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t ? i * . ' ' , * fbe |ount|) Itorti. gp VOL. 36. . KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920. NO If W I CARRANZA FOLLOWS' PREDECESSORS.! MEXICAN CHIEF SLAIN WHILE ASLEEP IN HUT BY TRAITORIOUS GUARD. ) El Paso, Texas, May 22.?Venusti- j ano Carranza, president of Mexico and j head of the 72nd government that I j country has had since 1821, was as- > sassinated at 1 a. m. Friday by Col. t Rodolfo Herrero and his soldiers at < Tlaxcaltenango, Puebla, according to! messages received here from General 1 Alvaro Obregon, dated at Mexico City 1 today. < "There were found six or seven i bodies of the men in Carranza's par-1 ( ty," one message from Obregon said. ] "It is net stated who these men might! < be." |] Reports given out by the revolu- i tionists said Carranza was assassi-; i nated by his own men. Herrero was :< described as an ex-federal officer. He i j was once an officer in the Mexicans ^rmy under President Diaz, who was j * " ? - - i? 1A11 forced to nee Mexico in ivu. P Carranza was made a prisoner and < assassinated at the cry of "Viva Ob- , regon," by Col. Rodolfo Herrero and 1 his men, violating the hospitality that had been offered to Carranza and his followers by Herrero, according to a message from his chief men to Gen. Pablo Gonzalez, quoted in his message revolutionary agents here. j; Obregon answered this message in | scathing terms. He declared that ifp the Carranza followers who signed j themselves, numbering more than 30 , men and including Juan Barragon,', chief of staff; Ignacio Bonillas, form- j, er ambassador to the United States, ; whose candidacy for the presidency', brought on the latest revolution, and , other prominent leaders, had "died defending your chief***you would be , at rest with your consciences and es- , ^ cape the shame of your cowardice." ' "On repeated occasions," Obregon j said, "President Carranza was notified! ] of thq guarantee which would be given Ko unllinc tn leave JUIHf UL lie nvuiu w p WW the danger zone, but he refused to ac-, t cept this offer because he considered j] it undignified of a man of honor top save himself, leaving his companions j, in danger. This act of Carranza re-;, vealed the dignity and goodfellowship ( you failed to appreciate." ; j First report of the assassination of Carranza was filed by Obregon on Fri- }j day night. The message* did not j, reach here until today. j '( Mexico City, May 24.?-A dispatch received from Juan Barragan, chief ( of staff of President Carranza, says j Carranza met his death at the hand3 ( of General Rodolfo Herrero's forces , at Tlaxcaltongo. The dispatch did not j give the exact date. ij The dispatch follows: "To General . Alvaro Obregon: Referring to your telegram of this date, Herrero joined the column at Patla, professing loyal- 4 ty. Arriving at Tlaxcaltongo. Her- . rero offered hospitality to Carranza, nla/i'np sentinels who knew the ter- , rain. At 4 o'clock in the morning his !, men, abusing the confidence reposed in ^ them, surrounded the shelter where j 1 Carranza was sleeping firing their > J rifles furiously into the hut Every j j one offered resistance, although with! ( the natural demoralization caused by ' j the unexpected attack. j "General Francisco Murguia fought valientlv in the semi-darkness, repuls- | ing the traitors who had surprised the ] defenders. "The unexpectedness of attack enables us to clear our military honor. ( The defense was general to such an}. extent that the attackers were forced to take sixty prisoners, among them i Mario Mendaz, Paulino Fontes. Gilgarias. General H. Perez, Colonel Gomez, General Villcla and Carranza's military aid. "Our conscience is clear. Our grief for the death of the President is in-! cousolable. We are satisfied that we: did not abandon him for one moment i The few men wounded and dead is ex-1 plained by the fact that the traitors - 1?? ? ? ? 