The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 17, 1921, Image 5
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Items of Loc J Interest
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I", 1921
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Marian McFadden spent Tuesday
in Florence. v, ' ,
Dr. H. B. Brenecke, spent the past
week-end in BennettsviHe.
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Mr. S. T. Nesmith of Nesmith, was
ii< town today on business.
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Born, Tuesday January 11, to Mr.
; and Mrs. T. Cleve Duke a fine boy.
Messrs. W. D. Bryen, Jr., and C. J.
Thompson spent last Wednesday in
Georgetown.
P. H. Arrowsmith, Esq. of Flor
ence was here on piofessional business
Tuesday.
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Mr. D. W. Hanna and Mr. J. H,
Chandler of Hemingway route 4, wert?
in Kingstree yesterday.
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Misses. Dollie McFadden and Julia
Hall spent last week-end at New Zion
with Miss Mae Epps.
Mrs T. M. Gilland spent several days
last week in Florence with her son
J. D. Gilland, Esq.
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Miss Dordie McGill is at home after
a delightful visit to her sister, Mrs.
Gregg, in Florence.
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Miss Ruth Carraway of Georgetown
spent last week-end here as the guest
of Miss Marian McFadden.
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Mrs D. C. Scott has returned from
Maxton, N. C., where she has been visiting
her sister Mrs Margaret Alford.
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Miss Bessie Burbage, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. L. Roy Cates,
returned to her home in Florence
Tuesday.
Next Tuesday will be Washington's
birthday, February 22. In commemoration
of the day the local banks will
be closed.
Mesdames W. E. Jenkinson and L.
R. Mcintosh who have been visiting
relatives at Hinemann returned to
Kingstree Friday.
Messrs. Ted Kortjohn and David
Doar of Sumter spent the past weekend
here with Mr. Kortjohn's sister,
Mrs. Harry Britton.
Mr. H. F. Newell of Hemingway,
Route 4, was in Kingstree today and
called at this office to suh?"~;v* for
The County Record.
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Mrs. Kortjohn, who has been visiting
her d&uehter. Mrs. Harry Britton
for the past week, returned to her
home in Orangeburg Sunday afternoon.
Miss Grace Haddock of Bryans,
spent the week-end here with friends.
Dr. B. W. Middleton of Greelyville,
spent Sunday here with Dr. L. Roy
Cates.
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Mrs. Bachman and little son, Bill,
who have been visiting the former's
daughter, Mrs. J. C. Epps, returned
to their home in Bloomfield N. J., Saturday.
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Mrs. Clarence Alsbrook and her little
daughter, Doris, are spending this
week in Hemingway, with Mrs. Alsbrook's
parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Flowers.
The Hon. P. H. Stoll is spending
several days with his family here be^
fore returning to Washington for the
extra session of Congress called for
\ March 4.
Miss Winkle Glenn, who was the
guest of Miss Marian McFadden, last
?* week, returned to Charleston Sunday
morning, to resume her studies at
^ Ashley Hall school.
Mr. W. F. Tolley, received a telegram
yesterday afternoon from Dr.
Walter Mitchell saying that he would
be unable to fill his appointment at
St. Alban's church here Sunday.
Cards have been issued by the
Kings tree Dance club to a dance to
be given at the Kellehan hotel, Friday
night, February 18th. The Dixieland
Roamers areito furnish the music.
Mr. David J. Snowden of Dalmar.
Del., spent the past week with relatives
in the Cedar Swamp section.
This is Mr. Snowden's first visit to
his old home since about four years
A real live, active Buster Brown
with a full fledged Tige dog, will be
at E. C. Burgess' store here Saturday,
February 26, at 3 p. m. The
show is free and everybody invited
to seee it. See ad on back page of
this paper.
Some very timely work is being
> done at the court house just now. The
^ exterior of the old edifice is being
treated to a first class oG oecoin.tko
treated to a fresh coat of paint and
the several offices and auditorium are
undergoing a thorough overhauling,
being given fresh paint, new floor
coverings and in some instances new
furniture, however not before it was
badly needed.
Mr. A. C. Swails expects to leave
I Sunday for the northern markets.
Miss Carrie Scott has returned from
J a visit trends at Cheraw.
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Mr. G. B. Jngraham, of Hemingway,
was in Kingstree Saturday on business.
Maynard Brothers expect to open
I their new cafe on Academy street
Monday.
