The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 10, 1912, Image 1
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XXVI. KIXOSTHLK. SOITH C'AKOLIXA. THLHSOAY, OCTOKLH 10. 1*112. XO. :jl
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the work. The first three are
and. in fact, everything about r
the p int we tell you to. such a:
"The Fall is the Best
dampness. Secoi*hJ>ecause di
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(Coffins and Casket
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POOR CONRAD RECALLS
BY-GONE DAYS,
;
TELLS MORE ABOUT THE OLD
MEM OF WILLIAMSBURG. THEIR
VIRTUES AND THEIR FAILINGS.
Editor Countv Record:
I want to tell something more of J
the old men of Williamsburg and 1
Clarendon. I may say some thin.es
that some people would not like.but
I know personally ail those that I j
am writing about and have met
them oftentimes in the friendliest
^Anner.and if I do not tell the truth
'** tVm willing to be kicked. Nearly
all of them liked a dram, but none
were drunkards: some kept a little
*v ?t home, but would get a little tipsy
at meetings, like the "Muster
Ground", when some one from the
J^ackwoods would bring about a rive
gallon jug. and as friends the most
1 . - of them would get merry. Sometimes
a small right or two made up
for fun. when some one would tell
the man who had one or two <irink>
ahead he was a better man?that was 1
enough. Coats were thrown otf.
sleeves rolled up and popping ms
fists, each swearing to be the best
man in the county. There were no
"pistel-toters" in those days, no
cuttif'p with knives, only nature's
weapons, bare lists. A rinp was
made and the fun would hepin. It
was laughable to see one quite full
of "booze" make a strike at the
other, miss his aim and fall flat to
the ground. His friends would rush
up and set him on his feet, sayinp:
"Stand your ground.Kill: po at him.
Dick," but they were never allowed
to hurt each other much.
The Evans old field was an old
muster ground on the road to Manning.
Mr Boswell Evans, a clever
man and one who liked me. pot a
little too full at a muster one dav
and some of them wanted to see him
ficht someone. Mr Evans was a kindlArted
man and would not insult
anyone, even under the influence of
whisky; but some persuaded him to
fight and that to flght he must take
' .off all his clothes. He was a tall,
slim, raw-boned man. nut handsome,
and he was a beauty in that fighting
style. While they were making armr'
rangements for the right some mischievous
fellow hiii his clothes and
IIk he had t<> go home without them.
!pF He did r. 't live far from the muster
ground, and as he came walking towards
the house the dogs began to
^ barK and would n t let him come to
the house. One of the servants
knew him. however, and carried him
some clothing. That same old muster
ground is where George Graham,
^his brother. Evander. Pete Epps. the
writer and many others joined a
company and elected John Wiiitworth
captain, a splendid man.finely
educated.an?l made a gallant officer.
Theodore Nelson. William Brand
a^l a Mr Knight were made lieutenants.
Capt Whitworth and Lieut
Nelson, poor fellows, were killed in
the Second Battle of Manassas.causing
the breaking of hearts at home
that were never healed.
The next old gentleman 1 will
. mention was Col Wm Cooper, the
C, grandfather of the present Capt
^l^per, who was School Com
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largely your part. We ear. to'i yoi
i house thaf mw'-j Mfder t > 'v *eet
s Lowe Bros*. "High Standard." 1
Time to Paint. First, ivea
*y weather is as important as a dr
ime- Come, talk it over with the
r~| Kin j
miSdoner of Williamsburg county
for a long time. Some were talking
about raising hogs and some one
asked Cui Cooper what he thought
of the law Moses made forbidding
the Hebrew children from eating
pork. The Colonel said: "Moses
knew the wilderness was not a good
hog range."
Passing through Kingstree when
I was a boy I was riding in an oldstyle
buggy without the cushion,
when old Mr Sam 1' Matthews said
to me. "Conrad. \ou rind it cooler
riding without the cushion?" He
once had a difficulty with Mr l!ob
Brown. Mr Brown walked away
and Mr Matthews tired his pistol,
which frightened Mr Brown. Some
one asked him why he tired his pistol
and he said he only wanted to
see him run. Mr Brown, poor fellow.
was a friendly man: he was
killed by a railroad train which he
had in charge at Salters just after
the war.
My old friend. Mr Robert Fulton,
the father of the present Mr Robert
Fulton of Kings tree, told me of a
little difficulty he had with some
man who was drunk. To get clear
of til*1 man he had a small stick and
struck him over the head. The man
went otf and soon returned with a
long-barreled riiie and. rais.ng the
gun. aimed at Mr Fulton. He said
he drew himself up as small as he
could, saying t ? himself. "He will
miss me." and the bullet struck the
ground just behind him as he was
coming down the niii near wnere me
raiiroau crosses .Main street now.
