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Yfll. XXYI. KINGSTREE, SOI TH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1912. NO. 18
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guarantee satisfaction I
dement. Plaster, etc.,
Goods
ad--Others^Follow^J
ays last week with friends and reltives
at Timmonsville and Darlings
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Mr S D Rickenbaker has returned
fter a pleasant trip to Georgia.
Messrs Sam Caldwell, Wilbur
ones, A H Williams, Jr, and W J
ingletary spent the Fourth in town
ith relatives.
The tobacco warehouses will opes
)rmally on Thursday, July 11. Afl
f the warehouses are already filled
) their capacity with tobacco. From
I indications the opening day will
i the largest in the history of the
arket. Lake City has one of the
rgest corps of buyers in any mar?t
in this State, and we hope to be
>le to retain the honor of being the
ader in South Carolina. P H A.
SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
eetlng to be Held In Klngstree
Next Ta:sday.
Next Tuesday, July 16, will be
material Campaign day in Kingsee,
at which time all candidates
r the United States Senate and
ingress, and all candidates for the
See of Solicitor are expected to be
esent and make speeches, setting
urth their claims to the respective
sitions and the principles upon
lich they hope to obtain the same.
County officers are also expected to
rticipate at this meeting and tell
e people of Williamsburg county
iv and whom they should elect as
eir Representative in the General
sembly. There are a number of
ndidates in the field for this ofe
and it is hoped that each one
II be on hand next Tuesday to
fend his right and title to the
me, and that all candidates will
so without resorting to such mud
nging tactics as have been charac- ,
ristic of the State campaign meet?s.
It is further hoped and desired
at all candidates for minor county
ices will be in Kingstree on that
y in the interest of his candidacy,
well as every elector.
It has not yet been determined
st where the meeting will be held
t it is highly probable that it will
ke place in the court house. Let
ery voter in the county who can,
inifest his interest in the affairs
his State and county by his presce
in Kingstree. Come early and
end the day.
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3, or on easy terms, if desired. We
d it will be a pleasure to correspond
ano Tuning in tbe Country
Reasonable Rates, /
ic House,
irleston, S. G.
MAYOR GRACE COMES
HACK AT 60V BLEASE.
SAYS -HIS NASTY THREATS
ARE IN KEEPING WITH
HIS CHARACTER.**
The campaign meeting held at
Charleston Friday night of last week
was one of the most strikingly interesting
to those outside of Charleston
that has taken place since the
campaign opened. It was generally
supposed that Governor Blease woulu
^^ve a lot of verbal bouquets to
^Knd out to the voters of "the City
by the Sea," and he did, although
fkon rr>oQp
mere were mure iuisucs man
and required the utmost complasance
on the part of the good people of
Charleston to accept them even for
consideration. Here is one of the
^ "bunch" he delivered:
"I will be Governor the last part
of August of this year and for the
months of September. October, November,
December and twenty-one
days in January, and if you wane
injunction and metropolitan police,
vote for Jones, and for the rest of
this year and for the next two I will
do my best to give it to you "
Naturally this among many others
aroused the Mayor who in a lengthy
reply, says:
"Of course it was anticipated by
me that Governor Blease would be
compelled at the Charleston meeting
to take notice of, and, if he could,
answer the charges which I have so
publicly made against him. There
was no escape from this necessity.
The only matter over winch I had
any doubts was whether or not I
should attend the meeting, and with
my own ears hear what he had to
say. My friends practically unanimously
advised me against it. But
I determined, that come what might,
k it was my duty to go to the meeting.
a Democrat, I have never missed
Many of these meetings, and the only
"thing that could have kept me away
1J 1 tttUofntror AfKorc
WOUIU nave ueen v*ilowm vwiv>?>
might have thought of it, cowardice
on my part.
"Moreover, what did it matter
what Blease said? Did he not in
the very speech in which he so violently
by indirection, denounced me,
also give utterance to the rankest
indecencies and anarchy? Think of
a Governor replying as to how he
stood on the beer question by shouting
that if his questioner (in violation
of the law) would bring him
up to the stage a drink of beer he
would be better able to answer the
question. Of course, it was grilling
for me to have to sit and listen to
^ Blease's lies. The idea of his making
it appear that the beginning of
our troubles was when he refused
to appoint a negro notary public,
TirVioco nnnnintment. bv the way. I
had asked only as a favor to gentlemen
in Charleston who were not
then, nor have ever been, my political
friends. Are Messrs Nathans
? "and Sinkler also negro lovers? And
do they believe in social equality?
