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The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-14
car GIVES MILLIONS :
1~OF HLS-PgIvAIP FUN
Sevsur7Five Million FOR the
EnAaiafl1e1t Of ,IIsxvo New
4adrons

London January 1s-The Exchange
Telegraph Company has dispatch
from Copenhagen which quotes a tel,
egram from st. Petersburg from a
newspaper politician, who is sasoc.
iating with ihe czar, which states
tlat Nicholas has cQNributed fifty
uillion dollars Of his lMvate purse to-
Aprds the equipment. Of the proposed
Fird Russian squadron.
Il is also said twenty fv& sss.s~v
viii be appropriated by the cz
the equipment Of the fourth squares
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Forecast for today in Georgia: Fair
slightly colder
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pill cost betweeH @E.aeo. and $l2,00O
viii be hni1aMa cA Ii Will
shofh No gtreets. rht
interior of<Sis 6uilding Viii bs
sery handsom5. Ne pews will ~e
slo best wool. and there Will he srf
ncient roon& t. accommodate the grow
ing congregation <f~1he ch,!rssssuand
ma0v visitors.
Tho congregation Of the First Meth
odist church Las Deen working for
new building for the past year %
80 and quite a large amoen MS
een raised by socials. fancy sales.
te., and it is understood that there
very near enough ss3a on hand
L present to complete the hultiias
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CONTACT IS LEI TOR
HANDSOME NEW CHURC 4
Work or NeWAOne of First
Methodists will Begin in
a Short Time

teil for this privilege some time ago,
fhe petition being granted
Something of the New Church
The new temple OF worship will be
OF of the handsomest in The city. It
aein cost betweet .sna.sso. and sl2. 900
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Venters and Vicinity.

VENTERs, April 17:-The farm
ers of this section are about through
planting corn and cotton and are
setting out tobacco during this
favorable season.
Pneumonia and Ia grippe seem to
have passed away with the dawn OF
the bright, warm spring days, and
the smallpox is held in check by,
vaccination.
Mr. R L Cock6eld, who has been
attending the Medical College OF
Charleston, is home on vacation.
Miss Daisy Haseldon has just
closed a very successful school term
at Harpers and returned to her
home at Johnsonville.
Mrs RIB Woodbery AMI Miss
| Annie Ventersattended the Sunday
scnool convention in Florence as
delegates from Johnsonville church.
They report pleasant trip and a
very full and instructive programme.
Superintendent Of Education
Cooper spent several hours at the
Johnsonyille Graded school a few
days ago. His talk to the pupils
and patrons was very interesting and
instructive. Let us hope chat the
patrons will take his advice and
provide the school with suitable
building and equipment. Mr. Coop
er's promised visits to the school are
looked forward to with appreciation.
Mrs ] E Carter has been called to
the bedside of her daughter, who
is very sick In Darlington.
Mr. Julius Eaddy, after having
passed successfully for the fourth
time through the flint mill-final
|examinations-at the Medical Col
| lege of Charleston. has located at
Lambert for short while.
Judging from some things We see,
the preacher will soon be called up
on to throw the life loop around
some of the folks down this way.
N
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Seen at Smiths.
w l. B

SMITHS, April 17:-Mr P N
Mcknight OF Scranton spent a
few days last week in our com
munity.
Mr. IT S Smith visited friends
at Moore's X Roads Sunday.
Messrs R P Miller and John
McGill, Jr., two of Cades' most
popular young men, visited in
this section Sunday.
Mr. EJ Smith will make a
shipment of garden peas this
week. This is the earliest we
have heard of.
Mr. Benjamin Cook has re
turned from the "Land of Flow
ers' with his young bride. He
thinks of making his home neal
here.
I noticed recently fourteen
copyicts on the county chair
gang, WHICH is doing good work
in this vicinity,
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90ded School Department.

