The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-08-24
LIGHT AND SHADOW
AT LAKE CITY.
EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE PROJECT
TOBACCO BUSINESS STILL
IIVELF-.PERSONA

Lake City, August 22:-1t seems
that some of our farmers have been
awakened by the recent disaster to
the necessity of draining their lands.
Several projects are on foot for or
ganizing and establishing drainage
districts and issuing bonds from the
sale of which to raise the money
with which to do the work. Some
are in the process of organization,
while others are taking shape. Those
actually on foot are between here
and Olanta and here and Kingstrea.
The resident land owners in two of
the proposed districts have already
met and signed up the yannrs neces-
sary to set the machinery Of estab-
lishment in motion. The largest of
the proposed districts is Kingstree
Swamp district. This extends from
the head of Kingstree swamp near
! OlaDta to Black river just above
Kingstree-about eighteen or twen-
ty miles. The idea is to open this
swamp by canal sufficiently large
to drain thoroughly all the lands ly-
ing on both sides of the swamp and
within the basin.
The sales of tobacco at this mar
ket up to the appearance of this is
sue of The Record will amount to
about three million pounds. Two
and half million pounds had been
sold up to last Saturday night. and
this week it has been coming in on
an average of a hundred and fifty
thousand pounds a day. The prices
continue good-in fact, they are as
high as at any time during the sea-
son to date.
The plant of the Imperial Tobacco
Co is not running full time. Five
hundred hands are employed. This
does not include office men, engin-
eers, ,fremen. etc, but only the hands
at work in the factory itself. The
leaf tobacco bought by this company
at all the markets in the State is
handled at this plant, where it goes
through all the processes necessary
to prepare it for export.
Last week we stated that the Lake
City News had been purchased by
Messrs M K Gravely and Mark Smith.
Now we understand that Mr. Grave
ly has nothing to do with the paper.
but that Mr. Smith and P H Arrow
smith, Esq, are the buyers.
Mr. Paul Caldwell, who now lives
in Rock Hills here visiting relatives
at his old home.
Mayor w r Scott came up from
Kingstree in his car Sunday and
spent the day in town.
Mrs M D Pye and young son of
Wilmington are visiting the formers
parents, Mr. and Mrs ] M Sturgeon.
Congressman J w Ragsdale will
deliver a political address here at 3
p. m. Thursday. The public, of
course, is invited.
Mr. P G Gourdin of Kingstree was
here Tuesday on business connected
with surveying some lands in the Vi
cinity.
Have you ever seen a white frog?
Well, Mr. Sturgeon, j M, found one
Tuesday morning in his fig bush. 1t
was somewhat smaller than toad
frog, and Of light gray color-prac-
tically white. 1t was also fine
jumper.
Mr. Everett Miller, who comes
from Greenwood, now has a position
| in the mercantile establishment of
Mr. A B Brick. By the way, DR.
Steele says that the middle B"
ought to be rubbed out of Mr. Bricks
name. for he is really "a brick".
DIR and Mrs Jennings and sons Of
Bishopville motored down Sunday to
visit relatives. Mrs Jennings and the
boys will remain several days.
Young Williams, son of Mr. A B
Williams, lost the end of finger at
the ice plant a few days ago. 1t got
mixed up with some machinery and
was torn from the rest of the finger.
In some fields cotton is opening
right along, and good deal will be
picked this week. Of course most
OF the farmers will lave, cornpara-
lively speaking, but little to pick. and
some will have absolutely none, but
there will be fractional part of
crop made. and this part will be ma
terially increased if we have late
frosts, as the weed has come out con-
siderably the last three weeks. ard a
good top crop of fruit is being put on
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Friday, September s, 1916,via Allan