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PW? . -V _ ?r, -v" * We Are Sending The Record to 2,000 Paid Subscribers Every Week 1 ' fpjc Cnuntn fteforfi. VOL XXYII. KIXfiSTKKK, SOI TH CAROLINA, THOSDAY, AUGUST U, 1913. ~ YO. 23~ j ?????????? i A Visit To Kln? A visit to that you give Remember that prese burners. Call and see th< t Coffins and Caskets ' aiviipua nr nvr niTV 1 WllitNiUf Hit (ill I ' REPLY TO J. D. KING, I ' CLAIM THAT OPPOSITION TO HIS FIRM IS BASED ON MORAL GROUNDS. * . Editor County Record:? In a recent issue of your paper under the cantion. "An Open Letter in Defence of My Business,"we note 3 !: that Mr J D King has charged a ' number of citizens of Lake City I with a deep-laid plot to injure his < tobacco business. Therefore, we Iv feel that the public should judge; s this matter, and draw their conclu-11 r - eions from the facts, which are a j 1 f matter of record. 11 As a matter of fact, there is no j * J D King doing a tobacco warehouse t business here, but there is a J D j1 King & Company; and, we presume, j I that Mr J D King, in his wily way, I proposes to defend the company by putting himself forward as the whole firm. But you cannot fool all the people all the time, and the sooner Mr J D King finds this out the w^other the troubled waters will Mr King says that the people have seized upon the acts of his brother, and through his wrong-doing, are trying to ruin and destroy his business. Who is his brother? ^ Why, fellow citizens, he is the Com<>any when J D King is here. Except when the cash is to be handed lo T n Vincr anrl P.nmnanv UUWj lie IO V 4/ ikli<5 WMV. ww...r?v . It reminds us of Lot trying to es- ( cape from Sodom. But why should 1 the good people here condemn his i < brother? For the following reasons: 1 First: That R H King's iife and 1 manner of living became so repul- I sive and reprehensible to all loversof < decency as to cause an uprising of 1 the best people of our town, solely 1 on moral grounds, and in defense of i our homes. s Second: That he was arraigned, i tried and convicted in the Mayor's i L court on the following charge: "Be- i ing in, visiting, frequenting and in- 1 habiting a bawdy house," upon the j t evidence under oath of some of the i best people or our town. He was ! nH| wr,f"iiy"fffl%iT*,,M g If a good business chance . shape of a piece of propert htialness. it wrould be very I J for the amount. If sicknes I I home,It would be nice to hi L ] would be nice to hare morn I" I what migbt happen, bee, ii. against possible old age or p Do YOUR bank We Pay 4 per cent intere< f' FARMERS & MER fesOLUTELY SAFE" .1 [Stree Will Conv store convinc us a chance t rving time is here ana we em at "The store,you will ~~1 King 1 } ater arrested by a United States narshal, charged with violating the vhite slave law and is now under >ond. Third: That after his conviction, tfr J D King was notified by one of he ministers of our town, in order hat he, an innocent party, might lot suffer financial loss on account >f his brother's conduct,as we knew le must inevitably do unless he got1 * H King out of the business and i >ut of the town. We leave it. to j rou, kind reader, to say whether or j lot this was fair and just to J D j ting. Mr J D King came here at j >nce on receipt of this letter, and vas thoroughly advised as to the sentiment of our people. He stated hat he knew how his brother had >een living; that he did not blame he good people here for their ac-' ion. He further assured them j hat his brother would not bring mother woman in his home unless j egally married to her; and that | ;here would be no gambling, nor jelling of intoxicating liquors on the iremises of his warehouse. We hought he meant what he said; but, das. ereloncr the feelings of our jeople were outraged by the com-1 ng of another woman into the home \ )f R H King for a three days' stay. Mow, this man, R H King, is a partler of his brother, J D King, in the :obacco business and as such shares ;he profits of the business. You cannot patronize J D King vithout patronizing the other,neith?r can one be injured without loss to :he other. J D King had two months before the tobacco season opened to iissolve the co-partnership with his >rother. Why didn't he do it? Many )f their best friends in the country lave deserted them, and are urging :heir neighbors to do eo; not because Ko mtiTons