The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 28, 1904, Image 1
VOL. XX. KINGSTREE THURSDAY, ^ULY 28. 1904. ^ ^^
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| LOCAL (J
I OF INTEREST
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* Jj? bs was at home
Mr B C Whitehead spent Sunday
in 0reelyvilie.
Editor Stoll, of the Mail went to
Charleston Tuesday.
Mr AY E Severance, of Lake City,
was in town Monday.
Mr \Y II Matthews, of Darlington,
spent Tuesday in town.
Mr Walter Hazzard, of Georgetown,
was in town Tuesday.
Mr Louis Jacobs of Charleston, is
s some days at home.
Dr Marion Allen of Cheraw was
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a visitor to our tcwu ounuay.
Mrs M A Ross left last week for
Monroe, X. C., to visit her brother, j
\ M Duffy, of James, Ga.,
is the gwst of Miss Barbara Jacobs.
Dr John Frierson, of Charleston,
is at Mr James Epps for a short stay.
Miss Freda Wehmau c
ton is visiting the Misses
Mr Heber Epps of Miss., is visitiug
his parents, Mr and Mrs James
Epps.
Miss Lila Hammett has returned
from a visit to relatives at Indiantown.
Miss Alice McCollongh, of the
Walters section, is visiting the Misses
Stoll.
Mrs Amelia Scott . and little
daughter are visiting relatives in
Manning.
A 1 irge company of young people
attended a picnic at Bruusou's mill
Friday last.
Th*? nnlmwl nnnnlsitinn of KinffS-I
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v tree left Monday for a "scnssion"
to Savannah, Ga.
Mr Edward Pendergrass of Florence
spent Siiuday with his sister,
Mrs Louis Stackley.
Mr \V M Sniitt < . c-ndidatefor
county : -- ie:, was
in Kingsiree last wee
Miss Cely Jb- ;n . Miss
Kate Levy, of i-> . . . sitiing
the Misses Jacobs.
Mr T D Gamble aunounces in
this issue that he will ask for the
votes of the people for county commissioner.
Mr F H Sheridan of Greenwood,
represeuting the firm which sold the
furniture for the graded school, was
in town Friday.
Mr Theo. Simmons, Miss Ruth
Simmons and Miss Margie Webb of
Charleston, are visiting their aunt
Mrs M F Heller.
Mr W F Dargan, of Darlington,
candidate for congress, was in
Kingstree Sunday aud Saturday
looking for the almighty vote.
Dr T P Bailey, a well known
physician of Georgetown, died last
week. Many people in'Williamsburg
knew and admired Dr Bailey, j
Mr Paul Harper has the contract j
, for putting up the handsome iron
fence around the graded school
building and has begun the work.
As we go to press we learn that
the store of the Mallard Lumber Co.
at Greely ville, was robbed last night
about 2 o'clock. An officer
through Kingstree early this thorn"
ing going for bloodhounds to trail
the robbers. We haye no information
as to the extent of the robbery. !
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j AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR 5
LOCAL REPORTER AND
NOTED <JL
Written in Condensed Form ^
iand Printed in Like Manner
for the Sake of Our Busv
Readers . .
Mr Melviu Rodgers and son Wil- J
lie, of Church, spent Monday in
town enroute to Charleston on the '
excursion which ran from Darlington.
The following went to Charleston j
Tuesday on the Darlington excur-j
sion: YV H . Carr, W T Wil kins,
Peter Gourdm, Louis and Saui
Stack Icy.
The Rev W S Porter was scheduled
to preach in the Presbyterian
church Sunday night, but was prevented
by the hard rain which fell
nearly all day.
At the residence of Mr Walter
Bryan, Thursday last, Rev Henry
Cauthen joined in marriage Mr Albert
1 to well and Miss Annie Jones,
both of Florence.
Two women deni'.ens of the "Buzzard
Boost,' were before the Mayor's
court Wednesday charged with fighting.
They were given the wholesale
medicine of ten dollars or twenty
days.
Rev A J Stokes, D. D., Presiding
4
Elder, will preach in the Methodist r;
church next Sunday, morning and
evening. This will be the occasion !
of the third quarterly conference of
this church. i
Next Snuday the Rev T H New- 1
kirk, pastor of the Marion Presbyterian
chuicb, will preach in the
Kingstree Presbyterian church at
11 o'c'ocU and at Union church in
the afternoon.
