Prizes for Watermelons

Who raises the largest watermelons? In order to decide this question to the satisfaction of all, we have decided to offer a premium to the person who raises the largest melon this season. Our proposition is this: To the person who brings us the largest melon this summer we will give one year's subscription to the County Record. Just think of it! Besides gaining the reputation of the being the raiser of the largest watermelons, you get a copy of the County Record every week for a whole year.
In addition to the foregoing , we also offer a year's subscription free to the person who first brings us in a ripe melon this season. If you are already a subscriber to the County Record, you subscription will be "shoved up" one year from the date of its expiration. Don't allow this opportunity to escape, but get a whole year's subscription for one melon. Of course, we are not partial to melons, but our editor and entire staff are very fond of every kind of fruit. Don't let the melon offer keep you from bringing in fruit.

The County Record

June 17, 1897

Fine Tobacco

Editor, County Record:
Mr. T.M. Cooper of the firm of Cooper Bros. of Fowlers, has the best field of tobacco in the county, probably. It is the finest I have seen anywhere, and I have seen lots of it. Mr. Cooper is an all-around farmer as well as a merchant, and all of his crops are looking well, his tobacco being particularly fine.

WANDERER

The County Record, June 17, 1897

More Minor Local Matters

The grass will have its innings now and will keep the farmers busy for a time. 


Our base ball team should get up some games with the clubs from other towns.


The crops all over the county are reported as in good condition and looking well.


How long will it be before Kingstree will have an "original package" grog-shop?

The County Record, June 17, 1897

Minor Local Matters

Hot! Hotter!! Hottest!!!


The school term closed today.


The crops are growing rapidly.


Fruit is scarce and very poor in quality.


The trains have been full of the girls returning from college this week.

The County Record, June 17, 1897

More Matters Around Dock

It will not be "many long summer days" ere we will have the luscious melons. Every farmer has planted melons, and there is a friendly rivalry as to who shall pull the first one and raise the most. Mr. J.C. Josey has a cantaloupe in his patch that measures 16 inches in diameter.


The crops in this section are very fine. It was a hard matter with some of the farmers to get a good stand of corn. The rice crop promises to yield abundantly. The oat crop is practically a failure. There is no tobacco planted in this section of the county; in fact, there is none between this place and Lake City.


The people here are sick and disgusted with the dispensary now. Some of them would prefer to have whiskey sold at every crossroads rather than have things continue as they are. More offices, higher taxes––dishonest officers. Mr. Editor, "rip 'em up the back and lace 'em down the front." We need your assistance.

The County Record, June 10, 1897

Minor Local Matters

Watermelons will soon be on the market.


There was a fish fry at Kelley's lake last Tuesday.


The Kingstree Academy will close its present session one week from tomorrow.


Hail storms in different parts of the county were reported as having fell last Friday, doing considerable damage to the growing crops. If any hail fell here, we have heard nothing of it.

The County Record, June 10, 1897

Spring Gully Items

There was a very delightful picnic at the school house on Saturday, the 22nd ult., Quite a crowd was present, and all seemed to enjoy themselves.


The farmers of this section generally have good crops. Corn is fine; cotton is being chopped, and gardens are doing nicely. All are needing rain however.

The County Record, June 3, 1897

Bud Worms

The farmers are all complaining of the bud worms having considerably damaged the young crops during the recent cool mornings.

The County Record, May 13, 1897

Indiantown News

If the county supervisor will travel the road from Indiantown P.O. to Rhems, his nervous system will have to be very strong, or it will be shocked. The road is plowed up, corn and cotton planted in it. Now I am one of these who think it folly to work all the bad places in the road, when all the high, good places are plowed up and made as rough as driving across a field. There is room right here for "reform." Will some trusted "leader" take a hint?

Photo: County Supervisor Benjamin Britton Chandler


This section was visited by a very heavy rain on Friday 30th. Grass was quite vigorous before but will take on a new life since the rain.


Corn is exceedingly small and a very bad stand; bud worms have played havoc with it during the late cold snap.


Cotton is recuperating slowly from the effects of the late frost. Fruit does not seem to have suffered from the effects of the frost, except figs, which were killed.


Tobacco transplanting is being pushed by Col. McCutchen and Dr J.S. Cunningham, whom, I think, are the only tobacco planters left in this section.

The County Record, May 6, 1897

Vegetable crop

Quite a lot of vegetables have recently been shipped from here to the Northern markets.

The County Record, May 6, 1897