?? I I Site (fountit ^{rcovil KINGSTREE, S. C C. W. WOLFE, CD IOR AND PROPRIEOR. . . TERMS SUBS' KirilON RATES: One copy, one year. Si 2-v j One copy, six months Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks,? ards of Thanks ' and ail other reading notices, not j News, will be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for eat h insertion. THURSDAY,J'JNE 4, 1908. I Inspector Gregory's Fine Work. The escape of the notorious i yeggman, Otis De Ford, at Cadts, j in this rnnntv. some three years I / ago, was in the circumstances almost incredible without the connivance of the officers who had him in custody. A desperate man, as he was known to be, should have been guarded with extraordinary vigiiance and for that reason, no doubt, two officers were sent to take him to Charleston, a United States marshal and bis deputy. The prisoner was handcuffed, er supposed to be, and in this condition he jumped through the window of a moving traiu, escaping without injury. Although immediate search was made he 3$ /I i'oo rrnoa ro<1 ru P.Omnletel V U8 UIOBj.r?.v? - r j though the earth had swallowed him up. Could he have accomplished this without help ? The theory is that by some means ' the haudcuffs were removed on the train and by preconcerted arrangement bis friends were there to hurry him away in the darkness, defying pursuit, even if it had been undertaken seriously. But whatever the means of De Ford's escape he had matched against him one of the shrewdest and most resourceful detectives in the United States, l'ostoffice Inspector H. T. Gregory. Unce m pursuit or a rugiwve unminal Mr Gregory is as tireless as a bloodhound on the track of his quarry aud it is seldom that he fails to get his man. If there were many more officials such as Inspector Gregory the gentle art of robbing postI offices would soon die a natural death. aftS: ' i - What is the matter with the * candidates for solicitor of the third circuit ? Is the office going begging? Greelyville has caught the spirit nf tuincatinn that nermeates the ? ? 1 ; atmosphere ot the South ami will soon have a modern school building, one of the finest in the county. We doff our hat to Greelyville. ? We have been asked what assurance we have that Governor Johnson would carry his own B State if he were nominated for president on the Democratic ticket. Well, none at all. But we feel as confident that Johnson would carry Minnesota, if nominated, as we do that Bryan will not carry Nebraska. I** The first candidate for Congress announces himself is Mr. P. A. Hodges, of Bennettsville. Mr. Hodges is a good business man and served several years as mayor of Bennettsville, until he resigned to take the position of financial agent of Columbia Female College. He is a hard; jvV- 4 |v . 'L- - ? worker and lias nuinv friends l and will doubtless make it in- \ teivstin^ fur his competitors. r.RFFIYVIIIF filFAMNfiS Various Matters of Passing Interest Reported. I Received too late for hu-t week's i.-.?u<'. ] I Gkeelyville, May 25: Mrs S W Gamble of Gourdins visited her brother, Mr 8 P Oliver,last Monday. Mrs Gamble expects to move litre in the near future to take advantage of our excellent school facilities. We extend to her in advance a hearty welcome and trust that her stay in our midst may be both long j and pleasant. Mr P G Gourdin and H G As kins, ?s<|., from Kingstree, were on our streets one day last week. Mr B D Colcolough and lamilv are here on a visit to relatives and friends. Mr Colcolough lived here several yeans ago. His home is now at Johnston, where he is succeeding nicely in business. Miss Clelia Keels, one of Heinemann's charming young ladies, was on our streets one day last week. J Miss Maude Beaty, a trained nurse from Georgetown, was here, last week attending Mrs J A Mont-j gomery, who was quite ill, but we! are glad to report her much improv-; ed now. Mrs J F Register and children j left here last Wednesday for George-! town to make an extended visit to relatives there and at Johnsonville. Dr J L Ridgeway has resigned his position with the Mallard Lumber Co. to accept a position as pharmacist at the Ha9eldea Drag store. Mr and Mrs W H McGee have goue to Baltimore, where Mr McGee will enter Johns Hopkins' Hospital to be treated for some trouble of the tongue. v Misses Doris Heins and Georgia Brunson, Messrs T E and W E Allen, R S Brunson, Sr., and W II Brunson went to Montgomery's lake1 last Thursday fishing. They remembered this correspondent and brought him a nice string of red * "?