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s 1 be CountD VOL. XXXI. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 35, 1917. NO. 47 A Few Woi WE wish to charge of an and machine supply you with mof complete bill for yoi your old one. We ( other mill work. V columns, mouldings porch and lawn furn nave, or make it up We will dress flooring or moulding We will have other stock mill woi make it up on short We claim fo BEST you can buy J Now, we do r fully ask you, befor gees in a house, to < that carries a payro only be made possifc We do not ck you prompt service duced ana we guara Kin % LAKE CITY'S * WEEKLY CHRONICLE. T RAIN PUTS ROADS INTO BAD CONDITION?PERSONAL AND LOCAL MENTION. Lake 0ty, Jan 23:?Messrs S M Askins and V B King left Monday night for the Middle West to buy live stock. Tiiey will be away about o icoolr H A Brunoae, Esq. acting master, held eoort in Lake City Tuesday in a case involving the title to certain ^ land. S ' v Dr A H Williams went to Columbia Monday night. He and the other two members of the Board of Fisheries will ask the General Assembly to so amend the law with regard to the shad liable to the license tax, that the Georgetown fishermen may be reached, as me iaw now stands, it is said, nearly all the shad shipped from that point escape the Ux. The rands in this section are in riebt bud condition. In some places , mutomoUleb can nut travel at all, and in such places the mud is something like hub deep to busies and wagons. If the rains continue, all ? Pont you nee( a iMi-iAf Do*r/^ a nun iwjju DOES YOUR OLD RAZOR TURE YOURSELF DAY AFT WE'LL SELL YOU A FIRSTS OUTFIT FOR SO LITTLE T* MONEY. THEN EACH TIME YOU SI OF OUR HARDWARE STOR PLEASED WITH YOUR RAi ALL YOUR TRADE AND LI OUR HARDWARE'S THE B ^ Ring Hardw 4 The Popular 1 * A??? i..;3 pds To The say to the public, that c experienced mill and mac! s are in A1 condition, and 1 nnvthinc made of wood. jr new house, or anything^ lan make any odd size or sty ie make screens, sash, dooi , pickets, cabinets, grilles, tur iture. We can duplicate any from your own ideas or des: ; your lumber for you, make ron hand a general line of I- T-f t*tV?q+ xrnn want is not .IV* 11 n nub j vu iimxv notice. r our Made-To-Measure Scre< for the money, lot ask you to give us anythi: e sending your money awa consider that ours is the onl; 11, and our success will be to ?le by your patronage, lim to undersell anyone, but and good work at as low a p intee satisfaction. Respectfully, gstree M'f'g. & ' trayel will doubtless cease. T1 'same weather conditions that put the roads in bad shape, are d laying farming operatisns. Dr L D Bass, of Elko, is visitir relatives in this town and communit Dr Bass is pastor of the Bapti j church at Elko , and also some ot [er churches nearby. ! A few days ago the town coun< ' elected Mr Bain chief of police. F ; comes from Dillon, where he fillc 'the corresponding position sever 1 years. Mr and Mrs J M Sturgeon le | Sunday morning for Sumter whe they will spend a few days befo going on to Augusta, Ga. The new moving picture concei 1 has adopted the name "Wags." Th i words is made up of the initial lett of the surnames of the owners, W liams, (Ashton H), Askins. (Tracy ! Green, (S Chas), and Severanc (Murray). Mr John M Myers, of Olant . came through the mud to town Tue day on business. Mr Ross Matthews, one of tl , i best men of the Friendfield sectio I was here Friday on business. I has had thirteen children, and st lives where he be^an h^usekeepir nearly fifty years ago. "PULL?" IF SO. DON'T TOREK DAY. LIFE'S TOO SHORT. CLASS RAZOR AND SHAVING IAT YOU'LL NEVER MISS THE SAVE YOU'LL BE REMINDED E AND YOU'LL BE SO WELL ZOR THAT YOU'LL GIVE US CARN THATEST: IT STANDS THE TEST. are Company. Hardware Store Public: >ur plant is now in line man. Our shop we are in position to We can sell you the )u may need to repair le 01 aoor, wiriuuw ur *s, balusters, newels, ned work, inside trim, piece of furniture you ign. it into ceiling, siding, dressed lumber and ; in our stock, we will rns, that they are the ng, but we do respecty for anything that y enterprise in town your benefit, and can we do claim to give nee as it can be proCons. Company ;e! bidfantown Inklings. ?e; Indiantown, Jan 23:?The pla e-! that was presented at the Indiat i town school on Friday night was >2 i decided success, there being a larg< Y-j appreciative audience, representin 8t different sections of the county, an h- j there was plenty to laugh at froi start to finish. This comedy wi ?il probably be "pulled off" at seven le other places in the county, and n ?d one will regret the money spent t *1 see it. There was plenty to eat a: ter the performance, consisting c ft oyster stew, salads, sandwiches, co: re fee, chocolate and