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J Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch first insertion, 50 cents' per inch each | subsequent insertion. Rates or long term advertisements very reasonable. For rates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. "In men whom men condemn as m, ] I find so much of goodness still; In man whom MEN pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and blot? I hesitate to draw the line Between the two?whereGod has not" | KINGSTREE-THE GATEWAY TO OPPORTUNITY. j THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1911. . -; The city fathers of our neighbor town, Lake C'itv, have fallen into j \tv* . I line with other up-to-date niunici- j palities and are publishing inonth1$ ly statements of receipts and ex-j penditures. Why can't Kingstree do the same? The people have the right to know how their money is spent. Turn on the light. BURGLARS BUSY IN TOWN. Stores Robbed and Dwellings Entered?NIghtwatchman Needed. i For the past few days our town has been subjected to series of bur- , glariouo operations that would indi- j cate the existence of a gang of i ! " - I thieves systematically working to- 1 gether or a local "Raffles" with an ' 1 unusual amount of nerve and perseverance. Sunday night the drug ' store of Gamble & Jacobs was brokI en into from the front and various ^ articles stolen therefrom. The cash I - . 11 drawer was rifled but the plunderers got only a few cents for their trouble. The same night a very determined attack was made upon the rear doors of Wilkins' large mercantileestablishment, but the stout timbers and locks successfully resisted the assault until the robbers were discouraged or frightened away. Tuesday night the burglars paid their respects to the home of Capt W R Funk. The men of the house, having heard of other depredations, were on the qui rive and at the first alarm pressed foward to give the visitors a warm reception. In the ensuing confusion Mr Funk mistook j a negro, Lowry Miner, one ui LUC I guards, for the burglar and shot him in the hand. Lowry is a trust- 1 ed employee of the Messrs Funk and 1 had volunteered to help in guarding the premises, so that the injury he received was a very regrettable accident. Meantime the burglars escaped in the darkness. Besides the above mentioned cases there are rumors of various other attempts at house-breaking in town. Mr A C Milhouse.who with his family is absent and his dwelling unoccupied, is said to be one among the number visited by the plunderers, but until the family returns it is > impossible to tell whether or not any of their property is missing. it' ters Dep)t, :.ent. us a Deauty?scaiy Bark variety ?that tipped the scale at 50 pounds. We have seen bigger melons than these two, but never any better flavored or more palatable. Then the peaches! Mr J H Reardon of Mouzon brought us a sample of his white cling peaches last week that were large, juicy and delicious. Mrs J C McCutchen, of the Beulah section near town, in remembering her friends in town with gifts of fruit did not overlook the editor. The box sent us contained one dozen perfect specimens that would equal in weight two dozen of ordinary size. To say that we thank these kind friends would but faintly express our appreciation. Then, last but not least, Coroner Gamble brought us a bag of his nice peaches. Our friend ''Bob" says he started out with the bag full, but so many of his constituents had to "sample" them that nearly half were gone by the time they came into our hands. Coroner Gamble's peaches are noted as being among the finest in his communnity and needless to say those he brought us were thoroughly enjoyed. By the way, Coroner Gamble says that he has the pig fattening and he will surely give that long-promised barbecue in the early days of golden autumn when the "frost is m the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock." Death of Mr.S.Isaac Montgomery Died?On Monday afternoon at lis home near Greelyville, Mr S Isaac Montgomery. The funeral and nterment took place Tuesday afterioon at the family burying ground >n Black river.the service being conlucted by Rev R L Grier,assisted by lev L E Peeler. A large crowd of )f relatives and friends came?some >f them from many miles distance? x> pay the last tribute of respect ;hat frail mortals can bestow upon ;heir beloved aeaa. Mr Montgomery was 72 years old. tie leaves a wife and ten children jereaved by his