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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
COTTON TAKES RAISE.
Advances Five Dollars a Bale on New
York Exchange.

New York, July 3:-The cotton
market became badly excited after
the publication of the government
crop report today showing the con.
dition of cotton to be u per cent. or
lower than even the small crop of
the year of 1903. The report was II
great deal worse than had b..n *
pected and caused a stampede of
general buying, the price jumping
up one cent per pound within ten
minutes after the publication of the
report. This was equivalent of $5
a bale. The weekly crop reports
had been generally favorable, and
the trade expected today's monthly
report to show an improvement of
80 per cent. at least.
Excited scenes were witnessed III
the trading pit when the unfavorable
report was read. For the first hour
thereafter brokers on the short side
of the market kept it violently ex-
cited, and prices advanced at times
10 points between trades, or fuctu-
ated wildly when the top point had
been reached. The trading was on
an enormous scale and the market
was IN Il turmoil over two. hours.
Not until The shorts had covered
their contracts and the majority OF
the trading interests had protected
themselves on the readjustment Of
the crop situation, did the market
subSide, December and January
advanced 20 points ut IL time NOR
than 100 points in all. December
selling at 1850 and January at 1866
Thousands of bales were thrown
overheard by bulls who took profits
at the prevailing high prices and
this selling quieted the market to-
gether with the belief that the ad.
vance had discounted the existing
conditions. Later in the afternoon
prices again advanced nearly to th5
top for the day.-The State, July 4.
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COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL.
An Enrolment of Nineteen Teachers
The First Day.

The Williamsburg county sum-
mer school opened Monday with
an enrolment Of nineteen teach
ers, in addition to which there
are six pupils of the Kingstree
Graded school in attendance.
The faculty consists of Mr. P P
Bethea, mathematics, pedagogy
and current events, and Mr.
George McCutchen, civics, his
tory and English. Following
are the names of the teachers
and pupils in attendance: Misses
Ellie Boyd, Trio; Hattie Newell
Chapman; Retha Burgess, Mou-
zon; jamie Shaw, Kingstree;
Carolyn Salters, Florie
Stubbs, Wilhelm ina Lifrage
Salters Depot; Esther Nettles,
Lake City; Ros allie Montgomery,
Greedy vile; Annie Venters, Ven
ters; Halle Graham, Cooper;
Nellie Mae Montgomery, Emma
Kinder, Mary Swami, Ruth
Scott, Odessa Montgomery,
Kingstree; Elise Lesesne,
Greelyville; Martha Gordon,
Gourdin; Cora Daniel, Lake City;
Ola McElveen, Claude Stuckey,
Cades; Messrs Thomas Epps,
Wesley Courtney, Kingstree;
William Whitlock, Otto Graham.
Lake City.
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Lines From Lambert.

+ LAMBERT, July 3:--The crop.
in this vicinity are looking very
diSheartening on account of tn
extreme dry weather. The farm
ers have about come 70 4 stand
still, and will continue SO unit:
the rain moves them. However
if the drouth continues muc l.
longer, the corn crop will be
almost Il complete failure.
MeSsrs } " BaXley and b j
Davis have just returned home
from d visit to friends and rel;.
lives near Marion.
Mr. J NJ Baxley reports hay
ing enjoyed himself on last Sun
dav while attending a Saints "'
meeting near Vox. The meet
ings were conducted by th
Holiness members. Mr. BaXl& \
says that he witnessed more
curious proceedings at their per-
formances than ever before at a
religious assembly, ,one especial,
ly, praying and talking in an
unknown tongue.
Mr. A c. Hanna of Johnson
vile paid US a welcome visit
on last Sunday. Mr. Hanna
has been attending the Spartan
burg Fitting school. All of his
old friends and acquaintances
were glad to see him again.
Also Messrs } M and Il r
Spivey called a short while yes
terday and furnished US with
some music on the violin while
on their way home from George
town.
AS the weather is so dry and
nothing much to do, I'll put up
my pen and 60 down to Mingo
Creek and see what the fish are
doing and perhaps along with
the fish I'll catch a
BAY Coon.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
Pleasant Grove Points.

