The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-06-15
BUDGET OF NEWS
FROM LAKE CITY.
Alto RUNS WITHOUT GASOLINE
TANK..CUTTING ARRAY
PERSONAL MENTION.

spending some time here with the
father of the former. Mr. J j Morris.
Rev Morris has given up pastoral
work to take charge Of the Horny
Industrial school near Conway. he
will, we understand, be superinten-
dent of this school, succeeding Rev
EO Watson. Rev Morris's last
charge was some churches in the
lower part of Florence county. in
the Kingsburg section. Before en-
tering the conference regularly he
had taught several years and was
regarded as successful teacher and
a good disciplinarian.
Mr. Carl Cook returned last week
from the State University, where he
is taking course in law. He went
through the session just closed sue
cessfully and will graduate next year.
There was a cutting scrape at the
Deep River Lumber Co.'S negro quar-
ters Saturday night. One man sliced
another negro mans features. and
went away so swiftly that he has not
been heard of since.
1t is currently understood that
Mr. Dunham Singletary is much
gratifed with the action of the
trustees in the matter of selecting
teachers for another year.
One night last week there were SO
many strangers in town that con-
siderable difficulty was experienced
in securing rooms for those here at
and just after nightfall. and things
were so congested by the time train
80 arrived that it was announced at
that train that there were no rooms
to be had in town.
Mr. Jamie C Williams came home
Wednesday from the State Univers-
ity at Columbia a full-fledged attor-
ney.at-law. he having graduated and
been admitted in the supreme court.
He has not yet decided where ne
will locate.
Mr. Powell. president of the Deep
River Lumber Co, was here last
week from his home in Norfolk, Va.
He remained here two or three days.
1t is not supposed that Mr. r. E
Brown of Leo is kicking about the
cost of running an automobile on
account of the high price of gasoline.
He has car which appears to run
on a minimum quantity of gasoline.
We have it from reliable sources
that a few days ago while on his
way to Florence the gasoline tank.
without the knowledge of Mr. Brown,
dropped off as he was passing Mr.
Lewis McGee's place on the George
town road. The car sped on, with
Mr. Brown in blissful ignorance of
what had happened. and did not stop
until the cross roads opposite Ander-
sons Bridge had been passed.
distance of about five miles. He
then, on looking for the cause of
stopping. discovered the absence of
his tank, which was found five miles
down the road. Can this be beaten?
Five miles without even the gasoline
tank. And Mr. Brown uses no
printing" either.
Mr. Woodley, of Petersburg. Va,
was here the latter part of last week
to see his daughter. Mrs c D Rollins.
Mr. r F Joyner went to Columbia
Sunday to see his little boy who is
in hospital, where he was operated
upon. The boy is doing very well.
Crons ora ;r,proy;po conSidarahlv
The showers, of which We have had
several nice ones, are coming just
right to keep things growing. Of
course while the crops are growing
the grass is doing little of that
thing, too.
Mr. Jake Belger left Monday for
Hot Springs, Ark. to take the baths
for rheumatism, from which he has