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ist * ' tlr % ? iXijc ?0 untij |lecor6. ft VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1920. NO. & lAPPOINTMENTS BY 1 I METHODISTS GIVEN " i glwONFERENCE ADJOURNS AFTER I Bp' SUCCESSFUL SESSION jl? AT GEORGETOWN l|B . ? mjjkM The Methodist conference got down ||Ho business Monday morning and in a glgBkiw hours wound up minute business ||Oand announced appointments for 1921. IPJwhich closed the Georgetown sesion. I Statistical Report The morning reports were heard from hoards and committees The statistical questions were asked and .tile following figures were reported: Members 56,725; adults baptizeJ U1388; infants 1,411; Sunday School! "Pupils 36,205; womans missionary | societies 161; 4,797 members paid for | foreign missions. $16,345; home mis-' sions $20,745; church extention $8,828;, -education $31,460; amference claims 414,646; bible societies $1,333;, worn-' an's missionary society $33,425; paid I to pastors $245311; presiding elders] ' $22356. ' | A matter of interest was the i proposition to give a fixed sum to soperanuate ministers. This proposi-j tkm originated with two layman, T. I H. Tatum and T. O. Lawton, who' mooted that $600 be given all superannuates.. Heretofore the amount given has been small and uncertain. I Kings tree District | Kingstree District: C. C. Derrick ? 4 presiding elder; Andrews, D. D. Jones; Cades, D. H. Everette; Cedar J K^ 9wamp,'H. D. Shuler; Cordesville., B. S. Hughes; Cable and trinity, W. L.! ||b Suy, Georgetown Duncan Memorial, ^&R. H. Jones; West End, J. L. Stokes: j ffBpreelyville and Lanes, W. R.. Jones; ?^feemingway, B. J. Guess; Honey Hill.t 1W. Z. McConncll; Johnsohville, W. A. j|BjHassebeau; Kingstree, W. W. Daniel;! ^ Lake City, W. A. Beckham; McCtel-'j famville, W. G. Arial; New Zion, T.: Derrick: Pamplico, F. A. Buddin;1 iWkiopolis. J. E. Clarke; Rome.G. K. Pjflray; Sampit, D. 0. Spires; Scranton, F. A. Lupton; Turbeville. J. J. Stevenson; Trio, G. T, Rhoad. Well known former preachers of the Kingstree District will be located as followers: Rev. Dr. J. W. Daniel goes to Trinity church, Sumptcr; Row Geo. T. Harmon to Beanet^svillc; Row D. A. Phillips to Marion; S. E. Ledbetter to Lakeview in the Marion district; Rev. P. 11. Ingraham to Edis, to; Rev. W. H. Hodges to Camden and Rev. J. T. Fowler to Allendale. Salter* Hens Saiters Depot, Nov. 30.?We have had several days of rainy weather which has made the roads sloppy and ?a r* v?? U ML vrups UAYC iJCCil ^auicxvva (uiu [ woods'And fields have donned thenwinter garb. Thanksgiving past off quietly here. A number of the sportsman went w& him tin? and bagged a number of v Hie young people enjoyed a dance at the town hall on Thursday night. The Christian Endeavor Society en- j Vjoyed a good meeting Friday night at the town hall. Mr. S. W. Derby was nmuint nnd mndp i* fine iuldresS. which was much enjoyed by all j present. Mrs. John Poag who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Montgonfery, has returned to her home in Rock Hill. Mrs. J. M. Montgomery, of Gable, I S. C., visiting her son, Mr. J. H. Montgomery, at this place. Henry E. Davis, Esq., of Florence, spent tiie week end with his father, Mr. J. E. Davis. Miss Jannette Davis who is teach- j | mg school in Darlington, spent last l week end at her home here. Missj k Jannette is a great favorite here and ft her many friends are always delight- j W ed to see her. pi. A. R. 'Mosely, Jr.. attended the: B -Tliristian Endeavor Convention in (Charleston Saturday and Sunday. We were, pleased to have with usj last week end our good friend, Mrs. J H. T. McClary of Kingstree. Mr. B, W. Mosely has accepted thej position ?