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iH ?ljc llfcor^. g? p VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1920. NO ft I TOBACCO MARKETS p OPEN IN PEE DEE CROPS SOME LATER THAN LAST YEAR?GROWERS PUTTING MONEY IN BANKS , Tobacco market opened in the Pee j Dee section of the state, Tuesday, j A large volume was offered at the initial sale and price* paid were considered most favorable. Good quality tobacco was being offered. Prospects for a good crop this year are excel* * 41 * ?4 ? fAko/M?A O roa A). I lent wrugnuut uie wu?.w ?.v?. ? though there is a smaller acreage planted than previously in some portions of the tobacco belt. Last years' production was 81,156,-, 470 pounds, for which the growers re^vjgeived $18,548,559.15, "or an average of J 20.10 cents a pound. Last year's crop ,was 33 per cent above any previous ^ear. At Kingstree. The tobacco market opened with the first sale being held at the Farmers ( warehouse. The sale was small but j *ery good considering the fact that the crop is a little later than last year. There was sold nere we opening u ay f about 81,000 pounds. Prices ranged from 10 cents a pound for poor grade ground leaves to* 54 cents for thej best grade offered which was sold by Mr. C. W. Wilson. The average for the day's sale was; around 20 cents the pound, which com pares favorably with the prices at the ' opening sale last year. At Florence. Somewhere in the neighborhood of j 100,000 pounds were sold in the two j sales and the prices paid there were J very gratifying to both warehouse- j men and farmers. The prices ranged I from 3 cents to 56 cents a pound with ^ a general average for the day's sales! tn 401 OS ner 100. which is nillvum>l W _ _ _ , considered extremely good prices for the first curings. In fact, higher than : %^^ver paid at an opening sale there be-' ^*ore. The quality of tobacco it is stated, is better than the usual run of sand lugs and has been more care-! fully handled by the farmers. Color tobacco sold extremely well, j indicating good prices for bright to-1 bacco, v^hj/e the darker tobacco sold j at lower figures. At Sumter. Sumter's tobacco season started off with a rush, Tuesday, both warehouses doing a large business and the prices being right fdr the farmers. The first sale was held at the Banner warehouse and a large crowd of farmers, buyers and interested spectators were on hand to watch the buying. After disposing of .the tobacco at this place the crowd moved over to the Sumter warehouse to see the offerings there. While there was not " ^ 1 3 as much tobacco on tne noors as nan been expected, everyone seemed to be /- satisfied with the start that had been ^ made. It is thought that this will be I p\the best season ever for Sumter, as I there are a great many more buyers tiian usual. At Mulling. ' + The Mull ins tobacco season opened f a- Tuesday with a full corps of buyers / on hand. The prices paid for the *weed were highly satisfactory, ranging from 20 to 42 cents per pound, i Tobacco experts say tjie Mullins mar-! ket opened even higher than last year. The opening sale was the smallest ever recorded, the offering be1WKMV1 TvtnnHs. The to Ulg Uituvi AWVJVVW ? bacco men take this as a healthy sign,1 saying that the farmers have learned j to avoid the big opening sales. The quality offered was very good for primings. The crowing crop is promising, if the continued rains do not hurt it. Curing is well under way and the season will likely be a short one. At Darlington. The sales 'in each of the four warehouses were beyond expectations both as to tonnage and prices. There were about 60,000 pounds sold and at the best prices ever realized on opening day. The price ranged from eight cents to 54 cents. Only leaf tobacco , was offered, but much of the tobacco was very bright. The amount sold was not so large as last year. Only about 50 per cent of the amount plant^fcfd last year has Been planted. The ^^^Lrospects for a good crop is excellent H^Vnd if today's prices keep up a large H^nunount of money will be realized. * At Timmonsvilk. *.r ? Timmon?ville tobacco market opened with a sale of 125,000 pounds. J0he price was much better than ex"~J^pected, ranging from two to 58 cents BRYAN NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT THE NEBRASKA "COMMONER" WINS THE PROHIBITION PLUM AT LINCOLN YESTERDAY Lincoln. Neb., July 21.?William Jennings Bryan was nominated by acclamation as the Prohibition party's Presidential nominee at the national convention today. The nomination came after a resolution "tendering" him the position