Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-12-18
McBEE NEWS ITEMS
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Rev. w. A. Beckham will preach
at Union Methodist church next Sun
day at II o'clock a. m, and at He
bron church in the afternoon at $50
o'clock.
Mrs. ]. S. Steen and children and
Mr.. Muldrow Steen spent Tuesday In
Hartsville.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church held its December
meeting Monday afternoon. A mis-
sionary society, in connection Win
the Aid Society. was organized. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Mrs. II. R. Mcleod; vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. A. A. Bolin; treasurer, Miss
Ann Sowell; corresponding and re-
cording secretary, Mrs. F. W. Vetoe.
Thieves broke into six Or seven box
cars here last Monday night and rob-
bed them of a quantity of merchan-
disc. Parties who discovered the
theft on Tuesday morning tracked the
thieves some distance, but lost the
trail Judging by the tracks leading
from the cars, there were three per-
sons that committed the robbery.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Williamson spent
Sunday in Darlington with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Kerr and Lew
is Lawrence spent Tuesday in Col
umbia.
Mrs. B. II. Turnage and Miss Tur-
mage spent Wednesday in Hartsville
shopping.
Mrs. J. H. Lawrence and son, Leigh,
will leave Friday night for Atlanta to
visit her parents.
Mrs. T. w. Vetoe spent Tuesday
in Hartsville shopping.
Mr. Clarence Douglass is spending
several days in town, visiting MIR. w.
L. Mccoy.
Mr.. Bynum Triplett visited friends
in town Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. Raley has returned home
after a visit to Cassatt.
Mr.. E. A. Marshall spent Tuesday in
Hartsville.
DR.. Norwood, of Bethune, was
in town Tuesday.
We regret to state that the con-
dition Of Rev. ]. T. Grant, who has
been very ill for some time at the
Bolin hotel, is not mech better. Miss
Lee, the trained nurse, who was with
him for several days, returned to
Columbia on Sunday morning, but
another nurse was telegraphed for
that afternoon, as Mr.. Grants con-
dition seemed to grow worse.
Mr. Wayne King, of the Ashland
section, was in town Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. 4. Rutleage and little son.
Of Heath Spring, and Mrs. Gurtha
Gardner, of Hartsville, spent Sunday
and Sunday night with their mother,
Mrs. r. j. Bolin, and family.
Mr.. Henderson Watkins, of the Buff
falo section, above Bethune, spent a
few days here the past week with his
son, MIR. J. H. Watkins.
Misses Elliott Hardy and Agnes
Evans, teachers in the graded school
here. accompanied by Mr. John Ev-
ans, attended the teachers meeting
at Cheraw last Saturday.
Mr.. B. P. Blackwell, Of Route l.
was in town Saturday morning.
Prof. H. w. Smith, of Plains, pass
ed through town Friday evening for
Cheraw to attend the teachers meet
ing there on Saturday
Mrs. L. Y. Holly was carried to
the hospital at Columbia last Sat-
urday night for an operation. She
was accompanied by her husband and
DR.. H. n. King.
Mr.. L. A. McNair, of Cheraw, spent
Sunday with his family here. Mrs.
McNair and little girl left yesterday
to spend the holidays with her moth
er at Carthage, n. c.
Mrs. G. D. Carter and children spent
last week with relatives near Carters-
vile.
Mr.. Melton Parr and family, OF
Columbia, are spending the holidays
in town with relatives.