The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 28, 1904, Image 1
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vol.. XX. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1904. NO if J
j LOCAL ITEMS
j OF INTEREST
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Mr U J Morris of Taft was in
town yesterday.
The county Democratic convention
will meet next Mouday.
Mr W D Bryan of Taf1 was on our
streets one day last week.
Mr L C Registe: of Trio was noted
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Ill MJWIJ r I lUitJT Ul itui ruin.
Hon P S Wall of Scran ton spent
Friday of last week in town.
Mr J J M Graham was in town
yesterday from the Cades section.
Capt John A Kellcv is in Charleston
this week on professional business.
Mr R W Smith of Bloomingvale
was among the visitors in town yesterday.
Mrs M J Porter is spending 6ome
time on Santee with relatives and
friends.
Mr n R Mf>f!n tahen. of the In
diantown section, was noted in town
yesterday.
The Confederate Veterans' Reunion
will be held iu Charleston May
17-18-19.
Mr LG Flowers, a popular young
business man of Carris, was in town
Tuesday.
Mr Monte Jacobs of Georgetown
is spending a short vacation with his
parents in town.
Mr Willie Lynch of Charleston is
spending some days with the family
of Capt J J Steele, Jr.
Miss Mamie Kellehan of Central
is spending some time with Miss
Lula Strong on Mam Street.
Miss Louise McCarlev, who is
teaching-sehool near Central, spent
Tuesdav in town with friends.
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Messrs J F Sc"tt, W S Gil land
and P 0 Arrowsmith attended a
dance in Georgetown last week.
Rev Henry Cauthen returned Monday
from Harisville, where he attended
district conference last week.
We have received $1.00 ea-h from
Messrs William Cooper and W D
Bryan for the Hampton Monument
fund.
Mr George N Lewis, of Florence
county, has beeu spending some days
in town with his son, Mr Eddie
Lewis.
Dr D C Scott, pres:dent of the
Bauk of Kingstree, is iu Spa. tan
bur<? this week attending the Bankers'
convention.
Mr Cecil Jacobs has gone to
Georgetown to take a clerkship with
the J H Loyal Mercantile Co., of
that town.
An agreement has been signed by
most of the merchants in town to
close their stores at 7:30 p. m. during
the summer months.
Rev H B Jones, pastor of a number
of Baptist churches in the Johnsotrville
section, was in town one day
last week and paid us a call.
Rev W B Gause of Scrautoo passed
?b. Aaihm Q.i^nw/]ii(T rrr\t wrr fn Sif
UirUllgU WWII oannviaj iu uv
Paul church, near Greelyville, to fill
his appointment on Sunday.
Mr James Cars well, special correspondent
of i he Florence Daily Times,
was iu towu Monday getting up data
to give Kingstree a "write-up."
Mr M D Nesmith, who has juet.
rerurned fron* the Atlanta Dental
College, visited friends in town Tuesday.
During the summer Mr Nesmith
will be associated with Dr 1\ J
McCabe here and at Georgetowiiv
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ^
LOCAL REPORTER AND 5;
NOTED ^
Written in Condensed Form
and Printed in Like Manner
for the Sake of Our Busv ^
Readers . . ^
Mr G W Patrick of Barnwell is in J
town a few davs visiting his son,
Mr 0 H Patrick, who is employed
as cl.rk in the store of Mr Porter.
Mr W A Carr of Dillon came in
yesterday to take a position with the
Kingstree Hardware Co. We are
glad to welcome Mr Carr to town.
We return thanks to the commrtee
for an invitation to a picnic at
Benson to he given today to mark
the close of Miss Ethel Nesmith's
school.
Mrs Mary N Epps' commodious
dwelling in South Academy street has
been completed and she with her son,
Mr J A Epps, and daughter, Mrs
Til ton, have moved to town.
The second quarterly conference
of Kingstree church will be held
uext Sunday night after service. The
Methodist pulpit will be occupied by
Dr A J Stokes, presiding elder, Sun
day.
Clerk of Court B C Whitehead
now has the money in hand to pay
the pensioners. He requests everyone
entitled to any of this money to come
forward at once and receive his
share.
The Graded school will close on
Monday, May 23. There is to be a
commencement, we uDderstaud, but
we have not learned who is to preach
the commencement eermon or deliver
the literary address.
Mr T T Hamilton, representing
the Kimball Piano Co., is ii town
for several davs. Mr Hamilton gave
a free concert yesterday with his
piano-playing attachment, which is
really a marvelous invention.
The town council is getting rich
on fines, $77.50 having b:en collected
during the past week. Mayor
Stoll imposes a fine big enough to
swell the town's exchequer as well as
to curb the rioious spirits of the disturbers
pf the towu's peace and quiet
I tude.
We acknowledge wi:h thanks
twenty admission tickets to the
World's Fair sent us by the bureau
of Press and Publicity, also a booklet
containing much information about
the fair. From all accounts ttie affair
at Sc Louis is the greatest show
on earth to date.
