The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 13, 1921, Image 6
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RETURN BOOKS PROMPTLY
Complaint has come to The Recor
from several ladies of the Civic an
Library association, concerning tii
carelessness practiced by patrons <
the library in the matter of returnin
' " *-' AM/) cAmn ini
uurruwcu uuuaj, <uiu iu oviuw
tances, not returning them at a]
Now this practice of obtaining bool
from the library and keeping thei
out indefinitely should be stoppe
There is a time limit on every boc
that goes out and if the borrow*
cannot return it within this lim
the matter should be reported and s
extenson requested. If the book h:
been lost or accidentally destroyed
should be promptly paid for. T1
library has a number of patrons ar
necessarily, so far, a limited supply *
books, and by one borrower freezir
on to any book over the limited tin
some other patron is being depriv*
of the use of that book. There cz
be little or no excuse for keeping
book out over two weeks.
During the summer when a grei
many strangers we?e in town, bool
were borrowed by some of them, ai
when they got ready to leave, tl
books were thoughtlessly packed i
with other effects and carried o!
This practice has given those in charj
of the library no little trouble.
THE STREET QUESTION.
Many of our citizens are askinj
"When are they going to start pavir
the streets?" The County Recoi
would also like to have this questic
answered, but there seems to be r
one who can give us any definite ii
formation on the subject, hi tl
meantime we will continue to swallo
more than a liberal share of the town
dust and trudge the sand beds unt
the good Lord sends rain. Mi
would be a relief just now.
But what about the cash aepos
made by the contracting firm whos
representatives hung around Kinj
stree like Grant around Richmond ui
til they had "cinched" the job?
was understood that the monetary d<
posit was made as a guarantee <
good faith. We are now told thi
there were strings to the "guaranty
deposit" and that it has been witl
drawn, in which case, if true, tl
sireei pavjng pzupuaiuuu is ju?
about where it was six months ag
and every one will agree that it didn
have a very "concrete" appearanc
at that time.
It has been suggested, and we thin
it a good one, that the town authoi
ities, or those in charge of the ma'
ter, keep the public informed froi
to time as to whether progress is b<
ing made in the right or wrong d
rection on this particular piece c
work.
Give Credit and You'll Earn It.
Dont hesitate to express your aj
preciation of the other fellow's meri
It will please him, and will raise yo
in the estimation of others.
Try it. If you have men workin
under you, speak up ar.d give thei
credit. Don't wait till they make mii
takes and jump on them. It make
bad blood and causes little good.
Try it for just one week. Sto
finding fault. Be on the lookout ft
merit in your men. The chances m
you will find something to prais
And just keep on giving credit for
whole week to the men you have bee
finding fault with hitherto.
You will have all the men on yov
aide. They will do better work ar
more of it. Incidentally, you will b<
come popular, and eventually yoi
men will give you credit for handin
it to them, says Sugarmcn's Iidicato
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Send us your order for Job Prin
ing. We only do the best work.
w STATE NEWS ITEMS.
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Many Things of Interest Gleaned from
from Many Points.
Y Of the three candidates voted on in
Pickens county last week E. P. Mc'J?
Cravy defeated Christian and Hooper
IQ in the contest for state senator.
13
m Chairman George White, of the
Democratic national committee, has
jf issued a formal call for a meeting of
s, ; that body in St. Louis Tuesday,
w | November 1.
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i Fire at Johnston last week destroyed
the lumber plant of Wright Bros.,
is valued at $40,000. A barn adjoining,
>; belonging to Mrs. Willie Tompkins
? was also destroyed.
The Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, of
? Spartanburg, has been called to St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Charleston,
to succeed Dr. Logan who recently!
>s resigned. Dr. Walter Mitchell has
! been the supply at St. Pauls the past
r" | month.
The month of September 1921 was
"1 the warmest of its name on record in
I this section, according to the weather
bureau at Columbia. The monthly
mean heat intensity being 80 degrees
- or 5.8 degrees above normal while
precipitation was not up to standard
and uneven.