4 Un | planned their crime, aowmg WIC i place where the President was sleeping. The loyalty and courage of the j President's followers were useless against the treason of those criminals." ' The flags of the American Embassy and of all other embassies were placed at half-mast, when the news of the assassination of President Carranza' arrived. , o l We Lead; Others Follow. KINGSTREE HARDWARE CO. 5-27-4tc. i . . . . . MODERN DISTILLERY , CAPTURED IN RAID j The Most Modern Still Ever Captured \ in Sonth Carolina Taken in Raid j Near Dillon. Florence Daily Times, Saturday, j says: "This has been quite a busy | week for Chief Constable Eichelberger ' who captured during the week six j stills, destroyed 400 gallons of beer I and 4 gallons of whiskey, issued war- ^ rants for the arrest of six men, two! white and four colored. The stills' were taken in Darlington, Dillon and jFlorence counties; four in Darling- ^ ton, one each in Dillon and Florence. ^ The two white men were operating in Dillon and Florence. Dr. J. P. ^ Carmen of Olanta being the Florence t county man and Jim Owens the Dil- t. Ion county man. Owens is a prosper- ^ ous farmer of Dillon county and he ^ tiad the completest and most modern- a equipped distilling plant ever cap- | tured in South Carolina. The still | ^ was in a house evidently built for the 11 purpose and was a 40 gallon capacity ^ copper still, equipped with 12 fermenters, big supply of bottles, jugs, etc., and the indications are that he 8 was doing a wholesale business. The ? accused will be given a preliminary i hearing before Commissioner Fulton!n within the next few days. ? S Digest of Fish and Glide Laws. jGame fish?Can be caught only with1 hook and line and must not be caught v while in their beds in any way at any ^ time. ? e Traps?Are entirely forbidden in all 8 clear water streams, ponds and lakes, | except in strictly private ponds not...nantui untk nthor waters. Thev Ir U/U1IW KVU fT?*U V?uv. w T may be used in the muddy rivers and 1 ^ creeks, where there is no closed season for non-game fish. : Seines and gill nets?Not to extend i ' more than half way across the body ^ of water, may be used in the clear waters of the State to catch non-game * fish only between September 1 and Way 1. !? Fishing in Muddy Streams and , Waters?For non-game fish, with nets, traps and seines, provided they do not ^ block the streams, is permitted all ^ the year round. No traps, nets or seines may t>e used in any muddy river or creek within a hundred yards of a fresh water stream emptying into it. g A fine of $500 is fixed for poisoning or dynamiting any of the fishing ^ waters of the State, or for discharging or placing saw-dust, acid or pois- ^ >n therein. . Hunting licenses?Must be purchased by all hunters of any of the ^ oirds or animals of the State, except g (a) landlords and their families upon their own or leased lands; (b) bona fide employees of such landlords holdng written permits. County licenses ** are good only for county residents. All others must have State licenses. * Game animals?Foxes may be huptsd only from September 1 to Febru-| , lr>'15- ip Opposums, coons, wild cats, bear, nuskrats, mink, rabbits and squirrels must not t be hunted at all be-' ^ :ween March 15 and . October 1, j Deer may be hunted only from Sep-. tember 1 to January 1. No night bunting is allowed except for rac-, :00ns, oppossums and foxes and the, Vinntincr Hppr with torches ! wv.iaivj " ? o . _ or any other lights is $100 fine. Game birds?The open season will ^ be found on the backs of the hunting licenses, which will be placed on sale in each county on July 1. Fines and penalties?When not1 otherwise specified the fine for viola-1 tions of the game and fish laws of the State is from $10 to $25 or imprison-' ment from 10 to 30 days. w o Ministers Ordained. ;e 1 I.'?? ? OAMflAA 'jt p l nere was an uruiuanvn khiw ?