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VOLXAX. KINGSTttBE, S. C?. fllUKSDAY. AUGUST C. jilOiS. NO. 31 _ . ' ^ | LOCAL ITEMS p OF INTEREST Note lentil advertisements. Mr P II Stoll spent Friday in J ( Charleston. J * Mr R L Mims was in town 'ruesday from Single. Mr J I) Cooper of Suttons dropped ( in to see us Monday. i The board of supervisors of registration met Monday. i Miss Louise Gilland lias returned * from Pauley's Island. * The rains of the past week were truly 4 showers of blessing." Mr N K Williamson <?f Cades paid us a brief but pleasant call Tuesday. Mr F L Morris of Qourdins called Monday and advanced his subscription a year. Rev Henry Cauthen has gone to the Isle of Palms for a day or two of recreation. Misses Lula Strong and Mellic Brockinton are attending a picnic at Taft today. Miss l^ouise Tisdale of Central visited the family of Capt G P Nelson last Friday. Mr Winslow Wright, a lending ? lrirkPfhiiiit nf Xernnfmi. was noted in town Monday. Mr* Leltoy Lee and little Mis* j Serena arc vi*iting Mr* Lee's rela- t tives in Newberry. | George Gallotly, E*<|, of the Florence bar, was here Monday 0:1 f professional businbss. j We wore tlie recipient of an < agreeable visit from Mr H J Brown 1 of Cades last Monday. ' Mr Jofrp .Heineniaun of Wren, Berkeley OOuhty, 'was among the visitor* to town Monday. t L Miss Bessie Cons tine of Clinton, J S C, spent last Friday with the family of Mr Louis Jacobs. Mr J C Lynch, one of Florence county's foremost business men, was noted in town Monday. > Cadet S Oliver O'Bryan, a rising ? renior of Cleuison College, was in town Monday and came in to see us. J t Mr B H Guess, a well-to-do farmer of Salters vicinity, paid us his r**st?POts Mondav \vhil?? in tnvn. . * I Mr \V N Jucc?l>s came up from j Georgetown Sunday to visit his j parents, Mr and Mrs Louis Jacobs, j Our shade trees are being trimmed tip and made to look more j symmetrical and beautiful than j ever. ( Misses Lola and Keck Myers left i to day for a two weeks sojourn i with relatives and friends in Green- t ville. < Mr J W Coward and daughters, Misses Ola and Juanita, have gone , to Pawley's Island for a few days ( outing. I Mr A R Eaddy from near Cades < ,..kfLw1 \? .. .... a I L!- t cuuru juuimuy iiiiu tjiiturtti nig j name for a year's subscription to The Record. * C'has W Stoll, Esq left last night for Glenn Springs, Asheville and other pleasant and breezy places to ' spend his vacation. ( Mr D M Rogers of Davis Station, ] Clarendon county, has been vi?it- | ing relatives and friends at his old i home in this county. < *. Misses Roberta and Hazel Gewinna and Mr E J Jacobs left Sunday night to return to their i home in Macon, Ga. Mr and Mrs Charles J Porter of ' Charleston came up Sunday to ' spend some time with the former's ; mother, Mrs M J Porter. Mr Edcfie Lewis, who has been: in i the employ of Mr HD Reddick for i the past five years, left Sunday afternoon to take a position witn the firm of MvCown ?fcCoat Flurdfcce. *. ? . . . I W*?TWTYTVVW'M>?tWyT\ I ? AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ , NOTED ^ Written in Condensed Form ^ and Printed in Like Manner ^ , si for the Sake of Our Busy T Readers ; ? ^AAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAA?! I Mrs Belle Curtain of-Port Tampa,' ^ Fin, passed through town Friday j. iiiroute to visit her mother, Mrs u Uniimn Ilrttton nf I? Mr II K Godwin, a well known p ind substantial citizen of the Lake j, "ity section, called Monday and jt idded his name to our mailing list, tl Mr Simon Poston, who conducts ^ i large mercantile business and has 6I 'Xtensive agricultural interests at ^ lay, was here Monday on business. tt; Guseppe Sarto,a Roman Catholic ardinal of Venice, Italy, has l>eon R lected pope to succeed Leo XIII. tl le reigns over the Catholic world hi is Pius X. n: The Scranton tobacco ware-house " tnd prize-house were sold at auc- . ion Monday for +4.r>0, Messrs J C Lynch and Simon Poston being the purchasers. . cl Mrs Chas Richardson passed 01 hrougli town Saturday on the tl vay from her home in North Caro- e: ina t?