Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Want 1 To Talk With YOU If you are not carrying a bank account I want to talk with you about the help a bank account will be to you. You and I have a mutual interest in your carrying an account | at this bank. Naturally I want to m see you identify yourself and your I financial interests with us. You ? want to get ahead in the world. * T> n V\n mlrirt/v />Ar? \ XVC<lll?lIl^ umi <x uaniviiig wimvbtion is an essential factor in carrying your financial plans through to success,you are interested, vitally interested, in identifying yourself with a strong, serviceable bank. The amount of your present ini come or the amount of your first I deposit is of much less imporI tance than the fact of your makI ing the right start, i Will you come in and talk this I matter over with me? I shall be f glad to have you. I E C Epps, Cashier. ' Bank of Williamsburg, K1N6STREE, S. C. Mrs R J Kirk is visiting friends near Columbia. Mr R E McHveen of Mouzon was in town Monday. Miss Marian Gilland is visiting friends at Edgefield. Miss Lyde Kennedy was a visitor to Lake City on Sunday. Mayor Gilland returned last evening from Sullivan's Island. Miss Floride Harper has returned from a visit to Mt Pleasant. Mrs W A Fairy and children have ? returned from Hendersonville. i Mrs W T Wilkins and children have returned from Athens, Ga. Mrs S Peres and children are visiting relatives in North Carolina. Mr J W McCutchen of Lake City had business in Kingstree Monday. ^ Mr S R Pipkin of Bloomingvale B paid us his respects Tuesday while in f town. Mr Leon M Grayson of Benson called pleasantly at our sanctum Monday. |r Magistrate R C McElveen, of the . eo^t-inn had business in town Monday. Mr C L Buigess, of the Mouzon section, was noted on our streets Tuesday. Mr R H Kellahan left this week for a trip to the mountains of North Carolina. J Miss Marian McFadden is the guest of Miss Florence Mcintosh at Workman. Mrs W G Gamble and Master William are at Pioneer, N C, for a few weeks. Messrs Watts & Watts have a new and attractive ad in this week's | issue. Read it. I Miss Gertrude Ervin of DarlingI ton is visiting the family of her unV cle, Rev E E Ervin. ' Magistrate S M Bradshaw of Greelyville spent several hours here | Monday on business. Miss Mary Swann of Raleigh, N C, is enjoying a well-earned vacation visiting her home folk. Miss H R Gale left Thursday for UonHprsrmville. and from there will (go to her home in Maryland. Mrs Ida Whitehead and son, Bennie, of Spartanburg are visiting the family of Mr Edwin Harper. 1 Our I Bi u_ North, is combining pleasure with business, visitinghis home folk and at the same time promodng an elecj trie light plant for the town. KingsI tree certainly needs better lights. It is by their enterprising spirit and united action that Lake City has ! built up a tobacco market second to none in the State. The argument set forth in the half-page ad of the ! Board of Trade in this issue is strong and convincing. We call special at tention to it. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has recently issued an attractive! folder picturing the pleasures and I The fifteen acres in the foreclosure sale of S B Poston vs J A McCants was bid in by the mortgagee for $66.40. Mr Oliver P Barton, of The Record's mechanical force,spent Sunday delightfully in Savannah. He declares the beautiful Georgia city to be the most charming place outside of South Carolina he ever visited. Mr J W Ward of Jacksonville,Fla, is here on a visit to his old home. Mr Ward, who was reared in the Cedar Swamp section, has been connected with the fire department of Jacksonville for a number of years. The "Innocents Abroad,"we hear, have reached Gotham and are ready to come back from little old New York to Kingstree with a keener appreciation of our town and its peoj pie than ever they dreamed of in ! their philosophy. Mr 0 H Clarkson of Nashville, ! Tenn.is here on a visit to relatives in : town and county. Mr Clarkson is a : brother of Mr B E Clarkson, of