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VOL 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921. NO. ? 1 ^
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for july fourth
COMMITTEES ON ENTERTAINMENT
FEATURES CLOSING
DETAILS FOR DAY.
The special committees appointed |
to plan and arrange the entertainment
features of the Independence Dayj
celebration to be held at Kingstree on j
Monday, July 4th, are getting things
well in hand for the big day. Many
features of interest to the general
public have been arranged for the
day and it is planned to make the visitors
forget the boll weevil and the
low prices for products for at least
one day, and all join in and have a
big day long to be remembered
throughout this section of the state.
Probably of first importance to
many will be the airplane flights
throughout the day by Lieutenants
Runser and Turner in their fighting
scout plane. This is the type of plane
which was used by the British at the
close of the World War for scouting
and aerial combat service,, being one
of the fastest flying machines perfected
during the war equipped with,
a mounted machine gun for combat!
duty. At 4 o'clock p. m. these officers :
will Derform their thrilling exhibition, i
the "death trap dive", an exhibition
which has never been attempted by
any other flyers. Lieut. Turner will
hang by his heels from the under carriage
of the palne while it dives from
an altitude of one thousand feet at a
speed of 200 miles an hour. Kingstree
was fortunate in securing the
services of these famous avaitors for
this occasion, as they are well-known
fliers and were in demand at many
ether places lor July 4th celebi ations.
Beginning at 11 o'clock a number
of contests will be conducted which
will furnish interest and amusement
for the crowds expected to be here.
First on the programme will be a
"Fat Man's Race". The committee
in charge of this feature anticipate at;
least five entries, but as there are no:
ctri'ncr* i-ipd to the DroDOSition, as |
many as may desire to do so can enter
and compete for the prizes offered.
First prize, $5.00; second prize,
$2.50; third pirze $1.00.
Another contest which will furnish I
much amusing interest is that of j
climbing a greased pole. A prize of
$10.00 will be offered to the first party
reaching the top according to the
rules of the contest, which will be an- j
nounced on the grounds before contest
begins.
An Apple-Cracker contest, for ladies
only, will be held also. Details of
this contest will be announced on the
grounds. A first and second prize of
$6.00 and $3.00 respectively are offered.
The Honeymoon contest, open to
couples, will be an amusing feature
of the day's contests. Rules of the
contest will be announced at the time
contest begins. First prize, $6.00;
ee/?An^ ni'170 $51.00.
Another contest for ladies only will
be the Nail Driving contest. Only
one prize is offered in this contest, it
being $3.00.
A fast game of ball is promised
the fans when Kingstree and Lake
City cross bats on the local diamond
as a part of the afternoon program.
Rivalry between these teams has al^
ways been keen and it is expected that
y both teams will put forth the best
material they may secure in order to
carry off the laurels on this occasion.
Plenty of cold drinks will be on sale
for this occasion, the Williamsburg
Post of the American Legion having
secured the priviledge of vending this
necessary adjunct. It is also expected
to have arrangements made whereby
persons who wish to bring their
dinner with them will have a place
to eat. Food will also be offered for
sale on the grounds for those who prefer
to buy their dinner locally.
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"The super slacker of the United'
States" as he describes himself is be-;
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ed by members of the American Legion
thoughout th enorthwest. He has
written to Governor Hart of Washington,
requesting that his name be
placed at the top of the slacker lists.
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Genessee, Idaho, and although he successfully
dodged the draft by moving
to another city and assuming another
tv name, he has enjoyed all the glories
k of a returned A. E. F. hero through
v the purchase 01 a soldier's discharge
and several war medals." "And you
ought to hear me tell the girls of all
V the battles I was in," he writes,
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APPEAL TO THE MINISTERS , j
The Public Schools of South Carolina
Need Your Help. i
The Journal of the National Educa- j
tion association, which is distributed
throughout the United States, publishes
statistics, derived from the, <
United States Bureau of Education i
for 1918, showing, as compared with
all the other states in the union: (
1.?That South Carolina has the j 1
smallest number of people who can j j
read, with Jhe single exception of j;
Louisiana. j j
2.?That South Carolina spends the ; (
smallest amount per capita for the i i
education of the children in public!
schools. , 1
3.?That South Carolina has its pub-, j
iic schools in operation the smallest1 j
number of days in the year?110. 11
4.?That South Carolina has the !
smallest number of free public libra- j
rics?1.9 per cent.
