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I ! aljc cEiuiuti) '"llljj | I ^ ;? ^ ? ?-^,'1 Y I \\YI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1912. . NO; U I ' ? _ wlSai'Cr- !\ >^r Iiobacc ^ * Now is the tim< tyit carefully. \\ fize of barn with to suit your pock< PROSPECTS GOOD | FOR PARCELS POST, f I I ( POSTMASTER GENERAL HITCHCOCK THINKS THE MEASURE WILL PASS SOON. Legislation providing for a gen' .cral parcels post throughout the United States and its possessions, }except the Philippine Islands, is '-practically certain to be enacted by Jtjhe present Congress, perhaps beWffore the conclusion of the session now in progress, at least such is ^ opinion of Postmaster General fflSF H Hitchcock. He has urged ^^fsistently upon Congress the desirI ability'of domestic parcels post, be\ cause, among other reasons, he ibelieves it will aid substantially in the sc^t'o** the problem of the ^jfciglrcost of living. mm In the judgment of the officers of I the postal service the Bourne bill | represents the most scientific and I 'rusiness-like plan yet devised for a [ -arcels post. It provides for a parI ela service throughout the country, joth or rural routes and city carrier ^Tlxmtes. It consolidates the third r and fourth classes of mail matter? a reform long advocated by the oostoffice department?and raises I he weight limit advocated by the ostoffice department, and raises lie weight limit of parcels to 11 /wMmric whieh is the limit of the in B pvwiiuw, ?? ...v.. Brternational parcels post. The rate w to l>e charged for articles carried in I the rural route service and city car[* rier service is 5 cents for the first L fraction of a pound, and 1 cent for ieach additional pound or fraction of W-? pound. For the general parcels m t>ost service, which covers all mail, jtransportation other than local by I rural and city carriers, graduated I rates would be established, based on w % distance. |k The bill will be beneficial to all I riasses, except express companies I fend those common carriers engaged ja the transportation of small wares. ; It is probable that such carriers will soon divert their business to the carriage of larger freight, their proper function. The chief opposition to the proposed parcels post has come from the country merchant, but instead of hurting him, as he now fears, it ^ nil] eventually help him, for he will I padoubtedlv profit by the business I f;imulus created by the measure. Scranton Has Postal Bank. Additional postal savings stations rtosicmatpd to be readv to IJavt - _ _ Jreceive deposits July 1 next, at the following South Carolina postoffices: "** inoar, St Matthews, Timmonsville, ison, Dorchester, Elloree, Euille, Fairfax, Furman, Greely1 Holly Hill, Kline, Loris, Nee| ((Nichols, North, Norway, Olar, geland, Ridgeville, Scranton, ingfield, Varnville and WillisI. > ? There is no real need of anyone eing troubled with constipation, hamberlain's Tablets will cause an freeable movement of the bowels -?ny unpleasant effect. Give For sale by all dealers. i were tnree negru piu? muug , the day being rainy,they went down ' to, the river fishing. It seems that after they had all they wished for the day, they were trawling on the I river bank making their way home , and came to a creek making out of the river. They would have been obliged to go a few hundred feet; out of their way to avoid this creek, j One of the three turned off from the bank to go around the stream. There appears to have been a log 1 boat pulled -up or landed directly j across this little creek a d lacked i but a few feet of reaching across j it, so the other two negroes said: "We will walk in the boat and jump from one end of it to the other side ' of the creek." Just as they got into the boat the old thing collapsed and one of the negroes has* never been seen since, but the third negro, who j was on the bank, saw one of them drifting off in the river and handed him a fishing cane, but he say? the ' boy jerked it out of his hand and went down. It is supposed that the ' boy who was never 9een again disappeared under the boat. The water where the two men were drowned was not over waist deep to a man. 1 Neither of the bodies has been re' covered up to this writing so far as your scribe can ascertain. There have been crowds of people searching and dragging for their bodies 1 for three days. Those two young negroes will be missed on Mr Feagin'sfarm, as they were said to be trood hands. Quite a jolly crowd went to Black ^ river last Thursday, the men to fish and the ladies to gather