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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922
Several weeks ago in speaking of
the transfer of Tom Poston to the
penitentiary by Sheriff Gamble, The
Record stated that he was accompanied
by Messrs. L. D. Rodgers and
S. W. Mcintosh as deputies. As our
sheriff is doing everything he can to
conduct the office he holds on an
economic basis, The Record wishes its
readers to understand that these gentlemen
were not summoned as paid
deputies for this purpose. They each
had business in the capitol city and
took advantage of the opportunity to
accompany Sheriff Gamble on this
particular mission, and would doubtless
i>een of service to him as deputies,
had their service been required.
Some of the less thoughtless readers
of The County Record have taken
this as an occasion to criticise Sheriff
Gamble for hiring additional deputies
for this occasion, thereby incur,
ring additional expense to the county.
We wish it understood that this is
not the case and that in this particular
instance the sheriff was only following
his economic trend.
Lanes News Notes.
Laiies, Feb. 20.?H. E. Davis, Esq.,
spent Saturday here with his aunt,
Mrs. J. C. Graham.
x Mr. Marion Montgomery of Kings
, tree, was in Lanes Friday on business.
The Parent-Teachers association
held its regular meeting Friday in
the school auditorium. ,
The oyster supper given here last
week by the ladies of the Baptist
church was a big success.
Mr3. S. G. McDonald, who has
been quite ill, is up now.
Mrs. Ed. Parker was quite indisposed
last week. We are glad to note
that she is out again.
Rev. R. H. Ratchford 01 Greely file,
was noted in Lanes Friday.
Mr. T. E. Baggett and family spent
Sunday here with his brother, Mr.
F. li. Baggett.
Mr J. W. Chandler was in Charleston
Friday on business.
Mrs. Marie Salters has accepted a
position with McGill Bros., in Kingstree.
We wish her much success in
her work.
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Gamble motored
tiirough Lanes Sunday.
Mr. J. C. Davis of Salters, was noted
in town Saturday.
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Mother and Children Burned to Death.
Aiken, Feb. 21.?Mrs. C. E. Monts,
her two sons and a baby girl were
burned to death, and Mr. Monts was
probably fatally buned in a fire which
destroyed their home here early this
morning.
The fire, which wr.s discovered
shortly after midnight, made such
rapid headway that it was impossible
to rescue Mrs. Monts and the
children. The fire was first discovered
when flames burst from the second
storv windows and when the fire
bells failed to give the alarm neighbors
fired pistols and guns to attract
attention. The first person to arrive
on the scene found Mr. Monts in an
unconscious condition in the lower
hall of the house, where he had apparently
been overcome while trying
to rescue the children, as the bodies
were seen in this section of the burning
building. Mrs. Mcnts was apparently
trying to make her way
downstairs with the little girl when
overcome.
Mr. Monts was badly burned about
the face and hands, and is thought
to be in a serious condition. He is
in the hospital here. Mr. Monts has
been agent here for the Southern
Railway for twenty years and is held
in high esteem by the citizens of
Aiken. It is not known how the fire
started.
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See me before buying sack rice
or barrel flour, or anything in the
grocery line. L. S. Weinberg.
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CHRISTENSEN QUITS
CHARMANSH1P
BEAUFORT SENATOR MAKES
STATEMENT DEFINING HIS POSITION
ON TAX PROGRAM.
Declaring that "business has won
in the state senate against agriculture
in a crisis when agriculture is
in desperate straits" and that he finds
himself out of accord with a majority
of the senate, Senator Neils Christenserf,
of Beaufort, for eight years
chairman of the finance committee
of the senate, Monday night tendered
his resignation as chairman of
that committee. The senate first extended
the senator from Beaufort a
ui animous rising vote of confidence
and a few minutes later by a unanimous
rising vote refused to accept
the resignation, although the senator
insisted that it be accepted.
A unanimous rising vote of con
fidence was extended on mouon oi
Senator Duncan, while the acceptance
of the resignation was refused on
motion of Senator Alan Johnstone,
who in a lengthy speech paid a beautiful
tribute to the senator from
Beaufort. Senators Watkins, of Anderson,
and Duncan, of Union, also
paid high tribute to the chairman
of the finance committee.
The senate Tuesday accepted the
resignation of Mr. Christensen as
chairman of the finance committee
and elected Senator H. H. Gross of
Dorchester to succeed him as the
leader of the most important senate
committee. Senator Gross was the
second ranking member of the committee.
Miss Mary E. Graham Passed Away.
Miss Mary E. Graham died February
10, 1922, in the forty-sixth year
of her age.
1 Her life was that of a true Chrfs|
tian. She was ever ready to respond
to the needs of others regardless of
any sacrifice on her part.
She was true to her church and
a sincere Sunday school teacher, serv1
ii:g for a number of years until health
failed her about six years ago. She
has spent the most of her time since
then in the Hospital until taken with
pneumonia, which caused ner aeam.
She was sick only a short time before
death claimed her.
