The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 04, 1910, Page THREE, Image 3
COUNTY GOOD ROADS
LEAGUE 0R6ANIZED.
RESULT OF COLUMBIA RECORD'S
RALLY HIRE-GOVERNMENT TO
SEND EXPERT IN OCTOBER.
On Thursday. July 28. in the
L A L ? ?-vJ -ao/IC antkn.
| COUrt noust- >fwu maus tuun.
' siasts present enjoyed a rare treat
in the address of Mr D H Winslow,
the United States Government road
expert. Mr Winslow is one of a
party touring the State in automobiles
uader the auspices of the Co A
lumbia Daiiy Record to try to quicken
sentiment looking to better roads
and drainage.
The meeting was called to -order
at 12 o'clock m by Capt J A Kelley,
who was appointed to represent
Williamsburg county as a member
of the executive committee of the
Good Roads and Drainage League of
South Carolina, which organization
was formed in Charleston on July
12. Owing to the fact that the good
reads meeting preceded the State
campaign meeting only one day, the
attendance upon the former was not
so large as it might or should have
been, but they kept aiming in and
the three score or mwe present listened
attentively and with profound
interest to the intelligent discussion
of a subject whose vital importance
is second to none that confronts the
constructive statesmanship of otir
country today. The audience included
the young iady student-teachers
from tne summer school, who
seemed deeply absorbed in the discussion
and whose presence elicited
expressions of appreciation from all
the speakers.
After a few fitbiig introductory
remarks Capt Kelley presented Mr
C W Moorman, representing the
Daily Record, who made a short
talk on the* subject of good roads,
explaining how the movement was
being taken up all over the State,
stressing the progress already made
and citing a few points of advantage
L of the rallies held in their county-tocounty
expedition. Mr Winslow
KM was next introduced and held the
attention of the audience for about
^Kone hour on the subject of good highways,
how to build them and keep
\ them in good order. He explained
l the useful device known as the
"split-log drag" and exhibited a
model of this simple but effective
aid to road construction. Mr Wins
low drove home many of his points
with appropriate joke*, wfiich also
relieved the tedium of his.instructive
lecture. *
Next week we shall endeavor to
reproduce the substance of Mr
Winslow's remarks and also give
his directions how to construct the
"split-log drag," according to the
most approved model, which lack of
space precludes publishing in this
issue.
Congressman Ellerbe, who was
present at the meeting, followed
Mr Winsiow with a short speech
germane to the subject and grew
quite elo( uent in his remarks touching
the necessity and usefulness of
good high-ways. He expressed in
strong terms his hearty desire at all
times to co-operate with the people
of the dis trict and render his assistance
in every possible way.
At the conclusion of Mr Ellerbe's
speech Solicitor Stoll moved that a
vote of thanks be offered to the
speakers, and it was so ordered.
Capt Kelley moved that a Good
Roads League be organized in this
county, which motion was carried.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, J A Kelley; vice president
J F Cooper; secretary and
treasurer. A C Hinds! These officers,
it was understood, were to
have power to appoint an executive
committee of one member from evety
township in the county. A motion
was carried to adopt the constitution
of the State League, with
such changes as might be deemed
necessary, and a committee of four
members, Messrs LeRov Lee, P H
* Jstoll, J N Hammet and J G McCutchen,
was appointed to look into
the matter and report back to the
officers of the league.
The meeting tnen adjourned subject
to call of the president.
Mr Wiuslow promised Capt Kelley
I
i that with the co-operation of Con!
pressmen Ellerbe he would have the J
Government send an expert in road
'demonstration work hereabout next
i October to build a modern high-wav f
leading out from town in any di- c
: rection.one mile in length. t
KILLED ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY. (
1
Saturday Night John Pendergrass
Slew Hezekiah Harrison. ^
! Hezekiah Harrison was shot and 2
fatally wpunded by John Pender- 0
| gTass Saturday nightabout 8 o'clock, j,
i The encounter took place on the j
' public road three miles east of town. v
The wounded man was immediately c
brought to Dr Brockington's drug e
store and given medical attention, r
but he died about 12 o'clock. Coro-^
ner Gamble held an inquest Sundavi
morning and the jury rendered a j(
verdict to the effect that the de- r
ceased came to his death from gun
shot wounds at the hands of John c
Pendergrass. j
It seems that Pendergrass had j.
been abusing and maltreating Har- j
rison's sister, and Saturday night t
Harrison and several other negroes c
met Pendergrass on the road in a j
wagon and Harrison told Pender- s
! grass that the trouble had to stop, j.