(i rural mail carrier at Hem- j ingwy and will leave for his new j positSfl this week. W Mission Services at St. Albans ^^^teginning Tuesday evening, December 7, a series of mission services will }>e held at St ^Iban's Chapel, conducted by the Rav. J. Bentham Walker, of Sumpter The first service will be held at 7:30 p. m. end the pub- j lie cordially invited to be present. Death of Postmaster at Trio (Written for The County Record) Trio, Nov. 29.?On Tuesdr.y afternoon, November 9th, when the train from (ieorgetown arrived at 5:41 o'clock it was noticed that our faithful Post Master was not at the station as usual with his mail; the tiain was held while someone went to see why he was not at his post. He was found down behind his desk in a helpless condition, having been stricken in hi;; left side with paralysis. Friends hastened to him accompayned by Dr. D. W. Register, and removed him to his home, doing all for him tha,t loving hands dould. He was able to say that his head ached severely and asked that it be rubbed, aid rsked "where is Dr. Dave?" Efforts were made to relieve him, but he sank into a sleep from which he was never aroused. Mr. Files had been suffering from high blood pressure for a number of years and had been warned rep atedly against becoming angry or excited. It is believed that he must have failed to heed the warnings and suffered the consequences. Friends watched by his bedside along with loved ones continuously until the end came Frklay mornjpg, November 12, at 7:27 o'clock when he breathed his last. Thomas Bryan Files was born in North Carolina September 14, 1863 where his boyhood days were spent. He received his common school education in tho schools of his lative state. Coming {to South Carolina more than thirty-five years ago, he met Miss Emma L. Horton, v/ha he married about thirty-five years ago. Never being blessed with any children of their own they adopted and reared a son and daughter. Thomas H. and Annie Eliza Files, who with their mother survive him and reside at Trio. Mr. Files was well known in Williamsburg County, having resided at Trio for about thirty-one years, during which time he served r.s Justice of peiice or Maggistrats a number of years. He was noted fo- his fair and impartial decisions and efforts to maintain the peace of his district. from cms oince ne uenvea tne wuc of "Judge." and was ever afterwards spoken of us "Judge Files." He served the citizens of our town as depot agent for a while, giving satisfactory sendee; for the past fourteen years he has served as postmaster, rendering faithful service as a result of careful, painstaking efforts. He was a K. of P., with his membership at Georgetown; also a W. 0. W., with membership in Ce<lar Wood Camp, No. 386, at Trio. He was a faithful membber of the Haptist Church and broad enough in views to see in the world er.ough tc do for the salvation of mankind by other churches than the one of which he was a member. He was a regular attendant upon the preaching services conducted in the Methodist' Congre gauon OI ruh WWII. He r> a..-, au 1U1 active Christian gentleman, having shortly before his death spoken to hi; daughter advising her to give her heart to God and unite with the church, which he had the joyouprivilege of witnessing only a short time before his death. Judge Files was active in tie political life of his County and State and as far as was consistent with with the position he held. He ran a small farm and was considered one of the best farmers in the section. With his death the family comes to an end, so to speak, as he was the last member, only a half-first-cousin, Rev. Olin Henderson of the Bethlehem Charge, Methodist Episcopal Church South, remaining. He was laid to rest in a casket made of heart cypress lumber, which he had been saving for the purpose for more than twenty years, he was placed beside his mother in the burying ground of the Methodist Church at Trio, the services being conducted by his pastor. Rev. Mr. Bussy of Andrews. ^ Struck by Saw Teeth Last Saturday David C. Scott, Jr., was painfully hurt about the head while operating a sawmill on his " " ?? * ti,? lauier s piace near w?n. mc received by Mr. Scott were caused by several teeth flying out of the large circular saw and striking him on the head. Fortunately for the young man the flying saw teeth struck and passed through a board before coming in contact with his face. he wounds received radical attention and the young man kept on about his business. ; KORTJOHN-BRITTON .Miss Susie Kortjohn Becomes the Bride of Mr. Harry Britton 1! Orangeburg, Nov. 28.?On last Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock Miss Susan Brunson Kortjohn became 1 j the bride of Harry Britton of Kingstree. The ceremony was performed in the presence of members of the families of the contracting parties at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. ' P 1^ Thfi knmn liroc t V. U. AUXbjUilll. 