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' ' ' ' ' . I tElje gfoiuttg Heft fit. VOLUME 36?NO. tl ^ THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1921. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ' 7TH ANNUAL FAIR ~~ IN FULL SWING! SPLENDID EXHIBITS ATTRACT-1 ( ING ATTENTION IN EVERY DE- j < PARTMENT OF THE BIG SHOW, j1 Williamsburg county's seventh an- [ r nual fair opened its gates Tuesday i morning and as we go to press today the big exhibition is in full swing 1 for the third day. Crowds of people 1 have poured into town and as this ( is educational day, the day especially designated for ^he school children i of the county, it promises to be the 1 ^ Biggest day of the weak, for where ever our children are, there are also 1 the parents, so an addition to the 1 school children of the county we are expecting a large percentage of the \ faithers and mothers to be present. A large force of men and women I were busy all day Monday and un- 1 til late Monday night' arranging i f booths and exhibits in the big administration building and the* finishing s touches, in many instances, were not f given until Tuesday morning. Many of the progressive schools c of the county have exhibits and so j e attractive are they all that it is hard; J for us to say which is the best. From F every point of view the fair this year I s^fems to surpass the fair of last year. I However there is a perceptible shortage in the exhibit of field crop, or 1 faj*m products. a fhe live stock department, we think,; I outclasses the exhibit at any previous 1 fair. There are a number of splendid j cattle both of the milk and meat t variety, and as for the swine show, j one would have to go some to find f a more superb display than will be s seen at the fair here this week, h There are a number of the best stand-1 C ajrd breeds, such as Poland China, r ""Hampshire, Duroc Jersey, Berkshires v and others, and we note that some of these hogs have won enough rib- d f bons at various fairs to weave into o " a blanket that would cover one of the nine hundred pounders, while their I pedigrees would keep a printer busy t for a long time were it handed to him t by a "nogoiogist' to oe put into type r form. The hog department is there h with the bacon. As for the chickens. Well our first v conclusion was that it is well for n Messrs Holliday and Mims, superin- 1; tendents of the poultry department, p that they do not have to sleep near o the fair ground. Their early morn- r ing slumbers would doubtless be g prematurely disturbed if they were b as unfortunate in this respect as a some of us are. But who would have n a rooster that didn't make a noise- ii crow? The crowing proclivities of p the chickens at the fair is only a h point in their favor. They are all s full blooded, high bred birds and the a varieties embrace the very best stand- v ard breeds. There are beautiful t Rhode Island Reds, Ohio Reds, White Rocks, White and Brown Leghorns, J Black Minorcas, Langhangs, Wyan- I 1 dottes, in fact all of the best Medit- o r terranean, American and European b strains. The only critiscism we heard s concerning the poultry display was lj with reference to the inadequate coop- fi age, and this, we believe will be en- a larged and improved next year. tl ?>rie of the leading features or tne n last two fairs is the tournament. ^ This was on the program yesterday jy and there were about thirty Knights j. to ride. The performance was good and highly enjoyed by the crowd who ^ witnessed it. The successful Knights were: first, W. R. Chandler, prize , $40.00; second, W. L. Tisdale, prize, ^ saddle and bridle; third, Dave McGill, prize, laprobe. Mr. Chandler being, ? \ a married man, he transferred the honor of crowning the queen to Mr. ? i Dave McGill wh<f placed the golden a crown upon Miss Stella Wolfe, while e Misses Jim McCrea and Jim Mc- * Cutchen gracefully received the silver n crowns as first and second maids of honor. Seven rings was the score i1 made by the winnew^ the first prize. * Booths of the Floral department, ' the Antique department, Needle and Fancy work department, Household b department, Home demonstration and i' Kindergarten departments are very v attractive, each containing a wonder- ( ful array of interesting articles. Later Fair Notes 3 IE school parade this morning was ? [ ^%:anderful sight to the hundreds of f spectators who watched the children I ? march into the grounds from the west s There were approximately fif-1 v ' teen hundred children in line, repre- i senting Bethel Carlisle, Cedar Swamp,! fj Greelyville, Hebron, Johnson Swamp,1 *V JCingstree, Mouzons, Mossy Grove, C i NEWS FROM HEMINGWAY tems of Community Interest Gathered by Record's Correspondent. Hemingway, Nov. l.st?Mrs. B. J. ^handler returned Saturday from Columbia, where she had been visitng friends. Misses Virginia Gallr.way and Wylna McCullough spent Friday night n Andrews. Dr. P. S. Thomas, Messrs