The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 06, 1911, Page FOUR, Image 4
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KINGSTREE, S. C.
C. W. WOLFE,
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THE COUNTY RECORD.
"In men whom men condemn as ill,
I find so much of goodness still;
In men whom men pronounce divjne,
I find so much of sin and blot?
I hesitate to draw the line
Between the two?whereGod has not"
KINGSTREE?THE GATEWAY
TO OPPORTUNITY. .
THURSDAY, APR. 6. 1911.
Lost Their Opportunity.
The clipping from the Columbia
State explaining how Representative
Lever, the hard\ working lit?
tie. Congressman from the Seventh
district, lost the chairmanship of
the agricultural committee is interesting
to us of the Sixth district,
whose Representative in
. N Congress, Ellerbe, was in the
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L same ooai wiui ixjvei m ic^uuiH
ating his party's platform. Both
W Ktlerbe and Lever were re-elected,
A but in losing the goal of his
present political ambition, the
W chairmanship of the committee on
h agriculture?one of the most im'
portant of the House committees?
Mr Lever not only feels personal
disappointment, hut also loses the
opportunity for largely increasing
his usefulness to his constituents.
To the same cause is doubtless
due the fact that Congressman
Kllerbe, under a Democratic regime,
^ get# no higher committee assignr
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ments tlum he had under a He*
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publican majority. He also sold
bis birth-right for a mess of pot'
tage, it seems, and thereby lost
the fine opportunity he 'had for
largely increasing his influence
and .the power to work to better
advantage for his district and for
the good of the Democratic party.
It pays in the long run to
stand for Principle, all?eit the
fight may for a time appear a
losing one.
An article in the Columbia
State yesterday bore the caption:
"Governor Addressee Supreme
Court," but it happened in Ohio.
By the way, isn't it time
Director Dunind gave out the rest
of the census figures? The loi>g
delay in publishing the complete
returns seems to argue incompetency
somewhere. The census of
1900 was completed and promul^
gated during January of the following
year, while here we are with
the first quarter of the new year
gone and the figures given only
for a handful of towns in this
Suite.
i
.
Governor Blease doesn't seem
to know the meaning of the word
consistency. He paroled a forger
on the plea that the young man
committed the crime to obtain
food for his mother. In this
matter he seemed to be swayed
i 11 i i tr i 1?
wnouy oy senumeni. iei oniy
a short time ago his mighty pen
turned loose a thief who stole
seven dollars from a blind man!
In this case sentiment seemed to
cut no figure whatever, for what
could be more pathetic than a
blind man begging for pennies,
and what a callous rogue he must
be who would mark as his prey
so helpless a victim.
JAMES H. TILLMAN DEAD.
Was Lieutenant Governor of State
Wben He Sbot Editor Gonzales.
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Saturday mgnt in a iuneiy cauiu
in the suburbs of Asheville, North
Carolina, attended only by his physician
and a young nurse, James H
Tillman, Ex-Lieutejiant Governor of
South Carolina and slayer of N G
Gonzales, the brilliant editor of the
Columbia State.passed into the presence
of Him who is the Judge of the
quick and the dead.
The events leading up to the terrible
tragedy that shocked all South
Carolina and blasted the political
career of a popular and gifted voung
politician, beyond the ultimate grasp
of whose ambition no office in the
gift of his people seemed to be, are
too fresh in the mind of the reading
public to need re-iteration here.
Let the dead past bury its dead and
peace be to the ashes of one who, in
his brief and spectacular plunge into
the maelstrom of politics proved a
stormy petrel, until,broken in health
and spirit, he retired from the stage
of public me ana vainiy sougru u>
restore his wasted energies.
For several months Colonel Tillman
had been in Asheville, going to
the North Carolina health resort in
his last stand against the inroads of
j his insidious malady, tuberculosis,
which had slowly sapped away his
strength and vitality. Several weeks
i ago he flared up with some of the
old-time fire, bitterly resenting an
article which .appeared in a New
York newspaper stating that he was
dying in poverty, alone and friendI
1p?s in h hut near Asheville. It was
said that out of this incident grew
an estrangement between Col Tillman
and his family (the few that
survive) and his uncle, Senator B R
Tillman, who, when asked by a press
representative for a statement concerning:
the reported condition of his
nephew, replied: "He is reaping
what he has sown; Nemesis is
dogging his foot-steps and will dog
them to the grave."
Mortuary.
Mr D E Gordon.
Friday, March 31, Mr D E Gordon
died at the home of his sister,
Mrs J E Keels, near Greelyville.
