The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-10-26

might, was dead. but its body wa
perfectly formed with two well de
veloped heads on one neck.
| We are pleased to learn that Hor
R H Kellahan. who recently under
went a serious operation at the Flor
ence infrmary last week. is getting
along as we'll as could be expected
Mr. Kellahan is receiving the very
best attention, and we hope soon tt
see his familiar figure on our street:
again.
Among those of our citizens at
tending the State fair at Colum bis
are: Senator E C Epps. DR. W '
Brockington, Messrs j N Hammet
D ] Epps.T E Baggett,W T Wilkins
F w Fairey, H H King, Thomas Me-
Cutchen,P o Arrowsmith, w o Cam.
lin. Misses Amanda Edwards, Bessie
Harper. Fannie Epps. Carrie Scott
and Lula Brockinton.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Kingstree Home Demonstration
club was held at the demonstra0on
office on the 18th inst. 1t was de-
cided to have small exhibit in Miss
| Amanda Edwards Demonstration
department at the county fair. The
president, Miss Maude Logan, and
the vice president, Mrs R K Wallace,
will assist Miss Edwards in the en-
deavor to make the proposed exhibit
a creditable one.
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Presbyterian church met
Wednesday of last week. The sub
ject for study was Korea. The
business programme was conducted
by the president of the society, Mrs
Sue Erwin, and the treasurer. Mrs W
T Wilkins. The devotional exercises
were led by Miss Maude Logan, the
society's foreign missions secretary.
Instructive selections were read by
Mesdames M H Plowden and Hugh
McCutchen.
We have received communica-
ton relative to the organization of
Millions Literary society,", signed
by Miss Joe Bessie McElveen. The
letter is without date and does not
give the school with which the So
ciety is connected. We are always
glad to receive reports from schools
and publish, cheerfully anything
concerning their work. but we ex-
pect and require such reports to be
dated, give definite information and
bear the signature of the writer.
The home of Mr. P B Thorn, on
Brooks street was discovered to be
on fire about 10 o'clock Sunday
morning, and the building, a frame
structure, was barely saved by the
prompt and efficient work of the To-
cal fire department. When the fire.
men reached the burning building
flames had already burned large
hole in the roof. Considerable dam
age was done by water as we'll as by
fire, and it is believed that had the
alarm been given twenty minutes
later, the entire structure would
have been in flames and a total loss.
Every man, boy and girl in Will
liamsburg county having in posses
sion any mechanical device of his or
her own get-up is requested to send
the same to the county fair for ex-
hibition, beginning Wednesday, No
vember s. Such devices may not be
mentioned in the catalogue or pre-
MUM list, but they will add materi-
ally to the success of the fair from
an educational point of view. In
other words, you may have some
simple little device tu assist you in
some part of your work that a fellow
citizen in another section of the
county had never thought of. By
showing it at the fair yoa may rem
der him or her a service.
We published in our issue last
week an announcement of the death
ofMrs B B Steele of Summerville.
whose untimely demise left a be-
reayed household, six little girls and
one little boy. Just two weeks to the
day after his mothers death little
"B B, Jr," was called to join her.
He was strong. bright. promising
little fellow and the hope of his fa-
theirs heart. His sickness was only
from Friday till Sunday, and his
death was unexpected. His uncles,
|.Dr M D Nesmith and Mr. L E Ne
smith of Lake City and MIR W E Ne
smith of Kingstree, attended the fu-