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P r* r. :' -? \ 1 / '*1 She Cmmti) Itccorh. r VOL^XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROUNA, JULY 16, 1908. NO. 2d> 4 y i # r xyyywwyvwvvvvvvv^ II SI [ ^ Select line of: ^ you sit up and tak ^ ArtM A rtnir /^aIat ouciiuc, au_y tuiui > v\w 4 % LACES AN A beautiful as5 ^ Laces and Embroi ^ fancy. I | PEOl XfAAAAAMAAMAMAMAW THE STATE CANDIDATES SPEAK IN KINGSTREE. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE PRESENT TO HEAR THEM SAY THEIR LITTLE SPEECHES-GOOD ORDER. F?", ) The State campaigners ad-: dressed the voters of Williams- j burg county at the court house here last Saturday. The buildHHfe ing was full of eager listeners H| -.nd the very best of order was HBra maintained. The day was tine; Hand men flocked to town from | every section of the county.! The crowd has been variously estimated at from three to five, hundred p e o p 1 e and candi-1 dates. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Williams. I Mr J E Swearingen of Edgefield, i -the hlind candidate for suDerin-1 tendent of education, was the first speaker introduced. Stated that his high attainments along 1 educational lines and several S years of practical school work rendered him thoroughly com|B9| petent to handle the business of ^H^Jhe office, with the aid of the ^^stenographer and typewriter which is now employed in that office. He made a favorable impression on the people and was followed by continued applause. Mr E C Elmore of Spartanburg said that he bad ajgarm spot in his heart fx> r Williamsburg county. Had 42 warm spots in bis heart and if there were more counties he would have more warm crwr?tc in Viic haarf fr?r hp TV ttl U1 O^/VWO 1U UJO UVU1 b) AVi tj V loved the whole State. Complimented Kingstree upon her progress and interest in' the great cause of education. Praised the women of South Carolina for the noble work they are accomplish^ ing in the school rooms, and f spoke in high terms of rural ^school improvement association. Peels sure that his long years of experience in teaching and as superintendent of education for Spartanburg county, which office ^ he now holds, qualifies him for the office of State superintendent of education, and assured the people that if he is elected ^ he would see that no text books wAfilrl ka thaf CAtl + airi AP1 m VT V/UiU V/L uuvy UVV* VtlUV Wiivwiii \any matter reflecting upon the \ South. Believes in building up every school in the State. Has been superintendent of education in Spartanburg county seven years and now serving the eighth. Calls attention to his record in home county. Mr S K Millichamp of Orange\ burg, also candidate for super_i intendent of education, was glad ( Continued on fifth page.) i vy>w*yyywvvyvvyyyyyvyy^ JMMEf Silks silks at prices that will make e notice. Black Taffeta and wanted. D EMBROIDERIES >ortment of all kinds of dainty id#?ri*\s to olease the ladies' PLE'S ME VARIETY OF NEWS FROM LAKE CITY. FINE FRUIT?PRETTY WEDDING-LEON ?RD GARFIELD ACCIDENTALLY KILLED?UNVEIUNQ BY W. 0. W. Lake City, July 15:? Judge John A Green and Mr S W j Gowdy left Saturday for an extensive trip which will include Little llock and Hot Springs,; Ark., and Dallas and Fort Worth, J f~\c fli ait in! 1 ] T\'1CC ! 1 CA. \JL IWUiac L1 itJ nil* | through numerous other towns and cities but the most of the time will be spent at the places named. They will be away about a month And we can raise some apples i too. Mr Edgar W DuRant pre- ' jsented the writer with some (Saturday that were as fine as can be grown anywhere. They were beautiful, soft, light red in colors and of splendid flavor. They would average about ten | inches in circumference. Eight of them completely filled the bottom of a large shoe box. These apples were shown to several and all declared that they had never seen finer CAiintrTr nrrnwn nnnlps than J to'" " " -r: these. Mr J W Cockfield also favored us "with some specimens of the apples he raises out on Lynches river. He doesn't know the name, but that makes no difference, such beauties can get along without a name. They are rich velvety red in color, soft,crisp,and sweet, with a dash of acid. The largest, which was only slightly larger than the others, measured exactly eleven and one-fourth inches in circumference. Some say that the garden of HKien was near uie present site of