E. L. Sogers and E. L. Ard went to Colum)ia last week to see the Carolina and 31emson foot ball game. Dr. W. C. Hemingway made a busitess trip to Columbia and Augusta ast week. Mrs. D. G. Huggins went to Colum>ia last week and was accompanied >y Mrs. B. J. Guess. Mr. E. L. Ard spent part of last veek at Durham, N. C. on business. Messrs D. D. and Furnie Rhem of themsl D. I. Wilson of Oaks, and W. - - - - ? v* ?It ?1 r. MCJLeod 01 L?yncnourg cauea on riends here Sunday night. Dr. G. F. Ballard of Charleston pent the week-end here visiting a riend. The ladies of the Woman's Bible lass and ladies of town have been injoying old time quilting parties, .""hey have quilted some quilts, the last two weeks, two for the Door of {ope at Columbia and five for the ocal Parsonage. Messrs W. H. Haselden, Melvin Dutant, E. L. Rogers, Misses Annie incl Lila Burney spent Monday in Cingstree arranging for display, Mr. laselden's individual home exhibit. Mr. A. J. Ham made a business rip to Georgetown Tuesday. Miss Bessie Huggins, one of the acuity of the Fletcher Memorial chool, after spending a few days at ier home near here, returned to Mc loll Saturday. She was accompaiied by her sister, Mrs. J. R. Newman, /ho will spend some time with her. Mr. J. R. Newman returned Nonay from Andrews, where he had been n business. The first attraction of the Piedmont .yceum was given in the school audiorium Saturday evening. This atraction being the "Temple Singers." /very one enjoyed the high class mus: given by the entertainers. The social committee of the Ep/orth League entertained the league ".embers and young folks of town ast Friday night with a halloween arty, which was given in the annex f Mr. A. E. Flowers' store. The oom was tastfully decorated with rey moss, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, lack cats and witches. No one was Jlowed to enter unless they were lasked. As they entered they were ntroduced to the ghost, being compelled to shake the ghost's cold clamy land, From a large pot, a witch erved witch's brew. Near by was i witch's cave, where eveiy guest /as at liberty to have their fortune old by an aged witch. A cat contest was next entered, liss Myrtle Martin and Mr. Willie laker winning the prize. Various ther halloween games were entered, olbing for apples, telling ghost tories, etc. The evening passed on Y too quick and when tne time came or the guests to make their departure, iter thanking the committee for heir evening's fun, every one>?joined i singing "Good Night Ladies." lulberry, McClary, Pergamos, Rock tranch and Mt. Vernon schools. The Kingstree school booth at the air is a remarkable exhibit of what ur young boys and girls can do with ead, heart and hand. This exhibit rill provide hours of study for the rown-up3.. Greelyville, Mulberry, Rock Branch, It. Vernon, Bethel each have very ttractive booths at the fair and the xhibit speaks in loudest praise for he progressive spirit of the commuities represented. Other interesting booths to be visted in the administration building is hat of the Red Cross and the Wil^amsburg Post American Legion. One of the handsomest advertising ooths we have seen at a county fair 5 that of J. M. McGill & Co., grocers, >hich was arranged by Mr. S. B. McThe Steele Furniture Co. also has . very attractive and cozy booth for dvertising purposes. Mr. L. H. Lewis, of the Federal ''arm bureau was present and gave ome valuable demonstration work iTith the sweet potato-curing, sortng, etc. c You can if you will, and you will. *. A. R. & L. A. It. r FIELD DIRECTOR VISITS KINGSTREI . MISS DAWSON. OF RED CROSi ASSOCIATION, TALKS ABOUT ROLL CALL NOV. 11. * Miss Susie Dawson, field director o ! the American Red Cross, has been ii town in connection with the Red Cros organization in Williamsburg count; ' for the Fifth Roll Call, which begin November 11. I "We are finding the people of th . South keenly alive to the imperativ ncutoceitv fnr. not onlv the carrvini on of the present peace program o the Red Cross, but for its extention, said Miss Dawson, "and on th2t ac count we are looking forward to i generous and enthusiastic rcspons i when the roll is called for those wh stand for the progress of humanity "Many people however, still do no know just what our peace program is The Red Cross is chartered as an or ganization to meet the emergency o great national cataclysms or local dis asters and with the United States a peace with the world, it is difficul for some to see just how vitally im portant is the work we are doing. i "The fact is, that the Bed (Jros j biggest work was outlined for it afte I the armistice was signed and the las 1 gun fired on November 11, threi years ago. The war had ended, bu many of the responsibilities of wa: had just begun. "Take for instance the work we ari doing for our disabled soldiers. Ii 1919 there were only 3,000 of thes< boys in hospitals under governmem care. In 1920 that number