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W ?bt Counti) Itmirii. XIX KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 1, 1905. Na 22. | ' iT-_ A. ^K/% mA^AoilTT Withheld htf OVO' rk LAKE Cm LKALS. Rev Telepbeie Sjstea In Operation? Rein Sent te Cbalimt?Person). \ Lake City, May 30: Rev Jj s E Rusbton, now of Fork 8 C., ^paid his old home-town a visit last week, to the delight of his ' friends -and he has a good many here. Mr and Mrs C R Gandy of Green Pond are at Mr and Mrs 'J H Blackwell's. Mr Gandy " brought a tamed aeer with him. Mr J J M Graham of Cades was seen on our streets Wednes <uty. Thursday Mr Chas A Smith came down from Timmonsville and ipent the day on business. Mrs Maria Sutcliffe spent a few days last week at Rome with relatives. , Col 0 T Hall spent Friday in Kingstree on business and j?f pleasure. ^ Mis^Mamie Green is at home l' for the summer from Red 1 & < Snrimrs N C.. where she attend ed school. 1 i " W L Bass, Esq.,spent Friday and Saturday in Kingstree on professional business. The Woman's Christian Te rait peraace Union gave an ;ntertainment at Rev T J Rooke's *V i v Wednesday night of last week. The occasion was enjoyed by L members of the Union and ^ ^ their guests. j Miss Eleida Burns, who has been visiting in Florence, reHp turned Friday morning. Miss Sue Carter went to "Hartsville Saturday "night to , attend the commencement of . the Welsh Neck High school, but on learnnig that measles is P prevalent in that town, return? ed home Sunday. Mr D H Oliver went to ^ f Marion Saturday night on a ! jp tf short visit i Mr James Yarborough went down to Kings tree Saturday. 1 The local telephone system is now in operation- Some fifteen or twenty;1'phone? have beed put in and connt :tions made. Miss Annie How. i is in j , ^ charge of the switch-board. Magistrate Godwin sent Sam Speights to the chain gang Friday for sixty days on two charges. Sam stole a pair of trousers from Messrs Johnson t. * f and Hanna and then tried to 41 i. - J TT _ give trouble tnen arresxea. nc struggled, cursed and threatened violently. Sixty days working far the county may put him f" in better frame of mind. Mrs Annie Kirby, wife of Mr Mack Kirby, died Sunday after yl an illness of only a few days. Only about one year ago she aud Mr Kirby were married. Besides ner husband she left a baby only a month old. She $ was a Miss Ham, of Florence county. The Jsympathy^of the community is given to the stricken young husband left desolate r_ with his little one. 1/T TT T D1VA.H1UIU11 vi Uiu^oP'. ' trpe was in town a short while Monday morning, W. L.B. Mwtiiry. Died?On Tuesday, May 30, 1905, between 7 and 8 o'clock a m, at the home of its parents, Kingstree, S C, Miriam, aged V one year and two months, daughter of Mr and Mrs P P f Bethea. The remains were conveyed to Marion county Tuesday evening and on Wednesday were interred in the family burying ground at Gaddy. ^ Card af Tluiks. Editor County Record:?We # take this method qf expressing pur profound and fervent gratitude and appreciation to the jciqd 3id and sympathy were extended to us dur^ mg our recent bereavement. P P Bethea and Family. Sloth make Blares, ? THE SAGE OF POSSUM FORK ENJOYS CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES AT JOHNSONVILLE CHURCH?THE GRADER SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. J!i. n X? T> J _ nxuiui ^uuuuy xvccuru:? A most magnificent day smiled upon the Sunday-school picnic, celebrating " Children's-day " at Johnsonville church, Saturday, 20th inst, and a balmy, ideal evening closed around the commencement of the graded school exercises at night-fall. Shortly after ten, superintendent L L Ard rang in the Sunday-school and when the children were in place, the older people and visitors were seated on the right and lefj, but a large number failed to get seats and bad to remain out for want of room. The music was sweetly rendered by the choir, Mrs Rosa Belle Woodberry organist, and especially grand was "Rock of Ages Cleft for .Me". We have not time to go through all the programme, but must be allowed to put the names of some of the little speakers in the papers: Watty Woodberry, Mary Johnson Elisabeth Cannon, Celia Cock, held, ('laud Johnson, Zuliea Carter, Ruth Dorrill, Linda Hughes, Bertha Ard, Fanny Ard, Lessy Cannon, Bernice Huggins, Grace Edwards, Roy Dorrill, Ola Spring, and a lot of boys and girls whose names I failed to get. All the pieces spoken were full of instruction and good thought ?nothing* trifling or trashy. By invitation of Prof Brown, Rev L P McGee was kind