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' " iff alje $ounta Jtorii. ^ ^VOLUME 3fr?NO. O U \ THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. G, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1921. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE *BACCO MARKET"" ASSOCIATION NOTES ' OUT LINE OF WHAT CO-OPERA- h TIVE MARKETING WILL DO 1 \ FOR FARMERS. J f 1 There are 100 organizations in the p world on the California or Denmark plan?the same plan that tobacco J will be marketed by. h South Carolina tobacco farmers get I g only eight cents of the consumers I o dollar, while the California farmer1 e has returned to him by his organiza-j b tion $98.00 out of every $100.00 worth j u . o^commodity delivered to the asso-1 o 09 nf oil +>ip mar- a v;auvu? wu pvt wnv ...... , ? ketable farm products or $297,000,- J h 000 worth of all the marketable farm ; h products are marketed through farm- c ers organizations in California?the E same type of organisation that the ti farmers in North Carolina, South o Carolina and Virginia are signing up a for now. When it came time to b sign the contracts the second time, v or after five years had passed the w 82 per cent of the farmers signed i( the contract (Ranging from five to a twenty years) without even a campaign. This will show you what Cal- t] ifornia thinks of this movement. h After thorough study of the con- y tract you will find the following points lc ?How to organize. K 1. By commodity. (Nothing but w tobacco through a tobacco associa- a tion. Nothing but sweet potatoes; through a sweet potato association, K etc.) H 2. Only larraers in this organiza- si tion (This includes the landlord and tl tenant both.) The reason for having w t only farmers in this organization is ti that the dealer is opposite to that of o: the grower. When the farmer is pros- d perous the whole country is prosper^ous, but whan the farmer is not pros- a '1^erous the whole country is in a panic, a 3. The tobacco will be pooled, u The big men and the little men get a the same price for the same class and grade of tobacco. The associa- c] tion is not allowed to make profit for t< itself but all of its profits are pro- ; rr rated to the farmers. What does it d cost to become a member of this as-1 v sociation ? $3.00 for five years. 60 s< cents a year, five cents or the price a of a cocacola per month or a chew of ! a tobacco per day. When you sign this h contract you are signing your decla- j e: ration of independence, this is what [ h the California farmers call it. When b you fail to sign it ycu are cheating li yourself out of your birthright?your 1 ? independence and you are weakening ii the backbone of your pocket book, b 4. This is an ironbound five year 1 u contract?an honest mans organiza- c. tion. The organization that we have had before you could be in this morn- s< ing and out tonight. That is the rea? , li on they failed. Because we have an J t( ironbound contract is the reason why \ v there has never been a failure in any 1: organization of this type. We use fl Tin wishhone kind of contract. b 5. We don't organize politics, societies or hybrid associations but we s organize farmers for the purpose of J receiving reasonable profit. i C 6. An expert will be employed to ! I sell this commodity, who studies the v marketing of tobacco the entire year. F The farmer as an individual is a pro- ? dttcer and not a salesman. A man > SM^who spends 364 days producing a \ commodity cannot sell it on the 365th S day or in one day. The commodity S will be sold by class and grade, and the farmers in Virginia, North and \ South Carolina will receive the same C price for the same class and grade of ? tobacco. Is $8.90 a hundred pounds ? a decent price for the farmers to re- E ceive for the bedding, planting, culti- F vation, fertilization, rent on land, J worming, cropping, curing, handling G and marketing of tobacco? This is what you received in the year of 1921. The tobacco you produced here in South Carolina is now selling from j h three to four and a half times as y much in North Carolina as you re- ^ ceived for it. Who is getting this e profit ? We farmers are nor getting p it. There are several men arriving n in this territory now to dissatisfy