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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-17
NO. 29

poles were splintered and then the
electricity left the wire and ran down
a pine tree. Following the ground
from the foot of the pine, the light
ming ran a distance of 100 yards,
scorchlng vegetation, and finally
struck a clothes line in the yard of
Mr.. johnson. This line extended
from a pole to the rear of the house,
where the pantry was located. The
current of electricity followed the
clothes lire to the wall of the house,
burning a hole and entering the
pantry, struck a -four barrel. The
barrel was set on fire, but was SUBJ
sequently extinguished. One of Mr..
Johnson's children was stunned, but
not seriously injured. No other ac-
cident is reported.--Spartanburg Cor.
to The State.
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A HEAVY LOSS.
THOMAS g. sRADHAM'S STABLES
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
lightning Supposed to Have Caused
the Conaagration-Firm Will
Rebuild.

The stables and buggy house OF
Messrs. Thomas s. Bradham were
burned last Thursday night and all
the contents destroyed except the
horses and a few hundred dollars
worth of buggies and harness. The
fire broke out shortly before 9 o'clock
in the evening, being noticed first
along the roof of the stable, There
are several theories to account for its
origin, the most probable being that
either the building, or the telephone
wire entering it, was struck by light
ming, although no one heard the
usual crash accompanying a bolt of
lightning.
The loft of the stable was filled
with forage, among which was oats
from 60-acre field, and in spite OF
a down pour of rain the building
burned like tinder. In short time
the buggy house near by caught and
that. too, was soon wrapped in sheet
of fame. All that saved Bars
Hotel was the direction of the wind,
and the law office of John A. Kel-
ley, Esq, seemed to be in imminent
danger.
When the alarm was given most of
the town population hurried to the
scene, but the fire burned so quickly
and the heat was so intense that
very little could be done except to
keep the fire confined to the burning
building. 1t was only by prompt
action that the horses, some eight or
nine. in number, were rescued from
the burning stables in which they
were locked.
Mr.. C. F. Thomas, the senior MEM
Der of the firm, came over Friday
from Manning. He took the matter
very philosophicaIly, and intimated
that new buildings would be erected
as soon as possible to take the place
of those destroyed.
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THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Lecturers Detailed to Speak Here on
July 25.

1t is now q settled fact that We are
to have Farmers Institute here on
July rs, and we hope that the class
Of people most interested, the farm
ers, will turn out in full force, ready
to receive some instruction from men
who have come long distance to
talk to them.
Some people appear to have a
mistaken idea as to the object of the
institute. There is nothing to join,
no fee to pay. These men are sent
out by Clemson College and their
expenses paid by the State. All that
is asked or expected of the farmers
of the county is that they come out
and listen to what is being said.
They are, of course, at liberty to ask
any questions they see fit, touching
the subject under discussion.
Following are the lecturers and
their subjects:
Prof. c, NJ. Conner, Agriculture;
Prof. F. S. Shiver, Chemistry; Prof.
C. C. Newman, Horticulture; Prof.
W. S. Morrison, Industrial Education,
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A Gard from Uncle George.

Editor County Record
l want to let the people of Viii
liamsburg know that / am u candl-
date for reelection to the office of
Supervisor of Registration, and to
thank them for electing me once De-
fore to this office. l am certain that
they will do so again, because when
a man has good horse he is very
foolish to swap him unless he has
some fault to find with him; 80 with
a good public officer, why change
him for one that is untried? Every
body in Williamsburg knows George
Mitchum to be a good officer, and
that he has fulfilled all the duties of
his office to the satisfaction Of the
public, and he believes, yes, he knows,
that the voters would not be so un-
grateful as to turn him out of office
without a just cause. | am not in
condition to canvass the county, but
I know that the other candidates for
the same office will canvass for me,
and by their good words in my be-
half feel sure that ! will be elected.
Yours as before,
GEO. K. MITCHUM.
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Election of Teachers.

The board of trustees of the King
stree Graded School met Tuesday
and reelected Misses Nina Riser and
Amelia Kennedy to their respective
positions as teachers of the primary
and intermediate departments. The
other members of the .faculty-viz.:
principal and first assistant-have
not yet been chosen, but we are in
formed that they will be elected at
an early date.
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a Sudden Death.

