Global distribution headquarters are located here. Gone are the days of blisters and sore backs from picking cotton. The year 2001 has already proved to be gorgeous. Insurall Casualty Group, Inc. has announced the construction of a new call-in center at the Williamsburg Enterprise Community that will eventually add about 300 jobs to the area. The facility, is to be partly financed through a US Department of Agriculture program to assist communities hurt by the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Thousands come from the Eastern United States for some mighty good eating, music, dance, and games.
Things are popping at Caring and Sharing , a local group that helps Seniors on fixed incomes, and other folks in emergency situations. See what's happening lately. It is little known that the Hemingway area is also the honeybee capital of South Carolina. From Hemingway and the Pee Dee area, a number of beekeepers supply honeybees for pollination of millions of dollars worth of watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupes, squash, kiwifruit, apples, peaches and other crops that need bees. South Carolina and Florida provide the two main wintering grounds for east coast migratory beekeepers, which are vital to America's food supply.