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VOL. XX. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 16. 1904.
^ I LOCAL ITEMS
j OF INTEREST
Miss Mag Scott has beeusick for
several days.
Mr M A Thomas of Lake City visited
town Monday.
Rev James McDowell of Sumter
was in town yesterday.
Mrs M R Hemingway is visiting
in Manning this week.
Mr W D Bryan of Taft was a
v visiter in town yesterday.
Mr A A Brown of Leo visited our i
' 3&nctum while in town Monday.
F L Wilcox, Esq., of the Florence
bar, was here Friday ou business.
Mr S P Graham of Lake City was
noted in town oue day last week.
Hon W M Keels of Greelyville
in town one dav the first of the
week.
Mr I J Coward, of the Lake City
toection, was in town Friday of last
week.
^Tfrvegvet to learn of the critical
illness of Mrs J H Brockinton of In
di&town.
Mr J U Godwin of Lake City was
in KilgttreeTuesday and paid us' a
pleasant call.
Mr Arthur Cottingham of Marion
county has been visiting Mr J B
Steele's family.
Mr J B McCants of Trio was here
Tuesday attending the meeting of the
executive committee.
\ ' Dr D 0 Scott and sons, Hey wa rd
\ nud David, went to Manning Satnr;
day to visit relatives.
, W L Bass, Esq., of Lake City was
.in town Friday aud Tuesday on
professional business.
Mr R B Smith, a prominent candidate
for county treasurer, was a
. visitor in town lust week.
l~k XT I7nna Ano ivf T.uL'O Oif.r'fi
ML IJ AU Jjppo, V?IW V*. w %J w
leading young business meu, spent
r the day here Friday ou business.
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\ Mrs M A Haselden and Mrs Dora
Parnell of the vicinity of Lake City
were in town Friday of last week.
Mr Clarence B Steele, who has
been in business at Ashpole, N. C.,
ii spending some time with relatives
in town.
Mr Wesley Courtney, who has
been visiting-the family of Mr W J
Singletary at Single, returned home
last week.
Dr F W Eftson preached Sunday
morning and evening. His regular
yppointments are the second aud
fourth Sundays.
Mr C W Stoll was taken sick last
week and is still confined to his bed.
We hope that he may soon be restored
to health.
A number of folk from the Lake
City section were here Friday as
principals and witnesses in a case involving
the ownership of a cow.
Mr and Mrs N Z Trulock of
Quincy, Fla., passed throngh town
last Friday going to Indiautown to
visit Mr and Mrs J C Bell, who are
Mrs Trnlock's parents.
Mrs Ida Rollins of Lake City has
issued cards of invitation to the marriage
of her daughter, Miss Hal he,
to Mr Wiiliam Scott Mooie, Wednesday
afternoon, June 29, Baptist
church, Lake City, S. C.
Prof Nabor D Leeeane, who ha3
been superintendent of Allendale
Graded school during the past session,
is spending bis summer vacatiOu
with relatives in this county. He
came in last week, accompanied by
Kis wife aDd children.
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR J
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Mr Ralph D Epps, formerly of this
county, who was a member of the
graduating clas3 in law at the South
Carolina college this year, has been
elected commandant of S C Co-educational
Institute, Edgefield, S. C.
Mr P P Bethea has been elected !
superintendent of the Graded school,
but we have not learned whether or
not he has accepted. Mr Bethea
comes well recommended, with an
experience of twelve years, having
been superintendent of the school at
Johnston last session.
The following college student*
from town and county have returned
j home for their summer vacation:
I Misses Marie and Selma Thorn,
j Staunton Female Institute, Staunton,
Va.; Misses Dora and Selden Epps,
Winthrop College; Messrs J D Gilland,
Tom McCutchen and A C Hinds,
S. C. College, Mr Sautiders Whitehead,
Charleston College.
Mr Albert R Moseley, special
agent of the census, requests us to
say that he has left a few copies of
Ceusus Bulletin No. 10, giving figures
of total cotton crop of 1903,
average weight of bales, etc., which
he will be pleased to mail to the cotton
ginners of Williamsburg county
if they will drop him a postal card
of request. Mr Moseley's address is
Salters Depot, S. C.
