The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 06, 1910, Image 5
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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IfCOGAL^lTEMSlt!1
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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.
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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. !
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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
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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.
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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<
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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
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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
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7 fnr tbo nrino
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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 $
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msgmzmz&mmm
uid bespeak your cc
lits of the Season,
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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.
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Mr David Hanna, the young1
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i Something is goin
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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.
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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
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iment next week I
UCKEY,
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LIVE STOCK.
ORSES and MILES
I't buy or sell or
thout giving me a
business,
JGKEY
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