Conducted by the Pupils Of the Tenth Gradel
We miss from their accus-
toned places to-day the faces
of David and Hayward Scott
and Theodore Hemingway.
The 9Th grade has divided it
self into two opposing factions
which are preparing for a "geo-
graphical match" Their first
task is the bounding of all the
counties of South Carolina.
The debate by the 10th grade
On, SIS war ever right?' result.
ed in favor of the negative,
From the amount of enthusiasm
and excitement exhibited We
think it would be rather dan.
gerous to have another soon.
The 9th and 10th grades ex,
pect to celebrate Good Friday
with a picnic, if nothing pre-
vents.
1t is whispered that the 18th
and 9th grades will have an
"egg hunt" Friday. They are
rather reticent as to the par
ticulars.
We were glad to have with
US for a short time Monday
morning, Mr. Jacobs, chairman
of the board of trustees. His Wis
it will mean a good deal to
us, for he promises to remodel
our rostrum before commence,
ment; so, if any of our number
ever have the pleasure of grad
uating it will be on a first class
rostrum and not on the goods
box" We have at present.
Mr. Jacobs also says we will
soon have the new bookcase
for the library, which We sc
sorely need. We are glad tc
have such profitable visitors
and only wish they came
oftener.
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J B Traywick at three O'Clock
| in the afternoon. AS the soft
strains of the wedding march
sounded, skilfully played by
Miss Mary Rushton, the bride
and groom entered, preceded by
the following attendants:
Miss Ella Moore, with Mr.
Albert King of Darlington, and
Miss Mabelle Williamson, of
Mont Clare, with DR. Judson
Moore.
The bride was beautifully
dressed in white taffeta silk
elaborately trimmed with white
oriental lace and white rose
medalions. She wore a bridal
veil, caught with a diamoA
brooch.
Miss Williamson wore a
handsome cream grenadine
dress, and Miss Ella Moore was
arraved in white silk. Miss
Rushton, the organist. was be-
comingly attired in blue silk
gown.
Accompanied to the station
by a crowd of friends the happy
couple boarded the evening
train for Wilmington and other
points.
Our best wishes linger with
them for a long, happy and
prosperous welded life.
PRIMROSE.
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TO BUILD WAREHOUSES;.
Report Of the Committee Which Net
Here Monday.

To the Members of the Williams
burg Cotton Growers Association:
Gentlemen: Pursuant to request
of Mr. j Davis Carter, your county
chairman, the undersigned commit
tee, appointed to. consider the..advis-
ability of the erection of cotton
warehouses in Williamsburg county,
begs leave to report that a quorum
of the committee met today, and
after fully discussing the matter, do
recommend as follows:
l. That in judgment OF your
committee at least two cotton ware
houses, and more if possible, be erect
ed in Williamsburg county for the
storage of cotton for the coming
crops.
II. That the approaching. conven-
ton to be held on Saturday, the
'22nd inst, to decide the number OF
warehouses to be built, designate the
locations thereof, and appoint COM
mittees to raise funds for the erec1
tion of the same.
III. That nothing but a standard
BRICK warehouse. so feet by 100 feet,
should be built, which would cost
a ont twelve hundred dollars.
w. That the shares of the said
warehouse companies be fixed at
five dollars per share, so that every
farmer will be able TO participate IN
this very important undertaking.
V. That the farmers take a ma
iority of the stock in these waie-
house companies, SO that they can
ALWAYS control the management OF
the same. JF Cooper,
All Williams,
W D Bryan,
John A&zelley,
Warehouse Committee.
Kingstree, April II, 1905.
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Death OF Mr.. SOLON EVANS.
Another Confederate Veteran Joins the
Great Majority.

SCRANTON, sc, April 19:-Mr
Solon Evans, a gallant Confederate
veteran Of this place, died suddenly
Friday morning of heart failure, be-
ing sick but few hours. He
served throughout the four years of
the war and while charging the enc
nv at Peter sburg was severely
wounded, the ball entering his thigh
and shattering the bones. He re-
turned to his command after conva-
lescence, but with.permanently i'm
paired health he never entirely le.
covered, although he served to the
end of the war with distinguished
bravery.
Unfaltering courage, truth and
sincerity We're Distinguishing traits
of his character. At the close OF
the war he began farming and mer-
chandising and soon became recog-
nized as one of the most successful
business men in his community,
which pre-eminence he retained up
to the time of his death.
He acquired by his own e1ertions
q large property and was probably
one of the wealthiest citizens of Will
llansburg county. He was instru'
m entail in he establishment of tht
firm of this place bearing the name
of L d Evans & Co., of which b,
was senior partner. He was als'
owner of one of the largest saw mil
plants in this section.
! Mr. Evans was 81 years old. H
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Our JOB Department.