The funeral sendees, conducted by
Revs L E Peeler and R L Grier, were
held at the Keels' family burying
ground near Greelyville Saturday
afternoon at 3 p. m. Mr Gordon
was the youngest son of the late
Capt D Ervin Gordon of Lanes and
had he lived until next month would
have been forty-seven years of age.
For a number of years he was afflicted
with a chronic disease to
which his constitution finally succumbed.
His last days were filled
with pain and suffering, yet he bore
his affliction with the sturdy cour
age and philosophy that was his
heritage. He was never married
and his nearest relatives are one
brother, Mr A M Gordon of Kingstree
and five sisters, by all of whom
his death is sincerely mourned.
JNEWAE^
Correction in Shoe Cut?People's
Mercantile Co.
Queen Quality Shoes for Women?
e Kingstree Dry Goods Co.
Easter Bargains?Jenkinson Bros Co.
Some Special Bargains for EasterButler
Dry Goods Co.
Millinery Opening?Mrs R B W
Dickson.
Summons for Relief?E B Rhodus,
Executor, vs Rebecca Keels et al.
Notice of Election?School District
No 28. '
H STATE and GENERAL *
|J TOPICS
The annual meeting: of the State
Medical association will be held in
Charleston April 18-20.
XXX
According: to census returns narisville
has increased its population
from 704 in 1900 to 2,365.
XXX
Dick Thomson, a well-to-do white
farmer of Bucksville, Horry county,
was killed Monday by being: struck
on the head by a limb falling: from a
tree.
XXX
Rev Dr A J S Thomas, editor of
Baptist Courier, died at his home in
Greenville Saturday, April 1, after
an illness of several weeks. He was
59 years old.
XXX
The new"winding-up commission"
of the State dispensary has canceled
the contract made by the former
commission with T B Felder, the Atlanta
attorney.
XXX
J T Conwall, a seven-year-old lad
of Anderson, was shot accidentally
and fatally Monday by his brother,
Homer,aged ten years. The same old
reason?"didn't know the gun was
loaded."
XXX
The South Atlantic baseball league
oDened Monday with the following
cities represented: Charleston, Columbia,
Savannah, Augusta, Columbus,Macon,Albany,
Ga, and Jacksonville,
Fla.
XXX
Dr Stanhope Sams, a member of
the editorial staff of The State newspaper,
sailed for Japan last week to
become editor of the Tokyo Times,
Japan's leading newspaper printed
in the English language.
XXX
Andrew Carnegie, the rich philanthropist
aifcl erstwhile steel magnate,
has given $20,000 to the endowment
fund of Wofford college
in response to an appealing letter
from Dr H N Snyder, the president
of Wofford.
XXX
Probate Judge John J Gaston, of
' Richland county, died suddenly Saturday
morning at his office in Col'
1
umbia. He served as a memoer oi
the board of control of the State
dispensary during the early days of
that institution.
XXX
William Mims.a 40-year-old mill
operative of Columbia, was arrested
Monday at New Brookland, near Columbia,
charged with criminally assaulting
a 15-year-old white girl.
The crime is alleged to have been
committed March 10.
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v Thomas Nelson Page, the famous
Vifgnnia author and lecturer, visited
Charleston several days last week.
He was very lavish in his praise of
the beautiful Magnolia Gardens,now
in the full bloom of their opulent
splendor and luxuriance.
XXX
Governor Blease has appointed as
new members of the State Insane
asylum commission, E H Aull, of
Newberry; John F Flbyd, Spartanburg;
James M Payne, Anderson.
Drs J W Babcock and Robert Wilson,
members of the former board, are:
rptninpH
XXX
A strange negro, supposed to be
named Frank Gary, judging from a
tax receipt found in his pocket made
out in that name, was shot and instantly
killed Sunday night in Greenville
by another negro named Gamp
Smith. The two men had a rowabout
a negro girl.
XXX
Congress convened in special session
Tuesday and in the House the
Democrats came into their own,hav-!
ing a majority for the first time in !
sixteen years. Champ Clark was
elected Speaker of the House, the i
vote standing 217 for Clark to 131 ;
for James R Mann, his opponent.
XXX
Mason Hawkins of Anderson was
paroled Monday by the Governor.
Hawkins had forged a check for $5.
His appeal touched the tender-hearted
Governor because the poor boy
said he forged the check to buy
bread for his hungry mother. (Why
didn't he work for her??Printer's
Devil).