6.?That in all educational lines ]
South Carolina averages the lowest 1
in the country?occupies the 48th <
place. i
Thus is our beloved state advertis- <
ed to the entire world. ]
If this condition is not true, we ]
ought to prove it; if it is true, we j
ought to correct it. 11
The churches are doing great things j i
in higher education; let them also ral- <
ly to the improvement of the public' ]
schools, which make the colleges and <
universities possible. <
The Baptist State Convention last I]
winter took the lead and memorial- j
ized the legislature to make larger <
annvnnriations to the Dublic schools. i
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all the churches cooperate, and <
do it now. | <
We ask every minister of every de-1 ]
nomination in South Carolina to read j
the following invitation to his con- i
gregation and urge them to accept it:
At a mass meeting of citizens of j
Spartanburg, held under the auspices <
of the Chamber of Commerce, May 12,: <
1921, the following resolution was' <
adopted: 'i
"We, the citizens of Spartanburg. <
profoundly impressed by the inade- 1
quate facilities provided by our present
public school system for the boys. <
and girls of South Carolina, realizing ;
the low position in popular education <
we occupy as compared with other. <
states in the union, and believing that <
this condition can be remedied only ]
by a united effort on the part of all 1
the citizens of the commonwealth.' j
hereby invite the people of South Car-j 1
olina to meet in Spartanburg on July j j
15 for the purpose of organizing ad
state-wide Citizens' Educational As- '1
sociation to devise and execute plans! i
for arousing public sentiment and to (
take steps to promote through the leg- :
islative action such constructive mea-! (
sures as are necessary to meet our <
educational obligations to our children
of our state.". (
The Conference will assemble in the \
Converse Auditorium at 11 o'clock on^
July 15, and will continue until the j
late afternoon, with an intermission j j
for a picnic luncheon on the college j j
grounds for visitors. This will enable | j
you to reach the city on the morning
trains in time to attend, and also to
leave on the evening trains.
Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce, il
R. P. Pcli, Chai:m*a Kx Com !
TWO FLYERS DROWN.
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Two of the Leading Avaitors Killed 1
in Bomb Test. ]
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Two of the leading flyers of thei
annv air sen-ice, Capt. Howard T. ,
Douglas and Lieut. Maril J. Plumb,, ]
were drownded in Chesapeake Bay to-! \
day after a collision of their planes |
in the courge of a bombing raid direct-1 ]
ed at the hulk of the old battleship (i
San Marcos off Tangier island.
Lieut. Plumb, flying a fast single-! a
seat plane, was dropping bombsb, and j
Capt. Douglas, in a similiar machine, j
was observing the i-aid from above, j
Plumb's plane had just dropped a 1 <
bomb and was climbing upward, as is j
the custom after releasing the weapon ,
when it struck Capt. Douglas' ma-! j
chine, cutting off its tail. \
Both planes fell into the bay and .
disappeared with their pilots, whose }
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Langley Field official? reported that
soon after the planes fell another of
the bombing planes dropped a bomb <
containing 000 pounds of TNT, and ]
that it fell near the place where the 1
machines went down. It was evident, 1
it was said, that the pilot of this ma- 1
chine, one of many participating in i
the attack on the San Marcos, had not <
seen the planes fall. The terrific ex- 1
plosion of this bomb, avaition officers i
said, would make more difficult the - <
recovery of the bodies cf the officers. <
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LAW AS TO SALE OF
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Chief Game Warden A. A. Richardson
Warns People Who are Dynamiting
Streams.
Chief Game Warden A. A. Richardson
has issued the following statement:
"Recently a greac many reports have
:ome to this office from different portions
of the state to the effect that
people are dynamiting the streams
ind ponds for the purpose of taking
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Same Wardens are doing all they can
to prohibit this kind of work.
"In addition to the law which prohibits
the use of dynamite (found on
page 34 of the pamplet of Game and
Fish laws), there is another law
ivhich?Section 491, Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1912, Volume II, which
provides:
"'Sec. 491. No person to Sell Explosives
Except Under Certain Conditions
? Sworn Reports. ? No person
shall sell, deliver or dispose of dynamite
or other powerful explosives, except
ordinary gunpowder, unless such
person knows the purchaser or the
party to receive the same, and is satisfied
that the explosives are not to be
used for killing fish, and then only
upon a written application from party
iesiring to purchase, stating the purpose
for which he desires to- use the
?aid explosives; and a person selling,
delivering or disposing of such explosive
shall keep a book in which
shall be recorded the name of the pur-1
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is delivered, the quantity sold or so
delivered, and the date of such sale or
delivery. That such person selling or
seeping for sale the explosives mentioned
in this section be required to
make sworn quarterly reports of such
=alcs, name and ~ace of purchaser or
purchasers, amount sold and date of
?ale, to the county auditor of each
:ounty. Any person violating this
section shall be guilty of a misdeneanor,
punishable by fine not to exceed
one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days.'