of standard-bearer had brought out the fact in debate that he had telegraphed friends that he "could not accept." An attempt to table the Caldervvpod motion tendering W. J. Bryan the nomination was overwhelmingly defeated. In naming Mr. Bryan the convention upset precedent as well as its progi-am by selecting the candidate on the first day Nominations were not scheduled until Friday. The nomination came after a statement of the delegates which was started by the resolution of W. G. Calderwood, of Minnesota, "tendering" Mr. Bryan the leadership and asking him to reply promptly to the convention whether he would accept. o ASSAILTEU Hi l^iuinu Ferryman Cribb Passes Away at Kel, ley Sanatorium from Injuries. Mr. Ollie Cribb, employed as boatman at Brown's Ferry, on Black river in Georgetown County, died at the Kelley sanatorium here early Sunday morning from the effects of an alleged muderous assault upon him by one, Caleb Frazier, a 17-year negro boy. who he had ferried across the river. The facts in the case so far as The Record has been able to gather them, indicate that about midnight Friday, the negro appeared at the home of Mr'. Cribb, and wanted to be carried across the river. Mr. Cribb refused to take him at that time of night and asked that to wait until morning which the negro did, and at daylight Saturday the two set out across the river. When near the opposite landing the negro picked up a crank bar and struck the ferryman over the head from behind, inflicting a wound from which he died early Sunday morning. The limp, unconscious body of the ferryman was rushed to Kingstree, where an X-ray picture was made of the wound. It was learned by this that the skull was fractured from the top to the base. It is alleged that the negro struck the ferryman from behind, the first blow knocking him down. He struck his victim several blows after he was down. Dr. Kelley and his assistants did all they could to save the man's life and it was thought at one time that he rallied slightly, but death followed soon afterwards. Mr. Cribb's body was taken to his home in Georgetown county Sunday ' morning, after being prepared for burial by Undertaker Courtney. The negro, whose home is at Rhems, in Williamsburg County, made?his escape into Georgetown, where he was arrested by the sheriff of that county; but it was found necessary to secretly send the prisoner away for fear of a lynching. The woods were scoured all day Sunday by hundreds of mdh bent on doing violence to the negro I who so ruthlessly killed the ferryman, | apparently without any cause or rea son. The arrest of the negro was not made known to the posse until the sheriff was notified that his prisoner was safe in the Florence ia.il. The negro, we understand is now in (the penitentiary at Columbia for safe ' keping. . per pound. Very little tobacco has been cured and placed on the market, yet the warehouses were through selling by noon. At Marion. J The Marion tobacco market opeped Tuesday with good sales at all three warehouses. The farmers realized good prices for their tobacco, considering that most of the tobacco offered there was of low grade. The warehousemen have increased and improved their facilities for handling the crop, and it is expected that tfiis will be the best season the Marion market has yet had. o Some people get a good not much else. t . ' ' - *: ' ' AnJkk * ' . ML- sKd! CLOSING DAI I CONTES' ; AUGUST 31ST AT TWO P. M. IS I DATE OF THE RECORD'S FOR BEST INTERESTS $5.00 IN CASH TO BT Race Not Yet Won by Any Candidate Extra Votes Given This W< in?Competition Ami I In this work to capture the FORDj or the other prizes The Record is going to give away, it is not noly getting subscriptions, but in getting them while they count the most in EXTRA or BONUS votes. For an instance, the EXTRA votes count as follows, if you turn in your subscription money Between July 20th and July 27th: $15 counts 125,000 Extra Votes. $30 counts 250,000 Extra Votes. $45 counts 375,000 Extra Votes. $60 counts 500,000 Extra Votes. $75 counts 625,000 Extra Votes. $90 counts 750,000 Extra Votes. $105 counts 875,000 Extra Votes Between Jnly 27 and August 3rd. $15 counts 100,000 Extra Votes, j $30 counts 200,000 Extra Votes, j $45 counts 300,000 Extra Votes. $6 counts 400,00 Extra Votes. $75 counts 5uu,uvu &xiar votes. $90 counts #00,000 Extra Votes. $105 counts 700,00 Extra Votes. This is just a comparison; the number of fifteen dollars can be a hundred or as many hundreds as you can get. Our effort is to show you how these extra votes pile up for you. Special