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; - f~m " "v -y ?j? ^jg? ' J&v fc l Bl|fiMB|^v'. BANK or LAKE CITY. , ^RMNi M '>?? A "IL BANK or LAKE CITYf f , grup (frtiitttii f^E] A. H. WILLIAMS, - - President, VH / V ft ft ML ft H ft ft. ft ft ^ - 181 ft / B. / BL ft ft , 11a i. A, GREBN, W. J. 811W0LSTAK1 I i^Ja-.rrr.'SS. C* r%^ . - i - ' -"'f"'r- " . * *' ''^ VOL. XX. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 3J, 1904. NO. 13 ?? fft I LOCAL ITEMS j OF INTEREST XMAAAMAAAAAAAAMAAWA/U Next Friday is Good Friday. MrO E Brockinton was here Monday from Lake City. PJI Stoll, Esq., went to Trio Monday on business. Mr H T McClary visited George town one day last week. Miss Cora Keels has returned home from a trip to New York. Dr SB W Courtney of Lake City < spent the day in towu Monday. Mr and Mrs W S Grayson of Beuson were in Kingstree Monday. W L Bass, Esq., was in town Monday on professional business. Mr M F Heller was in Georgetown Tuesday, says the Georgetown Times. Today is the last day to pay town taxes and licenses without the penalty. Light fiosts were reported several days this week by the local weather sharps. Mr Ed C Spann cf Greelyville, while in town Tuesday, paid us a pleasant call. , Mr Hugh McCutchen has been sick for several weeks and is still , confined to his bed. ( Mr John M Eaddy of Johusonville favored us with an agreeable visit < Monday while in town. i Mr S W Mims, from over Black river, called to see us Tuesday and renewed his subscription. Mr F Marion Britton, Sr., of Church dropped in pleasantly to see as Monday while in town. l Mr and Mrs H Eugene Montgom- j ery came up from Georgetown Monday and spent several days in town. ( Miss Eula Keels of Lynchbnrg is I yisitiug the family of her brother, : Mr I A Keels, at the Central Hotel, i Mr C S Dukes of Foreston, one ef our old aud valued subscribers, ' was here Friday and paid us a call. 1 Candidates are a little slow about eoiniug out. Don't be bashful, gentlemen: "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." 1 Mrs Claud Shirer and Mrs W C 1 Tutle and son, Master George Tutle, j irom near trreeiyvme, were noteu in town Tuesday. i Dr W L Wallace is having his store repainted?sort of freshening k up to harmonize with the gladsome epring time. We are requested toannoun^ that Bishop Ellison Capers will be ; here on April 8 and will hold services in the Episcopal chapel on that day at 11 a. m. Mr Chas C Burgess has resumed his former position in Dr Scott's drug store. Charles' friends are legion and all are delighted to see him "at the old stand." Sheriff Graham went to Columbia Tuesday night to take to the asylum a negro employee of the A C Lumber Co., who had been pronounced insane by Dr Gamble and the Company's physician. The north window of Mr Sol Peres' store on Academy street presents a handsome appearance ia its resplendent Paster adornment, the result of the skill and taste of Miss M Schultz. Mrs Julia Huggins and Mrs K H Sauls and daughter, Gladys, visited friends in town Wednesday. Mrs Hoggins has just returned from Hot Springs, Ark., where she has been conducting a hotel. VVrTrWrVTYTYrVrVT'TWyVry AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR J LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ NOTED Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner ^ ' for the Sake of Our Busy ^!, Readers 1 j ( Our distinguished fellow-citizen 1 and honorable major, Charles W Stoll, Esq., ii experiencing the discomfort of an attack of measles this week. He has our sympathy, since no doubt be feels "all over in spots." ' Mr W H Smith of Charleston J came in yesterday to take a position in Dr W V Brockinton's drug store. ' Mr Smith has been attending lec tures at the Charleston Medical Col- 1 lege and lacks only one year of com- 1 pleting his course in pharmacy. The Democratic State executive . committee met in Columbia March j 22 and appointed May 16 as the date ( for the State convention. The cotinty conventiou will meet on May 2, ( aud the clubs are ordered to meet for ( re-orgauizatiou Saturday, April 23. ^ At a recent meeting the board of 1 directors of the State dispensary 1 passed a resolution requiring local < dispeusers tojrigidly enforce the 1 law us to the signing of request 1 forms and also prohibiting them ] from selling to habitual drunkards, , minors or to any one person more ] than once in twenty four hours. < Mr W M Vause and family of ( Cades have moved to town and are * occupying the cottage near Mr Ed- ' win Harper's. This is one of the 1 early results of the new Graded ' school building. Mr Vause is a ( first class blacksmith aud artisan. We are glad to welcome him and his ] Family among us and bespeak for ^ them a pleasant sojourn here. ^ Dr Rosa Hirscbman, who has been visiting the Misses Jacobs, returned yesterday to her home in Spartanburg. Several years ago Dr 1 Elirscbmann was graduated in medi- ?' sine and opened an office in Spartau- 1 burg. Since theu she has built up ? in extensive practice aud is succeed-i< iug nicely in her profession. All of i cvhich goes to show what a woman < :an do when she makes up her mind < to do it. i ? - . ] A Progressive Euchre Party. Miss Mamie Jacobs entertained a number of friends Tues-!