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\ 4 m -:'i HHP* Count|) lleronX ?@ I VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1920. NO 9f t5 K f ANOTHER BRIDGE i TO SPAN SANTEE SO DECIDED BY ENTHUSIASTIC j CITIZENS AT MEETING IN SUMMERTON FRIDAY. \ I .. A special dispatch to the Columbia I * State, dated Friday, Aug. 20, says: I . V A large crowd gathered at the school house in Summerton this morning to I discuss the question of building a! v bridge over the Santee river. The < jeguestion was thoroughly discussed aad voted upon, it being unanimously decided to build a permanent bridge costing $1,000,000 at a point ten mile s (fpoinSummerton known as Pinckney's < Landing. A L. D. Jennings, of Sumter, presided and presented briefly the question of bridging the San tee and the advantage to Clarendon county in particular. Irvine F. Belser, of Columbia, in a few remarks stated the object of the meeting and whether the bridge should be built with an appropriation from the State or with subscribed stock. Mayor Jennings presented Governor Cooper, who spoke of the plans and purposes of the State with reference to transportation facilities, pointing out that the San tee is a bar-1 riur tn raneral immovement, and that | the bridging of the San tee would be worth the money it would cost He told of the splendid highways in the New England states and of the number of trucks being used in the transportation of commodities, because it could be transported in this way cheaper and more quickly than over the iitlroads l He said this state must provide betI ter road facilities and the building of L a bridge over the Santee would be to the interest of this county and de~ B jwUpmaat and happiness of the cornel ' asoatty. South Carolina had the best Q&mit Md the best lands in the wadd and the "poorest highways." I He told the story 01 me peopie ox -crusalem who kept a beautiful, dean city because each man swept before him own door. If each county would take cue of itself what an easy matte* it would be for this state to have the good highways. In dotting, he said; "the bridge will be built and the hpfldfaf of this bridge will be a contribution to the general progress of this State." Mr. Mannings made a few remarks relative to the cost of the bridge and empraarted that the sooner people WOuld rely on themselves the sooner ,? they would get the bridge. If 200 men wduld each buy $5,000 stock, the four counties, Clarendon, Sumter, Orangeburg and Calhoun would make up the $1,000,000. The bridge will be operated as a toll bridge, the legislature mnrimnm toll charee. It "*" 8 ?* VU shown that the toll bridge near Qamden collected between $500 and mo a week, thus proving that aside from being advantageous to the com^"N^gaunity, it would also be a good financial investment . E. 0. Black, director of the ChamK ber of Commsrce of Columbia, spoke ^ v of the wonderful production of South ' Carolina. He said "if all the hogs in the state were one big hog this big hog could root up the Panama canal by rooting three times a day without! grunting." This brought forth much applause. He showed what could be done by cooperation, quoting "help one another." Mr. Brown of the State highway commiaison, pledged the support of the State highway department R. B. Belser, of Sumter, pointed out that the natural advantage of Pinckmt*8 Tjmdimr would make the bridge cost less. He also pledged the support of Sumter county. There were around 90,000 automobiles in the state and with approximately 100,000 crossings of the San tee bridge a year would net $50,000 or more a year income. 1 Charlton DuRant, of Manning, said I ' the buildigg of the bridge would be a " great thing for the community and county and cited the recent school improvement which would be blocked \ by the present road situation. C. R. Sprott, of Manning, said he was stringly in favor of building the} bridge. C. M. Davis, of Summerton.; strongly indorsed the plan. Mr. Park- j Ai, #r nf Orancebure. favored the pro-1 * -sed plan and expects it to meet j enthusiasm in Orangeburg where i ^Jyapeting will be held at an early1 W At the close of the discussion j i4|rresolution that a bridge be built' across the San tee was carried. Mr.1 Jennings then suggested that $1,000,000 be raised by the four counties NEGRO LYNCHED IN NORTH CAROLINA ADMITS CRIME AND PAYS PENALTY AT HANDS OF A SMALL MOB. Durham. N. C., Aug. 25.?On almost the identical spot where James Ray fell mortally wounded during the battle betwenn a masked mob and the Durham machine gun company guarding the Alamance county jail on the night of July 19, another mob this afternoon overpowered Sheriff