Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

' ' ' V *3RH EL- ' f ^READER, ARE YOU WEARING THE RED CROSS BUTTON? IF NOT, WHY NOT? ' -?Ije County Jlrcoffe. VOI. aft KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1920. NO. ? ^ REED AND SHE1LDS . ON HARDING'S 11ST H Of "Countries Best Minds" to bv B Called to Conference?JohnW son and Borah, Too. kWashingcn, Nov. 22.?Senators Reed of Missouri, Pomerenc of Ohio, and Shields of Tennessee, all Demo rats, are among those invited by President-elect Harding to confer with him on the league of nations issue and other matters after his return Panama, according to Harry M. H^KDaugherty, Mr. Harding's prc-con Bvention campaign manager, who was I lm Washington today. Others asked to offer suggestions to the President elect, Mr. Daugherty said, include Senator Borah, Johnson of California, Lodge, Knox and Poir.dexter and Mr. jBpUJaugherty thought Herberc Hoover had been invited to confer with Mr. Handing. Informal conferences at Marion probably will begin about December V 10, Mr. Daugherty said, adding that w no definite date had been set for any one to go there. "Some probably will go singly while others may go in groups," said Mr. Daugherty. "There will be no prearranged schedule as to when different ones are to appear." The President-elect plans to spend only a day in Washington after returning from Panama via Newport News, and will go immediately to Marion, Mr. Daugherty announced. He said Mr. Harding expected to re sign from the Senate soon after January 1, when Governor-elect Davis of Ohio takes office. Mr. Daughertv predicted that Senator-elect Willis, a Republican, would be named to succeed Senator Harding. Questioned by newspaper men, Mr. Daugherty refused to discuss cabinet possibilities. o Miss Kortjohn Entertained Orangeburg, Nov. 20?Miss Susie ^ Jtortjohn, who will become the bride Harry Britton, of Kingstree, next Wednesday, November 24th has been the recipient of quite a number of compliments in the social world during the past week. On last Thursday afternoon Mrs. Earl Brunson Hyrrick entertained sir tables of rook in her honor. Delightful refreshments were served and at the close of the game a box of candy was presented to the I fortunate cor.testor for the top score. Miss Kortjohn was presented by the hostess with a beautiful piece of hand made lingerie. Misses Nell and Agnes Shuler gave an informal dinner in honor of Miss Kortjohn Tuesday night at the res( idence of Joe Smoak. Covers were laid for eight guests and the decoralions of the table were simple and attractive. Masses (Catherine and Jack Josey entertained Miss Susie Kortjohn and Harry Britton, who will be married next Wednesday, at a dinner party jH^trae evening last week. Only very intimate friends of the honorees and ^H^hostesses were invited to this charmW ing affair.?Sunday State. r -u Honor Roll, Johngonville School ^ ^ First Grade: Emmie Foxworth, lieah Prosser, Myrtle Wise, Ralph Eaddy, Mastern Powell Advanced First Grade: Pierce Fox^ worth, Katherine Cannon, Vivian Cannon, Frances Cockfield, Annie Laurie VnHinp Hanna. Ella Lou r Pas ton, Edith May Prosser, Kather\ ine Way, Alice Weaver, Joe Evans. Second Grade: Corrine Hughes, ' Cecil Taylor. Dileon Powell, Rich Eaddy, Rosalee Haselden, Lola Marsh, i''-* Lila Hutchinson, Richard Rollins. Willie Powell. Third Grade: Sam Poston, Francis Foxworth, Mammie Claire Cox. (Fourth Grade: Herman Eaddy, Ruth Evans, Mary, Tourner, Mangus Huggins, Corene Dunnahoe, Ruth Foxworth. Josephine Creel. Fifth Grade: Vivian Taylor. Lillian Cox, Ruby Foxworth, Opal Powell. Sixth Grade: Dorris Rollins. Evlyn Rollins. Charlotte June. Seventh Grade: Wilson Dennis, George Evans, Norman Eaddy, Sallie . Weaver, Hazel Eaddy. t Eighth Grade: Louise Preston. Lorm rainJI?x. UK v' ^Ninth Grade: Leland Rollins, Mary Wallace. Myrtle Cox. Violet Huggins. Tenth Grade: Maggie Barnes, MilM dred Poston. Renec Cannon. May Hp Marsh. O timistic Thought. Rp.. mnoy Instruct* ? . j.k. va CLOSED SHOP IS OPPOSED Says Plan is Contrary to American Constitution Bristol, Va., Nov, 22.?"If we defend the right of the 'closed shop' and antagonize the fundamental principals of American Goveir.mcnt let us tear up tne aeciara*:o:>-. oi mI dependence and destroy the Constii tution," said Dr. Gus W. Dyer, of Vanderbilt University tonight adjdx-essing a sectional co.