1UC liVlMC TTCW ' | beautifully decorated for the occasion. The improvised alter before which 1; the vows were taken was interlaced with tulle and ribbon banked with ' white chrysanthemums, carnations and lilies. The bride and bridegroom stood beneath a white tulle basket of flowers overflowing with its abun' dance of beauty. The cermony was 1 performed by the Rev. G. W. Edwards. pastor of St. Paul,s Methodist i church. Miss Jack Josey presided at the piano. At the playing of the wedding march from Lohengrin two cousins of the bride, little Mary Jacobs of Charleston, entered scattering flowers as she Went and little Elizabeth Salley bearing the ring in the heart of a flower. Then came Miss Lilla Kortjohn, sister of the bride, as maid of honor, attired in a handsome gown of midnight blue and wearing a large picture hat, Miss Kortjohn entered on the arm of her brother, F. M. Kortjohn of Sumter, and \\ is met at the alter by the bridegroom and his best man, Robert Johnson of Kingstree . The bride was looking her best in a beautiful gown of dark brown charmeuse with accesories to match. Mrs. Britton is the daughter of Mrs. C. D. Kortjohn and numbers her friends by the score. She has for some time been one of the most popular teachers in the city graded schools, where, as well as among her many friends, she will be greatly missed. Mr. Britton is an influential business man in Kingstree. After the ceremony a reception was tendered the family and bridal party. Receiving at the door were Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Brunson. In the dining room were Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Adden, Mrs. C. D. I Kortjohn and Miss Meta Kortjohn. 1 Misses^Mae Kortjohn, Mildred Brunson. Claire Steele, Minnie Herbert, Glaze, Kittie Reeves and Mrs. C. T. Sullins assisted in the dining. Miss Willie Scoville, Mr. Cameron McLees and Mrs. h'arle Brunson Hydride presided at the punch bowl. Misses Louie Perreydear and Martha Kortjohn registered the guests.?Columbia State. oi The Death of C. A. MeFaddin 1 ??? (Jlemson uonege, ?ov. ou.?ine i death of Mr. C. A. McFaddin, until recently District Agent of the Ext tention Service, is a source of sadness to all who knew him. Frcm being one of the very best farmers in ; Clarendon County Mr. McFaddin join? cd the Extention forces i.i the early days of demonstration work. There ; is no doubt that he sacrificed the i career of a successful fanner, upon ; which he was already launched, in order to give his life to the work of making other fanners more ?uccc~si ful. He was soon appointed to i position of District Agent in the S u them and Eastern part of th-' Slate and held this position until recently when he resigned on account of i failing health. His efficient service ; in connection with Extention work is well known and especially so in the i Southern and Pee Dee sections of the i State. Mr. McFaddin's kindness and consideration for others gained and ; held for him the love of all with whom he worke^ while his knowledge ol South Carolina agriculture made i him a prominent figure in the agriculture of the State. He was prominent also in church affairs and was ov#rv a Christian centle man. His was a life of service ami in his death the people of the State suffer a distinct loss. He hid many friends in Williamsburg County. _____? Death of H. B. Cooper Mr. Henry Benjamin Cooper of the Suttons community died on November 19 from an attack of hemoragic fever. The deceased was a young man and highly esteemed. