The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 03, 1921, Image 10
WOMAN DIES AFTER
LONG PRISON TERM
WILL BE BURIED BESIDE HUSBAND
WHOSE MURDER SHE
WAS CHARGED WITH
Raleigh, Feb. 1.?In a little graveyard
in Alexander county , in the Blue
Ridge mountains of North Carolina,
the body of Mrs. Sarah Wychoff,
seventy-six, will be buried beside that
of her husband, Wesley, for whose
murder she spent a life sentence?
forty-two years?in state prison, during
which time a man on his deathbed
is said to have confessed to the killing,
absolving her and "Bob" McCorkle,
a negro, hanged for the crime,
of any connection.
Mrs. Wychoff, who died at the penitentiary
here yesterday had refused
pardons during the last twenty years
from five governors, explaining that ,
her children had all died and she had
nowhere to go and was content to
remain among her prison friends the
balance of her life. ,
Mrs. Wychoff was tried with McCorkle
for tiie murder of Wesley
. Wychoff in 1878. Both protested their (
innocence. The negro was found
guilty of murder in the first degree ,
and his hanging was the only one ,
that ever took place in Alexander |i
county. Mrs. Wychoff was convicted
of conspiracy and sentenced to life
imprisonment. Both were convicted
on cimcumstantial evidence. 1
Mrs. Wychoff was seized with an j
attack of rheumatism several years ,
ago and since that time had been (
unable to walk. For years she has (
spent most of her time in bed and in i
a wheeled chair knitting, crocheting ]
and sewing. She specialized in mak- j
ing little fancy aprons which prison :
officials sold for her. From the money (
gathered in this way she had fitted out
a cozy little cell in the prison and j
enough money was found after her
death to pay all burial expenses. (
The body of Mrs. Wychoff is at a j
local undertakers awaiting word from 1
relatives before being shipped to the
mountains.
Work of County Agents.
Florence, S. C., Feb. 2.?Some interesting
information as to the value
of the home demonstration work in
the Pee Dee section of South Carolina
is obtainable from the 1920 report of
Mrs? Frances Y. Kline, district rgent.
eovering 13 active counties on her list
of 15 counties, of which Williamsburg
county, under Miss Hattie McMurray,
-* nno nf +V10 mnet ac
U1 iUU^MiCC) n ao vuv v*
tive. Incidentally states Mrs. Kline, 1
Williamsburg county contributed 1
largely to the excellent showing in ?
the consolidated report of the counties
of the district, as finally corn- J
piled. 1
One gains a fair conception of the ^
size of the work by the first para- 1
graph of statistics. 'A few of the
larger items of this are 1838 meet- ,
mgs held by the county agents, with ;
a total attendance of 29,26ft persons; 1
a correspondence of 102,562 pieces, including
82415 bulletins and 20,447
personal letters; 3996 consultations, !
1852 clubs visited; 2508 club members
* ^
visited; 2563 demonstrate s of bet- (
ter methods of home keeping and gardening,
832 newspaper articles; 54,321
miles traveled by the agents to
carry personally the gospel of a betloceor
ifome
icr >VttjV| ami vvnti ivcow4 mw??ow.
Twenty-eight county short courses
were held with an attendance of II13,
including girls and women. Two gills
have been put into college on scholarships.
Three more have been induced
to go to college.
Under the girls club work, one girl
established the phenominal record of
raising $179 worth of produce on onetenth
of an acre?a value of $1790
per a'cre in South Carolina. Ihe average
cost of production per tenthacre
plat was $9.97 and cost of canning
averaged $8.84. A total of 1572
girls in the Pee Dee section arc enrolled
in these clubs, numbering 152
in the 13 counties covered in this report.
Though not quite half of them
are cultivating tenth-acre plats, their
produce totalled 143,477 pounds of
tomatoes, 1238 pounds of pimentoes,
and 18,810 pounds of ot1 cr products.
Of this, 23,831 containers of tomatoes
were canned, 11,530 of other fruits,
1629 containers of soup, and more
chan 12,00 containers of other stuff,
from the garders, having a value of
early $14,000.
The introduction of 20 washing maaiunes,
as reported under sewing and
tumdry work, indicates the forward
trend of the housekeepers of the Pee
Dee section. Also 55 iitning boards
were installed.
