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K~. <.m / m.. > v - ' ' f k GET READY FOR THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY FAIR-NOVEMBER 9, lO, 11 AND 12 5 pie ianittg Kmirt. | == | VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1920. NO ? 5 0 ? . I SUNDAY-SCHOOL j, I CONVENTION m WILL BE HELD AT PRESBYTERI-1 c B AN CHURCH SUNDAY, OCTO- I c BER 3?PROGRAMME r B The Williamsburg County Sunday i t B "School Association will hold its an-Jc V nual Convention at the Presbyterian 11 Church in Kingstree, on Sunday, Oc- j t tober 3rd, and the Sunday schools of r all denominations in the county are e W Jf invited to send lelegates. c A nm(rr?m rlpalino' with all X?. OMVllg |?v0>w., O departments of modern Sunday school \ work, has been prepared- Leon C. 1 , Palmer, the newly-elected General " ' Superintendent of the South Carolina i Sunday School Association, is ex- I W pec ted to attend this convention, to- s gether with Mrs. Leon C. Palmer, I Young People's Division Superintend- s eat of the Association. i r p In order that no Sunday School 1 k worker may be deprived of the privi- i L lege of attending this convention, no \ L limit will be set on the number of delk egates who may attend from any Sun day school. All will be welcome. B A county-wide attendance contest I has been organized in connection with a Jf ' this convention at which an attrac- j I tive banner will be publicly awarded j ' ? -? 1 ? 1 1?w?_ (to me sun aay scuwi uavuiK uk r Mt number of delegates, (over 16 ^ yean of age), present at the conven- f toon, in proportion to the number of ( miles traveled. Under this plan, ten r delegates coming ten miles each to ( the convention count the same as ^ twenty delegates traveling only five ^ miles each, thus making it fair for all, c both near and far. t The banner becomes the property p of the Sunday sehool winning it and i # may be taken home for permanent g display in the Sunday school room. f Following is the program for the e * convention: 8 * 10:80?Worship and song, conduct- t ^^>d by Thos. McGutchen. s 10:60?The Convention Keyword, ( ? W{"Forward", by M. F. Montgomery. 8 \ 11:05?"The Teacher and the Pupil" i I by Miss Cora Holland. 0 I 11 :S5?Period of business. (1) i\ Record of schools present; (2) Ap- t I \ of committees; (3) Re- f k WiwrTw county and district officers, d Hb 11:65?"A Forward Movement in j iiouth Carolina", by Leon C. Palmer, e M 12:26?Miscellaneous business. ( ?AHionrnment for dinner. H Afternoon Session. I R 2:30?Worship and song, conducted ( Thos. McCutchen. o B B 2:45?"Sunuay-School Evangelism", s j^^Hiy Dr. J. W. Daniel KB^B 3 K)5?Period of business. (1) Re- r fl lx>rts of committees. (2) Miscellan- t Hp03^^B 3:25?"Tests of a Good School", by c Billon C. Palmer. 3:55?Song. 4:00?"The Place of the Story in J Bp Irreligious Education", by Miss Cora j ( Questions and Answers. * 4:35?Adjournment. bb o Bf WILL INCREASE OUTPUT a Aweiwe Millions Tons of Coal Monthly r B ? to Forestall Shortage. m -1 S f Washington, Sept. 26.?To forestall che possibility of a bituminous coal ii shortage anywhere in the country this o winter, coal operators are bending c every effort to maintain a weekly out- s put of over -12,000,000 tons of soft 1 t, eoal from now to December 1, said P a statement issued tonight by the Na- e T tional Coal association. v F Deficiency in a supply at the mines v ' has hindered this rate of production during the summer, the association v declared, but assurances have been v ^ had from the railroad executives that * they will live up to the requirement * put upon them. With production running at over 12,000,000 tons, the operators calculate that the existing deficiency due to under-production can ^ be m <de up soon after December 1. t BB New Fire Apparatus Arrives. b TKfl? arrived in Kinestree late last F L week a handsome fire apparatus of f BL^the iatest type of motor construction, s ^^^dt id one orderd by the town council ^^Hoonths ago for the Kingstree Fire J R^jjprtment, and at the time reported h Bj Bin The County Record. The big truck c Hits equipped with every modern ap- t pliance for fighting fire effectively, 1 H an(* is such as is used in all the large W cities, supplanting. the horse-drawn j F engines, hose and ladder trucks. It c K' was given a try-out yesterday. ! z FAVORS EXPORT MOVE v Senator Dial Indorses Formation of Trade Body. Washington, Sept. 25.?Being full; :onvinced that something must be lone to head off a declining cotton narket and the most practicable soluion of this question is the formation tf export companies to get the Ameri:an crop out of this country, Senator )ial, of South Carolina, today ascerained that good progress was being nade on this line by J. S. Wannamakr, of St. Matthews, S. C., president ?f the American Cotton association. Senator Dial, desiring to see this cork progress rapidly, sent the folowing telegram to Mr. Wannamaker: 'Congratulation on start you