The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 24, 1905, Image 1
^CLTXIX KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST24, 1905. NO. 35.
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\ FROM SCRANTON.
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i J PLEASANT FAMILY REUNION?DEATH
W OF MRS DELIA SINGLETARY PERSONAL
MENTION.
Sckaxton, August 21: On
August 6th, Mr and Mrs R E
McKnight had the pleasure of
attending Mr David Lee's 60th
birthday at his residence a few
miles from town. Mr Lee is the
father of Mrs McKnight. He
has 7 children, 62 grandchildren
and 28 great grand children,
mnlrirwr a total of 92. MT I^ee
uiuaiu^ M
looks well and in all human
probability he will be with us
for some time yet.
Mrs Mamie Kirby of Columbia
spent several days in town recently
with frierds.
Miss Ozela Baker, Mrs W S
Kennedy and Rev J W Truiuck
are confined to their beds with
typhoid jfever. We hope that
they will soon recover.
Misses Florence Benjamin and
Barbara Levy, accompanied by
Mr Wilson Buie, are guests of
Dr W S Lynch's family this
iirtiiil/
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Mrs Mary Coker, who was taken
to the St Xavier's Infirmary
of Charleston a fe w weeks ago
by Dr W S Lynch and operated
on for appendicitis, returned
last Monday night very much
improved, to the delight ,'of her
many friends.
Mrs J W Truluck, who has
been visiting relatives at Greenville,
was called home last week
on account of the illness of Mr
Truluck.
Mr and Mrs Winslow Wright
leturned home Saturday night
from New York, where they
have been gone for some time.
Mr 0 B Carter, one of our
wide awake merchants, spent
^Sunday of last week in Darlington.
Mrs S O Byrd is visiting
friends in Darlington this week.
Messrs Ernest and Hoyt Hill
spent last Sun fay in Lake City
with friends.
Mrs Delia Singletary, aged
54 years, died at her residence
Friday night after an illness of
^ about three weeks. Mrs Singletary
was the the wife of Mr W
R Singletary, a successful merchant
of this place. She was a
Christian woman and beloved
by aH who knew her. She was
charitable on every occasion
and won all hearts that come in
contact with her. Besides her
devoted husband she leaves several
children and brothers and
sisters bereaved by her death.
Her remains were .laid to rest
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
at the family burying ground
near town.
Mr Oscar Langston and fam
ilv of Idaho were guests of Mr
R M McKnight's family a few
days of last week. Mr Langston
wl.en quite a lad, was operator
for the Atlantic Coast Line.
He held down Lake City, Lanes
and other points on the line. He
then dec..led to hunt a better
place a ail went to Salt Lake
City. During his stay out West
he married a handsome lady and
has two line sons. He now holds
the dispatcher's office in the city
of Idaho.
Miss Addie Cannon visited
friends in Lake City this week.
Mr Archie McDuffie of Friendtield
passed throhgh town Sunday
on his way to Savannah,
Osl Ma M,
Mice.
There will be a meeting of the
Cotton Association in Kingstree,
Monday, September 14. Now,
I let's all turn out on that day, as
business of importance will be
considered also. I have invited
President Smith to be with us 011
that occasion. Let no one miss
hearing that speech. Every
bSdv is expected.
J. Davis Carter.
Leo, S. C., August 21.
Bring us your JOB WORK,
AaXPIXER" REPLIES TO "CITIZEN." I
And Incidentally Touches Upon the
Article of Mr W F Uayton
I I
Editor County* I'ecord: Somehow
I enjoyed reading * *<'iti
! zen's" article on the dispensary
j in your issue of August d, he-1
cause lie jrave us so many facts.
He says/ 'The gospel of righteousness
is tlie only means that
will save iiim (man) from his
j sins.'* "Prohibition isnotaprac-l
tical actuality except when it is)
sanctioned hv the awakened |
i conscience of the individual
himseif." Now these facts are
clear, and if "Citizen'' would
spend as much time in awakening
our consciences on the evils
of strong drink as he gives to
advocating the dispensary, better
results would follow. While
he is so busy with the protection
of the dispensary he can't find
time to put into effect the command,
Luke xv: 16, "Go ye into
all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature."
His last fact urged upon us is
a little vague. Thus it goes:?