n you with this proposition. Are you going to let them cheat you out of j, your birthright? Sign your declara- ^ tion today?A tobacco contract. h 7. We organize for a reasonable j profit. The California prune growers v are setting their own price on prunes. n ^ s^-re you doing it on your tobacco? d Sign the contract today if you have d not already done so and get your . >beighbor to sign one as a Christmas present to him and yourself. f WILLIAM HARRIS CARR. )ne of Kingstree's Beloved Citize Passes Away. William Harris Carr died at lome here Friday morning and a aid to rest in the Williamsbi emetery at 4 o'clock Saturday aft oon following funeral services at ^sbyterian church, conducted by astor, the Rev. John W. Davis. The announcement of the death -Ir. Carr did not come as a shock lis friends, although it cast a pall loom over the comr. unity. He \ ne of the town's most public spi: d and respected citizens. He 1 een, for a long time, a familiar I re in the social and commercial ] f Kingstree He came here 18 ye go from Wilmington, N. C., wh e was bom Decembe 8, 1861. H e organized the Kingstree Hardwi ompany and later the Kingst luilding & Loan association. At ime of his death he was presid' f the Kingstree Hardware com pi nd secretary and treasurer of uilding and loan association, as a member of the board of pul rorks commissioners, and vice-pr lent of the South Carolina Build; nd Loan association. Mr. Carr went on the road as ravalinir cnlecmnn for a wholes ardware house whet: he was only ears of age. This vocation he i >wed for 25 years prior to coming lingstree, and there are few ha are men in the South more wid nd favorably known. In 1906 he married Miss Em linder, only daughter of the late 1 tarvey Kinder of this place, v jrvives him. His domestic life v lat of a* Christian gentleman, as of a kinuy, sympathetic dispc on and he was always ready to f service and assistance to one istress. 'a business he was full of enei nd loved to aid in the promotion ny enterprise that would tend to i plift or material progress of dopted home. For the past year he has been in i lining health. His heart then be? > cause trouble and everything tl ledical skill could do for him v one. He had an unusually strc itality and frequently rallied fr eve re spells and would again bout his business. Several mon go his case became more serious i e went to Charleston where he \ xamined by specialist. He ca ome and later went io Myrtle Bea ut he gradually grew worse and eving that he could be as well i omfortable here, he returned ho : September, since which time he 1 een confiii?d to his room and gr ally became weaker until the < ame about 6:35 Friday morning. Mr. Carr was a member of the I onic lodge, an officer in the V amsburg Presbyterian church i Dok an active interest in religii ,*ork. His funeral was one of irgest ever reen in the town, and oral offerings were numerous ; eautiful in design. The active pall bearers were M rs LeRoy Lee, R. D. Mills, M. acobs, E. E. King, F. W. Fairey, !. Burgess, A. C. Hinds, L. R. 1 ntosh. The honorary pall bear *ere composed of the officers of 'resbyterian church with the eption of Dr. D. C. Scott, as folio-* lessrs J. N. Hammett, L. C. Do V. T. Wilkins, H. E. Montgome am McClaiy, M. F. Heller, W. cott. Those from out of town attend Ir. Carr's funeral were: Mr. C. !arr of Philadelphia, brother of eased; Capt. W. H. Northrop, 1 le, and Miss Sue Northrop, Myi leach. N. C.: Mr. J. M. Robins 'lorence; M. M. McCcrd, Georgetov . B. Alsbrook, and Bill Fair Jreely\*ille. o G. W. Moore Accidentally Shot While the two men were out b unting Tuesday afternoon, Mr. V. Moore was accidentally shot Ir. Tom M. Kellahan, the entire 1< ntering Mr. Moo.e's thigh ; loughing through the right lii langling it so that amputation \ lecessary. It is reported that ] [ellahan had shot at a bird and jaded his gun which discharged e closed the breach. Mr. Moore ere on a visit from North Caroli le was taken to the Kelly Sanitari rhere he has received every attent ecessary to his comfort and his c ition was reported favorable yest ay afternoon. Christmas cards aad seals gi' rss with pashas# from McGM Bi COUNTRY LIFE * ? '1 MEETING HERE ' hiS; ; vas FIFTEEN COMMUNITIES REPRE- HI jrS