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VOL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 11, 1905. NO. 19.
THE NEWS OF LAKE 1
. V CITY AND VICINITY. 1
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TROUBLES Of BERRY GROWERS-*. OF
P. LODGE FLOURISHING?SCHOOL
CLOSING, ETC.
Lake City, May 9:?~)r Hem- <
ingway of Rome was noied here *
Thursday. *
t-? ttt n n_i ,
ttev yy 13 ddltci jjaaatu <_
through town one day last week i
on his way to visit relatives at 1
Rome. j
Mr Dolon Rollins of Florence \
was here Friday. ^
Col O T Hall went to Flor- J
ence Tuesday. He was sub- ^
poenaed to appear as a witness a
- - t> a
in the case 01 cstrauss vs. rvupei. which
was referred to S W G a
c
Shipp, Esq. j
Mr T U Covington went home b
to Bennettsville Saturday night, *
Quite a number of his pupils ^
y' accompanied him to the train v
V to bid him good-bye and we un- v
derstand he carried some flow- f<
ers with him. ?
Mr G L Atkinson, our agent, g
who was ill several weeks, is s
able to be out again. v
Mr George Lee came over
from Scran ton Saturday. )
Our town school closed Fri- f<
day. There were no ceremonies ?
or exercises of any kind what- ?
ever. Only a few words an- 0
nouncintr the- termination and a
the collecting of books and the
term of 1904-1905 was at an end. e
* Taken all in all we are inclined
c
to think this session has been ^
the most successful in several
years. Mr Covington and ?
MJsses Morris, Stanley, s
Thomas and Sutcliffe seem to V
have done their several duties Cl
fathfully and well, and so far ?
as we have been able to learn ^
the progress made by the chil- a
dren is gratifying.
We are in receipt of an in- J
vitation to the commencement ^
of the Baltimore Medical College
on Thursday, the 11th instant.
Mr Clarence D Rollins
is one of the graduates, with ^
full degree. With four years in
the college and two in the New
York City hospital, Dr Rollins
is no doubt well trained for a
successful career in his profess- ?
ion. We congratulate him and
rejoice with him. *
* The degree of Esquire was
conferred upon a class of four y
at the convention Tuesday night j
of the Lake City lodge K of P. ^
THe tallowing were tne mem- ^
bers of the class: 0 T Hall,
Ci
B C Johnson, C H Sansbury and ^
Alva Weaver. The candidates y
were good subjects and the ^
ceremony was very interesting.
, This lodge is in a flo; rishing tj
condition. The meetings are j,
well attended and all tak * much
interest in the proceedings. The
# members are enthusiastic on e(
the subject of their brick hall, j,
which they are working up.
Several hundred dollars have ^
already been raised towards
this object.
Mr W F L Steele came down 0
from Rockingham, N. C., Fri- tl
day morning.
For the first time in more T
Vinn ? ww?lr th<? h#?rrv ahinm>ra I!
had enough refrigerators Mon- j
day. Th^re were five, but had
the weather not been sc very
wet, several more would have
been needed. Friday * night [<
there were two car-loads left
over after filling all refrigerators.
The company loaded n
these into box cars and. sent C1
them off. The shippers received is
a telegram Monday announcing a
, that they arrived in such con- V(
^ "dition that consignees refused
to receive them. Nothing will w
answer for shipments to distant ff'
a markets except refrigerators, d
^ Express shipments fare but
little better than box-cars. Last t]
week when the cold storage b
* cars were so short, several tried
Repressing to near-by cities, j
Richmond, Baltimore, Augusta, n
etc., but in numerous cases
berries reached their destination
behind time?transfers were not ^
made at proper places, track b
. was not kept, etc. Some went '
so slowly that they rotted on
%the way, and we understand t
that many crates were dumped n
in rivers, and others that ti
reached the point of consignment
were condemned by health
officers and sale forbidden. The
berries that get into refrigerators
go through all right and
bring good prices. Our growers
ire now going ahead as rapidly
is the weather permits, picking
md delivering to the agent,takng
his receipt, and notifying
:onsignees of date of shipment
ind consignees are making note
>f the market on date they
should arrive and keeping check
>f sales. Thus matters are beng
shaped for damage claims
irViioVi TOlll Ka nnf in
rv iiivii ?? 111 w |7Ub iu?
