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VOL. XXX. KIKGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY (>, 19] 5. NO. 9 SUI f We Ice Cream Freezers Ice Tea Tumblers Hammocks We have a full anid cor tion. You know we always ] Coffins and Cask still going on and mere are many desirable bargains yet to be had. Prices on every article are now at rock bottom. ___ I to his 10-year-old son, supped from 1 t Ma kanH ?nr1 anincr lilr** An armw I I - penetrated the skull of his infant > child,held in the arms of its mother, who stood near the door of the room, ^ - killing the baby almost instantly. The mother screamed, "Will, you have killed our baby!" and, drawing . the stick from the child's brain, saw that the wound had proved fatal. When Johnson saw what had happened he fainted and remained unconscious until revived by neighbors. The accident is one of the most sin gular in the annals of the county. The Coroner's inquest held today . returned a verdict to the effect that death was accidental. Johnson, how* ever, was committed to the county m : jail to await an investigation. He 9 was released on bail tonight. L The whip used by Johnson had a m short leather thong on the end of it, P and as he drew it back to strike the I boy, the leather came off so that when he made the lick the boy was missed and the handle slipped from B| his hand, going, small end foremost, | into the little baby's brain. I Mr L D Rodgers' big fire sale is < f home at Kingstree. Mr and Mrs?Boone of Charleston 1 f visited relatives here last Sunday. f <30 Mr S D McKay,of this place, has a queerfreak in his Irish potato patch. ; The tuber grows under the ground i and makes potatoes. It has no top ] above the surface. Your correspond- ; ent has been reliably informed that j I Mr J H Covington. Jr, has the same i condition in his patch. The seed i planted is the Red Bliss Triumph. ] Mr McKay will take great pleasure in showing the patch to anyone wish- ] ing to see it. The young folk around here haye i been having a jolly good time these i beautiful moonlight nights we've had for the past ten da?s, with many fish , fries and picnics at the .Lower bridge on Black river. Mr George Bailey is at home here i k for a short visit to his parents. < Look Out. AN AWFUL ACCIDENT. Wblp Handle Slips from Fa tiler's i Grasp and Kills Baby. Spartanburg, May 3:?The handle 1 of a small whip,which Wm Johnson, ' i Jr,a farmer residing on the farm of 1 Mr B M Anderson, near Reidville, 4 used in administering a chastisement 1 SALTERS SKETCHES. I Hall Damages Crops-A Marriage t r 1, On?.fn Patnh Salters Depot, May 4:?This section was visited Sunday night by heavy rains, accompanied by terrific lightning and thunder and ' hail in , some places, destroying cotton and corn. Fowls were killed wherever exposed in its track. ( There was a pretty, quiet marriage here Thursday morning of last week, the contracting parties being , Mrs Theodosia Graham,of this place, ; and Dr A M Snider of Kingstree. I/ The ceremony was performed by i * Rev P S McChesney of Kingstree, f after which the happy couple left ] on the mid-day train for Charleston, i k where they will spend several days, ( p after which they will return to their 11 MMER re Well Prepa Screen V Screen Fly 1 nplete stock of any of the abovi have a most complete stock of I sr~l Kir ? *E ALONG THE MAIL ROUTE. Items of Interest Gathered 'twi: Rhems and Rome. Rhems, May 3: ?Mr and Mrs F Thomas, Mr Sam W Young and ft Floyd, of this section, spent short while in our "burg" Frida on their way home from the distri conference, which convened at A drews last week. Mrs W C Baskins and little daug ter of Georgetown spent last Su day pleasantly at the home of ft and Mrs J H Richardson. Two of our popular young gentl men are passing through a serio at+flnlr nf fhp hlnps Some voui lady teachers of Nesmith have r turned to their homes and it is ge erally supposed that that is the ir mediate cause of their melanchol Mr G G Broadway is back "< the job" we are glad to note, aft several days indisposition. Miss Lula McKee, a charmir poung lady and efficient and popula teacher, is spending a few dai pleasantly with her sister, Mrs B ' Barnes, in Georgetown, before g ing to her home at Meriwethe Dn behalf of some of the young m< we feel sorry that school doesr last the whole year round. Messrs