is the
means of life and of the enjoyment
of life of thousands of
men, wot .en and children.
To the men Scott's Emulsion
gives the flesh and
strength so necessary for the
cure of consumption and the
repairing of body losses from
any wasting disease.
For women Scott's Emulsion
does this and more. It is
a most sustaining food and
#o #
f Antr? f r\y* cr?r?^inl trial*; that
LWIliV^ 1UI V&1V* v* im.W
women have to bear.
To children Scott's Emulsion
gives food and strength
for growth of flesh and bone
and blood. For pale girls,
for thin and sickly boys Scott's
Emulsion is a great help.
? jnd for free sample.
SCOTT & EOWNE, Chemists.
409-415 Pearl Street. NewYork.
50c. and C'l.OO: all druggists*
11181 Kill.'
WILLIAMSBURG FARMERS* PROj
TECTIVE UNION FORMED
; Permanent Organizatin Effected and i
j Officer* Elected?Other Buai- (
nes8 Transacted.
The meeting of farmers and those
i of other occupations who sympa- i
! thixe with the producers in their effort
to combat the oppressive power ,
j of the trnsts was held in the court;
I house Monday. While the crowd was j
I %?/? nyv low/va .?a if oKaiiI/1 kuva Koon ' \
I nut ou laigc ao iv ouvum uu * v uwu
; there were present representative men
| from all sections and the hall of
j meeting was comfortably filled.
I Capt W D Fitch was called to
the chair and C W Wolfe was requested
to act as secretary.
Capt Fitch explained the object
of the meetiug, which was to receive
the reports of committees ap,
pointed at the Lake City conven|
tion. The roll of townships was
i called but only a few of the dele!
gates responded and most of the
j reports fi om these were not very :
j satisfactory; so that finally Mr Cari
ter moved that the calling of the 1
! roll be dispensed with and that the <
1 meeting go into convention to effect '
a permanent organization. This ]
motion prevailed and there followed quite
a lengthy and spirited discus- ]
sion as to the what plan of organiz- j
ation should be adopted.
It was finally suggested that the
North Carolina plan be patterned <
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UXU'f UUU J1I O u iutv/unuugu
wanted to know what had become
of the Jforth Carolina organization,
as he had heard that it had gone
under. Mr Carter thought that
that report was erroneous and that it 1
had been circulated by interested
parties from sinister motives.
Mr A C Stewart wanted to know
j if the intention was to fight all
j trusts or only the tobacco trnst. It I
j was unanimously agreed that the
fight was against all trusts. Mr W
W Kennedy then moved to take a
vote us to whether or not there
should there should be any organization
at all. This resulted in a
unanimous affirmative vote. Some
more speaking followed and a motion
looking to a permanent auti- I
trust organization was made and
' carried. A motion was made that
; the organization be named "The
; Farmers' Prtt.-ctive Union, and that
: the officers, a president, a Nice-president,
a secretary and a treasurer, be
elected and an executive committee
i i\f fivo nrmnintPfl hv thfi ohuir. I
The motion was carried and the following
officers wei? chosen.
J Davis CarterJ piesident; J G
McCul lough, vic^president; C W
Wolfe, secretary and H H Kinder
treasurer.
The president announced that
the appointment of members of the
j executive committee-men would be ;
| made later.
A committee of five was appointed
to draft resolutions and by-laws
, and to report at the next meeting.
! On this committee the following'
i were appointed: H P Baldwin, P H j
i Stall, J G McCul lough, Dr W V
Brockinton and W W Kennedy. It
was moved that the next meeting be
j held on the first Monday in November
! After an earnest appeal in behalf of
j the Farmers' Alliance by President
A C Stewart and the announcement j
that a meeting of the County Alii- j
iance would be held heie Friday next j
'a motion for adjournment prevailed.,
Statement of The Bank
of Kings tree
j At the close of business Sept. 30, 1003.
resoikces.
! Loan* and Discounts, $13,924 96i
jJteal Estateai.d Hank Iluildin?*
.... 2. P4 811
! Furniture and Fixtures 890 93;
?tasli ?>n hand and in Banks 60.440 31;
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i Total - - $107,431 031
l.I ABILITIES.
