The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-23
L8HE CITY DEPARTMENT..
l. charge Of
w. l.. BASS, ESQ.

kEll, - 4ION bli 'NsNN III
Miss Cecil Severance, who l. NOW
in the Lanes telegraph office, came
home on visit Friday.
Miss Maggie Lee returned from
The summer school at Winthrop
last Friday. She reports the Ses-
sion q very pleasant and profitable
one.
Miss Fannie ASkin>, of Carriers
viIie, Is visiting relatives in town.
Miss Emily Doty, Of Charleston,
who is teaching near Mr.. W. +.
Kcnnpdy'S waS III town f,l lay and
attended Il tobacco sale.
Two graves in the Baptist church
yard were marked few days ago.
over Mr.. J. NJ, ThUmas's a hand
some marble monument Of about Z
feet high was erected. y slab was
placed over Mrs. McMil!an'S.
The tablet in memory Of Mr.. J.
NJ. Thomas, of which we spoke some
time ago, has been placed in the
Baptist church. 1t will probably be
unveiled the latter part Of Septem-
her.
Prof. II. \. Alderman, principal
OF the C0ttageviIle school, has been
spending some time in town. He
attended the summer school.
Some tobacco sold here last Fri
day at 40 cents.
Jake Epps was up before Magis
tratc Gaskins Friday charged with
criminal assault upon Missouri Sin
gIetary. Both parties are coiored.
Jake was committed for trial at the
court Of seS sionS.
While delivering set of furni-
ture few days ago Mr.. W. l.. AS
kinS met with serious mishap. y
bureau on which he was sitting top
pied over, throwing him out of the
wagon. J e was for some time un-
able to rise, and now has 81 Use n
stick IN walking.
Parties who sent wheat to Dar-
lineton have got back nice white
flour. When wheat goes to 81 per
hushel they will rejoice and be en-
"eedingly glad that they grew
wheat.
The fame Of the Lake City tobac-
20 market is spreading. NotWlth-
standing the unprecedented wealth
cr we have been having the sales
have not fallen off at all. In fact
the amount received during the
past week equaled, If not exceeded,
lhat OF any previous week since the
uueuing. Duringa 4 number of days
thrre were two salrS, one at | Il
~. and another about =. III. From
what can he learned the am"unt oi
Tobacco received here and the prices
paid compare favOrably with any
g.; a.er market in the whale country.
BY this we mean not only the mar
ketS IN small towns that have bat
one warehouse. bat also those IN
7,.NceS that boast of two, three. four
and even 4 greater number OF wac
houses. Soliciting agents arc be
ginni0g to appear. Two came few
davS ago asking shipments of to-
hacc0. One is from Richmond, the
other from Darville.
Rev. Mr.. Harris, Of the ApWOrth
Orphan8ge, was in town Monday.
Mr.. H.. G. AskinS, of Georgetown,
paid his old home IL visit Sunday.
Dn account ef the peculiar schedule
it WAS neccssary for him to lie over
in kiugstree both coming and go
ing.
Little Miss Rosa Tallcvast, of
Rome, is spending some time with
,hc Misses Rollins.
Friday afternoon we had a little
wind, little rain and u little hail;
hat the amount of each was very
limited except the wind; even THAI
was but stiff brccze.
Mr.. Thomas Eaddy died Friday
night, the 18th inst, Of congestion
cf the brain at the age Of ~ years.
lie was Il s0a of Mr.. W. C:pcrS
DADDY. and leaves Il young wife and
two little children. May the Mas
ter OF wind and wave be With the
hercaved and comfort and sustain
them.
Mrs. Eliza Moore, relict Of the
lat, =. J.. Moore, fell On sleep Sat
urday, August 18th, at thc age of 10
wears and 10 month She had been
gradually guing down the hill for
cutie a while, and her death was
ducto ii G General breakdown of the
system. She leaves four children,
MeSSrs. W. a. j., Warren and John
--oure and Mrs. Won Mcknight,
Her remains were iaid to rest in
the Cook Durying ground Sunday
afternoon, She was Miss PcrStelie.
Left widow years ago, she fought