The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 28, 1904, Image 1
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r DEATH OF CAPT D. E. GORDON. f0]
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Williamsburg Loses an Old and H:ghly jjp
Esteemed Citizen an
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Capt 1) E Gordon passed awav last
Friday at 0:30 p m., at his home at (iHi
Lanes, after an illness of five days, i
He was stricken with apoplexy on afc
Sunday. January 17. aad grew grad-: da;
ually worse until the end came Hisj jut
funeral services were held at Union j Tli
Presbyterian church la<t Sunday at: Lo
12 m. A large crowd was present th(
and touching eulogies .were pro- i th<
nounced upon the deceased by Dr a ]
J W Flynn of the South Carolina j
College faculty, and Rev James Mc- La
Dowell, of Manning. Both of these elii
were close personal friends of Captjjov
Goidon and both spoki* feelingly of th<
his many sterling virtues. The fol- vve
- lowing from Kingstree were noted gn(
among those who attended the fn-jstr
neral: Messrs B H Myers, II 0 j
Britton, W W Grayson, G P Nelson, i
J A Kelley, Louis Jacobs, R 0 Logan.
L Stackley, L Stackley, Jr., J
P Nelson; 0 II Patrick, Mr and Sirs a b
Edwin Harper, C W Stoll, P H i ow
Stoll, Hugh McCutcheu, W R Scott, on<
J P Shaw, M Burgess, Otis Arrow- tin
smith, Miss B Jacobs, P G Gourdin, oul
Mrs W G Gamble, Miss Martha '
Gourdin, Miss Esther Gordon, M S am
Montgomery, Lucius Montgomery, ter
Capt Gordon was one of the oldest; bm
aud most highly esteemed citizens <?f j
4 tivii? .1 * a_ nr
muipuisourg county. ?e are in-1 we
- debted tx> a friend for the following j Yu
synopsis of his life: j the
" David. Ervin Gordon was born j 1
October 2, 1832, and died January i Wt
22. 1904, aged 72 years, 3 months doi
and 20 days. He was gradnatea !
from Davidson College, N. C., in pai
1853, with second honor. He was lea
married twice?first to Miss Esther j in
McKnight in 1854, and in 1869 tnjeac
Miss Mary H Nettles, wh survives! rni
him. He leaves three children bv | Ion
his first marriage and four by his po<
second, having lost two children of j in
each mariiage. He also leaves 14
grand-children. wr
At the outbreak of the Confederate
wai h" was among the first tojalv
offer his services to his country. He , pa
first entered Col Blanding's regiment Sp
and was subsequently transferred to: vo<
Gen M C Bu'ler's Cavalry. He was |
a brave and splendid soldier. He'
was captured and kept a prisoner for;
14 months, first at Point Lookout
aud afterwards at Ft > elaware. While
held a prisoner he was selected as
one of the officeis to be retaliated
up n by being placed between the ^
Federal and Confederate batteries on
Morris Island, near Charleston.
There he remained under fire for 1
* nearly two months. He was removed
irom there to Ft Pulaski, near the
* mouth of the Savannah river, and
there made to bear measures of ret ?li-' va
ation for the alleged maltreatment of J
Federal prisou?rs confined at Ander-; P
sonrille, and was fed on rotten corn ; *?
meal for two months. He finally j Or
reached home in July, 1865, having!
been mercifully spared notwith-1
standing the great hardships that he
was called upon to bear.
^ His life as a citizen was as exempt
plary as that of the soldier. He held
I thaoffice of magistrate off and on
' fi^Btwenty years and made an exl
official.
ft in life he gave his heart to ^
and he continued faithful pl<
He was deacon of his foi
umber of years and joh
m He
?flules.
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GENTLE AND SOUND
get your pick,
ELLER.
r many years superintendent of th<
intlay-school and otten led m pub
prayer Kind-hearted, genial
d benevolent his circle of friend;
tended throughout the county ant1
inv hearts are tiowed in sadness be
use of his death.
He was an enthusiastic Confede
veteran and was elected Connnari
nt of Camp Pressly each succeed*
year since its organization
lere was uo one more loyal to the
st Pause than he; and to keep aim
* principles aujl ideals for which
? South conteuded was with him
abor of love.
A.s host of the Gordon House at
nes, he is well known to the travug
public, and those who have ened
his hospitality will sorely miss
1 cheerful greeting and cordial
Icome he was wont to give to the
ests of his house, whether friend 01
anger.
letter to E C Epps.