are makng in getting up export company, vvery cotton producing county should iubscribe its quota within a week ' >e glad of the opportunity. It is absolutely necessary for us to export nore cotton. Nothing else will stabiize the price. It is claimed we can ?ot get up the company. I believe we vill. Success to vour efforts." P. H. McG. o lotel Company Applies for Charter. Pursuant to notice given some days ,go, the following gentlemen, Messrs. \ W. Fairey, W. H. Carr and E. E. Cing, as incorporators, yesterday < nade application to the Honorable V. Banks Dove, Secretary of State, or a charter of the Kingstree Hotel 1 Company, by filing with him a declaation prescribed by an Act of the General Assembly of the. ite, seting forth (1) the names and resilences of the declarents; (2) the name f the proposed corporation as Kingsree Hotel Company; (3) that it pro* -a - * , >oses to have its principal piace ox msiness at Kingstree; (4) that the < ,'eneral nature of the business is the 1 >urchasing and operating of a hotel, tc.; (5) that the amount of capital j tock is $60,000.00; (6) that said capial stock is to be divided into 1200 ' hares of the par value of $50 each; 7) that more than fifty per cent of aid capital stock has been subscribed y bona fide subscribers; (8) that the rganization of the said corporation!; as been duly completed by the elecion of F. W .Fairey, President; E. E. ting and L. W. Gill and, Vice-Presi- i lents; W. H. Carr, Secretary; H. E. < lontgomery, Treasurer; F. W. Fair- ; y, E. E. King, L. W. Gilland, W. H. 1 Jarr, H. E. Montgomery, P. G. Gour- ] [in, E. C. Burgess, Thos. McCutchen, < nd A. C. Swails, Board of Dircetors; j 9) that more than twenty per cent f the amount of the capital stock ubscribed has been paid in. i The Kellahan Hotel property was ( ecently purchased, and it is the in ention of the newly organized comany to improve the property and 1 onvert it into a modern hostelry. < Big Drop in?Wheat Price. Big1 breaks in the price of wheat ook place on the Chjcago market last 'Mday, largely as a result of agitaion for a general cut in food cost, 'he smash of values in wheat amountd to as much as 12% cents a bushel nd the market closed in a semi-denor&lized condition. December deivery at $2.25 to $2.25^ and March, 2,15 to $2.16. Heretofore wheat has been advancng, despite setbacks in the price of ther grain. The chief reason asribed for such strength was huge ales of wheat for export to Europe. Tie stimulus of export business ap- 1 eared to have lost its influence, and, ! pecially near the end of the day, the 1 - i rheat market tumbled wildly down ?ard. ' In sympathy with the weaknes.- j rbeat other grain markets also gave ray, and both corn and oats fell to 1 he lowest price levels yet for the < 920 crop. 1 o < Items from Morrisville j Morrisville, Sept. 25.?Farmers are ' usy making syrup and picking coton. The boll meevil is doing a lot | f damage and next will come the ; ale weevil. Mr. C. B. Ferdon from Crestview, , ''la., was in our midst visiting his j ather, who has been quite sick for ome time. He is 85 years old. Seargeant J. H. Ferdon, of Fort , dcKinley, spent quite a while with ( narents. Capt. and Mrs. John Fer Ion. His many friends hate to see lim leave, as he was a jolly good fel-, ., ow. Miss Blanch Nesmith, of Nesmith, >assed through here en route to AnIrews to visit her aunt, Mrs. Richirdson. % l WHITE SOX GUILTY SEVEN SUSPENDED j Threw 1919 Championship Series to Cincinnati for Money From Gamblers Chicago, Sept. 28.?indictments were riveted against several baseball j stars and confessions obtained from | two of them when the Old Roman,! Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the j ofttime champion Chicago White Sox, | smashed his pennant chances today to j 1?- l??rTTV? AAvt^AeoiAnc ! ciean up oaseimii. mc wiuwivu.. told how the Sox threw last year's j world's championship to Cincinnati j for money paid by gamblers. Seven Sox regulars and one former | player comprise the players against! whom true bills were voted by the Cook county grand jury and the seven were immediately suspended by Mr. Comiskey. With his team only one game behind the league leading Cleveland Indians, the White Sox owner served notice on his seven stars that, if they were found guilty, he would drive them out of organized baseball for the rest of their lives. Officials of Chief Justice Charles McDonald's court, desirous of giving the national game the benefit of publicity in its purging, lifted the curtain on the grand jury proceedings sufficiently to show a great hitter, Joe Jackson, declaring that he deliberately just tapped the ball, a picture of one of the world's most famous pitchers, Cicotte, in tears, and glimses of alleged bribes of $5,000 or $10,000 dis- j covered under pillows, or on beds by tamous amieies uuuut m icwc The men whom the jury involved as a result of testimony uncovered by their owner were: Eddie Cicotte, star pitcher, who