had in creased to 17,500 and in 1921 to 26, 300. The coming year will doubtles! find the number increased in the sam< or a greater ratio. "The Red Cross is spending $10, 000,000 a year to help the ex-servic< man and his family. This money i.? used in setting machinery in motior to get him the compensation, or th< hospital treatment, or the educationa opportunities that are righfully hi: and which the government is glad t< give if the man can be located anc his claim proven. The home servic* section organized in time of war t< serve the family or the soldier at th( front while bereft of their bread win ner, is finding a new and greater worl to do in extending its service to anj family in the community that is ir need. "In Williamsburg county you hav? a trained social worker, Miss Daisj Varn, employed by the local Rec Cross, and she has rendered servic< in time of sickness and death as wel oc i? time nf finnnri.il distress. Then are many stories that could be tolc Ci* babies bathed i;i bed, of small chil dren whose health has been rebuill by the securing of proper nourishment and care, of other children placed ir school with proper clothing to wearyes, there is no end to these acts ot service; but the Red Cross cannot always tell them to the public as thej occur because the first principal ol the Red Cross is its protection of th( feelings and self respect of ..hos*4 i1 can serve. Any man, woman or chile .can come to the Greatest Mother witt a problem and feel that his or hei misfortunes are kept in all confidence and held sacred. "Careful and confidential studies are made of every case, and systemat ic records kept. Often the traveling tramp and fake beggar, living on the mistaken kindness of sympathetic individuals, really need our service more than any others. The Red Cross Social worker will investigate thoroughly. and show these undesirable citizens the difference between the right way and the wrong way of getting their daily bread. If every applicant r 1 c ior neip was sent muucuioicij w Red Cross Social Worker, the publi< would be saved from beggars anc tramps, and there would result a rea economy not only in money butin human life. Giving of money relief if the lowest form of charity. We must help people to help themselves. Thii is what your Social Service Worker if trying to do in Williamsburg county Each citizen of Williamsburg countj should contribute at Roll Call to keep this service for the county. It woulc be a disaster to let it go just as th< time approaches when we need i1 most. If any one has felt the effeel of the present financial stress, h< should realize all the more the neec of keeping the Red Cross Home Senice to help meet the need." i ^Little drops of water wear awaj stone. Lets begin.?C. A. R. & L. A PRESIDENT HARDING VISITS THE SOUTH 5I SPEAKS AT BIRMINGHAM, ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS TO LARGE CROWDS. f! i' | President Harding concluded his, 11 i visit to the South Thursday with a j s series of speeches in Georgia, re^ consecrating his administration to the s i task of finally obligatory sectional ' < divisions. e In two addresses in Atlanta and one j e at Columbus the President told crowds ] ^ of cheering Georgians that it was one i ? of his fondest hopes to see his presi- 1 dency bring North and South into 1 complete harmony and co-operation. ;' a j At the statue of Henery W. Grady, I e Atlanta's apostle of national recon- i t 0 ciliation, Mr. Harding broadened his 1 ' gospel of "understanding and goodi : will" to include all the world and gave '* j notice that if the armaments confer" I ence fails to bring the nations into j complete concord " it will be no fault < "1 nf the United States of America." < * Many thousands heard and cheered' j the chief executive at the monument ( and a smaller gathering of business ? men applauded him when he expressed < 3 f similar plea for understanding at a ] ? luncheon at the Druid Hills Country ] Club. Applause greeted him the! " j length of a street parade, along? the | j j route of which thousands crowded the < r i | sidewalks and cross streets, despite a ] I drizzling rain which fell part of the j afternoon. j j * i So great was the crowd which jam- j ^ med about the Grady monument that j I many couid not hear and those on the ( outskirts made such a disturbance t that the president twice interrupted his speech to try to quiet them. The j " noise continued, however, so that Mr. c Harding had to tax his voice to make it carry even to those nearby. At s ' last a force of police reserves joined 3 the soldiers and cadets assigned to preseive order, j Following his address the president I was escorted to the Georgian Terrace 1: Hotel, where he was tendered a short t ) 9 j reception before his special train de- v i parted for Washington. v The president's visit to Atlanta and v Columbus followed an early morning c stop at the Infantry school at Camp a