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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-10
Miss Lula Shaw, Of Cades, spent
a dav or two in town last week.

Miss Lula Shaw, OF Gades. spent
day or two in town last week.
Mr.. B O. Brist0w, Of Darling
ton, spent Monday in Kingstree.
Mr.. S. B. Hamer Of Salters.
paid us very pleasant call last
Monday.
Miss Mary Anna Davis, OF
Manning, is visiting the Misses
Kelley.
Mr.. S. w. Gowdy, one of the
substantial residents of the Cades
section, made us a visit last Mon
day morning.
F. Barron G1er, Esq, of Green
wood, spent several days ID
kingstree this and last week.
Mr.. Grier was once a citizen OF
this place, md has host Of
friends here all of whom were
glad to see him on our streets
again. Heis meeting with abun-
dant successi in his legal practice
at Greenwood, and has been elec-
ted city attorney for that place
Mr.. Grier will always meet with
success, il matters not where he
locates. or, at least, that's what
his frienGs say.
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NO.16.

many of US at thirty. Since then
this scribe has decided TO try NOT
to grow old. There were severab
among MS from a certain town
away to the west. Among them
certain one whom Juno and
Venus might gladly call sister
Happy the youth taught by hef
to drink at the fountain ot knOwl-
edge and proud the nats shont
she calls friend. Now my pa
tient readers, a long farewell.
ROBERT G. BeuLwAKE.
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JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.

If we miss IA local or personal
about any happenings of our town
don't get offended, We cant be at
but one place at a time, and some
people seem to think it a crime to
give rs local..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-10

You have been publishing some
pretty tough stories about setting
hens and eggs, Mr.. Editor, and
now we wish you TO
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-10

There is an old saying, and a
ture one, there is no telling what
a man is worth until he IS dead and
his funeral expenses paid.
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NOTICE.
BY

ENCOURAGED BY MANY
friends, I hereby announce
my candidacy, subject to the rules
of the Democratic party, for the
seat in Congress from the sixth
District, recently left vacant by the
appointment of Hon. John L. Me-
Laurin to the United States Senate.
J. NJ. JOHNSON. -
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MATTERS AROUND DOCK.
ALONG LETTER CONTAINING MA
NY INTERESTING NOTES.
The Condition Of the Crops.-A Very
Amusing StorY.-Peronal
Paragraphs.

Miss Rosa Graham is on a visit
to friends in Sumter county.
Miss Matte Graham has re-
turned from the Sumter 1nsti-
tute.
Miss May Goodwin, who has
been teaching school al Trio, will
return home Friday.
Miss Lizzie Nesmith, who was
recently poisoned at picnic by
some weed, has entirely recover
ed.
Last Sunday Rev. Mr.. Holland
delivered an able sermon at The
Black Minso Baptist church from
l Cor, 3, 13.
There will lie services at In
diantown next Saturday and Sun
day. Sunday will be communion
dav. A number of kingstr( Q
people will be down.
Mr.. Reginald j. Nesmith, the
popular and expert book-keeper
for the we'll known firm Of +.
Rhem & Sons. is at his post
again after weeks illness.
VIM. d. Shaw, eX-editcr of the
Lake City Times, is on an extern
deu visit to his aunt, Mrs. Lydia
Nesmilh. Mr.. Shaw says he is
enjoying life, and could never be
unhappy here where there a." so
many whorlleberries and big
fish.
1t will not be many "lOng
summer days" ere we will have
tho lucious melons. Every far
mer has planted melons, and there
is friendly rive'ry as to who
shall pull the first one and raise
the most. Mr.. j. g. Josey has
cantaloupe in his 'patch" that
measures 16 inches in diameter.
The crops in this section are
very fine. 1t was hard matter
with some farmers to get a good
stand of corn. The rice crop
promises 10 yield abundantly.
The oat crop is practically, a fail
ure. There is no tobacco planted
in this section of the county, in
fact, there is none between this
place and Lake City.
The people here are sick and
disgusted with the dispensary
now. Some of them would prefer
to have whiskey sold at every
cross roads rather than have things
continue as they are. More Of
fees, higher taxes-dishonest Of
ficers. Mr.. Editor, "trip 'em up
the back and lace 'em down the
front" We need your assistance.
Next Saturday is "Children's
Day" at Jackson's Chapel. The
people Of this community antici-
pate a big time. Mr.. Darwin Nc
Connell and Misses Lilah Cook
and Virginia Coker have spared
no time IN "practicing' the chill
dren for the exercises on that
day. Mr.. Editor, we would be
delighted to have you with us.
We will give you a good time. We
cannot promise you any ''unbro-
ken packages" Or anyIhing like
that, but we will certainly feed
you. We would warn you. how
ever, that the red bug and tick
crop is fourshing, and would ad-
wise you to provide yourself with
pair Of tweezers and a bottle Of
'.keel over.
You have been publishing some
pretty tough stories about setting
hens and eggs, Mr.. Editor, and
now we wish you 10
1 ~ ~ 49,. s7t.,ir.. u -. ~ -
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DAY EXERCISES.
THE PEOPLE OF MT. VERNON
CHURCH ENJOY LIFE.
4 Lengthy Communication From the
Pastor of the Church.-A Day
Full of Pleasure.