C. D. Story and six deputies and took away from them John Jeffress, a negro charged with assaulting a four-yearold child. Afterwards the mob carried the negro without resistance to a lonely spot halfway between Burlington and Belmont cotton mills, west of Graham, and riddled his body with bullets. He wes reported to Sheriff Story afterwards as dead. The crime for which the young negro was put to death is alleged to have been committed at 10 o'clock this morning near the child's home. Cries of her mother, it is said, caused the negro to run, leaving the little girl without serious injury. An armed posse formed immediately after the crime was reported, but it was Sheriff Story's posse, composed of deputy sheriffs and police officers of both Graham and Burlington, that landed the Drisoner. They found him crouched in a honeysuckle vine near the Graham railroad station. He was arrested and placed in the Alamance county jail shortly after the noon hoar. He admitted the crime, Sheriff Story said. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff Story and his six assistants started with Jeffress to the courthouse one block away. Arriving at the spot where Ray was killed, a mob formed around the officers and their prisoner. There was a sudden surge forward and in the twinkling of an eye, according to the sheriff, the prisoner had been taken from the officer and was placed in an automobile and rushed away. o Member of Chain gang Killed. Lina Battle, a chaingang prisoner, attemntme- to make his escape yester day was sh6t and killed by a guard, Tom Poston. in broad swamp, north of Kingstree. The negro, who is said to be from New Jersey, was sent uo from Berkley county for breaking into a store. At the time of his arrest he was shot but recovered and was serving his sentence, which would have expired in December next Battle was running through the swamp, followed by the blood hounds and the guard. l%e latter shot at him nine times, three of the balls taking effect. Dr. Jacobs examined the body of the dead man and an in? l-'J r> 1 n? quest Was neia. vruom rvsKii non exhono rated. Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter and Calhoun. The following amounts were pledged at the meeting: C. M. Davis, Summerton, $5,000; W. P. Anderson, Summerton, $5,000; W. G. Belser, Summerton, $5,000; J. E. Belser, Suzxuperton. $5,000; I. F. Belser, Columbia, $5,000; T. B. Belser, Sumter, $5,000; L. D. Jennings, Sumter, $5,000; W. D. McQary, Summerton, $5,000; W. J). Carson, Summerton, $2,000; E. O. Black, Columbia, $1,000; A. J. Plowden, Summerton, $8,000; W. F. Briggs, Summerton, $1,000; D. C. Mason, Summerton, $2,000; R. E. McFadden, Sardinia, $1,000; L. M. Richburg, Summerton, $500; Durant and Ellerbee, Manning, $1,000; S. A. Harvin, Sumter, $2,000; L. E. Brailsford, Sumter, $1,000; W. R. Davis, $1,000; Dr. Gist, Sumter, $1,000; W. R. Plow* ^ x AAA. Tawiao DvtTQn a en, sumwr, <j.,wv, ?<uuu Summerton, $500; H. C. Carrigan, Summerton, $500; J. H. Collett, Summerton, $200; Felder Bros, Summerton, $1,000; W. D. Alsbrooks, Summerton, $100; J. A. James, Summerton, $500; J. W. Wideman, Manning, $500; J. P. Rigby. Manning, $500; W. T. Vardiner. Summerton. $500; Dr. W. P. Carrigan. Summerton, $500; W. P. T. Sprott, Foreston, $500; J. T. Mathis, Summerton, $500; Frank Burgess, Manning, $300; O. T. Ardis. Summerton, $200; T. J. Davis, Summerton, $300; E. P. Martin, Summerton. $200; E. M. Watt, Summerton, $200; W. L. Lee. Sumter, $500; H. Cain, Summerton, $200; H. J. Tia^^Paxville. $200; J. P. Calewan, Summerton, $200. WHO WILL I FORD T I THE RECORD CONTEST WORKE ONLY FOUR MORE WORKIN MAKE EVERY MINUTE < I FOUR GRAND PRIZES TO BE AWJ NOON?WINNERS DOUBTFUL ?.ry umiiW ' II Standing of Candidates I I Mrs. I,ena Vause 607,500 B| Miss Flora B. Smith 607,200 1 H Miss Ola DuBose 603,600 | I Miss Myrtle Turbeville_603,900 H Mrs. J. G. Foxworth 519,950 Bj J. P. Gibbons 600,000 I Miss Claudia Taylor 603,750 I Miss Beulah Spivey, 400,000 Miss Lucile McElveen 520,000 | wmmmnmmmmm wmmmtm We are on the home stretch in The Record Auto race. Some of the candidates for honors have dropped out of the running, but those who have endured the gruelling pace so far, show no evidence of quitting until the final hour?3:00 P. M., Tuesday, August 31st Please keep in mind the closing hour, 8:00 o'clock, Tuesday af 1 ternoon, August 81st No candidate J will be admitted to u office after that hour. Hie last extra vote period ended on Tuesday and many took advantage of it We feel, however, that none of I the earnest workers will stay their ef 11 forts until 3:00 o'clock on next Tues day, when the final count will be made. Remember