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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-05-28
Messrs Epps. Mcintosh & Hester,

Messrs Epps, Mcintosh & Hester
proprietors of the Nelson warehouse
are having erected an addition, 81
by Is feet, to that structure. Thl;
additional floor space will give then
a total of 5000 square feet, and vii
be ready for use by the opening OF
the tobacco season.
Attention is called to the follow
ing candidates announcement card:
published in this weeks issue
Messrs E F Prosser and RI Kirk, fol-
House of Representatives; Messrs Z
C Epps and Hugh McCutchen, fol
State Senate; Mr. Geo F Chandler
for Road Engineer. Come in, gentle
men, the waters fine.
We have been requested to publish
the following as a local: AS Satur-
day, May 80, is a national holiday, 1t
will be observed on the rural routes
all over the State. Mr. F K Gra-
ham, rural carrier of Rt No l. Vill
spend the day with many others at
tending the Pee Dee Rural Carriers
meeting at Florence, and will per-
haps secure some information that
will be profitable in assisting him to
serve his patrons.
The Woman's Presbyterial of
Harmony Presbytery will hold its
eighth annual meeting at. Union
church. Salters, May 29, 80 and 81.
The Presbyterian churches of Will
liamsburg county are requested to
send delegates. An interesting
programme has been arranged and
entertainment will be provided. The
opening session will be held at noon
Friday, May 20. Names of dele
gates should be sent at once to Miss
Essie Lifrage, Salters Depot, S G.
Mrs D A Phillips will leave to-
morrow for Columbia to attend the
commencement exercises Of Colum-
bia College, where her daughter,
Miss Hannah, will be graduated
Tuesday night. Rev Mr. Phillips will
90 up Monday in his car and return
during the week with his wife and
daughters, Misses Hannah and Myrle.
the latter student at Lander COL
lege, Greenwood, who will join the
other members of the family at Co.
lumbia.
Mr. ] S Williams of Danville. Va,
one of the lessees of the Central
warehouse, who has been in King
stree the past two weeks looking
into the tobacco interests of this
community and making arrange
ments for the opening of the new
Central warehouse this season, has
returned home. Mr. Williams is a
well-known tobacco warehouseman,
and comes to this new field we'll
recommended. He has with him as
lessees Messrs W E Nesmith and L
G. MONTGOMERY.
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Candidates Cards.

s Announcements of candi-
dates, not more than 100 words, will
be published in this column until the
primary election for $500 each,
payable ALWAYS in advance. Please
don't ask US to credit you, but send
the money with your copy. An
nouncements over 100 words long
will be charged for at the rate of
ten cents word. For Magistrates
the price of announcement cards
is $500.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-05-28
KINCSTREE SCHOOL COM
MEkCEMENT EXERCISES.
Concluded from page four).

the large auditorium to see them re
ceive their certificates of gradua
ton, and to impress upon them by
their presence, if possible, the i'm
! portance of the epoch through which
each one of them was passing, ano
actuated by that sense of commend
able pride parent or relative OF
close friend feels in the young lady
or young man who has arrived sue
cessfully at this most important
stage in life, hundreds of them had
brought beautiful bouquets of flow,
ers and expensive presents to be
placed at the feet of the victors as
votive offerings that are to serve as
mementos of their successful en-
deavor.
The evenings exercises were open
ed with prayer by Rev D A Phil
lips, which was followed by piano
duet by Misses Olive Benton and
Claude Jones.
Miss Jennie Lee Epps, a leader of
her class, delivered the Salutatory;
Miss Emma Brockinton then read an
essay entitled, Failures Success"
What Americas Mentality Has
Contributed to the World" by Miss
Olive Benton, came next; then Earle
Cook spoke on THE Possible Results
of the Panama Canal and Miss
Louise Epps read the Class Prophecy.
Following the reading of these excel
lent papers a violin solo was played
by Mr. David Silverman. Miss Camp
bell accompanying on the piano.
The Class Will was read bv Miss limo
Fulton, and Silent Influence" was
the subject of an excellent paper by
Miss Pauline Gordon. The Mexican
Situation" was Interestingly describ-
ed by Mcbride McFaddin. Miss Min
ME Strong read an essay entitled.
1--WE Build a Ladder by Which We
Climb" and then the popular lead
er of her class. Miss Rubie Thorn,
delivered in her usual charming style
the Valedictory.
Rev P S McChesney awarded the
diplomas and Prof Swittenberg an
nounced the honor pupils of the va
rious grades and awarded prizes, as
follows:
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PUPILS PRESENT EVERY DAY.
Grade MARY Louise Flagler,
Hazel Baker.
Grade II-Mary Sue Harrington.
Grade III-May Cook, Lilli. Ba-
ker.
Grade " Caroline McFadden,
Elizabeth Epps, Nicholas Kellahan.
Grade V-Bessie Baker, Ethel An
derson.
Grade VI-Serena Lee, Edwina
Kellahan, Hampden Montgomery.
Grade VII-Edgar Baker, Archie
Wilkins.
Grade VIII-Erline Mcintosh, Hill
lis Phillips.
Grade IX-Hazel Strong.
Grade X-Rubie Thorn.
At the conclusion of the regular
exercises a prize paper, written by
Miss Rubie Thorn, on Domestic
Science" was read by Mr. w H
Welsh, who presented the writer
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-05-28