| | va --ef eNDN",
10 0 clock, the Mt. Vernon people
gathered TO celebrate 'childien S
day" The exercises were opened
by prayer by the pastor, which
was fit and proper indeed TO first
give thanks unto Him who said,
s'snffer little children TO come
unto me, and forbid them not,
for of such Is The kingdom of
God" Tile address of welcome
was then delivered by a little
girl-quite tot. Beautiful flow
ers were twined in her hair and
between the lines one might read
the song of the angels as they
sang by night to the shepherds,
E"Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward
men," After the welcome. quite
"A lengthy programme was fol-
lowed, in which the school re-
fected honor npon their trainers
and themselves. At the close
of the exercises they formed
themselves in line and were led
by handsome young woman and
a tall thin fellow of more than
thirty summers to a bountiful
dinner. When the table was
reached, they went not as the
good book says, "Ihe sheep on
the right and the goats on the
left" but the boys were to the
right and the girls to the left
The crowd showed full well its
knowledge of good thing by
the way it tarried at the table.
And even the modest girls, that
perhaps had collected a whole
half dozen grains of rice and set
their dainty mouths going al
other times, now stood firm and
strong and shoveled rice, chicken,
chicken pie, FORK, cakes. and
custards, and so many other good
things that it makes me want my
supper to think of il, like Troj-
ans. After dinner the crowd
enjoyed the afternoon i'll different
ways, some OF the, men sat and
talked of corn and cotton, while
their wives had much 10 speak of
on other lines. But the young
people put in the time in their
Eown peculiar way. Some of the
tboys and young men and old
bachelors sat and talked together:
land like Moses of of old viewed the
promised land from a distance.
EOlhers Of quite another turn OF
mind, thought that distaIceeno
longer lent enchantmenl, and
drew near TO the daughters OF
Eve, giving good heed to the
words that fell from their lips.
1t was great time for old bache-
lors, and as they looked upon the
fair daughters of men and talked
with them, their hearts grew
young once more. "Hope springs
eternal in human breast" They
saw by faith their lonely homes
presided over by queens "They
saw the confusion worse con-
founded" that reigns supreme,,in a
bachlor's camp driven out by law
and order. But alas in The midst
of all these dreams the parting
came. P.rhaps never again shall
all that crowd meet tflI we stand
before the judgement bar Of God.
Even there we may part again,
for some will 90 TO life eternal,
but perhaps not all. Men grow
old, not in proportion TO the years
they live, but as their hearts grow
old. There was one i'll the crowd
who seemed to have learned this
lesson, and after more than eighty
years to day be is younger than
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MINOR LOCAL MATTERS.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY ouR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
of our Weary Readers.

