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VOL XXII TH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 26,1908. NO. 37
a tariety of news it harpers.
^tastern Star Chapter Organized?Le
cat and Personal Items of Interest.
Harper, November *21:?Your
I scribe attended the organizing of an
"Easter Star 'chapter of the Masonic
Order at Rosemary on last
Friday night. The following ladies
and gentlemen were initiated into the
mysteries of the order: Miss Davis,
Mrs J T Grant, Mrs D K Rodgers, i
Mrs Norman Cook, Mrs Tallevast,
Mrs P C McClary, Mrs W B Blake,
ley, Mrs J W Swails, Mrs Eula
I King, Miss Alma Camlin, Mrs W
S Camlin; also the following gentle*
B men, viz: Dr T R Howell, P C McClary,
W B Blakeley, N W Cook,
I J T Grant, J W Swails, W S Camlin,
Jr., H C Tallevast, D R Rogers.
iRev W L R Cahill, of Georgetown
Eastern Star chapter and pastor of
^he Missionary Baptist church, organized
this chapter and it was
named in his honor"Cahill Chapter."
Mr Cahill is a very brigh t Mason
and K of P and is doing a great
work for the advancement of those
^two fraternal Orders. Harpers has
a Masonic lodge, also a Woodman
lodge, while Rosemary has a K of P
lodge and now a chapter of the
Eastern Star. ' The lodges at each
place are flourishing. We are glad
to see these Orders tor the upbuilding
of moral character for both men
and women grow and stimulate un
ion and fraternity in oar community.
The following from here visited
Charleston Gala week: Messrs P C
McClary, D W Avant and G W
Camlin. They report having a very
fine time in the city by the sea.
tMrs W A Moore, who underwent
an operation at the St Xavier's infirmary,
Charleston, recently,returned
home Friday much improved in
her condition. Her friends hope
|hat she may soon be fully restored
b health.
Mr F W Harper of Kihgstree is
^11 making his headquarters in
town. He informs the writer that
he continues to sell lots in the su1
A. x \f_
Duros or our iowu. louug jir i
Harper has done quite a lot of business
m real estate here and we think
we owe him a treat for the interest
he has shown in the welfare of Harpers,
putting the town in nice shape
for new growth which is sure to follow
the wake of this activity in the
transfer of town lots and farm lands.
By ihe way, Mr Editor, I note in
your columus the past week that lots
of friends have presented yo* with
only one kind of eatables?roots.
How about the ruta-baga turnip?
Your scribe has about 100 bushels,
which he thinks will show up with
the average. If you eat this kind of
roots let it be known and you will
certainly get a bag of them, but you
will have to get pork with these
^ roots, for 'possum don't go with
turnips. . (We thank our friend for
his kindly offer and b&steu to say
that a few messes of his fine rutabagas
would be a welcome change in
kour menu, as we are rather surfeited
with potatoes, thanks to our generous
friends.?Ed. The Record.)
Subscriber.
[I Election Aftermath.
I For governor M F Ansel received
fin the general election 59,686 votes;
B,035 votes were cast for J E EllerTS^ior
Congress in the sixth district
and P H Stoll received 4,550
votes for solicitor of the third circuit.
Both constitutional amendments
were carried, viz.: That to allow the
town of Gaffaey te increase its
bonded indebtedness and that providing
for changing the title of
kdjutaut and Inspector General to
Hjutant General. The latter
ftendment, as trifling as it seems
said to have cost the State of
l)uth Carolina about $5,000.
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DR JOSEPH A.
Former Citizen of Wilt.
Away ii CoIul
Man}* will learn witi
the tidings that l)r Jos
ton James died last night
Dr James was born at "Broc
land," the home of his ancestorin
Stateburg, Sumter county, c
July 22, 1829, and hence lack*,
only a few months of having j
completed fourscore years. Hej
was the son of William Dobein;
and Mary Ellen Capers James!
and was proud of being the
grandson of Maj John James of.
Revolutionary fame.
His father and mother moved
to Alabama in the pioneer days J
and it was amidst the stirring |
events of the first half of the
last renturv that he trrew to a
vigorous and sturdy manhood.
