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"I***? ' ' , :* *-? v<v.-?- ? >c . * * "a ' J VOL. XX. 7 KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1904>~ ~ ; i . ~i v. t . ri~* ' r=^M yvwvvwvvvyvyvywvyvrvw | LOCAL ITEMS | OF INTEREST Miss Hannah Reddick is qui *e sick. This is the day of the sweet girl graduate. Mr J F Scott is in Charleston for the reunion. Mr Percy Kinder visited Columbia i uesday on business. Capt J A Kelley snent Monday and Tuesday in Charleston. Mrs LeRoy Lee is among the visi* tors to ?!harleston this week. Magistr .te E 0 Liramer of Greelyville was noted in town Monday. Mrs R II Kellehan and Miss Lula Strong went to Char+eston Wednesday. Miss Maud Brockinton of Indiantown is veiling the family of Mr P A Alsbrook. Misses Bessie Kelley and Mamie Jacobs and May Stoll are among the Charleston visitors. Mrs Hudgeus, mother of Mrs W T Wilkins, has been very sick, but is reported better as the paper goes to print. Mr B B Epps, ore of Mr W T Wilkins' popular young salesman, is enjoying a two weeks'vacation athiB home near M on zone. We are reliably informed that Hon Jobu S Graham of Morrisville will offer for the House of Kepresentatives There are doubtless others. XfocQrc P H Stnll. C W Wolfe and Dr W G Gamble, left Tuesday night for Columbia to attend the State^con ventioD, which met yesterday. Dr S Wavne Gamble of Gourdins is looking after the drug business and practice of Dr W G Gamble during the latters absence in Columbia. We acknowledge with pleasure an invitation from President D B Johnson to the commencement exercises of Winthrop College, May 29-31. The Southern express offce will be moved from the depot to the busness section of town. This will be a great convenience to the public. Work is pfogressing on the new Kellehau sbdre; on Academy street. mi L n.;il rne wniie prest>t.-pruriuii uuuk add greatly to the appearauceof that street > *" Reports from the western part of the county areW the ?#cct that refreshing rains i&ggjpfteti. A splendid rain fell iiPtown "Wednesday morning. Mrs Rekrdon and.. iamily, who have beeu liviug ipSi^stree for some years, left Monchiy" night for Way cross, Ga, wfrich place will bf their fntnre hone. Editor (lunniagham of th ? Bishopville Indicator, was in Kingstree Wednesday. He will visit his brother at Indiantown before returning to Bishopville. From a railroad rota it is learner that the Coast Line proposes to bnilc a passenger depot at the Main street ^ crossing. This frill be good new3 tc the long suffering public. Mr J G Lifrage announces hii candidacy for county treasurer. M Lifrage is postmaster at Salters De pot and is well known to our readers generally. Read his card. Dr W V Brockinton and Mr M A Ross left Monday night for Green ville to represent Kings tree lodg K of P at the meeting of the Graut Lodge now in session in that city. AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR 3 LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ NOTED ^ Written in Condensed Form ^ end Printed in Like Manner ^ for the Sake of Our Busy ^ Readers . . ^ i The friends of Mr T Olin Epps of Kingstree are urging him to enter the race for county superintendent of education. We have not heard whetner or not he has decided to become a candidate. | Messrs W N and Cecil Jacobs of ! Georgetown, spent % few hours at j the h >me of their parents on Wedjn.-sday. They were en route tc Charleston with the Georgetown Military Company. The Record is indebted to Mr L L Ard for an invitation to the commencement exercises of Venters Graded school, the programme for which was published in last week's issue of The Record. TJ 1 J _1 1 J i. I.. _ . 1 Hivervooay eauuiu taae in me excursion to Charleston to be given by Lake City and Scranton Lodges, K. of P., on Tuesday, May 31. Tickets may be had by applying at Thx Kecohd and Weekly Mail offices. Arrangements are being made for good music for the Commencement exercises. A male quartet consisting of Messrs Carr, Gilland, McCutchen and Wolfe will sing. There is some good talent in Kingstreeand it should be used. Mr Gilbert Epps has resigned his position as assistaut cashier of the Bank of Kingstree and left last week for Baltimore to take business coarse at Bryant and Stratton'e Commercial College. Mr Lucius Montgomery has succeeded him in the bank. Pov TTfti\rv Piitirhpn haq mpnenfpd J VWM VMVM ud invitation to preach the commencement sermon for Venters Graded school on Sunday, May 22, at 11 a. m. The address to the students will l>e delivered by Congressman R B Scarborough on Tuesday, May 24. We owe it to the courtesy of Miss Maria Lenud Croft of La' e City for an invitation to the Columbia Female College commencement. May 29-31. Miss Croft is a member of the graduating class and is also one of the two graduates in instrumental music. Mr N W Cook, the popular superintendent of the ACL Corp. log department, was in town Saturday night Mr Cook told us that recently at the camp near town he killed a rattle-snake five fee', long,^ whose caudal appendage was adornc with 16 rattles and a button. We return thanks to Miss Margaret Isabel Henagao of Bennettsville, S. C., for