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Special Prices! We are displaying beautiful silk Poplin Dresses all shades. Sizes 34 to 4(> at the low figure of $12.50. These are made up in splendid styles. Our line is now complete in Laces and Embroidery, 10 to 15 cents and higher prices, as to value. We desire especially to call your attention to what we are showing in plain figured J Georgetts, Silk dress goods, lovely ^ ? j _i? 0:11. patterns $z.du per yam, aisu oim Crepe at $2.00, Cotton Crepe 75tf. Yard ^ride China Silk $1.25, yard wide Susene Silk $1.00. Special attention to what we have in lovely patterns in woven figured flaxon, checks and plaids. We are also prepared to show our splendid line of shoes, all styles in low cuts for Men, Women, Misses and Children. We have styles and prices that will suit and please our customers. / Special mention yard wide Brown ^ Sea* Island Homespun for limited time at 25 cents. W. E. JENKINSON. THURSDAY, MARCH 4. 2920 TIME TABLE, JANUARY. 1920. Sonth^ Bound vNo. 83 10:22 a. m. No. 79 10:47 a. m. No. 47* 6:17 p. m. No. 89 9:22 p. m. North Bound No. 80 7:16 a. m. No. 46* 11:42 a. m. No. 78 5:58 p. m. * Between Florence and Sumter daily except Sunday. Items of Local Interest Mr. J. W. McClary of the Zeb section was in town today. DrJUiddleton of Greelyville spent Sunday in Kingstree with friends. Me. W. T. Wilkins is in Tennessee this week on business. Mr. Walter Sullivan returned to Florence Sunday night. Mr. J. M. Godwin of Morrisville was in town today. Mr. E. N. Beard of Andrews was in Kingstree on business today. Mr. William McCullough of Nesxnith was noted in town today. y Born, Tuesday, March 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude I. Truluck. a son. \ Mr. R. W. Marshall of Andrews, Rt 1, was in Kingstree last Saturday. Mr. Roy Payne has recently purchased the Coward property o?. Kelley street. The young men of the community! will give a dance at the Kellahan Hotel tonight. Mr. C. W. Jones of Salters Depot was among the callers at The Record office Tuesday. Mr. H. A. Altman of the Morrisville aection, was in town on busi ness Saturday. Miss Mary Nettles, The Record's Intertype operator, has been on the side list thir week. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Land of Greely'viQe spent Sunday with Mrs. Edwin Harper and family. Mr. J. D. McCullough of Salters Depot was a Kingstree visitor Tuesday of this week. Mia? Mabe l Harper of Marion spent several days this week with her mothp as, Mrs. Edwin Harper. I James Sullivan, who has been at L home with a case of the flu. returned I to the University yesterday. ^ Mr. B. M. McElveen, Cades, Rt 1, was in Kingstree one day last week and paid this office a visit Miss Bessie Harper of Aiken spent the past week-end at the home of her " mother, Mrs. Edwin Harper. Mrs. J. B. Alsbrook and little Miss Catherine aid Mrs. B. G. Land of Greelyville were in town on Tuesday. Mr. B. L. Nesmith of Nesmith had business in Kingstree last Friday and while here called at The Record office. The annual meeting of the Civic * V * S? VaM ^ and Library Association Will UC UVt\? this afternoon in the Library at 4:30 o'dadL Mr. S. Pail Harper and family of Andrews, who have been quite sick, with the flu, are improving, we are dad to report. There will be a pupils recital at the school louse Friday evening at ^ eight o'clock The public is cordially Hlinvited to attend. B*Zeno Vause has just completed I V*Ve improvements oa his home on I ley street, which add considerably | Its attractiveness. I Ifiss Cora Sease, bookkeeper and I pnographer, who has been in Kings ee for some time, has gone to PamB pco, where she is now employed. B Mr. Wallace Mcintosh of Florence has about r.covered from a severe II spell of the flu and is spending sevj^Ler&l days with his folk here this week. Messrs. R. C. Johnson and Joe Vause motored to .Lake City this afternoon, where Mr. Johnson's brother is confined to his bed with the flu. Mrs. E. E. King, who has been under treatment at the Florence infirmary, returned home this week. While ' she is much better she is still con' fined to her room. J I Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Jacobs and lit- i tie daughter came over from Georgetown Sunday. The latter spent sev- : 'fnw lion, tt'itVi rplativps. Mr. ! j tl?l UUJ O <IViV "??.? ? i Jacobs returned Sunday. We regret to report that the Hon. Hugh McCutchen, whose illness has ; been noted in these columns, is not i getting along so well today, having' : become worse Saturday, i i The cold weather of the week is ; reported to have caused much damage ! to tobacco plant beds and it is believed j there will be a great shortage of I i plants the coming