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4 ' "X ' V n V. H iunntD %UMh g|: VOLT:*. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, ImY 6^ 1920 ~ NO 4 \ MR.HUGH McCUTCHEN CLAIMED BY DEATH END CAME PEACEFULLY FRIDAY MORNING AFTER MONTHS OF SUFFERING. I Mr. Hugh McCutchcn, perhaps one of the best known citizens of this section of the State, died at his home , here last Friday morning at 6,ociock , after an illness of three months. In his death Williamsburg county has j lest one of her most popular and Be- , loved citizens, f Mr. McCutchen was possessed of a pleasing personality and a social uis- \ position that made him a favorite j ?ith old and young, and his Christian character won for hi:a a high place in the estimation of his followmon. Mr. McCutchen was born in the old Indiantown section of Williamsbuig , county on December 11, 1851), the son , of the late Col. and Mrs. James McCutchen, the latter of whom was , prior to her marriage, Miss Mary J. GillancL I In 188G he married Miss Louisa | Dobbin, of Fayetteville, N. C. The ceremony taking place at the Indian- , town Presbyterian church, of which | he was a member from early manhood j and later succeeded his father as su- , perintendent of the Sunday school. . At the time of his death he was an ] elder in the Indiantown Presbyterian , church, a position he had held for more than twenty years. I ' For about fifteen years after his , marriage Mr. McCutchen made his ; home on his plantation in the Indian- , town neighborhood. He movea to ( Kings tree about twentw years ago. | He continued his farming operations > and has at all times taken a keen in- , terest in the agriculture enterprises , of his county. He was especially , well versed in the cultivation of cotton and was an expert judge of this staple. For many years he was a , leading buyer on the local market. , . ? m At the time of his death he was ( m State Senator, from Williamsburg . having been elected to the office in 1918. He also held the office of pres-, ] ident in a number of local concerns, j namely: Wee Nee bank, Williamsburg i, Live Stock Company, Farmers Sup-' ] ply Company, Fidelity Development ] Company and Canal Ginnery Com-1 nanv. Besides hi-, widow, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Messrs J. CI McCutchen and Thomas McCutchen of {Cings:ree; Mrs J. P. I Kussel! o? Lumberton, N. C ; Al?.- J ] F. Cooper of Fowler; Mrs. L. Cotting- ' fe ham of Dillon; Mr. D. F. McCutchen of Indian town; Professor George Mc- J1 F Cutchen of the University of South I ' Carolina and Dr. W. L. "McCutchen < of Sumter. j i | The funeral services were held at the i home of the deceased at noon Satur- s day, conducted by the pastor of the i Indian town Presbyterian church, the 1 Rev. Mr. Prichett, assisted by Dr. J. 1 O. Reavis of the Columbia Theologi- J cal Seminary. Interment followed in 1 the Williamsburg cemetery. The abundance of beautiful floral i offerings, and tbe unusually large t concourse that formed the funeral procession attested the popularity of' the deceased. < Most impressive was the special1 ' musical selections rendered by the choir at the home and at the cemetery. o A Good Man Has Fallen. i 'Die colored people of Williamsburg county and of Kingstice will agree with me in saying that a great man has gone to his reward. I have j known Mr. Hugh McCutchen for about ten years; have done business with 1 him, he being president of the Wee Nee Bank, which brought many colord people in touch with him. He was generous, kind and always ready j to help the struggling race. He has erected to his own memory an im- > perishable monument in the hearts! of the colored people. Our deepest j sympathy go out to the bereaved family. i A GENERAL, j _ Kingstree. S. C., May 4, 1920. i * r?r ^ Miss roora L,yncn. , Miss Nora Lynch, who came to < Kingstree some time ago from ] Georgetown and made her home with ; her niece, Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith, ] died here Friday morning after a i short illness. The remains were taken ( to Georgetown for interment. Miss < Lynch was an excellent lady and her i freinds are legion. She was about ' 70 years of age. < DEATH OF FORMER KINGSTREE CITIZEN Mr. Muldrow Burgess Dies Suddenly From Appoplexy at Savannah. A long distance phone message was received here about noon Sunday announcing the sudden death of Mr. R. Muldrow Burgess, son of Mr. and Mrs Rnhort F. Hut-tress nf tlie Bethel community of this county. The deceased was 45 years of age and was for the past ten years employed as a Pullman conductor with headquarters at Savannah, Ga. Prior to taking up this work Mr. Burgess served seven years in the United States army and was with the American forces at Pekin, China, during the boxer uprising in the early nineties. Something less than two years ago Mr. Burgess was married to Miss Lu!a