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VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 19, 1908. NO. 11
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Of Dress Goods, Dry Goods
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NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM LAKE CITif.
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"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. *
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BEATS DF IE.DAI1EL I KAITIN.
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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
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FORMER JUDGE
0. W. BUCHANAN
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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
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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
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Although the Judge s
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thought late to-night he has ai'
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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.
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Williamsburg Live Stock CoFarm
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Gale & Gale?Millinery, Hats
Hair Goods and Notions.
Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Lake City?Resources, Savings
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Harris & Deal, Sumter?Contractors
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COUNTY TEJCBFB' JSJOfllTlOR.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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| 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.
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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:
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"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
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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
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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.
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Local flews. <
The latest in post cards local
views, at the People's mercantile
Co's. Following is thesei
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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
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