cake. The pr< re ceeds, we hear, were about sixt dollars. ro Rev W R Pritchett returned las te week from a two weeks' visit to re er atives in North Carolina. He lei Mrs Pritchett and W R, Jr, for longer visit. ' Mr P D Snowden, who was strict p. en suddenly while at Hemingwa ten days ago, does not improv a much, his condition being about th ' same that it was a week ago. Th j services 01 a irainea nurse are an required. We are sorry to hes ie that there are other members of hi d. family sick also, and hope for ther {e all a speedy recovery. His childre HI are an with him, those having com from a distance are: Mrs P B Wal | son of Greenville and Mrs J D Mur ^ j neriyn of Uhoppee, in Georgetow county. ""j A deplorable and what ws thought at first would prove to be fatal accident, occurred at Mr W V Barr's on Saturday afternoon, Jani ary 13, when Mr Barr's twelve-yeai old son was accidentally shot. H and a little negro boy were out in th woods hunting, when a gun "wee off" unexpectedly, the load takin effect in the scalp of George Barr' head. Three doctors and a traine nurse were at once summoned an after careful examination, it wa decided that the wound is only flesh wound, and it is expected ths the lad will be all right in a few days Miss Dibble of Andrews is visitin; Miss Lee Gelzer for a few days. Miss Annie Ervin, who is teachin; -A * ?Krtma loop tITQO I at LCU, was CB11CU HUUIC mov ttv-v. on account of the sickness of he mother and brother. They are both we understand, much better. Miss Lula Brockington and Messr Woodrow Gamble and Lawrenc Swails of Kingstree were amon those noted at the play on Frida night. Mr O'Bryan came this fa with them, but Rome held great er attraction for him. Miss Brock ington remained here to spend th week-end with Miss Emma Coopei Miss Cooper entertained for he guest on Saturday evening. Dr W C Rogers, who has bee Dracticing medicine at Dunbarto for several years, has moved to Ir diantown to practice his professio here. He is at the home of his fath er, Mr M W Rogers. Koewetc _ We do Job Printing of quality. I Farm ?2 Let us furnish you 1 5! You will need Col ?j other things necess, gj your bill, then^you ? Coffins and Cas I Kingstr II JAILOR'S DAUGHTER HOLDS MOB AT BAY, BUT PRISONER FINALLY SECURED AND SEVERELY BEATENLYNCHING AVERTED. Hampton, January 21: ? Dav< Richards, a negro of Estill, wa; taken from the county jail here lasl night by a party from Estill and, al though not lynched, he was badlj * beaten up and left in the woods i, , According to the negro s statement his life was spared as the result o the pleading of one member of th< y party. The reports of the affair vary, bu a the salient features are substantial i' ed by a number of witnesses. Th< g negro, who, according to report,wa ^ drunk, assaulted a Mr Glover, an el n derly man,who clerks in the store o " Martin O'Neal at Estill,last nightlb: ^ drawing his pistol on Mr Glover. Thi 0 negro was arrested and taken to thi 0 jail at Kstill. Later the Mayor of th< town, learning that a fcarty was be ing formed to take the man fron f the jail and lynch him, had him re moved by automobile to the count: ,y jail at Hampton. Magistrate's Con statble J A Cook and John 0 Smitl brought him there. :t Upon their arrival, the negro wa a delivered over to the jailer, J I Bowers, who proceeded upstairs t< the cells with his prisoner, lockinj ^ the frontdoor of the jail. Then on< e of the men who brought the negn ,e went back downstairs to get the ne 11 gro's hat, which he had dropped i: (r an effort to get away. When he un is locked the door and went out he wai n n met by a party of about thn:v-fiv< e men, according to his estimate, wh( t- rushed for the open door. Zte fhe crowd reached the door th< u jailer's daughter, who is about 1^ IS years of age, ran into an adjoining a room, grabbed one of her father'i V pistols and ran back to the door covering the lynching party with th< J revolver and declaring that she wouk e shoot the first one that entered thi it door. She held them thus at bay til v har hrnthpr fparincr that some harn ? might overtake her, took the pisto ^ from her, whereupon some of th< ^ crowd rushed in and went upstairs, a overpowered the jailer,took the pris it oner and fled in automobiles in th< ' direction of Estill. ^ The young lady then notified Sher g iff Lightsey by telephone, stating t< k him that the prisoner had been takei r away by five or six men. She statec '? that it was a "put up" game. 7!v Sheriff left Brunson, where he re e sides, for Hampton, and immediately g took up the trail of the party bu y was unable to find out anything ai r to their whereabouts or the where abouts of the negro. Jailer Bower e pleaded with the party not to lyncl ,\ the negro, after they had overpow r ered