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VOL. XXIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1009. NO. 13.
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A COLUMN OFIEWS
FROM LAKE CITY.
TRUCK ON THE MARKET?AN AUTO AC
CIDENT-A FOREHANDED NEGROPERSONAL
Lake City, June 9:?Mr and
Mrs G A Brown, who went
from here to Bennettsville some
months ago, having come to the
conclusion that Lake City is the
best place to live, returned last
ir#?pk with the intention of mak
ing their home here.
Misses Lalla liooke and Laura
Yates are in Charleston on a
visit of some weeks.
Mr and Mrs A P Ilatchell having
decided to spend the sum'
mer on their farm at Elim, Florence
county, will go up there
the latter part of the week and
be away about three months.
Misses Mamie Green and Ruth
Williams are home from Colum-I
bia Female College.
Messrs Gravely, who have
purchased the Planters' warehouse,
are renovating and improving
their property preparatory
to handling a portion of the
big crop of tobacco that will be
marketed here this season.
Within less than nine months
the salary of the postmaster at
Lake City has been raised twice.
This gives an index to the man"
TT.V.1/-.K + li!c tr>TT-n ic rrrntc?
1IC1 ill niuv.ii vino tvnu >u
ing.
Mr S K Cole, who died in Barnwell
last week, was a brother of
Mr W H Cole of this town.
Some of our white farmers
might profit by the example of
their negro neighbors. A few
days ago this writer went into
tne smokehouse of a negro farmer
living on rented land and supporting
a family of twelve. In
this smoke house were home
cured hams, shoulders and sides
put up last winter, and enough
left at this date to last several
months. There were also lard,
syrup and soap, all home made,
of good quality and generous
quantity. That negro has been
living on this same farm years
and years and never failed to
pay his rent and other debts, besides
supporting his big family.
TT j:.i a* ; + 9 Clmrvlir Kvr
XI OW U1U -tic UU Hi >^1LU?/Xjr KSJ
working- hard, making all the
^ provisions he could at home,
saving- what he made and dealing
honestly with all.
Miss Dellie McClam is at home
from Lander Female College,
Greenwood.
Dr and Mrs A H Williams left
Monday night for Wrightsville,
N C, and will be absent several
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Now is the time t<
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Machine#.
days.
Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs
G L Sauls, Miss Ilattie Williams
and Mr J L Richardson went oul
riding in Mr Sauls' automobile.
Mr Richardson acted as chauffeur.
When near town in making
a sharp turn on a hard and
sharply convex road, the machine
suddenly skidded and took
to the ditch. Mr Sauls and Miss
Williams were thrown out and
Mr Sauls' ankle was sprained so
badly that he was laid up a day
or two. Beyond a few bruises
which Miss Williams received
there was no other damage. The
car was unhurt and went into
town under its own power.
Mr T C Covington, who taught
at Jessup, Ca, last session, is
spending a week in town with
friends.
The bean season closed or
June 1 and squashes and cucumbers
now have the stage and
are goiug forward in large quantities
and commanding excellent
prices. A dollar and and a hall
for a basket of stomach-ache
(and what else do you get out.
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ui cucumuers;/ is a gwu pucw
The bean crop was an average
one and the returns above the
average. Of course all the beans
produced were not sold, but the
crop as a whole paid very well
indeed. Fine prices were readily
commanded all through the season
proper. Those who shipped
in spite of the influx from North
Carolina and Virginia got only
the expected?nothing.
lload Engineer Graham was in
town Tuesday morning looking
after affairs connected with his
office.
Had Mr James P Foster, the
"drummer" who died at his
home in Charleston last Saturday,
been a citizen of Lake City,
his death would not have been
more sincerely regretted here.
All of us who knew him and felt
the touch of his kindly hand were
his friends and his going away
isakeenllow. W LB.