Dear Sir: Your business is, when
louse burns down, to give the
uer some money to build a new
?. It is a good business, i^ueer
it the world got ou so long witht
it.
We paint the ??tie tha4 burnt down
1 the new one too. What is bet,
we paint the house that don''
rn down.
i'ou insure the house that burn;
insure the houses that don't,
u have the ashes and smoke; all
houses arc ours.
We paint lead-and zinc; Devoe.
i soil the paint to painters; we
n't. paint.
I ead and oil is the old fashion
nt. Devoe is zinc ground in with
d and linseed oil: the best paint
the world: and the cheapest, be:se
it tak-s fewer gallons than
sed paints and it wears t-Mce as
? I ! I \T..I 1_
igsts on i and on mooouv wants
ir paint; there's' lots of it, though,
the woild.
A. M Griffin, Plainfield. X J.
ites:
'Mr Aaron Higgins, of Plainfield,
lavs used 15 gallons of mixed
int for his new house. Last
riog he bought 15 gallons of Be
e and h ?1 4 gallons left."
Yours truly
F W Devoe & C'o
New York
NOT| :E
Rooms to rent and one lot on
tin Street for Sale.
Mrs Virginia Brockinton,
29 2t Kingstree, S. (',
SHAW'S PURE MALT? It<
lue in sickness has been tried and
aved. In the home it i? not safe
be without it. Absolutely pure
i sale at all dispensaries.
Matis the root ot ;<i
tl.
W o-ro her a w I iln-re'*
A ?iiif.
OLD HICKORY ?Strength foi
e weak; comfort for the strong;
?asant and harmless invigoration
r both. Rich and mellow, pirn
I Kentuckey whiskey. On sale at
I S FE CRACKERS AT LAKE CITY. |
I Th-* Lake City Drug Co's Store Broken
Open and the Safe Rifled
i Lake City, January 27:? Last
'nigfit the store of th# Lake City
i Dm:: Co was broken into and the
J safe blown open and rifled of ils
contents. Three hundred dollars
: cash was stolen, besides due bills to '
the amount of nearly $200 were1
: missing. Fiftv dollars of the inonev
jo. .
j 1 was in silver, contained in a canvass
sack, and the rest in currency. The
robbers first broke into Mr WJ
Godwin's blacksmith shop and secured
what tools they needed. En#'
trance into the drug store was made
| 'hrough the fiont door. The safe
I was blown open in the usual manner,
by knocking off the knob ant!
the combination disk aud inserting
( | some kind of high explosive.
The noise of the explosion was ,
. heard about 3 o,clo3k a. m. by sev?
eial parties who at the time did not
suspect the cause, and the burglary
3 was not discovered until this morn- '
^ I ing when the clerk went to open the 1
store. ,
, ON A SERIOUS CHARGE |
!
Rosha Flowers Charged With Robbe g (
the Lake C'ty Drug Oo's Store. (
On a warrant sworn out before j
( Magistrate Grayson yesterday by D <
M Epps, of Lake City, Rosha Flow- ?
ers, a young white man about town, .
was arrested on a charge of burglary <
i and kreenv. The warrant of arrest t
I charges Flowers with breaking into
'and robbing the Lake City Drug
Co?s store Tuesday night. When
i questioned about the matter Flowers
ralked quite freely. He admits having
been in Lake City yesterday, but
claims that he returned here on
train 39, which arrived at Kingstree
at 9:10 p. m. He says that he
will have no difficulty in proving his
stitement. The preliminary hearing
will probably be held to-day.
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LA KE CITY NEWS.
Marriage of?opular Yourg People?
Pers n.*l.
Lake City, January 27:? Mr C
R Gandv is now agent of the Coast
j Line at Lake City, vice Mr N L
t 0*ei street, transferred We regret
1 to lose Mr Overetreet but are very f
i glad that his place is taken by Mr
J Gaudy, to whom we extend a most {
hearty welcome. We are also dei
lighted to have Mrs Gaudy among 1
' us again. I
On Thursday evening, the 21sf
inst nt, Mr Ralph F Joyi.erand Miss c
Ida G Rodgers were united in mar- t
riage. The ceremony ook place at u
j the Methodist chuich a^d was per- t
I formed by Rev J B Traywick, the '
imstor. Quite s? number of friends I
j were present 'o wish God sp^ed to }
, the hapoy couple at the beginning
of their journey, which will lie c
traveled hand ju hand till death do }>'
, them part. The contracting parties 1
are both popular and count their
' friends by the score. The bride is !