The crop of lunatics in this county
is unusually large. Monday night
Sheriff Graham carried Thomas
Shaw, colored, to the asylum, and
Tuesday night, went again with
Mary Davis, colored.
The pulpit of the Methodist
church was occupied Sunday morn- i
ing by the Rev E Z James, of Bel- .
mont, S. C. Mr James preached a
thoughtful sermon and delivered it
in au attractive way.
On Saturday 23rd a large com-r
pany of people ejnoyed the hospital- !
;ty of Mr W P McGill at a picnic
which he gave at his residence in the i
Cades section. Several f om Kingstree
went and re no. t a royal diuner
and good time.
Dr R J McCabe has completed
his house on Academy street and is
making arrangemente to bring his
family from Georgetown. They
will open their home August 1st. j
Kings tree will welcome this family H
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to their old home.
Mr LeRoy Lee has let the contract
for a handsome residence to a
Newberry contractor. This house
will be one of the handsomest in the ; i
county. It will be situated on 1
Academy street next to Mr W T 1
Wilkins residence.
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Mr Ileury Mouzon, who has been j
visiting his friends and relatives iu :
town, has returned to the far West
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which has been his home 'for three j
yeais. Mr Mouzon has been in Ar*j(
ozona, telegraphing for a railroad in i;
it hat State, lie will go this time to
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j Oklahoma City. |
Bishop Joseph S Key, Southern M. j
E. Church, ^ rites: "\Vcgave Dr Mof-I
fet's "THE'l'ii IN A." (Teething Pow-|
(lets) to our little grandchild with the
happiest resit its. The elTeets wereal-'
most marital, and certainly more j
satisfacory than from anvthinf, we
ever used." "TEETH i >? A" (Teething :
Powders) Counteracts and Overcomes;
the elleets of the Summer's Heat.
Legal Blanks
Just received. Full line of
leg-al blanks at the Record Office-.
DESTRUCTIVE 111 Sill
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THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH
OF TOBACCO DESTROYED.
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The Ccunty Suffers Great Loss in
Upper Section?School House
Ruined.
Lake City, July 23:?Special:1
"Wednesday afternoon the north-'
eastern portion of this county I
and the extreme southern tip of j
Florence county was the scene i
of a storm of considerable mag--}
nitude. While not approaching!
in intensity and destructiveness j
the tornadoes of other States j
and sections, for a county where
such manifestations of the power
of the elements is almost un-1
known, it was serious.
Over a territory of several i
miles the wind and rain exten'-!
ded. and much damaire was I
done to trees, fences and crops,
but it was in the Prosjiect
neighborhood, twelve miles east
of here, that the greatest havoc
was wrought. With the Brown
road as the centre of the strip,
take a strip two miles wide on
each side of this road and extending
from Eddie Brown's place
to Prospect church, a distance j
of five miles, and you have the
area over which the storm vented
its greatest fury.
Tne crops were tine, the finest ,
ever grown by many in this
area. The tobacco, full leafed
and ready for the knife; the cot- ;
tou, setting its bolls and getting j
ready to pour out its snowy har- ,
vest; the corn in full tassel and
silk. ' I
To-day it is a scene that bor- j
ders on desolation. It was the '
hail and wind accompanying-"
tiie rain that worked the ruin. |
The storm beg^an at 2 p. m., and
continued for an hour and twen- ,
ty minutes, and during the ;
whole of this time the hail pel- :
t^d down upon the crops of A A
B: own. J T Eaddjr, J D Carter, i
V Yv" Burrows. R P Brown, OP'
Ne-.'Jes, II J Eaddy, W M Pros- ,
ser, G T McAlister, WM McAlister.
John Tiiton and J G
Brow a and some others, and
the winds swept with almost
cvcio ic proportions through
ti>e fields tli^tt a lew moments
before were making glad the
hearts of their owners.
The tobacco was almost totally
destroyed; cotton badly
damaged, and corn seriously injured.
J D Carter, who is one
o the best fanners of area, estimates
his loss at $-.U0j on tobacco
a'one, saying nothing of
the damage to the <. thcr crops;
and, aside from tobacco, some
of his neighbors are hurt even
worse than he is. The estimate
of good judges is that the
damage in this area wi'l easily
reach 5v jjJ.
