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ii in M ii 1 >1111 I bank OF LAKE CITY, f feJ >\ s^. BANK of LAKE CITYa mf AUTHORIZED CAPITALS R ^ S fi| A. . /, Jk^, A., "If* /4&,4b *f1 Sf ?i^W 4& iJ ^ ?IRIOTOR?* r $25,000 / p g/4||A || H ^I K i |J 1 gj ^jg ,.^ f/ I ll I II A' HHENRY11'M wiluam^00 ' A. H. WILLJAMfe, -- President. J |ft frlV rJB. M ML. Hi/ 1 ^ Jsl/BL ffl ?, > R. J A J. A. GREEN, W. Si PINGLETABT J. C. LYNCH, - - Vice President. {$&&&? SWW ~ /^ ^9^ W <*e rolicit your boring DeK. W. YATES, - - - - Cashier.. ^ V > ^$9^ posits Received from $1.00 up. - ? . i :? VOL. XIX. KING-ST REE, S. C., THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 1903. NO. 44 | This space bel n. f. i Who is now i: Pure! Horses i pubis will V * """ < PROSPECT LODGE, NO. 128, IS IN STITUTED AT JAY. Three Ranks Conferred on Sixten Candidates and Officers Installed?Visitors Entertained. A grand lodge of emergeuey wa; held at Jay, Williamsburg county, on Wednesday evening, Nov. 4tb, foi instituting "Prospect Lodge,No 128, K of P." The meeting was called to ordei k" 6 o'clock by Grand Chaucelloi John M Kuight of Sumter. TKwr anrminfcH to lifit 'IS fiTiint1 *"v; "rp?? -- ? o lodge officers, Grand Chaucellor John M Knighf, of Game Cocl Lodge, No 17, Sumter. Grand Vice Chaucellor and Keep cr of Records aud Seals, li H Husbands, of Harmony No 8, of Florence. Grand Prelate, >1 A Whisnan4, of Harmony, No 8, at Florence, S. C Grand Master of Work, P J Watkins, of Greensboro, No 80, Greeus -^botjo, N. CL terand Master at Arms, B Prossei of Hanuab, No 121, Hannah, S. C Grand Inuer Guard, Horace I Darr, of Harmony No 8, Floreuce S C. Graud Outer Guard H P Baldwin -. of Scrantou, No 114, Scran ton, S C The application for charter for N< 128 was then read and there were 2f applicants for the tlirets rauks be sides 12 by transfer card, making t total number of 41 members thai tnis lodge win nave. The work of conferring the ranki was entered into at ? o'clock iu tin evening and continued until 3 in th< morning. Xhere were only 16 of th< 41 applicants present to receive th< ranks. The others will be couferrec by the lodge later. After conferring the rank of Pag< an hour's recess was taken, durin< which time the grand lodge officers the candidates and tne hundred o more visiting Knights were enter tained at a most sumptuous and ele gant supper which had been prepar ed by the hospitable and clever peo pJe of Jay and surrounding country The menu consisted of barbecuei pig, chicken, turkey, country han and many other kinds of most excel lently prepared edibles, includiri* cakes and "pies and things," all o; which was served on a large, squar table beneath the trees near the Cas tie hall in the "moonshine." ' At 10 o'clock the work of confer ring the rank of Esquire began am lasted till 12, when 20 minutes wa given for a smoker. The rank o Knight was then conferred and th i _ A 11 r election 01 ana installing 01 omcer followed. iPhe following were elected and in stalled: E F Prosser, past chancellor. Walter Postou, chancellor com mander. J M Eaddy, \-,-ce chancellor. E T Gaskins, prelate. B 0 Eaddy, master of work. E F Prosser, keeper of records am seal and master of finance. W P Brown, master of exchequei J J Eaddy, master at arms. J W Brown, inner guard. W B Brown, outer guard. S Poeton, trustee one year. ? ongs to | HELLER,j n St LOUIS iasing and fiules. I Z T Eaddy, trustee two years. ; t This being over, addresses were 1 * | made by the grand lodge officers, the j. ; closing ode sang and the institution ^ of Prospect Lodge, Xo 128, of the j grand jurisdiction of South Caroli! na, was officially proclaimed from , n' the chair aud at 3 o'clock the lodge ; was closed in due form*:?Florence i* j Times. ^ 51 Fewer gallons; Wears longer. J ALFRED JULIUS SMITH | 1 | Death and Burial of a Well Known and r| "Highly Respected Citizen. ? t After a lingering illness ('apt Al- t [ fred Julius Smith died at his home near Kiugstree 011 Wednesday, No- ? . vember 4, near the hour of midnight. ( L | He had been iu bad health for sev-j t eral years and at the last he lay for a several weeks hovering between life ^ and death. c Capt Smith was a native of Marion , county, whence he went to Florence " ! and after several years residence in t that county removed his family to 3 Williamsburg in 1885. At the time of his death he was in the 67th year of his age. He leaves bereaved by * his death his wife and nine children, a . the latter of whom are all grown up. t He is survived by three brothers, c Messrs E J Smith and W II Smith, c of this county, aud Allen Smith of . Marion. He also leaves one sister, ' Mrs Anna volemun, of Darlington. 