1 one of the brightest, most energetic a
i and most hithly respected young c
ladies of our town. May their path- i
way lead among flowers, by clear c
running waters, under tne open blue a
sky and where perfume of rose aDd t
violet sweetens the air. i
We are glad to note that Mrs 1
' Blackwell, who has been quite sick, '
... 1
is improving. :
j! Mr Hugh Gaskins died at hie
home about four miles from here on
[ last Friday. He was about sevenly i
' years of age. j
Mr W A Webster is havincr his J
dwelling painted which will add 1
greatly to its appearance. W. L. B. 1
i
A Card.
r Editor County Record:? J
I take this method of bidding my ]
friends :u Kingstree and Williams
bnrg county a reluctaut farewell and J <
Ul lliail lllg (iliciu iUl men uiaiij I'
r kindnesses during my residence in
i Kiugstree. ' Respectfully yours, i
B. H. Myers. ,
t , -
Strength has Itf tie need o< style.
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TEVIEW AND FORECAST OF
PROCEEDINGS.
Bienn:al Sessions Bi'l Passes?Legis-,
lative Election?Matters of Interest I
to Williamsburg. i
The Capitol. Columbia, Janu-j
a- 'PL. 1^1:
ary zo.? i ne elections are now over i
and the Assembly is settling down j
to work. The work consists mostly 1
in killing bills and not in enacting !
new measures. The calendars are!
crowded with useless and even sense-!
less stuff.
JusticeCAWo.xls was reelected
unanimously, there being no opposition.
His term is for eight years.
Hon W 0 'latum succeeds H H
( rum as State Liquor Commissioner.
"Hub" Evans was elected chairman
of the State Board of Directors, defeating
McDerinott by nearly two
to one. The other two member of
the Board selected are Boykin and
Towill.
Aliss L H LaBorde was reelected
State Librarian by a very flattering
vote. The two new members of
Board of Directors of the Penitentiary
are Peurifov, of Saluda, and
Wingo, of Greenville. These, and
the election of two or three new trustees
tor each of the State schools consumed
a 1 of Thursday?day and
night sessions.
The Shad bill has passed the 1
toughest place and may now be con- 1
ddered probably safe. It came up
m second reading in the Senate Fri- 1
Jay. Senator Walker, of George- <
wwn, made a most desperate and i
letermined fight to kill it but the I
Senators have had their eyes opened.
The battle in the House last session
ittracted the atteution of the entire
State and the people brought presuire
that, no wise man could afford to ]
esist. Senator Ragsdale, of Flor*nce,
had charge of the bill in his ,
*nd of the Capitol aud in his reply \
swept the opposition olf .ts feet. He ,
certainly made a spirited defense of (
;he measure. The bill was debated (
Friday and Saturday and a vote was ]
eaehed about 1 o'clock the last ?
lamed day. The vote was 20 to 6 ,
n favor of the measure?an overwhelming
victory. It will have its ]
bird reading in a few days and it
nay possibly then be slaughtered, but |
his is not probable, and I feel con- ,
ident that I shall be able to say in j
lext issue th it it has passed its last (
gauntlet. The Georgetown delega- s
ion is sick, sick. i
Several bills having for their ob- i
ect the creation of new judicial cir;uit8
have been introduced and it
eems probable that one of them will
>ass.
Biennial sessions of the General I
Assembly is the subject of four oi l
ive measures. One of the?e has |
>ussed the Senate and is now in the j
louse.
The laborers'contract law is re- '
eivingan unusual amount of atteniou.
Members are falliug over each ,
ither in their efforts to tinker with
his act. '1 he law as it now stands
s a good < ue. Yet it might be 1m- !
>roved, but not bv the changes pro- '
wsed For a little notoriety some (
eeui willing to risk ruining an *ex- ,
:ellent and necessary statute. A
jreatdeal of the so-calleo legislation '
hat goes on here is of this stamp.
A bill was introduced in the House
ilonday w hich provides local optiou
is to the establishment aud removal <
>f dispensaries In substance, the
neasure provides that upon petition j
if one-fourth of the voters of a county <
in election shall be heid on the quesion
of dispensary or no dispensary,
ind if the result be in favor of a dis- j
ver.sary then it muy be established ,
if a majority of the voters of the
own in which it is to be located vote j
n favor of it. If the result be
igainst dispensaries, none shall be
jstablished aud if any are already es- .