Charleston. Then surely the garden of the Hesperides was not far from Lake City. Candidates Caughman, Cansler of Tirzah, Fishburne and summersett spent Suiiflay in town. Mr Summersett was accompained by his lady and they visited Mr and Mrs Blackwell, who are their uncle and aunt. Mr J M Truluck and Miss Annie Satcliffe were married last Thursday after?AAn n f 4-V*& rac \ A r\f Mrc uuuu at tiiv i voiuwuvv vi i'no Mariah Sutcliffe. Rev J N Chappelle performed the ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends. Immediately thereafter the couple left for Norforlk. Mr Truluck is one of our leading- young business man and is popular (Continued on page eight.) } BAP 1, ARE CLOSING 0 I> aoods, Shoe At pri</^ that will certa You are "From Missouri," Quarter Shoes, Black < diT^1 and Children's, all goint\ at CUT PRICES, with Q-called cost pric< WASH ( At greatly reduced prices. It \ SRCANTII W. J. BRYAN NONINATED ij ON THE FIRST BALLOT. NEBRASKA WINS BY A LARGE MAJORI 1 TV THE NOMINATION MADE iitiiimniic unAimnuuo. Convention IIall, Denver, Jul}T 10, 3.30 a. m. William Jen- c nings 3ryan was this morning c nominated for president of the 1 United States by the Democra- 1 i tic convention. The nomination ] was made at 3:40 a. tn. amide scenes of tumultuous enthusi- 1 asm,the vast assemblage break- i ing en masse into a frenzied c demonstration of intensely dra- r raatic tribute to the chosen lead- z er. i The first and only ballot gave s Bryan the commanding and de- c cisive total of 89x4 votes, or 221 1 more than enough to nominate: 1 q \r .TnVincnn ifi Thp an. If "'" J ? nouncement was greeted with a 1 pandemonium of sound and mo- c tion, floor and galleries joining i in deafening, long continuing i j tumult. The decision was followed af- i ter the lull with motions from i the Gray and Johnson leaders s to make the nomination unani- f mous and by acclamation,which r was carried with an echoing c chorus of approval in which ev- ( ery State joined its voice with I but one dissenting vote from the ( State of Georgia. ( The convention adjourned at, i 3:50 until 1 o'clock this after- 11 noon, when the candidate for j vice president will be nominat- ( ed. Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers f pleasant little pills that are easy to 1 take. Sold by W L Wallace. ? 1 RUM1. MS 3? ===== I THEY HAVE I (f\ To make roor * GOODS. W (f\ Buggy in the 3J per cent, abovi % Come in an 1 self some mor Q\ m 2 iv?. r\ % IGAIN UT OUR STOCK OF !sand Clothing inly look good to you. ' let us show you. Low ind Tan, Gents', Lasizes and best quality. Compare our prices ?s, quality considered. JOODS vill pay you to see this line. _EC^ nUiEk. f? FOP. VICE PRESIDENT.1 [HE INDIAN WS CANDIDATE! A ELEC?" iMATION OTH . Nh?C6 WITHDRAWN. "Eu, July 10. The Demo-1 'tional convention con- j r :lu. hors this afternoon jt >y tilt omination of John i t iVortli Kern of Indiana for vice !: ^resident, completing the ticket t >n winch William Jennings t 3ryan was made nominee for r >resident during the early hours v A this morning. The nomi- r lation of Kern was made by s icclamation amid the resound- 1 ng cheers of delegates and ipectators. No ballot was ne. c :essarv as the tide of sentiment \ lad set irresistibly toward the g [ndiana statesman, State after ( State registering their votes in g lis favor and all other candi- t lates withdrawing before the c miversal demand for his nomi- s lation. The convention, after adjour- | ling- at daylight with the nomi- y lation of Mr Bryan, resumed its t iession at 1 p ra with a power- c ull undercurrent already in c notion toward the nomination j ?f Kern for the second place, j )n the call of States Indiana a jresented the name of Kern, \ Colorado, through Former c Tovernor Thomas, placed in c lomination Charles A Towne of \ tfew York, Connecticut placed \ Archibald McNeil and Georgia a 31ark Howell. T A young Charlestonian swam f rom the city to Sullivan's Is- ] and. a distance of five miles 1 Saturday. r - C CHEAP!! I = jfj | iOT TO GO I : fix 2 n for FALL ij\ * fill sell any jjj c house for 10 f}\ ^ e cost. 2; c '.r , d save your'er /}< 1 { IELLEI3 ? ! i V SAL Clothin We are offering our enti ing at a close margin of pri sizes and guarantee fit and fa , GROCER!E we keep the tv jught, all gua 4,w. FREE DELI us serve you. ^stree, wmmmm south carolina fiiinps nnwN ways. IISS FREDERIKA