death; also four ;isters and two brothers to mourn ;heir loss, one of the latter being \uditor J J B Montgomery, of this :own. Mr and Mrs Isaac Montgomery were married in 1859 and when they celebrated their golden wedding two years ago not a link in the family chain had been severed by death. Mr Montgomery was a veteran of the 25th Regiment, S C V, and during the four years of bloody strife there was none who served more bravely and loyally than he. In time of peace he served his country not less faithfully. He could always be found on the side of right and justice and those who knew him best valued him according to his worth. In 1884 he was a member of the board of County Commissioners and along with Capt G P Nelson and J W Gamble, his colleagues in office, he has a perpetual memorial in the mural-tablet to be seen inside the arched entrance of our historic court house. It is such men as Mr Montgomery who rescued our county from the wilderness and made it what it is . . Dr E T Kelley's dwelling was reported broken into Tuesday night,but we have not heard how much, if anything, was stolen. There are rumors rife of other burglarious attempts, but the above cited are enough to warrant the city fathers placing one or more night watchmen on duty to protect the town against such bold and frequent robberies. The situation is acute and should be met promptly and firmly by vigorous action on the part of the authorities. WATER MELONS AND PEACHES. A Feast of Fruit Furnished lis by Fafthlul Friends. Our friends are still remembering us with gifts of peaches and melons in generous quantity and of the finest quality. Monday our friend, Mr John S Fulton, sent us the biggest watermelon we had seen this season,up to that time. It weighted 45 pounds. On Tuesday, however, another thoughtful friend.Mr Albert Moseley of Sal change building. XXX ' By a majority of about 6.000 the State of Texas has rejected the constitutional amendment providing for State-wide prohibition. About 500,000 votes were cast in the election. XXX A petition signed by 500 people has been sent to Solicitor Bonham, urging him to ask for a special term of court to try Samuel N Hyde, who recently slew hisf wife and father-inlaw at Anderson. XXX T E Carroll, a white man,shot and killed Sam Howard, a negro, last Friday in Marlboro county. The two men had a quarrel and Carroll claims to have acted in self-defense, as the negro was trying to shoot him. XXX Thursday of last week Richard Nichols, the 18-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Nichols, and Agnes Sessions, the 12-year-old daughter of Mrs Robert Sessions, both of Conway, were drowned while bathing in the surf at Myrtle Beach near Conway. XXX Capt W E Gonzales, editor of the [ Columbia State, was hurt in an automobile accident last Friday at Fountain Inn. His machine "turned I fimt-lo" an,-} Ko wuc nirinp^ nnHpr neath. He sustained several painful bruises, but was not severely injured. XXX Governor Blease has pardoned R L Bazin,who killed Lofton Poston at a "hot supper" at Blossom, in Florence county, in January, 1910. There were petitions gotten up both for and against the pardon, but the Governor refused to consider the one against the pardon. XXX On the ground of "after discovered evidence" Judge Shipp has granted Willie Bethune, the negro who killed a white man in Clarendon county two years ago, another stay of sentence, pending a motion for a new trial. The negro has to be kept in the penitentiary to prevent mob violence. XXX Charlie Trent, of Durham, N C, aged 22, and Bennie Blackrr an of Florence, both white men, were instantly killed Sunday night in the Atlantic Coast Line's freight yards at Florence. The two boys were intoxicated and lay down on the railroad track and went to sleep. Tne train from Augusta, in backing into the yard,ran over the two boys, killing them instantly. ' v . vi today. Quiet, and unassuming, yet firm in his conviction, he wielded an influence in his community that will live long after he is gone. With a kind heart and tender sympathy he was never too busy to heed the call of friendship, and those in trouble who went to him were always cheered and helped by his wise counsel and sympathy. We knew him for many years and felt proud to claim his friendship and in his death we feel a keen sense of peri sonal loss. He has fought a good fight; may he receive the reward of the faithful when he joins his old comrades in their silent tents "on