v ; . ...
ERS A MERCHANTS feANK S/^f U /^\ ^ "m. We Xnow Year Wants and Want Yont
f LAKE ctrr.s.^. /^ |/^ ^ Mm 3 Sflk We Strive to'Oblige and Accommodate the 'i
M oaiNtal^ stock s25.ooo.oo. ? l/ji^ I I 9 || | i| niC |/J I g Pnbiic.
IV Wv Ml lilj AlWvi
li B. WALLACE JONES, JR. CASHIER. * V I f n n.sixGr.ETARr. w.a.j. MOORX.
V .^F \ > ^ s. II, I'tWTOX, CItAS, M. ItELLT.
' VOL XIX , K1NGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 23, 1905. NO 48
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY,;
| GOES FOR PROHIBITION. I
MAJOR!*! INDICATED LESS THAN ONE
HUNDRED?NOT. OVER HALF THE
ELECTORS VOTED.
It looks now as if the dispen
f; Stfry has been voted out by less
& tjhan a hundred votes as the result
of last Tuesday's election.
^ The total number of votes cast
will approximate one thousand,
v which is about one-half the voting
strength of the county,based
upon the returns of the Democratic
primaries. Unofficial relic
turns have been received as fol -
lows:
DISPENSARY. DISPENSARY.
l**l^'Kingstree 65 60
- . Cades 30 8
& Scran ton 43 51
* Lake City 96 tl
r Greelvville 54 23
Alters 25 0
^ McAlisters . 58 1
s gjFohnsonville 21 95
( Prospect 55 5
I Gourdins 6 13
Nk ^Hebron k 18 18
- ImU^ntown 13 17
Blooming vale 9 2
Sjk Buttons 2 33
3 ^ r'3wamfr22 17
Ir*. "Altaians \* 21 v 3
.v Morrisville '1 , 23 I
gf";,' . Total 558 " 473
Majority for no dispensary, 85.
tylen's Clothing and Hats,
Ladies' Jackets, Skirts, Fine
' Dress Goods, Silks, Neck \Tear,
i including Furs, etc., to be sold
cheap. Remember the name and
T~^lace?J LC Moore's, Lake City,
Will Close oo Thanksgiving.
We,th?-undersigned,merchants of
town of Kingstree, S. C., dc
hereby promise and agree to close
g^v*or respective places of business on
Thursday,the 30th day of November,
the same being Thanksgiving Day.
BJjf? '^Signed.)
Kingstree Dry Goods Co.
L Staclriey.
Wilkins.
% J B Steele.
Bp*. * MrsC G Harper,
Bp Jacobs & S<x>tt.
0g?. J S Eron.
ff . ? Marcus.
L J Stackley.
BpSsP S Courtney:
R, G"OllieEppe.
Kennedy -Montgomery Co.
' Kingstree Hardware Co.
f; rM J Porter.
H D Reddick.
Sol Peres.
^ Tinney's Chocolate Cream
Bon Bons 50c, 25c and 10c boxes
at DrW V Brockington's Drug
f > ' Store.
Tbanksgiving Celebration.
| < We are requested/to announce I
|u that there will^e a Thanksgiv
/>i?l?Kr9fir\n af fWinth Pres.
Pterian church, three miles
t of Greelyviljf, on next,
irsday. The- hospitable peoof
that community are preing
to make the day one long
>e remembered. The public
lordially invited.
Hymeneal.
Married?On Friday, Novem|e^-'
ber 7, 1905, by Rev Mr Wilder,
E. at the Presbyterian church,
Georgetown, S. C., Miss Maud
I Jfttfelop and Mr J L Blakeley.;
[ The bride is a daughter of the |
i_- late Rev J E Dunlop and the j
F groom is a well known and popl:
ular young man of the vicinity
of Harpers.
K& Goto'DrW V Brockington's
fo' Drug Store for fine Xmas Can[
RED
1TO ANY CHEWER of tobacc
THE VAN AMSURG SHOW. I
A Large Crowd in Attendance but the
Show Was not Much Good.
