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* ?I)C (Count# Itefoffo. 1 * VL. XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 20, 1905. NO. 16. 7 7 ' , LAKE CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP. KKUCTMN OF HEALTH OFTlCLfSIAYK IF TIE FKOST?THKEE DEATHS All ONE IAKHAGE?A FISH I1T. Lake City:?Miss Cecil Severance, who is in charge of the Western Union office at Marion, spent last week here at borne, returning to Marion Monday. Mr W E Severance was in Charleston several days last week on business. Senator Williams spent Mon da'y in Kingstree in attendance upon the warehouse committee meeting. v II O Aclrinc TTcn "\r 1 wi nn XI V* XXOIXIUUlf I ?? M4J I from Kingstree Sunday for the A day. \ . Old "40'' was actually on time \ last Sunday and very nearly on v time Saturday. This remark\ able event deserves special menv tion and headlines in forty-eight point type. The arrival of this train on schedule is as rare as a Russian victory. It is usually from thirty minutes, to one, two and even live hours late. Its coming is really more uncertain than that of the local freight. There should be some relief against this state of affairs. The local freight Monday morning bad for a passenger a man who was broken out with a hlswvmimr rase of small-DOX """ " ?c ? r when the train arrived here. Another example of the utter disregard of the rights of others. Any man in such a condition, who will board a train and put himself in contact with others, should be severely punished,and a conductor who will knowingly ^ accept such a passenger, ought' to be sent to the chain gang. Small-pox seems to be all around us and yet instead of steps being taken to prevent its spread, the efforts of some peo-; - pie appear to be directed towards scattering it. Those who have it, or have been exposed to it, take no pains to avoid carrying the danger to jtfhers and our authorities seem ^^K>e entirely indifferent. If our officers have made any towards arresting the conanc* if those who have Rhave quarantined try case, we have whisper. Should lisease spread over the blame will be ers and our phyact passed by the jr, vests them with r and puts upon* sponsibility of ennation and quaranOn the 12th instant, Mr Preston D Gaskins and Miss Maggie Williams were married at the residence of Mr T D Keith, at Cartersville, Rev T L Cole performing the ceremony. Shipments of strawberries be -gan Tuesday of last week. Little Jack Holloway, only rson of Mr and Mrs L O Molloway, died Monday morning. He * ^ n was about one year old ana was j the idol of his fond parents, who are now sorely bereft. The infant son of Mr and Mrs "Will Moody died Monday afternoon. He was their only child, Miss^Lueile Brockinton died Sunday at the home of her parfc ents, Mr and Mrs B F BrockinK ton, Jr., at Motbridge, Florence V county, at the age ot about tif teen years. The cold of Sunday and Montey played sad havoc with the I truck farms of this sectioo. The 4 .uiatit clin/) 1 1/ tfcfm P-wiua* liJCLl , Ult r* ouuuaj wviv bitter and at'nigbt the mercury tumbled to thirty-one degrees and heavy frosts prevailed. Beans were the greatest suffer en. In fact they were almosl totally destroyed, the damage being about eighty per cent, Cucumbers and squashes were t killed to the extent of at leasl one-half. The large and ripe strawberries were frozen anc jury is esti nut ted at from live to j I twenty-five per cent. The to- 1 lacco plants that were in open \ fields or beds were cut down and apparently destroyed, but i some farmer.- of lony experience N tell u> that t!;ry will come oat all rif^ht. Gardens suffered severely, Irish potatoes, beets, tomatoes. etc, beiuy nipped?some killed, some injured. The loss in dollars cannot be even ap- 0 proximated, but it will amount ^ to thousands. Whole bean fields * - r a ? iiri i a. a.. f? 01 ten, nueen arm iwrniv acres -were swept as if bv tire. Two cucumbers in a hill; one was taken and the other left. Well, N well?it's bad, very bad; but it s? can't be helped. Such things will happen and "there is no c< use crying over spilled rhilk." C Smile, if you can; .'grin, if you cl can do no bettty. At the worst, a pucker your lips and go ahead, p "Better luck another time." s1 Calamity will come now and rt again to us ail. But this old j,( world is all right yet: ai "She's rolling on to Glory: c: Right side up;with care." A One reason why this writer y< can take things so cheerfully is hi because he sat down to a feast M not many days ago. Last ni Thursday night, plaintiff d< and defendant and all their hi equities being laid aside, and b< the "said and