-ifereucc of the i Tennessee Manufacturers' Aseoc'ajtion here. Dr. Dyer said the South should take the lead in the fight for the "open shop." "The South has the truest Americanism and the people of the North are looking to us." he said. "The sons of the men who (fought in the revolutionary war will not bend their knees to Gompers and Debs. Present discontent in this country is caused by trying to fuse American theories of free government with European Socialism. We now have two governments at Washington, one of them under Gompers. ' We have reached the point where our 'lives are held in the har.ds of a few i men who are exercising irresponsible l power." J. E. Edgerton, president of the Manufacturers' Association, was another speaker at the meeting. News From Salters Salters Depot, November 22.?We i have been havin some fine autumn >weather^the past week, white frosty mornings with pleasant sunny days. I Crops have all been about gathered. Rev. Dan Everett preached his I farwell sermoon here in the Method- j i ist church Sunday. Messrs Wyley and Louis Poag, of Rock Hill, spent last week with their i sister Mrs. J. H. Montgoomery. The Christian Endeavor Society is ; having some very interesting programs now and will have a Thanksgiving sen*ice on Friday night at the Town Hall. Mr. Drudy will be here and make two addresses, one on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock and one i that night. Mr. Drudy comes to us highly recommended and 3ll who come may expect to hear something good. Come and hear him. vou are cordially invited. Miss Dulcie LaFrage, Mrs. (J. E. I Moseley, Mrs. J. H. L. Chandler and ! Mr. Robert Cooper motored to Manning Monday. Rural Policeman W. L. Altman made a raid on Ranty Driffin's -hop Saturday getting a number of gambj lesr and about eighty or ninety dollars in money. j Mr. A. R. Moseley. Jr., spent Wednesday in Charleston on business. Mr. John M. Salters, of George i town, spent Saturday and Sunday ! with relatives here. Mr. Will Fair, of Greelyville, was here Thursday looking after the hardware trade. Cotton Association Meeting Urged i ' Columbia, Nov. 22?The president of each county branch of the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association has been requested by President R. C. Hamer to call a meeting of his branch for Friday, November 26. This meeting will be the - annual meeting of the county branch and at it the annual election of officers Mill be held. On Wednesday, December 8, the annual meeting of the South Carolina Division Mill be held in Craven Hall, Columbia. This is expected to be one of the largest meetings held in the state, in recent years. There will be large delegations present from every county. There will be quite a number of matters of great importance to come up at the Columbia meeting and President Hamer is anxious that there be a large attendance. In a letter to the county presidents urging that they use every effort in their power to have the countv and state meetings well attended. President Hamer said: "If there ever was a time when the farmers and business men of the South should present a united front this is the time. If we do not stand together and fight for our rights we shall be destroyed." To Hold Missionary Institute On Tuesday, the 30th, Harmony Presbvterial will hold a Missionary Institute in the Williamsburg1 Presbyterian C'.urch here. There will be speakers well versed in the work present and a profitable and pleasant time is anticipated. All Miss, ary Societies and churches where there are no societies, are urged to send renresentatives. 1 * RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING ? OUR COMMON SCHOOLS i ' Passed by the Baptist Southeast V ' Association?Petition Williamsburg Delegation i ! To our deep humiliation we leam ;from reliable sources both State and f< j Federal that South Carolina ranks.d ! lower than any other state in the s< United States and even below Hawaii, j w the Philippines and Porto Rico in the j o: matter of education. Judged by the j o standard of efficiency our state f p school system ranks below that of! w any other state and judged by the' tl standard of literacy, we are at the nr bottom of the list, with twenty-five P per cent of our population over ten V years of age unable to read or to write. A careful study of the facts ol in the case indicates that the weak- s< est place in our educational system n is in the realm of the common' ti schools. It has come to public notice ai that the legislature does not seem to t< be giving to the common schools the j u; consideration that their vast import- si ance would warrant For example, it N is reported that the last legislature appropriated from the public treasury s< more than twice as much mooney for h: the state institutions of higher edu- b; t xl /.. _ o< cation tnat serves less man iuui pci cent of our pupils than it did for the b< common schools which are the sole ni dependence of more than ninety-six oi percent of our pupils for even the f< rudiments of an education. b< Now, whereas, we arc deeply in' 11 terested in the cause of education and i u are pained to know the low education-1 ^ al status of our beloved State. I m Therefore, be it resolved that the | Southeast Association of Baptist ^ churches, consecrated to the Word of God and the enlightenment of souls, hereby exercise the tima-honoied right of petition in public matters 