Kpps, daughter of Mr. E. F. Kpp*. i,f the Bethel community. The; have since mad; their home m Savanah. Several weeks ago the couple cane isome au J .Mrs Burgess, who has been kery i'i .? v. i. -e. was at the home of her parents when her husband died. Besides his wife the deceavad is survived oy us lathe! and mother, three sisters and one biother, namely: Mrs. li. D. Miss, and Miss Rctha Burgess, of Kingsthee; Mrs. J. C. Wilson T H Uiiwpooc nf tku Uplnol iiiU 1U1 . O i/. U U I ^,V.?JO VTA. vuv A/Vw.v* neighborhood, and a large connection jf relatives throughout the countyMr. Burgess was apparently in robust health when he left here about three weeks ago and the announcement of his death came as a great shock to his people. He was stricken jn duty with apoplexy,about two hours before reaching the end of his run at Savannah, where he mas taken at once to a hospital, but died shortly afterwards without having regained consciousness. The body reached Kingstree at 7:20 Monday morning and was taken, to the home of his parents. Interment was made Monday afternoon at 3:00 >'clock in the Burgess burying plot it Bethel Church. The remains were accompanied to Kingstree by Mr. J. P. Krause, who is one of the Pullman officials at Savannah. The body was met in Charleston by Messrs J. D. Epps and R. D. Mills. . Sunday School Convention The Sunday school convention for the Kingstree Methodist Episcopal j District will be held at the Methodist Church in Olanta on May 11 and 12. rhe first session of the conference ivill be held on Tuesday night, May 11, and conferences will be held thru die afternoon of Wednesday, May 12, adjourning in time for delegates to return to their homes during the late ifternoon. All delegates should arrive in Olanta the afternoon of May 11, so as to be assigned and be ready for the opening session that night Delegates should remain until the bvork of the convention has closed on Wednesday afternoon, or they will miss some of the vital messages of the convention. Let every Methodist Sunday school ;end its full delegation and let that Jelegation be real workers in the Sunday school and church. o Now Have Day Current. Kingstree is now in the full enjoyment of an all day and all night electrical current. The day current was turned on last Saturday, May 1. and nas so far proven most satisfactory. Housewives have been able to use their electric irons and such other electrical equipment as they mayhave on hand, and have found use for. It has been too cool for fans. In The Record office it is of very great service on cloudy days, and we have found use for it this week. In a short while we expect to be running the plant by electricity. We have already installed one motor and have two more in transit We will operate our job presses and linotype machine by individual motors of the very fcest and latest types especially designed for the work. We will continue to operate our newspaper press and folder on Thursdays with power generated by kerosene engine. The Record is anxious to see electricity in every home and business establishment in town, and every possible encouragement should be afforded the local company so that the continuous operation of the plant will be profitable to them as well as economical and convenient to u^^Sf the "juice." COUNTY DEMOCRATS f , IN CONVENTION , MET HEKE MONDAY AND ELECT- ' \ I ED DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION. The Democratic county convention met here Monday. The attendance L was the largest in many years at a o nnlofFotoo fmm nil 1; suiiuai ^auicnu^. l/u\,5hw? a<v?m w -over the county began to pour into n town early in the morning and con- T tinued to arrive in automobiles and d< on trains reaching the station before p noon. E There being no contest, the dele- P gates were all seated. Much interest h j was manifested. The meeting was a presided over by County Chairman ti A. C. Hinds. J. D. O'Bryan was sec- ;ci ' retary and the temporary organiza- ; a tion was made permanent. Several tl resolutions were offered and adopted,, v. one by Superintendent of Education s McCullough, and strongly supported s< by Ex-Senator Epps, another endors- T ing the candidacy of P. H. Stoll for w Congress. A resolution on the death b' of State Senator Hugh McCutchen ^ i was also passe'd and the administra- ti tion of President Wilson was endorsed , by resolution. ' v; Delegates to the State convention |L :were elected as follows: P. H. Stoll,; Dr. I. N. Boyd, S. A. Graham, E. C. j ei , Epps, A. C. Hinds, J. Y. McGill, S. B.! L Boston and M. A. Shuler. A. C. Hinds was reelected county J ; chairman and W. C. Wilson was re- it | elected as member of the State ?x- c( ecutive committee from Williamsburg | county. a j The resolutions offered'and adopted by the meeting are given in full be- d low: S1 I* Resolution by Dr. I. N. Boyd. e( j Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom sj 1 has seen fit, by death, to remove from M us our beloved Senator, the Honorable Hugh McCutchen. 