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1 ' ?I __ __ _ _ ______^ . _..... _ ' "" " ". ,*r' ' **i ^ "T ^ ~~r ' "." ?*. ^iwr^-S>trl--ryr?r*r-r ^ r ? """. . ' , i n VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 19, 1908. NO. 11 i.? . f See Our I Of Dress Goods, Dry Goods P< NEWS OF INTEREST FROM LAKE CITif. i " "N0 NEWS IS GOOD NEWS" AND THERE'S PIENTT OF IT Fill OUR SISTER Cin THIS WEEK. Lake City, March 17:?Mr R F Epps of Due West came down Saturday from Columbia, where he is taking a course at the Uni versity, and visited in town until Monday night, when he returned to bis school. "Judge" Gaskins carried his court to Kingstree Friday and M r held preliminary examinations j?| . in the State vs Ed Burgess, murder, and the State vs Tilton, rape. In the first case the defendant was remanded for trial at the sessions court. The H last named case was dismissed H without a moment's hesitation, BE there being absolutely no testiBB mony whatever against Tilton. jS This heading was the most comV plete farce ever heard in a court room of this county. It is cer? tainlv a serious matter to charge a white man with the most horrible crime known to our civilization and have him thrown into jail without any foundation whatever for the charge. ~ w Mr J W McCutchen was in Florence last Thursday on business. Magistrate M C Collins ot Cowards was noted in town one -day last week. A Japanese, whose name we have enquired but have failed to J i-i x I learn, occupied me puipu at | the Methodist church last Sun* -day morning and night. His discourses were interesting and instructive and he received the marked attention of the large congregations attending. 1 It will require a continuance ' of the present delightful weather only a few days more to put strawberries on the way North. The berry plants are just sim; ply "humping" themselves. So also are all kinds of plants that are up. In a short while there ?will be peas, radish, onions, carrots, etc. in abundance. i LeRoy Lee, Esq, was here i irom Kingstree Monday on pro fessional business. Everybody is so busy now tVrft"goocl weather prevails that there is a dearth ot news, reoI pie are neither visiting-, fighting nor getting married, but working, and are consequently quiet so far as making events that would be of interest to others is concerned. If the old saying, "no news is good news," be true, then this correspondent's letter is just full of good news VewLine , Laces. Embroideries. Xeiriiyee , Shirts and Tan Oxford Shoes. Try Kin gran's par excellence ha:n at 15 cents a pound. gople's I from beginning- to end. \ Mr J M Surgeon spent Sunday' | With the Florentines. ... The Medical society held a meeting Tuesday night at which matters of interest to the pro- ! fession were considered. * i, V, W. L. B. BEATS DF IE.DAI1EL I KAITIN. _ i joid and Highly Isteeaed Citizen Passes Away. Mr Daniel Z Martin, one of tfcie oldest and best known citi' zens of our county, died at Trio on Monday, March 16, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. He had been suffering for some time with an incurable malady and hii death was not unexpected. The funeral service was held at the Williamsburg cemetery on Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock, Rev E E Ervin being the officiating minister. A large crowd of relatives and friends gathered to pay their last tribute to the deceased. Mr Martin was in some respects a remarkable man. Quiet and unassuming- he lived the simple life, although with bis keen intelligence and well-stored mind, added to the fact that he had acquired a goodly portion of this world's goods, he might have achieved prominence in almost any avenue of life he elected to pursue. But his nature was modest and retiring and one had to know him well to appreciate him at his true worth. He had the respect of all with whr?m hf? associated and his death is sincerely mourned by those among1 whom he moved in his daily life. Mr Martin never married and his nearest surviving relative is Mrs J H Tisdale ot Zeb post- I office. ' k Toothful Desperado. 