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%\$ Counti) Itecofd. [ VOL. 36. ~ KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921. NO. 18 ^ t 1 I SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AMONGTHEROMANS DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY MRS. RHEM AND MISS LOUISE SNOW. Rome, July 11.?The league meet- i ing last Sunday night was in entire charge of the boys. This was an es* pecially good meeting and the first of the kind here. John J. Snowden, Jr. j was the leader. With Baker Wilson v \ at the organ and a choir of boys the singing was unusually good. Messrs. Sands Cribb, Rufus Cribb and Melvin, Cribb sang a beautiiui mo. itev. u. Way gave a very inspiring talk on "Thy Will Be Done." Sarvis Cribb, William Turbeville and Rufus Cribb also had a part in the program. One of the most enjoyable occasions j h of the summer was the "At Home" | ft given. in honor of Miss Mary Rhem I ft and her guest Miss Louise Bennett. I ft About sixty guests enjoyed Mrs. ft Rhem's hospitality. Punch was served ft on the porch as the guests were enH tered and all during the evening. The H guests were entertained mostly on the ^ porch where swings, settees and I chairs were piacea. <Joniests, games and music were enjoyed. Chairs were placed on the lawn under the beautiful oak trees and there progressive conversation was engaged in. The hostess served a delicious course of ice cream and cake. After that the guests played games on the lawn until a late hour. Everyone was loath to leave such charming entertainment. Besides the young folks of the community, the following were also present: Misses Ruby Thome and Sarah Holland Hester,' Kings tree; Miss Janie Keels and Theresa Register, G reel pill e; Miss Louise Bennett, Holly Hill; Mrs. Harry Wilson, Kingstree; Messrs T. R. Hemingway, McBride McFadden, Alex ^Blakely and David Epps, Kingstree; J *^Mr. Harry Lee Charleston; and Cadet j W. J. Eaddy, West Point. Miss Louise Snow charmingly en-| i tertained the young folks of the com- j (munity and the visitors at her home Wednesday evening. The guests en-, inved came.3. contests, and music. A; delightful course of ice cream and cake was served. Fverybody had a good time. Mrs. A. B. Hemingway has returned from a two weeks visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Clyde in Kingsf tree. Misses Sarah Holland Hester and Ruby Thorn of Kingstree were the goests of Miss Mary Rhem for a few days last week. # Miss Emmie Snay has returned from a visit to friends in Orangeburg and Florence. Quite a number of people from this __ section spent the Fourth of July in Kingstree. / Mr. Harry Lee of Charleston was a . guest at the home of Mrs. Willie Haddock for several days last week. - t .A ) XL1SS d SH16 flfta ictui iicu w uvi ( home in Greelyville after spending about six weeks with her sister Mrs. G. E. Grier. Miss Theresa Register of Greelyville is visiting her cousins Misses Louise and Gertrude Haddock. Mr. and Mrs. Italy Wilson and little son of Sumter visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Holmes B. Springs and little ^Slaughter, Louise Wilson have returned to their home in Greenville after spending a montn with the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Wilson. Mrs. D. I. Wilson and daughter Nell, have gone to Greenville to spend the lest of the summer with Mrs. Holmes B. Springs. Mrs. Ed Vause of Knigstree is visiting her mother, Mrs. Willie Haddock. Miss Mary Rhem and her guest, Miss Louise Bennett of Holly Hill, are spending a few days in Kingstree with | Miss Sarah Holla\d Hester. Miss Florence Hemingway is vis1 iting relatives in Kingstree. 1 Messrs. John J. Snow, Jr., D. D. Rhem, Jr., and J. B. Hemingway, were visitors in Kingstree Sunday. Miss Beulah Wilson of Manning visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Harry Wilson of Kingstree, spent last week w?th her mother, Mrs. W. T. Turbeville. Mrs. Jim Rollins and daughter, Miss It 1 Alice, have returned to their home in Indiantown after spending some time with Mrs. Rollins son, W. Cary Rollins. Rev. and Mrs. (j. K. Way and little NV daughter Harriet, have returned from '/ *? a visit to Mrs. Way's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Floyd, at Floydale. > Prof, and Mrs. 0. M. Mitchell are here for the summer months. Prof. ? [ WM. F. GRAY DEAD. j Widely Known in Business and Mason-1 ic Circles of South Carolina. I Mr. William F. Gray, one of the J ^ leading business men of Charleston,,1 and widely known in Masonic circles, j died Monday afternoon at his home' at 177 Broad street, Charleston, after j an illness of several months. Mr. ' V ! Gray had been in declining health for i. more than a year and had given up 11 active interest in business in the hope ! of regaining his strength. Ha was confined to his home for several weeks ? [and the end was not unexpected. p | The deceased had been a resident of j I Charleston for many years going there t( from Norfolk, Va., in 1908. He was 1 ^ associated with Mr. W. Gordon Mc-1 f. ' ? - -* ' - J -< ! | Cabe in tne conon ana xeruuzer uuainess and was one of the best known j ^ men in the city. Mr. Gray was in his j n fortieth year. He was