there will be no losers, < for those who have worked to the end and who do not win a grand prize, or who have not won a special cash prize will not go empty handed, provided they have as much as $25 in sub 1 scription business to their credit There are changes in the standing of the candidates again this week, since this was the lacit opportunity to take advantage of the extra votes con 1 pon offer. The standing each candidate will have on next Tuesday will be determined by the effort put forth : these last four days. And now, who will win that $725 i Ford Tonruiff Car oa August 31st ? $300 Pathe Talking Machine on August Slat? $56 Solid Gold Wrist Watch on August 51 ? $25 Pearl ' Necklace on August SltaT I And it ia still anytody'g race judg- 1 ing from the standing in today's paper. o CANDIDATES IN KINGSTREE i; Large Crowd Out to Hear Senatorial Candidates The senatorial campaign meeting was held here Monday. Three of the ; candidate? were present, Senator E. D. Smith, George Warren and W. P. ' I T* Tfaa smiAinMH that W C. (VUVUb IK n BMJ nmmmwm - ..... ... Irby had been unavoidably detained at home. The speakers were greeted by one of the best and most representative ( gatherings that has shown up here ' at a ooliticaJ meeting since the gu- ' bernatorial meeting two years ago. J The speakers were all in good form and were well received. Mr. Warres ( was the first speaker and made a good impression, upon his audience. Sena ' tor Smith and Mr. Pollock, who are 1 no strangers in this country, were also warmly received Senator Smith reviewed his service as senator and attacked the Scaife circular, which, he said, was ' being sent broadcast over the country, as "infamous and mauciouBiy xaiae. The meeting was presided over by 1 F. R. Hemingway, and the candidates 1 were given 3f- minutes each. o Board of Trade Meeting. Members of the Board of Trade are, hereby requested to meet at the court ' house tomorrow (Friday) night at ] ! 8:30 o'clock for the purpose of dis- i j cussing and considering the hotel 1 ! proposition. 1 A. C. HINDS. President. < 0 1 Mr. Ross Painfully Burned. ' ! Mr. M. A. Ross, manager of the electric light and ice plant, was severely burned last F. ;y and h: 1 since been confined to his room. His i friends an; pleased to learn that he j is getting along nicely and hope for j his early recovery and return to duty < The accident was caused by a bursting steam valve. 'IN THE OURING CAR RS NEARING HOME STRETCH G DAYS FOR FINAL SPURT COUNT VOTES FOR YOU tRDED ON TUESDAY AFTER?ALL HAVE GOOD CHANCE ADOPT RESOLUTION Lake City Tobacco Association Holds Interesting Meeting. Editor County Record: At a rempotincr nC tVio Ijilrc flitv To bacco Growers Association the tobacco situation was gone over carefully, and discussed from every viewpoint. If our farmers expect to continue growing tobacco as a money crop, we shall be forced to adopt the North Carolina and Virginia method of handling our tobacco. It is up to us to help ourselves, or continue to bs "hewers of wood and drawers of water". Which shall it be for the farners of Williamsbui-g. Following is the resolution passed by the Lake City Tobacco Growers Association, which we hope will serve as a basis for united action by the growers of the State. M. D. NESMITH, Secretary Lake City Tobacco Growers Association. Whereas, the growing of tobacco is one of the chief money crops of our Bection and our success or failure as business farmers dep is very largely upon the profit we get out of growing it, and Whereas, the prevailing low prices being paid for our tobacco is unsatisfactory, unremunerative and much less than is being paid by the North Carolina and Virginia markets, which grade and tie their tobacco?last year's report showing an average price for South Carolina of 21.1 cents; Virgina, 47.4 cents; North Carolina. M cents; and Whereas, we believe this condition is caused altogether from our lax methods in handling and and earing for our crop, and seeing the urgent need for u change looking toward tile correction of these evils, therefore, Resolve that we :.