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* # ' f ?-.p. . . jlljc Counts y VOLUME 36 NO. * THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE P. A. WILCOX DIES AT FLORENCE; GENERAL SOLICITOR OF AT- t LANTLC COAST LINE?WAS c BRILLIANT LAWYER. i t Philip Alston Willcox, Esq., geneial solicitor, legal department, of c the Atlantic Coast Line Railroads, and recoB-nized as one of the ablest lawyers of the South, died in Flor- * ence last Thursday morning after an illness of three weeks. He was fifty-five years old. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church, c ...,+ of which he was a member, at 3 | o'clock Friday afternoon. Mr. Wiilcox's death was due to a combination of diseases which offered stubborn resistance to the efforts ? of his physicians, who passed days 1 and nights at his bedside and exhausted all known means. News of ^ his death was received here and elsewhere with profound sorrow and re- ! gret. Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy ha> e come to the stricken family. Mr. Willcox was held in love and affection and esteem everywhere j he was known. He was greatly ad- { mired for the brilliancy of his mind. As a lawyer he had few equals, being a master of the law as a science ^ and a trial lawyer of the highest at- ^ I tainments; as well. He was a man ( b of the broadest culture. His library ^ J is one of the finest in the state and ^ if was his Dride. One of the finest f traits of his character was his in-1 * terest in young men, many of whom j he had helped to procure educations. At the time of his death he was a * member of the board of trustees of . the Uni\ ersity of South Carolina, ( an institution very dear to him, and j ficm which he graduated in the class , of 1887. \ Mr. Will cox was prominent in the j *** State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, 'in both df which hf had held office. He was ' a valued member of the Rotary Club , 1 * ? Jo mnnrnin? ' .Mil JT lUrU lCC* X' IVi ^uw *w ? 0 J the deatl of a true and loyal friend , In whose pasting, city and state have Sustained a distinct loss. >. Mr. Willcox was born in Marion ir 1866, the son of Judge John Will- . cox and Sarah Virginia (nee Clark) \ Will cox. After- graduation from the ( University of South Carolina, he , *studied law under Judge Charles A. ] 'Woods, with whom he formed a part- t nership :in 1889, the year he moved 1 ,^to Florence. In 1894 the present , Mtarm of Wfllcox & Willcox was'form- : $4, the junior member being Fred , Willcox, a first cousin. This firm 1 ^3 now composed of several members ^ and is known throughout the South. ( * In 18JiO Mr. Willcox became di Vision counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company'and has gradVelly risen by merit until at the time | of his death he occupied the position of general solicitor of the system. , In addition to representing the At- . lantic Coast line Railroad Company ; Mr. Willcox was counsel also for j other la-ee corporations. In the , practice of his profession he display- < ed remarkable qualities of mind. < 'Quick in perception, powerful in analysis, he could resolve a most in- ( tricate legal proposition into its elements with the most apparent ease. \ ^ His life was not a selfish life, but V a life that was a benefaction to his city and state and his loss will be ] sorely felt. 1 Mr. Willcox leaves a widow, who \ was Miss Marie Bacot Branson, two i sons and a daughter as follows: \ Philip Alston, Jr., aged 15; Henry St. j George Carson, aged 4, and Rosanne, i 13. Three brothers also survive, j Clark A Willcox, of Murrell's Inlet; < Henry M. Wilcox, of Kingstree, and ] E. T. Willcox, of Marion. Other rela- 1 tires living in Florence are Mrs. Sam i J. Royal, a niece; Fred L. Wilcox, < first cousin and law partner; Senator i D. Gorckn Baker and his sister, Mrs. ] R. B. Hare. 1 o W. H. Cooke and W. W. Winston 1 of Lake lity, have purchased a wire- \ less outut of sufficient strength to j catch messages from all sections of t the country. They will receive the j markets each day, hear any of the great speeches in Washington and can j connect up with the Metropolitan Op- < era House in New York and hear ] jbC any of the grand opera concerts. It 1 Hp will also be possible to hear church j W services from Pittsburg every Sun- \ 7 day. They expect to install a 100 j foot aerial over the American Legion ] rooms and place the Victrola attachment in the room.?Florence Times. ] * FRIENDS OF EDUCATION Vsked to Consider Condition at Winthrop College. To all people living in Williamstudg county who believe in the high:r education of women. There are 120 graduates of Winhrop teaching in the high schools; f this state, besides hundreds of there teaching in the lower grades, I md rural schools. The Wlnthrop girl s rendering efficient 'service to home,' ehool, church and state. Yet what is South Carolina doing o support Winthrop