aforesaid" forgot- c? ten, he, vi et armls, became a member of that party, made up pi of .Messrs George Hudgins, 01 Montie Scott, L P Kinder, J C m Kinder, Cecil Jacobs, F \Y Fairey and Pr J L Bass and e. "Warren,'' the blessed, which ^ (party) went to Kelley's lake, where they found Mr Duke a) awaiting- them. Warren, who knows when a bream is exactiy right, and who also knows how ^ to pass around coffee in a gourd ^ dipper, had those bream and ^ maw-mouth done before "moon- . up", and called us to supper as soon as he could summon the courage. We had just a nice, ^ gentlemanly crowd and how ^ that crowd passed those big, hit bald breams out of sight was a ^ "caution.'' It was a splendid supper of excellent fresh lish and seldom has this writer enai joyed anything more; and it is " the judgment of this court that the hearty thanks of the Lake ^ City correspondent of The 4 County Record be and the same are, hereby tendered to the gentlemen whi>se names ap- ^ pear above. * " \V L B a Seen at Smith's. b i Smiths, April 17:?Mr P M v i McKnight ot Scranton spent a d ! few days last week in our com- n j munity. n i Mr T S Smith visited friends tl at Moore's X Roads Sunday. s Messrs R P Miller and John s | McGill, Jr., two of Cades' mo>t v : popular young men, visited in v | this section Sunday. 1' Mr E J Smith will make a ! ,-if iro rdon naac tllic ^ id 11 If Sllic LI I KJL wt.io week. This is the earliest we ^ have heard of. 11 Mr Benjamin Cook has re- * turned from the "Land of Flow- ^ ers*' with his young- bride. He ^ j thinks of making his home near : here. 3 ! li i I noticed recently fourteen 'convicts on the county chain igang, whiph is doing good work t in this vicinity, , Death ot an Infant. t :**1.. t ..i? vf Lil ilie juuia .uai iuii, me: linum daughter of Dr and Mrs A G Eaddy, died last Friday morn- c ' ing about 11 o'clock. She was 2 i only eight months old, though < 'i lj) b?r short stay on earth was f jthejoyao4 happiness of fond < ijand loving parents. t ' The funeral service was con.- ? ducted at the home by Rev L P t : j McGee and the interment was < ? at the cemetery Saturday morn- ] ing.?Timmonsville Enterprise. 1 M ? ( t j Kttvp ?Q9) and look neat by < s wearing one of those handsome J I negligee shirts sold by j j m AND COMMENT FROM CADES. EARLY 1,000 ACRES OF BEANS KILLED BY FROST?THE BASKET FACTORY REBUILT?REW TELEPHONE LINES. Cades, April 18:?Since no ne seems to write to The Record from Cades nowadays, will endeavor to give you a ?w dots from our thriving little own. Mrs H G Huntley of Morven f C., visited friends in town fveral days last week Dr Judson C Moore, who re ntly^graduated at the Medical ollege of South Carolina, has ecided to hang out his shingle t Cades f ^r the practice of -his rofession. Judson is no, :ranger in town, having- been ?ared only a few miles from ere. lie has been elected exmining physician for the Cades imp of Woodmen of the World, s a high-toned and polished i uung gentleman, with many ne traits of character, Dr [oore has few equals. His nmerous friends in town are flighted at having him locate ere and extend to him their est wishes for his future sue-! ?ss. Mr W G Scott has been indis-1 nsed for several days, but is at again, to the delight of his lany friends. We are "dad tn rer><?rtthat the i 0 - ^ pidemic of small-pox which as been very severe here for ie past fe.v months, is about at i end No pew cases have een reported recently. The freeze and frost last Sunay night were very destructive ) the truck crop in this locality understand that the bean crop a total loss. Some eight or ine hundred acres having been lanted for this shipping point, ie merchants, as well as the irmers, are wearing long faces -er this great loss. Orders ave already been sent in for a ew supply of bean seed, which ill be planted as soon as they rrive. This replanting will be nnewhat an experiment, as the irmers have never planted thus ite for market heretofore. The Cades basket factory, rhich was destroyed by tire a ?w months ago, is being reuilt and will be in operation _ r j gain in a lew uays. A new telephone line is being uilt irom Cades to Lake City, rhich will be completed in a few ays. We are also to have a ew line to Kingstree in the ear future. It is undei stood hese lines will be well conducted, which will be a great atisfaction to all concerned, as re anticipate getting good serice from this and connecting ines. The camp of Woodmen of the Vorid, which was organized ere only a lew months ago, is n a flourishing condition. At he last regnlar meeting there | Fere live new members introuced to the mysteries of "Wood