The work turned out from
our job department is of such
a quality that We can say with
out boasting that of late our
facilities are taxed to the full
capacity and We find il difficult
to fill the orders received as fast
as they come in. Recently a
travelling man, whose head
quarters are in a town of 5000
people with three job Offices,
gave US an order for nearly ten
dollars worth of stationery,
after comparing o( samples
and prices with tn the
printeries in three o1
taaX.of which is awa
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FROM MOORE'S X ROADS.
Marriage Of Popular Young Couple
Of Sunday.

MooRE's x ROADS April 18:
Very few of our people are
engaged in truck farming, so We
have not had as much loss from
the cold snap as farmers in
other sections.
Miss Matte Moore returned
to Bloomingvale Sunday to re-
sumo her school duties. Miss
Moore is an attractive young
lady and her many friends here
regret her absence.
DR. ] G Moore has decided to
locate at Cades. We wish him
success in the practice of his
profession.
The writer was present at the
wedding of Miss Launa Moore
and Mr. W CKelly of Darlington
which took place at the home o.
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs
W A J Moore, Sunday afternoon
A large num1er Of friends al
relatives Re present. 7
eremony performed by I
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bigger than Kingstree. We have
over s., 100 invested in printing
material and invite comparison
with any job Office i: the State
on any class of work that We
undertake. Any work turned
out from The RECORD Office is
guaranteed to give satisfaction
or money will be refunded.
This is a bona fide offer that We
are ready to stand up to at any
time.
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Attention, Veterans!

A meeting of Camp Presley will be
held on Wednesday. May 10, TO par
ticipate in the Memorial exercises Of
that day. A full attendance of MEM
bers is requested.
The following programme has been
arranged for that occasion:
10 O'Clock. a m-Members meet in
court house and one hour, will be de-
voted to the business Of the Camp.
III OflOck, a ma dfence and
speakers Assemble in court house. A
large attendance is expected and de-
sired-especially the ladies are invited :,
G Graham II 81 Kinder
AdiutanA Commandant
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BUDGET OF LATE news
FROM GREELYVILLE.
COTTON and VEGETABLES INJURED BY
C0LD-0THER News PER0NAL and
LOCAL.

GREELGVlLLE, April lc-W
are having a taste of winter
again. 'After having passed thu
middle of April We had ceased
to expect any more cold, but
last night brought a big frost
with ice, resulting in most Of
the fruit and nearly all of the
early vegetables being killed OF
badly injured.
noticed lot of cotton com
ing up on Saturday; guess this
will all have to be planted over,
and I fear there will be some
difficulty in getting seed. All
the corn l have seen seems to be
a very good stand, and l don't
think the cold has hurt that
crop. I think it would be a
blessing to our farmers if two
thirds of the cotton could be
killed and corn put in its
place.
Our postofiice has been moved
to its new quarters in the new
brick store. This removal puts
the office near the centre of the
town, making it more conven-
lent for everybody.
The Mercantile Co. has not
opened its new stock yet, but
will do so in few days.
Mr. T W Boyle, accompanied
by Prof c c Smith, visited King
stree on Saturday.
Mrs G Q Joyner is visiting
relatives in Sumter this week.
Miss Florrie FIagg, who has
been teaching about four miles
from town near Mr. Shirer's,
closed her school and returned
to her home in Foreston last
Friday.
DR. Charles A Smith of Charles
ton spent Sunday in Greelyville,
visiting his son, Prof Smith, of
the Greelyville school. We trust
that the doctor was so well
pleased with our town that he
will visit US again before very
long.
Mrs J M McRoy and two
children of Foreston visited rel
atives in Greelyville on Satur.
day,
Some of our people have be.
come discouraged at the con-
tinued low price of 'otton and
are selling now for what they
can get. I think after holding
this long l would have held out
a while longer.
Mr. ] A Scarborough, Sprunt
& Cos cotton buyer, was here
Saturday picking up a few bales
for his firm. VIDI.
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MATTERS At MOUzON.
Two Couples United In Holy xedlock
Last Tuesday.