season. Mrs. W. P. Hawkins has given up I the Swann house on Academy street and moved into one of the cottages on East Mill street. Mrs. Swann is now occupying her house. Mr. A. L. McElveen, who has been an efficient operator and assistant agent at the A. C. L. depot here for a number of years, has accepted the agency at Lake City and is now located there. Mr. Edwin Harper, who has been sich at the home of his mother. Mrs. Edwin Harper, for the past two weeks with a case of the flu, returned to his duties at the University of South Carolina on Wednesday. Mr. J. W. Williamson 01 nciiuugway, Rt 4, was in Kingstree yesterday. He is among a large number of other WilKamsbngg 'farmers whose tobacco plant beds were seriously damaged by the recent frosts and cold winds. The County Record, W. F. Tolley and L. H. Cromer, Jr., publishers, has purchased from the directors of the Williamsburg Publishing Co., the print shop equippment formally used in the publication of the Williamsburg Herald. There has been a new addition to the faculty of the Kingstree Graded school, this being Miss Mazie Rast of Holly Hill. Miss Rast is an honor graduate of Columbia College, 1917, Where she distinguished herself by her studious habits. o Moonlight Picnic A number of the young folk of town moCored out to lower bridge yesterday evening. A big camp fire was made, utViiaV, >,<> vAiina folic rather ed and indulged in toasting marshmallows, which, with a prepared sandwitch course, served as a repast for the occasion. The following are those who enjoyed the outing: Misses Marion and Tyson McFaddin, Carrie Lancaster, Eva Agnew, Edith Crouch, Lilla Babb, Mazie Rast, Lula Brockinton, Martha Jenkinson and Helen Rogers, and Messrs. Lawrence Swails, Woodrow Gamble, H. L. Prosser, Ervin Kennedy, W. R. Scott, Joe Wilkins, Bethea Smith, Dr. Lentz, L. H. Cromer and Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Calhoun. o Florence Doctor Burned Dr. J. G. McMaster met with a painful, but not serious accident Monday afternoon when the oil heater at his office exploded. He lighted his stove and going across the street to the drug store, came back to find it in flames. In attempting to throw the stove out of the window he was covered with oil and his clothing caught fire. Wrapping himself in a rug, he extinguished the flames, but his clothing was badly burned, as was his face and hands. Parent-Teachers' Meeting. There will be a parent-teachers' meeting in the school auditorium at 4:30 o'clock. The following program will be car' ?"-J ? .*. D-'n-n CaIa TriifaWh Swails: ncu uuk. jl iouv uviwj , Reading, Dolly McFaddin; Piano Solo, Lillian Hill; Business Meeting. o Internal Tax Collector Here A government representative is now in Kingstree and will remain here through Saturday, the 6th, to assist in preparing individual income tax returns and to receive such taxes. While here, this revenue officer will be found at the court house. o Teachers' Meeting Saturday. Williamsburg County Teachers' As- j . ?...;n moat CotnrHav. March I | S)U^lttVlUll Will ni^vv uw*?M?N?^y - -. - : 6, at 12 o'clock, in the auditorium of j the Kingstree school building. Teachers throughout the county are urged I to attend this heeting. c I Mr. J. B. Harrell, a prosperous fanner of Florence county, aged 37, died last week from influenza and pneumonia.. o The County Record is the only newspaper published in Williamsburg County. i i * SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS ? i FOR SALE?Webber Long Staple I cotton seed, $4.00 the bushel. The ' cotton from which this seed was taken brought 81? the pound in Hartsville, January 31, last. ?. M. HINDS, Kingstree, S. (J. 3-4-ztc. t FOR SALE?Lot 011 railroad right | of way between Imperial and Stand- j ard Oil Co's., measuring 86 feet front by 220 feet. Fine place for warehouse. T. E. ARROWSMITH. 2-26 3t A GOOD CONTRACT?For one re-, liable and intelligent representative | to sell monuments direct from one of ' the largest factories. Write today, j PALMER STONE WORKS, Albe-i marie, N. C. 2-26-4tp j FOR SALE?A Kline car in good condition. C. TUCKER. 