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VOL. A'X. KINftSTRBE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1904. NO 16/
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j LOCAL ITEMS
I OF INTEREST
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Mr R II Pittmau of Gourilins was:
in t"wn y s enJay. N
Mr S J T?y or of GreelyviHe spent |'
yest? rday in town.
Hon J Davis farter was here Monday
attending court. 1
Dr W L McCu'chen of Sntnter |
was in town Monday.
Mr J C Lynch of Lynch was here
? vest- rdav on business.
Mr J P Gamble of Heinemann was j
noted in town this week.
Mr S Oliver O'Brvan of Gourd ins J
was ou on r streets Monday. i
Mr W E Pipkin of St Stephens 1
vssited Dr Wallace's family Sunday. ^
Mr Herbert A Graham of Florence
visited friends in town vester- 6
day. 1
Mr W H McElveen of Spring (
Bank paid us a pleasant call yesterday.
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Dr J K Brockinton of Indiautown ?
was antoug the visitors in court Monday.
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Mr Hu.li McOutchen is gradually c
recovering from his long and tedious
illness.
Judge George \V Gage is reported I
to be critically ill at his home i.? i
Chester. 1
Mr W A Webster of Lake City 8
honored our sauctum with a visit
Monday. J
Mr K C Flower" of Trio came in J
Monday a?-d added his name to our
mailing list.
Mr U II Footman of GreelyvilleJg
paid n< a pleasiut call Monday
while in town.
M r IVrcv I) Snowden of Church, [ f
w .ile i'i town this week, called pleas- 5
aotly to see us. o
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Dr I N B?yd, whose friends in 1
town are many, wasiu town Monday 1
attending ;ourt.
Messrs W S Giltand and W 11 c
Seo't attended a ball in l)arliug:on y
last Fridav ni-ht.
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Mes-r? P II StoP, Er est Wiggins, t
A G Fewell and K .J Kiik&peut Sat- ^
urday in Charleston. t
Mr Walter C Wilso , of the Cades
seeiion, was among tii ?se who attended
court Monday ,
Mr W H McKnightof Scrantou r.
called Monday and renewed his sttb- t
scriptiou to The Record. i
Mr J Marion Barrineau, of tin* 1
Cedar Swamp section, favored us '
with a pleasant call Tuesday.
Messrs P A Wilcox of Florence 1
and J E Coggeshall of Darlingtou '
are here today attending court.
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Mr W J Marshall of Morrisville, (
who is doiug jury duty this week, j
gave us a pleasant call this morning. (
Mrs W I1 vVilkius and children
went to Charleston this week tospeud i
some days wi.h relatives in the city, i
Mr Earl C Page, the travelling |'
representative of the Columbia State, j'
was in town yesterday and paid us a 1
call. 1
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Mr J H Iludsou, one of Harpers' j
substantial business men, was here ;
t this week as a member of the grand
juiy.
Mr Eugene Ilirsch, of he firm of
Kinder & Ilirsch, made a business
trip to Charleston and Savaunah this
week.
Miss Nettie Epps returned to Savvannah,
Ga., Monday night after aj,
visit of some days to her home folk ;
iu towu. ii
\FFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR
LOCAL REPORTER AND ^
NOTED J
vritten in Condensed Form ^
and Printed in Like Manner
tor the Sake of Our Busv
Readers . . ^
A- d still they come! Mr R H
Kelhhan is preparing to build three
note brick stores on his lots on
\cad my street.
Miss Eva Bell of Indian town wus
n town yesterday, Misa Bell has re:ently
returned home from the
xreenville Female College.
W II Fitzsimmons, Esq., of
harleston, general counsel for the
Ulanfic Coast Line railroad, was in
iiugstree one day last week.
As we go to press we learn tbat
diss Rebecca Johnson, who has been
II for a long time, dieu last night. She
vill be buried this morning in the
Villiamsbttrg cemetery.