thereby announce myself candidate
for election as Road Engineer of Will
liamsburg county. l will say by way
of introduction that am son of the
late w S Camlin, Sr, who was Repre-
sentative of the county on the Demo
cratic ticket for several terms. Solicit
ing your support, | am.
Respectfully,
WADE o CAMLIN.
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For Road EnQineef.

hereby announce myself candidate
for appointment to the office Of Roac
Engineer for Williamsburg county, sub
iect to the rules of the Democratic pri.
mary. Respectfully,
n GEO F CHANDLER.
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For C0nqfeSS.

hereby announce myself a candidate
to represent the Sixth Congressional
district in the next Congress, subject
to the Democratic primary.
A l. HAMER.
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For Superintendent Of Education.

hereby announce my candidacy for
reelection to the Office of County Su-
perintendent of Education, subject to
the rules of the Democratic primary.
% R N SPEIGNER.
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For State Senator.

To the Democratic voters of Will
liamsburg county:-I hereby announce
my candidacy for reelection to the State
Senate, subject to the rules governing
the primary election. Soliciting your
support, / am, Respectfully,
n &c EPPS.
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with the prize, which had been Of
fered by the local Civic league.
With the singing of the class song
the exercises were concluded, thus
was closed another highly successful
session of the Kingstree High and
Graded schools.
NOTES.
Members of the Wee Nee Liter
ary society enjoyed a picnic outing
Tuesday at Red Hill. The party
was accompanied by Prof Switten-
berg and Misses Cromer and Davis.
Misses Estelle Campbell of Char
lotte, N C, Alma Davis, Orangeburg,
Laura Cromer, Greenville, Lizzie
Heape, Branchville, Cornelia Plow-
den, Manning, and Quinette Dantz-
Ter; Holly Hill, teachers in the King
stree High and Graded school, have
taken their departure for their re-
spective homes.
Mcbride McFadden and Earl Cook
each received a handsome gold
watch as graduation presents from
Mrs ] F McFadden and Mr. ] w
Cook, mother and father respective
ly of the two young men who grad
uated Monday night.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-05-28

To the Voters of Williamsburg County:
hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the State Senate, subject to the
rules of the Democratic primary. So
Letting your support, | am,
Respectfully,
o HUGH MCCUTCHEN.
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After due consideration / am per-
suaded to offer for reappointmelt to the
office of Road Engineer for Williams
burg county, subject to rules OF the
Democratic primary.
Respectfully,
u JNO M EADDY.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
DOUBT SKULL is THAT
OF BAD MlAly3ssssARKANSAyy,'

Pierre S. D.The old pioneers OF
this city are at war over whether or
not the skull WHICH has been placed
in the stale historical collection, is.
really that or "Arkansaw", abe bad
man who was killed by the vigilantes
here in 1880. The. skull was taken
by G. w. Richardson and DIR. Robin
son from what was alleged to be the
grave OF sArlsansaw, when. the tempor-
sary cemetery on what is now the
capitol site was removed. Now the
old timers who claim to have either
been part of the vigilance commit
lee or else onlookers, declare that in
the many shots which ended the car
'eer of1the' bad. man, tone entered his
forehead, and another shot away
a part of his chine The skull labeled
as the last of .Arkansaw is perfect,
with no bullet marks to identify it asl
one whose original owner came to
his death from a bullet through his
brain. and this many Of the old tim
ers say brand it as the skull of some
other than that of the victim of rude
frontier justice as meted out in the
days when there were no courts.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
BULLOCK OPPOSES
TH|RDPARTy TICKET
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
Writes Roosevelt To
Let S. D. Progress
sives Alone.
MAKES STATEMENT
Former Marshal Denies He
Has In Any Way Assist
ed Bull Moosers.
MAKES STATEMENT

