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VOL XXII Kr MR"-, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 24,1908. NO. 4* |
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? DDES AT SCRASTON.
Folks Preparins for the Holidays-Ss j
cial and Personal Items.
S( i:anton, December -1:?Mt
^ .Eugene Whitiock is at home,
from the Charleston Medical
college for the holidays.
Mr \Y L Marshall of .Sumter;
county has rented a farm near
town and will re.-ide down here
next year.
Dr C H Pate and family will
-spend Christmas with the Doctor's
parents near Bishopville.
Miss Australia Hmson, teach-1
? er of the I'nion public school
near town, gave an entertainment
at the school house Friday
night for the benefit of the
L school. A large crowd attendv.
ed and all had a good time. A
I* generous sum was realized.
H| The ne~t regular convention
H of Scranton Lodge Knights of
H Pythias will not be held Friday
^ night, that being Christmas \
A night, but will be held on Wed-j
nesday nigfct, December 3G. A ;
^ full attendance of the members
is-desired as the election ot of,
ticers will be held.
Miss Bleecker Mills, teacher
-v. of the New Road public school, 1
left Saturday morning for her l
home at Charlotte, where she ,
will spend the holidays.
Scranton will be largely rep- j
resented at the entertainment
at Cowards tomorrow (Tuesday);
' night.
Prof W L Bennett of the grad-'
ed school will spend Christmas )
J \ with relati ves at Hartsville, j
^ and Miss Hadden, his assistant,
arill cm tr? her homf at Green-!
' ? ? - wood.
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Rev W II Murphy, the newpastor
of the Methodist church j
here, preached his first sermon
^ Sunday night An unusually;
large congregation was present
[ to bear him and all seemed fav- j
| orabiy impressed with his discourse.
There was a"silver tea party"
at the Jsaptist parsonage rriday
night for the benefit of the
- ?'^church. The occasion was quite
^ a success in every way.
Prof Bennett, Miss Helen
Haddon and Miss Bleecker Mills
will attend tb-e Teachers' meeting
in Columbia the last of this
month.
The writer wishes you, Mr
Editor, and all your readers a
merry Cbrislmas and a happy
New Year.
W. E. C.
THE WEE NEE MINSTRELS
[ Played ti a Good Hiuse Friday MgM?
%- 1 Pleasing Performance.
The VVee Nee Minstrels entertained
a large audience on last
Friday night at the school audi\
torium. This troupe is composed
I entirely of home talent, the entire
cast being High school
boys trained and drilled by Prof
* Kibler.
The entertainment consisted
of comic songs, dialogues and
some really-good jokes at the
expense of various ones in the I
.^^ udience.
thout invidious comDarison'
['here all did so well, the parts j
f Mr Odus Kibler and Mr Bob
[irk were particularly well
layed and elicited enthusiastic
ommendation from the audi-,
ace. Mr Theo Rogers also
id well in his role.
Misses Roberta (Joker and Ada ;
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rockinton, who provided the,
lusic for the entertainment, j
layed many difficult accom-1
animents with ease, grace and '
skill, adding a great dtv. * :1
merit of the performance. (
Every one of the aud;
seemed to greatly enjoy t.
evening and appeared vreh ^
pleased with the entertainment.*
The proceeds, amounting to .
over $40, will be applied to the'
school library fund.
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Notes From Moody. <
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Moody, December lii:??>ar i j
school district has been survey
ed with satisfaction to all. so
far as the writer knows. Mr G
\Y Camiin, a public spirited
business man of this community,
has offered to pay f9r the build-1
ing of the school house, amountinsf
to $75. If some of our citizens
would contribute as much
money towards the school house
as they are sending to whisky j
houses we would have funds
enough to erect a handsome
building.
Mr E Cox went to Georgetown
Wednesday 011 business.
Mr Charley Boyd is building,
himself a very nice dwelling in
town.
Mr W D Crooks, now of Gourdins,
is contemplating erecting a 1
fine residence at his old home in
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tnis vicinity, rie js> now uavm^ i
timber cut for the building-.
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A very enjoyable fruit supper J <
was given at the home of Mr M j
L Boyd one night recently.
Miss Alma Crooks spent the:
early part of the week with rela- j
tives at Benson.
