The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-01-17

DR.. J. r. Chapman, Of johnson
willie, came up OH Friday.
Mr.. Arthur Carr, of Caesar, Miss,
was in town last Friday.
MIR. II. NNchman came mp from
Charleston Friday and stah over
until Saturday.
C. Cleveland, Esq, was in town a
short while Saturday on his way
from Georgetown to New Jersey.
w. l.. Bass, Esq, went to Cheraw
;last Monday to argue Il motion for
an injunction before Judge Watts.
Mr.J. F. Barron is back from
Rock Jill, where he spent the h0i-
tidays. He is still buying cotton for
the Sloans.
Mr.. W. h. Edwards, of the firm
of Wilson & Edwards, architects of
Columbia, spent last Saturday in
rthe City. He was looking after
plans and specifications for new
buildings.
The contract for the new school
building has been given to MIR. B.
+. Turner, who is expected to begin
work in a few days. The building
will h,GVe three large rooms, cloak
room, vestibule. hall and piazza. 1t
will be situated at the northern end
of Jones street.
Or. y. H. William, who has been
III SO long and so seriously, Is, we
are glad to say, now imprgvins
rapidly and is on the high road to
complete recovery unless by some
unexpected misfortune a relapse
should happen. He was able to be
out on the piazza one of the warm
days last week.
Another drug firm is forming.
We are in possession of the facts
from the men themselves, yet we
are hardly at liberty to divuige the
names Just now. 1t will be COM
posed of two praoticing physicians,
one of whom is now in town. They
will carry on q general business.
TO them we extend hearty wei
come and q siacere wish for success.
We have been informed on good
authority that Mrs. r B Woodbery,
of .lohnSonvilIe, has secured the
take City Hotel and will carry on
the business Of feeding and housing
people for modest consideration.
Mrs. W0odberry, is Il veteran hotel
keeper and will, we feel assured,
do a profitable business here. The
building il wei! Iocattd and there
is Il crying need fnr more hote4 nc.
comm, datiOnS than We have.
We announce another new firm
1hi, week Me>sr~- : Z GWlWin
and Cash Epps nave formed Il part
uerAtp f0rtae purpose of carrying
lon Il grocery. We are irfOrmei
that they will confine then selves
>trictiy 10 this one branch Of the
mercantile busin, - and will twnd
every effort towards building up 4
first class grocery. Luck to them.
Mr.. !. l.. Stuckey, OF the firm Of
j l. Stuckey d Co., left Saturday
night for the West to buy horses
and mules. It keeps him on Che
hustle to haze any stock on hand
They simply 60 as fast as he can
get them In. And the lot that he
will bring back this trip will go too
like hot cakes. Those who want
good horses and mules would do
wisely to be on the lookout early.
Thoss in need of sorry stock better
hunt another town.
Mr.. Hosea w. Fitch, a son Of Capt.
". ID. Fitch, now of Caesar, Miss,
has been out on Il visit To friends
and relatives at his old home, after
an absence of two years. Mr.. Fitch
is doing We'll at Caesar, Miss. He
is member of the firm Of Fitch 4
Carr. turpentine manufacturers
and is q travelling salesman on a
good salary. His friends were glad
to meet him again and to hear OF
-hiS prosperity.
We mentioned a short time ago
that NJ. j. II. Blackwell had come
back home and would resume the
horse business. We wish 10 add
now that he will have in within Il
very few days let of good, scrvi-
ceable and reliable stock which he
will dispose of at reasonable prices.
MIR. Blackwell is Il good judge of
stock and is Il good horse trainer,
and a reliable man. Those who
buy from him will get exactly what
he represents an animal to be.
A case of an assault with dead
ly weapon, which was said to have
been made on Christmas eve, came
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