XXX
Former Chief Justice Young John
Pope died at his home in Newberry
We<Jnesday afternoon, March 29,
after a lingering illness. On account
of his infirmities Chief Justice
Pope resigned from his high office
several years ago, being succeeded
by the present incumbent, Hon Ira
B Jones.
XXX
Governor Blease will re-appoint
oply two members of the Insane asylum
commission, viz. Dr J W Babcock,
superintendent of the asylum
and chairman of the commission,and
Dr Robert Wilson. The members
"turned down" are: Dr George B
Cromer of Newberry, Leroy Springs
of Lancaster and Judge R 0 Purdy
of Sumter.
XXX
Dr Seaman Asahel Knapp, one of
the foremost experts in the department
of agriculture, who fTas made
investigations in many parts of the
world, died at his home Sunday. He
was 78 years old. Dr Knapp was
from New York,and his work in the
Orient and in American rice production
in the South and in promotion
of various Southern crops.made him
famous among agricultural investigators.
HONOR ROLL
iflngstree High School for Month
Ending March 31.
Grade I?Levin Nelson, Bessie
McDaniel, Bernard Dubose.
Grade II?Harold Steele, Janie
Gamble,Madge McCants, Remington
Stone, Lucile Hurt, Lucile Nexsen,
Doshia Sexton.
Grade III?Hampden Montgomery,Serena
Lee, James Sullivan, Anne
Fulton.
Grade IV?Mary McCants, Mary
Dubose.
Grade VI ? Zeno Montgomery,
George Hammet, David Epps.
Grade X?Florence Mcintosh, 99;
Martha Jenkinson,95; Bessie Swanri,
95.
CHARLESTON BOOSTERS
Make Good Impression at Kings
tree, Their First Stopping Place.
The "boosters' train" from
Charleston arrived here Monday
morning bright and early, this being
their first stopping place in
their itinerary. There seemed to be
some misunderstanding about the
time the train was scheduled, and
for that reason only about a score
of citizens were at the station when
tl>e "boosters" arrived. But they
didn't mind that and promptly
made themselves at home, shaking
hands with everybody and handing
out their .advertising literature.
Metz's band discoursed sweet music
at the station and up town, playing
in front of Gale & Gale's, Meyer's
Bakery and on Staekley's corner.
The boosters all wore white caps
and looked fresh and lit and brimful
of enthusiasm. They came up
town to the number of about fifty
and talked Charleston all the time.
Their stay lasted twenty minutes
when the conductor called "all
aboard," and they sped away to
Cades, their next station, amidst
a rousing cheer from the. crowd that
saw them off and wished them bon
voyage.
It is a fact worthy of note that
the "booster train" was in charge
of Capt L B McCutehen, a son of
the old sod of Williamsburg, though
now he makes Charleston his headquarters.
The Charleston News and Courier
noted the stop at Kingstree as follows:
Kingstree was the tirst stop made
by the special train after its start
from Charleston. The town is just j
recovering from the effects of a gala
week, hut the people voted the pa-{
rade and concert of the hustlers as!
having been infinitely more inter-j
esting than the shows and "fakers" i
of the fair had l>een. The reception !
committee consisted of LeRoy Lee, |
chairman, II E Montgomery, W H'
Carr, J N Harnmet, D M Ervin, R
J Kirk and P G Gourdin.
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FROM LAKE CITY.
BOOSTER TRAIN WELCOMEDLANDSCAPE
GARDENER'S WORK
-COLD SNAP SNAPS SNAP BEANS.
Lake City, April 4:? Hon Walter
Hazard of Georgetown was here
Thursday on professional business.
Mr Tracy and Miss Violet Askins
i are at home for a vacation of a few
days. The former is taking a course
at Furman University, while Miss
Violet is a student at Greenville Female
College.
Mr E B G ask ins has purchased Mr
D B Williamson's place, about three
miles from town Mr. Williamson (
came down from Timmonsville
Thursday to close up the matter.
Dr L H Jenniugs was here from
Bishopville last week.
All his friends were delighted at
seeing Mr John J Brown when he
: came here last week. We do not say
| where he is from. His nominal home
1 is in Florence, but he is welcomed
| to the hearthstone of every one with
which he has come in close touch.
A gentleman of "the old school;" a
veteran of two great wars, the Civil
war and the war of life; a brave private
in the first, and a division commander
in the second.
i
Mr R J Lamb, the landscape gardener
of Fayetteville, N C, has completed
his work at the graded school ,
and returned home. He moulded |
the grounds into neat and tasty <
shape, leveled the soil and sodded it J
I with a orroaa snit-ahlp this anil anrf
climate and put out trees and flowers.
