Yet More Minor Local Matters

The gay and festive mosquito is again with us for summer board and lodging. There are a good many of them this season, and all appear to have been very poorly fed.


The next examination of applicants for county teachers' certificates will be held in the courthouse Friday of next week between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m and 4 p.m.


On Tuesday, June 8, the board of county chairmen of Hope and King townships with the county supervisor will let the contract for rebuilding the bridge over Black river at the foot of the hill near Kingstree on the Greeleyville road.


Straw rides galore.

The County Record, June 17, 1897

Even More Minor Local Matters

The Greenville News of last Friday said that "Black river bream are the pride of Kingstree."


The chain gang has been brought to Kingstree and will work the roads around here for some time to come.


Midnight "chicken fries" seem to be the favorite sport of certain young men of the community, but who furnishes the fowls?


The base ball game between the two local nines last Thursday resulted in a victory for the "regulars." The score is withheld by special request.

The County Record, June 17, 1897

Alligator!

Mr. Julian Jacobs killed an alligator in Black river just below the tressel that measured seven feet long. He shot another but don't know whether or not he killed it.

The County Record, May 27, 1897

More Items of Local Interest

The river has been very low for some time past, and large numbers of fish have been caught.


There was an extra large crowd in town on Monday, but not an unusual amount of business was transacted.


The Union Sunday School picnic at Rome last Saturday was largely attended and much enjoyed by all present.


There was some horse-racing last Monday afternoon but we did not hear which horse came out victorious.


There will be a picnic at Johnsonville next Saturday. We acknowledge a very kind invitation to attend and will certainly try to be there.

The County Record, May 20, 1897

Correction

Owing to an error in the print last week, it was stated that Mr. P.B. Thorne had over one thousand logs at his mill, whereas, it should have read over four thousand. Quite a difference.

The County Record, May 6, 1897

Thorne's Mill

It is said that Mr. P.B. Thorne has one thousand logs in the water near his mill on Black River.

The County Record, April 29, 1897

Lower Bridge Damaged

The "lower" bridge across Black river was almost totally destroyed last Friday by a raft of logs. Mr. J.A. Ferrell of Salters was in town the day on which the bridge was damaged, and he said that he saw two rafts of logs floating down the river with no one guiding them. The first of the rafts passed under the bridge, but the next one struck the piles and knocked the foundation from under about fifty feet of the bridge, and almost the entire structure fell into the stream.
There is a law on the statute books of South Carolina prohibiting rafts being floated down navigable waterways without someone to guide them, and this matter should be looked into by the proper authorities, and the guilty parties made to repair the damage.

The County Record, April 22, 1897

Photo: Lower Bridge, circa early 1900s, from Williamsburg County, South Carolina: A Pictorial History.

Afternoon Resort

The banks of the river near Thorne's mill seem to be quite an afternoon resort for the young folks.

The County Record, April 15, 1897

Near Tragedy

While quite a number of young people were frolicking out on the logs near the river bridge a few days ago, a little girl slipped and fell down between two of the timbers into the water but was immediately rescued and taken back to the land by Mr. Charles J. Lesesne, who, fortunately, was near her at the time.

The County Record, April 15, 1897

Four-foot Garfish

Mr. R.R. Stutts caught a very large gar-fish with a net in Black River last Monday night. The net was stretched across the stream just below the bridge at a bend called a "rock hole." The fish was a monster, being over four feet in length and weighing over twenty pounds. It was on exhibition at the Dispensary Tuesday.

The County Record, April 15, 1897