The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 02, 1916, Page FIVE, Image 5
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Mr J A Scott spent Sunday at
Salters.
Rev H D Bull officiated at Florence
Sunday.
r?nlv nnp nnhlic sale is to be made
% here next Monday.
Hon R J Kirk of Florence was in
i Kingstree* Saturday.
V Miss Cora Thompson is enjoying a
P stay at St Petersburg, Fla.
ft Next Wednesday will be the first
P day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.
DrW L Taylor is occupying his
new offices in the Nexsen building.
Dr Wilmot McCutchen of Sumter
visited relatives in town this week.
Miss Sue Gibbes of Camden has
been visiting her niece, Mrs Louise
Gilland, here.
Mrs Nannie Trenholm of Raleigh,
N C, visited her niece, Mrs L C
Dove, here last week.
Mrs H A Miller and sister, Mrs
Edward Sauer, spent Monday in
Charleston visiting friends.
Messrs J J Morris of Lake City and
W C Rollins of Rome were welcome
callers at our office Monday.
TT-:-~ mill Ko HoM in thp
Uliiuu ociyiwo tiui mv mv.v
Presbyterian church next Sunday
night. Rev A E Riemer will preach.
Mr H A Altman of Morrisville attended
court here thiB week as a
juror and gave our office a pleasant
call.
Mr and Mrs H A Miller and family,
accompanied by Mrs Geo Stang
and Mrs Edward Sauer and daughters,
spent Sunday at St Stephens.
a Mrs R W Crosland left Friday for
Colombia to join her husband, who
has accepted a position with the
Black-Fraser Motor Car Co of that
City. .
Rev W H Mills, of the Presbyterian
church at Clemson College, occupied
the pulpit of the Presbyterian
chnrch here Sunday at the evening
service.
Mr R N Speigner and Miss Martha
Jenkinson, of the faculty of the
PPr Hemingway Graded School, spent
the week-end at their respective
& ~ homes here.
Mr H A Meyer was in Charleston
.s Monday to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, Mr Charles A F Ceil^
rard, who died at his home in that
city Sunday.
| rt. Hon J J M Graham of Cades was
a caller at our office Monday. In
conversation with us he said he did
not sanction the county government
law recently enacted.
Auditor Montgomery is busy computing
the value of the assessed
property in Williamsburg county. It
# will probably show a considerable
increase over last year.
Services will be held at the Epis;
v} copal church next Sunday at 11 a.
m., with holy communion, and 7:30
p. m. Ash Wednesday morning
prayer and sermon, 11 a. m.
Miss Amanda Edwards spent last
'week in the vicinity of Hemingway
and Johnsonvilie in the interest of
her home demonstration work. She
returned here Friday afternoon.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
served a tempting dinner Monday in
Mr W V Strong's new brick building
on West Main street. A tidy sum
was realised for the benefit of the
church.
The meeting of the Civic league
and Library association to have been
held this afternoon has been postpaned
until 4 p. m. Monday. The
meeting will be held at the school
abditorium.
Prof W B Magginis of Winthrop
. college will address the teachers at
the school auditorium here at noon
Saturday, and at 4 p. m. at the same
place he will address the patrons of
the Kingstree school.
The Farmers' Mercantile company
of Leo has been commissioned, with
a capital of $2,000. The officers are:
John D Hanna, president; S D Han*
na, vice president; E D Hanna, secretary
and treasurer.
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Llliue miss Lliaijf Ul Vlti mvvui
t v lough was at home Friday afternoon,
| 1 February 25, from 4:30 to 5:30
' o'clock to a number of her little
? friends, the occasion being in celebration
of her eighth birthday.
Services will be held at B'nai
B'rith synagogue Sunday evening by
\ Dr Jacob L Raisin of Charleston.
The subject of his sermon will be:
"Are We Not Brothers?" Mr David
Silverman will render several violin
solos on this occasion. Everjone
t welcome.
Mr T F Weathersbee.who has been
under treatment at the McLeod infirmary
for some time, returned to
his home at Johnsonville this week.
?Miss Georgia Stackley, of the faculty
of Union High school, Rome,
spent the week-end with her parents
. here.?Florence Times,
Rev P S McChesney preached a
special sermon to the Ladies' Mis- j
sionary society of the Presbyterian !
church in Greelyville Sunday after- j
| noon. A large congregation was |
t present, and Mr McChesney's dis-i
| course on the subject of missions
was highly interesting.
Mr L D Rodgers spent several
days in Winston-Salem, N C, last!
week. He reports that the 1915 to-1
bacco crop is still being marketed
there at good prices. The opinion
among tobacco men there, Mr Rodgers
says, is that the price of this
year's crop is going to be unusually
good.