Fenton Diggs, colored, aged 115,
died at York yesterday of infirmaties
^ of old age. He was born in 1806, according
to Dr. Andral Bratton,, his
5 physician. "Uncle" Diggs was born
I a slave of late Lieutenant-Governor
Robert McCaw and was a white man's
?s
negro, always voting the Democratic
^ ticket and riding in Red Shirt parades
k in 1876. He enjoyed good health until
a short while before his death, and
j every tooth in his head was sound.
His widow,, who is said to be about
in ninetv vears old, survives him.
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1 For the purpose of opening up a
1(? large community for commercial traf1(
fic,. Senator Smith of South Carolina j
5 introduced a bill last Saturday providing
for the construction of a toll
^ bridge across Great Pee Dee river for
' the connection of Florence and Marion.
in Senator Smith acted in the matter
a after conference with Senator Dial1
and Representative Stoll and a com- i
mittee of citizens from Marion and!
^ Florence,
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ip Public Welfare Notes.
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je Recently a representative of the
State Board of Public Welfare found
eighteen men sleeping or attempting
U sleep in a County chaingang "cage"
intended for the use of only eight
prisoners, and measuring not more
?' than seven by fourteen feet. Over'g
crowding has occurred at many other
^ camps in the State as a result of the,
marked increase in the number of
commitments,
a- A member of the Legislature re- j
cenuy reponea to me vmiia riacing
w Department of the State Board of
's Public Welfare the most pitiful case
of a white woman and her six chilld
dren, who had been deserted by the
husband and were actually starving,
if to death. The only food they had!
;e received for months was blackberries
and green corn and what had been
given them by some kind hearted
if negroes. The neighbors removed the j
mother and her family to a nearby!
farm house and gave them every pos- j
tf sible attention. All of them were suf-:
* fering from the lack of nourishment
to such an extent that two days latter,
ie the mother died, and two of the chil>f
dren are yet so ill that they are being j
cared for at the Columbia Hospital, j
'f As soon as these have recovered their
:e strength they will be placed in good;
homes by the Child Placing Depart-:
h ment.
r" About nine years ago there was
t- committal to the State Reformatory
11 for Negro Boys a low grade idiot,
twelve years of age, who was charged
i~ with theft from a dwelling house in
open daylight. George had no family;
or that is, any sufficiently interested
in him to let themselves be
heard of. George came to Columbia
through the usual channels and landed
I in the hospital ward of the Reform
atory. There he has been, under continual
supervision and care, for the
past nine years. He can not talk; he
grunts. There is no work that he can
^ do to even partly earn his living. On
November 15th George will be twen-1
*g ty-one years old and must leave the
Reformatory. The State has an in- j
stitution where white persons so unp
fortunately afflicted may be cared for,
but it has no similar olace for the
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care of negroes. Is it the business
of the State to care for them?
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Card of Thanks.
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'd The .undersigned take this method
of extending sincere thanks to the
U" good people of Kingstree for the kinder
ness shown on account of the illness
r. and death of Mrs. Kizzie E. Homady.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Martin,
t- Dr. and Mrs. Cliff Moore,
Mr. Carl Hornady.
News From Around Rome.
Rome, October 11.?The Rom<
Book Club held its regular meeting
last Wednesday afternoon with Miss
Annie Wilson as hostess. The meet
ing was called to order by the pres
ident, Mrs. L. B. Johnson, and th<
regular business attended to. Mis:
Emmie Snow, Mrs. G. K. Way an<
Mrs. W. T. Turbeville read very inter
esting and instructive papers on thi
subject selected for that meeting
The meeting was well attended an<
besides the club members there wen
several visitors.
The social hour was enjoyed by all
The hostess served delightful ic<
cream and cake. The piano selec
tions rended by Mrs. W. Carey Rol
lins and Mrs. Spencer Legettc wen
especially enjoyed. The visitors were
Mrs. Wilson Burie, Merchantville, N
J.; Mrs. Spencer Legette, Camj
Meade, Md.; Miss Ruth Carraway
Georgetown; Miss Elizabeth Hurt
Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. N. R. Smitl
and Miss Effie Zimmerman, of th<
Union High school faculty and Mis:
Louise Snow of this place.
