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TOM POSTON LEAVES FOR PENITENTIARY. To Serve Life Sentence for Murder of J. H. Miller on Public Highway. Sheriff Gamble accompanied by special Deputies L. D. Rodgers and S. W. Mcintosh left Kinbstree eaily yesterday morning with Tom Poston as their prisoner, for Columbia, where Poston was turned over to Warden Saunders of the state penitentiary, the court, of the state having decreed that Poston shall spend the remainder of hit. life in that institution foi the murder on Saturday' night, May 7, 1921 c" J. H. Miller at a spot near Cades on the KingstreeLake City highway. Poston was taken from the county jail early yesterday morning so that he might be gotten out of town before the majority of citizens began to stir. The trip was made in an automobile and *% * ---?' ? n r> Kn rr_ tne prisoner carnea a %aii?e gage. Immediately after the murder of Mr. Miller, Poston was taken to the penitentiary where he was held in confinement until his trial here in June. ' He was brought back and convicted of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to mercy. His case was appealed to the state supreme court which only recently handed down its decision affirming the Williamsburg court. In the meantime Poston remained here in the ' crunty jail. o Lanes Locals. Lanes, Feb. 8.?Mr. and Mrs. A. M Gordon, Jr., spent Saturday here I ac the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. CI ark son. ( Mr J. W. Chandler was in Kingstree Tuesday on business. Mr. S. A. Graham, Jr., of Durham, j N. C., spent last Tuesday here with ' his uncle, Mr. J. C. Graham. Mr. B. A. McKnight and Mr. J. C. Graham attended the meeting of the "Deacons" held in Kingstree yesterday. Though both men are elders in the Presbyterian church here they felt the meeting would be very beneficial 1 to them. ' The Lanes Hotel ha3 recently been j' VT-Al r>O oo I opened witn jar. naiann lwju proprietor. We feel sure with such an efficient man at it's head the ho- 1 te! will have a successful year. The Presbyterian Auxiliary h*ld it's regular meeting Friday evening at the church. The literary program was greatly enjoyed. Mrs. A. C. 1 Brown is the able president of this organisation. ^ Mr. McFlveen of Greelyville, assumed his duties as mail-carrier here last Wednesday. We are glad to have Mr. McElveeu with us. Mr. Elmer Rodgers spent Friday in Charleston. News From Rome. Mrs. H. H. DuRant was the guest 1 ot her sister, Miss Mary Aimar, in 1 Charleston last week. Prof. O. M. Mitchell, Supt Fletcher Memorial school of McColl, spent the week-end here with relatives. Miss Louise Snow, who is teaching near Georgetown, spent the week-end here with her father, Mr. J. J. Snow. ; Miss Mary Rhem of Columbia College, it at home for a while. n" "DPoVnr rvf Rpltimnre. Md.. was a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. D. I. Wilson last week. I F. R. Hemingway, Esq., of Kings- ' tree, spent the week-end here with ' his mother. ' Miss Julia DuRant has returned after spending a month with her niece, ! Mrs. 0. M. Mitchell at McColl. Messrs. F. R. Hemingway and ' Furney Rhem were visitors at Hem- * ingway Sunday night. Mr. H. H. DuRant spent Monday ' in Georgetown on business. ! Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Hill and chil- ! *}ren spent the week-end with rela- ' tives at Lake City. 1 Mrs. D. I. Wilson,' who has been in 1 Greenville for six weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. Holmes B. Springs, *?TTwwrt**l home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Meivin Cribb and baby moved to Hemingway last week. 1 We are very sorry to lose these folks 1 from our community, but we wish : them much success in their new home. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Johnson are ' occupying the house recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Meivin Cribb. ' Mr. W. T. Hemingway of Heming- ' way, spent Sunday here. ' Rev. and Mrs. G. K. Way and Har- ] net visited Hemingway Saturday. ] Mrs. Holmes B. Springs and chil- . dren, Louise and Holmes, Jr., of Greenville, will arrive this week to spend some time with Mrs. Springs' parepts, Mr. and Mrs. D. L Wilson. We are glad that Mrs. N. R. Smith, of the Union High school faculty, is able to be at work again. She has been recuperating for the past month from an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. G. K. Way has been torching in her place. The Rome Book club held it's regular meetirg last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. G. K. Way. Very interesting papers were read by Mrs. Louise Rhem and Mrs. G. K. Way. Dainty refreshments were served bv, the hostess during the social hour, j Report of Red Cross for January 1922. One of the most important hr.ppenings of the month in Red Cross work was the visit paid to the Chapter by Miss Susie Dawson, Red Cross Field Representative from Atlanta. While Miss Dawson was here an Executive Committee meeting was held and the following plans discussed: First the starting of a Community Chest and a Loan Closet. The Community Chest will consist cf garments to be distributed to the people in the county who need tlicm. The Loan Cioset is to consist of supplies for the sick. These will be loaned to any one in cases of sickness. It was decided to put this matter before the ladies of the missionary societies of the different churches in Kingstree and the county in geneial. This has been done and the response has been very gratifying. Already a number o" garments have been turned in. Most of these have been distributed a.