Fame's eternal camping ground." STATC^l^^ERAL t 4 TOPICS K ^ ^T~- V\ ~ .. TT^ 7T- 7F 7T> r Marion is to have a national bank with a capital of $100,000. XXX The National Corn exposition will be held in Columbia in 1913. XXX Lexington has voted bonds foi , $10,000 for erecting a high school building. X x x The National Bank of Baltimore has been made a reserve agent ol the First National Bank of Florence. XXX Mrs Cornelia Aiken Robertson was killed Saturday in Columbia as the result of a fall down the elevator I shaft of the National Loan & Ex THIRTY THOUSAND ! | POUNDS OF TOBACCO: ! WERE SOLD ON K1NGSTREE MARKET LAST FRIDAY? FINE PRICES PAID. Kingstree tobacco market opened very auspiciously last Friday, there being sold, in round numbers,30,000 ! thousand pounds of tobacco on the | floors of the three warehouses. Of > course this is less than one-half the ; | , ! amount sold at last year's 'break," : ' but in view of the fact that the crop \ 1 io oknnfr ^0 na? ront ehr?rt ns com-! j IO Ul/VUb WV |/V * vv mm v ? W?IV > ? ?? ..... pared with last year, Kingstree mar-! ! ket makes a very creditable showing j indeed. Another fact to be considered is | that the prices paid for tobacco this season will be double those of last ! year for the same grades of tobacco.' i Most of the tobacco brought here j i so far has been primings or sand-1 , lugs and all have brought fair prices. : The 30,000 pounds sold here last Friday brought from five to eleven ; cents a pound. One man showed us his sales sheet for 500 pounds of his poorest tobacco, the same quality he I said brought 4 1-4 cents last year. This year he got the tidy little sum of $41.25, or 8 1-4 cents a pound. Several more showed us their sales sheets j ' and none that we saw fell below 61 cents a pound. With three warehouses here,! j Kingstree now has one of the livest j markets in the State. There are j ' more buyers than ever before, all I the big concerns being represented, j 1 besides a number of independent 1 operators. Following are some of the companies and their representatives here: British-American Tobacco Co, J L M Walker; American Tobacco Co, ! A B Hopgood; Imperial Tobacco Co, J S Jenkins; J N Boyd and Taylor | & Co, J G Slaughter; Durham Leaf Factory, H T Warren, and P B Powell for Hughes Tobacco Co. With all the inducements offered it is expected that despite the short crop Kingstree market will handle as many or more pounds of tobacco th an was sold here last year. Those who brought their tobacco here Friday went away delighted with the prices paid. Nearly every seller expressed gratification not only at the money he received for his product, but also at the courteous attentions bestowed upon them by our affable warehousemen and tlieir polite and experienced assistants. fwiw^ADsJ I ^ '? n :?r\.,^I L<ouniy oommiswiuuei ? yuoi ici ij Statement?J N Hammet. Cold Cash Srows in Bank?Farmers era & Merchants Bank, Lake City, i Final Discharge?J E Richburg, Administrator. More Bargains in Dry Goods?Jenkinson Bros Co. Fall and Winter Clothing Made to Order?Jenkinson Bros Co. Cokesbury Conference School?L E : Hinkle, Headmaster. Important to Tobacco Growers?J D : King. SPECIAL NOTICES Phone us when you want to get a notice under this j heading. Price one cent a j |J[ fj word for each insertion. No k ad taken for less than 25c. | Phone 83. For Salb?Scholarship in Bryant .v j Strafton Business College, Louisville. If interested let us hear from you. 8-11-tf The t oi xty Record. For Sale?Two lots in North Kings: ! tree 50x150 feet, suitable for building lots. Can be bought at low figure. : j 4-24-tf R N Speigner, Mgr. ^ If You Wish to Sell that farm, , timber land, store or residence, write us ! i at once and send full description, as we ! have an attractive proposition to offer ! ; you. Ligon Land Co. ' j 7-20-13t Sumter. S C ] For Sale?714 acres of land in wji- ; ' liamsburg county, eight miles east of Gourdin, fronting one mile on Santee public road; 150 acres under cultivai tion, with sufficient timber on balance for plantation purposes. This property can be bought cheap and on reasonable terms. Apply to Lee & Fishburne. Attorneys, ' 7-27-tf Kingstree, J5C. ; Wanted?The public to know thatjl am ready to do any kind of Hauling Or Dray work. Teams furnished on short notice. Will also take a few boarders. ! Am at Singletary house beyond the canal. 7-27-tf E R Snipes. 1 / ; %*&&?