The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-02-08
LETTER FROM CEDAR SWAMP.
Cold Plays Havoc with Vegeta-
aion.-LocaI and Religious Items.

blighting breath Of the blizzard
which swept at a rapid rate coming
! from a northwesterly course sent
the mercurr down to about II de-
grees above zero Saturday morning
and played havoc with the tender,
vulnerable plants. Sunday the ther-
mometer registered so about Hid.
day but Monday morning it dropped
to 1S, sounding the death knell to
tobacco plants that were up.and like
a grim reaper, laid low the verdant
fields of growing oats. However.
our tobacco planters. characterized
by industry and energy, have already
ordered seed and will replant this
week if obtained in time. Some OF
the oats are damaged badly. In 9TH
er places more favorably situated
there will be a good enough stand
without planting over.
Sunday will be "Go-to-Sunday-
school" day, and it is expected that
men, women and children will be
there, and, as some one has said, if
you don't go you will feel lonesome,
for everybody else will be there.
Come early and get seat.
We are sorry to hear of the illness
of Mr. and Mrs ] B Crooks little
son.
Mr. w w Burrows, familiarly
known as Billie" who moved to
Leo a good many years ago. visited
his brother, Mr. A B Burrows. last
week. He attended, while here, the
prayer meeting service and gave an
interesting talk, saying in part that
once in life he took no part in relig-
ious work, but felt he could not leave
the church without saying something
to point others to the Light Of the
world. This prayer meeting was or
ganized about six months ago and is
we'll attended every Wednesday ev-
Eening.
There is still another organized
cooperative effort among the young
er people in the Christian Endeavor
society, which meets every Sunday
at 7 p. m, when they have interest
ing Scripture readings, interspersed
with songs full of life. and short ex-
temporaneous talks by enthusiastic
leaders.
We are fortunate not to have
measles to interfere with our school
work-not even bad colds are prev
a'ent. 1t is here like other country
schools, some of the larger boys with
bright, active minds and healthy
bodies stop to to work on the farm
when they are not compelled to do
so, thereby depriving themselves OF
a golden opportunity. We under
stand from a few who 60 to see that
the school has an efficient corps of
teachers who diligently strive to aid
in deepening the convolutions of the
gray matter of those who have it,
and possess energy enough to work
for their own future welfare.
With all these and innumerable
other good things around US, is it
not strange, passingly strange, that
some people cultivate a pessimistlc
habit of viewing matters and profess
to believe that affairs are retrograd-
ing and rapidly flowing to the bad.
Some few weeks ago Mr. Joe Epps
and his sister, Mrs Beulah Chandler,
and her children moved from Geor-
gia here and are now domiciled at
her home in this neighborhood
where a hearty welcome is extended
them by the people of this COM
munity.
MIR Robt Snowden has returned
to resume his work with the New
York and Pennsylvania railroad as
engineer. with headquarters at Del
mar. Delaware.
The patrons of rural route No l
congratulate Mr. Jack Mccullough,
who stood first in the civil service
examination, and has secured the
position as mail carrier on his home
route. We are informed that this
route pays about one thousand and