Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1111 IP111. ,3^ ik J r ra /4?-%_ /-v ' [your'accounts solicitedTI WUBK^S^eZ- V-i Uii /I IVtJ j M\gW^%va% ^pTXs^0r;^h,'oSr,i,,*B' (LIU VLOUlUl) M CCD 1 11* t WALLACE JONES. JR. CASHIER. ^ y V ^ S.B. posto*.^ CHAH.^M. kiur> ? ?" "*" ' ~? H^'OL XIX KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 29,1905. NO. 27. RjM'IlEl. OF LOOU AND GENERAL iREST FROM OUR WIDEf ARE NEIGHBOR TOWN. e ' 'ity, Tune 26:?Mr W S of Prospect was noted here ay. or Wolfe was h welcome viei fitor to our town Saturday of last] week. rlt appears pretty well settled that a Pythian excursion will be run on July 14th by Lake City, KingsUve, Scran ton, Prospect and Beulah Lodges. Mrs YV E Carter visited in Scianion Sunday. Mr P D Cocktield is wearing another &rin. It's the eighth one. MrsLO Holloway has returned from Sullivan's Islaud. She and Mr^Holloway are now living on Main street in the 0 L Buss honst. Magistrate R K Wallace of Kingstree was up here again last week. Wonder wuat he's coming so ofteu for? Squire Godwin seems to be holding down this end of the judicial benoh pretty well. Burthen, maybe Judge Wallace is after something else?kind of probate court matter, trying to get possession of a minor, and the minor beiug aliotc the age of fourteen, her consent must be secured. Mr C F Flowers has sold out his interest in firm cf- Stuekey & Flowers to I)r J B DuRanr, and the Ufw firm will be known as Stuekey A Du Ran v. The business wili becontinued without interruption. JMr Flowers .onteinplates going into the l.iiiiiuaafi u(tu 1 luipruuut; uiiciuisa .... And Mr J W Floyd is another one. He says the boy is about half grown. The revival services at the Baptilt chnrch conducted bv Kev Thos ii J Leitcb continues with uuabated interest. Several have united with the different churches and many others at each service app>*r very much coucerned. During the day service, which is at 4 p m, all the stores and other business places are closed so that all who wish may atteud. The congregations are large. . * For instance, on Sunday morning,! notwithstanding all the aisles and a$' other spaces were filled wilh chairs and even the ttand occupied by eager hearers, some fifty or more people could not even get inside the | L . .11 t cnnrcnaiaii. Mr Walter S Glenn of Charleston and Miss Mary E Gray of Salem -were married at the residence of the bride's father, Mr Daniel Gray, on Sunday, June 25. The officiating clergyman was Rev J 15 Tray wick of Lake City. , The ' lower sessions" court of the Lake City circuit, "Judge Godwiu presiding, had a lively time during Ja?t week aud reduced to meal most ? f the corn brought to this mill. l VioU Fulton and Lillie Kinder were c'larjed with violation of contract, ?lr Bass for the State and Mr E L Hirsch for the defense?guilty, j*. * ten i olJars or thirty days in jail. ??? i?t Tashon Fulton Dlead ? ? guillv ? stealing a bag of cabbage ami \\ei?t 10 i-hovel dirt thirty days. J)errv ( r.tli.ui), an old Suuday sinner and reek'ess dealer in facts and . fancies, was f-nu d guilty of carrying concealed weajioiis and will * hang his iiai}? by the roadside under the eye of Supt Lynch for thirty suns. The case of S .1 Singletary vs. J H Singletary, in which the plaintiff i-ondncted his own case and the defendant was represented by _J Messrs H H Singletary and J H V Gaskins. called for a good deal of ?? arguineut. The complains; was finally dismissed on demurrer- A A Cas ton, who is charged with breach of trust, asked for transfer and the j case was turned over to Judge Wal lace. \V L B Senator McCumber of South Da, kota contributes a remarkable paper, entitled "What Lies Ahead of This People," in which he declares, and scientifically demonstrates, that "paternalism is the inevitable sequence of all social evolution." * ' / A Useful Life Ended. Dock, June 2b: It is my unpleasant duty to report the death of one of our best men, Mr Tom Brockinton, which sad event