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- 3 .1 a m 'J SUPPLEMENT TO | THE COUNTY RECORD J k VOL. XXIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909. NO. 39. I A NEWSY LETTER j f FROM LAKE CITY. 1 QUAINT AND CURIOUS COIN- OUR CORRESPONDENT GIVES THANHS- j VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Lake City, December 7:?Drj H L Baker came up from Lam- i berts Friday on business. Rev L N Chappelle left Mon- j day for Anderson ^o attend the j .Baptist state convention. Mr S M Askins has a copper coin that quite a curiosity. On i one side is the inscription! "Skilling i 18 67,'' with two crossed mallets between the "18" and the "67". On the reverse are the symbols "Cl" and "XV," with a shield showing a lion between these symbols. The first word alone is "Skilling" plainly, and* not "shilling" as one might suppose. We would be glad of ? * it-.'. any ugnt on mis cum, wijicu, to ns, at any rate, is curious. Rev W L Waite has gone to the annual session of the S C Methodist Conference at Abbeville. Mr 0 S Baldwin, who was at school at Falcon, N C., has been forced by ill health to return to his home at Camp Branch. Most folks observed the 25th of November as Thanksgiving f' day, but last Saturday was the Thanksgiving day of this correspondent. Several of those i who wish us well remembered hus on that day. Our good friend, Mr James Yarborough, from out on Lynch's river, presented us with some jack tish and a bucket of eggs. The fish were of such size that one t made a beautiful supper for five ^ fish eaters, and it were superfluous to say anything as to the If flavor to any one who has I ever eaten a Lynch's river jack in the late fall. The eggs?nearly two dozen in number?were fresh, yard eggs; and in these days when eggs are among the most high-priced and indispensible of foods, few , gifts are more pleasing. Mr H N Merritt furnished the vegetables for our feast in some of those turnips , of which he has the equal in size and the superior in tenderness and flavor of any we have ever seen, even * in this county. Then some / other neighbors sent us in ' liver pudding, sausages, backbone, butter-milk and sugar * cane. And we also had a squirrel and some birds, quails. Was not all this sufficient food for a Thanksgiving feast and sufficient reason for a T'Kiw'UeoriiMncr CP.1?nn9 And We fAUUUA^^i v _ feasted, too, and had tight clothing and "Simmon's liver regulator.'' Editor Wolfe last -?^?syeek said he had promises of I a^mess of birds. Well, he got J the promises, but we got the | birds, which, according to our I way of thinking, puts us ahead I in the game. (It surely does, in the game line?Ed The Record). Dr. A H Williams and W L ^BBass, Esq., and Messrs D 6 ^^^Knight,W J M Knight, J Mi ^^wKnigbt, M L Chandler and J H VV Gaskins spent Monday in Florence. The infant of Mr and Mrs S W Gowdy died on Wednesday of PR fast week after an illness of sevF eral weeks. I Messrs J S McOlam and 0 T I Hall have returned home from a I visit of ten days in the middle I West. They visited Nashville, I Louisville, Paducah, St. Louis, I Memphis and other places of in terest and importance. Col | Hall says it was the finest tripj he ever* had and that Mr Mc-i Clam ^s the best fellow in the J world to travel with. "Come! in thar, boys." Wonder who was the young j follow that, while at the iesti- j val Friday night was so seized ; wifh .1 lonfinc" for his girl, he " --- - " i gathered up all the candies, | fiuits and other dainties he! could lay his hands on, and i slinking in the darkness, went! to her home and sneaked in the? dining room, where they met, j and ate sweetmeats and talked sweet things. Wonder, too, how ' she knew he would come in at! the back-door? Dr J D Whitehead is heie from j Augusta on a visit. The Doc-1 tor has lots of friends here, all j of whom were glad to see him. Mr D H McDaniel says that it was Dr H L Baker who treated Mr Lexas Lawrence and not Dr Eaddy, as stated by this writer last week. The statment was made on information given by a reliable neighbor and thought to be correct W LB FREIGHT WRECK AT CADES. One Train Side Swiped by Aooiber While Entering Switch. Florence, December 5:?There was quite a bad freight wreck at Cades, thirty miles south of Florence on the northeastern division of the Coast Line, at: 6 o'clock this morning, in which! an extra freight going south1 