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VOL XIX KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 3,1905. W 32.
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( LAKE CITY
HAPPENINGS.:
WHATS DOING IN ABOUT THE CITY? *
V A PICNIC. J
Lake City, Aug 1: ?Prof G T v
Pugh, professor of mathematics a
in Columbia Female College, f<
was in town a part of last week v
in the interest of that school. d
/ Mr B F Brockinton, Jr., of E
Motbridge was noted here n
Thursday. ?
Mr and Mrs Horace Carter of
Darling-ton visited relatives
here some few days ago.
Mrs M A Bass, who has been ^
spending several months with a
relatives in Pensacola, Fla., *
and Geneva, Ala., has returned
home. n
We were indeed glad to see a
again our former fellow-townsman,
Mr J B McCutchen, now
of Latta. He spent more than ^
a week with relatives and old
C
I friends, all of whom were glad
to see him and would be pleased ^
to have here permanently again.
_ \r
We understand that he is doing "
well in his new home, of which
we are glad. *
Mrs Lou H Grimsley of Lanes ^
spent a day or two here last
week. *
h
Mrs A H Williams visited Mrs ft
B M Clements in Darlington ^
last week.
Mr W F L Steele is here from n
Rockingham, N C, looking after j.
the affairs of the Lake City Mfg ^
Co, of which he is the president. n
Work has begun on Mr P D
Cockfield's residence on Valley
street. This is to be a two- ^
storied house of about ten' ^
rooms. p
Mr Bracey of North Carolina 0
RT*?rit Sundav in town. He did n
?f~ - -t I f
not come solely to get a drink i ?
ot artesian water. h
* Mr Chas Burgess returned c
home Friday from his vacation, tl
fi
Supervisor J .T Graham was
noted here Wednesday. '
p
Mr Ira C Gaskins has bought
the Webster house and lot at ?
the southwest corner of Valley ^
and Church streets and will r(
move there at an early date. j(
Great preparations are being b
made for the picnic at Farmers' li
Park nn Antnist 11th. The farm- O
ers who have secured the ground, ii
and are building a nice park, h
are determined to make their e
annual picnic the chief day in tl
the calendar of the years as s
they come and go. It is an oc- 1<
casion to look forward to and a
date from which to reckon otli- s
er events. Ere long the ex- a
pressions, "before the picnic" ji
and "after the picnic" will be|0
the common method of indicat- a
ing the time* of other things, c
this being the most important u
of all. No pains or expense d
wil' be spared to provide in- j
terest, amusement and perfect ^
enjoyment for all, and it is safe a
to predict that, barring some e
calamity, the occasion will be jj
of special importance and pleas- ^
ure. j t
^ _ i J I Y1
ljarry r uirnore got on a orauu ^
new drunk Saturday and con- c
tributed $10 for the public bene- e
fit. Larry is an industriously con- t
stant sinner and has his lapses i
so regularly and often that were
the punishment for his offenses c
arrayed in geometrical progres- ^
sion, he would get a life sen- t
tence within twelve mouths. t
There was a picnic at 1
\ the "African Methodist
church" on the Lake Saturday
and the town treasury was
helped thereby. Sam and Billie
2 Burgess were so enamored of a
& bottle of liquor that they cooed
Wk to each other in the dulcet tones
Wm of a calliope playing the song 1
of a Mississippi river mate to a r
gang of roustabouts and walked J
into each others blooming fea- ?
tures as if such things were .
superfluities. When the collection
was taken up by Intendant ^
Morris they dropped $30.00 into j
the hat. This, however, was
not a contribution to foreign
?Lmgi
nissions.
-Mr M L Webster lias purhased
two lots at the South
rest corner of Lake and Church
treets.
c?: n-tur.. 11 1
oi lviaiuii, ??.uivci muu) auu
ohn Brvant searched a negro
roinan's house a few nights age
nd were relieved of $15 thereor.
They neglected to procure
warrants and have them* enorsed
by the proper officer,
lence they now groan in heaviess
of spirits, but the lightness
f their pockets doth cry aloud
o the crap shooters: "Tarry
ill next pay day."