'J |i And, Whereas, we deplore hi| untimely death and appreciate tb^fCer- s] ! vices rendered by him, in ly8 J< the people of Willamsburg county. 1 Now, therefore, be it resolved by! in the Democratic county convention, as- J sembled at Kingstree, S. C., on this ct 3rd day of May, 1920, That in the | F death of the Honorable Hugh Mc-, hi Cutchen the Democratic party of Wil-1 w | liamsburg county has sustained an at irrepairable loss, he, at all times, hav ing exhibited the higher standard of bi Christian citizenship and a readiness ly : to give his service to the betterment' of the interests of the county; L I That a copy of this resolution be ti ' published in the newspapers and a M copy sent to the family of the deceased. i w ! A. C. HINDS, j President al 1 J. D. O'BRYAN, ti Secretary. ? i Resolution by W. C. Wilson t? Whereas, it again becomes incum-.C1 bent upon the Democratic voters of the Sixth Congressional District to cc nominate in the approaching primary ^ election a representative in Congress; s* ,and, JJ Unn P H Stnll i,! nnw | TT 11CI COO, UIC UVil* jl m. mwm . j completing in service the term to,w , which the lamented Ragsdale was first i elected, demonstrating in a very short ls j period both fitness and efficiency for the duties devolving upon him; and, ^ ! Whereas, it is desirous to use this I occasion to re-affirm our confidence in his integrity, his ability, his honlesty of purpose and his uncompromis-, ^ ing spirit of justice; Therefore, be it resolved by this ^ Democratic convention of Williams-. burg county that the Honorable P. H. Stoll be, and that he is hereby en- ^ dorsed for re-election to Congress in i tho pnsuinc Drimary, and that his candidacy is commended to the other cj ' countibs of the Sixth Congressional ' District. ^ j ai Resolution by E. C. Epps. I Whereas, President Woodrow Wil- th son, the nation's greatest statesman, in enviously criticised, ridiculed and hat- th j ed by certain leaders of the Republi- ti , can party, his ideals and international aj policies attacked by envenomed and in impassioned detractors whose appar- w ent motives are but for selfish parti- w san political profit, ha$ through it all, coupled with an illness of slow recov- D ery, withstood every attack, and that tl the nation at large is now beginning o\ to realize the utter folly and failure 01 j of his adversaries, whose persecu- le ' tions have totally failed to confuse or th IUDGET OF NEWS FROM THE ROMANS OUNG FOLKS ENTERTAINED BY MR. AND MRS. MUNNERLYN?PERSONAL TOPICS. Rome, May 4.?Mr. and Mrs. Jas. >. Munnerlyn entertained about thirty f the young folks of the community ist Saturday by taking them on a lotor boat trip down Black river, he party went about twenty miles own the river to the old Rice Hope lantation, now known as Waddell's log ranch. There they had the op ortunity of seeing Mr. Vvaddell's fine ogs. A delicious lunch was spread n the ground under the beautiful rees near the river and the hungry rowd did justice to it. The scenery long the river was very beautiful, ie trees were covered with moss and ild wysteria was blooming in profuion. The party entertained themilves talking, singing and kodaking, hey reached home with no accident orse than a hat taking a dive overoard. It was rescued, so no harm 'as done. Everjl>ody had a good me. Miss Mary Laura Huggins of Kirksille, Mo., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. . B. Johnson. Miss Sarah Louise Brunson of Flornce spent last week-end with Miss ucile Turbeville. Mrs. Wilson Buie and son, Wilson, r., of Merchantsville, N. J., are vis;ine friends and relatives in the immunity. Mr. Claude Melton bf Columbia was welcome visitor here last week-end. Mrs. Spencer Legette and little aughter, Ethel, from Kansas, are lending some time with Mrs. Leette's father, Dr. L. B. Johnson. Mrs. Willie Brockington has return1 to her home in Charlotte after lending some time with her aunt. Irs. Daisie Rhem. Jirs. L. B. Johnson has returned om a visit to Waverly Mills. Miss Marie Eaddy of Hemingway lent the week-end with Mrs. L. B. ihnson. Mr. Billie Britton of Kingstree was i our community last Sunday. The last number of the lyceum >urse was at Union High school last riday night. The course this year as been a decided success in every ay. It has been instructive, as well i entertaining. Mrs. Fannie Munnerlyn is in Columa, visitig her son, Dr. J. F. Munnern. Messrs. Mitchell and Omirer of eesville spent last week-end with ie former's brother, Prof. 0. M. itchell. Drs. Thomas and Day of Hemingay were visitors here Sunday. Rev. G. K. Way is in Greenville, tending the Sunday School convenon there. i swerve him from the great Demo atic truths of his party; Therefore, be it resolved, by