Dr LB Johnson, who left here
recently with his family to seek a
home in the far Southwest where the
climate would be beneficial to his
wife's health, writes that he has decided
to settle in El Paso, Texas,
and has bought a home in that city.
He is well pleased with the outlook
and writes enthusiastically of his
new home.
Through the cour:e3y of our good
frieud, Mr Johu H Burkett, who is
chairman of the arrangement committee,
we have received an invitation
and card of admission to the secon d
annual picnic of Street Railway Employees,
to be given at Wallou's lake
(n?ar Galveston, Texas) on May 8.
We shall decide later whether we
can attend or not.
At the instance of Congressman
Scarborough Mr A B Veazy, inspector
of R F D routes, was in town yesterday
with a view to establishing
free delivery service in the vi;initv
of Kitigstree. After going over a
circuit across Black River, taking in
Martin's X Roads, the inspector reported
adversely on the proposed
route. From the general appearance
' of the county he says it will be many
years before the service can be inaugurated
here on account of the spa-seness
ot the population^
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LIFE AND TIMES IN OUR NEIGHBOR- (
ING TOWN. I
Good Prices for Truck Produce?In the
Spring Our Correspondent's Fancy
Turns to Fishing.
Lake City, April 28:?Rev ,
J E Rushton, now of the North
Mullins circuit, came down Tuesday
morning on a visit.
Mrs Delia Carter spent a portion
of last week visiting friends
and relatives in Darlington.
Mrs Livie Stach of Pinewood
came up to attend the marriage
of her sister, Miss Ethel Rodgers.
Mrs R B Woodbury of Johnsonville
was noted in town Saturday.
Mr H L Poston, one of the city
fathers of the new town of Cades, r
was in town Monday morning on
business connected with his corporation.
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A party chaparoned by Judge ^
Green spent Monday night at a
Hudson's mill. The Judge''
was not feeling well the next day.
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J. Ills, ux cuursc, pi uvea ucanj
that the catch of fish was a large
one.
Mr J Tim Carter, formerly of
Johnsonville, has opened a shoe
shop next door to Messrs Stuckey
& Flower's stables, where he!
makes and repairs all kinds of I
shoes, harness, etc. Mr Carter
is a good workman in leather c
and we wish him success. Such 1:
an establishment has long been
needed in our town. ^
The Lake City Democratic club t
held a meeting Saturday after- c
noon. The principal business c
transacted was the election of
delegates to the county conven- t
tion which meets Monday. I
Work was begun Monday on I
Dr Williams' residence on Acline T
avenue. Mr S T R Wilson is \
fhp rnntractor.
Editor Wolfe of The Record,
was noted here Saturday.
Lettuce raising- does not seem i
to be a poor business for our i
section. Mr T P Graham, (better:
known as "Press" Graham) had j
a bed which measured 38 by 14 j
feet. From the lettuce gTown j
in this bed he realized:
$33.63. When it is realized that
this bed was less than one-eightieth
of an acre and that the proceeds
was at the rate of $2,753.60;
per acre, it will be seen what
these figures mean. Such a
showing gives some idea of the
possibilities of our soil and cli- |
mate,coupled with the energy7 of
such a hustler as Press Graham, i
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Strawberries are now beginning- '
to make things lively. There s
are quite a number of drummers ^
here and the town is really infested
with soliciting agents. ^
The shipments Saturday were
about seven hundred crates, and .
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one thousand Monday. The ^
prices are from 18 to 25 cents per
quart. This is $5.75 to $8.00 per
crate. At 20cts per quart the
shipments for one day, Monday,
will amount to $6,400. From {
now on the increase in amount j
will be rapid.
The weather is getting warm, j
the streams are receding, the <
fish are beginning to bite and we 1
are getting restless. Therefore ]
all last summer statements that t
we had enough fishing are here- ?
by declared absolutely null and |
void and of none effect; that is
to say, videlicet, namely, we 1
gave a nigger a nickle not two 1
minutes ago to dig a can of t
worms. (
We have a remarkable climate. (
Every spring when the sap begins
to rise the young men take
to hanging over the yard fences
and marriage announcements J
come thick and fast. W. L. B. I
Death of Judge Simonton.
(Special to The County Record).
Charleston, April 23: Judge
Charles H. Simonton died in
Philadelphia this morning.
The News and Courier.
Factory Sale of Sample Pianos.
The Kimball Piano Co. of
Chicago, the well known manuacturers
of high-grade instrunents,
has selected and shipped
o Kingstree a number of saxn
)le pianos for exhibition consising
of up-right, concert grand
tnd cabinet grand, finished in
>eautiful Philippine mahogany,
^rencb burl and Circassion waltut.
These pianos will be
dosed out at factory prices. If
rou want a fine piano at twohirds
the dealers' price this is
he opportunity of your life,
rhis sale will last ten days?no
onger. You can buy on the most
iberal terms. You are cordiilly
invited to call and see exlibit
and hear the wonderful
Lutomatic piano player.
