The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-05-04

building.
Hon j C Graham of Gourdins was
here Monday exchanging views on
various matters with his friends
and constituents. He looks we'll after
his return from the infrmary.
Mr. Sanders Whitehead, who is
now travelling for an Atlanta dental
supply house, was in town Tuesday
renewing ties of friendship among
the people of his boyhood home.
MrHM Renshaw of Easton, Md,
travelling representative of the h
Wetter Stove and Range Co of Men,
phis, Tenn, was an appreciated call
er at The Record office this morning.
Miss Judith Lifrage left for Rich
mond, Va, Tuesday night to attend
the funeral of her brother-in-law,
Mr. H H Bannister. Her father, Mr.
] G Lifrage of Salters, acco mpanied
her.
The good old summer time is near
at hand and to Offset Old SOILS burn
ing rays awnings are needed. See
notice of "A Sedgwick if you are
interested in anything in the way Of
awnings.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs
John j Snow of Rome sympathize
with them in their recent bereave-
ment caused by the death of their
little daughter, Helen, aged seven.
We are not informed as to the time
of her death or the place of burial.
Old man Bill Powers was recently
married in Williamsburg county,
and when they found out that Bill
had wife and children living here,
he skipped out and went to Flor
ida. The Sheriff followed him there,
however, and now Bill is languish-
ing in the Jail at kingstree. Poor
Bill!-GeWyetown Times.
Kingstree High School commence
ment will be held May 27-2S-29.
Rev Alexander Sprunt, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Charles
ton will preach the commencement
sermon and Hon T g Mcleod of
Bishopville has accepted an invita-
ton to deliver the literary address
before the graduating class.
THE life of an editor was saved
the other day by a silver dollar in
his pocket. A crank shot at him and
the ball struck the dollar" says an
exchange. Now, should this editor
happen to get shot before you pay
up your subscription and there is
no dollar to stop the ball, we shall
always presume you might have
saved our life.
We will take it as a special favor
is postmasters will drop US card
informing us of the fact when The
Record fails to reach their offices by
Saturday, or if the wrong package
happen to be sent, kindly bundle it
up and return to us promptly. Post
masters, as we'll as newspapers, are
public servants and it behooves us
to cooperate one with the other.
Only one tract of land was offered
for sale here Monday-365 acres, in
re Nelson VS. Nelson. This tract was
bid in for 81, 500 by Mr. Edwin Epps.
The other foreclosure sale adver-
tised-in the matter of Singletary
VS. Courtney-was called off. owing
to the fact that the land now lies in
Florence county and the sale at
Kingstree would be of doubtful le-
gality.
We are indebted to the courtesy
of our friend, Mr. J c Dobbin, Su-
perintendent of Agents, Richmond,
Va, district, Metropolitan Life lnsur-
ance Co, for an invitation to attend
the Summer Campaign dinner given
at the Richmond Business Mems
Club Saturday evening, April 20.
Wish we could have been with you,
James, but press" of business was
too great for us last week.
We owe appreciative thanks to M
C Hammond ,ohe of our colored sub
scribers, for a pair of fine cabbages
he brought US last week. Hammond
is thrifty farmer who lives near
Central church, where the lands are
as fertile as the valley of the Nile,
and they say he has the finest gar
den through that section. If the
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