The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-10-09


chase his Christmas stock. He was
accompanied by Mrs Stackley.
Following is the board of federal
election commissioners appointed
by the governor: ] H Blackwell,
Lake City. E + Prosser, Johnson
Vile and ] P Epps, Cades.
Mr. r B Marshall of Morrisville
called Monday and left an accepta-
BILE token of his good will toward
THE RECORD. Mr. Marshall is one
of the best farmers of his section.
On account of a rush Of ads and
late news matter our local space is
less than usual this week. For
this reason u good many personal
notices of friends had to be omitted.
Mr. w Eugene Cooke of Scranton
is now on the staff of the Florence
Daily Times. Eugene is a clever
and wide-awake newspaper man
and an all around jolly good fellow.
The population of Kiugstree is
steadily growing. The latest new
ccmer is an infant of the masculine
persuasion who took up his abode
last Saturday at Rev H ] Cauthen's.
About o'clock Tuesday after
noon the boiler of Mr. w r Bryan's
mill near Salters exploded with
terrific force, tearing it asunder.
Fortunately no one was injured.
The Jewish feast of Yom Ripper,
also known as the Day Of Atone.
ment, will be celebrated October 10.
The celebration of the New Year,
or Rosh Hashanna, took place last
Thursday and Friday.
We rise to echo the following
sentiment: can editor wishes no
bodily harm to his subscribers, but
Just at this season he wishes that
some in arrears would be seized
with remittance fever"
On the night of October 10Th
18th there will be total eclipse Of
the moon, visible throughout the
United States. The eclipse will
begin at l1.l7 p. IN. on the 18th and
end at 2.5O a. m. on the 18th.
The Welsh Neck High School
at Hartsville has had the finest
opening in its history. There are
now enrolled 1872 boarding pupils
and others are expected. This is
certainly splendid showing.
Mr. NJ F Heller left yesterday for
st I.ouis ard other Western mark
cts to buy stock. He will be gone
about 10 days and when he returns
he says there will be no scarcity OF
horses and mules in Kingstree.
In response to our appeal quite
a number of our subscribers have
paid up. There are still number
who have not paid, however, and
we again urge them to come for
ward and do 30 as soon as possible.
The announcement in the News
and Courier a few days ago of the
death of Mr. Barron Holmes, the
veteran travelling representative OF
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, was
received here with sadness by the
many friends of the deceased.
Harmony Presbytery convened
yesterday at II a. m. at Richmond
church with the following minis
ters attending: Revs Mills, Brad
ley, Flynn, Gregg, Dunlop and Nc
Dowell. The meeting will be con-
tinued until Sunday with daily
services.
Mrs JG Barron came in Satur-
day from Harmony, York county,
and will remain in town with her
husband, who represents 1nman d
Co here, during the cotton season.
Mrs Barron was accompanied by
her friend, Mrs J s Glasscock. also
of York county.
The special committee of the
grand jury appointed to investigate
the affairs of the court house offic-
ials met, Tuesday and examined
the offices of the probate judge, the
auditor and the sheriff. These, we
understand, were found to be in
good condition. The other offices
will be examined later. The COM
lni.tee is composed of the following
members of the grand jury: j j