The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-12-25
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T1iror Events Of the Week in 4 j
Brief Form.
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Snartanhurr is IN have fine new

The MIL Operatives Sick and Acct
dent Fraternal Union OF America. OF
Laurens. was given commission Sat-
| urday. The cOrpOratorS are j. p. Ma
hon. B. p. Estes and J. G. Woilins. Jr.
The Secretary CT State issued COM
mission TO the Union Drug Company CT
Union. which is to do a wholesale ana
retail drug business upon capital
stock OF $1,000 The Corpor2tors are
F! II. X and f. H. Smith.
Friday a",arnoon. in Darlington
street. FlC. Cace, P:esS and Sam Rob
c:tson. two negroes OF the same name.
! but no relation. had dispute over a
woman. The result was that Press
shat Sam with pistol in the abdomen.
| Press claims it was accidental. whiie
Others say il was not.
Some days ago Sergt. z. +. Jones. Of
! the headquarters staf oS the police de-
| partment Of Columbia. met with pain
! full accident Sc:gt. Jones was in his
rose garden pruning some Of the flow
ers when the knife slipped and cut his
| knee to the bone. Four stitches were
required to close the wound.
The board of directors Of the Mollo-
hon Manufacturing Company OF New
berry, has decided to increase the clpi-
| tai stock of the Mollohon Cotton Mil
from 100000 to S500,000. The building
will be enlarged to twice the present
size and the number Of spindles VIII be
increased to 2S,000.
! The Secretary of State has granted
a charter to the Domestic Building and
- ,vb; ;.l, &c
capitalized at 100000. The officers
are Willie Jones, president; NJ. B. Nc
! Sweeney. vice president, and J. NJ.
Bell. secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. David 4. Layton. an old Florcn-
tine. who. for several years apst. mas
! lived at Catfish. Marion county. Will
socn open large builders depot ct
| Florence. He mas purchased the Ian
! bert planning mill. near the Goats Lihe
station and is having the plant refit-
ted and furnished throughout. This l.
an enterprise that has long ago been i
necessity there.
Some days ago young Sam L;2htsey
! disappeared as completely from ms
home near Fairfax as If the earth rad
opened and swallowed him up. All
searches &ni efforts TO gain informa-
tiCn as to what had become OF h.m
failed. Saturday, however. Z party or
Young men 0ut hunting while passing
through some thick woodland near fhc
Young mans house, stumbled over his
dead body. He had been foully nuT-
dered, and the body hidden away in the
woods.
At Earleys Cross Roads. about FIVE
miles fro,l Darlington. the barns aid
stables OF Dr. r. L. Lee were destroyed
by fre Saturday morning ABOUT 4
C',.ock. Four mules. two horses,
about FIVE hundred bushels of corn. be-
sides forage. wagon. etc, were lost.
About fifty bales of cotton which were
piled near the barn came near he!ns
burned. but were moved after slisE5
damage. The origin OF the fire is Ua-
known. but eli the circumstances indi-
cat" in%eadiarl3m.
NJ Geo +. Budd. an attorney III 81.
Paul. Mimi. has written the secretary
of state ashins on behalf OF one OF his
clients as to exemptions for taxation IN
this State OF new manufacturing enter
prises. and adding: If the business
should be located in your State II
would be the largest enterprise OF its
kind in the South and one of the lars
est in the United States or in the
world" No information IS given as to
the kind OF enterprise Ilr. Budd's client
wishes tC establish.
Late Saturday afternoon the jury in
the case of Falls & Jenkins. machinery
manufacturers. OF Pawtucket. r. l.. VS..
Messrs. J. S. and W. c. BlaloCk. and
Mrs. NJ. E. Browning. gave the plaintiff
company a verdict for $5,S14.70 against
Mrs. Browning. This amount is the
balance due with interest OF a certain
contract for machinery used in the
Goldville Manufacturing Company Cot
ton Mills. the payment Of which vas
guaranteed by Mrs. Browning. daugh-
ter of Mr.. J. 5. Blalock.
The Gispcnsary coaStables are very
active jrst now and are seZing great
deal OF whiskey imported for Christ
mas purposes. There are about a,g00'
gallons of contraband on hand. whicn
has been captured during the last
month. and more is coming III daily.
While mnuch is coming in. a great deal
more is being sent out TO the v2"!3;:.;
dispensers in the State. Mention aaS
been made of the robberies suffered II
the dispensary while goods arc in tran
sit. and the Christmas season Z f.
ycrite time for such occurrences. OR'E
one or two small losses have Eeen -
ported so far Tie expert bookkeeDrr'
VINO annually 90 over the books O: the
di>3casary ana make a report 10 tue
legislature. BEGAN work Monday.
hbCnt $50 O'Clock Monday. A.''. =.
{ =. l.. IalI. who lived near Ca:&"cf III
slitute. several miles below Andersen:
was At her vel! drawing a bucket OF
watpr. When the rotten floor gave way
and ssIc fell in 10 the we'll fter nus
band uas near. and seeing her ia!t or
hearing the mGisa made D.f tA2 t&-l. ne
rushed to let himself down into cue
we'll hy .~yGIs OF the rope: ..@ ta"h
tried - cliinh ~: the Sane va h2t!-
iaE M. Hall il his ar-:Is. 5ut iAiHo /
imrossitle: SO holding his VII" u,
| above the water. which was seVeFa!
feet deep ne cried foI' help. but 1t was
| nrobahIy an hour before he got assist