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Sttje founts Hmfo. ""1 ??_ t - ' ' ffijj VOL. XIX. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1903. NO. 35 COWARDS IS OURS. Williamsburg-Florence Boundary Line Fixed by Recent Survey. The surveyors employed to determine the boundary line in dispute between Williamsburg and Florence counties have completed the work and have submitted their report. When the act creating the county of Florence became a law it provided that 28 square miles should be taken from Williamsburg to help form the new IMUUtJ. The original surrey of this area, which was made when the county of Florence was proposed, was unsatisfactory to Williamsburg and some years later the lines were run a second time, making a substantial difference in favor of this county. This failed to satisfy Florence and an act was was passed by the Legislature authorizing a joint surrey te be made by surveyors representing each of the two counties. Under this act Mr P G Gourdin was chosen to represent Williamsburg and Mr E J Smith Florence county. The lines were carefully ?J _i. run anu venucu at c?ii > ja/iuu This survey places the boundary line two-titha of a mile north of Cow- j ards, giving Williamsburg that station. Williamsburg's gain is 2600 acres over the first survey and 696 acres over the second. MEETING OF TOBACCO GROWERS All Interested in Its Cultivation and Sale are Invited to Attend. Editor County Record:? Please announce through your columns that there will be a meeting of the tobacco growers of this county (and others nearby) at Lake City on Friday, September 11, 1903. All interested in the cultivation and sale of tobacco are requested to attend. The writer of the article in a recent issue of The Record, signed "A Fanner," is especially invited. Let him meet with us una aia in aeTising some plan of procedure under p. the existing circumstances. Let us all attend! Respectfully. J S Lynch, J J M Graham, J D Cox, J B Prosser, J McAlister, R B Gaskins, H E Godwin, Henry Merrettc, Fenric Poston, B H Poston, WEHanna, W J Cockfield, J W Brown, T S Lee, S T Godwin, D B Knight, B B Fitch, H P Baldwin, W W H Cockfield, Dr T B Hinnant, H L Whitlock, A W Rodgers, WA Webster, W T Firesheets, W J Colley, C M Kelley, J D Daniel, lake City, S. C., August 31. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tbe money if it fall< to cure. E W Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. FIRST NEW COTTON. Two Bales Ginned and Sold Here Friday. Two bales of new cotton, weighing, respectively, 484 and 620 lbs, were ginned here Friday, August 28, at the oil mill ginnery. Both bales were bought by W T Wilkins at 15 cents a pound, or $165.60 for the 1,104 lbs of lint This cotton, the first on the local market, was grown by Frank Fulton, a thrifty iwl indnetrinne rnlnrpd farmer, nn his place one mile south of town. WHAT IS LIFE? In the last analysis nobody knows but we do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that law even slightly, pain results. Irregular living means derangement of the 01guns, resulting in Constipation, Headache or Liver trouble. Dr King's New Life Fills quickly readjusts this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only 25c aft W L Wallace's Drug Store. ' Subscribe to The Record. . . .1: ? . : ... *'r ilEIMLlED. SOME ACTION TO 8E TAKEN 1 AGAINST THE TQ8ACCO TRUST. Farmers Invited to Bring their Bask- I ets Filled with Hog and Hominy for a Grand Alliance Rally. Editor County Record:? Please allow me space in your val- \ uable columns to inform the breth- t ren of the Williamsburg County i Alliance that there will be a meeting t of the County Alliance on the first J Monday in September, 1903, at 10 a o'clock a. m., to transact business of t in; a importance peruiiumg wj tuc xnn- ? ance. We urge upon every member t the importance of attending this t meeting. i I notice that the powerful To- v lwcco Trust has raised a calamity howl all over the country, Williams- ] burg county not excepted. I see a from your paper that "A Fanner" t has taken a great scare and wants 1 farmers to do something. Now, Mr i; Farmer, yon hare been sleeping very s soundly for several years, and the