"If it is true that two equal opposing
forces produce a neutral
effect, then it logically follows
that the use of the dispensary
profit in the cause of education
will result in an educated senti'
timeut against the evils of in|
temperance, a sentiment which
I will eventually crush the disj
pensarv out of existence, and
I which the institution itself had
been indirectly instrumental in
propagating. There certainly
cannot be any valid objection
to the dispensary placing a cud
t -el in the hands of its enemies
j to break its own head if we
j would destroy it.''
We see the effect is perfectly
neutral. Plain enough philosophy!
"Citizen's deduction is the
vague part of it. Might as well
talk about casting out devils by
Beelzebub, the prince of devils.
The fact as we see it is: the
j effect will be so neutral that
j even though the cudgel be put
1 in the children's hands they will
not have the strength nor re!
solve to break the head of the
drink monster.
Mr Clayton is liberal in his
I legal advice to us poor old clod!
hoppers of farmers in Williamsj
burg county, in the issue of
! August 17th.
Yes, sir, we do find it difficult
to dig and sweat earning a living
for three-fourths of the human
race who sit downand]wait
for us to make it for them. But
since the Lord created bees to
make honey and flies to eat i
we will keep on at our task.
And since we have to depend on
the negro to help us grub, we
find it more economical to have
I clear-brained, unintoxicated la!
bormen and pay 45 per cent
more taxes than employ drunken,
thievish, profane nappyheads,
who can do more harm
in a day than their labor will
amount to in a month. In other
words the;r direct injury to our
progress will affect us more
harmfully than their indirect
contribution to the taxes through
I the dispensary will offset. .We
are more willing to make a clean
dollar and give half of it forjthe
public good than be entirely exempted
from taxes and make
less than half we would with the
right sort of labor. And^ it is
the earnest belief of this taxpayer
that Mr Clayton will have
plenty of miscreants to furnish
his income, without sowing any
more seed to the already thrifty
crops of crime.
Taxpayer.
Booker Washington Butts Into Society.
Saratoga, N V, Aug.?Booker
T Washington's appearance at
dinner in the great dining room
of the United States Hotel created
a mild sensation among the
diners, Washington was the
guest of John Wanamaker, former
postmaster general, and
acted as escort for Mrs Barclay
Warburton, Mr Wanamaker's
daughter, while Mr Wanamaker
walked to the table with J K ?
Roberts. f
As they walked down the long
line every eye was directed up
on the <froup- Comparatively
few of those present recognized
any of them, and there was a
general buzz of comment and a
craninir of necks.
MR CAUSE'S REJOINDER.
Challenges Mr Gordon to a Joint Debate
on the Dispensary Question.
Editor County Record: Please
allow me to answer Mr Cordon's
question and tell him more
ab>.;t th _v evils of whiskey *ell-1
iri^f in any form. Now, Mr <h>r-1
don was mistaken in his lirst ar j
tide, but he is worse mistaken i
in his second. Prom the tone'
of his letter he wants to class)
me as being a "Straight-out."j
That is a mistake. I have always
voted with the Reform
party: but, understand me, I am
110 politician. I take no stock
in politics,only to vote, which I
think is the duty of every citizen.
This is an off year in politics,
but there is a great question
before the people?dispennr
nn flisn^nsarv?and in I
OU1 J V? J
this matter I am a"Straight-out,"
that is, I want to ^fet straight
out of the A'hiskey business; as
it now stands every loyai citizen
of South Carolina is a whiskey
seller.
Let us look at the whiskey
seller that we may know what
manner of man he is, and then
ask if he deserves the pity or
sympathy or respect of society
or any part of it. Viewed considerately
in the light of their
respective motives the drunkard
is au innocent and hononrable
man in comparison with the
whiskey seller. The jne yields
under the impulse?it may be
the torture, of appetite; the
omer is a cum, mcicciuu^ spectator,
thriving off the vice and
frailties of his neighbor. He is
a man selling for gain what he
knows to be worthless and pernicious,
g >od for rtone, dangerous
to all, and deadly to many.