huckleber' j ries They all took a straw ride in ; wagons and reported a delightful ! day of outing. Their luck was not j good, getting but a few fish and 1 berries. j Capt John Ferdon passed through .' town a few days ago en route home from Georgetown. The old gentle i ?1_; ii i ;..?A _ : ! man is iuukiiik wen auu jusi ju\i- : 1 i al as ever. Captain of the old Stone-1 wall, one of the first steamers on { Black river; then the steamer Ger-1 aid, then the Two Brothers, on the J [ Wild Wood of Black Mingo creek, Capt John Ferdon steered the above named steamers and several others , 1 A Talk That Is & Go to the National Merc there is a difference betwe TTp-to-IDa/t H while anyone can give you | XDIESTTC j where we serve you the fix | OTTEB SE i |p We have now on displaj 1 ? Respecl 3Rjy>55KQ^^ SOvGvQvOvOvi :o Flues! e to place your order re make twelve inch length of brick furn; 9t-book. 7?\ Kings AFFAIRS AT ANDREWS. Two Negroe? Drowned?Enjoyable Picnic-Personal. 1 v Andrews, June 10:?Two negroes by the name of Reeds, farm hands of Mr C K Feagin, were drowned in Black river near Mr Feagin's farm I last Friday morning, 7th inst. There 11 bondo onr) cret Service Men. i Three United States secret service I men have been in Kingstree during ( the week investigating the robbing j of the mails on the star route between Kingstree and Fowler. Yes- t terday morning they arrested Isaac fc Pressly, a negro man who has been J. carrying the mail over the route at \ intervals for Mr J Z McConnell, who has a contract with the govern- ^ ment for the service. r For some time past the mail9 have c been tampered with on this route 5 : ' " ' ' " ?111 r ^ DA CASH AND CUPID are very leaves, so does Cupid, often. At and children is a DUTY. Beside you and yours in greater number life, you always SPEND LESS tf rest. Your money will grow rapidly v Let OUR Bank Be We Pay 4 per cent interes ; FARMERS MEI * ABSOLUTELY SAFE" ; Now Goiiia: On at :antile Store if you want real b ien a real bargain and a bargj ;? 3-ood.s at I-iOt; : a bargain. We also invite y< 3- depaetm: r\~f Qnrla AVofor 5 I\1UU VX^fcJV/UU II uwi.# ?? vv COS ID'EIJP^^JOZ r a fine line of Gentlemen's anc TJU^irvitrvxrxjL^ n n nrtnt-t n n n n r?i / t "( * - T ^ ' > , Toba for flues. To do so flues to fit any size 1: ace inside. We do t / tree Hard* Wholesal and t for the past thirty years successful- j i iy and still shows but little sign of , age,though he is well on in the 70's. i Messrs W T Rowel 1, J W Register i1 and Hon W D Bryan spent a few i hours in town Monday between j trains, on business. j1 Mrs Terry, whom Dr T R Howie j took to a Charleston infirmary, has ' returned home. The infirmary found ( it too late to perform an operation. Mr Terry is a farmer and is of our 1 town. He has the profound sympathy of the entire community. W S C. 1 MAILS BOBBED. r \ Isaac Pressly Arrested by Se- r cco Flu? clip the coupon an >arn. Be sure and : he rest, and with p ware Coir Dealers and several registered packages containing money, sent by Cooper Bros and others, disappeared, or failed to reach the parties to whom they had been sent. Postmaster Jacobs reported the matter to the Postoffice department and secret service agents were sent here to investigate and ?a^ture, if possible, the guilty party >r parties. Pressly was arrested yesterday iiorning and taken to Florence on die mid-day train, where he was odged in jail to await trial in the federal court. When the detective arrested the legro and put the handcuffs on him le inquired: "What you arrestin' ne for?" "0, you know," said the igent, then Pressly exclaimed, "My jord, if I grits out of this I'll never ?rry dat mail again," which was >ractically a confession of his guilt. Pressly was arrested here 3ome ime ago for stealing and selling a >icycle belonging to Mr R W Crosand, and is now under bond to ap)ear before Magistrate R K Wallace. The directors of the Modern Voodmen of America at their nonthly session in May allowed 632 leath claims, aggregating $1,071,142.55. I?A Yvl| ^ J Vim good friends. When Cash any rate, providing for wife s, PLEASURES can come to if, as you journey through lan you make and BANK the i i in our bank. v YOUR Bank. ;t on savings accounts. iCHANTS HANK, LAKE CITY. S. C. AHUI'tMVS, C5. \j. gjj argains. This is right, lin, for a real bargain is ^ ^7* Prices, p, )u to our gt! EITT, I ilso call your attention to fcs/EIEILTT. | 1 Ladies' Oxford Shoes, gj FELDMAN, Manager. || ? KINGSTREE HARDV Kingstree, S. C. Please place my order for id fill I Size of Barn. state I Length of Furnace * Acres of Tobacco Plante< I lLcb Name P. 0 ipany f-^n LAKE CITY LETTER. | ? ll Numerous Items, Mostly Person- j al9 from Oar Thriving Neighbor. 