Certainly not. It is almost sickening
to have to answer such tommyrot.
. "There was but one cause, and
Jshat was las I said in a published
V
J WILL
lo the same thing over agaii
; are the Hardware People, 1
ry, Glassware, Tin and Agat
irs
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article recently). Blease had broken
his public promise and his private
word. I expected him to be Gov
ernor of South Carolina and when (
he was elected I was happy. Any
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; intimation by him that i wisnea to
usurp those functions is more than
absurd. In the presence of many |
others he asked me if I would
name a man for chief constable,
and in their presence I denounced
the whole proposition, and said that j
I would hold him to his word not
to appoint any, as I knew and had
told him in writing, that they would
be grafters. They have since dem-1
onstrated it. What more proof
does he need?
"Talk about facing Stothart! Wit- (
ness after witness under oath faced
Stothart, and then finally Stothart
faced himself, and looking himself
and his own guilt, (and, I believe. j
Blease's mountainous guilt) in the ,
eye, he refused to answer on the ]
grounds that it might incriminate (
himself. Why didn't Blease read the ,
constable letter?the letter of fro- ,
phetic warning which I wrote him, ?
i and in which I told him that he had
i KrAlfon Vila wnrH rnrhpr than switch
off on the irrelative tangent of al- ]
leged social equality?
"Of course, his nasty threat about ,
the metropolitan police is in keep-;
I ing with the rest of his character,
| but it is in no way disquieting. If
it means anything it means simply
this: Up to August 27, no matter
what the people of Charleston do,
the constables will stay here as graft
j agents. On August 28, if by their
votes, the people of Charleston have
resented his dirty administration, he
will take it as a sufficient crisis in ,
the history of the State to justify J
; his resort to whatever extraordinary
i power he can stretch the laws to
i mean. The metropolitan police bill
t has been repealed, but he refers to
' some vague, obsolete power where"?''??
? <m?t . >f martial law mi cr lit Hp !
U11UC1 a 3VI C Ul IIIUI uut ,
foisted upon us?a power, of course, j
under our institutions necessarily i
lodging in our Executive, if upon j
any rare occasion a city held itself
in open rebellion against State!
authority.
"That sujch conditions in Charleston
could suddenly spring up over
night upon his defeat could only appeal
to his diseased and lawless mind
and were he even so disposed, he
would tind that the Courts of South
Carolina, for which he professes
such utter contempt, would stay his
vengeful hand.
"We know that Charleston also
too long has bent under the fear of
usurpation,but I believe that there is
;j| A Talk That Is
$5 Go to the National Merc;
?? there is a difference betwei
jg "CT p-to-H)a/t<
(while anyone can give you
IDKTJC
where we serve you the fin
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We have now on display
^ M Respect
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i if vou will give us a chan
che people with the goods,
e Ware, ^
We Are Leaders, I
tree Hard
Wholesale and
still pride and resentment left, and
from now until election day I expect
to call upon her people by their
ununimous vote to spurn the bribe
of peace at the price of independence,
and I ask them now in the language
of Patrick Henry, 'Is life so dear,
or peace so sweet, as to be purchased
at the price of chains and slavery?'
"
Mr M W Driver of Chester, former
superintendent of the Eureka
Mill has accepted the position of
superintendent of New Century
Cotton Mills, at South Boston, Va,
and will leave this week to take
up his new duties, though his ramiiy
expect to remain in Chester some
time yet. Mr Driver will purchase
an interest in the plant and in addition
to being superintendent will
be a member of the board of directors
and general manager. Mr
Driver is one of the most efficient
cotton mill men in the South
md the New Century Mills are exceedingly
fortunate in securing his
services. 9
Look out for the new ad of the
Kingstree Dry Goods Co next week.
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A full line of Shelf Hard
VJot Trailers
ware Con
[ Retail Dealers
BUDGET FROM THE
BORDER CITY
A SAFE AND SANE FOURTI
MUCH ENJOYED-PERSONAL
, MENTION, ETC.
Lake City, July 10:?The Ladies
Aid society of the Methodist church
celebrated the Fourth with a parade
and baby show. Many carriages
buggies. automobiles, floats, cart;
and bicycles were gaily and handsomely
decorated for the occasion,
The parade started from the Methodist
church lawn and thence through
the principal thoroughfares of the
city. Dr Eaddy's automobile won
the blue ribbon for the best decorated
car; Mr B L Stewart for the
best carriage; Will Epps for the best
cart and Miss Annie Stokes for the
most original decorated bicycle.
