The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 11, 1904, Image 1
VTVLTXX. ~ 1UXQSTRE1X S. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST H, 11)04. Xo 33j
LAKE CITY LACONICS.
A Brace of Slick Swindlers? New
School Principal, Etc.
Lake City; August 8:?Mrs
Ervin Brothers of Florence
spent several-days iast week in
town with her parents, Mr and
Mrs P E Severance.
Mr N A McMillan, one of the
most prominent citizens of the
Mullins section of Marion
county, was in town Thursday,
the guest of W L Bass, Esq.
Application has been made to
the secretary of the State for a
charter for the Lake City Tobacco
Board of Trade. The petition
was signed bv Messrs L
O Plolloway, O T Hall, J i) King,
W S Moore, E M Edwards, L A
Winston and T F Graham. Its i
purpose is the usual purpose of,
similar organizations and is ex-1
pected to be of much benefit to I
the tobacco market at this j
place.
Hon T C Moody, ex-representative
and ex-senator of Marion,
was in town Saturday last.
Mr George A McElveen of
Timmonsville was noted# liere
Sunday. Thfe attention of Mr
Eddie Rush of Florenc e is directed
to this.
Mr and Mrs S W G Shipp returned
to Florence Saturday
night.
The friends of Capt B G Willis
in this section were pained
to hear of his death, which occurred
at Walterboro last week.
He was one of the jurors who
were on a case in the General;
Sessions, and while the Judge
was delivering the charge Capt
Willis' head suddenly sank and
he was dead.
About the last of May some
one got from the post office at
fnm lpft^rsaddressed
lUld plUVV k U V'
to Mr Leo S. Singletary. In;
each of these letters was a check !
in favor of Mr Sing'.etary?one |
for about $3.50 and the other for
something over $5.00. The miscreant
forged Mr Singletary's
name on the backs of the checks
and passed one on Mr J M
Sturgeon and the other on the
Lake City Hardware Co. The
, forger will in all probability be
nabbed in a short while as the
clue seems very plain. Should j
he be caught, the limit would j
not be too much for him to get.
Somewhat similar to the case
of the forged checks was the
trick that was played on
Messrs Stuckey & Flowers a
few days ago. A drummer, represent
ig a reputable house and
appart tly a gentleman, hired
a team i; m this firm and when he
returned om this trip asked
Mr Flowei to accept a draft on
his house xor $10.00 and give
him (the drummer) the balance
above the team hire, 82.50, in
money. This was done. The
house declined to pay the draft.
So Messrs Stuckey & Flowers
are out ?7.50 in cash and $2.50
in team hire.
Mr TC Covington of Bennettsvi
1Je has accepted the position
of principal of our school and
Miss Travis Stanley of Marion
assistant. The other assistants
have not yet been secured.
The weather of the two weeks
< passed ought to have demonstrated
conclusively the necessity
of thorough drainage.
W L B.
Type Writer for Sale.
A Remington typewriter has been
placed in our hands for sale, which
we can offer at a bargain. This
machine is second hand, but is in
good condition and of standard make.
n<L:? ALimft-iinitv f7,r miV
J. Ills 1? tt lUiC VJ^vitu?4ivj J
one wanting an excellent machine at
a very low price.
The County Recoup,
tf Kingstree, S. C.
w SCOrf'3 vonC mckr: n ^
^ hump back straight, nrltncr w:'l it make ?
I' a short l.-.g ior.g, bat it feeds soft bone jS
.-siid her.ls diseased tor.c and i? among ?
'% the fiw genuine pecans of recovery in
?5 rickets anc bcr.e consumption. .
jjju SO >TT X EOWNE, Chemists, 0
0 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. E
<JL 50c. aud #1,00; ail druggists. A
FAIR ST. LOUIS.'
Graphic Description of Union Station
and Botanical Gardens.
(Written f.?r last week's issue).
Scranton, August 2:?The
great city St. Louis of nearly
one million inhabitants makes
easterners do their obeisance to
! her on entrance. All are forced
to humble themselves so much
as to go nearly a mile underfoot
J of her citizens, for the tunnel in
1 East St. Louis runs beneath the
1 city for about that distance. AI
j glimpse of light shows you the
I tunnel is passed find Eads Bridge
I spanning the great "Father of
j Waters" is between you and the
i city proper. This wonderful i
[.structure is a highway, railway
I and trolley car bridge, with
hio-hwavs above both railway
m'mr> j - ?
floors. The height of highway!
floor above city directrix at een-:
ter of bridge is eighty two feet,
and nearly a mile in length from
Third St., Saint Louis, to Broadway
East St. Louis.
