The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
COINGS At LAKE CITY.
Budget OF NEWS OF THE PAST
WEEK.
The Tobacco Growers Convention
Banquet for Judge Wallace A
Blind Tiger Haul,

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the wardens had a fight Saturday
and was fined $500. His antago-
mist got off with $500.
Mr. C S Lucas, county treasurer of
Florence, came down Thursday and
remained until Monday visiting at
W L Bass, Esq's.
Mrs Matte Fillmore went to
Florence Monday OH visit.
DR. A H Williams went to Char
lesion the early part of the. week.
Much interest is being shown in
the Tobacco Growers Convention, !,
which will meet here Oh next Fri
day. We hear this meeting talked
of on all sides. There will no doubt
be a very large attendance of earnest
men who will discuss matters of
interest to tobacco farmers, especial
" the tobacco trusts and the de-
preston i'll prices and try to devise
some plan OF relief. All should be
interested in this matter. The
growers are receiving the hardest
blow, but all are affected by the
ridiculously low prices of tobacco.
When the farmers have less money
to spend and with which TO pay
debts, the merchant, the doctor, the
lawyer, the blacksmith-all are hurt.
And all should join hands and
hearts with the growers in their
struggle for relief. We sincerely
hope that out of this meeting some
thing of lasting good will be evolved.
The Florence Times cf one day
last week made mention If the fact
that shipment of Colletcu tobacco
brought three cents PEI pound at
Lake City, but that paper has been
careful to say nothing either of the
Colleton shipment that sold for Il
cents on the Darlington market or
of the Steele lot from Georgetown,
that brought next to nothing at
Florence. Three cents is low,
shamefully low, but it is little bet
ter, at least, than II, and if THE
Colleton man who received 3 cents
is hurt, Steele must be ruined.
Miss Eva North, of Laurinburg,
N. c., is visiting her sister. Mrs "
Z Severance.
Hon p S Wall was. in town from
Scranton day last week and while
here paid us pleasant call.
Magistrate Wallace seems to be
gaining splendid reputation.
Recently we have heard several and
solid men say that he Is making one
Of the best magistrates We ever had.
We congratulate Kingstree and the
/ county.
Nineteen gallons of whiskey came
here Saturday and it is reported
that coed deal of it was blind
tiger liquor. The effects of the stuff
were in evidence, very much in evi-
dence on the ways, and in the by.
ways and hedges. 1t is rumored
that there are some white men en.
gagged in the businessmen who
would hardly be suspected of such q
thing. How decent white npSi1
who lays claims to respectability Car
60 to Work to Systematically violate
the law We can not underStand
We can very readily appreciate how
man under stress of circumstance:
and the impulse of the moment may
commit crime, but how a man who
wilfully day after day violates what
he knows to be the law of the lane
can hold up his head among honest
men is beyond our comprehension
And they will be found OF. The
slickest blind tiger this town eve
had was caught not long since. NJ
man can continue TO break the Law
without being caught sooner o.
later. Look out! The day o1
reckoning will come as sure as to
morrow's sun will rise. And wher
IT comes -. w. L. B;