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? = I-Items of Local Interest =. f THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921. Miss Louise Epps spent Tuesday in Charleston. Mrs. J. J. Epps of Leo. was in Kingstree Tuesday. * Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gordon. Jr. spent Sunday in town. Mr. W. J. Thomas of near Leo was in Kingstree Tuesday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stubb on Sunday morning, a girl. Mr. L. E. Nesmith of Lake City spent Wednesday in Kingstree. Mr. Sidney T. Hanna of Hemingway was in Kingstree Monday. Mr. W. B. Brockington spent several days in Columbia last week. Messrs. E. E. and E. 0. Rodgers of Lane, were noted in town Wednesday. f-i Mr. W. B. Coker, of Leo, called at The Record office while in Kingstree Monday. * ^ Mr. F. R. Hemingway spent the past week-end with his brother at Ridgevill^ if * ? ? r "lib ^rs* J' P'ow^en an(l ^rs* Cole1 man of Lane, were visitors in Kings^K>ree today. Mr. Fred Guerry was among the out-of-town business callers at the Record office. Mrs. D. C. Scott left Monday morning for Maxton, N. C., where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Alford. Mr. Frank Stubbs of Bennettsville, spent last week here with his wife who is at the Kelley Sanatorium. * ? The parent-teacher association wil hold a meeting at the school house Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock Mrs. H. H. King was called to her home at Bethune on Sunday on account of the death of her mother. * Mrs. C. I. Rush of Blackville is spending several months with het daughter, Mrs. W. V. Brockington. ? * Dr. C. M.Scott and bride of Hartsville are visiting the farmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A! Scott for p. few days. ^ Miss' rtessley, milliner at Silverman's department Store, left Tuesday afternoon for her home in Atlanta, Ga. JKr The stork visited the home of Mr. H and Mrs. Samuel J. Singletary, on January 19th, 1921-, and left a fine boy I baby, S. J., Jr. I * ? Mrs. E. T. Kelley has as her guest this week, her sister Mrs. Hudnell and ner niece little Miss Jean Hudnell, of Hamlet, N. C. iting her son, L. Roy Cates her, reiting her son, L. Roy Cates, here returned to her home in Hillsboro, N. C - Tuesday morning. | Mr. C. 0. Boyd* of Trio, was ir Kingstree Friday and called at the office to renew his subscription to Thf Record office Monday. Tbfe. County Commissioners met Tuesday with Supervisor Singletary to pass on claims and such other business as was presented. * Mr. G. B. Ingraham who holds an ^ important position with the W. C. Hemingway Co., at Hemingway, was \ noted in Kingstree, Monday. v Yesterday was ground hog day, r Thanks to the weather amn, it wa? ^cloudy and overcast all day at Kingstree. Now for fine spring-like weath* e'r. Miss 'Alma Scott has just returned from an extended visit in Georgia and Florida visiting relatives at Waycross, Jacksonville, Fort Pierce an*. h Key West. Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Gordon, Jr. have returned from their honeymoon and are making their home temporarily at least, with Mr. and Mrs. J. B Clarkson at Lane. * Union sendees will be held at the Baptist church here Sunday evening A special choir composed of men, lec by Mr. R. N. Speigner, will rendei the musical selections for the entire service. The ladies aid society of St Alban; will meet at Mrs. M. F. Heller's, Asi Wednesday, February 9th, at 4 o'clock Mr. S. P. Harper and Prof. H. J. W Kizer of Andrews were in Kings tref Saturday on business^ Mr. P. S. Courtney has remodelei freshly painted and greatly improver / the storeroom on Main street, unti recently occupied by T. E. Baggett 1 and has moved his undertaking busi^Wness there. The front of the room is handsomely fitted up as a receptior V6om, while in the rear is a wel equipped and amply stocked room equipped and amply stocked supph room morgue and embalming quarters | I Kingstree will soon bo able to 1 J of a good restaurant. This im (!tion is now taking place in one o storerooms on Academy street, f ,erly occupied by the Kingstree , niture Co. t i $ Mr. Lawrence Swails, who has confined to his room by sicknes.' past week, is not improving a; friends would like for him to. terday he was removed from his , at Mrs. Hugh McCutchen's to the 1 of his brother, Mr. A. C. Swails is hoped he will soon be out agai The Red Cross office is always on Saturdays and Mondays an ' most rainy days. Any