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$100,000 in Greenbacks MissingWIien Fire Destroys Home. Huntington, W Va, (Special)? When the home of Wade Marcum, a farmer living on Breeden creek, Mingo county, was burned recently, $100,000 in currency, the hoard of years, was destroyed, Marcum led the life of a mi- j ser and when he sold valuable coal and lumber lands always demanded^yment -in greenbacks | of larger denominations. This i cash he always kept in the house,' I "FEARING TO TRUST IT TO I THE BANKS."?Ea^ange. 9 Do YOU belong tothesuspi-i Pcious, miserly class who fear * to trust their money to a respon-! sible bank? For your own sake we hope not. Let us take care of your money r for you and pay you liberal in-: terest. Bank of Williamsburg! ^ KIN6STREE, S, C. : |MKCAL Full many a man that now doth beat the printer j ^ Will waste his voice upon the heated air, And vainly sigh for cooling freeze of winter ' When he is punished for his sins i down there? ? * ** f t I I Monday was salesday but there *ere no public sales. Mrs Dell Sedgwick is visiting friends in Lake City. All three tobacco warehouses are now readv for business. The county Board of equalization! is in session here today. Miss Grace Smith of Mullins is; visiting friends in town. Mr and Mrs L J Stackley spent | the "Fourth" in Lake City. Miss Mary G Robertson of Columbia is visiting Miss Guerrv Green. 1 z . 1 Miss Elmer Epps of Sumter is visiting Mr D J Epps' family in town, j 3?jssrs M F Heller and P 0 Ar- j roWSmith are on the sick list this week. Miss Daisy Stackley of Florence is; visiting the family of Mr Louis Sta&ley. L < I Mr Mott McClam of Canton, Mississippi, is on a visit to his home folk near town. Mr and Mrs S Marcus and children spent the "Fourth" in Lake City with friends. Mrs John Howard and son of Marion are visiting Mrs Howard's sister, Mrs R J McCabe. Miss Marion Gilland has returned j home from a visit to friends in Sum A?^ nninfc LCI anu UUICi |miuw. Mr E E King spent several days this week with his family, who are visiting in Hartsville. Messrs W R Scott and C E Funki were in Charleston several days the early part of this week. , Miss Marian McFadden has refc turned from Columbia, where she r has been visiting friends. Mr Eugene Pendergrass of Florence is visiting the family of Mr L Stackley, in Academy street. Mr W H Kinder left this week for a trip to Tennessee and Kentucky in quest of health and pleasure. Miss Lily Cunningham has returnI R 1 Bl Muuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuui I - - - - - Lf.. 1 i ed from her summer vacation trip to West Virginia and elsewhere. I Mrs E E McGill returned to her ] home at Benson Monday.after spend-; in# some days here visiting relatives.11 Ice has been scarce here the past j! few days and the town seems seriously threatened with an ice famine. 1' Miss H RGale will leave in a short ! while for Hendersonville, N C, to spend some time in the "Land of the ] Sky". ' i Miss Belle Ervin, having com-1 pleted the course at a business col lege at Savannah, Ga, has returned 1' home. ' M Chief Anderson has resigned from 1 the local police force. There are j quite a number of applicants for the ; job, it is said. We are requested to call attention s to notice of Indiantown Christian 1 Endeavor "box supper," which ap- 1 pears in another column. Messrs Thomas McCutchen, H 01 j Welch, Zeno Vause, P M Brockinton and Troy Flagler took in the races! at Darlington on July 4. ( The Record force took half holi- ! day on the "Fourth," so that several . belated communications had to be held over until next week. Rev Dr Robert Wilson is enjoying a well-earned vacation, hence there will be no services at the Episcopal 1 aUkmI, urifil further nrvtipp Mr and Mrs M A Ross were called 1 to Charleston the early part of the 1 week on account of the illness of < Mrs Ross's mother in that city. Dr A M Snider left Tuesday to t spend several days at Myrtle Beach. 1 Says he is just "spying out the h.nd," t with a view to a later trip of some ( length. i 5 Mr and Mrs Louis Sherfesee and children of Charleston arrived here yesterday to spend some time with i Mrs Sherfesee's parents,Mr and Mrs i Thos M Giiland. j We are requested to announce | J that the third quarterly conference j of Kingstree station will be held Thursday, at 8:30 p. m.,at the Methodist parsonage. 