Shake Ib(o Your Sboes.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder." II
cures painful, smarting nervous
feet aud ingrowing nails, and instantly
takes the sting out of corns
and bunions. It's the greatest com
fort discovery of the age. Allen's
Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes
teel easy. It is a certaiii cure foi
sweating, callous, swollen, tired
aching feet. Try it today. Sold bj
all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Bj
mail for 25c in stamps. Don't ac
cept any substitute. Trial packag<
free. Address Allen S Olmsted, Ia
Roy, NY. 3
GO-FLY keeps flies off Horses
and Cattle. 25c and 50c. At al]
drug" stores. 6 3 lOt
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don't need anything i
D. Redd
ROY BRADHAM DROWNED
IN BLACK RIVER,
SHOCKING TRAfiFnY SlINnAY AFTERNOON
NEAR TOWN-HOW IT HAPPENED.
A very distressing" occurrence
! last Sunday was the drowning
! of ltoy Bradham,the eleven year
' old son of Mr H F Bradham, in
Black river at Moore's Creek
i landing, near Mr J B Gamble's
home. The sad event took place
! about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The neighborhood folk had gath
of fViz* C /-?! ? AAI TtAlICA f A ll A1^
j CI CU a k Lll^ OLIIl/Vl 11UUOL kV/ 1IV1U
' Sunday-school services, and du,
rin?T the exercises several young
boys, without asking permission
of tb' parents, went to the
rive a bathing. Most of
. not swim, so they
, lemselves by catching
* fr ling a living chain
water. Young
b yon the outer end
of*. n," his hand hold
; broke --*<Tfe sank in water 5 or
6 feet deep.
One of the larger boys, who
' could swim a little, attempted
to rescue the little fellow, but
he says the drowning boy clutched
him about the neck and came
near pulling him under the water,
too.
The boys reported the shocking
tragedy to the older ones
and after a short search the
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drowning- occurred.
The remains were taken to
Manning and on Monday interred
at the Bradham family burying
ground a few miles from the
town.
Old papers for sale at this
office,
1909 RE
REO Roadster made trip f
worth of gasoline and oil, dist
Ask to be shown.
, WOODS & O
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KICK'S FOR THE NE
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lothing, Shoes, Dry Go
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rare. Now is the time
it will be an eye-opene
lick's Ba
SUMTER AGAIN SHOCKED
By Ai her Case of Suicide?J. H.
Witt, rspoon Takes Carbolic Acid.
j; Sumter, June 4:?This community
was shocked this morning when it
was learned that another of Sumter's
citizens had committed suicide. Mr
. J H Witherspoon, manager of the
Witherspoon Brothers' Furniture
i Co, deliberately took his own life,
about 8 o'clock this morning, by
drinking carbolic acid.
Last night Mr Witherspoon bought
four ounces of carbolic acid, supposedly
to treat his little son's foot, the
boy having stuck a nail in his foot.
Yesterday he seemed to be in the best
of spirits, and no one had any idea
that he contemplated such a rash
act. This morning he was missing
from his home, and when search was
made his lifeless body was found in
the toilet with an empty four-ounce
bottle marked carbolic acid lying
nearby.
No cause has been assigned to
show why Mr Witherspoon should
take his own lift. He has been connected
with the Witherspoon Brothers'
Furniture Co?formerly "Whil
den Furniture Co?for about nine
years, and has always proven efficient
and satisfactory. He is survived by
his wife, who was Mrs Ella Strange,
and one son, besides numerous relatives
here and in Darlington county.
Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve when you ask for it.
There are a great many imitations,
but there is just one original. This
salve is good for anything where a
salve is needed to be used, but it is
especially good for Piles. Sold by D
C Scott
The Kecord has printed up a
number of promissory note
books, fifty notes to the book,
that we are selling at ten cents
each. tf
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rom Charlotte, N. C., on $1.161
ance 140 miles.
OTTINGHAM,
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XT 20 DAYS.
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ods and Hardware.
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to buy. Come and i
r to you.
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LIFE AND TIMES
IN SGRANTON TOWN.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES NAMED-BASEBALL
GAME-FISHING FROLIC-VETERANS'
ANNUAL REUNION-PERSONAL
Scraatou, June 8:?D Sam Cox,
a prominent insurance man of Columbia,
was in Scranton Saturday
on business.
