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VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 16, 1908. NO. 15
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NEWS NOTES OF INTER- !
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3TIAWIEI1Y SEASON ON?TOWN IAS
SPKING GLEANING?LOCAL AND
PEKSONAL INTEIEST.
Lake City, April 15:?Mr
Fred Walters came down from
Florence Sunday and spent the j
day in town.
. Mrs Alice Stackhouse, whoAe
t -ni. r-? _ a n !
nome is near larue ivock, o v^,
f visited Mrs S .J Bethea last
I . week.
Mrs L H Jennings of Bishopville
came dowi\ to see her parents,
Mr and Mrs J M Sturgeon,
last week. Her brother, Sam
Sturgeon, who bad been with
her some time, came with her.
Misses Minnie and Beulah
Moore are in from Moore's X
roads, visiting the Misses Mc Clarn.
Mr Roland Mills, as usual,
was up from Kingstree Sunday.
Mr Dallas L Jones dropped in
"Thursday for a little while
among old friends on his way to
his way to his brother's, Mr L
N Jones's, near Anderson
Hrirlor<? tn srtpnd a ff?W davs hf
-f ?jfore
returning to his home in
Charleston.
Miss Ada Wads worth is on a
pleasure trip in Darlington.
By direction of the board of
U /n?? 1 U + V* /-v ^ /-? tr? ? * hoirimf i nron _
ucaiLii is iiavii:;; a i
eral and thorough cleaning up.'
Three wagons have been running"
regularly for three weeks
hauling off litter, trash and
sweepings. The rules and ordinances
relating to cleanliness
and health precautions are being
tightened up and violators
called to the mark. Within the
last two years #the commissioners
of public works, the town
council and the board of health
have done a tremendous amount
of work and work too that is
demonstrating the fact thati
drainage and scientific and sys-!
^tematic sanitation will effectu- j
"ally promote ana maintain tne ,
health of the public.
\ ^Mrs Margaret Timmons and
* Mrs Lena Spiers and the two chil- j
dren of the latter, all of Rocky
Mount, N C, are in town on a
visit of a few weeks. Mrs
Spiers is b&st remembered in
Lake City as Miss Lena Timmons,
who was one of the teach-.
ers in the Lake City High school'
in the days when that school
bad a reputation of which none
was ashamed.
High cotton, high tobacco,
high strawberries, high beans, j
high nothing will put the fanners
of this country in the position
tewLine
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L.aces, r^moroiaeness,
Shirts and Tan Oxford Sh >:S.
Try Kinjan's par excellence
ham at 13 cents a
pound.
iople's
in which they easily could be of
stability and independent leadership
so long1 as they continue
to buy their bread and meat instead
of making- them. Not a
pound ot meat, nor a peck of
corn nor an ounce of hay should
be brought into Williamsburg
county. We can make them.
Why don't we do it? One says,
"They can be bought cheaper
than we can make them." Rot!
Go tell that in the ward of the
lowest imbeciles of the lunatic
asvlum. and vou will be lausrh-!
ed at.
About three hundred crates of
berries were shipped Monday.
This is mounting up rapidly. It
has been only one week since
the first shipment.
The stock of goods of A Cohen
was sold out Tuesday by M
Hornik & Co. under a mortgage.
B C Bellinger, Esq, of
Charleston, was agent of the
mortgagees. The stock was
sold in bulk and bid in, of
course, for Hornik & Co. No
inventory was made; cases sup
posed to contain goods were
not opened at all, and examination
was not allowed. No one
except those in charge had any
opportunity of learning anything
about what was in the
stock or the quality, consequently
there were few bids.
The entire stock, which Cohen
said would invoice at about $2,500
went off for $J00.
A antorVainmahf Fridnu
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night a gold handled parasol
was given to the young lady receiving
the greatest number of
votes. The votes were one cent
each and the amount realized
from this was $310. Miss Mamie
Green was declared the winner,
with Miss Lula Chandler a
close second.
ELHirsch, Esq, was in town
Tuesdays
W L Bass, Esq, attended
bankrupt court in Florence
Wednesday.
w. u a.
Panama and straw hats. Latest
styles and lowest prices.
People's Mercantile Co.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup?the
cough syrup that tastes
nearly as good as maple sugar and
which children like so well to take.
Unlike nearly all other cough remedies,
it does not constipate, but on
the other hand it acts promptly yet
gently on the bowels,through which
the cold is forced out of the system,
and at the sametime it allays inflammation.