born at Pe- j n tersburg, Va., and educated in the, a public schools there after which he j attended Vanderbilt University. He! g was a son of the late Col. Gray, a dis- y tinguished Confederate soldier of Pe- j tersburg. Q Mr. Gray was one of the best in- t formed Masons in South Carolina and j received many honors in the fra ternity. He was a Thirty-third degree | v honorary Ancient and Accepted Scot- v tish Kite Mason and a member of the t co-ordinate bodies of the Rite. He a took an active interest in the work ^ of the fraternity and was held in the c highest esteem by the members of the' craft. Mr. Gray was a member and J ^ past master of Landmork Lodge No.! n 76, A. F. M., S. C.; a member of Car- e olina Chapter No. 1, R. A. M.; Enoch Council No. 1, R. & S. M., and South Carolina Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. He was a member and as- ^ sistant rabban of Omar Temple, An- jc cient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic I Shrine, and president of the Scottish Rite Cathedral Association. j( Other organizations of the city numbered the deceased on their membership rolls. He was a member of the v South Carolina Society, St. Andrews' Society and the Charleston Rotary Club. Mr. Gray married Miss Julia Pinck-1 ney. He is survived by his widow and1 . five children, one son and four daugh-1 p ters. He is also survived by three ^ brothers, who reside in Virginia. In ^ addition to the family the deceased v leaves behind a great host of friends. Funeral services were conducted at St. Philip's Episcopal church Tuesday ^ afternoon and the interment was made at Magnolia. ? v Red Cross Notes. I t Many persons have probably seen b in the magazines that the Red Cross u and the American Friends Setvice v committee have joined forces in an ef- n fort to collect clothes to be sent to the people of central and eastern Eu- o rope. t Nothing need be said here of the g fearful need of these people. All this t is much better set forth in the Sat- o \ urday Evening Post and other maga- g zines than it could be by the writer, n Any one who is interested in humanity p is urged to read the facts in the case. "V Those having garments which areja strong, servicable and warm, but not I necessarily stylish, which they can b spare for these destitute ones, will ii please inform the Red Cross secretary A and the things will be called for. t The children are invited to come to c the park again on Monday, July 18th, b at six. o'clock to play games. The o rain interfered considerably on Mon- A day of this week, but it is hoped that the sun will shine next time. It may i S be possible to develop a real play- j ground in Kingstree. The park is an ! F ideal place in many respects for one i Red Cross Secretary. ii An election was held at Timmonsville t late last week for the purpose of bond-1 'ing the town for $25,000 to meet its j ^ outstanding indebtedness of $23,0001 with an additional $2,000 for street improvements. There was little or no j opposition. The bonds to be sold will \ bear only 6 per cent, interest. The j g town council is making every effort to j thoroughly improve and beautify Tim- j ~ monaville. Mayor Turner is personal-', , lv superintending the job. o Mitchell has had charge of a school $ near Bennettsville for the past year. jj Flint Rhem is attending the susn&her j, school at Clemson College. 'd Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cribb spent' Sunday at .Bloomingvale with the lat-< teFs parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Smith. I , I .. :;J FROM WILMINGTON TO MIAMI, FLA. IEETING TO ORGANIZE COUNTY COASTAL HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION HERE FRIDAY. Pursuant to a notice published last reek in The County Record, a meetntr <vf ritiypnc IVSS held On the COUft 'ft ** ' ouse square, o~ Friday, at 12 o'clock. Tiere were qu..3 a number of citizens resent from Kingstree, and other secions of Williamsburg county, besides ractically all of the county officers. The meeting of citizens was called o order by Mr. LeRoy Lee, and Mayor V. R. Barringer, of Florence, was inroduced. Mr. Barringer entered ino a discussion of the question of layag out a coastal highway from Wilmington, N. C., to Miami, Fla., conecting the ports of Charleston, Savnnah, Brunswick, and Jacksonville. Ie also stressed the importance of uch a highway, and showed that it rould be almost impossible to obtain 'ederal aid on a project of any kind f road-building without concerted Scion on the part of all of the states aterested and through which the read hould pass. No one county by itself /ould have any weight or influence rith congress in getting aid for a secion or road passing through it, and , state would have very little showing y itself; but, when several states ombine themselves into a group for common purpose, such as the buildag of the road mentioned, it should ot be very difficult to .obtain govrnment aid for the project. It is ti latter that will appeal to the citizens enerally, and to the government also. Mr. Barringer also stressed the fact hat Kingstree and Williamsburg | ounty are logically on the direct line f the route that such a road should ake, and