occurred early Thursday j morning at the home of Hon John S Graham near MorrisviJle. Mr Brockinton's death was a blow to the entire community, for he was a man who was loved and esteemed by all who knew him; few men had more friends than Tom Brockinton. He was a man whom to know was to love. He was a big- man with a big heart and carried sunshine wherever he went. Until a few months ago he was hale and hearty and the very picture of health in the prime of young maahood, being only 37 years of fege. About two months ago he was taken sick and gradual if grew worse in spite of the kindest attention and best medical skill. Mr Brockinton was a Christian gentleman and a consistent member of the Baptist church. On Friday a large concourse of sorrowing friends and acquaintances gathered at the old Belin church to witness the last sad rites. The funeral services were conducted by Rev W J Wilder. Mr Brockinton leaves four children, three girls and one boy, two brothers and four sisters, and a large circle of friends to mourn his sad and untimely < 1 li Hit hie danfh IVilliamC UVU III. I/J iuo uvubii >1 Iiimutu burg cuunty loses one of its best citizens, for no one can say aught against the memory of our friend, Tom lirockinton. Whippoorwill. KINGSTREE *7; CLIO L Ktngstree Takes the First Game from Gl)o. The first of a series of three games of ball between Kingstree and Clio was played here yesterday. After the first innincr the two teams were close ly matched and the game was prettily played. . The score by innings was Kingstree?6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1?7 Clio? 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0?1 Batteries?K i ngs t re e: Gilland, D. and Miller. Clio: Taylor and Fletcher. SCRANTON SNAP-SHOTS. A Pleasant Social Function?Death ot a Child?Personal Items. Scranton, June 26:?Quite a large number of young folks had the pleasure of attending a masquerade party last Tuesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs R B Cannon. All who attended report having had a pleasant evening. Dr S M Dickson was awarded the prize for the best disguise. Refreshments were served during the evening. Misses Addie Cannon and | Bessie Barnwell visited relatives and friends in Lake City last week. Misses Lily and Frankie Graham returned Saturday morning from a visit to Wilmington, N. C. Miss Belle Weatherford of ; Florence is visiting friends in ! town this week. Hon W B Gause of Coward was noted in town Monday. I Willie Leo Kirby, the infant son of Mr Mac Kirby, died SatI urday morning at 4 o'clock. The | little one was about two months | old. He was laid to rest Sun day morning at 10 o'clock in the j cemetery of the Methodist church : by the side of his mother, who was taken away about a month ! ago. i Drs A H Williams and T B ! Hinnant were in town Sunday from Lake City. j Mrs T L Carter of Effingham, ! who was called here to the bedside of her sister, Mrs Fannie , Lee, who is very ill, returned | home Saturday night. ! Messrs R M Graham and F M I Lynch of Cowards paid Scran! ton a visit Sunday. Mr and Mrs J H Blackwell of Lake Ciiy were among the visitors in town Sunday. Mr Frank McKnight left day for Atlanta, Ga., to attend a school of telegraphy. . . M R M. * ri - ^ JUDGE PURDY TOUCHES I UP THE DISPENSARY IN PASSING SENTENCE-A LIGHT A DOCKET-COURT ADJOURNS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The court of general sessions and common plea& convened on Monday at 10 o'clock, Jud^e R 0 Purdy of Sumter presiding. ( Solicitor Wilson and Stenographer Lathan were both on J ^ hand and the work of the court v was commenced without delay. s The docket was light and both 1 the session* and common pleas were finished by Tuesday after- r noon, and the court adjourned, sine die, about 5 o'clock. The cases tried were as fol- v lows: ^ The State vs William Harris, ^ alias "Hoggic" Harris, obstructing railroad. This was the case * where the spikes were driven into the frog of a