The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 06, 1904, Image 5
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INTERESTING WRITE-UP OF A
GROWING TOWN.
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Industries of Which It Is the CentreProspects
of Future Growth-Some of
the Men Who Hare Bnilt up theTown.
Har?eks, October 4:?Since W
S Camlin's accident (a ruuaway and
a broken leg) his varied interests
have been aud are being managed by
L A Rogerson, who is handling the
business like a veteran, although it
was new to him. The Catnlin trade
is far fr->m small, as it includes a
general store, a cot'on gin and a saw
mill, a big cordwood business, and
a 40 acre farm, and Mr Rogerson's
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manner 01 management snows ne nas
a bright future before him. Mr
Camliu's recovery is slow and he suffers
greatly.
Harpers, on the line of Georgetown
and Williamsburg counties,
is in a region which is sus
ceptible of being made as fiue
uu agricultural country as
there is in the Palmetto State. By
^ canaling from the head of the Sam
pit river to beyond Lane's junction
4)ie laud would be effectually drained,
and when immigration was desired
supply ct uld be had. For general
farming and vegetable growing,
Harpers could be made a garden
spot and rival or excel Lake City in
small plants.
Improvements will certainly be
made but to hurry the development
of the country is individual and col%
lective dntv.
Haipers and surroundings have
been particularly free from fevers,
and the children and the old folks <
are as rosy as Edenic fruit
a n t i n
me A yj ljUUluer ^urpurauuu 110a
big logging camps about 3 miles ,
fiom here, but they don't cut less ;
than 12 inches, and there is timber
for many years to come. i
Harpers has spiritene plants and
wants a wood pulp mill and a knit- 1
ting mill?in connection with the f
latter?the cotton acreage has increased
100 per cent in the last ten 1
years and the village is growing j
6teedily. It now has five general <
stores and a few shops?two churches i
M ? and Faptist. and a good school j
8 months in the year; also a Masonic
lodge, and a coterio of cottages and ]
happy and unpretentious people. ,
The sto ^8 handle from 100,000 to ]
150,000 pounds of merchandise per <
month, and now a beer privilege is <
being asked for and evidently has ?
the wish of a big majority. <
rfarpers is 18 miles north of ;
Georgetowr by rail, aDd is promised j
a new railway station, which is ]
greatly needed for public comfort as '
well as for better freight facilities, j
M D Ogburn, the railway agent, is
able and painstaking?has been here
six mouth, aud has the good will of
all the folk , and he would certainly
' at
grace a bet; >r looking depot
Mr J H Hudson the senior merchant
here is for the advancement
of not only this region but the en- '
tire State. He was bom in Berke- !
ley county and entered the turpen
tine business at Greelyyille. For ,
17 years he lived in the famous Pee i
Dee region, and located at Harpers (
in 1891, and since then hasjhad his \
greatest success. He is still in the 1
turpentine and rosin business?owns (
a store?$4,000 stock?bas 2,400 i
acres of land in Georgetown and Williamsburg
counties, and is a thor- 1
ongh busiuess man and the be6t authority
as to the advantages of this
section. 1
The estate of E A Brouortou & Co.
handles about 100 bales of cotton a
year and a car or two of cotton seed.
Their Harpers store carries $4000 to
$5000 worth of goods, and they have
a turpentine still here, and another
at Fawn Hill, 30 miles away, where
they also have a commissary, and
deal heavily in cordwood.
D O Brocorton, son of the late E
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A Brouortou, manages the Fawn
Hill business, and his brother, W J
Brouorton assists the management
at Harpers?-the manager being W
Moyd who dovotes his best abilities
and untiring energy to his position.
Mr Moyd was born at Sampit and
been in turpentine operations and
merchandising since youth and is
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widely known and popular. His son,
J M Movd, hiis a fruit and confectionery
store at Harpers and according
to capital is doing the best business
in the village.
