The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 27, 1911, Page FIVE, Image 5
TRUE
PROGRESS
consists in substituting the real
for unreal.
Why' fat substitute a Real
bank acexttltiY 4or that unreal one
that belongs With'your "Castles
in Spain?" You tWftbetter appreciate
the progress ycxi have made
Trhpn vou build vour account to
the point where you can n&ke a
profitable investment.
No account too small to receive'
our most careful attention and
consideration. Small accounts
grow,why not start yours today?
You take no chances when you
make this your banking place? j
our ample capital and conservative
management safe-guard
your money.
BANK OF WILLIAMSBUR6,
HIH6STHEE, S. C.
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I Mr Melvin Rogers was in town
J Friday from Indian town.
ft Hon W D Bryan of Taft visited
I tfie county seat Saturday.
ft Mr Bennett McCullough of Taft
I had business in town Monday.
F Mr S M Bradshaw was noted in
town yesterday from Greelyville.
Mr B S Smith of Bloomingvale
visited the county seat Saturday.
Mr G W Brown of Yorkville is the
guest of Rev W E Hurt's family.
la Hon John S Graham of Morrisville
H spent a few hours in town Monday.
Misses Retha Burgess- and Janie
Mcintosh spent Sunday in Scranton.
Mr S D McKay of Salters Depot
favored us with a pleasant call TuesW
day.
I Col J G Slaughter, the veteran tof
bacco warehouse-man, - is here this
week.
Mrs B W Butler has returned
from a visit to Mrs k l, cass ac
Lanes.
/ Mr J E Greene of Greelyrille paid
V Kingstree a very pleasant 'visit Saturday.
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Look out for the eclipse of the sun
to-morrow (Friday) afternoon about
sunset.
Sheriff Graham's neat tenant
dwelling on Jail street is going up
rapidly.
Among the visitors to town Monday
was noted Mr1 R J Nesmith of
Morrisville.
Hon W L Bass of Lake City was
noted in town today (Thursday) between
trains.
Mr W E Snowden and sister, Miss
Sadie,of Benson were Kingstree visitors
Tuesday.
Miss Artitia Fairy of St George
^ is visiting the family of her brother,
R Rev W A Fairy.
H G Askins, Esq, of Lake City was
here yesterday a few hours on proV
fessional business.
' Stephen Thomas & - Bro, the
Charleston jewelers, have a new ad
this week. Read it.
Mr E B Newell, one of Johnsbnville's
representative citizens, called
at our office Monday.
Mr G M Beasley of Gourdins Was
here Saturday exchanging greetings
with his many friends.
Mr P H Arrowsmith, of the State
W University,visited his home-folk here
F several days last week?
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Hon R H Kellahan is back from a
trip of pleasure a^d recreation ir
the "Land of Flowers,"
Mr J A Kelley of Timmonsville
visited his sons, Dr E T and Mr J C
Kelley, in town this week.
Misses Alice Beckham and Marie
Gregg of Florence spent the weekend
visiting friends in Kingstree.
Mr E B Khodus, the wide-awake
manager of Greelyville Livestock
Co, had business in town Monday.
IVfr Bishop Burgess of Mouzons
shed the"light of his countenance on
his friencte here Friday of last week.
Mr and Mrs Louis Sherfesee of
Charleston visited Mrs Sherfesee's
parents, Mr and Mrs T M Gilland,
Fsesday.
Miss Annye Alsbrook of Manning
is spending a few weeke in town as
the guest of her cousin,Miss Lyllyan
Alsbrook.
Messrs T J Cottingham antf Geo C
Haselton, the cashiers of Lake City's
two banks, were here yesterday a
few hours on business.
Hon and Mrs J C Graham of
Gourdins and Mr J G Lifrage and
daughter, Miss Ruth, of Salters were
county seat visitors Friday.
Miss Judith Lifrage returned from
Union last Monday and resumed her
duties as manager of the Western
Union telegraph office here.
Dr Benton Montgomery,a member
of the senior class of the State Medical
College, Charleston, spent the
week-end here with his parents.
Mr E B Brockinton, a student at
Davidson College, North Carolina,
is spending several days at the home
of his mother, on Railroad avenue.
A course of study at the Confederate
Home College, Charleston, is
open to some deserving young lady
from this county. See notice elsewhere.
And. by the way.it is no small un
j dertaking to take out one machine
from a second floor and put in another
,each weighing about ten thousand
pounds.
Mr*J SPotter, who was manager of
the Western Union office here during
the absence of Miss Judith Lifrage,
has secured a similar position
in Arlington, Ga.
Lieutenant Governor Gharles A
Smith, Mrs Smith and their son, Mr
Ray Smith, motored over here from
Trnimonsville yesterday and spent
the day pleasantly in town.
We never fully appreciated the
power of the press until we undertook
the job of lifting to and lowering
from a second floor window s
five-ton piece of machinery.
Misses Marie and Selma Thorn re
i turned Saturday evening from a dej
lightful visit to Florida, their itiner
j ary embracing Crescent City, Jack
! -"""I'llo Qf Anrrnofino anfl Pfllatka.
