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i ?;|)C Ciuintu KccoriX |YOL. XXVII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1914. NO. 45 [rFARfl I Now is the time tc you call arid see them, or Lime Distributors, Fertili / Coffins and Cask( 1' if w ??? | BUILDING IMPROVEMENT I THE PAST YEAR I AND FORECAST FOR 1MMED1ATI 1 FUTURE IN INDUSTRIAL B DEVELOPMENT. We hear aid see so much about ^Building activity in ambitious comSMbunities that it may not be amiss tc ^Hell a few things that have beer Bdone in our cwn town within the Wpagt twelve months. Next Sunday the welcoming doors l^of the new Presbyterian house ol 'i: worship will t>e thrown wide, while (the bell peals forth the grand oic message: "Peace on earth, good will towards men." This is a beautiful edifice and the cost will approximate | $13,000. 1 The new Baptist church, which is nearly completed, while simple in } style of architecture, yet, none the less, is of an exceedingly pretty i design and is very tastefully finishft ed, with modern appointments, in eluding electric lights, furnace heatBed,baths and toilet. The cost of this W church is ahout $13,500. H churches and schools of a community are the best and highest [" If If you bury your money s( ; find it. You might die wil whereabouts. If you hide carpet, in a sugar bowl or th come and get it. That's tl this picture and you will hid yt Make OUR ba We pay 4 per cent, inte j FARMERS <fc ME "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" I I A IMPLE ?throw yourself in "high gear' send in your mail orders. Sta izer Distributors, Corn and Cot r?i Kinj ! ^ -x Tl aim i j ' index of a true spirit of progress, and it is gratifying indeed to note ) that these sacred buildings, so long I conspicuous by their insignificance, now command attention by their ' beauty and the elegance of their appointments. Among other conspicuous imt provements noted the past year is the magnificent building at Main and > Academy streets, erected by Mr W I i Nexsen on the old vacant lot opposite "Stackley'8 corner". This handsome three-story brick structure i would challenge admiration in any ? city or town anywhere. The build-! > ing contains three stores on the I ground floor, offices on the second 1 floor and the Masonic hal! on the I upper story. ' In various parts of town there are dwellings going up?the best sign in i the world that a town is growing. I II Mr Walter Dennis is about complet-' i ing his cottage near the river at a j ' cost of $1,000. Messrs Jacobs & ! Scott have put up in the same vicin-1 ity six tenant houses at a cost of about $800 each. Jas McCottry, col11 ored.is finishing a neat cottage near the river at a cost of $900. In the year 1913 we are able to fiflrnra mi t ?hmif $47 000 in the wav I pACK of OUR jTHlCK WALLS AMD ? /Strong locks /is the safe iSTL.ACE TO HIDE YOUR MONEY LPUT YOUR MONEY I _ ^ in our. Bank THEN YOU HAVE e? IT SAFE -104?r "WIT* )me one may SEE you or may thout anybody knowing of its it behind a picture, under the e coal bin, a burglar can just ie burglar's business. Study e yours in Our Bank. nk YOUR bank. jj rest on savings accounts. 1RCHANTS RANK. LAKE CITY. S. C. MENT " ' and get busy on the farm. V ,1k Cutters, Disc Harrows, Ridi ton Planters, Etc., Spades, She r \/ r ki t C V L l\ I jfstree H Wholesale and i /Jj\4ivCvJ5v^5vOv^H5vJXiivCvsJvCvJ5 * m >^w his bpg of building improvement. Doubtless we omitted some that should have h been included, but we tried our best t to get all a Now,as to the prospects for 1914: We have heard of so many pro- $ i?r?nrotTomor\fc fhof fn main. U jtv L-tU Illipi VTVillVU W bliHV W *??M?U II tain our standard as a conservative A newspaper we would hardly dare to print them all. We therefore elimi- a nate the doubtful ones and in the d immediate future we find the fol- A lowing buildings in sight: U Mrs J E Kennedy is having built tl a brick tobacco warehouse, 75x150 $ feet in size, to cost approximately b 86,500. a Mr L C Montgomery has let the ? contract for a dwelling,to cost about jr $3,000, on Brooks street. jr E L Hirsch,Esq,advises us that he ti intends to erect,within the next few a months, six tenant cottages, adjoini-i;..A nig UJC ini 3V.11 yicuiisco in iiuitu" west Kingstree, to cost about 82,500 J( each. H The Kingstree Dry Goods Co is $ remodeling the interior of its store tl at a cost of about $3,500. J1 Work on the new houses of Messrs n E C Burgess in North Kingstree and H P S Courtney in Nelson's Addition c< is rapidly approaching completion. 