The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-11
BUDGET OF NEWS FROM
OUR SCRANTON SCRIBE
AMATEUR PLAY PRESENTED.
EXTRACTS FROM SOLDIER
BOYS LETTER.


received, applause being generous.
Between the last two acts Tom
Riodan" delighted the "house" with
a humerously absurd serio-comic Sc
lection entitled, MAN and the Mos
quito" getting hand"
Hon w S Lynch spent Sunday
here with his family. A bill intro
duced in the House by nr Lynch, pro-
viding for five trustees for Cowards
school district, has received second
reading.
Rev ] B Prosser filled his appoint
ment at the Methodist church here
Sunday morning, preaching strong
and impressive sermon.
Rev N B Sturgeon of Monck's
Corner preached an interesting SER
mon to an attentive congregation
Sunday evening at the Baptist church
here.
Mr. N H May attended as a dele
gate the Sunday-school convention
at Florence last week and gave a
most interesting account of the
meeting to the Methodist Sunday
| school Sunday morning.
The Sardis basketball team play
ed the Scranton school team here
Friday on the court at the school
house. The score stood: Sardis II,
Scranton IL. A large crowd wit
messed the game.
Mr. Archie C Wall, who joined the
army short time ago, writes some
interesting dope" on life in bar
racks at Columbus. Ohio. 1t may
prove interesting to quote in part
from his letters. In a letter dated
January "a, 1915, he writes that he
has joined the army. mot the Coast
Artillery, as most of the boys from
here have done) for four years and
is one of the boys" 1T is the
only place in the world for the
young man," says he, and he is we'll
pleased so far. He goes on to say:
1T is showing here and the snow is
several inches deep on the level.
We sleep in hunks. There are $50
in the room | am in. We have
plenty of cover and the hunks are
very comfortable. Every boy is his
own housekeeper, making up his
own bed. sweeping his floor, shovel
ing snow and doing anything which
comes to hand.
1--WE have fine Sergeant, and he
treats US we'll. He has allowed US
to 60 up town once since my arrival.
The ground is covered with white
mantle and it is "a degrees below
zero. Gee, whiz! 1t is cold. My
ears nearly freeze off. But guess l
will soon get used to it.
I'VE get plenty to eat and the
menu varies daily. / am struck on
our uniforms; they are so warm.
I'VE are just killing time, loung-
ing around on our hunks today (Sun-
day) and time passes slowly. We
retire at 9 o'clock p. m. and rise at
six in the morning"
Judging from his letter it seems
that bath tubs are not allowed to
rust on account OF lack or use.
He says: I'VE take three baths a
week and change clothing. have
been to the movies once. Tell all
the boys to come to the army"
Mr. Wall inquiries as to the trend
of affairs at home and would appre-
ciate a letter from any of his friends.
This scribe has mailed two home pa
pers to him, but he has not received
them yet. Wonder who is the news
censor? His address is Ret Archie
C Wall, 26 company, Columbus Bar
racks, Columbus, Ohio
He expresses best wishes for the
home basketball team, and remem-
bers his school-mates and teachers
in letter dated February 4, and
says: Il am still getting on fine and
l;,,;nor b;rb - uora ba 6aSori he's tha