1 ("apt Smith was a successful farm- | ^ er and capable business, man. His death is a distinct loss to Williamsburg c'ouuty and a severe blow to his h home circle and the community in which he lived. Jle was a member of the Kingstree Methodist church if 5 and before the end came he professed ( i repeDtance of his sins and a realizing ? 6ense of peace and pardon. 3 The funeral services were held at ^ ? the resideuce of the deceased by Rev * Henry Cauthen, ou Thursday afte.- j noon following his death, after which : J 3 the remains were conveyed to the |1 I Williamsburg cemetery and there}1 . laid to rest at 3 o'clock p. in. amidst j1 r a concourse of sorrowing relatives'1 - and friends. | Fewer gallons; Weai s longer. j1 A Bold Miscreant. 1 On Tuesday night between 9 and 10 I o'clock a negro went to the house of ^ y th?? Messrs Iv'gerson at Harpers and f attempted to enter by raising the sa>l> j e at one ofrlie ^windows. At the time j. there were no men folk in the hou*e. <?r which iHCt the negro wa* probably aware. Put with the Characteristic * bravery of Southerr. womanhood one ^ of the two ladies of the house got a s pistol and fired three shots at the in- j' f j truder. which caused In in i?> nrike; e|tracks in a hurry. The alarm being!. p given the chain gang blood hound* I were secured and put on the negro's j [- tracks and the trail was followed to a! I house near by where a negro man was j {found named Dicks. The only evi-!' j dence aga>n*t Dicks wa? the institiclof j l" the blood hounds and mi this he was j | . I tried and convicted before the town j council and sentenced t<> 30 days on the | chain gang. j < d Fevrer gallons; Wears longer. , Strawberry Piants, Lady Thompson Strawberry Plants for sale $1-50 per thousand. H H SlNGLETARY & SONS. ll-5-3t. Lake City, S., C. THE SHORT CO' STATISTICS COVERING COTT RITORIES ISSUED BY TI COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS OF T YEAR AS COMPARED ^ LAST YEJ Hon S N I) North, ned Director of the Census. Octx Sir:?I have the honor to make com the following report by states and ginr territories on qi autity of cotton gin-1190! : 1903 STATES : : COTTON GINNEI aml ; TOBER18, 19 TERRITORIES : : Total Commercial United States : Alabama - - : Arkansas - - - : Florida - - - : jleorgia - - : Indian Ter. - - : Kansas - - - : Kentucky - - : Louisiana - - : Mississippi - : Missouri S* Caroliua - : Oklahoma - : j> Carolina - : L'ennesse - : Texas - ; Virginia - : The above statistics of the quan years ity of cotton ginned were collected fort hrough a canvass of the individual two ginneries of the Cotton States by Ti >31 local special agents who found j thre< hat 27,723 ginneries had been opfrjcottc ,ted this seasod prior to October 18, j 1903 ,ud that these had ginned 53,839,627 :13, a j omuiercial bales, or bales as pressed sou. ,t the ginneries. Counting round j quail ?ales as half bales, the number isjthe< 1,700,248. j also To (the cor/esponding date last! by tl ear 29,314 ginneries had been oper- J ginu .ted and had ? inntd 5,925,872 com- \ grow uercial bales, which was 53.5 peri ieut of that year's production. In j ompariug the statistics of the two ' Chie is JII1L Ul I I 111 IIU 11111/ UUUUII . COjU raise VHAT HAS BEEN. WHAT IS AND ^ WHAT WILL BE. Blac ? Mut 3reezy Budget of Interesting Informa- r?po: tion Concerning a Thriving cuie Municipal^/. Ol fillet Lake City, Nov. 10.?Mr. and an(j VIrs. Chas. F. Flowers are out from aU(j \ppalachicola, Fla. Mr. Flowers bein, las been engaged in turpentine farm- z01) ng near that city. There is some c]0tt it. r ii. : *1 : - ^ t;m ' : ,aiK oi men