The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-01-22
Mr. P Roland Donnelly, formerly


ty, was in town Friday, on business
affairs.
Mr. William w Barr, now cashier
of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Monck's Corner, spent the week
end in town with his mother, Mrs l.
j Barr.
Mr. and Mrs S K Brockington of
Florence, Mrs VIM Ellis of Gillison-
Vile and Mr. Nathan Ellis of Savan-
nah, Ga. attended the Gordon Ellis
marriage Sunday.
The 47th annual concert of the
music and expression classes OF Co.
ker College was given Saturday.
Among the participants was Miss
Halle Kinds.
Mrs John Slater Jennings was at
home" this afternoon, 4:30 to $3.50,
complimentary to her sister, Mrs
William Reddie, Of Eastern Mary
land, who is her guest.
Mr. Jas Riser of Huntsville, Ala,
and MIR Robert Riser of Savannah,
Ga, spent the weekend here as
guests of their sisters. Mesdames
LEROY Lee and ] w Swittenberg.
MIR w Wesley Singletary,a Kings
tree reared boy who now conducts
an extensive merchandise and farm
ing industry in the vicinity of Cades,
was a welcome visitor at The Rec
ord office Friday,
Misses Dell and Marguerite Van
Keuren of Florence and Bessie Van
Keuren of St George spent Saturday
and Sunday with their mother, &C.
companied by their friend. Mr.
Thomas of Baltimore.
MIR B Miles of Vox was in Kings
tree today for the first time. he says.
in about ten years. and would not
have recognized the town had ne
not known the location. so rapidly
has been its growth in that period.
In electing F Barron Grier, Esq,
of Greenwood as its president. the
State Bar association could scarcely
have chosen a better man for the
place. Mr. Grier got his start"
and won his bride, by the way, in
old Kingstree.
Mr. w l. Mcdaniel of Vox, good
friend of The Record, was pleasant
caller at our sanctum yesterday to
shove his subscription ahead. He
says he finds it so much better to
pay in advance and save the extra
rs cents. We were sorry to see
him suffering from rheumatic af-
Fiction in his right foot and leg.
Under the head of The States
New Enterprises" the following
item appeared in the News and
Courier of January Is: Commits
stoned: The Keels Company, of
Greelyville, with a capital stock of
S5, 900, petitioners being P R Keels,
W H Connor and J F Montgomery.
We received last week from our
esteemed young friend, Mr. Cleve
Duke of Benson. fine mess of par
tridges, than which there are no
more delicious and tempting deni-
zens of forest or stream. Partridges
are our long suit" so to say, when
it comes to game, and these birds
were of the finest quality, both in
flavor and juicv tenderness.
With the compliments of our old
friend, Mr. J ] M Graham, of Cades
vicinity, we received Tuesday half
dozen heads of fine cabbage from
his sixteen-acre field. In appear
ance, flavor and general excellence
these succulent vegetables were.
without exception, as fine as we ever
saw. We thank our friend for his
appreciated gift and at the same
time congratulate him on the ex-
ample he has sci. showing the possibil-
tiles of diversified farming in Will
liamsburg county.
We were glad to have as a caller
at our office yesterday, our old
friend, Mr. L Nesmith, of Fowler.
and to learn from him that his eye
sight, which had at one time be-
came so impaired that he could not
read, and discontinued his subscrip-
ton to The Record, is now much
improved that he has again Joined our
army of readers. Mr. Nesmith is
now in his seventy-fourth year,
though he does not look it. He was
one of South Cardinals first sons to
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