The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-05-25
The Wittee Graded school, ,Suttons.

ed the large audience presen! ahu
showed the good taste and efficiency
of the principal. Miss Ruth Hinnar;
MIR H Van Epps. e'.:ed fried
of The County Record pnid Guy
sanctun a pleasant visit while ~
town Tuesday. Mr. Epps is LIKE
Citian now. but he has never lost III
terest in Kingstree, the community
of his birth.
The closing exercises of Heine-
mann Graded school, Miss Mary
Daggett, teacher, will take place to-
morrow night. and an interesting
programme has been prepared for
the occasion. The address of the
evening will be delivered by Hon P
H Stoll.
Bible school at the First Baptist
church Sunday at 9:45 a. m. No
preaching at II a. m, congregation
will attend commencement exercises
at school auditorium. Evening wor-
ship at $50 p. m. A cordial invita-
ton is extended the public to all
services.
Mr. Cary Pool, a young farmer
employed on Mr. Hugh McCutchen's
place in the Indiantown section, was
taken to a Florence infirmary Mon
day afternoon for an operation for
appendicitis. DR. C D Jacobs accom-
panied the patient. who is reported
to be getting along as we'll as can be
expected.
Students of the Kingstree High
and Graded school have been busy
during the week with their final ex-
aminations. Commencement exer.
cises will begin tomorrow night with
the annual celebration by the Wee
Nee Literary society. A full pro-
gramme of events will be found in
this paper.
Farmers throughout this section
have been made to feel more cheer
full by the recent nice rains, which
have caused cotton and other crops
to put on a more promising appear
ance. Corn is looking especially well,
considering the season, and in some
instances cotton seed that, it was
feared, had rotted in the ground, has
come up nicely.
Mr. Chas H Singleton, the contrac-
tor, has a large force Of hands at
work now on the several new build
ings he has under way, including
those of Hon R H Kellahan on Acad.
emy street, DrsW G Gamble on West
Main street and the Slverman store
house on East Main street. When
completed, these buildings will add
materially to the appearance OF the
town.
MIR E J Hester. one of the best
known and best posted tobacco men
that come to Kingstree, arrived here
last week from Lexington, Ky. He
will leave tomorrow for his home in
North Carolina, where he will spend
a few weeks. with his family before
returning here for the tobacco sea-
son. He will be connected with
Messrs Epps, Mcintosh & Burgess in
the management of Nelson's ware.
house this summer.
Mr. Ira A Calhoun, district agent
of the Southeastern Life Insurance
Co, purely South Carolina corpora.
ton, with headquarters at Green.
vile, handed US a statement showing
that his company wrote during the
year 1915 policies in this State ag.
gregating the sum of 81, ,168. .844,
which amount is exceeded only by
one company, and is in excess of the
combined business written by four
teen other life insurance companies
doing business in this State. The
Southeastern is comparatively new
company.
DR. Louis G Beall, assistant medical
director of the Southern Life and
Trust company of Greensboro, N c,
spent Thursday, May 18.at the office
of DR. E T Kelley consulting with
and offering health suggestions to the
policyholders of the Greensboro
company. The Southern Life 4
Trust company. it is said. engages
quite extensively IN health conserv'
alton work among its policyholders,
and DR. Beall makes periodical visits
to the various towns in that compa'
ny's territory.
Today marks an epochal event in
the life Of the Kingstree telephone
! company. For some time the Off
cars of the comnany have been en-.