Being left an orphan at the early
age of 7 he was literally the
master of his fate and early decided
that he would become a
doctor. He studied first at Tulane
university in New Orleans
and lat*r finished his medical
course at the Charleston Medical
college. He immediately commenced
the practice of medicine
in Georgetown and later in Williamsburg
county, where he was
married to Miss Sarah Baxter
McCutchen in 1855. To this
union nine children were born,
the surviving ones being W D
James of Cheraw, J A James of
Summerton, Mrs 0 Y Owings of
Columbia and F V James of
Denmark.
For over 50 years he labored
at liis profession, but live years
ago his health failed and he had
to give up his work and went to
live with his only daughter.
During the War of Secession
he cheerfully dedicated his life
to his country and won such pro-;
motion that though he went into
the war a private he came out
chief surgeon of Kershaw's division.
He had been an elder in the
Presbyterian church for nearly
40 years and his religion was a
part of his life; for he believed*
that a man's life is the best ex
ponent ot ins taitn.
Verily he rests from his labors
and his works do follow him.
There will be a service for his
friends and the friends of the
family at his late residence on
Elmwood avenue this afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock. The funeral will
take place in Cheraw tomorrow,
that being the scene of the last
20 years of his activfe life.? The
State.
ELECTION RESULT DECLARED
By State Board of Caynassers?Two
Lawyers Flgbt.
The State board of canvassers
met in Columbia Monday and declared
the result of the recent election
as follows; Bryan electors 62,289;
Taft electors 3,847; Bryan's majority
58,298. The Independence ticket
received 4o votes and toe Socialist
97. The results as to Laurens, Chester
and Clarendon dispensaries were
sustained.
The contest from Laurens county
in regard to the election on the dispensary
question brought about a
lively scrimmage between Attorney
Featherstone for the prohibitionists
and Attorney Sims, who represented
the dispensary forces. Both men are
of hefty build and there waS quite a
sharp fracas for several minutes before
-the contestants were pulled
apart Both fighters drew blood but
neither was hurt.
Bring you^ job work to The
Recokd office. Satisfaction as*
sured in both quality and price.
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(LAND COUNTY
Opposition
d Counties.
pvember 23:?
."om proposed
tory is to the
rm tight is being
.?ose favoring the
and those on the '
de. In some sections
ot the county there are 1
(those ^ > are very anxious
to make . e change, while in
other secti ? there are those
who are just. * bitterly opposed
to It is genera'
conceded, no* v** that^
majority ar* r
ing in Le
1 ? XI
irom inf old
CO'
win in
be cut fn.
ing detini
from the
it is kno, . uu
tv advocaww^ fear th^
Orangeburg. The election
be held on December 15th
many changes may be '
til then.
It has been currently
that the two represe
elect from BatesburgRidgell
and Mr Isaac ^
?were working for the
lishment of Sumerland c
and these gentlemen have t
in for their share of criticisu.
thos? who supported them 1
the other sections of the county. I
But this rumor is unfounded.
Neither Dr Ridgell or Mr Edwards
is in favor of cutting
Lexington tor the formation of
Summerland county. They are
both unalterably opposed to the
county being cut, and they will
tight any move looking toward
the formation of another county.?Xeicx
i? Courier.
Lambert Locals.
Lambert, November 23:?Mr. Editor,
news is just a little scarce at the
"garden spot"- of Williamsburg
county. Our farmers report their
crops nearly all gurnerwl and are
now looking forward 10 Thanksgiving
and tne many entertainments
that are to take place at the different
high schools. -
Dr H L Baker and family of Lake
City will locate here, where he will
practice his profession. He will make
his home witd his bro ther-in-law,
Dr Walter Hemingway.
Misses Cenie and Nesta Haselden,
daughters of "Squire" Joe P. HaseldeD,
have returned from Charleston.
While there they **ere the guests
of their brother, Balford, who is a
student at the Medical College. Being
Gala week, they expressed themselves
a3 having a delightful visit.
