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VOL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROUNA, MAY 16,1907. N0.20
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"THE VETERANS MADE 1
I IN KINGSTR
SIXTY-FIVE OF THE OLD SOLDIERS 1
TO THE GAMP?DR. W. L WALL
ADDRESS THE VETERAN!
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Friday was Veterans' day as !'
well as Memorial day in Kings- '
tree and the old vets were in^aeed
and in truth the 1
guests of the town. Ail the
business houses were closed and i
nothing was left undone, so '
far as lay in the power of the I
committee or the citizens, to i'
show honor and do homage to I
the remnant of that gallant ,<
band of men who went forth ! i
from Williamsburg COUntV to h
help uphold the honor of our 1
Southland when the history of ]
our country was writ in blood ;
and the sections had recourse i
toarn^sto 6ettle their differ- t
ences.
It was a gala day for Kings- 1
tree and it is hard to say who i
Ii06t pleased, the vets in ]
.ppreciation of the enter- <
:nt afforded them, or the 1
s of Kingstree in being 1
d the privilege of ministo
the pleasure and com- f
(the men they hold in i
eat esteem. , 1
ls decided to make this 1
linment of the veterans a j
lent institution, and here- ;
nnually ou Memorial day 1
e to have them with us. j 1
lustrative of the good ;
called forth by the at
showered upon them, we <
reral veterans to tell us ;
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Jjjthat thev oaa oeen 10 v^oiuuj- j
bia, to Charleston and to Rich- j 1
mond on reunion occasions, but j1
thatKingstree outdid them all i ^
in the genuineness of her wel-1 (
* come. As they expressed it, i
^ in the other places named there <
J? were all sorts of traps to take <
their money, but here the re- 5
| verse obtained. Everything 1
was free and the absence of ulterior
motive was forcibly de- <
monstrated by the fact that i
^every store and even the dispensary
was closed. |l
I Between 11 and 12 o'clock the <
t meeting of camp Wee Nee wash
| opened with prayer bj Rev E E |<
Ervin, followed by a short ad- j i
j; dress of welcome by Comman- j s
I. dant H H Kinder. ! i
Next came one of the most J
flL^a-acfinflr nf tht? etc- 1 \
cassion, the presentation ot a
j silken banner to the camp by
Master William Gadsden Gamble,
the bright young son of our j
townsman, Dr W G Gamble. 1
The young orator acquitted
himself most creditably and el-j
icited hearty applause at the j
conclusion of his speech. We
give below his remarks in full: j
"Mr Commandant and Veter-1
ans1': I greet you! . j
I am proud today that I, a I
grandson of a private soldier,
should be allowed the privilege '
of presenting to you tnis nag. ; j
'Your deeds of valor have been told, I}
In almost every language on this globe, 11
Your praises have been sung, ' ?
In a thousand different tongues;
Nor can I add a single word.
To what you have already heard." j
And it only remains for me to <
tell you-what, we your grand- i
.^sons, think4 of you.
I have |tood on Pennsylvania s
avenuej-an the city of Washing- j i
^ ton, and gazed upon that beau-(a
tiful pile of marble called the a
Capitol, magnificent in struc- t
ture and beautiful in architec- \
tural design, and only felt a
thrill of pride at the greatness
a of our land. I have stood in t
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WELCOME
EE ON MEMORIAL DAY.
WERE PRESENT?FLAG PRESENTED
ACE AND REV. J. E. MAHAFFEY
J?OTHER EXERCISES.
New York harbor and viewed
the statue of liberty, that liberty
for which you fought; that
liberty which extends from
Klondike's rugged peaks to
Florida's coral reefs; tbat liberty
which makes its influence
felt from Harvard's classic
walls to the bamboo hut in the
Philippine group?and yet 11
was unmoved. But none of
these sights so warmed my j
blood, as when I stood on King
street in our old city ot Char-1
leston during the recent reunion
md saw the veterans pass with
nfirm but steady tread. My
thoughts went back to the day
they donned the gray. As I
looked upon those noble me n, in
ny imagination I saw a lover's
passionate kiss, a mother's fond
imbrace, a husband's fare-well
to his beloved wife, and I bowed
ny head and wept.
Now, Mr Commandant, I present
to you this flag, never
nore to be unfurled in strife;
out sometimes float her in the
breeze, that the children of this
generation and of those that
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that we, your grandsons,
believed you to be right; bat if
you were wrong we would be
with you all the same. I say it
md I repeat it, that 1 believe
you to be right, but if you were
wrong, we would be with you all
the same. And I trust in Gqd
that the day is not far distant
when there will be such a flash
jf silvery light across the bending
skies and that there will be
?uch an illumination on the
question of States' Rights and
Secession, that all men will see
:he glory of your Cause.