He has looked in the face of the
sure consequences ot his course,
and if he can but make gain of
it. is preprared to corrupt the
souls, imbitter the lives and
blast the prosperity of an indefinite
number of ills fellow,
creatures. By the selling of
his poisons he sees that with
terrible certainty, along with
the havoc of health,lives, homes
and souls of men, he can sue
ceea in seiung auuai a tn mm
vast amount of property, and
that as-it is thrown to the winds,
some small share of it will float
within his grasp. IJe knows
that if men remain virtuous and
thrifty, if these homes around
him continue peaceful and prosperous,
his craft cannot prosper.
The inflrm old mother, the
wives and the sisters are fojnd
where whiskey is sold: orphan
children throng from hut and
hovel and lift their childish
hands in supplication, asking at
the hands of the guilty whiskey
sellers for those who rocked
their cradles and fed and loved
them
The murderer, now sober and
cmshed, lifts his manacled
hands red with blood and charges
his ruin on the men who
crazed his brain with whiskey;
r 1 ? \ lr ?
ine ieion corner n um ms ^nsuu
tomD, the pauper from his darkretreat,
where the whiskey-seller
has driven him to seek an
evening's rest and a pauper's
grave.. Angels turn weeping
away and God on His tljrone
looks in anger and hurls a woe
upon the hand which putteth a
bottle to his neighbor's lips to
make him drunk. To balance
all this fearful array of mischief
ancj woe, following directly
front his work, the dealer in
ardent spirits can bring nothing
but the plea that appetite has
been gratified. There are protits,
to be sure. Death finds it
the most liberal purveyor for
his horrid banquet and hell from
beneath is moved with delight
at the fast-coming profits of the
trade. And the seller also gets
gain?death, hell,and the whiskey-seller,being
in this partnership,
are profited. Go and shake
their bloody hands, you who
will, and the time will connwhen
deep down h; hell the mis
erable blood-stained wretch":; i
will pant for one drop of water'
| and curse the day they ever
| sold one drop of liquor.
The experience of ajjes proves
that the use of intoxicating
agents invariably tends to engender
a burning appetite for
more, and he who indulges in
thrill shall do it to tlir peril <>
acquiring a passionate and rahid
thirst, which shall finally
overmaster the will of his victim
and drag him unresistingly
to his ruin.
Xow, the above is a truth that :
no one can deny, and I do hope
Mr Gordon will look ink) this
great matter from a Cn^Utian
standpoint, for I have nowiing
else in view.
Mr (lordon says the legisla
ture gave us dispensaries and
he thinks it did wisely in so
doing-. I lid myself, then: but
I now see iiiu.1 uic ui?j)Cii?ai \
has been an utter failure. Now
the same bod}' has ?,riven us tlie
ritfht to vote it out and I say,
let her jjfo. I think I voice the
sentiment of a vast majority of '
Mr Gordon's Reform party, and
by the way, it is my party a is >:
but I can see my people's mistakes
as well as those of any
one else.
Now, Mr Gordon says he can't
see where there is any more
liquor used and sold in this county
than before the dispensary j
system went into effect. lie
must be a blind man. No, that
can't be so, for lie can see blind
timers. Oh, I have been informed
that Mr Gordon lives a|i*ay
down on Santee at Lenud, and
perhaps people down there
drink cat-fish soup instead of
whiskey. If we had some cat- j
fish soup up here in the place of
so much dispensary whiskey, ,
we would be a irreat deal better (
off: for I never knew cat-fish
soup to cause a man to commit
crime and that dispensary whis- j
key will do.
Now, I want Mr Gordon toj;
1 1I..4 1 11
unaersuum uicii 1 an? upj.njac?
to the sale of whiskey as a beverage
In any form. No, I hope
Mr Gordon can see some of his
mistakes, and if he is not Satisfied
with this. I will meet him
in public debate any where on
halt-way ground and show him
some more of his mistakes.
Hoping that this may suffice
for the present, I remain,
Yours for sobriety,
W. P. Gau?e.
Cowards, S- C., August M*
Lambert Locals.
Lambert, August 21: Tobacco-curing
and fodc.er-pullingare
about over in this section and
cotton-picking has begun. Mr
J P Haselden has already gathered
one bale of the staple.
Everybody seems to be in good
heart at the prospect of a fair
price for cotton, although the
fifty dollars license on seedcotton
seems to jar the nerves
of some of our would-tfl buyers.
Miss Emma Richardson,of the
? section, is on a visit to
friends here.
Mr Leonard F Jacobs and Miss
M 0 Altman were united in marriage
last Sunday afternoon.