enough to leave his work at Timmonsville, and come down to preach the commencement sermon on Sunday morning for the graded school and was on band Children's-day and gave the Sundayschool a memorable lecture on Right Thinking. He said in part: "The whole character is moulded by thought indulged day after day. The wisest man in the world has said; <(For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." Some one has said "Thoughts are things." "They are shaping character every day we live, you know a person's thoughts by the company he keeps; by the books he reads. Bad company or bad books?bad thoughts. Good company or good books,?good thoughts. The grandest instruction St Paul ever wrote was to the Philippians when he said: Whatsoever things are true; whatsoever things a^ honest; whatsoever things are just; whatsoever things are pure; whatsoever things are lovely; whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue; if there be any praise, think on these things J A collection was taken np for indigent Sunday?schools before the doxology, and the children reminded to fall in line at the ringing of the bell. They were marched with music around the long hollow-square table set with numerous plates, and were served to choice viands, by a selected corps of willing waiters, from a series of inside tables presided over by all the ladies who brought picnic baskets. Mr J A Cockfield and Mr L L Joy were selected to see that the waiters did their work all right, The next table?after all the nlofac nrara nir-al \r wi npH nil 1 n vi v uivvaj f? w??? was announced by the strong, commanding voice of Mr Bud Newell: "The ladies and the old people now fill up the table!" There was no rushing, no uneasiness about a place, because all know the ladies never fail to bring plenty of good things, running oyer, and also because all cquld see two or three big extra wash pots brimming full of ?teanjing hot pjlau and a twobushel pot of bet coffee to be served to every table. Tb e disbursing ladies on the inside tables were assisted by two chosen gentlem^to carv< I the meats. Everything- went as i lovely as two kittens at play. The preacher's good-thought ad; dress was bearing fruit all the afternoon; and many lingered j I around until the graded school' exercises again enlivened the place, after night-fall. I failed to attend at nignt out suppose you have already received the particulars from others who were present. I hear, however, that the oratorical priz^ was carried off by Miss Plorie Carter n spite of the efforts of Mr J H Woodberry and Mr Julien Brown , ?three cheers for the women! < I heard the commencement i sermon Sunday morning and was glad. Character again carried j the day. Saul's character was a < failure: ? "And the Lord said unto : Samuel, How long wilt thou ] mourn for Saul, seeing I have < rejected him from reigning over S Israel? Pill thine horn with oil ' ? ? ? ? I T m?11 OAM/) AA f A * <1UU jju. X Will 3CUU IV Jesse,the Bethlehemite for I have provided rae a king among his j sons!" He showed that "things i do not just happen so, right 1 training and character carry the J day", and "let me teh you, j next to the church, the school ^ is the most important factor in the world today ! Training r ?training?and character. But Mr Editor, lest I forget, I * must tell you of the compliment paid us by the preacher Satur- ] day, when he arose to address the Sunday-school, seated in a 1 body before him; after looking 'round a little he said: "Well you are certainly blessed with chil- j dren; I have never seen the like in all my life!" Of course it 1 made us all feel good. But I want President Roosevelt in- i vited to come and give us an address next Children's day ar.d let him see that tfte tuture pros- ] pect for Democratic principles and hoftie, native rule, are bright 1 and lovely, and that no "race suicide" obtains in all the country 'roundabout ] Possum Fork. A SHOOTING AFFRAY ! AT CADES. TWO MEN MOUNDED, ONE PERHAPS FATAUT-MOW TIE DIFFICULTY OCCURRED.) ] Last eveuing, about dark, news . reached here of a shooting scrape at Cades, While the reports have l>een , meager as to details the following version seems to be accepted as authentic, Yesterday afternoon at the depot ] an altercation arose between R F Epps and C G Carsten about some ' baaus, on which G L Sauls and Carsten both had claims, Epps be- j ing in the employ of Sauls, Carsteu sent for his son Ed, who came and took up the quarrel with Eppa. The two came togethei and in some way got into a bo*-car and continued the fight, with Carsten in