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, * 1 rtT ~ ' Che CtoMntB |tccori KINGSTREE, S. C. C. W. WOLFE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS J SUBSCRIPTION HATES: h One t-opv, one year. ? ? ? $1.00 One copy, six months ? ? - .5 > One copx, three months. ? ? .25 Subscription payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES: | One inch, first- insertion, fi.00; each subsequent insertion. 50 c nt>. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect over P o words charged for as regular ad vert i>nients Liberal reduction on adverm'-' tising made for three, six and twelve nonths' contracts. . v Jbmtnunnications must be accomnanied hv t he real name ami address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a jK-rsonal :? nature, will be published excepta> an t advertisement. Address a!l letter- and make all r> ? drafts payable to C. W. Woi.FE, Kitnjstree. S. C. THURSDAY, AUG.-22, 1905 Miss Alice Roosevelt has received an offer of marriage front the Sultan of Sulu. "Mv, this is so sudden!" Isn't it ubout time the supervisor was arranging for that election petitioned for by over a thousand voters? In every county that has voted on the question of dispensary or no dis pensary under the Briee bill the dispensary has been voted out by huge majorities. The galaxy of prohibition conn lies in South Carolina is growing in - number, Union county naving voted Dot the dispensary last week by a plurality of two-thirds. And vet Iit was predicted that the election would be very close. Now, let Williamsburg line up with non-lhpiorselling counties. Crum, Charleston's negro collector of port, is not so lucky as Booker T. Recently the former at Asbury Park, N. J., tried to hire a wheeled chair. The proprietor refused him one unless he would push it himself. This, his highness, the collector, decliued to do, so he enjoyed the privilege of walking. (Our esteemed contemporary, the News & Courier, seems to be a trifle inconsistent. In an editorial criti| cising Booker Washington for trying to promote social equality that newspaper in a sense tacitly encourages Booker's social pretensions by referring to him as "Mr Washington.'* By all means let us be consistent. There is one prod ict in which Williamsburg ranks high as to number and variety, that is, dogs. The actual irumber listed for taxation & amounts to 3,239,on which the taxes are $1,619.50. which will go to the school fund. From the noise they make, 'twixt 12 p m and daylight, M at least one-half cf the above number of canines must be located right Ihcre in Kingstree. * "Dr did not go to Asheville ? yesterda). The report of his going away in a newspaper was incorrect." ?News & Courier. The above paragraph is interesting *jid suggestive, as it seems to imply tfc*? iu Charleston newspapers are aised regularly as vehicles of travel. It would certainly be a novel and refreshing spectacle to see the individual referred to making his way by easy stage* to Asheville "in a news paper." * _ The Sultan of .Jolo has offered his htud and heart (whatever poition of the latter organ remains intact froai tb* retinue of "present Incumbents^ to Hiss Alice Rootevelt. Jolo is <me cf the Island souvenirs of the Spanish American war acquit**] by Uncle Sam; and the "Sultan," besides being lather dark compiexioned, practices polygamy both by precept and example. Whether or not Miss Roosevelt smiles favor on the suit of her royal lover we are not inforir.^. Whatever extent of obje:tion illicit be entertained on account of his lax ideas of matrimony, the Roosevelt family certainly could not bar eligibility on ac .count of his color. Brinjf us your JOB WORK. r > r "Who is the home mrerchaut:"' asks an exchange. ''He is ii man who helps pay for the streets on which you walk; lie helps keep up the church in which you and yours worship; every subscription paper that is passed has his name upon it: he is the only one who cannot afford to swindle you, self interest, if nothing else, would prevent this; he bears his share of the burden of good government and stays with you in