our | town; he has held a responsible po| sition in a Nashville bank for about seven years. Another fine water-melon g'.addened our heart yesterday?a big, red-hearted "Georgia Kattlesnake." j For this acceptable grift we are indebted to the kindness of our friend, Mr H Foxworth, Cades. The melon was certainly a treat. The local tobacco market is buying: lots of tobacco these times and the prices paid grive excellent satisfaction, we are told. In fact, we nave not yot heard a singrle complaint as to the prices paid for tobacco brought to this market. , A scholarship to Ciemson has been awarded to Mr Jack McCullougrh of Benson. Master Jack is the eldest son of Superintendent of Education J G McCullough and is the young man who won the first prize in the county corn contest last year. Dr A M Snider has begun the work of rebuilding his home recently destroyed by fire. Instead of the large dwelling he had before, we understand that the Doctor will erect i for himself a neat cottage and several tenant buildingrs on his lot. I Mr Paul Harper,who is connected 1 with a large electrical concern up Entire S AC! iflPI4 I * HV1 M UUttttUUUUUttUUUUttUUUUUI Mrs W E Jenkinson and children, who have been visiting relatives in Florence, have returned home. Mr and Mrs B E Clarkson spent Sunday at Gourdins with the family of their brother, Mr J B Clarkson. Miss Retha Burgess is spending a week's vacation with her parents, Mr and Mrs RE Burgess,at Mouzon. Miss Sue Stoll, having finished her business course at Savannah,went on to New York to spend the month of August. His many friends are glad to see Mr Bishop Burgess of Mouzon back at his post with the People's Mercantile Co. i Our esteemed Lake City corres! pondent seems to have taken holiday | this week, but the tobacco market up th?re is "on the job." Miss Viola Gamble, who is now a trained nurse at the Florence infirmary, is spending her vacation with her parents in town. M K Gravely, Lake City's enterj prising warehouseman, has a business message this week to which our i readers' attention is invited. The Scranton Mercantile Company has been chartered,with a capital of ?150,000, The corporators are: Winslow Wright.B B Myers,W A Myers. The date fixed for the municipal general election is Tuesday, Septem| ber 26,not September 28. as appeari ed in the original notice of town su| pervisor of registration. I Miss Emma Weaver,who has been | suffering for several days from apj pendicitis, was taken to the McLeod infirmary,Florence.Tuesday evening. ' We trust that she will soon recover. i Only one sale took place here Mfkndnv which was regular sales-day. advantages of Charleston and her! island resorts. Many beautiful il-! lustrations of points of interest! about the city add to the interest i and attractiveness of the booklet. I I The fine rains that have fallen re-; centlv have b?en of untold benefit to j crops generally, although in some j | sections, it is said, the rain came too | late to save the corn. It came most opportunely in most cases, however, and the rain-fall seems to have included almost every section that needed it. Mr Charles L Porter of Rocky Mount, N C, is getting materials on the ground for the erection of another neat tenant dwelling on his lot in Adams street. One of the class of cottages Mr Porter builds is eagerly sought after by parties who want to rent or lease a comfortable dwelling. Mr Brainerd Joyner is back again at Courtney's "Ice-Cream Parlor." Mr Joyner served as soda dispenser and salesman in this establishment ft>r several years and his polite manners and winning personality gained i him many friends, who are pleased I tn him ?