Mr.. Louis W. Loryea died very
suddenly of apoplexy last Friday
morning at Trio. On Thursday he
was in his usual health and spirits,
and no one dreamed ere another
morn he would be called to answer
the last dread summons.
Mr.. Loryea was man of kindly
and generous impulses. Upright In
his dealings among men, he was well
liked and respected by all, and held
malice towards none. For nearly L
year he conducted a mercantile busi-
ness in Kingstree, and his large
circle of friends here are saddened
by his death. He was so years old,
and leaves {; wife and four children.
On Saturday following his death
the remains, attended by his brother,
Mr.. Isaac W. Loryea, We're conveyed
to Sumter, his old home, and laid to
rest in the Jewish cemetery. His
sad and sudden death is sincerely
moprned by the entire community in
which he resided.
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appetites sharpened by half days
fasting.
In the enjoyment of the good
things of earth we would not forget
the Solver of all things goed.'
Just before old Sol hid himself
behind the Western horizon we turned
our faces homeward, wishing for our
host and hostess a bright, happy and
prosperous future. A GUEST.
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4 Fourth Of July Din ng.
Written for last wee X. ]

Written Tor last wee X.
At the bidding of Williamsburg's
we'll known and highly esteemed
citizen, Mr.. J. j. N. Graham, a few
friends gathered at his hospitsble
home, near Cades, on Friday, July
4. 1t was an ideal day. The sun
shone in regal splendor, undimmed
by single cloud, and all nature
seem to smile approval upon the
delightful occasion. Ever mindful
of the comfort of those about them,
our genial host and charming hostess
made the day one of unalloyel pleas
ure.
Shortly after nine o'clock the
guests began to arrive, and soon the
sound of glad voices and carefree
laughter was heard on every hand.
There were present about seventeen
children, and the enjoyment of the
little folks was q pleasant sight In
deed. How they enjoyed the melons
and the lemonade!
After awhile dinner was announced
and all paths led toward the spacious
dining-room. Gathered around the
ample table, plentifally supplied
with sumptuous food that left moth
ing to be desired, everyone ate, as
only light-hearted people can' with
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Gard of Thanks.
Editor County Record

Editor Comfy Record
Please allow US the use of your
columns to express our apprecia,
tive thanks to the friends who
gave US their kindly help on last
Thursday night when our stables
and buggy house were destroyed
by fire.
Respectfully yours,
Thomas e BRADHAM.
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Anniversary Sermon.

On Sunday evening, July y, at
Kingstree Methodist church, Rev.
+. H. Wardlaw, pastor of Indian
town Presbyterian church, will preach
the annual sermon before the Viii
liamsburg Bible Society. The society
and the services are uIdenomlna-
tional, and abe public is cordially
invited to attend.
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Freaks Of Lightning.

During an electric and wind storm
near Moore Friday afternoon the
struck the wire of the
Woodruff telephone exchange on
lands of Mr.. r. H. Barry, executing
some wonderful feats. About 80
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
HUMAN ROPE SAVES
CLEARY FROM DEATH
Officers Burlingame and Walsh Rescue
Drowning Man From c.
& o. Canal.

Policemen Burlingame and Walsh, of
the Seventh precinct. rescued William
Cleary from the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal at the foot of Twenty y-ninth Street
shortly before II o'clock last night.
Cleary, who lives at SIS Twenty sixth
Street northwest. was under the in
huence of liquor. Wandering in the vi
clnity of Twenty ninth Street, he came
in contact with the canal wall. and be-
lieying ii to be fence, attempted TO
crawl over It and fell into the water
His cries for help attracted the atten-
ton OF Burlingame and Walsh. They
made several Intellectual attempts to
drag the man from the water and then
Burlingame, with his brother patrolman
clinging to his heels, slid head formost
over the canal wall and caught Cleary
about the shoulders, holding his head
above water
In the meantime Policeman Walsh had
called several times for assistance. The
poltcemen's cries were heard by two
colored men. who, together with the po-
Hcemen, succeeded in drawing the man
to place of safety. Cleary was in
fainting condition, but soon revived and
was taken to his home by the policemen.
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
PIG IRON PRICED AT SIT
FOR LAST HALF OF 1908
Southern Producers Make
Rates at New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The Southern
pig iron producers, who have been meet
ing in this city. have arranged their
rates for next year. Practically every
important concern in Virginia, Alabama.
and Tennessee has disposed of its out
put for the first half of 1903, and now
orders are coming in from customers
asking bookings for the second half
OF next year. The price agreed upon,
it is stated, is SIT ton. This is
about the average at which the bulk
of the business has been booked for
delivery in the early part of 1903.
1t is understood that these concerns
had representatives here: Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company, Sloss- Sheffield
Iron and Steel Company, Virginia Iron.
Coal and Coke. Allegheny Ore and Iron
Company, and the Low Moor and Long
dale furnaces
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
Products Sold Ahead.