waived immunity and confessed, according to court attaches, that he took a $10,000 bribe. Arnold Gandil, former first baseman. "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, heavy-hitting left fielder. Oscar "Hap^ Felsch, center fielder. Charles "Swede" Risberg, shortstop.I Claude Williams, pitcher. Ii George "Buck" Weaver, third baseman. Fred McMullin, utility player. Cicotte, according to court attaches, i told the grand jury he received $10,- ( D00 from the gamblers, finding the money under his pillow when he re-: < turned to his hotel room on the night i < before the first game at Cincinnati. | < "I refused to pitch a ball until I got j it," they quoted him as saying. jj Jackson, it was said, testified he11 was promised $20,000 by "Chick". Gandil, but received only $5,000. J; Claude Williams, according to thej witnesses, got $10,000. While the grand jurors voted their j true bills the Old Roman, seated in , the midst of his crumbling empire j ] out at White Sox Park issued the tele- [, gram suspending those involved, paid! " *" /-<- ?-Tnrlrson on oil weaver, viwwc the spot, and announced that checks for pay due the others would be sent them at once. With his voice tremb- j 1 ling, Mr. Comiskey, who has owned the White Sdx since the inception of , the American League, said this was the first time scandal had ever touched (lis "family" and that it distressed him too much to talk about it. '< o , Bank Deposits in South Carolina. , Deposits in South Carolina banks ( increased more than $39,000,000 in ] lie last fiscal year, being now con- , siderably in excess of $172,000,000; the same period was more than $26,- ] J00.0O0, and there are today between , 25,OOo and 35,000 more individual , savings accounts in the banks of th'; j Palmetto State than ever before? , these figures being from a report just ( con?piled by the war loan organiza- ( tion of the Fifth Federal Reserve District from information furnished by,' the banks by the State bank examine) j and by the controller of the currer.cv in Washington. . Total savings in South Carolina j Danks are put at $87,000,000 in round j numbers, having increased in the fis- ] cal year, ending June 30, 1920, from I Sfil.000.00. There are listed in the 1 banks of this State more than 156,000 < .separate savings accounts. At,the beginning of the fiscal year tho /number A*as about 130,000 for the 322 finan- < cial institutions in this State. < I o < Protect your cotton from the weath- ] er by placing it in buildings on th- s farm in ten-bale lots so that not more than one ten bale lot will be subject i to same fire. Then see or phone us ( fojpa low rate of insurance. W. H. i Welch. Mgr. , WOLFE LAYS GHOST OF JURY DUT Registered Women May Rest Eas Was Bugaboo to Many Who Would Vote. No petit jury duty for women, reg istered or not registered is the gis of an opinion rendered Saturday b S. M. Wolfe, attorney general c South Carolina. With the utterance of this opinioi the attorney general lays a ghost tha has frequently been requisitioned t dog the footsteps of women who wer registered. The bogey of "jury duty has probably frightened some of th former timid sex to such an exter that they have refrained from placin their names upon the books, and ver likely many a husband has earnestl entertained his wife to remain awa from the registration books throug fear of her being drawn upon a peti jury. This fear is now allayed, an women who have registered may res content that they will not be calle upon, for awhile at least, to do jur duty. The attorney general's opinion wa given in response to an inquiry mad by J. L. Perrin, clerk of court an member of the jury commission o Abbeville county. The letter of the attorney genera to Mr. Perrin is as follows: "Dear Sir: "Replying to your inquiry of yes terday as to whether or not womei are eligible to jury duty, I advise tha Section 22, Article V, of the constitu lion prescribed that the petit jury o the circuit courts shall consist of 1' men. The 19th amendment to th Federal constitution does not alter thi requiicment" ?o RULES AND REGULATIONS Governing Shipment of Cattle am Swine in This State. Whereas, the disease known as tu berculosis, which is a contagious dis ease, and so recognized tinder the law: of this State, prevails to a greater o less extent among cattle of thii State, and, Whereas, it, has become necessary to adopt measures for the preventioi of the spread of this disease, now therefore, the Board of Trustees o; Clemson Agricultural College, actinj under and by virtue of the authority conferred by the Acts of the Genera Assembly, do hereby promulgate an< adopt the following rules and regula tions:"No cattle shall be shipped in an} manner, into or within the State o: South Carolina, for exhibition at an} Fair or Live Stock Shows unless the} are accompanied by a health certifi cate and tuberculin test record, issue< by a qualified graduate Veterinarian certified by the