Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?mmmmmninimmmmm rr OUR ENTIRI ?E LAWNS AN] H ACTUAL CC I King ?iumtuumittuuiiituuiatiut Local and Personal It rains. Mr "Billie"Britton spent Tuesday in Cades. Mr L W Nesmith of Florence , spent Sunday in this city. Mr W M Frierson took in the i -i ' - -1 TT.l O _ a. J picnic neuron oaiuruay. j Mrs P H Stoll is visiting at her old home in Indiantown. Mr W E Thompson of George- ; town spent Sunday in Kingstree. J Mr H S Meredith of Wilmington, N C, spent "Wednesday in this city. Mr R W Spann of Timmonsville was in town Thursday of j ^ last week. The Missess Russell of Agusta | Ga, are visiting Mrs Hugh , McCutcheu. * g Mr and Mrs G Oilie ?pps have s returned from a few days at the s Isle of Palms. Miss Emma Cooper of Indian- j town is visiting the family of ^ Mr H 0 Britton. Jc Mrs L W Gilland and sweet ^ little Miss Jane are visiting relatives in Charleston. c Miss Pearl Hatbcock of * Georgetown visited friends and * relatives in town last week. v The announcement of Mr S J Sinsrletarv for the office of road ^engineer appears in this issue. ^ The State campaigners will ^ speak in Kingstree next Satur- ^ day, and don't you forget it. t Attention is called to the new advertisement of the Williamsburg Live Stock Co in this issue. Mr and Mrs J F Hawkins of 3 Sumter are visiting the latter's t mother, Mrs J M Wood, in this s city. Miss Bessie B Kelley has f cone to the mountains of North c Carolina for the rest of the sum- \ mer. r Mr and Mrs D Hirschmann and * little Pearl visited the family of Mr S Marcus on Main street this j week. J Misses Thetis and Annie Stack- 1 ley are visiting- Misses Lula ^ Epps and Nettie Burgess at 1 Mouzons. * In this issue will be found the announcement of Mr Theo B ' Gourdin as a candidate for the legislature. Master Milton Marcus left Tuesday evening for St Stephens where he will spend several days with friends. Miss Theo Gregg has returned to her home in Sumter, after a pleasant visit to the home of Mr T M Gilland. Messrs J A Hawkins, W It Grimes, Claude McCabe and G W Thomas went to Florence Monday evening. We think it's hot in Kingstree, but look at New York?only twenty-one deaths from heat there in thirty-six hours. Tidings from Greelyville indi fwmmwmmnfwnmimmm! fENl E LINE OF niLLINEI D ALL SUfiriER G( 1ST k)R THE NEX stree UUMUUMMliiMUMMMMt cate that there will soon be a candidate -? the race for the legislature ?<J*ere. Miss Pau \^left Monday eveL Mphia, where sh veral weeks visit Mrs W D Dani town is guest at t. H O Britton, on A. Capt Constine h Mesdimes H Vai ind Mrs C C Brinklt Herbert and Frank Va risited Chapman a few a., sveek. 1 A large force of hands under ' :he direction of Mr Coker has ' iccomplished much in the way 1 >f street improvement during he past week. ( Mrs H W Bryan and sister Hiss Emma Campbelle of Glauslens have returned jiome after l few days visit with their 1 lister, Mrs .T B Lesesne. 1 Quite a number of Cades peo- * )le attended the funeral of Miss . Selma Wheeler here last Tueslay. Their names appear in the }ades correspondence. Mr Chas A Brady, formerly >f Columbia but now one of Baltimore's, prominent young 2 msiness men, spent Friday rith friends at Hotel Van Keuen. it is said that the next few c iays will find another good man n the race tor the office of au litor for Williamsburg county. Lhis will add more interest to i he campaign. r The Farmers' union of this t :ounty held an interesting v neetjng in the court house last e dondav, which was well at- ' ended by good men from every ^ ection of the county. r Prof P P Bethea has been conined to his bed for the past ten lays, and his many friends will * 1 1 * 14. 3 A_ 1 11 L 1 : _ 1 >e aeiignieu. iu iea.ru iuai lie is iow doing- nicely and hopes to >e out again in a few days. Dr II S Feagin, now physician ind surgeon for the E P Burton j Lumber Co. of Charleston, called t n to see us Monday morning. He had spent the Fourth most pleasantly with his home folks ' it Rhems. 