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VOL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 15, 1907. NO. 32
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IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
IHTEfESTiNG LETTEIFIOIIET. E. E.
Elm TEUJRS ABOUT THE REI
ODNTAIII REMIT.
Montreat, N C, August 6:?
Dear Mr Editor: If you will give
space in The Record to some
notes of my mountain sojourn, I
am sure some of your readers
will be interested, and it will
save me the labor of writing
several letters to friends of
yours and mine who wish to
know something of this resort.
Mnntreat?controlled bv the j
Mountain Retreat Association?
I is situated between two mounlain
ranges; with very little val*
By space along a small stream, i
Bis named Flat Creek, a tribuBry
to Swananoa river. Visi- j
Brs leave the Southern RailBy
at Black Mountain station,
Ixteen miles east of Asbeville,!
md go north by back from two |
|> three miles?tor Montreat is)
strung out." Two large hotels j
tee each other across the creek j
Jhree miles from the station,
pn the east of the creek, and to
lie rear of the new hotel, is the
tabernacle, at present a large
fent, with a seating capacity of
ibout a thousand. It is lighted
Iy electricity. People are comig
and going all the. time. I
ave met old friends not only
*om tbeCarolinas and Virginia,
at from Missouri, Kentucky,
Jabama and Florida, and there
are people here from other
States. The statement is made
that* Montreat, alone of the
mountain resorts, has been over
crowded this summer. The
present management took hold
only two years ago, and have
done too much advertising for
their capacity of accommodation.
Consequently everything
is at a high price, and they who
cater to the public have a time
getting the essentials of good
o o
house keeping. However the
place has great promise. Investors
are looking up their
lots, and cottages are springing
up in the brush: thesound of the
saw and hammer are heard on
every band, and many people
are living in tents in the wild
wood. By next summer you may
^ nlanftf nf rAAm
WUi^ aau uuu ^iva wj va i
and whatever style of accommodation
you prefer.
There is a religious atmosphere
about the place, the Montreat
idea being Christian upA
lift along with physical recuperation
and recreation. The imprimatur
of the Presbyterian
General Assembly has been placed
upon it. Many of our leading
men are here, or have been;
and there are schools, or courses
of lectures on many phases of
church work and enterprise,
stereoptican views, music, etc.,
' SUMJV
ER GOES UP OUR PRICES
PANTS
t If it is a Bargain in pants
. you want; we are closing out
cL- if nnh<acirH nf
* L/Ui tiling jiv/vn <?i uiiiivhiw v>
* low prices; also Overalls,
Summer Underwear, etc.
'EOPLE'f
and the social feature is of the
best. People who do not like
deep draughts of any of the
above can commune with nature
from the secure precincts of a
first-class civilization. I was
not able to attend all the exer
cises Sunday, but was at the
regular forenoon and afternoon
services.
Yesterday I "took up with" a
family party on the trail to
Graybedrd mountain, above Ithe
waters of Flat Creek. While
we were viewing the vast expanse
with Mount Mitchell on
the farthest horizon, a party of
young people, chaperoned by a
L 1 r m
| icacuer iiuui uuaimiic, j/as-itu
o/erthe very summit on the
trail for that distant peak.
They that rode, bestrode their
sluggish mules like men and
went apparently head-foremost
down the steep descent into the
dense laurel thickets. For hours
we kept watch to catch glimpses
of the winding siugle-file
caravan as it^emerged into open
| Notice To :
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| Shrewd :
j Buyers. j
| Our buyer has secured?
ia lot of clothing by which
I will gain your trade and I
| | you will save money.
! tThis year's goods andj
latest styles, J
| Drummers'
Sample Suits. \
WORTH $12.00 TO *15.00
J OUR PRICE *9.50. 1
l ODD COATS OF $15.00
[ * AND $18.00 SUITS
$5.00 PER COAT. I
ODD PANTS $4.00 t '
{ AND $5.00 GOODS *
$3.00 PER PAIR. J
i i km ;
I LflULUy I
i EMBROIDERIES, !
