The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 14, 1904, Image 1
VOL. XX.' KINO ST REE, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 14. 11)04 NO 2$f
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SCfcANTON ITIMS.
Ourtdrrespondent Tells of Marriages
and Deaths and Other Things.
SCRANTON, July 12:?Within
"two weeks a budget of news has
been collected so large that we
fail to handle it easily.
A North Carolinian from
Spout Springs, Mr Geo. Whilrien,
transplanted one of our
fairest flowers, Miss Sallie
(youngest daughter of Rev G H
Poozer) to a higher latitude.
We trust no chilly breeze will
ever touch the tender plant.
"In the midst of life there is
death". Mrs Lucian L Hinson
of Whiteville, N. C. passed
peacefully to the great beyond !
on the 27th. She was brought'
to her home at Sparrow Swamp,
Florence County for interment, j
In a few days her infant of five j
months was laid to rest on the !
couch of earth beside its mother.
Sweet be their slumbers till the
waking on the glorious resurrection
morn.
Under the skillful manage- j
ment of a trained nurse Miss j
Valentine (with Dr Hinnant as;
medical director) Mr and Mrs |
Winslow Wright are con vales-;
cing.
Miss Olive Lavender, of New j
Zion, who has been visiting her|
sister, Mrs R. Mc. Cooper, hasj
returned to her home accompanied
by Mrs Cooper.
On June 23, Miss Lillie Graham
with your humble scribe
left for a summer trip. Pas- j
senger No 40 took us to Peters-1
burg, Va., by 7 pm, where we!
spent the night at Shirley Hotel
beside the post office.
On Friday we went over to
Richmond on a trolley car.
While there we visited the State!
House, Washington's headquar-:
tersj a small stone building j
about 30 x 18 covered with1
weather beaten shingles now;
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leading up the second story j
(where three dormer windows!
t^ive one a peep at the city tlior-1
oughfare) is built of such narrow
lumber that only the ball!
of the foot may touch it in ascension.
The room in which
Marquis DeLafayette held conference
with Gen George Washington
regarding" the assistance'
France lent the United States |
in the Revolutionary war, is as ;
full of historical interest as ofi
peculiar architecture and an- \
tique furnishings. Curios and
. souvenirs from both Revolutionary
and Civil wars are there for
sale. The secret chamber in
which Mrs Van Lew secreted j
L'OO soldiers was, of some less j
wonder than that of the Natu- J
Fal Bridge we visited on Mon- j
day following-.
Even a dull girl is sharp enouch j
to cut an uudesirable acquaintance. J
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THE TOWN HAS A HIGH BUILDING
FEVER.
Store Buildings, Residences and Banking
House Going Up?Local
Items.
Greeelyville, July 11 .-?The
building- fever seems to have
1 struck some others in town. Mr
S M Bradshaw has bought a lot1
adjoining the drug store and is
putting up a store thereon. The I
work is brogressing rapidly, i
The contracter is Mr Charlie j
Harris.
I Mr E B Rhodus is hauling j
brick and lumber to build a cot-1
tage on the lot adjoining I
residence. I think Mr Harris I
has the contract for that build- >
in"- also.
Work has not yet been started \
on the bank building, but will
commence in a short time.
Mr R H Johnson is still quite
sick. Dr Scott from Kingstree 1
is here today to see him. Ourj
town has been remarkably
healthy this year. Mr Johnson j
is the only serious case we have
had.
Miss B C Mallard left this
morning to spend some time in
Greenville, S. C.
Mrs H L Baxter returned to
Greelyville on Saturday, after
spending some time with relatives
in Bishopville.
Mrs Carnes and Aildren of
Bishopville, are spending some
time with her sister Mrs H L
Baxter.
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1V1X&S X1 1UI Cll^C UV1V1VAU vyi .
Lanes and Miss DeLorme of j
Sumter, visited friends and relatives
in Greelyville and vicinity
several days last week.
Miss Lucile Cook from Charleston
is visiting1 her aunt Mrs
F Mishoe on Varner avenue.
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Miss Carrie Godbolt, who has j
been spending some time with
Mrs F Mishoe, returned to her
home in Marion on last Thursday.
Your printer made me say
last week that we realized $10
from the play "Ten Nights in a
Bar-roon", whereas the amount
was $90.00. The Greelyville
troupe will give the same play
in Manning next Wednesday
night. Mr C N Allison the popular
manager of the troupe has
consented to assist them in
Manning before leaving for his i
home in North Carolina.
Mr and Mrs R J Bradham'went
to Charleston to spend the 4th I
at the seashore, but Mrs Brad- j
ham was taken sick and had to i
taken to the Hospital where she
is still. The doctor says she!
has a mild case of Typhoid fe-i
ver, we truly hope she will soon
be able to return home.
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ONE LADY'S RE'-OMMENDA
TION SOLD FIFTY BOXES
OF CHAMBERLAIN'S STOMACH
AND LIVER TABLETS
I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes I
of Chamberlain's Stomach and|
Liver Tablets on the recommenda- j
tion of one lady here, who first J
bought a box of them about a year
ago. She never tires of telling
her neighbors and friends about the
good qualities of these Tablets.?
