The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-06-08
REVIEW Of The week
At LAKE CITY.
BEANS BRING FANCY PRICES
CHuDREN'S DAY OBSERVED--A
$500 FIRE. NO INSURANCE.

DIV was in Manning the early part OF
.She week.
Mr. ] ] Harris. who has the con-
tract for erecting the building for
the Farmers Bank of Olanta, started
work this week.
The prices of vegetables are hold
ing up remarkably well. This is es-
pecially true as to beans, of which
it may be truly said that a good
crop this year is equal to a gold
mine. Of course, the growers are
bewailing the short crop. due to the
excessive lack of moisture, but they
should remember that it is the short
crop that makes the prices high.
Only three or four or five car loads
are shipped a day. This seems
rather small when compared with
former years, yet if account be
taken that at present prices each car
represents $3.50 to $1,000, results
are not so small. Almost invariably
early vegetables bring fancy prices
at the beginning of the season, but
as rule by June l the market gets
so low that shipments from this Sec
ton cease altogether. This season,
however, prices have prevailed high
all along, and even this week our
shippers have sold solid cars as high
$3.50 to $500 per basket. Cucum-
bers are doing we'll in prices, but
the drought is killing the plants.
Last Sunday Rev W B Boney ten
dered his resignation as pastor of
the Lake City Baptist church. the
resignation to take effect September
l. The resignation was accepted.
No cause was assigned for the step,
further than that it was taken upon
mature deliberation. 1t is not
known where Mr. Boney will 20.
WI Bass, Esq, is in attendance
upon the supreme court in Cclum-
bia this week.
Last Sunday was given over to
the children at the Methodist church,
it being the "Children's Day" of
the Sunday-school. The exercises
consisted of songs, recitations, etc,
BY the children of the school, and
an acquitted themselves nicely and
rendered the exercises very enjoy
ably. At the close, Rev Mr. Derrick,
the pastor, made good talk. The
church was splendidly decorated and
the attendance was all that could be
accommodated in the building.
Up to a few months ago wrecks
on the Atlantic Coast Line were
very rare. A passenger on one of
its trains was as safe as at home.
Now, however, a change seems to
be going on. Wrecks are becoming
frequent, and more and more fire.
uuent each week. What is the trou-
bic? Is it the lure Of the big divi-
dend? Are the faithful employees
being driven out by cheaper men?
Or is it all due to a feeling Of i'm
munity from punishment at the
hands of the courts and juries?
Rev L F Aston, the pastor of the
African Methodist church in this
town, was arrested Friday on war
rant issued in Georgetown, where he
was taken Saturday, he having failed
to secure bail here. The charge is
breach of trust. We understand that
it is claimed that he appropriated to
his own use church funds put into
his hands for other purposes, but
further particulars have not been
learned. This preacher has been hav-
ing considerable trouble with his
church here for several weeks, and
the matter seems far from being
ended.
The residence of Mr. William JOY
ner. near Liberty church on Lynch's
river, was burned Saturday after
noon. 1t seems to have been another
case of defective stove fiue, as no
other cause for the fire has been dis
offo~