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^ * illiU i i iii 1 LOCAL ITEMS I OF INTEREST B W :?iuuuuiuuiiuiuiuiuuuu:iij ^ There are only four prisoners in jail. Easter novelties for sale at Meyer's bakery. Mr W J Singletary of Single was In town Saturday. Miss Bessie Kelley is visiting friends In Florence Mr A M Gordon was in town Fri' day from Gourdins. Mr W M D McGee was here Monday from Seranti n. Mim Mai Stoll has been visiting1 in town this week. ,y Monday was salesday but there '^was no land to be sold. Mr H C Godwin of I^ake Citv - . * visited Kings tree Monday. Mr W C Wilson of Indiantown was in Kingstree Monday. f ' Mr G G Gist of Greeley ville was in town Friday of last week. Hr n f! Scott made a business , trip to Georgetown yesterday. < LeRoyLee, Esq., wentto Florene" Friday on professional business. Dr Marion Allen of Florence visited friends in town this week. Mr W D Bryan of Taft was among the visitors in town Monday. Messrs Henry ar.d G L Sauls of Cades were here Monday on business. K Mr H D Keddick made a business trip to Denmark the first of this week. P" Mr J C Graham of Gourdins was noted on our streets Friday of last week. jW> 4 The Williamsburg Central Alliance met Monday in the court house. Hfr E Mr George H Hudgins of Charles' ton visited Mr W T Wilkins' family bund a v. Mr J F Rodgers of Fowler was - in town Saturdav and naid us a jdeas;tnt call. Messrs R F and C B Cox of Vox fWvored The Recohd office with a - call yosterda^. Messrs 8 B Poston of Johnsonviile and Fen Poston of Jay were in town Monday. w Mr A C Stewart, from near Lake City, attended the Alliance meetiug here Monday. Mr R P Hinnant, a prominent business man of Buttons, was in Kingstreo Monday. Messrs T E Salters and E T Hajner of Salters Depot were on our streets Monday. Mr M F Heller has returned from f. "Western markets with a car-load of horses and males. jfiv. Misses Maggie and Frances Kennedy have returned from a pleasc ant visit to relatives in Manning I* ' Presiding Elder Stokes is expect ; ed to preach in the Methodist dhurch Sunday morning. i- Gen C I Walker of Charleston was iu town Tuesday representing * the Lucas ?k Richardson Co. C Th# nnnntv hoard and the board r?-; - ~ ? of supervisors of registration met I Monday in their respective offices. *r Dr Fred Westmoreland of f> WoodruflT has been visiting Dr Bnider's family on Itailroad avenue. Mr James R Holleman, now of Charleston, but formerly of this ^county, was in town Saturday on / business. Mis* Laney Bell of Indiamown passed through town Saturday returning from a visit to friends in Burlington. ||^8heriff G J Gtahatn and Prof. Ernest Wiggins took a tali out 01 the Pythian goat last night in the second degree. Rev Dr J H Thorn well of Fort Mill, preached in the Methodist church at Salters Depot on Monda?e\Tning. ^rDrClarence D Jacobs, who has complete^! his second year at the Charleston Medical College, returned home Friday. + ffe are requested to announce that the closing exercises of the | <Jhat Branch school, taught by ; ?rof W O Wilson, will take place i nn Friday, April 17, beginning at 9 o'clock. The public is cordially | invited. inrmmmmmmmmmnmt?!, AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR ^ t LOCAL REPORTTR AND NOT CD ^2 J Written in Condensed Form ' and Printed in Like Manner ^3 1 tor the Sake of Our Busv ZZZ < Readers , uiuuuuuuuiuuuiuuuuuui j MrS \ M?>li:<ii of I.(>nu(L an old 11 land sul?