> Workman to visit her pa euts, Mr and Mrs D I Uurgess. _ v The closed season wr snowing ,l( leer expired Saturday. On Mon- j, lay morning Mr 1) Tisdale, killed i fine two-pronged buck at the t| 'Brick Chimney" on Black river. ^ Mr G Y Jones, the efficient Coast ti Line agent, has moved his family u o .town. They are living in the S ottage on Aea lemy street recent- ol y vacated by Capt William Cooper, al The summer school for colored eachers, which has been in session r( lere for the past four weeks, closed >n Friday, the 3I.st mst. Total t.] lumber enrolled during month, 41; y lumber taking final examina- ]] ion, 2o. tt, Mr S 0 Matthis, who has been in ^ mniilin; i\( \Ti>?rs Filwin liar ..X ? y >er & Sod for the past five months, P< las resigned his position and re- J urned to his former home in bishop vi He. j. Mr Henry Browtler from Lanes n vas a visitor here Monday. He hi ;avs that Ids old corn was ruined w >y the hail hut his cotton has come I >ut wonderfully. The hail acted as i sort of fertilizer. Hon J Davis Carter was on our itreets Monday looking healthy, at >rosperous and care-free. Many,tl >eople pay for their farming ex- ]., icrienee, but Mr Carter makes his rj "arming experience pay. ^ A meeting of the stock-holders of S he Williamsburg Oil Mill will be rj leld next Saturday at the bank to consider the advisability of increasng the capital stock of the mill ^ rom $20,000 to $30,0(H). A full at-1SJ endar.ce of those interested is'*1 lcsired. b h The monthly report of the chief t. ?f the bureau of statistics of the g< lejmruiitfiii ui ii^riirunurc sauws the average condition of the cotton rop on July 25 to have been 79.7 v jer cent as compared with 77.1 on c June 25, 1903; 81.9 on July 25, 1902; c (7.2 on July 25, 1901, and a 10 year iverage of 81.3. n Mr Hugh McCutcheu, than whom f< there is no more genial and courte- a jus gentleman in theconnty,sent up i big wagon load of water-melons lastMonday from his farm at Indiantown to be distributed among his friends in town. The Kecoud T ;ame In for a delicious one, for n which we make our best bow. si Through an oversight in reading the -'copy" for their new ad last week it was stated that J L Stuckey A Co had got in a carload of buggies and wagons. It e should have read a car-load of each. This enterprising firm buys its vehicles in wholesale lots and is thus enabled to sell to their customers at rpck bottom prices. Messrs Stuckey & Co have still a number of these vehicles that must be sold. Now is the time to buy while they are going cheap. ? _ .... . .. - . 1. * The following 11.1 hum 1 ladies aii^l out lemon are on a maroon o 1 'awley's Island, from Indiantowi : Irs Sue (tanible, .Misses Lillv Cui t 7 * ingham, Kvie Cunningham, Ann $ unninghnm, Sallie Saunders, Kfie Gamble, llosa Graham: Messi4i hos MeCutchen, Geo Grahanft .aurie Krvin, Thos Cooj>er.? leorgetown Times. Messrs McChun and Truluck of rake City have something to say i our advertising columns this eek in behalf of their sales, feed nd livery stables. They deal in orses and mules, buggies, wagons, arness and everything to be found i a well equipped establishment of lis kind. In addition to other iirh erade vehicles thev make a n? n ~ - m f ieeialty of the Goldsboro buggy. fhen you call on them he sure and to see this vehicle. Mr John Gamble, who lives over lack river near town, brought us le prize water-melon of the season ist Monday. This mammoth lelon weighed oO pounds and (ensured 41 by 47 inches. We nder our appreciative thanks for ?is handsome remembrance. As producer of big water-melons Mr amble stands at the head of the ass. On the same day he brought Lirs he had & wagon load of 30 and ie lot would average 10 ]>ounds ich in weight. Our wide-awake county suptrisor, who is ever on the alert to Jvance the interests of Williams urg, has recently purchased a hampion road machine. With >is improved niaehineery as a bcinning we hope in the course of me to see our highways worked p to a high state of efficiency, upervisor Grahnin and his hoard f commissioners seem thoroughly live to the question of the public igh-ways and we look for good sulfcuUuiiug their term of office. Kings tree will soon have a gents' lothing and furnishing etii]>orium. lessrs L P Kinder and Eugene lirsch liavc formed a partnership nd will open a business of this ind in the store on Academy reet, formerly occupied by Mr >* A Weaver. This has been r<uinted and renovated and makes very neat appearance. The style F the new tirni is Kinder and lirsch and .Mr Hirsch will be the uinager. There is ample room ere for such an enterprise and we isn t tie promoters success. "Maidens All Forlorn." "Maidens All Forlorn", a three ;t farce comedy, was presented in 1 e court house last evening to a irge and appreciative audience, he "cast" consisted