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9 * c -n j | Happy New Year! l*w. JSjf" Start i " year -*.* . _ right ^ b> starting f Bank ~4 Ai-rnnnt with Bank of Williamsburg, Kingstree, S C. j^pERSONAL^ Hon J Davis Carter of Leo was noted in town salesday. Mr W A McCrea of Zeb was noted on our streets Tuesday. M .Mr CMKelley of Lake City was noted in town Monday. Mr E B Cooper of Suttons paid us a brief but pleasant visit Monday. Mr J J Strong- of Zeb paid The Record a pleasant visit Tuesday. Mrs W W Ward of Redland, Gi., is in town on a visit to relatives. V L Bass, Esq., of Lake City attended the public sales here ^S&onday. H Williams of Lake City was in town Monday on | business. ?" X- l Vf-^ D we regret to leam iuav mu xv ^Kirk is suffering from an attack of grip. We were pleased to receive a visit from Mr S A Harper of Trio Tuesday. Mr W D Crooks of Trio was among the visitors noted in town Monday. / Hon W D Bryan of Taft was here Monday shaking hands with "the boys." D F Baxley of Vox favored us with a pleasant visit Monday while in town. Mr A M Jordan of Scranton was an appreciated visitor at our sanctum Monday. Mr W J McAlister of Lake City called on us Monday and renewed his subscription. Mr D N Johnson of Chapman was in town Monday and irave us the pleasure of a call. -?/^Amone the friends who visit ,^Cdour office Monday we were pleased to see- Mr J W Brown - of Leo. Mr S E Cade of Cades was here Monday and added his name to our ever growing mailr inglist. Mr Hugh Boyd of Trio, one of *Pnr old and esteemed subscribIffound time to drop in to see f j Monday. iMr H )ennis of Cades was hong the number of friends ho remembered to see the ed I w Hon George W Davis of Chaptr.an was anions the number of friends who called pleasantly to see us Monday. i Mr and Mrs W II McGee mov; ed from Greelyville last Friday j into their handsome new home I in Nelson Addition. Mr J-A' Lockliear, a promiI nent young business man of Trio, called to see us Monday while here on business Key and Mrs E Z James and j children of C-atnpobello are ivisiting- the family of Mr and . Mrs James Epps near town. | Mr and Mrs Louis W Gilland ;and their two children have re| turned trotnColumbia,where they !spent the holidays with relaj tives Our esteemed friend, Mr J J j Morris of Lake City, spent Saturday in town and dropped in for a pleasant chat in the j morning. P H Stoll. Esq., went to Manning yesterday to be present at the dedication exercises of Clarendon's splendid new i court house, j Mr and Mrs Louis Sherfesee ! and little Miss Louise came up 1 - . . . . , . from Charleston last weeK 10 spend some days with the tamily of Thos M Gilland, Esq. | Mr W M McClam, of the Scranton section, called to see us on Monday. Mr "Mc" is an old j and valued patron of The Record and we are alwavs glad to see him. ' ! The following from town atj tended a dance at Dillon Wednesday night of last week: Misses Marian Gilland and Selma Thorn; Messrs. W S Gilland, W R Scott, Cecil Jacobs, Philip Arrowsmith, .T H Scott and Dr R C McCabe. Mr Roland D Mills, who for the past three years has been emnloved bv Wilkins Whole 1 I J * sale Grocery Co as book-keeper, has resigned and accepted a similar position with the Farmers' Supply Co, where he will be glad to see his many friends. Dr Emerson Cooper, one of Williamsburg's young men who has gone forth among strangers ' and achieved success, came back to the old home near Cades to spend Christmas with his . kinsfolk. Dr Cooper is now one of the leading physicians in Water Valley, Mississippi, his adopted home. Presiding Elder W P Meadors and family arrived last week and were welcomed to their new home by the members of the ; church. On behalf of Kingstree and Kingstree district we extend to these g-ood people a cordial welcome, with the hope that their sojourn amongst us may be productive of great good throughout the district. Dr and Mrs W L Taylor returned home Tuesday from a fortnight's visit to Greelyville, where they spent Xmas with Dr Taylor's parents. The : Doctor says that he enjoyed Isome tine sport bird hunting and literally feasted on partridges, than which there is nothing superior in the way ,; of gastronomic delicacies indigenous to our Southern country. 1 thank jou for you BUTLEI \ 5top ar | | Bitf reduction in TRIMMED H | dress as the ri^ht kii ! g I ? IfCOGAL^lTEMSlt!1 I ^ jgr. I I' Boost Kingstree in 1910. j 1 Court convenes Monday. i Let us-^. pull together for f I Greater i gstree in 1910. Lock t. door on last year's i i errors and throw the key away. < Cotton is quoted today at 14A middling1 basis. Seed $35 per 1 ! ton. , Wilkins' Bargain House is a live wire. Bead "Bulletin No 2" this issue. See Kingstree Dr}' Goods Co's ( ; announcement this issue: "Great {values in white goods." Watts & Watts, the Kingstree Jewelers, invite attention to their new ad this week. < Mr John Slater Jennings is ( stepping high over the Xraas ] !gift Santa Claus brought to his ( ; familj*?a bouncing baby girl. Get your measure for that 1 new spring suit taken by ' expert cutter at L D ltodgers' today?Brownridge Tailoring , Co. ! < i Mr A P Buff kin, who has been J proprietor of the "Epps House" i for the past year, has removed his family back to his farm 1 near Cades. ( Wilkins' Bargain House has a new announcement in their big j space this week that conveys a 1 torcibie message totheii -iends j - - i. ana customers. ! Williamsburg county i com- I paratively well up with irf tax 1 collections. Up to January 1, i 1910, the comptroller general i gives our county credit for $7,- 1 954.51. Attention is called to com- ; parative statement of the ] Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of . Lake City, published this week. < It tells its own tale of growth ; and enterprise. ; Wilkins' Wholesale Grocery ! Store extends greetings to its ! patrons and reminds them that J tbey are still doing business at < the old stand, prices lower tnan ever. See ad. \ We have a good town and the best people on earth (even though we haven't an Elks' lodge). Let the outside world know what a really fine place to live in Kingstree is. Wi I kins' Wholesale Grocery Store must not be. confused with Wilkins' Bargain House. The two are separate and distinct. Each establishment invites your attention to its new ad. this week. Mr D W Cunningham wants to | buy farm and timber lands in this county. Mr Cunningham is a native son of Williamsburg and Darlington is his adopted ' j home. He will treat you right. < j See his ad. ? ir liberal patronage i With the compliine * DRY Q< - .. /. id Think ATS from now until Spring, id of a hat. We assure you of A L E & Just received?a beautiful 1 Line of wedding- stationery and ' i new series of "Engravers' Old English" type. You can't 1 tell it from engraving. Give 1 .. < 1 s your order; sausi action guaranteed. The Kingstree Tobacco Warebouse Cv; has declared a dividend of eight per cent. Stockholders < in town are requested to call at < the office of the treasurer, Mr , \V II Carr, at Kingstree Hard- , ware Cos store. , We are requested to announce * that farmers who intend 1 planting tobacco this year may J obtain free seed irom any of the following places: Kingstree ( Hardware Co., Farmers' Sup- ( ply Co., Banner Warehouse. ( The date for the supreme * :ourt's review of the finding ^ of the State board of canvassers c in the Kutledge county election * ltic lioan ti vorl f Ar UUO UV.V.U 11AV-V.I i VI January 17. The outcome of ( the matter is anxiously awaited ' t>y all the parties concerned-. The Atlantic Coast Line's palatial tourist train, known is No. 87, the "New York and Florida Special," made its nitial trip tor the season last ruesday morning'. This is said to be tne tinest train ever operated by the Coast Line. Mr J T Sexton and family, of Darlington county, have moved , :o Williamsburg and will reside J lear town, Mr Sexton having j purchased Mr Snipes' farm, just I seyond the suburbs of Kingstree. Mr Sexton, like Roosevelt, is opposed to the "race suicide" dea, his immediate family numaering eleven members, all told. Robert Wilson, colored, was arrested and lodged in jail Monday, on a warrant chargnTEMEMBEBT! * when casting abont for some I thing to bring good cheerfor the I J Xmas holidays that 1 have a I > choice line of + Guth's Famous Candies j : put up in tastily decorated boxes of various sizes especially for the I holiday trade. Also a fresh lot of J Schlessingers Candies ? which I I A re Unequal ed I 7 fnr tbo nrino I "ou7*"I j PEUITS I are all of the ? Choicest Quality j \ and I I No Higher in Price t ' f than the Inferior kinds. 7 j t We are always ready to serve ? 1 you with I Oysters or with Meals 1 J while you wait. 1 Hot and Cold Drinks, Cigars, Tobacco and Smokers' /lateri , als of all kinds. ? ? *vi-hing all my friends a l.ap- t py Xmas, I hope to meet tliem at $ : -sro-cr2tfCr's. : msgmzmz&mmm uid bespeak your cc lits of the Season, 30DS CO mmmmammm r ' .. .. _.< t.~. Before B Nothing is so necessary to I correct style and quality at re; f ?- A T , / V^l XX 1 J J J ing him with conducting the n business of an emigrant agent ii without license. Wilson is a a Georgia negro and is said to o have been trying to entice n laborers from the vicinity of h Fowler postofflce. o It looks as if our,.town is to b have electric lights in the near F future. A. charter has been is- d sued to the Kingstree Electric s l.-l -t Ulrt A/W. 4.^ P uo, wiin a capuai ui ^iu,uviu, iu do a general electric light and e power business. The following * Dfficers have been named: H C 2ase, president; M V B Sickel, n rice-president, and S C Case, 5 secretary and treasurer. p After thoroughly testing the h :hemical fire-engine sent here )n trial, the town council plac- d id an order for two of the same ? find but of a larger size than r< :he one experimented with. The a :ost of the two engines, which 0 :arae in last Friday, is $500. g Hie effectiveness of the cherai- h :al engine as a fire extinguisher b las been thorouirhlv demon- 11 itrated here. is Mr David Hanna, the young1 I ! i Something is goin JANUAI I Watch for announc< J. L. sn T ,akp Cit EXCLUSIVELY A nice bunch of Hi always on hand. Doi trade your stock wii show. Yours for I L? STTf mfidence the coming MPANY. , uying :he completion of perfect isonable prices. ion ttt -i c a re*\(\an ta 1 I \T cVir>t 1UU TT UV n UO UVVlUVl&iMiiJ w?v% i the eye at Gourains recently nd taken to Charleston for an culist to treat the injured lember, returned last week to lis home near town. The sight f one eye is badly impaired, >ut whether the injury will be ermanent or not cannot yet be etermined. Only one small hot penetrated the eye-ball, re understand, but that was nough to cause serious damage o so delicate an organ. Mr Bishop Burgess, one of our lost highly esteemed young usiness men who has been in oor health for some months, as recently developed sympDms of pellagra and on Tuesay night went to Columbia to onsult Dr J W Babcock, who is "cognized as one of the highest uthorities in the United States n this dread disease. Mr Buress' many friends sincerely ope that his malady, having een given attention in its prilary stage, may yield to the inilligent treatment to which it ? being subjected. g- to happen on I *Y 22 I iment next week I UCKEY, y, S, G LIVE STOCK. ORSES and MILES I't buy or sell or thout giving me a business, JGKEY year. a wt