The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-03-10
events IN LIKE CITY.
PENCIL PARAGRAPHS P0RTRAYING
PATCHES OF LOCAL COLOR.
Death Of ]. S. Howle-Lake City Man.
ufaeturing Co. Applies for Charter
The Passing Throng.


win Harper of Kingstree was
noted in town last Wednesday.
Miss Marie Beavers returned
from Atlanta last week and is
now in charge of the millinery
department of Messrs Stewart &
Floyd S establishment.
Mr. Martin Severance came
down from Florence Sunday and
spent The day IN towI-
Auditor Montgomery spent
few hours with us one morning
lately.
Mrs Fuller Rickenbaker is
spending some time with he1
daughter, Mrs S W Gowdy, OF
the Hebron neighborhood.
Supervisor Graham was here
Thursday and bought two more
mules for the county from
Messrs Stuckey & Flowers.
MIR wv McCutchen spent Mon
day in Kingstree.
Hon "Truss" Stackhouse OF
Little Rock spent Monday in
our town, the guest of DR. Will
Jams.
DR. Thomas McElveen paid us
a very pleasant call Thursday.
He is the same genial, hearty
Tom McElveen who went away
more than twenty years ago.
The only changes are a flowing
beard and rotund figure. He is
now practicing medicine at
North in Orangeburg county and
is succeeding very nicely.
Application has been made
for the charter for the Lake City
Manufacturing Co. The leaders
in this enterprise are Messrs W
F L and Robt. L Steele of Rock.
ingham, N. c., W G Cole of Cor,
dova, N. c., and Geo. A Brown
of Lake City. This corporation
will engage in the manufacture
of lumber, shingles, barrels,
hogsheads, crates, baskets, car
riers, etc. It will begin business
with a capital stock of $4,000
and increase as the bus mess be-
comes established. We predict
for this company success to itself
and much good to this communi.
ty. Those behind it are thorough
business men of abundant means
and faith in the future of this
country. The Messrs Steele
own large interests cotton mills
and banks in the North State.
The manufacture of hogsheads
is already an important industry
here. Last year our warehouses
used more than three thousand
This means over S4 800 spent for
these articles. Our truck farm.
ers use baskets and carriers by
the tens of thousands and crates
by the carloads. To supply
these demands will keep a big
mill humming, but the Lake
City Manufacturing Co. pro-
poses to do this and more too.
Success to it. We will welcome
the company and the men be.
hind it. All such enterprises
should receive our patronage,
support and encouragement.
Mr. John Scott Howle breathed
out his life last Saturday after.
noon about three O'Clock. he
had been in rather bad health
for a number of years, being
sufferer from asthma. He be
came really i'll some days ago
and gra dually grew worse until
he went away. He was buried
at the Baptist cemetery Sunday
afternoon in the presence of a
goodly gathering of friends and
relatives.
Mr. Howle was born in Darling.
ton county fifty-fve years ago.
About twenty years ago he
came to this section, where he
remained till his death. His
wife, who survives him, was
Miss Rebecca J Rollins, of. Lake
Swamp, Darlington. To them
were born nine children, seven
of whom are now among US.
Fortunately for the widowed
mother and the children two OF
the sons are grown.
Mr. Howle was a quiet, law,
abiding citizen. He was a kind
neighbor and one of the first to
lend a helping hand to those in
distress. He did whatever his
hands found to do and in the
manner that seemed best to him