The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 09, 1903, Image 8
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1 LOCAL ITEMS
I OF INTEREST
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^ 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.
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Monday was salesday but there
'^was no land to be sold.
Mr H C Godwin of I^ake Citv
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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.
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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.
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4 The Williamsburg Central Alliance
met Monday in the court
house.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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i BAKERY. |
'1 FRUITS, FANCY CAKES, ?!
\ CANDIES, BREAD, ROLLS j!
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\ 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.
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The more reason he should
buy his clothes from us. j
We don't offer any unrcas- j
onable propositions, but we J
do guarantee the fullest
value with every sale we
make. Our
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are of reliable materials,
neat designs, and perfect
in fit.
Our prices never fail to
please the economical.
If you can't come to us,
Send us your MAIL ORDERS
and what you want
will be sent you subject to
approval.
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line of beautiful new spring >
1 tailoring samples sent us by <
. STRAUSS BROS., Chicago ]
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in good clothes buying to {
, see this great collection *
of tailoring novelties, j
Prices low end sa.tlsfac- '
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Fine feathers do not make fine
>irds, but they make expensive
>nes.
The man who tries to please
fverybodv does not even succeed
n pleasing himself.
Selling nothing for some! hing is
io worse than trying to bu\
something for nothing.
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