"I have instructed all Game Wardens
to visit all the hardware stores
md concerns or places that handle
dynamite and to see that proper records
are kept in accordance with the
section, and if they find dynamite
provisions of the above mentio led
seing sold except as provided for in
this section, to make a case against
the party or firm so doing. And, by an
inspection of the records required to
ae kept by dealers in dynamite. Game
Wardens can ascertain who have b< en
purchasing same, and thereby put
cnemseives in Deuei position to Ktep
in eye on the parties using same, and
jnforce the laws prohibiting the i se
)f dynamite for killing fish.
"Since the war a great many de U?rs
in dynamite are evidently unt er
the impression that the records of
sales of dynamite as required by S?ction
491 is no longer required. Su:h
impression is erroneous; the law is
plain; the records must be kept; ar d, j
in order to put all on notice.'
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MARS BLUFF GETS BRIDGE.
Highway Commision Will Build the
Bridge at Ferry Crossing.
The state highway commission at
ts June meeting in Columbia last
week reached a decison as to the Pee
Dee bridge, a matter that has been
iianging fire for some time.
The commission decided to carry
jut if possible the wishes of the Pee'
Dee bridge commission and to erect!
the bridge, if it found that it can
je done, at the point selected by the
Pee Dee commission on the site of
the present Mars Bluff ferry.
The state commission had selected
i site up the river from this point,
its selection having been based on the
topography, the cost of construction,
he approach of the highway on both
ddes and other engineering points.
The highway department is to proteed
with plans for the bridge and if
it is found that the site selected by
the Pee Dee commission can be used
ind the federal aid secured lor tnei
jridge at this point, the construction
rill be rushed. . I
An inheritance of $40,000 made i
scarcely a ripple in the life of Joe j
Bokau, member of the Kern post of;
Lhe American Legion at Toledo. Bocau
is a policeman. When notified of j
lis good fortune he was asked if he!
ntended quitting the police iorce. "i
:an do greater service as a policeman
;han in any other way, and, after all,
,vhat pleasure is greater than that of
ioing something worth vhile." he
;aid.
ANDERSON BANKER
TAKES OWN LIFE.
Lee G. HoIIeman, President Peoples
Bank, Fires Bullet Into Head.
Left Note For Wife.
Lee G. Holieman, president of the
'People's Bank of Anderson, shot himself
through the head last week at a
garage ir which he was interested^
There was no one in the garage at
the time. A man across the street
heard the shot and ran across to the
garage. Hr. Holieman was dead when
he reached him, one bullet from a 32
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calibre revolver having gone through
his head, entering the right ear and
coming out through the left.
Theie was a directors meeting at
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me DanK at me lime ui tne nageu.v
and the directors were waiting for Mr.
Holleman when they learned of his
death. E. P. Vandiver, vice president,
says the bank is entirely solvent and
no one need worry over the condition!
of the banlc.
In the pocket of Mr. Holleman's,
coat was a note to his wife with this'
inscription on the envelope: "May the1
'great God protect you and forgivei
! me for whi t I am going to do."
It is thoi ght that hard work, finan-1
jcial stringency and strain were the1
causes of the act. Mr. Holleman was
of a jovial disposition and was the
j last man in the community that
| would have been thought to have tak-'
I en his own life.
! Mr. Holleman was 49 years old, j
j having been born in Walhalla January 1
4, 1872. He moved to Anderson in!
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Jin a mercantile establishment. In
! 18899 he was one of the organizers of
J the Peoples' Bank of Anderson, and
I was assistant cashier and bookeepier
until 1906. At the time he became
the first bank examiner of South Caro
'linn, being appointed for a term of
four years. He served only two years,
iand then returned to Anderson to become
president of the Peoples' Bank,
; an institution, which under his direction
became one of the strongest
; banks in northwestern South Cr.rolira.
Mr. Hollenr an has been secretary of!
the South Carolina Bankers' associa-1
tion the last four years. Responsi-;
bilities to thn city were never shirked
by Mr. Folleman. He served as
mayor of Anderson two years and as
an alderman eight years. He was a
member of the rotary club, a Mason,
belonged to the Knights of Pythias,
and the Methodist church.