ex-service who need assistance in filling out , pensation or insurance papers are ed to come to the office. The I sendee secretary will be glad to 1 ay assistacne possible to anyone. Mrs. LeRoy Lee who has spending some time in Atlanta *e ed home Monday via Spartanbure . Columbia, where she stopped ovi visit, respectively her daughter. is a student at Converse College ; her brother, Dr. J. A. Riser, i whose home a bouncing boy bab cently made his appearance. The Men's Bible class of the > , odist church entertained the me that church and the pastors ot other Kingstree churches at a d at the -Methodist parsonage Fi evening. Receiving at the door Mesdames T. A. Blakely and J , Hinds. Mr. J. F. McFaddin dir , the guests into the parlor, when receiving line was composed of and Mrs. W. W. Daniel, Dr. I Frierson and Mr. W. E. Nesmith. I guests were then ushered into the room, were they were presentc< vors by Mrs. H. L. Prosser and ' Emma Gordon. Mrs. D. P. Fri< then ushered them into the dining where a most delightful dinner served by the following young la . Misses Lizzie Heape, Carrie La l*o>- MaiiHo and Annie Raker. Marl and Martha Gordon and Marian ' Faddin and Mesdames Harry Bri ' and B. V. Singleton. The dinner prepared by the ladies of the ch o Boys Ha\e Real Experience Joe Vause, Bill Bryan, McBride Faddin, Zeno Montgomery and Hinds went to Manning last Fi ! night to attend a dance. Returnii Kingstree during the wee small 1 of the morning, they discovered that their "fliver" failed to fun . for lack of gas. Hinds, Montgo: and McFaddin went in search of necessity, approached a man's 1 on the roadside, rapped and rec ' no response, went to another hoi 1 few hundred yards up the road, v the usual hail was given. To surprise and chagrin they were by a pack of dogs and a volley fr I shotgun. As they passed the * house in making their getaway, were (again fired on. Being unat secure gas to make the return on, the bunch made camp in the and waited for daylight to make - ther search for the necessary jui They reached Kingstree about a. m. the following mining. o Mission Study Class Meets -i. 1-. it* " ine iwU'Siun siuuy ciass ui uit- . byterian Church met at the horr Mrs. L. W. Gilland on Tuesday a noon. Twenty-five ladies have ed the class this term, the la number ever enrolled. The bool ' ing studied is "Day In and Day in Korea", which is proving mos 1 teresting and instructive. Aftei study hour was closed delightfu freshments were served by the ho.( This class meets every Tuesda; ternoon, and will continue for weeks. Any ladies who have no enrolled and who would like to < . are cordially invited to attend. i 0 :? U. D. C. Meeting I The Williamsburg chapter, U. ( held its regular monthly me at the home of Mrs. W. V. Broc , ton on January 14. l Owing to the inclemency of weather only a few members were . sent, however, a large amount of ness was transacted. Miss Agnes ] man presided in place of the presi Mrs. P. S* Hemingway, who wa sent. The secretary stated that at th( pron party held In December, j ; $26.00 was realized. It was vot< this meeting that $10 be sent t< . Hero Fund and $10 to the reli< , starving children of Europe. Christmas time the chapter gave each to the Old Soldiers Home in , umbia and to the needy Confed Women. After the business session was 1 eluded a delightful social hour 1 enjoyed, during which refreshr I consisting of cake, coccoa and ; . whiches were served by the ho; assisted by Mrs. P. G. Gourdin. ! o i -^Married. I Mr. Dodadi^B. Cribb, of RI , and Miss Lena Howard, of And ' were married here Tuesday Febi . 2nd, by Judge W. E. Snowden. \ \ boast THE BANK OF KIN(StREE lova f the?.Setting its House in Order -tor the' 01 h1" Coming of Greater Prosperity. FurThe Bank of KingstrCc has b.-gun ! jinstalling its new furniture and fix-; been j tures in the Xexson building on the J 5 the corner of Main and Academy street 5 hi> J and expects to occupy its new quarT es- jters March IsC Its equipment will be room along the most modern lines in bank- ! borne I ing houses, complete in all details, j ! serviceably arranged and appealing-[ n- ly handsome. open f^ie ^ar|k ?f Kingstreee is the old, ? est bank in Williamsburg ccuntv. d on m & Twenty-one years ago it was organ_ inzed with Dr. D. C. Scott. Capt. J. ; comuiA. Kelly, K. H. Kcllahan. R. D. Rol-! lome ''ns* **' * ' hooper, and George W. | W. Williams, of Charleston, as its board of d rectors. Of these. Dr. | Scott and Capt. Kelly