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1' - . ? ' t, \ . [.fgggljt founts JttfofkggD VOL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 4, 1907. NO. 26 1 . Ii/rriru TO lUirr i7.i7 TU TTthTliit! for. SENATOR LATIMER ] WRITES AGAIN.! i I INTERESTING LETTER TELLING ABOLT GIBRALTAR AND EITHER ELROPEAN POINTS VISITED. P?A- ( Editor County Kecord:? j Friday, May -4, our party ianded at the Azores, spending about fiv* hours at Ponta del Gada, the capital of the islands and tbe seat of the civil jrovernment. "The place has a population of 18.000. and after Lisbon and Op I'Orto is the mast important city of Portugal. Ponta del Cada is a remarkably clean city. Its r 'bouses are well lighted, paintk? ed and white washed. The ^ streets, though presenting a good appearance, are net very wide, but are lighted with gas and electric lights. Pienty of, good water is piped through the: f > houses-. I Situated in hhe middle of the Atkmrc Ocean., the Azores offer -a most agreeable and convenient f -Stopptrng place between the o^d and new worlds. The Azores !were discovered by Portuguese navigators some 50 otr 75 yea rs before Columbus discovered America. Tfce fact that large hawk like birds were seen to flv westward from nhe coast of ?' Portugal and not return led to the discovery of the islands, L. and the name Axores means . hawk in the Portuguese lan| guage. The islands are ail volcanic, L though it is said that 8t Marie I- gives some evidence of regular P geological formation. The mineral spriag on St Michael is regarded as possessing wonder-; fnl medicinal properties, and; ^maay interesting stories are re- i lated by taunsts of the healing power of the water. The traveller's visit to these islands, emerging as tbey do abruptly; from tbe ocean, with their sharp, f volcanic peaks, lava cut valleys^ h a rm i r (t |F jlUAUS liLHi WC^V4A?IVU| K landscapes, and delightful j^climate, te rendered doubly Wjlteasant bf the hospitality and; f kimlFl^i of the inhabitants.J B- Tbe climate is temperate and K initd, due to the high altitude m xand influence of the sea. The vigor, ahundance and variety of the products, an^ the B careful tillage of the land, make the fields look like gardens. B Large farms are not seen; the I land is let in small lots, and at short terms, and each tenant is B efrivimr to make the largest K yield possible. The principal field crops are corn, wheat, rye, I barley and potatoes. Grapes, B.; oranges and pineapples have B^ brought large revenue to the K islands, but of recent years K disease has attacked the or* chards and vineyards, and has B destroyed much of the protit from this source. Pineapples are grown under cover. B The most important local j industry at present is the manu* j K facture of alcohol trom potatoes. B There are three factories; they K are large and well equipped, K producing annually about two R million gallons. There are three K tobacco factories, the total R ? annual product being about BP fifty-five million pound*,. The local manufacture pf cloths is M|iqjt|dto hom^tTus, with the excepn^'oi two small factories Btv in Poflta del Gada, where R- towels, shawls,etc, are made. 0 jThe commerce of the islands Rt is carried on chiefly with >f. Portugal, England, the United 1 I Stater, Brazil, Germany and France. The principal exports ace alcohol, pineapples, oranges, tobacco, beans, whale oil, vegetables, hiJes, butter, potatoes, tire clay, etc. Within the past! few years experiments have been made in trrowing tea, and j there is a ifood promise of success. j The chief imports besides the general manufactured goods are (sugar, coSee, rice, tea, petroleum, tobacco, salt, leather, glass, lumber, etc. Our visit to ! the Azores was interesting" in ; many ways, and very enjoyable , all the way through. On Monday, the 27th, at nocn, we swung into the Bay of Gibraltar, under the gunpierced frowning front of th^ world renowned Fortress of Gibraltar. This formidable rock rises to a height of 3,295 feet, and though we know it bristles with the most formidable ,guns, yet so cunningly are the-defense? plan'ned that only two guns are visi ble, those on the highest points of the rock. A fussing little tender took the lirst class passengers from tfc?e steamer to what is known as the Old Mole, built in the fourteenth century, and after we had walked a few yards in the hot Gibraltar sun we decided that a carriage was a necessity .and spent the remainder of the afternoon in the comfortable littie coaches with which tne town swarms, and which were hired at .reasonable rates. Gibraltar, though under the British Sag, is peopled by by .Spaniards, Hebrew, Moors and men of all aaiionalilies. We drove .curiously through the narrow streets, past the shops, to the guard of the garrison, where, .adter satisfying the officer onudaty that we had no cameras, we were suken by a ! guard through what are known as the north galleries, which are long tunnels cut in the solid rock oehind the north face. These galleries, curiously enough, are connected with i America? history, for at the time I we were keeping England busy | with onr revolution, the French besieged Gibraltar for fopr [years, and a* English sergeant ' devised this system of rock gallleries, which turned a useless j rock into the most formidable fortification in the world* For possibly over a mile these gal! leries jjun back and forth behind the face of the