The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-10-13

and Dr.. l.. b. johnson OF Henry were
noted in Kingstree yesterday.
j. D. O'BryGn spent several days IN
Jacksonville, Fla, on professional
business last week, returning Sunday.
Mrs. ]. w. Davis and her little son.
John William, Jr., returned to Kings
tree Friday night with Rev. John w.
Davis from Columbia.
Miss Elma Kinds, who is member
of the Timmonsville high school facul-
ty, spent the past weekend here with
her sister, Mrs. Belle G. Blakely.
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Mrs. Summey, nee Mrs. Elenor
Gregg McCabe, of Wilmington, N. c.,
spent several days here this week as
the guest of Mrs. w. C. Claiborne.
DR.. Henry N. Snider the very able
president of Wofford college, will
speak to the congregation at the Meth
odist church here Sunday morning at
II o'clock.
Mrs. M. A. Brockington left yester-
dav to visit her son, Mr.. Arthur Brock
ington, Esq, in Charleston. 1t is her
first visit in thirty years outside OF
Kingstree.
The Kingstree school is closed today
in order that pupils and faculty may
attend the Tri-County fair at An
drews. Today is williamsburg Day"
at the big fair.
DR.. and Mrs. T. S. Hemingway and
little son have returned from de-
lightful auto trip into the up-country'
where they spent some time with Mrs.
Heningway's relatives.
Mr.. E. E. King, Jr., who has been
connected with the Cash and Carry
grocery store here for some time, has
gone to Florence to assume the du-
ties of head clerk for the Consolidat-
ed Grocery Co.'S Store No. 1.
Mr.. Leroy Payne spent last week
end in Hartsville with his wife and
little daughter, who were visiting Mrs.
Pavne's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
ham. Mrs. Payne and little Miss
Francis returned to Kingstree with
Mr.. Payne Monday night.
Friday and Saturday about seventy
eight persons took the examination
held here for school teachers. OF the
number taking the examination, about
thirty were white ladies, the remain
ing forty-eight being colored people,
mostly women. The examination was
held in the courthouse under the su-
pervision of Superintendent Montgom-
cry.
The Hon. P. H. Stoll arrived here
Tuesday night from Washington. The
object of his homecoming so soon at
ter returning to his duties at tine
National Capitol is to be present at
the Tri-County Fair, Andrews, tomor-
row, when Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace will be present to deliver an
address. He will very probably be In
troduced by Mr.. Stoll.
County Agent Madison returned
here Saturday from trip to Peoria,
ILL.,, where he attended the National
hog show for two days. Returning
he stopped at Clemson college to at
tend the annual meeting of the South
Carolina county demonstration agents.
Mr.. Madison says he saw some won
derful hogs at the Peoria snow, some
that weighed as much cs eleven hun
dred pounds and are still mere pigs.
The Civic and Library association
held its regular October meeting IN
the Carnegie library building last
Thursday afternoon. The association
was disbanded during the summer
and this was the first meeting OF the
fall. The meeting was presided
over by the president, Mrs. T. E. Ar
rowsmith. The report of Miss Erck-
mann, librarian, showed an ever In
c~easing appreciation of the library
b. the people of the town.
We are at last enjoying a relief
from the long, hot summer, when
early in June the temperature ran up
to over one hundred degrees and con-
tinued in that zeigkborhood until
about the first of October. What is
greatly needed now is rain. Along
with an unusually hot summer, we
have also had very dry one and there
are still no prospects of rain, although
avnonfaI follow