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. o T^e keel of th superdreadnaught, Massachusetts, will be laid soon after New Year' day, it was announced. / Happenings in and Around Rome ' ? Hemingway, R. F. D. Nov. 29.?Mr. j H B Floyd of Floyd Dale is spending ; some time with his daughter Mrs. G.' K. Way. Mr. and Mrs. Guess of Dc nmark \ ! are visiting at the home of the latter\s j i brother, Prof. O. M. Mitchell. Miss Beulah Wilson, of the L'umpter High School faculty, spent several days last week with relatives here. Misses Margaret and Bessie Snow! don and Dr. Willie Rogers of Indian, town were the guests of Mr. and^Mrs. j Jas. D. Munnerlyn on Thanksgiving i day. Miss Mary Rhem, a student at Col-1 umbia College, spent Thanl'js giving j with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. j Rhem. Miss Eleanor Todd spent last week ! end with friends in Sumter. Dr. L. B. Johnson spent several days ! in Charleston last week. Quite a number of people from (this community attended the Methodist Conference in Georgetown last week. Miss Annie Wilson has returned from a trip to Columbia, i Miss Halene Clarke spent Thnnksj giving week end in Kingstree. Miss Louise Snow, of Columbia College, spent Thanksgiving -.with her father, Mr. J. J. Snow. Miss Martha McFadden vicited her sister, Miss Amelia McFadden in J Lake City last week end. J. M. Clyde, of Kingstrie. spent I rt i < I aunaay nere. Jeddie Johnson, of Columbia, visited his brother, Dr. L. B. Johnson, last week. ; Mrs. Beulah Dinkins and Miss Julia | ! DuRant spent last week in George-' | town. I Rev. J?. P. Hutson J. McBee is visitI ing his daughter, Mrs. W. Carey Itol! lins. _ j l Mrs P. B. Watson and children) ! from Gaffney are spending sometime I with her sisters, Mesdamcs Jas. D. j j Munnerlyn and Dudley Cook. Mrs. G. K. Way and daughter Harriet spent last week end with Mrs. : Way's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. j Floyd, at Floyd Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Cook, of Kings! tree spent the week eni at the home | of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Rhem. Rev. G. K. Way spent last week in i Georgetown attending the thodist j Conference Miss Helen Cheatham spent last week end with friends in Hartsville. ! I'rof D. H. Dantzler attended the .State Teacher's meeting in Spartani burg last week. Miss Lydie Clyde, of Kingstree, spent several days last week with Miss Florence Hemingway. W. J. Tubeville and O. M. Mitchell | spent several days in Georgetown last! ; week as delegates to the Methodist! Conference. Miss Louise Haddock, who is teach-j ing at Bloomingvale, spent Thanks- j giving with her mothev, Mrs. Willie j Haddock. Mrs. J. M. Clyde and children,Tom j and Grace of Kingstree, spent a part of last week with Mrs. Clyde's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hemingway. Mrs Fannie Munnerlyn has return j ed home after visiting her son, Dr. J. ( j F. Munnerlyn in Columbia and her i daughter. Mrs. R K. Orvin, in George-, town. | Miss Carrie Baker, of Hemingway,' has been the guest of her sister. Mrs.! D. I. Wilson, for several days. We are very glad, indeed, to have 1 liev. and Mrs. G. K. Way with us for, another year. Salters Route One Items ______ I Salters Depot, Route 1, Dec., 2.? I j Regular weekly rains continue and it j "* ?in rmr virinitv. Far- I IIS quibc luuuujr III v.. ... mers are trying to keep up their courage until they finish ginning cot- i I ton, which is of such little value that 1 it does not pay for the picking and j ginning at present prices. I Thanksgiving passed off very quiet- j J ly here, there being very few visitors. 