The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-26


and Santee rivers must 60, the case
of w 3 Mccullough ct al against the
county of Williamsburg having
been decided yesterday in favor of
the plaintiffs.
Mr. JEW Jervey of Cha rlestn,i
the popular and affable special
agent of the Prudential Life 1nsur-
ance Cs., is in town this week writ
ing policiss and inc. .dentally making
things agreeable for his friends.
Misses Bessie and jamie Johnson
of Pensacola, Fla, are the guests Of
Miss Lula Strong. The Misses
Johnson are daughters of Mr. and
Mrs 7 F. Johnson, who for num-
Der of years resided in Kingstree.
Mrs w NJ Frierson, of Clarendon
county, has been spending several
weeks with her father, Mr. j w
Guess. She returned home last
Monday, the proud possessor OF q
fine heir in the per-on of hr oy
girl.
Miss Irene Wannamaker Of Chs raw
and Miss Emma Wilson Of FlcreE ce
came over last night to spend
Thanksgiving with the Misses Ael-
ley. Both these young ladies' nave
visited here before and are pleas
antly remembered.
We are requested to announce
that there will be preaching in the
Williamsburg Presbyterian church
by Rev w 8 Porter of Summerton,
commencing Saturday and continu-
ing through Sunday. Services will
be held at the usual hours.
DR. w g Gamble Of Kingstree
and DR. w S Lynch of Scranton at
tended the meeting Of the State
Pharmaceutical Association in
Florence last week. DR. Lynch
holds the position Of secretary and
treasurer of the as,,cit';Dt.
Many of our friends have come
forward this week and paid their
subscription, a number of them az
companying the payment with
words of approval for the paper.
We thank them for these express
ons of commentator no less sin
cerely than for the money without t
which it is impossible to publish Il
newspaper.
Kingstree may we'll be proud OF
her flower gardens. The fair ladie s
Of the town vie with one another in
good-naturtd rivalry in attaining
perfection with their beautiful and
fragrant plants. AS 4 product of
Horticulture we were shown recently
"Christmas Cactus" grown by
Miss Edith Nielsen, that was truly
of surprising beauty. 1t is covered
with nearly 20U brillis7t scarlet
blossoms. each one perfect in itself.
We have never seen a finer speci-
men of its kind than this rare exo-
tic.
AT the present term Of court
Judge re Watts has we'll sustain
ed the impression made here on
the previous occasions when ne Of
ficiated aspresiding judge. His
charges to the jury are clear, COM
prehensive and easily intellig BILE
even to the lay mind; his rulings
are prompt and unbiased, showing
a profound knowledge of the law
and high sense of the response
bility of his position. Being the
happy possesor of II pie lsidg AMI
prepossessing personality, Judge
WattsAas a large number of friends
n this county to wh)m his visits
are always a source Of sincere graft
ficatiOn.
Marshal Clark, accompanied by
Mr. j F June, carried one ofthe Kit
son lights to Kingstree last week,
where it was on exhibition few
nights. The object was to dispose
of the surplus lights to our sister
town. Manning INVESTED in ~ Of
these lights, and since contracting
for elec r.c lights, has not had Occa>
ion to use all of her kitsOn lights,
hence the desire tosell part of them.
The town will use about SIX of them
and rou!d disuose of six. The neo.