not returning to nonla, it being rumored that they may he i emaiu at Lake City permanently. houi Presiding Elder Stokes wsts in pull* own Thursday and spent the day whei tnd night with Rev. Rushton. Mr P 1) Snowden of Church was lere Friday. ' Of s Rev R E Smith of Clarendon ;ounty and Mr H M McCullum of Moh Beulah were in town Friday on busi- j0hj less. Rev Smith lists purchased a red^ ot from Mr McCullum in the thriv- goor ng village of Bethlehem rp Dr J H Chapman and Mr L F taxe; Perry of Johnsonville were in town is ol Friday perfecting a land trade. Dr.; pose Dr Chapman sold Mr Perry his fine; Invt 'Haselden" place near Johnsonville. j niosi Mrs II Nachman returned from a visit to Charleston last Wednesday, i The monster pear! Mr S M As-i kins raised it in his yard right here1 in Lake City. We saw the pear; we 6eu> saw it weighed; we saw it measured, i It weighed exactly two and one-;a 1,1 fomth pounds and measur.d exactly 1 one foot and four inches in circuni-j ,f ference. It was of the Kieffer varie- Pnc ty and was without spot or blemish.!own This was the largest pear we have cani ever seen and we do not believe its i ^ superior has ever been produced in i *arr this country. We challenge the en- jE0UI tire State to show a larger, heavier,! HCr liner pear. Show it, or bring for- j wou ward satisfactory proof of its exist- u? c ence. We stand ready to prove be- j 3 vond a shadow of a doubt its weight, i the measurement and quality. Lake City j We rTON CROP, ON STATES AND TER. IE GOVERNMENT. HE CROP OF THE PRESNT 7\TU THAT OF 1R. from the growth of 1902 up to }berl8, ]903| accompanied by f /v^ ^ h/? y%r\4-1 paitttMC OlOllOIILO VI tuv VVtVJU lad to the corresponding date in I: : 1902 : COTTON GINNED ) TO 0C-: TO OCTOBER 18, : 1902. 03. . Bales. : Total Commercial : Bales. 3,839,627: - - 5,925,872. 448,102: - - 585,783. 129,833: - - 360,800. ! 23,436: - 29,779. 619,644: - - 906,949. ,66,823: - - 201,019. i 211: - - 231. 241.100: - - 369.408. 479,163; - 559,126. 8,027: - - 14,963. { 232,625: - 303,029 40,526: - 84,699414,799: - - 101,431. 69,748: - 121,180. 1,065,229: - 1,781,797. 2,511: . 5625. : \ 3 due allowance must be made ' he different conditions of the seasons. his report will be followed by ? others, showing the quantity of in ginned from the growth of 1 to No7ember 18, to December ,ud to the end of the entire seaThe final report will give the ' itity of cotton ginned during ( :ntire season and will include f the quantity of linteis obtained j le c )tton-seed oil mills from re- ' ing cotton seed of this year's . "h- . i \ ery respectfully, W 31 Stewart, < f Statisticianfor Manufactures s the finest strawberries, nuts, ; tables aud fruits known to this < itiy. and ou occasion we also ; cane (Cain). ist week iMr J J Morris was over . k Itiver in the interest of the , nal Benevolent Association. He rts twenty-six new members Be- I d in about four or five days, fie night last week John Burgess 1 his end of town with racket blasphemy. He was "pulled" taken to the refrigerator. On 5 searched bv the marshal a raCuffv's delight, was found in his mo f-Tn u-ua lnr>L-*?rl nn tn nre- I i his straying on the grass, but , strayed anyway. Within two s some one from the outside ( ?d the staple and John was soon . e the swamp cricket chirps and, e moping owl does to the moon complain uch as wandering near her secret bower ?st her ancient, solitary reign." r's wife was suspected and ar*1, but proof being lacking she < liberated. . ] he town council has call for the; i s for the present year. The levy I sly th:ee mills for all town pur- j s, yet there will be grumblers.; 'stigation will show that in al-j t every instance the property of & kickers, in proportion to ita e, is assessed much less than . r neighbor's who say nothing certain person in town spent ral days recently without success! ugto buy a lot on which to build ce brick house. It seems strange1 ; wh,ere there is so much vacant j I a lot can not be had t.t any |' e. Bather than part with it the; ers let it grow up in weeds, oldj 3 and filth. We actually have spectacle here of men trying to i u on land for which