Wade Baxley, Oscar Ou law and Joe Bruorton and Miss Adra and Lillian Bruorton attend* services at Good Hope church Su day morning, and spent the afte noon at the home of Mr and Mrs T T> i. _* r>?4. TV,, els of beans and other vegetables a sacrificed by our shippers on tl Northern markets. These shipmen are bought up in car lots by Nort era canneries, canned, labeled ai shipped back South with a high ra of freight and a big profit added. Why not can our own vegetabl and save this expense? You can thi put up all the vegetables necessai to supply the home,and if you shou urn more than you need you will fit a ready market for all first grac goods right at your door. I shall be glad to assist you in th natter. Amanda Edwards, Do Agt Home Demonstration Worl Kingstree, May 4. The girl who persistently acgh generally makes a poor catch. _ ? J JDruunuu m, i t-icisnciu. xii' traveled in Mr Baxley's new car. Miss Marie Eaddy, a teacher Good Hope school, spent the wee end with her parents, Mr and Mrs B Eaddy. The people of this vicinity a pleased to know that the S A L ra road company has purchased the & W railroad, as Charleston ai other important cities can be reac ed much sooner and to much bett advantage. This country is rapid ieveloping and is soon to be one < the leading sections in farming,cot merce and other important indu tries. B W M. To Trackers of Williamsburg. I am glad to say to you throuf the columns of our county pap that I shall be glad to give you th season such instructions as will en ble you to save your truck crops I zanning after the Northern marke mfl lnnnt.1- fa Ira vnnr rvrnHllf* VW Hi UUt IVUgWi VMrtv J VU? At a profit to you. Year after year, at the close ( each truck season,thousands of bus WILL I ired to Supply /ire Doors Wire Windows Yaps Rubber Garden Hose s items. Also any and everything j hardware and Chinaware. At no ot igstree H 1VENTU ALLY?A lr ^ a 33 ^ . y- M Just receive 1 including Poultr; h- g celebrated line o ' I WILLIAM ,, i He : R HARMON DROWNED - IN SNOW'S LAKE. 'g FELL FROM BOAT IN 15 FEET OF WATER AND DROWNED BEFORE I! ASSISTANCE COULD REACH HIM. 00 making: it impossible tor them to 118 rescue him without assistance. They ^ immediately grave the alarm, and in a short time several parties were on l(* the scene searching for the body, 'e which was found several feet from where he fell about 5 o'clock. The 18 body was brought to town, arriving here about 7 o'clock. Coroner H U Kinder of Kingstree was notified of the drowning and left Saturday morning for Hemingway, where he empanelled a jury of LV1 o- Hemingway, April 30:?News was r. received here yesterday at 1 o'clock ?n that Roswell Harmon was drowned i?t in Snow's lake while fishing. Immediately searching parties were it- formed and hurried to the scene in es automobiles, but after getting there ?d found much difficulty in locating n- the body, and it was only after five >r- hours' diligent work thdt it was A found. sy The following story was told by Claude Venters and young Norton, of who were the only eye-witnesses: k- They, with Harmon, went to Lynch's G river Wednesday afternoon on a fishing expedition, everything going re well until about noon Thursday, il- About this time they (Norton and G Venters,) had stopped fishing and id had come to the bank to get things 1 --? nAnl/ir\rr /-}innnr A fi- 111 rcauiucas XUl wuniug uiuuvt* n er few minutes afterward Harmon ly came up in a boat, but decided af not to land, and told Venters and n- Norton that he would go to the ops' posite bank and Ret bait. After Retting beyond middle stream, nearinR the bank, the boat, in which he was standinR, struck a cypress knee, ^ throwinR him out backward, causer inR him to sink head foremost. 18 They, still on the opposite side, a" thinking it to be an easy matter for >y him to swim to the bank, remained ** where they were, knowing that he tn ? 