The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-12-05
LAKE CITY Department.
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DR.. Williams spent the early part
,ot last week in Columbia.

OF lNSC week III OOluIuDia.
Mrs A F Jones, of Charleston, Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs B W
Jones.
The young folks are rehearsing
for an entertainment to come off
Christmas Eve at the Planters
Warehouse.
A meeting of days was begun at
the Presbyterian church last Sum
day morning. The pastor, Rev. Sad.
1er, is being assisted by Rev w II
Mills, of Manning. -
'Mesdames HI v and D NJ Epps
are thinking of running a boarding
house in Charleston during the FIX
position. Their idea Is to run 1t on
tae European plan-furuish rooms,
the lodgers getting their meals
elsewhere.
Mr.. A. L. Cash moves into our
town this week. He with his fam
lily will occupy the Shell house:
This il Mrs. Cash's old home, an !
her many friends will welcome her
back with pleasure. We shall be
glad to have Mr.. Cash a citizen of
our town.
We hear rumors of at least two
weddings in town in the near fu-
ture. We might say that these are
a great deal more than mere runors
as there seems to be no doubt that
they will actually take place before
wa hpoin writing 1902.
Mrs I'M Sturgeon encountered the
the misfortune of having her left
arm broken last Wednesday,. she at
tempted to Grass q damp floor, but
aost her footing and fell, breaking
both bones of her left arm between
the wrist and elbow. Medical aid
was summoned at once and she is
now on the road to rapid and conf
plete recovery.
A car loaded with twenty tons OF
cotton seed jumped the station side
track one day last week while the
up-freight was shifting. There Is
some doubt us to the exact cause Of
the accident. Itrequired the COM
bined labor of Section Master John
sons crew, aided by four powerful
Jacks, several hours to replace the
derailed car. The ties where the
car went off were reduced to kim
ding wood.
The members of the Baptist
church in church conference last
Sunday, by ballot, unanimously ex-
tended the call to Rev IT J Rookie,
the present pastor, to serve that
church another year. The vote
proclaims in unmistakable tones
The high esteem in which Rev
Rookie is held. Besides making the
unanimous call the church increHs-
ed his salary. 1t is confidently
hoped that he will remain with the
church another year. He has by
his earnestness, integrity Of char
acter and straightforward adher-
ence to duty and principle won the
respect Of all.
] Mcbride Graham breathed his
last Saturday. Nov. 80, and was laid
to rest at Bethesda Church Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Graham was about
60 years of age. His wife and three
children, one son, Samuel Graham,
and two daughters, survive him.
Another child died several years
ago. He was gallant soldier in
the army of the Confederacy and
in the army of his Lord. He went
off to the war in Col. James Nc.
Cutchen's company and was MEM
Der of the 18th S. c. regiment. LOS
ing leg in the cause of this coun-
try, he returned home to begin life
anew. The prospects were far
from encouraging. Being one Of y
vanquished people whose property
hod been swept away, who was a
cripple for life,and whose country
WAS in ashes-the outlook was not
roseatc, but heroically he made his
way, fought his fight and lived his
life and now has gone to the great
Paymaster whose reward is sure.
He was the secretary and treasurer
of the Kingstree Lodge, Knights
and Ladies of Honor, from its organ
ization to the tlay of his death. He
served williamsburg county as
school commissioner. He sh0nc
brightest in his home, and
church life. For years lie was one
of the most prominent ard faithful
members of Bethesda Methodist
church. In the work of the church
he was an earnest and Jealous