The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-09-29
LAKE CITY AND VICINITY.
CHRONICLE OF A WEEKS HAPPEN
INGS IN A BUSY COMMUNITY.
The Holloway Land Co.-Wood Distilling
Co.-Station Agent Resigns-Death
of a Septuagenarian.

Cowards Sunday and spent the
day in town.
Miss Mary Rushton, formerly
of this town but now of Fork,
Marion county, is spending some
time with her Lake City friends,
who are glad to meet her again.
Mr. r E Morris, who has been
right i'll some days, is now rapid
ly recovering.
Mr. J P Phillips is taking a
much needed rest with relatives
in Sumter county. He will be
away several weeks. His health
has not been the best for some
time and he is taking this vaca-
ton with the view OF recuperat-
ing his powers.
Mr. l. NJ Belk has enlarged his
dwelling house on Charles street
and is now having the whole
nicely painted. These additions
improve the house very much. 1t
is rumored that he will soon cease
renting it.
Mr. P 3 Callison, eX-represent-
ative, now dispensary Inspector,
was in town Friday checking up
the books of Dispenser Rodgers.
He found everything in good
shape and the business being
carried on to the entire satlsfac-
ton of the officials most interes-
ted.
Mr. W l. Mcdaniel, one of the
leading farmers and substantial
citizens of the Johnsonville
neishborhood. was in town Fri
day. He brought with him a
load of tobacco, which be sold
for from $40 to $1,000 per hun
dred pounds. The average for
the entire load was nearly 13cts
per pound. He says that his
best tobacco is still at home,
some of which he thinks will
bring about S1.00 pound. Mr.
! Mcdaniel thinks tobacco, on the
whole, is a better money crop
than cotton. During the five
years that he has raised it, there
have been only two bad years,
/ 1901 and 19O3-two out OF five.
Cotton will not show up in an
equal proportion.
Mr. B B Chandler came up
from Rome Friday and sold to-
bacco at the Star. We saw a
pile of his that brought Is cents
per pound. 1t was not scrap
nor Jugs, but for the quality the
price was simply "out of sight. -
The leaf was large and of good
shape-but it had no body, was
"off smell" and had "eyes. >"
Mr. George Rookie returned to
! Mt Pleasant the early part OF
the week to make arrangements
for opening the next term OF the
graded school at that place, OF
which he has been at the head a
wear and will hold the samepos-
ition again. The school will not
open until next week, but being
a benedict now, he must needs
go in time to secure a dwelling
house.
The festive drummers are as
thick here these days as the can
didates were at Greelyville on
August 10Th, 1904. Speaking OF
the candidates and of Greelyville
reminds US of an incident that
happened at the meeting at that
place. After "Bob" Gamble, as
he is called by his intimates, had
spoken a few minutes, a citizen
in the crowd called out, "That
will do, Bob. Come down. Greely-
Vile will vote for YOU" And it
seems that not only that splen-
did place voted for him, but a
good many others too; for "Bob .
Gamble is to be the next coroner
of the county.
Between the two primaries Mr.
J E Ellerbe spent day in Lake
City. While here he said he be-
lieved he would be elected by
about 200O votes. His majority
was 2OO5. He had it figured pref
ty fine, eh?
Gen F M Britton of Rome was
here Friday. AT an age Eeen
most who reach it have lost their
snap and vim, he goes on with
all the energy and hopefulness
of a man 20 years his junior.
Mr. ] @ Harrell, formerly OF