The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-11-30

the postoffice will observe Sunday
hours, and the school children and
their teachers will enjoy rest until
Monday.
Engraved cards and invitations
are the prettiest and neatest. We
can fill your order on short notice
for either printing or engraving
and we guarantee satisfaction as to
price and quality.
We were pleased to have call
yesterday from our genial friend,
Mr. H L Whitlock of Lake City. Mr.
Whitlock is always jolly and cheerful
and his company is a good tonic for
the blues.
If the local dry goods merchants
could get the coin that will go to
| the wet goods" concerns from now
until the new year there would be
no complaint of dull times among
the former.
The rainfall Monday night Was
one of the heaviest precipitatlons of
water that has occurred during the
year, the gauge at the local weather
observatory showing nine-tenths of
an inch during the night.
Our good friend, Mr. D w Floyd
and son, Master Carl of Lake City,
paid the editor pleasant callSunday.
Mr. Floyd lives just over the line
since the cutoff" but says he still
feels attached to the old mother
county and all her institutions.
The Thanksgiving dance at the
Kellahan Hotel last night was enjoy
ed by all who participated, there
being quite a number of visitors
from distance who attended. We
hope to he able to give full report
of the affair in our next issue.
MICH Snider of Conway has
been granted a patent on a sash
lock of his invention. 1t is quite
an ingenious device and Mr. Snider is
arranging for manufacturing it on
a large scale, having been assured
of its practical value as a household
commodity.
Huyler's Candies and Merry Xmas
are as inseparably linked as cause
and effect. The Kingstree Drug Co
has just got in large shipment OF
these delicious confections, fresh
from headquarters, and put up in
beautiful gift boxes. See ad in an
other column.
Mr. William Flagler and family,
who have been living in Georgia for
several years, have come back to
their old home to stay, they having
learned ,as a good many others have,
that there's no place like old Will
liamsburg.
There will be preaching at the
Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing by Rev Geo G Mayer of Green
vile, S C. A full attendance is de-
sired, as this meeting is for the pur-
nose of taking stems towards secur-
ing a pastor.
The Ligon Land Company adver-
tises this week a big auction sale of
lots here next Saturday, December 2.
This land, known as the Blakeley
property, is situated by the river,
near Main street. This land is high
and dry and many desirable lets will
be knocked down to the highest bid
der.
We acknowledge with apprecia-
tive thanks the following invitation:
You are cordially invited to be
present at the unveiling of the Me-
mortal to the South Carolina Women
of the Confederacy at Columbia,
noon, December IA, 1911. The or
ator of the day will be Col Joseph
w Barnwell of Charleston.
Our friends will please bear in
mind that orr terms for lob work
are cash on delivery. Just at this
time that is our chief source of rev.
enue to meet a payroll of $50 a
week. If we were to do job work on
long time credit we would very soon
have to shut up shop.
1t is our privilege again to thank
our valued friend friend, Mr. H H
Kinder, for a liberal supply of those
fine potatoes he raises. These gifts
come in mighty well at any time,
but especially this fall when money
| is so scarce and we have to buy
every thing we eat and every stick
of wood for house and office.