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r/' * tssrcsrs. /f^4*4^*4 <jii-4-?l?,4?>!\ SjaSSSL piistm-. ;-rt>aix- :?s?arunu>e of fuiure Y 0 |"| |1 A n H V I HA^A w B | nles that a flord absolute pjo11 Jar. V villi II I II JJ1 KI/111 II ,e ,!onv fI,!furrf ^ ?DaB'1 Y B^fl 44^L? JL/ I B ^ put off till after the fire? principle* i f 12i?* < uip.tuics we reprv>cut. H ~ ~ zM^ ^ 11 G MOTLEY AlCO.* V - ?^ V ^ \0^> V Lake City, S C. 3T VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908. NO. 2S ^ I j 0SHcS ^ Are good shoes. They ^ ? wear well. They represi ^ S of shoe excellence, st < 2 united. ^ King Quality s'hoes inter ^ particular about their si Every man who wears Kir % Shoes once invariably buj g ^ 5 again. He knows they I I ^ their shape longer than < I other shoes. j - ANSEL WINS OVER BLEASE. SMITH AND EVANS RUN OVER FOR SEN- i ATE?VOTE RECEIVrD BV OTHER ; CANDIDATES. Columbia, August 211:? The tState Democratic committee met co-night and declared the result of the primary election of August 25. The result is as already forecasted in the papers and the 1 vote is practically that already' ^ published. There are no chanI ges whatever so far as the second primary is concerned. There was a protest against per raitting Cansler to go into the second race, but this was overruled by the committee. The committee on tabulation : reported the tabulation as fol- j lows: Ansel 62,867; Blease 42, 100; Evans 27,584; Grace 1,499; Johnstone 13,656; Lumpkin 4, 361; Martin 6,802; Rhett 22,422; Smith 30,012; McLeod 99,761; McCown 98,321; Lyon 98,651; Jennings 100,153; Boyd 59,663; v. a Thompson 43,548; Elmore 30,69V; ^ Mellichamp 32,488; Swearingen 40,982; Jones 79,042; Brooker24, 484; Cansler 25,695; Caughman 30,987; Fishburne 9,938; Richardson 11,077; Summersett 23,947. Second District?Patterson 10, i 749; Smith 2,833. Third District?Aiken 8,625; j Boggs 6,820. t Fifth District?Butler 4,357; Finley 6,851; Pollock 4,211; Finley and Butler in second race. Sixth District?Ellerbe 8,028; Hodges 2,803; Murchison 964; Coggeshall l,900;Ragsdale 4,081. Ellerbe and Ragsdale in second race. Solicitor, Ninth Circuit ?Jervey 3,127; Peurifoy 5,545. Third Circuit?Stuckey 1,792; Stoll 2,847; McLaughlin 2,872. McLaughlin and Stoll in second ^ race. Twelfth Circuit?Clayton 829; ki^uattlebaum 2,596; Wells 4,005; Sellers 2,453. Wells and Quattlebaum in second race. Tenth Circuit?Bonhara 3,681; McSwain 5,087; Dagnall 1,968; - ~ T?__1 3 Xf ? rLiOng DonxiciiLL auu ?n.Swain in second race. Second Circuit?Byrnes 5,486; Davis 2,276; Graham 1,232. Byrnes elected. Fifth Circuit?Benet 1,258; Clarke 1,107; Cobb 2,098; Rembert 1,703. Cobb and Rembert in the second race. Call and get your cotton picking baskets and sheets at Farmers' Supply Co's. WWttWWWWYVWWWWW ^^MEN look well and they J-k ent that rare quality yle and comfort w est men who are loes. w ig Quality vX\a??5j *them m TOPPY* ilk SHOE' MPik ?F T} l^#,\SF.A ii '*' ' Uamaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaamam rjgu GOVERNOR mm F. ANSEL I ????????????i; STAlE AND SENSATIONAL ELECTION. 2 J e How the Votes Were Distributed in < t Wilihmsburg. The official returns from this * Q county for State officers are as follows: U S Senate: Evans 235: Grace i 4; Johnstone 29; Martin 50;;^ Lumpkin 14; Rhett 458; Smith 1,-291* Governor: Ansel 1,614; Blease| 584. j ? Lieut. Governor: McLeod 2,-u 212. h Secretary State: McCown 2,- L 209. ^ Comptroller General: Brooker E 353; Jones 1,840 ^ Treasurer: Jennings 2,214. j Adjutant and Inspector Gen- ? eral: Boyd 952: Thompson 1,222. ? Superintendent of Education: a Rlmnrp niU! MellichamD 742, + " 7 * w Swearinger 901. v Attorney General: Lyon 2,207. Kailroad Commissioner:Cansler m 486; Caughman 459; Fishburne 155; Richardson 280; Summersett 801. Bryan Campaign Fund. We acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions to the Bryan campaign fund: C W Wolfe $1.00 E C Epps 1.00 E L Hirsch 1.00 S J Kirby .50 W D Bryan 1.00 J D Carter 1.00 dk:I:? 