?sow we dart beneath the shed
of the largest depot in the world
and draw up to entrance sixteen i
among the other thirty-two
tracks, each with their station
number. One can not get a 'air
idea of Union Station from a
single point, for it covers fifty flve
acres of ground. This magnificent
structure stands as a
memorial to the spirit of the age, i
a vast exchange for the trans-!
action of illimitable travel and I
commerce; where millions of peo-!
nle gather, passing and repass
ing from one end of the world to
the other.
A large system of subways is j
built under the train-shed tracks i
designed for the economic and
speedy handling" of . express, j
mail and baggage, and now a I
trolley line is laid connecting j
the Union.Station directly with
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
fair grounds. Collisions
on this line are no rarity*, twenty
persons were killed "there on:
July 2nd, of which only a suppressed
account was given to
keep up the popularity of the
system. To build this underground
passage required forty
thousand barrels of cement and j
4,800,000 lbs. of steel. Wagons .
enter this subway through ap-!
proach from the# street and;
deliver their loads directly to I
I cars standing on any of the H2
tracks above. The lifting from!
wagons to cars is done by means
of hydraulic elevators and in
turn the cars let down their
-f ?'L1- Lo >v,vn /i-i\ +"/\r
ireigui, tn., iui Dun -1
age.
The ladies'"waiting' room is!
furnished with easy chairs,!
lounges for retiring and a com-1
modious lavatory, where a priv-1
ate room can be had for bath j
and toilet. The granite walls
are mostly covered with mirrors.
The restaurants here are first |
class, surpassing many preten-'
j tious hotels. The hundreds of i
people* busy with their problems j
of travel, met in station rooms j
are not a circumstance to the:
busy city where street cars are j
passing each way every live:
minutes.. Every street has a
double track and some as many
as six. On a very short ride one
comes in hand-shaking distance
with people on a dozen cars or
more.
Missouri Botanical Garden is
the creation of Henry Shaw,
born in Sheffield Eng., in 1800,
who came to St. Louis when a
young man, made a great fortune
and bequeathed Tower
Grove Park and Missouri Botanical
Garden to the city for the
inp ;ind eniovment of the Dublic.
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The garden contains more differ'
ent specimens of plants than any
institution in the world except
jHew's Garden in England. The
igarden of over "J0l> acres is plan
| ted in shady walks of native and
! foreign trees each one tagged,
! bearing name and home.
| The Black Pine from Aus1
tralia has a trunk similar to our
I Yellow Pine, but its short, black
i leaves look like a bunch of wires.
{ "Devil's Tongue" is the name of
I a shrub about three feet high
j that has stiff pointed leaves, like
I spears, shooting in every direcI
tion reminding one of venom fiy!
ing from a serpent's mouth. This
plant was taken from central
' Africa. An oak from theQrient
looks like a vine of holly with
the points on the leaves not so
I
sharpand stiff but yielding, and
j of the thickness of our oak |
leaves. t
Great beds of Mexican cacti:
i remind one of thousands of sea
[urchins washed ashore with a
goodly number of pin-cushions
[and corn-cobs intermingled.
Another collection shows one
shaft of cactus about five feet
tall that looks like a cross-cut
saw. There are others that look
like s^ake skeletons standing
erect, and further on a variety
that looks like a pile of swords.
More wonderful is the sights the :
longer one lingers beside them.
But there's a dozen or more hot
houses with tiieir tropical won-:
ders, heated by steam and :
watered by a fountain in center. |
There thrive sensitive plants, i
parasites, palms, ferns, vanilla :
>\r\ln "*\o iM'rno / 1
ucain, |.uiica ^a^/jiiuo ^nuui j
which Egyptian scroll is made),
ten feet tall, orchids (the one in ,
bloom looked like a yellow
butterlly with brown spots upon i
wing's). Tree fern from Hiwa- j
iian Island look like a bunch of
"Boston Sword Fern" growing-i
in a palmetto stump.
Beside the plant wonders the
garden also contains some interesting
examples of the sculptor's
art, including a statue of Mr
Shaw and his mausoleum, which
he had built before his death.
A ride through Broadway
showed us the largest market
our eyes ever beheld. One
square was covered by the building.
Sausage, pork, beef, vege- j
tables, etc., looked from a hun- i
dred windows of the structure,)
tempting the bread - winners'j
pennies.
On Sunday* immense crowds
flock to horseraces, baseball
etc. on the same cars the churchgoing
people ride. Every saloon
and wine-garden has its doors j
open and only the wholesale |
houses seem to close out their
customers.
We will go on the Pair grounds
next time.
Rev W B Oliver will assist
Mr Truluck in his meeting beginning
Thursday 4th inst at
Baptist church.