<r?in Mr Jovner savs that amidst all his roaming: since leaving here he found no place that pleased him quite so well as good old Kingstree. j Mr Swearingen,State Superintendent of Education, of whom it has | been said that though afflicted with 1 physical blindness, he could see fur! ther into the school book question ! than any other member of the State | Board of education.will be here SatIN SOCIAL! The Misses Stackley entertained j i Friday evening in honor of Miss Jui lia Schroeder of Camden. Old-fash! ioned games were played until a late ! hour. During the evening punch and water-melon was served. Tnose present were: Misses Julia Schroeder of Camden, Bertha Fash of Charleston, Lizzie Fulton, Martha Jenkinson, Marguerite Van Keuren, Alice, Katie and Jennie Lee Stackley; Messrs Dicky Frierson of Charleston, Lloyd Smith, Alex Gordon, Clarence Alsbrook, Virgil Kinder, Wallace Mcintosh, Robert Kirk, Pou Meadors, Alvin McElveen and Sam Stackley. A Chicken Snpper. On Monday evening a "chicken supper" was given at Mr J R Pendergrass's in honor of Miss Julia Schroeder of Camden. Two wagon! loads left town about 8:30. When j ! they arrived all entered into the I ; games with great zest. Sapper was i served at 11:30, after which games j were again played until 12:30, when with sorrow all started for home. Those invited were: Miss Julia Schroeder of Camden,Mr and Mrs W ** ^ ^ 1 tf TT T A n_! lf^ : h Larr, nev ana Mrs w a rairy.mr ; and Mrs H H Pendergrass, Misses Mary Vause, Vivian and Louise Wheeler,Alice, Katie and Jennie Lee Stackley, Marian McFadden, Lizzie Fulton, Annie Stackley, Lila Pendergrass,Emma Gordon, Martha Jenkinson; Messrs Clarence Alsbrook, Alex j Gordon,Alvin McElveen,Lloyd Smith, tock of Si ruAi >ry Q iiuiiuuiuiuuiuiiuiuiuiuiuaii urday to deliver an address to the ] school trustees of the county at the high school auditorium. Everybody I who possibly can, should go out and I 1 hear this able, patriotic speaker. I We were pleased to grasp the < hand of our old friend, Dr J S Cun- i ningham, here Monday. The Doctor, though well advanced in age, wears his years gracefully and barring the < natural physical failings that come with age. seems remarkably well ! preserved and cheerful. He says that < his health is better now than it has * been for some time. There are few ( men in Williamsburg who in a quiet, ' unassuming way, have done as much j 1 for the advancement of the county ' 1 both in a spiritual and material way j as our esteemed and venerable friend, j < Dr J S Cunningham, of Indiantown. | 5 Dk H D Reese, the Columbia Eye-' j sight Specialist, will be in Kingstree j *3 tv. _j \ a. o a. ? c* a. 1 4.. ! lut'suay, aukusi p, to oaiuruay, nt- i gust 12 at Watts' Jewelry Store, and I will remedy any defects in your vision. \ The price of subscription for The Record is $1 25 a year; we allow 25 ^ cents d iscount when a whole year is ! paid in advance. If you are six ? months or a year behind don't ex- 1 pect a receipt for a whole year one i dollar. This applies to all. tf 4 Again we beg to remind our J friends that all notices relating to J money?making enterprises, for < church, school or any other cause, J are charged for as advertising at i one cent a word. All cards of i thanks, for any purpose whatsoever, 1 are charged for at the rate of one j cent a word. It would save us a j good deal of trouble and embarrass- m ment if you would just count the j words and send the money along with i your "copy," as it hardly pays us to < keep bcoks on these little items. Yet 5 in the aggregate they mean a con- j siderable loss to the paper if not 1 collected,and they are so easily over- : looked. tf < When you want us to change the i addreiB of your paper it will save < lots cf trouble to name the old ^ as well as the new postoffice. Please bear this in mind. tf \ KINGSTREE W+^?<^#$+Q+Q+?