switch at Scranton. The State failed to 1 ? make out a good case and the verdict was not guilty. Messrs a Lee and Askins represented the * defendant. Outo W5 lliom c J. IIC kJIdic va ?f lAxiaui Shaw, larceny of live-stock. Plead guilty and sentenced to . twelve months in chaingang. j The State vs Thos E Mulloy, j assault and battery with intent s to kill. In this case the de- j, fendant's counsel, Messrs Lee & Askins, agreed to enter a plea of guilty of assault of a high (J and aggravated nature and the ? defendant was sentenced to six months imprisonment or to pay ^ a fine of $150. Ihe fine was paid. In passing sentence in this case .Judge Purdy took occasion to touch q up the dispensary law in the in- <( consistency of its workings.The * case, he said, was one that puzzled him a good deal. While he e had heard a geneial statement ^ of it he was not informed as to , the details of the affair. He would not impose as heavy a fine on the defendant perhaps . __ xi J <15 lllCpiUSCtUHWU cajjtv,n.u, uv ^ cause he understood that the young man's circumstances were b such that the tine would have ^ s to be paid by his friends. The defendant was drinking when he got into the trouble?"Dis- ^ pensary liquor, wasn't it'?" ^ "Yes, sir," was the reply.Judge ^ Purdy then continued as follows: ^ "We take this liquor and em- ^ ploy a chemist to analyze it to ^ guarantee its purity. We are all responsible for it ?I am responsible as well as others. We put it in a bottle .vith a beauti- , ful label and a palmetto tree f| stamped on it, but the devil is in it for all that. We prohibit any one but an officer from sell- t ing it. Now we have put this stuff in this man's hands and 3 when he assaults a man, such r as he did Mr Andrews, we haul ^ him up here and punish him for 0 The State vs Epps Snowden, c murder, continued. a The cases against John Brown, r house-breaking and larceny,and Anthony White, assault and . battery with intent to kill, were r continued for the reason that t both of the defendants are do- s ing time on the chaingang. 1 C - j Oh Girls! t Does advertising pay? That de- * pends on the medium, Something, ' too, is involved in whether the position is preferred. The town of Menominee, Mich., is sprin ging into the public eve with astonishing alac- c rity. The girls of the said town s have organized an advertising bureau ^ and have had mottoes singing the e praise of Menominee emblazoned <yi their silk stockings. While this v mast be classed as "simple display" ^ advertising, neither at the "top of . column," nor near "reading matter," yet the effect is said to be sen- s sational ?The State. r ? a ' Today is th? crucial point, of < yesterday and tomorrow. '< IF INTEREST TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Ill UNDER WHICH THEY MAY BE PAID FOR PROPERTY TAKEN AFTER 1HEV SURRENDERED. We are requested by Con ?? * ?' f/\ rvnklioli jicssuian rjiici uo ii' jiuuji.-in mvallowing letter from the U. S. [uarter-master general to Hon Yyatt Aiken, explaining" the Vet of February 27. 1902, uncter vhich paroled ex-Confederate oldiers may be paid for horses, nules, etc., taken Irom them by federal trooj>s after they surendered. Congressman Elic r>e states that lie will beVglad o push these claims for anyone dio can comply with the coalitions. Following is the letter rotn the quarter-master general o Hon Wyatt Aiken: setter from Quartermaster to Hon Wyatt Aiken. Washington, D. C., December 0, 1904:?War Department, ofce of the Quarter-master General. Ion Wyatt Aiken, M.C., (927*^9) U S House of Representatives, >ir: Referring to the letter lierevith from Mr E H Barton, Adutant, Camp Jasper Hawthorn, Sasley, S. C., dated December 2th, 1904, brought by you peronally to this office, I have the lonor to inform you that I know J only one existing law under srhich claims can be paid by the ;overnment for property taken ?y U S troops during or subseuentU to* the Civil war, iwid his law is act of congress Spiroved