|
MoUzoN, April 1?1Havine
seen nothing from N MRuzon ir
your valued paper in quite
awhile l will give you few dots
to keep our community in touch
with the rest of the county.
This community was the scene
of two pretty home marriages
on Sunday, April 16. Mr. B b
Mouzon of Mouzon and Miss
Alma Nexsen, of the vicinity of
Cades, weIe happily married at
the residence of Mr. j H Reardon
who is a brother-in-law OF the
groom-at four o'clock in the
the afternoon by Rev W B Justus
OF Kingstree. The bride was
becomingly attired in white or
candle. Only a few intimate
friends were present at the cere-
mony. Miss Nexsen is the eldest
daughter of Mr. ] L Nexsen and
her many friends extend their
kindest wishes for her future
happiness. MIR Mouzon is well
liked by all who know him and
is receiving with becoming
modesty congratulations 4 on
winning so fair and charming a
bride. The young couple will
make this community their
future home.
Immediately after the cere-
mony above chronicled a crowd
asse mbled at the residence of
our postmaster, MIR J T Frier-
son, to witness the marriage of
his daughter, Miss Mag, and Mr.
George Ward, of Lake City.
The bride is one of our most
popular young ladies She ap-
peared charmingly sweet in a
beautiful gown of white silk
lansdowne.
We wish both these couples a
long, happy and prosperous
voyage, their barks famed by
favorable breezes, until they
finally come into port after
crossing the bar" and meet
their Pilot face to face
Dame Rumor has it that there
will be another nuptial affair
here on the 10Th inst. Wonder
who it will be next?
Farmers around are busy
planting their cotton.
Gardens were looking uncom.
monty well until the frost last
night-now the vegetables ap'
pear to have been scalded.
Communion services will be
held at Bethel Presbyterian
church on Easter Sunday,
preaching to commence Friday
evening.
Well, for fear of infringing
too much on your space,eI will
saw, AU REvoIR.
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Death Of an Infant.

Little Lula Marion, the infant
daughter of DR. and Mrs A G
Eaddy, died last Friday morn
ing about II o'clock. She was
only eight months old, though
in bsr short stay on earth was
the Joy and happiness of fond
and loving parents.
The funeral service was con:
Quoted at the home by Rev L z
MCGEE and the interment was
at the cemetery Saturday morn
ing.-Timmonsville Enterprise
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jury is estimated 1t from five tO
twenty-five pe! cent. The to-
lacco plants that were in open
fields or beds were cut down
and apparently destroyed, but
some farmers Of long experience
tell Us that they will Come oaI
all right. Gardens suffered Sc
verely, Irish potatoes, beets, to-
matoes, etc, being nipped-some
killed, some injured. The loss
in dollars cannot be even APP
proximated, but it will amount
to thousands. Whole bean fields
of ten, fifteen and twenty acres
were swept as if by fire. Two
cucumbers in a hill; one was
taken and the other left. Well,
well-it's bad, very bad; but it
can't be helped. Such things
will happen and "there is no
use crying over spilled milk. )"
Smile, if you can; grin, if you
can do no bett9. At the worst,
pucker your lips and go ahead.
"Better luck another time"
Calamity will come now and
again to us all. But this old
world is all right yet:
"She's rolling on to Glory:
Right side up;with care -
One reason why this writer
can take things so cheerfully is
because he sat down to a feast
not many days ago. Last
Thursday night, plaintiff
and defendant and all their
equities being laid aside, and
the "said and aforesaid forgot
ten, he, vi ct armis, became a
member of that party, made up
of Messrs George Hudgins,
Monte Scott, L P Kinder, j c
Kinder, Cecil Jacobs, F "
Fairey and DR. j l. Bass and
"Warren," the blessed, which
(party) went to kelley's lake,
where they found Mr. Duke
awaiting them. Warren, who
knows when a Dream is exactly
right, and who also knows how
to pass around coffee in gourd
dipper, had those Dream and
maw-mouth done before "moon-
up, and called us to supper as
soon as be could summon the
courage. We had just a nice,
gcntlemanly crowd and how
that crowd passed those big, fat
bald Dreams out of sight was a
caution" 1t was splendid
supper of excellent fresh fish
and seldom has this writer en-
joyed anything more; and it is
the judgment of this court that
the hearty thanks of the Lake
City correspondent of THE
COUNTY RECORD be and the
same ere, hereby rendered to
the gentlemen whose names ap-
pear above.
w LIB
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Notice.

