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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-02
CITY EMPLOYEES

An ordinance prescribing a legal
DAYS work for city employees was then
taken up. For manual labor 81. 20 Is the
amount for days work, and nine hours
the time. The ordinance was adopted.
me resolution empowering the Gene
terry committee to determine the COM
pensation Of employees in the city GENE
teries within certain limitations. Adopt-
ed.
number Of petitions to build and
erect boilers were referred to the Fire
committee. Several other applications
approved by them were granted.
me letter Of the fire committee on
Steamship company relative to fire
Plugs, was read and adopted
Mr. Dast moved that q special COM
mittee be appointed to consider the
plumbers protest against q license tax
The motion was lost.
AN ordinance relieving automatic
vending machines from q special license
tax was adopted
The report of the public buildings COM
mittee on the report Of the Inspector OF
Buildings was adopted.
Inc bond Of Messrs. Peabody e. Co. for
the sum of $4,000 for the laying Of fibre
pavement around the city hall was ap-
proved. @#
The application Of the Board Of Harbor
OS'tiihiSSioASIS LOT SSUU, ALREADY apprO-
priated, was granted
The report Of the Ordinance Commit
tee IN the matter Of the application for
q franchise by the Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph company was read.
The matter Of appointing q committee
TO hear the plumbers protest against
the license Tux, imposed on them, was
reconsldered, and was adopted. Messrs.
Campo. East and Mchannus were ap-
pointed on the committee.
GEESE AND GOATS BARRED.
Mr. Campo offered resolution pre-
scribing penalties for the running at
large of geese and Mr.. East amended it
10 include goats. It was adopted after
humorous discussion.
An application for permission to re-
move the old Virginia Beach depot was
referred to the Fire Committee. and
the application Of Swift & Co. for per-
mission to build a siding on Water
mittee.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-02
THE COMMON COUNCIL
Business Transacted at Monthly Meeting
Z Held Last Night.
PURCHASE OF ATLANTIC CITY BRIDGE
The City Attorney Instructed TO PRO.
coed With the Arbitration Pro.
ceedinEs ms Rapidly as Possible
City Employees Salaries = Many
other Matters Disposed or.

The Common Council held its regular
monthly meeting last evening. Presi-
dent Winston occupied the chair, and
the following members responded to
their names: Councilmen L. b. ,Ander-
son. Peelle, Hecht. Hannah, II. c. Da-
Wis, Womble, Seneca, Campo, Fnrant,
East, Dennis, Elliott Yeatman, L. w
Davis, and NIcManus.
The matter OF grading. curbing, gut
tering and paving Chapel street from
Wood to Queen was passed by for lack
Of attendance
A resolution imposing q tax on blcy-
cles was lost
A letter from the City Attorney in the
matterofthe purchase by the city of the
Atlantic City bridge was presented Mr..
Campo moved that the City Attorney be
instructed to proceed at once with the
arbitration proceedings. Adopted.
The ordinance referring to gates at
railway crossings, amended to give six
ty days for their erection, meantime a
flagman to guard each crossing was
adopted.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-02
STORAGE OF OILS.

The ordinance regarding the storage
Of oils, previously adopted by the Com
mon Council, but referred by the Select
Council to special committee. took
the same course. and NIessrs. Hecht,
Campo. and Womble were appointed on
the committee from the Common Coun-
Gil. lI0#
The resignation Of Mr.. N. Burruss as
member Of the Board Of Sinking Fund
commissioners, was accepted and refer
red to the joint session for the election
Of his successor.
The protest Of the Postal Telegraph
company against the tax on telegraph
poles was laid on the table.
resolution requiring citizens to ad-
dress the Councils in writing was
adopted. LLl. ~I-.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
Beats the Clarendon Man.

Mrs.. J. Coker, of Lake City,
was among the old veterans who
attended the "Memorial Day.
exercises here Monday. In a con-
versation with County Record
reporter, Mr.. Coker said that he
had seen the little article recently
published about the Clarendon
county gentleman who placed Is
eggs under hen, and the hen
hatched % chickens and left s
eggs in the nest, no other hen
having layed in the hest with her,
and that he had a hen which beat
that record call hollow" Continu-
ing, Mr.. Coker said that he had
placed - eggs under one of his
hens, twenty-six chickens were
hatched, and tour eggs were left,
no other hen having layed in the
same nest or near it, and no other
eggs were placed there by any
one. Whew! Next!!
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13

