The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-07-04
LIKE CITY Department.
II CIIarBt OF
w. l.. BASS, Esq.
Mr.. j. B. Stau:ey returned Mon

eHCt lutSuaS w NilHN"' 'i'N p"Ai
game.
Mr.. +. G. Caldwell has returned
from his visit to relatives in the
"Tar Heel" State.
Mrs. l.. II. Gthnsly moved into
her new house Monday and opened
ap boarding house.
Mr.. II. Z. Epps had Il watermelon
Saturday. This Is the first we have
seen, though we beard Of one other
on Friday.
Messrs. Il. II. Siugletary and W.
Il. Askins played with the Kings
tree boys ut Florence and Darling
:ton last week.
Nr.J. ID. Daniels went to Dar-
Lington Thursday, and while there
witnessed the game between Dar-
'lington and kingStree.
Sheriff Thomas S. Burch. of Flor
pnce, was in town Thursday. He
was not in search Of criminals but
was i'm the market or II horse, and
thought he might find one here to
suit him.
Miss Smith, of Wilmington, has
been visiting Mrs. l.. II. Grimsley.
Misses Eva and Clare Smith are
visiting at their uncle's, DR.. A. h.
Williams. These young lBdieS are
from COttageville Colleton county,
Mr. J. S. McClam'S new store
building is now completed and Il
neat house it is, the largest in town
we think. Goods are being opened
up. The grocery department is the
nrst to receive attention, that being
at this writing pretty full. 1t will
not be long before the entire, stock
will be displayed. We wish "1hese
gentlemen success in their under
taking. The immediate Supervis-
ion will be under Mr.. Buck Ward,
and all who know Mr.. Ward know
he is atirSt-rate, honest and reliable
man.
Last Friday night there was a
festival ans dance at the new ware
house for the benefit of the base
%oall team. The boys want new uni
forms and it was to assist in making
up funds for that purpose that this
entertainment was given. The
crowd in attendance numbered
some three or four hundred. The
warehouse is so hig that it was diff
ticult TO make even an estimate. 1t
was not full-n0. not quite; but
good many were there. Lemonade,
ice cream and cake We're served at
tables across heceaStern end of the
house. The king>tree string band
was in attendance, and thUse
who's i>bei lndulged in the de-
lights of the dance. Besides in-
lrumentul lnuSic the band gave
4, me- songs that were euj"yel.
And thus three or four hours were
:; ent and seemed ~ be pleasantly
Spe,.t. Among the vi it"rS from
kiag tree were Dr and Miss Millir
.Nc( ale, and MrsSrs e.. W. Wolfe,
". G.Iland, Monte Scott. The
i,di : lent their aid and valuable it
va. too. to this entertainment OF.
b"l,al. of the boys. The amount
taken III was $45 Out of this en-
prnSeS must be- deducted. The pro.
leeds will aid the team very mater
5 iiy.
a word about our item Of two
weeks ago i'm reference to the Lake
City base bail team. For several
wears Lake ity has been leading
Town in base bali as well az in
ether things. We had good teams,
some Of the best tc he found. The
team We u0w have, n0twithstand-
ing it numbers among its members
some of the best players in this
country, represents the best town
n Eastern South Carolina and was
capable OF attaining high rank, yet
il was going afong IN listl"sS, don't
care manner, neglecting to train
and permitting itself To be beaten
by every club with which it played.
We say permitting, because we felt
confident that its defeats were due
-0lely to lack of effort. The men-
AerS did not seem To realize the
pOS;tiOn into which their team was
drifting; they appeared Indifferent
20 loss of prestige. We, Knowing
that the nine had in its ranks ma
terial for Il fine team and having
40 dOubt that they were men who
could and would acquit themselves
well, if awakened, believed that it
WAS only necessary to touch their
pride in "rder to cause them to i'm
Jnediateiy take their place in
:'ront-the place to which they are
entitled by skill and manhood.
our sole and only motive in writ
my the article mentioned waS to
:H0Ve them to exert themselves; !;
and We believe that this va. un-
Ger>tood a. our motive by most, if