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> V' > r - I 1 , ? 4 V* * fc-gggftje founts Iteorfc = VOL 36 KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA" THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1920. NO a#'' 7 MAN SLAYS WIFE AND THEN SELF CHILDREN WITNESSES TO TRAGEDY AT HOME IN GREELYVILLE Exclaiming "God forgive me!" Robbert Hogan, aged forty-three, about 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon shot aiui killed his wife and then took his own life by firing a bullet into his head. _ Hogan was marri^ to Mrs. Robert Lesesne about one year ago. Before her marriage to Mr. Lesesne she was Miss Sallie Pitts, daughter of the late Robert Pitts, a prominent plantation H*' owner at Gourdin. 0 The tragedy, Tuesday, it is said \tpok place in the presence of foui of Mrs. Hogan's children, who arc said to be the only witnesses of the , -affair. iust as Mrs. Hogan was coming down the steps preparatory to coming to Kingstree, her husband, it is reported, shot her six times before turning the gun on himself. Mrs. Hogan is survived by five children by he first rhusband; Edward Harry ad Robert Pitts, brothers, ol Sumter, and Mrs. S. W. McClary, oi ( Lanes, a sister, also survives her. i Miss Sallie Pitts, born on her fathI ?r's plantation at Goordin, about 4C I years ago, grew up to be a mosl charming and beloved lady after the W death of her parents, under the guar dianship of her friend and benefactor Dr. Robert Henry, of Gourdin. Aftei obtaining an education she made hei home for a while in Sumter. During her young womanhood Hogan visited her and paid her marked attention; but she, it is said, was dissuaded from marrying him, and later became the beloved wife of Mr. Robert Lesesnc the father of her surviviing children. Hogan left the community. Years intervened and Mr. Lesesne's health (gave way. He was taken to a Baltifoore hospital for treatment and died ^there two or three years ago. Hogau returned to the old home community to find his former sweetheart a widow, He again woed and finally won her. They were married. It is said that their companionship was not entirely compatible. Tuesday afternoon, in a moment of madness or mental derangement, Hogan murdered his wife and then took his own life. ' The remains of Mrs. Hogan were laid to rest in the Mt. Hope Cemeterj yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering. The body of Mr Hogan was taken to Blitbewood < foi interment. o CANDIDATES ASSESSED. Campaign to Open at Greelyville Aug. 10th. .Close at Kingstree, Aug. 18. The^ Democratis County Executive Cnmmiffoa mpt hprf> TllPSrfftV flTlf decided upon the fees to be assessed | candidates in the carrtpaign this year Also fixed the date and place for the county campaign meetings. Assessments. Candidates for Sheriff, $60.00; foi / Clerk of the Court, $75.00; for Countj * Treasurer, Auditor, Supervisor, each $25.00; for Judg^ of Probate, $30.00; Superindentent of Education, $35.00; Coroner, $10.00; Magistrate at Kingstree, $10.00; Magistrate at Greelyville, $7.50; all other candidates for Magistrate, $5.00; for the State Senate $25.00 -j Cotton Weigher at Kingstree $10.00; Cotton Weigher at Greelyville $7.50. Campaign Meetings. Greelyville, Tuesday, August 10th, Trio,* Wednesday, August 11th. Morrisville, Thursday, August 12th, Hemingway, Friday, August 13th. Hebron, Tuesday. August 17th. Kingstree, Wednesday, August 18th. The first primary will bo held on Tuesday, July 24th. All candidates are required to file pledges and pay assessments not later than 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, August 9th, 1920. o Sign the Club Roll. oks for the enrollment of viters wronging to the various clubs in the county have been received here by County Chairman Hinds, and the enferollment of the Kingstree club members was begun Tuesday. The enrollment book for Club No. 1 is at the Auditors office in charge of Donald Montgomery; the book for Club No. 2, voters living east of"the railroad, will be found at the office of the Williamsburg Live Stock Co. Ka * LET'S DO IT FOR | SOUTH CAROLINA 1; The State's Resources Unknown to People Elsewhere?Organization Necessary. In the year 1919 South Carolina's j farm products went to market for $520,00. This was $45,000,000 more, than the market value of California's! . farm products in the same period. ; Everybody in South Carolina knows 1; something about California?that it is i j reputed to be a land of sunshine, of j ! luscious oranges, of big meaty prunes, | ; J of delicately flavored raisins. But I < i how many of the people of California i know anything about South Carolina? j ? except to think that it produces some i! cotton, has many swamps and much ! malaria? j , j How many people anywhere out' | side of the Southeast know that South s; Carolina?the Palmetto state? has po j tential possibilities in her natural rej