Miss Lula Byrd is home for
her summer vacation from Hartsville.
Miss Annie Venters visited
friends here last week.
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JWTS AN END TO IT ALL.
A grievous w:?iI oftimc* comes !
as ? result of unbearable pain from
overtaxed organs. Dizziness, Back-,
ache, Liver complaint and Consti- !
nation. But thanks to Dr Kind's <
New Life Pills they put an end to
it hII. They are gentle but thorough.
Try them. Only *2oc, Guaranteed
by Dr \V V Brockinten.
Only when we give up all do we I
begin getting things from God.
College of Charleston,
CHARLESTON, S. C.1
110th Year Pegnis September 30.
Letters. Seienee, Engineering. One*
scholarship giving free tuition to each!
I county in South Carolina. Tuition!
$40. hoard and furnished room in >
i I)orinitory, $10 a incnt'i. All eandi-j
| dates for admission are permitted to I
I compete tor vacant Boyec scholarships !
; which pay $100 a year.* Ktr catalogue,!
I address HARRISON RANDOLPH,
j 8-4. President, j
| We never try to eat a strawberry
shortcake at a restauranf without
'thinking we havejgroundsforcharg-1
ing (he restuaranter with obtaining '
1 money under false pretenses.
I
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I find nothing better for liver dej
rangement and constipation than
t'haniberlain's Stomach and Liver J
Tablets.-L F Andrews, l)es Moines,;
I Iowa. For sale by Dr D C Scott, i
; Kingstree; Lake City Drug Co,
I Lake City; Dr W S Lynch, Scran- ,
! ton.
i
! Notice.
The Lake City Tobacco Hoard of
! Trade, having been organized at Lake
icily, S. (. Notice is heicby given
! that, on August 16lh, 1904, a ileclaraj
tion and petition for charter for said
Lake City Tobacco Hoard of Trade
I under the provisions of Chapter
I XI.ill. article II, of the Civil Code of
: 1002, will be filed with the Secretary
! of the State.
! L () HOLLOWAY. President.
1, W WINSTON. Vice Preident.
W S MOORE, Sect, and Treasurer.
1 Lake City. S. C., Aug, 10.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. ,1
About 300 Voters Assembled at I ake
City to Hear the Candidates.
i
The quartette of Congressional j
aspirants?Messrs Ragsdale, El- j
lerbe, Dargan and Norton?held j
the boards at Lake City Satur-,
day to an interested audience of {
about 300 qualified suffragists.
The meeting was called to
order by Hon W L Bass, who in j
appropriate words introduced:
the speakers. .Each candidate
was allowed 30 minutes and!
every Hying minute was utilized;
to the utmost. Mr El lerbe was j
the first speaker.
Mr Ellerbe said that he had
made a clean campaign up to
this time and expected to continue
to do so; but if assailed by
competitors he asked for five
minutes to reply. He then discussed
the importance of a Con
gress man's duties. Believes1
Barker will be elected but the!
Senate will be Republican for at.
least 4 years.* Tiie Republicans J
claim the honor of the victory
over Spain, but the heroes of |
the war were most of them Dem- j
ocmts and many Southern men
distinguished themselves. Spoke
feelingly of poor mailing facilities
farmers have to put up
with. A Congressman can remedy
this. He also stressed the
importance of good roads and
favors government appropriation,
there being fifty million
dollars idle money in National
treasury. Adverted to money
question. Had been for Free
Silver, but thinks the Demo- j
cratic party right to conform to
changed conditions. Roosevelt j
and negroism are our tight, j
Also touched on tariff, trusts;
and the necessity of Democratic ;
unity.
Mr W F Dargan after saying
some pleasant things about
1 j?l,o
H II llcinus DUTJ^ , ucnai cu uiav uv i
believed the fear of negro polit-,
ical denomination to be a bug-!
aboo that would not appeal to !
intelligent men. What could
20,000 negro voters do against
100,000 white voters? Let all
aspirants for office go before a
convention which would select
two candidates for each office,
who could tight it out in the
general election and thus do
away with the necessity for a
primary. All the candidates
agree on issues and all "want
the gal".
Mr,J W Ragsdale frankly sta-1
ted that he was out to get votes, j
Believes a candidate has the
right to revert to his record if |
he has one. Spoke of his helping
to amend the law increasing
the penalty for attempted rape
from 5 to DO years and recited
his political career as Legislator
and State Senator. The issues
of the Democratic part)'
are Roosevelt and Anglo Saxon
supremacy. Replied to Dargan's
convention idea. One of
the candidates chosen to run in
the general election could cater
to the negro vote and elect him -1
self over his opponent even if i
the latter Jiad a clear majority;
of white Viljfes. This would make ]
the neirro the balance of the!
power and briny about a repeti-!
tion of the horrors prior to 57l). |
"Ellerbe says this is his job, but j
if it is I am going to be a thief!
and steal it from him".