Pagan Turkey is about toover-
ride Christian Greece and the inert
lndolent and calm way the powers
of Europe talk buncemb and ne
fuse or delay Intervention is to
their everlasting shame. You had
as we'll try TO- head offpeople from
taking advantage Of some Of
LeseSue and Epps' bargains as 10
expect speedy action from . lot Of
fool Legislators, diplomats and i'm
peria weaklings who are Glow
and impractical theorists and who
would have to be introduced to q
thing which would produce good
results. Surprising it 10, how
many people there are who fail
to recognize a good thing on sight
but we are glad so many in COM
munity are practical, appreciative.
provident and incliaed to merit.
They seem to realize that the
quality of the many gradesof shoes
hats, clothing etc.. offered BY Les
;esne & Epps is the very best that
labor can produce for the money
they ask for them. These people
seem to know that as this firm buys
its tobaccos direct from the factory
they can sell it as cheap as the
Charleston jobbers. They know al
so that in considering the freights
it will pay them to buy their gro
ceries at home instead Of odering
them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
T. NJ. Gilland, Esq, has gone to
Columbia.

Columbia.
The farmers are all complaining
of the bud-worms having consid,
erably damaged the young crops
during the recent cool mornings.
The pension board for Kings
township consists of Messrs. A. j.
Smith, Louis Jacobs and j. A.
Kelley. All applications for pen
sions by persons residing in this
township must be filed with one
Of these gentlemen.
A very enjoyable dance was
given at the residence of DR.. W.
'. Brockington last Tuesday night.
In view of the fact that the dance
was at private residence and on,
ly personal friends were invited,
the attendance was large. The
music was charmingly rendered
and the gay young couples tripped
lightly DER the floor to its delight
full strains. The dancing was kept
up until a late hour, and all pres
ent expressed themselves as hav-
ing had pleasant evening.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
Are These the Men?

Nothing new has developed in
the case of the two negro men who
were arrested in Hampton County
and brought over here last week
charged with murder of the two
unknown Italians near Salters a
month ago. The negroes are still
confined in the Jail here, though
nothing difinite has yet been
proved which would connect them
in anyway with the crime-the only
evidence against them being a win
chester rifle, two pistols and a
razor having been found in their
possession at the time of their ar
rest. Just why they should have
brought these weapons along with
them on a visit to their "girls" is
not altogether clear to the author.
ties. Then, too, their tale concern
ing the yellow fellow who was with
them and who escaped arrest is al
most improbable.
Nothing more has been heard Of
the negro who got away. He pretty
we'll filled the description of the
third man of the party supposed to
have done the killing. A rumol
was afloat in Kingstree a day OF
two ago that three men who filled
the DESCRIPTION of the Davis boys
and their "pal" had been arrested
in Savannah, but when the sheriff
was interviewed he said that he
knew nothing ofthe arrest. Before
the governor offered reward fol
the murderers, eleven men were
arrested for the crime but not one
has been arrested since. Will rot
some one earn the reward?
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
AN ENJOYABLE OCCASION.
A Delightful Dance Given at the Cole
man House

man House
One Of the most thoroughly en-.
joyed dances ever given in Kings.
tree was the one given at the Coles
man House last Monday night.
Quite number of visitors were
present, and in all it was quite a
gay affair. The music was fur-
nished by the Mouzon band, and
was we'll rendered. The dancing
was kept up until about half-past
two, and the gay young people
were even then loath to- leave the
dance-han. Among those present
were: Misses Maple Rollins, Ms.
mie Jacobs. Essie Benjamin, Geoy.
gia Rollins, Bertha Hodge, Kate
Levy, Barbara Jacobs, Ella Rol-
lins, Mildred McCabe, Lillian
Hodge, Barbara Levy, Eva Roll
lins, Essie Clark, Bessie Howard
and Halle Rollins; Mesdames Jas
.cobs, Brockinton and Hodge,
Messrs. Montague Jacobs, Louis
Gilland, Monte Scott, Hay McCis.
.ry, Maple Jacobs, W. s. Lynch,
Sam Wolfe, R. H. Wallace, J. Lide
Tallevast, II. G. Asklns, R. J. Nc
Cabe, T. J. Brown, Judsoa Moore,
Lamar singetary, E. G. Dennis
and Troy Flagler
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Eevel
In One Day
DOCK.