*? . Poran Baptist church, near Lake City i last Sunday. j o The presbytery was composed of 12 Rev. S. J. Porter of Charleston; Rev. j William Whitehead of Lake City, and I b Rev. W. C. Blount of Florence. ; b After due examination the following j b were ordained in full fellowship of the Gospel Ministry: Rev. S. J. Morris, b of Hemingway, and Rev. Cully Poston s of Scranton. a Four deacons were also a^ded to the a church. The impressive ordination service a was witnessed by a large congrega- a tion. * : fi See us for Mower^^SKes and Bind- s er Twine. KINGSTREE HARDWARE CO. h 5-27-4tc. 1 ! COOPERATIVE EXT aUB GIRLS PLAN (By Miss Hattie Club Girls Attend Short Course. it SI sl The following girls from Williamsurg county will attend the short ourse at Winthrop Collegs June 3-12. Myrtle Cantley, Kingstree, R. F. )., Lou Alice Cox, Excel ton, Stella L, ,amb, Suttons, Katherine Turbeville, , <ake City, Leta Mitchum, Kingstree. ^ These girls worked hard last year, c ept accurate records and three of hem won prizes at the fair. This 11 rip is a highly desired prize among ? he girls. I am sure that they will 11 e greatly benefited by this course nd will be of great service in their lubs and communities. They can ( ring to the clubs the enthusiasm ^ hat it would be impossible for them . o get otherwise. 1 . The course is given by Winthrop nd the Demonstration force and the e( ailroad fare of the girls will be paid ^ y the County Fair association. The ames of the ladies from this county g all be given next week. There will be five ladies and five aj iris from each county in the State. a) >r. Johnson, president of Winthrop tl lollege, said that all of the people WmAmn Hnrificr tVip riiv vomv ?v ? - n ear, the regular students, the teachrs at summer school, and the girls nd women of the Home Dcmonst.u- h ion clubs, he considered the latter 3 tie most important, because they rep- 1 j, esent almost every community in the tate and are interested in the things ft tiat are most Vital in our State. r I want to urge every club member (j > do her best this year. Keep an ac- . urate record and send an exhibit to tie county fair. If you do' some good j rork it is your privilege to and duty tl 9 let other people know about it. ^ ou can't wait until time for the fair a, > get your exhibit ready; you must 0j egin now while you have a chance to a] et a good variety. Do your best to ai ive your club a showing at the fair w His year, whether you win a prize or ^ ot, let us know that you are there, to Premium List Open to all members of boys' and m iris' clubs: w 1?Best collection of canned fruit, ^ t least five varieties, 1st prize $3.00; n ad prize, $2.00. th 2?Best collection of canned vegeibles, at least five varieties, Is prize, x 3.00; 2nd prize, $2.00. M 3?Best collection of preserves, at jj( >?? v?n'?Hps. 1st nrize. 33.00:'.. ad prize, $2.00. g] 4?Best exhibit of at least four to- 0f lato products, 1st prize, $3.00; 2nd j rise, $2.00. w 6?Best exhibit of at least four w rape products, 1st prize, $3.00; 2nd j rize, $2.00. 6?Best exhibit of at least four va- p, ieties of jelly, 1st prize, $3.00; 2nd V( rize, $2.00. pJ 7?Best general exhibit of canned ^ oods, fruit and vegetables, 12 jars, Bt prize, $3.00; 2nd prize, $2.00. ^ 8?Best collection of dried fruits' gnd vegetables, 1st prize, $2.00; 2nd ^ rize, *i.w. (h< 9?Best club exhibit?may include m pecial exhibits, 1st prize, $6.00; 2nd ^ rize, $3.00; 3rd prize, $1.00. 'cj 10?Best vase of chrysanthemums, I ^ tiree in vase, 1st prize, $1.00; rize, 50c. : 11?Best bread exhibit, three mufns, three biscuits, 1st prize, $2.00; nd prize, $1.00. I q, 12?Best pound butter, brick mould,; st prize, $2.00; 2nd prize, $1.00. 13?Preserved1 eggs, best dozen rhite eggs, 50c; best dozen brown ggs, 50c. h< 14?Fresh eggs, best dozen white ! tfc ggs, 50c; best dozen brown eggs, 50c. i th 15?Best fresh vegetable exhibit jth f at least five lands, 1st prize, $5.00; jw nd prize, $3.00; 3rd prize, $1.00. I b? 16?Sewing: Best bureau scarf, 50c; 'hi est cap and apron, 50c; best set of ri ea napkins, 50c; best night gown, 50c; hi est design in basketry, 50c. w Everything will be judged according tl o variety, attractiveness and quality, i o in whatever you try, get as great it variety as you can and make them b< s nice and attractive as you can. Standard containers can be bought t The King Hardware Co., Kingstree, m nd at Mr. Tom Rowell's, Trio. Don't D ail to