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XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 20, 1908. NO. 23
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MARKET BOOMING. (
NEARLT 200,000 POUNDS SOLD IN '
ONE DAV?PROSPECTS BRIGHT I
FOR FALL TRADE. ji
Lake City, August 18.?To- J
day was a record breaking day
in the history of Lake City's to- j
bacco market, there being sold ^
193,204 pounds, the net proceeds | ^
amounting to $19,073.41. Think I.
of it! Nearly two hundred thousand
pounds of tobacco sold in !
W Lake City in one day. The sea\
son, though yet young, is away :
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ahead ot any previous ycai uum
as to quantity of tobacco and
prices paid. Already one tobacco
ware house has handled one
million pounds of the golden
weed, and such a year as this
^ it is literally a golden weed, being
coined into shekels to reward
the diligence and industry
of the man who produces it.
The effect of this wonderful
crop is visible in Lake City.
At this time, considered the!
. dullest period of the year, trade
. is lively and in the stores peoHr
pie paycash for what tjiey buy,
W while the bank cashiers are kept
W busy issuing deposit slips.
^ Probably for its size Lake City's!
banks are better patronized than i
? any town in the State. The fart
mers, as well as the town folks,
* hv rhfcks instead of
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currency?by far the more sen- (
sible way. j
Altogether the atmosphere of s
Lake City is vibrant with hope
and prosperity. Business is \
good and prospects bright for \
] a tine fall trade. The merchants (
who have advanced supplies to j
lieners are making collections ' (
already and it is no uncommon i?
occurrence for a tobacco farmer!
to pay all the expenses of the | (
whole crop with tobacco money, \
leaving him his cotton clear. ; ;
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Mrs J M Sturgeon, the estima-i ]
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Die nusiess vi iucuuici uiui^^vu, I <
is* visiting her daughter, Mrs 1
Jennings, in Bishopville. ' i
Col W B Logan of Charleston, j1
spent Tuesday in town. *
Mr T E Arrowsmith of George- j1
- town has been here for several 1
B ^ days with a bunch of horses. 1
Pp Editor C W Wolfe of Kingstree ,
was in town Tuesday on busi- j
ness.
Mr J J Snow, H Kaminski's i
popular representative, was no- e(
ted on our streets Tuesday. i
For nails and all kinds of build- \
era' Hardware go to Farmers' Supply k
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WANTS FISH LAW KILLED.
)ur Harper's Correspondent Believes
It Wrong in Principle.
Harper, Aug. 17: Your scribe
las been requested by a number
}f voters "between the rivers"j
to ask through The Record the
>even candidates for the legislature
how they stand on the fish
law as it is now?do they favor
this law or do they favor repeal-,
,ng it? We look upon this law as
m imposition. Our people are
n favor of the game law, be:ause
the creatures of the forest
Jo not destroy their own young
ind in certain seasons it is very
iisastrous to kill our game.
But when we are forbidden to
:atch fish in public streams durng
June, July and August?
ibout the only season when the
water gets low enough to catch
ish?it is a different matter.
For four or five years very little
ishinghas been done in either
Rlark or Santee rivers, the sup
ply of fish diminishes instead of
ncreases for the reason that all
rresh water fish when they grow
their natural size subsist entirely
3n the young fish. The fish
themselves destroy ten times as
nany as are caught by nets, gigs,!
look and line and all other de- j:
rices. Repeal the fish law and j
et our people catch the big fish
md there will be thousands of
ncrease. The writer was rear?d
in less than a mile of Black
iver and knows whereof he '
;peaks. '
Besides, when laws are made <
:hat are not popular, they are <
with contemot, which I
:reates a sentiment of disregard
or laws of more serious consequence
and invites a general
spirit of lawlessness.
The father of your corresponlent
introduced the tirst bill in
:he legislature prohibiting tisling
in Black river. This was in
1884 and it has been on thestat
ate books ever since. Never:he-less
I believe the principle
vrong and hope to see the law
epealed by the next general assembly.
We ask the candidates
:o declare themselves that we
nay know where they stand on
:his question.
Mr Editor, baseball is up to summer
heat again in our town,
harper played with Choppee on
August 14 and when the game
ivas called the score stood 11 to
1 in favor of Harper. Also Rosenary
and Greelyville crossed
jats on the Greelyville diamond
Saturday, August 15, and Rosenary
won 22 to 1. Both RoseU
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mary and Harper have played
fast ball this season.
Miss Flossie Kellalian, the
charming' daughter of Mrs D N
Kellalian, who has been visiting
the Misses Camlin of our town,
was taken seriously ill after returning
to her home over Black
river, but we are glad to hear
that her condition is mnch
improved.
Messrs W H Andrews aud G G
Davis of Georgetown were noted
on our streets one day last
week.
Both Harper and Rosemary
are hard at work in their effort
to have our special school district
laid off. Weexpect to have a
first class graded school in the
near future. This will do more
than can be estimated in building
up our town socially, morally
and materially. See what
her fine schoof system has done
for our county seat, Kingstree.
A good graded school is the life
of any town.
Cotton picking wiilsoon be in
vogue.
Good luck, Mr Editor.
Sl'CSCBIBER.
Cement Sidewalks.
Kingstree is still keeping
step in the march of progress.