The funeral services were conducted
on Sunday morning February 12, by
Kcv. J. R. Johnson at Bethesda church,
who very impressively told of her
useful life.
The large number present on this
sad occasion and the beautiful floral
tribute spoke of the high esteem in
> which she was held.
As the casket was being conveyed
from the church to the cemetary, the
choir softly sang Rock of Ages. She
was laid to rest by the 3ide of her
father.
Mrs. W. B. Cox.
Indiantown Items.
On Thursday afternoon, February
16, a closely contested basket ball
game was played between the Hemingway
"League" team and the Indiantown
"Scrub" team. The score
was 28 to 26 in favor of Indiantown.
We are expecting to play Johnsonville
next Thursday, and are hoping that
luck will be with us again.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Prltchett and
daughter are visiting Rev. W. R.
Pritchett and family. Rev. Prltchett
has gotten up a shad fry near Skinner's
Ferry on Tuesday night in
honor of his brother.
A community club meeting was
held in the Indiantown high school
auditorium on Friday night, February
17. There were about forty people
piesent.
Henry Bartell is home from Carolina
on a visit to his parents. He
brings foot ball honors with him.
The Christian Endeavors are looking
forward to an address by Mr.
Dendy, Field Secretary of Christian
Endeavor. He will speak in the
Indiantown Presbyterian church at
7*30 p. m., Wednesday evening, Feb- 1
ruary 22. X
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A Plea For Dad.
He may wear a last year's straw
hat; his fingernails may need manicuring;
his vest may hang a little
loose, and his pants may bag at the
knees; his face may show signs of a
second day's growth, and the tin dinner
bucket he carries may be full of
dents and doughnuts; but don't call
him old man. He's your father.
For years and years he has been
rustling around to get things together.
Never once has he failed to
do the right thing by you. He thinks
his son the greatest boy on earth,
bar none, even though the son plasters
his hair back, wears smart clothes,
smokes cigarettes and falls to bring
home a cent. He is the man who
won the love and life partnership of
the greatest woman on earth?your
mother.
He is "some man," not "the old
man." If you win as good a wife as
h* did, you will have to go some.
?Wisconsin Apprentice.
The General was escorted about
the town by a committee of tw;o,
(Epps), a member of one of the
laigest Methodist clans in the town,
and (Nexsen), a suburbanite of large
pioportions. These citizens took their
guest out to see the only elevation
of any importance in the county
(Montgomery), roads to which had
been laid off by a surveyoi (McCullough).
They also led him down to
sec picturesque stream of the Wee
Nee. It was after a long summer
drought,^nd the water was very low.
"Why," exclaimed the General, "(Alsbiook)
and no river."
He was banqueted at the Hotel j
MOTHER'S club entertains FATHers
(Kellahan) on sumptuous roods procured
from (Weinberg's) grocery
, store, and bearing the Royal Scarlet
Mothers Clab Entertains Fathers. 1
Seldom in the social annals of
Kingstree has there been a more delightful
affair than the Valentine's
party given by the Mother's club in
honor of the fathers on Friday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Lee. Attractive valentine invitations
were sent out by the club
to all the members and their hus-1
hands, as well as to several talented
guests who were asked to assist in
adding to the evening's pleasure. The i
hostesses for the evening were Mesdames
J. W. Swittenberg and W. I.
Nexsen, but these ladies, like Martha
of old, were cumbered with much
serving, and therefore the more pleasant
duties of entertaining were relegated
to other members of the club.
The guests were met in the hall
by Mr. and Mrs. Lee and Mr. and
Mis. L. H. VanKeuren. Ren hearts
cf various sizes were everywhere to
be seen and on the inside curtain of
the front door was pinncu a huge
heart, in which each guest was asked
to pin an arrow, after being blindfolded.
This contest was in charge
of Mesdames E. T. Kelley and C. J.
Aisbrook. Mrs. Luther Mcintosh and
Mrs. R. K. Wallace came nearest to
reaching the desired spot marked in
the center of the heart and after
cutting for the honor, the prize, a
valentine box of candy, wss won by
Mrs. Mcintosh, while the booby, a
tiny red heart, went to Mr. James
Epps, Jr.
Mrs. Louis Gilland, Mrs. A. C.
Swails andvMrs. J. D. Britton were
the committee in charge of the evening's
entertainment, and had prepared
a contest, entitled "A Romance of
Kingstree," the blanks m which were
to be filled in with names of members
on the roll of the club and those
o? the guests invited for the evening.
Ii; order to divide the assembly into
pairs for the contests, hearts, cut in
half, and numbered were given out.
Each gentleman found the lady who
bore the other half of his heart with
the same number as his, and took her
for his partner. The contest read
as follows:
Romance of Kingstree.
In the year 1732, a (Boddie) of
brave pioneers soiled down Black
river, and settled on a majestic bluff.
They called the new town King's Tree.