sources which are unsurpassed in any ; i other state? How many of them ;' know about the South Carolina sweet jpotato, or that we have the finest 1 -: cattle lands in the country, or that our |1 ! pecans can not be equaled ? How j many of them ever ate a dish of South ' , Carolina strawberries, or thought of '! this state as having excellent sheep 1 ' j lands ? How many of them know the 1 truth about our crop diversification |3 j possiblities, our textile industries, our I natural resources in a score of varied ; directions? i i * And, for thkt matter, how many of j ' us South Carolinians, right here on > the ground, have ever realized what we have in the way of resources and 1 advantages? What have we done to 1 > utilize and capitalize our potential j ' possibilities? What Organization Means n i , People in other states have made , | more out of less than we in South Carolina have. Look again at those \ , i figures on the values of California's ] and South Carolina's farm products < . | for 1919, and reflect a minute on the j ['fact that California is six times as ! big as South Carolina. j Those people organized. They made 1 ,! the most of what they had, and then : , they told the world about it j < ' j Each citizen felt his dependence on ; r his neighbor, each section knew that , t it was affected by the success or J suffering of any other section, each ' producer knew that through co-opera-1 tion with others, markets would be[j ! widened and stabilized. , ( , And when those conditions had been | ! attained, every train brought in new' ] ; home seekers to add to populations, ] land values, produce values and adver- : tising values. j A few days ago several of the South ! Carolina newspapers quoted the presi- 1 dent of the American Cotton associa- ] . tion as saying he was told in Boston recently that the association had done more to make the South rightly s j understood throughout the country J! 1' than all other advertising that had j1 I been done. He was also told that if j1 the assocition had been a Northern j' > j institution, it would have been largely ' i endowed by this time as a public bene- j( factory. \ ^ South Carolina has possibilities; j1 ' 1 u*o all admit that. 1 Now, what is the first thing a farm- ' ' | er does, or a manufacturer, or a '; storekeeper ? The farmer plans a 'season's work; the manufacturer} ' makes up a quantity of his wares; the storekeeper puts jn a stock of ' goods. Having done these essential!{ '! things they then seek a market. , i Must Seek a Market. That is what South Carolina mustj . do. She must get ready. The adver-; i ; tising to the world of what South 11 , i Carolina has to offer must be preced-! i ed by a period of preparation. Before .? *he invites the guest in. she must put 1 , her house in order. An advertising 1 i campaign must be subormnaiep ior a < time to a program of fundamental j j ! i improvement which will overcome 1 and eliminate the known handicaps which exist today. 1 j That is a proposition which will ap-; i peal to the common sense ,of every; < i South Carolinian. It is being frank s I with ourselves. And frankness is tell- ] ; [ ing the plain truth. j 1 !1 With potential possibilities, natural i 1 (resources, which unquestionably ex- i ceed those of many other states, South 1 Carolina has material possibilities 1 limited only by her disposition and ] t ability to utilize her opportunities. J I This can be done only through or- j , ganization. Individual efforts at best . 1 can be effective only in a smalHs?y. .? ' JThe people of South Car<^0j^,OOO < 'or 10,COO of,them, must get together s : < / ' ' 4 PROHIBITION LAW I IS CONSTITUTIONAL VALSTEAD ENFORCEMENT ACT 1 WINS APPROVAL OF U. S. i SUPREME COURT Washington, June 7.?Both the federal prohibition amendment and the enforcement act passed by Congress were held constitutional today by the j supreme court. , The court dismissed petitions filed, 1 by the State of Rhode Island to have!' federal officers enjoined from enforcing prohibition in that State. I The court also dismissed injunction ] proceedings brought by the State of I] New Jersey to prevent enforcement of ] prohibition within the state. t Injunctions restraining prohibition 1 officials from interfering with the Maniowoc Products Company, a Wis- 4 consin corporation, in the manufacture I of beer containing more than 1-2 of < 1 per cent of alcohol were dissolved i L- i uy lulu v. The court upheld federal court decrees dismissing proceedings brought to enjoin the prohibition amendment from being enforced against Christian Feiganspan, a brewer of Newark, N. J. Federal court decrees denying similar injunctions sought by the St Louis Brewing Association likewise were affirmed. The court's opinion * ..s very short, settihg forth only the court's conclusions. Chief Justice White rendered a supplimental opinion, concurring in the one