Work has begun on cement
side-walks on Main and Academy
streets. The work is being
done jointly by the town and
the owners of property who
will be benefited. Bowe and
Page ot Charleston have the
zontract and a large force of
bands are at work under the
direction of Mr E A Fitch. The ,
zost of the work will be about ,
$2,500.
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ro Request for Contribution for a
Campaign Expenses. a
The secretary of the county *
executive committee sent to
eacli of the candidates for Con- s
gress and for Solicitor the fol- *
lowing letter: a
lfTYftCTwvp S f! Aucrii?t S 1H0S ^
Dear Sir:- f'
I am directed by
our County Executive Commit- t
tee to request from all canaidates
for Congress (or Solicitor),
a small contribution to our cam- 11
paign fund. Of course we un- 1(
derstand that we have no right 1
to assess candidates for Congress
and Solicitor, but inas- j
much as their names must appear
ou our county ticket, we n
feel sure that you will not object t
to helping us a little to defray s
the expenses incident to our
county campaign. j.
In making this request it is
not our intention to impose a c
hardship on any of the candi- h
dates and we have therefore de- h
cided to ask each candidate for
Congress and for Solicitor for .
the modest sum of $2 50 to be
applied toward defraying the r
expenses of the ensuing primary
election. t
Thanking you in advance for
your kind attention to this matter,
I am,
Very truly yours,
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Sec'ty' ?fc Treas.Co. Ex. Com.
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assessed by the State executive *
committee, hence the county ^
committee has no right to make
an additional assessment,but to *
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merely request from them a con- ^
tribution towards defraying ex- ^
penses of printing the tickets,
etc., and heretofore not a single
candidate has failed to comply
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UPANY.
nth this request, which is only
easonable, since the names of
spirants for both these offices
ppear on the county and not
he State tickets.
This year, we understand,
ome of the counties have placed
heir "request" at $10.00 and
nd one went as high as $25.00,
rhile Williamsburg only asked
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But this small sum has been
acitly refused by some of the
andidates, although ample time
as elapsed since the request
etter was mailed, viz., August
0.
In the circumstances we beieve
it but right to name the
aen who have complied with
he committee's request and
ent in their contribution.
For congress: Messrs Hodges,
lagsdale and Coggeshall have
ontributed, while we have not
ieard from Messrs Ellerbe and
lurcjiison.
For solicitor Mr Philip Stoll
5 the only candidate -who has
esponded.
These are facts given for what
hey are worth.
Here's the Right Spirit
Mr CW Wolfe,
Kingstree, S C
Dear Sir:?As W J Bryan, the
;reat standard bearer of the
)emocratic party, has appealed
iirectly to the people for cam>aign
funds, I enclose fifty
ents for same. I sincerely trust
he people will lend a helping
land in this great cause and
.id to elect (as I see it) one of
he greatest men of our nation.
With best wishes tor lhe
Jounty Record and for Bryan
.nd Kern's election, I am,
ery truly,
S J Kirby,
Scranton, S C, August 1.
Death o! a Child.
Little Robert Sutton, aged two
nd a half years, died Wedneslay
morning at 3:30 o'clock at
he home of his parents, Mr and
Irs J W Cargile. The little one
ad been sick but a short while
nd his death was a severe blow
o the afflicted parents who but a
ew sh ort months ago, lost a
ittle girl, the pride and joy of
he house-hold.
The funeral services and inerment
took place Wednesday
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emetery, being- conducted by
)rWL Wallace, whose tender
ind touching remarks were very
ippropriate to the occasion.
The bereaved parents have
he sympathy of the community.
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JAMES R. COGGESHALL
Is Warmly Endorsed As Candidate lor
CongressTo
The Voters of The Sixth Con- *
gressional District:
There are five men running for
Congress from this district. One
of them is in my judgment preeminently
qualified for the duties of
the office. A man of genuine
modesty, calm, sane judgment,
pronounced convictions, inflexible
integrity, great energy and ripe
experience?he has the courage to
to do what he believes is right and
ana resist wnat be believes wrong.
In early life this man made up his
mind to get a college education, and
though handicapped by insufficient
schooling and a lack of funds, he
kept bravely at his task, until he
finally left the South Carolina
College with a sp'.eudid record,
carrying with him the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of
Laws. Few men have ever ended
a college career with higher regard
and respect from students and
teachers, and his business career of
sixteen years has only confirmed the
opiniou of his early assocation.
As a lawyer the schemes of the
tiickster and the shyster have been
conspicuously absent from his practice
and his verbal promise is as good
as any man's bond to those who
know him. As a member of the
State legislature he showed conspicuous
ability, earning the high
regard of the best men in both
house and senate.
This man has conducted his
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campaign u.i a nign anu uiguiueu
plane, never overstating his own
qualifications or the deficiencies of
his opponents.
At a time when politics seems to
be degenerating, it should be grateful
to those wno love truth, justice
and right to have an opportunity
to vote for such a man.
The candidate I refer to is James
R Coggeshall of Darlington,who does
uot know I have written the above.
This is written because I owe him
a debt of gratitude for his advice
and example during my college days, /
and because I want the voters of the
Sixth district to honor themselves
by placing a man of his splendid
qualities in Congress.
T1 I 1'in T? CAT7PO
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Hartsville, S C., Aug 18, 1908.
Bryan Campaign Fund.
We acknowledge the receipt
of the following subscriptions
to the Bryan campaign fund:
C W Wolfe $1.00
E C Epps 1.00
E L Hirscb 1.00
S J Kirby .50