The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-09

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| CESt Amand, Esq. Messrs L {
Rodgers, M B Thomas and Charles
Scudder of Kingstree, Misses Eunice
and Helen Kennedy of Lake City
and Mr. and Mrs Ell Montgomery OF
Cowards spent the weekend at
Charleston and the Isle of Palms.
The first bale of cotton reported
to US as ginned in Williamsburg this
season was that of John Wesley
Shaw,a colored farmer residing near
Kingstree. The bale was ginned by
Mr. John M Nexsen and weighed 555
pounds. 1t was purchased by Mr.
Nexsen at 10c the pound.
We are requested to state that
the Indiantown consolidated school
will open its 1856 session Thurs
day, September 16, at o3'clock p. m.
All pupils are urged to be present
on the opening day. Appropriate
exercises will mark the opening, and
all patrons of the school are espe-
cially invited to be present.
We are pleased to announce that
Miss Leah B Nachman, former cor
respondent for The County Record
at Lake City. has returned to her
home there after an extended ab.
sence. A news letter from her will
be found in this paper, and we hope
to have her as regular contributor
again, for some time at least.
Mrs L M Gates of Burlington, N
C, and Miss Lois Gates of Philadel-
phia, mother and sister of Mr. L Roy
Gates, arrived in Kingstree Wednes-
day evening of last week. Mrs Gates
is still the guest of her son, but Miss
Lois left Monday on her return to
Philadelphia, where she is connected
with one of the large hospitals of
that city.
Mrs S A Riser, mother of Mrs Le-
Roy Lee and Mrs J W Swittenberg,
who has been in feeble health for
some time at Dyson, was brought to
Kingstree Monday by her son, DR. L
A Riser, and is now at the home of
Mrs Swittenberg. Mrs Riser stood
the trip nicely, we are informed. and
is getting along as well as could be
expected.
Mrs L D Burgess sent US sweet
potato last week that must have
been the Kaiser" William of the
patch. 1t weighed four pounds and
was symmetrically formed in an OBJ
long shape. 1t was just the thing
for a good sweet potato pie, as at
this season tomatoes ana other gar
den truck have sizzled down to okra
and butter beans.
Quite a number of citizens from
the lower part of the county gath
cred here Tuesday either as witness
es or principals in case set for trial
before Magistrate T P Fillmore of
Cades. The complaints in the case
were for assault and battery and
disturbing religious worship at re-
cent "holy rollers" meeting at Earls.
Through the good Offices of Sheriff
Graham, hoWever,a compromise was
brought about between the parties
concerned and Magistrate Fillmore
was relieved of a tedious sitting.
Miss Mamie McLees. former su-
pervising teacher of rural schools in
Williamsburg county, but now of
Dillon, where she is employed in a
like capacity, spent the weekend
in Kingstree, the guest of Mrs w F
Tolley. Miss McLees has many
friends in Kingstree and Williams
burg who regret that she is no long
er connected with the educational
work of this county, but will be
| pleased to know that she is pleasant
ly located in a nearby county en-
gagged in similar work to that which
she carried on so successfully during
her two years service here.
Drug Store Changes Hands.
Dr n r. Scott has sold ont his