11 j A great many fat turkeys lost their i lives, however. c Mr. and Mrs. Sam Plowden of Man| ning spent Saturday and Sunday with J Mrs. W. C. Cannon. I Mrs. S. A. Scott and Mr. LeRoyJ' : were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scott, h Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Prevatt visited Mr. and Mrs. Alex Spivey, Sunday. The Boyd School gave two days for Thanksgiving. < Mrs. Herbert Cartel spent Thanks- i giving and the remainder of the week iwith relatives near GreelyvilJe. i Mrs. J. T. Frierson of Mouzons < 'spent Saturday night with her daughter. Mrs. J. A. Scott. ( ?"Owl" |) FLOWERS IN GETHSEMANE Garden of the Betrayal Today Riot of Color and Bird Songs. (William D. McCracken in Asia.) As all the world knows, the Garde] of Gethsemane lies at the foot of tb Mount of Olives. From the drago man of the American consulate ou party carried a note to the custodial of the garden and we found Fn Julio, the kindly little Franciscan, al smiles to welcome us. The frowers gave a keynote of jo; to our visit. Jerusalem after the wa is bare of flowers, but outside tfr walls the Garden of Gethsemane ha bloomed throughout the conflic! Flowers need but little attention ex cept water, and Fra Julio, who speak Italian, assures us that the Britisl brought good fortune indeed to Je rusalem, for they brought water wit! them. Before they came, he tells us there was much suffering for lacl of it. The visitor must bow his head a he enters the low gateway?an act o humility that may well seem to hin to be symbolic. But loving remem brances of Him who was so desper ately tried in this garden does no preclude delight in the flowers an< in the twiteering birds' intent on pick itg up seeds that Fra Julio scatters He laughs with great delight abou the birds, and we all laugh togcth i in the Garden of Gethsemane. :-l_ ??* ti? ~-i-i \J UX ^ULUt- VUW U1U Clglll great olive trees that have survive< the centures. They are indeed mass ive, gnarled specimens, and they oi their progenitors miay well have beei contemporaries of Jesus. The specia tree of the agony is vastly interest ing as the king of the collection, bul we prefer to go back to ti e flowers They are joyous symbols, unrcminiscent of the terrible hour of bo trayal. Fra Julio takes us with pride to i bed of immortelles, not of the usua ray, but?of an intense violet coloi verging on red. He picks a hand ful, discoursing lovingly on their vir tues. He says they can be sent tc America and after that long journej will keeR their color for a year? twe years?many years, remaining evei the same, for they are everlasting Their sweetness draws the sting fron the memory of tn< groat betrayal. o Bethel Breezes Bethel, Nov. 29.?We have beer having bad weather for the past week Miss Scott McElvoen of Kingstre< spent last week last week end witl her sister, Mrs. Lamer Burgess 01 tnis community. Miss Alice Epps and Mr. Eugcni Burgess, both of this community were married at Olanta on Novem ber 24. Misses Mamie Epps, Scott Mc Elveen and Mr. Clyde Baker wen visitors at the home of Mr. J. W Stewart, Thursday. . We are glad to know that litth Edith Wilson is getting cn so nicel] after an attack of Pneumonia. Mr. W. A. Cooper has rcturne< home after spending some tome wit! his sister, Mrs. "James, in Norfolk, Va Miss Wista Mcfilveen spent las: week end with Mr. and C. Epps We regret to leam that Mrs. R. F Burgess is sick again. Mr. J. V. Burgess was a visitor a Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coopers Sunday. Mr. Latcher McElveen went t( Kingstree Monday, on business, o .Clemson College Items of Interest f-lt : 1 U/illiomc, xnt' lUUUWUl^ UUJ3 KUIII TMIUOIIU burg County, are students at the Clemson Agricultural College thi; season. Sphomores I. E. Dans, Salters; Harold Steele, Kingstree and M. B O'Bryon, Heinemann. Freshman C. W. Boswell Jr. Salters and C. F. Rhem, Rhem. One year agricultural students are J. K. Burgess, Kingst.ue; J. 0. Gamble, Heinemann and W. B. Scott Kingstree. J. K. Burgess plays right tackls or the Freshman football team and is an excellent player. , o NOTICE TO TEACHERS I regret very much that after this late I am compelled to hold up all ~ ? X? /ntTAv vVctn^AnL?> uiawn in lawi vi w?*v<4v*u who have failed to register their 3tate licenses in the office of the bounty Superintendent of Education. J. G.' McCULLOUGH. bounty Superintendent of Education. ll-30-lt * . 