Mr Ira A Calhoun, local agent of
the Southeastern Insurance Co, has
distributed throughout the community
a lot of fly swatters. These lit
tie affairs serve two purposes,killing
flies and advertising the Southeastern
Insurance Co, but certainly the
more noble of these purposes is killing
flies, for by this much sicknqfs
may be averted and many lives saved,
since the fly is a recognized carrier
and disseminator of filth and disease.
Mr T E Bsggett has secured the
agency for the Chevrolet car in
1 Williamsburg county. This car is
favorably known in this and other
States where it has been offered for
sale, and Mr Baggett will be glad to
demonstrate it to prospective purchasers.
The first shipment will arriye
within the next 15 days. This
car sells for $527.00, $590.00 and
$790.00, equipped with electric
lights and starter.
The notice published in The Record
of February 17 by Mr C W Baker,
farm demonstration agent, with
reference to velvet beans brought in
orders from all over the county,
which enabled Mr Baker to secure
1 these valuable beans at a reduction
in cost for those ordering them. The
beans have been shipped from Alabama
and will probably reach Kingsthis
wppIc. In this connection
we will add that if merchants or
business or professional men want to
reach the people of Williamsburg
county, there is no better way of doing
so than through the columns of
The County Record.
IN THE SOCIAL REALM.
Delightful Entertainments Given
Here the Past Few Days.
One of the pleasantest events of i
the season was the reception given
Thursday afternoon by Mrs Hugh
McCutchen in honor of Miss Martha i
Crittenden of Shellman.Ga.the guest
of Mrs R C McCabe, and Miss Theo <
Gregg of Sumter,who is visiting Mrs <
Louise Gilland. The feature of the i
occasion was guessing conundrums,
the answers to which were found in .
objects in the room. There were (
ties for the prize, a beautiful box of
note paper, and in tne cut' miss
Selma Thorn was the winner. The
guest prize, a dainty apron, was presented
to Miss Crittenden. Vocal
and instrumental music by Mrs L W
Gilland and Misses Selma Thorn and '
Sturgis added much to the pleasure !
of the occasion. Two delicious
courses, salad and sweet,were served
by Mesdames W T Wilkins, Thomas 1
McCutchen and W V Brockington. '
Those present were: Mesdames S P
Harper, R C McCabe, W V Brock- j
mgton, Thos McCutchen, W T Wilkins,
L W Gilland, Misses Martha
Crittenden, Theo Gregg, Belle McClary.Ada
Brockington.AgnessErckmann,Belle
Harper, Louise Cunningham,
Quinette D&ntzler, Sturgis, Sarah
James, Lizzie Heape, Cornelia
Plowden.Mary James Britton, Selma
Thorn, Lula Brockinton.
Friday afternoon Mrs W N Jacobs
and Miss Selma Thorn entertained
the B<x>klovers' club at the former's
home on West Main street. The j
guests were received by Miss Thorn
and ushered into the library, where i,
they were presented with booklets |,
in the shape of a teapot and asked j
to name "twelve brands of tea." ]
All answers were req aired to end in j
thfet word. For example: "The tea
of the religious?pie-tea (piety)." f
This unique entertainment was keenly
enjoyed by all. The prize, a teapot,
was won by Miss Louise Cunningham.
Tempting refreshments
were served. The guests were:
Mesdames Belle Blakely, W I Nexsen,
W L Taylor, S L Brown, Misses
Bessie Harper, Louise Cunningham ,
and Selma Thorn.
Miss Ada Brockington charmingly
entertained Saturday afternoon in
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honor or ner ieiiow-memoers 01 me
faculty of the Kingstree High and
Graded school. The guests were pre- |
sented with bottles,which they dressed
with tissue paper to resemble j
dolls, each representing a different (
character named. Miss Mary James |
Britton won the prize .for the best ]
dressed doll, a bottle of perfumery, ,
while Misses Selma Thorn and Theo j
Gregg received special mention. Rec- .
itations by Miss Louise Cunningham J
and music added much to the pleasure
of the guests. Dainty salad and
sweet courses were served. Those ;
present were the same as at Mrs
Hugh McCutchen's reception.together
with Mrs W W Holliday and
i Misses Bessie Harper and Mamie Jacobs.
SPRING TERM COURT
GENERAL SESSIONS
DISPATCHES A LARGE AMOUNT
OF BUSINESS HERE THIS WEEK
-THE CASES IN DETAIL,
The spring term of the court of
general sessions convened Monday
morning at 10 o'clock, with Judge J
W DeVore of Edgefield presiding.
Promptly at 9:30 all court officials
were at their post of duty and ready
for the dispatch of business.
The new grand jury was empaneled
and elected as their foreman,
won w lj cryan 01 oryan.