Always use Kennedy's
Laxative Cough Syrup. Sold by W
L Wallace.
Justjreceived, a beautiful line
of Easter post cards. People's
Mercantile Qo.
the purchaser
| styl. and very little
we r. Others wear
but have little style fl
i or comfort. The
B King Quality //
shoe has all ff Let us
fhpi?e rr- Aj show you
// the new styles B
; quisites in f/ 7
that are full of fi
; just the// , , >
! if snap and character.^
i They will surely pleas<
, portion^ you
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A NOTE OF VANNING j(
Sonded ky Ciltu Aiuclaliii and i
Parsers' UbIm??
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Atlanta, April ii: ? rrcsiucut
Harvie Jordon, of the Southern
Cotton association in a state-;
ment made public today savs
that his associacion, in connec- *
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tion with the Farmers' union (
has completed arrangements to t
hold the remnant of 1907 cotton
crop. The Farmers' union cotton
companies, the statement 1
says, in Tennessee, Arkansas, *
Mississippi and Alabama have
already perfected arrangements
with bankers in those States to 1
finance every bale now held in (
Farmers' union warehouses. 1
Similar results, continues the 1
statement, are being secured for
cotton held by members of the
Southern Cotton association by 1
the central headquarters and
State divisions, and at the lanr
er centralized points. Presi- 1
dent Jordan concludes his state- 1
ment as follows:
"I can not too freely empha- 1
size again the imperative im- ^
portance of cutting down the;'
cotton acreage and preventing *
i a serious crisis next winter." (
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To have perfect healtb we must \
have perfect digestion, aud it is very 1,
important not to permit of any de'~
lay the mouieut the stomach feels ^
out of order. Take something at: 1
once that you know will promptly j 1
and unfailiugly assist digestion. <
There is nothing better than Kedol! (
for dyspepsia, indigestion, sour
stomach, belching of gas aud nerv- 1
ous headache. Kodol is a natural 1
digestant, and will digest what you c
eat. Sold by W L Wallace. |j
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$ = CHE
1 CHEAP!
U TWO GAR
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will arrive Jan
Finest that has
il market this seas
Come in and
* before they are a
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KINQSTRE
^S^KING QUALITY isan ; 4
^ honest shoe made by the '
best workmen for men
fPfiSftk. W^0 aPPreC'atC K00(i ;
things in foot wear.
yy The King Qual
MM ity snoc is uic y
I^BB^L >\ favorite with
Yv all those
HBBU who"have
tried
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?APT. CONRAD GONSTINE i]
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STMIliaSB IIIDGE-INCIDEMTS
BY THE f
The following communication j j
Tom Capt Constine, of the ^
'Mercedes", reached us Mon-!r
lay, .dated April 12, George:own,
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Editor County Record:- I ar- j (
ived here on my boat,the "Mer
redes1*, on last Friday noon. j.
3ad a fine trip by myself from i
:be Sumter Co's railroad bridge, T
vhere I was detained eight days
>n account of not being able tojj
pass under the bridge, as the | j
in?r was tnn hich. the water!
?O--, ?- , c
:>eing up within a few inches of:
:he bridge stringers. The run j
^as made from Kingstree to1.
:he railroad bridge id six 1 ^
jours?a distance of forty-five j (
niles. The party of gentlemen: (
vho started with me to make ,
:he trip to Georgetown and re- j
:urn left and went back to' ^
Kingstree,the best they could do
is I did not leave the bridge un-1
:il the morning of the 9th. I (
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.auic ujc rest ui me u ip aiunc. j (
rhere were quite a lot of rafts : (
)f log's at several places along: ^
:he river and, strange to say, I j
saw no one about them. I sup-, t
oose they were left tied up un- j f
:il the water would get down in [ ^
:he banks, which makes it much j.
jiser to run the rafts, as the \ t
:urrent is stronger and the!.
afts move along faster. Some- j j
:ime, I came upon a long raft of (
:ypress logs of more than a t
lundred and had to fight my ,
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uary II, 1908. ft j
been on the U \
on. 31
look them over g;
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ELLER I:
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WtfMWB&Sm&B&EEw ^
shoes!
Shoes!
