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Miss Lulji Stroug is visiting relatives
near Central.
l>r W J Haselden was in town
Tuesday Irom Cades.
Mr T J Phillips was in Kingtree
Tuesday from Central.
Market report?Cotton 8 1-8 to
8 1-4; cottonseed $16 05.
Mr \V C Wilson of Iudiantown
was in Kingstree Saturday.
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?ur 1AIUI3 Uliiauu 1V??I?V>. -
(lay from Hender/jonville, N. C.
Mr ST MeCrea of Cedar Swamp
was a visitor in town yesterday.
Mr and Mrs J C Everett of Salters
were visitors in town Monday. I
Every body should go out to hear
lialph Bingham next Wednesday
night.
li 0 Whitehead Esq and C W Stoll
Esq went to Lake City today on I
business.
One hundred and seven bales of
cotton were bought in this market |
yesterday.
Attention is called to legal j
notices and notice of second pri
? I
inary eiecuuu.
Messrs S W Gowdy and J C Mc?
Elveen of Hebron were noted in
town Tuesday.
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Messrs J D Cox and Wilson Altman
of Johnsonvilie were on our'
streets yesterday.
Politeness is the outward and
visible expression of an inward
and spiritual grace.
Miss Evie Cunningham of Indiantown
left last week for Sumter to
. attend the graded school.
.Miss Jennie McCutchen of Indiantown
left this week for Rock Hill
to attend Winthrop College.
Mr Louis Jacobs, Jr., of Charleston
came up Sunday, and spent the
day with his parents in town.
MrSJTharpe of Cedar Swamp
and J ? Tharpe of Johnsonville
were in town one day last week.
Miss Ossie Epps returned from
Charleston this week, accompanied
bv her sister, ijrs D P Frierson.
Miss Vlrgie Walker of Georgetown
is visiting the family of Oapt
John A Kelley in Academy street.
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Messrs J M, ^ M auu uf ? iiiiivih?*on
of the Cades section were
among the visitors in town yesterday.
The Graded school opened las
Monday with over a hundred pupils
and the attendance is increasing
daily.
With some people an argument
is like u hammer; it only serves to
drive in more firmly their false
opinions.
Mr B I'ittman of Ashpole, X. C.,
lias been appointed assistant station
agent here. He reported for work
this morning.
Ralph Ringham has appearod in
Philadelphia 142 times. lie will be
here on the evening of the 24th.
Don't fail to hear him.
Miss Mellie Brockinton, after a
visit of some length to her aunt Mrs
R H Kellehan, returned last week
to her home near Harpers.
Miss Louise, Marion and Tommy
Kami vuitinc the
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family of Rev W S Martin at Johnston,
have returned home.
You could not give your boy or
girl at college a more acceptable
present than a subscription to the
County Record during the school
term.
We are requested to announce
that the members of the Baptist
church will hold a meeting at the
church next Sunday, at 11 o\ilock,
sharp.
One of the prettiest show windows
in town is that of Mr Ike
$chu!tz, on Academy street. Their
special sale takes place on next
Monday.
The faculty of the Graded school
is very anxious that pupils who
are going to attend should be entered
at once. A day lost at the
tirstof the season ean never be
uiu^e up.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ~3
LOCAL REPORTER AND ^3
NOTED ^3
Written in Condensed Form ^3
and Printed in Like Manner ^3
for the Sake of Our Busy ^3
! I Readers
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Mr. Walter Logan, the wideawake
traveling representative ol
M Drake A Sons., Charleston, was
in town yesterday takiug orderfor
his "house."
Rev Carey, assisted by Misses
Payne and Fuller, is conducting e
holiness meeting at the school
house near Mr A J Smith's. The
meeting will last one week.
Miss Annie Chandler, who habeen
on a visit to her lister, Mrn
R \V Humphries at Ridgeville, S C,
returned to her home at Benson
last week. She was accompanied
by Mrs Humphries.
Mr J \V Josey, the popular and
well known representative ol
Melchers & Co., Charleston, was circulating
among our merchants yesMV
i<! woll known
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and well liked in Kingstree.
Mrs J P Gamble and Mr A M
Gordon's children of Gourdins are
occupying the Giiland cottage on
Main street. This arrangement
has been made to give the children
the benefit of the Graded school.
Just as we go to press we hear of
the death of Dr T P Steele, of Black
Mingo. Dr Steele was a son-in-law
of Mrs McConnell, whose death is
reported in this issue, and had been
a sufferer lor years from ill health,
Mr William David Shaw, the
sometime editor of the Lake City
Times, has been appointed letter
carrier No. 2 for Sumter. At the
examination for this position, we
understand, Mr Shaw stood fifth
out of 26.
Dr and Mrs W V Brockinton,
Miss Ada Brockinton, Mrs C G
Harper, Misses Editb and Beulah
Nelson, Mamie and Etta Jacobs and
Mr Clarence Jacobs attended the
Mav-Davls wedding reception at
Cades Tuesday evening.