college? Tte me institution chartered for the highir education cf women. In 1920 the egislature appropriated so little that he trustees and President Johnson' lad to give xneir inmviuuai uvieo iu weyent the doors of the college closng in November 1920.. How was the college treated In! L921 ? She was given almost $20,000 1 ess than in 1920, and told that any j ir.expended balance left rrom this radequate appropriation might be1 lsed to cancel the debt of honor in- j rurred in the effort to prevent the j calamity of having Winthrop close' ier doors and send her more than >ne thousand students home. In comparison with what has been lone for the higher education of mes, he state has never been generous, vith Winthrop college. The magnifi-1 rent plant, comprising now some j rwelve or fourteen huge brick build- \ ngs and valued at more than $2,>00,000 (two million) was establish id chiefly not by means of state aid, jut by large gifts from Northern philanthropists. For the permanent plant the state has appropriated dur- j ng the 36 years of the Ilie of the ; allege about $7,000,000. She has peen appropriating for men at the j University for more than a hundred] ?rcars; for men at the Citadel?with 1 ?omc years of interruption?since L842; and for men at Clemson since i L690. Three institutions for men? i >ne for women. In the past three; years there has been appropriated | for one of these men's institutions i (900,000 for a new home, almost | (200,000 more than the sum total ap- j propria ted during the entire life of i Winthrop for permanent improvements. The men were given none! too much. The Winthrop Daughters! pf the state rejoice in the develop- i ment of state institutions for their brothers. But why the discrimina- ( tion? Why appropx-iate more than three times as much for men as for women? Why refuse to appropriate money for new teachers at Winthrop where 182 more students are enrolled ' this year than last, and where practically as many students are enroll-1 ed as in all three of our men's institutions, and notwithstanding the refusal made Winthrop, appropriate several tftousana aouars ior new teachers in 9 man's institution? The 1922 legislature, now in ses- j sion, has acted most ungenerously of p.li. The budget of Winthrop had al-' ready been cut to the bone. Yet the budget commission cut out the request for $20,000 to continue the con- i struction of a teacher's home, and the ways^and means committee further redudd Winthrop $2,000. At the same time, they increased the appropriation to the University $7,000, to Clemson $16,000, the colored school M.000. * i You, mothers and fathers of Wil- ' tiamsburg county, who have daugh-; tcrs at Winthrop and younger daugh- j tf.rs expecting to go to Winthrop, is j this fair, is it just? Do you want* tills wondenui institution anus uown, for lack of funds? Do you want j pour daughters turned out of school; because the men whom you have vot-1 id for and elected to the legislature: refuse to give it adequate support? ' Why is it, that when our legislators wish to economize, they begin on the. me state institution chartered forj women? Heed this statement, taxpayers, Winthrop turns into the state i treasury more money than all threeI. if the men's colleges. She turned in! ibis year $60,000. She is compelled j io do this, and yet the men*s Jnsti- j tctions are exempted. Why this In-: iustice ? The thing that 7,000 Win- j ihrop Daughters do not understand > s the discrimination. We would like a reply from the four gentlemen whom Williamsburg :ounty has sent to Columbia as representatives to the state legislature. We wpuld like to know how they stand in this matter. We cannot believe that they are in favor of such an unfair appropriation of the state's money. Williamsburg Winthrop Daughters. February 21, 1922. FARMER'S FIGHT FOR GOOD PRICES RESULTS IN KENTUCKY IN HIGHLY ORGANIZED TOBACCO MARKETING ASSOCIATION. I Lexington, Ky., Feb. 20.?From the days when Duyers weni irom uum w barn and bought tobacco to the highJv organized Burley Tobacco Co-operative Marketing Association, which this year is advancing as much money to giowers on a 40 per cent basis as was paid for t^e entire crop last season,: i- the progress made in marketing Kentucky's annual Burley tobacco crop of approximately 200,000,000 pounds. The farmer's fight for good prices for his product has been one of ups and downs. The 1920 crop brought him the highest prices he ever received for his tobacco, but the 1921 crop, that cost upward of eighteen; cents a pound to grow, was sold at, a loss, the season's average being j fourteen and one-half cents. With a view to averting a repeti- j tion of this Judge Robert W. Bingham,, Louisville - newspaper owner, became I interested in the co-operative mar- j keting plan, and in company withJ several growers, visited Barney Baruch in New York and laid be-, fore him a plan for financing the cjop.. Oh