The paragraph under "improvements
and conveniences" also bespeaks
significantly the advanced
ideas in the country. Improvement
ideas in the country. Important items
are, 67 lighting systems installed, 23
water systems put in, 260 kitchens
screened, 50 of them to save labor, 43
steam pressure cookers bought, 50
bread mixers, 35 tireless cookers, 186
fcod choppers and other modern
equipment, cltiefly for form houses
"Refreshments" produced and made
/
? 1 %
at home will be the Soutfi Carolina
style hereafter, one might infer from
reading the paragraph urder "grape
culture". Many vines have been planted
and targe quantities of juice preserved
against future needs, also.
Mrs. Kline has 15 counties in her
district, but the report covers only 13, !
two of them being inactive. The re- |
port for the following counties un- <
der their respective county home de- !
monstration : gents?Marlbo -o, Miss |
Edna Earle, of bennettsvuie; nershaw,
Miss Blarch Tarrant, of Camden;
Lahcaster Mrs. Elfrc-ida Howell,
of Lancaster; Surr.ter, Miss Caro Truluck,
of Sumter; Georgetown, Mrs. X.
E. Doar. of Georgetown; Horry. Miss
Helen Thomas, of Loris; Berkeley,
Miss Maud Russell, of Russcllville;
Clarendon. Mrs. Thco Plowde. , of
Manning; Williamsburg, Miss Hattie
McMurray, c2 Kingstree; Chesterfield.
Mary Ha.ynie, of Chesterfield;
Marion. Mrs. Edna McPherso.i, of
Marion; Dillon, Miss Etta Sue Sellers,
of Latta; Florence. Miss Annie
Moore,.
Besides the preserved products of
the garden, arcund 20,000 containers
of vegetables, fruits, juiecs, and such
things, from the farm aad orchard at
large were put up. These had an additional
value of not far from $50,000.
Nearly 12,000 girls, in 132 clubs,
engaged in sewing under expert sup- '
ervision last year. They made near- :
acaa orfinlDc rn.icririfr I
ly t*u\nj uiuci^uv mi Mvtvw; |
from wearing apparel to ornaments
for the home.
Girls' food preparation classes to
the number of 70 were held also. A
total of 1578 ^omen were enrolled
actively in 101 clubs, which held 738
jf 7660 women. Budgets were introduced
into 41 homes by the wcmen
and 227 women are keeping houseseeping
accounts. The district agent
is particularly pleased at this showing
among the women, because she
considers this the awakening realization
of the value of this work for better
homes and gardens.
Poultry work for women and girls
institutes another important chapter
in the report. There 101 clybs for
l>oys and gtfls, with 739 of them enrolled.
TWre were 35 adult clubs
cvith 824 women enrolled. Nearly 300
jirls and women bought pure bred
chickens last year, while 575 of them
bought pure bred eggs. The year
closed with these club members having
16,720 pure bred fowls in their *
docks, after 1444 had been culled.
During the year, the girls raised 37396
chickens?a total of 48,564 chickTVio
errtrr. from these flocks were
)09 dozen preserved, value $454.50;
3178 dozen sold, value $4,224.78: 127,328
dozen used at home, value $63,)14.
The estimated total value of all
the poultry products of these club
members of tv.e Pee Dec section is
M8,530.40.
Canning and gardening for wcmen
also one of the biggest chapters 9f
the report. Tljeir total food production
and preservation was valued at
the sum of $296,337. y
o
The United States War Department
Monday conceded that it had official
information that G. C. Bergdoll, wealthy
Philadelphia draft evader, was in
Sermany. The War department has
aot admitted that Charles Neaf, of
Baltimore and Frank Zimmer, of Denver,
arrested and imprisoned by the
German authorities after the attempt
to kidnap Bergdoll, are connected with
the army. - *
o
Kerosene Lamp Hint
If your lamps do sot burn brightly
drop a small piece of camphor Into
the oil and It will help greatly.
g Indigestion g
^ Many persons, otherwise 0
|| vigorous and healthy, are Q
Q| bothered' occasionally with g
0| Indigestion. The effects of a eg
eg disordered stomach on the gg
5? system are dangerous, and
prompt treatment of Indigee- D
B Uon Is Important "The only Q
Q medicine 1 have needed has be
been something to aid diget
B tlon and clean the liver," P
writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a m
McKlnney, Texas, farmer, gf
H "My medicine Is Eg
8 Thedford's 8
BLACK-DRAUGHT
B f?r Indigestion and stomach B
{?? trouble of any kind. I have E?