*ully and freely agree to pledge ourselves to hereafte) grade aid tie our tobacco in accord ance with the North Carolina method; Resolve that we request the South Carolina Tobacco Growers Association, with our pledged cooperation and financial aid, to have such laws passed at the coming setting of the legislature that will accomplish the ends that we are seeking; Resolve that we urgently recommend that there be an early agreement between the asociaton, the warehousemen and buyers fixing the date of sale opening for 1921 on about August 16th, and that the market be kept open until November 1st, 1921; Resolve, that the South Carolina Tobacco Growers Association be requested to immediately take steps to organize each market in the tobacco belt and to pledge them to the grading and tieing way of handling the crop. We agree to pay our pro-rata shara of the expense of same; Resolve, that the Lake City Tobacco Growers Association is hereby instructed to take up these resolutions with the South Carolina Tobacco Growers Association, and to aid and help in executing any plsns that may be for the betterment of the tobacco growers of this section and State; Further resolve, th:it we recommend to our local board of trade that a maximum speed sale of 250 piles of tobacco to the hour be adopted instead of the present number. o Mrs. Norton Dead. Mrs. Bertie Norton, native of Williamsburg county, died at a local hospital yesterday morning after a long illness. Mrs. Norton had been a pa tient at the hospital for many months, bhe was 44 years of age. The funeral will be conducted tolay at Elmwood cemetery, where the remains will be laid to rest.?Columbia State. 'Aug. 24th. o A load of Jersey milch cows from the valleys of East Tennessee to be sold at Arrow-smith Mule Co.'s stable Friday, at 11 o'clock, at auction, regardless of price. If you want good cows, attend this sale. BREEDEN BROS.. It. Morristown, Tenn. . * ^ FIRST-CLASS HANGING IN MISSISSIPPI TOWN MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ATTEND EXECUTION AND HAVE GRAND PICNIC Tupelo, Miss., Aug. 21.?Five thousand people, practipally the whole population of the county, including old women and little children, gathered around a fenced-in scaffold in the jail yard here yesterday afternoon to see Charlie Marshall hanged. It was an unprecedented holiday in this town's history. Many among the spectators had Vionmn r?a ko^Ara knf tkov U'PrP OVUi UOUgUlgO UUW WUUJ Tt VAW generally common lyncnings. This was a legal execution, and especially interesting because of the crime. Marshall murdered four members of the Robert Miller family at Amory, Miss. He 3et fire to Miller's home and then threw dynamite into it So he had to die, and the people made a fete of it?probably the queerest holiday since the burning of the Salem witches. The train that brought Marshall Whose If to Tupelo also brought a throng of excursionists to see him die. They came from all the nearby villages and farms. They were dressed in their Sunday black and there was a great display of "boiled" shirts. They came in buggies and "canopy top"'surreys and hay ricks. The frugal brought shoebox luncheons. Opportunists, seizing the chance to profiteer a bit, sold sandwiches by the basketful. Lemonade stands sprang up as they do in any village along the parade line when a circus comes to town. The law of Mississippi says that hangings shall be "private," and the fact that thousands witnessed this one does not mean that the law was violated. It was obeyed to the letterto the letter only. When the scaffold had been erected i in the jail yard the sheriff ordered a fence built around it. The fence was five feet high?high enough to make a claim of "privacy", but not high enough to interfere with the spectacle, for in order to hang a man it is necessary to get him up in the air a bit Besides, the fence was no obstacle at all to those in the wagons and buggies, who could stand up and looV n?r So the "Drivate" hanarhur was seen by everybody, and nobody thfnlra it hart the prospect of the sheriffs re-election when his term ex-1 pires. The crowd began gathering in the I early morning. Business both here and at Amory was suspended. The open space around the jail was filled j as never before. And in order that time should not hang toe heavy on; the hands of the crowd the Tupelo Athletic Club provided impromptu j entertainments. There were several good wrestling matches and some boxing exhibitions. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when everybody had finished eating and the remnants had been stored away in the shoe boxes, and the lemonade stands were threatened wiht axhaustion of supply, the word went ro'.nd that "they're going to do it now." Marshall was brought out of the jail into the inclosure. There was a crush of humanity around the fence, and the sheriffs deputies made p sturdy show of forcing people back. Fathers and mothers lifted their children above the fence line to let them look over. Marshall himself was said to be impressed by the attention he was getting, and he is quoted as saying: "Well, I'm willing to hang if that's what the people want" There was a little delay at the last minute. The prisoner was waiting and the rope was