r?f T.ake Citv have lied )n him, as he would have you beieve, but because they are lovers of lome and righteousness; and, there:'ore, will not patronize a man of such gross immorality as his brother. This is a fight for righteousness ind is proving a triumph for God md morality. The injury of their jusiness is simply an incident, not :he object of this fight. Lot lost noney by the destruction of Sodom; so Mr King is losing by aligning him K/|fiTwA rTPif -2- X ' on me your way, in the y or a share in a thriving nice to write outji check or fire in vat d your ive money in tin bank. It 3y in the hank, no matter ause it is a safe-guard sickness and POYITRTY. ing with US. >t on savings accounts. CHANTS RANK. LAKE CITY. S. C. \ s ince You That I ;es you that v "o show you w have a complete stock of eventually patronize." fstree Hi Wholesale and self with his ungodly brother? Who is to blame? Now Mr J D King appeals to the country people to sustain the business of J D King & Company. He seems to assume that vice and immorality are less offensive to the country people than to town people. Is such the case? We do not think so. The Kings are in business for the money that they can get out of it. We have made this fight solely for the protoction of our homes and the virtue of our women. Fellowcitizens, are we right or wrong? We are making this fight on the fact known to us, depending for support only upon the moral sense of the eood DeoDle of the country.and they have responded as the facts became known to them. We appeal to the good people everywhere to judge between us. "If Baal be God, serve him; if the Lord be God, then serve Him." J H Blackwell, E P Easterung, D Moultrie Epps, M D Nesmith, A H Williams, H S Blizzard, B Wallace Jones,Jr, Arthur L Jones, T J Rooke. Lake Citj, August 12. Man's Body Found In Swamp. Walterboro, August 11:?The body of Aquila Blocker, a young man of 21 years,was found in a small swamp _i * nr.u?.kA.A ttUUUl BIA III I ICO XI UIII IIOIICIUUIVJCOterday with a gunshot wound in his head. I M Lemacks, another young man of the same community, has been committed to trial charged with the supposed crime. Blocker left home on Saturday, it is said, with a considerable sum of money to purchase cattle. He did not return that night, but his people were not alarmed until his mule and dog returned on Sunday morning. A search was immediately instituted. A lady in the community, it is said, remembered seeing Lemacks and Blocker enter a small swamp nearby and later heard a gun fire, which, at the time, she paid no attention to. =Cades! Com ATTENTION We have just Deering Mowers ai Corn Sliellers, Cot Harrows, Meadow stskil /lui 11 rl a i?ti ITr 1'CCU ill If you contemi Harvesting Mach future, or any kii this line, it will j prices and terms THE CADES IRC Cade It Is The Best' 7C have the g"o< rhat \ "G have t< Fruit Jars, Rubbers, Caps, 1 ardware Retail Dealers. LYNCHED BY MOB OF 2,000. La urens Cit I zensTake Vengeance on Negro for Heinous Crime. Laurens, August 11:?A mob of O AAA man tn.niffht flf 1 1-SO AVlnpk ^|WV IIIC11 wvui^iiv MW v _? lynched Richard Puckett, a young negro charged with criminal assault. After overpowering the Sheriff and his deputies the mob broke down two doors of the jail, one to a steel cage, and securing: the negro,carried him to a railway trestle near the passenger station, where he was strung up to a beam. Several hundred shots were fired into his body. The mob then quietly dispersed. Just before he was killed, the negro denied his guilt. Sheriff John V Owings said tonight that the negro had confessed to him during the afternoon. The confession, it is said, was not made known to the attacking crowd. I \ * r, UnnliT or?/-?f r?n a (>nnntrV mad at a iuucij opuw un m two miles from Laurens,at 11 o'clock this morning, the negro attacked a well-known young woman of the county. He dragged her from a buggy as she was driving to Laurens. The negro was crouched under some bushes and after she had passed, he ran and ordered her to halt. She called to her brothers, who were following in another buggy. The negro fled. She drove on to Laurens and stopped at the home of R A Cooper, Solicitor. No general alarm was given, but a search was begun by the officers. Going just beyond the place of attack the officers found several negroes at a house. Richard Puckett walked away from the house