Deadwood, S. D-Published re-
ports that Seth Bullock of this city,
former United States marshal and in
innate friend of Roosevelt, is in the
east comforting with the ex-presi-
dent about placing progressive
party ticket in the field in this state
in the November election, are un-
true. Captain Bullock is in this city
and has no intention of going east
or OF visiting Roosevelt.
Bullock has just given out a state
ment in which he declares he is op-
posed to the plan for placing third
ticket in the field and he wrote
Roosevelt vigorous letter outlining
his stand and urging the former
president to let the Progressives of
South Dakota settle their own dis
putes. He gives it as his opinion
that Roosevelt will follow this course
and he believes that the former presi-
dent will not make campaign tour
OF this state as indicated in dis
patches some time ago. Captain Bull
lock also received an invitation to
Kermit Roosevelt's approaching we'd
ding but will be unable to attend.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
Mass Meeting.

A second meeting of the Mitchell busi-
ness men and property owners is called by
the Mitchell Commercial club to meet at the
olty Hall tomorrow, Thursday evening, at
p M, to consider a second and better
proposition to obtain the Luce electric rail
way from Minneapolis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
VILLA is NOW SENDING HIS
TROOPS AGAINST ZOCArEr,a

El Paso, Texas. from the
south today said that Villas forces
are making haste in preparation for
an assault on Zacatecas City, capital
of Zacatecas state. 1t is asserted that
the railroad from Torreon, Villas
concentration point, has been repair
ed nearly to the next point of at
tack. Already troops in large num-
bers have been sent south along the
rehibilitated railroad and all possible
reinforcements have been rushed into
Torreon from Saltillo, recently taken
by the constitutionalsts The latest
to arrive is the command of General
Pablo Robes, numbering $500 men
originally left to garrison Saltillo.
1t is explained that The attack on
San Louis Potosi has been postponed
because of the destruction of the rail
road to the south of Saltillo, where
the movement by trains against Fac
atecas is quicker and easier, and also
zacatecas, lying northwest of San
Luis Potosi offered an oportunity to
clean up the rear and employ practic-
ally Villas entire force without fear
| of a federal sally.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
PENDAR LIBEL M
CASE HEARD
BAILEY TEsTIFIEs
PENDAR, THEN CLERK OF
COURT, ASKED If HE
WANTED ANY JURORS
KEPT OFF.

Sioux Fails, S. D.-What will pro-
bably prove the most interesting case
OF the present term of circuit court
is now occupying the attention of
Judge j. w. Jones and a jury of 12
men. 1T is the libel suit of o. S. Pen
dar, clerk of the United States courts
against Mark ID. Scott, editor and
proprietor of the Sioux Falls Weekly
Journal, and is based on number
OF articles printed in the Journal at
tacking Mr.. Pendar.
There have been a number of sur
prlses IN the case. The first surprise
came when both the plaintiff and
defendant accepted the first twelve
men placed in the jury box
Surprise number two came when
the plaintiff called for his first wit
ness, Mark ID. Scott, the defendant in
the case. Surprise number three came
when the defendant retaliated by
calling for his first witness the plain
tiff himself.
The case is being hard fought
throughout, Mr.. Scott, the defendant,
has for his attorneys, Joe Kirby, E.
e. Wagner and Sioux X. Grigsby
While Mr.. Pendar is represented by
Judge Frank r. Aiken, of the law
firm of Aiken & Judge, and C. P.
Bates.
The star witnesses and the one
around whom the entire case seems
to hinge is Attorney C. o. Bailey
who was on the stand late yesterday
Mr.. Bailey admitted that the sub
stance of one article in particular
| which the plaintiff objects to was fur
nished by him, but not all of it. He
| testified that he was an attorney for
the Illinois Central Railroad com.
pany and assisted in the trial of the
| case of Bowen VS.. the Illinois Central
road back in 1904. He also testified
that after the jury had been drawn
Mr.. Pendar, clerk of the United Stat
es court before which the case was
| to be tried, asked him if he ha
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28