of the following jung ladies: Misses Bessie Harper, elma Thorn, Pearl Roger, Marie 'horn and Helen Scott. The play as admirably rendered," each of the layers entering heartily into the nrit of her role. Following the nal act a number of interesting and eantiful tableau scenes were exibited. At the close of the cnterlinment ice-cream and cake were ?rved on the court house square, 'he proceeds, amounting to $34.61, ill be applied to the fund for pnrhasing seats for the Episcopal hapel. We are requested on behalf of the lanagement to thank the audience )T their liberal patronage and kind ttention. m ^ m ? TO CURE A COLL) IN ONE DAY. Take. Laxative itrmno Quinine 'ablets. All druggists refund the loncy if it fails to cure. E W Grove's gnattirc is on each box, 2.">c. FOR SALE. One fine Jersey Bull. Will sell or xchange for value in common stock. William Cooper. 7-36 2t Cooj>er, S. C. FOR SALE. Six pairs of Berkshire Pigs. D. E. McCutchej*, 2k Gh-urch, S. C.' v \ ; . . . . - ' in cun in niii: ? i BIRD S EYE VIEW OF A BUSY COMMUNITY. S The Coming Tobacco Market of the > State?Some Things Seen and 1 Heard That Impress a Visitor. j For its size JjUke L'lty impresses a visitor as being one of the busiest r t communities in this part of the 1 i State for this season of the year. There are few loafers congregated on street corners and the sight of crowds 1 of negroes blocking the side-walks? J a spectacle too common in most towns of our low country?is con- c spicuously lacking there. Yet there e is generally a good crowd in town 1 and the merchants seem to be doing 1 cl a brisk business. Every now and # Q then a bell rings out and a crowd . gathers in one of the tobacco ware- | houses where a sale of leaf tobacco .. i is Taking place. xnese auctions are held in turn at the several ware houses daily, so that the intervals between the sales are very short. To the uninitiated a tobacco sale is a novel and interesting sight. The census of 1900 credits Lake City with a population of 375, but from the number of dwellings and business houses one can See with half an eye that tbe actual number of inhabitants must l>e nearly double that shown by the official Tabulation, and it may be inferred either that the census-taker over looked a number of house-holders, or that the town has enjoy?*d the wonderful increase in population of about 100 per ofcnt within the past three years. I I It was as a truck-growing centre t ' that Lake City first attracted, atten- ^ lion a commercial way. Some years ^ ago a few enterprising citizens as an experiment planted a few acres of ^ strawberries for market. Last seas son there was produced in Lake j City and the surroundiug country () $75,000 worth of berries alone, to ^ say nothing of cucumbers, beans, cantelopes, lettuce, etc., all of which brought good prices. j By their productive industry and j tireless energy the thrifty denizens of this wide-awake community have ^ approximately eliminated the dull ^ season that obtains in so many towns, v there being few months of the year ^ when people who work have not something to soil and a good market for their produce. This of course stimulates every line of business and c feeds all the arteries of trade. v Three years ago Lake City hung a out her shingle as a tobacco market D with one warehouse. V The patronage a received Mas so encouraging that last year another large ware-house M-as ^ built, and each of the two did a y bigger business than the single one ^ of the year before. Now this year still another has been added and to-day Lake City stands in the very ^ front rank of tobacco markets in t Sonth Carolina. Last year this ^ market handledy>ver 3,000,000 lbs ^ of tobacco and"* Uie prospects are that the sales this year will exceed 4,000,000 lbs. It is a fact not generally knoM-n that on the basis of last year's sales only three markets r in the State handle more tobacco ? fVior, T.nlr.