The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-08-07
A VARIETY OF NEWS
FROM SCRANTON,
BUILDING STILL GOING ON---A
MARRIAGE--SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL NOTES.

Scranton, August 5:-Mr Frank
Sturgeon of Denmark visited rela'
tives in town last week.
Mr. and Mrs Geo Singletary of Flor.
ida visited relatives here last week.
| Messrs B B Myers and R L Lee,
two of our hustling merchants. went
to Charleston Sunday, returning
Monday evening.
The B B Myers Co have removed
their stock of goods into the brick
building recently completed for
their use.
When the store building of Mr. j
NJ Parker is completed, which will be
within the next two weeks, the build
ing on this corner will be finished.
This building has three departments.
DR. Pate's drug store and offices oc-
cupy the first floor. The next is al
so owned by DR. Pate and is occupied
by the B B Myers Co. The third is
owned by and will be occupied by Mr.
j M Parker.
According to reliable report there
will be livery stable built here in
the near future. The structure will
| be built of brick, not of wood,as was
! first contemplated. 1t will be sit
uated a short distance below DR.
Pate's drug store. This enterprise
is projected by Messrs Graham and
Myers, who have already received a
lot of Rock Hill buggies and a big
shipment of wagons, with other sup
plies to follow.
The school house is nearing COM
pletion, and the new Baptist church
is about ready to be turned over to
the congregation. With all this ac-
tual improvement and more under
way we must say: Watch Scranton
Grow"
Mrs Young and her daughter. Miss
Minnie, are visiting relatives at Olan-
ia and Shiloh.
Mr. w A Lavender of New Zion
was a welcome visitor in town last
Sunday, looking as jolly as ever.
MIR Jack Pate of North Augusta
visited his brother, DR. Pate, last week.
He was looking hearty and had on
the smile that won't come off,"
Mr. Harvey Parker, who has been
at Hendersonville, N c, has returned
home.
Mrs Geo A Cusaac was taken to
Charleston Saturday, where she en-
tered an infrmary. She has been
quite i'll for the past week and it
was decided best to take her to the
above stated place.
Mrs StanleyMatthews of Cowards.
who is i'll with an attack of ty phoid
fever, was taken to Florence in
firmary Thursday. DR. Pate reports
| it mild case and thinks the patient
will soon return home. We hope
these ladies will soon be we'll again.
| Mr. and Mrs L E Kennedy of An.
drews spent Sunday in town.
Arrived, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs W A Kennedy, fine baby girl.
Married, at the home of the bride,
near here, Sunday afternoon, August
3, by Rev Ben Oliver, Miss Tula Col
lins and Mr. Flemon Cause, the lat.
ter being a son of Rev w P Cause.
| There will be a Sunday-school pic
mic at New Zion church August %
We hope for fair weather and we'll
filled baskets.
Messrs w A Kennedy and Johnny
Weatherford went to Florence Sat
urday, returning the same day.
The following announcement wa
posted last week:
NOTICE.
!; An open air festival in Pine Grove
at the home of Mrs Nettie Cannon
} Lee, Scranton, S c, Friday. Angus
l, 1918, 7::30 p. m. to 10 p. m. Ligh
refreshments and lunch served ant
! amusements of various kinds offered
Proceeds to be used for furnishing
fund of the new Baptist church O
Scranton. Come and bring your
; truly" or some one else. Although
the weather seemed threatening as
merry groups of children played;
Then youths and maidens dreaming
stayed;
Oh, precious hours"
J vet things went on according II
the programme. Then the happy par
takers wended their way home. AL
voted it the most enjoyable socia
affair of the season. A neat sun
was realized.
Mrs P M Lee and children are Wis
iting relatives at Lake City.
DR. Robert Graham of Coward
passed through town Monday driv
ing a car.
Miss Olive Lavender is visiting