the bottom and Epps sitting un bis phest. At < this juncture C G Carsten started to- < ward the struggling men when G \j ) Sauls shot him twice with a pistol, 1 once through the shoulder and again ] in the arm. i In the jonfusion which followed young Cariteu was in some way shot, ' the ball enteiing the lower part of i the abdomen and inflicting a wound that generally proves fatal. There are two statements as to bow this oc- ! curred.one being that young Uarateu . had a pistol and was trying to shoot Epps and that Epps caught hold of ' it to take it away from him, when < it was discharged and inflicted the ' wound; the other is that the shot . was fired by G L Sauls while Carsteu ' was on the floor of the box-car. All 1 the parties are men of prominence i and the outcome of the affair is awaited with interest. < Lost BetweenGraded school building and Stackley's Ice Cream par- i lor, a small pearl brooch. Re- ' ward if left at County Record office. ! WANTED-.JJY CHICAGO MANUFACTURING House, person of trustworthiness &ud somewhat familiar with local territory at assistant hi hraneh , office. Salary $18 paid weekly. Pormanent | position. No investment required. Business es- | r tabliabed. Previous experience not essential to engaging. Address, Manager Branches, 323 ! Dearborn 9t., Chicago ,0-1-3- < mf.ee nun COMMENCEMENT SERMON BY DR. TO GRADUATING CUSS BY DR. ( BERRY COLLEGE-FIVE 1 Music, flowers and intellectua ment that has regaled the peopl during the week, the occasion b ment of the Kingstree Graded pet and pride of the town. An are proud of our school wnen we it is doing in the way of educati; Kingstree but of various parts o here by the excellent advantage; tree Graded School. Truly it m ested themselves in the establisl ed wiser than they knew,"as,tfie door of opportunity," not only t< generations yet unborn. And we may say in passing, tl ed that the present vear'sVorl in the history of the school.^ ? :orps of faithful and efficient as every hand for what they have zealous performance of their dv pils is greatly in excess of any p there is talk of adding another t suing year. Out of this large at there has not been a death or < ing the year, despite the fact th; scarlet fever in the town during sanitary condition of the school The exercises began on Sundaj nent sermon at Graded Schc Smith, of Trinity church, Charlei plete with Scriptural doctrine sense. His congregation heard 1 leeply impressed with his eloq castor of this charge many years j-lad to welcome him back again Following is the programme ii nencemeiu: Sunday Morning, j sermon Monday Mor Duet Misses Cora Daniel Piano Solo, Miss Bessie Piano Solo Miss Ann? Piano Solo Miss Cor Piano Solo Miss Grace Address Quartette, Miss Snider and Messi Monday Eve Duet Misses Cora Daniel a iValtz Miss Bessie Essay ^ Miss Mattie Eliza Piano Solo Miss Man juet Misses Nita Whitehea Paper Miss Margaret Duet Misses Mantie at Piano Solo Master B?rri< Essay Miss Mabel I March Miss Ada B Duet Miss Nita Whitehead a Essay * Miss Mary J Duet Miss Marion Gilland ai Walt? Miss Nita Paper Mips i?ila "Wt Piano Solo Miss Cor Delivery o\ Farewell Song of tt The address before tne gradual Dr (ieorge B Cromer, e*-presidei of the finest efforts ever heard h Cronjer's theme was Power, whic power and Heart-power. Bis ad education, and his presentation put, comprehensive and convinc fps audience will not soon be effj of a warm welcome by the peopl Monday evening chief interest graduating class?which coraprii livery of their diplomas. Beco "sweet girl graduates" looked tl turn came forward and read her Miss Mattie Elizabeth Brocking er Education of Woman. Alread lizing the vocation of school-tea trained properly, how can they s their pupils? Women are ca world has tardily acknowledged difference in the degree of learni af a difference of sex. The Class History was entert Elizabeth Ross and incidentally Graded school from the old-time paper was concluded with an int the members of the class. Miss Mabel JLucile Snider d acumen the subject of Compwlso stand-point. The argument add very edifying, this paper being c read. . V. t. Miss ^ary James Button's sul htime very much ^'in the public progress and development of the the quaint manners anc| curious inviting field for essayists, and ) ing way many interesting things Japanese and their country. Miss Lila West Hammett, in t] intervening chasm of years to IS of fancy, saw her class-mates ar would be fifteen years hence. I >t th'e expense of the Cjther four U G0MMIIEI7, smith, of charleston addr :romer, ex-president of nev 'oung ladies graduate. 