State Veterinarian o: 'he State where the shipment origi nates and opproved by the Chief o: the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry for interstate tuberculin testing, oi by a Veterinarian in the employ o: the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry showing freedom from disease. "The tuberculin test must be mad? not more than sixty days prior t< shipment, or movement, unless th< cattle are from an Accredited Herd or a herd in process of accreditation under State and Federal supervision Each animal must be described suffi ciently for identification, statin; breed, age, weight, color, marks, 01 name and number, if registered. "The tuberculin test chart ant health certificate must be executed ir triplicate, the original and triplicatt to be forwarded to the Clemson Col lege Live Stock Sanitary Office, Col lurbia. South Carolina, and the dupli cate shall accompany the cattle tc iesti nation. "Clean and disinfected cars or othe: vehicles only shall be used for th? movement of cattle. "No person, firm or corporation shall offer for shipment, nor shall my transportation company accepl for shipment, cattle intended for exhibition at any Fair or Live Stock Show within the State of South Carolina except in accordance \ ? preceding requirements." Whereas, the disease known as hog cholera, which is a contageous disease, and so recognized under the law* if this State, prevails to a greater oi less extent among swine in this State; and, Whereas, it has become necessary to adopt measures for the prevention of the spread of this disease, now, therefore, the Board of Trustees ol HI1 #- >n Agricultural College, acting LAWS NOT ENFORCED Y Against Throwing Trash in Roads and y Children Driving Care. The following laws are not generally enforced in this county and State, says the Pee Dee Advocate: it Act No. 377 is as follows: "Be it y enacted by the General Assembly of if South Carolina: That from and after the passage of this act it shall I misdemeanor for any person to place, it throw or leave any broken glass, o glass bottles, scrap iron, tin cans or e pointed nails within any highway in the State of South Carolina, and any person violating the terms of this ;t act shall be fined not less than ten g dollars nor more than fifty dollars, y or be imprisoned not less than ten y days nor more than thirty days. Said y fines to go to the public schoql, funds h of the county in which the offence it was committed." d Act No. 489 reads: "Section 1.? it Be it enacted by the General Assemd bly of South Carolina: That it shall y be unlawful for the owner of any automobile or other motor vehicle to s allow any minor under the age of e twelve years to drive or operate such d automobile or other motor vehicle f upon the public highways of the State. "Section 2.?That it shall be unil lawful for any minor under the age of twelve years to drive or operate i any automobile or other motor ve- ; hide upon the public highways of the n State, whether the same be with the , t consent of the parents or guardian or , - not. i f "Section 3.?That any person or ] - persons allowing or consenting to a j e minor under twelve years driving or j 5> operating his or their car against the provisions of Section 1 of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and < ' upon conviction thereof shall be fined , in a sum of not exceeding one hun- \ i dred ($100) dollars, or be imprisoned \ upon the county chain gang for a pe- , riod of not exceeding thirty days. "Section 4.?That any minor under , - the age of twelve years who violates \ s the provisions of Section 2, of this ^ r act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, i s and, upon conviction thereof, shall be , liable to the same penalty as is pro- , f vided in Section 3, of this act. , i ?? < ? under and by virtue of the authority i ^ conferred by the Acts of the General < > Assembly, do hereby promulgate and ' adopt the following rules and regula1 tions:1 "No swine shall be shipped or moved ; " in any manner, into or within the State of South Carolina for exhibition f at any Fair or Live Stock Show, un' less they are free from symptoms of j 1 any contageous, infectious or commun- j r icable disease, and must have been j " protected against cholera by the si- j 1 multaneous inoculation method not i ' less than three weeks prior to ship- | f ment or movement, or by the serum t alone method not more than two weeks j f prior to shipment or movement. f "Shippers will be required to file r with the Clemson College Live ^ ^ Stock Sanitary Office, Columbia ( ' South Carolina, an affidavit, giving ? j the number of hogs, breed, name, j -1 nocriotration numher. and acre of each , ' animal; also the date and by whom } ' the hogs were treated with the "si- ? ' multaneous inoculation" or "serum ( ' alone" method,not less than one week ?; " prior to the shipment of movement of ? such hogs. The Clemson College Live < " Stock Sanitary Office will then issue , a permit which shall accompany the \ j hogs to destination. ] "All hogs intended for exhibition j ' must be disinfected in a two per cent { solution of Cresol Compound, U. S. P., t or some other officially recognized t standard disinfectant, at the time of { shipment or movement All crates ' must likewise be disinfected Clean and disinfected cars or other vehicles only shall be ^sed for the movement of swine. ? ?