+Q+Q+$+Z ] Mott McGill, Dicky Frierson, Sam ^ Stackley, Virgil Kinder, Kirby Green, Robert Kirk, Wallace Mcintosh, Jas and Ed Vause, Billie Britton, Junius Mcintosh and Pou Meadors. A Pleasant Social Aflalr. The home of Mr and Mrs A M McKnight was a scene of gayety and merriment on last Tuesday evening ...i ik*:, A ul \*? WUCfl J.UIS3C9 AIUIC1C OUU JJC33IC iUV;Knigh; entertained complimentary to their visitors. The lawn and verandas were strewn with Japanese lanterns and lent a charming effect to the scene. Many games, including dancing, were indulged in. Delicious refreshments were served during the evening by Misses Madge Cooper and Jennie Lee Epps, Sue McKnight and Beaufort Brocking- " ton. Those present were: Misses Annie u Bell and Durant Epps, Lina Smith 2 of New Son, Misses fisdale of Zeb, ^ g Eleanor and Jennie Lee Epps,Madge y Cooper, Clennie Haselden, Viola Ci Nexsen; Messrs Dink Smith and Poss d Epps of New Zion, Alva and Henry 81 Shaw, Roy Payne, Beaufort and Al- ^ vin Brockington, William Epps, Al- e bert Cooper, James Nexsen, John t< Frierson, Wilbur Mouzon, Dan Tis- ei dale, Melvin Haselden, Mr Tisdale of Zeb, Mr W K McKnight of Heinemann, and Mr Wagener of b Knoxville, Tenn. is Chaperons?Mrs J S Fulton, Miss ^ Lula Kinder, Mr and Mrs Ed Hasel- e( den. Visitor. d ummer G( L C( oods C iijuuiiiuuuiuiaiiuiuuiuiiuiu! [ Why No [ You have beei J of Con i To our great Clean [ one thing and th( I kept you away. ? now, before the gr [ gain giving is at a: [ day night, August: * great bargain-givii f want you to come t [ Remember the C Sale and Remen * SATURDAY NIG ^ Still a large lot of 10 and 12 | Suitings going at 5c the yard. I Twenty-seven inch Sea Island I Splendid grade Sea Island Ho I 1 1-2 to 3 yard pieces, only 5c the ^ A large line of Trunks and I prices. | One lot of imitation leather S * ues, will go at 89c and 98c each! Young men and young ladie [ need Trunks will do well to s< ? in Trunks and Suit Cases to qu t going off to college. Call and s We have now in stock a ve Ginghams for the fall trade. Also a nice line of Galatea CI winter suits. I 1^1 * UUlllUllOUll. y*Ar" - VU md'1 "VI 4 Utejr oerer need repairs, nrrer need any a I coat of punt They're Fireproof?Stormproof i B Wo have local representatives almost everywh I locality, write us direct for samples, prices and I I rnDTRir.HT METAL RCK I 80 North 23rd Street Why not give us a chance to figre on your job printing? We have ood printers and one of the best quipped offices in the State, and we ga uarantee satisfaction, or no charge. ^'e do not send out solicitors, be- S0J ause we have none to send; but we ^0: o give vou the benefit of what we ^r) ave by not sending out agents, ter cstands to reason that if we pay e(j, Brents 25% commission, the custom- at" r has it added to his bill. Out of )wn orders for $5.00 and over delivred free. tf Buy it now. Now is the time to W uy a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. W holera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It t almost certain to be needed be- c are the summer is over. This rem- . dy has no superior. For sale by all ^ ealers. CO )ods to go 3ST lompar liumiiuuiuiiuuttiuuitutuuiiu t Now? i n Thinking I r ling 1 | Sweep Sale, but in another has ;? | Why not come 1 i eat sale of bar- y I n end. Satur- i Jj 19, will close this T lg event and we ? /? . I VA+A11A IT in ATTA11 f ;c?uic it 10 uvci. losing Day of j f iber it Well? ? 1 HT, AUG., 19 | ,. jj \ 1 -2c Figured Lawns and Homespun 3 !-2c the yard. mespun, 40 inches wide, in ! yard. I \ Suit Cases going at sale 1 \ uit Cases $1.25 to $1.50 valCall and see. s going off to College who I \ it us. , Special values *in >ote young men and ladies ee and get our prices. * \ ry complete line of Dress I f oth calculated for fall and Bros. Co.., mm 1 ====== 5 ?. ji Itentioa La f?ct except u occmwmI end suitable (or til kind* ofbuikfings. ere but if noae is your immediate full particulars. )FING COMPANY Philadelphia, Pa. Accused of Stealing. ] E E Chamberlain of Clinton, Me, Idly accuses Bucklen's Arnica Ive of stealing?the sting from rns or scalds ? the pain from ' 4 es of all kinds?the distress irom ilsor piles. "It robe cuts, corns, jises, sprains and injuries of their Tor," he says, "as a healing rem/ its equal don't exist." Only 25c M L Allen's. .; \ Why do you spend your oney for inferior tobacco hen'you can buy HERRY 'I DO W from the People's > ercantile Co, Kingstree, C, at the same price that le common kind will st you elsewhere? 7-27-8t mmmmmmnwmtiimfe J at J ! 3 3 zs I I , 1 i iy I j UiUUiUiUiUiUiUUUUUUiK ] ' f! A m