this invention, that the delegates sent to an Francisco for South Carolina lould be only such men as stand ithout reserve for the policies of ie Wilson Administration, and who ill support for a standard bearer of ie national party only such a man as capable and willing to carry on the teat work commenced by Wood row filson and his co-laborers. Resolution by J. G. McCullough The following resolution by Superdent of Education J. G. McCullough id strongly endorsed by Mr. E. C. dps, was unanimously passed: Whereas, Education is the best safejard and surest guarantee of Dcraoatic government and American initiations; and Whereas, the rules of the Demoatic party and the law of the State tquire the signing of the club roll 7 each voter in order to safeguard id protect the primary; and Whereas, too large a percentage of j lese signatures in 1914, and again1 i 1916 were marked with a cross, ' lereby indicating a lack of founda- J on training among the voters as well j i fundamental weakness and neglect j . our public school system, conditions j hich ought not to have existed and I hich can and should be remedied; j Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 1 emocratic convention of the county, lat every voter unable to sign his vn name and read his own ballot lght to be given an opportunity to arn how to read and write before ie end of 1920. > * x J 1 .1 \ : COTTON CROPS ARE LATE. I Commissioner Harris Discusses Situation in State. Commissioner Harris has been making a personal survey of the crop con- ' ' ditions in South Carolina and offers .timely information to farmers. "Us1 ually by the middle of April," says Mr. Harris, "we find planting of cot, ton well under way, and indeed quite * a lot of cotton above ground. This 11 year, owing to the unusual weather, j1 very little cotton has been planted ( here or anywhere in the cotton belt, j1 wot over nity per cent. 01 me aver-; age crop has been planted and a great j j deal of the land is yet to be prepared [ for the planting. "Therefore, in order to make a normal crop, every day from now hence: forth must be ideal cotton weather, i "The spinning trade is in the most ' flourishing condition in its history, and it is being more generally recog-j nized that with the large demands ! for goods at present high levels the price of Southern cotton ip relatively I cheap. According to the law of supply and demand, cotton should be ; selling for 60 cents, the price that the I American Cotton Association fecom! mdnded for the remainder of the 1919 | crop. "Affairs are entirely in the hands | of the fanners and spots holders. If | they positively refuse to take present . prices it will immediately advance to ? j 50 cents and above, as the spinners | will call the speculators for delivery ; as they are making unheard of profits 1 ' now. So. I sav asrain. sit steadv in r ! the boat and freeze to your spots and i i they will pay your price. e "Pay no atteneion to futures con- ? ' tracts prices, they cannot be spun. < However, if you have no use for your i money, if you will hold your cotton r until July, 1921, it will pay you a big t interest for after careful review of t the first crop and weather reports of t j the season, otate by State, and after i I comparison with private reports from I every State in the belt, we have ar- (o rived at the conclusion that this is i likely to be another season of short e I yield and that from the beginning it o I is doomed to be a short crop. In the few sections of the belt where plant- F ing has been done, germination is r : very unsatisfactory mainiy because of v | the low temperature that has prevailed i J and the first planting went to naught b in large areas. c i "In many places in the belt it has r I been planted now the third time be- ^ i fore getting a stand. Too much rain; a : and low temperatures always work 11 I injury to the crops, especially cotton, j "There has never been a time since ' cotton has been planted that such a bear raid has been made upon spot cotton, and they have not succeeded in driving it down. I want to say to spot holders that if the weather r keeps good for a week or so they t will drive October an _ December con- f tracts much lower, but this will not|S effect the spots if the holders will ? not get panicky and sell. jv "Freeze to your spots. Don't sell' y until the price is reached. It will \ come if the farmers will not release! v . j I . a pound until it gets to t>u cents ana f above. The price of goods justifies n it If you don't get your prices don't n blame the other fellow. Did you know , s that the spinable cotton is not enough ? to run the mills of the world more J f than five or six months, and that ifj t the cotton to be grown this year a should be withheld from the market10 until December 1 then the majority s of the mills would have to close down a on account