The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-03-09

tion by re one day last week, but
the flae.s were extinguished before
much stnage was done.
Frid IL afternoon, March 8, Miss
Jane G and gave a birthday party.
which smuch enjoyed by her small
friends no shared the pleasure OF
the oce sion with their charming
and att active little hostess.
We we're glad to see our es-
teemed riend, Mr. Winslcw Wright
of Scral .on, here Monday. Although
now SCI ated from US by county
lines,su good people as Mr. Wright
will ne seem other than close
friends
Theri were two sales of real estate
here on Monday, viz: Wright VS.
Camera, one acre and ten feet in
Scrantd bid in by Winslow Wright
for S4S Nexsen VS. Pendergrass
ct al, ID , acres bid in by P G Gour-
din for $40.
We a under obligation to Road
Enginee Eaddy for valuable assis-
tance re dered in adjusting the re-
paired rts of our cylinder press.
But for is kindly aid we might not
have be l able 10 print this weeks
issue of he paper.
Mr. L Perry of Venters came in
to see u Monday and we enjoyed
his visit We are never too busy to
have GU friends call on us and our
hope is me of these days to have a
receptio room to make them more
comfort ole. Will you help US?
We ad pleasant visit last
Thursd: from Mr. P A Hodges, VINO
was in e second race for the Con-
gressiol plum last sumner. Mr.
Hodges avs that ne is not talking
politics ow, but buying and selling
real est e, See his ad in another
column
At tn meeting of the State Teach
ers' as citation in Columbia March
1924, ! IS Agness Erckmann, teach
er of pr nary grade Kingstree High
school, on the programme to dis
cuss the subject: THE Kindergar-
ten, tn Foundation of Child's
School ] fe."
The c, yrt of common pleas lasted
scarcely ne day this term. Why
not combine the two courts, any
way? With the peesent amount OF
business--especially since the Flor
ence cut-cff-there appears to be no
necessity whatever for the two spe-
cial terms of court.
The office of supervisors of regis
tration being open Monday, quite
a number of voters from the Pros
pect section applied for tickets in
anticipation of the election soon to
be ordered, we understand, on the
question iof voting that territory also
into Florence county.
We learn with regret that Mr. R
R Jenk;nscn. a member of the Jen-
kinson Brothers firm, contemplates
returning to Manning to engage in
business. His departure will in no
wise affect the business here, which
will be carried on with the same
vim and energy as heretofore by
Mr. w E Jenkinson, the senior mem
Der of the firm.
Superintendent Mccullough tell S
us that the organization of the
Boys Corn club was effected Satur-
day with sixteen members. 1t is to be
hoped by planting time" that num-
Der will be at least doubled. We ex-
pected to be able to give complete
write-up Of Saturdays meeting but
being away in Charleston getting
broken machinery repaired inter-
fered with our plans in this as we'll
as many other matters requiring: our
attention.
Mr. S A Graham of Gourdins pre-
sented us with few specimens of
the pecan nuts grown at his farm
near Gourdins. In size they sur
pass anything of the kind we have
seen and the taste is excellent. We
are informed that Mr. Graham has a
whole orchard of these valuable
trees which often yield more than a
hundred bushels one season. Great
are the poss iHlities of old Williams
burg and tn ee is no soil more fer
tile than t}lGe productive Santee