PLEASANT GROVE, July 81
Rain is much needed in this section
and unless we get it soon there will
be "a larger reduction in bales and
bushels than there was in acreage.
Mr. Yates Keith of Gainesville
was visiting in this section Saturday.
Lynch : river is very low now and
fishing is the popular sport. Very
small fry are being caught. how
ever.
We should like to call the atten,
ton of our county supervisor to the
Smith bridge road, which has not
been worked since 1903. This piece
of road, which is only about one
mile and a half long, is grown up
il. bushes on either side anu tree
tops are in the road from the storm
of September of last year. Also
the abutments of Kennedy Lake
bridge are in very bad condition, as
a vehicle has to make rise of a
foot or more to get on the bridge.
The road between the bridges is
greatly in need of spade work, as it
is washed out in dangerous holes
and pieces of logs and puncheons
are lying in the road. Now we pay
our dollar and would like to have
the logs rolled out Of the road and
the bushes cut down at least every
other year. PoMPEY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
SDrinq Bank RippleS.

SPRING BANK, July 0:-Sur-
rounded by the members of his
family at the festive board,
which was graced by an appe-
tizing barbecue and other tempt
ing comestibles, Mr. W H Nc
Elveen celebrated the Fourth of
July in proper and fitting style.
All the "children" were present
except George A McElveen OF
Timmonsville, who has become
! too much of a man of affairs to
/ find time to visit SO small a
hamlet as Spring Bank. There
were also present a few friends
of the family to participate in
the good cheer of the natal day
of tile nation. What with bar
becue, water melons and best of
all, good appetites and con-
genial companionship, the hours
passed all too quickly and the
day came to an end.
Those present were:
Mrs It r Wilson, Mrs E +
Epps, w " McElveen, T H Nc
Elveen and Miss Lily McElveen,
also Messrs R B Smith of Spring
Bank and VI A Thomas of Lake
City.
Mrs J J McFadden died at
her home hear Beth. chem, Clar-
endon county, Sunday after
noon, June l, at 1 O'Clock. The
remains were inferred in the
family buryipg ground near her
home. She is survived by two
sons, Messrs J F and Walter
McFadden, ,and leaves number
of other relatives and friends
bereaved by her death.
Unless rain comes soon crops
in this vicinity are ruined.
Corn especially is badly injured
and even with favorable sea-
sons will yield but little: To-
bacco looks fairly well gen.
orally.
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Brooks -NeSmlth.

A beautiful home wedding
was that of Miss Virgie Brooks
and DR. NeSmith, which took
place Wednesday at 4.3O at the
home of the brides parents on
Hardy avenue. A quiet elegance
characterized every detail of the
marriage fraught with so much
interest to the social world OF
Chipley. Roses, ferns and car
nations furnished the attractive
decorations. In the parIor the
color scheme of white and green
was effectively carried out in
bamboo, asparagus, ferns and
carnations. Ropes of bamboo
were suspended from the four
corners of the room to the cen
ter, where they were caught
with the stream srs of satin rib
bon, and soft waxen tapers were
artistically grouped on the fern
hoop which was interviewer
with carnations. The mantel
was banked in trailing sprays
of maidea's ) hair and oxaliS.
At four o'clock the merry
peal of Mendelssohn's wedding
march soun led on the summer
air, Miss May Hastey. of Bull
lochville. presiding at the piano.
There were only two attendants,
Miss Ruby Robinson, maid OF
honor, DR. Guy Z Murrah, best
man. Rev R H Blalock of La
Grange, performed the impress
sive ceremony. The pretty lit
tie ribbon bearers, daintily
S.swned in white, entered the
barlor carrying broad bands of
white ribbon. These little girls
who so gracefully did their part
were Ruby Benson. Susette De-
Loach, Sue Hill and Kelly Davis.
The bride entered with her maid
of honor and was met by the
groom and his best man. The
fair:bride was queenly in a gown
of white crepe de chine and veil
of white tulle. She carried
white carnations and ferns. The
maid of honor carried a shower
bouquet of carnations. Imme,
diately after the ceremony the
welded pair left for an extend.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
Taking Time by the ForsIosls.

1t was late in the afternoon, just
at dusk, when a carriage, evidently
from the country, drove up to the
door of "Anson King, Statener,"
and young woman aGghted and
entered the little shop.
She asked to see some thin sta
tionery, and after selecting what
she desired she hesitated for a mo-
ment.
"Do you make any reduction to
clergymen~ she asked softly.
Certainly, madam" !" said the sta
toner, with great promptness. "Are
you a clergyman's wife? ?"
"N-no," said the young woman
"Ah, a clergyman's daughter,
then," said the stationer as he BE-
gan to tie up the paper in a neat
package.
"N-no," said the young woman
Then she leaned across the counter
and spoke in a confidential and
thrilling whisper, "But if nothing
happens I shall be engaged to a,
theological student as so& as he
comes home next month" Youths
Companion.
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KlNGSTREE VS.. clio.
Three Pretty Games Played Here
Last Week.

