The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 11, 1907, Image 5
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' WEEKLY NEWS BUMET
FROM LAKE Off.
STREETS TO BATE NEW LAMPSSLNDAY
FREIGHT TRAINS-LOCAL j
- ** AND PERSONAL ITEMS.
Lake City, April 8:?Mr J E
Brunson attended the meeting
of the Knights of Pythias dis4?:
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last week. He reports a most
interesting- and enjoyable session
Mr W T Askins went to Kings-1
tree Monday on business connected
with the school interests
of the Lake City district.
The town council is now hav-1
ing- lamps placed on the streets.
This will be most acceptable to
all?not only those whom business
or pleasure or necessity
impel to go about at night, but
also to those who stay at home
after nightfall, for all thinking
people realize that light is the
greatest known deterrent of
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miscnier ana crime, tuuisc
we could not ask for an expensive
system of lighting- in the
face of the bond issued of $30,000,
and we are really surprised,
but mdeed gratified, to have
these lights, although they are
hardly equal to electric lights.
Rev and Mrs A W Jackson returned
last week from De FuniaW
Springs, Fla , where they
spent some five months. They
will be here some time, if a
| dwelling house in which they
[ can be comfortable is to be
L had.
Mr and Mrs H G Askins, came
HB up from Kingstree Sunday and
fflff spent the day with Maj S M Askins.
Messrs P D Cocktield and II
T f) Godwin were in the county's
capital Monday.
Messrs J A Green and L O
Holioway paid a visit to Kingstree
one day last week.
Among the prom inent attendants
uDon Magistrate Gaskins'
court last week was H G Askins,
Esq , who engaged Thursday in
a breach of contract case.
Dr J L Bass was here from
Kingstree an hour or two
Wednesday of last week.
Dr T B Hinnant was hurried.
ly and unexpectedly called to
Greenwood Monday by a telegram
announcing the serious
illnesS of his daughter, Miss
Sal lie, who is a pupil in the
Lander Female College. The
tone of the messege indicated
that there was little, if any,
hopes of the recovery of the
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young lady, wno must ua\c
been taken ill very suddenly, as
it was not known that she was
sick at all until this wire came.
Miss Beatrice Jones, second
daughter of Mr B Wallace Jones,
was married to Mr Prather in
Waycross, Ga., last Friday.
Mr Pratner is originally from
Edgeteld, but has been living
in Florida some time.
Mr C D Ilichey and his sister,
Miss Cora Bliichey, havedecid
ed to go to Kershaw, 8 C\,
where the tirst named will go
into the lumber business, lie
will leave here next 8aturday.
We regret very much (o lose
these really- excellent young
people, ana hope they will find
their new home pleasant and
will prosper in their lives and
undertakings.
The Easter exercises at the
Methodist church held Wednesday
night, having been postponed
from Sunday before on
account o? the very unfavorable
weather; were a decided success.
Weifrear tlfcem spoken of in flattering
terms.
Mr R B Fitch went to Kingstree
Saturday on business in
kk connection with the new l'er
district.
The Coast Line evidently
H Kdoes not care a fig for the law
| against Sunday freight trains.
That day seems to be the one
especially devoted to this class
of trains, judging from the
number passing here last Sunday.
Among the "perishable"
freight carried through here on
the last named day were several
cars of lumber, car trucks,
steel rails and even boats. Just
so surely as night follows da}',
the government must control
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the raiiroaas or me raurouus
will control the government.
These corporations recognize
no God save dividends, and no
morals except percentage.
Speaking of railroads reminds
us that so "efficient and painstakingare
the Republican
mail clerks on the trains, that
j a letter for Kingstree posted
here at 10:44 in the morning on
the train is very nearly certain
to reach its destination, fifteen
miles away, by nine o'clock the
next day, very nearly twenty
hours after being posted.
A series of -meetings at the
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Baptist church commenced last
Sunday and will continue probably
through the week. The
pastor is assisted by Dr Furman
Martin, of Salem, Va, who
reached here Tuesday morning.
W. L. B.
GAMBLING ROW AMONG NEGROES.
As the Result Peter Martin Is In Bed
Dangerously Wounded.
Lake City. April 8, Special:?
L W Gil land, Esq., was in town
Tuesday in attendance upon Magistrate
Gaskius' conrt.
Mr S F Taylor of Lamar was
no'ed here Tuesday on his wav to
John8ouville.
Four negroes, a pack of caids, a
pistol and some blind tiger liquor!
