The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-07-16
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS
FROM LAKE CITY.
A FISH STORY--TOBACCO SEA-
SON ON--SOCIAL AFFAIRS--A
POPULAR SUMNER RESORT.

stantial pillar of the Methodist
church. vino quotes two pulpit
dominies as accessories after the
fact? The narrator, Mr. D NJ Epps,
is corroborated by Rev J w Ariall, OF
this place, and Rev R S Truesdale of
Charleston.
Last Wednesday, 8th inst, party
of seven gentlemen, inexperienced
in Sea-fshing, left the Custom House
wharf at Charleston aboard launch
for the purpose of trying their SKILL;
after they were out only two hours
the amateur fishermen took an in
ventory Of their stock and found
that they had hauled in 269 of the
finny tribe, $50 of which were viii
ting, IS were of several varieties
unknown to Mr. Epps, while there
were four sharks averaging in
weight from twelve to fifteen pounds
and measuring three to three and a
half feet long. Mr. Epps tells this
tale in good faith and asks your
scribe to believe it or not as she sees
fit, but. coupled with the fact that
both he and Rev Mr. Truesdale suf-
fered intensely from nal de mer,
may not that probably be the reason
of the unusually large catch?
Despite the hot weather for the
past two weeks, there has been no
end of social activities during your
correspondents absence, and the
town is still literally overfowing
with pretty girls, guests from vari-
Gus parts of the State and neighbor-
ing States. Among the large num-
Der are: Miss Grimsley of Florence,
visiting Miss Elizabeth Jones; Miss
Price of Tampa, Fla, the guest of
Miss Winnie Carter; Miss Pearl Mar
Gus of Kingstree, the guest of Miss
Mollie Nachman; Miss Hinnant of
Suttons, visiting her cousin, Miss
Beulah Hinnant; two sisters of Mrs
w M Mishoe and a large number of
others, who have just arrived.
The informal dance Thursday
evening, given by the young men
complimentary to the visiting young
ladies, was enjoyed by the following
young people: Chaperons were. MIR
and Mrs P H Arrowsmith and Mr.
and Mrs M Sturgeon. Jr; Misses
Guerry Green, Marian McFaddin
and Pearl Marcus of Kingstree,
Mary Gayle Robertson of Columbia,
Lucille Jeffords of Florence, Florrie
Langston of Darlington and Eloise
Sturgeon, Bert Timmons and Leah
Nachman nf Lake City; Messrs
Montgomery, Green. Meyer, Van
Keuren, and Kirk of Kingstree;
Jeffords of Florence; Langston of
Darlington; J C Williams, J o and S
C Green and Lee Flowers of Lake
City and Mr. A R Shultz of Louis
vile, KY.
Mrs Geo C Haselton has returned
from a pleasant visit to relatives at
Camden. g.
DR. w S Lynch and Mr. R B Can
non of Scranton motored over yes
terday afternoon, having come on
business.
Mr. R C Johnson, formerly with
the A C L railroad company as
freight clerk at this place, has ac-
cepted the position of assistant clerk
in the local postoffice.
Among the tobacco warehouse
men, buyers, officemen and assist
ants already on the market pre-
paratory for the approaching sea-
son are: Messrs Glenn and Glenn
and Joyce of Stoneville, N c. of
Glenn and Joyce tobacco warehouse;
Mr. A R Shultz of Louisville, KY.
who will again act in the capacity
Of book-keeper for the Holloway
Bowen Co, together with MIR J M
Sturgeon, Jr, of this place; Mr. D NJ
Finch, formerly withMr NIX Gravely,
will serve as auctioneer for this
also. Among Col Halls
this season are: Mr. E L ,
Lewis as one of the book-keepers,
Mr. Hutchinson as auctioneer, Messrs
Rob Singletarv and S c Carter as
assistants at the steam plant. Mr.
force has not arrived yet.
Besides Mr. Forbes and the ware
there are no buyers on
the market yet. The formal open
ing of the tobacco markets will be
next Wednesday, July %, which is
about ten days later than the usual
date, on account of the lateness of
the crop, which is a result of the
severe spring all over the State.
Several loads of the weed have al
ready been brought to market and
sold, bringing fairly good prices,
MeSSrs D 0 and H L Hancock hav-
in0 hrouJht in the first loads