Mrs. N. R. Smith and Miss Effi<
Zimmerman were voted members a
this meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Turbeville en
tertained some of the young folks oj
the community with a peanut boiling
last Tuesday night, at their home
This was given in honor of the teach
ers of Union high school. As this wa;
the first cold night of the season, th(
guests enjoyed the large oak fire ii
the spacious living room. Music an<
conversations and games were cnjoye<
until warm boiled peanuts were servet
in abundance, then every one was to<
busy to talk, or even listen to th<
music. Those enjoying Mr. and Mrs
Tuybeville's hospitality were: Capt
and Mrs. Spencer Legette, Cam]
Meade, Md.; Mrs. Wilson Buric, Mer
chantville, N. J.; Miss Elizabeth Hurt
Petersburg, Va.; Misses Emmie Snow
Florence Hemingway, Annie Wilsoi
and Effie Zimmerman; Mr. Henri
Thomas, Georgetown; Dr. P. S. Thorn
rn, Hemingway; David Johnson, Wil
1 .1 and James Turbeville.
. lr. ?a. Koinns 01 r lorcnce spen
Monday of this week with his uncle
W. C. Rollins.
J. B. Hemingway made a busines:
trip to Andrews and Georgetown, on<
day last week.
Mrs. Wilson Burie and son, Wilson
Jr., of Merchantvillc, N. J., are spend
ing sometime with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Carey Rollins vis
ited relatives in Lake City Sunday.
Mrs. W. T. Turbeville and her guest
Mrs. Maggie Turbeville of George
town, spent several days last weel
with the former's daughter, Mrs. Har
ry Wilson, near Kings tree.
Miss Ruth Carraway cf Georgetown
was the guest of Miss Louise Snov
last week.
Mr. W. C. Rollins spent last Wed
nesday in Lake City.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hemingway an<
daughters Mildred and Belle, Mis
Carrie Baker and Dr. H. L. Baker o:
Hemingway visited Mr. and Mrs. D
I. Wilson Sunday.
Mr. Charles Fleming of Laurens
was a guest at the home of Mr. J. J
Snow last week-end.
We are sorry to hear that Mrs. B
B. Chandler is quite sick at this writ
ing. We hope she will soon bo oui
again.
Mrs G. K. Way, Misses Effic Zim
merman and Elizabeth Hurt and Mrs
iroy uriDD spent saturaay in An
drews working on the booth, that th<
Rome Book Club will have at the fair
Quite a number of people from this
community expect to attend the fail
at Andrews this week.
Mrs. B. M. Dinkins returnee
from an extended visit to her brother
Judge John S. Wilson in Manning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cribb and ba
by of Georgetown, spent the week-enc
with the former's parents, Mr. ant
Mrs. Edward Cribb.
Miss Blanche Windham spent Saturday
in Kingstree.
Mrs. Dena Lee and Mrs. Mary Rogers
spent last week in Lake City with
relatives. Mrs. Lee was a delegatt
to the Baptist Missionary Union.
J. M. Clyde of Kingstree spent tht
week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs
A. B. Hemingway.
Miss Florence Hemingway spenl
last Friday with Mrs. W. C. Hemingway,
at Hemingway.
Capt. Spence A. Legette of Camp
Meade, Md., has joined Mrs. Leget!*
here for a visit at Dr. L. B. Johnson's
Mrs. Legette has been here about sis
nroolrQ
Mr. D. I. Wilson, Miss:s Annie and
Nell Wilson and D. I. Wilson, Jr.,
motored to Manning last Wednesday
to attend the marriae of Miss Beaulah
Wilson, daughter of Judge John
S. Wilson, to Mr. Kingsley Humbert
of Brookland, N. Y.
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Cotton Ginned in Williamsburg.
Cotton ginned in Williamsburg
county up to September 25th 1921
amounted to 2,268 bales as against
4,106 bales up to the same time in
1920, according to the report made
public October 3 by the federal government
MILLIONS BEHIND |
THE COMING BOOM;;
! be
. BIG GOLD RESERVE'S BEGINNING th
> TO REACH BUSINESS THROUGH | S<
5 INCREASING BANK CREDITS, j CI
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. (Sugarman's Indicator Service, New ti<
; York City) j su
With money easier all over the | sb
j country, and bankers once more be- of
, ginning co-operate with business; st
| men and extending credit, many in- J p<
vestors are curious to know exactly j p(
, how rich the country is in "frozen" j w
. cash? ! ri
There has been much complaint that:
, a large share of the hard times we \ cs
. have suffered was due to the bankers' y<
unwillingness to go behind business sh
, with loans and credit. That is true, fc
but it is also true that much of the E:
business activity entailing from the cl
j post-war boom was of such an unsub- d(
> stantial and undesirable character that; to
. banking support was out of the ques- tr
tion. dt
We have had quite a spell of busi- ?