1t is understood that the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company has disposed
OF its entire product of pig iron as far
ahead as August, 1903 The second
largest company in the South, the Sloss-
Sheffield, has booked orders for three
fourths of its product for the first half
of next year and many minor compa-
nies are fully sold up until July. The
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke, which is
not a member of the Southern Iron AS
sociation, but which co-operates with it
in the maintenance of prices, has book
ed orders which Will keep its furnaces in
full blast until July next, unless it's
output exceeds present calculations.
The Allegheny Ore and Iron Company,
operating four furnaces in Virginia, ex-
perts say, has sold its prospective out
put up 10 July. The same authori-
ties say that the Low Moor and Long
dale furnaces have also disposed of fu-
lures with the Southern furnaces
one authority said today. lit is now
simply a question of prices from July.
1903, TO January, 1904 Their pres
ent capacity is estimated TO be fully
two million tons year.
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
NEGRO COTTON PICKERS
NEEDED IN LOUISIANA
Shortage in Laborers Being Supplied by
Importations From Neighbor-
ing States.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 25.-The lack of
sufficient negro labor to pick the cot
ton crop of Louisiana and Mississippi
has resulted in the Importation of all
the available labor from neighboring
States and Territories.
The deficiency in Louisiana has been
made good largely by bringing Mexicans
from Texas. In Mississippi several par
ties of Choctaws from the Indian Ter
ritory have recently arrived in the
1azoo Delta. under contract to pick cot
ton there.
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
Imports of Specie.

Imports of gold at New York this
week were S235,64l. Of which $4,000 was
from France and the rest from Mexico,
West India, and other southern ports !;
of silver. s13,717 from Central America.
Since January /: Gold. s50S6,37 sill
yer. 1894, ,096. against s4,039, 1907 gold and
s3.014,9 ,966 silver for the same period in
1901.
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
Silver.

Bar silver in London was not quoted
today, because of holiday. Yesterdays
price was % 5-16 pence per ounce. To-
days New York price for commercial
bars was unchanged at 50k@5l%. Gov
ernment assay bars II lower at 50as6
52M. Mexican dollars unchanged at
39% gay
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
"lf they're Rich's Shoes
they're proper.
Ten-one F-Cor. 10th.
Entire Building. Phone "one-ffty."

Do not confound "exclu-
siveness' with expensive
ness" as the terms bear no
relationship. We do at all
times emphasize the exclu-
siveness and correct fashion
of our stock, but you pay no
more for proper footwear
here than you would for
haphazard style elsewhere.
The advantages Of the
enormous varieties we show
are great to careful and par
ticular dressers, and it is for
just this reason that Rich's
has become the foremost
shoe establishment in this
city, with no superior in this
country.
We are particularly well
htfed to supply the footwear
essentials for October we'd
dings, showing as we do the
very latest conceptions in the
different shoe forms. Our
display of slippers is excep-
tionally fine, as it embraces
kid and satin in the seasons
latest and most fashionable
tints and dainty and exquis-
ite handmade lace-covered
affairs with the prettiest of
buckles in an assortment
from which almost any gown
can be properly matched.
Fashions latest edicts in
proper footwear for golfing,
hunting, shooting, and nd
ing are all here-and are
identical with those styles
which have received the ap-
proval of New York and
Philadelphia society.
We give the greatest of
care to all orders received by
mail, and when correct size
and width are given we sell
dom fail TO send the desired
style.
B. RICR'S SONS.
High.gradc Footwear,
Ten-one F-Cor. 10th.
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
NEW PRESIDENT FOR
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
H. R. Nickerson Said to Have
Been Offered Position,

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-It is announced on
good authority that II. r. Nickerson,
vice president and general manager of
the Mexican Central Railroad. has been
offered the position of president of the
Southern Pacific. Should Mr.. Nickerson
accept it is likely that J. Kurtschnitt
fourth vice president of the road, will
be given another position by Mr.. Harri-
man.
Mr.. Nickerson passed through Chicago
last week on his way to Mexico City
from New York, where he had several
long conferences with Mr.. Hartman, and
it is understood that he has been given
some time to consider the offer.
Competition Demands 1t.
1t appears that owing to the aggres-
slveness of the lines to the Middle and
Northwest coast Mr.. Hartman mas
found that he cannot run the Southern
Pacific from his Office in New York city,
and that an active man must be placed
at the head, with offices in San Fran
cisco.
1t is understood that Mr.. Hartman s
decision to retire from the presidency is
due largely to the great efforts that the
Hill lines are making to increase their
Oriental traffic. Correspondingly ener-
getic efforts are deemed necessary for
the Hartman lines Business men of San
Francisco are also said to be protesting
that the company should have presi-
dent located in that city, and not in the
far east. and that on account of this
the Southern Pacific is losing some pres
tige
The Washington times., 1902-10-26
AMERICAN MACHINERY
FINDS SALE IN BRAZIL
Report Made to Consul Ken
neday at Para