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I BUGGIES
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' I THEY HAH
^ To make rooi
^ GOODS. V
& Buggy in the
^ per cent. abo\
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\b Come in an
self some moi
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LYNCHED FOR ASSAULT.
Negro Taken from Jail and Strung up
by Citizens oi Luray.
A negro named Ham Gilmore,
about 25 years old, was taken
from the guafd house at Luray,
Hampton county, at 1 o'clock a.
m., Tuesday by a mob 300 strong.
The negro is alleged to have
made criminal assault upon two
daughters of Mr A 0 Fitts, a
prominent farmer living near
town. About 3 o'clock Sunday
morning Mr Fitts was ayraJsgped
i^is daughters'
<iJ**ing 19 ajy**
Liie
escap.
entered
from the
?re was
"in the
out his
^nd imgro,
who, ii
-'ss be gi ven
'pe's end.
delation.
eeting of
y Teachheld
in
lilding,
o'cloc1"
xeu
Solo?Mis^
What is the Bt . .crest
Pupils in Hi ^discussion
led bv ProP^wzrvmoi.d N
Speigner.
Music,
Duet?Misses Minnie Bryan and
Louise Barr.
Opening of the Question Box.
A full attendance of members
is desired. All teacher^ of the
county who have not yet joined
are urged to do so at once.
Meetings are held on the tlrsl
Saturday in each month.
J Groves Colbert, Pres.
Williamsburg County Teachers'
Association.
Kingstree, S C.
November 23, 1908.
Gibson Garl, Impersonator.
Gibson Garl,presenting a pop
ular programme of unique anc
artistic impersonations, is the
next Lyceum number on the
schedule. The entertainer offer?
the public something new anc
keenly appetizing, consisting ol
impersonations of nearly every
description, allotted tofdifferen
characters, which are represent
ed in appropriate dress anc
make-up.
Mr Garl is said to be an artis
CHEAP! I
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GOT TO 60 I
m for FALL jf\
Vill sell any jjj
house for 10 rjv
e cost. ;?
d save your- fV
'f*
ley
J in
m.
:ellee
of exceptional abilities and the
entire programme he offers is
1 mainly of a humorous character
with only enough of pathetic and
dramatic action tc relieve the
monotony and lend the spice of
variety. Mr Garl does all his
"making up" in fnll view of the
audience.
Secure your seats by applying
to Mr Lamar Montgomery at
Bank of Williamsburg.
11 Additional Locals. |
J Harry Lesesne, Esq., of the
' Manning bar, was here this week
on professional business. '
i Dr W V Brockington has gone
' to Savannah to take in the great
; automobile races.
Mr RH Drake, the eye speci
ij.list, announces that he will
soon visit Kingstree again. Mr
Drake was here some time ago
and did a good business. See his
; ad.
Mrs Hugh McCuichen and her
mother, Mrs A C Dobbin, were
* ca>^*4 by .vire last week to Terte,
Ind, on account of the
illness of Mr James C
i, Mrs Dobbin's only son.
I/nUU'?? A minorror
i^UUUIli id Uli9lliv>k ill unu^ v*
.he Metropolitan Life Insurce
Co. with headquarters in
erre Haute and has been failing
in health for some months.
He has a number of friends in
'Williamsburg county who sini
cerely hope for news of improvei
ment in his condition, which at
I last accounts was very serious.
Rev J E Mahaffey left Monday
night to attend ^he annual Conference
of the Methodist Episco,i
pal Church, South, which is now
in session in Laurens. Mr. Mal
! haffey is a good and faithful ser.
ivantof the Lord and his minis
I trations on this charge have
[been fruitful of an uplifting
'spiritual influence affecting the
j whole community. It is the sinjcere
desire of all from whom we
| have heard an expression that
i this earnest, consecrated Chris'
tian gentleman be returned to
Kingstree for the ensuing yeat
i The December Metropolitan.
' The love letter? of George Sand
'land Alfred de Musset disclosing the
' secret history of this dramatic and
: hitherto unexplained literary love
r affair are given to America through
1 the Metropolitan Magazine.
