The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 08, 1909, Image 4
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KINGSTREE. S. C
C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 8.1909.
Kingstree as a Tobacco Market.
Several weeks ago we announced
the fact that Kingstree would have
a tobacco market the coming seamq
and that two tobacco warehouses
would at once be erected.
We made this announcement after
a careful investigation ot the situation
which thoroughly convinced
,,o fViof u:os nnt nf th#? rancp
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of human probability for the enterprise
to fail and therefore asgerted
it as a fact that the warehouses
would be built; in fact,
that the work had already begun.
Recently, we understand, a report
has been in circulation oyer
the county that the enterprise had
fallen through?a report that if
credited would be very damaging
to our prospective market. Many
formers are planting tobacco this
year for the first time, being induced
to make th? experiment
ooiely for the reason that the
market here would be established,
and all signs indicate that a big
crop will be plauted in the area
that King3tree hopes to draw from.
Happily we can a3sure these
people and the public generally
that the major referred to is untrue.
There is uo foundation for
it whatsoever. The warehouses are
building as rapidly as possible,
?the contractor being at work on
i them constantly with a good force
4 of hands. The four lots that were
^bought for the warehouse sites
have been paid for and the titles
are recorded in the clerk of
court's office. Moreover, practically
^ all of the capital stock of the
Tobacco Warehouse company has
been taken and everybody i3 looking
forward with enthusiasm to the
first salesday on our new market.
Oh, yes, the warehouses will be
built and Kingstree bids fair to become
one of the strongest tobacco
markets in the State.
Miss Nance's Letter.
The letter from Miss Mary T
Nance, which id published this
week, should be helpful iu awakening
the interest of trustees of
schools in communities where help
is needed, as it joints out in a plain
and practical way how the weak,
straggling schools in sparsely settled
country coin muni ties niay receive
financial aid from the State
at the cost of only a little sacrifice
on the part of the patrons.
During her visit here last summer,
which was an inspiration to those
who received her message, Miss
i ?
m ante oecaiue ntuuii kuucjicu
in the educational couditious that
obtained in this county. She expressed
her belief that there are
few counties m which greater opportunities
for work and development
were offered than in Williamsburg,
and nowhere that she had
been did she find mire receptive
and sympathetic audiences, or a
people more thoroughly in earnest
in their desire for educational
improvement. In this connection
Miss Nance said she be
iieved that our county was jusi
now in a transition state and
that great possibilities existed,
that by combined effort and un.
abated zeal would become splen.
did actualities in the way ol
achievement.
While we have feared all
along that the biggest grafterf
were too securely intrenched be
hind their ill-gotten gains evei
to be put behind the prison bars
still, now that his hands are un
tied, we believe tnat our abl(
and fearless young attorney gen
era) and his equally capable as
' aistants will make the dry bones
of the old State dispensarj
corpse rattle so loudly that thes<
same grafters, will see stalking
forth from the darkness of the pasi
ghosts of many crooked trans
actions they thought buried beyonc
resurrection.
The County Record, published
at Kingstree, S C, by C
W Wolfe, has entered upon ih
1 23rd volume. The Record is i
splendid six-column quarto, ol
which the editor feels justl]
proud. Southern Publisher.
Those newspapers that hav<
been for the past two yean
sneering at Mr Lyon on accounl
of his failure to "put stripes on
the grafters," will soon begin to
sit up and take notice.
Now Attorney General Lyor
is in a positiou to say to the
grafters: "The mills of the goda
grind slow, but they grind ex?
eeedingly fine."
The Country Paptr.
Amid the pile of papers.
That swamp my desk each day
And drive me weak with clipping
And filing stuff away.
Comes once a week on Thursday
The quaint old four-page sheet
That's printed up in l'elham,
A drowsy county seat.
You see. 'twas up in Pelham
That tirst I saw the light.
Ana?wen, my nearo grows soner
And I feel my eyes shine bright:
Right reverent my touch is,
It spreads the columns wide,
The local's what I'm seeking?
Not the patented outside.
Ah, here it is: "The County,"
And "Jottings," "Local News"You
learn who's traded horses
And who have rented pews;
It tells about the schoolhouse
Where we used to sit and dream,
A-watching dust specks dancing
In the sunlight's shifty beam.
