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. V- i ' | +?? ? ? - -?-??-?-?- ? i Ja ?^???^??#?? ????<???? WE REPRESENT t s/^f Jf ^ J SEED E MOTLEY & CO, t i si uLn^ (Lntlltttl mCfflfij i. toall kindsof insurance cheer-* V11/ / J^^/j^L, HL RL/ H B BLv 1L/ H^B J^L/ J^^B * insurance you make ^ fully give- lkdf y '^B i^-B '^B /^B '^B^ mistlike in allowing us to f JD E Motiey & (o Lake City SC# ( ^ v v handle your business. I ? -<-??? ? ? ? ?? ^ ? ? ? ? ? ?. _ 3? VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. NO. 28 xvvyyywvwvyyvvvyyw ?f"W' ^tev-<vr~ "~,j (pQn# v 11 SHOE# ^ % Are good shoes. They ^ ? wear well. They represe ^ 3 of shoe excellence, sty ^ % united. w Vina Oualifv shoes inten particular about their sh ^ | Every man who wears Kin t ^ ? Shoes once invariably buy; X* ^ : again. He knows they k ^ $ their shape longer than ^ f, other shoes. |wMMM*AWAWA*A - MANY MATTERS ! OF LOCAL INTEREST HOUND ABOUT LAKE CITY-CONDENSSED CHAPrEK OF A WEEK S HAPPENINGS. Lake City, September 23:? -"Judge" K K Wallace was in town from Kingstree Saturday morning. H Mr Tyson of Florence spent M unday here. Mrs Mattie Mcllwinnie, who B :sls Miss Mattie Baker, spent H wo or three days with her Hi H- U T Q T IHUtuu , i/i 11 u uaa^( , wuv eturned to her home at Gibson 4 0., Monday. Mr and Mrs Walter McEachern went over to Marion Saturday night and visited friends, returning home Sunday night. Miss Edna Stach of Pine wood is visiting at Mr M M Rogers's. Mrs Beatrice Prather, whose home is in Waycross, Ga., is spending some time with her parents, Mr and Mrs B Wallace Jones. kMrs George Brothers was down from Florence visiting relatives some days ago. Mr H L Wooding has gone Hfl to Danville, v a. Hb Mrs J B DuRant is with kin W folks in Orangeburg- for some days. J Mrs A H Williams visited at Salem Saturday. Mr J C McElveen is now traveling for Messrs Welbrock Bros., Charleston. Mrs Mattie Oglesby ot Florence visited at Dr T B Hinnant's last week. The bridges and causeway at Bass's bridge have been repaired. The crossing was put Ja such condition last Wednesday that it was passable, and the work will continue until all effects oi toe ttooa will nave been removed. Smith s crossing will be restored before long. The work is being pushed as rapidly as possible. Mrs Maria Jennings of BishIopville is at Mr and Mrs J M Sturgeon's F L Willcox, Esq., was here from Florence Wednesday on business in Magistrate Gaskins's court. LeRoy Lee, Esq., came up trom Kingstree one day last week on professional business. It is gratifying to our people to learn that the Lake City post i wwmwvfmmmi look well and they nt that rare quality le and comfort j$/ tst men who are " THE % k TOPPY1 Hk SHOE N IBiS, OF THE Wj^SEASO^ office is no longer a fourth class office, but has been raised to the presidential class. The order | making the change will go into effect October 1. The salary will be $1,200 per annum. HonJCLanham, member of the house of noblest gentleman ] of the State, was here Friday. 1 Quite a number of his friends ] here urged him to run for rail- ; road commissioner two years hence. He would carry this i poll absolutely unanimously, i The floods did lots of damage along Lynch's river and brought ' loss to many. Nearly all the crops in the river valley proper ' were injured more or less, and the owners of these crops were | heavily stricken in some cases, ( but so far as we can learn none was "hit" so hard as Mr John L Poston, who lives in the very ' "notch" of the fork between! Lynch's river and Lynch's lake. It seems that his crop was almost completely ruined. If any along the river suffered to an extent that they need help and will l#?t it h#? known, we feel sure that kind hearts are in plenty that will not withold aid in the time of need. Mr Que Carter, post master at Effingham, was in town a ; short while Friday last. i We are glad to be corrected by our noble old friend, the |lSage of Pos6umFork.,,He knew that this writer did not in- 1 tentionally misrepresent, but ; rightly concluded that we had been misinformed, and with that 1 * i _ f 1. courtesy tnat is a part 01 nis j kindly nature called attention to the error. That to which public- ' ity was given was repeated to the writer so many times and by so many people who ought to know, that he naturally thought it true. But now we take it back. To us the 4,Sage's'' word is worth a million