SENTED?ADDRESSES SI f,1" PROVE HELPFUL, the his The Williamsburg Cour'.ry Li'e of i Conference held at the school nouse ] to and court house here last Thursday cci of proved successful. Fifteen communi- 0f ties and twelve Sunday schools were tor rit- represented. The meeting was held in( iad under the joint auspices of the State | the [ig- and Cou-itj^Sunday School Associa- nic life ! tion, the e?aension service of Clem- j jng ars' son College, the Home Demonstra- kn, ere ' tion work of Winthrop College, the : sc} ere ! State Board of Health, the State ! jn are Department of Education ard the j ?u ree i University of South Carolina. All j wh the of these had representatives on the me ent program. The conference was wel- < iny corned by Prof. J. W. Swittenberg, en the principal of the school, with response jn He from Prof. M. F. Montgomery, toun- i,j( >lic ty superintendant of education and set es- president of the Williamsburg County ing Sunday School 'Association. T. B. Young, of Florence, district agent, ; a spoke on "Making Agriculture Profit- j,e. ale able," and two pleasing 1 - ; - > ye{ 16 lections were rendered by the Wil- sj|, 'ol- liamsburg High school girls. the to Leon C. Palmer, of Spartanburg, on, rd- State superintendent of the South ch ely Carolina Sunday School Association, as i spoke on "Practical Plans for the r ma Country Sunday School." He spoke the ir_ I nf volnc nf intorflAnfiminntinnfll III . i VA Wiv 'U?uv V* ? ? ,-ho' co-operation in Sunday school work, shi ras 1 showing that "we can all learn from jn He one another, and help one nnothej. >si-< Christians who will live together in 33 be j Heaven, ought to work together on jse in j earth," he said. ag( A luncheon was served at the hotel bei gy by the women of the county. At the 0f of! close of the session, a vote of thanks jn the was extended for this hospitality. At g0( his the afternoon session, Miss Christine to N. South, State director of home dem- ?\j de- onstration work from Winthrop Col-; i ran lege, spoke on "How the Farm Woman gr; hat j Can be Economically Independent." tov ras She was followed by Prof. D. L. fje] >ng | Lewis, acting State supervisor of frc om1 rural schools, on "How to Improve the go! Our Rural Schools," and Miss Ruth the ths | Moore, of Manning, on "Health and j ?p< ind Happiness." , bui ras The closing address of the session ; an. me was gi\ a by Prof. Geo. McCutchen, | ev( ich, | or tne university 01 aoutn ^arouna, the be- on "South Carolina's Fundamental scc ind Problem," in which he spoke of the cor me ' urgent necessity for a reform in the hui lad ! tax laws so as to make the burden-of ou( ad-' taxation fall more equitably upon all. Ch ?nd' A resolution of thanks to County ] Agent T. M. Cathcart, and Home Dem- cjd ,Ia-1 onstration Agent Miss Hattie Mc- a /il- Murray, for working up this confer- apj ind ence was passed at the close. By pe, dus 1 unanimous vote, approval of the plan \yi the of these conferences cs projected by r0 the | the rural department of the South jal ind Carolina Sunday School Association sor was expressed and it is expected that em es-: the conference next time will be even ou^ H. larger and more successful than this the E. one. ed He- o B1, ers Fire Monday Morning. lar the About 11 o'clock Monday morning ea* ex-1 the residence on east Main street jr. vs: owned by Mr. Lucius Montgomery eas >ve, and occupied by Mr. S. M. Wingate Th sry, and family caught fire from a de-1 to R. fective flue or thimney and was so j tof badly damaged that it was unfit for! to ing occupancy after the fames had been j to E. extinguished, the roof of the build-' ne< de- ing being almost totally destroyed. I pul un- Owing to the lack of day electrical; am tie current the usual alarm could not be to on, given and as a consequence the fire J oth rn; had gained considerable headway be-! Afi of fore there was much response to the | the scene. I fro -o? 'aj Farmers' Meeting Yesterday. j lie ird : yo\ G. The meeting held by the farmers !