Cash Prize. Five Dollars in cash goes to the candidate who turns jn the greatest number of subscriptions for the period from Tuesday, July 2th, till Tuesday, July 27th. Five dollars for a week's "side issue" is good, and then the votes count on the auto and other big prizes to be given to somebody at the close of this campaign. It is important to win the $5.00, but it is also very importeint to win as many of the 125,000 EXTRA VOTES as possible, for at no future time will $15.00 in cash subscription business count for as many vo:es. List Shortens Up Some. The list of competi tors has shortened a little. Now this is a race for workers, and it is not too late for a real worked to get ia and win a victory at the finish. But he must be up and doing NOW. Let's see the workers work?a $725 Ford Car hangs in the balance, and you can swing the balance YOUR way. A good way to doHhis is to win just as many 125,000 EXTRA VOTES as posisbte. Therefore get in every "promised subscription" you can before Tuesday, July 27th. * snrara ran I The County Record and the I Contest Manager, acting for the interest of all concerned, contestants as well as The County Record, announce an extension of this campaign, the closing date of wiucn is set ior i ues- a day, August 31st, 2:00 P. M., S INSTEAD of August 7th or B 14th, as originally designated. B This new date was decided on B only after considerable thought B and for the following reasons: B First: Owing to weather con- g ditions and to sickness in some of the homes, a number of contestants are just now getting started. Second: The lateness cf the season has prevented farmers ffrom disposing of their tobacco, which they are just now preparing for market, and this has Icauseu HUIIIC lu ucia; Kiiumg in their renewal till a little later. Third: There yet remains MANY HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY who do not take The Record or who have not yet renewed their subscription, and it is in order to give workers in the race sufficient opportunity to call on these ? people, that we have decided to ? extend the contest until August g II lie UU1I|MU(JU niu imoiuiw; close on that day and all workers I are advised to plan the remain- S der of the time on the bisis of ? this extra extension. |j "E OF EXTENDED POSITIVELY THE FINAL CLOSING DRIVE?TIME EXTENDED OF ALL CONCERNED. GIVEN AWAY TUESDAY ?Result Hanging in Balance ?125,000 eek for Each $15.00 Turned >ng Workers Is Keen. intern un vnvcn niMDAHV MLLEU BY JEALOUS WIFE COUPLE RECENTLY MOVED TO FLORENCE FROM CHARLESTON?INQUEST TODAY. Florence July 20.?Mrs. ?dna Burgess. aged forty-four, shot and killed her husband, Guy Burgess, supervisor of the Alantic Coast Line signal system, in their room, nesr the Atlantic Coast Line depot, a:>out 6 o'clock this afternoon. Letters and a picture of a woman in Knoxville, Tenn., found in possession < f her husband, Mrs. Burgess stated to the chief of police, was the ca jse of her action. Mrs. Burgess is in the city jail tonight. The inquest v ill be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow m< rning. Five times did Mrs. Burgess shoot her husband. She reloaded the weapon once and emptied it into her husband's body. Death, it i:i declared, was almost instantaneous. After the shooting Mrs. Burgess rar. from the house and into the street, where she fell. She talked freely with tie chief of police, it is stated, but refused to say anything to a reporter tonight. She appeared to be in a hyste *ical condition atttfpies. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess wore ma> ried July 15, 1919, in Jacksonville, Fla., where the latter, it is understood, was employed for about seven years in a beauty parlor. They mov?d to Florence only a few weeks ago from Charleston. Before marriage Mrs. Eurgess was a Miss Hanson and her h>me was in Atlanta, where her moth ir now resides. Mr. Burgess was lrom Atkin son, Kansas, where his relatives are living. o Mrs. Mary M. Andre1 vs Dead Mrs. Mary Murray Andrews, mother of W. H. Andrews, passed away last Saturday at the resitence of her son in Andrews. Mrs. Andrews was a native of Vermont, and is survived by two sons, W. H. Andrews, of Andrews, and Martin Andrei rs, of Montpelier, Vt, and several g .andchildren Mrs. Andrews was a nrost devoted mother and a woman who >e heart was centered in her home an< loved ones, though her sympathies were broad and her generous kindn<ss bestowed upon all that needed he* help. She was a lifelong member o:! the Methodist church and a woman of Christian character. Funeral servi< es were