Iraft." When those who have pplied for membership are nitiated it will increase this amp to o\er fifty in number. If this camp does not increase o over a hund red before autumn, 'Well, we'll see." Our Job Department. The work turned out from >ur job department is of such l quality that we can say with>ut boasting that of late our acilities are taxed to the full :apacity and we find it difficult ;o fill the orders received as fast is they come in. Recently a :raveling man, whose headquarters are in a town of 6,000 people with three job offices, ^ave us an order for nearly ten lollars worth of stationery, ifter comparing o^^^mples ind prices with th^^B^tbe printeries in three whicl] is I bigger than Kingstree. We have i over 5j>L\o00 invested in printing i material and invite comparison with an)* job oliice i : the State on any class of work that we ! undertake. Any work turned out from The Record office is guaranteed to give satisfaction or money will be refunded. This is a bona fide offer that we are ready to stand up to at any time. MATTERS AT MOUZON. Two Couples United Id Holy Wedlock Last Tuesday. mouzon, April 17w-Having seen nothing- from ^?uzon in your valued paper im quite awhile I will give you a few dots to keep our community in touch with the rest of the county. This community was the scene of two pretty home marriages on Sunday, April 16. Mr B B Mouzon of Mouzon and Miss Alma Nexsen, of the vicinity of Cades, weie happily married at the residence of Mr J H Reardon ?who is a brother-in-law of the groom?at four o'clock in the j *1 ti. 1 u 117 tj i II1C dl LCI 11UUI1 UV ivc> ?T DJUBlua ot Kingstree. The bride was becomingly attired in white organdie. Only a few intimate friends were present at the ceremony. Miss Nexsen is the eldest daughter of Mr J L Nexsen and her many friends extend their kindest wishes for her future happiness. Mr Mouzon is well liked by all who know him and is receiving with becoming modesty congratulations | on winning so fair and charming a bride. The young couple will ' make this community their future home. Immediately after the ceremony above chronicled a crowd assembled at the residence of our postmaster, Mr J T Frier- 1 son, to witness the marriage of his daughter, Miss Mag, and Mr George Ward, of Lake City. The bride is one of our most popular young ladies She appeared charmingly sweet in a beautiful gown of white silk lansdowne. We wish both these couples a long, happy and prosperous voyage, their barks fanned by favorable breezes, until they finally come into port after "crossing" the bar" and meet their Pilot face to face Dame Rumor has it that there will be another nuptial affair here on the 19th inst. Wonder who it will be next? Farmers around are busy planting" their cotton. Gardens were looking uncommonly jvell until the frost last night?now the vegetables appear to have been scalded. Communion services will be held at Bethel Presbyterian church on Easter Sunday, preaching to commence Friday evening. Well, for fear of infringing too much on your space,#! will say, Au Revoir. FROM MOORE'S X ROADS. Marriage of a Popular Young Couple of Sunday. Moore's X Roads April 18: ?Very few of our people are engaged in truck farming, so we have not had as much loss from the cold snap as farmers in other sections. Miss Mattie Moore returned to Bloomingvale Sunday to resume her school duties. Miss Moore is an attractive young lady and her many friends here regret her absence. T O Vior\ /I n/^ 4-a AS I il KJ 1UUU1 C 110.2T uctiucu locate at Cades. We wish him success in the practice of his profession. The writer was present at the wedding of Miss LaUna Moore and Mr W C'Kelly of Darlington, which took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs W A J Moore,Sunday afternoon. A large nun^er of' friends relatives JMre present. ^remonu^B performed by J B Traywick at three o'clocl in the afternoon. As the sof strains of the wedding marcl sounded, skilfully played b} Miss Mary Rushton, the brid< and groom entered, preceded bi the following attendants: Miss Ella Moore, with Mi Albert King of Darlington, ant Miss Mabelle Williamson, ol Mont Clare, with Dr Judsor Moore. The bride was beautifully dressed in white taffeta silh elaborately trimmed with white oriental lace and white rose medalions. She wore a bridiJ veil, caught with a diamoml brooch. M Miss Williamson wore a handsome cream grenadine dress, and Miss Ella Moore was arrayed in white silk. Miss Rushton, the organist, was becomingly attired in a blue silk gown. Accompanied to the station by a crowd of friends the happy couple boarded the evening train for Wilmington