"he friends of Mr B Wallace
ones, Jr., were very much
larmed about his condition last
reek. The matter was so serious
o him that he called in a trained
urse. After a day of
ssiduous and tender minisration
he so *far recovered
hat the nurse hied herself to
er home in Hampton, whither
e will surely follow soon. "De
umbee riber ain de wild goose
ome," and though he spend
tie winter under Southern skies,
ill wing his Northern liight at
ie breaking up ot tne ice, so
Iso, ;though this young- man
oth tai rv- a season in Lake
Sty he must turn his steps toard
the Hampton fields when
e feels the approach of that
;ver which has nothing of
inship to innocuous desuetude.
The 1st and 2nd Lake City
ines had a match game Friday
ist. It was a daisy. The score
^as 29 to 7 in favor of the first
ine.
Tobacco is coming in no*
eely. There are sales every
ay in all the warehouses and
ig ones often. Last Thursday,
'riday and Saturday all three
f the houses had big sales. The
rices too are very satisfactory.
Iverybody, so far as we have
eard, are highly pleased. The
orps of buyers is the largest in
be history of this ; market and
hings are being made to hum'he
American Tobacco Co., Imerial
Tobacco Co., Continent1
Tobacco Co., The Japanese
kivernment, several indepen
ent manufactures are all repesented
by hustling men. Beles
these there are several who
uy on order. Then there is Wilam
Henry Harrison, the "Bull
f the Woods." Lake City is holdlg
up and will continue to
old up her reputation as the
qual of any tobacco market in
lie State and the superior of
ome that do more blowing but
?ss satisfactory business.
The Enterprise Wood Dispenary
and Chemical Co has, in
dd\tion to the products which
t has all along been turning
ut, gone a step further and is
HHincr th^ ma n nfactiirincr r?f
ertain medicines. It has placed
pon the market a balsom uner
the name of "Southern Pine
lalsam," which lays f claims to
>eing a most excellent remedy
,nd is meeting with favor whenver
introduced. ^Application
las been made for the .registraion
of the trade mark used on
he packages containing this
nedicine. The chemist of this
ompany is now at work on othr
curatives besides a disenfecant
and germacide and as rapdly
as perfected these articles
rill be given to the public. Why
:annot we have right here in
Yilliatnsburg an establishment
hat manuf ictures many of the
uost useful and commonly used
emedies. Now the North and
Vestg-et the monev we spend
o ? * *
or these things. Had we not
>etter keep this money at home':
WLB
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Letter*, Science, Engineering. One scholar,
tip giving free tuition to each county of Sout)
"arolina. Tuition $40. Board and furnishet
oom in Dormitory $10 to $12 a month. All can
li lutes for admission are permitted to compleh
or vacant Boyce scholarships which j>ay $10<
l year. For catalogue, address
HARRISON RANDOLPH,
"-20-41 President.
[t will wash and not rub off
This complexion all envy me
Its no secret so I'll "tell %
Take thou Rocky Mountain Tea
Lake City Drug Company.
i,
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GREELYVILLE GLINTS.
, Newsy Letter From our Busy
Writer.
Gre.slyville, July 31: We
have beeii blessed with several
good showers and the crops
look very much refreshed. If
there is a good crop made, our
merchants expect to do a big
business this fall. They are
{retting1 in goods in larger lots
than ever before. They must
think people will have plenty
* - -'a. .1 1 4-U ?
or time 10 sll uowii, uy liic
, quantity of chairs bought?our
firm having bought a solid carload
of chairs alone.
The picnic by the two Sunday
schools on |last Thursday was
quite a success and was enjoyed
by old *and young alike. The
rain caused the crowd to break
up sooner than it would
otherwise have done, but alter
the rain was .over there was a
game of ball between the local
nine and the married men in
which the old men were defeated
by a score of 3 to 20. The
best of humor prevailed and
both players and spectators enjoyed
the fun.