reports. He knows more about the lower part of Lynch's river and the Pee Dee in his section than we ever dreamed of, and then too he is a man whose word is straight. Whatever he says can be relied on implicitly. Therefore we now sav that the flood in Pee Dee a? \ Lynch's rivers behaved jast as the "Sage" says. W L B Mortuary. Died?September 15, 1908, at the residence of Mr A F Matthews, Mr Stephen Modlen. He was buried at the Poplar Hill burying ground near Corinth Free-will Baptist cfcurch. ' # t vvvvvwvvvvyyvvvwwvvyyv^ NEW 'I Shirts Just in. Big- lot famous LK SHIRTS, unexcelled for wea l fort. I Hatsjfl Select your FALL or WIN Hfr^m our splendid line. We ^ fc the famous JOHN B STE IV an <^rry a lanire assortment V er js. ^ Dress Good: ..,e l^auies will tind our s ,uarters for DRESS 000 V NEWEST WEAVES and FA d = [3 The above are but a (pi?retty new goods willt ' PEOPLES ^WMAMAAMMMAMMA/ SCRAMO.V SPECIALS. Man Hurt by Train?Telegraph Office Ke-opened?Other News. Scranton, September 22:?A white man named Henry Grimsley came very near being killed Saturday night by a Northbound freight train, which was running at a slow speed. Grimsley seemed to be well loaded with 4'booze", which made him forget the difference between a cross-tie and a rocking chair; therefore he sat down on a tie, and was resting very pleasantly till the cow-catcher of the train gave him a scrape, inflicting two or three wounds in his head large and deep enough to expose his skull-bone at a far distance. Gnmsley was at once taken to Dr Pate's office and with the as * ' ^ "? ** a 1 sistance or urfi m uranam me wounds were soon dressed. At this writing the injured man is rapidly improving. Grimsley is a resident of this town and has many friends here who wish him a safe recovery. The stork visited the home of Hon P S Wall Saturday night, leaving another boy. L L Turnery Ph G., of Hannah passed through town one afternoon last week en route to Charleston to take a position as prescription clerk with A 0 Barbot & Sons. Miss Bessie Pelthorse of Baltimore has accepted a position as milliner with Mr Winslow Wright. Miss Beulah McCullough, who has been very ill for two weeks, f BUGGIES * = 1 THEY HAVE q\ To make roc $ GOODS. ' (r Buggy in th< 2 per cent, abo \ Come in ai 2 self some mo i> jj r. s FALL GC ""r_' 3N BRAND We offer a 1 r and com- STAR BR for Ladies and ( warranted or you TER HAT P are agents ,TSON hat In this line we ; of cheap- tional Vllues at e Don't fail to lool 5. itore head- . . , , DS in the ; A large stock c SHIOXS. perfect working. few of our Fall and Winter :alk for themselves. MERCANTILE fc ' ?^_Ml ^ ? is able to b -out again, to the delight of J er many friends. Miss Fannie Cannon will leave Wednesday morning for Greenville to enter college. Dr W H Poston of Savage was noted in Scranton Saturday. Mr Ciarei.ce Harrison, holds a position with Mr Writ left this afternoon on a pleasure trip to St Charles, where he will spend a week or more.. Miss Olive Lavender and her brother are visiting their sister, Mrs 11 Mac Cooper, this week. The telegraph office at this place has been re-opened, and our efficient agent, Mr Geo C Cusaac and his assistant, Mr Fred Coward, are kept very busy these days. A large and jolly crowd attended the "free will offering", entertainment at the residence of the Misses Graham a few nights ago. The amount raised was $10.25, which will be spent in improvements on the school building. M R M How to get Strong. P J Daly, of 1247 W Congress St., Chicago, tells of a way to be come strong: He says: "My mother, , who is old and was very feeble, is deriving so much benefit from Electric Bitters, that I feel it's my duty to tell those who need a tonic and strengthening medicine about it. In my mother's case a marked gain in flesh has resulted, insomnia has been overcome, and she is steadily growing stronger." Electric Bitters quickly remedy stomach, liver and kidney complaints. Sold under guarantee at D C Scott's drug store. 