The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-06-05

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Scott received
a telegram Friday from their son,
Lieut.. C. NJ. Scott, announcing his
safe arrival back in the states.
The Presbyterian church will be
dedicated Sunday morning. The Rev.
S. P. McChesney of Anderson will be
present and preach the dedicatory
sermon.
Misses Anderson and Trotti, with
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Carr, motored
to Columbia on Tuesday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carr expect to 60 to Glenn
Springs from Columbia.
Miss Marian McFadden leaves on
Friday morning for Murrels Inlet
where she is to visit Miss Edna
Beatty of Georgetown. Miss Beatty is
giving a house party at her summer
home at the Inlet.
After a week of warm, dry wealth
er a delightful rainfall during all
day Yesterday freshened up the gar
dens and relieved the townspeople
of swallowing lot of dust for a
time, at least.
Mr.. F. W. Fairey and Miss Lizzie
Heap We're summoned to Branchville
last Friday on account of the criti-
cal illness of their mother. Mr.. Fai-
rey returned Sunday, Miss Lizzie
remaining with her mother.
Mr.. A. C. Swails received a mes
sage from his brother, Sergt Fur
man D. Swails, stating that he was
ION his way" Sergt. Swails has been
in France with the medical detach-
ment of the 534 Engineers since
August.
Among the large list of graduates
OF Worford College, Spartanburg
this week, we note the name of j.
Maulden Lesessne, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. D. Lesesne of this place. The
Record is indebted to this young
gentleman for an invitation to the
commencement exercises of his class.
]. H. Epps, for a number of years
past Kingstree's chief of police, ten
dered his resignation and gave up
the duties of the office last Saturday,
May 81. The police force is now COM
posed of S. H. DuBose, day; and
Alene Matthews, night. Mr.. Epps ex-
poets to open a fresh meat market
here soon.
DR.. E. T. Kelley expects to leave
in a few days for Rochester, N. Y.
where he goes to attend special lee
lures on medical and surgical work.
He will be away from Kingstree
about thirty days, during which time
Drs. Harper and Montgomery will
have charge of the hospital and take
care of DR.. .Kelley's practice.
One evening last week, a number
of children playing in the back yard
at the home of Mrs. L. P. Kinder,
ran into one of old Adams tempters,
which proved to be of the rattler
species. Little Genevieve Kinder step
ped on it before it was discovered.
The snake, which was killed, meas
ured about 8 feet and had four rat
ties and button.
Miss Retha Burgess, popular sales
lady at the store of the Kingstree
Dry Goods Co., will leave today for
Savannah, Ca, where she will spend
a fortnight visiting relatives. Miss
Reuha is starting out to enjoy well
earned vacation. She is going to try
to forget all about ribbons and laces,
voiles, lawns and lingeries for the
next thirty days. Her friends hope
she succeeds
At the annual meeting of the
Georgetown chapter D. A. RS, at
Georgetown last Friday, Miss Annie
W. Tolley of this place was unani-
mously elected by the chapter to the
position of matron of the Industrial
school for young girls, an institution
maintained by the D. A. R., organi-
zation. Miss Tolley expects to enter
upon the duties of the position about
September l.
Last Thursday about midnight the
large barn located on Hampton ave-
nue., near the residence of Mr.. L. G.
Montgomery was destroyed by fire
of unknown origin. The building
was used as a cotton storage house
by Mr.. Ed. Brockington and about
80 bales of his cotton was burned, or
badly damaged, also his Ford car
and other minor things stored in the
building. His cotton was insured.
Among the graduates of the Char