and other points. Our best wishes linger with them for a long, happy and prosperous wedded life. Primrose. iitew sum. _ I [Conducted by the Pupils of the Tenth Grade.) We miss from their accustomed places to-day the faces of David and Hevward Scott and Theodore Hemingway. The 8th-grade has divided itself into two opposing factions which are preparing for a "geographical match." Their tirst task is the bounding of all the counties of South Carolina. The debate by the 10th grade on, "Is war ev-r right?" resulted in favor of the negative. From the amount of enthusiasm and excitement . exhibited we think it would be rather dangerous to have another soon. The 9th and 10th grades expect to celebrate Good Friday with a picnic, if nothing prevents. It is whispered that the 5th and 6th giades will have an "egg hunt" Friday. They are rather reticent as to the particulars. We were glad to have with us for a short time Monday morning, Mr Jacobs, chairman of the board of trustees. His visit will mean a good deal to us, for he promises to remodel our rostrum before commencement; so, if any of our number ever have the pleasure of graduating it will be on a first class rostrum and not on the "goods box" we have at present. " t 1- - - i - ?:ii Mr jacoos aiso says we win soon have the new book-case for the library, which we so sorely need. We are glad to have fcuch profitable visitors and only wish they came oftener. You'll never appreciate the "good old summer time" until you get a pair of those low quarter shoes for ladies and gentlemen to be had at W. T. WILKINS'. Notice. Until further notice my office days will be every Saturday, except the Saturday before the first Monday in eagh month, and also the first Monday in each month. William Cooper, 4-6-tf. Co Supt ^Education. Notice to rifc&ers. Unless 1 can gel^i pledged attendance trom tMrty bona fide teachers I am afraid thai we cannot aecwa^^i Summer School for this <^unty at Kingstres; therefore, I beg that teach ers desiring the Summer School held in this county will write me without delay. None bu1 teachers hojding certificates ^Sigiye plg^V^to attend. vi Cooper, \E^p(Ajpn. : BUDfiET OF LATE NEWS ; FROM GREELYV1L1E. a ) COT!ON AND VEGETABLES INJURED BT COLD-OTHER NEWS PERONAL AND r LOCAL I Greelyville, April 17:?We f are having- a taste of winter i again. I After having passed the middle of April we had ceased r to expect any more cold, but : last night brought a big frost with ice, resulting in most of : the fruit and nearly all of the , early vegetables being killed or 1 badly injured. I noticed a lot of cotton com- , ing up on Saturday; guess this | will all have to be planted over, ( and I fear there will be some t difficulty in getting seed. All , the corn I have seen seems to be a very good stand, and I don't c think the cold has hurt that [ crop. I think it would be a blessing to our farmers if two- 8 thirds of the cotton couid be c killed and corn put in its place. Our postoffice has been moved g to its new quarters in the new v brick store. This removal puts [( the office near the centre of the D town, making it more conven- t ient for everybody.. The Mercantile Co. has not b opened its new stock yet, but s will do so in a few days. Mr T W Boyle, accompanied w by Prof C C Smith,visited King- fi stree on Saturday. Mrs C Q Joyner is visiting relatives in Sumter this week. j' Vf IT*I otrtf nrViA VlQC .'11S3 1' 1UI 1 1C 1' nnw iiim g been teaching about four miles t from town near Mr Shirer's, closed her school and returned to her home in Foreston last Friday. j Dr Charles A Smith of Charleston spent Sunday in Greelyville, visiting his son, Prof Smith, of the Greelyville school. We trust that the doctor was so well pleased with our town that he I will visit us again before very ? long. * Mrs J M McKoy and two children of Foreston visited rel- 1 atives in Greelyville on Satur- t day, t Some of our people have be- T come discouraged at the continued low price of 'otton and * are selling now for what they ( can get. I think after holding this long I would have held out ( a while longer. ? Mr J A Scarborough, Sprunt I & Co's cotton buyer, was here Saturday picking up a few bales i for his firm. Vidi. ? DEATH OF MB. SOLON Another Confederate Veteran Joins the Great Majority. < . Scrantox, SC, April 19:?Mr 4 Soloq Evans, a gallant Confederate c - ? 