J'hut combination is warranted to
get a row every pop, Ben Hannah
in the woods, Brewstei Dick in
VfurH.i in with
jail auvt X V IV 4UMI ? M vv?* ......
a bullet hole through him, is a summary
of the work of the combination
last Saturday night. These
three, together with Jim Jones, engaged
in gambling around a fire
just on the outskirts of town early
in the night Be** finally went
broke, and Brewster and Jim got
low in finance, Peter having raked
in the coin of the entire lay out,
sonic three or four dollars. Quiet'
and dullness reigned for a season.
* The game, to which they give the
elegant and refined nanje ^Skin,"
was in the past. All atonce Beu jumped
at Pete a id throwing hiai dowu,
Beu ran his hand iuto Peter's pock-1
et and pulled out the money. Beu
retiied- to opposite side of the fi?e
and couuted the money while
some words passed with Peter.
Suddenly just as Peter wa> getting
up, Ben tired at him with a pistol
and sent a ball into Peter a few
inches below the right of the collar
bone. The ball, after flattening
itself against the shoulder blaJe
lodged in the muscles of the b^ck
just under the skin, whence il was
later cut out bv the physiciaus.
According to the statements of
Jim and Peter, Brewster was an active
accomplice. We cannot undertake
to reproduce the details
hele, but will s ate, according to
the infoimation at hand, the shooting
bv .Ben was entirely without
. *
I justification or excuae and that
I Brewster was present actively aiding
and abetting Ben. Or course the
'affair may be shown up at trial in
lau entirely differeiit light. Ben has
! not been caught yet and there seems
to be but little effort to get him.
His reputation is so very bad that
all the n eg ."roes and mo>t of the
whites stem afraid of him There
is no question that he is a dangerous
fellow. Brew.-ter has been committed
to jail to await developments.
The doctors say Peter may recov-'
er.
W. L. 13.
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CAMP NO- 22.
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Vi>itii?K ohop[?re cordiullv
invited to conn;
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or hang ubouton the
^ PHILIP STOLL,
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School Closing at Epps. j
Epps, April 5:?The closing1 i
exercises of Beuiah school, J
which took place Friday even- I
ing, April 5, from 3 to 11 o'clock, J
were a decided success. The |
school has been under the effici- I
ent management of Miss Mary !
Wiii;,mcAn r?+ RnrW Hill, who
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has given perfect satisfaction to
both patrons and pupils, and it
is a source of much regret to see
Miss Williamson leave, but it is
hoped th&t she will return next
fall. The school-house and
stage were beautifully decorated
for the occasion. The programme
was as follows*
Opening Address, Frank
Rodgers.
Kate Shelly, Annie McCutchen.
How the/ Parson Broke the
Sabbath, Alexander Rodgers.
The Country School, the
school. '
Music.
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My .Baby tsromer, L?onaiu
McCutchen.
The little Mothers, eight little
girls, Lila Thompson, Lucile
Mills, Idoma and Allidia McCutchen,
Elene and Addie Hanna
and Marie and Vera McCutchen.
"Curfew Must Not Ring* Tonight,"
Rosa Thompson.
Rock of Ages, Ruth Mills.
Tableau, Rock of Ages, C'ammie
Thompson.
Music.
! The Soldier's Funeral, Willie
Hanna.
The Sick Kitten, Lila Thompson,
Herbert and Idonia McCutchen.
The Polish Boy, Maud McCutchen.
The Economical, Boomerang.
Annie McCutchen, Alonza
Hanna, Ruth Mills, Cammie'
TV. nmncnn T)#?Witt McCutchen I
and Frank Rodgers.
Music.
Sheridan's Ride, Frank Rodgers.
The Borrowed Umbrella, Cammie
Thompson.
America, The School.
Tableau, Evening Prayer,
Annie, Maud and Allidia Mc
Cutchen, Ruth Mills, Marie McCutchen
and Addie Hanna.
Music. W.
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Effect Being Koovo, Find Cause.
Things have come to a pretty
pass when a judge of the laws
must write to the president of a
railroad and thank him for asking
railroad men to be courteous
to the public. After Pres.
W W Finley of the Southern
Ry. had made his address in Atlanta
he received the following
letter:
Chester, S. C., Feb. 19, 1907.
My dear sir:
1 was so much pleased with
your recent utterances before
your employees?at Atlanta, I
believe?that I have determined
to say so to you.
