The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-11-20


al days with her sister, Mrs W E Ne
smith, at Cades. .-Latta Observer.
Miss Ingram Kelley of Timmons-
Vile, who has been quite sick at the
home of her brother, DR. E I Kelley,
is much improved, we are pleased to
learn.
We hope our readers will pardon
any shortcomings on the part of
the editor in this weeks issue. Our
little girl, Stella, has had fever now
for about ten days and is still quite
sick.
Among those from Kingstree who
attended the Pee Dee Fair at Flor
ence last week were: Misses Mary
Vause, Ada Brockington and Ruth
Courtney; Messrs Wallace Mcintosh
and w ] Britton.
DR. Bean, of the Kingstree Drug
Co, demonstrated the practical ap-
plication of the cameras his firm is
advertising by taking sQ4ne excellent
views of the wreck at the local
station Tuesday.
DR. A M Snider of Kingstree came
over to attend the county fair. DR.
Snider is native of this county, ,and
many of his old friends were glad to
see him once more among them
Orangebury Times d Democrat.
Please look at the labels on your
papers and see whether your SUBJ
scrlption has expired. AS plentiful
as money seems to be through the
country, our collections have fallen
fifty per cent below normal at this
season. We can't account for it.
William Jenkinson, son of Mr. and
Mrs w E Jenkinson, won first prize
in the B class (from Is to 80 months
old) Better Babies Contest" of the
Pee Dee Fair at Florence last week.
The Kingstree baby scored 9994
points, the highest average of any of
the contestants. Hurrah for Kings
treel
The United States census bureau
gives the total number of bales of
cotton ginned in South Carolina, ,pri-
or to November l, 1918, as 858,C07
bales; for the same time last Year,
730,690 bales. In Williamsburg
county, number of bales ginned to
November 1,1919. 9.15,270 bales; same
time last year, 1929 bales.
Frequently we receive requests to
publish free notices in more than
one issue of the paper. Our rule is
to charge advertising rates for any
notice that runs more than one
time. We are glad to run certain
notices one time free, but as we
must treat every one alike, to carry
free notices week after week, would
soon fill all our space and tie up all
our type. to the exclusion of news
items.
Mr. H H King was summoned to
Camden Friday upon information
that on Thursday afternoon his
mother and brother had been seri-
ously hurt at the Camden Fair by an
aeroplane. which in making a land
ing. had struck and injured a num-
ber of spectators, among whom
were Mr. Kings relatives. We are
glad to learn that the injuries re-
ceived by his mother and brother
were not so serious as at first report
ed to be.
The pastor, Rev D A Phillips, re-
quests US to ann ounce that Sunday
night next a special thanksgiving
service will be held in the Methodist
church here. An interesting and in
structive programme has been ar
ranged for this special occasion and
all churches of the town are invited
to unite with and participate in the
services. We venture the assertion
that everyone who attends will feel
special delight in the exercises of
the evening. Let everybody turn
out and celebrate with the Metho-
dist brethren.
The hot supper and carnival, as
advertised in The Record, given by
the Cades school for the benefit of
the local school improvement associa.
ton, took place Friday night and
was in every particular grand sue.
cess. There was chicken. turkey and
barbecue in abundance and prepared
to a queens taste. And cakes
why, there was an array of them such
as we have seldom seen. These were
not only beautiful to gaze upon, but