The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
SCRANTON SKETCHES.
Baseball Game.--lmprovements
NOted..Pers0nal Mention.

is moving goodg into his new drug
store which is nearly completed.
This "ink-slinger" had the pleas
ure of spending the fourth at Gree
lyville and there met many friends
and acquaintance made while resid-
ing there in 1909. Having not been
there in two years, l found this vii
liage still on the boom. building brick
stores, etc.
also went to Trio visiting rela-
tives and friends. and found decided
improvements, there having been
built a Woodmen hall, depot and a
school house which looks nearly like
a university building compared with
the one this son studied in a few
years ago. But this is not all | saw
for there were large fields of waving
corn, so green that it looks like a
cloud rising" as the farmers would
say in boasting of his corn field.
Some of this corn is growing where
a few years ago the landlord would
not listen to the share-cropper speak
ing of planting corn, except few
acres, saying that the cotton seed
made on an acre could buy the corn
made on an acre. The tune has
changed. Now broad fields are plant
ed, more corn raised, hence more
hogs; raise your bacon at home.
also noticed buildings going up
at Lanes, yet no correspondent to
The Record. Come on with a line
every once in a while" instruct
the readers and help the paper.
MIR Charlie Smith, DR. w S Lynch's
drug clerk has resigned his position
and Mr. RichardMatthews has accept
ed the position and entered upon his
duties Monday. Mr. Matthews is well
known here, he having mixed drugs
for DR. Lynch from quite lad; he
attended college, passed the board
and has been engaged at his profess
sion in other towns since, and now
he comes back home again, to which
we heartily welcome him. He will
move his family here soon.
Last Saturday the Scranton boys
went to Cades and played the Cades
team game of base ball, bringing
home the laurels, the score standing:
Scranton 29, Cades 8. The Scranton
players were given dinner by the
Cades boys at the hotel. There was
some roofing" but none of our
players were rooted off till the train
came to bring them home.
Mr. F O Spring was taken quite i'll
/ Friday night but is out again, we are
glad to report.
Mrs P NJ Lee and children OF
Georgetown are visiting relatives in
town.
Mr. Olin Byrd of Ebeneezer came
over and spent the fourth with rela-
tives, returning Monday.
Miss Mecca Benton spent few
days in town with relatives and
friends, returning to Lake City Mon.
day.
Mr. B Cannon returned last night
from Atlanta, where he has spent
several days visiting his wife and lit.
tie daughter, Nell. Mrs Cannon is
keeping Nell there in the interest OF
her health. She is getting on nicely,
Mr. Olin Welch of Cades spent Sun.
day in town with relatives.
Mr. Willie Willoughby, one of our
live boys, left this morning for Che.
raw to take a position as telegraph
operator.
Mrs P S Wall is visiting relatives
at Hartsville.
Among others who took in the
GLORIOUS fourth" at Darlington
were: Mr. and Mrs ] N Myers, Jr,
Mr. w A Myers and Miss Olive Law
ender, Messrs Amos Parrot and Sam
P Kirby.
Mr. ] G Sirgletary will conduct DR.
Pate's drug store and has gone into