1' 1 1 1 lIC veteran of tnis piace, aiea suaaeniy Friday morning of heart failure, be- 1 ing sick but a few hours. He I served throughout the four years of I the war and while charging the ene- * my at Peteisburg was severely wounded, the ball entering his thigh ' and shattering the bones. He returned to his command after conva- t . lescence, but with,"permanently im- i paired health he never entirely lecovered, although he served to the | end of the war with distinguished t bravery. Unfaltering courage, truth and 1 siucerity were distinguishing traits ^ of his chaiacter. At the close of the war he began farming aud mer- t chandisiug and soon became recog- ( nized as one of the most successful * business men in his community, which ore-eminence he retained ud 1 X to the time of his death. He acquired by his own exertions j . a large property aud was probably l : one of the wealthiest citizens of Wil- ' liamsburg county. He was instrutneutal in the establishment of the [ firm of this place bearing the name : of L I) Evans & Co., of which he t was senior partner. He was also ' owner of one of the largest saw mill plaptp in this section. Mr Evans was 61 years old. He , married Miss Haseltine McAllister, 1 who with six children survives him. Jj His remains were taken to the Meth- M odist church cemetery and laid to rest Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. MRM. a TO BUILD WAREHOUSES. Report of Itae Committee Which Met Here Monday. To the Members of the Williams- -2 burg Cotton Growers' Association: ^ uentiemen: rursuam 10 requeue of Mr J Davis Carter, your comity chairman, the undersigned commit* > tee, appoiuted to cousider the'advisibility of the erection of cotton, warehouses in Williamsburg coantyr oegs leave to report that a quorum >f the committee met today, and ifter fully discussing the matter, do ecommend as follows: I. That in judgment of your :ommittee at least two cotton warelouses, and more if possible, be erectdin Williamsbuag county for the toiageof cotton for the coming rops. II. That the approaching conveniou to be held on Saturday, the 2nd inst., to decide the number of * warehouses to be built, designate the ccations thereof, and appoint comaittees to raise funds for the erecion of the same. , III. That nothing but a standard nek warehouse, 50 feet by 100 feet, hould be built, which would coat opt twelve hundred dollars. IV. That the shares of the said rare-house companies be fixed at ;ve dollars per share, so that every ? : armer will be able to participate m his very important undertaking. V. That the farmers take a maurity of the stock in these waietouse companies, so that they can iwavs control tne management ui. he same. J F Cooper, A H Williams, W D Bnan, John AisHelley, Ware house Committee; ?iugstree, April 17,1906. Venters and Vicinity. Venters, April 17:?The farmers of this section are about through ilantiug corn aud cotton and are etting out tobacco doriug this avorable season. Pneumonia and la grippe seem to iare passed away with the dawn of he bright, warm spring days, a he small-pox is held in check by^ racci nation. Mr R L Cockfield, who has been ittending the Medical College of Charleston, is home on vacation. Miss Daisy Haseldon has just dosed a very successful school term it Harpers and returned to her tome at Johusonville. Mrs R B Woodbery anl Miss \nuie Ventore attended the Snndayicnool convention in Florence as ielegates from Jobosonville church. They report a pleasant trip and a rery foil and instructive programme. Superintenduut of Education Hooper spent several hoots at the lohnsonville Graded school a few lays ago. His talk to the pupil* tnd patrons was very interesting and ustructive. Let us hope chat the >atrons will take his advice and >rovide the school with a suitable wilding and equipment. Mr < oopr's promised visits to the school are ooked forward to with appreciation. Mrs J E Carter has been called to he bed-side of her daughter, who s very sick in Darliugton. Mr Julius Eaddy, after having )assed successfully for the fourth ime through the flint mill?final ixaminations?at the Medical Colege of Charleston, has located at Lambert for a short while. judging iroui souie uuugs >?e bw, ;he preacher will soon be called up-' > >n to throw the life loop around ?otne of the folks down this way. N. Attention. Veterans! A meeting of Camp PressIeyAvill bet field on Wednesday, May 10, "o participate in the Memorial exercises of that day. A full attendance of members is requested. The following programn^ has been arranged for that occasion : 10 o'clock, a m?Members meet fa court house and one hour, will be devoted to the business of the Camp. / 11 o'clock; a m?Audience and speakers Assemble in court house. A large attendance is expected and de-/ ;L sired?especially the ladies are invited Jm G J Graham H H Kinder/* > Ad/utarit Command&niL V. 21 . '