There was some very pretty
ball played here last week be
tween Clio and Kin%stree. Both
teams were strong and all the
games played proved very
interesting. Out of the three
games play ed Kin%stree won
two.
The first game on Wednesday
was Won by the Reds seven to
one. One of the features OF the
game was the "rootinS" done by
some of the noted "fans.
Thursday, Clio won from
Kingstree. 1t is attributed to
the change in the line up, but
still the Reds put up a game
that was interes ting to the
last inning.
Friday, the last game OF the
series proved one of more in,
terest than the others, for ii
was the game to decide the su-
periority of one team over the
other. In the first inning the
Reds put three men across the
home plate and two more in the
ninth. They held Clio down to
goose eggs through the nine in
nings, the score being 5 to 0
in favor of Kingstree.
Gilland and Miller were the
battery fol Kingstree, Taylor
and Fletcher for Clio. Both
batteries did some pretty hand
ling of the ball.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
SCRANTON SNAP SHOTS.
Items OF General and Local Interest
Noted.

SCRANTON, July 3:-Mrs Fan,
ME Lee, of this place, who has
been suffering for the past sew
eral weeks, was operated on last
Tuesday by Drs Lynch and
Cathcart and is now rapidly i'm
proving, to the delight Of her
many friends.
Mr. c L Cause of Cowards fav-
ored us with a pleasant call on
Saturday of last week.
Mrs j A Gannt of Florence is
spending a few days in town
this week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs P A Parker.
Mr. G Harrell Graham, while
taking his spirited horse from
the buggy last Sunday, was
thrown to the ground by the
animal-which, uashing to run,
caused Mr. Graham several
bruises aud cuts. DR. w S Lynch
was at once summoned and Mr.
Graham is now resting very
we'll.
Miss Bessie Barnwell, who
has been spending some time
with her sister, Mrs D L Lee, at
this place returned to her home
at Adam s Run last Thursday.
DR. clarence Jacobs was in
town last Saturday from Kings.
tree.
MIR S j Kennedy was in Flor.
ence several days last week on
business.
Mr. Hoyt Hill was among the
visitors in town this week.
Mr. r G Gregg, the we'll known
life insurance agent, was in town
Saturday from Florence.
Mr. L G Kennedy, formerly Of
this place but now of Florence,
is spending few days in town
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs
W S Kennedy.
Mr. Archie Becoat, of the Eff
fingham section, was in town
last Sunday. NJ. r. NJ.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
HUMAN FRACTIONS.
Pho Relations They Bear to the Math.
sRnatieal Brand.

Tho Relations They Bear to the Math'
smatieal Brand.
Fractions have never occupied my
mind since that golden age out OF
which I was rudely thrust some thir.
ty years ago. But recently the curl
Gus personality they used to have
for my childish terror was recalled
to me. 'I know fractions" my niece,
Marjory, declared to me the other
day, with conscious wisdom. "Thers
are two hnds-common fractions
and decimals. All that are not deci-,,
mails are common or vulgar"
Common or vulgarp The for
gotten names came back from afar,
mere conjunctions of curious sylla-
bles without mathematical Ggnif-I
canoe, but pushing strange ideas
ahead of them. Why should there
suddenly have been opened up to me
a strange and human aristocracy
among fractions whereby one order
should be assigned the place of e1-
clusion and made the shibboleth,
even among boys-that single class
of humanity to whom We look for q
virgin and therefore a true judg-
ment-while all the rest Of this
mathematical half world should Be
tagged with a double derogationf
Whence is the sinister power and the
SNUG respectability Of the decimal? I?
Has it to do with the money that it
stands for? Has the calculating
arithmetic done this human thing
also? :
"Marjory, there is such q thing,
is there not, as an improper frac-
tion?"
"Oh, yes, there is. I know about
that too. An improper fraction is q
vulgar fraction whose numerator is
greater than its denomination"
1t would appear, then, tnat the
arithmetic appreciation of good be-
havior is close to the human. A
fraction has no business to be great
er than it appears to be, no matter
how many integers it may actually
contain. Having the body Of a
common fraction, a common frac-
ton it shall be, and an improper ona
besides-a case Of explicit misbe-
havior grated upon a general vul-
garity.-Scribner's.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

Mr. and Mrs Philip Oppleman,
who were married on June Is at
Petersburg, Va, came in yester-
day to visit Mr. and Mrs S Peres.
Mrs Oppleman is pleasantly re-
membered here as Miss Miriam
Schultz.
Miss Luna Tribble was a
brides maid at the Norris -Suber
wedding at Antreville. This
ocd sion came Of Tuesday of
lat week and was the social
event of Antreville.- Due West
A R Presbyterian.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
CrOft-JenningS.