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Mrs. S. O. Pegues of Cheraw was
the guest of Mrs. M. F. Heller nere
one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Tucker left Saturday
night for Baltimore where they
are spending the week.
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Miss Annie Ervin, and her little
niece, Clara Witherspoon Erwin, visited
friends here for several days this
week.
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Mr. Walter Anderson of Timmonsville
is here with his sister Mrs. A.
M. Snider, who is prostrated as a result
of the death of her husband, Dr.
A. M. Snider.
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Little Miss Martha Clairborne celebrated
her natal day, Tuesday afternoon
from 4 to 6 o'clock by entertaining
a number of her little friends at
a birthday party.
Messrs. Walter Poston and E. X.
Husbands of Johnsonville were in
Kingstree Tuesday looking into matters
concerning the election held in
that section of Williamsburg comty
on July 13 last, the result of which
decided the question of anexing the
Johnsonville territory, in Williamsburg
county, to Florence county. It
seems that after the (.lection was held
nothing further was ever done in connection
with the trasfer or anexation.
The election commissioners, it appears,
failed to take cognizance of and make
tVip mnnpr rptm-nc tn flip rnimtv nnd
state officials.
Mr. Italy R. Gee and Miss Carmie
Pressley who were married in Columbia
last Saturday, February 12th,
returned to Kingstree yesterday after
having visited Baltimore and other
cities. They will make their home
here. Mrs. Gee will be pleasantly
remembered by her host of friends
as the young lady who for several
seasons past has been in charge of
the millinery department at the Silverman
Department store. Mr. Gee
is a well known young business man
of the town, until recently connected
with the establishment of Mr. Chas.
Tucker.
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Life Among the Romans
Rome, Feb. 15.?Misses Helen
Cheatham and Eleanor Todd of the
Union high school faculty were the
guests of friends in Columbia last
week-end.
Prof. 0. M. Mitchell of Gibson, N.
C. was a week-end visitor here.
J. B. Hemingway spent last week
with friends at Hemingway. He has
been sick for several months but we
are glad that he is now improving.
Mrs. G. K. Way. and little daughter,
Harriet, are visiting the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Floyd at
Floydale.
Mrs. W. Carey Rollins is spenchig
some time at McBee with her father
Rev. E. P. Hutson.
Mrs. Kemper Hill is spending some
time with her mother, Mrs. McElveenj
at Cades.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hemingway and
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Ingraham of Hemingway
were visitors here Sunday.
Melvin Cribb of this place and Miss
Lydie Smith the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Smith of
Bloomingvale were united in marriage
on Feebruary 2. Mrs. Cribb
is well known here, having attended
Union high school for several years.
We are glad to lave her ls a pemament
resident in our community. The
groom is the son of Mr. and Mr3. Edward
Cribb and is a ydting business
man of sterling qualities.
Mrs. Dena Lee visited the family
of her brother Mr. Jas. Rollins at Indiantown
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Johnson -ire
occupying th: heme of Pr :f. and Mrs.
0. M. Mit:h-ll while they are away.
Prof. Mitchell has charge a school
in Marlboro county. Mrs. Johnson
entertained some of the young folks
informally last Saturday evening.
Games were played and an enjoyable
evening was spent. Delicious retfTAVA
Kir fKo
ilCdlllllClltd OVi IS J wuv
hostess..
We are sorry to hear that Mrs. J.
0. Carraway has been quite sick for
the past week. We wish for her a
speedy recovery.
On Monday night a surprise serenade
and miscellaneous shower were
given Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cribb. The
crowd met seme distance from the
house, so that the bride and groom
might be taken completely by surprise,
and such a burst of sound as
was never heard before! When the
music (?) was over all went into the
house and showered the bride and
groom with many useful and attractive
gifts.
We sorry that Mr. L. B. Johnson
is still suffering from the effects
of a fall during the freeze some time
ago.
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Township Assessors.
The following gentlemen were
pointed township assessors for ^
liamsburg county, by the Goven
for this year.
Hope township.?W. M. O'Bn
J. F. Montgomery, .T. B. Player.
Laws Township.?I. X. Boyd. T.
Walters, William Stafford.
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Penn township.?J. A McCullov
J. B. Clarkson, J. Manson Brown.
Suttons township.?S. L. Pars<
0. T. Hinnant, Watson Mishoe.
Anderson township.?E. R. Row
W. T. Rowell, W. T. Evans.
Sumter township.?S. J. Casque,
i A. Fitch, B. M. McElveen.