Our farmers seem to realize their
dependence upon "hog and hominy''
and have not increased the acreage
of cotton.
The greater number of our farm.
ers have chopped out" their cotton,
and in some instances have thinned
to a stand,
Our corn crop has been badly
damaged by the bud-worns; in fact,
so much 80 that some of the bottom
lands are being ploughed up and
planted over.
The melon crop seems to have
suffered considerably from the cool
nights.
The fruit crop bids fair to be the
best we have had In years.
The gardens are very good-plen'
ty of vegetables such as Irish pota.
toes, garden peas, turHips, &c.
DR.. T. P. Steele's kitchen caught
fire a few days ago, but we are glad
to say that prompt work by the
doctor prevented any serious dam
age.
Black Mingo and Wayside base
ball clubs played game Of ball OF
the latter's grounds last Saturday
Wayside being victorious. The
Black Mingo boys attribute theil
defeat to the fact that while they
had a team composed entirely o.
home talent, The Wayside nine had
men on it from Indiantown, Poplar
Hill and Johnsonville sections.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
.Johnson'S Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure It cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
~ Hours.
Dresses and Cakes.

A State exchange is author'ty
for the following article, and Will
vouch for its truth:
A fashionable young lady visi
ting a cooking school at Iancas-
ter the other afternoon, had her
attention equally divided between
a new dress worn by an acqualnt-
ance and the directions for making
a cake. Upon returning home
she undertook to write down the
recipe for making the cake for
her mother, and the old lady was
paralyzed when she read: "Take
two pounds of -four, three rows Of
pleating down the front, the white
of two eggs, cut bias, a pint of
milk ruffled around the neck, half
a pound of currants with even
wards of bead trimming, grated
lemon peel with Spanish lace
fchu, stir we'll and add a semi
fitting paletot with visite sleeves;
butter the ban with Brazllion
topaz necklace and garnish with
iceing and passementrie, bake in
moderately hot oven until the
overskirt is tucked from the waist
down on either side, and finish
with large bows" Her mother
said she wouldn't eat such a
cake and that she thought these
new tangled ideas in cooking
ought to be frowned down.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
0uiniae and other -
yer medicines take from5
to 10 days to cure fever
.Johnsen,s Chill and Fever
Tonic cures In ONE DAY.
Action was Deferred.

Owing to the absence from the
city but four members of the Phos-
phate Commission were at its
meeting to-day. On a PROPOSE.
ton to make easier the terms for
the payment of the royalty by
the miners Of river rock, the vote
was a tie. Gen. Norton and Mr..
Taylor voting for and Or. Will
liams and Gen. Barber against il
80 action was deferred until the
return of the Governor.-Colum-
bia Record.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
THE PENSION BOARDS.
An Interesting Meeting of Camp Press
ley Held Monday.

An Interesting Meeting of Camp Press
ley Held Monday.
A meeting of Camp Presley
U. C. ", was held in the court
house on Monday last. Quite
number of members were present
having come to attend the "Me'
mortal Day" exercises. In the
absence af the adjutant, comman'
dant d. K. Gordan requested Mr.
Louis Jacobs to act as secretary ol
the meeting. He then stated the
object of the meeting to be the
election of eight delegates to rep
resent the Camp at the coming
reunion to be held at Naahville.
Tenn, beginning June 22nd.
The following comrades were
elected delegates: d. E. Gordon,
S. D. M. Byrd, A. w. Flagler, ST.
mon Poston, w. j. Ferrell, j. P.
Gamble, }. E. Dunlop and w. S,
Eaddy, with F. NJ. Britton, G. j,
Graham and H. II. Kinder as al.
ternates.
The next business in order was
the reorganization of the various
township and the county pension
boards. The following were elect.
ed chairmen of the township
boards: Township No. 1, S. 1.
Montgomery, No. q I. N. Boyd,
No. 8, w. D. Bryan, No. 4, A. j.
Parsons, No. 5, J. J. Gray, No. 6,
H. Fl. Kinder, No. z, A. ]. Smith,
No. s, James McCutchen, No. 9,
J. G. Josey, No. 10, j. j. Morris,
No. II, ]. R. Cox, No. 10, F. n.
Brltton, No. 13, S. D. NJ. Byrd, No.
IA, Simon Poston.
As members of the county PEN
sion board Messrs. Jas. McCutch.
en-, Louis Jacobs and II. q. Kinder
were elected, with DR.. w. L. Wal
lace as physician. On motion, it
was resolved that Col. Nc cCutcheu,
as chairman of the board, notify
all applicants for pensions to ap.
pear before their respective town
ship boards AT ONCE, so that the
boards can make their reports to
the county board at a meeting to
be held next Monday. 1t was also
resolved that the old pension board
be requested to turn over all ap-
plications in their hands without
delay.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
SCRANTQN NEWS COLUMN.
MATTERS PICKED UP AND
PUT INTO PRINT.
Regular Weekly Letter From a
County Record Cor
respondent.