* i iL.i L. ' breast, it is neeaiess 10 say mat ne enjoyed them. Mrs R S Brui.son, Sr., had some fine peaches on the local market last week. Miss A1 vena Keels and Mrs R S Brunson, Jr., and children spent; several days in Kingstree last week. On account of rain and sickness i Miss Nance had a small but repre- ! sentative audience Friday night, j All who were fortunate enough to hear her are enthusiastic in praising her for the noble work she is doing for education in our State. We hope to have her back with us in September. Solomou McBride, a respectable old negro, dropped dead at Martin's lake Saturday afternoon. Heart disease was the cause of his death. The supply of fish bait has been exhausted and now when a hshing party goes to the river they have to send John Douglas (colored) to Mauning in order to get good(?) bait A Protracted meeting will begin at the Methodist church tonight and continue through next Sunday. Rev Mr Peeler, the pastor, expects to have his brother, of the Bingham church, and Rev R W Spigner to assist him. Every One of Them a Bird. A current newspaper item is as I folllows: "The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia has been married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge;her first husband was named Robin, her secoud Sparrow, and the present one's name is Quayle. There are now two young Robins, one Sparrow and three little Quayles in the family. One grandfather was a Swann, another was a Jay, but he's dead and now a bird ot Paradise, They live on Hawk avenue, Eagleville, Canary Island, and the Honesty is the best policy, but too many people fail to keep the premiums paid up. fellow wiio wrote this aiMcie is a lyre ?i bird and an interesting relative of the family. St. Lonis Republic. i I AIT QKKLV. I' Delay lias Been Dangerous in kingstrei. Do the right thing at the right,time. Act quickly iu time of danger. Backache is kidnev danger. Doati's Kidney Pills act quickly. Cure all distressing, dangerous kidney ills. Plenty of evidence to prove this. . Mrs. R. L. Jxigan, living on Depot Ave., Manning, S. (!., says: "i 8uffered a great deal from kidney trouble. I could not rest well at night on account of the too frequent action of the kidney secretions and niv back ached and pained tne coiv stantlv. There was also an achti-' through niv kidneys and I could not tind a position that was comfortable., 1 used plasters and liniments, bin did not find relief. The secretions , from niv kidneys were highly col- i ored, and contained a brick dust ! sediment. It was finally my good ' fortune to learn of Doati's Kidney J Pills, and I procured a box and be- i i mi ? L I A! gan tneir use. mey oanisneu mei backaches and pains and regulated the ajtion of cny kidneys. I feel a great deal better and can say that Doan's Kidney Pills acted up to all claims made for them.'' ( For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ] cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffa- i lo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's 1 and take no other. "The Old World aod its Ways" By William Jennings Bryan. < This remarkable book of 575 1 pages, voluminously illustrated am' elegantly bound, has been issued by i "The Thompson Publishing Com- j pauy" of St. Louis, Mo., and is j sold by subscription. s We would advise our young friends who are out of employment ] to seek the agency ar.d canvass for ( this book. It is certainly one ot the most readable, entertaining and edi fying volumes we bave read in a long tim*. It was almost like re- . tracing our first trip around the i world, with Jess than one-thousand- j th of the money and onehundredd ] th of tiie time required for our ' ' first trip." ! The great problems of civilization, [ religion, philosophy and government in Japan, China, the Philippines, India, as well as Europe, are presented in a clear light by a great brain. Mr Bryan was accompanied on J this trip by his wife and two younger children, William J., Jr, and Grace, aged 16 and 14, respectively. They started September 21, 1905, and reached home September 5,1900, sixteen days less than one year ( While most of this trip wais in tne North Temporal Zone, they were J below the equator a few days in Java, and for a while above the arctic circle in Norway." This book ought to be in every home where there are boys a.id girls ' with brains aud promise. < Don't sit down at the bars and wait for the cow to come and be milked. (Jo get the cow! A woman is never satisfied with herself until she has put it all tfver < her neighbor in some way. Read the Farmers & Merchants I Bank's ad. this Issue. 