held Sunday afterhoon at the residence of her son and the funera party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. W H. Andrews and Raymond Andrews, eft with the reuuuus uu uic cvcmu^ uuu Montpelier, Vt, where ii .terment will be made in the family turial ground near Montpelier. o ? Hemingway Defeats lingstree. Hemingway, S. C., JiJy 15.?In a very close and exciting game Hemingway defeated Kingstree by a score of 2 to 0. The outstaniing features of the game were the excellent support given by each side and the pitching of Davis and Lamtert, Lambert givA up only 5 hits and Davis 6. Batteries: Kingstree, Davis and Hol? - r 1 1 r>-TKK iana; Hemingway, uuuu:i w euiu vuvu. H Notice to Voters. ^ The enrollment books will 1 I close next Tuesday, July 27, and 1 if your name is not on the en- 1 I rollment book of the club near- 1 8 est your place of residence, you 8 8 cannot xote in the approaching a 8 primary. g i - Lx I WILSON AND COX I IN PERFECT UNITY ABSOLUTELY AT ONE WirH RECARD TO GREAT ISSUE, DECLARES EXECUTIVE The Associated Press says: Complete agreement on the league of nations question and unity in their party's cause was declared Sunday by President Wilson and Governor Cox, of Ohio, Democratic Presidential candidate, after a conference at the White j House. ! Meetine for the first time since the San Francisco convention, the President and the Governor, together with i Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Vice-presidential nominee, spent an hour on the south portico of the Executive mansion descussing the league and other campaign isues. All three afterward issued formal statements voicing solidarity of purpose. None made any reference to recently published reports that the Chief Executive and the Presidential candidate were "far apart" on the league issue. The President declared that he and , Governor Cox "were absolutely at , one with regard to the one great issue of the league of nations" and that the ! nominee "is ready to be the champion of the honor of the nation and the secure peace of the world." The party's choice, the President added, 'will nave the vigorous support of an absolutely united party and I am confident, also of an absolutely united nation." Governor Cox declared in his statement that he and Mr. Wilson were "agreed as to the meaning and sufficiency of the party platform and the I duty of the party in the face of threat! ened bad faith to the world in the name of America." He declared that he would give all his strength to the promises made by President Wilson I to those who sacrificed in the great war. Mr. Roosevelt's statement spoke of J "the splendid record" of the President, and Governor Cox and expressed the wish that every American could have 1 Hinir | VV 1 WIICOOCU WIVll vv***w w? "After'the conference, the three par- { j ty leaders had luncheon at the White j j House, and Governor Cox and Mr. I Roosevelt later conferred with several party leaders before leaving at 4:50 o'clock for Columbus, where they will arrive early tomorrow to meet Chairman Cummings, of the Democratic national committee, and attend the full committee meeting Tuesday.! The conference on the White House j portico was said by Governor Cox to I have been devoted principally to discussion of the league of nations. The statement issued by the President fol lows: "The interview was in every respect most satisfactory and gratifying. I found, what I indeed already knew and what Governor Cox has let the whole world know in his speeches j that he and I were absolutely at one,, ' with regard to the great issue of the | league of nations, and that he is ready to be the champion in every respect | of the honor of the nation and the se! cure peace of the world. Governor Cox will have the vigorous support of an absolutely united party and I am confident, also of an absolutely united nation." Governor Cox's statement said: "From every viewpoint the meeting was delightful. The President j was at his best, recalling any detail inquiry about or bearing upon the in, teraational situation and enlivening I the whole conference with a humorous ! anecdote now and then in his old-time ! characteristic way. We are agreed as 1 to the meaning and sufficiency of the ! Democratic platform and the duty of the party in the face of threatened bad faith to the world in the name of America. His thought is still of the , war and the pledges we gave to those [ who sacrificed. One easily sees as the : leader of the nation who asked for our sons and our resources upon a I very distinct understanding and oblij