r devil in the shape of a mighty trust \ has had to arouse you from that f profound slumber while there has t been devil after devil of the same kind rising up all over the country, c There is an old saying that it i6 too late to pray when the devil has come. But I don't know. The { trust is here and we old farmers feel it to our sorrow. It 6eems as though we will be forced to the wall, and I i reckon we are ready to repent. The good Book says, "Repent and pray;" n. Mr Furmf?r. if vou will meet I with us on the first Monday in September we will see what cau be done. I reckon Mr Farmer and myself j are not the only ones that have been waked up, so I take the privilege of inviting all old Alliance-men to e meet with us on the first Monday with their baskets filled with hog i and hominy, and we will have one j more big time before the trust sends 8 us to the wall. May be we can devise 6oine way out of this trouble i and if we should be so lucky as to !j escape destruction this time, let us j take warning and get to work to < prepare for wax in time of peace, j There is danger at all times of these kinds of wars, as the past has < proven. t Now, farmers, as has been shown c in time past by fights against sev- c eral trusts in which the Alliance won out, there is strength in unity. 1 Let us revive the old defunct Alii- i ances and stand by the Alliance ] colors to the last ditch. If the Al- s liance had the strength now that it had in the fight against the bagging and tie trust and would stand solid as it stood then, we could whip out the tobacco trust before this tobacco season is over. There are a great many who, never ] belonged to the Alliance, who have \ been caught by this trust. We < would be glad to have these meet ' with us and lend a helping hand. Come, brethren, one and all to to this rally. Bring along your baskets and let's have a reunion ef old Alliance veterans, for you fought valiantly many Alliance battles. Don't forget the day?the first Mon- < day in September at Kingstree. A. C. Stewart, Pres. County Alliance. Lake City, Aug. 31. Will Gin Your Cotton. J The Williamsburg Oil Mill will ! giu cotton during the coming seaI son at the rate of $1.00 a bale for I bales weighing 500 lbs or lesj. All i over this weight will be charged for at 20 cents a hundred. We are ; I iprepaied tc furnish our patrons i | with bagging and ties at 50 cents a 1 bale. ! The Williamsburg Oil Mill, i 8*27 tf.- Kingstree, S. C. i i t EXPERTS EMPIOYED rO INVESTIGATE AFFAIRS OF TOWN COUNCIL. looks Found to Be Correct?Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of Dispensary Fund. At the instance of Dr A M Snider, i-ho took it unou himself to have he affairs of the town council instigated. Walter Hazard, Esq., of he Georgetown bar, assisted by Mr Tulian Beatty, also of Georgetown, ts expert accountant, spent the enire day in Kiugstree Tuesday examining the books and accounts of he town clerk and treasurer from he beginning of the present adminstration up to the date of the instigation. After the work had been comdeted Mr Hazard declined to make , statement without the consent of he party or parties who employed lim; but from Mr R D Rollins, who s somewhat of an accountant hioelf, and who was employed to repesent the town council at - the investigation, we have obtained the bllowing abstract of the result of he examination: Total amount received by present :ouncil from dispensary fund $4781.95. Total amount paid out for school jurposes by present council. $2497.24 Town clerk and treasurer's comnission for collecting this fund (5%) $239.09 Town clerk and treasurer's comnission (5%) for disbursing same $124.86 Amouut of dispensary fund ex>ended for ordinary town purposes $870.15 Balance on hand to credit of chool fund $1060.61 Amount turned over to council 'or ordinary town purposes by their iredecessors in office $13.83. For ichool fund $373.01. The preceding council when they vent out of office left a debt of ?290.08. This debt was paid by the irescut council out of the amount xoended for ordinary town pur-' k>sl's. Two months' of the town's share >f the dispensary profits, amounting x> about $300 more, is in the hands >f the county