- fast as they were secured as there have been a good many calls for clothes. A sufficient supply has t'Af Kr>nr\ vnPO.VoH \TV<2 lit.." live utvn . Felle Dlakely was made chairman of this volunteer se:*vice. The question of a clinic was also U ken up. The electors agreed that a* the meetings of the County Medical association they would examine any cases that were brought to them. These meetings will be held he second Thursday in each month. This is a great work which the doctors are beginning and can be made of much benefit to the people cf the county. The secretary feels that this will be particularly helpful in the work of the Red Cross as there are often children in the different schools of the county that have some minor defect and if remedied in time may save the child a great deal of trouble in the future. The importance of Junior Red Cross work was also emphasized by Miss Dawson. Mr. R. F. Kolb has been made chairman of the Junior Red Cross. Mrs. D. F. Frierson, Miss Bell Harper and Miss Agnes Erckmann have agreed to act as a school committee. - There have been twenty-four civilian relief cases handled by the Red Cross during the past month and twenty-one ex-soldier cases. A great many of the civilian relief cases have been appeals for clothing. In two instances letters were received from school teachers telling 01 cniidien that were not able to come to school on account of insufficient clothes. These appeals have been met as well as the resources of the Red Cross would permit. Recently a call came in for help from a widow who has five small sons and very little else. She has been making a brave fight for some time and was getting on fairly well until she lost by fire the cotton, hay and corn she had. The task of clothing and feeding her family became too much for her so she sent for the^ Red Cross secretary and told her some of the conditions. The secretary made a trip to the home and took some things for the children. The family had recently moved in a new community where they were not well known. The visit of the Red Cross secretary attracted the attention of some men who were working near the home and -hey be?an to ask questions as to the con-' iition of the family. One man said tie had heard that one of the poys had said that they would like to go to Sunday school but thenshoes and clothes were so old they were ashamed to go. After talking >ver the matter for awhile he bourne very much interested and said that the Sunday school would see to it that they need not stay away my more on account of not having shoes to wear. From now on the community will prcbably see to it :hat the family has the things they | absolutely need. o Home Demonstration Meetings. ???__ i A series of interesting meetings. ire being held this week in different! parts of Williamsburg county under! the general direction 01 Miss Hattie , McMurray, home demonstration agent i ind Mr. T. M. Cathcart, farm agent.' On Tuesday afternoon the woman's ; ilub of Mt. Vernon had a most in- j teresting meeting. A large number i of ladies from the Greelyville club! were present to hear Mrs. Frances Y. j Kline discuss the products which are j being put up py tne soutn uarouna ; Home Producers' association. The ladies in that section have decided b specialize in jelly, black berry jam and soup mixture. A meeting was he'd at the school auditorium here yest. rday afternoon when Mrs. Kline entertained a numberof Kingstree ladies with an address on home economics. A similar meeting is scheduled for the Cedar Swamp community. o The Honorable E. Lee Tringle was inaugurated Governor of Virginia at Richmond, Wednesday of last week. He succeeded Governor Westmorland Davis. 666 cures Biliousness. When Boys Are Men. The old saw, "boys be boys," is petting worn out. Boys will be men, and they are not waiting for their < twenty-first birthday to prove it. One of the most interesting developments in the Boy Scout Movement : is the civic or community Good Turn, : in which all the scouts of a community : turn to and do the work of men in connection with some public sendee. The extent to which scouts are learning citizenship through doing such tilings, is little guessed by the gener- 1 a( public. ( Probably a week does not go by in which scouts somewhere are not giv- ] ing one or another of the following forms of community service, always i under the leadership of loral scout!! authorities and supen'ision of the; ^ civil authorities. ' 1 Walk-rite campaigns; displaying ' placards at street crossings and aiding traffic officer.