rendered by Justice Van De Venter, but going more fully into the issues involved. Federal court decrees, dismissing injunction proceedings instituted by the Kentucky Distillers and Warehouse Company, of Louisville, Ky., to i enjoin enforcement of the act against it were sustained by the court. In-! junctions sought by George C. Demp-j sey, a Boston wholesale liquor dealer,; to restrain enforcement of the en- j forcement act against hirv were also [lenied by the court. till (I inillK. <U1U Obb I'uiicuij'; vac uv&i ^ nite workable program. Such a union of thought and action ( is the South Carolina Development { board. Advertisement of the existing possi- J bilities and attractions of South Carolina is not the chief purpose of this , board. Rather does it frankly recog- i, nize certain present conditions which ? Eire barriers to statewide development, j and it proposes means for remedying those condtions as the first important! c preliminary step. Is Not an Exeperiment. 11 For more than a year, this organi- j * zation has been doing a definite, con- ' 3tructive work. Though composed of 1 a comparatively S$nall group of for- j ^ ward looking men and provided with 11 very limited funds, it has accomplish- * ed so many specific things and en-1 listed such a wide circle of attention! * and encouragement, that it is now be-1 * ing urged on every hand to become to * South Carolina what the development l>oards of other states have been to their people and interests. The South Carolina Development board is not an experiment. i Other states have used this form s >r organization to their great advan- c tage. South Carolina has been using j it, in a limited way, for more than a \ /ear, and its actual, concrete accom- T plishments in that period are the most f insistent urge that it expand in activi- j i L1 in infliionAO OTlH 1T1 ! 1 Lies, ill udciuiucao) 111 iiuiuwuvw v?a?v* -?* representation of the people- of the ( state. Responding to the general demand that it widen its sphere of ser- f /ice, the development board has un- I lertaken a campaign of expansion in I membership and necessary income, to I :>c" made from June 21 to 26. , 1' Management of this campaign is in | A the hands of a state campaign com-' r.ittee, which is representative of a ;very section and interest. The per- t sonnel of the committee follows: Gov. Robert A. Cooper, chairman; Richard! t. Manning, vice-chairman; Charles H. Barron, C. L. Cobb, Dr. George B. Cromer, B. E. Geer, B. B. Gossett, F. a Barron Grier, J. Ross Hanahan, L. L. p Rardin, L. D.Jennings, A. B. Jordan, ^ R. E. Ligon, W. R. McCuen, J. L. J Mims, Fred J. Parham, W. R. Rich- I irdson, Paul Sanders, LeRoy Springs, g rohn T. Stevens/ Horace Tilighman, 1. Skottowe Wannamaker, P. A. Wil- b rox, fe. B.%Williams, Bright William- o >oit. , C i COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING [-HE OLD HOME "HICKORY FARM" SCENE OF JOYOUS OCCASION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. (Written for The County Record) On the 2nd of June, 1870, Lieut. Wm. Epps, C. S. A., and Miss Mary Rebecca Watts were married at "The Barrows," Berkley County, the home jf the bride's sister, Mrs. W. S. Lynes, the Rev. W. W. Jones, of the Metholist Church, officiating. The fiftieth anniversary 01 tnis occasion was appropriately celebrated last Wednesday afternoon in the old iome, "Hickory Farm," just East of Kingstree, where this venerable couple liave spent so many happy years together in their industrious and Christian carreer. In this hospitable home which was 'built by the road-side" was enthroned the ideal of useful service, the kindly effort and the gentle lives of this derated pair, which strikingly illustrates the value and tHe possibilities of practical Christianity. In this home the tinerant preacher and the way-side traveler found lodging, and the stranger was never turned away. Mr. Wm. Epps is now in his 78th pear. His father, for whom he was lamed, and his mother, Elizabeth Holmes Epps, came to South Caroina from the old North State, near joldsboro, in the year 1858. Mrs Wnv Epps will celebrate her 30th birthday on the 18th of this nonth. Her parents were Mr. John )uRant Watts and Mrs. Sarah King iVatts, who, during their lives, lived n Georgetown. The Golden Wedding brought many >f the relatives together again, some >f whom had not seen each other for juite a number of years. Among ihem were numbered nine who had ived more than three score years and en. This, though, perhaps was just m incident, for there were others not ioo feeble, but too far away to come ;o the anniversary. One noticed on the center table in ;he living room, five Holy Bibles beonging to representatives of as many generations of this notable family. The occasion, thoroughly symbolic >f a final and unbroken union, was svidenced by many tokens of love and iffection, and served to tighten the ;ies that