get what you need at your cc irst opportunity for your exhibit will M how up so much better. tv One of the best club meetings that vi as been held this season was held at tl 'rio on May 14. Miss Bailey has vis- c< V TOON WORK I NING BIG SEASON J. McMurray ! ed the clubs over the State and she lid that this was the best one that lie had attended. Minutes of the meeting as written y the secretary of the club: "The rio Canning and Poultry Club held 8 May meeting at the school house, riday, May 14. Eulalah McGee preided over the meeting and the foliwing program was carried out: (1) Roll cab by secretary, each lember answering with a definite reort of work done since the last meetig. i (2) Song?"A New America." (3) Talks by club members on the >lh>wing subjects: Transplanting and iltivating; Pruning and staking; praying for insects; preserving eggs i waterglass; control of mites and ce on poultry; (4) Three club poems were reciti by Bessie Lockliear, Ruby Bryant ad Eulalah McGee. (5) Song?"The Worid is Full of eauty." (6) Miss McMurray, county agent, nd Miss Bailey, assistant State pent, both gave interesting talks on le different phases of club work. (7) A sewing lesson was given and ork planned for the next meeting. CLAUDIA TAYLOR, Sec. Members of Club: Claudia Taylor, [azel Loyea, Eulalah McGee, Ruby ryant, Bessie Lockliear, Lona Lockear, Carrie Lockliear, Marietta [oore, Madge Moore, Bertha Moore, ettie Cooper. Mollie Cooper, Tom owell, Robert Rowell, Ben Cooper, nlhoun CooDer. Howard Robertson. Story of Club Work. In the spring of 1910 I decided that would join the. canning club. It'was len real late to begin, but I decided ? give it a trial, so I secured my plot id went to work. About the middle ' May I transplanted my tomatoes ad planted my corn, okra, beans id cucumbers. I cultivated once a eek and sometimes oftener to keep lem free from weeds and grass and i make them grow fast About the middle of July, just when y tomatoes were beginning to ripen, e had several days of rain and I lought then that my tomatoes were tined, but I kept on, determined to do le very best that I could. I canned i quarts from my tenth acre and ild |8.60 worth of fresh vegetables, id used 390 pounds of vegetables at >me. My expenses were very little, i I did most of the work myself and rew my own plants. A good many : my vegetables were wasted because did not know just how to manage ith the canning and marketing, but ith what I have learned I feel that can do a great deal better this year. My canned goods took several first rizes at the county fair, which was iry encouraging. When I had cometed my canning I had a net profit f $11.50. On the 21st of April 1 was informed at I was to go to Winthrop to the tate short course, and you don't low how glad I was. I had never sard anything that delighted me any ore than that did. I expect to go id learn all that I can and help other ub members when I get back.I hope tat all the club members will do their jst this year and keep the motto, To Make the Best Better," up to the andard. Myrtle Gertrude Cantley, entral Canning Club, Kingstree. Why I Should be a Club Member. (By Stella Lamb) 1 should be a club member to learn >w to serve fruits and vegetables in ie best ways and to save food stuff tat would otherwise go to wuk uu ie farm. By saving vegetables, I ill save money that would have to ? spent for high priced things. I ive canned apples, beans, huckleberes and tomatoes, all of which we id never had for winter use only-] hen we bought them. I think that ie club work is fine for all girls and want to be a member on, as I think will be a great help to me as it has, ?en this year. o The Baptists of South Carolina went j ore than two thousand strong to the iamond Jubilee Southern Baptist invention at Washington, May 12-18. [ore than 160,000 Baptists are now irning their thoughts toward GreenHe, where from June 28 to July 10 ie great summer conventions and inferences are to be held. L _ r, |MORE MONEY FOR * SCHOOL FUND ' $45,000 Collected From Sale of Hunt* er's Licenses Turned Over to Schools of State. Approximately forty-five thousand dollars collected from sportsmen of the State will be distributed among : the public schools early in June, according to the statement by W. H. Gibbes, chief game warden, a few days ago. Mr. Gibbes states that the' game law money is all in and will be j distributed among the counties the: first part of June. The sum to be | distributed amounts to about forty- j five thousand dollars, of which Wil-1 liamsburg will get its share. ! 