him and taken his prisoner. Today the negro was found at an ? other negro's house a few miles frorr j. Hampton, He seemed to be stil n drunk and was badly beaten. Tht i- theorv is that the would-be b'nch' ing party,on account of the fact thai the members of it were recognized I by several people in Hampton, ant Tools and with what you need and help i liars, Hames, Traces, Back Ba* ary to carry c n a farm. We h will have the bast. kets We Leac ee Hardw as cars from here were following the party closely, decided not to kill the negro, but beat him and threw him I out of the car. The prisoner stated that he did not know who the mem ber3 of the party were. An eyewitness said there were three autos in the crowd. The injured man will be 4 given medical attention and brought ! back to Hampton to await trial. 3 I The accused has been removed to J t Columbia for safe-keeping. j Troops to Quit Border. . j San Antonio, Texas, Jan 23:?The , return of 25,000 National Guard f; troops from the border should begin ~ i January 2G or 27, according to an1 nouncement made at Gen Funston's t hestdquarters today. It is estimated - that a month will be required to ?! complete the movement, sj The troops ordered home have - been divided into thre? groups, f Group No 1, which will go first, inf eludes the following: 2 Batteries A and C, Alabama field 2 artillery; First North Carolina In2 fantry; Second Virginia Infantry. Listed in the second group are: i Troop A, South Carolina cavalry; Company A. engineers and Oild hospital; Tennessee ambulance company, f No 1, and field hospital, No 1. Organizations included in the third i group are: First battalion Louisiana field arg tillery and field hospital No 1. Don't Procrastinate. We are requested to again call at 1 tention to the fact that all licenses - are now due and payable at the of3 fiee of town treasurer, Mr Walter . Steele. Bear in mind that procras1 tination is the thief of time, and if your license is not paid by the 10th of February it may also ease a few s dollars from your bounty in the way ? of penalty. % 1 "" ; Doyour^ ; Duty. The Mai\ wHK / i ! Money hs-i f? \ : j his family v [ protected with m< s in the Ban TAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF YOU 3 IS YOUR DOLLAR. IF YOU PUT , ON BEING YOUR DOLLAR AND 1 ' . rn/^u mv nov Tft JIOTN TT cnun rm i/m v ... BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU V SAFETY AROUND YOUR FAMIL' THING SHOULD HAPPEN TO YC SQUANDER THAT DOLLAR Ah i MAN'S FAMILY. 1 PUT YOUR MONE' > I WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERf Fanners & Mercha L 'A HSOLUTELY SAFE" I Authorized 5y Fedeal Reserva Board to Act a: 1 Gear! 1 fou make a big crop. lg nds, Pads and many gj ave it all, so let us fill gg I; Others Follow 'are Co. 1 EVENTS AT EARLES. Painful Accident?Personal and Rellaloas Items. Earles, Jan 22:?Rev W R Barnes of Pontiac has been called as pastor of Spring Gully Baptist church, having preached his trial sermon Sunday, January 21. Mis3 Floride McCelvey was a visitor in Georgetown Saturday. Mr E Cox, Jr. met with a painful accident last Thursday while at work in the A C L machine shop at Andrews by having his hand badly bruised and lacerated. Mr W S Camlin and family visited in this section last Sunday. Mr G W Camlin has begun making preparations for putting in a Hinninc vat. which he hoDes to have ? rr O ? mr completed in a short time. Mr C S Camlin, Misses Lorraine Lathan and Katie Wingate motored to Earles Saturday afternoon. The Girls' Sewing Circle held its regular meeting at Earles school house Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Many farmers from Ohio have moved near Earles and are beginning the cultivation of land which has not been cultivated for years. Mr Marvin Boyd, who has been sick for the past week, is slowly improving. Mr J W Taylor has begun work with the A C L company at Andrews. Mrs P B Feagin, Mr C K Feagin and Misses Connie Thompson and Edna Feagin attended services at Andrews Baptist church Sunday morning. Miss Lucile Boyd, who has been ! sick for the past few days, is able to attend school again. Messrs C S and Herman Camlin, Misses Florida McCelyey, Lorraine Lathan, Katie Wingate and Thetis Camlin attended services at Spring Gully Baptist church last Sunday afternoon. Mrs Sarah Camlin, who has been confined to her bed for several months, improves very slowly. Red Crow. :>nev> mT k.N W R POCKET AND LOOK AT IT. IT IT IN THE BANK IT WILL KEEP WILL INVITE OTHER DOLLARS VILL HAVE BUILT A WALL OF X TO PROTECT THEM IF ANY >u. ID IT WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER 1 IN 0_U R BANK. EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ilis National Bank, LAKE CITY, S. Cs IdTn stralar. Execubr, Trustee and Reg'strar. jji