Until further notice my Office
days will be every Saturday, ex-
cept the Saturday before the
first Monday in each month,
and also the first Monday in
each month.
WILLIAM COOPER,
4-6-tf. Co Supt Q6 Education.
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You'll never appreciate the
"good old summer time" until
you get a pair of those low
quarter shoes for ladies and
gentlemen to be had at
w. T. WILKINS.
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Notice TO Tdhefs.

Unless l can geAa pledged
attendance from thirty bona
fide teachers l am AFRAID that
we cannot secY>a Summer
School for this 8unty at Kings
tres; therefore, I beg that teach,
ers desiring the Summer School
held in this county will write
me without delay. None but
xeachers holding certificates
"a give pig to attend.
IS " - y COOPER.
H. - Edpp an:
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NEWS and Comment
FROM CADES.
NEARLY 1000 ACRES OF BEANS Kill.
ED BY FROST...THE BASKET FAC
TORY REBUlLT--NEW TELE-
PHONE Lines.

Phone Lines.
CADEs, April 1S:-Sincc NJ
one seems to write to TIL
RECORD from Cades NOWADAYS
I will endeavor to give you {;
few dots from our thriving littl,
town.
Mrs H G Huntley of Morvel
n c., visited friends in towl
several days last week
DR. Judson c Moore, who re
cently..graduated at the Medica
College of South Carolina, has
decided to hang out his shingle
at CadeS FIR the practice of his
profession. Judson is nc
stranger in town, having beer
reared only a few miles from
here. He has been elected ex
amining physician for the Cades
camp of Woodmen of the World.
As a high toned and polished
young gentleman, with many
fine traits of character, Dr.
Moore has few equals. His
numerous friends in town are
delighted at having him locs te
here and extend TO him their
best wishes for his future sue.
cess.
Nh W g Scott has been indiS.
posed for several days, but is
out again, to the delight of his
many friends.
We are glad to report that the
epidemic of smallpox which
has been very severe here for
the past few months, is about at
an end No new cases have
been reported recently.
The freeze and frost last Sun.
day night were very destructive
to the truck crop in this locality
| understand that the bean crop
is total loss. Some eight or
nine hundred acres having been
planted for this shipping point,
the merchants, as we'll as the
farmers, are wearing long faces
o 'er this great loss. Orders
have already been sent in for a
new supply of bean seed, which
will be planted as soon as they
arrive. This replanting will be
somewhat an experiment, as the
farmers have never planted thus
late for market heretofore.
The Cades basket factory
which was DESTROYED by fire d
few months ago, is being re
built and will be in operation
again in a few days.
A new telephone line is being
built from Cades to Lake City
which will be completed in a few
days. We are also to have {
new line to Kingstree in the
near future. 1t is under stooC
these lines will be we'll con
structed, which will be a grea'
satisfaction to all concerned, as
we anticipate getting good ser
vice from this and connecting
lines.
The camp of Woodmen of the
World, which was organized
here only few months ago, i:
in a fourishing condition. Al
the last regular meeting there
were five new members intro
duced to the mysteries of "Woot
Craft" When those who have
applied for membership ar,
initiated it will increase thi:
! camp to over fifty in number
If this camp does not increas'
to over a hundred before autumn
"Well, we'll see."
Our JOB Department.
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married Miss Haseltine McAllister,
who with six children survives him.
His remains were taken to the Meth
odist church cemetery and laid to-
rest Saturday morning at II O'Clock.
M R M.