The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-04-14
LAKE CITY NEWS.
A COLUMN OF HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST.
Attempted Burglary Of Store Mis-,
creants Desecrate a Church-A
Big Stock Company,

LAKE ClT4, April l2-Lidsl
Saturday a charter was issued
to the Lake City Manufacturing
Co. There was a meeting of
the stockholders on Friday, at
which all were represented. The
following officers were elected:
W FL Steel of Rockingham, N.
c., president; R L Steele Rock
ingham, vice-president; W B
Coleof Cordova, N. c., secretary
and treasurer;G A Brown of Lake
City, general manager. This is
the company of which mention
was made some time ago. 1t has
purchased the plant of A H Will
Jams & Co. and will manufac-
ture lumber, shingles, barrels,
hogsheads, crates, baskets, car
riers, etc. A good deal of new
machinery has, already been put
in and more will be added as
soon as it can be gotten in.
Leroy Lee, Esq, was in town
a short while Monday morning.
Mrs Kate Timmons and three
children of Florence visited at
DIR T B Hinnant's recently.
Mr. R A Murphy, chairman of
the county board of control, was
here two days last week looking
after the dispensary. We hear
that it is the purpose of this
board to open it right away,
and that a lot has been secured
on which house will be built
for the dispensary.
Sunday night some one broke
into the Baptist church, took
what little change, Is cents, that
could be found, tumbled up the
books in the library and tore up
the stove. There seems to be
no clue to the miscreants..
Monday night an attempt was
made to burglarize Mr. j l. c
Moore s store. About ten O o'clock
some one tried to open the door,
and failing in that partly re-
moved the putty from a glass in
the front. Somebody caused
him to stop at this stage. There
was one of the clerks in the store
with a shot gun. He knew what
was going on and was waiting
for the burglar to effect entrance
before firing. Two suspicious
men, one white and one colored,
were afterwards seen. on the
streets. The white man was
searched and arazor found on
him. No arrests were made.
Messrs Marion Bros of Pine
vile, Berkeley county, came up
to Lake City Thursday and pur.
chased from Messrs Stuckey and
Flowers two mules and a horse.
The mules are very fine, prob
ably the finest mules ever seen
in this country. And what
brought these gentlemen away
up here? Most probably the ad
in THE RECORD.
And here is another ent. prise
for our town and community.
Last Friday Messrs W T Askins
and ] S McClam, of this town,
and R A Coffee of Newberry
purchased from Mr. B P Hatchell
all the patents on the Hatchell
plow. They did not buy simply
county or State rights but the
the entire patents. The trans.
fer papers name the purchase
price as $4,000. A corporation
will be organized at once under
the name of Lake City Plow Co.
to manufacture and sell this
plow. The plow has been prac-
tically tested and is claimed to
be really meritorious. The
present owners say that it will
be improved. and will be put up
on the market thoroughly finish
ed and at a reasonable price.
Until the, foundry and shops can
be built here the plow will be
manufactured by contract. The
inventor, Mr. B P Hatchell, is a
Florence county man:
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