? a iVU- sV.s ^3
Bat ver rouna u;mni ui*i mm
touches the spot, like Black
Draught. I take it la broken
H doeee after meals. For a long B
time I tried pills, which grip- f|
Bed mad didn't aire the good M
results. Black-Draoght liver B
Q medicine Is easy to talrf, easy B
53 to keep, Inexpensive." m.
B Get a package froai your
druggist today?Ask for and ?
SI Insist upon Thedford's?the H!
B only genuine.
Get It today. if
BB i?BB
BBBBBBBBBBBBB
) V
-
i?H im 1111111111111 n n i n ?i i irt 1111111111 ii 1111 ii i
' Removal Notice! I
IB 4 1 '
:: I take this method of extending notice to ::
; | my customers and the public generally that I ::
:: have moved my Shoe Repair Shop into the j
:: first floor of the Gourdin Building, formerly
; occupied by the Electrical Supply Co., where ::
: I will be glad to handle any work in my line, j;
R. C. CRAWFORD, I
? III
' 1st Floor Gourdin Bldg. Kingstree, S. C. :::
( t |
0 | | |
1111111111111II1111 11111 HI 11111111' 1111111 H I 111 It I? I
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXJO
X
5 _?
I Low Fncei
ft ! '
ft
g Though our Big Sale has closed we have. <
g low prices for another ten days. . In doing thii
ft chase good furniture and other articles at pri
S mean a real loss to us, but we are willing to ta!
v tions, and while helping you in this way to get
v imcr mirsftlvftf? also. We wish to do our share
j K to help you to make the dollar as far as pos;
& is possible to get elsewhere.
< *
; J: Here are some of the UNUSUAL values we
? stock and we guarantee them to be as represe
8
???????
; Beds, Springs and Mattresses.
$10.00 % inch post white Iron Beds, full size $ 5.65 I
*Y $20.00 2 inch post, Iron Beds, full size, head 54 inches
! ? high, white, black and blue, 11.90
10.00 Solid Oak Beds, full size, 4.65
? > $20.00 Solid Oak Beds, full size, roll foot, * 9.55 *
o, $8.00 and $9.00 Mattresses, straw and cotton, full size 4.25
J: J $13.00 Combination Mattresses, excelsior and cotton,? 6.35 '
* > $17.00 and $18.00 all cotton Matresses, full size, good
if | Ticking, 8.45
31J $25.00 Felt Mattresses, full size, extra good ticking? 13.50
y * Cot and Crib Mattresses at one-half regular price, all
2 ! plainly marked,
Jf I $6.00, 120 Coil Folding Springs, light weight, 3.25
jf | $9.00 Folding Springs, heavy, highly tempered wire? 4.65
J ! $11.00 National and Rome-link Springs, 6.55
$1J $18.00 Slumber King, rod Springs, extra fine, flat
4 A #l?
X fabric, iu.o>
it
ft
: i Dressers and Washstands.
, X $35.00 Solid Oak Dresses, 2 large and 2 small drawers,
J | mirror 18x20, top 19x36, 16.95
*? $40.00 Solid Oak Dressers, two large and two small
drawers, top 20x40, mirror-20x24 19.45
JIJ $16.00 Solid Oak Washstand, without mirror, 8.85
* | $25.00 Solid Oak Washstand, with mirror, 13.50
X
$$ Phonographs and Records. j
X $180.00 Edison Cabinet phonograph, fumed oak, 120.00
$200.00 Edison Cabinet phonograph, go'den oak, 134.00
$155.00 Westrola phonograph, mahogany finish, 93.73
$245.00 Westrola phonograph, mahogany finish, 169.50
T? $250.00 Brunswick phonograph, mahogany finish, 169.50
X $70.00 Hiawatha table phonograph, 43.50
85c Brunswick and Jennett, 10 inch Records, 57c
V $100 Columbia, Brunswick, l yric, P iritan, Jennett and
<> Okeh, 10 inch Records, 68c
K 75c 9 inch Emerson Records, 38c
A 35c 7 inch Emerson Records, 17c
X $1.35 Edison Records, 95c
X $1.85 Edison Records, 1.35
V 60c Edison Amberola Records, 45c
<v If you wish to take advantage of these ui
ft the goods are moving and these prices will not
ft Yours for more business,
I STEELE FUR
g Kingstree,
ft * Where purchasers desire to make prucha*
v worth while, and can furnish satisfactory seci
X part cash and take your note for the balance.
/
I - ..... .-"j.-. f .. ...