/iir by yesterday at the Fair ground in the! 1 )ad interest of the co-ope-, ative marketing ' Sc< lnd of tobacco was declared to be a great1 poi nb, success. The meeting was largely j on vas attended by both white and colored Di< Mr. farmers and a majority of them1 Jr. re- signed contracts to sell their crop of j an< as tobacco next year through the co- to is operative association. Williamsburg pla na. county has to subscribe four million bos um ' pounds in order to get into the as- all ion sociation, so far there has been over ori on- 3,000,000 pounds pledged. The re- Ms ;er- mainder must be pledged before the cla first of January. at Sign up, farmers, let's put this 1 ren organization across a/d reap the bene- Ms 'os. fits therefrom. ths ft 'HEN KINGSTREE WAS WILLIAMSBURG STORICAL DATA RELATING ETTLEMENT OF THIS SECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. (By William Wi'lis Boddie) King George realized in 1730 that onists were needed in the interior South Carolina to protect Charlesi and Beaufort from the savage lians towards the West and to help ?se cities by the s*a fight the still ire savage Spaniaru? forever foray: on them from the South. He ew how successfully the township leme had worked for a century the New England section and that rope was full of "poor Protestants" 0 would make excellent frontiersn. 3o, King George c'ecreed that elevtownships on the banks of rivers South Carolina be admeasured and d out and that evei> one who would ;tle in them should be granted ;y acres of land for himself, his fe, and every one of his children, 1 one half acre town lot Tor the id of the family, and food for a ir and all necessary farming utens furnished them. Every one of ise townships should be inland, not i of them within sixty miles of arleston. They should be surveyed required. the "poor Protestants" accepted ! opportunity offered and came in ;at numbers. Williamsburg townp was needed to accomodate them 1736, and Anthony Williams then d out plats of land for them on ick river. The King kept his promas to lands and material encourement, and it was not many years 'ore these "poor Protestants," many whom had the best blood of Europe their veins, grew rich in worldly jds and spiritual force, and began speak South Carolina's "Yea" and ay." Ml the world knows how the Pil m Fathers congregated in little 1 ns and cultivated surrounding Ids, that the cows coming home >1.1 the Commons in 1630 determined : crooked streets of the "Hub of ; Universe" of today. But the r Protestants" of Williamsburg; ilt their homes on their farm lands j ! '.lmost forgot that the head of iiy family had a half acre lot in s town of Williamsburg. For three >re years, the town of Williamsburg itained the King's Tree and three ndred and fifty aci-es of land laid j t into town lots on a plat kept in arleston. In 1788, the General Assembly de- j ed it was imperative that there be t town of Williamsburg, and so it pointed John McCauley, John Bur-j as, Sr., James Witiherspoon, J., lliam Frierson, John Scott, Jr.,: ~ - -- ?* ? / > ii i bert McConnelJ, Tiiomas juc^onnen, j Ties Fleming, Sr.; and Robert Frier-1 1 commissioners, and authorized and j powered them to resurvey and lay! t "the town of Williamsburg, in I i district of Georgetown, and boundas follows: On the Southeast by ick river; on the Northwest by ids of John Scott, Jr., on the North- , it by lands of James Witherspoon. , and Moses Gordon; on the Southit by lands of Thomas Landsdale." ese commissioners were instructed determine the lots granted there-' ore to the original settlers and, assign them to rightful claimants; | reserve suth lots as they deemed' :essary for two churches, for a ( blic school and a market house, 1 for other public purposes; and sell the remainder at auction, or lerwise, as seemed advantageous, ter paying necessary expenses of ! commission, the moneys arising , m the sale of the lots should be j ipropriated for esiablishing a pub- j 1 1 *? nf t.VlP scnooi I or nic cuukauv? ith in the said tcwn, under the j, ection of the said commissioners." These commissioners, except John )tt, Jr., who had died since his apntment, met at the King's Tree I, December 8, 1788, elected John ; :key "in the room" of John Scott,! , and appointed John Burgess, Jr.,! i 1 Robert Witherspoon, Surveyors, lay out the town recording to the ,t made by Anthony Williams. The ird announced that it would hear persons claiming town lots under ginal grants at its next meeting, irch 25, 1789, and that