The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 22, 1904, Image 1
V0l7~X.X. ~KIN(tSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1904. NQjgW
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See Keddick's new ad.
C W Stoll, Esq , went to Floreuce |
Friday on business.
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Dr Haselden of fades was noted ,
i u town Monday.
Mr S T Godwin of Lake City was !
in town yesterday.
Mr R C McElveeu was in town
Monday from Spring Bank.
% Mr C M Richburg of Greelyville
was on our streets Tuesday.
Mr L S Dennis lias accepted a;
position with Mr J S Eroii.
Cotton was quoted at 10? 10 10|
on the local market yesterday.
w Dr J H Chapman of Johnsonville
was in town one day last week.
Miss Barbara Jacobs visited Miss
Alma Gordon at Lanes I'uesiiay.
Hon Theodore B Gourdiu of Heinewanu
was noted in town Monday.
Mr and Mrs I P Mouzon have returned
from a visit to Asheville, A'.
C.
Mr Fred Shackelford of Georgetown
visited friends in town Sunday.
Mr TP Steele of Dock has taken (
a position in Dr Brockiutou's pharmacy.
Capt John A Keiley has gone to
Glenn Springs to speud several
weeks.
Mr J W Kelly, from across Black
river, visited us while in town Saturday.
Mr Jasper King of the vicinity of
Greelyvilie paid us his respects yes- i
terday.
Miss Bertha Hodge of Reiser's A. I
Roads was noted in town one day !
last week.
Messrs J B Chandler and W D 1
Snow den of Benson were in Kiugstree
Monday.
It's a nnghty tame electiou when ,
they can't get up a row in Georgetown
politics.
Mr J Y Tisdalo of Central atten- ,
ded services at the Williamsburg
church Sunday.
Mr Theodore Hemingway, who
hits been eick for several days, is
able to be out again.
A military company is talked of
; among the boys. We hope they will
not take it out in talk.
Mr W J McKnight of Gourdins
was in town Saturday and enrolled
as a Record subscriber.
Mr Warren Montgomery, of the
Greelyville section, dropped in pleasantli'
tr> at** lis vMljirrlnv.
"U"J J
Mrs Theodore Simmons and family
of Charleston are visiting the
family of Mr M F Ileller.
Mr Cecil Jacobs of Georgetown
is spending several days with his
parents in town this week.
Mr Otis Arrowsmith is in Lake
City this week dieposiug of a herd
of jerseys for M F Heller.
Mr Alex Floyd of Lake City, while
in town Tuesday, auded his name to
our always growing subscription list.
Dr R J McCabe came up from
Georgetown Mouday aud will be in
his Kingstree office for the next two
weeks.
The fall term of court convenes
here Monday, October 10, Judge j
C G Dantzler of the 1st circuit pre-!
siding.
The Independent Cotton Oil Co's1
plant at Davis Station, Clarendon j
county, was destroyed by fire last j
Sunday.
TV?a miinv fripnds nf Mr J Hi
Steele are glad to know that he a
convalescing from his long and se-1
rious illues.
John Spivey of Salters passed
through the city last night returning j
from Lumber, N. C.?Florence!
Times, Sept. 20.
^ Miss A L Wingo of Campobelloj
passed through town last week going
to Indiantown to teach in Mr
J C Bell's family.
One night last week thieves broke
into a freight car containing goods
consigned to W T Wilkius Wei
* have not learned how much was
stolen. Frcrn the number of burglaries
committed here there must be
a "before day" club somewhere
around Kingstree.
i
Mrs CM Chandler, the popular
hostess of the Colemau House, is
convalescent from a recent illness of
several clays duration.
The fire engine recently bought
by the town couueil has arrived and
the next thing in order is tue formation
of a fire company.
Mrs Annie Zernow of Charleston
and Mrs Lucy Hen lies of Columbia
are guests o'f Mrs Lula Brockinton
on Railroad avenue.
A special sale is advertised this
week by the Kingstree Bargain
Store to take place Saturday, September
24. Read their ad.
Rev R W Humphries, who is in
charge of Phenix circuit, Greenwood
county, visited the family of Mr J B
Chandler at Benson last week.
Florence's loug deferred dream is
about to be realized. Work starts on
h r government building tomorrow,
says the Flprence Daily Times.