The baby show was a most charming
picture, most of Lake City's fumfi'ionc
Vioinor vprv much in ev
tuxc tltlLCiio UV. >>i^ .
idence. Each of the babies in their
respective carriages or carts was
most beautifully and picturesquely
decorated,and it was a very difficult
matter to decide which was the best.
S'M&'StoU I
some
.AND REAP A
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i start up the fire in this stove, with no susj
picion of what mitrht be in the oven. When
j she called her hnaband to breakfast and he
] discovered the hot stove ho clawed the hot
i box out of the oven to find that his money
f was burned to a crisp.- Edmeston, N Y. LoI
cal. '
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get enough together to make
which you can REAP A RICH I
e YOUR Bank
;st on savings accounts.
RCHAXTS BANK
LAKE CITY, S. C i
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a fine line of Gentlemen's an
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An Unsafe Savings Bank.
An Ulster county farmer ma<lo a savings
bank of the summer kitchen stove during the
winter.and every spare one dollar or live dollar
bill William got he stuffed into a tin box
which he kept in the oven. When the hot
weather finally came his wife concluded to
Bank your money until you
some sound investment, from
! HARVEST.
Let OUR Bank B
We Pay 4 per cent inter<
FARMERS A: ME
* ABSOLUTELY SAFE"
No>v Going On a
antile Store if you want real 1
en a real bargain and a barg
s 3-ood.s at Lc^
a bargain. We also invite y
3- ZDE^-A-ZE^Tls^
est kind of Soda Water. We
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Andrews, S. C. ?
bargains. This is right, gj
;ain, for a real bargain is j?
77" Prices, ?
ou to our gj
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also call your attention to ra
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d Ladies' Oxford Shoes. ?
FELDMAN, Manager. S
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ire sure to come back. We j
ware, Sash, Doors, Lime, <
Base Ball
ipany
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The judges, Mesdames Huggins of d
Hot Springs, Ark, and Wooten of a
Magnolia, N C.gave the three prizes
1 "-offered to the following babies: for
the prettiest baby, to little Miss a
Pauline Rollins, daughter of Dr
and Mrs C D Rollins; for the best j
decorated carriage, Miss Margaret g
' Rickenbacker, little daughter of Mr w
! and Mrs J F Rickenbacker; for the
? handsomest boy, Master Horace ^
Joyner, son of Mr and Mrs R F Joy5
ner. Little Miss Sadie McElveen
won the blue ribbon in the White tc
Stocking brigade. a'
Mr L A Winston has returned **
! home after attending the meeting m
of the State Tobacco Buyers' ass<*ri- 'a
ation at Old Point Comfort, Va.
Mrs Huggins and Miss Gladys a*
Sauls of Hot Springs, Ark, are the 'e
guests of Mr and Mrs G L Sauls.
Mr Timmons Cockfield of Savan- .
nah, Ga, is on a visit to friends and M
relatives at this place.
Misses Lottie Woods of Florence
l if a tft i /? n i _ r%
ana Margaret wooasoi barainiaare be
the charming and popular guests of tr<
Dr and Mrs M A Woods. fo
A number of Lake City folk went Cc
to Darlington on the Fourth, most ofl
of them going in cars and returning pr
the same day. fo
Miss Lula Coker.the accomplished po
daughter of Mr and Mrs David Co- wl
ker, left Sunday night fbr Dallas,
Tex, where she goes to complete her pa
studies in music. It is said that th<
Miss Coker will be gone for 12 or wl
15 months. I'm
Mesdames H V Epps and W H As
Woods left Friday morning for Wil- ca;
son, N C, to visit their sister, Mrs L tic
0 Holloway. wi
Dr A H Williams and Mr Geo C de
Haselton have returned from the sai
bankers' convention at the Isle of do
Palms. sli
Miss Louise George of Aiken is tei
spending some time with her sister, inj
Mrs C H King.
Miss Olive Sturgeon has returned th;
home after spending a while with ofl
her aunt, Mrs Joye, at Sumter. da
Judge 0 S Baldwin returned Monday
night after a very much enjoy
J
ed trip to Hot Springs, Ark. ou
Mrs Bertha C Myers of Norfolk, tal
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v aticii iasi iuuiiuaj ikjl nei iiuiiic, j ~
after spending a while with her: n|.'
cousin, Mrs H Nachman. ! ?
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J Miss Olivia Stuckey spent afewjsp
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we can furnish at the lowest possiblejjpricef
handle the best of everything in music, an
with you.
Railroad Fan Paid to Pi
- Oit-oMown dstoaers. at
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243 King St, Chi