J W Poston, head clerk in the
Brourton Mercantile House, also)
postofliee clerk, has been with the
same establishment three years and
possesses the qualities which gain
aud retain esteem.
The new firm of Harrelson and
A runt opened 011 the first of September
and have about $1500 worth of
all sundry and buy anythiug from a
hen egg up.
G W Harrelson has always been
farming and is vet, although he has
also been scaler for the A C Lumber
( o. and his mercantile venture is
succeeding us he has many friends.
Offic'ally he was postmaster at Wayside
but is not politically ambitious.
W B Avant is a bright young man
with no end of ambition and controls
a two horse farm and applies
himself diligently to whatever he undertakes.
A B Crosby has a very neat little
general store and is doing well.
He was a farmer and timberman and
started store a year ago.
Harpers will continue to grow as
the countjy develops, but is not
likely to rival Kiugstree for a long
time to come.
James Cabswell.
Treasurer's Tax Notice.
The tax levy for year of 1904 is as
follows:
Kor State - 5 mills
" Ordinary County - 4 mills
" For Schools - 8 mills
" Jail ... l miU
" Road* - 1 mill
For special school District, Nos. 15,
23 and 34 - - 3 mills
No 16 - 4 mills (
44 18 - 1 mill''
Nos. 19, 20, 21, 22 and 25 - 2 mills
A capitation tax of one dollar on all
males between the asres of 21 and 60 i
rears unless exempted by law. Alter
December 31st 1 per cent penalty for
January. 1 per cent penalty for Feb- ,
ruary ar.d 5 per cent for March will be
idded to all unpaid taxes. '
Commutation tax of $1.00 for year
1905. collected until March 15, 1905.
After March 15, 1905 executions will
3e issned. {
I will be nt the following places men- ,
ioned below for the collection of said '
axes:
Kinjrstree 44 October 15-17
Ledar Swamp 44 " 18 '
Bloomingvale " " 19
VIorrisville " " 20
Rome 44 44 21 1
Lamberts " 44 22 l
Mtman's 44 44 24
fvin??tree 44 4 ' 25-26 I
Treelyviile 14 4* 27-28 .
Kinjfstree 44 44 2?
Hebron '4 ' 81 (
l.ake City * November 1-2 ,
scran ton " 4* 8-4
Lades 44 44 o i
(Cinjfstree ,4 44 7
salter* 44 *4 8
TOurdins 44 " 9 1
raft " 4' 10
I'rio 44 44 1 1 (
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Harper* " iz 1
hfingstree " 44 14 15 16
[ndlantown 44 44 17
Venters 44 4 4 18 19
Kennedy's Store 44 21
Kingstree 44 22 to Dec 31 ?
(Inclusive except Saturdays.) (
G. W. JOHNSON,
Countv Treasurer. \
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Notice to Trustees. ,
Trustees from the various school tfitricts
are requested to meet in the of- j
Ice of the County Superintendent o
Education, on Saturday. October 29, '
19M, for the purpose of holding ? free *
conference, loqking to the up building <
*nd development of the schools through 1
nut the county and for the promotion 1
i?f the cause of education generally
Trustees are also reminded of the fact
that the time for availing themselves
af State aid for school libraries uuder
the A nil act expires December 31,1904. J
This and other matters will come up i
for discussion at the meeting referred <
to, which all the trustees are urged to
ittend. if they can possibly do so.
William Cooper, <
9-29-3t County Supt. of Education.
Registration Notice.
The office of the Supervisors of Registration
will be opened on the first
Monday In every month for the purpose
of the registering of any person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident oo
the State for two years, and of the
county or.e year, and of the polling precinct
in which the elector offers to
vote four months before the day of
election, *.id shall have paid, six
months before, any poll tax then due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the constitution
of 1896 submitted to him by the
Supervisots of Registration, or who
can show that he owus, and has paid
all taxes collectable on during the
present year, property In this State
assessed at three hundred dollars or
yore. J. J. EAPDY,
Clerk of Board
HUM M IE
THE "BUILDING FEVER" IS STILL
UNABATED.