Amnnn fko >1 a II- CIltuPrihl'M WP
XllUUU^ lilt llin vwvvv?*w*w ?
enrolled within the past week was
Mr S K Monzon of Mouzon postoffice.
who was in town Saturday.
Mr D W Cunningham, of the
firm of Cunningham & Dove of Darlington,
passed through the city last
night going to Kiugstree.?Florence
Times, Sept. 20.
Miss Clara McElveen, one of
Cade's charming young ladies, is
speuding some time in town, the
guest of Miss Roxie Hancock?Timmousvillc
Enterprise.
Hon \V L Bass of Lake City, who
ae a candidate for re-election to the
legislature, led the ticket with
about 1600 votes cast for him, was
in iown Moudav on business.
A meeting of the congregation of
Williamsburg Presbyterian church
is culled for next Suuday to be held
in the church at 10:30 a. m. It is
urged that all members interested in
the welfare of the church will attend
this meeting.
We are requested to aunounce that
011 Sunday, September 25, at 11 a
m., there will be preaching at (Jen
tral Presbyterian church by iiev S L
Wilson of Seneca, and at Uuion
church at 4 o'clock of the same day
by the same minister
Dr Clarence D Jacobs leaves toJ^?.
M-anmu kiu otmliitc in tho mprl
UttJ W irouuic 4IIO Otuuivg III vi?v M.v??
ical dt*| art went of the University of
Nashville, Tenn. Before getting
down to work ho contemplates going
on to St. Louis and taking in
the World's Fair for a few daytf.
At the last meeting of Kiugstree
lodge K. of P. Chancellor Commander
P II Stoll and Vice Chancellor
C W Wolfe were elected delegates
to the district convention
Knights of Pvthias, which meets iu
Florence on Thursday, September
29.
Friday night the cabin used as a
cook room bv the ch'aingang at their
camp near town was destroyed by fire
and the blood houud pup?the property
of the county?which was
sleeping in the house, was burned to
death. The cab also came near being
destroyed by the fire.
We are pained to hear of the loss
of the new gin house and machinery
by fire b&louging to Messrs Wilson
& Durant Bros., on the county line
road, involving a loss of two or three
thousand dollars. These young
gentlemen had just finished their
building.?Georgetown Times.
A commission for a charter has
been issued to the Palmetto Drug
Co., of Georgetown. The corporators
named are, Dr L B Salters and
W N Jacobs. Both of these young
men are natives of Williamsburg
county and have numerous fiiends
nere who wish them abundant success
in their enterprise.
T?ev S L Wilson of Seneca preached
in the Williamsburg church Sunday
morning and evening. Rev Henry
Cauthen deferred his morning sermon
until 4 p. m.,so as not to conflict
with the Presbyterian services.
At both services the Williamsburg
church was crowded and Mr Wilson
preached excellent sermons. We understand
that an effort is being made
to combine the Williamsburg church
with two other Presbyterian churches
?CeDtrallaDd Union?and to offer Mr
Wilson the pastorate of the charge
thus formed. It is to be hoped that
the plan will succeed and that we
may have Mr Wilson and hie family
as citizens of Kingstree.
There may be nothing in a
name, but in the sofciety columns
of a newspaper there are nothing
' but names. ,
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I RESULT OF SECOND PRIMARY.
Total Vote Received by Each Candidate
j ?Executive Committee Proceedings
At the time we went to press
last Thursday we were unabh
j to give the compl ete official re
turns for the second primary, ow
ing to the fact that up to thai
hour no returns had come ir
from two precincts, viz, Oal
Ridge and Poplar Hill. Latei
in the day Oak Ridge was heard
from and the vote tromthatpoL
i added to the official score. Af
: ter waiting till 4 o'clock p. m.,
! the time limit prescribed by the
rules, Poplar Hill was counted
out and the official result de
clared as follows:
Congress?Eilerbe 1270, Rags
; dale 735.
House of Representatives?
Stoll 1136, Wall 879.
Treasurer?Johnson 1183
Baldwin 824.
Supervisor?Graham 1234
Chandler 755.
Coroner?Gamble 1038, Burrows
963.
County Commissioner?Blake
ley 1465, Eaddy 1293, Fitch 1233,
The belated returns from Pop
lar Hill were brought in Saturday
by Manager F Marion Brit
j ton, Sr., who started to bring
1 them up Thursday but found the
! road impassable and after stren
uous endeavor to make his waj
over obstacles that barred the
road, was forced to turn back.