Nearly all of Greelyville
went to Corinth Sunday to hear
the Rev Mr Bartha, an evangelist
from'Virginia. It being the
fifth Sunday,there was no preach
ing here.
Some mention was made in
this correspondence sometime
ago of Mr EdwaidSpann'scrop.
At that time I had only seen his
crop from the public road. Since
then I have had the pleasure of
visiting Mr Spann's place and
of going over his crop and I
must say it is the finest I have
seen anywhere. He jhas forty
acres of cotton of the latest improved
King and cluster varieties
from which he expects to
get fifty bales and I expect he
will get them. He also has
some young corn that with favorable
seasons will make forty to
fifty bushels to the acre and the
condition the whole crop is in
shows that Mr Spann is a hustler.
Messrs C E Hilton and R B
Hogan visited Charleston and
the Isle of Palms Monday.
The Rev Mr Justus, pastor of
the Methodist church in Kingstree,
spent about two hours in
our town this morning. This
was his first visit and he seemed
very much pleased with what
i he saw of Greelyville.
Mr W H Spratt of Foreston
: was in Greelyville to-day.
Mr M D DcLorme has secured
the services of young Mr Westcoat
of Walterboro. He began
working in the store this morh
-1 ?1 _ J
ing. we are always giau iu wn1
come young men among us and
we hope his stay here will be
[ so pleasant and profitable that
he cannot be induced to leave
us again.
Mr and Mrs T W Boyle have
gone on a visit to Mrs Boyle's
daughter in Alabama. Mr Boyle
L expects to be back in about ten
days. Mrs Boyle will stay
L longer. Vidi.
As to a Presbyterian Manse.
At the Manse building meeting
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning although a very
' small number of the members
of the church was present, the
1 the sum of $263 was subscribed
towards the buildintr of said
5 manse or parsonage, with the
^ promise of more from others
^ this and next week. Members
^ of Union and Central churches
; will no doubt help also, as it
will be their manse as well as
ours, only giving the pastor of
the group of churches a home
at the county seat, with the ad.
vantages and conveniences of
J life in a good sized town.
Many can help in work, haul:
ing, lumber, brick paint, etc.,
who may not be able to give
much, if any, ready money. No
doubt, many of other denominations
w< uld be glad to con'
tribute to such a worthy purpose
4 ?it being indirectly, if not directly,
for the good of the pub.
V ' ' v ?'
' .
lie at large?a manse being al I
solutely necessary to the secui 1
ing and keeping of a pastor
i The church wants a iarge lious
?two to four rooms of whic <
with folding doors?so as t >' i
!have a large reception room for
church sociables, etc. So come
; up good people with your encouragement
in a substantial ]
way and let's show other towns
what Kingstree can do when c
there is concert of action among
her people. r
1 Cnntol Iffiir
n oubiai nuuu. j
There was a "Book Party" t
given at the residence of Mr II ,
D Keddick Friday evening
by Miss Annie Reddick, |ompli
raentary to her visiting^friend c
Miss Sadie Johnson of Florence. (
The following were the invited J
guests:? 1
Miss Massey Lee Estes?To:n 1
Mct'utchen.
Miss Lila Hammet?Ernest ^
Evans. A
Miss Florle Jacobs?Benton
Montgomery. ^
Miss Cora Daniel?J H Mc- *
David. *
Miss Odessa Montgomery?
Louis Stackley. ^
Miss Thetis Stackley?R K | ^
Wallace. I 1
Miss Louise Harper?Ernest
Epps. '
Miss Flossie Harper?Peal *
Epps.
Miss Nita Whitehead?Gay *
Justus. *
Miss Jiramie Britton? Lam.ir
Montgomery. f
Miss Sadie Meyer??Gus Justus
Miss Mamie Montgomery? a
Harry Britton. f I
Miss Mabel Snider?Heyward *
Scott. I
Each young lady was dressed *
to represent a book?guesses
were made of the book she rep- c
resented. Misses Thetis Stack- s
ley and Nita Whitehead tied for
the first prize?it was won by *
Miss Thetis Stackley. Miss *
Mamie Montgomery got the ^
booby prize. Misses Florie
Jacobs, Lila Hammet and Louise *
Harper tied for the consolation 1
?? T TT i
prize?MJSS .una nammet re
ceived the same.