WatermeIous will soon be on
the market.
There wasa fish fry at kelley's
lake last Tuesday.
Mr.. I. J. Brown made a trip
to Darlington, his former home,
last week.
The Klngstree Academy will
close its present session one week
from tomorrow.
Miss Lilly May, of Salters, has
been spending few days in
Kingstfee.
Miss Retta Withers, Of Manning,
is visiting the family of Thos. 81.
Gilland, Esq.
Rev. w. d. Moorer went down
to Charleston yesterday, on a
business trip.
MIR. w. E. Cook, of Scranton,
has been in town for several days
visiting friends.
Mrs. Martha Godfrey, of Wal
terboro, is visiting relatives and
friends in town.
Mr.. r. N. Squires, of George
to~n, spent day Or two IN
Kingstree last week.
Louis Gilland has gone TO Spar
tahburg TO attend the commence
9 ment exercises cf Converse and
Wofford colleges.
Messrs. j. B. Steele, of Bin CHAM,
Walter Steele, of Rocky Mount,
N. c.. and w. B. Steele. of
Brownsville, are visiting their
father Mr.. J. }. Steele.
Mr.. G. w. Wolfe, who has been
teaching in the graded school at
Bennettsville, spent day or two
in kingstree last week, and is now
at Harris Lithia Springs, where
he will remain for some, weeks.
Capt. w. H. Kennedy, of Indian
town, adverlises in this issuse OF
the County Record that he has an
engine, two gins. corn mill and
some other machinery for sale.
Read his advertisement.
The Board of Registration was
in session in the court house last
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Only a few registration
tickets were issued, the majority
Of them being for negroes
Hail storms in different parts
of the county were reported as
having fell last Friday, doing con-
siderable damage to the growing
crops. II any hail fell here, we
have heard nothing of it.
Mr.. r. J. Severance. fomerly of
Lake City, but who has been in
Wilmington, N. c., for the past
six months, was in town Tuesday
attending to the duties of the
depot agent while Mr.. Graham
was away.
A petition has been fowar ed to
the postal authorities praying for
the establishment of four post
offices in this co unity on the route
from Mouzons to Lake City. The
Offices are to be s2led McClams,
Moores X Roads, Hebron and
Spring Branch.
Although it is just the beginning
OF the summer season when busi-
ness is dull everywhere except on
the farms, our subscription LIST is
constantly on the increase, nearly
every day We add new names of
prominent people from different
parts OF the county.
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The Width of Public Rosds,

Editor County Record: b q
Will you please tell ME, and
f,r the benefit Of your subscriber
what is the width OF The public
roads asyeqnired by hw2
Several 1ofsoar coanty COM.
missioners do not even know the.
law upon this subject, and
wart them TO see this articie-
Dock, May, 29th-
The Statutes of South Carolina.
require the county roads to be:
twenty feet in width.
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Teachers Examination.

The next examination for teachers
certificates for Williamsburg coun-
ty will be held at Kingstlee, June
18th, between the hours of 10 O'Clock
a. m. and 4 =. m.
N. d. LEsEsNE,
st. Co. Supt. Ed. w. G. 8
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
MARRIAGE FOR YOUNG MEN.
Usually the Only Thing That Will Make
Man Save Money,

Man Save Money.
This is true story, and one that
will apply to many other young men
besides this particular ole. 1t is a
great pity that this is true, says the
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, but SC
it is.
A prosperous business man who EN-.
ploys quite number of clerks said re-
Gently that he had been led to the con-
clusion that the young man who saved
and invested his earnings is an ex-
ception to the rule. He was surprised
to find this to be true. The facts came
out when he began reducing his work
ing force as business fell off. The
first to be dropped were those who had
no family depending upon them. Then
it was that they would confess they
hadn't saved a dollar, and had no
means whatever upon which to live.
~ This same man also observed that
the married men nearly all had saved
something, Notwithstanding their
salaries were no larger, and in some
cases less, than those drawn by single
men.
Ey quizzing these young bachelors
he found that riotous living was the
principal cause of their poverty.
Some of them gambled on the quiet.
and others just naturally let it go
right and left as long as there was any
to go.
From this he concluded that mar
riaGe is very good thing for young
man, provided he marries n sensible.
practical sort of 4 woman. Hereafter
he proposes to give married men the
preference because, in so doing, he will
be helping those who are willing to
help themselves.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
The GRANT PARTY.
New Hampshire and Massachusetts Ex-
cursionists in the City.