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in i?uo nj marnea ivuss jennie
Copper, of Maryland, who survives
him.
The County Short Course a Success The
success of the short course was
due to the wonde'ful cooperation of
the people of Kingstree and to the
evry efficient help from the extension
department. Forty girls were pres:
ent representing thirteen rlubs. They
had a good time together and enjoyed
' the hospitality of the Kingstree peo-1
pie. A full course of instruction as j
published in last week's paper was
carried out.
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Five girls came up to the require-j
rnents and ertired the bread contest.
Miss Leta Mixhum was the county
winner and will represent the county
at the district coivest at which time
Williamsburg has a good chance to
win.
The girls club meeting when the
I girls were called on for reports from
the state meeting was especially in- j
teresting each one told of different:
phasese of work and added touches
of personal interest.
The straw ride in trucks furnished j
by the Kingstree Hardware Company)
and the Builders Supply Company, to;
Mr. T .M. Cooper's where ice cream i
| was served will be remembered with I
I pleasuie by all. Then I am sure the !
girls would tell you about the picture
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snow wmcn was ananjjeu iui mem uu
Thursday night.
At a call meting of the county council
Saturday afternoon we had a splendid
talk by Mrs. .Kline on how we can
best help ovr conuty and a report \
from the state chort course by Mrs. I
Mims. Plans for a county market
were discussed and a committee was :
appointed to report at the next meet-1
ing which will be held at the demon- j
stration office Friday, July 1st at j
10 o'clock.
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The House late vesterday agreed to
the Borah disarmament amendment
to the naval appropriation bill. Wild.
shout^greeted Representative Kelley
of Michigan, in charge of the bill, ,
when he moved to concur with the 11
Senate in the Borah amendment.
ADMIRAL SIMS REPRIMANDED.
Officer Himself Says It Is What He
Deserved.
Secretary Rear Admiral William S.
Sims,* as a result of the speech the
admiral made in London June 7 in
which he criticized the Sinn Fein sympathizers
in America.
In the reprimand Mr. Denby pointed
out that once before the navy department
had found it necessary to take
similiar action against the officer for
an address delivered in London in
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1914, and referring to the text of that
reprimand, added:
"Your remarks on the occasion now
under discussion, therefore, constitute
a flagrant and deliberate disregard of
specific instructions."
While the naval secretary was making
public the reprimand, Admiral
Sims was calling on President Harding
at the white house. It was explained
that the admiral called to
leave his card as the custom when
high naval officers return from a trip
ohrnnrl hut. that. thf> nreisdent invited
him to chat for a few minutes.
Upon leaving the white house, Admiral
Sims, referring to the reprimand,
said:
"I got what I deserved?the same
old thing."
He added tha the regretted having
caused the administration any inconvenience,
but said that he now considered
the incident closed.
So far as could be learned the reprimand
was not mentioned during the
fxlmiral's visit to the president. Upon
leaving the white house the officer
joked with rewspaper correspondents,
Asked if his conversation witr. the executive
had been pleasant, he replied,
sharply, but wit!: a snde.
"Of course it was."
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Suggests Pirates Operating on Co;
. It was Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover who suggested the
possibility of a pirate. The fact that
exhaustive search has failed to locate
a single member of the crew or to
discover any trace of wreckage of
the tanker has caused Mr. Hoover to
believe that a revival of Captain
ivicici s metnoas is at least a speculative
theory."
The only clew upon which investigators
have had to work on suggests
that the theory may be ever more than
"speculative." Two months after the
discovery of the Deering, a bottle
message signed by the first mate was
picked up. It stated that the vessel
had been overhauled by "an oil burning
boat resembling a submarine
chaser" and that the crew had been
held without a chance to escape.
The message for the most part was
illegible, but the writing has been
positively identified as that of the
mate.
Senator Sale of Maine was respon
sible for the widespread investigation
that has been, and still is being conducted.
Shortly after discovery of the
Dee ring, Miss Lulu Worm well of Portland,
daughter of Captain W. B.
Wormwell of the Deering, called at
his office.
She was accompanied by her pastor
the Rev. A. Lorimer. They urged
that an investigation be made into
the strange fate of Captain Wormwell
and his crew. Affected by the poignant
grief of Miss Wormwell, an exceedingly
pretty girl of 24, Senator
Hale at once arranged conferences
with Secretary of Comn.erce Hoover,
Attorney General Daughtery, Undersecretary
of State Fletcher and with
Treasury officials. Every effort has
been made since that time to clear
up the mystery.