was side-swiped by the engine j of north bound through freight j No 212. Engineers Gramling and j Wells were at the throttles, and Conductors Dennis and Lamb in charge of the trains. Extra south-bound freight was pulling in the switch on the pass track when No 212 struck it, and the engine of No 212 was derailed and turned broadside" in the ditch. Immediately after the collision the wreckage took fire from one of the locomotives and the box cars and one engine were burned and damaged by the flames. The only person hurt was John Carr, one of the firemen, and he only slightly. All trains, north and south, today have been detoured over the j Central and W C & A, via Lanes j and Sumter. The wreck will j * * . . i.i I De cleared in time ior tne even-: ing trains to pass. There was a very dense fog prevailing at the time of the wreck, and it is attributable to this that the two trains crashed. Ad Incipient Blaze. Friday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock Young's "Ice Cream Palace" was discovered to be on tire. The alarm was given and the new chemical engine had the first opportunity tor a practical demonstration of its * j m? _ _ capaointy. xne new engine worked excellently well and soon extinguished a blaze that might have resulted in a serious conflagration. "Our Pet" brought up in the rear ready to rush into the breach should the efforts ot the chemical prove futile. It makes the town feel safe to have such heavy artillery as the "Pet" to rely on m case of a real emergency. The cause of the tire is not definitely known. The damage will amount to several hundred dollars, covered by insurance, -# By helping us you help yourself. Buy from the houses who advertise in The Record and mention the paper. tf TOWN TOPICS AT ANDREWS. DEATH OF A VETERAN?A BUMPTIOUS NEGRO "REGUUTED"?NEW ENTERPRISES. Harpers, December 6:?Auother old Confederate soldier has been called to his reward. Mr Roberts Tisdale, of our town, died Saturday, Dumber A, and was laid to rest in ^metery at Johnson's Swamp Bap. lurch on Suuuay following. Mr. Tisdale was a Confederate veteran, having served in General M U Butler's brigade, 4th South Carolina regiment of cavalry, the same company in which the father of the writer served. All who gave service to the Confederate States under the leadership of General Butler know the bloody battles that were fought in the numerous campaigns of this gallant chieftain. Mr Tisdale was born and reared in Williamsbnrg county. He leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn his death. His sister, Mrs G P Nelson of Kingstree, and two brothers who lived in the Central church neighborhood, preceded him in death only a few months, fie is survived by a widow and two children, namely, Mr Grover Tisdale, of this town, and Mrs EW Henderson, now of Marion. Ritt Washington, the negro of whom mention was made in this correspondence some days ago as having a difficulty with Mr T A McCants at the Harpers Gin Co?s gin house, was caught last Monday evening by an unknown crowd of men and severely whipped and ordered to leave the community; but the negro is still in town. We fear serious tiouble will grow out of the affair. The negro is not wholly tc blame in the matter, however. W m a town conncil speedily punishe. that kind of crimes our citizen always satisfied, but tnis case uidggeu 011 and was never heard or the culprit punished and now see the result. The people have taken the law in their own hands. I hope this will end the matter, but fear that it will not unless this ex-convict leaves this community. This is the rirst time such an occurrence has ever taken place in this town. Mr. Jack Parsons, of the Suttons section, was noted on our streets Saturday. Mr. Parsons was born and grew up in this neighborhood, but for a number of years has made Suttons his home. Mr W 0 Camlin,of the vicinity of Bloomingvale, recently suffered the misfortune of having his infant child badly scalded by the child's turning over on itself a kettle of boiling water. We haie had another business enterprise opened up in West End of town, that of M E Brockinton & Co. It seems that West End has taken on new life since the two towns have joined hands. We now have eight 6tores and one sewing machine and plock store and repair shop, and a general hardware store is expected to open here by January 1 of the new year. The old