Dedication of New Church?Prospective
Military Co ?Visitors Who are
Coming: and Going.
Greelyville, October 3:?The
continuous stream of incoming wagons
loaded with cotton and the steady
hum of gins givea things an appearance
of business activity and liveliness.
Cotton ginneries here are running
t> their full capacity and can't
keep up with the cotton.
The weather continues very dry
and has been so hot that cotton has
nnonwl tiiftl'P TAnidlv tllftD USUal.
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When the rush is over it may be
found that the crop is lighter than
was antii ipated.
Our town still has the building
tever. Mr W L Taylor is putting
op a store on Main street in fiont of
Mr J W Lockliear's store. Material
is being put on the ground for the
erection of a two-story brick building,
the lower floor to be used for a
store and postofflce and the upper
story for a hall for the W. 0. W.
MrF Mishoe, our very popular postmaster,
is putting up this building.
I am told that the railroad com
pany will soon build a house for Section-master
McElveen. It will be
built near the railroad in the eastern
edge of tow n.
Some of the material ift on band
to enlarge the depot at this place.
This is a much needed improvement,
but the authorities are slow about
getting to work at it.
Mr C N Allison, who is well remembered
here as "Sample Switchel"
in "Ten Nights in a Bar Room",
was in town two days last week. He
was accompanied by Mr Beu Heniiugway
of Rome.
Mr Willie Connor of Charleston ,
spent Sunduy with his mothei in .
town.
Two young ladies of Manning,
Misses "Teete" Galluchat aud^Gussie
Appelt, were visiting friends here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr T B Clarkson of Kingstree
spent Sunday at Greelyville.
A movement is on foot by the boys
;o organize a military company, with
headquarters in Greelvville. They
ilready have enrolled about 40
names, and ho|>e to get enough to
jomplete the organization. Will let
1*011 know later what success attends
;heir efforts.
Miss Barbara Mallard, who has
jeen speuding some time in the upx?
_ .1 n?i?.,:ii?
jountry, returueu w unnjunc u**.,
arday.
Greelyville Baptist church will be
ledicated next Sunday, October 9.
Several visiting ministers and a big .
:rowd of lay members are expected. |
Adso, we look for some good preachng
and fine music. Coine over,| Mr .
Editor, and write up the occasion, as
this scribe doesn't feel competent to
io it justice. Vidi. j
(We thank our "sen be" for the ?
kind invitation extended, but think
he is over modest in disclaiming his
ibility to measure up to the demands I
:>f the occasion referred to.?Editor
This Record) (
Final DischargeNotice
is hereby given that on Mon- '
3a jt October 17, ltHM. I will apnly to
the Probtte Judge of Williamsburg
County for a Final Dischai^e as Ex- '
ecutor of the estate of E Brocknton,
deceased.
MRS. M. A. BROCKINTON,
Executrix.
9?22?04?it ,
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on Monaaw
n,'t/?l???r 17. 1904. I will aoDlV to
the Probate Judge of Williamsburg
County for a Final Discharge as Administrator
of the Estate of Edward
Johnson, deceased.
IlENRY B. JOHNSON,
Administrator.
9?22?04?4t
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby giveD that ou Monday,
October 34, 1904, I will apply to
the Probate Judge of Williamsburg
County for a Final Discharge as guardian
of the Estate of Bryant D Singletary,
Nellie R Singletary, Gladys R
Singletarv, James II Singleury and
Cornelia N Singletary Minors,
J H SINGLETARY,
C?JO- 4t. Guardian. ^
| Just A Word To The
I People J
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to serve them with the
t hpst nf ^nit* anH nvpr
n ccats for Fall and Win- i
> ter at moderate prices.
