The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-09-05

( Rev T 5 McCheSney 1atAlly, con-
sisting of Mrs McChesney and three
children, arrived in town yesterday
and are installed in their new home
at the manse.
Miss Annie and Master Jas Jen-
kins left yesterday morning for
their home in South Boston, they
having been here the past two
months with their father, Mr. } S
Jenkins, the we'll known tobacco
buyer.
The Farmers & Merchants Bank
Lake City, will open a branch bank
ing house at Johnsonville on Tues
day, the 10th instant. This is an
enterprise that will doubtless prove
a great convenience to many pros
porous citizens of that section Of
Williamsburg.
Editor Wolfe. who has been i'll
since February, and only recently
returned from Greenville, where he
had been in a sanitorium, and as his
many friends hoped. much improv-
ed, grew worse on Sunday week, and
was taken to the Mcleod intirmary
at Florence Tuesday.
The Epworth League will hold a
special service at the Methodist
church Sunday night at 8 o'clock, at
which the installation of officers will
take place. An interesting pro-
gramme will be rendered, and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
There will be no regular preaching.
Mrs ] E Baker died at her home
about 5 miles west of Kingstree,
during parturition, Monday after
noon. She was 81 years of age and
leaves a husband and three small
children. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev w A Fairy and
interment made in Mount Vernon
cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
MrJE Green, whose place is sit
uated on Coleman read near Greely-
vile, informs US that he has finish
ed marketing his six-acre crop OF
tobacco and in totaling up the
amounts received for it, he finds
that the crop brought 81 ,463.OO. or
an average..of S243.S3 per acre. He
sold 1925 pounds of his crop at $50
per hundred.
MIR R Lee Hopper, the popular
euctioneer at GorrelPs Warehouse
left here quite sick yesterday morn
ing for his home at Winston-Salem,
NC. Mr. Hopper and his son, Cor
rell, went home Friday, where the
latter will start to school, Mr. Hop
per returning here Monday night.
Tuesday morning he was taken
quite sick and was attended by DR.
Scott. We hope to hear of his
speedy recovery, and to see him on
the tobacco market here next year.
The President of the South Caro-
lima Division U D G has succeeded
in getting the time for the bestoWal
of crosses of honor extended to De-
cember 20-Secession day. That
will be the last day that anyone will
be able to get a cross. Certificate
blanks will be furnished by Mr. H o
Britton or Mrs D C Scott to veter-
ans, widows of veterans who were
wives of veterans during the war,
and descendants of veterans. All
certificates must be handed to Mrs
Scott before October /:
In Charleston Sunday last was the
record breaker for heat so far this
year. At 2::30 in the afternoon the
thermometer registered 100 in the
shade, and fell only few degrees
during the night. This excessive
heat was also very perceptible in
Kingstree, and while we have no Of
fetal records of the heat during the
day, many persons expressed the
opinion that it was the hottest day
this summer" For the past ten
days the heat has been excessive
here, with very dry wealth er.
NEGRO MIJRnERER CAPTURED.