The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 20, 1905, Image 1
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* VL. XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 20, 1905. NO. 16.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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[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.
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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.
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) 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
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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.
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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.
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