'DOESN'T WANT I FATHER'S MONEY YOUNG MAN REFUSES TO ACe CEPT MILLION DOLLAR I LEGACY r1 1 Charles Garland, of Buzzard Bay, l Mass., the young man who recently j renounced his right to a million dollar legacy left him by his father, Jamai A. Garland, a wealthy clubman and r yachtman of Boston, has made a e formal statement of his reasons for > s rejecting the money. His statement, . he said, was due to the fact that tfaa _ many reports of his failure to accept s the legacy have failed properly to 1 present his position. "I refuse to accept the money beaoiioa if ic nftf minn " nroo ? ^ vauijc ib itJ uw iuuk) vrao jvim? ! Garland's summary of his action. uA j system which starves thousands while hundreds are stuffed condemns itg self. A system which leaves a sack f woman helpless and offers its service# 1 to a healthy man condemns itself?It ? ? ~ ? -t- A iV A4 *? A o Wl)l 13 sucii a system uutt vxxexs me a umlion dollars," he continued, t "It's blind to the simplest truth j known to every child, the truth th*t the hungry should be fed and the naked clothed. I had to choow ^ between the loss of private property ,. and the law that is written in eve^ human heart. I choose the one which I believe to be true." I Garland, who has stated that fa* renounces his claim to the million dollars because he thought Cchriflt would have done the same, c ntinned: "I believe I could do no good with the money. It is the man that gives food to the hungry who does good, not the dollar given in exchange for the food. I would be happy to be the man if I had the food to give, but I can not lend myself to handling the money that is not mine even though the good that might be done is possibly great" j o : The Lee County Fair * > ??? Editor County Record: ' I had the pleasure of attending the I Lee County Fair and being an ex" j hibitor there. Having carried my * -i '! five gaited saddle horse, "Nominee," he won second in the fine harness horse class and first prize as five gaited saddle horse ever seven other horses, one of them being a , horse that belongs to a Mr. Cook, / who showed him at the Madia* -A. . 1|# ? Square Garden horse snow wis year , and won first prize there. The aix f other horses were from Camden, York, Bishopville, Florence and Darl? ington. Mr. Cook's horse was shown by Mr. Geo. T. Settle and won second. . My horse won the Ladies five gaitei saddle horse contest, being ridden by . Mrs. Wilcox, of Florence; wen ceeond ; in the double harness class and also won second in the combination flva gaited saddle and harness contest 2 Mr. Walter King showed a very , fine horse raised in Williamsburg county and now owned by Mr. James j i Scott. This horse won first in th* , runabout class, second in the 15-2 and . under roadster class and second in the t double fine harness class. There were at leat 190 show horse* at this fair and a horse, to win anything at all, had too be a very fin* t horse and any County represented there and won as much as one libbo?.^ j has a right to be justly proud, and we, winning alltogether with twj horses, nine prizes, three of them first, five second and one third, we are as proud -I no ura nan hp. and lUStlv SO. We wan't the people of Williamsburg county to feel just as proud of them as we are. We show these horses, first for ourselves and second for Williamsburg county. We listed them as Kings tree horses, not as our ' own. I had two Rhode Island Red chickens, one pullet and one cockrcl at this fair and the pullet won second. ' having won first at the Williamsburg fair. The Lee County fair is considered to be one of the best, if not the best ' fairs held in the State. One of uba main features was the night horse show, held from 7:30 to 10 p. m. under electric lights. P. 0. ARROWS MITH. Kingstree. Nov.. 27. 1920. o Death of a Child Little Lila Mae, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McConnell of Hemingway, died early Friday morning after an illness of only a few days.'