All the latest styles, quality Ju
surpassed. King1 Quality for M<
For Ladies "Star Brand Shoes* a
Better." We have just received
large shipment of both the brant
All sizes aud prices the Lowest.
ompan
ray through by myself. I
?lept two nights in the open
:ide water with cool, gentle
jreezes fanning me all the night,
could go out on some nice
>ank, cook my supper and sleep
n the boat. Would cook breakast
next morning, and after enoying
a nice pint of coffee
rould set out again. I did not
nake extra haste, but would
in^er at the camDand talk with
o *
:he shad fi&hermen and enquire
)f them about some people I renembered
along the river long
igo. I could recognize many
)ld landings and spots I once
was so familiar with when I was
foung and at that time ray great
leligbt was to be floating down
:his old stream that I have lovm!
so long aud that is dear to
ne still.
There are not many living
ilout old Kingstree now who
ran remember when I passed by
:here on my first raft from Clar?ndon
county to Georgetown. I
was then 16 years old. 1 had
lever been down the river far:her
than four or five miles in a
ranoe fishing,and when I started
10 one had any idea that I would
;ver reach Georgetown, but I
lid: and that trip caused the
opening up of the ton timber
:rom Midway section to lower
iridge. In Williamsburg I went
:o work and built flat boats and
JnnteH rosin iust after the war
rom Kingstree to Georgetown,
ind that was the opening of all
:he turpentine business on and
ibove Pudding swamp and as
ligh up as Midway church. In
Jlarendon I boated nearly all of
:he turpentine and rosin that
ivas made by Moore & Wilson, P
5 Worsham, Jimmy McPaddin,
Epps, Burgess & Co, B G Pierson,
W D McFaddin, Mac Natt
ind McNeil from Montgomery
ake to the railroad bridge atj
Kingstree, thousands and on
housands of barrels. So you
see I have done some work on
31ack river. Some would call
ne an old river rat. It is 53
,-ears since I carried the first
aft down. In those days I made ,
nanv places in the river straight
>y cutting- across the banks,
some places would be one-half
nile around and are now only a>outone
hundred yards and maiy
places much shorter. In many
rears past I have u ?n longing ,
o make one more trip down to j (
Georgetown and I took advan-11
age of the last high water to j
nake it. Some asked me if I ,
hought I could make the trip
hrough the bay. That was the 1
easiest part of the river. The '
>ld bay has changed less than 1
tny other place. The old fort ,
it Land s-end and below George- ]
own, where Sampit runs
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Shoes!
y. > 1
into the bay, looks the same
as itdid almost tO years ago.
I was a little uneasy for fear
that the government officer
would demand a ten dollar license,
but no one has molested
me yet. I ran my boat right up
to the government wharf and if
I am let alone until the tide begins
to ebb tomorrow I will
slide out of Sampit and up the
bay for dear old Black river,
my only love and friend for
more than half a century.
I am already supplied jrith
everything in the way of oil
and f tting that I, may need.
Will get provisions in the morning.*
I sent a telegram yesterday
to Mr J D GUland, who was
one of the party that started
from Kingstree with me to come
down, asking if he or any one
else wanted to go up with me;
but up to this time have heard
nothing from him. The river no
doubt is falling fast up above
and I may have a squeeze to #/
reach Kingstree.
I have written more than 1
expected, but thongHt that it
would perhaps be interesting to
some of the readers of The Record,
some who know me in the
true s^/tise of the word, and
some of the young ones who may
never have heard ot Old Man
Constine.
I >* unc, i waa wen avvjuatuted
with your tather several
years before you were born. He
made a speech at the mustej
grounds to our company, the"
Clarendon Blues, the day we organized
the company and elected
John Whitworth as captain
and Theodore Wilson one of our
lieutenants* two brave soldiers,
1%/%4-Vi Kninff IrilloH in th<> cprnnH
UU III Ut?U? niiivu <M w.
battle of Manassas.
I will close this writing- now .
and if you think it worth space
it would take in The Record
you may publish it. Perhaps I
may reach Kingstree in threeor
four days, as I will not travel
with much haste. Will get
some fishing tackle and may
catch fish enough to have a
stew or fry.
Hoping to see you before many
days, I remain yours truly,
Conrad Constine.
Attention" Vete rans.
A3 Memorial Day comes on Sunlay
we will hold our meeting on the
Jay previous?Saturday, May 9. A
full attendance of members requestHi.
The memorial exercises will
oe held in the court house, commencing
at 11 o'clock a m.
Members of the U D G' chapter
ivill be expected to co-operate with
the camp in making a success of the
occasion.
The public is cordially invited to
assemble with us.
H H Kinder, H 0 Britton,
Commander. AdjutaiU^^^^^>'