In announcing its resident managers
for the ensuing year the Independent
Oil Co. has assigned Mr C
R Sprott as manager of the Manning
mill. Mr Sprott is a polished geutleman
and the host of frieDds be has
gained in Kingstree are loth to see
him leave, still we can scarcely bl tme
him for preferring to return to Manning,
especially as his new position
is a substantial promotion.
Dr M D Nesmith, who has been
attending the Atlanta Dental College
for several vears, is now associated
with Dr R J McCaboiu his Georgetown
office. Dr Nesmith is still a
member of the firm of Nesmith
Bros., which do?s a flourishing mercantile
business at Cides, but, having
a liking for dentistry, he withdrew
from the active duties of business
and has equipped himself to enter
his chosen profession. Since his
return from college he has had con
siderable practice in Williamsburg
and Georgetown counties and his
work has been highly complimented,
his methods being the latest and
most approved. His many friends
iu this county wish him abu ndant
success.
DEATH OF A VETERAN.
Mr Robert A- Murphy Joins His Comrades
in the Great Beyond.
Mr Robert A. Murphy passed
away yesterday at 1:40 o'clock
p. m. About a week ago he
was taken sick and his condi-1
tion gradually grew worse, so
that during the past few days
it was realized that there was
but little hope of his recovery.
Mr Murphy was about seventy
years old, having lived all his j
life in Williamsburg county. He j
was was a member of the Prefe- j
bvterian church and belonged to j
the Masonic Order. For several:
terms he had been a member of j
the county dispensary board of j
control, which office he held at
the time of his death. As a |
Confederate soldier he gave j
faithful service to the Lost i
Cause. He leaves an aged wife I
and no children.
The remains will be interred j
this morning at 11 o'clock in the ,
Williamsburg cemetery, 'the funeral
services being conducted
by Rev James McDowell.
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j UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES.
Mrs Rebecca J. Bryan Laid to Rest
in Union Church Yard.
I After an illness of about one
\ month at her home at Taft, Mrs
! Rebecca J. Bryan died last Sat|
urday night at 1 o'clock and was
i buried on Sunday following at
5 p. m., at Union Presbyterian
church, of which she had been
a member for twenty years.
The funeral services were conducted
by Revs. L L Inabinet
and J B Weldon, and the large
crowd of sorrowing friends that
assembled to bid farewell to
her mortal remains spoke eloquently
of the love and esteem
in which she was held in the
sincerity of their grief for the
departed one. The pall-bearers
were, Messrs W S Rodgers, S E
McCollough, D C Bryan, N W
Cook and J M Brown, who
when the words of hope and
comfort had been spoken by the
ministers, bore the body to the
church-yard where it was laid
to its quiet repose under the
shade of the trees.
Mrs Bryan was a daughter of
the late Asa Brown of Central.
She was married to Mr W D
Bryan April 12, 1882, and was
about 39 years old at the tinje
of her death. From their union
eleven children were born, four
of whom with the bereaved husband
survive her. In saying
that she will be missed in her
community it is no mere conventional
phrase, for all her
life she was noted for her kindly
deeds of charity and her ready
response to the calls of the sick
and afflicted. She was a consistent
member of the church
and a regular attendant upon
its services. But it is in her
home that her loss is irreparable.
The affectionate wife and
devoted mother?no words can
tell how greatly will be missed
her tender ministrations. We
extend our profound sympathy
to the grief-stricken 1amily,
and may He who tempers 1
the wind to the shorn lamb pour
balm upon their wounded hearts.
Jury List
The court of General Sessions
and Common Pleas convenes
here on Monday, June 27, Judge
James Aldrich, of the 2nd circuit,
presiding. Following are
the petit furors drawn yesterday:
W C Wilson, R T Flagler, Jno
M Nexsen, R H Graham, W C
Carter, L A Moore, Walter G
Carter, W R Cooper, James E
Brown, J P Epps, J W Gist, C S 1
ArH T? TP. Wilson. TT Tj McOants.