A pleasant dance was given at i
the home of Mr R B Altman of j
this community recently.
While deer driving-a few days |
ago Mr G W Camlin turned loose j
both barrels at one twenty-five j
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MC[i3 ancij auu uiu uvi vuv u uwn. j
Mr W T Evaus shot at a four|
prong buck at.iifteen steps with'
the same result.
Red Coon, j
The Smith's Greater Shows |
Will arrive Sunday afternoon
and open Monday night, December
28. in this town the coming j
week. Kingstree will for the!
tirst time in its history witness
a carnival. People of Kingstree
have attended attractions of
this kind in neighboring towns
and are familiar with the plans
upon which the. carnivals are
conducted and the style and
class of shows which usually
make up the fair. On this score |
the manager of the Smith's ,
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Greater Shows, which are to (
furnish the entertainment,under .
the auspices of the City Fire De- ,
partment, have guaranteed that
every one of the attractions and
all events in connection with
the Carnival will be strictly
moral. Mr W McGurk, agent for
Smith's Greater Shows, arri tred
in the city last week and is busy
in assisting in making final arrangements.
Mr McGurk savs
every character of amusement
which his company will present
is second to none. Every attraction
presented will be of the
-highest order in its way and nothing
unclean or immoral will
be found on the programme of
entertainments that will be presented
to the people. If you
have not already invited your
relatives and friends to do so,
write them at once to come to
Kingstree on the date named and
enjoy this great Carnival of
mirth and pleasure with us.
The programme of entertainment
is so full of good things
with which to amuse and entertain
the people that it is super-j
lluous to enumerate them. Suffice i
it to say that there will be ten
high class, wholesome and upto
date attractions, and in so
doing he meiits their approval
and endorsement.
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WILLIAMSBURG!
OCOtWTT WINS FOUR PRIZES FOR1
SCHOOL IMPROYEMENT-SCRANTOX
HEADS THE LIST.
Columbia, December IK:?Under1
he terms of the contest conducted I
jy the School Improvement associaion
for 190*, the following schools,
i.-ive b- i awarded prizes of ^10<>
etch: \
Seranton Williamsburg county.
Richburg. Miester county.
I'rovin. i. Saluda county.
Sardis, Sumter county. m
Pinewood, Clarendon county. J
SECOND PRICES.
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The folic >*r schools were awaru-,
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id prizes of A > each:
Pergatnos. Williamsburg county. '
Prospect, Williamsburg county.
Sardinia, Clarendon county.
Lees Ace, Bamberg.
Rideeville. Dorchester.
Snyder, Colleton county.
Oakville, Lexington.
Roberts, Andersen.
Hercules, Barnwell.
Marlboro, Marlboro county.
Indian Field, Dorchester county. J
Wedgefield, Sumter county.
Simpsonville, Greenville comity. 1
Pauley, Horry.
G raves' Stat ion, Georgetown
;ounty.
Edgemoor, Chester county.
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VIBl, .L>iUJIUCl? uuuuiy.
Cope, Orangeburg county.
Mauldin, Greenville county.
Poplar Spring, Oconee county.
Garnets Hampton county,
Fairview, Lexington county.
Bethel, Richland county.
St Charles, Sumter county.
Klim, Florence county.
Smith, Marlboro county.
Excelsior, Newberry county.
Wampee, Horry bounty.
Chandler, Greenville.
Sunny South, Lexington.
ADDITIONAL PRIZES.
The committee decided to give
sight additional prizes of $25 each to
schools which received honorable
mention for the $50 mrizes. The
schools receiving thesA prizes are as
follows:
Mill Creek, Richjaud county.
Brown, Williamsburg county.
Taylor, Greenville.
Yemassee, Hampton county.
PicKet Post, Oconee.
Shiloh, Laurens county.
Julia Academy, Orangeburg.
Boiling Springs,BarnwefTcounty.
The checks for these prizes will
be sent out from the office of State
Superintendent of Education at
Ml AA nPVtA nwioo m All AIT in f/\ V\A tlAA/)
X XJC IliVUCJ IO IAJ KHZ UDCU
in making additional improvements,
rhe schools will be requested to
make reports showing how thej have
spent the money. The formal awards
will be made by the Governor at the
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meeting of the 'State School Improvement
association on December
31.