All the best styles from 1
the best makers are to
t be found at our store. |
I We show our immense I
stock of Hats in all i
J grades for Men and t
I Boys. Your mail order I
!will have our best at- *
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Cor. King and Hasel bts. I
j CHARLESTON. - * CJ
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THE MAN WHO THINKS THERE
IS NO FINISH EQUAL TO THE
GLOSS IS LIKE THE MAN WHO
BLOWS OUT THE GAS?HE
DOESN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
I You will know
better and be
delighted
with our
DOMESTIC
FINIS J.
Try it.
LAURENS
STEAM arthur l. jones,
LAUNDRY agent.
LMCECITV, S. C.
The Largest and Most Complete
Establishment South.
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-MANUFACTURERS 0FSash,
Doors, Blinds,
Moulding and Building Material,
Sash Weights and Coi
CHARLESTON, 8 C.
FOB SALE.
Brick Id any quantity to suit purchas
er. The Best Dry Press Machine-made
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Special shapes made to order. Correpondence
solicited before placing your
rders, W. R. FUNK.
W . L. BASS,
Attorney at Law
. LAKE CITY, S. C.
Dr RJ McCabe
Dentist
KINGSTSEE, - - S. C.
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In PiiiK in
That's Ou
When you are shop]
THE OLD ]
STUCKLEfS CASHSTOR
We prefer the money to the
to make quick sa'es. Come t
high quality goods at rock fa
> time as we nave just receive
J goods and the place to get t
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WEDDING PF
?onus, THJ
our Stock Includes a Large
Line th?t cannot Fail to Please.
Gifts in Latest Designs at Mod
out of Town customers
That Has Built up our i
Just Send Us the Amount
Get the Benefit of
WATCHES and JEWELRY
Repair
S- THOMAS
257 KING
Watch Inspectors for Southern and Com
IKingstree Gr
Next session opens in new
with the following corps o
dent, Mr. P. P. Bethea; Prii
Assistants, Misses Erckmai
Music (to be supplied) new
ances, improved Course of J
Tuition fees for pupils resi<
district will be charged at t
Primary and Intermediate C
month.
High school Grades, VII^X
An incidental fee of 1.00 p<
vance, will be required of e
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ATTENTION
You can save money by seein
farming plows, castings, sha
back bands. Plow lines?in
need in farm implements. 1
P Distributor, sold tinder
pecting a shipment of Get
in about 10 days. Let us
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$ that all we want is for y<
w vinced. "
kjj Fancy DRESS GOODS,
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? ING, SHOES, HATS,
? latest Tailor Made Ladie:
? MILLINERY A SPECIALTY
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goods and we sell close 3? jjj
o see us if yotl Wait to bay
ottom prices. Now is the ? / ;.jj
da large stock of ftesfc i '
RESENTS?
lT'8 OUE SPECIALTY'
and Carefully Sheeted ? U
Beautiful and Utful
erate Prices. ^
Receive tire careful attention ; J
Large Wail order Business# .vj
You wish to Pay and You |
Our Experience in Selection J
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K)lidated Railway,
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building, Sept 19,1904, 5j?
f teachers: Sttperinten- JL ^
ficipal, Mr. E E Hallman X i,
Tribble and Monroe? 7m
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buildin/, modern applf-* wf
Study, Music department JL, v. J
iing outside the school jZi - /I
he following, low rates: ^
jrades, I to VII, $1.00 per S
, $1.50 per month. 5r M
ir term, payable in ad- W | ^
!^h pu^l re^^ng whh- ^
FARMERS 3
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ig us before you bey you#
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pes, trace, hames, collars, ^
fact anything you mmy
are agents for the K
a guarantee. We are exmine
Peruvian Guano have
your order now- K
Yours for bargains, t
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> hny ridiculous claims
>atronage, but will say R
du to call and be con- # <!
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LACES, SILKS, RIB. J
CHILDREN'S CLOTH- ? ' '
NOTIONS, etc. Also 5
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