J~D Duke, C~ IIGordon, W B
Cox, S P Britton, N M Graham,
R C McElveen, M H Cantley, J
H Burgess, J E Lifrage, J H V
Gaskins, J J Epps, Fenwick
Poston, A Mc D Burgess, M A
Ross, W P McGill, A W Gaskins,
WJH Hanna, G B Browder,
H L Long, J D Cook, M P
Brown, J Marion Barrineau.
New Advertisements.
Wedding Presents? Stephen
Thomas, Jr & Bro., Charleston.
Threshers?Gibbes Machinery
Co., Columbia, S. C.
The Champion Stump Puller?
Champion Stump Puller Co.,
Columbia, S. C.
The Welsh Neck High School?
Hartsvilie, S. C. Write for catalogue.
L Stackley? Shoes, Dress
Goods and Millinery.
W T Wilkins?Everything to
eat and wear?wholesale and
retail.
New Candidates.
The annonncements of four
new candidates appear this
week in our columns, viz: Dr A
H Williams, of this county, and
Dr Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown,
for Congress in the 6th district;
WLBass, Esq., for re-election
to the House of Representatives,
and Mr L A Moore for county
commissioner.
DrC J Moffett is a graduate of
medicine and has as much right to prescribe
for the sick as any physician,
and gives to mothers his "TEETHINA"
as the best remedy they can use
for their teething children. ' TEETHIXA"
Aids Digestion, Retrulate* the
Bowels. Overcomes and Counteract"
the Effects of the Summer's Hejt.and
makes teething easy.
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MASS MEETING HELD LOOKING TO
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.
Better Sanitary Conditions and Fire
Protection Wanted?A New School
Principal?Cther Matters.
Lake City, June 14<?The
writer is in receipt of a letter
from George W Belmont of Minneapolis,
Minn., stating that he 1
is in search of a home and desir- 1
ing information as to our soil, !
climate, price of lands, trans- 1
portation facilities, ?etc. The i
letter is interesting and well i
written and the writer is evi- ;
dently an educated man. We ;
mention this inquiry as an evi- <
dence of the attention that our J
section is attracting and the i
trend of the future. Old Will- i
iamsburg must be waking up 1
when her fame has spread across (
the Mississippi and men from ]
beyond the Great Lakes are
seeking homes on her soil. 1
Hon J W Ragsdale, candidate 1
c? - t tt _x It
iur me Liower nuusc ui iuc j
National Legislature,spent Wed- 1
nesday night of last week here 1
on his way to Smith's Mills to 5
attend a big picnic. J
Some of the candidates are
"getting the hustle on." J
Miss Kate Tray wick is at home T
from college. j
Dr Paul Tray wick has, we are ^
informed, decided to locate in i
Orangeburg for the practice of
medicine. s
Miss Maud Singletary has .re- i
turned home from school. >
Mrs S W Gowdy is right ill. r
She is at the home of her father, \
Mr Rickenbacker. c
Mr Martin Severance left his ,
desk in the Florence telegraph office
to spend Sunday here with
his family.
The preachers in town will re- c
ceive several fees before July 4,
1904. g
That genial and always-wel- v
come drummer, Mr Walter B c
Logan, was in town last week.
He is now representing a big
New York shoe house.
Miss Belle Carter went over in "
Florence county Saturday on a 1
visit. S
Mr Eddie Rush of Florence is J>
rushing down here now at the ^
rate of about four times a month ^
and seems to be doing a "rush- 0
ing" business on Main street.
Rev S C Morris of Mt Pleasant
spent a few days here last week
with relatives. It is only under I
very peculiar circumstances
that the most direct route trom p
Charleston to Lake City is by e
the way of Leesville, Lexington s
county. I
Miss Bertha Morris graduated s
from the Leesville college last 1
week and is now at home. 1
The trustees of our town school {
have elected Mr T C Covington
of McColl, Marlborough county,
principal. Mr Covington is
highly recommended as a gentle- /
man and as a teacher. It is not
yet known whether he will accept
or not. It is most earnestly
and heartily and devoutly p
wished and prayed that the trus- c
tees will secure a good princi- e
pal and good assistants and give t
us a decent school, one that will c
be a credit to our opportunities J
and out of which our children i (
will reap some benefit. We have I
had first rate schools in the past I
and we ought to have them, 1
again. We don't want a modern
graded school. The schools ,
of that class are humbugs and ,
worse; but we want a school
where children will be taught j
obedience, work and individual 1
effort.