During i ne same storm a w'ng
of the Bethel school building at
Moot's, twelve miles west of
this piace, was cut in tw> by an
upturned tree, and the crops of
tobacco and cotton around Savage,
Florence county, .twenty
mi es east, were slashed and
beaten into the earth. This will
give an idea of the extent of
the territory covered b the
storm. W. L. B.
Death of Two Well Knows Men.
Mr HH Cram, former liquor
commissioner of the Siate, died
at his home near Denmark, S.
C., Tuesday morning1. Dor sev-j
eral years iie has been of somei
prom uence in Bamberg Count}7.
Me w: s thirty-nine years old.
Dr Tlios. B McCowof Charlestoe,
was found dead in iiis bed
ruesda}r. He had not been seen
since Saturday and had evidently !
died Saturday night. He was \
alone in his home. The doctors!
who examined the bodv sav that i
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heart disease was the cause of
ileath. Dr Mc Dow was prominent
as the man who killed Capt.
F W Dawson, the great editor of I
the News & Courier, fifteen years !
ago.
W A NT ED:?A n experien ced
salesman and stock-keeper. Apply
in own handwriting, stating
whether married or single, and
giving references, experience
and salary expected.
Address, X. Y. Z.
Care W. L. Bass,
:>t Lake City, S. C.
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THGRTflF 111.
HON. THOMAS TAGGAST ELECTED
MANAGER DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNThe
Meeting in New York Fails to Get
Gorman to Act and the Western
Man Is Chosen.
The Hon. Thomas Taggart,
Mayor of Indianapolis. Ind. will
be the manager of the Demo- :
cratic campaign. The National
Democratic Executive Committee
met in New York Tuesday,
26th inst. and unanimously elected
the mayor of Indianapolis. ,
It has been customary to elect
the chairman and manager immediately
after the adjournment
of the convention, but for good
reasons this was not done at St (
Louis. It was desired to know
the wishes of Judge Parker. And
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Liicii luci c ?>ccincu iu uc u. ov.ui.iment
favoring" an Eastern man. 1
Wm. F Sheehan, the personal 1
representative of Judge Parker
at St Louis, was thought to be ;
the logical man, but Mr Sheehan
refused the place. Senator Gorman
was looked upon as the very 1
best man who could be placed at
the wheel, but this expert player 1
of the game of politics said j
"no". Senator Gorman appears J
to be "pouting". Failing toget '
t :ther of these gentlemen the i
committee turned to the west ;
and gave the job to Mr Taggart. >
And it would seem to be a wise
selection. Mayor Taggart is ;
said to be an expert politician. ,
And then the West should have
recognition. The great western
states are not by any means mort !
gag^d to the Democratic party. 1
The Republicans have a tremen- '
clous following there and the *
Dopulists have a dangerous in- *
fluence. The Democraoy must ;
court the West and Mayor Tag- gart
seems to be the proper man ;
to do the courting-.
Urey Woodson,' of Kentucky, '
was elected secretary of the com- '
mittee; John I Martin, of Miss- 1
ouri, serjeant-at-arms.
The West is delighted.and the j
Eastern Democrats seem satis- I
fied. 1
You have got the tobacco we (
want it We have got the inon- 1
ey?You want it??Let us trade ?
?You can have the big end.
The King Warehouse. ?
Lake City, S. C. j
Resolutions.
At a regular meeting of the 1
Town Council of Grcelyville, on <
Ju y 25th, 1904, the following
Resolutions were unamimously j
adopted: j
Whereas, the Great and Su- <
preme Ruler of the Universe has <
in his infinite wisdom removed i
from among us, one of our wor- t
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XI1Y tllU.1 CJS LCC11ICU IV.11VH nmu- j
ens, R II Johnson, and whereas, }
the intimate relation' held with (
him, in the faithful discharge (
of his duties in this Council, x
makes it eminently befitting, (
that we record our appreciation
of him, therefore,
Resolved, That the wisdom j j
and ability which he has exercised
in the aid of our town, by
service and counsel, will always ]
be held in grateful remember- (
ance. i
Resolved, That the sudden re- i
inoval of such a life from among 1
us leaves a vacancy and a
shadow, which is deeply real- 4
ized by this Council, and all his
townsmen, and that liis death
will pro\ e a serious loss to this 1
community, and the public. <
Resolved, That with deep!'
sympathy with the bereaved!
wife of the deceased we express ! ]
our hope that even so great a';
loss to us all, may be over ruled x
for good bye Him "who doeth '
all things well."