an invitation to attend the commencement exercises of the Columbia College for Women, i Miss Henagan is a member of the - graduating class and is a formei pupil of the editor of The Record. The invitations to Commencemenl sent out by the Kingstroe Graded school are very neat and attractive and many complimentary expression* are heard concerning them. Th< beauty of it is, they were printed in Kingstree, being the product of th< skill aud taste of Mr J P iSelson, tin I foreman of The Record office. t The town council is arranging ( to meet a long-felt want. It is pro posed to build of brick ami cemen reservoirs and drinking pools at eacl s of the public artesian wells. Tin r reservoirs will be used for the stor ing of water for fire protection, au< i the pools will be a great improve ment on the old woodeu troughs. i We are in receipt of the program . of the Pee Dee and Bethlehem uniom e of the Baptist church bat becaus 1 of their length and the fact thatou columns are crowded it is irupossibl ^! to publish them in their entirety. The . I former will be held at Rose Hill I church, four miles South of Rome II May 27-28-29. The introductory sermon will be preached by Rer J J 1 Powers. The Bethlehem Unicnwill ' meet at Scrantou Baptist church at 1 the ?ame time. Rev W 0 Wilson r will preach the opening sermou. Scarcely a day passes but we re ceive letters and postal cards asking that The Record be sent to the ; writers, but often not a cent accom[ panics the request. We have added a fpw nf these names to our list for H month or two, but unless something is paid after a reasonable time the i papers will be discontinued. We wish it distinctly understood that we will not send this paper a year on credit and take chances for oir pay. Hereafter no attention will be paid' ro postal card requests. Any one! 1 not willing to part with ?5 cents in j advance for three months snbscrip; tion doesn't want the paper very badjiy. ,, GRADED SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. Address to Graduates Delivered by State Sapt. of Education?The Programme. The final examinations of the Kingstree Graded school are, all over and this week the live- j liest interest is centered upon j the commencement exercises, | ! which begin on Sunday with a j I sermon by Rev. F. O. S. Curtis I j of Dillon, S. C., and conclude on | ! Monday evening at 8.30 o'clock, when the diplomas will be presented to the seven members of the gnduating class. As the commencement orator Prof Wiggins has been fortunate in securing State Superintendent O B Martin. The programme as set forth below Wnl be a very interesting and enjoyable one. The graduating essays are said to be of an unusually high order of excellence and their reading will be interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. I Mr W A Carr, who is a posses-j sor of a fine baritone voice, will j ' r#?nrler a solo, and it is hinted that there will be on hand a male quartette. Following is the commencement programme: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 11 O'CLOCK. Commencement Sermon?Rea F 0 S Curtis, Dillon, S. C. MONDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 11.30 O'CLOCK, Address to graduates?Hon 0 B Martin, State Supfc. of Educai CnlnmWia S HViij V/V/X MU4 w* W. MONDAY EVENING, AT 8.30 O'CLOCK, Graduating Exercises. INVOCATION. The Schools of Kingstree? Esther Jane Harper Gordon. Kingstree? Scene of my * School-Life?Emma Louise Har per. The Williamsburg Church? _ Ernest Lamar Montgomery. History of the Six Immortals? Adelaide Harper. Class Will?Mary Floride Har! Per. Glass Proohecv?Florie Mar " a 1 garet Jacobs. ^ Delivery of Diplomas?By the Superintendent. BENEDICTION. J ? wm " A Few Present at the "Vets" Reunion. t Among those who went to 1 Charleston Tuesday to attend 3 the reunion are as follows: B L - and M J Barnes, J A Epps, W I Y Chandler, TJ Philips, R K Gamble, A W Flagler, J B Lesesne, RBMatthews,. T R "Wilson, F M Player, R E Rodgers, 8 L O Johnson, G B Mitchum, E 0 Lewis, B S Smith, J W Gamble, A L Epps, RevS T Russell, e James Russell, S Mitchum, C r Constein, O H Patrick, E M e Hirsch, Edwin L Hirsch. in m in he m . i A FULL STATEMENT OF THE L1F OF OUR HUSTLING NEIGHBOR. A fire from Lightning?Regulators t Work?Sent tor Williams bereaved? Personal MentionI Lake City, Ma-y 18:?Mr W ] ; L Steele of Rockingham N j C., came down last week and i | spending several days lookin, : after the affairs of the Lake Cit; ! * ? j n _ Manuiacruring i^o. Mr W B Spears of South Roch ing Mount, N. G\, was in tow: | one day last week Mrs Spear i will be remembered as Mis i Lena Timmons, who was an as j sistant in the Lake City Higl \ School. | Mr Clarence D Rollins lef | Monday for New York. H went by the way of Chafes ton Mrs Maud Crossland of Con way is spending some time wit! her mother, Mrs Delia Carter Rev Mr Crossland accompaniei ber this far on his way to Nash ville, Tenn. Mr Ryttenberry of Sumter was in town last Tuesday o] business. He secured the con 1?-? 