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BANK OF LAKE CITY, ^ ' I BANK OF LAKE CITY, / AUTHORIZED CAPITALS wJi J A -A 1 I ^ ^ , f0 A A f!l lP ' __rffAv J 4&t Jfc) ^ - 1 DIRECTORS: ^ s25,ooo / g |^g4 11 g%w \\ T fT ig u/ |7 rt i tfi A- 1 ?2r*^ A Hp H mr AP > HE & A g B M B H H ?. MCCLAM. c. M. KELLEY, S -- President. UB H By H^h y El JAJH A JE/ H A/J^/ ^^P A/ JA^P SINGLETARY. \.j J. C. LYNCH, - - Vice llwkleiit, ^ /^H^P ^P^ *^P ^P^ / ^ We elicit yrmr bosine*. DeE W. YATES, ----- Cashier. x. ^ pa-it* Received from $1.00 up. 2 - a VOL. XIX. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 11)03. NO. 3?, 1 : WHOLESALE PROVISION MARKET (Corrected Weekly by W. T. Wilkins.) Grist, per suck, - - 1.50 Meal, 96 lbs sacks, - - 1.40 D S Ribs, 8i D S Butts, 61 Best Patent Flour, - 5.00 to 5.50 i Patent Flour, - - 4.50 Best St Flour, - - 4.20 Corn best white, 80 Feed Oats, ... 57} Texas K K Proof Uats seed, - ozi; Granulated Sugar, - - 5 J Rice, - - - 4 to 5J Pure Peach Leaf Lard, - 9 J Compound, ... 8 Coffee as to grade, - 7 to 11 Tobacco as to grade, - 25 to 37* Off For College. The following young ladies from town and county have left for the several institntious of learning where they have elected to pursue studio dnrinp the ensuing scholastic year: Wiuthrop College?Misses Seidell and Dora Epps, Bessie Harper, Lorena Ross and Pearl Koger, Staunton, Ya?Misses Marie and Selrna Thorn; Leesville?Miss Leila Epps; Chioora College, Greenville?Elinor Gourdin, of Ileinemann, and Lizzie Salters, of Walters Depot. Miss Helen Scott will leave for Columbia tomorrow evening to resume her studies at the Presbyterian College for Women, in that city. Another Victory for Ox Swamp. Ox Swamp, September 2:?Another match game of base-ball was pulled off Friday afternoou off last week between Ox Swump and Harpers on the former's diamond, resulting iu a score of 15 to 7 in favor of Ox Swamp. This is the third game of the series between the two teams and Ox Swamp has won out in every game. Following are a list of the players on the respective nines and the score by innings: Ox Swamp. Harpers. Salters, J M 3b, Bruingtou, If, Hudson, cf McCants. rf Spivey, D. If, Boatright, lb Salters, A, lb Boyd, ss Brown, M, p Avant, E., 2b McColiough, 2b Avant, J., p Salters, A. M., c Davis, c Barrinean, ss Rogeisou, 3b 1 J^urage, ss I ? ? ? , 123456789 Ox Swamp 71240010 *-15 Harpers 11003110 0?7 Batteries: For Ox SwampBrown anil Salters; for Harpers? | Avant and Davis. Struck out, by i Brown 9; Avant 5. Home ruus, 1 two for Ox Swamp by J M Salters j and R W Spivey. Double play,Bar-! rineau to McCollough. Umpire, F H Hodge. Z. When the day is opened in praise and closed in prayer its progress will be sure. SOFTCORE Like the running brook, the red blood that flows through the veins has to come from ! J somewhere. The springs of red blood are found in the soft core of the bones called the marrow and some say red blood also comes from the spleen. Healthy bone marrow and healthy spleen are full of fat Scott's Emulsion makes new blood by feeding the bone j marrow and the spleen with the richest of all fats, the pure cod liver oil. For pale school girls and! invalids and for all whose i Vlnn/1 ,e fKin 1 nr) mlp ! UIVA/U 10 lillii U11U |^U4Vf W vvf?% w Emulsion is a pleasant and rich blood food. It not only feeds the blood-making organs but' gives them strength to do their proper work. Send for free sample. .. &COTT & BOWNE, Chemists. Ptarl street. New Toek,' dniopsrs; . / JEffiEL THE SITUATION DISCUSSED B\ REPRESENTATIVE MEN. Committee Appointed to Solicit Peo pie of All Classes to Join Hands Against the Trust. Lake City, September 11.?Tin meeting of the tobacco growers hen today was composed of representative -11 fll A AAtl nftT men iruni uu 6a*uuue ui tuu wumj The crisis that now confronts tin tobacco growers and the farmers ji: general was discussed, but no definite plan of campaign wag adopted, The meeting was held in the grov* near the residence of Mr II H Singletary. Mr A C Stewart was mad* chairman and Hon J Davis Cartel secretary. Hon J Davis Carter made an able speech, showing the the cost of production and advising a reduction oi acreage. He said that the trust refuses absolutely to give any data