The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 08, 1908, Image 5
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LIFE AND TIMES IN LAM MY.
State Suyt. Martin Interns Frnlyht
Cars DcrattiiiJ -Tsfeistirne torn
pnny Fi'rraeri.
La KM I'm. V.ty('. Mr- il V
Epps h:ov<:l \ !wt 'nil <_ lu?y.
Httyn>\vorlh. !>. c'c from J h
' Hop kir.s hospital a ew days
ago. The o >er tl->n upon t::
little fellow, w.i di v..-s fi a
fibrous ?frowth ;.i ti'c pu*?uu'es
jfcading fro;a Li" inner ea:* to
J the roof of the mouili, \va> it
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success ant! n s now jn.-tLng
well rapidly.
Hon O i'? Martin, State super
intend nt of education, *as
Friday night and dehvered
a thoughtful lecture on editcation.
Although ttie hour was
late, lie coming on the down
train which arrives near i?
nVlock. the auditorium contain
ed a very good audier.ee.
On Thursday morning just before
daylight there was a little
wreck in the upper end of town.
Ik An axle on one of the cars of
ft the through freight snapped
ft just as the train was crossing
ft the lake. Two or three cars
ft were thrown from the track and
B into the big ditch near where it j
Bra empties into the lake. No one
Eft was injured. Train 85 was de- j
ft layed until about 7:30, when
the wrecking crew cleared the
track.
' Some young men come here I
HKo regularly and frequently j
that to mention the fact every
B time would be like a "standing
B ad," running from week to week
Hm right on. For instance,as regu- |
B larly as Sunday comes train 80
H brings a certain young fellow
B from Kingstree. Now ask him!
ft about it, and we bet he will
B grin and deny it.
ft W I. Bass, Esq., and daughter
ftf Miss Sallie, were in Columbia a
B part of last-week.
I The teachers ana pupns are
getting- ready for the closing
exercises of the graded school, !
which commence on the 22nd j
instant. The programme will j
cover about three days. Hon ;
John Gary Evaris will deliver!
the literary address.
Mr E D Smith was here a
short while one afternoon last
week. He was really astonished
at the growth and prosperity
of the town and surrounding
country.?
St James Baptist church, j
H which is about ten miles irom
H here in the edge of Sandy Grove:
township, will be dedicated in a
short while, the meeting house j
being about completed.
B The Lake City Telephone
^ Company is now being formed,'
I the books of subscription hav- j
I ing been opened last week. The
company will take over the lo
cal system, now owned by
K Messrs Flowers and Oliver, and
m will secure and put in good conR
dition the country lines centering
here and will build lines to
Florenoe, Kingstree, Sumter
and Georgetown. This will
p certainly be a great thing for
this country and should meet
with encouragement of genuine,
1 substantial kind.
Mr Lewis E Woods of Sumter,
stenographer of this circuit, is
in town this week. Mr Woods
is thinking of making his home
| here and is investigating the
I -f^^ituation with that end in view.
I 'He and his family will be corj
diallv welcomed, should they
r deride to east their lot in here.
(And Lake City is going to
have a basket and crate fac'
tory and right away, too.
^Messrs Rodgers and Wells have
already bought the neccessary
machinery and it will be instal 1ed
this week. They will manufacture
all kinds of strawberry
crates and cups, baskets and
carriers for beans, cucumbers,
' ? _ i _ A _ a r?
m canteiopes, etc. a strong nrm,
ft which will be the selling agents,
ft has been formed. It is estimatB|
ed that at least fifty thousand
ft bean baskets will be furnished
hv tliis concern ilieTirst
T!ii? i- exactly one of tir
taints t'le country )
tones that /r
i"!n (1 ?.?invert nia >
>!! to wa>ie !
o>:!:r?!Tci;tl v.
11-.. >-.-;vse in sera.Is
* ot i .V t;i tfs i o
?' irvier> \\ hen m -, ?
jus ;t> veil ; n?i as cb?
!v ri-hl 1-m'O a1 !u?inc r
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:?oi io Bankurs.
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er.< .ion:
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ion. . /.atioa *?t the o<>
Ton u" sperfectinir a
tem o. \ warehouses
through \viii. """Vide ami >el!
their product di.
ners, thereby savi.
missions ami salam
vast armv of cotton bll\
enormous rakeoff of the.
street speculators, as well as I
the millions of dollars annually
spent wiring and cabling cotton
quotations. The system will at
once offer profitable investment
to Southern capital in holding
cotton forced upon the market
under lien. This can be held in
the bonded warehouses until
needed by the spinners, which
will inure to the mutual benefit
to planter and the capitalist by
retaining in the cotton growing
States the wealth produced and
placing them in the position
that soil and climate demand
tnat mey occupy, nameiy: a.
money center instead of a prey
to gamblers.
Some of us are producing- on
our own farms our meat, grain
and bay. Others have prepared
to do so this year, and have on
hand a remnant of last year's
crop of cotton, which we do not
want forced into the hands of
Northern speculators at a price
below the cost of production,
during the temporary depressed
condition of the mills.
We therefore solicit your as
sistance in holding this cotton
until needed by the spinners.