-j flilxr Tin wqra.knncA. luuu A^uav vitii x uv "uav uvvtov c men are now much better prepared than ever to handle tobacco and farmera who bring their product to this market may be assured of the very top of the market in the way of prices. For storing the tobacco there are two pack houses 40 x 100 feet each, and one and-a-half stories' high. Tobacco has been moving rather ^ slowlv up to this time, but a larcre . V * ' C7 crop has been made and the market ^ will be in full blast during the ^ present month. Trices on good to| bacco are looking up and prospects ? j seem encouraging. On good grades the price now ranges 10c a pouud ,aud upward. Buyers representing ^ the American Tobacco Co.y are on' . . - . i /; -y' tV' , ' iui? he market already and in a few lays the Imperial Tobaccb Go's nen are expected. The Continental robacco Co will also be represented ind there will be buyers from Dan- 1 rille and other cities. In connection vith this subject it may be Mentioned that the hogsheads used n shipping tobacco from this point, o the number of over 4000 per allium, are all made in Lake City at he factory owned and operated by K II Williams & Co. Tlio Siton f m)01 r*r?r? nro jo ic X 11^ KJ l**A bVUUVVV IIU1 vuvuav ?c nun aged by Col 0 T Hall, the pioleer warehouseman of Lake City. >ol Hall has done business at the ?ld stand for three seasons and has arned au enviable reputation for miforin courtesy and correct busiless methods. He gives personal ittention to every sale and makes very pile on the floor bring the high lollar. To quote the genial Colonel, 'When 'William Henry* gets to mshing he makes things hum." Jol Hall ;s assisted by Messrs J R dotley and George C Motley as >ook-keeper and auctioneer, respecively. Both these young men Are jj veil known and justly popular/on he local tobacco market. / 1 . Next iu priority comes the Hlant- X* :rs' warehouse, iu charge of Mr W 1 \fnrtro nf Snntli RnstnflK .Vnf Air f\ tfoore lias handled tohtjfaf. All hie ife, coming from a pprt bf the rountry where it is the staple Jjj iroduct, a knowledge of the growing and handling of which ? ilays an important part in a young U. nan's educational equipment . , With experience, energy and ca- 11 lability Mr Moor6 took charge of he Planters' last year and after a nost successful season stands ready ?jl o do a better part than ever before j> >y his friends and patrons. His as- yj istants are Messrs B M Clement, K3 i i 4.- i tir m i i._ >ooK-Keeper, mm >* j rj res nee is, alesman and solicitor. In Col Stan- ~ ey the Planters' can well boast of ^ ne of the very best auctioneers in he tobacco section. ' The King Warehouse, only reently completed, is situated in the Corth-eastern part of Lake City, ts dimensions are 90 x 150 feet, ;iving 13500 feet of floor space. Jnder the management of Messrs r D King and T S Graham the new rare-house, which is just opening or the season, is in the hands of Id and experienced warehousemen nil its prospects of success are enouraging. The new building is onveniently located, well lighted, nth ample stable room and the best ccommodations in every department. A large corps of competent C< ssistants has been employed. The King warehouse has been for- p uuate in securing the services of Ir W P McGill of Cades as soliciing agent. In addition to tobacco and truck iroduce Lake City is a splendid ^ narked for cotton and cotton seed, he total number of bales of cotton fought yearly being close on to 'AAA UUV. ; Conspicuous among the new buiness establishments is the large louble brick building, fronting the ailroad, occupied by by the Bank Gl f Lake City and the Lake City j lardware Co, The Hardware )o. opened business a month go and is moving along nicely. Chey carry a stock of from >3,000 to $4,000 at present, but in he fall intend putting in about 58,000 worth of goods. A first ciass lardware store indeed fills a "longelt want" in Williamsburg county. rhi3 firm has also closed a contract; or the exclusive agency for Perunan guanos in Williamsburg county. The Bank of Lake City, although tot yet a month old, is doing a fide ; iu6iness and the directors are san;uine in their expection of its sucess. Much more might be said of Lak4 |1 }ity?its schools and chiifches, ifc?'' \t (Continued- on page gi) f w. T. I tYilkins* 1 I1IM11 JOBBER IN | BUI Irilai iuying in car-* | )ad lots we I " 1 - ~jg re able to i aeet compete|| ion in every | ine. Here are I OTTTft of nil* J . ljLr ' v "1 pecialties: | .OUR " | jrits # " : -Jfi MEAL CORtf OATS SALT i SOAF LYE ^ /Jj soda STARCH :-.m BAKING POWDERS V* TOBACCO any GRADE f 3TTOLENE CASE or B?TJ# '*<$, MATCHES per GRO^/V*? ure Ovel Compound LARD*t IMS, BOLOGNA SAUSAG^.fl CANDIES, CRACKERS Zip ^CON, SUGAR, Bfcl or Sacks lTTPn HAM anH TOMrtlltt * 3 CONDENSED MILK w, V J AXLE GREASE > ;bJ| rappiflrg PAPER and rIOMESPUN, By the BoIfVju|| TOBACCO CLOW DER 'iySH MOLASSES ' V; CHEESE ' MACARONf SARDINES* , ; ,M SALMON f *j& SNUEE _ M ifcoPE i BUClttTf '^| jFiH* . ji M * ^