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4 SUPPLEMENT TO THE COUNTY RECORD KINGSTREE, S. C., JANUARY 27, 1910. Li i 1 ^^^ ' I ' THE NEWS OF LAKE CITY ; v. AND VICINITY. i BRIDGE LONTRACT LET?BUILDING ACT- ' IVITIES CONTINUE - COTTON CON [ TRACTS REPUDIATED. , Lake City, January 25:?Road < EngineerJ J Graham was in town t last Saturday and while herelet r the contract for building a new c \ bridge across Lynch's lake, just r beyond the town limits. The 1: new bridge will be double the { width of the old one, which fact \ will ennance its value to the s traveling public in much greater 1 proportion than the extra width j will thp i*ncl nf build* I # ing. This crossing is very prob- t ably the most traveled crossing x in the county, and the time lost ( there on account of the fact that ( the old bridge is too narrow to t accommodate more than one ve- r hide at the time, amounts to c ? *' / many dollars in value during a c year. The action of Mr (iraham f Y will receive the commendation t of everyone acquainted with the ~ ^ situation. The cold weather has had no t Vvlappreciable effect upon the building activities of the town. Improvements are noted in many directions. Saying nothing k r?+ flit* rwnni'aHfiri and irinir ' Ul v*,v- -I ? H of old buildings, several new 9 ones are in course of construe- ^ lion. Among the new ones men- ^ tion might be made of the big c " hotel, work upon which was be- ^ gun last week by Mr (t L Sauls, D the owner; of the Singletary ^ brick block of three stores and 1 an office, which Mr Singletary is 1 pushing right along; of the resi- * ^ dence of Mrs 11 J Singletary, f now bejng completed; of the ^ # dwelling of Mr Fred Rollins, ^ , which is being planned, and of ' i ^ some others, to name all of n ' % which would require too much b | space. The same healthy growth 8 t ^ which Lake City began to take v . on about seven years ago con- a '* tinues without diminution. " ? F F Ilerndon, Esq, of the 1 Charleston bar, was noted here e one the early days of last week 8 3 * # S Mr CR Weaver has sold his t '* bakery and interest in the busi- ^ ,y- ness, which has been carried on;^ ... x under the tirm name of Jordan & ' ^ g '* Weaver,to Mr Liston Courtney. 11 3 - The purchaser will continue the [ - business with Mr W PJordan as Jordan & Courtney. I?* Mr W L Matthews and several * fi others from this section went to p Cbadbourn, N (J, Monday to at- i 0 ^ \ tend a conference. I], & Mr E T Moodv spent a day the' tl 9R f I '|i rarly part of the week in Parington on business. Last year, in spring and eary summer, several farmers jntered into contracts agreeing o sell a certain number of jales of xotton at a certain jrice. When the market went ibove the price named some of h.se farmers broke their agreenents by failing to deliver the :otton bargained, it is now umored tiiat suits will be irought against at least a jortion of the farmers who so 'iolated their contracts. It is upposed that the portion reerred to are those out of whom udgment would be collectible. We have several times heard he report that a dispensary vill soon be opened up at towards, and also that one at )lanta has been sooken of. If here be any loundation for the eport, the very obvious object >f putting these dispensaries >n our borders, is to draw trade rom Williamsburg county. W LB. Old papers for sale at this of ice. Your Signature. An enormous amount of money * 1 1 tnanges nanus every year un me trength of a signature at the ibttoui of a bank check or draft, ['he total in the Uuited States nust be something like two hundred lillion dollars. To forge a siglature looks rather easy, and this lood of checks migh? be supposed o yield very extensive pickings for he rogue. Some of the reasons vhy, in fact, it does not are set orth in a large and learned book iy J B Lavay, a handwriting expert. Handwriting, Mr Lavay says, is a 'gesture of the mind." Your sigature is a little picture of your- I elf. But a good many totally inisuided people, with a uotion of pre- | enting forgery, carefully construct n elaborately artificial signature? nth meaningless scrolls and lourishes, or ridiculously exaggeratd capitals ami shadings, the reult being a series of illegible peucratches. Experience shows that hese are exactly the signatures a: are most easily forged. In act, the astute forger hunts for that ind?the more illegible the signaire is the better he likes i:. To re vent forgery, savs Mr Lavay, mte your signature in a natural my. Above all, be legible. We intended, upon this text, to j reach a little sermon for the benefit' f those mistaken people who willful^ ' a.~? - !