& - ; ' r? Free Rov Char The Retail Mercl Out-of town shoppers ma; one to five days, attend the etc, do their buying and ha^ round trip. The only condi First, that your combined p Second, that you come fror more distant Third, that; cent of your total purchase round trip ticket or get a re your home station, showing The merchants of Charles stocks. The matter of sele to select from. The stocks ished often. Prices are ver If you cannot find just wha rompmhpr vnn pan nlu'Avs cr The following merchants and will be very glad to ser AsK*Fop Art Stores. Lanneau's Art Store 238 King stree 'Antique Furniture. Morgenstern Furniture Company 62 Reid stree Bakers Condon's Bakery 153 Rutledge avenut Book Stores. Walter. Evans A Cogswell 8 Brood street C L Legerton 268 King street Carpets, Mattings, Etc. Mutual Carpet Company .247 King street China, Glass and Queeaware. Charleston Crockery Company 299 King street Cigars and Tobacco. Follin Bros Co 260 King streei Clothing and Oents' Furnishings. Bentschner A Visanska ? 252 King street Hirsch-Israei Company King and Wentwoctli Bluestein Bros 594-496 King street W. S. Cook Company 332 King street S. Brown Sons 354-356 King street Banov A Volaski 386 King streei Department Stores. M. Furchgott A Sons 240-242 King street Louis Cohen A Co 232-234 King street and 203 Meeting J. R. Read Co 249 King street The Kerrison Dry Goods Co. 80-82 Basel street Druggists. Paragon Drug Co .286-288 King street Fish and Oysters. Terry Fish Co 133 Market street Florists. Connelly-McCarthy Co .296 King street Furniture Phoenix Furniture Ca 187-191 King street Buell and Roberts 673 King street A. G. Rhodes A Son 369-961 King street ???jmrrmmwwx jusj. -mm* BBETTEOAKi I V Eldea ^ and ita delic consideration Order a sack today?II il ike floor yon are now using, apoa return of partially used s THE FARMERS' oirmmwfnmtnmmmiH! I DRUGS! 1 E Pure and Fresh E and Toilet Art ? RicHard Hudni E Toilet Prepare ? Prescriptions ai carefully prepi ? Pharmacist. E SEND US YOU1 ? Kingstree D jE Next to Oiuiuiuuiiuiuiiauiutuuii ind Trip to leston. lants Pay Your Fare y come to Charleston, stay from theatres, visit the Island resorts, ve their railroad fare paid for the tions to be complied with are: mrchases amount to $25 or more, n a point twenty-five miles or your fare must not exceed 5 per s. Fourth, that you must buy a ;ceipt from your railroad agent at that you purchased a ticket. ;ton carry large and well assorted cting is easy; you have a variety are kept fresh by being replen y reasonable, considering quality, t you want in your home town, et it in Charleston, are members of this refund plan ve you. Refund BooK Furniture and Dry Qooda. Buell & Roberta 573 Kin* street Grocer*. J. H. Hesse Montague and Coming The John Hurkamp Co King and Broad streets . 1 duns, Bicycle* and 5portlng Qooda. The B. H. Worth en Arms Co 230 King street Hardware. M. H. Lazarus. t ...? Kin* and Hasell streets A. McL. Martin .363 Kin* etrteat Strohecker A McDermid .287 Kin* etieet [ Bail Supply Co 877 Kin* start Jewelers. 1 Jas Allen ft Co J86 Kin* street Corrington, Thomas ft Co J51 Kin* street 1 Optician and Optical Supplies, i Parsons Optical Co ..244 Meeting street Pianos, Organs, Music and Hasical Merchandise. Sei*lin*'s Music Store 243 Kin* street Stoves Cookln* Utensils, Etc. Minnis Stove Co. King and Burns lane 1 Shoe Stores. Robert E. Martin 2S6 Kin* street H. J. Williams. .248 Kin* stest Robert Martin 139 Market street \ A. A. Hirsch 281 Kin* street D. O'Brien ft Sons 881 Kin* street W. F. Livingston 866 Kin* street Jacob's Shoe Store 610 Kin* street Trunks and Bags. Charleston Trunk Company .270 Kin* street Typewriters and Office Supplies. Edward J. Murphy. 167 Meeting street ft ?smwunwei BSHSSIDW.h - \ ^ NC if' 'j-j ? 1 mf 1 fee 3 m i TV? +? 3 Better j | Bakuig j ' i H Is EL1>KAN PATENT < FLOUR. 9 It is the lof.r tlmi $ lets ia certainly in !?uk? iiig results mid li N f.a * fejljj,. worry, disappointment, ,? 'xa.ii?'i"K. dark, soggy loaves, e?c. ] Good digestion end ^ ?? health go with every loaf 1 ol bread baked with V n Patent Flour | ions, palatable flavor is another 5 not to be ignored* ii [ does not please you better than purchase price will be refunded j package*. iold by SUPPLY COMPANY . * wmnmmmtmimimmmmo MEDICINES! | Drugs, Medicines 3 icles of All Kinds. 3 it's Perfume and 3 itions. 3 id Family Recipes 3 ired by a Licensed 3 R MAIL ORDERS 3 rug Company 3 Stackley'i. ?^ luuiiuuiuiaiiuiuuiiuiuiuiiid V-J ' \C '' ' * " ' - .. " ' > ' . ... ( , . i . * .it