rock, loop-holed at short intervals for great guns. Looking through one of these embrasures one sees bejfore him on the left the Bay of I Gibraltar, on the right ot the .Mediterranean. and in front the narrow isthmus which forms the only communication from the rock in the mainland. It I would be no more than child's play for five hundred men to keep at bay an entire army, j The only way Gibraltar could be taken would be by starving out the defenders, and even this might fail, for we were told that there is at all times kept on hand stores and provisions to last the soldiers for fourteen years. Only British subjects are allowed to visit the top of the rock, 1 "* % ? r ^ ana tnere are portions ui uie rock which not even the}' are allowed in. Leaving the garrison we drove down the narrow steep streets to the Alameda Gardens, where beautiful flowers grow in wild, yet ordered, profusion, and the gardeners offer you your choice as to kind and amount for any small coin. From the gardens we went to the great dock yards, which the government mainI tains fur its fleet, and where under the grim guns of the fortress they can assemble, maintain and repair as many of their ships as they please. The dry dock in this navy yard is said to be one of the largest in the world. Coming" from the dry dock oack toward the town I was interested to observe in the little cemetery the name Latimer on the headstone at the grave of the child of an English lieutenant. We drove back into what might be called the shopping district, for the purpose of permitting the ladies of the ~ ~ +* wL n f bii cf Aj%L?c pariy IU see n;iai me oiwnci and stores were like, but though we went into many we bought little, as the prices were not enough better than those in the United States to be especially tempting. Gibraltar is a great fortress, and each nation which has held it has left traces of its occupancy. The Moorish castle still stands, though, possibly a thousand years old, and the old Moorish wall divides the rock from base to summit, right by the modern signal station of the British. The old Spanish wall also still stands, and by the | Sonth Port. alongside the old ' gateway surmounted by the arms of t>pain' stands a new gateway with the arms ot Great Britain. We enjoyed our trip througn the town under the British flag, but with citizens of all nationalities, and came away impressed, as all mast be, with the strength of this natural fortress over which the British * ' ^ i flag has waved tor more man two centuries. The commerical importance ol Gibraltar is comparatively small new., bet at one time it was quite lar^e. In the "value of the imports of cotton and wool len goods alone amounted tc fl^5G,OOQ, but from that year the trade-declined. The amount ol shipping has Increased, but this *s -due to the extension of mercantile .transactions all through the Mediterranean. Formerly in the days of sailing vessels Gibraltar was a great entry port for goods, which were intended for distribution not only along KVWWWYYVW pgun O Of operating the est, Q Drug Store in ? Williamsbi O Why of course he has ii Q get Send for what you |list O BIO LOT NEW P< Q LOCAL VIEWS T fS High Grade Candie, X In the Cold Drink Line |x purity our motto! Clean jx Our Soda man is up-tox cold drinks, the nicest in t ? Ice Cream, 0 Sodas. 1 Everybody knows DuRant's a IJ Kant S?rememoer 11 s in siyieas X Drug Store for you want. Sr Its a standing wonder to some X Come or send to the store that Sr and appreciates your patronage. X J. B. D\ cS Physician an< O LAKE C / / 1 ; 'the neighboring coast, but to, | the remotest corners of the j Mediterranean and the Black sea. Now steam and ships of, larger tonnage carry cargoes direct to the ports of destination without trans-shipment. Gibral- > tar, therefore, as a station of commercial importance, has de (clined, but as a coaling station j and a port for the protection and convenience of the mercantile marine of the Mediter ; ranean, Spain find Moroco, it is j I . . A jot great importance. We are due at Naples at 8 o' clock to-inorrovr morning. The trip continues pleasant and uneventful. AT the party are well, but rather tired of life on board ship We will be glad to pnt foot land again. A. C. Latimer. On Board Steamer Canopic, the Mediterranean Sea, May 29, 1907. SENS ATION IN BLACKVILLE. Preacher Asked to Resign Leaves for Parts Unknown. BlacKville, June 23:?What has been one of the greatest sensa' tions that this lown has ever known ' is that which culminated in the i excommunication from the Baptist ' church here totlav of Rey C M BillI . ings, its pastor. i j Billings' resignation was asked for on last Sunday, and positive :J proof of the awfnl scandal which has been generally reported on him ' recently being in the hands of the church, he was today excluded. Billings, upon hearing that his i church had positive proof that cast . away tne .slightest possibility of his i iunocence being believed even by his i friends, left town on the next train. A prettv domestic is involved. His wife, who is an invalid, and his only child, a small boy,are still here. ; Just what he will do with himself and them is not known. Billings left ytsterday afternoon i for parts unknown. THE HIST BALE OF COTTON Was lolil 9i Hoiston, Texas, Cotton Exchange. i Houston, June 21:?The firs^ r bale of new cotton grown near . Mercedes, Hidalgo county, was sold on the floor of the cotton