February 27, 1902 (ex>iring April 27, 1906) which uthorizes the Quarter-master General of the army to investigate and pay claims of paroled x-Confederate soldiers for their wnarmy horses, mules and quipment taken from them afer tile surrender by Federal roops acting or presumably icting under orders. For the investigation and adiistment of these claims, cerain regulations were promulated by the quartermaster eneral and approved by the ecretary of war. Under these egulations the following is reuired: * 1. Each claiinant must state is own claim under oath (the epartment furnishes no blank orin for the purpose,) mailing i- tnthf Quartermaster General. I S A, Washing-ton, D. C. 2. In his affidavit he should tate his name, rank, company egimen* in which he was serine at the time of the surrenler, and by whom officered. 3. The date and place of surender, and to whom surrenderid. 4. That*he was paroled at or iter the surrender, naming the >aroling officer, time and place. Vritten paroles,if in existence, hould be filed with claims: itherwise, the sworn testimony if two credible persons fprefer.bly soldiers) knowing the facts nust be submitted as proof, 5. That he was required to >e mounted for the purpose of | lis military duties, and that the iroperty taken was his own and hat it was being used in the :urrender and was taken by the J S troops acting or presumibly acting under orders, statng how, when and where, (and >y whom if it is known) it was aken. State value of each lorse or mule, saddle, bridle, >,anket and side arms, 6. At least two credible perions (soldiers preferred) must rorroborate all the climant's tatements in essential particuars, stating how their knowldge thereof was obtained. 7. If the soldier be dead, his vidow may make the claim. It >oth be dead, his child or phill ren jointly, or if no children ;urvive the soldier, a parent nay make the claim. Allowince for only one horse and eqvipment is made to a private soldier and two horses, equip .W X- ?lll3ufrn? yy ^ i merits, aiid two horses, equip- < ment and side arms to a com- . missioned officer. ! All f. ^ .vm i<. !.< 4 li.k /?lo S m 'i n t .nil iaiciiiciit?> uy uiciiaiuiaiu and witnesses must be under oath. The credibility of each must be certified to by the official before whom they make oath and his official seal must ^ be affixed to each affidavit. Respectfully, C F Humphrey, Quartermaster General U S A. By Geo E Pond, Asst Quarter- ? master General, USA. BUM IE iff ' niii; RECENT EVENTS CHRONICLED BT 1 OUR NEWS GATHERER. t Gkeelyville, June 26: I have often heard that it takes hot weather to make cotton sue- ( eessfully. If that be the case the cotton crop this year oug'ht to be a great success. The ex- ! excessive heat was broken yes- 1 terday by refreshing showers that seemed to revive not only 1 the growing crops but the peo- ( pie as well. The Haselden Drug Co has ( opened a very nice line of drugs, I &c., which I am sure will be a great convenience to the people t here. 1 The Greelyville boys crossed bats with Foreston last Fri- i day on the diamond here. The I game was a complete walk-over for Greelyville. Foreston had s the first and last innings and the [ score stood 15 to 4 in favor of Greelyville. Foreston played ^ very good ball but she was out- ^ classed. When the Greelyville team gets all of its players together^it is a hard proposition to handle. Mrs T W Boyle returned to . Greelyville Friday night after J spending a month at Glenn Springs and elsewhere. Mrs B A Boyle also returned home on 1 Friday after spending some time 2 with relatives in Sumter and vicinity. "* Miss Bertha Joyner has gone ^ to North Carolina to spend several months. i Mr V S Maree of Cordesville, * Berkeley county, is here in the % Mallard Lumber Co's filing room learning to be a saw-filer. ^ We welcome him among us and c wish him much success. c Mrs T A Nettles of Lanes spent several days here last c week, returning to his home on * ~ ^ * saiuraay. Messrs