Capital Stock - - $15,000 00 ,
Surplus ... . 2,000 00
i Cndivided Profits. Ex paid - 2 876 02
j Deposits - 87.375 01
Total - - / 107,4.">l 03
! Stare ??f SouthC.?rolina. \
Williamsburg too toy.
Personally appealed before ine, E. C.
Epps, Cashier of the Hank of Kings
tree, who on oath -ays. that the above
! statement is true to the best of his
udgment and belief.
E. C. EPPS, ( asliier.
i Sworn to before me this l*t dty of
Oct. 1903. JOHN A. KELLEV,
Notary Public. , ,
! Correct Attest: " J L.S. [
D. C. Scott, ' ?
J. A. Kelley,
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Subscribe to The Rkcorp. ?
LOST POLICY 33332.
To whom it may concern:
This is to give notice that Policy
No. 33332 of the Phenix Insurance
Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has
been lost or mislaid from the office
and files of said company's former
agent, R D Rollins, there being no
record whatever of said policy, it
haviug never been issued by said
agent, Rollins, and said policy is
hereby declared Null and Void by
said Phenix Insurance Company.
Any information that can be given
as to the whereabouts of above mentioned
policy, or the policy itself returned
to the Company at the office
of |H C Stockdell, General Agent,
Atlanta, Ga., will be appreciated by
the Company and by its local representative
in Kingstree, S. C., Mr C
W Wolfe.
Mortuary.
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Died, on Tuesday, October, 6/ 1
1903, at 2:30 a. m., at her home in
Darlington, S. C., Mrs Metta Epps,
wife of Mr John W Epps, formerly
of Kingstree. The funeral services
were held in Darlington, at 4 o'clock
p. m., yesterday. Mrs Epps is survived
by her husband and two child
reu, comprising her immediate fam- 1
ily.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
To be Held at Pleasant Hill Church
October 16-18.
11 o'clock, Friday, Introductory
Sermon, VV 11 Riley.
12 o'clock. Organization and
Report of School*.
8 o'clock, Brief Survey of Lessonx
lor Oclober, J W Powell,
9 o'clock. How can a Bible be
Kept op in a Sunday-school! J O
Rus*.
10 o'clock, Saturday, Devotional
Exercise, J E Williams. (1)
What can be Done to Improve Our
Sii.uint? W D Miller. (2) What
is 0 ir duty as Sunday school Work
era nod how (Jan We Advance the
Cause of Sunday-schools? J J
Powers, .1 G Williams, James
Gunier.
Brief Survey ol Lessons for November,
E M Hicks.
7 o'clock, Brief Survey of Lessons
for December, S T Russell.
8 o'clock, Can a Chitrch-nember
be Consistent and do Nothing for ,
ihe School iu Hisi Church? J N ?
L-rrimore.
BETTER THAN PILLS.
The qaestion has been asked?In
what way are Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets superior to the
ordinary cathartic and liver pills?
Oar answer is?They are easier and
more pleasant to take and their effect
is to gentle ai d so agreeable that
one hardly realizes that it is produced
bv a medicine. Then they
not only move the bowels
but improve the appetite and
aid the digestion. For sale at
25 cents per bottle by j)r D
C Scoti, Kingsiree; Lake City Drug
Co., Lake City; Dr W S Lynch,
Scranton.
If troubled with a weak digestion l
tryChamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tulileti. Thpv will do vou good*
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For sale by Dr f) C Scoit, Kmgsti'ee;
Lake City Drug Co., Lake City; Dr
\V S Lynch, Scranton.
The mjyi who targets easiest has
the cUarefit conscience.
MANY MOTHERS OF A LIKE
OPINION.
I Mrs Pilmer, of C\ rdova, Iowa,
s?ys: ''Cue of my child it* was sub-'
ject to croup of a serious type, and
the giving of Chamberlain's Cough
Kemedy promptly, always brought
relief. Many mothers in this neighborhood
think the same as I do
a 'out this remedy and want no other
k nd for their children." For sale by
If, D C Scott, Kingstree; Lnke City
Drug Co., Lake City* Dr W L
Lynch, Scranton.
Old pipers for sale at this office.
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