treasurer to the credit >f the town. So far as can be ascertained the oooks of the town clerk and treasurer, covering the whole term of the present council, were found to be ibsolutely correct. A ONE-SIDED GAME. Dx Swamp Defeats Harpers by a Score of 25 to 0. Harpers, August 31:?In the presence of a large crowd of spectators, including a number of ladies, Ox Swamp base ball team defeated Harpers last Saturday by the overwhelming score of 25 to 0. The Harpers boys played a spirited game but were clearly out classed. The a/ i 1* rt MfAMA ihrt h Artf'tT Iwl jcannes ui tuc wnc tnc ucatj uotting of Ox Swamp, the home rnn knocked by Alex Salters and the effective pitching of Ox Swamp's curve artist, who slaughtered twenty stalwart sluggers at the bat during the nine innings played. Following is the make up of the two teams: Ox Swamp. Harpers. Brown, J. p. McCants, J. Hudson, c f Parsons, M. Li frage, r f Terry. Salters, Alex c Parsons, J. Brown, 0. s s McCants, T. McConnell, 3b Thompson. Salters, Alton lb Bruington. Spivey, R. If Matthews. McCollough 2b Davis. Umpire, Barnneau. Time of jame 1 hour and 50 minutes. Struck out; by Brown 20; Bruington 1. Y. Old papers for sale at this offiice, rt$5c per hundred. I NEWS HI LAKE GUY. ! SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE LOCAL TOBACCO MARKET. Prevailing Prices Low but as High as I or Higher than Other Neig- ' boring Markets. Lake City, August 31.?A word ' about the tobacco market. Large ( quantities of the weed are coming in every day. The sales of Thursday, , Friday and Saturday were exceptionnllr V, oovf fViof nf Tlinrflilur lipincr I ?"? V* .1 ? about one hundred thousand pounds; and, of the other two days, not far below. The prices, too, while being nothing like what the stuff was ' worth, were very satisfactory when 1 compared with the prices at other markets. 1 < Wc make this statement advisedly. ' We do not wish to mislead any one. j We are iu no wise connected with the local market and have no interest in it further than the interest ^ we have in everything that is for the ( upbuilding of our county and our town. We have been at pain9 to ' ascertain whether the low prices are general or are confined to localities, j and we have learned that the prices < are low everywhere; and we have also learned that the average prices , at Lake City are as high us in any ( market in the country. It is reported that at nnother market they take a pile of a few pounds of good tobacco and carry it from warehouse to warehouse at that market and run it up to a price far, far above its L..4. 1..~ Tlia miKlIn ia 1\nf I lUUlllUl lAlUCt x IJC jruunv mo iiw informed that the sales are lx>gus and that it is nothing but an advertising scheme. If this be true, it should be condemned by all honest men. Again, we understand that at some rivals of this market they "pad" out some sales of small piles of good tobacco; that, is make these piles bring good prices at actual loss to the buyer. It is done to produce an impression that is misleading?for the deliberate purpose of deceiving the farmers. These padded sales are quoted by the local newspaper and the "healers," who are careful not to say anything about the average prevailing prices. The average prices are the only true standard by which to judge a market, and we say that judged by this standard Lake City is the equal of any market in the country, if not the superior. Mauy, a great many, say it *- xi : j xi ? 18 lUf Slljwriur rtuu Hicic aic a gwu. many facts which seem to bear out this claim. For instance, Mr A, a certain farmer who lives at a distance from here and who was partial to the market at X, came here last Wednesday and talked to the farmers about the prices. Said he: "I know \fhat I am talking about. Take your tobacco to X. You will get a good deal more for it there than here." The next day Mr A himself carried a load to his boasted X and pat up for sale. He turned the tag and brought the same tobacco here Friday and sold it. How is that for X? Another example: Mr B carried 1600 pounds to the market at Y on Friday and received $71.00, and he says it was good tobacco, too. Saturday he 'came here and attended the sales and