all lots not imed at such time would be sold public vendue to the highest bidder, i The board extended what is now iin street through the two blocks it had been reserved in ftie original j BODY BROUGHT HOME. Remains of Private Thompson La to Rest in Kingstree. The remains of Private James j Thompson, who died in France fro pneumonia three years ago, arriv< in Kingstrge Saturday morning ai were taken in charge by the loc post, American Legion. The remaii were re-interred in the Williamsbui cemetery immediately following a rival here, burial sen ices being coi ducted by members of the local clerg He was a son of W. H. Thompson, farmer of the Cedar Swamp coromu: ity of this county. The corpse wj accompanied to Kingstree by a your army officer. survey for the Parade Ground ar the Churchyard, hell for the Must Ground the two lots fronting on th street, where the Court H^use no stands, assigned the corner lot, whei Miss Andy Lockamy's home now on Main street and Jail streets, 1 the town for a Market House, u two lots originally granted to tl Church of England, where Heller Stables now are, were not disturbe and some lots, where the Park located at the Academy street en were deeded to the Public schoc The remaining four lots of the reser ed Parade Ground were sold. Under the plat of 1800, the stree were numbered from "First," ne: to the river, successively eastwar Main street was known as Broa< Mill as Washington; Church : Adams; Brooks as Jefferson. At the meeting of the board c March 25, 1789, the following estal lished claims to grants to lots i the town made, in nearly every cas either to their fathers, or to the fathers-in-law, since none of tl original grantees were living: Wi liam Gamble, James Bradley, Robe Cvrrin Tr T!Thp'npw?r Cihson. 5amu Wilson, Isaac Barrinoau, William M Connell, James Blake'ey, Jr., Thomi McCants, Sarah Witherspoon, Jol McClary, David Witherspoon, J] Jchn Scott, 3rd, Mathew Camlin, Wi liam Wilson, Gavin Witherspoon, Wi liam Heathley, Samuel Adair, Robe McConnell, James Witherspoon, Jo! McCauley, John Burgess, Hugh M Collough, John Wilson William Brae Robert Witherspoon, Joseph Scot John McBride, James Fleming, Si John M. Kinder, Johr Boyd, Willia Frierson, Jr., Ruffin Taylor, Thomj McConnell, James Witherspoon, Ji and William Frierson, Sr. The coi gregation of William-burg establish its claim to lot No. 41, original; granted to Archibald Hamilton. It was determined at the mcetir on March 25, 1789, to allow claiman until April 15, 1789, to establish the titles under original grants and < such day to sell all lots unclaime On April 15th, Samuel McClellar claimed the lots originally grant* to William Cochran, Jane Ross ar Thomas Monk; the children of Thon as Frierson and of J. McKnight thi one granted to Andrew Rutledge: ar nrin: k., 4 the congregation 01 wiuiuimsuuik > those lots granted to James Scot John Blakeley and James Blakeley The first sale of these unclaimt town lots was held on April 16, 178 John Dickey was vendue master. T1 following men bought lots on th; day: Archibald Cor.nor, James Kei nedy, Isaac Mathews. Robert Fulwoo< John Dawson, John Gowdy, Adai Connor, James McCcl'.ough, Ebeneza Gibson, Samuel Kennedy, Hugh M< Collough, John McCauley, James Mi Bride, John Humphreys, James Wit! erspoon, Andrew Early and Jamt McConnell. The highest price pai for a lot at this sale was that ft lot No. 37, bought by Hugh McCo lough for about $17.50. This It stands now on the Northeast ccrne of the block at the junction of Lon and Mill streets, in Kingstree. Another sale was held on June 1 1789, at which the following purcha: ed lots: Isaac Nelson, George M< Council, Samuel Maxwell, John M< Cleary, James Bradley, James Withei spoon, Jr., John Wilson, John Burges Jr., Samuel Douglas, Robert McCor nell, James Burgess, Robert Gambl ' ?j William .Law anu luunau On February 18, 1791, George Di rant, William Bracy, James Galbreatl purchased lots and on October 2 1792, John Humphrey, Robert Hai nah, James Tisdale, Samuel Snowde and James Fleming, Jr. On Octobe 13, 1794, Robert Witherspoon bougt five lots and John McCleaiy fifty. The Board of Commissioners ha a most difficult task in the people of the townehip in tt matter of the titles to these town lot Many