The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-06-08

day to spend some days at the lslano
resorts.
MIR L Marshall, who is pursuing
a course in medicine at the State
| Medical College Charleston, is assist
ing in DR. Brockington's drug store
during the vacation period.
Mr. w C Rogers, having passed an
other milestone along the rugged
pathway that Aleads to the goal OF
Medical Doctor,is back at his post in
Gamble & Jacobs pharmacy.
At the joint exercises Of the two
literary societies of South Carolina
University held last week the dis
missal'' was made by Mr. D A Brock
inton of Kingstree, class of ~.
Presiding Elder Meadors is in
Spartanburg this week attending
Wofford College commencement.
His son, Mr. w P Meadors, Jr, is a
member of the graduating class.
Mrs M F Heller and Miss Carolyn
Scott left Saturday last for Charles
ton to attend the closing exercises of
! Ashley Hall and to be present at the
graduation of Miss Mary Leize Sim
ons at that college.
Mrs Vester McFall. accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Ora. and her
son, Mr. John McFall, of Pickens,
are visiting the family of Mr. and
Mrs N D Lesesne, the latter being
Mrs McFall's sister.
We try to get up paper to in
terest all classes of our readers.
This issue is given largely to the
Farmers Union, for the benefit of
our numerous friends and patrons
who pursue that vocation.
Miss Pearl Montgomery, who has
been teaching at Holly Hill, Orange
burg county, is another of the fair
young school-ma'ams who will
brighten their home town during
the good old summer time"
B-Only eight applications have
been made so far for the fifty prizes
offered by the School Improvement
association. Can't some of our ru-
raj schools capture a few of these
prizes? 1t is worth the effort.
A party, comprising the following
members from town, spent the
weekend at the Atlantic Beach no.
tel on Sullivan's Island Mr. and Mrs
w N Jacobs, DR. C D Jacobs, Miss
Barbara Jacobs and Miss Banna
Wilkins.
Among the graduates in law at
the State University appears the
name of Mr. Philip Heller Arrow
smith of Kingstree. We congratu-
late our bright and diligent young
friend, who in one years time finish.
ed the law course and attained the
degree of Bachelor of Arts.
The finest vegetables we have seen
are from the garden of Mrs w H
MCGEE. She certainly knows how to
make things grow and her greatest
pleasure is dividing with her friends,
as we have ample reason to know.
Her beets beats" anything in town,
and beets are our long suit" in the
vegetable line.
Miss Eula Swami, Mrs Fannie
Swann's little daughter ten or twelve
years old, while riding behind
passing buggy Saturday afternoon,
slipped from the axle and the hind
wheel ran over her face, bruising it
considerably. No bones were broken,
however, and prompt treatment by
DR. Kelley soon made the little girl
comfortable.
MIR A H Williams of Lake City, a
member of the class Of IL at the
State University. Columbia, was jun
ior orator from the Euphradian So
ciety at the annual joint celebration
of the two societies last week. Mr.
Williams was also awarded a gold
medal for winning in the prelimina-
ry contest for the State oratorical
event at Greenwood.
Practical evidence of the growth
of Kingstree and the towns in
creased commercial Importance is
demonstrated by the fact that the
salary of Postmaster Jacobs has been
increased from 81, 500 to 81 800. ef-
fective July 1,proximo. 1t would be
surprising to most people to know
the volume of business transacted
through this office in single month.