The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-11-27


Yesterday at the Baptist parsonage
by Rev w F. Hurt.
The Kingstree High and Graded
school closed yesterday for the
Thanksgiving season and work will
not be resumed till Monday next. A
number of the teachers will spend
the holiday at their respective homes.
When DIR A NJ Snider returned
from the Orangeburg Fair last week
he brought with him a large ham
that had been on exhibition and won
a prize. The ham is now on dis
play at Mr. L D Rodgers store. 1t
weighs 473 pounds.
Miss Sara Gray, one of the teach
ers in the Kingstree Graded and
High school, has resigned on account
of ill health and returned to her
home at Allendale Saturday. She
was very efficient and popular, and
her departure is regretted by all.
A number of the Kingstree teach
ers are out of town for the holidays:
Miss Cromer is the guest of one of
her pupils. Miss Leona Mcknight,
near town; Miss Erckmann is in
Charleston, Miss Plowden near Man.
ming and Miss Dantzler near Mullins.
Mr. B E Clarkson, manager of the
Kingstree Telephone Co, has resign
ed his position and will retire from
the company's service December l..
Mr. Clarkson has had charge of the
local telephone system for several
years and has made an efficient man.
ager.
The great mass of debris occa-
stoned by the freight wreck at the A
C L depot here Tuesday of last
week has been all been cleared away
and, save for the dilapidated con-
dition of the cotton shed, no one
could tell that big wreck had ever
occurred.
We are pleased to announce that
Capt John A Kelley, who has been
confined to his home by indisposi-
ton, is improving. His illness came
on Tuesday night. and as a result,
he had to forego his duties in court
during the remainder of the session
which closed yesterday.
The census bureau reports the
total number of bales of cotton
ginned in South Carolina up to No
vember ID, 1918, as 995,4SS; same
date 1912, 8S3,536. For Williams
burg county-total number of bales
ginned to November IA, 1913, IT,
1872; November IA, 1912. 16,9O7.
The editor was pleasingly remem-
bered at Thanksgiving by his friend,
Mr. C w Adams, of the Hebron Sec
ton. Mr. Adams presented US with
four fine Spanish yams. That doesn't
sound so many. but the four potatoes
weighed nearly twelve pounds and
ware of unusually fine flavor and
quality. ~.
Rev D A Phillips left Tuesday
morning for Rock Hill to be present
at the general conference of the M
E church, South. Rev R L Holroyd,
presiding elder of the Kingstree dis
trict, left Monday evening. 1t is
earnestly hoped by the many friends
of these good men that they will be
returned to their charges for an
other year.
The hot supper and bazaar for
benefit of the fence around the cem-
etery on the river held last Friday
night was a big success financially
and otherwise. The cues" were
cooked to turn and greatly enjoy
ed by the patrons of the entertain
ment. To all helping hands the
thanks of the management are
heartily extended.
That The Record is carefully read
by it's exchanges is evidenced by the
fact that last week there were not
less than ten clippings from the pa
per or comments on its editorial ut
terances. Considering the fact that
there are about one hundred weekly
and semi-weekly papers in the State,
this is very gratifying recognition
on the part of our esteemed contem-
poraries.