1 Lake City, June 11:?Mrs Charles; Allen of Danville, Va, is visiting at M the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs W E Carter, on West Acline avenue. A large number of school girls ? and boys have already returned' di home for the vacations, among them; aj are: Misses Violet Askins, Eloise cf Sturgeon, Mamie Chandler, Daisy la Timmons and LottieGraham; Messrs tl W T Askins, Jr, Sam Sturgeon, Jus- t\ tin Morris and Orrie Graham. h< Mrs L H Jennings of .Bishopville, w accompanied by her sister, Mrs A M gi Parker, Jr, is spending some time at c? the home of her mother, Mrs J M Sturgeon. hi On last Tuesday evening Mrs Geo ^ C Haselton entertained most charm- ^ ingly a numbsr of the younger set in honor of her guests, the Misses ** McCants of Pinopolis. ar a}] Miss Sue Shaw is visiting her sister, in Charleston. w Mr J M Truluck returned home nc last Sunday after spending a couple UJ of weeks very pleasantly at Tate ^ Springs, Tenn. Miss Cecile Severance of Cheraw is spending her vacation with her or mother,Mrs E E Severance,on South Thomas street. \ . jr A much enjoyed picnic was given ar last Thursday at Howe's under the so auspices of the various Sunday- c<: schools of Lake City. An unusually si large crowd attended, leaving here S< in special cars on the 8 o'clock train n< and returning that afternoon. w Judge John A Green, Mr S W 4 Gowdy and Charlie Green returned oi home last Sunday.having been away re some time visiting various cities in rn several Western States. ni Miss Nell Beavers, after staying a while at Florence, has returned home,much to the delight of her pi nufherous friends. Mr H L Stokes is at home with P! his parents. P' cr Miss Marie Rephan of Charleston is the charming and attractive young ne guest of her aunt, Mrs H Nachman. th The Misses Brown of Hartsville th are the popular young guests of Mrs pe Geo C Haselton. P H A. in we can furnish at the lowest possible'price: hnnrtlo thp hpst. nf pvprvthinc in musir. an ?r * o ? ? with you. Railroad Fare Paid to ^ Pi Out-of-Town Customers. ?( al ''Xs Seigling Mus 243 King St, Chi r /ARE CO., * , \t J+ '# V -* one set flues. - ' ' ^ feet x ?.f?et ' 4 ? :? I 1 l A, Jk " ' ' t fi * . ^ ^ ; ad?Others Follow. | ?? , MURDER MYSTERY ^ AT FinRFNHF Js* HI kviiBiivB ; , ~~~ 1AY SOON BE CLEARED UP--OF- * FIC1ALS WORKING VIGOROUS- . , LY TOWARD THAT END. ' The coroner's jury in the inquest mcerning the death of little Anrew Jackson, which had some tin^fe ?o taken a recess subject to the*. ill of the acting coroner, met again ,st night and took the evidence of le negroes who are in jajj waiting le action of the solicitor. ;aring was secret and the solicitor,, ho now has the papers, will not . * ive them for publication until the ise comes to trial. The verdict of the jury is that the itle boy came to his death at .the inds of Harry Mcintosh and John y* rilliams. , * \ The tentacles of the law haVe^JHL^ ?en drawing tighter and tighter ound these negroes ever since a iort time after the murder.but the ndence, while convincing to thoBe, HQ ho were interested in the case, was HH >t in a shape in irhich it could be ' >ed in court and so the inquest has * WM 'agged on for some time. The many rumors of confessions lat have been circulated have been lly partly true and are -the tales |Bj )ld by the two wha have not been' H| /v n icluded in the* verdict, hut I id surely Chief of ~Voliee* Brun^* Hfl in and Sheriff Burch have gathered % Wm A* >rroborat;ve evidence and it is now\ ^Jl ire that the evidence is enough fof ilicitor Wells to handle and he was s " | )t disposed to undertake it until it as. From what can be gathered,much f the surmise in this case was cor>ct as to how the murder was comitted and the body taken the next 19 ight and hidden while the guilty 4 |H lowledge was possessed by a num?r of people that is actually sur- ^ rising. , The blow on the boy's back is ex- "* * ained to have been done wit# a * , ece of iron and later that he was loked. The time of. the evening hen practically everyone in that ?ighborhood is eating supper and ' ^ iere is no one in the streets, made lis almost impossible thing to hap n. The whole story will be heard courf soon.? Florence Tunes.. A -11ST HTSZC 1 s, or on easy terms, if desired. We 1 id it will be a pleasure to correspond M lano Tuning in lb* Cornet M i Reasonable Rihs*v^lraM?L - m ?c Hous^pKXil irleston, S. C. f 1