Peter Keels and Mood Connor attended the Mont- * C gomery?Dantzler wedding at Elloree on last Wednesday. Mr C E Harris, formerly of , this place but now of Davis sta- ^ tion, was married on last Wed- ( nesday'toMiss Malette of Clarendon county. Mr Harris brought his biide here on Wednesday 1 night, visiting his father's fain- ^ ily, and returned to Davis Sta- ^ tion this morning, where Mr Harris holds the position of ( sawyer for the Davis Lumber s Co. All wish them a prosperous i voyage on the sea of life. I understand that Mrs A L j Keels will build a large hotel (j i _x i-u: 1 ~ Uu r Here <11 lliis piai-c, ?UIR iu commenced on it at once. This is something very much needed \ here. t Several of our citizens are n over at Kingstree on the jury this week- " > Miss May Fine of Charleston j! is visiting- at Mrs Connor's on Main street. Thv- Misses Stuckey ? . Lake ^ City are visiting at the home of ^ Mr Spann near town. Vidi. c Death of ai| Infant. t The home of lMr and Mrs a Roper Pendergralk was sad- ^ dened last Mqnday^y the death of their infant djyj^ter, Isabel, s aged one year afa two months. , Ip the presence of the friends ^ and relatives of the family the ^ little one was laid to rest Tuesiday morning at 10 o'clock in the Williamsburg cemetery, the fun- ( eral services being conducted i by Rev W B Justus, pastor of c Kingstree Methodist church. a j LOCAL ITEMS % OF INTEREST ? ? ? ^ AAAAAAMWWAWAAMfAAAV No rain yet. Tuesday is the glorious Fourth. Hon T B Gourd in was on our ^ streets yesterday. The heat of the past few days vas something fierce. ^ kJ Hon J Davis Carter of Leo Q vas a court week visitor. .*, t ' Mr B B Chandler of Rome was ti loted in Kingstree yesterday. Mr H Merrit of Lake City call* ^ id pleasantly to see us Monday. n Mr R B Smith of Spring Bank ^ vas in town a tew hours yester- c lay. J Dr W C Hemingway of Lambert spent Monday here on bus* c ness. e Dr Covington Lee of Harpers s vas here Monday attending a :ourl. P Messrs M W and W C Rogers )f Church were visitors in town r yesterday. r Mrs Louise Arrowsmith visit- f id friends in town several days d ast week- f, Messrs P H Stoll, E L Hirsch ihd C W Wolfe visited Lake a 'ity Friday. ? Messrs W D Bryan and Man- a on Brown of Taft were^ in town j] VIonday on business. p Mr and Mrs L Stackley went :o Lake City Sunday to attend a he Leitch meeting-. p Dr Olin Sawyer of George- g own was noted among the visi- S ors in town Monday. B Examinations for scholarships n the various colleges will be jj leld here on July 7th. b Mr R H Ervin of Church was ti n town several days this week o is an attache of the court. ii Mr J L McCants fovored us h vith a visit Monday and advanced his subscription a year. . Miss Pearl Graham of Cades si s here on a visit to the Misses t< ?eefe.?Florence Times, June it 16. p W L Bass, Esq., of Lake City ti ras here Monday and Tuesday in I ncinpfic rnnnerted with the -m ourt. jt Messrs G W and W 0 C*mlin c< f Harpers were among the ti riends who called to see us tl donday. si Mrs S L Courtney has reurned home after spending b ,ome time with,her parents in ^ lake City. ' ^ The editor returns thanks for a in invitation to the opening >all at Harris Lithia Springs s >n June 30. b Among the friends who re- d nembered The Record this e< veek was Mr A C Boyd of Trio. * dany thanks. ^ u 1,1 ?A iVicsars uauuiu iiaaciucn auu ? 3 D Cannon, of the Johnsonville ;ection, came in to see us while aJ n town Monday. *?< d< Rev L M Rice, pastor of Union L baptist church, was here several hi lays this week on business con- iE lected with the court. 