It is said that the Armour
people will settle all just claims
Without suit. If they do, it
vill prove a blessing in two
vays: our growers will receive
heir dues and the company
rill reap its sure reward. Such
i step will win the confidence
nd respect of all our people
,nd will result in such an inrease
of business that the company
will soon be doubly reim>ursed
for all it#will lose by
he unfortunate state of affairs
hat produced this car famine.
Ve have heard no inkling of
rhat the Express company
rill do and we withhold opinion
or the present. One thing
eems pretty certain, satisiacion
must be tendered our
Towers, who are the innocent
ufferers, or they will know
rhy.
The weather condition is beoming
serious. Cotton and to
acco are the chief sufferers so
ir. Young cotton cannot be
rorked at all?not even
hopped out, and grass is grow?g
like wild fire. Another week
f rains wili surely spell disster.
1
Mr L B Roper went to Flornce
Tuesday.
Mr J Cleve McElveen went to
harleston this morning.
The local telephone system is
earing completion. Poles and
rires are up and the central
tation is now being fitted up.
ie are satisfied that most exellent
results will be given.
Iverything connected with the
ystem is of good material and 1
rell e rected under the person- ,
1 management of an expert. ]
lo time, money or labor has
een spared and we are sure the 1
ywn ought to be proud of such 1
system. W. L. B.
Memorial Day. |
A meeting of veterans of <
amp Pressley was held in the i
ourt house yesterday to cele- 1
rate Memorial day and pay 1
ibute to their departed com* 1
ides. Addresses were made I
y Commandant H H Kinder ;
nd Rev W B Justus and a reso- <
ition was passed relative to
le holding of future meetings on
(eraorial day. While this resoition
was ordered published, I
e understand, yet despite our
Sorts, we were unable to seure
a copy, and caonot state ,
efinitely the provisions, Last ,
ear the exercises on Memorial
av were interesting* and im- ,
ressive, and a large crowd parcipated,
including a number of
idies. But for some reason the
idies did not take part on this
ccasion and the veterans seemi
to feel keenly disappointed,
ust why the ladies were not
resent we are unable to say,
ut we feel safe in the assertion
lat it was not due to any lack
f respect for the veterans or
leir deceased comrades.
Mil Mfinl fipnnrfmpnt
UIUUUU UUIIUUI i/upuiiinuiii.
Conducted by th? Puolls oi liu> Tuuib Gnidt-j
All the school children are very
luch interested in the Pythian ex*
arsion to take place May 22. There
talk of getting a class pin for this
nd future occasions. We felt very,
?ry grateful to our kind trustees,
ho have been so thoughtful iu
lying us another of our many holiUVfi
-J-'
We were ?li delightad ot) bearing
Jut our much loved teachers won Id
e here again next year.
Miss Gillar.d went to Charleston
'riday to get the music for comlencemen
t.
The ''sheep-skins" baye arrived.
Ne are now feeling exceedingly
Jue, owing to the short time we
lave to he i 1 school.
The tenth grade spen i many of
heir precious moments, which are
ow so valuable to them, in pracicing
the songs for commencement.
PLAT BALL!
Klngstree Baseball Organized and a
Park Laid Out.
An enthusiastic meeting of
Kingstree baseball team was
held Monday night and an organization
effected, with officers
as follows: P H Stoll, manager;
P W Fairey, captain, and J F
Scott, secretary and treasurer.
A uniform was adopted and will
Ku rvrrl 4 *\nr?u ^Th*. fl n .
WV Ul UC1 CU U I \Jl AW* X 1V?1U
monl is being1 laid off by Surveyor
Gourd in and soon the cry
of "play ball!" will resound and
the voice of the "rooter'' will be
heard in the land. There is
some excellent material in town
from which to form a good team
and it is expected that some
tirst rate exhibitions of skill
will b e given at the "park''
during the ensuing season.