2-26-tf.. FOR SALE?Blow your stumps, j Make more crops on same land. Dy-' namite, fuze and caps, DuPont Red j Cross goods fresh. Any quantity. For j price write, phone or wire, ALSBROOK. Kingstree or Greelyville, S. C. FOR SALE?One second hand cook stove in good condition, and of the best known manufacture. W. F. TOLLEY, Record Office, Kingstree, S. C. FOR SALE?The best pony buggy and harness for sale. T. E. ARROWSMITH, 2-19-tf. EGGS FOR HATCHING?S. C. Rhode Island Red eggs from fine laying strain; $1.50 for 15. Can furnish any quantity on short notice. W. W. HOLLIDAY, Box 1, Kingstree, S. C. 2-19-4tc. FOR SALE?Peanut Seed! Selected White Spanish in the hull, or shelled and graded fresh at planting time, with full instructions about growing; and guarantee to buy your crop. Also peanut planters and pickers. SEA ISLAND COTTON OIL COMPANY, Charleston, S. C. 2-19-3tc. WANTED?Agents in your town ' and county to sell our health, accident, and life insurance to white and colored people. We have men making from $75.00 to $100.00 per week selling this policy. Act today and get your county. BENNETT & COOK, General Agents, 7 Broad Street, Charleston, S. C. 2-5-8tp. WANTED?Tobacco growers to place their orders for Bemis Tobacco Transplanters in time to insure delivery as we could not supply the demand last season. The Bemis Tobacco Transplanters set your tobacco when the plants are ready, waters even' plant at the root. Saves the labor of ten hands, mail your order today to CARTER DISTRIBUTER Co., Lake City, S. C. 1-29-tfc MONEY TO LOAN?On first mortgage on real estate. Apply to, STOLL & ,OB'RYAN, Kingstree, S. C. 6-12-tf. Just arrived a car of Red Cedar Shingles which we will sell for $11.00 per thousand. S. V. TAYLOR'S DePARTMENT STORE, Greelyville, S. C. ' 1-22-81. For Sale:? H " 125 acres cut over land in B B edse of town limits of St Ste- j? Iphens, S. C. This land can be g easily cleared. Will sell for I $20.00 per acre cash. Address. ? P. O. BOX 23, m ST. STEPHENS, S. C. I I 2-26-2t | v One hundred and twenty-five g B x m ? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Williamsburg By P. M. Brockinton, Esquire, Judge Probate. WHEREAS, C. B. Cannon made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of J. E. Cannon, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred i and creditors of the said J. E. Cannon, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at my office in Kingstree, S. C., on March 15th, 1920, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they ihave, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 3rd day of March, Anno Domino, 1920. Publiched on the 4th day of March, 1920, in .The County Record P. M. BROCKINTON, 3-4-2t Probate Judge, o North Carolina Leads. Figures for the first month of prohibition enforcement under the constitutional amendment show that North Carolina led the states in the southern district in the number of stills seized and destroyed. Further more, the southern district led all other sections of the country in seizures. o 666 quickly relieves Cold and LaGrippe, Constipation, Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and Headaches. |l u m Flooring * | Brick f? Ceiling I .limhPT* Lime Siding Cement Sg Casing Plaster Mouldings Fire Brick |H Framing Lumber Fire Clay ?? Red Cedar Shingles Sewer Pipe Pine and Cypress Shingles Stove Flue 0$ Metal and Composition Shingles 1 Terra Cotta 1 Doors, Sash and Blinds Motar Colars" Porch Columns and Balasters Water Proofii Beaver Board Corrugated 1W Valley Tin And Ridge Roll Asbestos and [Wire Fencing Everything BOOTH & I SUMTER, Whv Not the [ | The New York Lifi ? ? Total Paid Insurance In 1 ? i jg When a man goes in an ins ? wife and family, or for whateve S he is getting the best there is f ? 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Door Hangers $$ rhimbles Carpenter's Tools ;|?S and Stains v Paint Brushes ig Mineral Paints and Oils (etal Roofing Inside Decorations Composition Roofing Calsomines and Cold Water Paints || # , Iron and Wood Posts FOR THE HOUSE I VlcLEOD, Inc., j SOUTH CAROLINA 1 argest and Best? j e Insurance Company \ Force, 1920, $3,127,920,086 I i : ? urance company for protection to his J r. purpose, he wants to feel sure that ^ or.his money. V X with a financial record extending ? ye.years and is today as safe and I this company paid out: SC */ es $38,349,009 S ndowments.. 22,011,834 ? Values 22371.025 5 31,698,688 S 1,477,700 .. | ters During the jtj $20,622,640 ^ nee Company is composed of mem- t? who are the company, who own the ^ e the profits of the company . tf policy or increasing your life insur- $ D. Mills, I X (Jew York Life Insurance Co., Jj; ^ SOUTH CAROLINA | . NEW 11 Fann For Sale | ^ II94 Acres Upland I i w i; ?? 45 acres cleared, and in good state of cultivation, balance i a 1 good wood land and can be f All AH J easily cleared. Place now rents IQIIUII R for $450.00. i Will sell and turn over to i purchaser at once. EXT DOOR TO i v [ This land is known as that of >J S. P. Epps and children and is IR YOUR FORD l0Cated n6ar HebK)n' *** >R YOUR FUKU gchooIs ^ nearbyt A fine opportunity for any one FORD EXPERT desiring to pnrchase small place. S. F. EPPS, 2-12-41. Kingstree, S. C. ? . ? ?OTB??? rop?9 I _ p Black Valentine Beans; the beet for J. v* marketing ?by the bag at, NeemithFlowers Company, Kingstree, S. C. I