I will now mention Mr John J
Reardon and what old Judge Witherspoon
said about him. Mr Reardon
is the man who brought n.e
from Charleston to this part of the
country when a boy. Mr John Reardon
wanted t<? marry a sister of Mr
James Kpps and Mr David Kpps.but
the old people objected. The home
of the old folk is in "Pudding
swamp." and quite near it. with a
kind of rather blind road between
the swamp and fence behind the
house. So John and "Aunt Peggy,"
as we called her. made "up to slip
away some darn, night. John was a
man of about 1?><> pounds weight,
while Miss Peggy weighed three
hundred but was handsome. Mr
John had a large black h"i*se called
"Bob", so he rode around the hill of
the swamp in tne oaraness ana hi
the appointed hour t<> k Miss I'etrjry
up behind him on preat "Hob", and
was married ere the old folk found
it out. Mr Withers; >->n. a near
neighbor to Mr Reardon. eariy tne
next morninp would ask everybody
he Mr \Vithersp?xn> met if they
had heard that John Reardon had
stolen dob pounds of meat from Mr
Epps last night. Some one would
say: "Is it possible! I did not think
Mr Reardon would steal."
I do not suppose there are many
people living in the section now who
knew Mr Webb Clark. His home
was in Sumter, called at that time
Sumterville. That was a pood while
before the railroad was built here.
Mr Clark had a daughter who was
married and living in Georgetown;
he would make the trip to see her in
a buggy. He was fond of a dram
and would have a supply for company,
as the drive was nearly one
hundred miles. He knew almost ev
10ME WELL
hat it is receptive: '2n i. The Wear!
: something about Fair: and Faint
and beautify 't. This infornuitim
Patten's or Masjnrv's hunts, y ?u
use an essential to > >u!i> :
i" surfat j. Von a-v surer ; ? ^e: tl
leaders, and Id ns toil y??n many o
?stree h;
Wholesale and
erybody r.n the route and !o1 to
have a little fun with mem. ile
knew some of the peopU- he had n?-t
seen f >r many years and r. i.?u??t
changed their way <i -ravine and
hair-cuttine and. - .m.r wmil i r.-t
recognize him.
At lirst I said he was acquainted
with nearly a the ; -op on the
route. He kept the note, at Sumterv:
1!e and neariv a.i the country
people wh>> wen: there t attend
court or on .'titer business wouid
put up a: Webb Clark's. On a trip
from fieorjretown he was i\v himself
and to all he met whom he kr.? w he
would say they were usriy. He
sti'Pjvd at Mr J hn Kinder'- <the
father <>f Mr K H Kinder' >rate.
When he came un t Mr C. ark to
know what he wanted, not recognizing
him as an o!rl acquaintance. Mr
Clark leaned i< rward as it lie wanted
to make oat who Mr Kinder was
and asked in a very solemn tone:
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Retail Dealers
"Is that John Kin !er?" Mr Kinder
replied. "Vs." Mr -'lark said,
"D-d if you ain't tho ty'dest man
1 ever saw in my life." Mr Kinder
was a man who would r? -< r.t an insult
and pulled otF his coat, threw
it on tffe yround and dared Mr
(.'lark to yet out of ids buyyy. Mr
('lark said: "Why, John Kinder, you
don't kn<'\v Webb Clark?" Mr (.'lark
wanted fan and after <?ne ?'*r two
drinks between them *hey parte i >r.
friendly terms.
1 was liviny with Mr John IDardon
at that time. Mr Clark stoppe i
at the crate. Mr Hear ion came oyy
but did n??t recognize Mr Clark a;
first. Mr C'iark said: "Is that !? r.n
Reardon?" "Yes."' was the answer.
"Wei', d?il if you are not the ugliest
man I ever saw." Mr Reardon
was one who loved fun and took it
in go.hi hunn?r. 1 was also present
aid heard, iiim tell of his fun with
Mr Kinder.
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Piano Tuning in the Country
at .Reasonable Bates.
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larleston, S. C.
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ter that he is competent: 4th,
nplements. wire and iron fencing:,
terience have taught us. The fou
ship, wearing quality, beauty and
> much dryer atter the summer s
iiise the house needs protection as
antage to paint now.
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When the North-Eastern Railroad
was completed as far as Kinestree
and the first locomotive came puffing
up. a large crowd went down to
see it. many of whom had never
seen a railroad engine or train. A
light rain began to fall about that
time. Mr Isaac Nelson,father of the
Nelsons in Kingstree. shouted to the
wondering crowd to shut down their
umbrellas: "you will scare it off the
'rack." Most of the umbrellas went
down, to the great amusement of
many. I knew "Uncle" Isaac quite
" ell: he was a tine old gentleman
and never failed to shake hands with
"Poor Conrad". The Nelson house
still stands to his memory, and I
think it must be the only house that
remains as it looked when I came to
this s -ctinn. That was a good while
ag<>; tbtse old friends have long
passed away and only a few old
timers are k ft with "Poor Conrad"
to tell the ta! \ the years have down
by so fast. It is hard for the writer
to realize that he is old now.
Behold. alas, our days we spend.
How vain they be. how soon they end:
Behold how short a span
to measure out tt?e are <>i man.