ANOTHER NEW ENTERPRISE.
The Klngstree Dry Goods Co. Buys a
Lot With the View of Building.
A stock company has purchased
a lot on East Main street from
L Stackley with a view to erecting
thereon a brick building to
be occupied as a dty goods
store. The style of the concern
is said to be the Kingstree Dry
Goods Co., which, as we are informed,
comprises the following
well known business men:
Messrs E B Rhodus of Greelyville,
J C Graham of Gourdins,
T A Blakeley of Taft and E H
Pringle of Charleston.
Ttoere are Others.
The North Dakota "Flag of
Freedom" regales its readers
with the subjoined pathetic
plaint. There are indeed
"others:"
"It is reported that one of the
fastidious newly married ladies
5f this town kneads bread with
tier gloves on." This incident
may be somewhat peculiar?but
there are others:?
"The editor of this paper
needs bread with his shoes on;
tie needs bread with his shirt
an; he needs bread with his
pants on, and, unless some of
the delinquent subscribers of
this 'Old Bag- of Feedom' pony
up before long, be will need
bread without a damn thing on,
and North Dakota is no Garden
of Eden in the winter time.
JOHNSONYILLE GRADED SCHOOL
Programme pi Closing Exercises to
Take Place Nay 20*21.
Vinters, May 9:?The closing
exercises of Johnsonville Graded
school will be held May 20-21,1905.
Following is the programme of exercises:
Saturday, May 20, 7 pm.
Instrumental Duel, Misses Eva
Venters and Fauuie Newell.
Oratorical Contest for Teachers'
Gold Medal. First speaker, Miss
Feazy Cox, Nathan Hale, the
Martyr Spy. Second speaker, .1 D
Brown, Death Bed of Benedict
Arnold.
Instrumental Duet, Misses Fbrrie
Carter and Anna Clarkson.
Third speaker, Miss Fannie New
ell, Mr Skeptical's Experience,
Fourth speaker, Miss Eva Venters,
Hiawatha's Famine.
Instrumental Duet, Misses Louise
McDaniel and Fannie Newell.
Fifth speaker, J H Wood berry,
Html ??d Talent Sixth speaker,
W D Lowrlmore, Value of Honest
Men. Seventh speaker, Miss Florrie
Carter, The Burning Ship.
Instrumental Duet, Misses Anna
Clarkson and Eva Venters.
Sunday, May 21, 11 a m, Sermon,
Re? L r McGee of Tirumonsville,
SC.
Stole a Valise.
[Sheriff George J*Graham went
up to Florence Monday looking
for Robert Fulton, a young
Kingstree negro who is charged
with stealing a grip from Heller's
stables Joij last Saturday
night, which contained valuable
papers. So far the sheriff has
failed to find the boy, who, it is
thtfught, left town shortly after
the robbery.
Tbe Carolina Field.
The "Carolina Field,"Georgetown's
new industrial paper,
made its lirst appearance last
week, and is characterized by
neat typography and instructive
and interesting reading
matter. Mr James Henry Rice,
the editor, has a reputation for
brilliancy and versatility that
| extends beyond the bounds oi
this State and lie is. withal, especially
well equipped for this
line of work. With this combination
of "Rice-Field" Georgetown
will be heard from.
THEINDIANTOWNAiATOOPERA CO.
Will Give Performance at tooper's
Store on Thursday, May Tk
The Indiantowii Amateur (rpera
Company will give an entertainment
on Thursday night, May 18th, at
Cooper's store, Cooper 1' 0. S C.
Admission, adults 25c; children
15c.
Refreshments, (to he served afterwards)
will be extra.
The public is cordially invited.
The performance will begin promptly
at 8:30 o'clock p in.