respondent.
Mr.. C. II. Nachman spent Sunday
in kingstree.
Cadet Lamar Lee has returned
from Clemson. College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow Wright
spent Memorial day in Kingstree.
Mr.. Mcleod, of Columbia, spent
a day or two in our village last
week, doubtless attracted by bright
eyes.
Mr.. b. O. Bristow, Of Darlington,
spent a few days in Scranton last
week. .
In the absence of Rev. Mr.. Oliver,
the pastor, who was in Wilmington
in attendance upon the Southern
Baptist Convention, Rev. w. p
Scott filed the Baptist pulpit last
Sunday morning.
Rev. and Mrs. J. J. 8nggett visit
ed the Sardis neighborhood last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Thigpen, OF
the Hebron section, visited Maj. T.
NJ. Creecy's family last week.
MI. G. G. McGee has been quite
sick for some time, but is out again.
Mrs. Rouse and family have re-
turned to Darlington, after spending
some time with the family of Mr..
w. j. c. Scurry.
Frank Sturgeon, whoaccidentally
got his leg broken sometime ago.
Is able to walk about again.
Miss Marie Willoughby. formerly
of this place, is attending college in
Louisville, KY.
We do not wish to be regarded
as captious, but We must complain
Of the glaring typographical errors
which appeared in our last weeks
correspondence. The whole thing
came out in rather bad shape, and
in some instances the sense was de-
stroyed, doing us great injustice.
w. &c.
[Our correspondents matter did
come out in "rather bad shape" last
week, but it was due the fact that
by an oversight no "proof" Of the
article was made, and we offer this
excuse and apology to our readers
and the correspondent-Ed.]
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
Why take bhnS0n'S
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case
Of Fever i'm ONEDAY.
The Old Soldier.

Keep not Your flowers for his grave,
But give him some to-day;
Chez and help him life's ills to brave
With your sweet flowers to-day.
A bud cast at his living feet
For the services he gave,
Would give a pleasure far more
sweet
Than wreaths upon his grave.
VETERAN.
Kingstree, May 10.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
Dave Shaw Recovering.

Dr. A. II. Williams, of Lake
City, is in Columbia. He reports
that Dave Shaw, who recently
attempted to kill himself, is rap
idly recovering from his wounds
and now takes a more hopeful
view of life.-COlumbia Record.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
MEMORIAL DAY" EXERCISES
AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM
WELL CARRIED OUT.
Speeches, Recitations, Singing,
etc., in the Court House
Other Exercises.

In accordance with the annouce-
ments previously made in these
columns, "Memorial Day" was
fittingly observed in kingstree
last Monday. The program had
been very carefully prepared and
those who took part in the exercises
had been thoroughly trained by
those in authority and all of the
proceedings were carried out in
as smooth a way as possible. The
column of veterans presented
quite an inspiring and impressive
scene, and the young uniformed
soldiers added much to the pro-
cession.
After tie exercises in the court
house tho procession, composed
of the veterans, the Lake City
Light Dragons, the column Of
boys and girls, and the citizens
marched to the strains of band
music to the Baptist cemetery
where the soldiers graves were
decorated with flowers and ever
greens. The military company
fired a salute over the graves, and
willing and loving hands then
placed flowers upon the mounds
beneath which rests the remains
of brave men who went to the
front ready to sacrifice their lives
for the honor of their country.
The following was the program
of the exercises which took place in
the court house,: called to order by
Col. James McCutchen; prayer by
Col. j. Z. Dunlop; song, "National
Hymn, pupils of the Kingstree
Academy; recitation, "Conquered
Banner" Miss Barbara Jacobs;
Oration, Mr.. s. NJ. Wolfe; Recita-
ton, ain Memoriam," Miss Mil
dred McCabe; Song, "Red White
and Blue," pupils of Kingstree
Academy; defamation, "The
Spirit of 81 and '96" MIR. Edwin
-Hirsch; recitation, "Ode to a Con-
federate Bill" Miss Florrie Jacobs;
defamation, "Our Confederacy,"
Mr.. Louis Gilland; song, "Sewa-
nee River" Misses Mildred Nc
Csbe, Barbara Jacobs, Dell Kelle-
ban, Alma Kelly and Marie
Tnorne; Grafton, Col. J. E. Dun
loE; song, "Dixie," pupils of the
Academy.
All of the young people who
look part are scholars at the
kingstree academy, and the man.
ner in which they acted their
parts showed that they had re-
ceived excellent training at the
hands of their instructors. Every
one acquitted himself or herself
so admirably that it would be diff
ficult to say which one deserves
especial mention. To speak Of
any one of them particularly
would mean to do an injustice to
the others. so we withhold indivi-
dual comment from all,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13
ITEMS Of LOCAL Interest.
. AcOLUMN OF NEWS PICKED
UP AROUND TOWN
And Put Into Short Paragraphs
For Quick Reading BY
Busy People.