^ hness failures as a result. In other a
words, the unstaple and badly man-|
. aged business enterprises hhve been b(
f shaken out, and there is left a residue cc
r of sound business, sterilized in the
school of hard knocks, which is now p<
. beginning to receive the atteneion of ni
3 the bankers. B
; The funds at the disposal of busi- di
j ness enterprises, through the already R
j now risible era of expansion, are enor- m
j mous. What the banks can do in the b<
j way of going behind a sound revival S1
j of business is largely indicated by bi
? the funds in the hands of the Federal vi
Reserve Banks. ti
Taking the consolidated statement
j of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks
. as a basis we arrive at the following
approximate figures as representing
the money wealth of the United States ^
1 down to date: j
f Gold stocks on hand_$3,250,000,00G,000 w
Notes and bills 1,450,000,000,000' w
. U. S. bonds, notes [ lt
and certificates of jc
t indebtedness 1,650,000,000,000' CJ
, Uncollected and out- ; tc
standing 625,000,000,000 [ ^
I Total $6,975,000,000,000 V<
The round sum of seven thousand
million dollars in gold?or more than
. twice our war loan to f ranee?may be
relied upon to supply backbone and a
. stamina to the epoch of prosperity, ^
which is already now beginning to gj
dawn.
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c He Tried It. ~
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Many people believes that a news- P
paper falls together without work or
f concerted activity or plan, The Rev.
McLeod, a presbyterian minister of ?
. California, was of this opinion and g
asked to be allowed to edit an edition i
j of the Passadena Star. The editor
s gladly accepted the opportunity to go
f fishing and the minister took up his
duties in the newspaper office. This
is how he felt when he found himself
at the end of a task, which, it must be
said, had been done quite creditably.
"My time is almost up as I pen this
last line, my hand is almost para- j
. j lvzed, my brain befuddled, and I am'
t i free to confess that I am right glad I
to vacate the holy spot, such rush 1
and riot and disarray, such a jumble, jg
of potpourri, it strikes me as an effort! |
to bring order out of chaos, and do j1
it lightening quick.
"I am reminded of the memorable J j?
words, 'The earth was without form j
?nd void, and darkness was upon the,
face of the waters'. Never shall I jg
j criticize newspaper men any more, j
I shall pray for them. They will i
have my hearts forbearance hence- B
. forth and forever. They are the
I hardest worked, shortest lived, poor- j?
I est paid, brain workers on this weary gj
eld world of ours." i ffl
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House Open
; My potato bo
crates are here.
To have youi
i a crate and it is b<
; are dug. These c
My charges f
; on storage longer
a month.
The house wi
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Big Poultry Show at State Fair.
Columbia Oct. 11.?The poultry
ow to be held in connection with'
e South Carolina State Fair, Octo-'
t 24 to 28, is expected to be one of
e largest poultry exhibits in the
mtheast, according to B. E. Adams,
larleston, president of the South
irolina Poultry Breeders' Associaan.
The special premium lists is-'
led in the interest of the poultry
iow are being mailed out to all parts
the country, says Mr. Adams, who
ates that the inquiries received from ,
)ultry breeders indicate that the j
mltry building at the fair ground;
ill be overflowing when the curtain!
ses on the 1921 show.
Arrangements are being made to
ire for the fowls shown here this
;ar and according to officials of the
iow everything will be in readiness
r the opening Monday October 24.
ntries in the poultry department will
ose Tuesday October 18, and all who
;sire to exhibit poultry are required
i send their entry blanks to the pouly
association not later than that j
ite. The blanks and a copy of the
italogue can be secured from B. E.
dams, of Charleston.