Yesterday was circus day and
the usual contingent foregath-|j
ered here "to see the animals."!
The menagerie of a circus has a
drawing power superior to any
lode-stone known to scientists?
especially for the children. The
grown-ups of course have to go
along to look after the young- s
sters,and on tie average it takes 5
iKrvnt eiv- a/liii!^ trv rhanprnn i
CWUUl OlA UU U1VO v\/ VMU^'VI I
one small child. The crowd/
under the canvas of the "big 4
show" was estimated at from
2,000 to 2,500, just about enough 1
to comfortably fill the tent. *
The Van Amburg show is said '
to be one of the oldest on the {
road and it makes no effort to ^
conceal the ravages of time. The 1
few mangv-looking animals pre- (
sented the appearance of be- 1
ing left-overs from Noah's just- '
ly celebrated menagerie, and c
even the baby elephant looked
blase and dissipated, as did the 1
'' gentlemen" and "ladies' wno
did the hair-raising equestrian
stunts. About the only really
meritorious feature of the .show
was the acting of several juvenile
"artists", who did their
turns well and elicited liberal
applause.
Tne usual concert "after the
puffawmance" was unusually
poor, yet it raked in quite a
quantity of superfluous dimes.
The evening date was canceled,
very wisely, no doubt.
Special Sale at J L C Moore's
Lake City, S. 0., Tuesday and
Wednesday, Nov. 28th and 29th.
Lome one! Come all! Don't
mis$ these bargains.
Obituary.
* C
Mrs Emma A Kirton,nee Grier,
a
was born November 11, 1882,
and w as married to Davis J Kirton
in October, 1902. On Oc- 1
c
tooer31, 1905, in Charleston,
S. C., she departed this life.
. . i'
Shu is emtio hut still we niissht*r.
Friends may think the wound is
healed.
But there's none who knows the sorrow
Deep within our hearts concealed.
She is goue but not forgotten;
Never will her memory fade;
Loving thoughts will ever linger,
'Round the grave where she is laid.
Father and Mother.
Many children inherit diseases
and are weak and feeble, others due
to ehilhood troubles Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea will positively
cure children and make them
strong. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets.
Lake City Drug Do.
Character is a composite picture
of our virtues and vices.
Pain may go by the name of
rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago,
pleurisy. No matter what the pains
are called, Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea will drive them away. 35
cents. Tea or Tablets. Lake t'ity
Drug Co.
Never judge a man's salary
Ku thiA rnst of hi? dn?k*
"I THANK THE LORD!" [
erie 1 Hannah Plant, of Little Rock (
Ark., "for the relief I got from .
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It cured 1
my fearful running sores, which (
nothing else would heal, and from j
which 1 had suffered for o years."
It is a marvelous healer for cuts, ?
burns and wounds. Guaranteed at s
Dr W V Brockinton's drug store;
25c.
? ,
Notice of Sale. i
State of South Carolina, j s
County of Williamsburg ) *
By virtue of a Chattel Mortgage exe- "
c?ited by Messrs Lee and Clements to <
Messrs Sileox & Company, dated 17th t
day of March, 1903 and records in the
office of the Register of Mesne Convey- a
ance for Williamsburg County, on the
23rd day of March. 1903, and upon
which default has been made, I will
sell at Public Auction, on 4th day ot
December, A. I)., 1905, at 1 welve (12) c
o'clock in front of t1 e Court House, .
in Kingstree, S. the following de- 1
scribed personal propertv:? I
One (1) Black horse mule named i v
"Roily". One (1) black horse mule 1
named "Jordan". One (1) black horse 1
inulo named "Jack". one [1] bay
horse mule named "Bonnv". One[l] J
Two horse wagon. One [J] one horse (
wagon. Two buggies. One farm
cart. GEORGE J GRAHAM. 1
Agt. for Mortgages.