We, the farmers needing this
assistanceshall make our wants
known to you in our respective
localities. T C Willoughby
Member of Special Finance
Committee.
Iosist upon DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. There are substitutes, but
there isolny one original, It is healing,
soothing and cooling and is especially
good for piles. Sold by
W L Wallace.
RESOLUTION.
Adopted oy toe state ooara 01 taacatioo,
March 31, 1908.
"Whereas, the danger of loss of
life by fire is ever present in all oui
public schools, now, therefore, be it
resolved:
"Section 1. That it is the sense
of this board that in any and all
public school buildings iu this
State, it is the imperative duty of
trustees, or others charged with the
construction of such buildings, to
make such adequate previsions for
theescapeof thepupilsand teachers
therefrom in case of fire, as will coyer
any and all contingencies that
may arise, and this board recommends
that all doors of entrance and
exit to such buildings, as well as
doors to hallways and class rooms,
be made to open outwards, and that
ample fire escapes from any upper
story of any such school building be
permanently attached thereto and
made part thereof.
"Section 2. That in all public
buildings now in use in this State,
not equipped with the safeguards
against loss of life by fire, as set out
in section 1 hereof,that it is the im
J..l _r iv. t. a. r v.
uuij ui me trustees ui uucu
schools to provide such safeguards
without delay.
Section 3. That this board further
rceommends that tire drills be
practiced at least once a month in
all of our schools and that the teachers
and spuerintendents of said
schools be requested to carry out
this recommendation,
"Section 4. That copies of this
resolution be sent to the various city
and county superintendents of education
of this State for distribution
among the trustees of the various
schools of the State."
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Messrs F W 1
H Fair, W ^
ed by the fouu\
als: K H Rhodus,
Sr.,K II Footm
Our quiet lr
Hope had qui
ence Friday wuen
hicles from Kingst
with a score or mor?
some youngs men, and
equal number of the f;
fair young ladies, fc ]
Kingstree is noted, arr
to take part in the b,
rr^t XT' . .1 n .1 i
rne ivingsiree uraueu uvi,
Amusement Co.gave a very nic.
play at the town hall that night \ j
which was a treat to the large j ^
audience. The)* raised about1 j
$30.00 for their ball team. Your ^
correspondent was not at either ^
of the games of ball between .
Kingstree"and Greelyville Sat- ^
urday, so will not attempt to go
report them. We learned however
that-Greelyville won both
games. yc
Dr Wm Smith from Charles- ce
ton was here several days last it
week with his brother, Prof C C
Smith. 11
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uotton cnoppmg is general around
here now. The stands
of cotton are good, but farmers
complain of the plants dying ^
from too much cold weather
and rain. an
Rev and Mrs R L Grier were so
called to Rock Hill Saturday to
attend the funeral of their ^
brother, Mr Marshall, who died n0
Friday. do
Mr and Mrs J F and MissTher- ph
esa Register went to Charleston fie
shopping last Wednesday. ho
Dr and Mrs W L Taylor came
home Wednesday evening. We
hope Dr Taylor will locate here
to practice his profession.
Greelyville is large enough to
support a dentist now. ^
Rev J E Mahaffey and Prof E an,
B Hallman ware here with the to
base ball boys Friday and Sat- wc
urday. ' be<
Miss Lizzie Holiday came ma
down from Manning Saturday coi
to stay over for the graded Ed
school commencement with Capt ful
D J Bradham's family. th*
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When yon think of indigestion S0I
think of Kodol, for it is without
doubt the only preparation that see
completely digests all classes of food. an]
And that is what you need when \
you haye indigestion or stomach jjoi
trouble?something that will act Qe
promptly but thoroughly; something
time win get rigni. at me irouuie ?
and do the work itself for the stom- cat
ach by digesting the food that you wh
eat and that is Kodol. It is pleas- jQ
ant to take. It is sold by
W L Wallace. . .
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Card of Thanks- wo
Editor The County Record: yai
Please allow us space in your ^
paper to express our heart-felt 14,
appreciation of the many acts 0Ui
of kindness and thoughtfulness Qic
shown us by friends during the
recent illness and death of our eai
little boy. wi
Mr and Mrs P P Bethea. an
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THE "MERCEDES."
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T. COXSTI V? DESCRIBES SCF.KEKY
~5 N.4RATE8 INDENTS THAT 1
UClilRKEI) EXiOt'TL
Cditor i oi xtv l?k( oi:i): ? I ,
ote yoa ^ome time ago fr<?m ,
orijvtown ai'tcr my arrival at
from my trip down j
\er. the distanc* in
.till to be 1<50 miles j
.r'veris ab inti fill stre un
,r gently and clear and;
itei drink-, all ri?jflit.
?rgot to mention tliat Iliad
main at tin* railroad bridge j
rs before the water bad
en low enough for my boat I
>ass under, so I had the ;
isure of camping there alone j
le swamp and passed the j
ige on the 9th day. I com-!
ined to the superintendent1
he Atlantic Coast Lumber
npany and claimed damages
being detained by the bridge,
could not agree at tirst and
superintendent proposed to
t my boat over the bridge
til the working derrick, but I
1 not agree to that.
i had several meetings on the
itter and had a final settlent.