New Hampshire and Massachusetts Ex-
cursionists in the City.
DIR. Rowland D. Grant, former
wellknown minister of Portland, ar
rived in Portland Tuesday evening at
the head of q party of excursionists
from New Hampshire, Boston and Con-
cord near bis old home. The party
came West over the Canadian Pacific
and came expressly to view the
beauties of Oregon. Wednesday morn
ing they boarded the steamer Regu-
lator at an early hour and left on
trip up the Columbia. Today will be
devoted to driving about The Dalles
and vicinity. The Indian settlement
will he visited and hunt for arrow
heads on the sands made. The return
to Portland will be made on Friday,
and Saturday and Sunday will be
passed in Portland. The return trip
will be over the Northern Pacific line,
and weeks stop made in Yellowstone
Park.
Among DR.. Grants party are Major
e. E Beedee, the disco, erer of the
Kimberley diamond fields in South
Africa; Captain Lyman Jackman,
well-known military man of Concord,
the founder of the New Hampshire
Life Insurance Company; William NJ.
Noble, successful lawyer of Boston;
Edward Earle, q prominent wholesale
tea merchant of Boston, and son of
the well-known Evangelist Earle, of
former years; G. h. Goodridge,
Wholesale grocer of Boston; Robert
Farquhar. wholesale seed merchant
of Portland, Me-; DR.. E. P. Farnham,
of Salem, Mass, Baptist clergyman
of high repute; Austin Whitcomb, a
hardware merchant of Reverly, Mass,
and C. Il. Sanders, merchant of Con-
cord. N. Fl. Many of the men are ac-
companied by their wives, and there
are also several women travelling with
the party under the care of DR.. and
Mrs. Grant. Fhe party are registered
at the Umatilla house.
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Fell Into q Twenty-iv Foot Well.
Maggie Maddox, of Condor, had an
experience last week, which she will
not care soon to repeat, aud which, ac-
cording to the Condor Globe, came
near resulting in her death. Miss
Maddox is employed in the Condor
hotel. A few feet from the hotel
kitchen door is a 25-foot well, with
about eight feet of water. The trap
door or covering was not securely
fastened, and when she stepped on it,
quick as flash she was dropped to the
bottom of the well. AS she went down,
she gave a scream, which soon brought
the horror family to the scene;
also Ed Nelson, who promptly went
down after her. He was not second
too soon, as the fall had stunned her,
and she was almost drowned when he
reached her. Being almost grown
woman, it required more strength than
Mr.. Nelson possessed to get her out,
and Mr.. Hyde also went down in the
well, and by the aid of ropes and those
above. the half-dead girl was rescued.
Outside of several pretty hard bruises,
she was not otherwise injured.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
A. o. U. w. OFFICERS CHOSEN.
s. A. McFadden, of Salem, is Grand Master
Workman.

s. A. McFadden, of Salem, is Grand Master
Workman.
The grand lodge of Workmen assem-
bled for the second days session short
ly after nine o'clock Thursday morn
ing. They inaugurated the days work
by making the classifed-assessment
question the special order of business
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, aud elected
their chief. officers. The appoi ointive
offices are to be filled later.
S. A. McFadden, of Salem, was
elected grand master workman, sue
ceeding Ed Werlein. Mr.. McFadden
was grand foreman. and is member
Protection lodge, Salem.
William Smith, of Baker City, was
also nominated for grand master, but
was defeated.
D. C. Herrin, of The Dalles, was
elected grand foreman without any op-
position. Mr.. Herrin was the official
lecturer OF the order for the year past.
F. Berchtold, of Corvallis, and Will
liam Reid, of Portland, were nominal
ed for the position of grand overseer.
Berchtold, who is the present grand
guide, was chosen to fill the place.
Among the matters passed upon
this morning were: Adoption of the
report on the duties of subordinate re-
corders in reading all official communi-
cations to their lodges: the resolution
to do away with the grand trustees, not
adopted; and postponement of the
question as to the establishment of an
official paper for the order, deferred;
as was also the recommendation as to
hazardous risks.
The consolidation of the Degree of
Honor with the United Workmen was
not adopted because it conflicts with
the supreme lodge laws. There was
considerable discussion aroused over
the question of abolishiDg the Office of
grand trustees, but it was laid over.
Other resolutions and recommends
tions on important matters was re-
ferred to the committees for action.
Two reports have been submitted by
the special committees appointed at
the last grand lodge session regarding
the creation of reserve fund. One
was presented by G::E. Nottage, the
other by J. P. Bnrkhart. The reports
were referred to the committee of the
whole.
Supreme Master Workman w. s.
Robson, who is in attendance at the
sesson, is quite a figure in the Work
mems order. He Commenced life as a
cowboy. His early life was spent on
Southern plantation and when his
parents died he went to Texas and
from there became a rover of the
plains. He became lawyer and was
admitted to the bar while in the; office
of the district clerk. He Joined Hiram
lodge, at La Grange, Texas. He was
elected grand foreman, and subsequent
ly grand master workman, and at
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
DREAMING OF GOLD.
The Eject of the CIondyke Strixe-Dalies-
lies Would Like to Go.

