The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-08-09
LOCAL, ]
NEWS
MIN Sauls of Lake City R F D


Misses Florrie Jacobs and Claudia
Jones are at Asheville, N G.
Mrs E C Epps and children are
spending some time at Myrtle Beach.
Mr. A j Ragin of Eastover was in
town this week meeting old friends.
Mr. and Mrs H ] McFadden of
Cades spent Monday with Mrs A M
Ried.
Mrs A M Mcknight is visiting her
daughter, Mrs F X Graham, at Bam-
berg.
Miss Sallie Naomi Hanna of Lake
City is spending this week with Mrs
A M Ried.
Mr. and Mrs w H Welch and chill
dren are visiting at their home IN
North Carolina.
Messrs r W Lewis of Timmons-
vile and H E Parham of Latta were
in town this week.
Scholarship and entrance examin-
ations for the Citadel will be held at
the court house tomorrow.
Miss Mary Lee Swami and Mrs W
w Holiday returned Friday from a
pleasant visit to Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs w M Vause left this
week for a visit to their daughter,
Mrs F E Gibson, at Greenyille.
Misses Virginia Hutchinson of
Florence and Mary Lee Holiday of
Lanes are visiting Mr. and Mrs W W
Holiday.
Mrs W P Gregg AMI children, who
have been visiting MIR w P McGill.
returned to their home in Florence
Wednesday.
Born, Saturday morning. August
4. to Rev and Mrs p S McChesney,
a daughter. Mother and babe get
ting along nicely.
Misses Lille and Erline Mcintosh,
and Miss Gladys Epps, are visiting
Mrs E G Floyd. sisters of the Misses
Mcintosh, at Fairmount, N G.
S M Shaw. a colored farmer three
miles from town.ha the misfortune
to lose by fire yesterday afternoon
his barn Of tobacco, worth probably
s225.
MIR E E King has purchased the
,Gnterest of Mr. S B McGill in the
King Hardware Co. Mr. ] Wesley
Cook is now employed there as book
keeper.
The Board of County Commission
ers has elected the following cotton
weighers: William B Gamble. Kings
tree; T E Allen. Greelyville: and il
McFadden, Cades.
Mr. and Mrs Hugh McCutchen
have returned from Raleigh, N c.
where the former underwent an op-
GRAFTON. We are pleased to learn
that he is much benefited.
Miss Mary Sue Mcknight. who
has been attending Winthrop sum-
mer school. returned home last week
after spending a few days with Miss
Margaret Turner of Columbia.
Mrs F K Graham and sons, Harry
Allen and F K, Jr. have returned to
their home at Bamberg after spend
ing a month with the formers par
ents, MIR and Mrs A M Mcknight.
LII Cromer is spending a few
days with relatives and friends in
Laurens county.-W S Cromer of
Greensboro spent a few days this
week with his brother, L H Cromer.
Dillon Herald.
Mr. Joseph R Walker will officiate
at the Episcopal church here Sunday
at II a. m. and at Boyd school at 5
p. m. There will be no night service
here. as MrsWalker will spend next
week at his home in Beaufort.
Many of our farmers are making
most commendable use of the good
prices for produce by discharging
their obligations prior to maturity.
The banks report that notes due
months ahead are being taken up.
Mr. Chas H Singleton is the proud
possessor of a Lexington" the lat
est and one of the handsomest me-
dunn priced cars to find a market in
this county. Mr. Claude ] Thompson
is the local agent for the "Lexing-
ton," and has, within the past ten
days, sold several of them.
Examinations of the men drawn
in this county in accordance with
the selective draft act will begin at
the office of the local board next