Dated Nov 21st, 1905.?2t. j
TO THE MEI
MEA
^o^Hiojvill^cu^utj ?* mail us*-*-'
TTST
EPFS SNOWDEN
WILL HMO FRIDAY.
iOVERNOR l2FUSES TO INTERFERE -1
COUNSEL HAVE ABANDONED APPEAL
INTERVIEW WITH CONDEMNED
MAN.
Ilurivard roct/.niav IVfPi'ilVll
V.H'* lit* ???!?.? UOVMUIt I i ? vvx >
l jv tit ion for the commutation of
sentence of Epps Snowden, a Wiliamsburg
negro who is to he hanged
it Kingstree Friday?unless the !.-w
ihould interfere in his behalf
The petition was sent in by
Messrs Lee & Askins, attorneys,and
iov Hevward is disposed to think
hut they had given him very little
into in which to investigate the case,
in the petition no reason for re-j
jrieve is given other than that the
iffense was committed "in heat of j
passion" and that the verdict should j
lave been "manslaughter" instead)
>f "murder." j
Immediately upon the petition
'rom Kingstrec.Gov Hey ward called
ip Judge Watts at Florence over
he long distance 'phone and conerred
with him in regard to the
natter. Judge Watts has not yet
Missed upon the case in an official
ecommendation to the governor,but
t is said that he is not inclined at
iresent toward leniency. Gov Ilevvard
did not receive a transcript of
he evidence in the ca-e until just
is he was leaving the office at dinler
time-yesterday. He carried the
wicket home with hin. and as is his
mstoiu in such matters lead every
vord of the testimony l^st night.
The evidence shows that the homi
:ide occurred in the store of Holt |
irowu, at Lambert, on the 3rd of
r une of this year. The physician'
n attendance stated that the deal |
nan had been stabbed in four plae-1
s, one wound producing almost in-:
taut death. The evidence in file;
ase is dramatic, the court stenog- .
apher having caught tile vernacular j
tf the witnesses m such a manner
hat the statements in court sead '
ike a weird narrative.
The principal witnesses, it is true,
vere relatives of the deceased, but i
* . i
heir evidence is cumulatively dam
iging, and there was evidence from
li si uteres ted parties that will very
learly put the halter around the
leek of the convicted man.
In s|K*akin?r of this matter yesterlay,
Gov Heyward said that he does
lot understand why when a man has
)een convicted aud for several weeks j
las been under sentence of death, a
petition should be presented at the
ast. hour askiug for executive cleinmcy.
The law .gives a man the
'ight to ap]?eal to the governor for
mrdoii, and he does not like to deiv
a convicted man this privilege,
>ven at the last moment, but he
Jeels very much at a loss how prop:rly
to act in such a contingency as
;his.
Gov Hey ward had a case of this
vind recently when the petitions
:'rom Greenville kept him on the
ack for a miserable 24 hours, be;ause
parties who up ,to the very eve
>f execution had evinced no
nterest in the fate of the negroes
;ame to him then with such pleadngs
that even after he hau firmly |
.aid "no" he was forced to recouuder.
Gov Hey ward will try to get the1
natter all in hand today in this case
rom Williamsburg anu win prooibly
announce his decision within
54 hours. He may grant a respite
md he may giant a commutation,
>ut yesterday he appeared "to think
hat insufficient reasons had been
idvanced.?The State,Nov. 21.
WILL HANG TOMOKKOW.
Governor Heyward has dedined
to reprieve or commute
be sentence of Enos Snowden
' * * " ~ X X
md all probability he will be
tanged to-morrow. At the time
:he sentence was passed Messrs
Lee & Askins, the prisoner's
:ounsel, gave notice of an appeal
to the supreme court,
.vhich appeal, if taken, would
lave stayed sentence pending
fcCHANT: If you haven't
TWe give you ou
made of better to
tty than any oth
Wn:c a?nii; mad addresi
| tilt* result. Messrs Lee A As- <
1 kins luive j^iven the sherifl no- *
tice that the appeal has been
abandoned and there seems now i
to be no reason why the execu- (
tion should not take place. To
be on the safe side, however, a
Sheriff Graham has wired So- 1
jlicitor Wilson about the matter, ^
I thnt oftieinl advises
j- I
; otherwise, which is hardly '
j probable, on tomorrow between i
the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock, j
' Epps Snowden will expiate his ;,
j crime on the gallows
A representative of The Rkc- j >
okd interviewed the condemned
man on Monday, lie is very
| much emaciated. hollow e\*\d
I and gaunt. He >sa coal-blac.t !
