The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-17

tree incident to the opening of the
tobacco market none of the loca
bankers attended, although Hon f
C Epps is member of the execu'
tive committee of Group 8 OF
the organization.
Notice of the death of J L Win
ters was inadvertently omitted from
the columns of The Record last
week. This estimable old negro
passed away Thursday afternoon,
July 8, at his home on the outskirts
of town. He was recognized in
Kingstree as one of her landmarks.
Winters was shoemaker by trade
and followed this occupation up to
within a few days of his death. He
was one of Kingstree's most respect
ed negroes.
On last Thursday Messrs w T Les
ense, Andrew Burgess, Archie Bar
ron, Wallace Plowden and Masters
Theo Lesesne and Morgan Sauls, all
of Manning, embarked in gasoline
boat at Home Lake and ran down to
Kingstree. fishing and having gen.
Sral good time en- route. Here they
shipped their boat home by rail and
returned home themselves that ev-
ening by train. The distance COW
cred on the trip by boat down the
river is about 60 miles.
We have this week a communica-
ton from Rome. signed "A Friend"
which we would like very much to
publish, but may not do 50 because
the real name of the writer is
omitted. AS we have stated several
times heretofore we cannot afford
to publish communications without
knowing who sent them. This re-
quirement is for our protection.
The name of the writer will not ap-
pear in the paper, if he or she OBJ
jects, but we must have it on file in
our office.
Our business men have caught
the enthusiasm and are buying large
spaces in The Record to advertise
their goods. The Record now goes
into the homes of over 1000 fam
lilies in Williamsburg and Florence
counties and the proper kind of ad-
vertising, backed up by quality and
price, must inevitably attract trade.
The merchants of Kingstree, in their
respective lines, can compete with
the city stores, both as to quality
and price. And when you buy at
home you know just what you are
getting.
One of the most important prop
erty transfers that has taken place
in Kingstree for some time was made
Saturday, when Postmaster Lewis
Stackley sold his handsome two-story
brick building on the corner of Main
and Academy streets to Mr. William
R Scott for a consideration Of Sl0,-
900. This building was erected by
Mr. Stackley a few years ago and
consists of a splendid store room on
the first floor and number of office
rooms on the second floor. Since its
construction, Mr. Stackley has occu-
pied the ground floor with his dry
goods business, which he has recent
ly abandoned.
Beginning next week we propose
to conduct Tobacco Department"
in The Record, provided the local
tobacco warehousemen will co-ope-
rate with us. We will freely give
this department all the space re-
quired up to a page of the paper,
but we cannot do this without the
help and encouragement Of the men
on whom we shall be dependent for
the data to make this column read
able and profitable. We also invite
short letters, or articles on any SUBJ
ject germane to the tobacco indus
try from producer, buyer or ware
houseman, not only from this mar
ket, but from any market in the
Pee Dee section. Our aim is pri-
marily to help build up the Kings
tree market, but we believe that
this department would be profitable
to other markets also as a forum for
discussion of various subjects COM
mon to the tobacco business gener-
ally.
What promises to be one of the
most up-to-date plants for the man.
ufacture of ice cream and soft drinks
is to be opened up at an early date
in the building now occupied by M
Mittle. Messrs H B and R w Cros-
land are the owners. They have