The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-11-10
Lake CITY NEWS NOTES.
SAYINGS AND lDoINGs OF PEOPLE
OF QUIZ SISTER TOWN.
New K. Of P. Lodge Hall-An Echo Of
The Race Prob!em"- Trouble
Caused by Whiskey.

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r Brockinton Of Dock was IN our
town on "Wednesday last and paid us
pleasant call.
Mayor W W Timlnons of Triton,
Ga, had his handsome residence
burned last Friday by fire that de,
s,royed property worth more than a
quarter of a million dollars and that
laid in ashes q good part of the
Hourishing town Of Triton. Mr. Tim
mons is we'll known in this section of
williamsburg and in Florence coun
ty.
Mr. Ohm johnson left here Mon
day. He gees to Lamar, where he
has secured position i'll DR. Wat
sons drug store.
Mr. j Moultrie Truluck has pur-
chased the newly finished Wcster re-
ndence on Jones street, as some call
it. Mr. Truluck is "a bachelor, but
perhaps this is only an investment.
However, things are not always
what they seem.
The Lake City Lodge knights IF
Pythiss has purchased a nice lot on
Main street just below the dwelling
house Of MIR j d Daniel. On this
lot the Lodge will build at once, SO
we are informed, a two storied brick
house, the lower story of which will
be fitted up for a store and the upper
for the lodge room. The knights
have long felt their need o. suit
able home for their order and have
determined to be wan ting no longer.
Hence this move. 1t ls probable
that the Masons will secure the use
Of the hall for their quarters also.
DIR j B DaRant has sold the place
known as the "Byrd place., Just be-
low town, to Mr. John NJ Kennedy.
Mr. Simon Poston, that substantial
and straight forward merchant and
farmer of Half Moon was noted here
Friday.
We noted that splendid citizen Mr.
W s Eaddy Of Prospect in town Sat
urday last.
The New Zion school was opened
Monday, Miss Lena Thomas in
charge.
That genial veteran. Col j P Epps
Of Cades was in our midst one day
last week on business.
Mr. j j n Graham came up from
Cades Wednesday to receive con-
signnent Of three-year.eld paper
shell giant pecans. He will put two
acres in these nuts at once and add
to this froa time to time. This is
exactly in the right direction. 1t
has been demonstrated the South
Carolina produces the finest pecans
grown in the United States; and, af-
, ter,the few years of necessary wait
ing, the crop is sure and profitable
one. We believe it good Indication
when our people 60 to putting out
nut and fruit trees.
Sam Singletary, colored, who is
charged with having beaten and
choked q little white boy near Han
ma, Florence county, more than
year ago, was arrested here Saturday
by Marshal Cole and llaced in the
savings department of the guard
house. Sheriff Burch came down
Sunday and carried the prisoner to
Florence Sunday night 81 ,gletary
had been in hiding since the crime
was committed and felt that he
could come here in safety, but found
this mistake.
There was quite a crowd in town
SATURDAY and some of the crowd,
after "cIowding down" more of that
which is dispensed from the States
whiskey shop than they could con-
tain without losing their equan-
NIFTY and equilibrium, proceeded to
dispense much noise, recless driving
and large "cuss Words. Two white
men were salted down in the refrig-
orator and allowed to cool off. An
other, who was pretty full. managed
to keep from being ''pulled" and got
ont Of town, but when few miles
away the liquor could not longer re-
sist the temptation to get him in
trouble, and he tried to empty a load
of shot into another man, who for
tunately knocked the barrel of the
gun aside just as it was discharged.
Had not this second man heen cool,
and collected, it is probable that we
would be called upon to chronicle a
horrible hopaide instead of an as
sault.
Messrs j H Blackwell, P G Gour-
din and j H Y Gaskins, of the board