I negro of slender build, and (
claims to be only twenty-three 1
| years old. Is married and has i i
two children. He talked freely, j'
i and appeared glad to do so, but i
most of his talk was rambling [J
and incoherent. Has lived all ;
l of his life in Williamsburg", near
Lambert postoftice, and declared ;
that he had never been a rowdy ]
negro. The man be killed. K W |
Brown, he referred to as "Cousin
Bob,'* whom he said he loved
and would not have harmed a
hair of his head had he (Snowden)
been in possession of his \
senses. But he said he bought a
a cup-full of whiskey from l'rown |
and that, with the soda water *
he drank afterwards, made him
drunk. The witnesses, too, were
against him?five against one? j
and Joe Mention had testified!
falsely. "But," he added, "I!
have made my peace with (iod !
and if I did wrong to any one I j
ask him to pardon me. "
When asked how he had been i
treated in the jail he answered,
"Fine, only I find it a little;
cold here."
THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS.
Will Meet Tuesday and Declare Result
of Election.
The board of canvassers for
the recent election on the ques''/licnHnunrA'''
nr "no
IIV/II VI uiopvii-jui j v -- ^ |
dispensar}T"will meet next Tues- .
[day and declare the result. The j
returns given this week are un- j
j official, having been obtained ||
by telephone, telegraph and by I
word of mouth. The figures ij
I given are of course subject to1!
j modification when the election ij
| commissioners meet and declare !(
j the result. Still we believe it jj
safe to predicate that "no dis-1
pensary" has won by a small j
I but safe majority.
A Lj;s t;< the Capito .
A in the S : ntiiic Amcri- I
j vim ... the fanioa- wl:ring j
isalKiv i:t the capitol at Wa hington j
! ha.- aiiiti catifually been <1. .roved J
I by the replacing of the old painted I
j wooden ceding with one composed '
of phvtcr supported on ron and
covered witli coffering in relief. On
the old celling the coffering was I
simply i.idica'ted by painted lines
and shadows. v?hieh did not inter- j
fere with the reflection of the sound V
waves. Hut the raised work does J
inu rfere. especially with the sounds i
of a whi per, which are of short L
wave length. Before the changes > 4
this whispering gallery, which was j \
formed by the dome of the old house 1
of representatives, now the hall of j
statues, was one of the most perfect
known and constituted one of the I
popular attractions of the capitol.
Quebec's Military Works.
The Dominion government is,'
about to enter upon the construction I
of gigjfntie military works in the '
city and district of Quebec. The old
citadel is to he overhauled and the j
three forts at Point Levis and big j
guns put on all of them. At Beau- )
mont, nine miles from the city, on
the south shore, two large fortresses j
are to he constructed, commanding j,
a full view of-the channels up anil j'
down the river and costing about 1 *
$3,000,00<>. When they are done
Quehec can go to sleep at night with '
an added scn.-c of security, though j
it is a question whether it will be a
bit safer than it is now and has been
ever since Wolfe and Montcalm for '
the time being settled its status on
the heights of Abraham. ? New
York Tribune.
Red Meat Tobacco in stock, v
TO-THE CONSUMER:
' 7iiirinfBA that narh Iftpr
i flUBuiuiv SUUA r
ibacco and contains more gofcd solid j
er |Qc plug of ?ny weight off< i d or t
IpMr**! C>'f
HHBV w
SPECIAL NOTICES
Transient Notices will In* Published j
ii Ibis Column at the Kate of One
'cut a Word for Each issue.