Pursuant to the call of County
Superintendent of Education McCullough,
the patrons of Scranton
Graded school met on May 29 and
nominated the following gentlemen
as trustees for Scranton school district
for next year: C H Pate, W S
Lynch and S J Kirbv. Drs Pate
and Lynch are new members. Mr
Kirby was a member of the old
board.
Drs W E Postou and H M Graham
are in Columbia attending the State
medical examination.
Mr and Mrs R E Lee attended
church at Elim Sunday.
Mrs G H Barnwell of Adam's
Run is visiting her daughter, Mrs
Lamar Lee. Mrs Barnwell atteuded
the commencement at Winthrop
College, where her daughter, Miss
Bessie, graduated.
Sheriff "W A Wall of Marion was
in Scran ton a day or two last week
on business.
Mr Eddie Timmous and family,
who have been residing at Tarpon
Springs, Fla, several years,-have returned
to South Carolina and will
live at Lake City.
The trustees of the local graded
school will meet next Friday evening
and elect a corps of teachers for next
year.
The second nines of Scran ton and
Starlight baseball teams played a
heated game here Saturday afternoon,
which resulted 4 to 1 in favor of
Scranton,
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:ur auu ivirs ?? u ui x iUl- ^
ence tisited the former's brother, Mr
B L Lewis, in Scranton Saturday.
'Siah Graham, an old and well-todo
negro residing a few miles from
Scranton, died on the 5th inst.
'Siah was an honest and industrious
man and accumulated considerable
property. He had the respect and
confidence of everybody who knew
him.
The "refrigerator" has beeh transformed
into a "sweatbox," and hath
greater terror for evil-doers than the
former receptacle for the unfortuuate
class of our citizens.
Instead of holding the nsual services
at the Methodist church Sunday
morning, Rey Mr Murphy read
the church discipline. Perhaps it is
well to refresh the recreant memory
of the membership on their church"]
.
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see what we are &
tore. I vows
now and then. It is regrettable
that so many, are delinquent in .
in keeping their obligations to their
church and their Cieitor.
The matrimonial ties heretofore
existing between M J Braveboy of fj|
this place and his former wife, Ada J
Braveboy, have been dissolved by d*
cree of Judge J B Wall of the sixth
judicial district of Florida.
Owing to a break iu the dam, the -/
Chandler mill pond was drained last /
week and the tishiog privileges sold
to a party of fishermen who made a
big haul of the finny tribe. A fishfry
and a picnic were the principal^
pleasant features of tbe deal.
The surviviving soldiers of Co I,
26th S C Regiment, will hold their
annual reunion at McAllister's mill
on Saturday, July 3. A pic-nic and
some speech-making will be special
features.
The writer visited Kingstreeone
dav last week after an absence of ,
nearly three years. The growth and
development of the town have been g|
so great that we wire induced tov I
think that the half of the story of
progress there had not been told.
Truly Mew Kingstreeis a marvelon*. 1
stride over the old. W EO
1 DESTRUCTIVE TOKNADO.
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House and Stable Deaolisbed at Laabert?So
Gee Hurt
Lambert,'. June 9:?During last'
Thursday night, June 3, the horn#,
together with etable and other o?fcbuildings
of Mrs Lou Bailey,
widow of the late John Thomaa
Baxley, was completely demolished
by a devastating tornado, ivooe or I
the family wae seriously mjured; all A
miraculously escaped with only
slight bruises caused by the falling
building. It is alleged that the
cooking range was blown forty yards, I
also that fodder was blown three J
miles distaut. The week's ironing
had been completed that day but
had uot been put away; it was carriod
off entirely by the cyclone
and not a single piece of it has
been found. Also the clothes worn n
by the family and taken off for th,e
night were blown away and have I
not been fcnud. The mules that I
were in the stable were injured but J
not seriously. This was the only ^
serious damage done by the tornado
around Lamberts.
Services will be held at Bethany
church the second Sunday in July
instead of the tiret. X X X
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Foley "s Honey and Tar is espec- i
ially recommended for chronic throat !
aud lung troubles and many suffer- J
ers from bronchitis, asthma and con- m
sumption have found comfort and J
relief by using Foley's Honey and .fl
Car. D C Scott
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