Benning, where-the chief executive ? ^ saw ?i realistic demonstration of an f infantry attack, in which all the forms t of fire of real warfare were brought v 5 into play. " ' In a speech later at the luncheon S j here Sccreteary Weeks of the War j Department, a member of the presi- I j dential party, praised the spectacle s and declared that Camp Benning was c j "one of the things that should not be s scrapped" in the after- war clean-up. r , During the day's speech-making Mr. , Harding did not again mention the t ( race problem, on which he delivered an address Wednesday in Birming- ( . ham,Ala. Another member of his L cabinet, however, Secretary Fall, of I r the Interior Department, alluded to . the Birmingham address at Thursday's i lunchecn as one of the greatest de^ liveran:es ever addressed to the i I American people. j fc : "I want to say to you," he said, c 4-Pio maocono f.VlP nrps- 4 ^ mat micti mt ?M*?W x c ; ident brought to the South and de- p livered yesterday at Birmingham is a . carried to all the people of the South j and it will be seen that no man who -5 f evei spoke to the people of the South 0 | lias carried to the people of the South.f a message more in their interest." a The president's luncheon speech r '> was very brief and was confined to a reiteration of his plea for national 0 unity and of unstanding throughout p t the world. s i In his Grady monument speech the c ^ 1 president drew an analogy between r > the lessons of the Civil War and those 0 of the World War, and declared his j hope that the spirit of reconcilliation ( I typified by Grady would find new ex- s pression in the present reconstruct- ^ tinn t j. Unable to make himself heard from P , the car, the president went to a , truck in the center of the railroad c yard where as he spoke Mrs. Hard- j, | ing stood beside him, almost hidden 2 ) by a double arm-full of flowers. He 0 j pleaded that every thought of sec- ^ , tionalism be put aside forever, de- n ' daring his administration had been' e ^ actuated by that sentiment in "bring- ^ 4 ing aid to the cotton situation at the > j same time that we were helping the grain situation elsewhere." -j o Efficiency has its own reward. j ' Few of us are willing to hear both I .! sides. J h JOE COOPER KILLED Alleged to Have Been Shot to Death By Jim Frierson. Joe Cooper was shot and instantly killed Tuesday afternoon by Jim Frierson, it is alleged, at the home of a Mr. White, father-in-law cf Frierson. The cause of the homicide, it i:> alleged, came about in this way: Frierson mistreated'his wife and she reported the trouble to Cooper and persuaded him to take her to the home of her father in Clarendon county. Soon after arriving there, Frierson appeared and fired through a window of the house at Cooper, killing him instantly. Both Frierson and Cooper are citizens of this county and reside in the Greelyville section. Frierson is in jail at Manning, rhe dead man is a son of Mr. W. A. Cooper and a native of Suttons. Further particulars in the case have not 5een obtainable here. o Death of Excellent Lady. Mrs. Agnes L. Guerry, beloved wife >f Mr. S. H. Guerry, passed away mddenly at the eld family residence, it Zeb, Thursday, October 20. Mrs. 3uerry was 68 years of age and is survived by her husband and six chiliren: Messrs Fred P., S. A. and Dr. EL D. Guerry, Misses Bettie, Evie an4 Vlattie Guerry. The deceased was well known and jreatly beloved in the community. She was a devoted wife and mother, ler health had been declining for the )ast two years, but on Wednesday jreceeding her death she ate supper md was apparently in her usual lealth and cheerfulness. She was a levout member cf Central Presbyerian church. Funeral and burial services took dace at the Cedar Swamp Methodist hurch Friday, Octobej. 21 in the pres:nce of a large gathering of grief itricken relatives and friends. To Hold Series of Meetings County Agent Madison intends lolding a series of important agriculural meetings in the county next reek* November 8, 9, and 10. He vill have present Mr. N. E. Winters, vho is known as the "Billy Sunday if Agriculture," of Clemson College, w rl M w P C/ikmAlIrn wrlin ic frATYl lUU lUi, V) UCillllVlAVf Ttitv AW AAVAM | South Africa and has had a wide ex erience in the dairying business in his and other counties. Mr. Winters rill talk at the proposed meetings on Cover crops and soil building." Mr. Schmolke will talk chiefly on tlic subect of dairying in South Carolina, loth gentlemen are very interesting peakers and their descourses will be if a highly instructive character and hould be largely attended. The r.eetings are scheduled as follows: Tuesday, November 8, school audiorium at Hemingway, 4 p. m. Wednesday, November 9, town hall, Ireelyville, 3 p. ni. Thursday, November 10, courthouse, Cingstree, 3 p. m. o Public Meeting Here Saturday. At a public meeting of Williamslurg county citizens was held in the ourthouse here last Saturday, for