0 As a harbinger of future prosperity this looks well on paper; when ai the materialization has been effect- f( ea we expect and look forward to a better and bigger Kingstree. Our town is moving forward along every ft line of industry, and we honestly bep| lieve that the ensuing year for Kingstree will be one of the best p< and brightest in her annals. 01 A# | V /.'Is riC&ti! THE PLAYE The Piano that anyone in the prices and easy terms. Let ou Samuel D. Carr.call on you and sibilities of these instruments. SIE6LIN6 MUSIC HOUSE Samuel D. Carr, Kingstree, S. C., (Spe TALK T Ve have the best line of ng Cultivators, Walking E >vels, Forks, Rakes, Garden UALLY irdware Retail Dealers IVC i ??J Mr W E Jenkinson has begin lauling lumber to erect a moden wn.sfnrv HwplHntr nn Rnilrnn< venue to cost: $2,000. Mr W E Nesmith, at a cost o: 1,500, is remodeling: the dwellinj e recently purchased from Mrs 1 l Blakeley, in North Kingstree. Messrs R H Kellahan, M F Hellei nd Dr D C Scott will soon teai own their old wooden buildings, or icademy street, and erect on theii )ts brick structures. Mr Kellahan, hree stores 25x75 feet, to cost aboul ft AAA AA nM ? IJaIIaw n trfam 6,UVU.UU cacil, iui iicun, a oiun uilding 2-5x75 feet, and Dr Scott, n up-to-date drug store, with Mr J [ Scott as pharmacist and adjoinlg offices for Drs Scott and Hemlgway. This building, with its fixares and appointments, will cost pproximately $7,000.00. We have outstanding accounts for )b work, subscription, advertising nd legal blanks, over $1,500, in mounts ranging from 25 cents to 5.00. These accounts are so small aat we cannot afford to expend luch time or money trying to colfct them. But think what the total leans to us! If all who owe these ttle accounts would pay up, we auld meet that note several times ver. Do you owe us anything? See Brockington & Marshall for uto supplies and repairs. Agents >r the Ford car, 1-15-^t The price of subscription for The ecord is $1 25 a year; we allow 25 ;nts discount when a whole year is lid in advance. If you are six lonths or a year behind don't ex?ct a receipt for a whole year for le dollar. This applies to all. tf | I \ 'Jr&S ' x-.>:r piano | family can play. At low | r special representative, Mr I explain the wonderful pos- J 243 King St? Charleston, S. C. 1 cial Representative) i- - ... -Jjjl vlo. I, FOP farm implements ever shown in 1 [arrows, Walking Cultivators, on i Tools and many other items neec Co. |^WeLei 5. \ I i ??/ 3 xi/ | 0/ ll ThisS !! Resei I ri/ IS fo I * * v ! 04 il? , 0/ 0/ * 1 0/ ( 0/ 0/ 0/ L w r # * o; i ' eagaiis :i TO Vfc \\ 1 1 1 it/ it/ Hi Hi i Hi it/ it/ it/ it/ It/ it/ it/ it/ | THE CADES MERCAN ? Cades, \Hr* wl i There Is a Time I Now is the time for you to 1 by opening that new account wi or Savings Department. We ex tion to bank with us, and assure tion consistent with good bankir tt' r ~ - < VYtJ pay iuur per eenu mien i ment, compounded quarterly, ar f Certificates of Deposits. | The Bank 1 Cades, | W.B.WILSON, V. G. ARNETTI e President Vice-Presi IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE I 1914 5tingstree, and ask that e and two horse Plows, led on the farm. id?Others Follow. \ ? I % an * \i & I ved I rm ili * i ifc w ib ib ib ib ib ib ib \b ib * B * SH ib W it r ib ib 3 ifc I ib I ib Ill iir 3 * iir i ii ilr 3 i5 iir * i TILE COMPANY, I s. c * [or All Tilings j jegin the New Year right J th us in our Commercial f tend you a cordial invita- S i you of every accommoda- J lg methods. | aiim On *ri /vn t sat m uui oavxngs t/cyaxi- "| id five per cent on Time I of Cades, I s.c. [ ?, J. HOYT CARTER, ? ident Cashier I i INlHE RECORD! i : # j - P * -?-*' >