The sturdy names of boyhood
Come tumbling through our thought
Of Tom and Brick and Patsey?
How we loved and how we fought.
The friends when years grew graver,
Called now beyond our ken,
In the type-lines of the paper
They live and speak again.
Oh, toilers in life's workshops,
Are not those dream-mists sweet,
Which memory casta about us
When past and present meet?
And so. I love that paper
i r* il . _.:n?? v>:iia
r rum me viuaj^c ui uic utuo
For the old life that it wakens.
For the weariness it stills.
Jti Chester Poft-Expre*s.
Met Springs, Ark.,
is no competition agairik Lippman'e
Great Remedy for the core of Rheumatism.
James Newton, Aberdeeu, Ohio
says P. P. P. did him more good
than three mouths treatment at Hot
Springs, Ark,
W. T. Timmons, of Waxakatchie
Tex., says his rheumatism was so
bad that be was confined to his bed
for months. Physiciaus advised Hot
Springs, Ark., and Mineral Wells'
Texas, at whicli place he speut seven
weeks in vain, with knees so badly
swollen that his tortures were beyond
endurance. P. P. P. made the cure
and proved itself as in thousands of
other cases, the best blood purifier in
the world, and superior to all Sarsa
parillasand the so-called Rheumatic
Springs.
Sold by W L Wallace.
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With your name and address, will
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Larger, brighter and better, it con
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| * STATE AND GENEIAL Rt?S. J?
1 Governor Ansel has appointed as
Solicitor for the seventh circuit, to
. succeed Thomas S Lease, recently
[ elected circuit Judge, Senator J C
Otts of Gaffney.
The large retail and wholesale
' store of J L Coker & Co at Harts3
ville was completely destroyed by fire
T?ri*tav mnrninor TliP lfiS9 in PSfci
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. mated at ?90,000, mostly covered by
insurance.
Governor Ansel has offered a reward
of S100 for the capture of
' Hezekiah King, a negro 23 years of
age,charged with the murder of Zion
- Forner at Eastover.
1 The total amount of funds in the
f hands of the State dispensary wind?
ing-up commission is ?601,596, of
P which it is estimated the State will
^ receive about ?300,000 after all the
claims have been paid.
^ Mr E Mclver Gregg, formerly of
Florence county, was killed in Wilmington.N
L\ Mondav. while talking
to a friend on the street, by the sudden
collapse of a brick wall.
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George Barton, the one armed
yeggman who escaped from the
1 Greenville jail Saturday, was recapc
tured Monday.
' Saturday morning, April 3, about
two miles frrom Batesburg, J W
4 Livingston, a travelling man well
known throughout the State, was
5 killed by a passenger tram on the
t Southern railway. LiviD-<ston was
walking along the track d delibi
eratelv stepped in front o the ap
proachiug train. It is supposed that
he committed suicide.
1 Vice Admiral Pascoul Cervera,
who commanded the Spanish fleet in
, the battle of Santiago bay, died at
Puerto Real, Spain, Saturday afternoon.
A bill has been introduced in
Congress to collect $20,000,000
loaued to 26 States during Andrew
Jackson's administration, of which
amount South Carolina received
$1,051,000.
Fort Worth, Texas, was devastated
i by a $5,000,000 fire Saturday afternoon.
Several lives were lost
j and 500 families are homeless,
j Small boys and.cigarettes are said to
have started the disastrous conflaI
gration.
The State Press Association is
scheduled to meet in Greenville,
July 6-8.
I Coroner S A Parker of George
l town eountv died Sundav morniuer.
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Gobber Moore, alias "Tennessee
Dutch," and George Barton, alias
"Chicago Army," two notorious
yeggmen confined in jail at Greenville
awaiting trial, blew their way
to liberty Saturday nijfht through
the floor of their cell, which was of
rock aud two feet thick. The two
men have long criminal records, the
particular crime for which they
were to be tried being the burglary
of the postoffice at Pelzer.
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Lambert Locals.
Lambert,April 6: Spring has
come in earnest. The songsters
are singing their prettiest notes,
' the trees are resplendent in
their suits of lovely green, and
last but not least, the farmers
are busy planting com and preparing
their tobacco ground.