{ day evening* with a card party ^ given in honor of Dr Rosa ( Hirshmann of Spartanburg, who { has been her guest for several days this week. Progressive euchre was played and the hours were pleasantly beguiled until 11:30 when the game was!1 "called" and the prize awarded 1 to Prof. Ernest Wiggins, who;1 after a spirited contest sue- J1 ceeded in capturing the most ! I games. The booby prize fell to i1 the lot of Mr F Will Fairey. ] Dainty refreshments were served during the evening, after which : the guests were entertained with 1 delightful music rendered by 1 Miss Louise Gilland. Miss Ja- 1 cobs is a charming hostess and j1 the occasion was unanimously ! voted one of unusual social enjoyment. Those present were: Misses Louise Gilland, Lima Tribble, Mag Scott, Bessie Kelley, Alma Kelley, Mrs Clara G Harper; Messrs Wiggins, Gourdin, Arrowsmith,Fewell, Wolfe, Scott, Fairey, Louis Gilland and Wilmot Gilland. BLANCHARD STRAIN >" Single Comb White Leghorns. , Good layers and handsome chicks, easy to raise. Eggs for hatching" $1 for 15, $5 per 100. Carefully packed and shipped anywhere. C. H. Baker, 3-3-04 3? Rome* S. Ci i The Kings tree Hardware Company. In another part of the pape may be seen the notice of open ing books of subscription fo: the Kingstree Hardware Co The promoters of the enterprise are Messrs J W King, W 1 Wilkins, W A and J E Blizzard Messrs King and Blizzard are experienced hardware men wh< already own a large establish ment at Dillon and severa branch stores in other towns These gentlemen come here with the prestige of success ii their line and that means a grea' deal in the hardware business The Kingstree Hardware Co ii capitalized at $6,000 and pro poses to commence business a once, just as soon as it can se cure a building for temporary use, which will be within th< next few days, and the stocl will be put in at once. Just ai soon as it can be erected it wil occupy a brick building 01 Academy street. The Hardwar< Company will carry a full stocl of everything needed to supplj the wholesale and retail trade [t will also handle all kinds o building material, lime, cement *tc. The men behind the en terprise mean business anc they are delighted with th< f fin A f ri uti t iui a uuuc As a matter of fact it would b< lard to find a better opening foi i hardware business than ii offered here and it is no men stock phrase to say that it filh 1 long-felt want. It is a goot thing for the town and for th< :ounty and we bespeak a splen lid success for the new firm rhis is one of many new enter prises that are bound to com< aere in the near future. Watcl Kingstree! The Presbyterian Meeting. The meeting at the Presbyte :ian church began last Pridaj md will be continued until Friday night. Two services ire held daily, in the afternoor it 4 o'clock and at 8 in the eve ling. Both are well attended it the* evening service the :hurch being filled to overflow ng. Dr McLees is gifted with the power of the Holy Spirit and al jr<* imnrMfipd hir hie f?arn#?st aess, eloquence and evident sin :erity. Mr Wardlaw is n< stranger in Kingstree and in hin the gifted evangelist has a zeal aus and consecrated assistant t< supplement his masterly efforts, Millinery Opening. Mrs S Marcus sent out a num oer of invitations to her milli aery opening, which took placi last Tuesday, and a great man} ladies from town and count} gathered there to admire th< beautiful spring hats and milli aery effects she had on display Mrs Marcus'.stock comes direc Frnm New York and includes al the latest styles and shapes an* trimming' tljat can be found in ; fashionable miltfaery establish ment any wheife. Moreover sb posesses excellent taste in se lection and fjpniming, which, af ter all, is t$e chief essential in ; modish millinery creation. , v A Scb?l Entertainment. We are requested to publisl the following invitation: The public is cordially invite* to attend an entertainment to b given by Miss Eloise Kinder a the Smith school house on Sat urday evening, April 2, 1904 The exercises will begin at o'clock p. m. Next Friday being Good Friday legal holiday, the Bank of Kingstre will be closed, * Jike aim men. r BUILDING BOOM AND NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PROJECTED. * Trackers Improve the Shining Hour? Death of A. N. Sotcliffe?Herse.Kflled - by Lightning. > Lake City, March 29:?TruckJ ers are now shipping lettuce. This crop began to be moved about ten days ago. The prices j r. oc ... nr ^ realizea axe iroin 96.10 t per basket. Strawberries are looking well. 5 The unusually long and cold winter held the plants back, but t since they began to take on their spring growth the progress has ^ been marked. There will not be a as early shipments as last year, c but the general crop promises to 5 be a good one. 1 Some of the growers have 1 beans well up; others are cam; ing up, and still others just c planting. The weather the 7 early part of the week made most of those who do not belong f to