The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-08-13
NEWS and VIEWS
AROUND LAKE CITY.
COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETING---
TOBACCO PRICES LOOKING
UP.-PERSONAL NOTES.


Lake City, August 12:-Friday, the
county campaign candidates address
ed large crowd of enthusiastic
friends here. Among the fourteen
office-seekers are two from Lake
City, Mr. ] E Stokes for the House
of Representatives, and Hon W H
Whitehead, ,Jr, for the Senate, ,oppos-
lug Hon J W McCown, the present
incumbent. Special interest was
manifested in the last two oppo-
nents. :Mr Whitehead advocates the
interests of the farmers as opposed
to corporations and the planks Of Mr.
McCown's platform,:and in his usual
forceful style, he drove these facts
home to his hearers attention ana
brought round after round of ap-
plause not only from his farmer
friends" but from almost the entire
audience.
A large crowd of political fans"
went to Florence yesterday to attend
the campaign meeting of the United
States Senatorial candidates.
The tobacco markets here held
good salesyesterday and prices we're
about normal. Owing to the Euro
pean war, tobacco had slumped con-
siderably during the past week by
reason of the fact that two Of the
largest companies called off their
buyers. who were again placed on
the floor yesterday, buying the
golden weed" at its average price.
Almost every farmer seemed great
ly pleased and surprised at the in
creased price.
The many friends of Mr. E C
Spann and family regret to learn Of
the continued illness of Mrs Spann
and wish for her speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs-Byrd of Live Oak,
Fla, are visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs j T Gaskins, near town.
Mrs-Martin of Andrews is visit
ing relatives here.
Mr. J ] M Graham of Cades, a
candidate for the House of Repre-
sentatives from Williamsburg, was
pleasantly noted in town Monday.
Dr-Ariall of Bamberg and Mrs
Ritter are visiting their parents,
Rev and Mrs ] W Ariall, of this
place.
Mrs ] L Richardson left yesterday
for Rock Hill, v Ulere she viii spend
some time with her mother at that
place.
Among our farmer friends sell
ing tobacco here yesterday were:
Messrs Walter McElveen of Cades,
RID, H L Whitlock. M M Welch,
J M Filyaw, M M Morris, W Wesley
Singletary, -Eaddy and others.
Miss Gossa Lawrence Of Vox was
| in town yesterday.
Miss Cecile Severance is spending
her vacation at home.
Miss Alma McElveen returned
from Kingstree last Friday evening.
after pleasant stay with relatives.
Mrs B H Singletary spent Mon
day in Kingstree.
Miss Mamie Lynch, who is doing
stenographic work in Columbia, is
spending her vacation at her home
here with her parents.
Mr. Editor, besides politics and
war, the slump in commodities sold,
the increase in commodities bought,
one hears absolutely nothing these
days, Little less than ten days ago,
one would talk about the stars, but
now it is the wars" invariably
getting as tangled as poor jeff
with the attempt to pronounce the
foreign names and to tell anybody
the real cause of the wars. But,
with it all, we are deeply in sympa.
thy with Germany and resent the
attack of the enemy in this connec-
ton as much as she did. Ask DR. j
B DuRant. l. B N.
We thank our Iersatile correspon-
dent for the editorial squb.-Editor
The Record.