Resolved, That a copy of
these resolutions be recorded on! <
our minute book, and a copy
sent to our County Papers, and
a copy forwarded to his bereaved
family.
E. B. Riionus, Intendent. j
T. J. Hoc.an, *)
S. V. Taylor, -Wardens.
F. Mishoe, i
;
King & Graham Lake City, have
orders for tobacco which must be
filled. Go to see them and get top
market prices.
iimp.
A CHRONICLE OF INTERESTING
NEWSBig
Picnic?New Saw Mill?Another
Lawyer?Personal 2nd 'Local
Mention.
Lake City, July 26:?Mr and
Mrs S W G Ship}) <>f Florence,
spent several days in and near
town recently.
W F Dargan, Esq., of Darlington,
candidate for the Lower
House of the National Assembly,
came into town Friday morning
and remained until Saturday
night. He attended the big pic.a
n il i n _ j _ -l % / .
nic ax r>einei saiuraay. mr
Dargan is no doubt causing-some
of the other candidates to lose a
little of their, beauty sleep.
By the way, we are told by
some who attended the picnic
at Bethel Saturday that there
were more than two thousand
and five hundred people present.
It was certainly a big-affair and
there was plenty of dinner and
to spare for all this crowd.
These Bethel folks can't be
clowned. For instance we have
in mind a Bethel farmer who
lives like a lord and feeds like a
prince, and yet his barn door is
liung on wooden hinges and has
a, wooden lock that is'opened by
i wooden key.
Rev, Benjamin Truluck of
Motts, came to town Thursday
morning. v
Robt. H Singletary, who is
now a full fledged esquire, having
graduated in the law course
Df the South Carolina College in
lune and admitted to the bar,
spent a few days in town recently.
He has decided to locate .in
Bishopville and will open his office
there in September. The
writer, who prepared him for
:ollege, heartily wishes him an
ibundaat success and predicts
that, if a clear head, devotion to
fluty and strict honesty count
for anything-, he will sooner or
later win in the struggle for existence.
Dr Stokes, the presiding elder
M this district, was in town last
week and made us a pleasant
:all.
Mr S T Godwin has purchased
i saw mill outfit and will put it
jp on a lot in the lower part of
Lown. This will give us two
lumber mills in town, but there
s plenty of room for two and
aoth will succeed if managed
aright. *
When trout darts from be;
Lween ihv big feet of the cypresses
and dashes for the bob
singing i:: the water ahead of the
M'no don't care a fi<r
whether the skies are blue or
nurky. And when that trout is
aid on our plate at ten p.m.,
reside a cake of old fashioned
:orn bread and a cup of black
:offee?oh shucks! What's the
ise of talking? Drive the cats
>ut and shut the door!
Mr R E Morris is now employed
as book-keeper in the
3a nk.
The thermometer of our respects
for the man who says it
lidn'train Saturday and Sunday
egisters -7:1 depress below zero
srtilch.as all chemists know, is
.he absolute zero.
,Hon P S Wall was in town a
short while Monday a.anting.
Mrs E .T "Wilks and son,
flpwinr linvn rpfnrrififl from an!
ixtended visit to North Carolina i
md Mullins in this State!
Mr L 0 II<?11 oway came from
Durham, N. C. Saturday night
md will buy tobacco here again
ill is season for the American r
Fobacco Co. W. L>, B.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC CHOL
ERA AND DIARRHOEA REMEDY.
This remedy is certain to be
needed in almost every home before
the summer ipover. It can always
bo depended upon even in the
most severe and dangerous eases.
It is especially valuable for summer
disorders in children. It is
pleasant to take and never fails to
give prompt relief. Why not buy
it now? It may save life. For sale
by DrDCSeott, Kingstree; Lake
City Drug Co.,"Lake City; Dr W 8
Lynch, Scranton: . '
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