For the benefit of those concerned
we give the vote from this
poll, which, to obtain the total
vote actually received by each
candidate in the county, may be
added to the figures given above:
Railroad Commissioner?Earle
34, Mobley 21; Congress?RagsHal
MO Fllerhe 25: House of
Representatives?Stoll 34, Wall
21; Treasurer?Johnson 48, Baldwin
7; Supervisor?Graham 11,
Chandler 44; Coroner?Burrows
24, Gamble 31; County Commissioner?Blakeley
46, Pitch 22,
Eaddy 42. It will be noted that
this vote had it been received in
time would not have affected the
official results.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
After the votes were tabulated
the following- candidates were
declared elected, each having-received
a majority of the votes
cast in the second primary:
House of Representatives, P H
Stoll; County Supervisor, J J
Graham; County Treasurer, G W
Johnson; Coroner, R K Gamble;
County Commissioners, R D
Blakeley and A R Eaddy.
It was announced by the chairman
that Mr W M Smith had
withdrawn from the second race,
and for that reason his name was
left off the ticket as a candidate
for county commissioner in the
second primary.
It having been brought to the
attention of the committee that
Mr William Cooper had received
a plurality of the votes cast for
the office of county superintendent
of education in the first primary
and that through an error
in the addition it appeared that
Mr TOlin Epps was elected and
the result had been so declared,
a motion was made and unanimously
carried that the committee
rescind its action declaring
the election of Mr Epps and that
| Mr Cooper be declared the
J nominee of the party. Incidentally
the chairman stated
' that as soon as the error was
made public Mr Epps had written
to him saying that he be
lieved Mr Cooper to have been
fairly elected and relinquishing
all claim to the office.
The treasurer submitted his
report to the committee showing
i receipts and disbursements ol
j the campaign and the balance
left on hand. It was moved and
ordered that this balance, aftei
paying all approved olaims, he
carried over to the next electior
i as the nucleus of a fund to paj
I m o n n /raro f Ar Vinlrlinff f" Vl.
j me maua^cio iui iiviuiu^ v**>
| primary of 1900.
A woman's strength lies in hei
! silence, that is why she is Daturalh
weak.
Wanted 1
Hickory and Persimmon logs
Highest cash prices paid.
Size and length furnished or
application.
9-22 t? MB SpriDg,
, Kingatree, S. C.
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,1 MI 11 ML
'! BURGLARS CRACK THE POSTOFFICE
I SAFE AND SECURE NEARLY $5,000.
* No Cine to the Robbers Who are
J Evidently Old and Experienced
Hands.
: The most daring" and successI
ful burglary in the history of
1 Kingstree was committed here
last night. The postoffice was
i broken into, the safe blown
: open with high explosives and
1 rifled of its contents, the money
and other articles stolen approx
imating $5,(X)Um value, ut tms
amount the principal loss is a
registered package containing
- $4,000 belonging to the Bank of
Kingstree. This money was
, shipped from Charleston last
night and is fully covered by
, insurance in transit. The ballance
stolen includes postoffice
funds ammounting to $260.63
cash and about $150 in stamps,
also nearly $500 worth of jew.
elry and other articles of value
belonging to the postmaster.
The burglary is evidently the
work of old and experienced
; hands. There is absolutely no
: clue to the robbers, who accom
plished the deed about 3 o^lock
r a. m. and had ample time to es?
cape by daylight. Several persons
nearby the scene heard two
distinct explosions in the night,
i but had no idea of what was
I taking place. A sledge-hammer,
i a cold chisel and a monkey
! wrench, stolen from J T Sulli:
van's blacksmith shop, were
i left nearby piled before the door
of the shattered safe.
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i Returns of Second Primary Announced
by State Executive CommitteeThe
official returns of the seL
cond primary as announced
. Tuesday afternoon by the subcommittee
of the State Democratic
executive committee are
as follows:
t For Railroad Commissioner?
John H Earle, 50,726; John G
; Mobley, 40,293.
For Congress, Second District
?J OPattersoD, 6,654; SG Mayfield,
5,520.
_ For Congress, Sixth District?
J Jsi JUUerbe, 7,73b; J vv itags
1 dale, 5,730.
Solicitor, Fifth Circuit?Geo.
Bell Timmerman, 6,656; George
R Rembert, 4,546.