and So1 * '* ^ ? -j u a ka Iicitor uooper airecwru ui?i uc ^ | held. When taken before the young I woman she could not possibly ident-! ify him. The negro was carried to j Laurens and placed in jail under a ' heavy guard. At 7 o'clock to-night bloodhounds from the State penitentiary were brought to Laurens and placed on the trail. The dogs trailed the negro from the scene of the crime to the house where he was found by the officers. At 9 o'clock about fifty men ad i ii 1 utile pany ! ???? J, FARMERS! unloaded a car of wl Rakes.Ponv Steel 7 - v ton King and Disc s' Grist Mills and ty Presses, etc. )late investing in inery in the near id of machinery in voxr xtaii fn nrnf nnv KXy JKJKJL IW gVb vui | ; before you buy. I ANTILE COMPANY, B, S. C. I Tobacco Market Dds, and. all th o offer. Preserving Kettles, Oil Sto^ CO. We L vanced on the jail. Sheriff Owings refused to give up the prisoner. They broke down a wooden door in the rear and proceeded to the second floor, where the negro was confined in a steel cage. The door was soon battered down. The Sheriff and his Hpnntips wpi-p nvprnnu/prpH The body was left to-night swinging to the beam of the trestle and the inquest will probably be held tomorrow. OFFICER ASSAULTED. Three Negro Men Attack and Beat Deputy Sheriff McCants. On Wednesday evening of last week, between 7 and 8 o'clock, Deputy Sheriff L W McCants, while attempting to arrest Dave Cooper, a negro,at his home near Rough Branch church. 4 miles from Cades, was assaulted by Cooper and two other negroes, Lewis Broom and Harrison Witherspoon, and severely beaten. It is believed that he narrowly escaped being murdered. A warrant had been sworn out for Cooper by Mr W E Nesmith of Cades charging him with fraudulent intent and Sher iff Graham sent his deputy, Mr McCants, to arrest the negro. Cooper had been to Lake City with a load of tobacco and had just returned home loaded with liquor, accompanied by Brown and Witherspoon.When Mr McCants placed Cooper under arrest all three negroes at f WE WANT YOI IF YOU HAVE MOl 5 IF YOU NEED MOI fdj-j /\/\ starts an ac< *p 1 UU pay 4 per c( terly, in our Savings Dep "AT YOUR iJL 11^ uaim Cades W. B. WILSON, V. 6. ARN President Vice-I I fhe I treasury of the world's fk? best music ' That's what the Victor really is. It holds in you the best music of tl world?the musical gen great masters, the latest music, everything you v All yours to enjoy ^vhene^ Doesn't that interest you? vour favorite selections on / ? in at any time. Victor-Yictrolas $15 to $20 Mr. Samuel D. C SS^at?Aj^L7i5l ' ,<? >. In The State! I i _ V 1_? eiz we eiisit is ;7i /es, one, two and three "4; '13 ead?Others Follow, j tacked him, taking his revolver and throwing him to ground, Cooper getting on top of the officer. Kelley Brown, a more peaceably inclined | old negro,appeared on tne scene ana took Cooper off Mr McCants. Cooper snatched the officer's revolver from the hand of Witherspoon and ran behind Mr McCants, who heard Witherspoon cry out to Cooper not to shoot. The most painful injury received by Mr McCants was ! caused by a blow across the back of ! his right hand with a large stick, which broke several of the bones. Mr McCants returned to Kingstree without his prisoner, who is still at large, but Brown and Witherspoon were later arrested and are being held as Darties to the assault. I The negro Cooper was disposing of his crop preparatory to leaving the State and defrauding his landlord. Impeachment proceedings against Governor Sulzer of New York were instituted yesterday. . ? ?. Minister Praises Tbis Laxative. Rev H Stubenvoll of Allison, la, in praising Dr King's New Life Pills* for constipation,writes:?"Dr King's New Life Pills are such perfect pills no home should be without them." No better regulator for the liver and bowels. Every pill guaranteed. Try them. Price 25c at Kingstree Drug Co and M L Allen. adv. I BUSINESS! T *JEY, WE WANT IT. tfEY, WE HAVE IT. 1 ;> ;ount at our bank. We ,; int., compounded~quai1-'" , i, artment. ? SERVICE" I of Cades, I 3, s. c. f ETTE, J. HOYT CARTED, f President Cashier { -Victrola store for he entire L ! is of the popular * ,rant. rer and as often as you wish. Wouldn't you like to hear the Victor-Victrola? Come ). Victors $10 to ?100. And :erms to suit, if desired, (T MifdV Hniioa ^ 1 1VUOV I arleston, S. C. 1 Uurr, Representative, King (tree, SC. I \ ^