March 28, a meeting of tobacco growers from Wisconsin, Indiana, J Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Caro- j lina and Georgia was held here, at, which Aaron Shapiro presented the plan under which California fruit and giain growers and other producers < are organized. From this meeting; tlie movement to organize the Bur- | ley tobacco growers was launched, | and after several months 85 per cent of the crop was pledged and the Bur-, ley Tobacco Co-operative Marketing association incorporated in North Carolina. When the Kentucky General Assembly met the first of the year, tjhe E.'ngham Co-operative Marketing bill was passed in record time and the association then incorporated in Kentucky. In the meantime, however, the association had secured 117 tobacco warehouses in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky for its exclusive use. The War Finance Corporation and banks in the interested districts pledged almost $6,000,000 to the association. On January 26 the warehouses here were opened for the receipt of pledged tobacco and it was graded upon delivery by the grower and a check for an estimated value of 40 per cent of the worth of the crop advanced to the growers. Four days later the houses throughout the Burley district were opened and tobacco began to pour in. This plan will be in operation for at least five years, the farmers having signed up for this period of time. Prior to 1904, the barn to barn sale was in vogue. After this period the loose leaf warehouse, where the tobacco was taken by farmers and auctioned off, was used exclusively. The first attempt to form a tobacco pool took place in Cincinnati in 1897, but was short lived. The famous Equity Society, with its attendant night riding and other evidences of dissatisfaction, was organized in 1905. The Burley Society was organized along similar lines, the next spring. After several year# the Equity disbanded. The Burley, however, continued to operate. It is said that never more than 30 per cent of tbe crop was pledged to It in any year. The loose leaf warehouse system has been in use during the last few years and there now are several hundred such houses in Kentucky alone, i with many others in the adjoining states. The crux was reached in January, j 1921, when farmers offered their j high priced 1920 crop for sale. The average price paid on the opening day of the whole was far below the cost of production, and many growers faced ruin. -o Burrowg-Maynard. Mr. H. C. Maynard, formerly connected with the Paragon restaurant I here, but now of Brunswick, Ga., and Miss Myrtie Burrows, a former em ploye of the restaurant, were quiet- J 1 y married Tuesday, February 21, at! the home of the bride's parents, on R F. D. No. 1, Kings tree. The happy couple left for Brunswick shortly after the ceremony. CLUB WOMEN DENOUNCE LAW ONLY ONE REFUSES TO INDORSE WET RESOLUTION. Between thirty and forty women were at a meeting in the Biltmore Hotel, New York, a few days ago when the chairman called lor a rising vote of all those in fav./. of prohibition. One woman stood up. The women were members of the Woman's Democratic Club, of which Mrs. George H. Childs is president. The subject of prohibition was injected into the otherwise routine meeting by Miss Elizabeth Marbury, who is on the Democratic National Committee. Her attack on prohibition was received with loud applause. Hei appeal for light wines and beers received another ovation. The Vomer were beginning to exchange recipes for home brew when the chairman rapped for order. "The Volstead act is serious and it's going to take an enormous amount of pressure if it is ever changed," began Miss Marbury. "Don't be deceived by the figures the prohibitionists give out as representing the number who drank before the war anc the number who drink now. Th< question is, cot how many drink now but is drinking the worst sin among us. Let us assume that we have reduced intemperance. What abou' drug addiction ? "I personally know and have talke* to welfare workers and others wh< nacnrA mp that drusr addiction ha." increased since the Volstead act wa; passed. These welfare workers wen always hopeful about curing intern peranee, but not so hopeful about th< addicts. It is much easier for a gir ion the stage, or any other girl, t< acquire the drug habit than the drinl habit "We women would never advocab the return of the unrestricted coynei saloon, but we have got to do some thing. We know the Volstead act i: not being observed, and I throw dowi | my gauntlet here and say it neve; ; will be observed. I believe final] that 80 pei; cent of the well to d< residents pi thi$ -city breqk the Vol stead act continuously. Why ? Be cause the-conscience of the average person doesn't rebel at breaking tha law. "The fact that you can get wine: ar.d whiskies proves that there is ; hole >omewhere in the enforcemen program and that the prohibition lav >" ??? wo feel tra ran hre.fl.lc. I."