thejy can get r to eight hundred dollars per i The interest on the money j Id bring in many times the val-1 ?f the crops raised. By selling i r would really help themselves acj same time they are helping others have heard that oue 4>f our land owners remarked not long ago that he does not want the town to improve that should it grow his property would be enhanced in valueaud that would make his taxes higher! What do you think of that? Mr J L Stuckey these days will not deign to wear less than a no. 12 smile. He is simply jubilant over the way in which his debtors are paying up He reports splendid collections. Out of four hundred and eleven dollars he considers four hundred and eight and * dollars on first call good. That is the way he is taking it in. No wonder he smiles. We wotild positively grin until both the dermis and epidermis "busted." Mr W T Askins has bought from Mr C M Kelley the lot on Thomas street next to Mr J W Rollins. The heavy frosts last week turned the maple leaves red andtuined the thoughts of certain young people we know, to cosy hearth stones with just two chairs drawn close together in front thereof. Not particular as to the two chairs. One built for two will answer very nicely?in fact is to be preferred "the equities being equal." The whispeiing winds have it that ere 1904 sin 11 peep in two brides will go out from the same house and a merchant and a truck grower will be made the happier thereby. Last week we had several big tobacco sales. The weed was here in -% .% 1! 3 1.-1. quantities ana tne prices reanzea occter. There seems to have been a feeling of more general satisfaction than perhaps at any other time during the season. Dr Williams, trustee of the bankrupt estate of Brown & Carter, went down to Leo Monday and took charge of the property. Fewer gallons; Wears longer. FIRST WEEK JURYMEN. List of Names Drawn for First Week Commencing Nouember 23. H Van Epps, Lake City; W Coopsr Snowdeu, Church; R F Epps, Cades; G E Miles, Cooper; A R Eadiy. Cades; J C Young, Lake City; J J Hanna, Cades; L A Whitfield, Suiters Depot; J M Eaddy, Johusonville; S T Godwin, Lake City; J J Thomas, Trio; J M Morris, Trio; R tmya innrflfrao' fr T~) Ppppy f U IWUgSIS, ~ ? --JJ Chapman; J L C Aloore, Lake City; W S Grayson, Benson; B L Buffkin, Cades; W E Nesmith, Cades; Gary Dunlop, Harpers; D W Altman, Vox; J D AlcClam, Lake City; E S Brown, Leo; J G McCutchen, i^ingstree; J F Rodgers, Fowler; J J Morris, Lake City; H B Cooper, Trio; II J Lewis, r 1 L. x' a T ul-o p;k- T T LiUUlOCi lj jCj A. V/Wft, XJOINW \jkujy %j *. McCutchen, Epps; W E Nettles, Lake City; J G Douglas. Lambert; J A Ferrell, Suiters Depot; G W Powell, Harpers; H Van Kenren Smith Mills; A M Cook, Scrantoni J A Marshall, Kiugstree. Fewer gallons; Wears longer. Hi?h Class Photographer. I have opened a Photograph Gallery over Dr 1) C' Scott's drug store rnd am prepared .to make first class Pictures. Will be here only a few lays so those wanting photos will please come at once All work jtiarruuteed. A S Howell. It Fewer gallons; Wears longer. S J Taylor of Greelyville keeps Tmstantlv on hand a full and com lete line of furniture and undertakers' supplies. Give,him a call. Fewer gallons; Wears longer. A Close Call. Sunday afternoon Cecil Bradley, a small colored youth, got hold of a pistol and approaching a group of several smaller negro boys, pointed the weapon at the crowd and tired it. The bullet struck a 4-vear-old bov, Cohen Johnson, in the tempi'-, penetrating the head for several inches and giving the boy a close call. Fortunately the ball struck glanclugly and thus the boy escaped. Dr. W V Brockington treated the wound aud the boy is apparently all right again. TO CURE A COLU IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. JS W Grove's ^nature Is on each box, doe. 1 ?V- v 1V ^vi.SS 11 W. T. Wilkins, TWO STORES WltlESlII i irn A A 1>U RETAIL rT "10mmmrn WANT nniiittTn#1 1 Luuiiini ^ *' *. *' v ^ Seed Cotton . i CHICKENS, EGGS', *5 Highest Market Prices Paid. Best Lot Room for tfift Benefit of the Public, ks Sir business isi to pto, M W.T.WBb. ] WHEN IN TOWN CALls ON US, . 111 i i | ' ' '%