have remained i been on the directorate until todav. Messrs.! i ~ ~ , i turn- Keiiatian, uooper and KOinns arc dead. ; and This board of directors elected Dr. er to Scott the first president of the bank who which place he has held since it was , and organized, and E. C. Epps, now cash into ier of the Bank of Williamsburg as y re- its first cashier. Mr. L. H. Fairey. now president of a bank in Bishopville, suceeded Mr. Epps as cashier Ioln" in 1906. In 1908, Mr. F. W. Fairey n became cashier, which position he still ;tho fiiis. innej 0f Kingstree began busi-: fhla.v noss $15,000 capital stock. Three ! ^eie years ]ater, after paying 8r.'r dividends J ^ which it has paid every year since its ected organization, it doubled its capital ~ stock from the surplus fund. About ^ev" five years later, it again doubled its capital stock from its surplus, making its capital stock as at prosent $60,ncxt 000.00, and at the same time declar* ^a~ ed a special dividend of 10r/c from the surplus. ;rson ^fany of the old friends and cusroom tomers of this bank, when they come ^as into its new home after March first. s' look over its marble and mahogany ncas" furnishing and inspect its strong ^ai<?t vaults and remember the first bank^c" ing house of the institution located in iMon, ? nrAA^en ctnirtiirp behind Dr. a HbbiV ?? vvuvu k/.. v _ urch ^co^'s store when borrowed pine tables and broken backed chairs were all the furniture it had except a discarded pine prescription , 5jc. counter that was used for a filing case. Jim Too, they will recall seeing Mr. Epps, riday cashietr at that time, hunting in the ;jg j, late afternoons some merchants iron lours 8a^e *nto which to keep the bank's cash during the night. Mr. Epps now ctjon admits that sometimes he found no mery 6afe for the money but slept with it this until the rosy morn gladdened the louse coming day. eived ^r- Scott and Mr. Epps tell some lse a stories about those pioneer bankrhere *ng ^ays in Williamsburg county their ^??n s^ter the bank began business, mej a negro with a $20.00 bill came into om the bank and saw some men indorsing checks, and receiving money for them they over the counter. Mr. Nigger then >le to boldly marched up to the counter. trio wrote bis name across the back of the fliver bill and passed it over to be cashfur. cd. That endorsed $20 bill circulated ^ in Kingstree for several years. jq.qq The Rank of Kingstree is getting its house in order'for a bigger and better prosperity than ever. O BILL TO LOWER RENTS. Presnf Not More Than 30 Per Cent of Prop-1 [fter- arty Assessment join- Columbia, Feb. 2.?Special: Mr. rgest DW?n> of Charleston, today intro( ^e_ duced a bill in the House prohibiting Qut landlords, from renting property for ;t in_ more than 30 per cent of the value r the as shown on the tax returns in the j re_ auditor's office. The provisions of ;tess *"11 do not apply to rooms of hoy af- or *? ^ose ?f lodging houses sjx when the rooms of the latter are rent t yet ed for two weeks or less. Violation io so Ponalizes the landlords for twice the rent collected, one-half to go to the school fund and the other half to the person instituting the action. o . 2. D., Come to the Play Party! eting Arg you feeling kind of blue? k'n?- Are you feeling kind of sad? Do you think of all the troubles That you have or ever had ? i prebus? Well, forget them for awhile Erck- Put on your nicest smile dent, And come and play. 5 a^* On Friday next?the fourth it is, At fifteen minutes ere its eight, ;, p" In the Kingstree hotel dining room, 1 .ou. Is the place, time and date. ?d at 3 the Now don't forget and don't refuse ef of This invitation pray, At Just lock the house and hide the key, $5.00 And come along and play! Col- o erate if Representative Dillon's bill should become a South Carolina law con- it will knock th" profiteering props was from under quite a few landlords who nents assess a rental of $40 the month on sand- dwellings returned at $800. stess, If anybody e,an insure it, Wm. W. Boddie can. lems. Send The County Record your next Irews order for Job Printing. Our work nary compares favorably with any other hous'in the country. Red Cross Notes. The Bureau of School Correspondence of the Junior Red Cross has recently been perfected. Through this bureau the schools can carry on correspondence with schools in other parts of the co'.ntry and also in the following places: England, Frai.ce, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Greece, American