Every man who is eligible to vote
ihould be present at the re-organizaion
of the Democratic clubs on Satirday
next. Kingstree clnb will
neet at 12 m. in the courthouse.
Messrs J H Black well, J LStuck>y,
J S McC'lam, V E Strong,?
Truluck, L L Caldwell, SM Aakins,
tud W F Kennedy of Lake Ci y
vere in town this week attending
!onrt.
Mr P G Gout din is breaking
[round for erecting a three-story
irick mercantile building on his lot
>n Main street. Who says that
iingstree will not soon b* in the
?
iKy-scni|*T case:
The quarterly .statement of the
iaiik of l^akeCity appears elsewhere
11 this paper. Although this iustiution
has Wen in existence less than
i year its uffairs are in excellent conlitiou
and it has already earned a
food divi :en?i.
Mr E M Smith's card apj>ears in
his issue announcing his candidacy
or ; he office of probate judge. Mr
>mi h has alrea ly held this o^ce
?ne term and will no doubt m.tke
hings lively for bis competitors in
he ensuing campaign.
iieUiyillg IU i lie imcii 'g?ivi j
>nr correspondent "Whi|>pt*>r ill"
iS to the "dog law" and ihe taking
?f dog retu'* -s. Auditor Montgomery
mr horizes us to say that these reurns
are b? ing taken without any
mow ledge of or authority from Ins
ffi.-e.
Mr B H Myers, who is now conluctiug
a hotel at Latta, came over
Monday and spent the day in town.
The ''Chief" says that Latta is a fine
own and rhat he is getting or. nicely
virh his hotel, which of course is
rery gratifying to his friends in
liiugstree.
Among the visiting atto-ueys atendiug
court here this week were
p.oted the following: Messrs
\\ F Clayton, J W Kagslale,
J PMcNeill and F L Wilcox
){ Floreuce; W C Durant and Harry
Lesesne of Manning, and W L Bass
)f Lake City.
Gen Wiley Jones, the chairman of
he State Democratic executive committee,
has secured reduced rates over
the railroads cn account of the Democratic
State Convention, which
meets in Columbia on May 18. The
rate allowed will be one and one-third
first cb'iss fare plus 25 cents for round
trip tickets, with final limit to May
21.
Judge R 0 Puidy, who came here
at this court as presiding judge for
the first time, impressed every one
with his dignity, firmness and strict
impar iality in rendering his decisions.
His charge to the grand jury
was clear-cut, forceful and practical.
Judge Pnrdy's many friends here
are proud of the record he is making
on the bench.
We learn with regret that on last
! Monday night Mr Ben Jim Ohan!
ler of Rome lost his barn and stables.
! i a buggy and a lot of provisions by
i :.i? .i?i?1.1:
. lire. *>rituer iiii* uunuxugn uui men
! contents were covered by insurance.
! j We understand that there is no clue
.' as to the origin of 'he fire. Mr
Chandler is a sou of former Super|
visor B B Chandler.
j At the regular meeting of Kings'
tree Lodge Knights of Pythias Wednesday
night, April 13, Messrs Timmons
and Allen of Greelyville were
made Pages and Mr Ed Brockinton
advanced to rank of Esquire. Messrs
LeRoy Lee and W V Brockinton
were elected delegates to the Grand
Lodge. E U Epps was made Deputy
Grand Chancellor.
Installation Services.
Services will be held at Indiantown
Presbyterian church
on Saturday and Sunday, at
which time Rev TH Darnell will
be installed as pastor of the
church. The installation will
take place on Saturday and communion
services will be held on
Sunday. The installation services
will be conducted by Revs
Porter of Sumter and Hollidav
of Manning.
A Magnificent Work.
We received yesterday a copy
of the News and Courier's Centenial
Edition. This means
that our Charleston contemporary
has breasted the trouble d
waters of journalism for lo
these 100 years. This is a
record to be proud of truly, and
it is befitting that it should be
properly celebrated as has been
done in this issue, of which any
great newspaper might be justly
proud.