The Heweitt was a steel cargo vessel
bound from Texas to Boston with
a cargo of sulphur. The theory that
she may have struck a stray mine has
been abandoned. In that event
wreckage would have been washed
ashore, skilled navigators state. The
presence of a stray mine in that sec
tion, however, is not improbably it
was stated by the Prince of Mcnoca,
world authority on tide.; and currents,
during his recent visit in Washingten.
"The case of the two ships is as
much a mystery as ever," said Eugene
T. Chamberlain, commissioner
of navigation recently. "I haven't
thought much about the pirate theory,
hut there is* so little to work on that
one man's guess is as good as another."
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The town council recently elected
Mr. Harold U. Kinder to the office of
chief of police, and he will probably
enter upon his dut'^s of office early
in July.
PROMINENT BIDDERS
ON SANTEE PROJECT '
BRIDGE COMMISSION WILL HOLD
ITS NEXT MEETING JULY 6
AT BRIDGE SITE.
When bids were* opened last week
by the Santee Bridge Commission, at
a meeting held at the Chamber of
Commerce, it was found that some
of the nationally known contractors,
such as W. J. Oliver, who has constructed
many railroad lines through4l*
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ures for the construction of the approaches
to the Santee bridge.
. There was a total of twenty-five
bids submitted, which ranged from
$600,000 to $900,000, but the commission
did not award the contract. It
was the unanimous opinion of the
members that careful consideration
should be given to each bid, and for
this reason it was decided to postpone
the letting of the contract until some
time within the next thirty days.
The Simons-Mayrant Company, of
Charleston, to whom the commission
some time ago let the contract for the
building of the sub-structure, now has
a large force of workmen busy on *
the job. At the same time the Atlantic
Bridge Company was awarded the
contract for the bridge proper. These ^
two items alone will cost $14,000, and
it is estimated that the entire project
will cost approximately $850,000, making
the construction of approaches to
the bridge the most expensive part of
the job.
It is stated that this is the largest
job of its kind ever undertaken in
this state and when the bridge is
completed it will fill another link in
the great highway extending through
the South Atlantic coastal section.
A vast amount of material will be v
used on the job and a large force of ,
workmen will be employed, as it is an
immense project, the specifications
calling for the following items: 748,000
cubic yards of filling; 1,118,800
pounds of steel; 5,140 cubic yards of
class A concrete; 8.840 lineal feet of
timber piling; 11,180 lineal feet of
concreate railing; 12,220 yards of rock
asphalt paving; 37,200 lineal feet of
piling; 5,700 cubic yards of sand clay
for top surfacing; 26,000 feet of guard
railing, and the clearing of the right
of way of more than 105 acres.
The following is the personnel of the
Santee Bridge Commission; Messrs.
W. King McDowell, Charleston, chairman;
William Burguson, Charleston,
secretary; C. J. Baker, Charleston;
John McCrady, Charleston; S. A. Graham,
Williamsburg; P. G. Gourdin,
Williamsburg, and C. P. Ballentine and
W. P. Russell, Berkeley county.
A meeting of the commission, for
the purpose of looking over the situation,
will be held at the right of
way of the bridge on July 6.
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WILL KNOW FATE SOON.
Republican Jobs Will Be List Within
the Next Ten Days.
Definite announcements from Washington
with regard to office holders
under the new Republican regime are
expected to be forthcoming within the
next ten days. It is stated by those
interested in the new South Carolina ?
Republican plans that announcement
to this effect will be made before July
1, when the new fiscal year for the
government begins.
There is considerable speculation %
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as to wftat tne situation wui Dnng
forth. There has been definite announcement
from several sources that
John L. McLaurin, former Senator,
will be the referee and yet there are
prominent South Carolina Republicans
who say that McLaurin will not
manage the pie counter.
It is stated with authority here
that Senator McLaurin is slated for
a position on the farm loan board,
where he can represent the agricultural
interests, and in return be in position
to swing agricultural interests
administrationward. 4'
There are, it is said, nine candidates
for the office of collector of internal
revenue; the list including the
names of J. A. Banks, of Calhoun
county, former state senator; C. C.
Campbell, Columbia, lumber man;
"Red" R. Tolbert of Abbottsville,
brother of Joseph W. Tolbert, South
Carolina member of the Republican
national committee, and others.
Traders in the nroDOsed new Re
publican party for South Carolina
stated recently that complete announcement
would be made from
Washington by July 1st in regard to
the proposed new party.
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