The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-16
EVENTS IN LAKE CITY.
MASS MEETING HELD LOOKING TO
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.
Better Sanitary Conditions and Fire
Protection Wanted-A New School
Principal-Cther Matters.

LAKE CITY, June 1.-THE
writer is in receipt of a letter
from George W Belmont of Min
neapolis, Mimi, stating that he
is in search of a home and desir-
ing information as to our soil,
climate, price of lands, trans.
portation facilities, 'etc. The
letter is interesting and well
written and the writer is evil
IDENTIFY an educated man. We
mention this inquiry as an evil
dence of the attention that our
section is attracting and the
trend of the future. Old Will
iamsburg must be waking up
when her fame has spread across
the Mississippi and men from
beyond the Great Lakes are
seeking homes on her soil.
Hon j w Ragsdale, candidate
for the Lower House of the
National Legislature, spent Wed:
nesday night of last week here
on his way to Smiths Mills to
attend a big picnic.
Some of the candidates are
"getting the hustle on.
Miss Kate Traywick is at home
from college.
DR. Paul Traywick has, we are
informed, decided to locate in
Orangeburg for the practice OF
medicine.
Miss Maud Singletary has re-
turned home from school.
Mrs S w Gowdy is right ill.
She is at the home of her father.
Mr. Rickenbacker.
Mr. Martin Severance left his
desk in the Florence telegraph
office to spend Sunday here with
his family.
The preachers in town will re-
ceive several fees before July 4,
1904.
That genial and always-wel-
come drummer, Mr. Walter B
Logan, was in town last week.
He is now representing a big
New York shoe house.
Miss Belle Carter went over in
Florence county Saturday on a
visit.
Mr. Eddie Rush of Florence is
rushing down here now at the
rate of about four times month
and seems to be doing a "rush-
ing" business on Main street.
Rev S G Morris of Mt pheasant
spent a few days here last week
with relatives. 1t is only under
very peculiar circumstances
that the most direct route from
Charleston to Lake City is by
the way of Leesville, Lexington
county.
Miss Bertha Morris graduated
from the Leesville college last
week and is now at home.
The trustees of our town school
have elected Mr. T G Covington
of McCoIl Marlborough county,
principal. Mr. Covington is
highly recommended as a gentle.
man and as teacher. tits not
vet known whether he will ac-
cept or not. 1t is most earnest
Ily and heartily and devoutly
wished and prayed that the trus-
tees will secure a good princl-
pal and good assistants and give
us a decent school, one that will
be a credit to our opportunities
and out of which our children
will reap some benefit. We have
had first rate schools in the past
and we ought to have them
again. We don't want a mod
ern graded school. The schools
of that class are humbugs and
worse; but we want a school
where children will be taught
obedience, work and individual
effort.
Mr. R E Curran of Cades and
Miss Doty were married near
Concord last Sunday. MIR Cur
ran is a North Carolinian who
has come down here to raise to-
bacco. He found our soil and
girls so excellent that he will
probably remain with us.
DR. Rickenbacker of Barnwell
visited his sister, Mrs SW Cow
dy, last week.
A mass meeting was held on
the 9th in the Pythian hall at
which the sanitary and fire pro-