The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-10-19
LAKE CITY'S NEWSLETTER.
A Laudable Undertaking.-Death
of MIR. Moore-.To Wed Soon.

A carter ana a M McDduiel VI WA
were here last Friday. These gentle
men are very much interested IN
having Lynches river and Lynches
lake cleaned out for the purpose OF
preventing the disastrous results
arising from floods in these streams.
These streams are cnoked with logs,
brush and sandbars. 1t is said that
lumber companies have put into the
river thousands of logs, which,
sinking, log the stream to very
great degree. There is no question
that were these distractions re-
moved, the valleys of these streams
would not be overfowed to anything
| like the extent they are now flooded
whenever there are considerable
rains. And lowering the height Of
the waters in these streams will also
facilitate the draining of all the land
whose surface waters go into these
water courses.
Miss Claudia Johnson of Ridge
Springs is visiting Miss Mamie Green.
These young ladies were schoolmates
at Winthrop college.
MrD w Alderman, Jr, of Flor
ence was in town Sunday last.
DR. A H Williams went to Colum-
bia Monday night on business.
DR. and Mrs Jennings came down
from Bishopville Sunday and spent
the day in town.
Announcement has been made that
Mr. w M Severance, of this town,
and Miss Lillian Scarboro of Moul-
trie, Ga, will be married on Novem-
Der 80, at the First Baptist church,
Moultrie. Mr. Severance is cashier
of the Bank of Lake City and one OF
the finest young men ever reared IN
Lake City. His friends are congrat-
ulating him on all sides. These
Young folks met when Miss Scar.
boro visited her friend, Mrs Wesley
Singletary. several months ago.
Mr. B w Moore, who was general
lly better known as Mr. Warren
Moore, died at his home at Moore's
Cross Roads early Friday morning OF
last week. He had been in bad
health some time. but the illness
which swept him away was very
brief indeed only some hours. he
leaves his widow and nine children,
most of whom are grown. One
brother, j j Moore, also survives.
Burial was at the family burylng
ground near the home on Saturday
He was about sixty years of age. A
good citizen, active in school and
church and county affairs, his death
is a loss.
NICE MCGEE, a lumber man of
Sumter, was here some hours Tues
day afternoon on business. His mill
is near Coward.
DR. Judson C Moore, now of Car
Isle, S C, came down to his fathers
funeral Saturday, and is spending
some days with his mother and
brothers and sisters.
The friends of Judge" John A
Greenland his friends are all over
this county-will learn with keen
regret that he is seriously i'll, and
will hope for his recovery. he was
taken i'll Sunday.
Some people seem to think that
the reports upon the extent OF the
damage to crops by the flood and
the rains which followed, were ex-
aggerated, but such was not the.
case. As the crops are harvested
the loss becomes more and more ap-
parent. Cotton suffered worse. The
yield, we are satisfied, will not be
above fifteen per cent of a normal
crop. Lots of farmers are getting
four to five bales from forty acres.
Some are not doing that well. Eight
thousand bales were sold here last
year. 1t is not believed that more
than fifteen hundred bales will be
sold here this year. Cotton is bring
ing fine price. but what is that to
people who have no cotton to sell?
1t is no exaggeration to say that this
section is facing the most serious
situation it has been called upon to
meet in many years, if ever. From
now till the next harvest many will
live hard. if not in actual want.
Miss Epps, a missionary to the
people of Brazil, made an interest
ing talk at the Methodist church last
Sunday on her work and the people
among whom she is working.