In charging the grand jury, Judge
DeVore very clearly emphasized the
importance of the oath taken by the
foreman and each member of the
body. Tljjs oath was the very foundation
of the court's work, he said.
It bound each member to strict
secrecy as to their deliberations and
discussions of the court's business in
the jury room. The oath enjoined
secrecy for the purpose of making
them fearless in the performance of
their duty. They were the guardians
of the people, Judge DeVore
told them, and they should not be
afraid, or hesitate in reporting to
the court any and all violations of
the criminal law. They were supposed
to look after the welfare of
the county, calling their body together
at any time for the investigation
of anything that may require
their attention. They should appoint
committees who should acquaint
themselves with the laws
pertaining to the several officers of the
county, and they should 9ee that the
law was carried out. It was their
duty to look after the roads and
public schools of the county, as he
had found in many instances that
Bchools were apparently run for the
benefit of the teachers instead of
the children, and that the people
were not paying taxes simply for
the accommodation of a few teachers,
but for the education of' their
Children and that it was the duty of
the grand jury to visit every public
school in the county, to see that
they are properly conducted and
taught by competent teachers?also
to see that school trustees do their
duty.
Judge DeVore made it plain to
the jurors that the duty of passing
upon bills handed to them from time
to time by the Solicitor was a mere
matter of form and a minor part of
their duty, but that their duty was
continuous, so during their term as
grand jurors they should be on the
alert at all times in the interest of
the county and their fellow-citizens.
At the conclusion of the Judge's
charge,Solicitor Stoll gave the grand
jury 17 bills of indictment to consider,
and of this number 15 true bills
were reported.
MONDAY'S SESSION.
The first case disposed of on the
opening day was that of Adam Cooper,
a young negro charged with
housebreaking and larceny. It was
shown that the defendant had broken
into the seed house of Messrs Cooper
Bros and stolen therefrom a quantity
of cotton seed. A jury found him
guilty and the sentence of the court
was two years in the penitentiary or
a like period on the public roads of
Williamsburg county. Cooper was
not represented by counsel.
Meyers Plowden, Fletcher Welch
and Waitus Matthews each plead
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gUlliy LU lllC UIB1KC Ul iiuuscuicaning
and larceny and each received a
sentence of 18 months on the chaingang.
Jas Dunmore plead guilty to two
charges, housebreaking and larceny,
and was sentenced to 3 years at hard
labor on each charge.
Snow Graham, a one-eyed darky
with a little bunch of chin whiskers,
plead guilty to an indictment charging
him with obtaining goods under
false pretenses and was given his
:hoice between three months on the
:haingang or the payment of a $60
fine.
Jas Hiram, an old negro from the
[ndiantown section, was tried for violating
the dispensary law and acquitted.
Represented by LeRoy Lee,
Esq.
Elbert Thomas plead guilty to the
:harge of grand larceny,, stealing a
bale of cotton, and the court fixed
bis punishment at 18 months on the
^hflincanc.
Eddie Anderson plead guilty and
?ot a sentence of twelve months for
assault and battery with intent to
kill.
M S McFadden plead guilty to an
indictment for obtaining goods under
false pretense and was sentenced
by the court to one year's imprisonment
at hard labor or pay a fine of
^150. This negro, it was shown,had
obtained about $500 worth of goods
from various^nerchants by giving a
mortgage to each over the same personal
property, worth about $100.
Four of these mortgages were given
to Kingstree dealers on credits ranging
from $40 to $100.
TUESDAY'S SESSION.
John Wilson plead guilty to two
indictments charging him with lar
1 ceny of !>ve stock, whereupon the
; court sentenced him to four years ?
1 t'.vo years in each case ?imprisonment
at hard labor in the penitentiary
or on the county chaining.
George Scott, indicted and tried
I on a charge of assault and battery
1 with intent to kill, was found guilty
; of assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature and the court
! sentenced him to nine months on the
: chaingang or pay a fine of $75.00.
Isaac McUrea and Mattie Ann
Cunningham plead guilty to the
charge of adultery upon the advice
of their attorney, LeRoy Lee, Esq,
who also requested the mercy of the
court in their behalf. The judge
sentenced them to one year in the
penitentiary or pay a fine of $100,all
of which was suspended during good
behavior except $12.50, which each
would be required to pay.
Sam Nelson, indicted for the larceny
of live stock, was tried and
found guilty. The court sentenced
him to serve one year on the chaingang.
The defendant was represented
by R. K. Wallace, Esq, while
Solicitor Stoll was assisted by E L
Hirsch, Esq.
