The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-06-13
Lake CITY DEPARTMENT.
Il charge Of
w. L. BASS, ESQ.
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Contractor ElkinS has begun work
,0n what will be the new Lake City
Hotel.
Misses Lena and Marion Thomas
came home Saturday from Will
liamstom Female College.
Mr.. r.. y. Phillips IS visiting his
brother, Mr.. J. p. Phillips. He is
from near BishOpviile.
Mrs. NJ. W. BardIn, of Charleston,
cam up Sunday to see her sick
neicc Miss B@rnice Hinnant.
MesSrs. J. III. Blackwell 4 Co,
will in a few days move their buSi-
ness into the stables of McSSrs.
~jngletary Bros.
Mrs. !. II. GrimSley's boarding
louSe is nearing completion. II
will be ready for occupancy il
about Il week or ten days.
Judge Gaskins sentenced Monkey
Dick Monday to pay fine of SD Or
serve the county 80 days. He plead
gully to assault ana battery.
Misses Maria Croft and Mary
Rushton are at home for the h0li-
days. They have been attending
Columbia Female College.
Leroy Lee, Esq, came up one
day last week to hold consulta-
ton with W. l.. Bass, Esq, about
civil suit in which they are asSo-
-riated.
Mr.. 3. Wallace Jones, Jr., and hiS
Sister, Miss pansy, and Mr.. Willie
l.. AskinS returned from WEIGH
Neck High School, Hartsville, last
Wednesday.
DR.. i. +. C0vington, Of Florence,
spent Saturday and Sunday in
town. lie came to see Miss Ber-
nice Hinnant, who j. i'll. She was
taken sick about a month ago while
at.Eiizabeth College.
Last week we said that Mr. +. r.
Rodgers was about to go into the
hardware business. Nov We can
announce that he has opened up.
lie is getting III good stock of
hardware end will deal in nothing
else. His store is on Main Street,
in the Stewart building. We wish
and predict for him success.
Misses Eva and Halle Rollins
arrived home last Friday from
Winthrop College. Miss Eva grad
uated, receivin. a diplama in the
regular .u!l course and also 4 Ger
.titicatC on studies in the pOst-grad-
uate course. This WAS Miss Hal
lies first year. She will return
next session.
Magistrate Gaskins held q pre-
]iminary examination saturday in
the case of the State vs.. Will Sin
,gleton, alias Big Wheel charged
with house breaking and larceny,
=. probable case wa- made out by
the State and the prisoner, III de-
1lult of bail, was remanded 10 Jail
AZ await the sessions cuurt.
Last SuMday afternoon VI 'nkey
Dick and Mott Hicksnn observed
4ne holy day by Lively passage ut
arms. Monkey caved i'll Mort>s
lnrat grinder with prick and then
made an opening in the same jaw
with a heavy stick. Mott then
turned and fed but fell, whereupon
Monkey struck him several licks
more. The intendant after Il ver-
dict of a jury of guilty collected $40
from Monkey and turned him over.
As long as the chain gang kept
its cump in town law breakers kept
unusually quiet, hut just rs soon as
the caboose WAS moved things broke
loose. This may have been merely
IL coiccidence bat il seems that per-
haps it was something more. We
have a lot of worthless i0atcrs in
town who are continually ~ 'gouble
but they are not Cnamored Of
Wheeler's brigade, some Of them
having seen service in that branch
,of the army and the others having
had Occulnr demonstration OF how
sweet and peasant it is to wear
ankle bracelets. This is the crowd
that kept so quiet.
\ few days ago ~ negro boy, in
the most reckless manner, dashed
ed his horse into the buggy in which
was Mrs. J. u. Goodwin, shocking
and terrifying that lady and break
ing the buggy When brought be-
fore Judge GlskinS he plead guilty,
whcreupon IN invitation, and u
written one 100, was extended to
him to swell the contents Of the
.county'S cash box to the amount of
$I23. The invitation Was accepted,
Sbut we cannn, say with pleasure"
When the constable requested his
sreScnce at IT," "iower sessions" ne
turned his bars upon that officer in
high dudgeon and moved OF AT Il $40
rait: but alas! H}aS. he had not the