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pjc County Record. 1 VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1921. ~ NO. 1 - KINGSTREE SCHOOL w CLOSES SESSION COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE MARKED BY SPLENDID PROGRAMS The 1920-1921 session of the King; tree Graded and High school came t a successful close at the school audi torium Monday night. With th awarding of state diplomas and certi ficates to the members of the grade ating class and the singing of th class song another brilliant chapte in the history of the Kingstree scnoc was closed. The trustees, the superintendent th teachers and pupils of the insticutio have done everlasting credit to therr selves, their town and their state a indicated by the excellent achieve ments of the session just closed. Sine the beginning of the commencemer exercises Friday night every parer has justly experienced a new pride i their child and every friend or patro ~ ** 1- - ?1 h..4- O r?AH* foif OX tI16 SC11UU1 CcUl UUt iuci a aiv?? jlwav in the wonderful progress being mad from year to year. This was evidenc ed by the great crowds that thronge the auditorium for the witnessing c the several programs rendered. The program of the Wee Nee Lit erary society on Friday night is sai to be the best ever rendered by it members. The debate was spirite and both sides of the query were s ably discussed that the judges mus have had to scratch their cranium more than once before reaching a de cision in favor of cither. The entir program in which Vardell Nesmitl Misses Julia Hall, Dollie McFadde and Warren Derrick also took pat was highly creditable to the society the pupils and the teachers. The Query: "Resolved, that th Kingstree School ShouM devote Mor Time to Inter-Scholastic Athletics' was debated in the affirmative b Jas. Cooper. Elizabeth Montgomer and Pearl Chandler: the negative wa handled by Mary Sue Harringtoi Dorothy McDowell, and Ola DuBos< A new feature of the exercises in cident to the commencement prograr was rendered Saturday morning by th members of the seventh grade, con memorating their passage from th graded to the High school. Thes exercises were very similiar to thos of the eleventh grade or graduatin class and were admirably rendered b Misses Belva Jenkinson, Mary Cath erine Epps, Louise Courtney, Ma Burgess, Elizabeth Swails and Jan Gilland. The program Sunday was necessa rily changed somewhat on account o the inability of the Rev. Dr. J. I Marion of Sumter to be present. I his absence the sermon was preache by the Rev. John W. Davis of th Presbyterian church. A violin sol was rendered by Mr. David Silverma and the entire musical program wa delightfully rendered. The servic was participated in by the Revs. Di Daniel and E. A. McDowell, of th local churches. rru" fl??1 fpve hplrf Mori 1 lie uuai VAVAWovw ..v> w day night in the school auditorium i the presence of a large audience. Th stage was beautifully and artisticall arranged to represent a garden. I this garden the graduating class wa assemJred. On the stage were als Professors Swittenberg and Montgoir ery, Rev. J. W. Davis and Mrs. E. A McDowell. Hie exercises were open ed with a beautiful and appropriat prayer by Mr. Davis. Those receiv ing diplomas and certificates wer Misses Dolly McFadden, Alice Rollins Dawn Reddick, Lydie Clyde, Laur Boyd, Isabel Montgomery, Meeen William Gordon, Harold Smith, an John Austin McDowell. The musical selections for the ev ening were rendered by Misses Juli Hall, Rosa Kellahan, and Ola DuBosc As a whole the program was the bes in many years. The papers by th pupils were timely, they were all we ? H 1? prepared and given to xne auoienc in a maner which showed that thei training through the years which noi brought them to the time when the were to leave the eld school, had bee thorough and successful. Dismissed by Magistrate. ^ J. D. FlynR and Henry Marks ai rested some time ago near Andrew; in Williamsburg county for allege violation of the prohibition laws wer tried here Monday by Magistrat Tartte and dischrrgcd on the groun of insufficient evidence. Sheriff Garr ^ ble, we understand, intends to hav P ^ the case presented to the grand jun ^regardless of the magistrate's actfor APPRECIATE I l! KINGSTREE. s SECRETARY OF YOUNG MEN'S q BUSINESS LEAGUE THANKS KINGSTREE PEOPLE. We publish the following letter 0 fiom Moss E. Penn, secretary cf the p [J Young Men's Business League of y e ) Greenville, written to Mr. W. F. Tol- I p j. j ley, so that the citizens of Kingstree ^ j may all know our little town and the j ^ e | hospitality of its citizens were appre-; tj ,r dated by the party upon its short ,1 visit here, May 19. Mr. Penn's let- ^ ter follows: | ej Greenville, S. C., May 27 1921. Li njMr. W. F. Tolley, Kingstree, S. C., ja t. L>ear air. louwy; |. s We beg to express our deep