Composite-Observation Cars
"Something entirely new has been
placed on the Overland Limited
trains. It is a 'composite-observation'
car. It affords women passengers
an opportunity of enjovincr the
scenery with the greatest comfort
and free from the fumes of tobacco
smoke. Throughout the car there
has been placed a series of steel
arches, which bind sills and sides
together and strengthen the roof in
a muuner whioh renders the car almost
indestructible."?0 h i c a^ o
Chronicle.
The Overland Limited leaves
UnionJPassenger Station, Chicago,
6.05 p. m. daily. Arrives San Franoisco
the third day in time for dinner.
Route?Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific line.
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Rpiininn nf 1QD5?June 14. 15. 16.
Hotels add Accommodations Committee
712 Fourth Street.
Louisville, Ky., May 8, 1905.
To the Adjutants of (J C V
Camps:
Comrades:?In order that we
may be prepared to "are for the
Veterans who will attend the
Reunion in June, certain information
is necessary:
First?We wish to know how
many will come from your
Camp;
Second?How many ladies
will come;
Third?What rate per day do
you desire to pay.
If any want free quarters
write fully about them.
The sooner this information
is furnished us the better it will
be for all; the consignments
will be more satisfactory and
the confusion and delay consequent
upon failure to notify
promptly will be in a large degree
avoided.
We wish to make "the^oys"
comfortable and happy while
here. We intend to do our best
to accomplish this, and we ask
that you will help us by letting
us.know what you want, and
that you will do it now. Do
not put it off. We have much
preliminary work to do, but you
may expect to hear from us
aji'am as soon a* wc die ic^
to begin making assignments.
Yours truly,
Committee on Hotels and Accommodations,
Jos Pettus, Chairman,
712 Fourth Street
Louisville, Ky.
For Sale.
Organ cheap, Apply at this office.
5?11?It,
Hymeneal.
Married, on Thursday, April 20,
1905, by Rev S T Russell, at the
residence of Mr T J Forbes, Sr.,
Miss Leila Forbes and Mr R 1) Mc'
Connell.
(Rev) S T Russell,
Illoomingvale, S C,
May 4, 1905.
\
OVER IN
DARLINGTON COONTV.
HON. J DAVIS CARTER TELLS OF HIS
TRIP TO THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
(Kwrivetl too late for last week's issue.)
Editor County Record:
As I have finished my planting
and crops are lip to good stands, to- :
Inicco all set out, etc., while I am
waiting for the grass to grow some 1
I will write you a few lines,
i First of all, I wish to-suv some- j
thing ahout mv visit to Florence
District, conference, which con veiled ,
:ir. Newman Swamp church, two
miles north of Lamar, Darlingtomr
county, last week. Well, in coim
pany itli my friend and neigh her,
.1 T Faddy, we pulled the lines f
over "Zeb" at Leo at 3 o'clock p.
in. on Friday, the 28 inst, and our t
first stop was live miles west of
Tiinmonsville, at 9 p m, a distance s
of 45 miles. We spent the night
there with relatives, being within ^
six miles of the seat of Conference.
On Saturday morning we drove
? y
over to the church and found the
business of the Conference well-nigh
finish.-d. Ifowever, I met and *
greeted there scores of my friends,
botn preachers and laymen, and en- i
joyed the day very much. Those
fellows over in Darlington feed ?
heavy. t
When I was told that it had
been 23 years since I had been in j,
the Lamar section I was not sur- a
prised at the wonderful development
alon^ all lines. Aside from ^
old Williamsburg I Know of no ^
finer farming lauds anywhere than
those along Sparrow Swamp. I
found eiops no farther advanced v
there than ours in Williamsburg. 0
(Stick a peg here. Those people
aie planting cotton). 1
Well, I can't tell all that I saw li
and heard; but, above all others, I
noticed one thing and that was the v
condition of the public roads?oh c
my, such fine roads they have in
Florence and Darlington counties.
I held old Williamsburg up as hav- j
ing as fine farming lands as any
county in ihe State, but said nothing
about her roads. How long? ^
oh, how long?before I can praise
her roads too?