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Mr Charles A McCrea is spendinj
! this week with his grand mother, Mr
i C M Chandler. He will leave Kings
I tree Sunday night1 for Atlanta, Ga
j to enter the National Telegraph In
stitute.*
j At a joint meeting of the two lit
erSry societies of the University o
South Carolina last week, Mr D Ar
! thur Brockinton of Williamsburj
: was chosen presiding -officer for tht
I Gonzales medal contest.
I
j It is to be hoped that the fenc<
1 around the monument will be erect
ed by Memorial day. It will havt
been twelve months since the shaf
I was unveiled, which seems ampl
time to fulfill the contract in ever;
detail.
Mr A M Parker, Jr,"Alexande
' Sprunt & Son3M popular "represent
; ative at Lake City, visited'Kingstre
j yesterday. Mr Parker lias recentl;
j joined the noble arrhy of'benedict
and was receiving' the C&ngratula
tions of his friends.'
. - For Valued aid'id gbtting bur ma
chinery in place we are grateful t<
Capt W R Funk and son, Mr.jErnest
who kindly loaned us the "block an<
tackle", without which, a flifffcul
proposition would have be^dme ai
almost impossible undtettakihgr.
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i; We have been' requested to ai
i nounce that the Civile Improvemer
league will not hold its meeting o
Wednesday,May 3, but will meet th
' following Wednesday, May fO.- A
' members are urged to be presenl
this being the first meeting of th
, year.
On Wednesday, May 10, the ladie
of Kingstree will give a dinner 1
the Confederate veterans of Wil
| liamsburg county. The dinner wil
I be under the auspices of the loca
I chapter Daughters of the Confeder
acy. All veterans are urged to bi
present.
The many friends of Mrs S M Mc
Clary, who was taken to a Flor
ence infirmary one day last weel
to undergo an operation, will b
pleased to know that the operatior
wa< successful ^nd that she is pro
pressing ravoraoiy cowards conva
lescence.
Mr W V Nexsen will in the nea
future let the contract for a tw<
story brick building on his lot at th<
corner of Main and Academy streets
There will be three stores on th<
first floor an<J the second story wil
be made into business offices,accord
vug to our information.
One of the most delightful fea
tures? of the visit of Col Polk Mille
to tbh> city was a fish stew given hin
at MuJ<hrow's mill by J A Muldrow
the Clerk of Court, and his brother
at the beautiful mill of the famil;
near the city,which was certainly en
joyed by the "Two Old Confedei
ates."?Florence Tijues, April 27.
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Owing to the fact that our dat
for the story of the bombardmen
of Fort Sumter fifty years ago cam
too late for last week we have de
cided to postpone it until next week
May 11, which will beourMemoria
day issue. By that time we hope b
have our new press running smooth
ly and everything in shape to ge
out a good paper.
Mr Harris of Greeiyville.who tool
the contract to rebuild the founda
I tion for our press, worked nearly al
1 night Tuesday to get his part of th<
work completed on tire. All of ou
employees worked faithfully. Bu
; for their strenuous efforts then
| would have been no paper issued thi
>1 week. Such loyalty is appreciate
and remembered.
I Lieutenant Governoi Smith, whil
i here yesterday, said that the outlool
! for tobacco around Timmonsville i
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very gloomy. uwing 10 rnca u
moisture and the cool nights, thi
plants have failed to germinate an<
the crop will he cut very short. Th<
same condition is said to obtaii
through this county and throughou
the entire tobacco growing section o
, the State. *
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* a machine that has been lew
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t ? a The car is simple, stpon;
e the most reliable car offers
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* , the buyer takes no chance,
r in your own county their oj
r i* logue and demonstration, ij
? <4 pect to be soon.
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t-. The contract for repairing the
it mercantile building recently occurs
pied by L D Rogers & Co, which was
<e partially destroyed by fire some
11 time ago, has been let to Contractor
t, V A Sedgwick and work is progressed
ng toward the re-building. When
the store is ready for occupancy, w^
3 understand that the same firm,
0 Messrs L D Rodgers & Co, will resume
business there.
1 The machinist who came from
^ Baltimore to install our press missed
* connection at Florence and did not
e arrive here till Tuesday. This left
him only two days to tear down the
.. old machine and erect the new one
_ before our day of publication. It
k was impossible to get the new press
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e in running uruer ueiwre r i~iuay,wiiiuii
t throws this week's paper two days
. late. We feel sure, however, that,
. in circumstances beyond our control,
our readers will make allowance for
the delay,
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I BOYS' CORN CONTESTS.
e Same Acre May Be Entered In
1 State and Local Contents.
The following announcement has
been made by the State department
* of agriculture with reference to the
? State corn contest:
"All the boys who go into local
f
3 corn clubs should remember that,
y with the same acre, they may also
enter the boys' division of the State
contest and have only to write to the
State department of agriculture, no*
tifying the Commiissioner that they
e wish also to be entered in the boys'
t- Staae corn contest. The manual in
. which to keep the record of their
' crop will be immediately sent them,
giving complete and detailed infort
mation.