The following card of invita-
ton has been received by friends
of the contracting parties:
Mr. and Mrs j NJ Sturgeon
invite you to be present
at the marriage of their daughter
Maria Lenud Croft
tg
Dr Larkin Hamilton Jennings
Wednesday afternoon, July the nine
teenth, nineteen hundred and five
at five O'Clock
at their home
Lake City South Carolina.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

Not a cent wanted unless you
are cured. If you are sick and
ailing take HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. A Great bless
Ing to the human family. Makes
you well-keeps you well. 35
1 ents, Tea or Tablets.
LAKE CITY DRUG Go.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

It's better to see ten bores
than to miss one buyer. A house
never gets so pig that it can al
ford to sniff at a hundred pound
sausage order, or to feel that
any customer is so small that 1t
cannot afford to bother with
him. You've got to open a good
many oysters to find pearl.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

Where are you sick? Head
ache, foul tongue, no appetite,
lack energy, pain in your stom-
ach, constipation? HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea will make
you well and keep you well. 35
cents, LAKE CITY DRUG Co.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

You can buy a lot of home
happiness with mighty small
salary, but fashionable happi-
ness always cost just a little
more than you are making.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

Mr. and Mrs G II Brooks en-.
tertained number of friends
on Tuesday evening in compli,
ment of Miss Virgie Brooks and
DR. NeSmith. In the dining
room the color scheme of green
and pink prevailed. Above the
table was suspended a cluster
of roses and ferns, these with
covering of snowy dauask, glis-
tening silver and cut glass COM
pleted the fair picture. A de-
licious course OF supper was
served.-Chipley, (Ga.) Enter
prise, June q.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
Carr of 0iieleth.

Oilcloths should never be washed
in hot soapsuds. They shoul3 first
be washed clean with cold water,
then rubbed dry with cloth vetted
In milk.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

Don't hurt anyone if you can
help it, but if you must,..a clean,
uulck wound heals soonest.
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Opening Books of Sub,
scripti0n.

Notice is hereby given that the books
of subscription to tie capital stock of
the Williamsburg Insurance Agency
will be opened at the office of G.. w.
Wolfe in Kingstree, $. c.. on Friday,
July Z, 1905. at II o'clock NJ, The
capital stock OF the said company is to
be $1,000, divided into forty shares of
800 each.
E G Epps
Board Of Hugh McCutchen
W T Wilkins
Directors W Moore
CIV Wolfe
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
8 LOCAL ITEMS
8 OF INTEREST

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Read new ad. kingstree
Hardware Co.
Mrs H G. AskinS visited
friends in Charleston this week.
Mr. Philip Arrowsmith is in
town from Georgetown.
Rev J A White was in town
yesterday from Cades.
B W Butler spent yesterday
in Kngstree. Florence Times,
July 3.
Mr. 1 A Keels, now of Lynch
burg, was in town one day las t
week.
Attention is called to ad. of
the Orangeburg Collegiate In
stltute.
Mr. James Daniel of Lake City
came down to see the ball games
of last week.
Mr. P G Shirer of Greelyville
was in town Monday and paiG
US a pleasant call.
Miss Cora Daniel of Lake
City came over Monday to attend
the summer school.
The Kingstree baseball team
went to Clio Tuesaay to play a
series of three games.
Mrs Marion E Scott of Ben
son is visiting at the home of
her son, Mr. Nd Lesesne.
Mr. ] P Adams attended pic.
Ric at Fulton's landing on July 4
He reports a pleasant time.
DR. w L McCutchen of Sumter
visited his old home at Indian
town several days last week.
Mr. J NJ Rowe of Suttons, one
of our valued subscribers, called
to see us a short while Monday.
MrCW Wolfe, the editor of
The RECORD, is sick in bed with
a severe attack of chill and
fever.
Ask Manager Stoll why the
Kingstree Reds didn't play that
match game in Sumter on the
Fourth.
We acknowledge with pleas
ure an invitation to a picnic at
the Lower bridge on Wednesday
July II.
Miss Annie Cunningham o
Indiantown, left last week to
spend some time at Glenn
Springs.
The Fourth went by unobser-
we'd in town except that the
bank and the dispensary were
closed.
Note quarterly statements of
the Bank of Kingstree and the
Merchants and Farmers Bank
of Lake City. u
Mr. B M McElveen, of the
Cades community, called Mon
day and showed up his suhscrip-
ton a year ahead.
Mrs B c Whitehead of Kings
tree, is visiting Mrs Sanders on
her return from Glenn Springs.
Florence Times, July 3.
We und ers tand that the
Kingstr ee-Lake City-Scranton-
Beulah-Prospect Pythian ex-
cursion has been indefinitely
postponed.
Messrs Bessie Gilland, Pres
colt Martin, S D Cunningham,
Theodore Hemingway and Hey
ward Scott spent the Fourth in
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06
Care Of the Piano.