ANSEL CHRISTENS THE GREAT BATTLESHIP AMID MOST DEAFENING APPLAUSE. Philadelphia, July 11.?No nore perfect launching- ever ook place on the Delaware han that of the battleship South Carolinia, which slid off he ways at Cramps shipyard oday after 142 men had hamnered for half an hour at the redges of the second Dreadlaught's cradle and the shoe or ;ole had been sawed to release ler. When the supreme moment :ame, just as there was the first >erceptible movement of the [Teat hull, Miss Fredericka Calvert Ansel, daughter of the governor of South Carolina, iroke a bottle of champagne >ver the formidable ram exten;ion of the leviathan's bow. UI christen thee South Caroina," the charming young voman said, in a voice of unnistakable emotion, suggestive >f excitement, as she literally xashed the bottle against the >row. Wine splashed all over diss Ansel's dainty lace gown rnd a few drops also stained ?f ^ ai?V KrAi/l^lAfK frnrl/ 1C1 laiuci 9 uiuauvium nuvu :oat. But it was a glorious >ccasion for tiie governor and lis daughter, and they laughed leartily about the incident ifterwards. After the launching 1,600 jersons sat down to a banque t n the mold loft, a big building n the yard. Gov. Ansel, in esponding to his toast, "South Carolina," said: "South Carolina's yeomanry vill ever be proud of the name fiven the ship we have launchid today. South Carolina is jroud of the name and the ship, he most magnificent boat in he navy, and wishes for her ong and honorable service." The Battleship South Carolina vill cost $7,000,000, or .twice is much as the State capitol md more than half the entire ' < x _r n:i ,1 axaoie property 01 xvitmauu :ounty. The launching- was witnessed jy twelve thousand men, women ind children besides the launchng" party. Boy Hurt Playing Ball. SPARTANBURG,JulylO Chester Beacham, a young boy, was struck in the head by a base oall to day while playing a jame and painfully injured. Fhe attending physician is unible to say what will be the outcome of the injury. ^ywyyyvyyywvvyvvx e ! 1 ?=i S ^ ? ?i ^ i \ re stock of Cloth- ^ t^ \Wa Urt tf A o 11 I "5- i- . J Jill* v?c navt an .brie. 3: *- ' * WW .*1 IS 3[ ^ ' "j best and cheapest 3: & ranteed under the 5 VERY in corporate ^ ?QOj| ' * S. C. | > j mmmmiMX *" ' t y * SAMUEL GOMFERS WILL SUPPORT W. J. BRYAN. ; ; SITS REPUBLICANS IGNORED DEMANK , OF LABOR AND TOE DEMOCRATS RtCOGNIZED IDEM. Fairview, Lincoln, Neb July 13. Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, will support W J Bry? an in the coming Presidential campaign. In political circles to day this announcement overshadowed all others, even the . visit of John W Kern, the Vice Presidential nominee. While Mr Gompers' support . was promised to the ticket, he \ specially denied any intention of taking the stump in the com- . ing campaign. Reports gainedcurrency that the labor leader would speak for Bryan, but he , made no such announcement. He left Fairview after fifteen minutes' interview with Mr Bryan. The Republican Convention, Mr Gompers asserts, ignored the demands of labor while the Democrats acknowledge them in their platform. His course, he says, is clear and be will do what is demanded of him in the interest of labor as best expressed in the platform adopted at Denver. As the situation is at present Mr Gompers' efforts /-an hp hpttpr pmpnHpH pIcp. ' ~ where than on the rostrum. In his interview with Mr Bryan Mr Gompers was attended by Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation, and James Duncan, also a labor leader # Fire At Blshopriile. Bishopville, July 13. Special: The pretty cottage of Mr J T Watkins, lately built, and occupied by himself and family, was burned at 3 A M Sunday, Mr Watkins loses his house and nearly all of his furniture, , it being- impossible to get anything out on account ot the intense heat. He carried insurance on the house and furniture. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Aftpp Npw RallrnarL mivi nun nuiii wuw At a mass meeting: of the business men held at Darlington last Saturday night a resolution was unanimously adopted directing the mayor of the city, C B Edwards, and the aldermen to extend an invitation to General Manager' Kerr of the GM&C Railroad company to visit Darlington as the guest of the city. The object of the vi sit will be to put before him the . advantages of having his road tap Darlington. ' . *