bind. There was a former marriage to Hiss Annette Richardson Jones, May 18, 1868, to which union tfas born one ;on, Charles Jones Epps, now a eading druggist at Conway. To the second marriage were born six children, four of whom are still iving?John Wesley Epps, Ph. G., IIaeon, Ga., Edwin Christopher Epps, ? - - ? m TTT'll 1 Jashier in the tsanK 01 wuuamsourg, Cingstree; Gilbert Watts Epps, Secetary and Treasurer, Asheville and East Tennessee Railroad, Asheville, C.; and Miss Annette L. Epps, iingstree. The third son, Dr. Arthur Deems Epps, died March 3, 1906, and Mrs. Frances Kooger Shealy, second daugher, died July 19, 1919. o Mr. Phillips Passes Away. Mr. J. T. Phillips, a venerable citi:en of the Cedar Swamp section, died it the Kelly sanatorium here Tueslay night. Mr. Frillips was about 80 'ears of age and "was a veteran of the var between the states. He came to Villiamsburg about thirty years ago rom Sumter County and first moved nto the Bloomingdale community, ater taking up his residence in the "edar Swamp neighborhood. He is survived by his wife and the ollowing children: Messers. W. T. 'hillips, Walter Phillips, Thomas fillips, Mesdames R. M. Cantly, W. i\>xworth, Wm. Epps, Henry Chander, of this County, and Mrs. Vatson, of Andrews. Funeral and interment took place .t Cedar Grove Baptist Church yeserday afternoon at 4 o'clock, o Mr? W N Jnmhn Entertains. The largest and most delightful .ffair of the social season was the tarty given at the Country Club on, Vednesday afternoon by Mrr. W. N. i acobs in compliment to her niece, diss Dorothy Peacock, who is her ruest ! The Club House was a scene of eauty, being decorated in a profusion f ferns, sweet peas, and nasturtiums. Jeorgetown Times-Index. Mfa | HEMINGWAY SCHOOL CLOSES GOOD YEAR I Impressive Commencement Exercises Held?Seven Finish Prescribed Course. Hemingway, June 8.?The Hemingway centralized school system closed its 1919-20 term on Tuesday night, j Rapid advancement has been made during the term just ended, viz., enrollment increased, standards raised, many improvements made in school 1 building such at installing electric : lights, waterworks, etc. The closing exercises were splendid 1 1 as well as impressive. The music class gave a recital and the high school a ] play entitled, "The Masonic Ring." 1 Then on Friday night the grammar grades gave their exercises; these were cantatas, drills, songs, etc. The < children taking part in these showed < they had received the very best of training and acted their parts perfectly: ^ j Sunday morning Dr. J. W. Daniei , preached the sermon using as his text: j "The Benedictions of Displacements." ( In his discourse the speaker dealt ] with the reactionary chrjnges throug 3 which we are passing, and some of j the requirements necessary for church- , es and schools to adopt. Monday night 1 the oratorical contest was held; the speeches and reading were far above the ordinary. Gold medals were pre- , sented to Barney Harmon and Miss j Minnie Husrsrins. On Tuesday night i there were class day exercises; five girls and two boys completed the course of the 11th grade; two of the girls received state high school diplomas. Prof. J. B. Bushardt has been superintendent of these schools for the past two years; in this time he, along with his able corp of teachers, has done a splendid work. They have put forth every effort towards the development of the school and thereby have won the esteem and praise of the entire community. -? o DARLINGTON TO HAVE BIG CELEBRATION JULY 5 Great Throng Expected to Be Present to Enjoy Hospitality. Many Free Attractions. Darlington for many years prior to: 1918, when the war interfered, en-! joyed an enviable reputation for its j annual celebration and horse show, 1 with races, on the Fourth of July. 1 ! The Chamber of Commerce, leading ] business men and citizens of Darling- 1 ton have determined that the cele- i bration to be held there on Mondy, s July 5, this year, shall far eclipse anything ever before attempted along 1 that line by Darlington, and it is i expected the city will be thronged f with visitors to revel in the pleasures s and entertainment features provided 1 for them. < Probably the best part of it all is that there will be absolutely no j charge for any of the numerous spe- j cial amusement features. Even the j two picture shows will be open to i ko nuKli/. ontirplv frOP. from morn- I ing until late at night. t There will be a spirited game of t baseball in the morning, to open the day's festivities, between the best j and fastest teams available?free to j all. j. Early in the afternoon there will x be an excellent card of races at the ^ local track, with purses large enough ? to attract the best horses in this } part of the South?and there will be no admission charged. ^ Contracts are now out for several c amusement attractions, such as are ^ featured at the