Mouzon township.?J. R. Pen<
grass, G. F. Williamson, T. E. Dul
King township.?J. F. Rodgers,
Tisdale, J. X. Hanna.
j Turkey Township.?T. Armstrc
McCrea. R. D. Gamble. W. Gor
Canlley.
Mingo township.?R. W. Marsl:
George Cooper, C. D. Cook.
Ridge township.?W. C. Wilson,
I. Hodges, S. X. Hanna.
Indian Township.?C. C. Daniel,
1 H. Lovett, W. R. Grahma.
Johnson Township.?B. B. Cha'd
i J. G. M. Eaddy, S. Davis Snowd .*
Clarendon township.?R. E. ?
gess, J. V. Burgess, J. R. Brown.
' gess. J. V. Burgess.
Kingstree township.?E. C. Bur**
W. C. Claiborne, W. E. Jenkinson.
The oaths of these assessors to s
. are now in the office of the Clerk
'lourt and they are requested to
as soon as possible an do so.
Death of a Child.
Christtobele Austen, the o:.ly cl
of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Burg
died Sunday afternoon, February
after an illness dating from bi
that baffled the skill of physic
and specialist. She was laid to i
in the Mouzon cemetery Monday, s
vices being conducted by the Rev
W. Davis of Kingstree in the prese
of surviving relatives and friei
whose sympathy goes out to the 1<
suffering, patient endurance of
bereaved parents, covering a per
of nearly 4 years.
Oh! not in cruelty, not in wrath
The reaper came that day,
T'was an angel visited the green
earth
And took this flower away. M
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Demonstration Meetings This We*
Monday February 14.?Meeting
Poultry clubs at Salters and
Swamp.
Tuesday February 15.?Girl's Ho
Demonstration clubs at Central i
Bloomingvale.
Wednesday February 16.?Kin
tree Poultry club.
Thursday, February 17.?Ce
Swamp Girl's club at 2 o'clock, Ce
Swamp school building.
Friday, February 18.?Poultry c
at Mouzon school house at 2 o'clc
Woman's Home Demonstration c
with Mrs. W. M. Frierson at 3 o'clc
Hattie McMurray,
Home Demonstration Ag<
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Gentlemen of the Jury.
Grand Jury
H. 0. Smith, Kingstree, Rt. 1
F. E. Johnson, Nesmith, R. F. E
W. C. Cannon, Salters R. F. D.
B. F. Patrick, Kingstree.
L. R. Mcintosh. Kingstree.
m. a. Miner, Aingsiree
W. Carey Rollins, R'nems.
J. A. McCants, Andrews, R. F. D
W. R. McConr.ell, Hemingway.
J. R. Shine, Hemingway.
T. David Gamble, Henry.
C. D. Cottingham, Salters.
Hold-Overs.
R. D. Gamble, Nesmith.
Otis G. Huggins, Hemingway.
G. W. Daniel, Hemingway.
T. B. Patrick, Hemingway.
J. F. Montgomery, Greelyville.
J. H. Rowell, Trio.
Petit Jurors.
T. A. McCrea, Kingstree, Rt. 1.
G. B. Eaddy, Hemingway.
J. M. Rodgers, Nesmith.
R. F. Ward, Kingstree, Rt. 1.
J. M. Oliver, Greelyville.
R. E. Wilson, Hemingway.
R. C. Hanna, Kingstree, Rt. 1.
J. F. Prevatt, Kingstree.
Chas. Tucker, Kingstree.
B. S. McClam, Cades, Rt.
E. A. Snipes, Kingstree.
H. W. Haselden, Hemingway.
J. P. Chandler, Cades, Rt. ?.
S. Disnay Snowden, Hemingway
L. R. Rollins, Hemingway, Rt.
H. P. Brown, Lane.
McCollough Benton, Andrews, Rt
S. P. Cooper, Suttons.
J. W. Ward, Kingstree, Rt. 1.
J. S. Gee, Hemingway.
W McD. Nesmith, Nesmith, Rt.
C. K. Fagan, Trio.
C. J. Thompson, Kingstree.
J. D. David, Kingstree, Rt. 2.
B. H. McCleary, Kingstree, Rt. ]
W. L. Bolynn, Kingstree.
G. W. Ward, Kingstree.
v R. S. McGill, Kingstree.