Mr'J W Baxley has been quite
sick for the past week but is
now able to get around again.
About every week, more or
less, mad cjQgs ai*e being killed
| in this community.
For three years Mr D F Baxley
has been improving a special
kind of cotton-seed?discovered
j by himself. He has atjont
i acres tips year and it is certain:
| ly
Bay Coon.
Notice.
The "lrcky Key'' to the
Money Box is still out. Please
bring in your keys at once. The
money can't oe gotten out till
i the box is unlocked.
W. T. WiutlNS.
Bring us your JOB WOKK.
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LAKE CITY ITEMS.
A Brief Letter From Our Regular Correspondent.
Lakh City, August Mrs;
L H Jennings of Bishopville
visited her mother, Mrs .J M
Sturgeon, last week.
Mrs J A Scott of Kingstree
visited in town last week.
i
Messrs William Epps and J A;
Scott, who with Mr J C McKl-j
vecn constitute the special ,
grand jury, came up Friday and j
inspected the chaingang. Their (
report will be made to the grand !
jury, who will report to the next
term of the court of general |
sessions. L
Our next term of court, >y th^l
way, will convene on Oc\.M
ber 9th. "
Mr C E Timmons spent the
closing days of last week in
Rocky Mount,N C.
Messrs J A Green, D M Epps,
S W Gowdy, A P Hatchell, J 0'
McElveen, J D Hatchell, TV7 J
Godwin and R C Johnson spent
Sunday at the Isle of Palms and
Sullivan's Island. The five first
named did not return until Tuesday
nig"ht and the reason they
are named first is because they
did not want to come back at ,
all. I
Mr R J Severance, train dispatcher,)
Florence, spent Friday (
in town. 4
Mr II F Stokes, who it will be c
recalled, spent a year or two in
Lake City in the "nineties," was 1
married last Sunday at his home *
in Georgia. W LB a
APrtAl TO "CHRISTIANS. c
A Christian Woman's Views on The *
Liquor Question.
I am one of the Christian women (J
t?f Williamsburg county. It seems v
to me that it naturally follows that j,
I am deeply interested in the move- j,
ment to vote whiskey out of the t
State. I canuot understand any a
Christian, whether man or woman, &
who could be otherwise.
I have read and listened to dis- ?.
v
passions of this question for many
years'and am clearly convinced thut ^
i Christian can do but one of two 0
things in connection with whiskey n
K'iliug, He must ieave the matter
entirely alone or he must forbid it
altogether. He cannot legalize
wrong. f
To my minu the dispensary system
and high license are much the
same in principle, which principle ?
is wrong. Both declare: "You may f
do this wrong if you pay the State ,
so much money." c
I suppose there is not a man or j
wo^an in the State who does not r
know whiskey selling to be a bad r
business. Dangerous to tbe man ^
who sells jt and dangerous to the ^
public at large. Will it make that
danger less great or the wrong right. c
if the State be paid a bribe to leave j
it alone? Could a Christian man ,
C
vote for such a law? ]
It is all foolishness for men to j
lav: "There is no use in making a j
law that will be broken." Was there ^
ever a law made that has not been j
broken? * 1
God knew when Ffe matte the ten n
commandments that they would be g
broken. Did He do wronir to make ' c
them? The responsibility of the I c
law-maK.T is to make the law right. U
The man \yljo breaks the law is re-1 ^
sponsible for his own act and should f
be punished. I wonder if the men f
of South Carolina would allow the I
State to be filled with rattlesnakes t
if some one would pay- so much for r
every ouake turned loose-: Many a (
man would be bitten and killed by |
those snakes, but it would be the (
body alo.ne that would die fron^ j
their bite; .while the bite of the J;
snakes in every bpttlq of whiskey^ (
whether, dispensary whiskey or not, ti
js dcsfrqyipg pot oply the bodies, &
but tiie sou Is of ipen and women all t
over tuis country. Do you want the j
money that comes from such i traf- c
tic, oh, Christian man? Jo you s
want your child re ilieducated in any s
such way? Do you\ant vour towns ; d
and public highwaysJuilt on such a ! t
foundation? If ym do, may (?ud
have mercy upop you and open your r
blinded eyes for your sakes and the \
good of the oountry at large. When ?,
the dispensary was given to the peo- t
pie, its framers claimed that it was > i
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>111 y a st-'p toward prohibition. It is
ligh time the next step be taken.