01 which affect the vital, moral and , f spiritual welfare of the people, does ir petition the legislature of South i Carolina through the Williamsburg: County delegation: bi First: That our problem of illitcr- ^ acy aand the needs of our public ^ free schools shall be placed positively j w before every other educational inter-j a, est in the appropriation of public money. Second: That the legislature shali directly give greater authority and pressure to a general campaign which shall seek to enlist all educational: forces and agencies and the enthusi- j asm of all citizens in a determined effort to lift South Carolina from itc tic itinn under the Dall of illiteracy. Third: That in submitting this jt petition respectfully through them to n the legislature, we prefer the request' h, to the Williamsburg County delcgat- q ion that it shall devote itself to the ^ support of such a movement and ? especially for all possible measures of g educational advancement affecting b the public schools of Williamsburg b County. 0] Fourth: That we futher and finally confirm our earnest good faith ^ as a body, devoted to the increase of tl intelligent Bible readers and church j members and to all that make men g and women stronger, better and hap-1 pier in the service of God and man, do herewith pledge ourselves to pro- j( mote in every possible and proper way j, all afforts in State and county to g secure the improvement of our ed- it ucational status as rapidly as pos- ^ sible . And in view of the efforts b now being put forth by the State and S] philanthropic institutes to rid our 0 State of adult illiteracy, we call up- b on our people who are able to do so. w to discover and to teach the adult L, illiterates in their communities. s Fifth: That we appoint a com- j mitte of five to present these re- ^ solutions to the county delegation. The committee called for in the w above resolutions was appointed by n the Moderator as follows: Rev. E. A. P McDowell, Hon. J. G. McCullough, n Dr. LeRoy^Jates, J. B. Gamble, A. C. p Swails and J. M. Brown. ^ ^ * g CLEMSON NEWS n A Williamsburg Cobnty Club was organized a few weeks a%n and theiv following officers were elected: Har-ic' ohl Steele, president; M. B. O'Bryan. vice president; and 1. k. uavis. seeretary and treasurer. ' 0 About three hundred Clemson n Cadets witnessed the Clemson-Furman game. This is the first time in. ? history that Furman has ever de-1 feated Clemson. 4The "Tiger Clan" will spend "Turk-1 ey Day" in Athens, Georgia, where they play the last game of the season, j IAN DEAD, DIAMONDS MISSING, GIRL GONE ictim Found in Office Beat Up With Wrench, Gas Turned On and Ring Torn From Finger Philadelphia, Nov. 22.?Requests >r the arrest of a blonde woman, riving a big, red automobi'e, were mt broadcast tonight by the police might in connection with the killing f Henry T. Pierce, Eastern manager f the Insley Manufacturing Com any, wnose Doay, tne neaa crusnea ith a wrench, was found today in le rear of his office in this city. The lotor car is said to have belonged to ierce and bore Pennsylvania license! late No. 122-206. Pierce, who was forty-five years Id, ftid been struck over the head jveral times with the wrench, and, to take death certain, gas had been lrned on in the room. A gold watch ad two diamond rings he was said > have worn were missing, and 4 valable diamond had been torn from a ;ick pin and the pin left in his tie. Nothing of value was left on the body. Pierce was last seen alive by perms who knew him when he entered is office last Saturday, accompanied , y a young woman, who is described 5 "young and a blonde." The office | are evidence of a "riotous party." A j umber of bottles and two glasses, j le half-filled with whiskey, were >und on the table over which the ady lay. The police theory is that Pierce was ired to his office by the woman and illed by a male accomplice. The wolan is described as about twenty-one ears old, five feet two inches in eight and plump. She wore a brown irban hat with a blue feather nd three-quarter length brown coat, he officials are working on the tilery that she and her accomplice, after | aying and robbing Pierce, drove off i i his automobile. Irene Pierce, widow of the slain lan, said tonight she was warned ist night in a dream that her husand was in trouble. "My dream jemed to foreshadow tradgedy," said Irs. Pierce, "and I was trying to arn my husband of danger when I woke." Pierce leaves five sons, ranging in Ere from four to thirteen years. KED CROSS NEWS NOTES ungstree School Joins?Purposes o!' Junior Organization. Kingstree Graded school, true to s principle of being foremost in the inks of all worth while movements, as again joined the Junior Re I ross,the oranization in which it did jme wonderful work during the war. J though, there is no war to spur our fforts now it is hoped that this ranch of the Junior Red