The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-08-10

Florence, have returned home.
Mr. and Mrs B E Clarkson spent
Sunday at Gourdins with the family
of their brother, Mr. J B Clarkson.
Miss Retha Burgess is spending a
weeks vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs r E Burgess at Mouzon.
Miss Sue Stoll, having finished her
business course at Savannah, went on
to New York to spend the month of
August.
His many friends are glad to see
Mr. Bishop Burgess of Mouzon back
at his post with the Peoples Mer-
camille Co.
Our esteemed Lake City cores
pondent seems to have taken holiday
this week, but the tobacco market
up there is on the job
Miss Viola Gamble, who is now a
trained nurse at the Florence in
firmary, is spending her vacation
with her parents in town.
M K Gravely, Lake City's enter
prising warehouseman, has a busi-
ness message this week to which our
readers attention is invited.
The Scranton Mercantile Company
has been chartered, with capital of
S15O,OO0. The corporators are: Win
slow Wright,B B Myers, W A Myers.
The date fixed for the municipal
general election is Tuesday, Septem-
Der 26, not September %, as appear
ed in the original notice of town SUI
pervisor of registration.
Miss Emma Weaver, who has been
suffering for several days from ap-
pendicitis, was taken to the Mcleod
infrmary, Florence. Tuesday evening.
We trust that she will soon recover.
Only one sale took place here
Monday which was regular sales-day.
The fifteen acres in the foreclosure
sale of S B Poston VS. J A McCants
was bid in by the mortgage for
S66.40.
Mr. Oliver P Barton, of The Rec
ord's mechanical force, spent Sunday
delightfully."- in Savannah. He de-
clares the beautiful Georgia city to
be the most charming place outside
of South Carolina he ever visited.
Mr. w Ward of Jacksonville, Fla.
is here on a visit to his old home.
Mr. Ward, who was reared in the
Cedar Swamp section. has been con-
nected with the fire department OF
Jacksonville for q number of years.
The "Innocents Abro aG, I'VE hear,
have reached Gotham and are ready
to come back from little old New
York to Kingstree with keener ap-
probation of our town and its peo-
pie than ever they dreamed of in
their philosophy.
Mr. O H Clarkson of Nashville,
Tennis here on visit to relatives in
town and county. Mr. Clarkson is a
brother of Mr. B E Clarkson, of our
town; he has held a responsible po-
sition in a Nashville bank for about
seven years.
Another fine watermelon glad
dened our heart yesterdays big,
red-hearted Georgia Rattlesnake."
For this acceptable gift we are in
debted to the kindness of our friend.
MIR H Foxworth, Cades. The melon
was certainly a treat.
The local tobacco market is buy
ing lots of tobacco these times and
the prices paid give excellent salts
faction, we are told. In fact, we
nave not yot heard a single COM
plant as to the prices paid for to-
bacco brought to this market.
A scholarship to Clemson has been
awarded to Mr. Jack Mccullough Of
Benson. Master Jack is the eldest
son of Superintendent of Education
] G Mccullough and is the young
man who won the first prize in the
county corn contest last year.
DR. A NJ Snider has begun the
work of rebuilding his home recent
ly destroyed by fire. Instead of the
large dwelling he had before, we un-
derstand that the Doctor will erect
for himself neat cottage and sew
eral tenant buildings on his lot.
MIR Paul Harper, who is connected
with a large electrical concern up
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