The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-05-24
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Short Items Of Interest Cul.
led from Exchanges.

OuVAS ASNAAo VI AASSA WV SA
led from Exchanges.
The summer season on Sullivan's
Island will open next week.
Magnolia Heights (Florence) Bap-
tist church was opened for service
Sunday.
Columbia Woodmen of the World
will observe next Sunday as Memo
rial day.
Seven nurses will be graduated at
Roper Hospital training school Mon
day night.
The Seaboard Air Line has INSTALL
ed double daily service between Flor
ence and Poston.
Atlanta and Augusta, Ga. have
been selected ss sites for divisional
cantonment camps.
Bishop Collins Denny will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon at Carlisle
Fitting School, Bamberg. Sunday.
Rev Frank H Wardlaw. formerly
of Indiantown, has been installed as
pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian
church. York.
The children of Ridgeland public
school are cultivating 125 gardens.
These are in addition to the regular
family gardens.
MayorL DJennings of Sumter. who
has been critically i'll for seven weeks
with typhoid fever, is now con-
valescing rapidly.
The llth annual convention of
Commercial Travellers of the Carroll.
mas will be held in Columbia tomor-
row and Saturday.
The thirty.second annual conven-
ton of the Woman's Auxiliary to
the Board of Missions (EpiscopaD is
in session at Georgetown.
Capt True, Pullman conductor on
train 80. who was recently stricken
with paralysis at Lanes, is GONZALES
cling in Florence infrmary.
Jesse Ives, ,Sr, ,one of the oldest and
best known citizens of Florence, died
in that city Sunday, aged 80 years.
He was Confederate veteran.
Rev John Jeter Hurt, brother
of Rev w E Hurt and wellknown in
Kingstree, will preach the commence
ment sermon at Coker College Sunday.
Congressman Ragsdale has appoint
ed John C Bethea of Dillon to be his
private secretary, succeeding G w
Sligh, who has gone to the officers
training camp at Fl Myer. Virginia.
The Cannon Manufacturing Co.
the largest mill in York, has given
its employees bonus of 10 per cent
of their salaries. to contiflde for
four months.
The Southern Wholesale Lumber
company of Columbia has been char
tered, with q capital Of $50,000.
Lieutenant Governor A ] Bethea is
secretary and treasurer.
Branchville High school gave its
annual banquet Saturday night.
Among those responding to toasts
was Rev P B Ingram, late pastor of
Johnsonville M E church.
Commencement exercises of Lime
stone college, Gaffney, will begin to-
morrow and continue until the fol-
lowing Thursday. This is one Of the
oldest colleges in the State.
The Southern Baptist convention,
in session at New Orleans, has ap-
pealed to President Wilson and Con-
gress for absolute prohibition dur
ing the period of the war.
Commencement exercises of Chi
cora College for women will be held
Saturday. An address will be deliver
ed by Alan tombstone, Jr, brother
of Mrs George McCutchen.
Columbia high school baseball
team suffered it's first defeat of the
season Thursday, Florence being the
victor. Next day the tables were
turned, Columbia winning over Flor
ence.
One of the largest cotton sales
this year was made in Sumter few
days ago, when P G Bowman bought
IT'S bales from the Levi Mercantile
Co of Manning. paying 1913 cents
per pound.