A DIFFICULT TASK.
The executive committee of the
South Carolina School Improvement
association met on Friday afternoon
at o o'clock in th*? office of the State
Superintendent of Education to
award the prizes offered by that association
to the rural school making
the most material improvement in
buildings and grounds. The following
members were present: Miss
Mary T. Nance, Columbia: Miss
Lizzie- Rogers, Ea.-tover; Miss Theodosia
Dargan, Stateburg; Miss Lou"^ ^^opjienheim,
Charleston; Mrs
Dee Walker, Thomas; Miss
i.on se Bethea, Latta: Mrs Ollie
Hvdrick Schoen berg,North, and Mrs
J D Coker, Hartsville.
Ninety-one schools entered the
competition. The applications, de
scrip tioi drawings and photographs
covereu^^ree large tables, so
the commit/ had quite an enormous
task to give careful consideration
to all of the^^ools. In addition
a great
le improve?
'inue in the
con ^
Undt vlatu
the Stak oil appropriated
$2,v. he ^ed by the
School Impro in-.pt association in
offering prizes to tne rural schools in
this State which make the greatest
improvement Unring the ye&r. The
improvements were to be made between
November 1, 1007, and December
10, 1008. "Under material
improvements are inlcnded local taxation,
consolidation, new buildings
repairing and painting old ones, li
braries, reading loom-? or tables, inI
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terior decorations, tK-iuurjmg yards
and better gen&ral ?epiipment." Five
prizes worth S100 ach and thiry
prizes worth $50 each were offered.
After the committee had awarded
the thirty-five prizes, according to
the announcement, they were so impressed
with the merits of some of
the other schools that they appropriated
$200 from their own treasury
to give some additional prizes. This
money was contributed by members
of tue various State and county as'
sociations and the Federation of
j Women's Clubs for this purpose.
Detectives Needed.
The Harpers correspondent of the
KiDgstree Record calls attention
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! to a serious situation in that countv,
on the border line of Georgetown, in
the following communication (thru
fellows the article published in las!
week's Record) which, when
conpled with the complaints frequently
heard of bliud tigers iu that
neighborhood, looks as if detectives
were needed down there.?Florence
Times.
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Vill sell any
house for 10
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day the entire ticket mentioned
; last week was elected and by a
j very nearly unanimous vote.
The vote was light, only about a
hundred ballots being cast. The
reelection of Intendant Blackwell
year after year and by increasing
majorities, too, clearly
shows the contidance and esteem
in which he is held.
Mrs H G Askins and children
are h?re from Kingstree for the
holidays.
The school has taken a vacation
until January 4th. Three
of the teachers, Misses Gressetce,
f.raham and Blythe have
gone to their respective homes
for the yuletide.
Mrs Sarah Brooks of Charleston
is visiting her daughter, Mrs
M D Nesmith.
Mr O S Rnld Jtfin hsc fmno nn n
two weeks' visit to Wilmington,
Whiteville and other "tar heel"
towns.
Last Thursday night when Kev
Oglesby, one of the negro
preachers of this town, and his
wife were on their way home
I from the country, the horse became
frightened and rearing up
fell back on the woman, who
1 had either jumped or been
j thrown from the buggy. It was
quite a while before the horse
could be removed from off the
woman, it requiring the comi
bined efforts of five men to do
this. The woman was so badly
injured that she died Saturday
night.
Mr D E Motley spent Sunday
; and Monday in Charleston. '
Mr Percy D Snowden ot In'ndiantown
who is always a wel1
come visitor, here, was noted on
1 our streets Monday.
A band ot the school children
| gave an entertainment Thursday
'i night of last week for the benefit
of tlie library. The entertainment
was a play called
"Rebecca's Triumph." To say
that the performance was creditable
is by .no means saying
enough?it was splendid. Every
one in the cast did well, some of
course better than others, but
all well. The audience was a
large one and the proceeds
satisfactory. W. L. B.
Not Our Fault.
