The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-29
Thursday, March 20. 1917
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Events Throughout the Stale
and Elsewhere.

SllO mas NOleu SoV,Voo Uoiio 10
sue for school purposes.
Anderson held its first music fes-
tivai last week. 1t was very enjoy.
able.
Sarah Bernhardt, the famous ac-
tress, is spending short stay in
Charleston.
Horrs county field day exercises
will be held at Conway tomorrow
and Saturday.
By a vote of 17l3 to l22 Carries
ton has decided to buy the Goose
Creek water plant.
Albert L Noise. native of Sum-
ter, has been appointed customs ap-
praiser at Philadelphia.
DR. A Riser is delivering lectures
on sanitation in the rural schools of
Sumter county this week.
Twenty.nine Yale men have gone
to West Palm Beach, Fla, for six
weeks training in aviation.
A census of Hartsville just COM
pleted gives the town a population of
3,269, against 1866 in 1910.
Charles Estes, aged SO years. died
in Augusta, Ga, Saturday. He had
been an Odd Fellow since 1848.
Rev J E Mahaffey...a former pas
tor of Kingstree Methodist church,
is writing book, "Inside-Out."
NO Pyles, for thirty-two years
postmaster for the Legislature. died
in Columbia last week, aged 55 years.
Ell Pendergass. a brother of Mrs
Louis Stackley, has anEounced his
candidacy for Commissioner of Flor
ence.
RIM Lucas uf McColl has bought
a tract of 700 acres near Orange
burg upon which he will raise cattle
for market.
About 1000 delegates are attend
ing the fifth annual convention of
the South Carolina federation of
Wesley Bible classes in session at
Columbia.
DA Harris, a Catawba Indian. will
be tried for wife murder at the ap-
preaching term of the court of gen.
eral sessions at York, Judge Shipp
pres iding.
Sergeant j R Mcdonnell, a men,
ber of the French aviation corps, was
killed in battle last week. He was
native of Raleigh, N C. and about 80
years of age.
Last week Schwartz Bros Of Sum.
ter sold to P G Bowman, local
buyer, ,6l2 bales of cotton. held since
1914, at 19 cents fiat, total of
about $50. 900.
Geo w Smith, ,Sr, one of the oldest
citizens of Mullins, died last week,
aged almost 81. He had been a
member of the Methodist church
more than IS years.
Louis Guiou of Lugoff. vice pres
ident of the Columbia Farm Loan
bank, was one one of the speakers at
the livestock exposition in Whining
ton. N C. yesterday.
Secretary of the Treasury w g
McAdoo and Mrs McAdoo, VIII" is
daughter of President Wilson. are
visiting Dr. and Mrs Isaac E Emer-
son at Arcadia, near Georgetown.
Honor members of the naval acad-
emy class at Annapolis, Md, were
graduated today, two months ahead
of scheduled time, because of the
immediate need of officers for navy
ships.
DR. A L Baskin, who for two years
has conducted a modern meal and
grist mill at Florence. has added a
-four mill with a capacity of so bar,
rels per day. 1t will soon be in oper-
alton, it is hoped.
DR. w w Long. State director of
extension work, was in Georgetown
Tuesday to confer with the chamber
of commerce in regard to the erec-
ton of factory to make starch out
Of sweet potatoes.
The Sumter soldier boys just re-
turned from service on the Mexican
border were given a royal banquet
in that city few days ago. Among
the speakers were Senator RID Epps
and Hon w l. McCutchen.
Ground was broken at Washing
ton Monday for the erection OF the
new Representative Methodist Epis-
copal church, South. to which the
Methodists of sixteen Southern
States have contributed. The build.
mo- will be of Georgia marble and