that we should organize a >cal or county association at once, so s to be ready 'or action along with he other counties of the state and nth the other states interested. He Iso recommended that a survey be lade at once showing the roads aleady in existence which should be-: r\-f Vii orViTxroxr TTip viiic a pax v vx ouvu uigunM^i I reformation is to be given to the state | lighway Department, and the map to I e made by the Department will show ow the road in Williamsburg county rill connect with the road in the ounty north of Williamsburg and nth the road in the county south of Williamsburg. This information will ,lso show the roads in the county now a good condition, and will show jilSt: . hat we have to offer to the Coastal [ lighway. The roads now a part of j he State Highway system, or soon to | ecome a part of the system, can be ! ised as a portion of this coastal highray. The two will merge, or may nerge to this extent It was the opinion of the forty-five r fifty persons present at the meeting hat Williamsburg county should or:anize at once, especially since prac ically all of the other counties are! rganized. After hearing Mr. Barrin-1 er, the state chairman, discussed the latter so thoroughly, there was no opposition to the organization of the Williamsburg branch of tfie movement, nd the Williamsburg county Coastal lighway Association was organized y the citizens present, LeRoy Lee beng elected county chairman and M. L Shuler the secretary of the associaion. I A meeting will be called later by the! hairman at which time by-laws will J e adopted in accordance with those I i the larger organization?The South ' Ltlantic Coastal Highway Association. o 1UCCESSFUL POULTRY RAISING. I ' ' x ? * 1%?? Mica Pqv^aII i besuiis ACCUIIipilBllCU uj iilioa UOIK.11 Last Year and This. The official report of Miss Alice lartell, a member of the Girls Poulry club of this county says: "I had 37 hens, 2 cockerels and 1 acubator to begin with; hatched 1000 hicks, sold 400 day old chicks, sold riers at 50c per pound and a number f fowls for breeding purposes; won everal prizes at fairs. I made $307.7 clear of all expenses and not counfcag the ones bept to raise from. "This year I have 4 incubators and ave hatched 1500 chicks, sold, when ne day old at 12% cents each, 1063 # Al T AltiAAiltT oaU ok/uif I uiem. x nave ancau/ oviu SO worth of friers and if nothing lappens to my poultry, I am expectng to make more clear money than I [id last year. "This record is up to June 1, l'JZl." Fresh bread, rolls and cake daily at >. F. Patrick's. li 1 HON. P. H. STOLLON 1 FARM LOAN ACT; ? SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN'S REMARKS IN HOUSE ! ON JUNE 23RD. (From the Congressional Record.) ; Mr. Stoll: Mr. Speaker, the object of this bill is to make available $25,-, 000,000 to the farmers of the country, by loans through the farm loan banks. There are really only three ques 'Ano KafAvo tic? i*> fVio ^Anci^orof inn of this bill. First, is the condition of the farmers such as to demand that the congress provide additional funds for the farm loan boards, so that they may extend further loans; second, what amount is necessary to ive the farmers the relief that they are entitled to under the proper functioning of the farm loan bank; and, third, j to what extent can the government, through the farm loan banks, extend aid at this time and keep within the bounds of safe and sane financing. The debate on this bill discloses that we are all agreed that the present condition of the farms is such as to cause gravest concern. It is alarming, when j we stop to consider, that in the deflation of the prices of farm products of the last crop over the previous one that the farmers of this country have sustained a loss of $7,000,000,000, and | this despite the fact that the demand! throughout the world has been great-j er than the supply. It certainly is an | anomalous condition that with the; world demand greater than the sup-| ply that there is no ready market for i many products of the farm, and that the farmers should be forced to sell their products at a price far less than' what he was able U? realize a year ago.' And to add to his discomfort, the farmer had to produce his crop under conditions that made it the most expensive crop ever grown. There are several causes that brought %bout this condition, but the two most pertinent ir the consideration of this bill, and' to which I desire to call attention, are | the failure of the Federal Reserve; Board to extend the necessary credits j for financing the crops by adopting unwarranted, unnecessary, a*H arbitrary restrictions of credit, and thereby making the farmer the victim of a financial condition that was unexpected by him, and which could have been avcided if the Federal reserve banks ( through those who directed their poli- j cies, had souht to help the farmer instead of ruining him. Running hand in hand with the restriction of credits by the Federal reserve bank and bringing added discomfort to the farmer was the litigation which held up the operation of the farm loan banks and which caused that agency to cease functioning. Itj so happened that the two governmental agencies which