Mr R E Curran of Cades and; j
Miss Doty were married near' (
Concord last Sunday. Mr Cur-1
ran is a North Carolinian who j
has come down here to raise to-'
bacco. He found our soil and!
girls so excellent that he will!,
probably remain with us.
Dr Rickenbacker of Barnwell1
visited his sister, Mrs S W Gow- i \
dy, last week.
A mass meeting was held on
the 9th in the Pythian hall at ,
which the sanitary and fire pro- (
tection conditions of the town
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
And Transacts Business of Importance
Relative to Ensuing Campaign.
In response to the- call of
Chairman A H Williams a meeting
of the county executive com
mittee was hel'd in the court
house at 11 a. m. Tuesday, June
14. A quorum being present
the meeting was called to order
by the chairman.
The first business considered
was the matter of arranging
for the State campaign to be
field here on Saturday, June 25.
[t was decided that the court
house be used for the meeting
md that no stand be erected. A
motion prevailed that ?5.00 be
appropriated for ice lemonade
ind ice-water for the occasion.
3n motion that a committee of
Eive be appointed by the chairnan
to look after the entertainment
of the speakers, the following
were named: D C Scott,
3 W Wolfe, William Cooper, J
E Davis and J Davis Carter.
It was moved and ordered
that six campaign meetings be
leid in the county, the time and
place being as follows: Greeyville,
August 16; Trio, August
18; Morrisville,August 19; John.onville
August 23; Lake City,
\ugust 25; Kingstree August 26.
On motion it was decided that
tondidates be required to file
Pledges and pay assessments
lot later than Monday, August
[5; at noon, pledges to be filed
vith the chairman and assesnents
paid to the secretary.
A motion prevailed to reconiider
the vote at a previous
neeting, whereby magistrates
?ere required to run in the prinary,
and that their appointnent
be left to the legislative
lelegation.
After the various matters of
msiness had been disposed of
he meeting was entertained
pith a patriotic speech from W
V Kennedy a member of the
ommittee, in which he stressed
he importance of voting in the
;eneral election. His remarks
?ere to the point and well reeived.
Mortuary.
Died?On Tuesday, June 14,
904, Lucius, the infant son of
4r and Mrs H Eugene Mont*
omery, aged about sU months,
.''he remains were interred at the
Villiamsburg cemetery at 3
'clock Wednesday afternoon.
NOTICE.
Sditor Count}' Record:?
I beg to request through your
>aper that all township comaittees
of Veterans in possesion
of enrollment books will
ilease complete their rolls and
end them in to me at their earist
convenience, so that I can
nake a record of tlieui in the
Olerk's office.
Very respectfully,
B. C. Whitehead,
Clerk of Court.
A Pythian Picnic.
There is to bg a big P^thia n
>icnicatJay, in Williamsburg
:ounty,on Thursday, July 7. Sev:ral
prominent Knights have
>een invited to make addresses
>n this occasion, among them
5ast Grand Chancellor Knight,
chancellor Commander Ayer of
Harmony lodge and Hon J W
Hagsdale. The finest sort of
:ime is expected.*
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VANTED?Copies of the fol-j
owing books, for which a lib-1
:ral price will be paid: Gregg's !
History of the Old Cheraws; j
Tames' Life of Francis Marion; \
Wallace's History of the Wil-J
iamsburg church; Weem's Life
>f Marion. C. W. Wolfe,
Kingstree, S. C.
Card of Thanks.
Editor County Record;?
Please allow me space in your
:>aper to thank the people of this town
who have so kindly helped me in my
lis tress. 1 am still suffering much
but shall leave in a few days for
Lumber ton, X. C. May God's rich?st
blessings ever abide with you all. j
Your friend,
Mrs E Dona tij.
Kingstree, S. C;, June 13,1901.
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