The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-02-28
LIKE CITY DEPARTMENT..
/, chnr@" of
W. l.. PASS, Esq.
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" . Il. z ass, Esq.

Mr.. w. F. McGee spent Thursday
in CharlcStp' huving building ma
terials.
Mr.. J. u. Blackwell has gore
west tn i,uy stock. He will return
about Friday,
Work on the store of MeSsrs. !
Stewart & Floyd has begun. 1t will
be double store thirty-siX by sixty
five feet.
Mr.. Julius Levy, of CharlestoA,
was in town last week. He was
once resident Of this place, and
his old friends were glad to meet
him again.
An ordinance to prohibit the
erection Of wooden huildi lgs within
certain limits has been introduced
in the town c0uGcil, and will prob
ably be passed.
The snow that came last Friday
night and Saturday was quite a
surprise, L fell for about twelve
hours without intermiSsion, and
when the clouds passed away the
white mantle lay about eight inches
deep. 1t was the first snow of the
sc ..son and ore "f ..e heavieS- ever
seen in this section.
Lake City contains parts of three
.trwnships-Sumter. Lee and Ridge.
The number Of people living in that
portion of Sumter township within
the corpOrate limits has been pub
Iished as the total number Of inhab-
itants of the entire town! This is
an Injustice ana should be correct
co. The real population Is some
thing like twice the published NUM-
Der
There is such demand for houses
that as soon as dwelling is plaNned
it is disposed Of-even before the
ink ~ the contract ior its hnildinT
is dry. Judging by the number of
applications sc nave had for the
buildings we control, we verify be-
lieve we could rent twenty five
houses in ten days if we had the
houseS. Well, well, these would
be-citizans will go elsewhere and
then our men who have both money
and land, but will no. build houses,
will pray Time to roll backward
i'm his fight, but he Won't roll.
Mr.. ". l.. Cousins, Of Hickey &
Cousins, a large tobacco firm Of
Danvi.le, Va, spent Friday in town.
While here he bought the scraps
of MessrS. Hall d Clement-about
fifty thouSand pounds. Mr.. Cous-
ins expressed himself as being
much impres sed with Lake City,
and stated that he has been in the
tobacco business quite while and
has carefully studied the situation
il South Carolina, and that it is
his deliberate opinion that the to-
hdccO markets of this st ,te will be
Lake City, Mullins, ~. rlington and
TimmnnSvIilc.
MIR. j. 4. Green spent few days
last week in Wilmington on busi-
ness. While there MessrS Sprunt
& Sons gave him some idea Of the
amount of damaged cotton that has
bee. sold this season. They showed
him bales that were az ual!y wet TO
the center. A whole wharf WAS
covered several inches deep with
damp, noulderirG cotton Some
farmers seem to take no care ut all
of their cotton. They leave it out
in the weather for weeks and on the
damp ground with little or no pro-
lection whatever and then COM
,la!u # any deduction in weight or
reduction IN price is made.
If there is one thug that Lake
City needs more than another 1t Is
Son;a appliance for contending with
fire. We have flowing wells, lots
Of them, but 10 means Cf getting
the vat from these wells on 4 ti'e.
Around the crossing at Acllne AV-
enua ard Main street, the business
center of the town, wooden build
ings are clustered almost ;;s thickly
a. lnry cali be built. Insurance
companies regard this district as so
DANGEROUS that they refuse to write
), me OF the property 1T any price,
an. th+, few risks that are taken ';re
charged enormous prices. This sec
ton has so Ear cSca ned fire, hut it
hiss been purely Il matter OF luck,
and so sure az the sun shines the
demon will one day lay hold of this
center and then.
In. residence Of Mr.. J. S. Hnwle
on Thomas Str etwas destroyed by
fire | st Thurs iar afternoon. The
origin IL supposed to have been in
the Kitchen tiue. When diScOve! d
the ~ ple roof seemed to be on fire.
Assistance came quickly after the
alarm was given, but it was too
late to :; ve the bulldog. As soon