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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.
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VOL. XIX. KING-ST REE, S. C., THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 1903. NO. 44 |
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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
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| 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
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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.
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W. T.
Wilkins,
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CHICKENS,
EGGS',
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Highest Market
Prices Paid.
Best Lot Room for tfift
Benefit of the Public,
ks Sir business isi to pto, M
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WHEN IN TOWN CALls
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