suushi ne and darkness. Paste these facts in vour hat. and then stoi> and con suUr when tempted to send away for anything kept in your own i town." Some people seem to think it inconsistent in a man to sign a petition for an election under the Brice hill and yet profess an intention to vote i to retain the dispensary. In our opinion this i? an incorrect view to take. The proposed election is sim| ply to get at the will of a majority of the qualified voters and any man who would refuse to allow such an aIaa^ah fn 1 offoiil fy* tl'licf , CirtUVll OtTlUO IA' uv. aiiaiu n ??cv the people. We are not. If the people want the dispensary abolished it must go; at the same time if they are satisfied with its workings and I think it a benefit to the county from every standpoint, then by all means, we say, let them have it. Now its up to the people to settle the ?juesItion. "You pay' your money and take your choice." Booker Washington's "Break." The disgraceful incident at Saratoga, X. Y., 111 which Booker Washington played the star role,would be ; unworthy thenotieeof Southern peo| pie but for two reasons. The first ! is that the white woman escorted by Washington was a daugnter of John i Wanamaker, extpostmaster general of the I'nited States and one of the biggest merchants in America, and that this same Wanamaker has a branch department store in New York city operated by one Hubert C Ogburn, his business partner and bosom friend. It will be remembered that in the very recent past Kev Tom Dixon charged Mr Ogden with operating a "mired" restaurant as an adiunct to his store in New Y ork. Mr Dixon also charged Mr Ogden with hugging Booker Washington every time the latter visited his store and recited other facts to show that Mr Ogden was "a negro lover, pure and simple." These things were brought out because Mr Ogden has been made president of the "Southern Conference for Education," a set of North ern philanthropists who l'eel it their duty to make annual pilgrimages to the South to study our educational conditions at close range that the. may work with intelligence to rescue us from benighted ignorance. To the defenders of and apologists for the Southern Educational conference and its head, Mr Robert C Ogden, the Saratoga incident is no doubt very disconcerting,just at this ! particular time. The second reason is that Southern newspapers of influence and Southern men of promiuce have upheld and approved the motives of Bo >kei T Washington, showing the sincerity of their approval in the most substantial way. That these men and newspapers are disappointed at Washington's "break"' goes without saying. As the greatest and I est known representative of his race, Booker Washington has had a magnificent opportunity to !?ud his people in the proper paths. Rut when he preaches one thing to his race and practices the opposite, people?ot the white race, at least ?lose faith in his honesty of purpose. In the IJoosevel t dining ining incident Washington could acquit himself from blame by claiming very plausibly that to decline the hospitality of the president would have been an act of discourtesy that he could not afford to commit. But in this most recent affair his desire to mix socially with the white race seems to have been deliberately intentional and without, a shadow of ex ill their conseqftnee,workiog untold harm toward the negro in hie South and causing of ttimes the innocent to suffer as well as theguiltv. ______________ { Batter Up?Play Bait. [Kfivived tin. late for l:i>t week's i?Mu\ | In a fast game of ball played at Harper's park Monday night, August 14th, the Greens defeated the Blues by a score of 6 to 9. At 9:30 o'clock p in the gong sounded and umpire! F W Harper called for a batter. The (ireeiis ipiicklv took their places in the field and the game was on. Everyone realized that, it was to he a hard fought game as the two teams have long been rivals for the honors of the field. .Miss Sadie Meyer was the first up and as she grasped the willow the look of determination on her face told that there would be something doing with