1 RIBBONS. j
At Reduced Prices. I
|
IJ.lEron!
: The Bargain Specialist, t
| Kingstree,
i s-c- I
lEREi
SHIRTS
New line of Neglige
Shirts just in,
latest fashionable
patterns, and a Newest Collar fo;
Spring *Y?chttea1
select line of is ? tt/Uah. comtori
ahia oollar like on
NECKWEAR.
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KINGSTREE, SOI
spaces on the distant ridges.
The last we saw of the party?
which we could discern only be-;
cause there was a white mule
and one or two white dresses in
the party?they were mounting;
up the steep ascent of "The
Pinnacle of the Blue Ridge'' and
were lost to sight in a cloud, j
Soon we were enveloped in the j
same, and turning from this utmost
boundary of the Montreat
territory made our way home in
| BUGC
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1====== AN
LESS H
M. F. H
hat on hand a Jarge stock
and on easy terms, to malt
tor CALL AND !
7-ll-4t
| Tobacco
=an
| Ever]
^ Our store is coir
^ both banks?only a
5 Farmers & Merchant;
^ down same street; and
^ Bank of Lake City.
^ Be sure to come tc
^ after the sale, get
| SOMETHIT
^ to drink and take a re;
^ cool place, and you ar<
$ U If your eyes are ?
Ible, don't tail to see u:
with any kind of
SPECTA
or glasses you may ne
that head-ache you an
Special agent for
spectacles and framei
Also have a big fresh lot <
INTERNATIONAL
Get a package for your h
BURDUCO L1V
surpasses all other for man.
Get a can of GO-FLY to k
this hot weather: 25 and 50
NO ONE will ap
more than
d. B. Di
PHYSICIAN AND
| III LAKE CI
xMAAMMMAAMMAAMMM>
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How Many AS THb TH
H Trips to the
M Laundry? CUFF S
W Corliss- and Collars. We
W Coon ..? have a most com- i
Collars^ plere line cf the
> ootwur otters. famous Corless"
Mark tbni and
M^TbayaraaM* Coon goods a I ways
f bettaraod ban _..
ocfcinalatjte- IN STOCK.
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LJTH CAROLINA.
rain and mud. But when I had
finished my six mile tramp down
and was * comfortably housed,
with dry warm clothing, you
will not blame me for thinking
kindly of the summer-clad girls
on the mountain trail destined
to camp in the wild wet woods
without even the shelter of a
teat over their heads.
Yours truly,
E E Ervik.
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> our store before or ^ T
COLD fl<
>t. We have a neat, S (
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iving you any trou- i 1
s. We can nt you S J
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ed. and oerhaos stoo i i
i always'having. * ^ [
Hawke's Celebrated > r
.'stock food < 1
orse or mule. ^
ER POWDER ^ '
eep the flies off your horse ^ ,
cent sizes. ^ J
predate your trade ^ a
iRANT, 1 \
| PHARMACIST. < .
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*GAIN
ERMOflETER GOES UP <
CROCERIE S
We keep alwavs on hand
CHOICE
FRESH
GROCERIES
which we deliver in any part
of town.
OMPAN^
LAKE CITY'S SPLENDID
TOBACCO MARKET.
NEARLY A MILLION POUNDS BOUGHT
IN LITTLE OYER A MONTHPERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS.
Lake City, August 13:?Miss
Allie Hemmingway of Sballotte,
N C, is visiting at Mr J M Sturgeon's.
A C Hinds, Esq., came up from
Kingstree Friday and spent the
J - ** J- rtn r?rr?fe?eir?na 1
uay iu
business.
Messrs S W Gowdy and J C
McElveen went down to Sullivan's
Island Saturday for some
fun and a few needed baths.
Mrs L 0 Holloway is back at
home from a stay in DurhaSi, N.
C.
Mrs H Nachman left Friday
for New York where she will
spend a month.
Dr and Mrs H L Baker and
children are on Pawiey'8 Island.
Mrs L G Atkinson is having a
pleasant time with friends in
Wadesboro, N C.