the latter class wish they too were only planting. Where . beans have been killed other i crops must be planted, for no ? more seed beans are to be had at any price. ; During the storm of last Wedr nesday night Mr Charlie Thorn1 hill's horse was killed by light? ning. A tree near the stable 5 was the mark of the bolt. This - - ? ? f . .1 1 was a fearful storm or ram, wma, ; hail and thunder. The wind . blew a perfect gale; the rain . literally poured down; the noise . of the thunder was a continuous ; roar and the display of lightning i was dash succeeding flash so closely that they all seemed blended into one. Dr A H Williams, accompanied by his sons, Ash ton and Jamie Williams and by Charlie Green, left Monday night for a trip through Georgia, Alabama and ' Florida. They will be gone about ten days. Five new residences are now , in the process of erection and lumber for two more is being , put on the ground. So you see j building has by no means ceased in our town. And when we say residences, we mean what we 5 say, not shanties. The smallest 3 and cheapest of these houses .. will cost near $1000, and the 3 most expensive between $2000 and $3,500. And runlors of another enterprise are in the wind. We are in possession of inside facts but are not at liberty to make them public just yet; but we say this e much: Don't be surprised if you ^ wake up some morning within J ' ' ar? J j ? ' tne nexi nueen uuys ?tiiu mm a e company with a capital of $25, 000 to 50,000 launched out in the world of manufactures, j Mr Alexander N Sutcliffe dej parted this life last Sunday morning about 8:30 o'clock. He had been ill several weeks, but was confined to bed only about a week. Several days ago it . was realized that the end was only a question of time. Hence his death was not unexpected. All his family except one son were with him when the sum mons came. He was laid in his 1 narrow bed in the Baptist cemetery Monday morning-. Mr Sutcliffe was about sixtye seven years of age. He moved * here from Charleston in 1901 and built a comfortable home on Acline avenue where he died. 7 His wife and five children survive him. Mrs Sutcliffe is the a eldest daughter of the late Rev e J L Rollins. Mr Sutcliffe was a quiet,, un assuming, genial and law-abiding citizen. He did whatsoever his hands found to do and did it earnestly. All who knew bin liked him. There wis nothing mean in his nature. He bad nc enemies. In hi6 tastes be wu very domestic, taking great pride in his home and surroundings and bending his energies in making his loved ones comfort able and happy. To his countrj he was loyal and true. Of a verj cheerful disposition he carried sunshine with him. He was a i-J A ?t iV. T> ~ _ consistent mcmoci ui uic &<xy tist church. His work is done; his life u ended. W. L. B. DEATH OF DAVID S. SNIDER. A Yoaag Mas Popiiar ud Fall a Promlie Unexpectedly Pause Away. Death is in all forms the cli max of human affliction. There are no degrees in the sadness o1 its contemplation. But whet its hollow tones summon through the portals of eternity a young life just entering upon th< threshold of manhood, full of hope and ambition and rich it the promise of a long and useful career, then, forsooth, is the message fraught with a signifi cant warning as to the brittle ness of the thread that binds the spirit to its frail tenement ol earth. Scarcely a week David R Sid der, the youngest son of Dr A M Snider, was taken sick, and on last Monday morning his ../M.nrr lifo nr.nl Alll 1*3 vitlCT A yuuug inv ni,uk vacant chair in the home and ar aching void in the hearts of hif loved ones. He was only twenty years old but during the short span oJ years through which he livec the record of his life was cleai and pure, while the uprighl character and spirit of manli ness he exhibited at all timet gained him the friendship anc esteem of those who knew him Among his young friends anc associates he was a general fa vorite, and he displayed a ca pacity for business unusual foi one of his years. He was z member of the Kingstree Bap tist church and was secretary o; the Sunday-school. We are told that he died a professing christian, entering the presence We Moof^r unafMiil ami wit) full faith in the assurance o: life eternal among-the redeemed His body was taken to EUoree Orangeburg county, and 01 Tuesday morning at 11 o^clocl he was laid torestinttie church yard among'those of his familj and kindred who have gone be ' fore. The remains were accom panied by Dr Snider and Messrs Lucius Montgomery, E C Epps C R Sprott and D J Epps. To Our Friends And Customers! We beg to announce that we *% - i*. .1 _ _i_ are Belling out our entire stock of Dry Goods, Shoes and Beady Made Clothing of all kinds at ACTUAL COST Our object in so doing is to make room foronr Stock of Gronot^os as wo inland in fnfnra tn VVt ifU) H9 II V AMWUW au WW handle Groceries only. Now is the chanoe for con* aumers to bay goods retail and get the benefit of wholesale prices. Come eaily and get yonr chice. ?w <m ein R A, Alsbrook Funk Building, Kingstree, S. 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