Brother "Wolfe, ot the Kingstree
County Record, in reprinting the
article concerning the feature act of
the Crescent Comedy Co, which
closes a week's engagement In this
city tonight, credited the wrong paper
with same. The piece in question
wa3 clipped from The Daily Item
j and not the Georgetown Times.?
i Georgetown If em, Deceit her 10,
(The artitle referred to was hand!
ed us for publication bv the man
| ager of the opera house and in the
j copy credit was given the Georgetown
Times. We of course had nc
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( right to change the copy.?Editor
i The Record.)
j Ceylon's "spicy mountains" ar<=
I now entertaining Uncle Sam's warI
ships.
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A VARIETY OF NEWS
FROM LAKE CITY.
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: THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION- A FATAL
ACCIDENT-AMAS ENTERTAINMENTS
?PERSONAL NOTES.
' Lake City, December 22:?Mr
j Eugene Oliver, of Marion, was
i in town Thursday of last week.
G F Stalvey, Esq, of Messrs
I Bass & Stalvey, was in Cheraw
, Monday in behalf of those of
: our citizens who are interested
| in the affairs of the now notorious
Seminole Security Co.
At the municipal election Mon
HABPEBS HAPPENINGS.
Mr TompRins Improving?Liquor Flows \
Free?Wedding Bells-Farmers' Day.
Harpers, December 21: ? I am glad S
to report that Mr T R Tompkins,
who was shot and seriously wounded
at Rosemary some days ago, is improving,
Wing able to walk out on
the streets. .His friends and the
community generally are much
gratified that his life has Wen spared.
Now, Mr Editor, a few remarks J
with regard to the rum traffic. Your
correspondent holds the agency of
n o. \\r !i_ 1 tr *
i ur ?.v ?v ranroau nc iiarpers ana is
present at the arrival of every train.
We h'ave four passenger trains daily
and each of the east-bound trains
delivers an average of 15 to 30^allons
of whiskey. The greater part
of this is shipped to negroes. I am
satisfied that a lot of whiskey is
being sold and we will see or hear of - *1
the fruits of this rum before the end
of the year, as it is going out in
every direction. There will be not
less than SI,000 worth sold and
drank during the holidays, all going
out from this town and r.o- revenue
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derived therefrom for either town or
county, besides there is no fund
provided for bv the C trey-Cothran
law to employ detectives to watch
out for violators of the law or blind
tigers. Lawless people and blended
whisky of the cheapest grade we
fear will cause vice and crime to ruu
riot at this season.
Wedding bells a^e ringing in our
town. Mr J 11 Blar<e, one of our
townsmen, and Miss Moore, of* this
place, were happily married on December
14. Mr. Blake is one of ou
most prosperous farmers, and his
I bride is one of the belles of the . ?
Earl's section.
Mr Editor, remember our "Farmers'
day. I hope your physical
condition may improve so that you
can be with iu ^n .January 5, 1909,
Harpers is nob sparing time or expense
to make this a prof-tabl" day
for the farmers and tve shall prepare
for and confidently expect a good
crowd to attend.
We will have lion LeGrande
, Walker of Georgetown ana Hon
Philip Stoll of Kingstree with us on
. that day, both these gentlemen having
promised to be present and
deliver an address to the farmers on
J the subject of the day. Hon Philip
J StolJ, solicitor elect, and Senator
Walker are two of the b^st speakers
in the State and we kno* it will be
an intellectual treat *to our people to
hear their able and scholarly addressee
on this auspicious occasion.
We are also expecting some gentlemen
from Lake City to instruct
us in organizing our truck association
and we extend an invitation to
J the people of the county to come and
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neip us our. uur greatest amomon
is improvement in our condition and
to this end we are working.
Subscriber.
A Christmas Dance.
The editor of The Record
returns appreciative thanks for
the following- invitation:
You are cordially invited to
attend a
Dance
to be given by the
Kingstree Social Club
I at
The Kellahan Hotel
Monday evening-, December
twenty-eighth
nineteen hundred and eight
Kingstree, South Carolina.
A Christmas Tree.
There will be a Christmas tree at
the Haptist church Christmas night.
The public is cordially invited to
attend, and the tree is free to all
wanting to put presents on it You
are asked to send the presents to the
church Christmas morning between
1 the hours of 0 and 12 o'clock and 3
to 5 p m, and a committee will be '.
there to receive then^
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