Of course, no comprehensive j
idea of the improvements can be 1
given in words. Only a photograph 1
would do that. When the whole !
scheme shall have been developed by
growth and bloom, these grounds j
will be the beauty spot of the town. <
Work on the door, sash and blind
factory is going right ahead. The
frame of the building is up, the
roof is on, and a good deal of the
heavy machinery has been put in
place.
Mr W S Eaddy spent Mouday in <
Kingstree on business. i
The beans were hurt by the cold
snap of last week, but not to the j
extent first supposed. An inspection
of many of the fields by this (
correspondent revealed the fact that j
the beans whicn were exposed 10 ?.
the sharp western and nothern
winds were injured most, while the
plants protected by fences or buildings
or forests suffered but little.
The most damaged field seen lost
about thirty to forty per cent, of
the plants. Some patches were not
hurt at all. We estimate {he damage
to the entire crop of this section
at about ten per cent, at the most.
If we have good weather from now
on, a first rate crop will be har- j
vested. ,
TV>o or?fion nf tho railrnnrl 1 I
panies in forcing passengers to (
mount and dismount between two (
lines of cars, only two or three feet ?
apart, ought to be prohibited and c
prohihited by laws so stringent that r
that the companies would not dare ^
violate them. c
Miss Nellie Carter of Copeland is t
visiting relatives in town. t
The Charleston "booster train" S
reached here on time Monday morn- t
ing and remairfbd about a half an I
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SPECIAL NOTICES
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Phone 83.
For Sale?Scholarship io Bryant ft
Stratton Business College, LouisvilK
If interested let us hear from you.
8-ll-tf The ( ouxtt Record.
For Sale?Two lots in North Kingstree
50x150 feet, suitable for building
lots. Can be bought at low figure.
4-24-tf R N Speigner, Mgr.
Wanted?At once,one gold fish without
globe aquarium. Will pay 50c for
one sound, good-looking fish delivered at
Record office. W,
C o County Record.
hour. A crowd estimated at five
to six hundred was on hand to welcome
the boosters and assure them
that Lake City gives good wishes to
Charleston and will lend her aid in
progress of the metropolis. The
visitors marched through the town,
meeting the people, shaking hand.?
with old acquaintances and makingnew
ones, dropping a word here and
there about their city, and extending
invitations to visit Charleston
and patronize her industries. During
the entire stay the band rendered
excellent music. Not an unpleassant
incident occurred, not art unkind
word was heard. All seem to
really enjoy the occasion. We are
3ure our home folks did, and we
here repeat the words so neatly and
aDDropriately placed by the News &
Courier on Lake City's banner,
"Come again."
Among certain farmers there is a
scarcity of tobacco plants. In some
beds not a plant came up; in others ^
only a few; while in still others they
are plentiful. The cause of the failure
to sprout is attributed by some
to poor seed,but the true cause perhaps
lies in the preparation and sowing
and season of sowing. It is true
that farmers, as a rule, do not exercise
the care and intelligence they
3hould in the selection of seed, and
very few, if any, test the power of
germination; yet observation and
inquiry point to the bed and season
of sowing as the leading causes of
failure to secure plants.
WLB
Better Keep What You've Got.
Says the Manning Times:
The Greelyville Livestock Co has
pven out a contract for the building
of a $6,000 sales stable. Why not
mnex Greelyville to Clarendon; it
arould be an addition to the county
md more convenient for those people.
We would suggest to our covetous
:ontemporary that if Clarendon can
lold to what territory she now has
she will be in big luck, without at;empting
to follow Florence county's
;xample in trying to expand her bor)ers
at Williamsburg's expense. It's
i safe prediction that Williamsburg
s more apt to get a slice of Clarenlon's
territory than for the reverse
)rocess suggested by the esteemed
fimes to materialize. ?
Help Yourself by Helping Us.
We hope the friends of The Rec>rd,
when they come to town to do
;heir trading,will patronize the busiless
houses that advertise in this
japer. Remember that without these
iberal merchants, bankers and other
mterprising business men, the price
)f subscription would be at least $3
i year for such a paper as The Rec>rd.
You'll find, as a rule, that the
nen who advertise are wide-awake
ind on tke alert and can give you
>etter bargains than those who do
lot advertise. This applies not only
o Kingstree, but many live and upo-date
business men of Lake City,
Jcranton and Greelyville recognize
he pulline power of an ad in The
lecord. tf