The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-24
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Miss Pauline McCants IS visiting
relatives at Andrews and will also
be the guest of relatives at Nesmith
before returning home.
Pay for your paper. Don't de-
pend on the other fellow helping US
to meet the payroll to keep the
paper going. Pay what you owe.
Messrs Maurice and w R Gray of
Lamar, who took a pleasant trip in
their automobile last week to visit
their sister, Mrs C G McGee of
Greelyville. have returned home.
Miss Matte Miller entertained her
young friends Tuesday afternoon
four to six-with birthday party,
which was much enjoyed by all who
participated in the pleasures of the
occasion.
The many friends of Capt John A
Kelley are pleased to see him out af-
ter having been laid up several days
on account of severe bruises due to
fall caused by his tripping up in a
wire fence.
Mr. L T Thompson, of the firm of
Hamer-Thompson Co, has removed
his family from Salters to Kingstree
where he expects to reside in future.
We welcome Mr. Thompson and his
family to Kingstree.
Miss Mollie Epps has returned
from a visit of some days among
relatives in the country. She will
leave next week to spend a few days
in Charleston, thence 70 the old
North State" to visit relatives.
Mr. S A Tisdale of Benson was
noted on our streets yesterday. He
brought upa load Of tobacco which
he sold on the local market for II
cents. As is the case generally, he
was highly pleased with the price
received.
JP Gist, the young white man ar
rested Saturday night in Charleston
charged with various robberies at
Gourdins, is detained in Jail lin
Charleston in default of 81 900 bond
to await the next term of the Fed
eral court.
Mrs Robert ] McCabe has as her
guests Miss Woodruff Of Whining
ton, N C, and her cousin, Miss Kate
Lilly Blue of Marion. Miss Blue is
a sister of Admiral Victor Blue and
DR. Rupert Blue, Surgeon General
of the u S Marine Hospital service.
We hope every subscriber whose
subscription has expired and especi-
ally those who are in arrears, will
renew his or her subscription and
pay US what they owe as soon as
possible. Every little dollar has q
meaning of its own to US just now.
The article on page nine of this is
sue under the head of Kingstree
LORE, pertaining to the history of
the town, was prepared by Hon R j
Kirk and was the subject matter of
his address at the banquetgiven here
recently by the Knights of Pythias.
Miss Marian McFaddin gave de-
lightful reception Wednesday even
ing to large number of friends in
honor of her guests, Misses Mollie
Boyle of Sumter, Ernestine Barr of
Lexington, Isabel Weeks of Pine
wood and Mayme Green of Lake
City.
Capt Clarence K Gillespie, the
conductor who was shot last Satur-
day near Salters Depot, is said to be
rapidly recovering. The bullet did
not go deep under the skin and
ranged around the back to the side,
where it was cut out by the surgeon
Saturday night.
The local weather observer in
forms US that the maximum temper
ature here during the recent severe
hot wave at no one time exceeded
100 degrees Fahrenheit, Compared
with the terrific caloric of other
parts of the country we had but lit
tie reason for complaint.
MrLC Kellahan of Andrews was
in Kingstree and left this evening
for Lake Bird, Fla, where he will
spend several weeks with his son, Mr.
j C Kellahan, who is in business there.
He was accompanied by younger
son, Dowie, who will remain at Lake
Bird for much longer period.
DR. A M Snider showed us this
morning a veritable freak of nature
| in the vegetable kingdom-a healthy,
| u,.ll forrnod tornato with face and