The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 01, 1910, Page FIVE, Image 5
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^* Miss Lila Hammet visited in Sum
ter one day this week.
Dr R J McCabe was in Charleston
this week,
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i Mr Charlton Kelley was a visitor
* to Florence this week.
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jv business here Monday.
Mr J C Lynch of Lynch had business
in Kingstree Tuesday.
Dr A H Williams of Lake City was
in town Monday on business.
Mr R H Lesesne was noted in
town Tuesday from Greelyville.
Mr W E Nesmith of Cades was
- among the visitors in town Monday.
Mrs C Howie of Marion is the
tfuest of Dr R J McCabe's family.
Major S M Askins of Lake City
r was here this week doing jury duty.
Mr S B Poston of Johnsonville
was one of our welcome visitors this
week.
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Mrs McGee, Mrs Wolfe and Miss
Wolf?'visited the City by the Sea
Tuesday.
Mr Julian Jacobs of Charleston
spent Thanksgiving with his parents
in^gwn.,
E Ladson Fishburne, Esq, visited
Sumter last week on professional
business.
Mr Sam C Waldron has accepted
V a position with the Kingstree Dry
^Goods Co.
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Mr B Wallace Jones, Jr, of Lake I
City paid us his devoirs Tuesday
while in town.
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Mrs Holland of Mars s JlufT;
i js visiting her grand-daughter, Mrsj
A C Milnous.
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Miss Minn.e Zeigler of Orange?
burg spent the week-end with Mr!
* and Mrs A C Millions
^ MissNonie Simons of Charleston
visited her aunt, Mrs M F Heller,
the first of the week.
: Mr J E King, of the Greelyville
section, paid The Record an agreeable
call Saturday morning.
n Mr J E Richburg, of the Greelyville
section, had business in town
Saturday and paid us a call.
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Messrs Van Epps and Stephen D
ftodgers of Lake City were in town
a few hours Thanksgiving day.
Mrs Marian E Scott, and Mrs J E
. Kennedy are visiting Mrs W H
Hodges in Georgetown thisjyeek.
5 Miss Daisy Brockinton, who is
teaching in the county,was the guest i
of Miss Helen Scott Thanksgiving j
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Mesdames David McCutchen and
Thomas McCutchen spent this week
as the guests of Mrs Chandler in
Sumter.
Misses Emma Weaver and Judith
Lifrage attended Thanksgiving services
at Lake City Thursday morning.
Rev W E Hurt is attending the
Baptist Annual State convention,
which is in session at Laurens this
week.
Miss Althere McKnight, who is
teaching near Greelyville, spent
Thanksgiving with her parents in
town.
Misses Lula Hayes and Mayme
Sheppard, who are teaching at Leo,
spent Thanksgiving with Mrs R K
Wallace.
Mr S J Taylor of Greelyville was
here yesterday greeting his many
friends from different parts of the
county.
Cadet W T Wilkins, of the Porter
Military Academy, Charleston, spent
Thanksgiving furlough with his parents
in town.
Mr P H Lesesne, who has been a
guard at the- State penitentiary for
sixteen years, is here this week on
personal business.
Mr R C Huggins of Lake City and
his brother, Mr Ettrick, who resides
in the Old North State, favored The
Record with a call yesterday.
Mr J H Sprunt, of the firm of Alexander
Sprunt & Sons, the wellknown
cotton men, was attending
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week.
Messrs Norwood A Spann of Sumter,
R W Spann of Timmonsville, and
Mr E R Spann of Greelyville, have
been visiting: Mr and Mrs W H McGee
recently.
Mr B F Arthur, representing the
Southern Commercial Congress,
Washington, D C, was in town yesterday
working in the interest of
that organization.
Messrs J L Covington and H B S
Johnson, of the Cades section, called
Saturday to see us. Mr. Johnson
is a son of our esteemed friend, lately
deceased, Mr Henry B Johnson.
Mears E B Rhodus. T W Boyle.
Gabe Gist, S m Bradshaw, m Kj
McMillan, N A Lesesne, R B Keels,
were some of the Greelyville folk
noted in town Monday and Tuesday.
Messrs P D Cockfield andJ W McCutchen.two
of our friends fromLake
City, dropped in to see us Monday.
Though practically removed to another
county, they still need The
Record, they say.
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Mr W A J Moore, one of the best
farmers in the fertile farming section
contiguous to Lake City, is here
this week doing jury duty. Mr
Moore informed us that he had five
acres of corn that produced over 500
bushels.
Mr -I M Baxlev, of Lake City,
ca'ied pleasantly to sec us Saturday
white in town between trains. Our
old friend assures us that countv
lines may change, but the old
"Record" will ever be a welcome
visitor in his home.
I toad Engineer-elect Eaddy i>aid
us a pleasant visit Monday. Mr
Eaddy informs us that he has decided
to move his family to the
county seat and is now looking for a
suitable dwelling house. This is as
it should be and we are glad to welcome
these good people as citizens of
Kingstree.