Miss Flossie Harper's "book'' 1
was the hardest to guess. It i
was "All Sorts and Conditions \
of Men." j
Along with this mental food?
interspersed with music on the .
piano by Misses Jacobs, Daniel
and Flossie Harper, delicious 1
refreshments were served?in
the shape of ice cream, cakes,
candies, figs and peanuts?up
to a late hour?when a reluctant
good night was said to the
honored guest and most pleasant 1
and able hostess?all present 1
voting the evening one of un- <
alloyed pleasure, and wishing .
for many more occasions of like
character.
COX CULLINGS
Persoaal Paragraphs Picked Up By 1
a Cox Correspondent. i
Cox, July 31?We had a fine *
rain Friday afternoon and crops 1
are looking much better. 1
Mrs A S Stewart has returned >
to her home at Effinghiin after
spending several days with rel- t
atives here.
Mr and Mrs Oxam Cusaac of
Sardis visited relatives here last c
week. '
Mr and Mrs M D Myers of *
Beulah were the guests of Walter i
Cox's family recently. t
Mr and Mrs M H Hicks of r
Cowards were here yesterday. a
Ezra White of Beulah is visit- j
ing relatives here.
Mr and Mrs Homer Single- ^
tary of Liberty were the guests
of LN Jones' family here yes- a
1 terday. ?
Miss Emily Cox has returned tl
from a pleasant visit to rela- v
tives at Beulah. e
Mrs (? C L Cox and children f
of Lucile were here last week. ^
Mr and Mrs R B Myers of
! Friendtield were the guests of Mrs
J D McGee Sunday. 0
Mr and Mrs Nesmith of Lake "
City spent Sunday with J B
Parrot's family. t
| John M Myers visited relatives c
at Elim last week. * ^
Several of our folks attended \
the old soldiers' reunion last n
week atBeulah and express them
selves as having had a very I
: pleasant time. i
1 Clara Belle. r
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VEWSV LETTER
FROM Ml.
i FEW DOTS PICKED UP BY OUR HUSTLING
CORRESPONDENT AROUND
SCRANTON.
Sckanton, Aug. 1: Miss
jula Byrd returned to Harts,'ille
last week after spendingleveral
days in town with pa on+?:
arifl fripnHe
The Bethlehem Union Meetng
convened here Friday ard
:ontinued until Sunday. There
vere many delegates and visit>rs
from all portions of th^
:ounty. The services were cow
lucted by Revs Truluck and
Evans, which made the meeting
:ery interesting. The next
Union will go to Parum church.
Miss Annie Coker of Lynch
risited friends in town last
veek.
Mises Minnie and Leila Byrd,
vho have been spending some
ime with friends at North, re:urned
home Monday night.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Hill of
lake City were in town last
veek as the guests of Mr Wins
uw ?*rigm.
Mr Corlie Ward and ? Brown
?ere in town Saturday from
jYiendfield.
Miss Ola Coward and brother,
Jonnie, of Effingham were in
own Tuesday morning.
Miss Addie Cann.m visited
/
riends gi Lake City this week.
Mrs W W Graham of Cowards,
iccompanied by her two accomjlished
daughters, Misses Ber;ie
and^Maitie, was noted shopping
on our streets Monday afernoon.
Misses Belle and Sue Carter
:ame over from Lake City for a
ihort while Monday afternoon.
Miss Nina Baker is in town
his week visiting her sister,
diss Ozela who is confined to
ier bed with malaria fever.
Miss Lillian Poston, one of
Howard's charming young
adies, was in town Saturday ot
ast week.
Mr M R Matthews visited pa ents
and friends at Cowards
Sunday. He likes them so well
hat it trw-ilr him until Mondav
norning before he could return.
Miss Estelle Coward spent
ast week with friends and rela:ives
at Cowards. M R M.
A Bispeisary Advocate's Views.