Well, on Sunday morning I felt v
very unwell and thought it best that S(
I turn my face homeward; so at 10
o'clock I bade my relatives and ^
frieuds goodbye and again pulled
the strings on "Zeb." At 12:30 p e
m we found ourselves at the gate of
that fine old gentleman, J C Lynch, F
and hardly had we entered the par- o
lor when I heard his good lady say:
"Dinner is ready,Calip.'' Well, it's g
no use trying to tell what we found n
on that table. Suffice it to say it
was just gran<L ^
After a good, long rest and chat
we again pulled the lines down and ^
steered onr "ship of the plains" to- "
wards Cowards?a section whose
distinguishing features used to be c
hog-paths, but which now can "boast 0
of good loads?until we reached the d
line and were once move on our native
soil. There my heart wilted p
when the buggy rocked to and fro
and threw mud and day on my
friend's new clothes. Some day,
maybe, we'll have good roads too.
Respectfully yours, 11
J Davis Carter. w
Leo, S C May 1, 1905. ^
Admitted to the Bar.
o
Mr F Will Fairey, who has t
been studying law in the office o
qf J no A Kelley, Esq., for some
time, took his examination before
the supreme court in Columbia
last week and now is en- r
titled to practice at the bar. We s
are pleased to learn that our
young friend contemplates C
"hanging his shingle" to the t
breezes of Kingstree. May the s
winds that blow on the aforesaid
"shingle" ^ favoring (
breezes ynu may n ?n?,r oe con- ,j
spicuously prominAt in the j
sunshine of prosperity^
Ah, these in vis i reads of! <
prejudice and faitlr IIow much \
firmer they bind the slave Jhan ?
do iron clads,
The rich make war to profit, (
and tax labor to pay future in- 1
terest on the bonds. ]
LOCAL 77EMS
OF INTEREST
VAAMAMWWAAMAMAWA
Note Wilkins' big- ad this week,
tlapt J A Kelley is in Charles
ton tnis weeK
Sheriff Burch of Florence was
in Kingstree Monday.
Mr L E Burkett was in town
yesterday from Taft.
i Mrs Marcus has a new ad
this week. Read it.
Dr Cole of Manning visited
riends in Kingstree Sunday.
Mr Wesley Courtney was bit:en
by a dog Tuesday.
Miss Pearl Graham of Cades 1
ipent Friday in Kingstree.
Mr J G McCullough of Benson *
vas on our streets Monday. 1
Mr W E Nesmith of Cades 1
pent yesterday in Kingstree.
Mr W D Snowden was in
tingstree Monday from Benson.
Mr Loufs Sherfesse was noted ,
n totfn several days this week. ]
Messrs H P Brown and G L
>auls were noted in town yeserday.
. i
The "good old summer time*' j
5 upon us with a vengeance all .
t once.
Or Judson Moore and Mr E H ^
lauls of Cades were in town one ^
ay last week.
Mr A Ii Alford of Lake City (
7as a welcome visitor at our
ftice Saturday.
Misses Alice McCullough and t
sla Bryan of Taft were visitors r
i town Tuesday. t
Mr J Tim Carter of Lambert a
,'as in town yesterday and
ailed to see us. t
Capt W D Fitch of Lake City i
ras among the visitors in 1
Cingstree yesterday. c
Mr W D Parsons of Lambert c
ras among the veterans in a
own Memorial day.
Miss Alma Gordon of banes
isited the Misses Jacobs
everal days last week.
s
Ovei 200 people should go a
rom Kingstree on the Pythian j
xcursion Monday week. t
LeRoy Lee, Esq., visited a
'lorence and Sumter Tuesday
n professional business. g
Messrs W J Dunlop and J L i
llakeley of Oak Ridge were f
oted in town yesterday. t
The Messrs Keels have retired T
rom the hotel business and will
eturn to their home in Lynch- ?
urg. 1
Mr R H Graham of Scranton
ailed pleasantly at The Rec- a
kd office while in town Tues- c
ay. j
Mr Carol Burgess, Wilkins' j
opular and efficient salesman, e
i at his fiome at Mouzon on j
ick leave. j
On dit that there will be heard
i town the gladsome peal of g
redding bells ere Jnne's roses' j
loom is shed. ,
Messrs Y E and S L Lifrage,
f the Halters section, were in
own Tuesday attending Memrial
day exercises.