1 Mr Morris Bow,formerly of Kings- ^ tree, but who is now manager of a i flourishing mercantile business at ( Timmonsville, spent the "Fourth" with friends in town. * -< > J we are graieiui to our menu, , Charlie McElveen, for a cordial in- ^ vitation to a Fourth of July picnic at ^ Mr T R Wilson's. Wish it had been , so we could have been present. j Mr Lewis, of the Farmers' ware- 5 house, has arrived and is getting ready for business. From now on j all tobacco brought to the Farmers' ] warehouse will be taken care of. , The many friends of Mr R M 1 Vause, who had to go to a Florence 1 infirmary recently for treatment.are 1 glad to hear that he is progressing 1 favorably toward convalescence. Mr William W Barr, the popular \ and obliging book-keeper of the Bank of Kingstree, left Monday for ' Greenville and Paris Mountain to 1 take a few weeks of rest and rec- ' reation. j Mr Burrie Brockinton, one of the last returning college students,came in yesterday. Mr Brockinton is a ; creditable representative from Wil- ; liamsburg at Davidson College, 1 North Carolina. 1 Master Nappie Nelson has a trio j of rather novel pets?three young , alligators captured in the river swamp. The largest 'gator is about a foot long and folk that know say < that he can bite. j Rev W P Meadors will preach in 1 the school auditorium next Sunday 1 morning and evening. Rev W A 1 Fairv will Dreach for Mr Meadors J the same day at Live Oak church, 1 Greelyville circuit. 5 Probably nowhere in'the country was the "Fourth" observed in a manner more "safe and sane" than < at Kingstree. Practically all the ] business places were closed and a ( Sabbath quietude prevailed. \ immmmrommmmmmmmi HA EMI JTLER 1 iiuiuuiiuiuiuuiuuutuaiuuui \ . * i? I It is predicted that the cotton crop ? this year in Williamsburg county ^ will be harvested earlier than it has r been in many years, if not earlier J than ever before. In some sections i 3 there won't be much to harvest, it is V said. , J Mr Tom Lewis and son, Leon, of Tampa, Florida, visited Mr Lewis', j sister, Mrs Fannie Swann, here last / week. Mr Lewis left Eennettesville 1 for the "Land of Flowers" about ?leven years ago and th s is his first * return visit. 1 Hon W D Bryan of Taft was in > town Friday and paid us his respects. Mr Bryan expects to leave S this week for his summer home at 1 Hendersonville, North Carolina, to c remain in the mountains until about | September 15. I Revs Wr H Whaley and ST Russell C and Mr Sam Pipkin of Bloomingvale I were noted in town Monday. We f were pleased to see our old friend, K Mr Russell, more cheerful and ap- f parently improved in health since S bis last visit here. 1 Mr Louis H Epps of Hastings, ? Georgia. is here for a few days' visit j :o his parents, Mr and Mrs Edwin J Epps, near town. Mr Epps has c aeen in Georgia for several years i and his many friends are glad to f welcome him bacK. * Our advertisers will please bear in I nind that we cannot change their ids the current week when the I 'copy" for the change comes in f ater than Tuesday. That is our ex- K ;reme, final limit. Try to get it to us 5 ?arliert if possible, please. 1 Master George Ansel Nelson en- L ertained a number of his little > iriends and associates Saturday af- 2 ernoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in honor 1 >f his fourth birth-day. Quite a ?^ nerry crowd of gleeful youngsters ihared in the festive occasion. In renewing his subscription a I \ preacher in the "Old North State", , vrites: "We have not missed a single copy since the paper begair its [( weekly visits a year ago. We ap- 5 oreciate those weekly visits, too. 2 Let The Record come right on." J Writes a former teacher in the!5 ligh school who still keeps in touch I 2 vith Kingstree by reading The Rec- j I >rd; "Kindly change my address to c Mellie, North Carolina. Hope to f md The Kecord even more pleasant i around the camp-fire than at home." I Mr Lamar Montgomery, formerly T ;ashier of the Wee Nee bank, but who is now traveling salesman for ? ;he Wales Adding Machine company, risked his home folk here last week, de His many friends were pleased to Pa >ee him looking well and prosperous. w< th Quite a number of voters registered Monday before 'the, county ooard of registration. You know, you have to have a certificate from Gi the county registration board to en- i " title you to a town registration certificate to qualify you for voting in A' the municipal election. by th The following young ladies are stj guests at the hospitable home of w| Miss Jimmie Rritton: Miss Clara Jor- Jai irn, Bennettsville; Miss Kate Cantey, Summerton; Misses Freda Rutland and Agnes Jones, Batesburg; Pa Miss Kittie Minus, St George; Miss 01 Zulie Anderson, Florence. Cs 4 ; Rodgers McGill, s. young son of m, Mr W P McGill, was taken to the y< Florence infirmary Saturday morn-1 an