11 i : was an exwiieui swimmci. ixaxmon came to the surface and made an effort to catch hold of the boat, k" but missed it only a little distance. re At this juncture, they, seeing that ie he was in danger, started to swim to his rescue, but before they could k" reach him he had sunk for the last time. At the point where this happened the water was fifteen feet deep, thus SOON I "our Needs Witl Cotton Garden Hose Florence Automatic Oil Florence Blue Flame rou can think of or need in the Hz her store will you find as great a 1 ardware \jreorKeLUWii, may A.?xuc stree District conference of the Methodist church, which was helc at Andrews this week, adjoumec Thursday night. It was a well attended conference, all the minis ' ters being present and a large quota |of laymen. Reports were encour | aging, and the discussion of the sev ; eral interests of the church was live ly. Special stress was given the temperance question and the con ference, by strong resolutions, pui itself on the side of prohibition The church was urged to be on the alert between now and the Septem ber election on the prohibition ques tion, and to make a vigorous fight foi State-wide prohibition. S e v e r a strong speeches favoring prohibitior were made by leading laymen. F M Lofton of McClellanville was ap pointed lay-reader of the district and made a speech urging the lay men to make an active fight. The following delegates, lay, were elected to represent this district al the annual conference, which will be held in Trinity church, Charleston, in November: R M Lofton, E C Coskery, J B Grant and J Davit Carter. The next district conference will be held with the church at McClellanville. The entertainment given by the town of Andrews was greatly appreciated, and resolutions were passed expressive oi this appreciation. Mrs. Eleanor Pendergrass Dead. Mrs Eleanor Pendergrass, widow ol the late Mr Jno Moore Pendergrass, died Tuesday at the home of hei daughter, Mrs Millie Schroeder, al Georgetown, in the seventy-first yeai of her age. Before marriage she was a Miss Montgomery, born and reared near Greelyville. The deceased was well known in Kingstree, where she formerly resided. The remains were brought tc Kingstree yesterday morning and interment was made in the Williamsburg cemetery at 3 o'clock that afternoon. Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs Rosa T Fulton by Rev D A Phillips, ol the Methodist church, in which faith the deceased was a true Christian. inquest, composed of the following gentlemen: J T DuRant, foreman; M E Poston, J N Spivey, W T Hemingway, B L Harper, D R Izard, who returned a verdict of accidental drowning. VHY NOT NOV RE F] d, two car loads Pit y and Garden Fencii f fencing. [SBURG HA adquarters for < METHODISTS END MEETING. Klngstree District Conlerencc Met at Andrews. f A. i tu? !/ ;?? I . < i BE HER i Seasonable Goc Blue Belle Oil St Stoves Water Coolers Oil Stoves Refrigerator! irdware line and will sell it to you at i /ariety, better quality or cheaper pric Co. I We Lead11 ENCIN tsburg Perfect Fence ng. Call and let us RDWARECC Guaranteed Goo< ??^??MlllllUflU?? ; | STAT^M . jg OFTH1 - i ft g^^-f Farmers & Merchants ' I 3P^lPP LAKE: CITY ' B jMHrjf '?w As Condense I Report to the Comptrollei Bills Receivable Overdrafts MM Bonds Stock Federal Reserve Furniture and Fixture EplSjJ.tj'i Bank Building Cash and Due from Bi Liabiliti Undivided Profits t Bills Payable ; Make OUR bank 1 ? We pay 4 per cent, interest Farmers & Merchan ' "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Branches at Johnsonville, I t t i t Lfj itiiMAtll 1 lOlii ^^^CatdownyourHvin^xpenses!^Y< jfl save time, labor, and money, and get bi| I Planet? I This No, 16 Planet Jr is the highest ty > Hoe made. Light, but strong, and can i woman or boy. Will do all the cultiv; garden in the easiest, quickest and best I destructible steel frame. Costs little ai I lifetime. jH New 72-omtm Catafeff (ICS illustrations) free > irHK,, n.? SO Hand, and horse-tooil Write postal /or it. ! I KING HDW. CO. rjrJrf* i I Kicfttree E! >ds. oves I s )rices that defy competies than at headquarters. Others Follow. *| foli ; I in all heights, | show you this | ,: )MPANY, 1 ds. I ENT fOfSi | z T*~$f National Bank I > s. c.. d from W&W* i r of May 1,1915. Pp^j ! 7 P$ $285,224^18 Bank 2,400 00 pt/T ^j sand v^xm- 11 - MOO 00 money (i inks.. 54.717 27 J v/BKRE A $406,741 45 IT I WILL j ie?. BE $100,000 00 Jafe ) 20,000 00. IT WILL ] 9,523 52 ; 50,000 00 ! JOME | 20,000 00 DAY < - 207,217 93 m^d: $406,741 45 \Sr^J fOUR bank, on savings accounts. ts National Bank, LAKE CITY, S. CCowards and Pamplico. )u'H be astonished how easy it is to I ?reer and better croDS when you use Tm Garden I Pr Tools pe of Single Wheel 9 be used by man, fl atio.. in your 8 t way. In- 8 id lasts a >y^r B * / ' ?