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f % 'S ^D ? Motley < handle your business. 4????**??????*???????* V ' ^ -? *- ???? ? J>3 . VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909. NO. 4? i JPSTMAS AFTERMATH T AT HARPERS.: THE HOLIDAYS OVER LTSINESS RESLM * ED MMSNXtS FOR THE NEW YEAR?LOCAL NEWS NOTES. Harper. danuarv ?Some oj I our people sat up last Thursday | night to watch the old year of j 190 go into history and the I new year take its place. It is j a serious thought that we are one year nearer our grave. May; all the readers of your great paper determine to make the year 3909 a better and brighten milestone than any they have! heretofore passed. The Xmas and new year fes-j tivities over people have set- j tied down to business again. | hear the hum of Harpers' ginnery?our farmers still have j cotton to gin?and the sound of j axe ahd grubbing hoe putting hundreds ot acres around Har- 1 C pers in condition for cultivation. ? , Mrjtf S Camlin, Jr's, saw mill; will within a few days be put in operation. He has bills for lumber for several dwellings j soon to be erected at or near Harpers. We expect to see two j or tflree nunarea acres in uiisi| vicinity under cultivation for! the first time this spring. j Some of the hunters around Harpers have had tine sport deer driving and several antlered monarchs of the forest have been slain. One of the hunters told a good story at the expense of Mr C., a membpr of his par- < ty. A fine deer ran by this young man who fired three shots at the fleeing quarry at intervals of about three minutes, j * Several of his companions hur- j1 ried to Mr C's assistance and c found him running the deer by * ' > -i-l- A -vf f signt, oeing completely uui ui breath and unnerved. He final- 1 ly recovered sufficiently to ex- s plain that but for an unlooked * for accident he would certainly * have killed or caught that deer. 1 It takes nerve to keep cool with J V a four prong buck running eith-- j1 *?\;r towards or from you and ev- j1 en veteran hunters get excited;* and waste their araminition in ; such circumstances. 1 am informed that Kev J Oi" I ( Carraway of Home will be the |k pastor of Harpers circuit the i' present year, he being supplied |( by the Methodist Conference, j1 We welcome Mr Carraway in! * our midst and earnestly hope ( ^ that he may accomplish a good j * v work in our town and communi-! ty. Mr Carraway, is a good J preacher and gentleman of the ( highest type. J1 Mr Editor, accept our greet-' ings for a happy and prosperous new year to you and yours, K ?J \ III | ( vA (We thank our friend for hisL Kindly greeting and most heart-\ ily reciprocate the ^ame. Ed. ' The Kftcohd.) THE NEHSAI UE\S(I\. \ Death of Mrs. Parnell?A Runaway 1 Accident?Other Items of Interest. , .. 1 Benson, January 4:?Mrs Mar- < tha J Parnell, wife of Mr W II ;r ^ftrnell, died after an illness of i 1 V-hree weeks and was buried at f /cedar Swamp Methodist church j r V on the afternoon of Christmas j t day. The funeral services were 1* conducted by Rev E E Ervin, J pastor of Kingstree Presbyteri- c an church. Mrs Parnell was born c in Darlington county March 1, 1 18G6, and with her husband and j children moved to Williamsburg* j county in 1890, where she lived t until her death. She called her r > COUGHS AND COLDf^S I Took I'e-rti-ua. j "'" ?#1 * : | i iuTTi m -Pf1 ^ <"WA5H T0? i * ' < Si* i JL ?eruna Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen:?I ran cheerfully reeomnend Peruna as an effective cure fur soughs and colds. You are authorized to use my photo nth testimonial in any publication. Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase, 804 Tenth St., "Washington, D. 0. Could Not Smell Nor Hear. Mrs. A. L. Wetzel, 1(?3 Ohio St., Terra Saute, Ind., writes: "When I began to take your medicine [ could not smell, nor hear a church *11 ring. Now 1 can both smell and lear. "When I began your treatment my lead was terrible. I had buzzing and ihirping noises in my head. "I followed your advice faithfully and *>ok Peruna as you told me. Now I night say 1 am well. "1 want to go and visit my mother ind see the doctor who said I was not ong for this world. I will tell him it R-as Peruna that cured me." People who object to liquid medicine* ssn now secure Peruna tablets. Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative* lasband and children to her jedside four days before the leath angel came and asked :hem all to meet her in heaven, or she felt assured of a resting place prepared for those whose iins had been ato ied for by the >loodof the Lamb of God. Mrs Parnell leaves a devoted hus Dancl and nine cmiciren, a oaoe ust sixteen days old being left notherless. The whole commulity sympathizes with the sadly lereaved family. Rev Mr McKissick preached lis tirst sermon at the Cedar Swamp Methodist church last Sunday, taking as hjs text Rornins I: 16: "For I am not ashamed M the gospel of Christ." The liscourse was forceful, holding ;he undivided attention of the :ongregation throughout the enare services. Mrs Lula Barr and daughter, Vliss Louise, with Miss Kennedy )f Kingstree, visited relatives ind friends here last week. Mr J (J McCullough, our wideiwake Superintendent of Edu:ation, returned from his trip to Columbia after spending several lays in conference with some of .he foremost educators of the ?tate. \tr S II (inerrv*. who some ;ime ago fell ftom his housetop .vhile removing the old shingles, is now able to walk about n doors. Sunday afternoon while Mr high Tisdale was helping- Miss's Ethel Xesmith and Dora 11 in lant from the buggy, after Iriving from the railroad sta;ion at Kingstree on their return rom their holiday vacation, the nule attached to the vehicle ook fright and dashed off with he young ladies still in the bugry. A short turn overturned the juggy and precipitated the oc:upants to the ground. Both lalies were hurt, but not seriousy,we hope. These young ladies ire members of the faculty of 3enson Graded school and their losts of friends are rejoiced at heir narrow escape from immilent danger. * WES. Jf ,OF EDUCATORS ! [. IN COLOMBIA. ACCOUNTOF PROCEEOJNGS?SPEECHES: BY SEN. TILLMAN ANO OTHEKS?WIL LIAMSBUKO MELT KEPRESENTED. Columbia, January o: The I educational proyres> through-j out all South Carolina was iair-j ly indexed by the meeting of ; educators of the State in Columbia last .week. The teachers lire UJC U[>1 sjtrri <>I IIICI mm ' are doing a l. ?d deal in these meetings to en diasize the cause they repnTT'iu oefore the peo| pie and the legislature. The meetings referred to consisted of the State Teachers' asjsociation, the School Improvement associati i, the town and ; city Superintend^ts' association, and the Co\ ^^superintendents' associate ^ibly all the constituents o ee latter are also members s Teachers' association. The _ gramme was so arranged as i avoid as much as possible con llict of important meetings a the various organizations, but it was impossible for any one man to get all of even the best of these meetings. Prof P P Claxton, of the University of Tennessee,or perhaps Senator Tillman, or maybe Pres ident S C -Mitchell of South Carolina University, was the star of the occasion. To my mind the address of an able lecturer j^ives greater pleasure than any opera or theatre. Prof Claxton's subject was, "The Value of Educational Campaign Work in the South." He said many things to make us of South' Carolina want to "hide ourselves for shame," as Senator Tillman said. For instancy "South Car-1 olina has a greater number of illiterate native born white boys and girls than 24 Northern and Western States" (naming the States.) Senator Tillman's speech was "rambling," as he had stated it would be before accepting the invit\tiorl. I think, however, it was worth the trip to Columbia to hear him alone., The daily papers have all presented and discussed Mr Tillman's attacks on Prof Claxton's statements and compulsory education. They overlooked his reference to the Clemson and Winthrop trusteeship. "I suppose I ought to say something about this trustee affair," said Mr Tillman. "Well, all 1 ve got to say is tnis: we ve got a legislature, and we have a governor and other executive officers; if I'm violating the law let them indict ine." I apprfci Dimcirc ? uunmiio | TBEV HAVE }{( To make roo \<> GOODS. V * \4/ Buggy in the percent, abov Come in an self some moi I 2-4. ^ h HiL jS7?7?7*7*7*7?' ( % \ ciate Senator Tillman's position. He has been lawfully appointed a trustee of these coiieyes and. it is certainly not up to him to apply to the courts to test the constitutionality of the appointment. Williamsburg had several rep resentatives at the association, amonjr whom I noticed Miss j .Mary 1 In trains, I mi ian town: Miss, Martha Harper, Cireelyville;. Profs Kibler, Kintree: Kennett, Scranton: Mitchell, Home;j Speigner, Prospect and Superintendent McCullough. There may: have been more that I did not, meet. It is useless to say that Wil-j liamsburg just now is attracting! a great deal of attention on ac-j countot the prominent stand we ; have taken in school improve- j ment. A W?