above all others t were capable of rendering assistance ! to the farmers of the country failed t them when most needed? the Federal reserve bank either through narrow and intolerant opinions of finance or ' deliberate Dumose to lay the farmer upon an altar of sacrifice, for unknown selfish reasons, and the farm loan bank, through its inability to function : because of being enjoined by the courts. In considering the present financial condition of the farmer, if we wish < to be fair to him, we must take cog-j r.izance of the fact that many have; their entire savings of many years of hard work invested in the land that they cultivate. The crops raised by, nnr farmprs are not natural products i of the soil, but must be planted, cul-1 tivated, and harvested, entailing not only mtich labor but the expenditure I of much money. Tt is estimated that i the farmers of this country have $80,000,000,000 invested on which they get ' no return. The profits of a farmer is : figured on what he gets out of the crop, stock, and so forth, on his farm. < There is no business in the world in : which $80,000,000,000 represents the i capital invested and where the work ] goes on every day in the year, and hard and incessant labor of 10 hoars ] or more a day performed, that the re- ) turns anywhere approximately the low ' per cent, the farmers earn on their i ' ?4. loKnv rierftkrined. investment, ?uu H? ? And yet many do not appreciate the farmer. He is appealed to during the election, when his vote is needed, and i then he is allowed to return to his 1 plowhandles to feed and clothe the world. In legislating for him it some- i times seems that lawmakers are desirous of giving him the least that is possible with safety to their political welfare. To my mind the faim- < er is the one big thing in American i \ \ \ * I ' * * . i MR. J. B. STEELE DEAD. Prominent Georgetown Banker and Merchant Passes Away. Mr. J. B. Steele, aged 70, prominent Georetown banker and merchant, died last Thursday after a short illness. The funeral sendees were held Friday at Duncan Memorial M. E. church being conducted by the Rev. R. H. Jones the pastor, and the Rev. W. S. Poi-ter of the * Presbyterian church. The remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery. The immediate cause of death was angina pectoris. Almost until the last he was at his post of duty as president of the Peoples Bank, one of the strongest financial institutions in this part of the State, and of the Georgetown Grocery Company, a large wholesale house of which he was also the head. Only a few months ago Mr. Steele completed one of the handcrimac* 4" via?r\ao in fVtO 1a/*Q ATI OVali^OW UUIUCO .ill UUV ViVJ p * WW wvt VM the corner of Broad and Prince streets. In many ways he has been foremost in the progress of his native city. John Burgess Steele was born in Georgetown March 27, 1851, son of John J. and Sarah* Ann (Davies) Steele. Growing up at the period of the war between the States and reconstruction, he had little opportunity for acquiring an education, secured and used to splendid advantage what schooling was to be had. At the age of fifteen he became clerk in a general store, where he soon demonstrated his capacities as a business man and in 1880 established his own business. This he disposed of in 1889. organizing the Georgetown Grocery Company, of which he was chosen president. In 1903 he was made president of the Peoples Bank. Mr. Steele was interested in agriculture and the development of farm lands in the vicinity of Georgetown. He spent much money in work of this character. He served the town as councilman many years. He was an enthusiastic and able fireman in the old days, and put his energy and means into every organization that was a part of Georgetown's municipal life. In 1873 Mr. Steele married Miss Sophia Elizabeth Christie, who died in 1918. Recently he married Miss Minnie Daggett, who survives him. If you need cotton seed meal phone 68, or see E. C. Burgess. Adv.lt. life. He makes our commercial prosperity possible; his politic^ are the purest and. most unselfish; his morals are of the highest standard; he is the reat conserving influence in our national life. Whatever legislation is beneficial to him should be enacted for when the American farmer is benefited the entire nation prospers thereby. While I shall vote for the bill, I think the $25,000,000 that it makes available is entirely inadequate to meet the demands of the farmers for loans under the provisions of the T nm mnra familiar with r fin Hi iaw? a au& niviv aiuiuuim ?? ?