When I arrived on my
at at Georgetown I was treatvery
kindly by Mr Andrews,
e superintendent,, as well as
e manages of the Tourist
itel, where they boarded me
;e of charge. A very satis^tory
settlement was arranged
we parted on the best ot
*k
I was ....greeably surprised
ti?h I met some of my friends
at they were so well pleased
th my letter describing- my
ip down the river from Kingsee
to Georgetown, and if you
ill be pleased with what I am
>out to write now I will tell
mething of my return trip up
e river to Kingstree. Besides
iu speak a good word when
>u can for my boat, the -'Mer
des," the name that you gave
April 13, I left Georgetown at
o'clock,-ran LO miles to the
st rice plantation, a nust
autifullandin;,tiner :si I sues,
le large live oaks and pret,
grassy lawns. Rested oije
meco/1 cnvoral Irin/tinoc
' U1 J j^UOOV-U OV > V4 Ul
d rice plantations and ferries.
T1 e lands are not cultiv ated
well now in rice as they were i
years ago, but the fields are
rich in soil as mud can make,
wearing out. I have no
ubt that the * soil in many i
aces is 15 feet deep, but the
Ids are still a woader to be- i
Id such great dams to :one
the water in the river.Some <
them are as broad as a ;
ilroad embankment and as sol- !
as the earth. s
[ stoped the boat to let the 1
ys get aboard that met me in ;
orgetown from Kingstree j
d came up the river with me 1
see the rice fields and the j
tnderful work that had been 1
en done on them that will re- s
in thousands of years to ;
lie; and, strange to say, Mr I
itor, some of those wonder- c
plantations are not more 1
k n OA m 11 ar? fvArvi ITinrro
LU uu uiiico xiuui I
I. but very few people?even
ne of the oldest?have ever ]
in them and do not even know t
ything about them. {
iVell, we traveled about 7 t
urs that afternoon; we left t
orgetown and made 47 miles
ainst the tide all the way and
ped at Carraway's landing,
ere much business was done
tnrrw?ntin#? nnri rnsi n hv '
r ~j p
Carraway 50 years ago, but
is nothing now but a lightod
landing a sad and graverd
looking place at present.
iVe left the next morning, the
about day light. We cooked
r breakfast, having a lot of ,
:e fish we bought from a rice 1
Id negro, we did not wait to 1
t but put the pots and pans
th our breakfast in the boat
d started eating fish and
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drinking good coffee ayve g-1icl- j
ed along.
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We still had :13 miles of tide i
water to travel on and soon j
passed the "big Whirl" which j
is quite a curiosity, the river being
about about one hundred'
yards wide and quite swift at
that place, ruuning square j
against a high rocky bluff, turning
the current back and a constant
whirling around, causing
drift wood, logs, pieces of old
flat boats to whirl around and
around until strong wind forces
the drifts on to the running
stream at the upper side of the
whirl, and if it happens to miss
the whirl at the lower side jt
goes on down the river, but
when there is low water in the
river and does not back the tide
down the drifts may come back,
on the next fiood tide unless
there is a wind" blowing down
the stream which holds it back
We made good time throughout
ti e day and camped at McConn
ill's landing, making 83
miles that day's run of 11 hours.
We could have made several 1
nv'les more, but that was a nice
camping ground so we agreed
to stop, finding a nice shed to sleep
under. We spent a nice
night and met a Mr McClary .
and another friend who rode
with us up to theLower bridge a 1
distance of 12 miles.
Wo i-5mb nimr moofincr irilh I
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an accident up above the Lower
bridge. The boat was going1 at
lively speed when we came in
contact with soroethiug like a
telegraph wire someone' had
stretched across the river about I
on a level with the water. We j
just had time enough to fall flat
in the boat. How the wire got
over with out hanging to something
is a mystery. It got hitched
to something in the front of
the boat and came back like a j|
string from a tight bow and for
a nnarfor ftf a cornnH T thnnirht
U. H""' - ??ft ?
[ would be dragged out over the .
stern as I was on that end of I
the boat steering. We all made
a narrow escape and I would be
jlad if you would mention the
unlawfulness of persons plac "
;ng such an obstruction across
the river, especially in such a B
>witt running current as that is
it that place. I suppose the
x>at passed over the wire going
lown, as the river was much
ligher at that time, or some of
is would have been hurt.
Well, we made the run from
VlcConnell's landing to Kings:ree
in 4 hours, a distance of
10 miles. The actual running
;ime from Georgetown to Kings
;ree, 160 miles, in 22 Hours.
[Continued next week.]
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KINGSTREE
BUILDING
AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION.
Subscription books are
now open, of office of
Sec. & Treas., W H Carr.
for second series Kingstree
Building and Loan
Ass'n, said series to consist
of not less than 200
' i - J nt.n
snares or 10 eiceeu <ou
shares. First payment
on second series to begin
the first Tuesday in May,
1908. By order of Board
of Directors.
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SEC. AND TREAS.
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