school children in China. Porto Rico, Hawaii ai.d the Phillipine Islands. Post cards, letters and specimens of different kinds may be interchanged. Schools desiring to take part in this correspondence should send five cent; to Red Cross headquarteds, Southern division,^Atlanta, Ga., for a copy of the Teachers' Handbook of school correspondence. The home sendee secretary has been 1 1 _ ? xl_ _ 1.. -visiting tne scnoois 01 inc county that are members of the Junior Red Cross and has been giving talks on health subjects. The first subject chosen is "The Care of the Teeth''. The children seem quite interested and promise to brush their teeth faithfully from now on. &? To Farmers: w M I shall b M tions this 'year wit H &li This inst] i0 vests his money in p agencies. In the C IP insurance; in the W M it is called "Grass p long, dry spells ar insurance. ?? This insu his rents, fertili2 I shall b memt insurance poll this section with t to be real evidence 'IMtMIIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIH | "Best Place I | to Buy" I I Dressed Lumber I 1 Flooring I i rpilincr anH SiHinor - VVUIU^ UUU WlWUl^ K :: Mouldings I :: Beaver-Board I j; Never-Leak Roofing I :: Cypress Shingles I :: Paints and Varnish B :: SASH and DOORS I ij BUILDERS SUPPLY ' jj COMPANY ;; KINGSTREE, S. C. L \ 111 I ?H If I HI! I Hill IIIII I Farmers V will b ft banks can ft Let. ir tM - provisions Eg fanning ir HH Long jfl ment for m on cotton. i WM. W. I I ? ... I v CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE?Single Comb Black Minorca cocks. Excellent strain anil very handsome fowls. Price $5.00. Mrs. J. J. Epps, Leo, S. C., R. F. D 2-3-St. EGGS! EGGS!?From my prize winning Rhode Island Reds at $2.00 per setting of 15. Come and see my matings. W. W. Holliday, box 1 Kingstrec. 2-3-tf. STRAYED.?One big bor.e Poland China Boar. Weight from 200 to 250 pounds, has three white feet and white spot on mowth. Reward for information or return to F. P. Gue'rry, Kingstree, S. C., Rt. 1. Itp. FOR SALE?High Grade Ammoniated Fertilizers for cotton, com, tobacco, Etc. Also Fish Scrap, Rlood, Tankage, Foreign Kainit, Etc. Write us for prices advising the tonnage you want. Dawhoo Fertilizer Company, Box 608. Charleston, S. C. EGGS FOR SALE?Rhode Island Reds $2.00 per setting of 15. Single Comb Black Minorcas, $2.00. Single Comb Ahconas $1.50. Brown Leghorns $1.50. White Leghorns $1.50. S. W. Mimms, Kingstree, S. C. l-6-13to e able to protect your h Crop Investment Insi Lrance protects a reasc the soil against all r otton Belt, it is kno^ 'est, where the grasshc hopper" insurance; in e fearful, it is denon ranee enables the farr :er, and labor will not e very glad to discuss .cy with any farmer, ai his form of insurance, i of insurance progress Very .respec m. 1 Kir iiiiiiiiiHiimiMmtMtM MMMpm MMBH BBfyiry 1 |i Wjrfrw BaseEE 1* t<ICm BnH^ni B ; Ikfikw IBB Call and Let Us in mi inm t i i i 5EEEEEM333H3E /ho Have my Farm Property e able to borrow the first i lend. te insure your dwelling, , tenant houses, live s nplements. time notes are acceptabb Farm Property Insurant jnnnic Vinnrnirnn Cnnf JUUUIC) MllgdIICC) OUUI ! A FEW HOME, mercantile buildings and farm lands at the right prices. See M. H. Plowden, Kingstree, S. C. 2-3-tfc. SALESMAN WANTED to solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or Commission. Address The Todd Oil & Paint Co. Cleveland. Ohio. ltp. SEEDS Produced Watson Melons 3 ioV/t feet long, 40 to 75 lbs., l'/2 cars acre -where -liberally -fertilized. Seed 85c per lb. We produced two and one tenth times as iduch cotton where we planted your cotton as we made with best other variety, conditions identical, weevil infestation severe." Affivadit Boyles Bros., before President Allendale Bank, regarding my cotton, a strain combining best features Cleveland Big Boll and Improved Cook. SEED $1.00 PER BUSHEL L. A. STONEY, ALLENDALE, S. C. . 2t-27th-p. farming operairance. || )nable man who inlatural destructive M fn as "Boll Weevil" || )pper is a burden, the North, where linated "Drought" ner to be sure that ? J UC 1 'J O b l Jgc the Crop Invest- 1 id later to cover , which seems to me ji stfully, I ^ B.opdie', m igstree, S. C. . # ? | ' / 4 I 4 I f I I; Talk It Over 11 l.j. l?M IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHII mm-. t>;ivEEEE' V LJJ T P f Insumace p money the j | * i ? furniture. j . jg took and I 0J e in pay- S jS ?e, except j S ? I h Carolina I |