1 pabulum?such is the enterti le of the Kingstree and vicir eing the fifth annual commen school, now more than ever d it is with good reason that ; consiaerttne excellent worir ti ng the boys and girls, not only f the county, who are attrac s that are offered by the Kin ay be said that throse who ii?t lment of this institution, "bui y opened "the door of hope? o the present generation, but lat on every hand it is conce t has been the most satisfact( Superintendent Bethea and sistants are being commended accomplished in the earnest a ities. The enrollment of 230 ] revious session and even n< eacher to the faculty for the < :tendance, we are informed tl even a case of serious illness d at there have been small-pox a the term. This shows how t is safe-guarded. r* morning with the comment ?ol auditorium by Dr. Charles ston. Dr Smith's sermon was ;, philosophy and sound comm lim attentively and went aw uence. Dr Smith had served > agv aiiu 111? iiiciiua ucic i full of the exercises of co may 28, 11 o'clock. Rev C B Smii ?? ning. May 29. With Wind and Ti< and Lila Hammett. Summer Id McCutchen. Haymakers Man Bell BryanSerenac a Daniel. Meditati< Van Keuren. Dr. Geo. B. Crom s. Kirk, Gilland and McCutch? ning, May 29. a May Dt nd Ada Brockington. Dance of the Fairi McCutchen. Hie Higher Education of Worn; beth Brockington. Eau Claire Schottiscl tie Coker. Hilarity Man d and Marion Gilland. Class Histo: Elizabeth Ross. Pastourel id Roberta Coker, Century Man ? Brcckington. Compulsory Educati< jucile Snider. Bavarian Blj trockington, Merry Momen nd Burrie Brockington. Japi ames Britton. Saengerfest Poll nd Master Ernest Epps. Purple Pansi Whitehead. Class Prophet sst Hammett. Dance of the Nymr a Daniel, f Diplomas, le Graduating Class. ting class Monday morning at of Newberry college, was c ere on a similar occasion, h embraced Money-power, He; dress was a masterly plea of the subject was at once cle ;ng, The impression made uj iced and he may be sure alwa e of Kingstree. centered in the essays of 1 sed five young ladies?and the < mingly arrayed in white, 1 te part to perfection as each paper. ton's essay was a plea for Hij y the women are almost mono] cbing, and unless their minds ; iuccessfully impart instruction pable of higher education and 1 the fact that there snouia oe ng attained merely on accor aingijT recited by Jiiss Marga was given the evolution of I : academy of tender memory. fI :eresting character sketch of iscussed with intelligence a ry Kuucation from an affirmati luced and the suhjegt matter w< ne of the best of lthe numl Dject was one that is j^t at t eye"?Japan. The Vonder ; "flowery Kingdom/^! ong w customs of its people, offer Hiss Hritton told in an enterta i not generally known about 1 be Class Prophecy bridged 1 120. Her eye, borne on the wii id the town of Kingstree as tl dany humorous "hits" were m< members of the class in fore-t rmM iiimcir lmure careers, uiuugn All the papers received close; plauded. The young- ladies wer ers. ESS In delivering the diplomas, S j. the pleasant relations between strong commendation of the exc< of this class. Before dismissing iin- the following pupils were entith lity having missed a single day from ice- Jimmie Britton, tenth grade; Mi the Epps, 8th grade; Miss Mary Sw? we ana Jim Epps, 6th grade; Jim V< hat '-nd grade. He also announced - of would begin on Monday, Septet ted Sri syiWifrniiiiiiW.iit ht i mrAi itfms !? %0F INTEREST his ^ on ^ *d yAMAAAAAWWAAAAMAAAW ow Rev C W Ray was in town Monen day from Salters. 13,t ur We issue this week a sort of n(j commencement edition. he Mr S T Godwin of Lake City was noted in town Monday. B. Mr J H Pierce was on our re- streets Saturday from Cades. 0IJ Mr W E Severance was in town Monday from Lake City. ?re Messrs LeRoy Lee and Louis Gilland went to Trio yesterdav on busim* ness. Mr H P Tallevast of Dock ^ was noted on our streets yester ?ay. Mr J M Cook of Salters Depot e' was amono the visitors in town ? i Monday. Attention is called to advertisement of the College c* Charleston. Messrs E LHirsch and C W 3n, Wolfe visited Columbia several days last week. er. ;n Prof and Mrs\J W Switzenberg of Fairfax have been visiting Mr and Mrs LeRoy Lee. iy, Dr W V Brockinton has moved his drug store to the stand formerly eS' occupied by Kinder 4 Hirsch. an, Mr L Cottingham of Gallovan, Marion county, visited the famae? ily of Mr J B Steele Sunday. :h, Mrs J A Herring of Wilmington, N C, is visiting her parents, T? Mr and Mrs M S Montgomery. Mr and Mrs Fuller T Rickenbaker of Lake City