1 Mr C W Wolfe is now at Bow- 1 ien Springs, near Atlanta, Ga, j where he will be for several weeks recuperating, and his friends will be pleased to learn that last reports from him were very encouraging. Miss Louise and lone Ried left last Tuesday for their home at St Charles, after an extended visit to Mr T M Gillands family. They were accompanied by Miss Marion Gilland, who will visit them for several days. Our readers will naturally expect news from the Democratic convention which is in session at Denver this week. 3ut up to the time of our going to press there has been only preliminary work and "chewing the rag." Mr P H Stoll, the eloquent ill RY, DRESS GOODS, )ODS TO GO AT T THIRTY DAYS. Dry 1 ilMMMMUMMMUlMMMU young-lawyer of King-stree, made an impression upon the audience by his neat, pithy little speech. We say little, for only about ten minutes were allotted to each.? BishopviUe Leader and Vindicator. from an extended trip up the :ver, a full account of which ~ ^en will appear in next Also a letter ' of his during ppear in his d will >ve of inter ny*. . t' ..ie office roo '.s in the court bouse belonging :o the clerk of :ourt,auditor an,. >robate judge ire to be i solutely tire proof. Th has been let and the . . '' be in :harge of Architect Kichlrds of Bennettsville/ That popular"""^ "The ilerry Widow" -oe comnenced in the next week's issue 3e sure that you read the beginning chapters. The inusic ;o the Merry Widow Waltz will >e published at the conclusion >f the story. Try it on your )iano. The many friends of Mr L H jairey, formerly the polite and ic:ommodating cashier of the Sank of Kingstree, regTet that lis business plans take him from >ur midst. The record he leaves is an officer of the bank is me of which any young" busiless man might well be proud. Our friends will please bear n mind that it takes more noney to run this office during he editor"s absence than it does vhen he is here. We wonld steem it a great favor if those rho owe this paper anything rould please drop in and settle he same promptly or send it by nail. Mr F W Fairey, one of Kingsree's brightest young lawyers, las heen elected cashier of the 3ank of Kingstree,and his many riends will observe that the face * f 1? .xiat iormeny tumvaicu siciuiess at the bar of justice is beng transformed into one that yearns brightly behind the bar )f the bank. We learn that a new law firm iias been, or is being, formed between C'apt Jno A Kelley and Mr A (J Hinds of this place, rheir offices are at the rear of the court house. Capt Kelley is a lawyer of long standing and recognized ability and experi"? W TT! 3, :^ ence ana ivir mnus is uuc ui Kingstree's most promising young men. Dr Theron Kelly left Monday for Kingstree where he will practice medicine. Dr Kelly was born and reared near Timmonsville, and is recognized as a young man of sterling characte, and solid worth. His many friends here wish him much success. ? Timmonsville Enterprise. Dr. Kelly has located permanently in this city and will be associated with Dr. Wallace in the practice of medicine and surgery. S immmnwrnmrnnitHmmtw i I i th1: 1 Tx > ? QogJs auaaaaaaaaaaa .aaaiaaa t Social^Functions. t ! i v *-4 MISS ANNIE REDDICK ENTER-1 TAINS. One Tuesday evening, June! 31, Miss Annie Reddick was at home to her friends from nine until twelve o'clock, Miss Leafy Byrd of Hartsville being the ' guest of honor. The house was tastefully decorated with nature's green rand the beauty and wit of the ladies present made it an evening long to be remembered by those who were , present. The amusements of the evening were many and varied: the first being the reading of the picture telling us of what and where to buy. In , this contest Miss Eunice Harper carried off the prize, a box of bon bons. rncse present wno bad made a study of the money question found an opportunity to put the knowledge gained into practical use. Each guest was given a penny, pencil and paper; the paper containing ten questions on the penny which they were requested to answer. At the conclusion of the contest Miss Esther Gordon was found to be the winner of the prize,a beautiful ptarl handle gold pen. The^noney question being amicably settled, the skill of our fair hostess was seen in the ! ^ ? " VVtO f TTTOrfl UtllUiy rcimuiu'cuia uiai > V.I ^ , served. After lingering around the festive board for quite a while we were informed that the queen of mystery awaited our presence, and Miss Mantie Coker, to whom the occult 1 mysteries of the Persian Magi ' are an open book, told us of 