And may Almighty God showir
His choicest blessing upon
/ou. Farewell."
Dr W L Wallace, himself a galant
veteran, next addressed his
>ld comrades and his speech
vas replete with pathos and eljquence,
moving to tears the
nen with whom he had stood
ihoulder to shoulder when they
ought for Southern rights.
But the piect de resistance in the
vay of speech-making was the
iddress of Rev J E Mahaffey,
:he orator of the day. Mr Malaffey
read his speech from
nanuscript and his carefully
rompiled facts and statistics
ihowed what the South had arhieved
in the making of the his;ory
of the nation. He proved
inclusively that what had been
,vrought in ante-bellum greatless
devolved mainly upon the
?nergy and brain of the South
ind in post-bellum days, notvitbstanding
the grinding poverty
and oppression covering a
period of more than four decades,
;he South has still maintained
ler prestige in affairs at home
md abroad.
Mr Mahaffey's speech evoked
nuch favorable commendation
md next week it will be printed
n full in The Record.
The pupils of the graded
>chool were present in a ooay, j
lumbering about two hundred j
md added much to the interest 1
I
.nd pleasure of the exercises by
heir inspiring presence, their
>atriotic songs and, withal theirk
ixcellent deportment.
After the school children and
he audience had rendered " Dix*
I ie'' and ''My Maryland*' with f<
! patriotic ferver, the audience t!
1 was dismissed and the veterans
marched to the riverside
cemetery where they ?
i laid upon the graves of those
who repose beneath the sod?
those strangers from Georgia,
who gave their lives for their
countrv, not in the red carnage ?
I of battle, bat by wasting disease?the
fragant flowers conI
tributed by the ladies of Kings- ?
i tree. ^
Before leaving the court room Commandant
Kinder called attention
to the fact that in the ?
Presbyterian cemetery were interred
the remains of a number n
of Williamsburg soldiers who t!
! bad laid down their lives for fi
the Confederate cause and that {,
last year on Memorial day their o
graves had not been decorated
and that he thought these graves
! should also be given attention.
Accordingly the hour of four p.
id. was appointed to decorate
these graves.
At 2 p m, the veterans were
marched to the vacant store
next to the Kingstree Hardware
Co's., where Mr H A Meyer,
who as a caterer stands without
a peer in this part of the country,
had prepared an excellent
dinner, to which zest and relish
were added by the halt dozen
charming young ladies who
waited upon the old soldiers.
During the dinner the Mouzon
String 3and discoursed sweet
music, which lent additional
charm to the festive scene.
The veterans were welcomed in
a few well chosen and appropriate
remarks by Mr Hugh McCutchen.
To the number of sixty-four
the veterans were dined and the
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j Buyers, j
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^ Our buyer has secured ? '
t a lot of clothing by which * ;
I will gain your trade and I I
you will sav? money.
This year's goods and* ;
latest styles, ;
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: Drummers' i,
j Sample Suits. * |
WORTH $12.00 TO $15.00 *
; OUR PRICE $9.50. t ;
I ODD COATS OF $15.00 *
AND $18.00 SUITS J
$5.00 PER COAT. I
I ODD PANTS $4.00 t ;
J AND $5.00 GOODS ' ,
j $3.00 PER PAIR. I i
LACES, :
j EMBROIDERIES, | :
i RIBBONS. | ;
At Reduced Prices. *
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jJlfiroij
: The Bargain Specialist, j
j Kingstree, j
j 5. C. j
allowing menu shows how well
hey were taken care of:
Menu
Ribs of Roast Beef
Msh Gravy Boiled Rice
Sliced Florida Tomatoes
Boiled Wesphalia Ham
Potato Salad
Kalamazoo Celery
Sliced Ox Tongue
Boiled Cabbage
New Green Peas
iananas Oranges Apples
assorted Cakes French Coffee
Lddress of welcome,
Hugh McCutchen.
l A Meyer, caterer.
