The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-12-08

two, we understand, and tie occa
sion was "a feast of reason and :
flow Of soul in the pest and trueS'
sense.
To send out | 500 statements Will
cost Us so postage, not counting the
labor of writing and mailing them.
At a dollar a veal there Is but a
small margin Of profit on the paper
we send out, anyway. Now, trends,
don't put Us to all this trouble and
expense when all you've got to do Is
to look at the label on Your paper to
tell what date your subscription eX-
pircS.
The Woman's Missionary society
will have a Praise Meeting in the
Presbyterian \church, on Friday
evening. December l6, I o'clock.
DR. P F Price. of our mission to
China, will address the meeting. to
which everybody is invited. Come
and hear a live, magnetic speaker
from the firing line. He will enlist
your interest in the greatest enter
Prise in the world.
Friends, don't ask US to do lmpos-
sible things. Our limit for receiving
articles of length is Tuesday noon.
That is the fnal limit. When you ask
US to make an exception to this rule
you put us in an embarrassing posi-
ton: we want to be obliging and yet
to,accept belated copy throws the
paper late and subscribers complain,
as they have right to do. Be rea-
sonable; it's hard work and takes
time.
In sending us news of the death of
relative or friend. please don't
wait a month or two, when it ceases
| to be news. We charge one cent a
word for obituaries regardless OF
when sent in; death notices are pub
lished free when they come as news
not month or a year after the
funeral. Obituary poetry,o or extracts
from the hymn book, are printed
only at one cent a word. Please don't
ask us to deviate from this rule.
The ladies of the Civic League
have at considerable expense en-
ployed man to clean the streets
and sidewalks of unsightly debris
and rubbish. On behalf of the ladies
who are striving to make the town
cleaner and more sanitary we ask all
merchants and shop-keepers to CO.
operate with the league by making
an effort to keep their premises
clean and. not allow trash and by
products to accumulate, especially in
front of their places of business.
Master Wilmot Scott Allen was at
home" to his friends yesterday at,
ternoon, $3.50 to 5 O'clock, the ooea'
sion being mis- third birthday. The
little folk played outdoors till they
were full of enjoyment, then they
filled themselves to repletiOn witt
ice-cream and cakes and other appe
tizing delicacies. The hospitable
young host bore off the honors of tht
occasion with grace and courtesy ant
received many tokens of remem
brance from his youthful associates
The president of the count!
teachers association wishes US to an
nounce that President "Haynes" Of
Columbia las near as we could get il
over the long distance 'phone)woulc
be present at the next meeting O.
the association to be held here De
cember 10. The alleged long distance
service here is joke, to put it mild
ly. We lost several hours Tueesda!
trying to get this message and final
ly, six hours after the call frs
sounded, some kind of message go
through, but the sound is transmitted
so imperfectly that it takes hal
guess-work to understand anything
We are indebted to our thought
full young friend, Master David Mex
sen, who lives near town, for a nice
bunch of partridges presented u:
last week. They are the first we've
eaten since last fall and to say they
were enjoyed to the utmost woulc
but family express our appreciation
This kind friend says that he hac
sent us bigger string few day:
previously, but before they were de-
livered somebody swiped' then
from his messenger. To lose a gift
of nearly a dozen quails when they
come our way so seldom, woulc
have been little short of calamity