and that we could only approximate the cost of manufacture, but that it wa* 1 L ? fl,. enueui mai mc trust ? an tm role of the highway robber. Senator A H Williamg made one bis characte istic, sensible speeches of and advised cautious, deliberate action. Sheriff Geo J Graham favored the Alliance and thought that organize tion the proper ore to fight effectively the trust. Mr A (J Stewart also favored the alliance. Capt W I) Fitch made a good speech and told of the downtrodden condition of the farmers and said they would ever be in a state of servitude if they did not assert their rights. At this juncture Hon J Davis Carter offered a resolution that a committee of three be appointed from each township to solicit names of farmers, merchants, doctors, lawyers and everybody who was willing to join hands in the fight against the tobacco trust, and that each township send delegates to a meeting to be held in Kingstree on the first Monday in October. The motion i "l it f.ll . was carried ana ine ionowiug cuuiniittees appointed: Sumter?R B Fitch, R B Smith, W P McGill. Kino?J F Cooper, J G McCullough, P H Stoll. Turkey?J R Brock in ton, J S McCullough, B S Smith. Mingo?Jno S Graham, C 1) Cook, D D Rhem. Ridoe?W E Hanna, tl J Williamson, B W Stewart. Indian?C C Daniel, Hugh McCutchun, D M Emu. Lee-P S Wall, W W H Cock field, C M Kelley. Lake?J S Lynch, J I) Curtcr, J M Eatldv. Hope?W M O'Bryan, S I Montgomery, E R Loses i j e. Laws?J. E Davis, J P Gamble, I N Boyd. Pexx?J C Everett, J E McCol lough, J C Graham. Sittoxs?S P Cooper, S B Gordon, R P Hinnant. Axdersox?J W Register, R D Blakeley, W S Camlin, Jr. \ 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. Irregulut living means derangement of the ?4 ?? _ rt i! i: o?guns, resulting iu ^uwawpauuu, Headache or Liver trouble. I)i King's New Life Pills quickly readjusts this. It's gentle, yel thorough. Only 25c at W L Wallace's Drug (Store. i ??-?? % Wanted, Cotton Seed & Seed Cotton I am now prepared to buy Cottor Seed at the highest market price Will also buy Seed Cotton at the top of the market. See me at my plac< near Harpers or call on W W Moyd at- llarpers, S.CV W. 0. C'AHLrx it-.i , \ . .... LAKE CITY LOCALS. Death of a Little Child?Treasurer Rollins' Successor?Other News. Lake City, September 16:?Mrs L H Griinsley will remove to Lanes .jn a few days and her place will be ' j rented. There are a number of ap; plicants, eacli of whom wishes to j continue the boarding house, but it lis not yet definately settled who will i I secure it. 'I Mr Mack Webster has been elected. J i policemau and has entered upen his . | duties. ; I Cotton is now coining to town in , a considerable quantity. Mr Brnnson of Florence spent last week here with his son, Mr J E Bruuson. Mr Clarence D Rollins is at home with his relatives. He will probi ably return to the Baltimore Medi cal College about the first of October. During the year last passed he had charge of the emergency ward in a New York hospital. f Mr G W Johnson of Johnsonville, has been recommended to Gov. Hey ward for appointment to the office [ of county treasurer to fill the un, expired term of Mr Rollins. It is confidently believed that Mr John! sou is well fitted to fill this position ! and it is sincerely honed that the -- J A selection will meet the approval of > the people of the county. Lucile, the little daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Stanley, died Tuesday morning after an illness of several weeks. She was about two years of 1 age. The funeral services were conducted bv Rev J E Ruskton at the Baptist church, in the cemetery of which the little one was buried. Our sympathies are with the afflicted parents. Attention is directed to the ad of the Luke City Hardware Co., which commences in chis issue. This firm deals exclusively in hardware ml their store presents quite a city-like appearance. They carry every thingneeded in their line and buying in quantities can afford to sell cheap. The firm is composed of experientt 1, level headed business men?men who are wont to succeed iu anything they undertake. The officers of the company are, J R Tobias (of the firm of Marshall, Westcoat A Co, Charleston ), president; A II Williams, vice * * i t *n v> i