State fair, and these r will be anoupced later?all free. The Columbia Brass Band of 25 j, pieces wili furnish music all day, and r at night the Columbia Orchestra will t provide music for the gala street car- t nival and dancing?all free. Governor Cooper and Hon. Skit-j L 117 1 oc I UJWe VV tllllltllliciftCM aic ca^ccv^u *o ^ guests of the city for the day, and the people of Darlington want every man, woman and child to feel that a personal invitation is extended to be present and enjoy the good things of , the big day?and remember that everything is absolutely free. o k Dentists to Meet. g Columbia, June 7.?A "Progressive p Clinic" is the characterization given to the annual convention of the South Carolina Dental Association, to be held in Columbia, June 15, 16 ,17, and tl 2000 dentists of the state are expected c to attend the convention, which will o be addressed by some of the leading ii dental authorities of the country. ;h i V iL \ -ii-1 ^ - \ "" ; ?'.l' REPUBLICANS HOLD CONVENTION WRANGLE OVER LEAGUE OP NATIONS MAY CAUSE SPLIT IN PARTY Chicago, June 9.?Republican differences over the league of nations culminated today in an open threat from irreconcilable Senators to leave the party unless it declared flatly against the league. \ The ultimatum was delivered in dramatic fashion at a conference of leaders. It put the league issue suddenly to the fore of all other questions be tore tne national convention, not excepting even the nomiation of a Presidential candidate. Tonight the leaders were only half heartedly attempting to conceal their apprehension over the situation. Most them gromly predicted an agreement, but none appeared to concede any of his ground. In a session, which promised to last through the night, a resolution committee appointed by Senator Watson sought to find a middle course which would hold the party together. i y Senator Crane, coming unexpectedly into the swim of convention affairs after several days of quiet conference# prefaced the irreconcilable ultimatum by laying on the council table a proposal that the party declared affirmatively for ratification of a league of nations covenant with safe guarding reservations. Backed, he said, by the group of mild reservation Senators, he indicated that unless such a plank were adopted all the dynamite of the league question would be let loose on the convention floor. The reply of the irreconcilable^ Eame at once, phrased in terms which ; 10 one misunderstood. With considerable heat, Senator Borah told the conference that he and his colleagues never could support any plank declaring affirmatively for any ratfiicatum >f the treaty, reservations or no reservations. Should the party adopt such i plank, they declared, they would mmediately and finally part company vith it Neither Side Recedes In a desperate effort to bring harnony, Senator Watson pleaded that ;he risiing animisities of the conferees ye forgotten and that both sides approach the subject with a determination to avoid repetition of the disistrous break of 1912. But neither side receded and the meeting ended. So it stood tonight that the resolutions committee of thirteen sought to vork out a solution. There was a series of feverish conferences as each side sought to assess how much of ;he attitude of its adversary was bluff ind how much was genuine. The irreconcilable group solemnly issured their party leaders tnere was lot a single element of bluff in thier urogram and one of them is underitood to have declared that should the party stand for any sort of ratifies-??' ;ion he would resign from the Senate o be free to carry on the fight What connection Senator Johnson night have with the move was not -evealed. Throughout the Senate ? 'ight he stood shoulder to shoulder vith Senator Borah, but talk of a )ossible Johnson bolt has been dis:ounted by the n\en who are closest lere to the California Senator. While the delegates were assemiling in the Coliseum today to make Senator Lodge and the remainder of he temporary organization the pernanent one, and to hear nothing more sxciting than a prayer and a speech >y Chauncey M. Depew, the league of . lations fight was being carried on in he quiet of a committee room downown. where a dozen men, representng the reservationists and the irrecncilables. were gathered about a ^ able. The irreconcilables swear they will * ight to the last ditch to prevent the Republican party from going before he country with any sort of an enosement of the league idea, and thus ecome "the tail to President Wilson's ite," as Senator Johnson himself puts t. The element opposed to them arues it will be a sorry thing for the. artv if their views prevail. o Those in authority should watch be sanitary condition of Kingstree losely at this season. See that all pen sewers are closed; premises kept i order. Much complaint has been eard in this connection recently..