The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-01-03

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Charleston, spent the holidays in
town.
After a vacation of nearly Two
weeks the 1Sigh School resumed
work on the 2pd.
Nessrs. Wheeler and Mallory
Chandler, Of Florence cOcnty, We're
in town on Thursday.
The municipal election on the 3ist
ALT. resulted in the election of Mr.,
d. II. Epps as fourth warden.
Rev. and Mrs. D. i. Crosland
came up from Black Mingo Sunday
and visited Mrs. CrOsland'S H4Other.
Mr.. James Gillespie, of Darling
ton, came down Monday and will
spend some days in toEn with
friends.
Miss Emily Kay came over from
Scranton Tuesday evening and
spent the night with friends in
Gown.
Miss Lockwood, of SummerEille,
visited at Mr.. ID. u. EppS II few
.1lays ago. She returned home Sat
surday.
DIR. E. Williams, who had been
several days looking after his SON,
DIR. A, H. Williams, has returned to
his home in CottageVille.
Mr.. Lawrence Ceckfeld, formerly
of this section, now Of WaycrosS,
Ga, came up last week tn spend
few days with relatives. He is ca
gagged in the grocery business.
MIL. Stuckey, who went out
west some days ago to buy stock,
returned Friday. a fine lot OF
mules and horses came in Saturday
night and are being rapidly dis
posed Of.
Mr.: J, II. Blackwell has moved
hack into our town and will deal in
horses and mules as of yore. Mr..
Blackwell is u good citizen, ard 1t
is with pleasure that we welcome
him home.
Chesley Burgess. in the chain
rang, is wearinga pair OF shoes that
Is costing him twenty days, just be-
..ause he. borrowed the shoes from
Mir. J. p. Phillips without asking
permission.
Re66ick Esddy and Judy .Eaddy
wont to the school house where W.
p Euddv was teaching and raised
!, row because the teacher sc0lded
their daughter, who was. di-obeii-
mi. All are cOlOred. Six men said
s.yuiIty," and Magistrate Gaskins
,,assed round the hat and took III
&$2G-en0ugh to pay the teacher 4
months salary.
Mr.. w. l.. Severanc", OF HHr town.
and Miss Leila North, We're mar
ried ut the home Of the brides
another in }.aurinbur&, y. g., on
1he 26;h of December. 1t i the
.s,ne story repeated The North
has conquered the South again, and
fbis union, too, is now indiss0luble,
south Carolina grants no severance
.nf the tie. May the rain that shail
faIJ ou fhcjr future be the soft
sbnwprs of April; may the winds
that snail sweep over their kVes ne
;4he scent laden zephNrS OF spring
,yne; and may the new century be
we'll up in the scale ere they ShaH
cnsse to celebrate the return OF
ehcir nuptial day together.
On last Friday near Mr.. L. W.
-Jonre's. at the hands Of Frank Nc
clam. Josiah FulmOTe received a
,,nn shot wound from which he died
Saturday morning. The reports ot
tho affair are SO numerous and con-
ficting that it is impossible to give
ANYTHING approachinga reliable ac-
count of the platter. The parties
re both coiored boys. Soon after
e. shooting Frank came into Lake
t;tv and surrendered himself to
,,SstphIe j. ". McCptcRen, who
,ox him to Jail. According to
wI,.,t we understand TO be Franks
.t.,tnmeut. he killed Josiah III self
defence. hut we learn from otner
sources that there is another -iHe
which, if true, shows the an;itf IN a
,omewhat different ligttt. The
friends of the slayer CLAIM! that
Iosiah and wife beat Frank, and
INT Josiah struck him on the head
With a gnn and was trying I" shoot
Frank when the latter, in order L"
ave his own life, fred the shot that
,,rovcd fattl. On the other hand i
!. stat,d that the boys oua:reiled
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