T. T. Hamilton,
Manager of Exhibit,
hmk Building,
Kingstree, S. C.
From Socastee, Horry Comity.
(Written for last week).
Socastee, April 12:? The
Record is a welcome visitor.
Ve are made glad every SaturLay
when we hear from the old
lome.
Farmers are pushing their
rork vigorously. In this secion
of country there are few
Irones or laggards in the hive
?f industry.
It was quite a surprise to
heir friends, when on April 3,
dr Tom Singleton and Miss
da Hucks stood before Rev Mr
Vest and were made man and
rife. Another interesting event
ras the marriage of Miss Bet
>lardy and Mr Marion Brown at
he residence of the bride on
Vpril 4. This ceremony was
>elformed by Rev McFarlane,
jastor of Socastee church.
The "race suicide" problem
loes not cause much worry in
lorry. Recently Mrs J H Dus;nbury
presented her husband
vith a pair of fine baby girls?
wins. Mr D. says lie will put
n an extra piece of corn tc
eed those twins.
The entertainment given by
Prof Watson at the close of Sorastee
school on April 8 was investing
and well attended,
3ne of the best features was ar
nteresting address on educa
:ion by Mr McFarlane. Ar
;laborate programme, inter
ipersed with music, was ren
lered very creditably to both
.lie pupils a LIU UIC11 liuuukiuia
Prof Watson has made a fine
ecord here as a teacher and i1
is to be hoped that he will be
with us next session. J. L. H.
W E Jenkinson of Manning has i
lew ad in this issue to which we beg
o call special attention. Mr Jenk
nson has one of the biggest dresi
;oods, millinery and dry goods es
aiblishments in this section of thi
State. Send in your order for wha
pou want and he guarantees satisfac
;ion in filling it both as to the price
iud quality of the goods. Moreovei
ae will pay the express on all orderi
'or over $5.00, which gives you thi
id vantage of selectiou from his larg
lud complete stock without extri
3081 of delivery. Give him a tria
>rder.
WAITED, local agent for thi
Laurens Steam Laundry. Apply tc
this office/ fcf
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i GETTING READY FOR THE BATTLE
OF BALLOTSThe
"Unterrified" Democracy Elect*
vcjcgaica w vvuuijr vwiumwi |
Which Meets next Meoday.
In response to the call of the
county chairman the various
Democratic clubs assembled at
their respective meeting places
over the county last Saturday
and elected delegates to the
county convention which will be
held here on Monday, May 2.
1 There being no issues before the
people at this time the club
; meetings and re-organization
were merely formal and at many
of them not even a quorum of
the members was present
The way it looks now politics
both in county and State will
be very tame this year. In the
county there are a number of
offices to be filled and as yet on
ly three candidates have announced
themselves. It is said
also that most of the State
House officials -will have no opposition.
This is an anomalous
condition of affairs in South
Carolina and how to account
for the dearth of office seekers
is a puzzling question. Is the
country so prosperous that allurements
of official honor and
emolument no longer have power
to attract? Or are the politicians
merely holding back to
be urged by their friends? We
shall see. Following is the result
of the club meetings that
have been reported to us:
KINGSTREE.
Kingstree Democratic Club
1 met in the court house at 12 m.
last Saturday and re-organized
with the following officers: D C
Scott, president; Edwin Harper,
vice president; WV Brockinton,
: secretary and treaaufer; C W
Wolfe was elected member of
executive committee and S W
i Jernagan, H O Britton and W
W Grayson registration commit,
tee. The following were chosen
as delegates to the county con^
vention: D C Scott, E Harper,
, H H Kinder, R H Kellahan, C
W Wolfe, R J Kirk, P H Stoll
[ and LeRoy Lee. Alternates:
D J Epps, J M Nexsen, S M Mc:
Clary and C L Smith. The del
, egation was empowered to fill
all vacancies.
cades.
Cades, April 23:?Cades Dem
ocratic Club met on the 23rd
inst and elected the following
i officers: J P Epps, president; J
J M Graham, vice president;
t W J Smiley, secretary; H Fox
worth, executive committee
man, delegates to county coni
vention: J J M Graham, W J
. Smiley. R F Epos and W ? Ne
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i smith.
t black mingo.
; MorrisvillE, April 23:*-The
Black Mingo Democratic Club
was re-organized on April 23 by
electing the following officers:
1 P M Nesmith, president; J W
' Cook, vice president; R W Marshall,
secretary. Delegates to
J county convention: F M Nesmith.
J S Graham, R J Ne^
smith, J G Nesmith and G B
^ Nesmith. Alternates: C D Cook,
Sr., and R W Marshall.
pleasant grove.
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} Leo, April 23:? Pleasant
? Grove Democratic Club met toe
day and re-organized by electing
i the following officers: R F1
j Brown, president; AW Gaskins, !
vice president; E T Gaskins,
secretary; J D Carter, member
of executive' committeie, dele- ,
e gates to county convention: J
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