The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-05-06
The county delegation met here
ast Thursday and heard the charges

The county delegatlOn met mere
last Thursday and heard the charges
preferred against Mr. w P Thomp-
son, rural policeman at Trio, and
recommended that he be suspended.
Mr.. Mercy Gasque, rural policeman
for the Cades section. rendered his
resignation and the Sheriff was au-
thorized by the delegation to accept
the same. No appointments were
made to fill these vacancies.
Another heavy rain and hail storm
visited this community Tuesday
about 1::3O p. m. Some of the stones
were as large as hens eggs. For
tunately, though, the bulk of them
were much smaller and the damage
wrought to growing truck was not
so extensive as on April Fl. The
storm Tuesday, however, seems to
have been more general over the
State and in many sections consider
able damage to fruit and growing
crops is reported.
Ashton Williams was down from
Washington several days recently
looking after the opening of his law
office. He is having the rooms over
the Bank of Lake City fitted up. W
L Bass, pleasantly remembered by so
many, will return from Florida, where
he has been practicing law for the
past four or five years, and will be
associated with Mr. Williams under
the firm name of Bass & Williams.
This will add another strong team to
Lake City's legal orce.-Lake Cty
NeacS.
The officers of the Kirgstree Base
ball association are highly gratifed
over the success they are meeting
with in the way of obtaining sub
scriptions. Already nearly S50O.O0
has been subscribed and a good
baseball team for Kingstree is prac-
tically assured. The president of
the association. P H Stoll, Esq, IL
forms us that he has already receiv-
ed a number of applications from
good amateur players offering their
services. 1t is proposed by the
officers of the association to have
their team organized and ready to
play ball by July l.
Mrs M L Baggett, the well-known
proprietress of the New Hotel Bag
gett at Lanes. celebrated her fifty
fourth birthday last Sunday. The
occasion was marked by one of the
most elaborate feasts that, perhaps,
has ever taken place within the con-
fines of this widely known little
junction on the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad. About thirty relatives
and invited guests sat down to a
table d. hote dinner in the dining
room of the hotel. 1t was an ele-
giant spread and all whose privilege
it was to partake of the repast will
long recall this natal day celebra-
ton with pleasure and heartily wish
their hostess many others.
Mr. A G Trenholm, engineer of
the Home Telephone Co at George
town, was in Kingstree last week
looking over the local company's
plant preparatory to making several
changes in the system, the most i'm
portant of which will be, perhaps,
the placing of all telephone wires in
the main section of town into un-
derground cables. There will be in
all about 1000 feet of lead cable of
various dimensions put down, which
will extend from the company's new
home on south Academy street to
the corner of Brooks street, from
this point down Brooks street to the
railroad; and from Harper's shop on
East Main street to the corner OF
Jail street on West Main street.
This new system will enable the To-
cal company to give its subscribers
in the cable district a metallic service
instead of q grounded service as at
present, and will also do away with
all telephone poles and overhead
wires in the district.