president:, ana o jz jDrunsuu, treasurer and manager. W. L. B. The public is cordially invited to attend our Fall Opening Sept 23, 24 and 25. Pattern Hats and latest t.hiuge in Dress Goods, Trimmings, etc. on display. Stewart & Floyd, Lake City, S. C. DOING BUSINESS AT OLD STAND. I am still doing business at the: sam.'old stand and am better prepared than ever to serve my patrons. Respectfully, R. A. Watts, Jr., tf 9-0 The Jeweler. Having secured a tirst class Baltimore milliner to assist Miss Rodgers we feel sure we can give our customers better attention tban ever before. Our aim is to give you up I I to-date goods at right prices. Come and see us. Stewart & Floyd, Lake City. S. C. i mm Newest things in Millinery and Dry Goods. AYe have some bargains for you. He sure to see them. Stewart & Floyd, i Lake City, S. C. i Millinery Opening. The Misses Byrd extend a ' cordial invitation to their . friends and patrons to attend ' their Fall Opening of Milli-j nery Goods at Scranton on! Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September 22, 2$, j O.A. A coloft lino r\f Pat-' 4.11U Z.T. n iinu ui i ui i tern and Ready-to-Wear Hats . with all the newest shapes and1 i trimmings will be displayed. j Respectfully, i Misses Lula and Leila Byrd, SCRANTON S. C:' ilibii men THE DEATH OF HER BELOVED COUNTY TREASURER. Suddenly and Without Warning the Dread Summons Came?The Funeral on Sunday. Mr R D Rollins died on September 12th at about 12:30 a 111 at bis home in Lake City after an illness of only a few minutes. The immediate cause of his death was probably apoplexy. This, however, is not known to be true. His death was so sudden, aba as it took place in the absence of a physician, only an autopsy would have removed all doubt as to the cause. His entire illness did not extend over more than tifteen minutes at the most. Retiring about ten o'clock, apparently in his usual good health, complaining of nothing except be'.ng tired from standing so much during the day around tow n and at the Tobacco Growers' Convention, he aw oke soon after midnight with a "deep dull pain" in his left side, head and arm. This not passing off he asked his wife to prepare a poultice. While doing this she turned towards the bed on which he was lying, the muscles of his face twitched, he threw back his head and placed his closed hand under his chin. Becoming alarmed, his wife summoned a physician, only a few hundred feet away, who came at once, but the spirit had gone. He gave little evidence of suffering and his passing is thought to have been attended with but little pain. A few tosses upon his bed, a few low moans and he had slipped away. The pitcher was broken at the fountain and the water flowed into that river that has no nether shore. Saturday, numbers of friends viewed all that was left of him. All day long there was a stream of those * ' * l -il 1- ^L. wno wan tea one last iook upou me face of this man, whose life had been one long series of kindnesses. The procession to the grave was a long, silent, sad one. There were in it relatives, friends, Knights, Woodmen, fellow-craftsmen and ' more than all, biothers?men who felt that a real brother was being borne along to his nut row house. Their silent tread, their hushed whispers, 1 their sad faces were not simulated, 1 but the honest indication of their 1 deep feeling. One bound to them by ties far stronger than those of lodge or council or convocation had entered that hall whose doors are opened only to those to whom the High Priest after the order of Melchizedek lias given the password. One of the most touching scenes in this sail procession was th? presence of Dave Andrew Graham, an old colored man, who hobbled along behind the hearse, with eyes upon the ground and a face tense with despair. The funeral services began at high noon at the Baptist church, and were conducted by Revs. T J Rooke, pastor of the Baptist church, and J E Rushton, pastor of the Methodist church. The eulogy pronounced by Mr Rushton was one of the most comprehensive, succinct and appropriate we have ever heard. Could! this Ik* reproduced just as spoken it! would be treasured bv all our people.! Mr Rooke preached an earnest sermon from the text: "Prepare to meet thy