1 no JL 1111I?S UbVll -.wJ E Davis 1.00 T B Gourdin 1.00 J W Cook 2.50 R H Kellahan 5.00 Co Executive Committee 25.00 Read the Farmers & Merchants Bank's ad. this issue. ? ? Buy your Tobacco at Farmers Supply Co. and save moDey. / rYMVVVVV'*Wy>>>?tVMV>?Vi NEW ] i Shirts .Just in. Big- lot famous LIO SI1IRTS, unexcelled for wear fort. Hats Select your FALL or \\ INI Kom our splendid line. We a ' or the famous JOHN B STE1 "^1 carry a large assortment i er^^kes. Dress Goods. ^ 1 idies will find our st< . quarters for DRESS GOOD . NEWEST WEAVES and FAS! .:> ? I?M fc The above are but a f< * * 1 I A l?l?retty new goods win ta PEOPLES MMAMMAAAMAMAMMAW.* (AGING FLOODS ; SWEEP OVER STATE. < TWENTY FIVE LIVES LOSE AND MIL a LIONS OF PROPERTY DE- <1 SIROVED. f The rain-fall in the State from Sunday throughout Wednesday 1 s without parallel in the memo* .v y of the oldest inhabitants 1 Greeks are swollen into rivers r ind rivers transformed into rag ng Hoods. All trallic is at aj tand-still, the railroads being-j y orn up and trestles o jerflowed >r swept away, and at this writng (Tuesday morning) only one f nail train has passed Kingstree e ince Saturday. Santee trestle j, s reported covered with sever- j, il fe^t of water and Lynch's riv- a r has been impassable up to j oday. d Compared with other parts of r he State the damaga in this a ounty is slight, but in many ? >ther counties havoc and de- ? truction have followed the ? rake of the storm. ? Twenty-five Killed At Au- t gust a. Atlanta, Ga., August 26: The S lood in the Carolinas and Geor- 3 [ ia culminated today in the ^ >reaking of the big dam six ^ niles from Augusta which di- ^ rerts the water from the Savan\ lah river into the canal at that x >oint. The great hood of water v et loose soon found its way into he city and to-night from Fif- e eenth street to eastern bound- I .ry Augusta is under from two c o 12 feet of water, which is grad- ^ [ally rising. C The big bridge across the Sa- 1 | BUGGIES! ? == I THEY HAVE( * mi T m ake in 2 GOODS. W IP (f\ Buggy in- the 1 W pe cent, above I Come in anc 2} self some mon I * 2> iv?. r\ s: WVWVVWrVVVVyVVVVYVVW FALL GC s X BRAND We offer a and com- { STAR BF for Ladies and warranted or yoi 'ER HAT p Lre agents . , . icav hit ^ this line we 0f d,ea'; tional values at Don't iail to loo 11 ? I ore headS in the I A large stock ( HIONS. ! Perfe':t working. swofour Fall and Winter ilk for themselves. MERCANTILE -~y' annah ri\ vent down in the ush of w ter and the dam at he locks seven miles above the I ity collapsed, adding to llood. Twenty-live lives lost and two nd a half millions of property lestroyed is the latest report rom Augusta. The railroads are making he oic efforts to repair the havoc rrought by the elements and it 5 hoped that truflic will soon be | esutned. -o FELL SHORT OF A MAJORITY. Ir J S Graham Lacked Thirteen Votes of Election. There seems to be some diference of opinion as to whethr or not Mr J S Graham would tave received a majority vote lad the returns from Gourdin .nd Bloomingvale been counted, n the hurry and confusion incident to tabulating" the primary eturns the erroneous result was rrived at by those who had igured it out that had those wo precincts been included in he summary Mr Graham would lave been elected,and the couny chairman so announced it. At the first blush it would eem that Mr Graham did have . majority vote, but a careful eview of the returns (including he unofficial figures from Moomingvale and Gourdin) indicate that Mr Graham fell 13 rotes short of election had the yhole vote been counted. Here s how it comes about: The majority vote as tabulat id was lUod, out at tne twu >olls referred to there were ast 85 votes for this office, which aises the majority for the vhole county to 1098, and Mr Jraham's total vote was 1085, acking13 of a majority. MS CHEAP! | ===== m iOT TO GO I ? i fo FALL ill sell any louse for 10 ff\ ' cost. ^ 'coslI save your ev " ** /|? m m ELLEI3 * i f '* )QDS. WZ handsome line of ?AND SHOES Children. Every pair ir MONEY B\CK. can give you excep- Newest Coll ixceedingiy low prices- sPrinK "Yai , : r is a stylish. c? k our stock over. abls collar li "Outinj:," bnt Roller Shades )f Roller Shades remarkably cheaj offerings. Come and see 01 - Co., Ringstre* WAAAAMWAAAIAAAAAMMAAA LYNCH'S AND PEE DEE j, RIVERS ON THE RAMPAGE j; j ( RECORD BREAKING FLOOD SWEEPS AWAY i' BRIDGES AND INUNDATES FIELDS ! -CASUALTIES REPORTED. |1 Lake City, September 1: In ^ this section there is'practically 1 no news except the Hood. This ' has absorbed all attention for a j week. It has been the