Mr James Norton, the last I
' |
speaker, stated that he had;
helped to make the State Dem-;
ocratic platform as a member of I
committee at State convention, j
Believes the party has a good ;
chance to win in presidential j
election. With helpful Legislation
our low country has wonderful
possibilities. Better rural
facilities needed and also expecH+innc
rmrrht to hf I
I 11IIV1I LUI OlUblVU?7 ^ _
established. Legal restraints;
should be removed from tobac-!
co, allowing' it to be manufac- j
tured free of all duty. Present
tariff system sheer robbery, but
Wilson bill was too sweeping,
j Neither extreme desirable.
I River and harbor appropriations
needed in low country. Referred
;to his work while in Congress!
iand what he hoped to do if
1 elected again. Called attention !
to his beipg the only man in the
race who was a Confederate
soldier.
All the speakers received aj
respectful hearing and after the:
, meeting adjourned they mingled I
^freely amongst "the boys" andj
4>'
cordially grasped their honest;
palms. A number of county j
candidates were likewise, present,
giving the glad hand freely
to the arbiters of their political
destiny?the men behind the
ballots. (
MAGISTRATE ATKINSON
Highly Recommends Ragsdale to the
Voters of this District.
Editor Times:
It is with pleasure that we,
the people of this section who
have known Hon. J W Ragsdale
from infancy, see that he is holding
his own so well in the race
against old politicians and the
old time wire-pullers. "VVe that
have known his life from childhood
and also remember what
his father Capt L R Ragsdale
did for this sectioh in '76 in more |
ways than one are proud o/ him |
for his record and also for what
his father and grand-father the
lamented Dr Byrd, did for our
people during- the time when
leaders with brain and nerve
were needed.
Knowing him as we do we feel
that this congressional district
will be in good hands if he is
elected and the smallest town
or section will have his attention
as quick as his own home or the
largest town in the district.
I can, as one of the oldest
citizens of this section and one
who has known him from childhood
and his father and grandfather
before him, recommend
him to be a pure man and one
that will "hew to the line, ieti
the chips fall where they may."
G W Atkinson,
Timmonsville, S. C.?Florence
Times.
In another column appears
the card of J' W Ragsdale,
Esq., of Florence who is a candidate'for
Congress from this district.
Mr Ragsdale has risen
rapidly in the past few years
and is well known not only in
this district but throughout the
State. He is Senator from Florence
County and has taken a
prominent part in all the deliberations
of that body. It is too
early to prophesy, but we say,
"Watch Ragsdale for he is a
hustler." Bold and aggressive
as well as enthusiastic he will
be hard to beat.?Darlington
New Era.
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VIOLENT ATTACK OF DIARRHOEA
CURED BY CHAMIS
ERLAIN8 COLIC, CHOtE R A
AND.DIARRHOEA REMEDY
AM) PERHAPS A LIFE
SAVED.
"A short time ago I was taken
wiih h violent attack of diarrh"tea
and believe I would h ice died if I
had not gotten relief," says John J
Patton. a leading citizen of Patton,
Ah. "A friend recommended
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. I bought a
twenty-five' cent bottle and after
taking three doses of it was entirely
cured. I consider it the best
remedy in the world for bowel complaints.
For sale by I)r DC Scott,
Kingstree; Pake City Drug Co.,
Lake City; Dr \V S Lynch, Scranton.
itivi iuai j
Died?On Monday, August 8,
1904, at her home one mile East
of town, Mrs Henrietta Jandon,
mother-in-law of Mr C M Hinds.
Funeral took place at Greenock
burying ground, near Gourdins,
on Tuesday following her de- j
mise.
Died?In Charleston, S. G\, on
Friday, August 5, 1904, Miss
Minnie Sanders, only child of Mr
J C Sanders, formerly of Suttons
in thiscounty. Funeral services
conducted by Rev H L Singleton,
took place at the tamny oury-,
ing near Suttons Saturday in the :
presence of a crowd of relatives
and friends.
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CHOLERA INFANTUM.
This disease has lost its terrors,
since Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera I
and Diarrhoea Remedy .came into}
general use. The uniform success i
which attends the use of this rem- ;
edy in all cases of bowel complaints ;
in children has made it a favorite}
wherever its value has becomei
known. For sale by Dr I) C $cottrj
Kingstree; Lake City Drug Co.,;i
Lak?City; I)r \V S Lynch, Seratp'
ton.
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