WANTED?"l i.r: ompctent men j '
nut rood salesmen i:i our mercantile |
Mildness. Must be well recommended.!
F RHI:M A -ons,
ll-i'il-tf. Khcms. S. C. i|
WANTED?A few loads of stove
,\ood on subscript ion.
t
A tonic which is not pleasing,
to the taste, lacks at least one;
rvan f T'irf iu? stllAWS PIT RE .
MALT is delicious For sale at j
ilie Dispensary. i
Registration Notice. '
Theofiice of the Supervisor of Rear- t
>tration will he opened on the first j
Monday in every mouth for the pur-I
|?ose of the rejjisterinj; of any person i
A lio is qualified as follows :
Mho shall have heen a resident of
lie State for two years, and of the
ounty one year, ami of the polling pre- ,
inet in which the elector oilers to
rote four months before the day of
lection, and shall have paid, ?ix
lionths before, any poll tax then due
mtl payable, and who can own rcau i
uid write any section of the eonstitu;
ion of 1>W> submit ted to him by the
supervisors of Registration, or who
an show that lie owns, and has paid
ill taxes collectable on during the
rqpscnl year, property in this State
issessed at three hundred dollars or
nbre. J. J. EADDY,
t.lcrk of Hoard.
A Hot Supper.
There will be a hot snpjM*r for the
renelit of Mt Vernon Methodist church '
it the residence of .Mr It row n at Marin's
Cross Roads on Thursday night,
liec. 7th,1905. A good time is anticipat d
by all who attend. Come one,come
ill. and have a good time.
.1 T Frierson,
for Committee.
Nov. 15th, Lit 5 *
iiSHPf
AEJ3KJ
THE "MOSS" COTTON PKCSS!
smitT, BMMPl, I EST
. Tms Murray Cimmq iSyvtui
tin Ftiltn, CibIiiiri. Etc.
GIBBET NACHtKttT CO.
Colombia. S. C. J
?^^^jj1P?^I
w ?
II am still Agent for?1 j
i//ic (3If/ Ffteliable
Florence Steam Luuudry. 8
you can leave package at I
Stack ley's Cash Store not ,j
later than 5 o'clcck Tuesday I
afternoon. I
S. !P. Stack ley, I
Kingstree, S. C- I 1
Wanted.
r>' ^3arms. \
^ 33uy at Once |
i CX
first "* ~""v /
CoiYTTrrnng 100 Acres;
With One Horse Farm
Cleared
^ - . . ' _
^sintainmg bO Acres i
with Two Horse Farm
Cleared.
jhird '
Containing 200 Acres]
With Three Horse Farm
Cleared.
jach of TJ/icac ^Places 77/ust
Have 'Dwelling JHousc and Out\
Duildings and Situated 7/ear
A *# ? /> Jt rv rt rJ //?/>/ I
Stoll SRroj.j
9fea/ Sstate SSrokerj, j
Jfingstree, S. C.
/rite the factory?we will sup
?=?3cofa III -i? rrn
ilug of Red Meat is
uicy chewing qua .- H |
joldby^ajniyJaeto^
Clothes Pf I
that Talk
w the m I
W.T. Wilkins, Kingstree, S. C.Jm
SPECIAL LINE* 1
Crockery Ware, I \
Glass Ware, |
Wine Setts, | - 'Jl
Water Sets,
China Images, j
Just Opened Up. |l
P. S. COURTNEY.
MAIN STREET KINGSTREE, S. C. 1 \
i I'
- ?
(f /? >,
JLemoco
Say St !Plain to 71}r Carr and Sou 10ill Set the Sdest Goer7
JCinystree Jffarchvare Company.
2 Carlds
Of ' ' ' i
1
Horses and Mules
' " " M
'' -v
Just Received at j
HELLER'S STABLES.
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Come and Get Your.HlJk,
M. F. HELLER, 1
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KINGSTREE, - S. C. . *
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