the >ticK. Miss Montgomery se./.ed the ball and with a motion that told everyone that she knew the game turned the sphere loose which burnt the atmosphere as it sped towards the. plate when, bang, and a small objq|t bounded out in right lie-Id- and ! MM Sadie settled on first. Ernes! . Evarre was the next up. Again the, ball with the speed of the wind hits the plate. Strike one, calls the umpire, but Miss Grace VanKeuren, the invincible catcher for the Greens, ! is quick and holds Miss Meyer on first. Again Evans swings and two strikes are called. With a look of determination he nerves himself for the last strike. Again does Miss Montgomery ginger the ball and Evans looks crestfallen as the urni __ _ pire yells, "Butter out!" Mr ft Vitus realizes that he counts nothing with the spit ball of Miss Montgomery. Mr Ernest Epps is next up and the ball goes over the center fielder's head, and the scorer gives him a two i bagger while Miss Meyer anchors at third. Mr Peele Epps makes a line drive to short but there is nobody home ami Miss Meyer crosses the rubber. How the grand stand cheers, even with cheers that shake the stand. Ixruis Stackley then grabs ! the stick and tries to hit but the bat ! has a hole in it. Benton Montgomery tries to .reach first on a bunt, . but the pitcher is too fast for him, and he is gathered to his fathers. Thus the side retires with one on I board for them. Miss Pearl Montgomery is the ; first up for the Greens and lines out i j.l- v--.il e? ? 1. vi/I-..,... \r?.. tut uan iOi a Silicic, miss umtr ? <m Keuran then wields the willow and the ball hits right field {fence, while she is given credit for a two bagger. Miss Montgomery lands safely on third. Grant VanKeuren hits a pop flv which is taken by first and he is counted out. Miss Nita Whit head lines out a single and Miss Montgomery scores. Miss Mantie Cokcr gets a hit and Miss Whitehead goes to second. Miss Meyer who is twirling the sphere for the Blues gets busy and Henry Ferrell bites the dust. Miss Lila 11 am me t then finds the ball for a three bagger, and Miss Coker scores. Miss Annie Keddick waited and not her base on balls, then up conies Mr Theodoie Hemingway and picks up a three' bagger, Miss Reddick scoring. Miss Montgomery then goes to the bat and knocks a line drive to short but> Miss Estes being an old hand made a grand stand play and side was out. The Blues then having a turn at the stick, Miss Estes, the new short stop for the Blues, then got a hold on the stick and with a mighty swing the ball clears the boards ami a home run is counted for her. Wesley Courtney reaches first on an error at shoit. Miss Florie Jacobs advances him on seeond. Miss Meyer then comes up and hits a long fly t.? left field but Hemingway, the io man,being well up in his business, | freezes to it. throwing it to second, and now comes Miss Estes again to the bat, and with a tri* O ' umphant smile waves the stick as?d the ball starts traveling through the $ir, but Miss Lila Hamet getting , i .. i: . ? ,i. . UllSV UOOUl luui nine, iitiuutrs i.uv ball and sends it to second thus shuttin ff Stackley off and retiring the O y O side, The Greens now come ip foran inning at the stick, then it was that the rooters woke up, ami the way they pounded the air with their roices it so rattled the Blues thai six Greens had crossed the home' plate before they could put the third player out. The Blues again came in, and then it was tlwt Miss Montgomery got behind tm ball and it passed over the platC with burning speed, and Wesley Cofcrtney bit the dust. Miss Florie Jacobs came nex* and caught the ball 011 the end of the bat aud dropped it behind sec(Continued on Page 5). Hi And Ther^ Something Doin; DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, .. . Goinjj at Actual Co GROCERIES, FANJ No Such Stock Ever Seen Here Wani and It Not In Stock mm Headquz CIGARS, TOBACCO, FINE : + AND ICE We Thank Our Friends For Pz vite Them to Our New Store. P. S, COURT MAIN STREET r The Besl -f Examine the Analysis of You Will Find that no Ol Compare With It. Thoi tive Properties and the M mously Endorses It.