visited the :h, family of Mr S L Courtney Sunday. ">n' Mrs H G Askins and two chilue, dren, Marion and David, are Ti'aOinr, folofitmc in Tjllrp Citv 1W1UV4TVO J *s' this week. , an Miss Eloise Stnrgeon of Lake City was in town this week several ka, days taking in the Graded school commenoeraeut es, Miss Alma Kelley, who has cy, been visiting Mrs Henry Cauthen at North Augusta, return1 >} ed home las* week. We were pleased to receive a call on Tuesday from our old by friend, Mr Conrad Constine, of >ne the Workman section. Dr id- Rev W B Justus and Mr B C for Whitehead went to Marion counar ty Tuesday with Mr Bethea, ac* ? r i "JU companying ttie remains 01 nis <ys chila. the Mrs M L Allen and Miss Janie de- Allen, who have been visiting in town, returned^yesterday to their homes in Cheraw and Florence, rerh. spectively. P?" Rev Chas B Smith preached in the Methodist church Sunday night. He preached a strong sermon, which no was given close heed by his large int congregation. Supervisor J Q Johnson, of ^ Georgetown county, came* over \f/"Irwin \x tr? rnnfar with Suner ne j ~ aU visor Qrahaw about the projected steel bridge across Black nd M ingo creek, i ye arrt Misa Jennie McCutchen, who P|T5 3er has been spending some days in town with the family of her his brother. Mr Hugh McCutchen, ful left Monday for Columbia to visit friends in that city. an in- Dr and Mrs Chanes J Epps of the Jon way have been spending some days in town with the forraer's father, Mr William Epps. 12TS e Dr Epps' many friends here at ide his old home were pleased to see ell- him again. a 11^ UlVfUVCWAV T- ; attention and were liberally ape also given many beautiful flow_V?f uperintendent Betbea referred to pupils and teachers and spoke in dlent deportment and scholarship the audience, he announced that ed to honorable mention for not school during the session: Miss ss Nita Whitehead and Ernest inn, 7th grade; Bob Whitehead luse, 4th grade; William Gainble, that the next session of school nber 11. ' AFFAIRS CAUQHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ * Written in Condanaod Form and Printed in Like Manner ^' for the Sake of Our Busv ^ ? Readers ' AMAMMVAAAM*M*MMA> ; The Lake City K of P excursion train passed?here yesterday( with eight crowded coaches. It was generally understood that the train would not stop here, but somehow or other it did stop and about a dosen people ! got aboard. The young lady teachers have have all departed for their respective homes, Miss Luna Tribble to Due West, 'Miss Carrie Monroe to Latta and Miss Agnes Erckmann to Charlesbon. Mr E B Hallman will leave today tor . , his home in Newberry Mrs L J Barr and children, ; Mr William and Miss Louise Barr, who have been living in Kershaw, Lancaster county during the past year, have returned to Kingstree and will make their future home here. For the present they are visiting the family of Mr J N Hammet. The whole town sympathises with Mr Bethea in the loss of his little one, whose death occurred Tuesday. Coming at this time and unexpectedly, it is peculiarly sad that the congrat- u ulation that he is receiving on ; J his admirable management of the school during the session just closed should be turned into an occasion of grief and mourning. SNAP SHOTS FIOI SCIAJVm. Death of Irs Urhjr?Nivs fcte tf PasslBi Interest. Scranton, May zv: Mrs J A Gantt of Florence spent a few days in town last week with her parents, Mr and Mrs P A Parker. Miss Myrtie McKnight has returned from Red Springs, KC., where she has been attending the Southern Presbyterian college. Miss Pauline Johnson of Sardis visited her uncle, Capt E C , 'A Johnson, last week. Mr Clyde Carter of Lake (Sty i f -.1 A All . was in town ior a snort wnne Sunday morning'. Mrs Frank Cannon left Saturday evening for Hartsville to attend the commencement of the Welsh Neck High school* which she has a daughter attending. Mr J C Lynch of Lynch was noted in town Monday morning. Mrs W S Lynch is spending a few days in Kingstree this week with triends. Mr and Mrs Willie Carter were among the visitors in town aunaay. Miss Estelle Coward spent ^ Sunday in Lake City with her sister, Miss Ola Coward. M Mrs Annie Kirby of lake City died Sunday evening at 2 o'clock. She was the wife of Mr Mack Kiroy and a daughter of Mr and Mrs William jH'am, who lives four miles fromnown. Mrs Kirby was a member of the Missionary Baptist church at Sardis. She was buried*Monday morning at 11 o'clock at Scraur ton M E church cemetery. Besides her devoted husband sfce leaves a little baby only about one month old/ .