looked over the list of jurors and if
he had found any name that he would
OBJECT to have drawn on the Jury. Mr.
Bailey testified that he did not report
to Mr.. Pendar any name that he
would not like to have called He
testified that later Mr.. Pendar asked
MN (Balley) if he could not secure
Tree transportation for him over GER
tam southern lines of the Illinois
Central. He could not remember
whether or not such Transportation
was secured. 1t was common thing
In those days for officials and others.
to ask for and receive free transpor-
tation. 1t was before the days that
the interstate commerce commission
sat down on the pass proposition.
Mr.. Bailey testified that he had
told W. c. Cook, Sioux Grigsby. r. ~
Pettigrew and C. III. Winsor of the
conversation which he had had with
Pendar regarding the jury. be did
not report the affair to Judge ]. r..
Garland who was on the bench at
that time. When he told the story to
the above mentioned parties he con-
sidered it semi-confidential.
Mark Scott approached him one
day at the postoffice and asked if
Pendar had offered to fix jury. He
told him no but then gave him the
same information that he had given
Messrs. Cook, Grigsby, Pettigrew and
Winsor. He did not tell Scott that
Pendar had agreed not to have any
one drawn on the Bowen jury that
Mr.. Bailey did not want.
He did not know that Mr.. Scott
was going to use the matter in an
article in the Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28

Until now its upper course has been
utterly unknown to every one, and its
lower course although known for
years to the rubber men, utterly un-
known to all cartographers It's
parallels of latitude south, and be-
tween longitude So degrees and lon
gitude 60 degrees west from Green
wich. We embarked on it about at
latitude IL degrees one minute south
and longitude so degrees II west.
After that its entire course was be-
tween the Goth and 61st degree of
longitude approaching the latter.
most closely about in latitude de-
grees Is minutes. The first rapids
were at Vavarite in II degrees a.
minutes, and after. that they were
continuous and very difficult and
dangerous until the rapids named af-
ter the murdered sergeant Peishan,
in IL degrees IL minutes. At IL de-
grees 23 minutes is received TIE Rio
Kermit from the. left. At II degrees
% minutes the Marciano Avila enter
ed it from the right. At IL degrees
Is minutes the Taunay entered from
the left. At IL degrees So minutes
the Gardoza entered from the right.
At 10 degrees "a minutes we en-
countered the first rubber man, The
Rio Brance entered from the left at
8 degrees SO minutes. We camped at
s degrees 49 minutes or apprOxi-
mately the boundary line between
the Matte Crosse and Amazonas. The
confluence with the Aripuana, which
entered from the left was in z de-
it entered the Madeira was in de-
grees 80 minutes. The stream we
have followed down is that which
rises farthest away from the mouth
and its general course is almost due
north"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
PATMONT TALKS
TO GRAND JURY
THE ABDUCTED .DRY" ORATOR
TELLS OF CAPTIVITY.-LO-
CAL SENTIMENT IS DIVID-
ED OVER HIS STORY.

Danville, 1ll.-Rev. Louis r. Pat
mont went before the Vermillion
County grand jury and narrated the
story of his abduction from Westville
March 81 and the fifty days spent in
captivity. AS result of his testi-
mony arrests are expected soon.
Men who are in close touch with
affairs in the county declare that sem
iment follows the wet and dry ques-
tion and that if poll were taken as
to whether Patmont's story is veraci-
Gus the returns would vary hardly a
dozen votes from a poll on the liquor
question. In general, the vets con-
| slider it fake, the drys regard it
the truth.
Detectives who have been investi-
eating the matter almost from the
time of Patmont's disappearance
eight weeks ago say that there are
enough cross angles in the matter to
| lead them to refrain from making
definite conclusions. Mystery still is
| thickly spread over the episode, they
affairm, yet the evidence so far gath
cred appears to support Patmont's
story in all it's essential points.
Far more than the liquor question
alone is involved, according to those
who have spent weeks in picking up
clews. Many crimes have been COM
mitted at Westville, and the quest for
motives has led the men who have
been seraching for Patmont ever
since he vanished to the belief that
| questions of race, politics, religion
and of prohibition all are woven in
| to the affair.
Became Dry Leader.
Patmont originally went into West
vile as a staff correspondent for the
Christian Standard, religious per
iodical published at Cincinnati. with
a view of exposing conditions in the
slums and groggeries. He speak!
twelve languages fiuently and cal
converse in twenty, and his linguisti,
proficiency led the local dry forces
to engage him to work among thu
miners in behalf of saloon abolition
Westville has population of abou
/ 5000. About IS per cent consists o
Lithuanians and people from othe
southern European regions. Onl.
about per cent are of Anglo-Saxol
extraction or English-speaking ac
cording to men who know the city
Nationalities cut much figure in loca
politics, and liquor privileges Gu
much figure in politics. So from tn
! first Patmont was given black look
! las he went from house to house Of
2 his linguistic mission. In addition h
is Polish German, and racial jeol
1 iousies were soon developed.
\ The theory that is advanced mos
Y generally by believers in Patmont's
y story as that he was grabbed" will
Ethe intention Of removing him as q
Hfactor that might influence the elec
y tion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
$4,000 is RAISED FOR
YANKTON COLLEGE FUND