4-V? a Vvri/^lr f A tr<ici t'j iuiuiou lit? wuwi iv the new bank builuing. Miss Alice McElveen is visit ing at her brother's, Mr J Clevi McElveen's. Friday Dr A H Williams wa: called to Cottagevilie by a tele gram announcing that his father Dr A E Williams, was take: very ill. The latest at this writ ing is that the father bad ; stroke of paralysis and is criti cally ill. On account of his ag which is some seventy six years the worst will not be a surprise Beans are beginning to go for ward. The first shipments wer made Wednesday. I am unabl to say anything about the price ! as returns have not come in. j The strawberry season is draw ing to a close. Several mor cars will be shipped but th bulk of the crop has been marl jeted. The yield has been cu j short by the cold and dry weath er?more especially the lattei but prices have been fairly good Taking1 the season through, th returns will average about $2.5 j per crate all around. At on j hundred crates per acre, whic ; is by no means a big harvesl this is $250.00 an acre. Cotto. | even at 15cts is not "in it" wit j berries. There is an amateu here in town, a regular "greeny at the business, who has receive $220.00 for his one acre of bei ries. To fertilize and cultivat 'this patch it cost him S30.0< Others have done better tha this, but we mention tliis toshoi . what can be done by an unej ! perienced man. Mr William Moody and Mis Agnes Hudson were united -i I marriage last Wednesday ever ; ing at the Methodist church Tb j ceremony was performed by Ke ! Mr Traywick and was wituesse by quite a crowd of friends an relatives. The bride is th daughter of the late. John A Hutson. Our kindly wishes ar ! with these young people iu thei ! united lives. ! Miss Cecil Severance, wh had been our assistant aget quite a while, has been appoin ed night op^-ator. Miss Sevei ance was one of the very be* railroad agents we have ev* had. It was a real pleasure fc the patrons of the company t :deal with her. Attentive, a< curate, reliable and the pink ( courtesy, our people were sor< J ly hurt to earn that she ha f beeh transferred and sincerely hope that the change' is only temporary. E Dr A P Traywick, who has jtist returned from Montana passed the examination before ^ the State board last week and is now licensed to practice in this State. He is at home now and p is thinking of locating here perP manently. q TWsdav morniftc the latce g two storied barn and stables of y Mr JLC Moore, next to Mr A L Cash's place, was struck by lightning and totally consumed Q together with a lot of fodder, s hay, mowing and reaping s machines, etc The loss is about .. $000,00, no insurance. h Miss Hattie Burns, who has been spending some time with 11 Miss Annie Sutcliffe, returned to e I her home in Charleston, Tues* 1.1 day. Quite a number of the old sol* 1 diers went down to Charleston * the early part of the week to ati tend the reunion. We can not - undertake to name them?the list 'would be too long. '? The writer is in receipt of a a handsome invitation from Miss * Maria Croft to attend the com* r mencement exercises of the Columbia Female College, May 29 * to 31. Miss Croft will graduate e with the degree of B. A., and also in instrumental music. s Misses Mary Rushton and Daisy McCutchen, who are well known here, will also graduate. a There is a rattle snaKe's skih to be seen at Mr Stnrgon's 1 store. It is 5$ feet long- and 8? - inches in circumference. The e snake was killed near Brown's bridges a few days ago. The refrigerator company*of ' which Mr H G Askins is the e local agent has hauled away e from here this season fifty car s loads of strawberries. This represents aoout 384,000 quarts. A party of men (whether e whites- or negroes deponent saye eth not) went around to Jenie > Hamilton's a few nights ago and t scattered a crowd of negro' men. i- Several shots were fired, boards ; and sticks used and lots of noise . made. Two of the attacked par1? ? kill T1 r\f KT7 e iy were wuuuucu, uui. h\j%. wj 0 shots. W. L. B. e m h Scott-Harrelson. On Sunday afternoon,. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Aleck Scott a few r ,, miles from town across Black A river, Miss Daisy Vermel Scott " | and Mr J H Harreison ot Kosemary were united in the holy ^ bonds of matrimony by Rev Henry Cauthen, pastor of Kingstree church. The bride was tastefully arrayed in a gown of cream mull with ribbon and applique trimmings; The happy s couple will make their home at a Rosemar}*. X. e | An Excellent Opportunity vi To visit the World's Fair at d j St Lonis. On May 28rd the Atr* lantic Coast Line will operate c coach excursion to St Louis, Mo., ^ at one cent per mile traveled. e ' Rate from Kingstree $20.40 for ir j the round trip. Tickets limited to ten days including date of o sale and endorsed "Not Good in it Parlor or Sleeping Cars," Hut t- the Atlantic Coast Line and its r- connections operate the highest it standard thoroughfare coaches ?r assuring a comfortable and >r pleasant trip. o For schedules and other information, address, >f H. M. Emerson, W. J. Craig, i- Traffic Manager, G. P. Agtd Wilmingtoi, N. C< ? 3 I sr o- ^ l| ?r ^I|| (A N ?1 7. 5 9 : If iNS t; & r ? P S. M ^ P ~ 2 1 ? S. I : ZT 3-< ifl t 3 ; I r+ 4 1 'tjj ' 5 . ' M M } * 1 s m, ^ f: - 1 . r i ] . j {. fji I .i 1 g