The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-09-18

Barr, Florence Mcintosh and Eliza
beth Speigner went to Winthrop
College Tuesday to pursue their
studies there.
DR. and Mrs w J Ha selden of
Cades were visitors to kingstree
Monday, having run over in the doc
tors handsome new touring car. re-
Gently purchased from Messrs Ha-
mer-Thompson Co.
Mrs Jno S Jennings and two chill
dren, who spent the summer with
the family of the formers sister,
Mrs VIM Reddie, near Royal Oak.
Md, returned home Friday.
Governor Blease on Monday ap-
pointed Hon R H Kellahan as one of
the delegates from South Carolina
to the fifth annual convention of the
Southern Commercial Congress to
be held at Mobile, Ala. October 27-29.
All the tobacco markets in the
State formally close to-day. Kings
tree has had remarkably success
full season, the number of pounds
sold being about three million and
the average price over fourteen
cents the pound.
Mr. H Olin Welch, who for some
time was engaged at Kingstree with
Mr. w T Wilkins, but more recently
employed by the w Hodges Co at
Cades, has returned here, having
accepted position with the Will
iamsburg Live Stock Co.
In a letter to the editor, our
friend, Mr. H ] Thomas, a native OF
this county. who is now cashier of
the Farmers Bank at Darlington, in
forms US that on Wednesday, Sep
tember 10, the stork visited his
home and left fine girl.
Miss Mamie McLees, county su-
pervisor of rural schools, spent the
weekend with friends at Cades. On
Monday she assisted the teachers in
the opening of the Cades school, in
which for the past seven years she
was a successful teacher.
The host of friends of Mrs L w
Gilland will learn with pleasure that
she has so far recovered as to be
able to leave the hospital at Charles
ton, where she recently underwent
an operation. 1t is hoped that this
most estimable lady will soon be
able to return to her home here.
Hon w D Bryan of Taft, VINO
makes his home at Hendersonville,
North Carolina, during the summer
months, was elected president of the
South Carolina association at the
meeting held at Hendersonville in
August. This association has a mem
bership of about 1900 South Caro-
llinians at Hendersonville.
At a recent real estate sale at
Hendersonville, N c. reported by the
Western North Carolina Times, we
note that Hon w D Bryan, of this
county, sold his attractive home in
northwest Hendersonville. Mr. Bry-
an, it is stated, will build modern
home on another lot he owns at
Hendersonville,
| Saturday afternoon last Edwin L
Hirsch, Esq, fell from one of the
second story side windows of his
law office and sustained painful but
not serious injuries. He was sitting
in the window watching some near
by object when he lost his balance
and fell twenty feet to the ground.
We are glad to note that he is able
to be about.
| A gentleman who recently trav.
eled over every part of Williams
burg county and who has. good
Judgment and is close observer.
tells US that he has never seen better
crops of cotton and corn anywhere
than the farmers of Williamsburg
have this year. Verify ours is a
favored land and our people should
be prosperous and contented.
Several days ago Messrs Moultrie
Epps, ] C.. Young and G L Sauls,
commissioners representing the town
of Lake City, visited Kingstree for
the purpose of inspecting the plant
of the Kingstree Electric Light &
Ice Co, with view to installing
similar plant at Lake City. They
were favorably impressed with the
local plant, we are informed.