* 1 10 FARMERS. 4 Good Resolutioo .t the New Year Suggested. Editor County Record:?Just -,rd '. periling tobacco Raising. -Ji\ Well, joo*, enterprising farmet ??. is vici. informs the ' M. writer that he mad* year $85 | net profit off two acrej- 4f^obacco. Our farmers are ma' I arrangements to plant the goldeu weed ex' tensively the present year. Just compare the profit from two acres of tobacco with that realized from two acres of cotton. I have been informed by Mr G W Powell, of this community, that his net profit from two acreii of tobaoco was $100 as compared with $15 from the same ! area planted ?n cotton. What more eloquent argument is needed than ! these figures? Why should our peo- j nle ovemlant their farms with seven ; I ft ami eight cent cotton when theie are such great possibilities of profit to be derived from diversified crops? Plant tobacco, corn, pe-as, potatoes, small grain and raise stock and the farmers of Williamsburg would find it easier to pay their debts. With a plenty of "hog and hominy" and other food products it would not take over $75 or $80 cash to support a medium sized family a year, j As good a resolution as our farmers | could make this year of our Lord, j - ' - . / I lifuy, wouiq oe 10 swear on xrom overproduction of cotton and "swear on'' the raising of food products, stock and poultry. Let U3 see how many will adopt this suggestion and report their success this time next year. Red Coon. Charles R Sherlock, general ad! vertising agent for the United Cigar Stores Company, wrote a few novels before he began to write advertise- j ments.and befoie that edited a news- j paper at Syracuse, New York. j CHEAP! | ====== , II * rnt th rn II W UUIIUUU $ * m for FALL f\\ Vill sell any jJJ house for 10 /f\ e cost. d save your/?V iey- /f\ J in ? >n ieu-ER 5 HOLOCAUST NEAR TAFT ON NEW YEAR'S EYE. THREF NEGRO CHILDREN PERISH IN BURNING BUILDING?HOW THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED. Three negro children burned to a crisp on the night ot December hi. Such is the harrowing news of a tragedy, the sickening details of which are almost incredible. The scene of the horrible occurrence was the home ot Sid Scott, a negro man living in the Brown neighborhood near Taft and the details of the shocking sacrifice of life show criminal carelessness and utter disregard of ordinary pre-, cautions for safety which call, tor an investigation looking to placing responsibility where it belongs. Sid Scott was absent from home and left the children in charge of his wife. The house was an ordinary negro cabin, j with a "shed-room,"at the rear,. having only one exit, a door, looking into the main room form-; ing the body of the house. In the shed-room?a regular death j trap as it proved to be?were, huddled three children, two Mrls and a boy, fast asleep at 8: o'clock in the evening, when the house caught atire from the old clay chimney at the side>of the front room, the smoke and the a i.! -a.' - r il names culling un escape lur uie sleeping children. The woman, it seems, who slept in the front room got out unhurt, leaving the children to their iate and they were burned to a crisp?two girls, Annie aged 10, and "Monkey"' aged 8, and a boy, Marion, 14 years old. Annie and Marion were children by Sid's first wife and Monkey the child of the woman in whose care the children were supposed to be. No sound was heard from the ^children in the shed"room, who were doubtless stifled with smoke and could make no effort to escape from the flames. While it is hard to understand how such a destruction of life could occur in the manner de scribed, the pitiful tact