? V/11V vu?b *? V AW? > w - ? ? clamor here and now for a provisioi that will give us light wines am beer. The operation pf the law ii unjust: We owe it to ourselves an< fc- our political party to have th< phohibition law put on a more equal able basis so that it does not protec some interests and fail to protec others. j "Which is a worse crime, to knocl a man in the head and take awa? I his watch or connive with the boot leggers and fill your cellars with il licit drinks? It's time for us worn en to get together and think of thi serious aspects of this prohibitioi condition." Mrs. Childs rose with gavel in ham ar.d announced that she thought the} 1 ought to take a vote on the question 'T don't think any one takes the lav seriously," she said. "How many ol you are in favor of prohibition?" I One woman in the front row, Mrs William M. Brann of New Jersey rose. "I don't believe modification of th< Volstead act will ever come," saic Mrs. Brann. "If you put it to a vot* the prohibitionists will win." "Those are my sentiments," Miss Marburg interjected, with a sad not* in her voice. "I suppose it would t>< - ? -* ? about nve against one xur yivmuiuun. "What about modifying the Volstead act so that we could have light wines and beer?" suggested Mrs. Anna Naughton, Democratic leader oi the Fifteenth Assembly district, "Couldn't we have that as a separate measure and we women work for it?" "W% can do a lot to create sentiment in favor of such a measure," vouchsafed Mrs. Johi\ S. CLeary, "Fm not in favor of prohibition. The law will never be kept. Well have our Some brew and our home wine. But the trouble is we can't all make it" "I never drank anything until prohibition came and since then I've taken anything I could get," broke in FARMERS ORGANIZE CLUB. Regular Meetings Scheduled for Discussion of Important Subjects. i i Cedar Swamp, Feb. 22.?Just about a month ago eighteen farmers of this immediate community were invited to dme at the home of a fellow farmer, and also added to this number were; our farm and home demonstration agents, the Red Cross secretary and the vocational teacher of this county. After dinner, (truly it was an en-, jcyable dinner, for pure bred Durocks barbecued appeals to the taste of thej most fastidious) at the suggestion of Mr. Cathcart the men organized a community club to meet at the school building at regularly appointed times to hear subjects discussed, and to ask questions and receive all the in> formation that can be had concerning matters of vital importance to i' them just now. Miss McMurray very j fittingly suggested that the ladies | meet at the same time and place, and 11 talk about matters of interest to them, i We have had two very interesting i meetings since the club organized with both men and women present. [ At the last meeting, sweet potatoes, ; preparing seed beds, fertilizing the . first planting from which you expect . to get the vines for planting the mar. ket crops, cucumber planting for K/mnc -fnr m4rlrnf PTfltiTlD' . IllfllJiCWy 1/VCMiO AV4 !??? WW; w I and packing, instructions to the pro, ducer before shinping, etc. We have no plungers, bat rather conservative , and experienced planters interested . ir? this new industry, t The ladies will have a very entertaining subject for the next meeting, j and all who are interested in poultry . I raising, home gardening and where , | they can find the best market for the }; sale of anything raised on the farm [ will do well to be present at the next meeting. Agriculturist. - ! 1 Young Man Shot. . | A young white man was brought .to the Kelley Sanitarium here Tuess! day night suffering from a gunshot ' j wound in his side and inflicted, It is r 1 alleged, by Bush Brown, a negro man. The trouble, it appears, is the out3 growth of an overload of bad booze, 1 which it is said the white men had r oil The shooting occurred in the 1 Fowler community about Ave miles J east oT town. ; DeWitt McCutchen, the young man who was shot is a son of Mr. Thos. ; Mc?utchen of that neighborhood. He 1 was accompanied by a brother and a relative of the same name. Sheriff 3 Gamble went to the scene of the shoot3 ing Tuesday night and placing Bush t Brown under arrest, brought him to 7 Kingstree and lodged him in jail. I Tb?ro is evidence of much shooting * around the negro's house, and he 1 claims that the white men were s .shooting \ap his house, and that he i shot in protection of his home. He s made no effort to escape. The young man in the hospital is t it. a serious, though not necessarily t critical condition. c Meeting of H. Y. W. j Mrs. C. C. Campbell in a very . charming manner entertained the H. - Y. W. club Thursday afternoon ?t - the home of Mrs. W. C. Hemingway. ?