The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-11-01
HEMINGWAY HAPPENINGS.
Halloween Party for Benefit of the Red
Cross Society.-Personal Mention.

Halloween Party for Benefit of the Red
Cross Society--Personal Mention.
Hemingway, October 29:-Messrs
Charlie Creel. G B Ingram, P A In
gram. Carlisle Campbell and DR. H
L Baker attended the State fair in
Columbia last week.
MrRB Smith of Georgetown is
visiting relatives near here.
DR. Boyd Baker of Fork is visiting
at the home of his brother, DR. H L
Baker.
MIDI Wilson of Oaks attended
the Halloween box party given here
last Friday night.
MrRN Speigner and Miss Elise
Rollins represented the Hemingway
High school at the teachers meet
ing in Kingstree last Saturday.
Mrs Julia Brown and daughter,
Miss Alberta, and Mr. and Mrs Ollie
Brown spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs Ed Hemingway.
Miss Sallie Cox, of the Vox section,
has been visiting at the home OF her
brother, Mr. George Cox.
Messrs julie Springs and Joe Doyle
from Georgetown spent two days
here last week.
Mrs Edmunds, who has been WIS.,
iting her mother. Mrs N M Venters,
returned to her home in Savannah,
Ga. last week. She was accompani-
ed as far as Kingstree by Mrs
Venters.
Mrs A G Eaddy of Johnsonville
visited her sister. Mrs George Cox,
last week.
DrLG Day and Mr. Charlie Creel
scent Sunday at Fork.
Miss Alberta Flowers has return
ed from Columbia, where she has
been visiting her sister at College
place.
Had a stranger seen the many
ghostly and masked figures on the
streets of Hemingway last Friday
night, he would certainly have
thought that he had been transport
ed into the land of spooks and COB
lins. but such was not the case. The
ghosts and goblins in evidence were
only patriotic men, women and chill
dren making their way 70 the school
house for the Halloween box. party
given for the benefit of the Red
Cross. As the crowd assembled at
the main entrance, they were met
by ghostly figures. who escorted
them to huge cauldron in the hall
where they enjoyed witch's dance
by Misses Rollins, Toole and Speigner.
A number of the crowd who had al
ready gotten into the true Hallow-
cen spirit. joined in. The cauldron
was presided over by Miss Leila Bur-
ney, who, disguised as witch, STIR
red the burning alcohol and sang in
wierd strains for the amusement of
the crowd.
Our attention was next attracted
to the entrance of the witches cave
where black cats. bats and witches
abounded on a white background,
adding to the "spooky" atmosphere
of the evening. The feelings which
were aroused by trip through that
land of horrors are indescribable. 1t
was with feeling of relief that We
came back to the more cheerful
abode of the masked figures in vari-
Gus costumes, and were allowed 20
visit witch's tent of corn stalks.
where we paid dime to draw from
her pie. which contained many pretty
and useful articles.
From booth in front of the au-
ditorium Mr. Kenneth Creel, the
clown of the evening, called the boys
to buy the boxes while the girls
waited in breathless suspense in the
hall until their number was called.
Hot chocolate was served with the
boxes and it was indeed jolly par
ty that assembled in the auditorium
to enjoy the refreshments.
On leaving tine auditorium. we
mounted the stairs to the landing
where we visited the fortune telling
tent of Madame Fora. On our way
down stairs we were peered at by
Jack O'Lanterns. skeleton heads and