The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-25

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his return to his Office from his tour
of inspection over the State. we
know exactly who is enlisted now and
upon whom We may rely. The sum
total of Col. Morris report to the war
department will constitute the militia
of South Carolina. and upon that re-
port the government will issue to this
State it's quota Of arms and equip
ments.' The recent inspection Of the
military companies was very satisfac-
tory to the adjutant general and to
Col. Morris who complimented tie
militia at q number OF places. Col.
Florence, and Lieut.. Foster and Col.
Patrick concluded their itinerary with
The inspection Of the regiment at Char
lesion. Col. Morris was 10 have in
spected the Charleston militia but the
war department was %hurrying him for
q report and as the other inspecting
officers had finished, they were ordered
to Charleston.
A special from Spartanburg on Fri
day says: Shug Calhoun, colored, 4
b%ricklayer. employed at the Appala-
chan Mills. six miles from Greers, was
shot and instantly killed by a negro
woman named Mary Dent. The Dent
woman and another female engaged in
a,dificulty in a store and a few minu-
teEater Calhoun came in. The woman
with. whom Mary Dent had the difficult
ty seems to have been on intimate
terms with Calhoun and the latter took
the part of this one pursuing the Dent
woman, and firing repeatedly at her.
The fleeing woman, Unexpectedly. was
armed and turned and fired at Calhoun,
the shot taking effect. and producing
instant death. Colonel Foster went to
the scene to hold an inquest. The wo-
man was brought here and is in jail.
A special from Chester says: Bill
Washington. a negro farm hand on NJ.
G. c. McAliiey's plantation, was killed
Tuesday evening by being dragged. by
runaway mule for a quarter OF 1
mile. The negro. after his days work,
was riding home in a careless manner.
when the mule SHE'D. throwing the ne
gro to the ground. In some way he
was caught in the traces. This terri
fed the already frightened animal,
which ran, dragging the negro fully a
quarter of a mile. At a creek the body
caught in some bushes, which stopped
the mule. When aid reached the place
the muhe had turned on its victim and
was paving the mangled body of the
negro.
The doors OF the Charleston Hotel
were closed Monday afternoon by the
present managers. who decided that in
the face of the outstanding debt
against the hotel and the determine
ton Of the hotels creditors to place
IL in the hands Of a receiver, 1t would
be best to close the hotel for the pres
ent. Monday morning Manager Pal
mer notified his guests that the hotel
would be closed to the public at 4
o'clock and asked them to make ar
rangements for accommodation else
where. The guests gathered their bag
gage and moved to the other houses IN
the city. This is the first tine in over
half a century the doors OF the Charles
\pn have eyer been shut.
On Saturday between II and Il
o'clock, as an extra freight train was
en- route to Charleston. two little negro
boys threw q rock at the engine and
struck the engineer ificting a panl-
full wound upon the face that caused
the unfortunate man to fall into a state
of Inconsistencies. The fireman see
ing the engineer fall back with blood
flowing grasped the throttle a%ndapplied
tie brakes and brought the train 10 a
standstili. The crew chased the ras-
calls for a long distance but they es-
capped.
Ezekiel Jones, a negro mar OF Co.
lumbia. was fined $40 Tuesday morning
for cruelty to animals the day before
at the Seaboard depot site. Jones and
another negro named Speaman were
beating a horse hitched to a heavy
scoop and captain Startling, the presi-
dent of the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals interfered.
Spearman got away but the police
caught Jones and he was locked up.
]. D. Williams, the man who was cut
b. ]. B. Ward at Phoenix on Friday
night. is doing very nicely. Mr.. Ward
was at homo or the day after the cut
ting AID not away from it as stated at
first.
Capt. Legare j. Walker, one OF the
bTavest Of the citizen soldiers that
Charleston furnished to the Confeder-
Y for many years a cotton factor,
and sometime railroad commissioner
of South Carolina, died Sunday at mis-
home in Summertime.
Hundreds of hands and scores or
wagons from the country have been on
Broad River assisting in getting out
and hauling cotton and cloth. some
people went On the river at first n
carried away cloth and other small
things. thinking or claiming to believe
they had a right to do so. and no
doubt. many of them have goods
enough laid away to last them Tor
many a day.
The News and Courier reports that
there are now in South Carolina rep
resentatives Of about 1000 French Ca
nadians, who want to make their
homes in the South and who are rep
,os.nted IN he men who are skilled IN