The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-03-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| STATE and GENERAL
TOPICS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~

A recruiting station for the q S
army has been opened at Florence.
Freeland Ward of Darlington was
accidentally killed at a saw mill near
Lamar last Thursday afternoon.
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Jess Willard, champion heavyweight
of the WORLD, easily outpointed Frank
Moran in q ten.round bout at New
York Saturday.
Recent dispatches from Balti-
more, where former Lieut. Governor
Chas A Smith has been critically i'll
at the Johns Hopkins hospital. re-
port his condition improved.
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The famous Magnolia Gardens,
near Charleston, were opened to the
public Saturday. A new steam yacht
has been secured and two trips are
made each week day and one every
Sunday.
A meeting of the business and pro-
fessional men of Florence was held
Thursday to discuss plans for a new
chamber of commerce in that city.
Among the speakers was j D Gil
land. Esq.
Mrs Halle Carey Chase, wife of
Jerome P Chase. Florence, died at
her home in that city Friday morn
ing of last week. Mrs Chase was
72 years of age and was a native of
Clarendon county. She was a most
estimable lady.
Archdeacon Percy c Webber.D D,
the most eminent Episcopal clergy
man in the United States, officiated
in St Johns church, Florence, Sum-
day, preaching two magnificent SER
mons to large congregations, which
included several Kingstree persons.
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Rev DR. John G Law, one of the
oldest and most highly honored Pres
byterian ministers in the State. died
at Walhalla yesterday, in the 77th
year of his age. He had been 46
years in the ministry, Is of which
were spent as pastor at Darlington.
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One of the Americ an army's most
serious problems in hunting Villa
was solved yesterday when President
Carranza granted permission to use
the Mexican Northwestern railroad
in pursuit of the bandit. 1t is prob
able that the expedition will start
today.
An "Old Time Fiddlers' conven-
tion" was held at Gaffney last week.
Prizes aggregating $1,000 were
given to contestants. Old time fid-
ding, banjo picking and d ancing
made up the programme which was
witnessed by the largest crowd ever
assembled in the Star theater.
The State department at Wash
ington is using every effort to de-
termine whether or not Germany is
engaging in a submarine campaign
regardless of the rights of Ameri-
cans travelling on merchant ships of
belligerent nationality. 1t is con-
ceded that the situation is very Sc
rious one.
Senator Tillman's bill providing
for the erection or purchase by the
Government of an armor plate fac
tory at cost not to exceed SILL
900, 900 was passed by the Senate
last week by vote of 5S to %.
The passage of the measure in the
House is practically assured when it
comes up for consideration, probably
this week.
XXX
A third grandchild, girl, has
been born to President Wilson. The
child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Francis Bowes Sayre of Williams
town, Mass, and was born in the
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Sun
day morning. The child, it is said.
will be named Eleanor Axon Sayre,
after her grandmother, the first
Mrs Wilson.
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Cary Mckenzie, of Dillon county,
the champion boy corn grower OF
the State last year, was presented a
medal last Friday by Governor Man.
ming at the banquet rendered the
prize winners in the Jefferson Hotel.
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