Care Of the Piano.
To prevent 8 piano suffering from
the effects of damp room put .
small lump Of unslacked lime in .
bag and place inside the case.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-06

No mans a failure until he's
dead or loses his courage, and
that's the same thing.
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ed bridal tour.

ed bridal tour.
The large number of beauti-
full gifts attests the popularity
of this young couple. Among
the gifts was generous check
from the brides father. The
Enterprise with a host of friends
extends it's best wishes.
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Monday night for ten days
to Baltimore and New York.
drs W S Moore is visiting in
youth Boston, Va.
4 Messrs D NJ Epps and W L
Bass returned home Tuesday
night from a weeks outing on
Sullivan's Island. Messrs j g
McElveen and S T Goodwin were
also there a portion OF the time.
Of course they went in bathing
and this writer no longer won
ders why sea-water tastes so
bad. They caught lots OF fish,
crabs, sunburn and freckles. Mr.
McElveen thought the clover in
yard in Mt Pleasant was null
let's. The breeze and bathing
are good, and fishing fairly
good and life on the Island is
altogether pleasant with bnt
one serious drawback and that
is the lack of anything like a
schedule of trains. When you
can get car, is the barest coa-
lecture. 1t seems that the su-
perintendent has orders to
change the schedule atall hours
when he has nothing else to do.
DR. DuRa1t went to Charles
ton Monday, accompanying his
sister, Mrs Ed Hemingway, who
was admitted to hospital for
treatment.
Work on the store-house OF
IS L Courtney & Go, on Main
: street, was begun last week.
DR. NJ Davis Nesmith and his
bride came home Friday morn
ing. They were married on
June 14th at Chipley, Ca, the
home of the bride. A most
hearty welcome is ex-
tended these young people and
may life for them flow pleasant
ly. WLB
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-24
AMERICANS TAKE
ALL THE HONORS
Wright and Ward Garry on tennis
Games from Both Englishmen
and Australians.

London, June 23.-The American tennis
players swept everything before them at
the Queens club today, defeating the
Englishmen in the singles and the Aus
tralians in the doubles in the semi-inai
rounds. Wright scratched to Ward for
the finals in the singles, thus creating
W ard champion of the city of London.
In the doubles Larned and Clothier Sc
cured three sets to their oppona7' one
while Wright and Ward won three
straight sets, one Of which went twice
to deuce sets, the Australian pair, BLOCKS
and Dunlop, making a desperate nght
for at least one set. This leaves nothing
but America in the first big tournament
in which international teams are repre-
scented on this side of the water.
Ward and Wright will be partners in
the all-England tournament at VIM
bledt next week. Larned and Clothier
are not entered. Wright and Ward VIII
compete In the singles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-24
EXTENDING LARGE
SUMS IN THE MINES
Tennessee Company Improves
Mines of Pratt Division
OPENING ANOTHER MINE
Electric Ha Ilase and Telephone sys-
TENS Are Being nstalled-Many
New Houses Have
Been Built.
OPENING ANOTHER MINE

Ensley, June 23-(Special.)- Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
Is expanding large sums of money in re-
pairing and overhauling the coal mines
of the Pratt division. Electrical hauage
systems are being installed in the mines
and many other improvements are being
made.
A new mine is being opened In the rich
fields west of No. mine, which will prob
ably be the largest and most modernly
equipped mines in the district. A number
of workmen are now engaged in sinking
the shaft and doing the other work neces-
sary in getting to the center of the coal
vein
The company is also installing tele-
phone system in all the mines oil TINS
division. The central will be In the or
fees of the company in this city ana
telephones will be placed at the top and
bottom Of every mine in the Pratt ol-
vision.
During the past year several hundred
houses have been built around the va
rIous mining camps of the division and
little towns have sprung up in several
places. The Agerton-Dupy Transfer COM
pany will, in a few days, make arrange
ments to run bus from Ensley to No.
mine. The cabs will make six trips day
from No. to Ensley.
The mines are making excellent RECORDS
and the output is constantly on the IN
crease. The car famine seems to nave
nassed and the railroads are experiencing
little trouble in handling the situation.