1 Pendergrass asked Harrison if he j
wanted to settle it and Harrison
told him to get out of the wagon ^
and they would settle it. Pender- t
grass then rose up in the wagon _
and fired at Harrison with a singlebarreled
shot-gun loaded with small
shot, the load taking effect in the ^
right arm near the shoulder. Pen- ^
dergrass then "skipped," but it is ^
reported that he was seen in town {
later on Saturdav.
e
Up to this time Pendergrass is
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still at large, dux me one ran vex,ptn*s i
to have him in custody before many c
days have elapsed.
Both the negroes are well known j
about town. The young negro. Harrison,
was quiet and industrious, (
while Pendergrass.the slayer, is said c
to be a worthless sort of character- <
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SaIters Sittings. r
Saltexs Depot, August 1:?Mr. }
Frank N Mosely is very ill and not }
expected to live. 1
Josie, little daughter of Mr and t
Mrs Chas W Boswell, is also quite (
sick.
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At this writing, August 1, cotton ,
is improving somewhat and several i
neighbors report shapes and occasional
blooms. |
There is very little interest taken t
in politics around here. For At- j
torney General,I think that if every- !
where votes as Salters does, Evans 1
will not know he. is in the race. ?
Ellerbe will also lose some votes here r
and all the candidates for Governor f
will get some votes at this poll. j
Mrs W H Perry, wife of the Meth- .*
odist minister here, has returned to 1
V
the Riverside infirmary, where she ^
will undergo a second operation,
having been operated on in the early
spring.
Mr James W Moseley of Charleston
visited his home for a short
while Monday.
Miss May Stubbs, of Marlboro,
county,is visiting Mr Jas A Ferrell's
family.
Mrs Lula Carrowav of Mulberry,
Fla, is visiting her brother, Mr Jas
Whitfield.
Congressional Candidates* Appointments.
We have been requested to publish
the following itinerary for Congressional
candidates in this county:
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Johnsonville " 18 c
Lake City "20 d
Greelyville " 23 s
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STATE CAMPAIGN
CANDIDATES SPEAK.
Cole L Blease, the last candidate
or Governor, irrepressible and unlaunted
by past reverses, coolly told
he audience as he mounted the
tand that he came to Kingstree tolay
solely to give the people of Wiliamsburg
the opportunity to look
ipon their next Governor. Said he
lad been elected to House at age of
!0 and had been given the highest
iffices within their gift by people of
lome county and town (Newberry),
iasy to say what I have done or
rill do. Look up tax receipts and
ompare from year to year. Govrnor's
office should be filled by a
g/""Vho can and will restrain exince.
Pointed out several
of extravagance. State colegef
a be run cheaper. State is
low borrowing money to pay interact
on borrowed money. Opposed to
ompulsory education. Stands for
ocal option;, ridiculed so-called prolibition.
Pointing to Senator Appelt
n the audience, he said; "There sits
he man who first introduced a local
ption bill in the State Senate in
898." Mr Blease ia a forcible
peaker and presents his ideas clear-1
y and convincingly. He was warms'
applauded.
Chairman Stoll announced that
andidate J no T Duncan, the last of
he "Governors," had wired regrets i
-"missed train. '
Lest we be charged with coloring
he report of Congressional candilates*
speeches we give our readers
he account written by the News &
'ourier correspondent, who seems
o be "boosting" Mr Ellerbe for rejection.
We may be wrong in the
urmise: we hope we are. At any
ate the report is fairly accurate ex:ept
that we failed to note the con-1
inuous "ovation" accorded Mr El-j
erbe:
By no means of secondary inter?t
was the meeting of the candilates
far Congress from the 6th
listricL The Hon James E Ellerbe
s opposed by Messrs P A Hodges,
Sen B Sellers and George W Brown.
The crowd was plainly with Ellerbe,
le being the only one reoeiving cheers
is he advanced to the stand. The
ssue in this campa%n is Mr Ellerse's
vote on the lumber schedule in
;he tariff bill. That seems to be the
>nly matter under discussion. Mr
illerbe i6 called a Republican by two
>f his competitors. .Mr Brown,
vhile criticising his opponent, does
tot use the term.