Cross will e a live one and not one in name nly. The purpose of the Juniors is ?rvice, doing things for others, and le possible activities are numerous, he following are some of the sugested ones, but by no means all: Class Room Helps (a) Lessons in Civics, one of the ;sson must emphasized is that teachlg pride in the school building and rounds ana in tne city or community self; making the child feel that lic.se things are his to protect and eautify. Recently the writer saw a mall boy in this town walk along ne of the principal streets and drop its of cotton on the side walk. This ras not a bad little boy and he didn't ealize that he was doing what he houldn't Bnt if he had been a real unior Red Cross member he would ave been careful not to do anything 3 make the town unattractive and 'ould have been more likely to relove trash that he saw on the street ather than put more there. (Might ot some of the elders also take this rinciple, of the Juniors, to heart.) i pamphlet may be secured from the lorn Service Secretary giving sug ? 1.1 - n; ?_ estions as to now rne civics icasuus \ay be presented. (b) The Junior Red Cross News. (c) Carrying on correspond, nee *ith Juniors in other paris of the ountry. Relief Work (a) Looking after the children in rphan asylums, supplying toys, garients, etc. (b) Contributing money for relief f children'in Europe. School Improvement (a) Purchasing drinking fountains. (b) Purchasing school libraries. (c) Beautifying school grounds. fd) Purchxirig or making play HOHENZOLIERNS ON VISIT . | I To Former Empress Who is Said to be in Serious Condition Doyrn, Holland, Nov. 22?All the Hohenzollems are making what may j be their last visit to the former German Empress Augusta Victoria. Prince Oscar and his wife arrived at Doom today; Prince Eitel Frederick is expected tomorrow. The condition of the former Empress is considered most serious. She passed a good night, but her temperature this morning reached 102.2 Fahrenheit o ? Peaceful Words. Regardless of political beliefs or offiliations, one cannot but admire for its calmness and sincerity the address of President-elect Warren G. Harding to the people of his community shortly after his overwhelming election. In the words spoken by Mr. Harding there is an acknowledgement of his dependence upon his counselors, who shall be men of in- 1 i telligence and integrity?that he alone : is not to direct and guide the destinies of the nation. There is also ih- : dication of his conviction that we need 1 "more business in government and less government in business." Touch- ( ing upon the subject of the League of Nations he said: "It's not that you or I question the desire of America to i play its part; it's not that we question the high ideals of those who were i responsible for the Versailles coveno..* Von -Suei r!i() nnt wnnf n ?nri j 1 UCfcltW* * VS U JUOW V.1U 44V V V*44V M WM. I render of the United States of Amer- < ica; you wanted America to go in 1 under American Ideals. That's why i you didn't care for the league which is now deceased. ] "America is playing a gre; part 1 now. America is healing the heart \ of the old world tonight as is no : iother nation. But there is more to < do. There is a new world relation- 1 ship, and when the next admini" ra- 1 tion comes into power we're going to 1 [ play our part. i We're going to ask for nations as- i sociated together in justice; but it i shall be an association which surrcn- i ders nothing of American freedom. "One can't be quite happy or r.or-1 ( mal when he contemplates the obsta-|l cles that are quite as heavy as falls j i upon any human being under the 1 shining sun. 1 told you when I came i 'back here from the convention that i if I had to be a superman, I should 3 !be reluctant to accept the task. But 1 America is not expecting the super| man. ; i I "I have told the people that we are [going to have in America once more government by the constitution, government by the people through their chosen representatives. The thing that counts is the will of the people, not the will of the chief executive. "Those of you who know me best J know, maybe, that I have one great i attribute which will fall into the sit1 ^ *11 "1? nil mi, lifo T KaVli i uauun. ah muug, <ui in; iiav, * ..?. preached conference, counsel, exchange of opinion, and the meeting of many minds. "It has been said I am reactionary and ultra conservative. Let me remind you that the great thing for America is the slowing up of the extreme radical and the speeding up of the conservative, so that we can better come together. ! "These are serious times. The civ! ilization of the world was turned into a fluid state. Permanent crystalization has not yet come. It is for America to give to the world a steadying and stabilizing influence. "" ?5 Vnnwintr "l am going inIAJ viiiw ..... D that the heart of America is right. In the spirit