The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-02-07
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"SN('N cIaIilCS oI'CiNA 4NSs 49,
DIR. T. 3. Hinnant returned nome
Friday from visit to the sold
North State"
Mr.A.N. Sutcliffe. Of Charleston,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. j. &.
Eulmore.
Mr.. l.. b. Roper went up to Flor
.ence Friday and the Florence Iron
Works to do some repairing on an
engine.
Senator A. II. Williams came
home Sunday and remained over
until Monday night, when he re-
turned to Columbia.
Mr.. l. D. Timmons, one of the
most substantial and highly res
pected citizens of the Friendtieid
section of Florence county, spent
Thursday i'll our town.
Mr.. w T.. Severance has purchas-
ed lot on Main Street just west of
Mr.. J J Morris residence. He will
build a dwelling for himself in the
early spring.
NJ, j Hirsch and Leroy Lee,
Esqrs., appeared before Magistrate
Gaskins = few days ago represent
ing one Benjamin McClam who was
charged with selling property under
lein. They put up hard fight for
thei: client.
hcline Avenue has been laid out
up to Lake Street, and the roadway
and sidewalks have been built be-
tween Main and Valley streets.
Acline pronounced ack-line) is the
new name for Railroad Avenue,
which sounds too much like 4 flag
station 10 be appropriate to grow
ing, live town. Acline Is formed by
taking the initials of the first two
words and the last word of Atlantic
Coast Line.
The Latin verb amo has about
seven hundred variations, while the
English love has only six. Never
theless a young nan OF our ac-
uuaintance Che is q good manipula-
tor if he does repeat syllables when
nervous) has managed to make
only one of those six variations
jlirst person, singular-very singu-
lar-number, Indicative mood, pres
ent tense, emphatic encompass the
earth, for he says she is all the
world to him.
Commercial fertilizers arc coming
to this place in very large quanti-
ties. The side track from the STA
ton honse to Main Street presents
Il line of cars day after day. AS soon
IA one is eplptied another takes its
place. The wagons form an inter-
esting and lively spectacle. Yet
in the thinking mind apprehensions
will arise. 1t were a waste of time
10 offer y word of warning or even
to interpoSe Il feeble, "gO Slow" but
we can not keep from wondering if
regrets will be reaped next fall,
Dir. y. Myers Graham, Jr., Of
Scranton, and Miss Eva Andrews,
Of Bethel, y. c., were united in
marriage at the Baptist parsonage,
Lake City, on January 3Oth by Rev.
II. J. Rookie. Immediately after the
ceremony the young couple board
ed the south bound train, followed
by the wishes of IL number of the
friends ofthe BRIDEGROOM who had
gathered to speed the departing
lwain. Mr.. Graham is son of our
sheriff and is well known and high
IN, fhiS f,,N,,
During the year 1900 Magistrate
GaskinS turned over to the county
treasurer from fines $354.20 and
sent prisoners to the chain-gang
who served an aggregate of 3GO days.
We are informed that this record
far, far exceeds the combined
showings of all the other nine mag
iStrates of the county. For this ser
vice Magistrate GaskinS receives
the beggarly salary Of SI5. We
knew some magistrates in other
counties who are much inferior to
.sShoa" GaSkins in ability and in
conscientious discharge of duty, but
are paid three or four times as
much for their services. This is
not as it should be.
The brick manufacturing plant
Of which we wrote some weeks ago,
is beginning to loom in sight. We
understand the gentlemen interest
ed in forming the company .haHc
about agreed upon terms and will
soon have matters in permanent
shape. In order to settle upon the
exact location for the plant they
nave sent clay from different points
around town to be tested, and will
build where these tests show the
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