Mr William Lifrage of Alioskie
i C., who is in the ACL raiioad
service as telegrapher,
pent Sunday in town.
Mr C P Hatfield, of the Lake
Mty section, was in town yeserday
and enrolled as* a subcriber
to THE Record.
Messrs Montie Jacobs of
Georgetown and Louis Jacobs
Fr., of Charleston visited their
parents in town Sunday.
Mr R H Footman, one of .
Jreelyville's leading citizens. ,
vas a welcome, caller at our
;am;ti\Tn one day last week.. '
Mr H W Webster and Miss. ]
Jdelle Patrick of Bennettsville
lave been visiting the family of 1
Mr James W Patrick, near town. 1
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ' &
LOCAL REPORTER AND ^
NOTE D
Written in Condensed Form ^ ? 's
and Printed in Like Manner < * *
for the Sake of Our Busy ^
Readers
mmmwrnrnx |
Gen Francis Marion Britton, *
who is always a welcome visitor
among his many friends in
town, was on our streets veater- h
day.
We were the recipient of a *
pleasant visit from our' good
friend. Mr J M Matthews ot
Lake City on Friday of last
week. '.J|
Dr SB W Courtney came over
from Lake City Tuesday night
to see his brother,Mr 8 L Courtney,
who has been sick for several
days.
Clerk B C Whitehead has re- , 5
:eived a check for $3,934 pension
money, which he is ready ^
to (disburse among those entitled
to pensions.
Mr F H Hodge, of Belsers X ^
Roads while in town Saturday, |
favored us with a pleasant visit
and incidentallv extf?nd?i
lis subscription to '06.
Messrs F T Cluverius and 8
W Jennings, who are representng
the Farmers' Stace Union
Hail Insurance Co.,were in town
?everal days this week.
Scranton never does-*things .y
>y halves and it* is expected
:hat she will do herself proud
n the crowd tb$t ?oes to '
Charleston on the 22nd.
Kings tree and Scranton are
enthusiastically at work advertising
the big excursion to be /
un jointly by the two lodges on
he 22nd inst.' Read the large
id which appears this week.
W T Wilkins asks us to say
hat he and his clerks will take"'
n the K of P excursion on 'the
8th. Both his stores will be
losed and he hopes that his
ustomers will take a day off
a ;4-v.
.i^u uv <mu vuc it.uiguia uu
hat occasion.
1
Mr W T Wilkins has bought
rom Mr I A Keels the store at
he corner of Main and Jail
treets, and from Mrs Barr the
idjoining building. The two
ots combined, form one of the "
nost desirable sites in town for
i large mercantile building.
We thank our friend, Mr A C
Stewart, one of Lake: City's
nost successful truck-growers*
or a basket of delicious strawjerries
of his raising, with
vhich he kindly presented the
iditor yesterday while in town
ittending the veterans' meet
"?
At the celebration of the 152nd
inniversary of the Winyah Inligo
Society last week Georgeown
had the honor of enteraining
at the festive board no
ess a personage thanMrSteph;n
Grover Cleveland, the only
iving ex-president of the Unted
States.
Some 'of our. correspondents
?end in thefr news letters as
ate as Wednesday and are
loubtless disappointed when
;hey are not published. As we
lave repeatedly stated yfe canlot
publish communications
:hat reach us later than Tueslay
noon of the week they are
written.
Lake City Lodge Knights of
Pythias will run an excursion
;rom Dillon to Chyleston on
Wednesday, May 31, the proreeds
of which will go towards
;he building of their Castle
Sail. This lodge ran a similar
ixcursion last season, which
proved a great success bo^h in
;he number that participated
ind in the enjoyment afforded,
rhere will be seven coaches and
1 refreshment car. A large crowd
is expected and the committee
will spare no effort to promote /
the pleasure and comfort of
their passengers. ^