Consul K X. Kenneday, at Para, Bra
zil, has sent to the State Department &
letter received by him from Harry Nu-
ding, an American engineer who is en-
gagged in large contract work in North
ern Brazil Mr.. Nuding says that there
is a great future in the country for
American machinery and machinery
tools, and that the field is almost un-
limited.
The supremacy of American machin-
cry" he says, lis thoroughly established,
and If properly placed on this market
an immense quantity of il can be sold, to
the practical exclusion of eoreign
makes"
AS to different classes of machinery
Mr.. Nuding says in part:
introduced Ice Machines.
Il was sent to Northern Brazil by an
American machinery company in Octo-
Der, 1898, and since my arrival / have
repaired and refitted a great deal of
machinery of all kinds; built four fac
tories, and remodeled everything in the
ice plants of this region, including eight
5-ton and four S-ton ice machines. l
also introduced the first artesian wells
into this country, and put up the first
small ice plant for private use in South
America. This is a branch OF the busi-
ness which will, believe, develop into
great Importance in the near future.
Il also introduced American return tu-
bular boilers, fire bricks, and fire clay,
all of which gave perfect satisfaction.
The old locomotive boilers here have
been entirely superseded by the Ameri
can return tubular boilers, as with the
intense and continuous heat of this cli-
mate, added to the boiler heat Qrom
old-style boilers), the firemen could only
stand four-hour shifts; whereas, today,
with the new American boilers, they are
able to run their regular days shift. We
use wood fuel owing to the excessive
cost of coal, which, at the present rate
of exchange, amounts to SIS to S17 per
ton.
Use American Locomotives.
Through my efforts several American
were brought down here for
the State railroad. and after l made a
few necessary repairs and adjustments
they ran all right, and are still giving
perfect satisfaction.
Several French electrical machines
were bought by the State, and l was en-
ployed to mount them. They ran for
short time, but it was soon found neces-
sary to send them to the United States
to be remodeled and repaired.
american sawmills and milling ma
chinery are rapidly growing in favor.
and there seems to be a fine field for
this line of goods.
THE demand for American ship ma
tools. and marine supplies at
this point is growing and can be ,ievel-
,ped into great dimensions, as this is the
repair station for the Amazon Valley"
The Washington times., 1902-10-26

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Saks and Company.
The Famous Shoe for Women"
- Look over the Queen Quality"
w. Shoe-feature by feature and add up
III NM the points of perfection and you'll see
LhIAAY why there million pairs
My Wl sold last year.
AN ~, THE FIT cannot be other than per-
NN h lRR feet because the lasts were changed
N A11RfS5 and changed until every variation Of
RzKk=EHyE the human foot accurately pro-
@MNHXKSkaSIN@ vided for. And because they fit they
absolutely comfortable
===9.SRssSssza@Z[- THE STYLES an important con-
sderation with nlady Queen Quail
iy styles designed by experts who make study of
footfashons In fact set the fashion Graceful in line and
they give shapeness to the foot that cannot fail
to appeal to the pardonabe vanity
THE STOCK-After ALL is the test and every
inch Of kid and leather that goes into Queen Quality
Shoes soe vamp and upper is specially selected-in-
speced dozen times it's journey through tannery and
workshops They must we'll The Queen Quality
guarantee says they wll-with pair of Shoes to
pay the forfeit if they do not You know how annoying
GRASSY eyelets and how often you them queen
Quality Shoes have FAST-BLACK Eyelets
THE PRICE-f sol that they literally worth
compared with othe no8e you'd pay 81 pair. But
the price made -judcious manufacture
has made the price pc e and with the exception of
style that q So 5O-every pair of "Queen
Quality" Shoes everywI ere sells at $3 90.
THE UNIFORMITY The al kers of "G)ueen Quality
Shoes set the standard wi52 first pair-and have
never devated from it, Market fluctuations have had
effect; cost of product cut the value
penny worth.
There upwards of fifty of et styles for Dress
street and ou
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-01-22

The first necessity of athletics is a
sound stomach. Food is the source Of
all physical strength. but to extract and
assiinilate the strength from food requires
that the stomach and other organs Of
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sIused ten bottles of DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
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Montana swords fail to tell how thankful I
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il seemed that the doctors could do me no good.
] got down in weight to I25 pounds, and was not
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and can do days work on the farm. have
recommended your medicine to several, and
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The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 large pages in paper covers, IS sent
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A Profitable Investment,

Il was troubled for about seven years with
nv stomach nd in bed half my time" rays
;. Dsmck, somervillc, Ind. II spent about
81 600 ami never could get anything to telp
me until I tried Kodo Dyspepsis Cur.
have taken few bottles and sm eEtifsiy
well.n You don't liv by what you eat, but
by what you digest AMI sssirnilste. II your
stomach doesn't digest your food you are
really starving Kodol Dy'peysis re does
the s:omach's work By dressing the food
You don't have TO diet. Eat sll you want
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures All stomach
troubies. For sale BY K. 3. Leadbeater.
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KINDLY TAKE NOTICE that Ely

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ii may be used In any nasal stomizer The
price including 0 spraying tube, is 10 cts
Bod by druggists and mailed by Ely Brothers
Sc Warren Street, New York.