1 things that shortly must come to pass. The ladies present were Miss Leafy Byrd, Hartsville, Misses Minnie and Clara Yarborough andSarahMoore,Columbia, Esther, Mary, Martha and 1 Emma Gordon, Nita Whitehead, Eunice Harper, Mantie Coker. The Gentlemen present were Messrs Lois Coker, Arthur Brockington, Benton Mont n~u r?r T?. joinery, uuu K uucucau, AJ T Kelley, and Judge Wallace. All too soon Chief Anderson and the old reliable town clock announced the hour of twelve and all is well, so bidding our fair hostess a fond good night we dispersed to our homes with pleasant thoughts of a delightfully spent evening. First Monday Sales. There were only two land sales scheduled for the First If tvirvnf U 4-Vna fircf I iVIUUUay 111 L1UO IUUU11I) I.UV. uiot being twenty-three acres of land in the Hope township, belong, ing to Laurence Keels, was bought in by Mr E B Rhodus for $95.00. The other one was 100 acres in Lee township belonging to the W P Mixson estate, the sale of which was postponed to some future date in order that more information may be obtained as to the propriety of making the sale. SAI 5 SALE >T 8 CASE Comp aiaiaaaaaaiiiiaaaaaaaaai Before His Honor. On Tuesday morning' of this week Lee Rouse and Wm Bradley were brought before the Mayor charged with creating a "rough bouse" in Mr Thome's lumber yard. They were found not guilty and departed, wear i _ i i. ing a seine mar worn tome uu. Chief Anderson raided a place on the "Roost" last Mondaynight and bagged three birds for indulging in the ever fascinating game 'skinner," or in other words, just simply gambling. It was Watson Harper's house and he was one of the artists capturedr He was ably assisted in the game by Ben O'Neal and Charlie Fulton. They were arraigned before His ; ( Honor L W Gilland Tuesday j morning and were found guilty. j, Watson was rined $15 while Ben j i /-ii 1 ima ! ana ^rcariie were ici uu. iuj <pj.v/ |; a piece. They couched up the , dough and meekly went their I way sadder at heart, but much wiser. ' ] iMILLir H H Hats at reduced pi A *+/" of the season, H H Vests, Stamped Lii A Prices to suit all at jj Gale & Gale's, I S?SS?SCS?3CS3f UCHICORA Wj Greenville, [m Owned and controlled by the 1 <fv Carolina.A high grade college for w< W) Graduate courses in the Arts ai [A sion, Gymnastics and Business- L /grounds. Elegant buildings. Modern Location in Piedmont section, and in l Expenses for the entire year. A. T B. All included in proposition (A) an W) sion $208.00 to $213.00. The next ses \Jk catalogue and information address,S. 1 SPECIAL Our Entire Summer Cloth j?JT C Itni FfWl HIK lilt Ml COME EARLY IS PICKE \AWWW% J. S. I x , .E! I ? 3 if any. J| iUUlUiUUUUUUUUlUlUUU^ I NORTH AUGUSTA DISPENSARY. Safes Hare Decreased Owlag to Bliii Tigers in Augusta. Aikex, July 5.?The accounts ' ' from the No.th Augusta dispensary"; . for tbe past month have been gotten in cViutw> aV?nn7inrr iha nnniiifinn ftl ' ? AAA OUUf/Vy OUVfJAUg VUV VVUUAVAVU V? " ""i the dispensary to be good. The average sales for "the past ^3 mouth have been 500 gallons of whiskey, which is about 25 per cent less than the average sales during the winter months. The declinj^ii ; j.f probably due to the fact that the ''blind tigers" in Augusta have been without restriction, and have become better able to cope with the local situation, and are supplying the demands to aueh an extent as to de- . tract from the dispensary sales. Mr T L Foreman, who is now in charge of the dispensary, has ar- * ranged three separate booths, to j which the same number of clerks |l have been assigned, and each clerk Jj is held responsible for the goods as signed to bis respective Dootn. , ^ Read tbt Farmers & NerchM^M Bank's ad. this issue. y 1 vIERYSjj J rices the balance fc ' ? [osiery, Collars, > v| ler.s, Ribbons at | , | Kingstree, S. C. | 1 r^^7r7r7r.7r7r^^?:ar^5 COLLEGE Presbyteries of the Synod of South (m ' .rf omen. A Christian home school. jK id Sciences, Music, Art, Expres- y) arge and able faculty. Beautiful [M conveniences. Healthful climate. 2K city of 25,000. yl uition. Board,room and fees $183.00. (A d Tuition in Music.Art or Expres- J\ sion opens September 17th. For / NDTICEI I Stock of I ing & Oxfords l SOST __ I THIRTY DAYS \ y PCCADP IT J D OVER I %www 5 I ;R0N J!