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* ^ ' SUPPLEHENT TO The County Record. KINQSTREB, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 17, 1808. SENATOR ELECT ED SMITH ADDRESSES IARMERS. A REPRESENTATIVE 7 HIM?REDUCED ACRl IB FARMING METHODS Senator Elect EL. iddressed a representati tdience of farmers in th? irt house here Tuesday. The ? tinguished visitor was intro ed by Hon W D Bryan in a * ^ well chosen and appropriu ' remarks. Senator Smith spoke along the lines of education in general and stressed the importance ot science and intelligence being applied to farming methods. The low price of cotton is due mainly, be said, to over production and if the farmers would curtail their cotton crops and make etffet million instead of twelve nuiMoa bales they would get just as much for the smaller crop and be saved the expense and labor of cultivating and gathering the excessively large crop. Reduce cotton acreage, raise provisions and live hard for a year and the farmer would be in a position to demand a , good price for his cotton and hold the whip-hand over the speculators who "bear" the market and hammer down the price. Senator Smith spoke with his * usual force and eloquence and held the close and earnest attention of those who gathered to i J i. near mm. me truwu preseiu was not so large as was expected, but there were noted among the audience farmers from nearly every section of the county. NEGRO MURDER MYSTERY. Four Negroes In Jail Charged With the Murder ol Mel la Williams. Sheriff Graham went to Cedar Swamp Tuesday and arrested three negroes, Julia Singletary, James Singletary and Joe, alias Young, 8ingletary, on a warrant charging them with murder sworn out by Dave McCrea, a brother of Melia Williams, the woman whose body was found in the woods near Morrisville some days ago. Ben Singletary and DozierSingletary are also included in the warrant. Ben came in Wednesday and gave himself up to the sheriff and Dozier is still at large. The other four negroes are in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. The inquest over the remains of the dead woman was held on Saturday by Magistrate Nesmist and the verdict, we are informed, was that the deceased t came to her death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. 1 EDISTO COUNTY DEFEATED. Betarns Indicate That Necessary TwoThirds Vote Failed. Aiken, December 15:?Indications from figures received in Aiken are that the countv of Edisto proposi tion has met defeat. Five out of tigni boxes in this conntj give for the new county 274, against 226. .The remaining three boxes are isolated and cannot be reached tonight but they cauuot poll over 150 votes and are claimed by the opponents of the new county by a large majority. Bepo fs from the Orangebnrg stction staU that the only box in that coun^ ave for the new county 9, and aga. U it 41. Nothing has been h^?rH fr i the Lexington section concern ' , If all the remaining rotes were go for the new county it wou' lack a t^o-thirds majority ; Oraugeb \ side went badly a the sche t BUJ1-NESS LOCALS. No mercantile movement in local has ever met with such spontaneous enthusiasm anil general widespread as the Big Reduction Sale at PurlsBaker Co's, Lake City, 8 ' V place for real bargains. Come to Sauls Baker C Reduction Sale for baigains. -.^ou will find tbat it means a real saving < of dollars and cents. The Auction Sale at Sauls-Baker 1 Co's all of this month results in the ' strongest bargains we've known in years. Every Tuesday, Thursday, ' Friday and Saturday are auction 1 days. Hurry for the bargains. Big cut prices on all dress goods and other merchandise. Come and avail yourself of the big bargains that Sauls-Baker Co are offering. Especial attention has been given to a very interesting and nnusual selection of Christmas goods at Saule-Baker Go's. See them before j baying. , I Stackley's Daylight Store invites Christmas buyers to see their select line of Xmas toys and novelties. All kinds of Christmas gifts for old and young at 1 Stackley's Daylight Store. Santa Clans' Headquarters? Stackley's Daylight Store. Delight the young and please the old folks by gwing them a gift selected from our large and varied stock. Stackley's Daylight Store. The crescent Stock Company carnes fourteen people and each ' one is an artist. EVA ALLEN GIRL Const | Soil I! By Her Startling and Mysterious Feat IpjUHDnp^^KA ^&tVMmBUw' 'ii 'Ytfinnni^^^^, * y-^aL JmBP . with lightning e the past and m _ i i D?. io ,wner wer . j, Covins, i ue wh. Jt.- _>)st, could be f< Allen ca, it the names of those what the} V 4 to know withoa She told Hari} Jon where to sen ed the watch, au!T told the number dress of pawn shop in Jacksonville at what hour would there be high 1 correct answer was given. Capt I elden and many others asked ques Sweethearts inquired about their t riages were predicted, and in othe intense gloom.?Georgetown Times. At Thomas Opera House one wee The Orescent Stock Company [ is pronounced by the papers of Augusta, Sumter and George- i town as the best stock company a on the road. ^ v It was necessary for the man- c agement of the Thomas Opera * House to give a large guarantee v to get the Crescent Company. D A real treat is in store for the J theatre lovers of Kingstree for Xmas week. The Crescent Stock Hftmnanu is a first class comoa uy in every respect. n Bring your job work to The h Record office. Satisfaction as- ? sured in both quality and price. J . OF MYSTERY I MI Itll IB. s?Skepical Audience Entertained. The feature act introduced here by the Crescent Comedy Company, we must admit, is surely a treat to the Georgetown people. In the fist specialty Prof. Bergeron introduced Miss Allen and gave a series of cabinet experiments that prove almost supernatural, and will remain a mystery as the astute citizens of Georgetown were unable to discover the way in which she freed herself after she had been sealed in every possible way. The committee on the stage was composed of Messrs J T Adams and Rouck. These gentlemen ackowledged that there was no deception, and that her work was positively marvelous, The immense audience was astounded by her version and prediction in Thaumaturgy. Blindfolded and seated on a Chair in the center of the ' rapidity, intricate mathemati present, predicted the future e missing relatives and friends rings, and other articles of valDund. In many instances Mrs : in the audience, and told them t any questions being written, d for his watch. She describof the pawn ticket, name ad?, Pla. Capt Springs asked ber cvater, and to this question the Slack, Dr H A Farris, Mr Hastions and got correct answers. uture, and in some cases mar* / r cases, the answers caused klr UA^Smmim/V ? m V\aw 01 :iv, ucgiuuiu^ i/cdiauu A Crushtr. Sir Bichard Bethell, afterward >ord Westbury, with a suave voice nd a stately manner, nevertheless ad a way of bearing down the foe rith almost savage wit. Once, in ourt, he had to follow a barrister rho had delivered his remarks in # i?? a (f\T iL.i 41,.* ery ioua roues. nuw buat mic loise in court has subsided/' muraured Beth ell. "I will tell your onor in two sentenoes the gist of he case." A Bad Lot. Gibbs (visiting)?What sort of eighbors have you here ? Dibba?A bad lot. There's a lacksraith who's engaged in forgag, a carpenter who's done some ounter fitting and a couple of fel5ws next door who sell iron and teel for a living. /