For Quick Reading BY
Busy People.
Rev. DR.. Elwell has returned
from Rock Hill.
Miss Matte Pendergass left last
Tuesday afternoon for Florence.
MIR. C. II. Nachman, of Scran-
ton, spent Sunday in kingstree.
Court convenes next Monday,
Judge D. A. Townsend presld
ing.
Mr.. Julius Levy, of George
town, was in KingStree Monday
and Tuesday;
Mr.. Carl w. Hill, editor of the
Lake City Times, was among the
"Memorial Day" visitors.
Miss Daisy Timmons, of Efing-
ham. is spending this week with
Miss Beatrice Graham.
Miss Louise Pendergass is Wis.,
iting the family of Mr.. George
Stackley, of Florence.
Miss Florence hirsch has re-
turned from Charleston, where she
has been visiting tor some time.
The local dispensary was closed
Monday, which was wise thing
on the part of the board of con-
troll.
Misses Eva and Halle Rollins, of
Lake City, visited Miss Mildred
McCabe a few days this and last
week.
Rev. w. D. Moorer returned on
Monday from Wilmington, where
he had been in attendance upon
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Owing to the absence of the
pastors of the other churches,
services were held only in the
Episcopal church last Sunday.
People from almost every sec
ton of the county attended the
"Memorial Day" exercises in
Kingstree Monday.
T. NJ. Gilland, Esq, returned
Saturday frcm a ten-days' trip to
Richmond, Washington, Balti-
more, New York, Albany and
other points.
Misses Kate and Barbara Levy,
of Georgetown, came up last
Friday to spend some time with
the Misses Jacobs. Miss Kate
returned Tuesday, but Miss Bar
bara will remain here for some
time.
Mr.: r. NJ. Squires, who has been
here for some time past as district
agent for the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co., left Monday for
Georgetown, where he will es-
tablish district agency for this
territory. Mr.. j. P. Nelson has
taken charge of the agency at
this point.
The county treasurer's regular
annual report appears in this is
sue in the shape of supple ment.
Special attention is called to the
report of the disbursements of the
school fund, as it shows just how
much is spent on the education of
the children in the different Sec
tions of the county.
Forty two veterans were in the
"Memorial Day" parade. Surely
this is not the total number of
living Confederate soldiers in
Williamsburg county! and yet
how few are alive! Soon we shall
see their brave, battle-scared,
time-worn faces no more, and the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-13

Have you seen the Columbian
Encyclopedia? 1t is a "daisy."
The herald., 1897-10-17
Normal School Social

The first of delightful series Of en-
tertainments was given at the normal
school Friday evening. For the purpose
OF establishing camaraderie betwe cen
the pupils and drawing them in social
way closer to one another regardless of
classes, and to the faculty the present
plan has been inaugurated and judgin 6
from the pronounced success of the first,
the idea is eminently practicable and
satisfactory. The senior class members
were the hosts and hostesses Friday
evening, and nearly 400 pupils were pres
ert and. the enti1e faculty. The two
large front rooms on the main floor, the
corridors and the library We're thrown
open. In the front rooms ropes of smilaX
were the only decoration; in the library,
bookstands, files, reading tables and all
the library furniture were hidden under
a most artistic arrangement of potted
plar.ts, pepper boughs, and tennis nets
dotted thick with great double scarlet
geraniums. The room looked like a huge
green house, and ira it, as in the other
rooms, faculty and students were all
irdustriously engaged. having the most
informally delightful time, playing
guessing and other games to sharpen the
wits, chattering and laughing at jokes
In the hallway stood piano and a varl-
Gus intervals during the evening bands
Of the students sang glees and part
songs. 1t was altogether particularly
enjoyable evening, and the one next
month, when another class will do the
entertaining, will be anticipated with
only pleasure