0 Convicted Draft Dodger Escapes, j 1 Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, convicted! draft dodger, recently sentenced to' ** I T_1 1 I I serve Ave years on uovernor s isianu, ( New York, escaped from noncommisj 3ioned army officers at his mother's home in Philadelphia last Friday night. The wealthy Philadelphian, who ( evadec 'he government authorities all over the country for more than two years before he was captured at his home in a sensational raid, disappeared in his own motor car while two sergeants from Fort Jay, New York, who had him in charge, were sitting in the drawing room of Mrs. Bergdoll's palatial home. The machine was driven by Bergdoll's chauffer, according to the police, who believe the driver merely obeyed his command. Bergdoll's brother, Edwin R. Bergdoll, well known motorcar racer, still is a fugitive from justice. He also disappearer instead of answering the draft call and has not been heard of since. Two elder brothers of Grover had their names changed by courts to escape the notoriety attached to Grover Bergdoll's name. Poi-n/tnll urac wpntlv rnnvift- I illlO* i/Vl ^VlVii ?? M0 A ed in the county court on a charge of wantonly pointing a pistol at government agents at the time Grover was captured at her home last January. She was fined $279 and costs. The officers by strategy gained en- j trance to the house and found Berg- j doll hiding in a window seat Mrs. Bergdoll' is still to be tried on Federal charges of aiding her son to escape the draft law. I, j Bergdoll is wealthy, having inherited about $800,000 from his father, ; j who was a brewer. j The two noncommissioned officers i j who had Bergdoll in custody, may be ) court-martialed for permitting his escape. j o i ! Bull Association for This County. J i 1 j Clemson College, May 24.?County < i Agent T. M. Cathcart and Home Dem- 1 I onstration Agent, Miss Hattie Mc- : Murray, of Williamsburg county, have;1 set a pace for other agents in their ' I work of organizing a bull association : for Williamsburg, with the campaign slogr.n, "A good milk cow for every- j1 family." The story as told below is ' from Mr. Cathcart's weekly report: 1 I ."This week has been devoted to ] ' working up a bull association in the 1 county. Mr. J. P. LaMaster, Dairy,' Specialist, was with me and we had : a good week, organizing a four-block! i I Guernsey Bull Association, each com-j1 munity putting up $500 to purchase I a bull. This assures good, high class J' bulls, and it means a great step for- 1 ward for each of these communities, j1 In each comunity where a bull was I' placed the farmers were asking about ' ! securing good cows. There will be ' : six or eight purebred cows bought alonsr with the bulls. I 1 "One man who was arguing against j! taking stock in the boll said that he i could get all the milk that he could 1 ! drink if he only milked long enough. < i Somebody asked him how much his i ! cow gave, and he said, "About a | ! pint" I 1 "A good many refused to take stock because they said they could breed to | [the bull for a small fee. This may ] I be true for the first two years, but by i that time the stockholders will have ] enough cows to take care of the bull, i and the non-stockholder will be out of i it altogether. The service fee was ; placed at $4.00 for stockholders, and l $6.00 for grades and $10.00 for pure| bred cows for non-stockholders. I "This is just a beginning for better dairy cows in this county. As soon ( as the bulls arrive anu the association gets to rtinning smooth, this work will be taken up in other communities. | "Miss McMurray, Home