| The parlors were beautifally decorati ed with red hearts and potted plants. After a pleasant half hour of coni versation and sewing the guests found r partners for a very interesting "Heart . Romance" contest by matching hearts, r j Mrs. B. G. Guess and Miss Dess f Gowdy cutting for prize. Mrs. W. C. Hemingway and Mrs. G. B. Ingra. ham sang several beautiful and apf propriate selections with Mrs. L. tr. Day and Miss Carrie Baker playing ? their accompaniments. 1 Sandwiches and hot chocolate were ? served. The invited guests were Mesj dames C. M. Lambert and G. B. In5; graham. ? ' 1 ' ' | ;! Mrs. Alice C. Kraft. This statement ' received applause. 1 "I believe prohibition will be en'? 1 * ? *!.? anr? tn flvp VMFS , lurtcu %AJ UiC UUUVCV U1IU ?* w ^ this country will be absolutely dry," : warned Mrs. Brann. "But, mind you, , I am not for prohibition. I'm not i for the Volstead act. But I say that ' if you have the law you ought to help enforce it. I drink as I have always done." Before the meeting ended the worn-1 : en adapted a resolution favoring the ! bill recently introduced in the legis-1 , lature providing for the doubling of i the number of the county committeemen. This has the support of the Republican women, whose represents-: i tive introduced it hi the assembly and j i the senate. W ? t FURNITURE STOCK SOLD AT AUCTION SALE ATTRACTS MANY BIDDERS ?STOCK AND OTHER ASSETS PURCHASED BY S. J. DEERY. The public sale to attract most attention here in many years was that on Tuesday of the large stock of the Kingstree Furniture Company, including office fixtures and accounts. The sale was made under bankrupt proceedings by order of Referee R. J. Kirk. Mr. L. D. Rodgers being trustee, conducted the sale, which took place at noon in the Central Warehouse where the stock of the bankrupt company was located. The sale was attended by a large representation of local citizens and furniture dealers of more or less prominence from various parts of the country, a number from outside thjs state. ? Pursuant to the order of the court the assets of the company were sold separately, the first to come undfcr the hammer was the office fixtures and accounts which were knocked down to the highest bidder for $1,225.00. The stock of furniture was sold in nine separate lots, one lot consisting of second hand furniture that had been reclaimed by the company. The total amount bid for the nine lots amounted to only $2,970.00. Immediately following this sale the entire stock, office fixtures and accounts were offered as a whole and bidding took on a lively attitude. Starting at $4,195 the bidding Was fast and spirited until it readied the sum of $12,350 at which it was finally knocked down to LeRoy Lee, Esq., for his client, Mr. S. J. Decry. It is probable that the salesroom of the Kingstree Furniture Company, which has been closed for some weeks will reopen for business in the next few days. , ? , Personals From Hemingway. Hemingway, Feb. 20.?Mrs. Robbie McElveen of Lake City, is spending sometime with her mother, Mrs. J. A. Cockfield. Mr. Vance Gowdy of Florence, and Mr. Leon Coker of PampKco, were in town Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sauls of Lake C'ty, spent the week-end with relatives here. Misses Dess Gowdy and Lena Thomas spent the week-end in Lake City. Miss Cleo Clybourn returned Sunday from Baltimore, Md. Misses Kennedy and Martin spent the week-end in Kingstree. Mr! and Mrs. G. S. Hemingway and daughter, Miss Nan and Mr. W. T. Hemingway were in Florence Saturday on business. Messrs. R. H. Sauls and E. L. Rogers attended an agricultural meetzng i:t Florence Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lourie Taylor of Vox, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ard here.. Mr. Duncan Cambell spent Sunday f 1 at Cartersville. Messrs. W. T. McLeod of Lynchburg, and Furnie Rhem of Rhems, ^ were pleasant callers in town Sunday. \Tr r. r. Camnbell was in Florence Monday on business. Mr. George, Cameron 01 Andrews, spent Monday night in town. Miss Sarah Griswall of thfe college of Charleston, spent the week-end with her father. Mesdames W. C. Hemingway, D.. G. Huggins and C. p. Campbell attended a formal reception at the home of Mrs. A. G. Eaddy at John1 sonville Saturday afternoon, j Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Simmons of , Timmonsville, spent Monday here with, friends and relatives. ' The Girl Scouts rendered a most enjoyable program Tuesday evening, February 14th in the school auditorium. As a male quortette sang popular songs the different girl scouts pantomimed each song. An old time spelling bee was last on the program which was greatly enjoyed by ever^ one picscum ~ O Tin Plate Head Sentenced. Lakin C. Taylor, former president of the Pittsburgh Tin Plate and Steel [ Company, was sentenced.last week to serve not less then fourteen months | nor more than two years in the penitentiary. V\ Taylor was convicted on a conspiracy charge based upon the misrepre- -I sontation of stock in the plant. . Send your Job Printing to us I . - , -i