The following visiting attorneys
were noted in the court-room this
week: Messrs W F Clayton, J P McNeill,
F L Willcox and James E Davis,
of Florence: W L Bass, G F
Stalvy and H G Askins, Lake City;
Walter Hazard, Georgetown; W C
DuRant, Manning; Dozier Lee, Sumter,
and J W Johnson, Marion.
Mr Charles L Porter, Division Superintendent,
of the Atlantic Coast
Line with headquarters at Rocky
Mount,N C,is here this week for afew
days on business, Mr Porter is deep)ALT
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ly interested in the up-building of
this section,believing, as we do, that
with proper cultivation and drainage
our lands are the finest in the South.
Mr J Wj Josey, who for nearly a
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I salesman 1.* Melchers & Co of
Charleston,has left that firm to take
a similar position with the wellknown
house of F W Wagener & Co
I of Charleston In changing employers
Mr Josey will probably be assigned
to other territory than he has
traversed for so many years, which
is a matter of regret to his host of
friends, who will miss his welcome
visits. Mr Josey is a whole-souled,
genial gentleman whom it is a pleasure
to do business with and whose
friendship is a gift worth treasuring.
|LOCAL?"iTEMaf
Cotton is quoted to-day on the local
market at 14i cents; [seed
$30 the ton.
You surely want to get an ad in
the Christmas issue. It will pay you
well.
We have just got in a big lot of
titles, mortgages and bonds. You'll
need these between now and the
new year; let us sell them to you. tf.
Our bills this month for paper
alone amounted to $200, besides a
$40 pay roll every Saturday. We
need what isdue us on subscription.
The Commercial Savings Bank of
Charleston has an ad this week to
which your attention is especially
invited. It will pay you to peruse it.
The State convention U D C met
Tuesday in Georgetown and will remain
in session until Friday. Kingstree
chapter is represented by Mrs
W G Gamble. *
J W Coward & Co are selling out
their dry goods and clothing line
with the view of discontinuing those
lines. Look up their ad and find remarkable
values.
"Please announce through The
County Record that there will be a
hot supper at Pergamos Friday night,
December 9, for the benefit of Pergamos
Graded school."
Messrs Milhous & Jennings have
added a fresh meat department to
to their grocery establishment. They
have a large, handsome refrigerator
and are equipped for business.
There will be a hot supper at the J
re-i \ ac- of Mr il S TisdaL- <?n nexi
Thar:, lay evening, December ,N. The
pulibe is cordially in\ited to attend.
The proceeds will be for the ventral j
i Presbyterian church.
| Commissioner N I) Le.-esne has!
1 received the money t<> pay the man- '
agers of the recent State and coun^r
j election in Williamsburg county and
; is prepared to make settlement with
! those entitled thereto,
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We have received another lot of
that type-writer pai>er in boxes. It i
is excellent quality and we save you
25% on the price. We have also a
supply of carbon and manifold sheets
for customers needing them.
We have been requested to give
notice that communion service will
he held at Bethel Presbyterian
church on Sunday, December 4.
Two sermons will be preached on
Saturday before by Rev James McDowell.
Rev W A Fairy's many friends are
glad to see him able to be out after
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several days sickness caused by
mumps. He had it on both sides, he
says, and in fact on every side, as it
took pretty unanimously with the
children.
We are requested to announce
thot there will be a hot supper at
the residence of Mr R C McElveen
of Hebron on Thursday evening:, December
8, for the benefit of the public
school. The public is cordially invited
to aitend.
In the annual report of the chief
engineer of the War Department
recommendation is made to expend
$100,000 for deepening the chnnnel
in Charleston harbor, also $1,000 for
Mingo creek and $47,000 for Santee
and Wateree livers.
With sincere regret we learn that
Mr Wightman Epps and family will
leave in a few days to make their
future home at Latta. That Mr
Epps will find no better country or
people we feel sure, yet we wish
him and his family happiness and
prosperity in their new dwelling
place.
We appreciate the responses we
have had to our request for news of
visitors coming and going. We hope
to get this help from week to week,
as it gives us invaluable aid in getting
up a newsy local column. Please
be sure to give correct initials, the
home of your guest or person going
away and time of coming or going.
Thanksgiving services were held
in the Presbyterian church Thursday
morning by the pastor and a collection
taken for the Thornwell orphanage
at Clinton. We understand
that nearly $40 was raised for that
worthy institution, besides we know
of a number of donations of food and
clothing sent from the county. It is
a beautiful custom to remember the
orphans on Thanksgiving day.
Several communications reached
us this week on Wednesday morning:.
As we have explained many times before,
Tuesday morning is our extreme,
final limit for receiving communications
of length for the current
week. Tuesday noon is the final
limit for receiving copy /or new ads
or change of old ones. It is a physical
impossibility to get the paper out
out on time if these rules are not
adhered to. We simply cannot get
up an .eight-page, all-home-print paper
in one or two days. We are
doing our best, but don't expect impossibilities.
Barn and Stables Burned.