he purpose of discussing the pro-: >osed co-operative marketing system is applied to leaf tobacco. The subect was ably discussed by Mr. T. B. foung of Florence, and F. V. Shelton f Nottoway county, Virginia. The ollowing resolution was offered and .dopted by practically a unanimous ising vote: Resolved: That it is the concensus f opinion of this meeting that the iroposed organization offers what eems to be the solution which will orrect the unsatisfactory conditions iow prevailing in the present system f marketing tobacco. Resolved further that the Tobacco Jrowers Co-operative Marketing asociation be and is hereby invited to ring its campaign of securing pledges 0 Williamsburg county at as early 1 date as it is possible to do so. A mass meeting of Williamsburg ounty tobacco growers will be held a Kingstree Thursday, November 15, ,t which time Mr. E. T. Bowduran^ f Prince Edwards county, Va. will e present to explain co-operative narketing ant^ the methods to be usd by the association that is proposed o be organized throughout Virginia, forth and South Carolina. o "he neatest cook doesn't always make the best soup. o Jnusual results are the results of unusual methods. HATCHETTE GETS TWO YEARS OR FINE ATTORNEYS PLAN TO TAKE CASE TO SUPREME COURT. Tom Hatchette, chain gang captain,. * who was convicted of assault and battery of a high aggravated nature in Sessions Court at Spartanburg Saturday, was sentenced by Judge Wilson Monday, to serve two years or pay a fine of $1,000. Hatchette was tried for murder in- _ connection with the death of Thomas M. Keelan, a young white man from New Jersey, who was sentenced to the chain gang for thirty days for hoboing. He was whipped one morning and that afternoon he died There was testimony of cruel and inhumane treatment while the young man complained of being ill. The day was a hot one, as hot as was experienced during the summer. An autopsy was held and the physicians decided that death was caused by a heat stroke. At the time there was considerable feeline on the Dart of the citizens of the Glenn Springs section of the county, where the gang was camped. Judge John S. Wilson charged the jiiry that, while the Constitution oi. South Carolina forbids corporal pun- ' ishment by chain gang guards, it is common in the state and that nevertheless it is illegal to whip a prisoner. Attorneys for the defendant will fight the case in the Supreme Court they announced. The claim is made that the court cannot inflict corporal punishment, but that a chain gang guard can. Judge Wilson says he cannot see that an individual would have rights to inflict punishment which is denied the court. The case has been the matter of communications between officials of New Jersey and Governor Robert A. Cooper. Medical Men Meet. On Thursday evening, September 1>. 1 ao, .1. ? ??_ iv&i, tuci^ wao a iua'iiu^ ui uic mterest of the re-organization of the Williamsburg County Medical Society held at the Kelley Sanatorium, Kingstree, S. C., with the following attendance:?Invited: Drs. H. L. Shaw and T. R. Littlejohn, Sumter, S. C.; Dr. G. F. Mclnnes, Charleston S. C.; D. P. Frierson and L. Roy Cates, pharmacist, dhd J. 'A. Cole, dentist, Kingstree, S. C. Prospective members: Drs. P. S. Thomas, Hemingway, S. C.; W. G. Gamble, W. V. Brockington, E. T. Kelley, T. S. Hemingway, T. C. Harper and B. M. Montgomery, Kingstree, S. C. Drs. Shaw, Littlejohn and Mclnnes each made instructive addresses pertaining to the organization and maintenance of a local medical society, after which Dr. Littlejohn acted as chairman of the meeting. In election of officers Dr. W. G. Gamble was made president; Dr. E. T. Kelley, vice-president; and Dr. B. M. Montgomery, secretary and treasury. It was agreed that the society should meet on the second Thursday evening in each month, and that the place of assembly, unless otherwise provided, should be the reception room of the Kelb" Sanatorium at Kingstree, S. C. This completing the business session, those present became the guests of Dr. E. T. Kelley at a sumptuous banquet served in the dining hall of the Sanatorium, which crowned with success an already eventful evening. Read and approved, Oct. 1st, 1921. B. M. Montgomery, Sec.-Treas. Mr. Tisdalc Makes Good Trade. Mr. E. Z. Russell, head of Swine Extention and Inspection for the Department of Agriculture, Washington, P. C., visited County Agent Madison last Saturday and while here the two gentlemen visited the farm cf Alex Tisdale, in the Cedar Swamp community and traded him four pure bred J l r? swws ituu one uueu iwr ten pint nuuu rooter" sows and one boar. These animals, Mr. Russell said, will be sent to the government farm at Beltsville, Md. for experimental purposes, to determine how rapidly this class of stock can be graded up, and to determine the cost of producing gains in scrubs as compared to pure bred hogs. o Buy you a back plate, or forge ahead.?C. A. R. & L. A. It.