1 An unusnal case came up in Mag- { istrate Wallace's court Wednesday j morning, the defendant in a charge | of house-break iug, larceny and ag- i gravated assault being a negro boy less than six years old. Robsrt Barr, j a sod of Peter Barr, near Epps post- ' office, is the youthful desperado, j On Monday, March 16, it is charged tnat ne DroKe mto tne nouse or janie Harrison, a colored neighbor, in daylight while she was off gathering wood to cook dinner. He went into a trunk and stole $3.00, then with a gum stick beat two childreu, aged respectively one and two and a half years, almost to death. It is thought that the older child will die. The case is almost without paiallel in he annals of crime that a child so young should commit such crime. The case will probably go to the sessious court next week. i the purchaser mL I style and very little ; wear. Others wear B^wfek',; ~~. ) '., but have little st;, !e . ?. I or comfort. The I King Quality // ' shof i:s n.l / 1 A%z ' I these .hrec re- // sh"'v >ou, | * quis tcsin // f.,c? J j . i // that arc ^ h just t snap and character. v They will surely picas ^ pottionjQr you. ; flercai FORMER JUDGE 0. W. BUCHANAN ; 1 FATALLY WOUNDED BY BULLET FIRED INTO TRAIN WHILE EN ROUTE ' TO AUGUSTA, G1 Augusta, Ga, March 16:?En- , route to Augusta this afternoon ( on Southern train. No. 33," Judge 0 W Buchanan, of Winnsboro, ( S C, was shot through an open window near which he sat reading, by some unknown party outside. The bullet, a 22-calibre, entered the right side, and the Judge's condition is considered serioNs. He underwent an operation at Dr Thomas R Wright's private sanatarium, Reynolds street, to night at 8:30 o'clock, and tne bullet was extracted successfully. .Judge Buchanan was to meet a party in Augusta yesterday afternoon, composed of his brother-in-law, Messrs James H Tillman, A R Fuller of Laurens, and his sister-in-law, Mrs G A Bunch. He.was sitting in a seat with Judge Lyon, and as the train reached a point some two or three hundred yards this side of Ward's Station, thirty-five miles from Augusta,he exclaimed that a brick had struck him, arose from his seat, and a few minutes later fainted from the shock of his wound. The train was stopped at Johnston, where Dr Walker was cnmmnno/1 ? nrl fhp nhveirlan O ULUU1VUVU I UUV? vuv accompanied the patient to Augusta. The bullet grazed the window sill, and no person on the train heard the shot. The indications are that the bullet I was fired from a rifle. Judge ;Bucbanan was taken ^696969696969 m = nut I CHEAP! 5 TWOOAR i MULEf I fi! K will arrive Jar Finest that has J market this seas W Come in and before they are < / M. F. H yl KINQSTRE Vy honest shoe made by the . i, rV.'-\ who appreciate good :*>T':'.'_ ,]>\\ things in foot wear. V'-T" ? \\ The King Qual itile 0 immediately tot)r Wright's sanitarium when the train arrived, about 5:50 p m this afternoon, j apd there an operation was performed. Although the Judge s :ondition is Tery serious, it is | thought late to-night he has ai' chance ofrecovery. Judge Buchanan was. for twelve years Judge of the Circuit court in South Carolina,and held the office of attorney general of the State for four years. He is one of the best known attorneys in the State. He married Miss Sophia Tillman,daugh ter of the late congressman, George D Tillman. Later?Judge Buchanan died Tuesday from the effects of his wound at the Augusta infirmary It has not yet been ascertained who fired the fatal shot. ; New Advertisement*. \ J S Eron?Dress Goods, Millinery Shoes and Clothing. S Marcus?Spring Dress Goods and Clothing and Shoes. Williamsburg Live Stock CoFarm Implements, Stock and Poultry Remedies. Gale & Gale?Millinery, Hats Hair Goods and Notions. Farmers & Merchants Bank, Lake City?Resources, Savings Department and Perfect Bank I m re firo l*o m lug klJIOVVlUi Harris & Deal, Sumter?Contractors and Builders in all Kinds of Brick, Wood and Stone Work. R E & E N Beatty, Georgetown?Civil Engineers, Surveying and Construction Work. Thomas Opera House?Osman Stock Company. D J Epps?Lumber and Build* m a _ _ i Material. S96969696969#) AP = 2 CHEAP! I JLOADS 8 * ND X ORSESj mary II, 1908. ^ i been on the Of >on. look them over W ill lone. f\ ELLER | / *4 t Shoes! Shoes! All the latest styles, quality surpassed. Kiny Quality for ^ For Ladies "Star Brand Shoes Better.'' We have just receive laro-e shipment of both the brai O X Alt sizes and prices the Lowest ' < ompan COUNTY TEJCBFB' JSJOfllTlOR. ?