The first instalment appears in the
* Christmas vnumber. "The Real
Panama and Its People" by Eleanor
t Yorke Bell, gives the reader the re
suits of a careful study of Panama
and its inhabitants aud the conditions
under which our men are
working, simply telling facts without
sensational charges such as have
characterized the majority of the
other articles on the canal. "The
Christmas Hunting" by Charles
Livington Bull, is a delightful recrudescence
of the medieval atmose
phere strikingly illustrated in col- !
or. Helen Zimmern writes on"*omfamotis
pictures and their romantic
historic*" which is a particularly
pleasing article for the Christmas
time.
A mong the exceptionally good!
short stories in the Christmas number
are: "The Arab" by Thornton
Oakley;"The Drinkwater Romance"
by Authur Morrison; "Three Dol- j
lars and Hash" by Glen Ford Mott;
"The Smart Set of Caribou Crossing''
by Charles Federick Holder, and
"Applied Romance" by Wood Levette
Wils on. There are many
Christmas features.
LAKE CITY LACONICS. |
White Nan in Trouble?Local and Per"J
sonal Notes.
Lake City, November 24:?Mrs
Emily E Fitchette, mother of Mr
George T Fitchette, died at her son's
in this town Snnday morning last.
She was about seventy-eight years of
age, and the cause of her death was
senile debility. The body, attended
by Mr George Fitchette, a grandson,
was taken to the old home, Norfolk,
Va, for burial.
Judge Green, Magistrate Gaskins
and Mr J W McCutchen were in .
Blackshear, Ga, last week in attendance
upon the superior court a3 witnesses
id a case against an Atlantic
Coast Lane conductor ior Killing a
negro some time ago. The solicitor
"nol proseed" the first indictment
and to the second, handed oat, the
grand jury returned "no bill." The
gentlemen named were witnesses for
the defense.
Lots of our people went to Charlesf
ton last week?so many that we cannot
undertake to name them and all
we have heard e" ress themselves
were more than pleased, were delighted,
in fact, with the visit.
Rev S J Betbea preached his
"farewell sermon" Sunday before
leaving for the annual Conference,
at Laurens this week.
A white man giving his name as i
W Brown got into trouble here Saturday.
The man, accompanied by a
woman supposed to be his wife,came
here in a buggy Friday. Saturday
Brown tried to borrow money on the
horse and buggy, beginning with $25
and falling until $2.50 was reached, , J
but no one bit. He then tried t?raise
money on a pistol. This brought hi&
arrest for carrying a concealed weapon.
He was locked up. Upon being
closely questioned as to whence he
came and so on, he mentioned the
name of E D McNeill, Lumberton,
N C. luteudant Blackwell wired toMcNeill,
who answered, "Hold man>
horse and buggy till I can reach
there." Mr E D McNeill reached
here Monday night aud at once
identified the man as J W Browa
and the horse and buggy as property
upon which he had a chattel mortgage
for purchase money. McNeill
took the horse and buggy and seat
them back to Lumberton. Brown's
fine for carrying concealed weapons
was paid, and he and his woman left
town.
Mr C 0 Scarborough of Bishopville
visited relatives in town last
week.
'1
Mrs A H Williams spent last week
visiting in Colleton county.
Mr Mood Williams spent Saturday
and Sunday in town from the Medical
College, Charleston.
Solicitor Wells of Florence was in
town Tuesday.
W.L. B. i , A
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Hymeneal.
Married?On Sunday evening,
November 22,1908,at Kingstree,
S C, by Notary Public J Z
McConnell, Miss Cora Johnson
and Mr liocliel Flowers.
Mortuary. ,
Died?On Wednesday, November
25,1908, at 7 o'clock, at Belsers X
Roads, Mrs Mary E Carter. Funeral
services at Williamsburg cemetery
at 11 a m Thursday.
Married Man in TroubleA
married man who permits an/
member of the family to take anything
except Foley's Honey and
Tar, for coughs, colds and lung
trouble, is guilty of neglect. Nothing
else is as good for all pulmonary
troubles. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar contains no opiates
and is in a yellow package. W L
Wallace.
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