The Centennial Edition begins
with a high class attractive
cover desiirn in three colors i
and the contents include 107
pages fairly teeming with historical,
general and special information
prepared by the most
eminent writers of the State.
Tlife illustrations are superb and j
the mechanical work is with- |
out a flaw. We have heard ma-1
ny admiring comments upon j
this great work and surely it is :
worthy of them all.
Letter to William Cooper.
Dear Sir:?You ask how many
square feet a gallon will cover. '
Depends on condition of building.
There is a great deal of lying
on this point. The stock claim ;
of lying paints is 300 square feet, j
two coats. It's a lie as a rule, j
Devoe covers 300 to 500, our j
4-4- 4-Vi 1 Wa fliinlr Q/Vl frvr* I
U-^CIILS linutv. lit luiua uvu lvjv
low and 500 too high; though
doubtless they both occur.
How much the other paints cover
is equally doubtful; we guess
100 to 400.
The truth is found in comparison.
Devoe is all paint, true
paint, strong paint, and full
measure; the others in general
are, at the best, diluted, adulterated
and short-measure. They
cover according to body and
measure. You can't paint with
clay, lime, chalk, sand, barytes,
water or air?no body in them.
Go by Devoe.
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co,
50 New York.
For Sale by Dr. D. C. Scott,
Kingstree, S. C.
! MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP.
' There's nothing like doing a thing
thoroughly. Of all the Salves you
. ever heard of, Bucklen's Arnica j
Salve is the best. It sweeps away
and cures Burns, Sores, Bruises,
j Cuts . Boils, Ulcers Skin Eruptions
aMd PiJi'S. It's only 25c, and guaran1
tee p to give satisfaction by Dr W L
Wa'Jace, Druggist.
THE SPRING TERM
Of the Court of General Sessions In* 1
eludes Few Cases of Interest.
The spring- term of the court
of general sessions convened; C
Monday with Judge R 0 Purdy j o
presiding and Solicitor John S ; a
Wilson and Stenographer Rob- i 1;
ert Lathan in their places. The f
grand jury was formed with W, t
R Bryan as foreman and Judgeiv
Purdy delivered a very clear t
and strong charge. There were v
only a few cases on docket no1 c
interesting" ones were given to s
the jury. The only cases of in- G
terest were those in which the c
defendants plead guilty. s!
The following cases were dis- C
posed of: p
State vs Walter Montgomery, a
larceny of live-stock. This case a
was nol prossed by the solicitor i?
on account of the death of the tl
principal witness for the State o
since the last term of court. li
State vs Harry McDonald, larceny
of live-stock. The court
ordered verdict of not guilty in
this case. LeRoy Lee Esq., ap- c
peared for the defense.
State vs Karo Williams, murder.
The defendant had no atc
torney and the court appointed ^
Messrs LeRoy Lee and R J ^
Kirk to defend him. The defen- ^
dant's witnesses were not all jpresent
and counsel were unwilling
to go into the case at this
court and a motion for a ^
continuance was granted.
State vs David Colclough, carrvingr
concealed weapons and .
assault and battery with intent "
to kill. Consent verdict of as- ^
sault of a high and aggravated ^
nature. Sentence ?75 fine or n
three months on cliaingang.
State vs June Jenkins, larce- ^
ny of a bicycle. Guilty and
sentenced to 1 year on chaingang
and ?1 fine.
State vs Alva Smith, carrying
on business of emigrant v
agent without license. Smith t
plead guilty and was sentenced b
to pay a fine of $500. s
State vs Tom Davis and Hen- n
ry Davis, murder, continued. t
The court of common pleas c
was opened Wednesday, but no d
cases of importance have been c
heard up to this time. s
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Mnrttjarv.