*. !al. iL. .J. j cultivate eccenmcuy wiui ine lueu, bat they are making themselves more individual. But if the little sermon hasn't preached itself we? may as well give it up.?Saturday f^ening Post, Death of a Nooogeoariao. Mrs Mareraret Wilson, relict of Mr Kobert Wilson, died last Sun-1 day at the home of her son, Mr AD Wilson, near Indiantown church. She was buried in the cemetery of old Indiantown, where she had worshipped for so many years, on Monday following her death. She leaves I two children, Mr A D Wilson and Miss Ann Wilson. Our Lake City correspondent, only a tew weeks ago, had the following to say concerning this remarkable old lady: Mrs Wilson, the mother of Mr A D Wilson,is very probably the oldest person in Williamsburg county. She is now in her nine ty-second year, yet her health is good and she gets about as well j as most folks twenty years her I junior, and complains less than j many girls in their teens. When about seventy years 01 age tnis lady's sight was very poor. Glasses did no good and she could see only large objects and i these imperfectly. Thereafter ! was regular, gradual improvement tfntil her vision became as clear as it was at less than forty ?a striking and convincing case of "second sight." It is wonderful to think of; this lady, who was two years old when the great battle of Waterloo was fought, is still 'alking the soil ; of Williamsburg She has lived 1 under every on* of our Presidents except Washington, Adla ms,Jefferson andMadison?four i out of twenty-six. The Seminole, Mexican, Civil and Spanish wars have been fought since she was a young lady. BIG RALLY FOR MAIL CARRIERS To Be Held in Florence February 22Large Attendance Urged. The R F 1) camera of Florence, Darlington and Williamsburg will hold a big railv here on February 22, and they invite the carriers from all over the Pee Dee section to join | them. The State president will I very likely be present t?> make an address and the local carriers are anxious for a large attendance on that occasion. The meeting will be ; held at the post office.?Florence Tines. To Tobacco Planters. You can get free seed for planting vour tobacco beds at jKingstree Hardware Co's and Farmers Supply Co's stores. ( Banner Warehouse, Farmers' Warehouse. 1-13 tf Old papers for sale cheap by the hundred at The Record office ?? ? ? 1 J, D, GILLAND, j : Real Estate Broker ! | KINGSTREE. S C. * Wanted?To buy immediately t i timl>er in quantities fn?m one 4 % million to ten million fe;t. Cin * a pay good price. Prefer location ^ I near railroad. t Wanted?Farming lands. List ? 1 your property with me for quick 4 4 sales. 4 4444 el Citation NoticeSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , cocnty of williamsburg. By P M Broekinton, Bsq, Probate Judge. wViopf>n?j. W D Crooks made suit to ine to grant him letters of administration of tin* estate of and effects of S Josephine Grayson, These are therefore to cite and adrnoni-li all and singular tile kindred ami creditors of tile said S Josephine Grayson, deceased, that tliey be and appear before me in the court of proit ite, to he held at King-tree, S C, on the 81st day of January next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be tinted. Given under mv hand this 15th day of January, Anno Domini, 1010, Published on the 20th day of January, 1910, in The County Record. P M liROCKIVTON, l-20-2t Probate Judge. Dissolution NoticeNotice is hereby given that on January 1, 1910,the firm <>f Scott & Miller, proprietors of The People's Market, was dissolved by mutual consent. The books and accounts will be kept at the market and all parties iddebted to the said firm will make settle nent to H A Miller. Thanking our patrons for past favors and soliciting a continuance of the same for the succeeding member of the firm, Very respectfully. J A Scott. 113-3t H A Millkr. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to I' M Brockinton, Esq, fr<>bute Judge of Wiliiam-burg County, on Saturday, February 13, 1910, at 12 o'clock m, for a tinal discharge as administrator of the estate of Robert Nesmith, deceased. Hugh S Nesmith, Administrator. l-20-4t Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the lfith day of February, A 1) 1910, at 12 o'clock noon, 1 will apply to 1' M Brockinton. Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, for a final discharge as guardian of Fred Thomas. W O Thomas, l-20-4t Qualified Guardian. NoticePursuant to authority vested in u* by the Secretary of Stare." appointing the undesigned as a hoard or corporators, the books of subscrij tion to the capital stock of Jenkinson Brothers Company will be opened at the law office of rurily & O'uryan, at Manning, S , on the 2.st,h day of January, 11)10, at 11 o'clock in the morning. W E Jknkinson, K 11 Jenkinson. 1-27-It Board of Corporators. Old papers for sale at The Itecord office