Lablished they shall be removed. This "
is about the idea of it as nearly
is can be given in a few words. Tlie
fate of the bill is entirely uncertain,
but it has very strong backing and
will be pushed vigorously.
Senator Goodwin's bill which provides
that all persons who obtain
money or valuable security from any
person while under contract (either
verbal or written) to lebor for auy
other person, firm or corporation,
shall be guilty of a breach of trust
with fraudulent intent aud punished
us far larceny?this bill is for reachng
aud will be of general interest.
It seems probable that one hundred
and twenty four scholarships, worth
P
I
| $100 each, in Cleinson college will
be created. This involves no extfji
appropriation, but they are to be
paid out of the funds arising from
the tag tax.
Mr Smith of Horry, has a bill in
the House who provides for t ie return
and equalization of property.
The measure is too lengthy to give
here, but will say that its aim is to
get pioperty on the tax books at its
value and to remedy the evils of the
present system. It is a step in the
right direction and as such should be
welcomed.
The members of the Williamsbnrg
delegation are preparing our supply
bill for this year. Some few chauges
will be made such as a little increase
in the salaries of magistrate and constable
at Kingstiee, costs to magistrates
who hold inquests, such costs
to be deducted from coroner's salary
which is increased to a small eitei.t,
etc.
We have some measures in soak
which will be put before the Assembly
before long. Among these may
be mentioned the creation of some
new townships and changes in some
old ones, a restriction on patent
medicine peddlers, etc.
The question of biennial sessions
of the Assembly will probably be
submitted to the people at the next
TKo rnaitlnfinn fn tViof of
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feet after going through tho innate
passed the second reading in the
House Monday, but by only four
votes. There remains only one more
opportunity to defeat it, to wit: on
the third reading.
Mr Lanham will introduce a bill
to-moirow providing that beneficiary
;adet? in the Citadel shall be under
no obligation to teach after graduation.
W. L. B.
Central Hotel Changes Hands.
Mr B H Myers and family, who
have been conductiug the < entral
Hotel for the past two years, left
resterday for Latia, where they will
?ngage in the hotel business. Their
nany friends here wish them success
in their new venture. Mr My;rs
says that he will have a new
brick hotel bmlding, roomy and
ipacions, with modem improvenents,
and he has every reason to
believe that he will do a good buriiess
in the thriving town of Latta.
The Central Hotel passes into the
hands of Mr I A Keels. Mr Keels,
tvho is a traveling man himself, says
;hat he will make the accomodations
>f his hotel first class in every reipect.
He is familiar with the
amis of the traveling pnblic and
?vill make it bis bnsiness to supply
them.
BRILLIANT YOUNQ ORATOR
VlrHE Dav's of Williamsburg Wins
Medal Offered by Daughters of
Confederacy.
A large number were gathered in
he auditorium of the College for
Women on Tuesday evening, when
;he Wade Hampton Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy presented
a handsome gold medal to the
successful competitor for the beet
jssav on the subject assigned by the
chapter. This contest is placed
>pen to all students of the South
Carolina College, and in this way,
much valuable material relative to;he
Confederacy is being collected,
is well as familiarizing the present
geneiation in the problems of that
^ause for which their parents fought.
The subject this year was: "Was it
Kither Right or Jnst for the North
Impose Military Discipline on the
South After the War?"
Mr H E Davis, of Williamsburg,
was awarded the medal, the committee
of judges h iving decided unanimously
in his favor. On this committee
wei# Mr Andrew Crawford
Superintendent Dreher and Mr F H
McMaster.
The subject announced for next
year is ''Tha South Carolina College)
in the War of States' Rights."?Sunday
News?January 24.
FOUND A CURE FOR IN DIGESTION.
I use Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablet* for indigestion and
find that they suit my case better
than any dyspepsia remedy I have
ever tried and I have used many
different remedies. I am nearly fiftyone
ypars of age and have suffered a
great deal from indtsfifiou. I can*
eat almost anything jfljc nt to now.
?Gjfo. W Emory. Pj| Mills, Ala.
For sale by Dr D C ffF':, Kingstree;
Dr W S Lynch, Scrariton; Lake City
Drug Co., Lake City,4
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