We endeavored to obtain the
ames and addresses of all the
he veterans present with the
Dllowing result, but some, we
ear, have been inadvertently
mitted:
D E Adams, Cades;
Benj Welch, Scranton;
J J McCullough, Trio:
J L McKnight, Cades;
J W Dennis, Kingstree;
G W Burgess, Manning;
G K Mitchum, Kingstree;
H G Eager ton, Suttons:
F K Fort, Kingstree;
B F Franklin, 44 44
John Todd, 4 4 4 4
Daniel Calder, Cades;
H L Grayson, Benson;
D I Burgess, Workman:
J C Sanders, Suttons:
A W Flagler, Kingstree;
H O Britton, 4 4 4 4
G J Graham, 44 " 44
J J Brown, Florence;
H H Kinder, Kingstree;
L W Mouzon, Mouzons;
J W Tkornwell, Lake City;
W R Parnell, Scranton
W A Cooper, Suttons
J M Matthews, Lake City;
w iu Ammcns. i^pps;
S J Coker, Cades
J S McCullough, Benson
J E Howard, Fowlers
C P Hatfield, Lake City;
T R Wilson, Hebron;
E B Ard, Scranton
J K Lee, " *
R K Gamble, Kingstree
Dr I W Graham, Gourdin
Wm. Epps, Kingstree
T J Phillips, Zeb
J F Chandler, Dock;
D S Barr, Scranton;
I H Sauls, Cades:
H J Williamson, Lake City;
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O Of operating the best
V Drug Store m
g Williamsbi
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get Send for what you
LIST
BIG LOT NEW P
LOCAL VIEW5 1
High Grade Candi<
In the Cold Drink Lini
purity our motto! Clear
Our Soda man is up-to
cold drinks, the nicest in
Listezi.
Ice Cream.
5 Sodas.
* Everybody knows DuRant's ;
lJ Rant's?remember it's in style as
^ Drug Store for you want.
* Its a standing wonder to som*
X Come or send to the store tha
* and appreciates your patronage.
8 J. B. D
0 Physician an
0 LAKE <
H J Brown, Cades;
Dr W L Wallace, Kingstree;
Kev E ? Ervin, " "
J W DuBose, Hebron; 1
H A McCullough, Benson;
, W J Gamble, Heinemann;
F M Britton, Church;
F M Player, Kingstree,
V E Lifrage, Sailers;
A M Snider, Kingstree;
J W Braxton, Greelyville;
John Powell, Lake City;
J L Nesmith, Indiantown;
L W MeCants, Kingstree;
Joseph, Miles, Lake City;
Pleasant McGee, Scranton; v
S I Montgomery, Greelyville; U
S L Lifrage, Salters;
S B Thompson, Indiantown; .
W S Eaddy, Leo; *
T F Duke, Mouzon;
J A Christmas, Hebron;
H M Griffin, Clarendon;
; J A Bradham, Greelyville. _
Graded School Items. j
The tenth grade and tthe faculty,
' accompanied by Mr Jacobs, enjoyed "J
' au excursion on the 4 Mercedes" Fn'
day afternoon. We are indebted to -J
' Mr Jacobs, who by his kindness and
1 thoughtfulness has added so much =
to our pleasure during the past year,
for this enjoyable trip.
Mr P W Bethea of, Marion coun|
ty, is visiting his son, Prof. Bethea. s
Examinations are now in progress f
| and "happy is he who has been
studying." .
I C.
One of our ?ighth grade girls has
. been handling the dictionary lately S
with the following result: [
; "Soon the toil of school will end ;
; And our pleasures will begiu;
No more school bell then to ring,
' No more switches then to briug,
' No more quarrels then to fight, 1
! No more lessons to recite.
1 lacked will be our schoolhouse door,
; Not a child to tread the floor.
In the meadow, sweet and gay,
' Where tne water flows all day,
' Blithely singing we shall roam,
! Never thinking once to moan.
; Though at first we'll be so glad,
; We'll grow tired, then grow sad; I
Wish for our teachers back again .
And the long vacation's end." 1
)!
:: As 'his is the last week of school, '
t will be no more graded school <
;litems this session; but we hope that ^
; you will hear from us again next
; fall. We wish to thank Mr Wolfe,
; who has so kindly given us space in ]
his valuable paper, for his kinduess.
ltyti
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Every dev. q oi
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i people how our business is grow- ? J
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Insurance
This is the time of year
/hen winter shoes become
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Insure your feet by putting'
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Oxfords.
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\bsolute pro*'
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as
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We carry a large assortnent
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r t[
Our stock of Hosiery is
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Bargains id
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6 l-2c values at 5c
10c values at 8 l-2c
12c values at 11c
15c values at 12 1-2
Full line Fancy Dress
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Call and inspect our stock.,
belect lot of Laces and Embroideries
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'orchon Lace 4 inch wide at
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'orchon Lace 5 in. wide at 5c~
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We cater to the best trade
na guarantee satisfaction?
nly pure and fresh goods
ffered.
We solicit your patronage.
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