Judges of national reputation have
jen secured to place the awards, acirding
to the poultry association of:ials
who are to have charge of the
>ultry end of the fair. The annual
eeting of the South Carolina Poultry;
reeders' Association will be held!
iring the week of the show. J. W.
ucker, of Columbia, and N. H.j
ehrhof, of Cleijison College, have,
?en named assistant managers of the
iow. J. Wirron Wilson, Spartan- ^
irg, and G. G. McLaurin, Dillon, are
ce-presidents of the poultry associaon.
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Send Your Antiques.
The committee on antiques of the
rilliamsburg fair would appreciate
very much if any one in the county
ho has anything interesting in the
ay of antiques would bring or send
to them on cr before November 1st,
>21. We will take the best possible
tre of them and they may be sent
i the residence of the superintendent
;fore the fair, if that is more con;nient.
Mrs. Belle G. Blakely, Supt [
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Loan to Finance Cotton.
Washington, Oct. 11.?Approval of
loan of $400,000 to South Carolina
inks for financing cotton loans was
ven today by the War Finance Cor)
ration.
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THE UNIVE
Notice to
I take this method
and users of Ford cars i
the business formerly c
D. Smith, in the Silve
door to the express offi
glad to serve them in a
When your Ford car I
to your authorized dealer,
possible will be given, usi
Ford Parts.
McINTOSH 1
G. T. McINI
Phone No. 28
i from Oct. 17 I
use is ready for sweet p
1 potatoes cured, you mr
est to crate potatoes in t]
jrates cost lS1/^ each.
or curing are 20# and if;
4-V? n VI QA /I otto mv /iViorcro
tilQii U\J \JLOtJ O 111J vnux
11 be closed after Octob(
. ARROWSMI
To Speak on Church Work.
We are informed that the Rev. R.
Maynard Marshall of Beaufort is to
speak at St. Albans Episcopal church
here on Tuesday, October 18, morning
and night, on the general work
of the church. A cordial invitation
to the public to attend these addresses
is extended by the members of
St. Albans.
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS ^
For Town of Kingstree, Quarter Ending
September 30th, 1921.
RECEIPTS > j
Balance from last quarter_$2,853.25 A
cash irom a. j. ueery ior one n
Wagon 60.00
Cash from Nelson's Ware- Qg
house for labor by Town
hands 15.00
Licenses Collected 746.76
Taxes Collected 2,718.01 SB
Fines and Forfeits 288.60
TOTAL ?$6,666.51 j
DISBURSEMENTS 1
Street Labor $ 659.90 1
Expense Account 1,985.36
Police Account 1,012.50
Fire Department 326.63
Salary Account 376.00
Interest on ponds 1,050.00
Balance on ^l.ind : 1,257.12
TOTAL $6,666.61
J. F. SCOTT,
Clerlo--*.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Williamsburg.
Court of Common Pleas.
Mattie O. McCall, Plaintiff,
against
S. D. Madison, Dell Petteys, and J. B.
Barker, Trustee for Citizens Bank
of Fairfax, S. C., Peoples Bank of
Beaufort, S. C., and First National
Bank cf Allendale, S. C., Defendants.
To the defefndants above named:
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the Complaint in
this action, of which a copy is herewith
served upon you, and to serve a
copy of your answer to the said Complaint
on the subscribers at their offices
in the city of Sumter, S. C., within
twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such ser- 1
vice, and if you fail to answer the ^ jd
Complaint within the time aforesaid, B
the plaintiff in this action will apply W
to the court for the relief demanded
in the Complaint. nfl
Dated October 11th, A. D., 1921. HH
CLIFTON & WOOD, M
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
To the Defendant, Dell Petteys: JB
You are hereby notified that the
Summons and Complaint in thi3 action
have been filed in the office of the IB
Clerk of Court for this county. Btf
CLIFTON & WOOD,
10-13-3tc-c&w. Plaintiffs Attorneys. IB
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RSAL CAR a
the Public j
of advising the public g
that I have purchased |
:onducted by Mr. W. I
jrman Building, next g
ce, where I shall be |
-? nAOCI ku ?
liy IllCtllllVl pUJOl UIV,?
^eeds Attention, bring it y
where the be? service k
ng nothing but Genuine h
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MOTOR CO. I
TOSH, Prom
KINGSTREE, S. C. |
to Oct 22
otatoes and the m
ist put them in ^
tie field as they
you leave them
is 10 per crate
jr 22nd.
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