The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-09-29

Mr. Harrell is well pleased with
his new home and is getting on
very nicely. We were glad to
see him again.
The fall term of the Lake
t'ity school commenced last
Monday. Three teachers had
been elected, but only two put
in appearance, Mr. R F Coving-
tom and Miss Travis Stanley,
and they will conduct affairs as
best they can until additional
help be secured. We understand
that another assistant has been
| found. Two teachers are not
enough for this school. 1t would
be wiser to curtail the length of
the term than to cut short short
the necessary number of teach
ers.
Miss Annie Rockies kinder
garten has opened for the fall
term with a full attendance.
The "Nigger fifth Avenue"
was the scene of some excite
ment Saturday night, and all
records for a half mile dash
were smashed. Those most
nearly interested seem to have
been: Mott Hickson, Eugene
Fishery, Joe, Crider, Rose, Pc
ter Martin and sturgeon H otel
JIM, and they made things in
teresting for Prince Pegues. 1t
is supposed that these negroes,
except the last named, were
swapping their weeks wages at
"the pasteboards'. At any rate,
the usual row was forthco ming
and the ever ready pistol was
brought into play. A stray bull
let clipped a piece out aof
Princes hand. He had no part
in the row, but was some dis
tance away. All the e,he got
hit. Things were lively for a
time. Five shots were fired.
At the first one "Sturgeon Hotel
Jim" took the signal with
the bits in his teeth and sought
more congenial climes. When
the first shot went off he was on
"Nigger Fifth Avenue, as the
last one rang out he was wax
ing up folks at the hotel, a half
mile away. No use to look for
his tracks except in the high
places.
The Holloway Land Go. of
this town has purchased the
tract of land of the estate of the
late James A Burgess, which
tract is in the Hebron neighbor-
hood and contains some 1000
acres-possibly 2500. A Mr.
Cochran of Pennsylvania, who
is looking up land for colony
of about fifty families of Penn
sylvania Dutch, has been over
this tract and secured an option
on it. Should he take it, we
we will soon have these thrifty
people among US. They are all
farmers and are said to be first
rate people.
MI Overstreet has ten
dered his resignation as agent
for the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road at this place. He has
learned what the officials of the
road seem to be ignorant OF, to
wit: that one man cannot do
the work of three. We are sor-
rvto lose Mr. Overstreet, for he
is a nice fellow and with half a
showing would be an A l agent,
but as friend could not advise
him to sacrifice himself for a cor
pOratiOn that seems utterly IN
different to the welfare of its
station agents. The officials ap-
pear to think that the same force
that did the work here five years
ago can do it now when the vol
ume of business has more than
doubled. Such density may
please the coupon-clipping di,
rectors, but it cannot deceive
the suffering public.
Misses Dora and Sallie Hin.
nant left Monday night for
Greenwood to attend Williams
ton Female College.
The plant of the Enterprise
Wood Distilling and ChemicalCc
is about completed. Itwas fired
up several days ago and found
to work very satisfactorily. Foul
cords of wood are necessary tc
charge the retorts and itrequires