upper- t most thought in all minds and c visiting and inspecting differ- : ent points along Lynch's river r line Knnrlav heen the lead I ing occupation of hundreds. The ''oldest inhabitant" is complete- ^ ly out of business, this freshet ^ being so much greater than any- j thing he ever heard of, much j less saw, that he has nothing to |* say. Along Lynch's river the , | water extended about one mile farther outward than ever known before Several families have ^ had to move out and hundreds of farms are covered. On Mon- < day boats plied between the Sol- ( on Evans place and and the hill < at PD Cockfield's, right down the Georgetown road. John 1 Tilton's, Johnnie Moore's, Bob c Cockfield's and the Jack Mc- i Knight places were entirely un- i der water. The above are sing- t led out for the reason that they ( are well known and will give a 1 good idea of the height of the 1 water. All along the river it s was the same. One could get 1 no nearer Anderson's bridge i than the branch at Walter Cox's, f which would swim a horse i When L N Jones moved out Sun- ] day morning the water was un- < der his house. The neighbor- ( hood of the old William Myers < place was a perfect sea of water ] wi51ac Tlio /-rocf r?f thp flnnd >; reached Bass's bridge Monday i morning, and then the water be- ^ gan subsiding at the rate of one I half an inch an hour. At 5 e o'clock that afternoon the Lib- i erty section received the full impact. The water reached the Lee burying ground back of Tbad Lee's house. In Sank Cameron's fields it was four to five feet high and only the lonely corn tassels were visible and Calvin Cameron's chickens were roosting on the joists of his house. The latest news here is that the back water from Pee * Dee had reached Half Moon and that the yellow "liquid was standing three to four feet in ^ Mr Simon Poston's store. g It is reported here that a boy j who was in a field near Hudson's bridge was caught by the on- * rushing wave and drowned, and a rumor has it that a negro man . ryyw HfCoHis's- | Ww Coon 2 f Collars 25cr. or for ? outwear others. :hting" Mark them and smfort- see- They are made Ice our better and have ^ lower, original style. ^ ). Tasty designs and ^ ir stock and the < 5, sc. ? tAWAWMWAAAM* who was last seen above Bass's bridge in a boat lias not been :ieard of since. Some cattle and i good many hogs were drown?d. The extent of the damage :o crops cannot even be approxmated now, as there is no def- . ; nite knowledge as to how long :otton and corn may remain in vnlpr without serious iniurv. die most mature opinion seems ;o be that should these crops emain submerged four or five lays they will be wholly ruined ind that shorter periods will esult in injury in proportion to ength of submergence. Miss Margaret McNeil oh Con* vay, is visiting Miss Edith Car:er. Of course locals are very J*. scarce, Those who are here can- _ . lot get away and only from a ew points can any one reach us. E L Hirsch, Esq., was here Friday from Kingstree. Mr C W Wolfe spent a portion )f one day here last week. As iver he is hustling for The Record. Tuesday night of last week VIr Robert Cook met with a very langerous accident and one that n most instances would have esulted much ir.ore seriously ihan in this instance. He had ?nlisted in the army at Charle^ :on and was on train No 82 on lis way to New York to enter service. His family live near lere?in fact one brother lives n town. When the train was joing through town he, thinkng he might see some of his people, went down the steps ind swang out to the full length )f his arms. Realizing that he :ouid not pull himself back, be pitched out, turned a ^um?er;ault and landed on the ground it the Main street crossing. He vas stunned and considerably Druised but no bones were brok;n and he will be himself again n a few weeks. WLB Card of Thanks. I desire to thank the people of ;he county for the vote given ne on the 25th and promise them ilso those who saw fit to vote Lgainst me my best efforts to ierve them all alike in an imjartial manner As to the voters it Trio, Earls, Oak Ridge, Lelud and Suttons, 1 assure you I inr?rpriatf? mnrp than wnrds ran TV :xpress the confidence you have (hown in me upon the promises .J made to you in regard to your M jasture. Respectfully, W D Bryan.