ng to be operated on for appendici- Af tis. He sustained the operation very f0 well,we understand, and last reports tu ndicate that he is progressing fa- sp vorably toward recovery. Sheriff Graham and Mr A 0 Hud- bi ion have gone into partnership rais- fr< ng blood-hounds. They have now a ha quartette of fine, healthy pups, a lit- ha :le over two months old, that are th well-grown and vigorous. They are M Kir fKq inrrna/l KnnnH Jli V.U IJJ bllC pvui WU ll"UUU bliuv | VII die Sheriff has had at the jail for j hi: some time. j se< The Dutch Fork weather prophet's ; 'guse-bone" slipped up in its fore-! j0J ;ast for rain yesterday, so far as m* Kingstree was concerned. The pre-; liction was that all over the State j vhere needed copious rains would , yo wmirommmmfwwnnmwfl .LF VAN DRY GC iUUUUlUlllUiiUUlliUUiUUUUiih # 1 July 19 to I Jenkinson ] CLEAN ! SAL Will Open Wednesd Close Saturday a ^ i rv a uenerai ko Cleaning 0 Summer Look out for our quoting prices and tion of sale. Jenkinson scend to cool and refresh the | rched earth. Plenty of rain signs W|T|V ?re visible but nothing doing in; "J yl e deluge line. j Special attention is directed to the j Wgtttp tice of a vacant cadetship at the tadel Academy, Charleston, from j ~ ?'r^^j illiamsburg county, to be filled ; ^ nrtlv hv comnetitive examination.! mnFFt^B* I on J )ODS COMP :iUiUiUiUUUUltiUUUiUUmUUiUUUUUUUUUUUl \ V t August 19 Bros. Cos i; SWEEP' -E : .. ay, July 19, and ^ a __ _ j -4 rv 1 , August iy. j und-Up?A' ' ' y ut of AH Goods. ?' ; v.V big ad next week ' iving full descrip-i i > \ . . . ?; Bros. Co. \ < t i I, nong all the scholarships offered ! ' the colleges of the State this is I W7/nf e most desirable from a pecuniary [ W77/il andpoint, being worth to the boy | mdA io wins it about one thousand dol-j Miss Mollie Epps left the early I prooK^mp^f. irt of the week for Reeves Park, I We have local repr lio, to attend the International I locality, wi imp Meeting, which began on July I C0RTR1 and will continue throughout the SO North 23rd Sti onth, being conducted by Dr T E )akum, a widely known evangelist d specialist in Divine Healing. . , . w iter attending the camp meeting to^n> brought us Moi r a week or two Miss Mollie will re- ??*ton b?I] hav* f rn to Goldsboro, North Carolina,to 1S a Wealthy, well-d< end the summer with relatives. nearly grown. Although by the severe illness of i Rev E E Ervin,pastor of Williams- bers of his family?oi irg Presbyterian church,announced passed away?just at om the pulpit last Sunday that he season, Mr Snipes has d placed his resignation in the and it te to be hoped .nds of the session to take effect at health and prosperity " * * ^ 1 * ' rtAiMnnnootn f e next meeting or tne rresoyiery. ui?u>ui r Ervin has been pastor of this tion that has fallen so h arge for the past six years and family. s many friends regret that he has . , ?n fit to take this step. He is a -^e"^man wh? ?n iristian gentleman of the highest ? /Jf. {udge pe and our town can ill afford to in State. ,so, s ;e such citizens as he and hisesti- 1"ltera^e \*dy to ible family. ?fffic?e one.df;., *re.y of Reprobate? she in Mr W E Snipes, a progressive am the Judge of Proba ung farmer a few miles from the dignified official. PRICE *** A 1 L ^ I | i|| , w. I f J [ Cl i iPmTrST^I f iT j i v ^itikirn^^ i^|SS3pBSSfi| ^^B?glwfeya^| - '~S 0 be laid right over wood shingles if necessary?Fire- I Last as long as the building and never need repairs. I eSentatives almost everywhere but if none in your im- I /, *|j rite us direct for samples, prices and full particulars. I IGHT METAL ROOFING COMPANY I reet 1 Philadelphia, Pa. I . I iday the first j all right," quoth the old lady. "You en this year.; see my father died detested and left jveloped boll, I several little infidels and I want to 1 handicapped j be their executioner." The Judge 1 ~c D?1? ? j ?.;*u seveiai mem- ui xiuuatc sui vivcu witu suiuc umr ne of whom culty, and managed to interpret her the busiest expressed wishes sufficiently to coma fine crop ply with them. 1 that future M ^ may in a . , or the afflic- " 13 n9w a?amst the law to send leavily on his a weekly paper to a subscriber longer than one year on credit. We , cc held the ^on't intend to violate the law to of a county please anyone; so don't be surprised 9 ?ry goes, had , if your paper stops coming when I call at his you fjon't pay> tf ou the Judge, * r iquired. "I ite," replied. Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy. t Well, that S | Kc/sr fails. Buy it now. It may save life. I JB 3 .4 ; ii LE | f ANY 1 / lUUUiiUiUUiiUiiiUUiUUitiUiiUUiiiUUift /