It is rumored that Judge
Green will go to Hendersonville
- ? il. j ? rpi,
imiCdU UI WilC ' isiauu. iuio
may be true, but we don't believe
it. The "bear dance" is
impossible in the mountains.
Mesdames Cantey Mouzon and
Emma Fluitt, of Kingstree, and
Mattie Littiefield of New York,
spent Thursday with Mr and
Mrs J M Sturgeon. While here
they attended the tobacco sales,
which was quite interesting and
;njoyable to these ladies. To
Mrs Littiefield the visit was a
'home coming." She is a grandlaughter
of the late Aaron F
iraham, who owned at least
jalf of the land on which this
:own is built and for whom it
vas first named "Grahams." At
:he time of the suit between
2bas. McAlister and Aaron F
Jraham in the early seventies,
o establish lines, these two
nen owned every bit of this
and, and their names ought to
>e so connected with the town
hat they will never perish,
dr McAlister's name survives
n "McAlister street," but the
lame of Graham is attached to
lothing. Therefore we suggest ;
hat the square upon which will
>e the public buildings, offices, 1
;tc., shall be forever known as 1
'Graham Square." 1
Clerk H 0 Britton and Treas. j
r W Cook were here Thursday
md had a pleasant day. They '
ittended the tobacco sales and
mjoyed it. These sales are
mique, exciting and interesting.
Co our home people they pre- \
ient no new features because we .
< I
iave grown so accustomed to
:hem and their daily recurrence
DRIVE
OUR PRICES GO DOWN.
ALWAYS FRESH
Try Kurnell's Blend Roasted
Coffee-five full pounds
for a dollar.
Butter and* Cheese in cold
storage?always fresh.
na^mamtmrn
(,
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that we have almost ceased to
notice them, yet they are brimful
of life, zest and entertainment,
and an hour spent under
the sonorous and stentorious
'biddie, biddie, biddie" of the
auctioneer and the "come in
thar, boys" of the warehouse
men, is warranted to drive dull
care away and give an added
incerest to life. \ -j
'
And Lake City is making
good. A few weeks ago when
our article with reference to the
tobacco crop and the expectations
of this market appeared
some said "eras," while others
cried out 4'hot air." The "gas"
was the gas of the motor of the
century and the hot air was that
of the rock drill. We really
claimed too little instead of too ->
much. Last Thursday there
was sold upon the floors of three
warehouses eighty, -thousand
pounds of tabacco while Friday's
handlings went fifty-five
thousand more. Some of this
brought 40 cents a pound. Saturday
nine solid car loads,ninetyeight
thousand pounds, went off
+ * * 1 ll_ - A 1. 1
Dj treigni ana taai too was seat
by only two buyers, largely* <
The market has been open only
a little over a month this season
and yet this town has handled
very nearLy a million pounds! f.
These statements sound big and
they are big, but they are real,
and the proof is challenged.
Some of the "decrepts" of thef \
business are blowing and wtynt-ri
ling to keep up their courage .
but they may as well knqpkjjjuv.. ^
der now as they will have ti>|a^ '
?. ,
W. L. B) | J.
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Announcement
The Cotton Gins at Kingstree
are. now being overhauled and
will soon be ready to gin all the
cotton that can be brought to
them from a radius of ten
miles.
The large Ginnery at the Oil
Mill is being remodeled and a
house added, and this ginnery
will turn out a bale every ten
minutes.
The down-town Ginnery,
which has established a reputation
for itself in the past, will
turn out a bale every twenty
minutes. So no one need have
-nip (flip rtf Koino .
ill J, 1^?1 ? ? J
The Kingstree Cotttoa Market
is known to be the best in
the country, and the Oil Mill will
pay the highest cash price for ~
your seed and give you the best
trade on Meal and Hulls.
SOUTH ATLANTIC OIL CO.
r-25-tf.
Bad sick headaches, biliousnsae
jr constipation are quickly relieved
by DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Small pill, sure pill?prompt and
pleasant in action. Sold by W L
Wallace, M D.
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