appre- g j. ciation of the reception given us by ,e the people of your delightful little lt city on our recent tour of the state. ^ The hospitality of the people of v n Kingstree still is a topic of conversa- ^ ,, tion with members of our party. " o 'n We were very sorry that we were ^ ie unable to remain with you longer. ^ Kindly express our appreciation to 3 those citizens who aided in making i ,f our stay so pleasant. j We feel much closer to Kingstree j^( K-iand the entire lower section of Souths ? d Carolina as a result of our tour, and 1 s trust that the spirit that has result- j d e'd from this trip will bring about a! ^ 0 better understanding between the va- J rious sections of our state. We hope'^ s some day to have the pleasure of entertaining the citizens of Kingstree j e in Greenville, and assure you that we , 1( will be glad to see you at any time n you oan come. 1 Again thanking you for your kind- ^ nosses, and with best wishes for the i ^ continued prosperity and success of . e Kingstree, we are, e Cordially yours, ' Young Men's Business League. v Moss E. Penn, Secretary. ; ! ? ti c Jury List for Sessions Court. c< i, , j On Monday the jury commissioners, ^ j met at 12:00 o'clock noon and drew t( n j the following named gentlemen who : w i have been supoenaed for service at the ^ t I "summer term of the Court cf Gener- u | al Sessions, which convenes Monday.' Y e June 13th, with Judge John S. Wilson, ' of Manning, presiding: ,w J. W. Kirby, Greclyville, R. F. D. | "j I J. H. Alsbrook, Greelyville, R. F. D. |s* M. M. Scurry, Lake City, R. F. D.'A L. L. Rodgers, Kingstree, Rt. 1. ej H. Foxworth, Cades. J. W. Gamble, Ncsmith. j S. R. Walters, Suttons. ;c< r i D. W. Gordon, Andrews. itf > j H. D. Shaw, Kingstree. n R. C. Flowers, Trio. 1111 .! F. P. Guerry, Kingstree, Rt. 1. c' : C. J. Yarborough, Andrews. J. A. Salters, Trio. >0 W. A. Fitch, Lake City, R. F. D. w W. J. Lifrage, Jr., Salters Depot. e 1 J. D. McCollough, Salters Depot. !0! I R. H. Ervin, Henry. e A. L. Scott, Salters, R. F. D. W. R. Scott, Kingstree. J. Y. McGill, Kingstree, Rt. 1. n I. W. Cockfield, Cades, R. F. D. d< J. C. McClary, Kingstree, Rt. 1. ! c< v G. E. Hill, Cades. | h 'n Watson W. Mischau, Suttons. jh; T. W. Britton, Hemingway, R. F. D. | 0 L. J. Baker, Cadee. I ti W. Gordon Cantley, Kingstree, 1. p Geo. S. Hemingway, Hemingway. tf " Major Baker, Cades. pi J. A. McClary, Lanes. tl C. P. Snowden, Hemingway R. F. D. p< e F. S. Brockinton, Nesmith. le , W. H. McGee, Kingstree. f< a' I. R. Gee, Kingstree. e: J. S. Britton, Lanes. iz j C. B. Cribb, Hemingway. di * tl Boll Weevils in the Movies ;tl a I ?. A moving picture, sent out by the j ti it federal government, will be shown at f< e Hemingway and Kingstree on Satur- i it 11 day June 11. The picture is shown n< e free of charge and is intended as an ( r aid te farmers in combating the -boll, it iv weevils with calcium arsenate applied ; tt y by specially constructed machinery to d( n Mr .and Mrs. Weevil and the entire ic weevil family. , tl * In connection with the free moving c< picture show, Mr. Taylor, a specialist from the government department will *- lecture and answer any questions that ti 5, the farmers may wish to ask. e< d More definite intimation as to the it e time and place wiu oe given in this b ei newspaper next week. ai <1; ? !$ i-, Clyde Manning, charged jointly with Ic e John S. Willams of murder, was giv'? en a life sentence when the jury i- brought in a verdict of guilty. di * % I 'RESIDENT HARDING G HONORS WAR DEAD CCUPIES SIMPLE PEW ONCE W SET ASIDE FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON In the historic Episcopal church of ohick in Virginia, of which George mi Washington was once a vestryman, du resident Harding last Sunday paid ba is respects to members of the parish en ho gave their lives to the nation in Ai is World war. ;u After the services, at which hun- j reds from the Virginia countryside m rowded into old-fashioned box pews, tr; le President addressed the gathering th nd exhorted the parishioners to go ur jrth from the house of worship re- cr olved "to preserve inviolate those to rinciples of right and justice" for ag hich Americans had always fought, ye The occasion for the President's orship in the pew once occupied by sp feorge Washington was the unveiling co f a tablet in memory of three for- 30 ler Darishioners of the church who | re erved in the world war. C( While disclaiming any intention of bo enturing into a discussion of the co ause of the World war, the president eclared that "America fought to pre- in< srve the rights of the republic and Pi ) maintain the civilization in which ph e had such a part in making, and h<2 \ that service we have rendered trib- ad te not only to that cause but also sit ) the highest ideals of humanity." in] In reference to the