The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
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,lasr week in Kiagstrec on profes-
Sionai business.
On Monday Leroy Lee, Esq,
came up from Kingstrce on probes
>i0nal business.
Edwin Hirsch, Esq was in town
Friday on professional business.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Nicholas re-
turned Il few days ago from a visit
10 Danville, Va.
Some tobacco sold III the Star
v.arrhouSe Thursday fer 81 cents
per pound. \ good deal went OH at
so cents.
ET. McCutchen has opened up
y stock of groceries in the McCutch-
ON building on Main street.
Aus Burgess got gay Sunday and
cyerted considerable energy IN the
nffnrt to raise a row. When the
NAT WAS passed around he contrl
nuted $40 to the town and 500 to the
county
recent issue of the Golden
Weed cont aimed the statement that
Mr., Fleet McElveen is auctiOneer
of the Scranton Warehouse. Mr..
IrElSeen has been with the Star
Warehouse from its opening day to
the present, and Is very likely to
remain.
The meeting of days, which had
been carried on more than a week
at the Baptist church, closed Thurs
day night, at which time the ordi.
nance of baptism Was administered
to eight candidates. The meeting
is regarded as successful one.
Mrs. N. A. Webster, wife of r. NJ.
Webster, died suddenly on the 18th
instant. She was a daughter of the
late r. NJ. Feagin, and was about
thirty FIVE years Ofage. She leaves
4 husband and children to meurn
her loss
Should tobacco farmer sell his
.crop on his farm and should it be
brought here to the buyer for ship
nent, we hardly think We would
he justified in stating that MIR. So
and-so sold large lot of tobacco
here, intimation that it was sold
in the warehouse.
Miss Maggie Lee is teaching the
Liberty school. She reports the
school in flourishins and satisfac-
1ory condition. and speaks in very
flattering terms of the work done
hv her Predecessor, Miss Lyndon
Lee. who, by the way, is the winner
Ol The RECORDS premium for the
best ESSAY on The American Flag.
Mr.. and Mrs. .. r. Hall and Mrs.
Mcknight returned few days ago
from Danvilir, Va, whittier they
wentto attend the big tobacco car
nivaI and fair. They report them
selves as delighted with the trip.
;Ir. Hall says; "South Carolina
took every first prize on tobacco.
One pile of South Carolina tobacco
brought $3.50 per hundred pounds.
The Lake City market was talked
about on every hand and its fame
seemed wide-spred. and the. quality
of tobacco shipped from this section
is spoken ofvery highly. The Star
Warehouse is an established TACT,
aud don't you forget it."
Saturday before last was Child
rnr's Dav at ST. Pauls church Color
eds Saturday last magistrate
,:nSkirs held an adjourned session
4.fthe meeting at which a goOGly
1u,nber of the "children" who
celebrated too much were present
and on the mourner's bench. TO
the charges of disturbing a religious
meeting, of curSing, disorderly con-
duet, etc.,on the highway, and of
carrying concealed weapons, sever
ii variously plead guilty. Fifty
I.ine dollars is the amount that
went into the county'S strong box
I'd to Magistrate GaSkin's credit.
H.,nrn it comes to taking up coilec-
l.3u for the county "Shoap GaSklns
I.,> 20 equal.
lie property of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Me
EUtcheu, bankrupt, will, we under
stand, be offered for sale at pubic
;,uc ion soon. The lot on Main
street. on which are two stores with
rooms attached to one, has been set
apart as the homestead. The truS-
tee in bankruptcy has been able to
,eI only0ne piece OF the hankrupPS
property, the reason being that un-
,icr the order issued he is instructed
I!ot to accept less than ID per cent.