-, to inculate hab-;' it.' of carefulness on the public streets. ( Health campaigns; locating and rc-|{ porting unsanitary conditions and dis-!5 tributing health department notices. J1 Town-beautiful campaigns; getting everybody to clean up backyards and j( - - -- 1 hrtOllf 1 ' \ ( U"W;tUpiCU aim uuivi wwc utauvi- j fy the towns. j * Tree census to preserve shade trees j ^ of the community. ;1 Safety-first campaigns; reporting iv all kinds of dangerous spots In the's town, and co-operating with the Na- JI tional Safety-first Council in its pro-' f gram. !1 Red Cross Work. I * Searching for lost children. ! * Kindness to animals campaign, cooperating with the S. P. C. A. r Tree planting. jc Anti-weed crusades, both town an.i * country. 4 Anti-pest campaigns; investing a pools and swamps and drainage spots * likely to prove breeding places for * mosquitoes, distributing literature on r the subject; similarly to rid com- munities of all destructive pests. General services as messengers, tiaffic aids, guides, first-aid corps in 4 connection with conventions and af- . fairs. { Building and erecting bird houses. ? "Running" city government for an , hour. - ] Town Boosting. * Happiness campaigns, as in collecting and repairing broken toys for J Christmas distribution to poor chil dren. distribution of Christmas and . Thanksgiving "baskets," scout enter- J tainments in children's hospitals and 1 Twines," and similar joy-making ef- 4 forts. inese ana Kinurea gooa turns ami troop activities constitute one dis- ! tinctive phase of the citizenship- training activities of the Boy Scout program. The Scout Oath. On my honor I will do my best? 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law. 2. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. The Scout Law. 1. A scout is trustworthy. A scout's honor is to be trusted. I* he were to violate his honor by telling a lie, or by cheating, or by not doing exactly a given task, when trusted on his honor, he may be directed to hand over his scout badge. 2. A scout is loyal. He is loyal to all whom loyalty is due: his scout leader, his home, and parents and country. 3. A scout is helpful. prepared at any time to save life, help injured persons, and share the home duties. He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. A ? A oit/kitf to frion/llv He is a friend to all and a brother t to every other scout. L 5. A scout is courteous. P He is polite to all, especially to E women, children, old people, and the h weak and helpless. He must not take ? pay for being helpful or courteous. C 6. A scout is kind. ' He is a friend to animals. Ho will ? not kill nor hurt any living creature needlessly, but will strive to save and I protect all harmless life. [ 7. A scout is obedient. He obeys his parents, scoutmaster, J patrol leader, and all other duly J constituted authorities. ? 8. A scout is cheerful. He smiles whenever he can. His obedience to orders is prompt and cheery. He never shirks nor grum-1 bles at hardships. 9. A scout is thrifty. He does not wantonly destroy property. He works faithfully, v.astes nothing, and makes the best use of his opportunities. He saves his money so that he may pay his own way, be generous to those in need, and helpful to worthy objects. He may work for pay, but must not receive tips for courtesies or good turns. 10. A scout is brave. He has his courage to face danger in spite of fear, and to stand up for the. right against the coaxing of friends or the jeers or threats of enemies, and defeat does not down him. " | 11. A scout is clean. 1 He keeps clean in body and thought, | stands for clean speech, clean sport, 1 clean habits, and travels with a clean I crowd. (' 12. A scout is reverent. 1 He is reverent toward God. He is . faithful in his religious duties, and J respects the convictions of others in [? matters of custom and religion. j< ! < o |< Two New Extension Publications, j j i Clemson^College, Feb. 4.?In order ' to meet the demands in two phases j < of farming now attracting increased i J interest the Extension Service has j' issued two new publications: namely, |< Extension Bulletin 42 (Revised),!) 'Home Gardening in South Carolina," j1 md Information Card 20, "Curing j? Perk on the Farm." Both of these i) publications are free to citizens of j J South Carolina for the asking. j? "Home Gardening in South Caro-! J ina" is a 40-page bulletin giving gen- j J ;ial information on gardening, with i ittention to such matters as suitable J ;oils, how plants feed and grow, cul-! J ;ivation methods, fertilizers, hotbeds j? md coldframes, brief individual dis-1 \ :ussion of the various vegetables.1) :arieties recommended for the home : < garden, information and instructions ) 'or spraying and other treatment for nsect pests and fungous diseases ? vhich attack garden vegetables. A J specially interesting feature of the ] mblication is a double-page table ? jiving in compact form information ) is to quantity of seed to plant, when ' 0 plant, wher. to transplant, how to < ertilize, etc. ? "Curing Pork on the Farm" is a J nailing card giving brief instructions ? >n the dry curing method and the , >rine curing method and on smoking J he cured meat. 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