Met4*W*fcHW IIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIII
TAKE NOTIcki y
I have moved my place of business to
j the Hirsch building on Academy street next j 1
door to the Kingstree Drug Co.'s store. ;;
; I am now better prepared to serve my ;;
: friends and patrons than evei* before with a ! I I
j full and complete line of . ..
I Diamonds, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry ;;
; 1 have an especially equipped department for \\
: Testing Eyes and Fitting Glasses!::
? ?
; Also take this method of extending appreciative ;;
; thanks to my friends and patrons for the liberal pa- ;;
; tronage extended me since I have been in business, and ;;
; -hope for a continuance of same in my new quarters. ;;
! Special Attention to Repairing Watches, 11
ClocRs and Jewelry! !
T. E. BAGGETT !! S
t t
IIMIIIIIM lllttlHMIMmilHHIMMIH I l?l I III IHt
?
s Continue]
decided to continue selling at these Special X '
s we are offering you an opportunity to pur- r| j
ces far below their .real .value, .prices .that
ke it for we need the money to meet obliga- X |
unusual value for your dollar, we are help- ; ;
in getting prices back to normal, And wafif~^: :
i i A- A. 4 >
SiDie?warn 10 give you as muou lor ii as n ; ;
<' ? ,
- '
are offering. All of these goods are now in : J;
nted. |,j?
!
SaM, Tables and Buffets. : v
$15.00 Kitchen Safes, tin or wire fro-t, with drawer, 8.45 J r 1
$8.00 4 foot Kitchen Tables, plain Top, 4.65 < > ^
^19 AH A vif/*vioti TaKlnc Plain Tah A QK ^
$63.50 Buffets, fumed or golden oak top 54x22 Colinial 31.75 {i
Chairs and Rockers. 2, [
$18.00 Solid Oak Rocker, spring seat, . 8.95 JIJ ^
$10.00 Oak Rocker, wood seat, 4.90 ?(> J
$13.50 Mahogany Rocker, solid seat, 7.45 (\ I
$1.25 Veneer Seat Maple Chair, varnished, .69 J | .
$7.50 Dining Chairs, fumed and Golden oak, pad seat, 3.90 ?1
EXTRA SPECIALS. i'j
$60.00 Davenettes, with niattress, fumed golden oak
and mahogany finish, imitation brown and black J | \ i
leather, 29.85 v *, ? I
$40 Oak Chiffoniers, 18x40 top, 6 drawers, 22J10 i
$30.00 Couch Hammock, adjustable head rest, 18.75 J \ \
$165.00 Kimball and Shipujan Organs, oak, 98.75 J1J
$25.00 Autoharp (one only) 4 10.50 II!
$15.00 18x40 Mirror, best quality, 5 inch golden frame, 7.50 J11
$9.00Mosquito Canopies, metal frame, attachable to .. I x iron
or wood beds, fine mesh, o.35 <.>
$6.50 Mosquito Canopies, metal frame, hanging kind,? 4.55 f \
$zt>.uu L,iorary ana unice iaDies, imv jr
$2.00 Children's Oak Chairs, red and green, low seat? 98c * < C
$1.00 Coffee Pots, .triple coated white and Blue enamel, 48c J c One
roll Duplex Carpet, 27 inches wide, reversible, ? ?
guaranteed fast colors, regular price $1.75 now 98*. ' ? Jg .
Woodtex Floor Covering, 36 inches wide, felt base, J jfT
made to imitate oak floor, regular price $1.00 , ' W
per yard, 45c ! C
Kolorfast Floor Matting, various patterns and colors, J ?
guaranteed fast colors, regular price $1.00 now, 53c % *
A few Clipwood Porch Shades, green slats, from 4 to 10 .
feet, at one half regular prices, all plainly marked. JS 1
A few small Refrigerators, Ice Chests and Water Coolers. <;
at one-half regular prices, all plainly marked. ,
Small lot of toy Automobiles Velocipedes, Dolls, etc., at J
one-half regular prices, all plainly marked. . I x
Lots of Small Mirrors, Picture Frames, Curtain pole
trimmings, Household Paints, Stains, etc., at one-half regu- ^ j
lar prices, all plainly marked. ; 1 J
Blankets, Comforts, Rugs and Art Squares, Trunks, Hand ?1? J
Bags and Suit Cases at from 40 to 609c below regular prices, i X i
all plainly marked. ? ||
8
tiusual prices do not delay your purchases for f!
remain in effect much longer. ] j1 ^
M l UKL LU. |
South Carolina
ses amounting to a sufficient sum to make it I
irity, we^ill^ell at the prices advertised for & !j