<frilKT of TilK; 1 Hkcokd, was in town Monthly ant! j dropped in to see us. ;, Mr J M Sturgeon,the urbane pro- i prietor of the Sturgeon Hotel at 1 Lake City, was in town Monday t greeting his friends. > Mr H C MeElveen of Spring Bank j i went to Suiinnerton Tuesday us ; a delegate from Bethel chureh to ^ Harmonv Preshvterw t Mr James Henry Rice, represent- 11 ing the New York Mutual Life j Insurance Co., is in town this week , ^ in the interest of his company. ( Mr Montie Jacobs of Georgetown 1 stopjied over Sunday in town on < his way to Charleston to serve as . juror in the United States court ! Mr W J Mallard, a traveling man ' representing the Mallard Stock- ' feed Cutter Co., gave a free lec- 1 ture in the court house Monday night. I x 11 Mr J Yancey Tisdale of Central,; who is well known and highly j esteemed in Kingstree, was here yesterday greeting his many friends. Subscriptions to the Hampton i monument fund will be received at Tiik Rkcohd office and forwarded to the Memorial committee it) , Columbia. Capt D R Smith and Mr H Van Keuren of Smith Mills passed through town yesterday, the former returning from Charleston and the latter from Columbia. ; Miss Carrie Askins returned last week from her home in Florence county, whither sne was called by the death of her father, and has 1 resumed her position in the store of I* S Courtney A Co. The case of the State vs II Nach- ] man, Louis Nachman and Will , Mi ody, charged with house-break- j ingand larceny, was dismissed from | the magistrate's court on Friday, j there being found no probable cause of action. ( Mr N Sehultz, Mr and Mrs Sol ( Peres and Mi-s M Sehultz went to] Charleston Monday to attend the wedding of Mr Ike Sehultz and Miss Ueulah cespary, wmcn nappy event took place on Tuesday following at 2 o'clock p. ni. t Miss Barbara Jacobs,, who has! J been visiting relatives in Macon, j (ia., since January, returned home ( Saturday night. Miss Barbara is t qu le a favorite in Kings tree j society and her large circle of friends and admirers are delighted at her home coming. , The examination for the Annap olis cadetship from the Gth Con- : gressional district, held in Florence j *, last Saturday, resulted in the j selection of Leonard \\ ood of I)ar- * lington as principal, with Melton C ) Smith of Mullins and Herbert V Price and Iiollie Wood of Florence l1 as alternates. \ Gov. Hey ward has appointed the |! following delegates to the Inter J State Sugar Cane Grower's Con- i! vention, which is to be held atlj .Macon, Ga., on the Cth, 7th and 8th J j{ of May: W J Singletary, Single; B j ? I B Chandler, Borne; W S Camlin, Sr., | ?j | Harpers; J P Epps, Cades; A H ! .1 Williams, l.ake City. || Wash Graham, a negro chaingang j! convict, made a bold dash for liberty last Thursday afternoon and succeeded in getting away. He took his chance while digging out a stump in Ox Swamp and lost t no time in hieing him away to the : fc" fastness of the forest. Graham wa? serving an eighteen months sen-j-j tence for housebreaking and t larceny and had done four months * of his time. a vfr H F.tif*ene Mnnfarnmerv of! * j *** P w O f I I Georgetown visited his parents in v i town last Sunday and Monday. 1 1 Mr Montgomery has recently established himself in business as the r junior partner of a new mercantile J1 j firm in Georgetown. The style of x the firm is Sanders & Montgomery t and the management of the Wusi- * i ness is almost entirely in the hands * of Mr Montgomery. It is very grati- i fying to his many friends here that ' Mr Montgomery's exceptionally ] fine business qualities are recogniz- i I ed and appreciated in his adopted f home. raving the preacher is not all | of a eli j rch member's duty. j. . . . Mr II (' Allen was in t avii this veek collecting statistics relative o the wealth, debt and taxes of the roll lily for the new Department of Jonmierce, of w liieh 1Y? sid'-m. [ ItooM-veli's former psivate socreary, <*cor<re It Cortelyou, has been riven the portfolio. Mr Allen is a i.?tive of Oregon and for many rears followed the free and easy ife of a "vow puncher" on thi* >oundiess plains of his native heath, j In its quarterly statement pub-j : I .......L- tl... llnnL. ,.r U'S.i.r mini i in-* m rri\ um unim ?xh.