gation, he is resolved that tn?. faith i I olinll h* kent. To this his thought j and life are dedicated. What he I promised, I shall, if elected, endeavor I with all my stength to give." j Mr. Roosevelt's statement said: jj "I wish that every American could have been a silent witness to the ' meeting between these two great men. 1 Their splendid accord and# their high purpose are an inspiration. I need only add that my regret in leaving my post under President Wilson is softened by the knowledge that my new commander-in-chief will be his ' wholly worthy successor." PROTECT NEGROES WITH MACHINE GUNS ? GOVERNOR BICKETT DECLARES j ACCUSED MEN MUST 1 BE SAVED. Asheville, N. C., July 18.?"Capt. Fowler, protect those prisoners at all hazards, and notify the people I have ordered you and your machine gun- , ners to shoot straight if an attempt on the life of the prisoners is made," is the order given by Governor Bickett tonight over long distance telephone, from Asheville to Capt. Marion B. Fowler, captain of the Durham machine gun company, which is protecting the jail at Graham, in which three negroes, charged with an assault on a white woman were lodged today. Later Governor Bickett got into communication with Capt Fowler and learned that the machine gunners had the situation well in hand and at 10 o'clock tonight quiet prevailed. Three machine guns had been placed around the Alamance jail, while troops armed with high power rifles patrolled the immediate vicinity of the county bastile, allowing no large gatherings. Governor Pickett authorized the captain to make public a statement notifying the people of Alamance that no mob violence would be tolerated and that the lives of the prisoners must be saved at all hazards, and ordered the machine gunners to "shoot -a J_ta :e a.1 --J ? ?? ' sinugni ll uk umi aivoc, iuc vw??. Executive also informed Capt. Fowler that other companies of the State National Guard would be called out if he should need them to protect the lives of the prisoners and instructed fj the captain in charge of the situation to notify the adjutant general, who is also here, if additional forces are necessary. County attorney for Alamance, E. S. Parker, prevailed upon the crowd to let the law take its course and assisted in keeping the mob violence down until the arrival of the machine gunners. Capt. Fowler was instruct- . ed by the adjutant general to remove the prisoners under guard to some other county, or to the State penitentiary, if he could do so without inciting the mob to violence. At a late hour tonight Governor Bickett had heard nothing further an/1 nra<iim?H thinn XIUUI UiffUOlU HUU |/t vwwtvv. ..... uhad quieted down. o 1' yd Death of Mrs. Heape v ? M A message was received here Tuesday afternoon from B ranch ville, in Orangeburg county, announcing the sudden death of Mrs. Laura Heape, * which occurred at 2:30 at her home that afternoon. The message was re- $ ceived here by her son, Mr. P. W. Fairey, cashier of the Bank of Kingstree, who with his sister, Miss Lizzie Heape, left immediately for Branchville. News of the death of their mother came as a great shock to Mr. Fairey and Miss Heape, also to the many friends of this beloved lady in the / community, notwithstanding that she was known to be in failing health for the past year. Mrs. Heape was well known here, having visited her children here frequently in recent years, and last winter spent several months her in th home of her son, Mr. Fairey. She had been twice married, first to Mr. Fairey. Of the union there are /,1,,'lsfeam Wr F W FftirPV. of 1VU1 VUUVMVU mm ?? * ? ?7 ? ? this place; Mrs. G. M. Noble, Mrs. Wm. McCume and Mrs. L. H. Fairey, all of Branchville. After the death of Mr. Fairey she married Mr. Heape and of this union there are three daughters: Mrs. N. E. Byrd, Miss Maggie Heape, of Branchville, and Miss Lizzie Heape, of\Kingstree. The deceased was a lady of the exemplary Christian character and beloved by all who knew her. She was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at Branchville. o W. H. Carr Elected Vice-Presideht. P W. SDeneer. of Rock HilL heads the South Carolina Building and Loan Association, which met in Columbia, Friday. W. H. Carr, of Kingstree, was elected vice-president; P. S. Perrin, of Spartanburg, second vice-president, and John E. Black, of Columbia, secretary and treasurer. ?According to the reports, the building and loan associations in the State are doing a flourishing business. The principal address of the session was delivered by James H. Craig. State Bank Examiner. ^ ' . J