The band was led by a valiant Scotchiron,
(Wallace), a descendant of the
famous chieftain. There was also in
the company a nobleman from Holland,
one (VanKeuren) by name, who
vras now more humbly occupied in
dispensing drugs to the populace; and
at least one (Britton) from the King's
own country, whose business it was
to keep accurate records of his Majesty's
grants of land to the colonists.
There was also ? number of
(Welch) people, wno were already
endeavoring to form an insurance
company to protect what little the
colonists possessed in worldly goods.
There were Germans too, chief among
whom was (Swittenberg), who early
established in the town a school and
(Kinder) garten. When they began
to (Pierce) their way through the
forests and (Thorn) bushes to make
their homes, they found many red
men but no (Brown) ones. Against
the Indians they fought many wars,
using as their battle cry "(Godwin)
for us!" When peace had at last
been established, a (Holliday) was declared
by Mayor (Gilland), a talka-i
tive man, who at one time had electioneered
his way into that office.
All was as peaceful as the Garden
of Eden, the women were enterprising
as Eves, and the men were as
willing to let them bear the brunt
as the (Adams) of old. A Presbyterian
church was early established,
the pastor being a fair young Divine
named (Davis). The choir was led
by a Scotch lassie, Miss (Crockett).
Some of the Indians became so friendk
that thev taught the bovs to make
Indian arrows, and two of the lads
became so proficient in the art that
they were each given the title of
(Arrowsmith). Among the people of
the town was a prosperous (Burgess)
cf large holdings in the Bethel section,
who fondly addressed all women
a? "(Deery)." A young Baptist
pastor of the town, (Hawkins) called
in his recently arrived brother (Inabinet),
and suggested that the man be
reprimanded for his familiarity.
Accordingly, the citizen was waited
on by a squared-jawed Baptist by
the name of (Swails), and a lean
Presbyterian (Claiborne), a hardware
highwayman. He was told his manners
must improve, or he would be
forcibly removed, with a (Derrick) if
necessary. He asserted that he had
one friend in town who would stick
by him and asked "Has anyone seen
(Kelley) ?"
In later years the town was once
visited by General (Lee). He was
met at (Brockington), a nearby flag
station, by two Scotch brothers, a
slim one and a fat one (Mcintosh) by
name, the fat one having the presumption
to try and sell the General
stock in a thriving tobacco warehouse,
while the lean one assumed
that it would be to his advantage
to invest any surplus capital with
the lean Presbyterian of hardware I
fame.
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At the conclusion of the contest it
was found that nine couples had succeeded
in getting every name right
and the nine men were asked to draw
for the prize. They were Messrs
Gilland, Lee, Britton, Inabinet, Holliday,
W. K. Mcintosh, Swittenberg,
James Epps and Boddie. Mr. Holliday
drew the lucky straw and was
awarded with a red heart box of bonbons
which he presented^) his partner,
Mrs. L. S. WeSnberg. Mr.
Luther Mcintosh was awarded with
the booby prize, a tiny valentine box
of candy.
Mcsdames E. C. Epps and W. K.
Mcintosh were in charge of the pleasant
task of ushering the guests into
supper. There were three tables
of sixteen each served during the
evening. Mrs. Swittenberg and Mrs.
Nexsen were assisted in the dining
room by Mesdames E. C. Burgess,
T. E. Arrow3mith and W. C. Claiborne.
A delightful menu, consisting of
turkey with dressing, rice and gravy,
cranberry sauce, pickles, green peas,
sweet potatoes with ralsms and
marshmallows, cake and' coffee, was
served in charming style on a snowy
table decorated with red hearts.
The pleasure of the evening was
a/I/Ia/1 fA k?r fliA nrAOAViiiA
?i cau/ auucu w *jj miv [/i?9v?iw wi
Mr. D. L. Pierce, who sang songs of
every type, accompanied by Mrs.
Weinberg. Mr. Pierce was also persuaded
to tell a few jokes, in his own
inimicable style.
This was the third of these open
meetings given by the Mother's club
for their better halves and was voted
by many to be the pleasantest one
yet. The social side of life in Kingstree
receives very little attention
from most of the inhabitants past
the first blush of youth, and the Mother's
club is accomplishing much in
bringing so many men and women
together in a social way at least twice
a year.
Those who attended the party were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Welch, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Britton, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Boddie, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Arrcwsmith,
Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. EL C. Burgess, Mr. and
Mrs. Weinberg, Mr. and Mrs. Swittcnberg,
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mcintosh,
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Mcintosh,
Mr. and Mrs. James Epps, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. EL 0. Epps, Mr. and Mrs.
C J. Alsbrook, Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
VanKeuren, Mrs. W. C. Claiborne,
Mr. and Mrs. Holliday, Mr. and Mrs.
Ioabinet, Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. A. C.
Swails, Mr. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Gilland, Mr. R. K. Wallace and
Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Kelley.
Mrs. Louis W. Gilland,
Publicity Chairman.
See me before buying sack rice
or barrel flour, or anything in the
grocery line. L. S. Weinberg.
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