The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-01-02

comment, hut the last day of th'
old year vas, without exaggeratlon
somewha. rainy.
Mr. Charles Wallace of st Ste
phens visited his father, DR. w L
Wallace, and brother, R X Wallace
Esq. here last week.
Mrs B E Clarkson. who has beer
on an extended visit to her brother
at Wareshoals, in Greenwood coun
ty, returned home Tuesday night.
Mr. E Gilbert Smith, of the Che
raw Chronicle force. spent Wednes'
day night and Thursday morning in
kingstree and called at our Office.
Mr. Clarence J Alsbrook, who is in
the service Of the Southern Express
company at Georgetown, spent
Christmas with his home. folk here.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.
Hugh McCutchen, who has been con.
fined to his room with a case of la
grippe the past ten days, is improv-
ing.
With characteristic enterprise the
Cades Mercantile Co is availing it.
self of the opportunity offered bv
the Parcels Post act. as will be noted
in their adv this week.
Mr. and Mrs S K Brockington and
son, Keels, returned home Friday,
after having spent the Christmas
holidays with Mrs Brockington's
parents, Mr. and Mrs A M Gordon.
Uncle" George Mitchum, of the
vicinity Of Central church, was on
our streets Monday chatting with
his friends. Everybody knows I'm
Gle George" and we are always glad
to see him.
Lieut. and Mrs William Willis
Boddie spent a few days here Xmas
week with Mrs Bodies parents, DR.
and Mrs D C Scott. Theyle Mon
day for their home at Louisburg,
North Carolina.
Again it is our privilege to thank
our big-hearted friend, DR. Snider,
for his kind thoughtfulness in pre-
senting US with a goodly portion of
nice, savory, barbecued pig. Itwas
certainly treat.
The Record wishes a happy new
year to everybody. Many of our
readers could make it very happy
new year for US by being so kind
and obliging as to pay at least a
portion of that back subscription.
Subscription to the fund to sup
plement the reward offered by the
town for the apprehension of the
of the negro, James Flem-
ing, will be received at The Record
office and the names of the contrib
utors published each week. At least
5000 should be raised by the citizens
of the town.
MIR Walter R Bryan of Salters De-
pot was in town Saturday and in
formed us that his son, Mr. Cuttino
Bryan, who was so seriously injured
in a saw-mill accident some months
ago. is gradually improving at the
Florence infrmary. All hope that
the young man may soon be able to
return to his home.
We do notpublish communications
of any kind without the real name
of the writer. A nom de plume will
not answer, SO if you don't want US
to know who you are it is waste
of time and stamps. We require
the name IF the writer, not neces-
sarily for publication, but as guar
antee of good faith.
Among the out-of-town visitors
here especially for the Xmas dance
were noted the following: Misses Lu-
cile Jeffords, Anne Mae Gentry and
Messrs Burch. King, Smiles and JEFF
fords of Florence, Misses Beatrice
Thompson and Ethel Mccullough of
Salters, Messrs John O and S Chas
Green of Lake City and Misses lou
ise and Margaret Bass and Messrs
James and Burton Bass of Lanes.
MIR M R Gass of Winston-Salem,
N C, one of the lessees and proprie-
tors of Gass, Hopper & Gorrelps
warehouse here, and which was un-
der his management during the to-
bacco season last year. sprung a
pleasant Christmas surprise on his
many friends in Kingstree by his
arrival in town Wednesday morning