- ? ? 1 "No person, unn ui wi|n??>v? . J shall offer for shipment, nor shall any J transportation company accept for * shipment, swine intended for exhibi- 1 tion at any Fair or Live Stock Show f ' within the State of South Carolina 8 except in accordance with the preced- ^ ing requirements." ^ o p If your house and household goods f were burned and you did not have the t actual cash to replace them, it might 1 take a mortgage, forty years of un- s , questionable character, and several s other things to induce a bank to ac- b ' commodate you. Fire insurance would s i prevent much trouble. Fire insur- c , ance costs so little and means so c f much that many men buy it. Wm. W. > Boddie. Kincrstree, S. C. It. b PUN TO HAKE KICK ON CREDIT POUCY .r OF FEDERAL BANKS AFFECTING FARM PRODUCE? WANT NATION-WIDE MEETING. ??? Atlanta, Sept. 28. Plans for a natimi.wiHp nrntest. aomincf the farm credit policy of the Federal Reserve Banks as announced in a record statement by Secretary Houston were made here today at a conference attended by J. J. Brown, Georgia commissioner of agriculture; R. A. Maddox, president of the Georgia division of the American Cotton Association, and Harvey Jordan, secretary of the or* ganization. In his recent seatment, Secretary Houston pointed out steps that Federal Reserve Banks were taking to help move crops but declared "that the government cannot be a party to an undertaking to hold a commodity off the market to enable the owners artificially for speculative purchases to maintain war prices or higher than war prices." * \ Hammered Down Prices. "Secretary Houston's statements have already hammered down the price of cotton 160 points," Commissioner Brown asserted in a statement after the conference. "As long as the spinner is making $4 worth of cloth out of every forty cents worth of cotton, it is not worth while to talk to the cotton grower about deflating the cotton market" He asserted that a similar situation existed regarding the miller- and the wheat grower. "The federal reserve act explicitly provides credit facilities for the producers of farm crops, the intent of this being to enable them to hold their crops for favorable markets," , said Mr. Brown. Vi. 1 T C3 was annuimwu uiai ?i? o, maker, president of the American Cotton Association, will be asked to call i national meeting on the question in Washington. Meantime telegrams were sent to leaders of the cotton association and the farmers' union, all members of the Georgia delegation in Uongress and all Georgia legislators is king than to meet here Thursday a file a protest o SMOKED IN SCHOOLS robaceo Was New and Its Effects Little Appreciated. When tobacco first reached Engand it was enjoyed in common by )oth sexes. In the seventeenth cen;ury, according to John Ashton, "It join the men in smoking, but in Worcestershire the children were sent jo school with pipes in their satchels, ind the schoolmaster called a halt in their studies while they all smoked, le teaching the neophyte." Scotch women used to enjoy a pipe he same way as they enjoyed a pinch )f snuff. One of the compilers of the 'Statistical Account of Scotland" published records in 1791 that "the hief luxuries in the rural districts ire snuff, tobacco and whiskey. Tea ind sugar are little used, but the use >f whiskey has become very great rhe use of tobacco may almost be said to be excessive, especially among he female sex. * There is scarcely a roung woman by the time she has >een taught to spin but has also earned to smoke. Smoking seems to iave been introduced as an antidote o rheumatism and ague. The fav>rable alteration with respect to these liseases has only produced a greater ividity for tobacco." B , Loans on Cattle Governor Harding of the Federal leserve Board has assured represenatives of the livestock industry that he* Board has no intention of curtail g their credit. He says the Board's olicy has been to look upon the livetock and other food-producing inlustries as vitally essential. He says he Board cannot direct or compel Dans by any banks, bnt that it has nanned with the reserve banks for aid or the agricultural interests to thel exent of nearly a billion dollars this year *hese statements were made in anwer to the committee which repreented the producers, packers and ankers, who complained of the reults to follow unless bankers and *** --J ??mnoni'oo HiamnHnup 31116 anu luan wiujiuiuvb vx?w__-? ailing in their loans on livestock.? National Stockman and Farmer, Pittsurg, Pa. . . - X