1) w Rev E E Ervin will hold ser- h; 'ices in the Williamsburg Pres- \\ >yterian church next Sunday r norning at 11 o'clock. On the New York exchange h< yesterday spot cotton sold G it 9.90 for middling and March lc utures touched 10 cents. A MrJBMcCants of Trio and Jr M Jefferson of Petersburg, g I a., were visitors at our office ^ >n Thursday of last week. ^ Mr W H Parnell, of the Cen- e: ral section, came in yesterday n< ind joined The Record's ever- i videning circle of readers. e] Mr B H Guess, of the Salters ection, paid us his respects ind also a dollar on subscrip- Jj! ion while in town one day last veekai Mr S M Bradshaw, one of w jreelvville's wide-awake busi- pi less men was in town yester- c< lay and favored us with a pleas- n< mt call. , * *. f ii wvvyvyyyvwMywvvv ? AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ^ LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ * NOTED ^ Written in Condensed Form ^ and Printed in Like Manner ^ for the Sake of Our Busy ^ Readers iAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM^ Mr D W Thompson of Vox ropped in tojsee ns Tuccdsy and elped us out with the jieed- t f il" to the tune of a year'f> su^ cription. Kingstree needs a modern rick hotel and the possibilities f the town will never be real- } sed until it is built. Don't let he project sleep too long. Mrs LeRoy Lee was called to fewberry last Saturday by the ews of the death of her sister, frs Paul Johnston, which ocurred on Saturday evening, une 24. Mr John Wilson df Harpers a ailed Monday and left us the '' vs| quivalent of twelve months' ubscription. Just at this time * J dollar looks to us as big as a 'erris wheel. The Atlantic Coast Line rail- ,-s oad has promulgated week-fend ates to Charleston,tickets good J \ rom Saturday morning till Tuesay afternoon. The round-trip ; are from Kingstree is $1.95. Mr L T Covington, who ^yas t one time cotton-buyer for Iprunt at this point, is manger of the Clio tean^. Mr Cov- $ igton's many friends are leased to see him here again. Miss Nettie Burgess, who is ttending school at Clinton, assed through town last week ' oing to her home at Mouzon. he was accompanied by Miss essie Cons tine, also of Clinton. We are reliably informed that l&d 1 addition to the mercantile uildings now under construclon, there will be erected two *jj r three new brick stores here 1 the near future. Now for a ?i.?i a . ? :n t\ uici auu a tuuuu mm. Arrangements are being made j ) run another Pythian excnrion to C h a r 1 e s t o n. It is . 1 ) be a joint affair includ- h lg five lodges, and will be ; ulled off about July 14. Parculars will be announced latef. Mr SV Taylor of Greelyville as in town this week doing* . iry duty. Mr Taylor has snc;eded to his father's mercanle business and is coming to le front as an enterprising and ' 1 iccessful young business man. Mr Prescott Martin, who has een playing short-stop on the fofford college baseball team, ame in yesterday and played ith Kingstree in the game gainst Clio. Mr Martin is said ) be one of the fastest shorttops in the State. Miss Florence.Bell, who has een teaching the intermediate epartment of tne Lamar graai school, returned topier home t Indiantown last Wednesday, fe regret that this efficient ;acher will not be with us next irm.?Darlington News. Kingstree will play Clio this fternoon and to-morrow. The oys are playing good ball and eserve a liberal patronage, eo Miller, one of the best ack-stops of amateur ball-dom l this section, has beenregularr signed, also Dessie Gil land, ho as a twirler of the spheroid as few equals in the State. rith the present line-up the eds are bound to win. At a meeting of the stockelders of the Kingstree Dry oods Cd. last week the folding officers were elected: T Blakeley, president; W B utler of Florence, general manner; board of directors, T A lakeley, W T Wilkins and E B bodus. The capital stock is 10,000.00. The management cpects to commence business et later than September. F Clayton,Esq., of tie Florlce bar, was in town Tuesday ad looked in on us for a hearty andshake. "The Bishop/* as e is known to his familiars, as himself graced the editorial ipod of a country weekly and ad knows how to sympathize ith the votaries of the "art reservative" in their precarious illing. His comments on the gwspaper business are amush ' ig and refreshing. * ' ' y \rnm