A community judges a railroad
corporation by the treatment
it is accorded by the road's
agents there. If railroad agents
in tiiW<irr]inntf nlaces would
treat the public like a storekeeper
does when the public
enters a store, the public would
rapidly grow to regard kindly
the railroad company. I am
sure the average railroad agent
does not realize how much harm
he can do his principal.
Yours truly,
(Signed) Geo. W. (J age.
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Then there is one thing to be
said in favor of the discourteous
railroad official, that he is no respector
of persons. Judge Gage
has no doubt felt the slights
we all meet from time to time.
There is an interesting ques
tion just here, one President
Finley would do well to study.
Why is it that the average em
ployee of a railroad com pan)'
takes so little interest in* the
road he is working for? What
is it that brings about this lack
of loyalty? If Mr Finley, the
philosopher, will work this out,
l tind the cause and correct it. he
, will do more to bring the public
to the road than President
Finley, the diplomat.?Greenville
Mountaineer.
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A W? publish our formuUa
^rl m Wo boalsh o'oohol
W from oar modiojnos
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Ask your doctor to name some of the
results of constipation. His long list will
begin with sick-headache, biliousness,
dysneosia, thin blood, cad skin. Then
as!; him if hi wou.i recommend your
uv.*: Aver's ^i'is.
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It Wn Nice to Have the Children of
the House Halp Out
The Friday Afternoon Whist club
had assembled at t!?e home of one
of its leading spirits on the upper
west side when i: was discovered
that two members were absent, and
therefore there were (two hands
short. The ladies were in a quandary
till the hostess announced that
her two children, Clarence, aged
eleven, and Gwendoline, aged thirhad
picked up a little knowledge
of the game from watching
their elders. She suggested that as
it wouldn't'do to call the game off
after so many had taken the trouble
to come, and as she could think of
no other way to get two substitute
hands, the two children would at
least help to fill out the tables?that
is, if every one wa3'perfectly agreeable.
"Just the thing!" declared all the
ladies in chorus. The hostess was
urged to bring them in at once.
Everv one would be just delighted.
Clarence and Gwendoline were
duly summoned and introduced.
They took their seats modestly, the
ladies promised to assist them on
knotty points, and the game commenced.
There were two prizes offered,
and both were of considerable value.
Every woman present made up her
mind to have one of those prizes at
any co9t. The game was entered
into with abandon, and no quarter
was shown to any one. So far from
needing any assistance Clarence and
Gwendoline seemed to hold their
own pretty well. In fact, they seemed
so perfectly at home that when
in the stress of excitement a member
failed to adhere strictly to the
rules Clarence would call attention
to the error gravely and Gwendoline
with ladylike dignity. The upshot
of the game was that, when the
afternoon was over and the nnai
count was made Gwendoline and
Clarence were in possession of both
prizes.
The ladies took leave of their
hostess in a body with profuse
thanks for the pleasant afternoon,
all declaring they had had just the j
loveliest tiipe, and she had been so!
sweet to them all they reaTly must
thank her again.
But as the door closed after the
hist smile and goodby there was an
ominous silence in the ranks of the
Friday Afternoon Whist club.
"How nice to have children who
can plav whist so well," said one lady
sweetly, with a small gleam in
her eye.
"Isn't it?" agreed another. "It
must he so nice to be able to buy
lovely prizes and then keep thcr.i in
the family!" And there was scarcely
any sarcasm in her voice at all.?
Xew York Press.
A Narrow Escape.
First Traveler?So you have returned
from Africa? Second Traveler?Yes.
First T. -Any narrow
escapes, eh ? Second T.?Only one
?a regular prize winner, I should
think. First T.?Let me hear it.
Second T.?Well, I was chased by
a hie lion, and, having no cartridges
left, I threw away my rifle and
faced the brute, but as he sprang
at me 1 caught him by the. lower
jaw with one hand and by the nose
with the other, and there I stood
and held his mouth wide open until
he starved to death. A narrow escape,
eh ?
An Exploded Theory.
"My dear," remarked Mr. Grouch
when the argument threatened to
reach a climax, "it has occurred to
me that a single man is a wise man.
A woman to gain knowledge must
be married."
"I could readily support your
theory," replied Mrs. Grouch, "but
unfortunately I recall that Solomon,
the wisest man, had 700 wives.
And perhaps, dear, you might also
have an inkling of the fact thtft
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, .
never married."?Brooklyn Life. "~.J
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