Rev F H Poston, who had been
spending several days with Mr B
H Myers, left Monday evening for
his home a* Swansea, Lexington
county. Mrs Poston, who aecompanied
her husband here, went to
Cordele Ga., Monday for a month's
visit to her daughter*
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Ever obtainable in
are now being offere
RACKET
At prices that cannot
Think of it! Wc are i
Good, Reliable <
j cent Below Nt
| Come and see for yot
HERE ARE A
Best Calico at 3 l-2c an
Yard-wide Yellow Horn
Check Homespun - best
All Colors Duck at 6c t(
r olios' and Chi
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25c per pair.
The biggest line o
here at 25 per cent
LUCES ami EH8BOEB1ES
Fine Line of Dress Goods, I
and Hi
E. D, REDDICK
I j The following cases were disposed
! of in Magistrate Stutts' court venterday:
State vs Elmore Eaddy and
Hester Harlee, adultery. Dismissed
for want of testimony. The State
I vs NL and it M Cox, obstructing
Lynch's Lake. Dismissed by de,
fendants removing obstacles,
j Mr J II llutsonof Harpers was
> a welcome visitor at our sanctum
yesterday. Although he was de.
a candidate for the Legis
I i
, i lature, Mr Hutson says he feels as
5! grateful to the friends who sup;
ported him as though he had been
(| successful at the polls.
t j We lire requested to state for the
{benefitof those interested that the
,| next term of the Welch Neck High
j School will begin Wednesday, Se|>;
teuiber 24. It is desired that all
' pupils report on the evening of
September 23. Teachers will meet
' incoming trains at Sumter and
Florence.
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All the teachers were in their
: places at the opening exercises of
:tthe Graded school Monday. The
teachers have been assigned to
grades us follows: Miss Agnes
; Erckman, 1st and 2nd, Miss Bertha
. Wells 3rd and 4th, Miss Amelia
Kennedy 5th and 6th, Mr Ernest
Wiggins 7th, 8th and 9th.
The following young collegians
took their departure this week for
the several institutions of learning
that they will attend during the
next scholastic year: Misses Marie
r and Selma Thorn, Staunton, Va.
Misses Pearl Koger, Bessie Harper,
Dora and Selden Epos, Winthrop
i College, Bock Hill, S. C., Mr G O
Epps, Clemson College.
The following from this place
, took in the Darlington-Charleston ]
excursion this morning: Charles j
Burgess, H J Burgess, W R Funk,
11 E M Hirsch, Marvin Martin, C R
i Weaver, J W Lewis Burry Epps,
Dye Burgess, D Cooper, F W Beardon,
C McGee, H McGee, H J Burgess,
J H Burgess. R T Flagler, J
G McCutchen, L I* Kinder, Fred
Harper, Mr and Mrs Marion Barrineau
and others.
Prof X D Lesesne, principal of
Greeleyvil'e Graded school, who
has recently returned from the op
country, passed through town Monday
ou the way tu Cedar Swamp to
spend a few days his mother, Mrs
M E Scott. Mrs Lesesne is visiting
hpr friend. Miss Bertha Epps. near
town. Prof Lesesne took occasion
(luring hi?* absence from the county
to attend the State Summer School
at Rock Hill.
it Bargains
Williamsburg County
sd in the
STORE,
be duplicated elsewhere,
low offering
Goods at 25 per
\\v York Prices!
irself
and be convinced.
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FEW PRICES: j
d 4c a yard.
espun at 3 3-4 and 4c a yd.
; grade - 4c a yd.
) 8c per yard,
ildren's Hose at 2 l-2c to
f SHOES ever seen
below factory prices.
Going at lc, 2c. 3^ and up per
i yard. X X. X X.I
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Hoihing, Harness of all kinds
irdware.
, Kingstree, S. Q.
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At Benjamin's 0
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@ Dry Goods, Notions, ?
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? All we ask is a trial to convince you tl
| P. S. COURTNEY & CO.,
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That's Our
When you are out sh<
to call at THE OLD ]
STACKLEY'S C/
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We prefer the money to the go*,
to make quick sales. Come t
to buy high quality goods at
Now is the time and the place :
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? 'Gagf, Oliver
decided to discontin
@ are closing out their
@ at absolute cost.
You will therefor
w if you buy elsewhere
S specting stock ai
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Th anking you foi
@ al support in the pt
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Next L)o?r to The County
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81.00 PER ]
J. P. NELSON, - IMPROVE
Js the order of the thtv. For tbi
J painting and repairing my store at:
I for cash my entire Stock of Alerchau
DRY GOODS, NOT
CLOTHING, SHOE
AND FURNITURE
AT ACTUAL C
Reduced Prices o
I Keep Fresh GROCERIES
Prices. Come and see me.
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rock bottom prices. J
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entire stock ?
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Record Office.
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e next 30 days. I shall be \ ' J
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