Xo more at present from P C.
The Cotton Outlook.
If the laws of supply ani demand
are to covern this year, as we are
always assure : that 'hey must govern
in the years when bumper crops
are recorded, we are at a loss to see
how the price of cotton can fail to
advar.'- very materially within the
next few weeks. Careful estimates
of the work's needs place the probable
demand for American cotton at
not less than 14.UU0.?)0o bales, and
there are not a few who o p.terd
that there will be a call tor as much
as hales, (hi the other
hand, only under the most favorable
conditions from this time f r r!
will it he possible for a crop of 14.oiio.ooo
bales to be gathered.
Whether or not this can happen,
say- the Wall Street Journal."will depend
in large measure upon the ability
of the four important States of
Alabama. < Jeorgia, North Carolina
and South Carolina to approximate
their pei formance of It'll when they
together contributed T.i'oft.dpp hales
as their share of the mammoth crop,
although their average for the live
years between 19C?o and lt'oi* was 1.64<J,>72
bales, or 41 per cent of the
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L i' ji. i lie i'muu'ii <\i t'rt ill uitrsc
Stales is 2.330.000 hales less than
last year. The crop got a late start
with scarcely any preparation.whereas
in 1011 the land was more thori
ghly prepared than ever before.
The ouantity and quality of fertilizer
used were both very much reduce
i. It is inevitable 'hat the crop in
these States must fail far below that
of It'll, even if it approximates the
genera! average for the last seven
or eight years.
The Wail Street .Journal thinks
that a late frost might save the situation
to a degree, but it admits
that none of the States named is well
prepared to face this danger. There
is no probability that the cotton crop
now being gathered will exceed 12,000.000
bales at the outside. It is
much more likely to be as low as 11,
000,000 bales. ? Xi'tc* ami Courier.
Bagging and Ties for your cotton
at People's Mercantile Co. 10-3-tf.
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heat than after the winter's 8
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LAKE CITY LOCALS.
Boy Bitten by Mad Don?Ladles'
Book Club Entertained.
, Lake City, October 8:?Miss Leila
Gaskins is spending a feu- days with
relatives and friends in Darlington.
Messrs Sam Caldwell, Robert McElveen
and Justin Morris spent Sunday
in town with their parents.
Mr L A Winston left Tuesday for
Burlington, X C, where he will buy
tobacco for the Imperial during the
coming season, which is just opening
up in North Carolina. Virginia and
Kentucky.
, Last Thursday morning considerable
excitement prevailed when it
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\\ c?? ie:n iiiu umi a mau uu? uau unten
Dixie Caldwell on the hand. The
dog was immediately killed and although
he had out a few minutes.
Dixie b -arded train No 80 and took,
the dog's head to Columbia, where
it was pronounced rabies-infected,
and as a matter of precaution, the
young man is taking the Pasteur
treatment in Columbia, although no
special danger was anticipated, as
Doctor Courtney had cauterized his
hand immediately after the occurrence.
Several dogs were also bitten by
this rabid canme, and although they
showed r.o svmptoms of hydrophobia
thy haw already, with one or two
exceptions, been killed.
Mr J Hoyt Carter, who is employed
in The First National Bank of
Wilmington. N C, is at home on a
short vacation.
Mrs W H Woods of Florence
\\ a? Ii; i'J\wi v* cc?\ ?wuuif, iv.**
. tives.
Miss Lizzie Mckenzie has accepted
a position with the Farmers and Merchants
Bank. Her many friends are
g!ad to have her in Lake City again.
Last Thursday afternoon the Ladies'
Book Club was entertained by
Mrs Fred Hines at her home on West
I Beauregard street. Mrs G L Sauls
; sang a solo. Misses Williams and
' Green entertained with two readings,
t
after which progressive games were
played. Mrs G F Stalvey winning
first prize and Mrs S D Rickenbaker
the (.* relation prize. After rhis delightful
programme had been carried
out the truest? spent a social half
h >ur in the enjoyment of refreshments
and chatting. The ladies
present were: Mesdarr.es C D Rollins,
W M McEIwvn. A H Williams. W E
Severance. l? Moultrie Epps. S D
Ricker.baker. <i L Sauls. P H Arrowsmith.
T L Tru'uck. '1 F Stalvey. W
H Wo i is. Florence, and H S Blizzard.
an.i Misses Fva Xorth. Ruth
Alice W hams. Sue Shaw and M E
(live P..
Mrs <1 L Sauls entertained the La
dirs" AM - .icty at its regular meeting
in her apartments at the Halcyon
Hi *e! ast Mon lay afternoon.
L n N.
Tuesday n .. at Apurjreon Johnson,
a white man f Newberry countv.
was shut to death by an unknown
assassin while sitting in a room of
his home in company with his wife,
his little daughter and an aunt. Mr
Johnson was shot in the head with a
shot gun, through a window cf the
house. The murdered man is said to
have been peaceable and had no enemies,
and the identity of the crminal,
as well as the motive of the
I crime, is a mystery.