Mr Hodges was the first speaker
;oday. He told what he thought a
Congressman ought to be and drew
he distinction between a Democrat
ind a Republican. He charges that
ilr ELlerbe's vote on lumber favored
umber producers and hurt the conjumers,
"the dear people."
Mr Ben B Sellers came next,
naking a vigorous attack, of the
lature now rarely heard on a stump
n this State. Such expressions as
'You ain't got a blasted thing outer
Cllerbe," "he will find himself in a
lell of of a minority," and "he
imells like sawdust and turpentine. *'
vith reference to the charge of Elerbe's
favoring the interests of the
aw-mill men, and the like, were inlulged
in by the speaker. Mr Selers
says he's nothing but a farmer,
vhile his opponents are "a college
igent, a lawyer and a braggart." j
dr Sellers says that the audience at
Georgetown was packed against him
nth saw-mill magnates.
The Hon George W Brown, of
Jarlington, made a clear-cut, diglified
speech, giving his views on |
he issues. He favors Government!
lid in drainage in the South. To j
his Mr Ellerbe replied to the effect
hat the Government could not j
Irain private lands, and that the)
noney being spent on irrigation in
he West was on public lands.
Congressman Ellerbe hurriedly
eviewed his work in Congress,
naking the statement that if it
ould be proved that he had not
lone more for his district in these'
ix years that had been done since,
he War Between the States, that
le would withdraw from the race,'
ind that, said he, is the only means
ty which any of my opponents will
ret to Congress this year. He says
here were 39 rural routes in his;
listrict six years ago, now there are ;
iver a hundred. He had gotten I
ost-offices for Darlington.Bennetts-'
IIIC aiiii i'iai iww. lie nau i
1600,000 appropriations in the rivers 1
ind harbors bill for South Carolina, j
ie opposed the tax on potash, which |
aved millions to the farmers. He
vas the first to attack Wickersham's 1
trosecutions of the bulls, in a speech 1
n the House.
Replying to a criticism of his vote
>n lumber in the Kingstree County
tecord, namely, that thereby the
cost of lumber had been advanced,
Mr Ellerbe said that Editor Woke
hid erred, for the schedule had
been reduced from S2 to SI.25. He
had contended for the $1 rate. He
argued that the cost had not been
increased, and that it did not affect
lumber consumers in the State, but
helps the manufacturers of his district.
Mr Ellerbe produced something
over a hundred wires and letters
requesting him to vote as he
did, these coming from all classesof
men in all occupations, and from all,
over his district.
Regarding his action, and as to j
whether or not it was Democratic.
Mr Ellerbe said:
"When several thousand men had j
requested me to vote against free j
lumber I asned Mr Clark, the Democratic
minority leader, to call a ;
caucus on the matter, that we might j
fAfrotkor WhpTl H mnioHtV of I
VUfiVWIVI. " ? ??V W -- I
the Democratic members decided
not to have a caucus, I went to Mr
Clark and asked him what I must
do. 1 quote from a letter from
him: 'I told you that I did not intend
to make a vote on any particular
schedule a party matter, that
what I wanted was a united vote on
the whole bill, that it was every
man's business to represent his own
constituents, and that you had a
perfect right to vote as your constituents
wanted you to vote. You
have always stood by me and with
me in my tight for Democratic principles
and policies.'
(Sifted) Champ Clark.
"I was carried in the House of
Representatives in the arms of the
Hon Wyutt Aiken and sat in my
cteir for more than eight hours that
I might vote against the tariff bill."
Mr Ellerbe concluded amid loud
cheers and applause.
The court house 'was crowded, the
audience varying in number from
200 to 400. The statement made at
the outset by Chairman Stoll that
Williamsburg audiences were noted
for their love of fair play and the
promise that each candidate should
ktn-n q rocrw?r?tfiil hr?nrincr was more
than justified by the perfect order
that prevailed and the impartial be:
stowal of applause upon every candidate
who spoke. Only in one or
two instances did one candidate receive
more applause than his competitors.
The heat was oppressive
| and to sit for nearly five hours in
I the crowded hall showed patience
i and intensity of interest that sets at
I naught the oft-repeated dictum that
| these campaign meetings have play|
ed out and the people care no longer
to hear the aspirants for office,
discuss the issues. The candidates
' all expressed great appreciation for
j the generous greeting given them
! and every one went away doubtless
: feeling that he had helped hischancj
es for election by being here Friday- j
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