The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-01-07
LOCAL
NEWS

Miss Eva North of Lake City Wis
tied Miss Rebecca Nettles this week.
Mr. T W Britton and R w Stuckey
of Hemingway were in town Mon
day.
Miss Amanda Edwards, who spent
the holidays at Dillon, returned home
this week.
Mr. ] M Goodwin of RHEIMS was in
Kingstree Tuesday and called at The
Record Office.
Mr. w H Dennis, of the Cades
neighborhoud, was caller at our
office Monday.
Mr. Cecil Miller of Waycross, Ga,
was the guest of his aunt, Mrs } A
Scott, during the holidays.
DR. C M Scott, of the Darlington
vicinity, spent the holidays with his
parents, MIR and Mrs ] A Scott.
Mr. A j Ragin has closed out his
restaurant business and returned to
the service of the A C L railroad.
Mr. Samuel Levin, formerly of The
Record office, was recently elected
chaplain of Beaufort Lodge, K Of P.
Mr. and Mrs ] L Scott and two
children of Bingham are visiting the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs j A
Scott.
Mr. w T Rowell of Trio and DR. D
q Rowell, who is attending the South
ern Dental college, Atlanta, Ga,
in town Tuesday.
Mr. P L Howle and little son,
Farke, Jr. of the Darlington vicin-
ity, spent Saturday and Sunday in
|, town, the guests of friends and rela-
We are glad to learn that Miss
Daisy Stackley of Florence, who has
many relatives and friends here, is
rapidly recovering from an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Miss Margaret Ross returned to
Hamlet. N C, Sunday morning to re-
sumo her duties as teacher there,
after spending the Christina holi-
days with relatives in town.
Coroner H U Kinder was called
to Gourdin Monday to hold an in
quest over the body of negro,
Elijah Staggers, whose death, 1t was
earned, --1esulted from natural
causes.
A wind storm, accompanied by
thunder snd lightning, with high
temperature. passed over this section
last night. No damage was done
further than blowing down a few
signs and fences.
Miss Cammie Thompson and Mr.
Dwight Owens were married yester-
day afternoon at 400 o'clock at the
residence of the brides father, Mr.
w H Thompson, near town. Rev D
Phillips performed the ceremony.
The total amount of income tax
paid in South Carolina last year
amounted to S15,903.3l ,as compared
with S17,S2O25 the year before.
The amounts received from Will
liamsburg county for 1894 are
S75.70 and S44.50, respectively.
MIR E E King, who recently sever
ed his connection with the Williams
burg Hardware Co, left Tuesday
night for Philadelphia to buy his
stock for the new hardware store to
~ opened in the Nelson block, in
tA storeroom formerly occupied by
CANDLES cafe.
Mrs w W Boddie and little son,
David, who have been spending the
holiday season here with the for
mer's parents, returned Monday
morning to their home at Louisburg,
NC. They were accompanied by
Miss Beth McGill, who is attending
. school at Louisburg.
The Williamsburg county delega-
ton met at the court house Tuesday
and reappo;nted Messrs w E Allen,
Greelyville; G H Stancill, Johnson
vile; and McCroy Gasque, Lake City,
as Mral policemen for the ensuing
year. Mr. w T Thompson of An
rs was also appointed as new
E1ber of the force.
Monday the district stewards OF
Kingstree district of the Methodist
conference met at the district par
Asonape and that night and Tuesday