= Hotel N( . .. Come to Harris Lithia Sprin and Pleasure. FOR TERMS, E Harris Lithii a HARRIS SPRINGS, High High Gr< On account of the of our ware-room pelled to thin do1 as to give us mor I ations on first a : j as it is impossibli ters to work in t part of the stock We therefore ann tion in prices on < over one hundred thirty days onl; have all been rect our factory and a sible condition, following work grade pianos: Mason & Hamlin I Canover, Cable, Wellington piano Our out of town c the same prices a Drop us a postal j; prices, and we v ijl about it. THE CABU li FACTORY 2*2 KING }| Charleston, J County Re co: % : August F I Old 1 Yirifi Ocea Caro Wri? Myrt THR CAR to : NQR TIC I ON A :ilst, Altai For any other information I M Ensrscn, Traffic Mgr.' WILMINGT ? ? .. , :r.c j. . ' > g on the Bargain Counter. Jne Of HATS AND SHOES* >st and Below Cost. . .. i :y and staple Before. Call For What You We'll Order It at Once. CANDIES?SODA WATER ; CREAM. + : ist Patronage and Cordially InYours to Serve, NEY & CO., KINGSTREE, S. C. t Of All. Harris Lithia Water and ther Mineral Water Can isands Testiy to its Cura[edical Profession Unani )v\ Open gs If You are Seeking Health TC., APPLY TO a Water Co., s.c. I Cut in ade Pianos crowded condition s,we shall becomwn our stock, so e room for alternd second floors, e for the carpenhe store until a has been moved, ounce a big- reducDur entire stock of new pianos, for y. These pianos :ntly received from re in the nest posThey comprise the 1 renowned high 'ianos and Organs. Kingsbury and s: ustomers will get s our City friends, for catalogs and rill tell you all 1 COMPANY i| BRANCH?" STREET, & C. \ j rd, $1 a Year.: I6j | : V| ? vrnrssinn Ratps -FROMCingstree, S. C. -TO1'oint, Va. ) inia Beach " $7.50 n View, " ) lina Beach " ] htsvilleBeach " \ $5.50 le Beach S. C. J OUGH PULLMAN SLEEPING S ON TRAIN No. 32 DIRECT NORFOLK, ARRIVING AT FOLK 7 a. m. , AUGUST 17. I :ets limited to return lNY TRAIN UNTIL ATGUST 100"). lac Coast Line, write, H J Craig, Osn. P&BtigsrAgL ON, N, C. J. B. STEELE'S, ^ -H THE CLOTHIER, fr y M v\ Special Line of the Celebrated Lion Brand NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, COLLARS and CUFFS. Also a swell line of neck wear?the prettiest lot of four-in-hand ties that has been here in a long Stetson Shoes. <j The Shoes made by btetson are Standard? Every pair warranted and unequaled for looks ana ! . comfort. We have just received a shipment from the factory. | CLOTHING! CLOTHING! 4 Two Pifcce Suits for Summer Wear. YOUTHS [ SUITS' Ages 16 to?Q.j <^3 $???gCall and see our line of Straw Hats. J We have the Latest Shapes and Styles. you'liTbeIvir^ding J Summei TTrLd.erT*rea,r, We sell the better kind at moderate prices, also NIGHT SHIRTS-ln fact anything in the Clothing line can be found at J. B. Steele's, J IKZin-g-stxe e, S.C. coin MB }1.1 fill'. 1 I WdDlft Youa Writ? | U^A Letter? 1 OUR "BUSY" DRY GOODS STORE Is now filled with choice winter fabrics. From now until the spring season opens we'll make strong efforts to clear out this stock. If there's something in winter goods you can use? IUST WRITE US A LETTER we 11 forward samples at onee.=_J>^?___ HERETOFORE we have sold out our surplus stocks by means of CUT-PRICE sales twice a week, and only our home customers reaped the benefit. Now IF YOU'LL WRITE US A LETTER, we'll quote prices for the next sale. This opens the wav for our out-of-town customers to secure the unusual bargains offered at our special sales. : : : : : . If you want prices on Furniture, /Viark your Letter for "THE BIG FURNITURE STORE" BUELL S ROBERTS, I dhLSuxiestoaa^ S. C. ? ???^??????^??m??^?i Get In The Habit OF COMING TO S. HARCUS' IN GOURD1NS' THREE-STORY SKY-SCRAPER We have just received a fresh stock of MENS STRING SUITS. Also the latest styles of STRING Ml EE1N ' t We wish to receive your patronage and then if you are not pleased after purchasing from us we will refund you your money in exchange for the goods sold you. "J| ^S. Marcus, ?it ' Eingstieei - - S- C J SEE US FOR YOUR "RUSH" JOB WORK sj ,*y|