T." The general topic of conversation
in The Dalles now is the great gold
'strike in the Clondyke country. In
barber shops, in saloons. in business
offices and on the streets men wrestle
with the theme and wish they were
young again, or that they wore only
footloose so they could join the tramp.
tramp of the hundreds and thousands
marching fer the icy cold fields OF the
Yukon. In parlors ladies express the
wish that they were only men so they.
too, could hook up in boots and
| breeches and with pick and shovel go
| gold seeking. Nobody has gone, and
| it is not likely that any one will go
this year, for the So degrees downwards
of the thermometer in the Alaskan
winters has terror for Oregonians
that even the gold fever cannot dispel.
Then too, it is understood to be i'm
portant for prospector to be armed
with ayear's provisions and thousand
or so in cash, and these little items
keep back many man who would
otherwise pitch his tent in the far
north as soon "a the transportation
companies could get him there.
A well-known physician said yester-
day: 81 would go at once if 1 had my
affairs arranged so thai l could leave
The opportunities opened there by the
gold strike am sure would beat prac-
ticing medicine in Oregon. am not
sure but 1 shall land there in time for
next summers work."
Many citizen is doubtless, like this
physician, building castles in the air:
day-dreaming of the treasures to be
dug from the frozen dirt of Alaska.
Each, doubtless pictures himself the
lucky owner of a bonanza claim and
sees himself snatching up and slowing
away nuggets as big as hens eggs,
piling up and boarding away dollars
and dollars of yellow, glittering gold,
and later on coming home with the |
boodle-the envy and the lion of the
Compared with these
visions of gain and glory the hum
drum and close economies of the pres
ent life are monotonous, and it is no
that many conservative staid
old citizen hears the news from Clon-
dyke and heaves sigh and a half ut.
tered thought, ooh that were young
AGAIN."
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From rrluay's Daily

Judge Clara. of Portland, was in the
city. today.
DIR. Lannerberg arrived home today
from Antelope.
Remember the sale of horses at
Ward & Robertson's 8 stables tomorrow.
Ned Gates returned Wednesday
night from two weeks visit in San
Francisco.
D. P. Ketchum was passenger on
the boat this morning, bound for
White Salmon.
Mr.. Galloway Harper, Of Missouri, is
visiting the family If his brother, n r.
H. w. Harper in this city. =
The scow frankie came into port
this morning under full sail, heavily
laden with wood for Mr.. Reynolds.
License to wed was issued by county
clerk Kelsay yesterday to Louis F.
lsenburg to Cora Fuller, both of Hood
River.
Hev. Z. seymour Bullock, editor OF
the Christian Endeavorer, and a party
of Chicago friends, will arrive on the
boat this evening.
The Salvation Army was thirty-two
years old Tuesday. 1t is fighting
harder than ever and has q wonderful
foothold in the world.
The lectures announced for this
evening by DIR. Grant. we regret to
say, will not be delivered. on account
of a mistake in dates.
Mrs. J. E. Andrews, of Oswego, who
has been visiting her son, j. E. An
drews in this city, and Mrs. O'Neal, of
Massachusetts,. left on the boat this
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24
New Timecard Coming.

There seems to be no doubt that the
o. r. & n. Company will soon an
nounce new timecard, although nc
official information has been given out
or will be given at the present time By
any officer of the road. When the o.
r. q N. officials conferred few days
ago with the Rio Grande & Western
and Short Line officials, it was an
nouncel that there would be new
schedule on the Oregon road, though
what its nature was to be was not told.
Some incline to the belief that it will
be like the one in effect before the
present one was adopted, but no one
yet can do anything but guess at it,
and only time will tell absolutely. 1t
was said by one railroad man that the
main line train from the East will
arrive here 40 minutes later than at
the present time. This, however, is
not official,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-24

Wednesday the class in literature
discussed the life of Longfellow and
his works. This. is one of the most
popular classes of the institute. The
book adopted by the state reading circle
is used, and most of the teachers like
1t very much. The bookkeeping has
accomplished much. The plan as
given by Mr.. Landers gives the student
thorough review Of principles, be-
sides giving practice by actually
excepting books" The class has
written up three sets during the two
weeks of the institute. The class in
general history have completed the
mediaeval history. and Thursday and
Friday spend the class time answering
the questions of former examinations
for life diplomas. The teachers were
given yesterday a list of questions
from which to prepare for general dis
cussion. Visitors present were, Miss.
Hollister, of Chicago; Miss Wynkoof,
principal of the high school of Mar
quoketa, Iowa, and Miss. Grant of
Wallace, Idaho.