of lack of cotton to spin ? , t Well, these are facts, and the pro- j c ducers of cotton never had the oppor-1 r tunity in their hands as they have; %, today. . , t "I hope that the producers will t realize that this is a fact and that j h they will make up their minds not to ! S put any new cotton on the market un- ' a til December. Then market sparingly ' r and you can name your own price, n Now I want to urge every farmer so s to arrange his farm this year that he t will make plenty-of supplies, such ^ts S neglect planting a popcorn patch and peanuts, so that the children may amuse themselves on rainy days and in the long winter evenings. "Remember, the farmer that makes S aJJ his home supplies has half financed h his cotton crop to begin with." ^ f o Frank J. Hite and Bishop Gadsden, a are in jail at Charleston, charged with 1 grand larceny of $8,196.26 in currency from the American Railway Express e Company, in default of $2500 each, ? as surety. 1 a ANERICANS KILLED IN MEXICO FATHER AND SON ARE KILLED IN CARRANZA TERRITORY? CARRANZA RESPONSIBLE Washington, May 3.?The murder of wo more Americans in Mexico, reoorted today to the State Department, iccentuated the concern with which officials here are watching developnents beyond the border. There was lothing, however, to indicate to what' jxtent the attitude of the Washington sJ Government toward the Sonora revolutionary movement might be affected by the fact that the incidents J| occurred in Carranza controlled terri <ory. Ponnoctc -fnr aHHifiniiitl warshin nro section at points on the east coast of Mexico already had been forwarded jo the navy by the Sthte Department. While this had no relation to the latest murders, it was said to indicate ;he view of officials as to the ijnset- 1 ;led conditions prevailing in that region, nominally at least, still held_by A Haranza forces. On the border, loss of Juarez, oficials said, would be a serious blow to ;he federals, because of its revenue producing capacity. They believed :omplete rebel control of the State of Jhihuahua would be the logical relUlt. Carranza Accountable. The murder of Eben Francis Groin-"si aw and his young son by Mexicans lear El Oro, only 125 miles from Mexco City, brought from the American embassy in Mexico City a prompt and ^ emphatic demand that the Mexican ' Government arrest and punish the nurderers. The American govern- / nent contends that the Carranza au- * horities were responsible for the pro- , ection of the Greenlaws, because of_/' he presence of Mexican troops in the mmediate vicinity. I The date of the sailing of the fleet if destroyers to Mexican waters was lot made public, but the beHef_was expressed that they would be sent ,Me-. Destroyers will oe stationed at ivv iico, Tuxpan, Vera Cruz and FtrmtrW as, ready to take off any Americans.^ /ho may be in danger either from the lexican federal authorities or the re-. els. The State Department spedff-j^ ally stated that these vessels wJH tot to take any part in the strugfj^Hj etween factions in Mexico, but wei^H isked for solely to provide a haveJH a case of need. o ? ? B9 'EEPLES WILL RUN FOR SENATES According to Tentative Announceml^^H Made to Friends. ^D Thomas H. Peeples, former Atto^^H iey General of South Carolina, ha^H entatively announced his candidac^H or the United States Senate in oppo^J ition to Senator Ellison Durant 1 Imith, incumbent. Mr. Peeples, who /as Attorney General for six years, tis last term expiring in January ?19, until recently wa? connected s irith the judge advocate general's of-- | ice of the army with the rank of lajor. In his preliminary announcelent the comtemplative candidate tates that he is opposed to the Susan Anthony amendment for equal sufrage, but favors white women having he ballot under State supervision; Js .gainst the adoption of the eighteenth r prohibition amendment as being ubversive of the rights of the States nd is enimical to the league of naions embodied in the peace treaty, ' ontending that the latter should be atified immediately and the former aken up afterwards. The former Atorney General, in a statement given o the press, said that a conference of is friends from various parts of the * itate assembled in Columbia Monday ^ nd urged him to enter the Senatorial 1 ace, but before making a denniie an- | ouncement he would await expres- A ions from his friends in other coun- J ies who were not at the meeting londay. Quarter Million for a Horse. Louisville, Ky., May 1.?Edward F. /J iims, moving spirit in the racing ta- J le campaigned under the name of J. V. McClelland, has completed a deal ? or the purchase of the thoroughbred* la tallion, Prince Palatine, for $250,000 J ccording to a news dispatch from /exington, Ky. J The purchase price has been exced- J d only by the amount paid for Tra-^H ery, which was recently bought South American for $265,000.