P M Shore, Druggist, Rochester, j
Ind. The pleasantest purgative ef- j
feet of these Tablets makes them a j
j favorite with ladies everywhere. 1
J l\or sale by Dr DC Scott, Kingstree; |
1 Lake City Drug Co.. Lake City; Dr
j W 8 Lynch, ecr an ton.
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| CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC CHOL
ERA AND DIARRHOEA REMi
EI)Y.
This remedy is certain to be
needed in a.'most every home be- j
fore the .summer is over. It can al-'
ways be depended upon even in the
most severe and dangerous cases, j
It is especially valuable for sum-!
' iner disorders in children. It is j
pleasant to take atid never fails to 1
give prompt relief. Why not buy
it now? It may save life. For sale !
by Dr I) (J Scott, Kingstree; Lake
City Drug Co., Lake City; Dr W S
{Lynch, Seranton.
j -It is said that a check for $10,000
: makes * good pJaetei for a broken
heart..
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LARGE PI ANT OF THE MALLARD
LUMBFR CO- DESTROYED.
, Property Valued at $12,000 Destroyed,
Insurance $4,500-00?Fire StHi^
Raging.
As we go to press the news
reaches us of a great fire in l
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Greelyville. The large plant of
the Mallard Lumber Co., has
been destroyed. Details of the
fire are meagre. The fire was
discovered this morning at 2
o'clock, and at this hour?12
o'clock?is still burning. The
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been consumed. It is insured
for $4,500.
DEATH BY ACCIDENT.
John Walker, Colored, Accidently Shot (
by Robt. Branson, Col.
Saturday afternoon last Robt
Brunson and John Herfry Walker,
colored residents of Gourdin's, j
were handling" an ancient shotg"un
of the muzzle-loading" type, '
when the piece was discharged
and John Walker was killed. '
The Coroner and Sheriff Graham
went to Gourdins Monday and i
looked into the matter. It ap- j
pears that the men were trying :
to put a cap on the old gun. The I
hammer worked stiffly and was ]
managed with difficulty. Walker ;
cocked the gun but could not get
the hammer down again. He ;
passed the gun to his compan- ;
ion Brunson who attempted to ,
let the hammer down. Brunson
let the hammer down with more
force than intended, and the
charge of shot entered the left
side of Walker who lived about ,
an hour after the wound. The ;
coroner and sheriff were con- ;
vinced that the death was due to
an accident, and no arrest was ,
made. Brunson made no effort ,
to escape.
THE TEXAS BOLL WEEVIL.
Alleged Appearance of the Pest on Black
River in Willamsbtirg County.
Conway, July 8.?Special: It '
is rumored here that the Texas
boll weevil has been found on a 1
place in Williamsburg County, '
near Kingstree, on Black River. 1
It is stated that a certain far- ;
mer in that section received a ;
lot of seed from the Government
in which there were weevils. It '
is not practicable to get confir- '
mation of the rumor here, but it
should be investigated at once.
J. H. R., Jr. |
The above special from Con- '
way, written by Mr James Hen- .
ry Rice, Jr., editor of The Field :
is news to the people of this
county. If there are any weevils '
in this county no word of them
has been received in Kingstree.
This is a very serious matter to
get into the papers. If true it :
should be looked after at once.
If not true it has a tendency to
work great injury to the county
in that it will predudice outsiders
against Williams-burg real
estate. People who are contemplating
the purchase of our lands
will be turned away. Where
did Mr Rice got his startling
news'? Let him tell us.
Death of a Little Girl.
Little Jessie Lucile Tisdale,
daughter of Mr H L Tisdale,
died June 30th and was buried !
at the Strong burying ground.
The little girl Was nine years
old. She had been in bad health
fot about three years.
Sleep on, dear child and take thy
rtest,
God rails when lie thinks best.
An echo is the only thing thatcan
flimflam a woman out of the last,
I wO!vh
AN illfUl Cilf.
CORRESPONDENT BASS GIVES THE
NEWS OF OUR SISTER TOWN.
Success of the Hardware Co.?It declares
a Good Dividend?Enlargement
of Bottling Works.
Lake City, July 13:?Miss
Carrie Belle Baker, of Bennettsville,
gave her friends?and she
made many of them during her
six-year's stay in our town?
much pleasure by spending some
daj's with them recently. She
went away Monday.
Mr G A Brown came home the
latter part ot last week trom a
trip in North Carolina. He informs
us that an important meeting
of the stock-holders of the
Lake City Manufacturing Co.,
of which he is manager, will be
held here this week.
Messrs G L Sauls and H J
Brown of Cades were noted here
Thursday afternoon on business.
Col J P Epps and Messrs H J
McFadden and C F Epps of the
Cades section, were among our
visitors Saturday.
Hon T B Gourdin, of Heinemann,
spent Tuesday night and
a part of Wednesday in town.
He was on his way home from
Sumter.
Mr J J B Montgomery was in
town a few hours Saturday
morning. He has no opposition
in his race, and therefore wears
a beaming smile?a kind of "in
favor of everything" smile.