surreys were made before line TOBACCO HEN GET $200,000 k. m CHECKS SENT TO VIRGINIA TOBACCO GROWERS WHO l&l POOLED CROPS. (IS -g Cheeks aggregating nearly $200, r- 000 are being mailed out of Riebn raond today to approximately 900 y. tobacco farmers, members of the Suna Cured Tobacco Growers Association, ii- representir. their 1920 crop, which is was pooled last fall because of the ig low prices which, in some instances, i were less than the actual transpor? tation and warehouse Costs of movid ing and selling the weed. At least er $3 per 100 pounds were realized by is holding the crop for more favorable w conditions, J. H. Quisenberry, of re Louisa county, president of the asis sociation, declared today, to The checks range from $1,300 to ie the largest grower to about $50 for ie small crops, and the growers are k>'s cated principally in Caroline, Louisa, d, Hanover, Goochland and Fluvanna is counties, although the association al d, so has members in King William, >1. King and Queen, Essex, Powhatan, v- Cumberland and Chesterfield counties. About 12 per cent of last year's ts sun-cured Virginia crop was pooled *t with the association, officers said tod. day, and so successful was this sy?1; tern of co-operative marketing, made is necessary partly because of the fact that fully 85 per cent, of the buying >n was concentrated in the hands of one b- buyer representing one of the largest in companies in this city, that the pool e> will be operated again this year. Apir proximately 65 per cent, of the 1921 ie crop already has been signed under 1- contract, and this is expected to be rt materially increased. > el The executive committee which c-! worked out the plan was composed is ( of President Quisenberry, W. S. (iarm rett, of Goochland, secretary and r., treasurer; W. W. Green, of Caroline, 1- j and J. C. Stiles, of Ashland, Hano*, er county. . rt ! In Richmond, the tobacco was -T> * in handled by F. D. Williams & Co^ ' c- which concern acted as sales agent y, i for the association.?Richmond Va. :t,, News Leader. r.,j m were finally determined and perhaps is, the score of years, in which this r., board labored, proved a valuable faeo tor in eliminating many men who id seemed unsatisfiable. Among the sur-.. Iv veyors who made plats of the townf" j were James Burgess, Robert Witherig j spoon, Robert L. Witherspoon, Isaac ts Montgomery, Henry Mouzon and Robir ert Frierson. Commissioner Thora)/> as Rogers did not like the plat thatd. one of the surveyors had made and id which had been accepted by the board, id so he threw the plat in the fire and id burned it. Commissioner Rogers ; was fined $50.00 for his exhibition of it fury or sentenced to make another id map. to Many changes in the personnel of t,1 this Board of Commissioners were I made while it was seeking to satisfy id. the claimants. John McCauley and , . 9. | James Witherspoon died in 1791 and ie John Dickey, William Frierson, Sr., it Thnmnc Withersnoon resigned. i-; James Scott, Thomas Williams, James J,; Burgess, John McClearv and John m Fulton were elected in their places, h In 1792, John Burgess resigned and c- Robert Ervin was elected in his stead. 1 Robert McConnell died in 1796 and l- j George McConnell succeeded him. fs Capt John Fulton resigned in 1800 id j and Robert and James Fleming died. >r! Their successors were Capt. Samuel 1-; Malcolmson, William Flagler and )t j Robert Hamilton. In 1801, Major sr j John Nesmith filled the vacancy eausg ed by the death of Thomas McConnell and Andrew Patterson, EHphalet 1, Huitt, Captain John Campbell sueceeded Robert Witherspoon, John Mc ( Cleary and Jas. Burgess, who resigned. Arthur Cunningham beeame .t r- member of the board and it? secre- 1 s, tary and treasurer in 1802. John Mc>-' Connell succeeded Jarres Campbell in e.; 1803 and Thomas Rogers, Joseph *.! Scott, in 1805. Later on. Samuel i-1 Fluitt, James G. McGill, James B. i, McConnell, Patrick Cormiok, Dr. T. 4, M. Brown and John Mathews, Jr., l- were members of this board, eueceedn ing members who died or resigned. !r 0 it Death of a Child. d Died at Dr. Kelley's Saaifcwium, Kingstree. December IS, 1921, Evlyn ?e Christina Parrott, aged two yaars and 5- twolre days, daughter of ilr. and ? Mrs. M. E. Pawott of Cades. y '