The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-05-07


Candidates will kindly bear IN
mind that our charge for announce
ment cards is five dollars for county
Offices; but for magistrates we will
make a special rate of three dollars.
These cards are to be paid for cash,
as it takes too much bookkeeping
to charge them.
Mr. G F Williamson, of the Spring
Bank neighborhood, was taken to
an :nfrmary at Florence tuesday.
He was in Kingstree Monday ap-
parently in perfect health. Appen-
dicitis is said to be the cause of his
illness and an operation was per-
formed Wednesday.
Pupils of the ,Comlinson graded
school, colored, D L Fulton, prlncb
pal in charge, went over to. Manning
last week, where they engaged in a
debating and musical contest with
pupils of the Manning colored
school. The Tomlinson pupils were
victorious in each of the exercises.
Mr. E Hester, pioneer tobacco
buyer in this section, who will be as
sociated in the warehouse business
again this season with Messrs Epps
& Mcintosh, is in town. having just
returned from Lexington, Ky,where
he was engaged in the tobacco busl-
ness during the season in that Sec
ton.
The Confederate veterans are cor
daily invited to attend a dinner
Saturday, May 9. given by Williams
burg chapter, U D C. The chapter
will award prize at the veterans
meeting to boy of the Kingstree
High school for the best essay on
Secession. The essay will be read
during the exercises.
Rev H B Jones, pastor of the
Baptist congregation Of the city,
has closed deal with Mr. Saml D
Carr, the Kingstree agent of the
Siegling Music House, for one of
the famous Kurtzmann pianos. which
will be installed in the old Steele
opera house, where the congregation
now assemblies for worship, until
their new edifce, on the corner of
Highmarket and Cleland streets. has
been completed. Geryetoaon Pro-
gressive Democrat.
To our good old friend, Mr. Con-
rad Constine, known to our readers
as Poor Conrad" the editor re-
turns appreciative thanks for a
string of as fine Black river Dream
as we have ever had the pleasure OF
intimate acquaintance with. We
sincerely hope this worthy old veter-
an, who formed one of the gallant
thin grey line," of Lee and Jack
son, when gaunt hunger, more than
shot and shell, took its toll, will
enjoy the feast provided the old
soldiers at Jacksonville as heartily
as we did his fine mess of fish.
rs previously advertised, a teach
ers' examination was held at the
court house here Friday of last
week. Among those presenting
themselves for examination were
nine white women and one white
man; fourteen colored women and
one colored man. The examination
was conducted by Superintendent of
Education R N Speigner and Miss
Mamie McLees, supervising teacher.
The examination questions and sub
iects, which are arranged by the
State Board of Education, are said to
be the hardest eyer given out here.
Once more we beg to call the at
tention of our friends to our rule
not to accept for publication in the
current issue of the paper any article
of length that reaches our office
later than IL o'clock M, Tuesday of
the week of publication; also, we re-
spectfully remind our friends that
we do not publish any article of any
kind free but one time; also, that all
notices of entertainments or invita-
tions pertaining to entertainments
where admission is charged and
all obituaries, resolutions Of re-
spect, political notices, etc, etc, are
charged for at advertising rates.
This applies to everybody. tt
The Wee Nee bank has moved in
to its new home at the corner of
Main and Academy streets. One
would hardly recognize this modern
new banking house as the old Stack
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