Deraonstra- ; tion Agent, is stressing the value of j ? EXHUME REMAINS OF LATE OFFICER BALLS FOUND FAIL TO AGREE WITH NEGRO'S PISTOI^-WASH SMITH ARRESTED. ' A dispatch to the Columbia State from Orangeburg, May 22, says: "The body of Jeff D. Wiggins, magistrate, who was shot at Elloree daring April, and who later died at a hospital in Orangeburg, has been exhumed for the purpose of extracting the bullet from his body that inflicted the fatal wound. This was done by order _ ? i.L. 1-' *1 1 !1L .1 A. ox uie solicitor ana wiui uie consent of the family. The operation upon the dead body was performed by Drs. Parker and Moord of Orangeburg in the presence of Sheriff R. F. Dukes and a son and brother of the deceased The case in the prosecution of Arthur Dailey, alleged to have lolled Magistrate Wiggins, is an interesting one. It seems that on a Saturday afternoon Arthur Dailey became intoxicated from drinking bitters and was arrested at Eutawville by Policeman N. L. Kittrell. While on the way to the guard house a sister of Dailey approached the policeman to ask about bail for Dailey, and while the policeman was talking with the woman Dailey grasped the lower part of the raincoat the officer was wearing, threw it over Kittrell's head and picked up a good stick nearby and struck the po-/ lice man such a violent blow as to break his collar bone and Dailey e? caped. Officer Kittrell was taken to a hospital. This action of Dailey enraged the people of Eutawville and a search was commenced On the following Wednesday information came that Dailey '. would probably board the train at Millican's and a party went to Elloree to search the train upon its arrival there. Magistrate Wiggins of Eutav^yille was one of the party. When 'the train reached the station, Magistrate Wiggins remained outside to see if he got off, while others boarded the train. It is reported that a son of the Magis- * trate saw a negro seated in the car V and said "There he is," and the negro immediately got up and went into the toilet. While efforts were being made to get him out of the toilet, Magistrate Wiggins was shot and the negro jumped out of the open window. Upon the death of Magistrate Wig-, 1 gins the people generally of that section were in bands hunting the offender. , Dailey was later arrested about 32 miles below Eutawville and lodged in the penitentiary ao await trial. Dailey could employ no councel on account of the great feeling against him. On the eve of court he secured the services of William C. Wolfe and i J. Leroy Dukes, both of Orangeburg, :j upon his earnest assurance of his innocence. Work was begun on this case and it was ascertained that a day before the shooting of Magistrate Wiggins, Sheriff 0. B. Limehouse of Dorchester county, had had some trouble with a negro and in getting ? away, this negro was said to have taken the sheriff's hat, overcoat and pistol and information was received that he boarded the train at Pregnalls before it got to Elloree on the night Magistrate Wiggins was shot A witness has been secured who was on the train while en route to Elloree, but j jot off before reaching Elloree, who ' j states that Dailey was not on the train while he was on, but had identified Wash Smith as being a negro who was on the train and who had , told him he was from Florida and was going to Sumter. As there was such grave doubt as to Arthur Dailey being the man who killed Magistrate Wiggins, as last resort the body has been exhumed and the bullet located. The bullet is a 38 calibre, and not the calibre of the shots that could be fired by the two pistols found in the house where Dailey was arrested. Both Wash Smith apcl Arthur Dai * * * a X?-?i i.ji ley are oeing neia ai vrangeourg j?n. lowever Arthur Dailey is under sentence of two years for striking policeman Kittrell, he pleading guilty to that charge, stating that he was sorry and did not know what he was doing and begged the mercy of the court o Tobacco Twine and Themometers at KINGSTREE HARDWARE CO. >-27-4tc. good milk, and' our slogan for this pear is 'A good milk cow for every Family."