The most important case to come
to trial at this term of court was
that of the State against William
Colon Patterson, who was indicted
and tried at the fall term for the
murder of Lizzie Wilder. At the
former trial the jury failed to agree
upon a verdict and a mistrial was
declared. Substantially the same
evidence was brought out at the
trial Tuesday, which took up the attention
of the court during the
greater part of the day. Both sides
of the case were well and ably presented.
but. as this paper stated af
ter the previous trial, the evidence
against Patterson was so conclusive
that there was a slim chance for his
acquittal. The jury after being out
about 30 minutes returned a verdict
of guilty with a recommendation
to mercy and accordingly the
court sentenced Patterson to life
imprisonment.
WEDNESDAY'S SESSION.
Nathan Brown, one of a trio of
darkies charged with murder, was
tried and convicted of manslaughter
with recommendation to mercy.
Judge DeVore fixed his puniament
ateeven years in the penitentiary or
on the county chaingang. The defendant
was represented by G M
Beasley, Esq, of Gourdins.
The rule issued last June against
Sheriff George J Graham by Judge
Mauldin, upon complaint of J DlGilland.Esq,
of Florence, was heard by
the court and discharged. This matter.it
seems, grew out of the alleged
failure of the Sheriff to comply with
certain orders directed to him by Mr
Gilland concerning the seizure of a
cash register then in the possession
of one Mr Gowdy.
flnwHv Rnrcress was tried UDon a
charge of assault and battery with
in cent to kill and found not guilty.
With the termination of the above
case the criminal docket of the session
was completed and the court
adjourned sine die.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Wanted?Chickens, geese, tarkeys
and eggs. Best price paid. W N JACOBS,
opposite Farmers' Supply Co's.
2-24-tf
For Sale?Two Duroc Jersey sow
pigs 3 months old, thoroughbred. A
$25.00 check gets them. T E Arrowsmith,
Kingstree, S C. It
For Sale?Tract of land consisting
of two hundred and seven acres of
which about thirty-five acres are cleared,
about two miles from Trio,' known
as the Southern portion of the Kelley
tract, recently the property of A W
Graham For terms apply to The
Peoples Bank ofGeorgetown. 2-17-4t
Lost?Strayed or stolen, during
January, one small red heifer, about
ten months old, unmarked. Reward if
returned to owner. F K Graham,
Kingstree, S C. 3-2-2t
Wanted For Cash?All kinds of old
scrap iron except old grate bars and
stove castings. Will buy in any quantity.
Kingstree Manufacturing &
Construction Co. 2-17
Wanted?For cash 1000 cords of
round pine poles four feet long,
from six to fifteen inches diameter,
free from knots or other defects.
Kingstree M'f'g & Construction
to. 2-10-tf
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Wanted?missing nuun.a?mmcs
having books belonging to the library
of the late C W Wolfe, or books borrowed
from him will please return same
at once to this office. Among those
missing are "Men of Mark,' "The
Dark Corner" by Zack McGee, Vol 5
of Guy de Maupassant's works and one
volume of 0'Henry's works. Some of
these books did not belong to Mr Wolfe,
but were loaned by him to friends during
his illness and were not returned.
For Sale?Finely ground Phosphate
Rock. Prompt shipment for fall, winter
and spring. Write for prices to McCabe
Fertilizer Company, Charleston.
S C. 11-18-tf
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drive* out
Malaria.enriches the blood.andbuilda op th?(v?.
I un. A true tonic. For adnlte and children. 50c
Fine Healthy C
Convi
Simple Inexpensive Remedy Checks
Early Tendency to Constipation.
About the first thing impressed
on the young mother is the necessity
for regularity in her baby, which
brings up the question of the most
desirable laxative for children's use.
Mrs Jesse Richardson, Philpot,
Ky. says she has used Dr Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin for the past year and
that there is no medicine in the
world like it. She writes, "My little
son, William, Jr, just loved it
because it is so pleasant to take, and
everybody talks about his being such
a fine healthy boy."
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
compound of simple laxative herbs,
free from any opiate or narcotic
drug, and is the standard remedy
for constipation in thousands of
homes throughout the land. Drug
stores everywhere sell it for fifty
cents a bottle. Get a bottle of this
C C Wyche, a member of the
Spartanburg bar, has announced his
candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
of South Carolina. Mr Wyche has
always been a supporter of former
Governor Blease.
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THE Camel of Extravagance h
through the eye of the Nee
means waaia, ana wusie 1
CESS. The person who spends his
lessly, will naturally NEVEB, sn?
EEATION, not excess. The money
killed for him. Be MODERATE wi
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house.
A trial bottle, free of charge, can
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The passenger steamer Maloja, a
12,131 ton vessel belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriental line, struck
a mine and sank within half an hour
off Dover, Eng, Sunday. More than
40 persons were drowned or killed.
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immoderately, lavishly, reekseed.
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very rarely has a fatted calf
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