Should others appear against
him, he says he is ready for
pease oy>oetry.
Quite a number of our people
attended the big picnic at Half
Moon Wednesday and with one
accord declare that the occasion
was a decided success in every
way. Several candidates passed
through town on their way down.
Among others we noted Messrs
J E Ellerbe, J W Ragsdale, H P
Baldwin, P H Stoll and Olin
Epps.
Miss Rosa Hirschman, of
Charleston, is at Mr H Nacliman's.
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Miss nine Mincaugu 01 new
York is visiting" friends in town.
Mr Eddie Rush, of Florence,
was in town last Sunday, as usual.
The Lake City Bottling" Works
will remove next to the Enterprise
Wood Distilling and Chemical
Co. at an early day. This
move will be made in order to
have larger quarters and to be
convenient to an artesian well
so that its supply of water can
be taken directly from the well.
This company is furnishing excellent
soda water and gingerale
to all the cool drinks dispensers
m this section. It sells
by wholesale only and delivers
its products, which are equal to
any on the market, at lower
prices than can be obtained elsewhere.
The soda and ale are
put up in latest style bottles
made-expressly for this company.
Arrangements are being
made to get in the necessary
machinery for putting up cocacola.
Nothing like a little enterprise
and faith in one's people.
"The possibilities of our
soil 'are illimitable" and the
heights to which our people may, ,
and we hope will attain, beyond ,
bounds. The writer's faith in
old Williamsburg grows stronger
every time the strawberry
blooms, the ale pops or the cucumber
brings a "hurtin below
the'umbilicus." Se'ah!
The annual meeting of the
stock holders of the Lake City
Hardware Uo. was neici on uie
7th instant. All the officers
were re-elected, to wit: J R
Tobias, president; A H Williams,
vice-president; J E Brunson,
secretary and manager; W L
Bass, attorney. No change was ;
made in the Board of Directors, j
Reports were received and the j
business of the year carefully!
gone over. Everything was I
found in excellent shape and the
results very satisfactory. A
good dividend was declared and
the rest of the profits were
passed to a surplus fund which
was thereby created. Messrs J
R Tobias, and T B *Moran of
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SABBATH DESECRATION;
A Citizen Deplores the Practice of Doing
Business on Sunday.
Editor Count}7 Record:?
With your permission I will
use a small space in your valuable
paper for the purpose of
bringing to the attention of the
good people of Kingstree a small
business enterprise that seems
to have very little regard for
the Sabbath day. What I refer
to is the Ice houses being kept
open and making sales of ice
and cold drinks during the Sabbath
day. It strikes me as being
a desecration of the Sabbath
and should be stopped. NoWy
who are to blame most the con
sumer or the seller*? Are they
not about equal? I took the
privilege of speaking to these
gentlemen and they say that if
their customers would excuse
them, that they would like to
close up and rest on Sunday.
To some extent I am in sympathy
with the gentlemen who
keep ice, knowing of the rivalry,
and yet in the sight of
God that is no excuse. Now, I
would suggest as a relief of the
situation, that the customers
buy their ice on Saturday nights.
While it would necesitate your
buying a little more, yet it is
cheap and in cases where ice
has to be had on Sunday for
sickness the dealer may open a
little while early Sunday morning.
Now, Mr Editor, it strikes
me that this matter can be easily
managed if the Christian people
will stop and think a little. The
practice of disregarding the
laws of the Sabbath is growing.
How is this to be. explained to
the boys and girls? Can we say
that the law of God has been
changed to suit the times? No,
we can't do that. Well then
what? We can only say it was
wrong, but we will take that
risk. What can we expect of
the next generation? And while
discussing the violation of the
Sabbath will say that the barber
shop has no more right to
open and do business on Sunday
than any other enter prise.
* A Citizen.
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uone iu nvuuo.
Salter's has lost one of her
most distinguished and best,
known citizens. Together with
his family he boarded the train
at Kingstree several days ago
and journeyed to the "Land of
Flowers'' where he will make
his future home- For years he
has lived in the vicinity of our
neighboring town, and only recently
has concluded that the
healh of that section is not good.
The citizen to whom we refer
is Thomas Davis, of the family
of Ham. It will be recalled that
Thomas "was the star in a recent
trial in the Williamsburg court.
It was charged that he was a
party to the death of one Sam
Nelson. The jury did not find
that he was guilty, but sundry
neighbors of the aforesaid Tom
thought that some other section
would suit him better, aijd it is
said, indicated their thoughts
to him in a way that could not
be misunderstood. So Tom has
gone and Salter's and Williamsburg
have lost one of their best |
known and most distinguised
rascals. It has been said that
Tom carried his entire family.
This should be amended by saying
that his eldest son, Henry
Davis, did not accompany the
family but went recently to
Columbia to give the remainder
of his life to the service of the
State?A ?life sentence in the
Penitentiary.
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legal blanks at the Record Office.
support!
SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a 1
bridge to carry the weakened and
starved system along until it can find
firm support In ordinary food.
Send (or free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists,
409-4is Fearl Street, New York,
joc. and $1.00; all druggistj.
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