L. D. Smith, Morrisville.
S. W. Mcintosh, Kingstree.
E. E. David, Salters, R. F. D.
H. A. McCants, Andrews, R. F. E
B. T. Frierson, Kingstree, Rt. 2.
J. B. Lovett, Cooper.
g J. J. Epps, Leo.
T. M. Wilson, Cades, Rt.
; CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
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Vil-1 FOR SALE?Single Comb Black Mi
nor, | norca cock.*. Excellent strain an
very handsome fowls. Price S5.(M
Mrs. J. J. Epps, Leo, S. C., R. F. E
:a n*! 2-3-3t.
! : 1 WANT TO BUY a general stock c
j Shoes, Groceries, Clothing, Dr
,,,1, i Goods, Etc., part or entire stocl
Write 78 care of County Record.
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5ns' EGGS! EGGS!?From my prize wir
ning Rhode Island Reds at $2.00 pe
-ell,' setting of 15. Come and see m
matings. W. W. Holliday, box
w j Kingstree. 2-3-tf.
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j FOR SALE?High Grade Ammonial
'Cl'" I ed Fertilizers for cotton, com, tc
kes. I bacco, Etc. Also Fish Scrap, Blooc
T_ j Tankage, Foreign Kainit, Et<
Write us for prices advising the tor
nage you want. Dawhoo Fertilize
,n?- Company, Box 608, Charleston, S. (
dor l-2(T-6t.
tall, EGGS FOR SALE?Rhode Islan
Reds $2.00 per setting of 15. Singl
Comb Black Minorcas, $2.00. Sing1
Comb Anconas $1.50. Brown Leg
horns $1.50. White Leghorns $1.51
G. S. W. Mimms, Kingstree, S. C.
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?><b Dressed Lumber
=nt. I! Flooring
Ceiling and Siding
I: Mouldings
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i; Never-Leak Roofing
II Cypress Shingles
iI Paints and Varnish
|j SASH and DOORS
11 BUILDERS SUPPLY
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J and farm lands at the right prices.
See M. H. Plowden, Kingstree, S. C. A
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FOR SALE?Barred Rock sam
day-old chicks @ 12Vs cents each, ed <
Also eggs for hatching. $1.00 for Kinj
16. Address Mrs. J. H. Bartcll, debt
if Hemingway, S. C., R. F. D.. fied
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NOTICE. lo
I have a fine line of goods for Wed
ing presents. Please call and see this NC
,r fine assortment. Prices very low.
v Respectfully
1 2-17-tf. F. J. WATTS. N
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FOR SALE?Jersey cow with young sigr
~ calf ten days old. Apply to D. C. bat*
c" Scott. 1-t-c. Leti
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' WANTED.?Live Salesman for esc'
tablished Charleston firm. If inter- Gua
ested write Box 777, Charleston, Feb
? South Carolina. 2-17-3tc
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LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN?
One large white goat with straight
d horns. Disappeared February 3rd.
c Reward for return to B. M. Piquet,
e Kingstree, S. C.. ltp Pg
3. If anybody Hnl
K^an insure it, UUI
p Wm. W. Boddie can.
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mo it 10 iicucosctry lur uo tu i
3h bassis, and. we take this m
airs must be paid for befor<
>p. . If the repairs are not paic
ays after the completion of tl
rage at the rate of twenty-fiv
irs are not paid for and cars r<
ceed to advertise and sell sa
ded by law.
! MOTOR SALES I
R. H. GODWIN, Secretary.
^ See t? for FREE Building Help*?F
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so he is keeping fully insured
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
II persons having claims against
Estate of Charlotte Cooper, deed,
are hereby notified to present
e duly attested to the undersign>r
his attorneys, Kelley & Hinds,
gstree, S. C? and all persons in?d
to said Estate are hereby notito
make payment to the underled.
DANIEL COOPER,
ninistrator of the Estate of Chartte
Cooper, Lanes, S. C. 3-t
)TICE OF APPLICATION FOR
FINAL DISCHARGE
otice is hereby given that on the
i day of March, 1921, the underled
will apply to the Judge of Pro;
for Williamsburg County for
ters Dismissory as the Guardian
he Estate of Julia Wilson.
BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG,
irdian of Estate of Julia Wilson.
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