The results of the primary
1 were declared Tuesday by the
sub-committee in accordance
: with the figures as given, and
Messrs Earle, Patterson, Eller:
be] and Timmerman were declared
to be the nominees of the
; party. This concludes all of the
State contests.
Chairman Jones was instructed
to issue an address just before
the election showing the impor'
tance of casting a full Demo'
cratic vote.
SOUR STOMACH.
When the quantity of food taken
; is too Urge or the quality too rieh.
sour stomach is likely to follow, and
especially so if the digestion . has
, been weakened by constipation Kat
' slowly and not too freely of easily
? digested food. Masticate the food
thoroughly. Let five hours eiapse
between meals, and when vou feel
a fullness ami weight In the region
P of the stomach after eating, take
' Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets and the sour stomach may
* be avoided. For sale by Dr DC
' Scott, Kingstree; Lake City Drug
' Co., Lake City; Dr W S Lynch,
? Scranon.
When a womau starts out to re;
form, she always begins on some
i man.
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FOR SALE!
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. FIVE HUNDRED BUSHELS
CAROLINA SEED RYE.
LlKIUIKIflR,
201 and 203 EAST BAY,
1 Oil* S. 5.
Call at w. T, WILKINS for above.
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! THE SCHOOL BEGINS ANNUAL SESSION
WITH FUTTERING PROSPECTS
' Trustees, Patrons and Friends Assent'
ble in the Beautiful New Building On
Opening Day-.Int eresting Program.
The Kingstree Graded school
commenced its annual Session
Monday with most flattering
prospects. With a moderrf ana
commodious building, well
equipped with up-to-date furniture
and fixtures, and an able
and enthusiastic faculty, the'
trustees and patrons and friends
of the school assembled with the
pupils in the auditorium on the
-i il i a J _
opening aay witn no sman degree
of pride and enthusiasm.
Kingstree has been striving for
a number of years to have a
gradedschool which would be
first class in every particular,
and at last we have it, so it is
no wonder that so many met to
give words of cheer to teachers
and pupils on the first day of the
school year.
Supt. Bethea believes in cooperative
work and invited parents
and public to be present at
the auditorium Monday morning
at 10 o'clock to take part in the
opening ceremonies. An appropriate
programme had been arranged
and the consensus of
opinion is that much good will
result from the public opening
of the school. The chief feature
of the exercises was the spirit of
harmony and progressiveness
manifested by all those who
spoke.
The progr imme w; s as follows:
Song: America.
Prayer, by Rev S L Wilson.
Addresses by Supt P P Bethea,
Mayor C W Stoll, Capt Edwin
Harper, (.'apt Jno. A Kelley and
Rev Henry Cauthen.
Supt Bethea spoke principally
of co-operation between parents
and teachers. He showed
conclusively that the parents
have a large part to do in the
education of their children and
that unless they assist the teachers
the work of education can
not be successfully carried on.
Mr Stoll spoke in behalf of the
town council. He welcomed the
teachers to Kingstree and stated
the past policy of the council tog
ward the school and told the
purpose of the present council.
Kingstree is the leading educational
center of the county and
must always be.
Capt Harper spoke in behalf
of the trustees. He said Kingstree
was usually divided in politics,
sometimes divided in the
churchs, but on education we
stood as a unit. He pledged the
hearty support of the trustees.
Capt Kelley spoke in glowing
terms of Kingstree's great
achievement in erecting so hand
some a building and maintain
| ing such a splendid school. He
also gave a history of the school
here for the past fifteen years.
Rev Henry Cauthen said that
the school was the right arm of
the church and showed how religion
and education went hand
in hand. The future of our country
depends on the children being
given a christian education.
This closed the public exerciises,
with a benediction by Rev
W H Hodges.
The faculty this year is as follows:
Supt P P Bethea will
teach the 9th and 10th grades;
' Prof E P Hallman will teach the
7th and 8th grades; Miss Tribble
the 5tli and 6th grades; Miss
i Monroe the 3rd and 4th grades;
, | Miss Erckmann the 1st and 2nd.
The enrollment was the larg'
est in the history of the school,
i there being about 160 pupils enrolled
up to this time, nearly 20
i per cent more than at the beginning
of the last session.
M. B. Spring,
JEWELER.
KINGSTR5E, S. C.
Dealer in Watches, Spectacles
J and Jewelry.
i j Watches, Clocks and all kinds
of Jewelry repaired on short notice.
Work guaranteed or money
refunded.
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