There will be a shadow box
' supper at Lambert's schoolhouse
i Friday evening, April 16. The
public is cordially invited to
attend and the ladies to bring
boxes.
Dr H L Baker paid a flying
, business trip to Georgetown the
first of the week.
! Mrs S G Varner, accompanied
i Lv her daughter Mary, has re
turned from Charleston, where
' the latter went to have an operation
performed on her throat.
X X X.
r Childreu especially like Kennedy's
Laxative Congh Syrup, as it tastes
nearly as good as maple sugar. It
; not only heals irritation and allays
i inflammation, thereby stopping the
r cough, but it also moves the bowels
gently and in that way drives the
: cold from the system. It contains no
opiates. Sold by D C Scott, M D.
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l~~f . A -v.TROUBLE
MAY BE BREWING.
Lake City Said te be Threatened With
an Undesirable Citizen for Postmaster.
Washington, April 6:?'Tiouble
appears to be brewing again over
the postoffice at Lake City. A teN
egratn was sent, to Senator Smith
here today by some of the citizens
of that place stating that they had
heard that a very objectionable person
was to be named as postmaster.
In the absence of the Senator, his
secretary, Mr Galloway, investigated
the matter, and so far as may be
learned at this time Mrs Delia V
Carter, the present postmaster, will
be reappointed during the next
week or two. Her record, it is said,
is very good and it is understood
that the people of Lake City desire
to see her retain the office.
When the telegram was received
here there appeared to be a considerable
amount of interest at Lake
City over the report that a person,
very objectionable to sop?-^. was to
be appointed.?1Veicf
to\t
NEGKO HOT SHOT HIS J?1
Family at Cborch-Beys at Home
Pranking with Pistol.
Benson, April 5: ? Sharper
Green, a colored youth aged 14,
was shot by John McClary, another
negro boy about 15 years
old, yesterday morning at the
home of the father of the former,
George Green. While the older
folks were at preaching the boys
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WCIlt 1UIU Hie CJUCi U1 ecu 0 LI UUO
and secured bis pistol. They
then began fussing about it,
with the above result. The ball,
which was 32 calibre, entered
the mouth and knocked out four
of youne" Green's teeth. It was
extracted by Dr W V Brockington
a few hours after the shooting.
The boy is not in a serious
condition but the wound is very
painful.
Easter Services at Hetbodlst Church.
Easter will be observed in the
Methodist 'church next Sunday
with appropriate exercises.
Hours of service, 11 a in and 8
p m. The following musical programme
will be rendered at the
morning service:
Anthem: "Easter Hallelujah."
Opening by in: "Or nation."
Hymn: "G\ rist tl Lord Is
Risen Today.'
Offertory (q\ irtettej: "A Wonderful
Easter.*"^
Closing hymn: "I Know That
My Redeemer Liveth."
The sermon will be preached
by the pastor, Rev W A Fairy.
At the night service the choir
will sing: "Wave the Palms."|
Everybody is invited.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
best knowu pills and the best pills
made, are easy to takeand act gently
and are certain. We sell and recommend
them. D C Scott, M D.
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The loamy Record aid the Weekly
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The Weekly News and Courier,
with the Farm and Home,and a pair
of scissors,is offered to old as well as
new subscribers of The Record,
and the time limit is extended to
June 1, 1909?all for one year, for
the small sum of $1.85.
In other words, with every order
you send us for The Record and
the Weekly News and Courier, at
$1.85 a year, new or old, wt will iu-'
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orders will be filled promptly, but
only for cash; plehse don't ask us for
credit on this great combination offer,
because we have to pay out the
money promptly to get the benefit of
this fine proposition.
Call at this office and see a pair of
the shears. This is one of the greatest
offeis we ever made our readers.
The Progressive Farmer.
Responding to the request ot a
number of our subscribers we have
arranged a clubbing rate with The
Progressive Farmer of Raleigh, N
C. The club price is $1.60 for The
Recokd and The Progressive Farm,
er, but to new subscribers only. The
rate to old subscribers is 95 cents for
renewal. l-2l-tf
Kings tree, ---SC.
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