Yankton, S. D.--The boom of can
non and ringing of bells delivered
amid the riotous enthusiasm of stu
dents and friends at ten o'clock last
night announced the completion of
the three day tel-thousand-dolla
campaign among students and fac
ulty OF Yankton college. S1O,O33.5 SO
has been given or pledged at this
time and has given great impulse
to the local campaign for a larger
college endowment. The work will
now be pushed to complete the quar-
ter of raillion endowment before
January
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
FUNSTON IGNORES SHOTS
FIRED AT IT. 8 AIRcIyup

Vera Cruz, Mexico.-Gen. Funston,
in accordance with the American pol
icy, will not take any official notice
of shots fired Sunday at the aero
plane flown by Lieut.. P. T. L. Bell
niger. 1t has been agreed officially
that the shots which whizzed danger
ously near the flying machine were
fired by irregular Mexican troops,
guerrillas, who are scouting near the
United States lines. They operate in
dependently, although ayowedly Fed
erals.
Lieut.. Bellinger was flying above
Vergara, the American outpost held
by Captain Hill of the marine corps.
The shots came out of the chaparral
behind the lines and came near the
airship. They were heard by the ma
rines, but under orders they did not
make any move to return them. The
incident is closed so far as the United
States is concerned.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
ROOSEVELT ON
HIS NEW RIVER
TELLS OF TREMENDOUS HARD
SHIPS IN JOURNEY OVER
PREVIOUSLY UNTHANERS- j.
ED STREAM In BRAZIL

Washington, d. C.---PToclaimed
last night before a great audience of
scientists from many cities as the
"discoverer" Of river in South AM
erica 1 900 miles long, Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt assured the National
Geographic society that he had put
the river on the map and challenged
the chartographers of the world to
disprove his achievement.
The colonel had appeared before a
Washington audience on previous
occasion as an explorer, but never
as discoverer and he was cheered to
the echo as he declared that the char
tographers of all nations We're wrong
in their maps of the wilds of Brazil
VIII erein he found and .raced the 'Su-
cida river" or as nowNit is more fa-
miliarly known, the river of doubt. :"
One Drowned, One Insane.
The following letter was read by
Col. Roosevelt:
ITO His Excellency, the minister
of Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro:
MY dear General Lauro Muller:
81 wish first to express my pro-
found acknowledgements to you per-
sonally and to the other members of
the Brazilian government whose gem
erous courtesy alone rendered possi-
BILE the EXpedicae Scientifica Roose-
velt-Rendon. l wish also to express
my high admiration and regard for
| Colonel Rendon and his associates
who have been my colleagues in this
work of exploration. In the third
place, / wish to point out that what
hav i,,cf
sible only by the hard and perilous
labor of the Brazilian telegraphic
commission in the uneXplored west
ern wilderness of Matte Crosse during
the last seven years. We have merely
put the cap on the pyramid of which
they had previously laid deep aud
broad the foundations. We have had
a hard and somewhat dangerous, but
very successful trip. No less than SIX
weeks were spent in slowly and with
peril and exhausting labor forcing
our way down through what seemed
a literally endless succession ol
rapids and cataracts. For forty-eight
days we saw no human being. III
passing these rapids we lost five OF
the seven canoes with which we star
ed and had to build others. One o.
our best men lost his life in the
rapids. Under the strain one of thu
men went completely bad, shirkins
all his work, stole his comrades
food and when punished by the ser
Igeant he with cold-blooded delibera
ton murdered the sergeant and flet
into the wilderness. Colonel Ren
don's dog, running ahead of hin
, while hunting, was shot by two In
dians; by his death he in all pro
liability saved the life of his master
{ Describes His New River.
1--WE have put on the map rive
about 1900 kilometers in length run
ming from just south of the thirteent
degrees to north of 5th degree an
the biggest affluent of the Mederis