concord between le North and South which the war co elped to achieve, the president as- m< Jrted there was no longer any sug- th estion of conflict since "we unaeathed the sword in behalf of suf- Lc iring humanity and were brought th, ito a supreme and sublime effort to iJn ive the civilization of the world." ve In that effort "we have found the jul of America" the Chief Executive 0li tVie ?prtinns of the na- i ati J Li HUUVU, uuu M4v _ , on "are united in the sweetest con- j th? jrd that ever united men." j ha Allusion was made by Mr. Harding Ht ) the fact that he came from Oluo, [ n( hich was Virginia's gift to the j thi nion when she gave up the old north-: de est territory. The tribute to the | ad irginians of Pohick who gave their J it ves in the World War, which he said i an as being given expression then in 'fa; the Old Dominion, the mother of an ates", was one expressed by all as merica. Co To the boys and girls of the Sun- be ay school class who had marched in 1 le church to witness the unveiling m< eremony the president directed at- pr nation. se< In a country like this, where de- 1 tocracy is at its best, which of these pr lildren, garbed in the same raiment," ijn ic president asked, "is the daughter 0u f the capitalist and which of the er; orkman?" pr "They are just sons and daughters of T democratic America," he answered. ne o Commissioner Issues Warning _ a warning to South Carolinians > ealing with unlicensed insurance on >mpanies has been issued by State co, asurance Commissioner J. J. McMa^ on "It frequently comes to my atten- 251 on," says the commissioner in his mc ublic statement, "that someone has tf0 tken insurance in an unlicensed com- p^ any, the business being solicited irough the mails. It usually hap- Mi ens that when the time comes to col- jf] ct on the policy there is no way to m< >rce compliance with the contract a. iccept to sue in the home state of the D. tsurance company. This practically T. sfeats the claim, especially whe n j 1 le amount of insurance is small aid fo] le insured of limited means. idt "Everyone should be careful not to pr ike out any insurance unless in- Mi >rmed authoritatively that the insur- h. ig company is licensed to do busiess in this state. th< "In the case of a licensed company 0f is only necessary to send the sum- cli ions and eomplalnt to the insurance vis epartment, for acceptance of serv- tio e upon the defendant company, and bu le action may be brought in any a i >unty of this state." ?? of Citizens of the Florence school dis- Mi ict in annual meeting Saturday vot- tet J a special tax levy of 24 mJls for laintenance of their new high school uilding, also ordered Hayncsworth rid Lawton reimbursed in the sum of 10,129.38, representing the money js >ss by the contractors on the job. of o ^ Ra The stte of Tennessee is one-hun- C., red and twenty-five years old today. | ?< vfc. I ^ OVERNMENT TO AID COTTON MEN ANAMAKER AND SMITH SHOW GREAT REDUCTION IN ACREAGE. New York, May 30.?Ways and 2ans of rehabilitating the cotton inistry and putting it on a pre-war sis, were discussed today at the oping of a national consultation of nerican cotton growers, manufacrers and affiliated interests. Leading cotton growers and governmtal officials warned that the couny faced the shortest cotton crop in e last twenty-five years, and that uess immediate steps were takon to eate a market and restore the staple a profitable price, a greater short;e would result in the next few ars. Figures presented by the various eakers showed that the reduction in tton acreage this year ranged from to 35 per cent, due to the acreage duction campaign by the American >tton Association, the ravages of the 11 weevil and unfavorable weathet nditions. ~'r- . The government recoginizes that tl* dustry faces a critical situation, esident Harding declared in a teleone message to the conference, and * il XX _ Xl X xtj. assured uie cotion growers mat tire imnistration desired in every pos)le way to cooperate with those seekg to improve conditions. Two three-year-old daughters of tton men replied to the President's ;ssage thanking him on behalf of e North and the South. Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, of iuisiana, a cotton planter, estimated at cotton producers had lost approxately $2,000,000 in 1920, due to adrse market conditions. Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carna, said that with a group of Senars from the agricultural states of e south and West, he believed they d a solution of the situation in view. ; explained that it was proposed to adify the federal reserve act so that e farmer would have some fixed and pendable financial arrangements. He ded that it was proposed to make mandatory upon the home banks d the regional banks to accept the rmer's paper at fixed discount rates, d that this paper should be good long as the bank's assets permitted, tton, at no time, he said, should sell low thirty cents. The American cotton crop is the >st wastefully handled staple farm oduct 'in the world, Harvie Jordan, iretary of the association, declared. "Uneconomic loses due to waste and imitive practices in baling and handg the cotton crop." he said, "wipe t the annual value of a crop evV ten years, according to figures epared by the United States Bureau Markets. These losses aggregate arly $200,000,000 per annum.' o Demonstration Council Meets. t w The first meeting of the Home Demstration Council of Williamsburg anty, was held in the office of Miss :Murray, home demonstration agent the afternoon of Wednesday, May th. The Council consisted of the smbers of various home demonstra*i clubs, and thirteen members were esent, as follows: Mrs. Ted Frierson, Mrs. J. E. Dukes, ? T T* o?JJ. T> n M?TntnaVi "S .J. r. OUVl/L, JI11S. x. t->. .nuiiTOuu, *s. H. E. Montgomery, Mrs. T. K. >uzon, Mrs. C. A. Brown, Mrs. C. Hinds, Mrs. G. 0. Epps, Mrs. W. Daniel, Mrs. H. M. Cooper, Mrs. W. Mims and Miss Lucile Allen, rhe council was orgarifced and the lowing officers were elected: Pres:nt, Mrs. H. E. Montgomery; Viceesident, Mrs. G. 0. Epps; Secretary, "s. T. W? Mims; Treasurer, Mrs. M. Cooper. The object of the meeting was for i bringing together the members the different home demonstration ibs in the county, to act as an adiory board to the home demonstran agent and to assist in the upilding of the community as well as social get-together for the ladies. After the meeting a delicious course icecream and cake was served by ss McMurray who takes a great in est in the'welfare of the county. o To Wed This Mnoth. Leo, May 29.?Mr. and Mrs. J. DavCarter announce the engagement their daughter, Mary Elfreda, to .nsorn Durham Taylor of Dunn, N. the wedding to take place in June. Columbia State. & K [ standard of good morals, good taste and good manners, $1,000 was awarded to "Miss Lulu Bett" by Zonah Gale. For the best book of the year on the history- of the United States a j prize of $2,000 was ^warded "The Vicitory at Sea," by Rear Admiral Wil liam S. Sims in collaboration with Burton J. Hendrick. "The Americanization of Edward Bok," by Edward Bok, was given a prize of $1,000 as the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish sendee to the nation and at the ! same time illustrating an eminent exomnia i o LETTER FROM SALTERS Rain Needed On Crop6.?Farmers Plowing Up Cotton.?Personals Salters Depot,May 31.?It is getting j dry around here again, a good shower of rain would help everything very much. The crops, as o general thing, are small ff* the season, boll weevils are plentiful, and are causing much I uneasiness among farmers, some have i plowed up a considerable amount of their cotton and planted other crops. The outlook for a cotton crop is anything but good. Mrs. Mattie Ferrell is remodling her [residence which will add very much to its appearanoe. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sires, Jr., have returned to their home in Charleston after a pleasant visit to relatives he"re. They drove through by auto to Charleston, by way of Geargetown. They were accompanied by Mrs. Sires' mother and brother. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Thrower are visiting relatives in Spartanburg this week Misses Annie and Lorene L if rage are home from Wintrop for vacation. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walker of Norway J are visiting relatives here. Mrs Wal ker, nee Miss Clare Everett, is tne daughter of Rev. D. H. Everett of Cades, and has many friends here. Miss Emma L if rage has returned from Calhoun Falls where she has been teaching school the past year. Mr. J. D. McCollough spent Thursday in Charleston. Miss Blanch McDaniel has returned from a pleasant visit to her broth! er in Columbia. Miss Irma Nettles of Columbia spent Sunday and Monday with relatives here. Mr. R. E. Donally and sister, Miss Ruby of Kingstree, spent Sunday with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Newman and children of Manning spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. J. J. Evans here. Miss Marjr N. Sparks of Coker Col! lege is at home for vacation. Mrs. J. M. Montgomery, Miss Ada ' Montgomery, and Eugene DiiR/nt of Gable spent Saturday with relatives here. Mrs. Walter Foxworth of Lntta is visiting Mrs. E. E. David here. V \ "^^VrY^ir a t " iPONZI EXPOSURE l! GETS PAPER PRIZE COMMITTEE MAKES AWARD TO BOSTON POST. GIFTS BY PULITZER ? [j New York, May 30.?The Boston ! Post's exposure of the Charles Ponzi | scheme of quick wealth by which hundreds of persons in Boston and " j elsewhere recently lost their savings, is considered by Columbia university the most disinterested and meritori; ous public sendee rendered by any ; American