Harpers end of town mn6t and will grow and develop. The people of this town will have a "Farmers' Bally" day here on January 26, 1910. We expect to invite good speakers and" have addresses on the subject of tobacco and truck-raising and diversified farming. We hope the entire lower part of Williamsburg county will join in with our town, also this part of Georgetown county, and make this effort on the part of our farmers a grand success. Diversified farming deep plowing, better fertilizing and better cultivation, tobacco and trackraising will be the slogan of the day. The writer asks the aid and co-operation of this entire community and the co-operation of the editor of The County Record. Subscriber. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING. Varied aod Interesting Musical and Literary Programme Rendered ! The first literary meetimg of j i the Epworth league was held j Monday evening at the residence of Mrs Alec Gordon. Mrs W A Fairy, the vice presideut of this department of the league work, had a very in-j teresting and enjoyable pro- j gramme arranged. Vlic^^c tlrar<? Van Kenren. i Alice Stackley and Maud J Baker each entertained with an instrumental solo. A duet was very sweetly sung by Misses Roberta Coker and Grace Van Keuren. There was a reading by Miss Coker and; Mrs W A Fairy, with the ease | and grace which characterize all of her recitations, delighted all with two pretty selections. The principal feature of the programme was the debate, the query of which was: Resolved, That Commander Robert E Peary is the only discoverer of the North Pole. Two of the debaters were absent, but as the subject of discussion was one of such interest to all, it was decided to have the de- ; bate with the two who were nresent. Prof Groves Colbert mt was on the negative and Mrs W A Fairy on the affirmative. The ability with which each debater presented his or her side of the query showed a tho* rough knowledge of the subject under discussion. Not only J was it instructive, but also | humorous, and one and all pro- I nounced it most interesting and enjoyable. ^ Messrs Raymond Speigner, Wesley Cook and B E Clarkson : * were chosen as judges to de-!^ cide as to the winner of the|] debate. In announcing the | decision of the judges, Mr Speigner pleased all with hisjj, ready wit and interesting and rj appropriate words with which his speech was expressed. I They resetted that 110 de-1 cision could be reached, but, as they could not agree, the de- j, cision would have to rest until ! another committee was ap- ? pointed. j; Light refreshments ot choco-|5 late and nabiscos were served, j? with which the evening closed. 5 A most pleasant evening was:! spent. by all and the desire ex* jJ pressed that the literary meet* ! ings be regularly held in the J! future. |! M. |J |? Mrs S Joyce, Claremont, N II., \C writes: "About a year ago I bought ? two bottles of Foley's Kidney f Remedy. It cured me of a severe 5 case of kidney trouble of several $ years standing. It certainly is a ; * v* IT I i! / grand, gooti meaicine, anu i uearuly recommend it." DC Scott. Paint Your Buggyl We can make it look like new. Any H. ail. KM' or other vehicle IntroTsd 100 Per Cut. : in appearance by painting. Also , Blaeksmhta, Bepalr Work , ^P| on short no < Bring lis Tour Work. W. M. 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J3A1MJ X - .J.uu PLATED GOLD B AND PENS - 3.50 These pens make handsome Christmas presents. Monograms rill be engraved on the Filigree pens free of charge. Full line on land, with any kind of point desired. Call and inspect them, ['hey are guaranteed in every respect They do not leak. W. MARTIN TOBIAS, At The County Record Office |I1T JEVSL1T SHU L { AT KINGSTREE, S. C. 'iHf? / I j WATTS 8, WATTS. \ I "We liave opened up with an K \ extra tine stock of Watches, ? j Diamonds, Clocks, Silverware ? j and Novelties, Wedding Rings, ' K J Wedding and Christmas presents ^F ] of all kinds in the Jewelry line. ? J We are also prepared to do all P I WATCH, CLOCK and JEWELRY WORK j ALL WORK WARRANTED ? i sp?c,#c,8s * ?ye fi,a8se ? "^7"sctts Sz> TF7"a/trts. * L Give us a call before purchasing. ^ i t n?T?i r/Sirrir J. Li. DIUUl&I, Lake City, S, G EXCLUSIVELY LIVE STOCK. A nice bunch of HORSES and MULES always on hand. Don't buy or sell or trade your stock without giving me a show. Yours for business, J. L. STUCKEY. .