50c. I CHEAP 11 ===== i* : GOT TO GO i >m far FALL ffk Will sell any -jj ihouse for 10 ve cost. ? nd save your- ff\ ney. jjj _ 11 ? [ELLEE * YtVVTYTYTVWTVTVTVTVYTVTYTYI >ods. mz landsome line of AND SHOES P Jhildren. Every pair r MONEY B\CK. B?gflB can g-ive you excep- Newest Coll; xceedinffly low prices- Spring "yap1 , f r U a stylish, co C our stock over. able collar lils "OriHny" but L Roller Shades >f Roller Shades remarkably cheap offerings. Come and see ot I Co., Kingstre< WAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAA*AMA/ FOR STATE OFFICERS. How Ibe Williamsburg County Vote i Vent in Second PrimaryHaving finally managed to secure the second primary tallyeet, we give this week a belatabular statement of the .e tor county candidates and tue total vote foi the State candidates. This is not exactly news, bat when the next campaign rolls around those who1 preserve it for future reference | will find it interesting. The vote follows: For United States Senator: Evans 441, Smith 1,763; State Superintendent of Education: Mellichamp939, Swearing-en 1,259; Railroad Commissioner: Cansler 1,463, Caughman 729. The Spirit ot Improvement Prevails. We were more than pleased to note the wonderful and marked improvement in the home of the Kingsteee Hardware Co since making recent changes in their place of business. They have recently converted their two large stores into one mammoth store, by removing a section of the brick partition heretofore dividing the two stores. As it now appears, they | present more the appearance of a large city store than that of a town of this size. This recent 1 change enables them to show their large stock of goods to a much better advantage and ' gives them so much more light s and room than heretofore. This ' firm is one of the most pro- { gressive firms in our county. 1 it starting nere about 4 years ago in a small frame building and * in this short while have made wonderful strides, now "being ( capiatilized at $15,000.00, and occupying one of the largest stores in town and a large ware house in addition, Soor space including ware houses being 1 more than 8,000 square feet. Hard work and good business : management have secured this ( vast growth in business. Mr Carr, whc has had the ac- | tive management of the business, 1 is a veteran hardware man of 1 more than 30 years' experience in this line, and his customers profit by his experience when trading with this wide-awake ] firm. ( Their stock embraces every- ( thing that is carried in a first class hardware store, and this establishment would do credit 1 to a large city. We bespeak for < them a continuation of their 1 marvelous growth. x YVYVV^ "" . v^uiiai o ^ ir ?r outwear others. htingr" Mark them and mfort- see. They are made ^ e our better and have jwer. ordinal style. ^ ?. Tasty designs and ^ ir stock and the ^ j, S C. I OFF FOR COLLEGE. Quite a large Number ef Students from Singstree and Vicinity. The following young college students have left, or will leave in a few days, for the respective institutions which they will at' tend during the ensuing term: Winthrop College: Misses Eunice Harper, Jimmy Britton, Margaret Ross, Mary Gordon, Mamie Montgomery, Mary Swan, Pearl Montgomery and Elise Rollins. Columbia Female College: Misses Mantie Coker, Annie Stackley and Eleanor Epps. Converse College: Miss Marian Gilland. S C College: Messrs Arthur Brockinton and David Scott. Davidson College, N C: Mr Burrie Brockinton. Citadel Academy: Cadet W W Barr. Wofford College: Mr Ernest Epps. Clinton College: Mr John Britton. Charleston College: Mr Peel Epps. Charleston Medical College: Messrs W G Thomas, Willie Kodgers, Benton Montgomery and Theodore Hemingway. . . FARMERS CALL ON SMITH roKedeen His Specieus AiYe-EIecttea Promises. Aiken, September 16:?A nupber of Aiken county 'a farmers held in informal meeting this morning ind the low price of cotton wad the mbject for discussion. Since the aomination of "Cotton" Smith for ;he United States senate, they :hought the price should be around L5 cents, so tbe body resolved to telegraph him about tae matter. rkon dmffn/1 fha fnllrtTino iUM UiUl WU bUV ?.vitv Aiken, S C., September 16, 1908. Mr E D Smith, Florence, S C.? We respectfully call vonr attention to the downward tendency of the price of cotton, which will soon reach zero. Do please, Mr Smith, come to jur rescue. We stood bv you in your distress, now do please stand by us in the time of peril. Mr Smith, if you can't raise the price of cotton, please send a wireless to Uncle Ben, who is now in Europe. Aiken County Farmers. We make a specialty of baudling Staple Groceries in large quantities at Farmers' Supply Oo's. Attention is called to the ad, of Stewart & Floyd in another column announcing their great nillinery opening on October 1 2 and 3. J ... - j c