Editor County Record: Ever since
he fall of nfan sin has existed in the
rorld iu one |form or another.
Whether the world has grown better
>r worse during the thousands of
rears that have elapsed?since Adam
ras driven from Eden, it is not the
jroviace of this article to say; the
fact remains that there is a great
ield of work to be accomplished before
sinful men are all gathered
within the fold of Christ. Man is
>rone to do evil, and the gospel of
nghieousuess is i he only means that
will save him from his sins. No
ivstem of legislation will do it.
One of the great evils that curse
he world is intemperance. This is
m axiomatic proposition. Men will
Irink whiskey no matter whether
hey live in Kansas,Maine or South j
Carolina. This is because no law
s effective that goes beyond the
emper of the times and the sentineut
of the people. Prohibition is
i theory and not a practical actual
ty except wheu it is sanctioned by
he awakened conscience of the inlividnal
himself. It would be just
s rational to undertake to eradicate
,ny other evil by law as to cure a
leprured appetite of the thirst for
whiskey by the same remedy. In
ither eas? the effort would be a
ailure. You cannot legislate society
into people any more than
ou can morality. The saving grace
f the gospel is the only efficacious
ntidote for this molal malady.
There is a movement now on foot
o vote che dispensarJ ut of the
ounty. It is argq^lthat the dislensary
corrupts public morals, dejauches
men and endangers society,
["hese are general propositions apdicable
alike to the whiskey busi*
iess under any form of management,
ro close the dispensary will not put
#
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whiskey beyond the reach of the
people, and the result sought by the
prohibitionists will not be accomplished
in this way. i
It takes only 24 hours to get a l
jug from North Carolina, and in- <
stead of beiug satisfied with a small j
bottle of dispensary whiskey, a gal- I
lou or more will be ordered, and 1
what is not needed for "personal i
use'" will be dealt ouf'on the quiet" I
to ready purchasers, thus adding to I
the evil of intemperance the cognate '
crime of illicit selling. This was '
the case before the dispensary was <
established and it is fair to assume
that ths same condition will obtain
after it is abolished, perhaps in a
magnified form.
^ In view of this state of affairs the i
question suggests itself, "what good
will be accomplished by the abolition <
of the dispensary, and who will enforce
the law if the dispensary is
voted out, and if it is enforced i
at all who will pay for its enforce- i
ment? The occasional visit of a dispensary
constable will not be suf- i
ficieut and few people are willing
to incur the odium of playing the
"spy act" on their neighbors. i
Again, what will become of the
profits ("blood-mouey" if you will),
arising from dispensary sales? Will
it a:crue to the school fund ot the
county or will it go to enrich the
distillefs and dealers of North Carolina?
How many thousand doll.irs
will the county lose per annum in
this way, and how will the deficiency
be raised? If whiskey is such a
prolific source of crime, how will
the cost of our criminal courts be
paid after our people have ceased to
drink dispensary "booze" and substituted
"Mountain dew" from
North Caroliua? These are questions
that should be of interest to
the tax-payers.
Here are some figures reproduced
from the last annual reDort of the
t *
commissioner of internal revenue for
the fiscal year ending June 30,1904.
These figures speak for themselves
and show how "prohibition prohibits:"
"Retail liquor dealers in Kansas,
2,862; wholesale liquor dealers, 23;
brewers,2; retail dealers in malt liq- i
uors, 335; wholesale dealers in malt
liquors, 108.
"In Maine the figures are: Retail
liquor dealers, 430; wholesale 1
liquor dealers, 5; brewers, 3; retail
ilauUra in mftlr lmrmrfl SSR* whole
I UVWIVi o 111 UIHiV Il^uvtwj WV) ( aawav
sale dealers in malt liquors, 22.
"Now, in neither of these states
can liquor be soli as a beverage, under
the law.
In South Carolina the figures are: <
"Retail liquor dealers, 512; wholesale
liquor dealers, 7; brewers, 1; retail
dealers in malt liquors, 55; ,
wholesale dealers in malt liquors, 9.