* tions in my own state, and will illustrate with the third district, which embraces South Carolina. In my state there have been 2,308 loans made, agregating $8,765,410. The demand is far greater than Ihe available funds. In every agricultural state the conditions are tie same. Twenty-five million dollar} will help, but it is not enough. I would like to see the bill amended so as to make $100,000,000 available. To help the farmers at this time is to help the nation. Make it possible for the farmer to finance his business, and a forward step will be taken toward the normal conditions that are so mubh desired. By legislation the railroads were given about a billion aouars to maae good their so called losses. We appropriate almost a billion yearly to t hearmy and navy for national de- , fcnse. And yet when it comes to legislation that seek3 to bring about con- , ditions that will make possible the farmer coming into his own, some be- ( gin to hesitate and to say that the legislation is class legislation. In a < great country like ours, where we , have many and maniford industries, if the congress functions as it should, we must enact laws primarily affecting distinct interest. We must legislate for the banks, railroads, waterways, farmers, and so forth, because there are conditions that affect only certain interest, and we must meet b\ legislation certain emergencies wucn they arise. There is an emergency now existing, as has been reapeatedly pointed out on the floor of this house, which affects the farming interest, and it must be met by proper legislation or we may expect disastrous conse- , quences. c IMPORTANT INQUIRY MUST BE ANSWERED > ^V. . TO AVOID PENALTY, CITIZENS ' vjfc'ii MUST COMPLY WITH THE # J CENSUS LAWS. - }S Department of Commerce, Bureau of < the Census, Washington, D. C., July 12 th, 1921. Editor, The County Record: The Census Bureau is now in the midst of an investigation to ascertain the amount of the encumbrances on homes. This inquiry is made in compliance with the requirements of the Act of congress approved March 3, 1919. Tf io sJaoiVA/I fn cViaw ttiA fnfjil numh?** of homes in each city that are rented, the number that are owned free of mortgage, the number that are subject to mortgage indebtedness and the amount of such indebtedness. Schedules of inquiry calling for this information have been sent to all of the, persons-reported in your city as owning homes subject to mortgage, but unfortunately, a large number of the citizens have not replied to the official request We imagine this indifference on their part is due to the fact that they do not appreciate the importance of the statistics, and I write to you in .. ^ the hope that you will give some publicity to the census inquiry so morp prompt attention will be given to our communications. - . I enclose a copy of the schedule inquiry. Two requests have already been sent to your citizens. A third request is now about to be mailed. The law providing for this inquiry contains a penalty for refusal to furnish the information but it has not been our practice to enforce this penalty and we hoDe it will not be necessary to depart from it. I believe that your citizens will give more propmt attention to the inquiry if they are assured that their replies will be treated as strictly confidential and the figures used only for the compilation of totals similiar to those contained in the enclosed statement for the District of Columbia. This is a very important inquiry. The statistics will go far toward showing actual conditions that are eristing in the different sections of the country, and I trust that it will be convenient for your paper to give publicity to the matter. If you desire any additional information or additional-copies of the report for the District of Columbia, to be used as samples, we shall be glad to hear from you. Very truly ycur.;. * y W. M. Stuart Director, oRural InstructionThrough the Movies. Clemson College, July 12.?That the mnvinc Dieture is one of the most ef fective methods of getting rural people together for instruction and is without doubt a forceful means of in- _ struction has been demonstrated recently in Darlington county by County Health Officer, Dr. C. H. Verner and County Agricultural Agent A. H. / Ward, who completed recently a most valuable piece of work in exhibiting instructional films concerning rural health and agricultural progress. Fourteen meeti- gs were held which were attended by* over 2000 people who saw two or more of the films shown by Dr. Verner, one on tuberculosis, one on typhoid, and one on hookworm, and three films shown by Mr. Ward, one entitled "Out of the Shadows", showing the importance of testing cows for tuberculosis; one entitled "Health for Hogs", and one entitled "Putting Your Uncle to Work", showing the facilities offered by Uncle Sam for agricultural and rural improvement. Still another film shown at several of the meetings was one entitled "Good-Bye Boll Weevil", exhibited in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture's Delta Laboratory to give instruction concerning the poisoning of the boll weevil by dusting with calcium arsenate. "I consider this the very best metnod of teaching such things to farmers", says County 'Agent Ward, "for in the first place, it is an easy matter to get a large crowd, and, in the next place, the people are most impressed with what they see with their eyes. As a result of our efforts we have had requests for return engagements, and * ? Loilra/1 Jiftur th*>v many ianncrs uavc uv?? ^ could get their cows tested for tuberculosis as a result of the picture "Out of the Shadows". We intend to show other pictures next fall." o I Ex-President William Howard Taft was sworn into office Monday as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme court. I .. _