exchange, bringing $225. The bale was class! ed as good middling and weighed ; 570 pounds. Doooooooocxxxa -TY! I all-around, up-to-date 0 j irg County. | t. That's the answer you O want - O EN! I 3ST CARDS! Q 00! Q s?the kinds people buy. Q ahead too! Neatness and 5c liness our ambition! X date, that is, he fixes your Xi own. X 3^.1 X Ice Cream O Bvery day. q nd nearly everybody's says Du- Sr well as sensible to go to DuRant's Q j people how our busiuess is grow- V serves vou faithfully and honestly ! iRANT, X d Pharmacist, Q ITY, S. C. 0 xxxxxxxxxxxxS 4 \ LAIltLIII lUtlAVC ; NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.: t CONTRACT LET TO A COLUMBIA FIRM- ' SEWERAGE PLANT NEARLY COM- 1 PLETED?OTHER LOCAL NEWS. < t Lakk City, July 1:? Messrs } E A1 Hirsch and A C Hinds of < Kingstree spent Thursday here i on professional business. < Cadet Metier Sturgeon is at home from the Citadel. He will * complete the course in one more ( year. < Dr A H Williams attended the Bankers' association at the I Isle ot Palms last week. M iss Edith Carter has resum- M ed her work in the training- < school for nurses in Richmond, I Va. She left here last Wed- ' nesday, Mr J M Caraway and Miss Blanche Ivy, of the Beulah section, were married at that place last Wednesday morning and came here immediately after : the ceremony to take the Northbound traiD for Norfolk, Va. As a result of the recent protracted meeting at the Methodist church there were twenty additions to the membership. The members of the dispensary board and their clerk were here Monday checking up . the affairs of the local dispensary. The contract for the new school building has been let to Messrs Grandy & Jordan of Columbia. The price is $9,000.00. This does not include anything except the build'ng it 4-+++ 4444 44 4444 , j Notice To j I Shrewd j ! f Buyers. I I ??*?: **************** | Our buyer has secured! a lot of clothing by which . II will gain your trade and J Jyou will save money,# This year's goods undj , ; latest styles, j : | Drummers' j , j Sample Suits, j , I WORTH $12.00 TO $15.00 ] t OUR PRICE $9.50. $ j ODD COATS OF $15.00 t ] I AND $18.00 SUITS { s $5.00 PER COAT. I 2 ODD PANTS $4.00 | I AND $5.00 GOODS I < j $3.00 PER PAIR. I * !LACES, ; 1 FHRRflinFRIFS ' | RIBBONS. ' ] i * At Reduced Price*. i | !lOm!' t ' : The Bargain Specialist, t ;! j Kingstree, I ;; j S.C. j | \ V >*.11. i. HV. VVO. V. , litnre, toilets,fees of the archiect, etc., "will run the total :ost of the property to somehing like $1,300.00 to $1,500.00. The house is to be completed >y October 1, if possible, and :ertainly by November 1. Sev?ral car-loads of materials are lere and work will be commenc?d right away. The building. vill be a splendid structure, of. simple yet elegant design, substantial, convenient and comortable, and will be quite an ornament to the town and a. :redit to our people. Mr J W Wadsworth spent a part of last week in Florence. Dr John O Wilson, president -- - - . Dt Lander femaie coiiege, oc:upied the Methodist church pulpit Sunday and preached to in attentive audience. M j Mrs H Nachman is at home from a lengthy visit to Charles ton. In all conscience it would be bad enough, were he only of the age of downy lip and gosling voice and she a''frying size "pullet. But what shall we say cf a couple, both of whom have safeiy reached their majority and left the days of kitten-bood f behind, who can not lind their way home by the full moon, but actually go to another residence, take charge of the porch, and continue their billing and cooing and discover their error only when assured by the ladj of the house that she is not"MrsJ,'but "MrsM?" "And again I say unto thee," "Uncle Ephram got de coon and gone on," and the "Mason and Dixon line" is blotted out by him who sits at the head of the fat valley and wax- . e?h fat and is not kicked. i cI'ctem w nrtf JL lie o;sfcVM1 *' completed, but the manner im. wnich it, in its incompleted*, state, handled the phenomenally heavy rains of last Ftfuiayi, day arid was an "eve C? enef' to its strongest advocates ?saying nothing of those who have been most skeptical. During the twenty-four hours from 9 Friday morning to the same hour Saturday, not less than four inches of rain fell; yet it the last named hour, except in a few shallow holes, there was no water on the streets. It will be some two months before the system is completed, the work remaining' being the cut )ff canal and the putting in of nan holes and taps. This canal s about one and a half miles ong and in a portion of its ength sixteen feet deep and iixteen wide. We make this issertion: Within a few months l<ake City will be the best Iramed town of its size in the State. ?ome may think that >ur statements about this town .re extravagant, but they are lot. We stand ready to prove very word we say. Messrs W S Moore and H V Ipps have purchased some ourteen acres on BeauregSrd treet, which we understand hey are going to cut up into ots and sell at reasonable igures. This means several lore families in town. w L B. Thousands of people are daily nffoi-inn fvitVi Iriilnov arii^ Hl.'iilHpr "Jw "'v" "J oubles?dangerous ailments that lould be checked promptly. Pevitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills re the best remedy for backache, eak kidneys, inflammation of the ladder. Their action is prompt nd sure. A week's treatment far 5c. Sold by W L Wallace, M D. J '