ready, but the sheriff, who lacked experience in hangings, did not know exactly how the knot should be tied to assure its proper slipping. This perplexity was relieved when Mack Crawford came forward and recalled the fact that he had once assisted at the hanging of a negro, and said he reckoned he could make the knot. He did. Just before the "drop" there was such a rush against the fence that the deputies drew revolvers to defend the inclosure, fearing that the eggshell barrier would be crushed in. But it held, and at 1:20 o'clock Marshall was declared dead. Then the children were lifted again to the fence top to see his body swinging from the gibbet. There had been a strained silence up to that moment, but when the j people knew that the law had "taken \ I L, TO HOLD COTTON ] FOR HIGHER PRICE J | FARMERS OF STATE TAKE OATH TO KEEP STAPLE OFF THE MARKET I '1 Columbia, Aug. 25.?Four thousand South Carolinians swore before "the God of Justice" today that they would not sell their cotton at prevailing prices, adopted plans for the formation of an export corporation with a capital stock of one million bales, . pledged themselves to retire 25 per cent of the new crop from the market and agreed to reduce the acreage of the 1920 crop by 33 1-3 per cent. A legal contract was drawn up to be signed by the farmers agreeing to the reduction of acreage. There was not an auditorium in the city of Columbia big enough to hold the crowd which gathered from everf section of the State. Gvernor Cooper arose and suggested that the meeting be adjourned to the campus of the University of South Carolina and that the meeting be held in the open air. Speeches were delivered by J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association; United States Senator Nat B. Dial; A. F. Lever, member of the Federal Reserve Board; Governor Cooper and others. "They shall not have our cotton except at a fair and reasonable price," was the slogan of the meeting. Working to this end the convention unanimously adopted the resolution providing for the formation of the export corp ration with a capital stock of the one million bales of cotton. Hundreds of farmers wanted is subscribe to the corporation today and were impatient because subscription blanks could not be printed in than 1 for distribution at the meeting. Telegrams poured in from all over the South pledging heavy subscriptions of ctiv>lr The convention also unanimously passed a resolution providing for the reduction of acreage of 33 1-8 par cent A legal cntract to be signed by the farmers providing a penalty in the courts far the violation thereof, was enthusiastically approved and it was declared that the contract would be signed by every fanner in South Carolina, white and colored. The convention with a cheer paaaad the resolution calling for the retirement of 25 per cent of the new crop from the market A resolution waa unanimously adopted by the convention warning the world that the farmers of the South would no longer grew cotton and sell it at a price below a reasonable profit "Poverty and illiteracy has been our heritage because of the low price of cotton and we swear before God of Justice that it shall not be the inheritance of our children." read a sentence in the resolution. I * fire Destroys tomcco Georgetown, Aug. 24.?Late Saturday night the large storage house to the rear of the Planters tobacco warehouse was disocvered to be on fire. It was in flames in shot order and bofore the fire department could arrive on the scene, the building was burned with its contents of about $15,000 worth of tobacco. The rear end ?f the Planters warehouse caught and damage to the extent of about $700 was done before the flames colod be extinguished. The tobacco consumed was owned by the warehouseman, Mr. Hutchings. Both tobacco and buildings were fully covered by insurance, a i - Your chance to win the art model, William and Mary. $300.00 Pathe Machine given in The County Becord contest, displayed at Kingstree Pur niture Co.'s store, ends Tuesday, August 31st, at 2 o'clock. its course" there was relaxation. A man with a dry throat told a funny story and choked over it. His hearers, eager to laugh, overdid it. Somebody started a song, and others took it up, and presently hilarity was general through the crowd. Farmers were reminded by their / .wives that it was high time to start for home if the milking was to be done before supper. Horses were hitched up again. Crying babies were quited, some with candy, others wftSt ^ spankings. Boys and girls were admonished that the fate of Manfaall ought to be a lesson to them. Everybody went home.?New York World. ; L - -W. .