The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-05-14

father dong as we'll as couiu "e
expected.
The first shipment of beans from
Kingstree this season was made by
Mr. Fred Harper Monday. The
shipment netted him $500 per crate.
In a few days Mr. Harper expects tc
ship carload of beans.
In this issue, C E St Amand, Esq,
who has been for some months asso-
ciated with the law firm of Leroy
Lee, Esq, announces that he has
opened Offices in the Hirsch building
for the general practice of law.
Mrs W B Gregg of Florence stop
ped over in Kingstree last week to
visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs W>P
McGill. Mrs Gregg was on her way
to visit her sister. Mrs D E Brad
ham, at Newberry. Fla, and her
brother, Mr. w P McGill, Jr, at Tren-
ton, Fla.
The high school baseball teams of
Kingstree and Greelyville played one
of the most closely contested games of
the season on the latter's grounds Fri
day afternoon. Eleven innings were
required to finish the game. which
resulted in a score of 4 to 3 in favor
of Greelyville.
Last week the Kingstree Electric
Light and Ice company purchased a
pair of fine mules for use in the de-
livery of ice this summer. One OF
the mules died few hours after
reaching here, having been driven
over from Sumter. The company
will replace him in time for the zee
season.
We are indebted to the courtesy
of Misses Mary and Margaret Gra-
ham, of this county, for an invitation
to the commencement exercises of
Chicora College, Greenville, which
will take plac May 1919. Both of
these young l4dies are members of
the graduating class, which includes
twenty-six members.
Thursday of last week Mr. L d
Gamble of Black River presented US
with a fine string of beautiful Dream
and red-breast fresh from the Wee
Nee. Il was the prettiest string OF
fish we have seen in a long time and
to say that we are sincerely grateful
to our friend but feebly expresses
our grateful appreciation of his
thoughtful kindness.
The faculty and graduating class
of the Tomlinson graded school,
colored, have issued attractive in
vitations to their sixth annual COM
mencement exercises which will
take place at Mt Zion M E church,
May Is to 18. There are seven to
be graduated, viz: Ella Cockfeld.
Annie General, Iva Hanna, Selma E
Fulton, Silva Little, Annie A Strong
and Ruth l Salters.
The following members of the
Kingstree Reel team are requested
to meet at the engine house every
afternoon, except Saturday for prac-
tice: Messrs Harry Riff, Cecil Jacobs.
Littleton Dennis. James Vause, Vir-
Oil Kinder, H E Parham, Thomas
McCutchen, Woodrow Gamble, Alex
Blakeley, Harry Britton, S A "ru-
luck, Fielder McGill and Mcbride
McFadden. 1t will take practice to
win at the tournament in June, 70
turn out and practice.
We were mighty pleasantly sur
prised early yesterday morning
when on responding to a knock at
the door our kind and thoughtful
friend, Poor Conrad, handed US a
mess of fish for breakfast. They
were fine and fresh, just out of the
water, in fact, and still fluttering.
Talk about your mountain rainbow
trout, we will put Black river
perch, Dream and red-breast against
them any time and give odds on the
decision of an impartial epicure.
The faculty and graduating class
of the Kingstree High school are
sending out invitations to heir COM
mencement exercises to be held May
22-25. The class of 1914 consists
of ten members, as follows: Jennie
Lee Epps, Emma Maria Brockinton,
Olive Gertrude Benton. J Earle
Cook, Jamie Louise Epps. Tyson
limo Fulton. Pauline Erwin Gordon,
Mcbride Scott McFadden, Minnie
Cleora Strong and Rrbic Logan
Thorn. The class officers are: En-
ma Brockinton, president; Olive
Benton, vice president; Mcbride Nc
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