Died?At his home near Lenud, e
S. C., on Sunday afternoon, v
April 16, Rev N 13 Garner. Mr *
Garner's death was very sudden T
and unexpected. He was about *55
years old and was highly es- 1
teemed in the community where 0
he lived. He leaves a wife and r
three children,
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Mr D W Avant of Harpers, v
who has been attending court as 'v
a member of the petit jury, was u
called home Tuesday morning v
by a telegram announcing the g
death of his little grandson, ^
aged 1? years. The little one t
was a son of Mr John Avant of t
Harpers. p
Masonic Lecture. t
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Rev F W Eason, D. D., of t
Charleston and preaching- in (]
King-stree Baptist church, and (
a Mason of very high standing, \
has consented to deliver a lec- t
ture before Kingstree Lodge No. ]
46, A. F. M., at its next regular t
communication to be held on
Friday, April 29. A rare treat
may be expected.
Members and visiting brethren
are invited. Refreshments 2
will be on hand. 2t. r
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WAITED, local agent for the c
Laurens Steam Laundry. Apply to j 1
this office. tf. 1a
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
'wd Boys Out Hunting and One Shoots
the Other.
Last Saturday afternoon j
Jharlie and George Collins, sons i
>f Section Master Collins and i
ged about 18 and 14 respective-1
y, were out hunting near their!
ather's house two miles from1
own up the railroad. They J
nrillrmif ilnnrr r\rta !
'CIC wainiil^ aiwi!^ uuv Wiuuw j
he other with George in front i
rhen Charlie's gun went off acidently
and both loads of
mall shot took effect in
leorge's legs. The boys were
lose together and some of "the
hot went clear through. Dr D
! Scott was called in as soon as
ossible after the occurrence,
nd the boy's wound given
ttention. While the wound
? a serious one it is thought
hat the boy will recover withut
permanent injury to his
imbs.
THE NEW JAIL
ontract Awarded to the Panly Jail Co?Building
to Cost 8,400.
The supervisor and board of
ounty commissioners met Monay
and awarded the contract
or building a new jail to the
>auly Jail Building Co., of St.
jouis, Mo. for $8,000. Tne supervising
architect is C C Wilon
of Columbia. The work of
tuilding is to be commenced at
nee and is guaranteed to be
ompleted by September 1. By
he terms of the contract the
ounty is to retain all the maerial
taken from the old jail
milding. The entire cost of the
ew building including the arhitect's
commission, will be
8,400.
Death of Mr J. E. Reardon.
The death angel has again
isited our town and taken from
he bosom of his family a hus>and
and a father, leaving the
tricken ones bowed down beleath
the burden of their afflicjtti_:
rv 0 + <q i
1UI1. KJil r 1IUU) CVCUIU^ ai KJ |
1'clobk Mr John Elmore Rear- \
[on succumbed to the ravages
?f a lingering malady and his
pirit passed into that mysteious
bourne from whence no
raveler returns.
Mr Reardon was born in Clarndon
county and had he lived
intil next August would have
een 48 years old. He spent a
>ortion of his life in Williams>urg
county and twenty-five
'ears in Georgia in the service
if the Atlantic Coast Line raiload,
with whom he held a portion
up to March 1 when he
>ecame too feeble for active
irork and came back to his home
n Kingstree, where he remained
intil his death. He leaves a
rife and seven children?four
iris and three boys?to mourn
lis loss. He was a member of
he Methodist church and when
he end came his spirit was at
>eace.
The remains were interred in
he Williamsburg cemetery on
lunday morning, at 10 o'clock,
he funeral services being conlucted
by Rev Henry Cauthen.
Yin- crm l-?51 'fVlt' (TAPS Ollt to the
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>ereaved ones and may He who
empers the wind to the shorn
amb be their stay and protecor.
Hymeneal.
Chandler-Wilder?Married,
it 5 p. m., April 7, 1904, at the
esidence of the bride's father,
dr J M N Wilder, Sumter, S. C.,
>y Rev J D Hug-gins, Miss Adlie
Wilder and Mr J EWChander
of Lake City.?Sumter Herild,
April 15.
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