Wednesday night, between V:
and It) o'clock, Mr J F Uodgers, j
who lives about five miles east of
town, Inst by fire his barn and sta-j
bles valued at $">00, with no insur-j
ance. Mr Rodgers had about 1,000 j
bushels of corn stored in a nearby
building, which was saved.
UitationJNoticeTHE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
county of williamsburg.
JLiy P M Brockinton, Esq, Probate
J udge.
Whereas,E B Hiurgins madesuit to unto
grant liim letteisof administration of
the estate of arid efFectsof KT Huggins.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said R T Hui'gin-, deceased,
that they be and appear before
me in the Court of Probate to tfb held
atKingstree.SC, on the 19th day of
December 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 granted.
Given under my hand this JJOtli day of
November, Anno Domini, 1910.
Published on the 1st day of December,
1910, in The County Record.
P M Brockinton,
12-l-2t Probate Judge.
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I Holiday Bargains
The month of ail months of the year to the merchant
| has come. December is the month in which a merchant
E can make a bad season of a good one and a good season a
u better one if he will only keep up his nerve and spirits and
I push to the front.
IJenkinson Bros. Co. is here with every sail up and
flags flying ready and eager to serve the trade with one of
the best stocks of Dry Goods to be found in this town.
A NEW ARRIVAL OF SILKS
Having exhausted our line of Silks we have just gotten in a nice
stock of Dress Silks and Waist Silks of all kinds, especially for the
Holiday Trade.
If you want a nice Black Peau De Soie or Black Taffeta or
Black Messaline Silk, 36 inches wide, for $1.00 the yd
We have them right here for your convenience end inspection.
If you need a colored Silk of any kind just come and look at our
line of Reseaders, Navies, Creams, Whites, Garnets and Brown
Shades. They are here for your inspection.
WALL PAPER
Now this is something that has become a household necessity. You
can take a few rolls wall paper and turn an old dingy room into a
thing of beauty. '
A large line of this Wall Paper on hand at 10c the roll of 10 yards.
A beautiful and exquisite line of Wall Paper on hand at 15c the roll
(of 16 yds), or two rolls for 25?
Mattings, Rugs and Art Squares
We have just gotten in for the Holiday trade a beautiful line of
Rugs, Art Squares and Mattings. It will pay you to see us before
you buy anything in house furnishing goods.
Jap Rugs, 37 x 54 inches in size, in very pretty designs, at 35? each
Same Rugs: only 36 x 72 inches in size 60c each
All kinds of Wool and Velvet Rugs on hand from 50c to $4.50 each
One of the Sensations of the Season.
A large line of Mercerized Madras, 27 inches wide, that has talways
sold at 15c the yard, our special offering for the
Holiday trade only 10c the yd
Just think of a nice Mercerized Madras going at 10c the yard.
Call and see it. Another big value. 36 inch wide White Ma
dras in stripes and figures that looks cheap at 15c, but we H
let them go as a Holiday flyer at lOcthe^yd I
I 4 For 25 Cents. I
I For the Holiday trade we are showing the most beautiful hne I
I of imported White Madras for waistings to be seen in this 9
1 town. No better gift you can give than a three yard cut of fi
this for only 75c. Call and see this beautiful line imported 9
| Waistings at 25c yd |
S GREAT BARGAINS * I
I Bleach Homespun, 1 wide, absolutely no starch or finishing,
0 only 7tl-2c yd E
a Brown Sea Island Sheetings, 38 inches wide, only 5c yd 9
1 Brown Sea Island Sheetings, 27 inches wide, only 4c yd &
Chair bottoms, the best you ever saw,, lf>c or 2 for 25c 9
n with brass nails to put them on free. B
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| Our line of Blankets and Comforts is complete in every detail *
9 11-1 Cotton Blankets 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 I
a Wool Blankets, 10 and 11-1. at $3.75 and $4.75 the pair ft
3 Comforts from $1.00 to $5.00 each H
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We ha gone through our stock and culled out every remnant we ij
I'i c ?ufi o.id ant'measured t'u m ui> and put a tag on them, marking M
T ti.*/m do-.'.-o at est ami y u v/iii find tiiem all piled on a table in the U
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We are reliably informed that a;
petition has been forwarded to Gov-1 I wish to express my deep feeling
ernor Ansel asking that another; of appreciation to the many friends
election be ordered to annex still an-j an(j neighbors who rendered such
other portion of Williamsburg to heroic assistance on last Wednesday
Florence county. We are not in- J night when my barn was burned,
formed as to .the boundaries of the Had it not been for their faithful
affected territory, but it is said to work the fire would have swept me
include all the remaining portion of! out. I feel that my loss has in realLake
township, taking in Leo post-1 ity been my gain through the
office and what is known as the Pros- strengthening of the bonds of friendpect
section. The area of the section ship with my neighbors. May they
seeking annexation is approximately be remunerated by Him who sends
twenty-one miles, according to our the dews on the forests and fields,
information. J F Rodgers
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