"Every boy in the State who is in
a contest in his county should take
this opportunity to get a chance at
" winning one of the State money
prizes also. It costs him absolutely
? nothing to enter. A. large number
r of boys are already entered in the
t State contest, but there is room for
e all, tor there is no limit to the num-1
J ber of entries."
Clever Man.
e "Has Brown any business sense?"
k "Lots of it."
g "But his wife has to run a millinery
* Mtabllshment to support him."
"Well, not every man has senso
? enough to pick out that kind of a
1 wife."
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t His language seemed a trifle raw,
? Though he had promised to be good,
1 For when the furnace will not draw
CImA rMAhitloni UW no wood.
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nobile he should ipsist on 1
jetting his money's worth.
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d to ,the public today. ?
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Ask the owners of these cars i
nnion and ask me for a cata- ??
f you are in the market, or exeady
for delivery and has no ??|
11 convince you.
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During the next few weeks there will be quite a de- Jk "
^mand for Commencement Dresses, and in view of this fact 4ft
we have, as usual, quite a nice line of goods and linings 7A i
^suitable for the making up of Commencement and Gradua- 4ft
tion Dresses. We are very anxious for you to call and look 7A
/I over our line of goods before placing your orders for Com- 4ft
mencement Dresses. We have the right goods at the right 7A
m\ prices, and more than that,we are ready,anxious and eager W\
71 to show you our goods and give our best prices. Come, it LA
4ft won't cost you a cent to see our goods and get our prices. jft
8 v Please Give Us a Few Minutes 8
W of Your Time to Read What We Have to Say. fl
Jft 45-inch white Persian Lawn that looks quite cheap at W\
71 25c the yard, our price to you only 15c the yard. 7A. .
ift White Lawns, 40 inches wide, only 10c the yard. fft
71 A beautiful line of white Flaxons at 20c, 25c, 30c and 7A
* 35c the yard. Famous the world over for their tub stand- 4ft
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j* Our line of Swiss Embroideries and Insertings to match Jf
r/ are the daintiest and most beautiful ever shown in Kings- j}
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9) You will be surprised and delighted to see the beautiful f)
[A line of 27-inch wide Silks we are showing at 25c the yard, (m
J) Also a beautiful line of Black Shangtung Silks, 27 inches Wl
7A wide, at 25c the yard. Come and see. ' (A
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9) Ladies, we know you will be pleased to see the beautiful w)
(A line of White Lawn and Black Lawn Shirtwaists we are (A
<9\ showing at 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 each. mi
(m Also a beautiful line of Ladies' White Embroidered Un- (A
derskirts at 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 per skirt mi
7A Also a splendid line of Ladies' Corset Covers and Un- [A
derbodies at 25c and 50c. ' X
J a Also a beautiful line of Ladies' Pantlets at 25c, 50c and *
75c the pair. 2R '
J I Polite lady clerks will show you all of our Muslin Un- YA
derwear with pleasure. Call and see. *
f) Ladies, you will be delighted and pleased to see the jl
A beautiful line of bordered Lawns and Muslins we are yj
9) showing at 25c, 15c and 10c the yard. W*
W) Look out for big values next week in Gents', Ladles' w)
(A and Children's Gauze Underwear for Summer. (A
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1 Building* covered over twenty years ago are as good as new and have
never needed repairs. Fireproof?Stormproof?Handsome?Inexpensive.
We have local representatives almost everywhere but if none in your immediate
locality, write us direct for samples, prices and full particulars.
CORTRIGHT METAL ROOFING COMPANY
50 North 23rd Street Philadelphia, Pa.
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Help Yourself by Helping Us. Again we beg to remind our
We hope the friends of The Rec- friends that all notices relating to
ord, when they come to town to do r"0116^ - making: enterprises, for
...... .? . -4.uk- c"urch, school or any other cause,
their trading,will patronize the bum- are charged for ^ advertising at
ness houses that advertise in this 0ne cent a word. All cards of
paper. Remember that without these thanks, for any purpose whatsoever,.
liberal merchants, bankers and other are charged for at the^ rate of one
enterprising business men, the price cen" w? \ lt,,woul" 1
of subscription would be at least $3 S?oddeal of troubl.e ??> emharru*
a year for such a paper as The Rec- men,t lf you "Tld J 4 4b?
ord. You'll find, as a rule, that the word!.and se,?d tha <d?ngw,th
men who advertise are wide-awake J " f.?i l?ay5
and orr the alert and can give you keep books on these httle, terns. Yet
better bargains than those who do , e aggregate they mean a connot
advertise. This applies not only 3ld? b'e lo,s8f,to Ae W" lfnot
to Kingstree, but many live and up- f?"?fd'and they are 80 eaolyoverto-date
business men of Lake City, m v
Scranton and Greelyville recognize JM ou. pa |m . g the
pulling power of an ad in The 1 KrrvL , D20H
" , .? Are cured by Chamberlain'* Salve. One applies
Record. w tion relieves the itching and burning sensation.
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