* Mr E D Smith's Speech the Feature ef the Occasion. The Williamsburg Teachers' association met in the graded school building March 14, 1908. An unusually large number of teachers was in attendance. The exercises were opened with prayerJby Rev Mr Mahaffey. l)r J L Mann of Florence had accepted an invitation to address the teachers, but was unexpectedly called to Columbia. The association was fortunate in getting in his place Mr E D Smith, of the Cotton Growers' association, who spoke on, What we want?How to get it? What to do with it. With Mr Smith to speak on any subject is to speak eloquently. and forcefully; and on Saturday he ably proved that he isas conversant with matters educational, as he is with matters agricultural. During- the meeting" twooiano duets were well played by the Misses Kennedy and by Misses Coker and Brockmton. Before adjournment, a County Rural School Improvement association was organized, with Miss Ross, President; Miss Leitcb, Secretary and Miss Erckmann, County Organizer. Title, Mortgage, Bill of Sale, Lien oo Crop, and Lien and Bill of Sale combined blanks for sale at this office. 213tf Fanners' Union Heelings. Editor County Record, Kingstree, S C. There will be Farmers' Union meetings held at the following o w places: Lake City, March 14, 11 a m. Jobnsonviile, " 16, ' " Union, " 17, " " Morrisville, " 18, " " Bloomingvale, " 19, " " Cedar Swamp, " 20, " " Cooper's Store, " 21, " " T C Willoughby, Member State Executive Com. Florence, S C. March 9, 1908. tf Kemember that when the Stomach *-- ? 1? t? nerves iau ur wea&eu, jyyopcpoia ui Indigestion mast always follow. But, strengthen these same weak in. side nerves with Dr Shoop's Restorative, and then see how quickly health will again return. Weak Heart and Kidney nerves can also be strengthened with the Restorative where Heart pains, palpitation, or Kidney weakness is found. Don't drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. That is wrong. Go to the cause of these ailments. Strengthen these weak inside nerves with Dr Shoop's Restorative and get well. A simple, single test will surely tell. D C Scott. . ' . ... Shoes! ? j a M ' %' i T ~ ^ ? = I ASSAULT CASE': FALLS FLAT. . I V' PROSECUTORS f AIL W MIST AW MAKES A6A1NST TILTOH CHARGED WITH CK1IINAL ASSAULT. , On Friday, March 13, a preliminary hearing in the case of the State against George Tilton ! was held in the court house here i > by; Magistrate Gaskins of Lake City. It will be remembered .. .ll'Jd0 | that Tflton was arrested on a charge of criminal assault on the person ol Annie Miles, a girl about twelve years old, living near Lake City. The alleged crime caused a good deal of excitement in the community and it is said that threats of violence were freely made at the time of Tiiton's arrest. j The defendant was represented at the preliminary hearing by Messrs Lee & Askins and W L Bass, Esq. Only two witnesses appeared for the State, the girl herself and her mother. The mother's testimony was as follows: / a?: _ II :i?\ "cue ixvuuie umca; v>oa oiva after the reported assault; she *ras sick with a cold." ^ Annie Jane Miles testified: ^ 4 'George Tilton dragged me to the bed and threw me down and scared me. That's all he did. Made no attempt to do anythimg else and that's all I know about it." On this showing- Magistrate granted a motion to dismiss the case and the incident is probaKlir V* J ViVUVVM A tonaway Accident. A rather exciting ruu-away accident occurred here Tuesday afternoon. Mr M E McDonald of Col- : "H uinbia, representing a marble concern, was returning from a business trip to Indiantown and when he arrived at the railroad crossing the horse took fright from a passing train and ran away down Main ? - street, turning ttie Duggy over. At first the man was thought to be seriously hurt, but further examination proved his injuries to be slight. The buggy, which belonged to Sheriff Graham, was completely demolished. m | Local flews. < The latest in post cards local views, at the People's mercantile Co's. Following is thesei 9 nes: Bank of Williamsburg', Street 4 Scene, Academy street, Hotel Van Keuren, Steei Bridge, Court House, Kingstree Graded School Building. All in beautiful color work. Cal\ and see them at People's Mercantile Co's. 3-19-tf J