1 do not address myself to any ex:ept
those who profess to be Chrisians.
I do not so much wonder at
>thers. I have never so much wonlered
at Senator Tillman, for so
'ar as I know, he has never made
my profession of Christianity. In
:onsequei:ce he has used his splen[id.
God-criven intellect in many
vays, which ^as wade me glad that
o far in his cart-er, B R Tillman
las never professed to be a follower
f Christ. I have been filled with
ronder and sadness,however,in l;earng
this whiskey question discussed
iy meii and even women to whom
he world looks for a good example,
nd to^tind how indifferent many are.
nd how prejudiced others have uluwed
themselves to become by poliics
or some one's mistaken opinions.
It is hard for me to nut my pen
own. Forgive me, friends, "Out
f the fullness of the heart the
nouth speaketh." A Woman'.
TERPSICHORE AT INDIANTOWN.
air Women and Brave Men Trip the
Light Fantastic.
Dock, August The writer,
iccgnjpanied by two of Dock's
air maidens, attended a dance
riven by the Indiantown Social
dub at the McCutchen store
Friday night. This entertainnent
was largely "attended and
r.uch enjoyed. At an early hour
he whir of wheels announced
he approaching pleasure-seeksrs,
who poured in from every
lirection. Soon the dancing
lall was tilled with pretty girls
md gallant young men. The
[ndiantown folks are bound to
lave a big time and such was
he case on the .night in quesion.
It could have been nothng
else but a success, with the
ight of the "lady of the sky"'
ind the bright and beautiful
itars, rising ever higher and
thuir mn]lftw radi ince
?UObUi^ W"VI ? ? ? '
>ver us, mingling their rays
vith the smiles of so many sweet
firl.s who looked like white-clad
airies, as they skipped the light
antastic to delightful music,
following were the ladies present;
Misses Anna Wilson, Anlie
Ervin, Jane Erviu, Lillie
Cunningham, Genie Cunninglam,
Lucile Cunningham,Hessie
iraharn, Hallie Graham, Jeddie
tfesmith, Cressie Nesnpth, Lillie
ladler, Sal lie Saunders, Hessie
>rvin, Lnla Jones, Lessie Gartener,
Uosn Tallevast and Esle
Gamble. The gentlemen were t
oo many to name. Every one!
^resent seemed to enjoy the oc- J
asion hugely and the hours'
ped by as swiftly as a mid- j
ummer night's dream. The I
lancing vfj\s kept up until the j
light had waned far into the I
'wee sma1 hours" and an old
ooster perched upon a roost
lear by stretched himself and f
;et up a crowing, which made
he crowd think daylight was
lot far off. So we bade goodbye j
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I of a New Buggy,
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Price, X ||
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EIjLER.
to our friends and dispersed to
the tune of -'Home, Sweet ^
home." Whippoorwill. $8
Orangeburg Collegiate Institute.
Parents who expect to patronize
boarding schools the next
session are now deciding- where " M
to send their sons and daugh- -jfij
ters. Before making your decision,
you should write for a . J
catalogue of The Orangeburg V "jS
Collegiate Institute. It is one
of the best equipped schools in
lower South Carolina, and has a
faculty second to no other * . Jfji
school in this section.
The school is beautifully located
in one of the healthiest Jj
towns in the State. It has one i
of the best music departments 1
in the State. Over one hundred
students have already sent in
their applications.
Write Pres. W. S. Petersorrfor TJ
a catalogue, terms, etc. He can ! Jffl
certainly interest you, and if 7
you send jour boys and girls to
him they will be in good hands. Ijj
$621-2 to California and Kefsra
from Chicago May 1, 3, 3, 9, 10,11, f i
12, 13, 29, 30, 31 and Jane 1, raand
trip to 6an Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa
Baibara or Sacramento. Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paat Rail- '.>
way, Union Pacific and Southern *
Pacific Line. Through tourist sleepers
leave _ Union Passenger Station,
Chicago, 10.25 p m daily, for princ;pal
points in California.
Double berth in tourist sleeping
car all the way costs only $7, and
affords a comfortable and economical
manner of crossing the continent.
F A Miller, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago, or W S Howelb
381 Broadway, New York.
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