The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-12-25

Yard. Upon instruction from their
commanding officer the two men
were returned to their ship in GUS
tody of Mr. J P Frierson, yesterday.
Mr. w R Bryan and family, who
have made their home at Salters De-
pot the past thirty years, left yes
terday for Bingham, S C,where they
will in tie future conduct the Reedy
Creek Springs hotel as summer
resort. Mr. Bryan and his family are
we'll known in KiDgstree and Will
liamsburg county, and their host Of
friends will join The Record in wish
ing them much happiness and sue
cess in their new home.
The Kingstree Graded and High
school closed last Friday for the
Christmas holidays with appropriate
and entertaining exercises by the
pupils of the several grades. The
exercises were attended by good
audience of friends and patrons of
the school.
"Sheriff" James D Daniel of Lake
City-we still call him Sheriff" and
think of him as a citizen of VIII
liamsburg, albeit he has moved into
Florence county-was in town Fri
day and paid US his respects. We all
know and love Jim Daniel' and his
visits are source of genuine pleas
ure to everyone.
The Record is issued Wednesday
this week, instead of Thursday. Our
force has worked mighty hard the
past two months and are entitled to
take a day off. The Record comes
out every week in the year and
Christmas day is the only whole hol-
iday we enjoy out of the 365 that
make up the year.
Used to be the time when you
knew everybody and they all knew
you" even at Christmas time in
Kingstree, but now it is quite diff
ferent. We hardly ever 60 down
the street but we meet strangers on
every hand and the last week or
two the streets have resembled
those of small city.
Prof ] w Swittenberg will spend
several days at Newberry during
the holidays, the remainder of the
faculty will enjoy the pleasures of
the Yule. tide at their respective
homes. We wish them all happy
Xmas and hope to see them back at
their post of duty refreshed and in
vigorated for the last lap of the
sessions work
To provide for his Christmas feast
some thief entered the store of
Messrs L D Rodgers & Co Tuesday
night and made away with three or
four canvassed hams. some flour, sew
eral bottles of pickles and 70 cents in
cash. The thief entered the store
through a rear side window. Mr.
Rodgers says he can't tell just what
all was stolen beyond the above
mentioned articles.
One of the pleasantest reminders
we had of the festive season was
present from two of our old Benson
friends are too modest to
want their names printed. But
what they sent US was a genuine
treat and all the more so as every
thing bore the flavor of our boy
hood home. They were: Sausage,
liver pudding, head cheese, Ken
lucky oysters" yes, and a whole
ham. We certainly shall not soon
forget the thoughtful kindness of
these friends.
What will Santa Claus bring King
. stree? The presents in prospect for
| Xmas or the new year, rather, are
so many in the way of building i'm
provement that we fear our staid
old town will wake up soon and find
herself city in spite of herself. If
buthalf the projected new buildings
we have heard of materialize, the
old town is facing year of unpre-
cedented growth and up-building.
We are not at liberty at present to
divulge what we know about the
plans that are under consideration,
but we say in all confidence and
sincerity, Watch Kingstree grow
in 1914"