God " The Knights and Masons performed the last sad rites. On account of the numbers and crush the Knights omitted their burial services. The Masonic service was conducted by Worshipful Master Louis Jacobs, of Kiugstree. As, the-, serious men, who trace their Order to the building of the Great Temple, casting into Ihe grave their sprigs of evergree^, repeated the solemn formula, "The will of God's accomplished; so mote it; so be it; Amen," a hush fell* upon the assembled throng as" ft I swept over it like A wave that as to R D Rollins, whose body lies there: "The will of (iod is accomplished: so mote it; so be it; Amen." The first shovel of earth pierced the heart like a stiletto; the last that rounded the mound sealed a deep despair, "We shall never see his like again." At this funeral almost every section of Williamsburg eountv was represented and a good many from neighboring counties were present. In numbers the crowd went up into hundreds, if not thousands. The pall bearers were: Sheriff G J Grahaui, of Coopers; Ex-represent;.tive J D Carter, of Leo; Hon P S Wall,of Scranton; II P Baldwin, of Lake City; Mr L B Roper, of Single; Mr C G C'arsten, of Cades; Clerk B C Whitehead, of Kingstree aud Mr E C Epps of Kingstree. Thus was laid in its grave all that was mortal of R D Rollins. Swift as the eagle in his flight; sudden as the lightning in its bolt, he went away. A man whom men will remember and whom angels have welcomed. A man whose friends can not be numbered and M'hose presence was felt thromrhout the lensrth and breadth of our county. Dick Rollins sleeps, and Williamsburg sits under the willows and braids a wreath of cypress. W. L. B. Just returned from Baltimore with a complete line of goods. Come and see our bargains. f Stewart & Fi.oti>, Lake City, S. C. Will Gin Your Cotton. The Williamsburg Oil Mill will gin cotton during the coining season at the rate of $1.00 a hale for bales weighing 500 lbs or less. , All over this weight will be charged for at 20 cents a hundred. We are prepuied to furnish our patrons with baggin^anfl ties at 50 cents a bale. The Williamsburg Oil Mill, 8-27 tf. Kingstree, S. C. Don't forget Stewart & Floyd's Fall Opening, Sept 23, 24 aud 25. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative liroino (Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fail* roetire. E \V t; row's signature i> on eaeli box. 2V. Strawberry Plants. I have a few thousand Heilin's Early and 1'rnfit Strawberry Plants for sale at .$2.o0 a thousand. G. W. Wkstruook, Wrijihisville, N. 0. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourager and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor tar.d cheerfulness soon disappear when the kidneys arc out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent [ that it is not uncommon for a chili to be born ' afflicted with weak kidncys. If the child urin- I _ ates too often, if the J urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child j reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with j bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of , the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first ! step should be towards the treatment of ; these important organs. Thi.: unpleasant ) trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney ana oiaaaer irouoic, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- Homo of svamp-Root ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make .any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, I)r Kilmer's Swamp-Root, :md the address. Mincjliaiilt'on, 2s'. Y.. on everv , bbtlTer \ W. T. 1 Wilkins, | /?TW*^S _ ;M JOBBER IN ] EENERAl Buying in cap J load lots wd 1 are - able id J meet competi-1 tion in every f liner Sere ard 1 some of our* I Snfifiia.lt.ifiS! M IV V# V V* V FLOUR -jM GRITS MEAL CORN LYE 8?SB Wu soda m STARCfi BAKING POWDER^ TOBAC O any grade COTTOLENE CASE or BKT^ MATCHES per GROSS || Pure Ovel Compound LARD HAMS,- BOLOGNA SAUSAGE i CANDIES, CRACKER^ BACON.' SUGAR, Bbl or Sacks? 1 POTTED HAM and TONGUE? CONDENSED MILK AXLE GKHASE ' H Wrapping PAPER and BAGl? HOM'ESPUN, By the Bol? TOBACCO CLOTH ^8 CIDER ifoOLASSES* 4j CHEESE MACARONI SARDINES' SALMON' SNUFF KUJril. ' BUCKET^ , ,y4 N. la ai ties