watched the prices closely. He afterwards told the writer that he was satisfied that he would have gotten at least $15 more for his tobacco here than he received at Y. Draw vour con elusions. Don't be deceived by the misleading statements of partisian newspapers, drummers and rounders. The stuff is low, entirely too low, but the farmers will receive as much here as elsewhere. The trusts have control and are squeezing. Their buyers are given limits above which bids must not N^made, and it i6 their aim to get the tobacco at the limit, but our warehousemen are exerting themselves to force them to highest limit, thus squeezing out of f the trusts all they can for the the farmers. Misses Bessia aud Grace Hatsch, who had been spendiug sottie days i here, returned to their home in Columbia Wednesday. They were accompamed by Miss Annie Sutcliffe. Mr R D Rollins returned from Saluda Wednesday. During last week it was hot even on the mountains. Mr Rollins savs that on the morning he left Saluda, which was Tuesday, the thermometer registerid 84 degrees at 8 o'clock. High ilevation and high temperature, too. A package of Sumatra wrappers (vhs received by Dr A H Williams last week from the U S Experimental Station near Charleston. This tobacco is fine cigar wrappers ind of a quality that brings about j!2.50 per pound. Dr Williams was requested to have it graded and careFully examined. Miss Nettie Burns has returned liome to Summerville after a visit to >ur town. Mrs C S Lucas and children of m Florence are visiting at W L Bass's. Mies Essie Marcns came down from Florence Saturday and stopped 1 over in town. J Mr Hugh McCutchen of Kingstree was noted on our streets Fri- * day. Mr P D Snowden came up from . Indiuntown Friday and spent the J day in town. T?3? IiaISI a tM*aliminQPtr ^ tj UU^C DttlUWiij uciu (i |iiguiii<uuij | in the case of the State rS Red Spring, charged- with assault and 1 battery of a high and aggravated J nature, and the State having made a probable cause, Spring was com- ( mitted to jail in default of bail. A series of meetings was carried on j at Param church last week by the | pastor, Rev W 0 Wilson, assisted by W E Hicks. The meetings were interesting and as one result the ordinance of baptism was adminis- 1 tered to six on Sunday. Monkey Dick of dark mahogany hue. "monkeyed" with a train lasfr Sunday and is now hiding out. It seems that he bearded the train, No 51, at Scranton, but without either a ticket or the necessary cnrrency. Failing to pay his fare he was ejected from the train near Atkins' mill. As the train moved away it is said he shot at it. No one was hit and no damage of any kind was done. It is said that he was caught by a white man but afterwards released, for -1 11- 1 what reason we are 1101 auie 10 ie?ru. W. L.B. TOWN OFFICERS NOMINATED. Result of Primary Election Held Tuesday. j The primary election for town officers was held Tuesday. There ] being only one ticket in the field the ] election passed off without excitement or incident with the following resnlt: For Intendant; R H Kellehan 46 Scattering ... 7 For Wardens: J N Haramet - - 48 J B Steele - - - 47 1 H A Meyer 46 M A Ross 46 Scattering 26 The general election will be held on Monday, September 14. The wise man profits by his mistakes; the fool merely mourns over them. The new exhibitor at the Dext State Fair will not be a stranger in a strange land. The officers will make him feel at home and will give him all the aid and information he will need. Be there Oct 27-30tb. Fine feathers do not make fine birds, but'they do make expensive Iratar. j * W4 T. I Wiikiris, IMHU JOBBER 1 Ml Buying in carload lots wtf ire able to1 1 meet competi- 1 don in every I line. Mere aref some of outf I Specialties: M ):) 0 |a( ?LOUR GRITS MEAL C?RN ?AT x SALT SOAP LYE SODA STARCH BAKING ^OWDERS TOBAC O any GRADE COTTOLENE CASE or BETS' MATCHES per GROSS Pure Ovel Compound LARD ;j wams nm nr.NA RAiiRAr.it' J CANDIES, CRACKERS ^ A BACON, SUGAR, Bbl or Sack* | POTTED HAM and TONGUE' CONDENSED MILK AXLE GREASE Wrapping PAPER and BAG8^ HOMESPUN, By the Bolt* TOBACCO CLOTIT %%%%%%' CIDER MOLASSES CHEESE MACARONI SARDINES' V :| SALMON \ ? -v.xa SNUFF kOPE BUCKET'S* 'j >