The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-04-23
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Sunday Bud Lee Clin5scales and

Lewis Miller. two negro conyicts on
tie sang CT road-wocke!s. went in
swimming in Little river at Hartias
mill ii Abbevil,e county. Their
saacklcs were not removed and when
they get beyond theid depth were en-
tangled and weighted down by them
and could not swim OF regain the bank.
Before assistance could be had they
both les. consciousness. Miller was re-
vNcl but Ciinkscsles was dead before
any means of reyiring him could be
obtained. Clnks,alcs had about six
months more 20 serve as convict.
Monday morning about six miles
from Johnston in SalUda county Mi.
John Shaver was shot and killed by
Rufus burst. young white man. 1t
appears from the information obtained
that burst wanted Shaver's son, who.
with his father. was a tenant working
on shares on Bursts fathers farm, to
work in the latter's field. Shaver eX-
Dlained that his son had to go away
for part of the day. II seems that
burst became infuriated. Hot words
passed and burst pulled his pistol and
fired, killing Old man Shaver, who was
about 70 years.
Another Of the ante-bellum man
sion OF the State has succum5ed to the
flames a few days ago one OF the
Oldest hoUses in the McClellanvil!e
neighCorhood near PlGnte:ville in
Georgetown county was burned 22c
the origin OF the fire is unknown. 1t
was three-story structure, built
when nails were wrought by hand and
was owned by the HoeT family prior
to .Ae Civil War. but Of recent years
it has been in the family OF the late
DR.. Horace Leland.
Lewis Smith, Confederate veteran
81 years old and oIe-legged. who lives
near kinard's store. about Is miles
from SGluda. has been sent Up to the
circuit court by Magistrate S. NJ.
Meyers on the charge Of attempting a
nameless crime On his grandniece, a
child OF 10 years. Smith denies his
guilt. The people of the community are
much stirred up over the affair, but to
their credit nothing illegal has been
attempted or even thought Of.
A smooth young fellow giving his
name IS Howard and claiming to rep
resent the Curtis Publishing company,
OF Philadelphia. sold s75 worth OF sub
scriptiols to the Saturday Evening
Post to young men in Columbia some
time ago. The young men have re-
csiyed no paper, bat, instead, the in
formation from the Curtis company
that they have no such man represent
ing them. He was clearly fakir.
On the grave of Wade Hamptin there
was laid Saturday beautiful laurel
wreath, sent by members of the
Charleston Chapter Of the Daughters
or the Confederacy through the regent.
Mrs. James Connor, the widow Of the
gallant Confederate brigadier, who was
attorney general in Governor Hamp-
toms cabinet. The wreath was sent to
Mrs. Clark Waring, regent Of the Wade
Hampton chapter.
The engineering corps OF the Ten
nessee, Georgia ana South Carolina
Esilroad has reached Anderson. This
road is projected to run from Chatta-
nooga to that city. A charter was Sc
cured some time ago and for several
months the work of making the pre-
lninaTy survey he's been in progress.
The work has been completed, the sur
veyors reaching Anderson from Wal
halla.
Saturday night in Florence some
trouble arose between Alonzo Pike. q
white man, and Isham Brown, negro,
which resulted in the white man being
seriously cut about the neck. The
trouble arose from the fact that earlier
in the day the negro ran into Mr.
Pike with bicycle.
The Vigilant Building and Loan COM
pany of Charleston has been chartered
The capital stock will ultimately be
s120.O00. The officers are T. A. Will
bur, president; John B. Reeves, vice
president; B. ]. McTureous, secretary
and treasurer, and R. S. Whaler, So
licitor.
The Bank Of Saluda has applied for
q charter. 1t will be operated with a
capital stock OF SIS, 900 and the gentle
WIZ oiS OoSh1uS IuC SuICI pl ISC
are s. w. Crouch, Geo. C. Wheeler,
Alvin Etheredge and ]. P. Lindler
There are no new Developments of
any kind in the sensational discovery
of Saturday morning of the bloody
tracks and other evidences of foul play
discovered in the rear of Tomlinson's s
store on East Main street in Spartan
burg.
The growers OF strawberries in Ma
rion. OF whom there are a good number
IN and around the place, are daily ship
ping fine berries in large quantities.
The dispensary was defeated at
Greenwood Monday by heavy ma
jority. The vote stood 313 against to
ITS for it. This makes the fifth defeat
for the dispensary at that place.
Cuba Gets Isle Of Pines
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