remains that three human beings met their death and the question mutely asked by the charred remains of fhe children, "Why should we thus perish?'' can be answered only bytheir mother and guardian, who, so far as we know, escaped unscathed by the devouring element. Nesmitb-Carraway. Harper, January 1:?On the 29th of December, 190S, .Mr Willie Carraway, of Georgetown county, led to the altar .Miss | Agness Nesmith, of Williamsburg county, in the presence of a host of friends and relati res and two hearts were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, the officiating minister being Rev W 0 Wilson of Harper. After congratulations had been offered dinner was announced: the table was laden with good things and the inner man was' satisfied to repletion. The young people present enjoyed themselves in buggy rides the remaining part of the day. On Wednesday, December ilo, the nnil ifrnntr with several friends drove through the country to the home of the groom, where a bountiful dinner was enjoyed. The crowd dispersed about 4 I o'clock p m. b'ome of the young! men and ladies parted from! each other with sad hearts and | all felt that they enjoyed fully' the delightful occasion. A Witness, j A SORRY SPECTACLE. ROOSEVELT Rudely' Rebukes School Gfrls fcr Riding Past Him. < Washington, December 17:? f How President Koosevelt sev erely rebuked a party ot girls from the National Park Seminan', at Forest Glen, Md, for riding past him Thanksgiving Pay in Hock Cr'eek Park, and how he caused the horse one of the girls was riding to rear by striking it with his riding whip, is told in a story which has just leaked out and been continued today by Miss E I Sisson, teacher in the school, who was the chaperon for the party, according to the Washington Star this evening. Miss Sisson and three of the girls of* the institution were jogging along in the national reserve when they saw ahead of them two ladies and two men. Miss Sisson says she recognized one of the men as President , Poosevelt. For some time the seminary party rode slowly behind the President and his party. But the spirited animals wanted to ?0 faster, declares Miss tSisson, and finally the girls galloped past the Presidential party. When they slowed their horses down a few minutes later they heard rapid hoofbeats behind them. The rider was pressing his horse hard and he"soon overtook them. "As we v were riding * four abreast at the time, the President's horse crowded us no little as he dashed past," said Miss Sisson. "As he brushed past his horse struck the foot of one of the voun<r ladies, knock , i ing it from the stirrup, and a blow from the President's crop* fell on the horses flank. The youn<; woman's horse reared, and but for her coolness and admirable horsemanship she might have been thrown beneath the feet of the horses. I do not know whether the blow was intentional. " 'You know that you should not go ahead of our party,' said the president, as he rode past us and turned in the saddle to look us squarely in the face. He then joined his companions. 'Naturally we felt very much mortified. None of us intended an affront to the President, and 1 cannot understand his action. The President appeared to be in a rage, but, of course, 1 do not know about that. 1 only know how we felt about it. "I prefer not to give the names of the young ladies. They are daughters of wealthy parents, highly connected, and I am sure their parents would object to the nptoriety attending such an affair/'?X. Y. World. Kingstree High School. The holidays over the big bell summoned to school on Monday the boys and girls and their teachers, who have been enjoying themselves in full measure during the brief respite from their arduous duties. All are refreshed in mind and body and are ready to pursue with renewed energy their avocations. All the teachers were present except Miss Onslow, who is still detained at home by her illness,but who expects to be able to resume her duties in a few weeks. Iler place is being capably filled by Miss May Stoll. Several new pupils were entered on Monday and a new teacher, Miss Helen Scott, has been added to the faculty. "VVe have a nice line of Lion Brand Shirts and Collars. People's Mercantile Co. l-7-2t I / * ' . ^