newspaper during the past i year. Because of this the Pulitzer ; prize in journalism, a gold medal i costing $500, has been awarded to that ( paper. Other Pulitzer prize awards an nounced yesterday include $1,000 to Louis Seibold, for his interview with i former President Wilson, published in Vntr Wnvlrl lo cf .Tl1HO i The requiremnets for winning this prize are strict accuracy, terseness, l and the accomplishment of some pubi lie good commanding public attention ; and respect. ?V One thousand dollars was awarded ( Edith Wharton for her novel, "The , Age of IflocenM" which the prize committee regarded the best Ameri| can novel published during the year, j presenting the wholesome atmos. phere of Aemrican life and the highest standard of American manners and manhood. For the original American play performed in New York which best presents the educational value and I power of the stage in raising the EIGHTY KILLED j IN RACE RIOT TROUBLE STARTS WHEN BLACKS ATTEMPT TO RESCUE NEGRO PRISONER i Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1.?Race riots today resulted in the death of i eighty or more persons, including nine ' \ I whites, and the injury of scores, ac, cording to estimates by the police, and in the destruction of ten blocks of homes in the negro quarter. Despite the placing of the city under martial ; law today, desultory firing continued during the afternoon, but the city this evening was comparatively quiet. Four companies of the National Guard under Adjutant Gen. Barrett are on i TTie reported death list grew all day. i At noon the cheif of police notified 3 Governor Robertson at Oklahoma City that the total was seventy-five. The trouble is declared to have J , started last night after the arreet pf a ne&ro charged with attacking a 4 i white girl, and subsequent attempts of negroes to rescue the arrested man. [ Comparative quiet prevailed iu the' late hours of the night but at day-?' ^3 i break a group of negro houses were set afire and the city firemen were i prevented from fighting the flames. Armed white men then formed about J the negro section. For several hours during the morning parties of negroes and whites faced each other across railroad tracks, on which could be seen a number of slain negroes. With the arrival of Adjt. Gen. Barrett and a machine gun company from Oklahoma City, a semblance ef order was restored. Several thousand negores were assembled under guard at convention hall, the baseball park and the police station. Orders were issued for the disarmnig of all persons not belonging to the guard or ' vespecially deputized. Detachments of the National Guard were scattered about the city at stragetic points, especially about the negro quarter, where 10,000 to 13,000 negroes, ft is estimated, resided. Nearly half that number are under guard. ^ Hon w rwkpt for June Court . Raymond Burrows and Sam Scott were arrested Tuesday by Sheriff Gamble in the Cedar Swamp community near the place of Mr. J. Y. McGill, for operating a booze mill. A crude still and about 50 gallons of " > mash were captured. The men are under bond for their appearance here at the June court. ^ Sheriff Gamble informs us that he 5 has a number of entries on the jail book, some twenty-five or thirty, who will be required to answer the grand jury here when court convenes on the 13 inst. Twelve of the men who will 5j come before the court are now confined in jail, others are out on bond. Among those held is Tom Poston, who was returned here Thursday of last week. He was arrested on May 8th for the alleged murder of J. H. Miller and held fa the state pentenitiary . until returned here last week. His case is expected to come up for trial at the June term of court. It is reported that he has employed as coon sel Messrs Kelley & Hinds, k is understood that LeRoy Lee and P. H. Stoll, Esq., have been engaged to assist Solicitor McLeod in the prosecution. / 9 (3 - Looking for Train Wrecker Police throughout this state are looking for a negro who is wanted on a charge of derailing and wrecking train No 23 on the Seaboard Air Line railroad near Florence and for tampering with Atlantic Coast Line . switches in the vicinity of Florence. A reward of $100 is offered for the capture of the negro answering the description sent out by railroad offi- *j cials. The notice from railroad authorities at Florence asks the police to look for a black negro weighing between 130 and 140 pounds. He is between . 1 20 and 25 years old and has a flat broad face. When last seen he was /jm wearing a black felt hat turned up all around, brown suit of clothes with Wit on coat and dark tan shoes. Colored School House Burned The Vox colored school house iocated in Indian township, district 42, was recently destroyed by fire. Only a j small amount of insurance was carried on the building and its contents.