of compromise, in the desire for understanding, and in the I mutuality of interest, America will go on and give of its service for the good of humanity and the safety of the world. I "I want a part in that. I want your wishes, your confidence, aye, I want your prayers. I is a serious j and solemn tasl:, and when I am done j I want to think that I can come back i and be one of you again,^to have your ' confidence and respect." ~~ . ~~~ ' j ground equipment. < Community Activities (a) Clean up campaigns. (b) Anti-fly and anti-mosquito J campaigns. I (c) Civic improvement, beautifying [streets, etc. Health (a) Health crusades. (b) Hot school lunches. I Helping to make the school a com- j ; munity center by means of entertain-' jments. parties etc. Why President-Elect H' rds Hands Few of the millions of Americaas who have just designated Senator Harding as their choice for the Presidency probably recall why he must wait until March 4 before taking office. Many, perhaps, may be surprised to learn that the dates of election and of the inaguration arc not prescribed by the constitution. That document simply declares that "The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on whi^jh they shall give their votes." It says nothing with regard to tl.e date of the presidential inaguration. Immediately following the ratification of the constitution by the States, the old Continental congress, after much wrangling, selected March 4, 1789, for the establishment of the new government. And, although congress actually convened only on April 30, it was decided later that / the first term should be deemed at an end on March 4, 1793. Since the President is to serve four full years, this date has ever since bcenncccpted for the beginning of his administration. On March 1, 1792, congress passed a law providing that the presidential electors mu?t be chosen within thirtyfour days preceding the first Wednesday in December. On January 23, 1845, this was amended to read the "Tuesday following the first Monday in November." The act of March 1, 1792, also fixed the day for voting in the electorial college as the first Wednesday in December. The date fV?A Annnir.ff or>H Pmr.lt'nff of tlli tv/l V4iW VJA. U*.6 iMIM ?. clectorial votes in congress was set for the second Wcdaesday in February. It is obivious that these dates wert placed at intervals no farther apart than conditions of communication at that time made necessary. From the selection of the electors until the late of their meeting in each state ivas but a month or so. Two months later, after the votes had beem brought to the capitol, sc^c of them from points many hundred miles away, they were counted. Shortly after that act the President took his seat. Today there is, of- course, no need of all this delay, if congress wishes to end it. The electors could be chosen, the college could cast its t ote, and the President-elect take his seat all within one month But, as a people, we cling to the old customs, for no other reason than the respect they have gained by thejr antiquity. Like our British friends, we are loath to cast off the usages of the Fathers. ' ?Baltimore News. o Death of Mr. W. J. WUhoite Mr. W. J. Wilhoite, a prominent citizen of Cades, died here L'?ct weak. Mr. Wilhoite had been ill for soma time, and brought to the Kellcy Sanatorium, where he succumbed to hii malady. Mr. Wilhoite \vas the faLher-iii-'aw of Dr. VV. J. Hasolden of Cades, where he had made his home for a number of years. The deceased was torn in Shelbyville, Tenr.., and was in his eighty-second year'at his death. His remains were laid tp rest in the Graham cemetery, near Cades. o ? Death of Mrs. W. E. Burrows Mrs. W. E. Burrows of near Whits Oak, this county, died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thompson, near Lane, last Tuesday nifht at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Burrows had been os an extended visit to her dauhter-inlaw, and while there suffered the attack which resulted in her death. Shs had been in failing health, however, ' lor ue past JTCAX* Mrs. Burrows was a member of Bethesda Methodist church, near Cadet. Interment was made Monday, November 22, at 11 o'clock, in the Williamsburg cemetery, funeral service? being conducted by her pastor, tht Rev. W. H. Hodges of Cades. o Death of a Child Little Miss Minn c Lou Epps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cash Eppe of Cades, died Monday night at 11 o'clock, at the Kellcy Sanatorium, The little girl had been ill only five or six days, having suffered an attack of Laryngial Dyptheria, and was brought to the Keley Sanatorium for treatment. Interment was made at Bethesda Methodist church eeme ? ' n TO tery, Tuesday at 11 o cioci:, nev. **. H. Hodges, of Caces, coonducting th* ceremonies. The bereaved parents hr.ve th? sympathy of a large circle cf friend? and relatives.' . jttte | * v'"'i