Of course, in South Carolina
there are a large number of beer
privileges, and all dispensers take
out United States licemes. These
have to be deducted from these figures
to show how many blind tigers
we have in this State.
They have prohibitory laws in
Kansas and Maine, but judging from
the above figures they don't have
prohibition. Poor old South Carolina,
with that horrible incubus, the
dispensary, saddled on her, is to be
congratulated on not playing the
howling farce presented by these
prohibition States.
The objection urged by many
against applying dispensary profits
("blood-money") to the cause of education
is anything but rational.
There is no moral nor sane reason
why this mony should not be applied
to a good cause. If it is true that
two eoual opposing forces produce a
neutral effect, then it logically follows
that the use of the dispensary
profit ia the cause of education will re ?
suit in an educated sentiment against
the evils of intemperance, a sentiment
which will eventually crush
the dispensary out of existence, and
which the institution itself had been
indirectly instrumental in piopagating.
There certainly cannot be any j
valid o jection to the dispeusary
placing a cudgel in the hands of its J
enemies to break its own head, if we
w 'iild destroy it. But the whole- "j
some s ejn t i m e n t of temperance
is not the product
of a day, but the growth of a gen- '
eration, and until, it has attained |
maturity we cannot hope to see the
reform accomplished which the prohibitionists
are seeking to bring J
about .
This article is not written tc/eon
done the evils of the dispensary. I
admit it has bad as well as good f?n- v
tures. Nobody, not even its most
ardent advocates, claim that thesys- ?
tem is perfect. But as the eolation.
Df a problem that has baffled ths
genius of the ablest thiniceis for all
time, it is the best that has ever
been devised. It. handles whiskey
under restrictions and regulations
that elimiaate the obnoxious features
of the old barroom system, obviates
the "wide-open" conditions
which obtaiu wherever the mockery
af prohibition prevails.
Citizen. - j
Magistrate Mores His Office.
Magistrate R K Wallace has
moved his place of holding court
to the third floor of the "Gourdin-Gamble
sky-scraper." .We
will now, far from the tramping
crowd,hear the eloquence of
our young barristers, the lucid
charges of Hizzoner to the jury
and his stern sentences to the
dungeons below?the while tempering
mercy with justice, where
possible. A gown, a gown, for T
our Judge a gown!
Progressive Kiogstree.
Another new store in town,
Scott & Jacobs. Messrs W R
Scott and M H Jacobs are the
members of the firm. They will
hold forth in the building next
to the P 0., lately vacated by
ID C Atr Jri/\ TViaff Will
i O wui lucjf ut vu. a uwj nm
carry several lines of goods?
may open up next week. Mr
Montie Jacobs will be the manager?Mr
Scott continuing in
the cotton seed busiuess. May j
good fortune attend them.
Through an ovei-sight the
Quarterly report of Bank of
Lake City tailed to appear in
last week's issue of The record.
Statement of
The Bank Of Lake City,
Lake City, -S. C.
At the Close of Butinest July IS, 1906.
Resources. j
Loans ami Discounts $56,199.95.
Furniture and Fixtures 848.84.
Cash and in Banks 11,898.14.
$68,831.53/^
Liabilities.
Capital stock Paid in $90,000.00. j
Undiv'd ProgU ex. Paid 5.149.98.
Deposits 43,188.00.
$68,881.98.
State ot South Carolina, 1
County ?f Williamsburg.J
Personally appeared before me E.W.
Yates, of the Bank of Lake City, who
on oath says that the above statement
is correcr to the best of his knowledge
and belief. E. W. Yates, Cashier
Sworn to before me this 24th day of
Tillv 1905 W. J. McALISTKB.
Notary Public.
Oorrect-AtU^jAH^,.
Dr M D Nesmith will be absent
from his office irom July 30 until
August 0th.
To start the day with a wine
glass of SHAW'S PURE MALT
gives vigor to carry on your
work; to end it with the same is
to help nature recuperate. For
sale at the Dispensary.
Ml III Mil
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Land You Want ToSell?_saSssr
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Interest to Write
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