1 Cough Caution j Never, positively never poison your lone*. If yoa ? cou*h even from a simple cold only you should always heal, soothe, ana ease the Irritated broo. i chlal tubes. Don't blindly suppress It with a ] stupefying poison. It's strange how some things , finally eome about For twenty years Dr. Shoop has constantly warned people not to take cough mixtures or prescriptions containing Opium, Chloroform, or similar poisons. And now a little late though Congress says "Put It on the label. If poisons are In your Cough Mixture." Good! | Very good 11 Hareafterforthlsreryrsasonmothers, 4 -*1 Ok/vtn'a ana outers, luuuiuiuiinvu uaiiui ? , Cough Care. No poison marks on Dr. Shoop's labels and none In the medicine, else It must by < law be on the label. And it* not only safe, but it is said to be by those that know It beat, a truly re> J markable cough remedy. Take no chance then, ] particularly with your children. Insist on having Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Compare carefully the Lr. Shoop package with others and note the difference. No poison marks there! You can always be on the safe side by demanding ' Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure] D. C. SCOTT. < Read the Farmers & Merchants Bank's ad. this Issue. Candidates' Cards. lAniiouiin-nient* in thU column will lx- |iut>Mt.xi until Ha- close ol tin; < at thef >1owins: rates. j-iin ;?!? ?? the uiiceniciit docs iot rx<-?-?-.l M-\i,iitv?(ivc{7"0 words: State and 'otietvx-ji tial candidates no: County eandilatl-5 ^-obate Judge I h< announce mvself arc didate for v tion to the office of Probata Jud^c. Villiamsburp counyi^ubject to the atid regulati^ ^ the !>emocrj -arty ** Mct'LURK 1 vlNTON. -? - dE; ?eerK . c ,ds I hereby \te^?r th^ e iv crave ,ati' n and ,d several "^-ujg and, ties oi of my ,ahav; candidate ie ollice oi vi g county_ lat )?"* 3t ;pi 4 ful-y . 'a* n and , V -U" tc e; ?uy eiecat .?> discharge lio the u b ( H vNDt.ER. For C' ^ner Viot I am a can* I hereby announce^ ^ ^ iidate for the "ffjc .ct ,(, al\ the liamsburg co>i<> .primary, rules of the l?e wFj Godwin The friends ' 1,0 M. Burrows anlounce hi in a' .andidate for the office ){ i oroner -tor Williamsburg County subject to tne rules of tha Democratic primary. Friends. I hecafci announce myself as a canlidat' the office of coroner for Willi -rg county, subject to the re* u s of the Democratic primary. M S Buffkin. Th_.nuig all my friends for theii support in the past. I recpectfully anlounce myself a candidate for re-elec;ion to the office of coroner, subject to ;he rules of the Democratic partv. I iman old veteran, having served four years in the war, and during the term )f my office I have tried to do my duty. [ respectfully ask your support in the :oming primary. R K Gamble. For Sheriff I hereby announce myself a candidate In the coming primary for re-election jo the office of Sheriff of Williamsburg :ounty. subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party and n lvi^n ruoill f nf t Hp pltfuge inyacn <,8 r H Kellahan. Congress 6th District. I announce myself a candidate for [Congress from the Sixth District, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. P. A. Hodges, Bcnnettsville, S. C. 31 ay 30, 1008. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of June, 1918, we will apply to PH Brockinton, Judge of Probate of iVilliamsburg county, for a final dis:harge as executor of the estate of Hargarette E. Cockfield, deceased. G. F. Williamson, I. W. Cockfield, fi-4-4t Executors. ?."?;?.*?;?.*?;?.'?;@ ?.'^ 1 DAY Li' I DRY G ? \ ? ) ? ) 1 i : ? j anc ? > Brown's . ! ? } I S ?. I ? \ J. Af ,g JJ=d n 1*=^ Ji a A vs= -5 THE OLD Rl ?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?i FRUIT Extra Fruit and Ru HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEV FINEST ON Hammocksi I ICE CREAM ] Refrlger ZINC LINED AND WHITE Screen Doors a Everything to be found in Ston rnrrivc a \in BIG STOCK HOUSE AN! KINGSTREE HARDW Organized, Developed Principle of Conser , Along Progressiv :l BANK OF WIL ittlNCSTREE. - RESOURCES > Solicits a share of business, feeling1 c our ample res our rior facilities will ciation with us i agreeable and pro I C. W. Stoll, Pres. E E. L. Montgomery. Asst. Cat I I Annount I ' I Having- purchased the sto Thomas' Stables I invite all trons to visit me and jet me Buggies, Wag( I also will conduct an upto-da and wilTkeep good Teams fo W. P. H. KINGSTRE IT . \ l_ ? a)*?.'?!?.'?!? .'? '.? .*?.*? f MURE. 1 oods. a "W @ C t ? @ V ? @ c . I ? )ver < -@/y. 1 ) ? I Shoes. \ ? 1 ) . @ \ ? < ? fKLEY. I'l ->i A rv* r~< (8) .U.ADLC. g @.@:?:?:?:?:?:@:?:? JARS j : Jar Tops bbers. V PATENT FRUIT JAR? FAPTH: .<& Hammocks. 1 FREEZERS. HH ators. J3 ENAMELED LINED. md Windows, i a First-class Hardware I CASKETS. ) CARRIAGE PAINT. IE COMPANY. ; f trfft and conducted on vative Banking e Lines, the , LIAMSBURG . SOUTH CAROLINA y $150,000 9 your banking :ontident that LCo aiiu 3U|;c" render assoperraanently fitable. : : . C. Epps, Cashier, 3hier, F. Rhem, V. Pres. =1 ;ement! ck and good will of F. C. my old friends and pa- j \ give prices on , mo Warn poo r. yfllU) UUllliVUUl Y te Liver} and Feed Stable r hire at living prices. awkins E, S. C. / -<9 J ' . - -ii