^dree makes a splendid showing? n fact, the host in its history. The inures representing the deposit-, the undivided profits and surplus <peak for themselves more forcibly than words. The flourishing condition of the hank as indicated by these Hgures is extremely gratifying not only from the standpoint jf local pride, but as an evidence of [lie prosperity of the whole county. The following arrivals were autographed at the Central Hotel Monthly: I* Moses, Sumter; P Z Harley, K K Pargan, C H Webb, South Carolina; J M Sturgeon, Lake City; J Q Lifrnge, Salters; Mr and Mrs J | S Brunson, Mi>s Carrie Shirer,; Gourd in.-; W K Severance, Lake City; A L Tobias, Taft; G G Gist, Greeleyvilit*; J W Watts, South Carolina; It 1) Blakeley, Suttons; S J Singletary, T E King, Lake t ity; U E MeCord, Atlanta. The remains of Dr Eugene H Williams were laid to rest in Live Oak cemetery Thursday morning. His sudden death, as reported in The News ar.d Courier Thursday, was a great shock to this community. He was a genial, wholesouled man and a popular physi-1 cian. He had practiced his profession in this community about ten years and was highly esteemed. ?Walterboro Correspondent, News and Courier, April G. Dr W (i Gamble has removed his stock of drugs into Ids new, twostory brick building on Main street. This is one of the prettiest and most commodious mercantile buildings in town and its handsome finishing and appointments make it an ornament to the town. Kingstree can now boast of one of the handsomest drug stores in this seclion of the State and the beauty of it Is that all the w>rk was done by local artisans, even the brick being made right here in. Kingstree. Along the Wee Xee's Banks, A Tale cf Black River, by Rev II F Oliver, for Sale at I)r D C Scott's irug store at lUc a copy. MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP. There's nothing like doing a thing horoughly. Of nil the Salves you ever icard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve i;he best. It sweeps away and cures Iturns, Sores, Bruises Cut*. Boils. .'lcer>. Skin Eruptions and Piles. It's inly 25t\ and guaranteed to give SatlSaction b} I) c Scott. Druggist. Even a forger appreciates a rood name. l! nAiTnrtoniTA\TTtT)T7 I uun r jc*\j x iun jujx l r II ?AND ?lj\ i BAKERY. | '1 FRUITS, FANCY CAKES, ?! \ CANDIES, BREAD, ROLLS j! i x And x ;;! \ Fancy Groceries and Deli/ f! I cacies in Season. 0. ' Your Patronage is respect/ $ fully solicited. \ h. aTTvTeyer, i | Corner Main and Academy Sts. U ' Kingstree, S. C. ft Notice. , By virtue of the authority vested in lie undersigned Trustees of Kiturstree ' k'hool district, pmsuant to the terms f an act of tlie General Assembly ntitled "An Act t?> authorize the 'rustees of the Kingstrce School Dis- * rletof Williamsburg Counry t?? issue : loads for the purpose of erecting ichool Buildings and equipping same ,nd purchasing a lot or lots," approved he 23rd day of February A. It. iy03: Notice is hereby given that an election i rill be held on the 2?thdayof April. 908, to decide the question whether ? he said bonds shall be issued or not. if which election the qualified voters ( siding in Kingstree School District ire eut-tied to vote. The voters who iivor tlte issuing of said bonds will ote a bollof with these words printed hereon: "For tlie issuing of Bonds,', ind tile voters opposing the issuing ot mid l>otids will vote a ballot with the vords printed thereon: -'Against the ssuing of Bonds." The Polls will be ipened at M o'clock, a. 111., and be rlosud at 4 o'ciock, p. m , at the Court douse in Kingstree. S. C. 't he f dlowng persons, J J Steele, ,lr , EC Burjess, B B Johnson, are hereby appointjd Managers to hold the said election. LOUIS JACOBS, L, STACK LEY. M. S. MONTGOMERY. Trristee< Kingstree School District, Kingstree, S. C., April S, 1908. THE MORE i Particular ! 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