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: ' ^ '' : . . . I ?ljc Co untj} PccorO. VOLUME 36?NO. | THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S.C, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922. 1922. # PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE WGOVERNOR VETOES TAX EXTENSION ACT EXECUTIVE SAYS CREDIT OF STATE WOULD BE INJURED. Contending that the resolution extending the time for the payment of taxes would injure the credit of the state and that the section providing that the payment of taxes at any time would allow him to vote in the general election of 1922 is unconstitutional .Governor Cooper, in a special me- sage to the senate, Monday night returned the measure without his signature. The resolution was iny Produced by Senator Wells, of Edge1 V. > ftftlH. and was Dassed by both houses, the extension being until June 1. Because of the lack of a quorum the senate passed the resolution over until Tuesday's session for considera* , tion. The executive states that notes 'of the state aggregating $1,500,000 for 192:1 extension are outstanding j and that there is only $300,000 in the state treasury. The great credit of the state is due to its being able to meet its obligations, he stated, and should the resolution become a law it will impair this credit oif the verge of another necessary loan. The governor said that after consultation with Walter E. Duncan, it had been decided by him should the governor's veto be sustained to extend the time for the payment of h taxes until 'April 1, which he is allowed to do under the law with the consent of the executive. After this date the penalty of 7 per cent will become operative and executions issued. He contended that the resoluL tion will not materially help the peopie behind with their taxes and it will materially injure the ceredit of V the state. LX- fallowing is the text oi tne veto message: ;.y ' "I am returning without my signature the senate joint resolution NO. 221 entitled 'A joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of state and county taxes for the year .1921 until June 1. 1922, with certain penalties., "The state new has .outstanding $1,500,000 of 1921 notes whltih were issued under specific authority contained in Section 66 of the Appro-1 pcriation Act of 1921. We have in the treasury only $300,000 available for the payment of these notes, and if .this joint resolution becomes law it is my opinion that the credit of the state will be impaired. The fact that South Carolina has never failed notes nromntlv shows that' , ? r-/ r r the credit of the state has been zealously protected, thereby enabling the local officers to borrow money in the market at most reasonable rates, v Under the terms of the resolution in question a person may pay his taxes on August 1 with a penalty of 8 per cent and this penalty is no greater than that which has been in existence from January 1 to this date. The law at pj^ent fixes the penalty as 1 per cent a month and if this penalty has failed to cause the payment of taxes during January and February it is fair to conclude that a similar penalty willl cause the payment of taxes prior to September ^ Immediately upon the adjourn'V ment of :he general assembly it will be necessary for the state to borrow money for the fiscal year 1922 and it is very evident that inability to pay 1921 notes will effect our credit for 1922. "Section 2 of the Joint resolution provides that the payment of taxes any tinv; covered by the resolution hall authorize any person to vote in the general election in 1922. Section 4 of Article 2 of the Constitution requires the payment of poll taxes six months prior to an election and this provision of the jcint resolution is therefore unconstitutional. "In the recent case of Abernathy versus Wolfe, Attorney General, in the opinion of Circuit Judge Moore so construing this provision of the constitution was affirmed in toto by 4 our supreme court "The Code of 1922 gives the comptroller general the right, with the approval of the governor, to extend the time for the payment of any taxes without penalty. I have con, ferred with the comptroller general u and he has stated that if this resJ olution does not become a law he ovill extend the time for the payment ^p,'bf taxes until April 1, 1922, at which time the penalty of 7 per cent will i REPORT OF GRAND JURY. i Made to the Honorable S. G. W. Ship, Judge Presiding. We, the Grand Jury of the County i of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina beg leave to make this our report to your Honor: We wish to express our appreciation to your Honor for the instructive charge given to us, which facilitated our work. We have passed upon and reported to the court on all bills of indictment handed to us by the solicitor. We wish to make the following recommendations, with the hope that J they will be carried out: We, in tne nrst piace, wisu iu t<*n the attention of the Board of County Commissioners to the recommendations that were made by our body during the fall term of this court, 1921, to wit: The repairing of the servants house and furnishing the county superintendent's office with a typewriter, which have not yet received attention, as we understand. We also understand that the sewerage system in t&e county jail is in a very unsanitary condition and we rqpommend and desire that the same be attended to at once. Owing to conditions we And existing in the office of the Supervisor and County Commissioners, we deem ic wise to have said office audited and an efficient system of records installed, therefore we have impowered the following committee on public offices and privileges, to wit: L. R. Mcintosh, H. 0. Welch and C. Tucker to have the same done by securing from the comptroller general the services of an expert to do the same at once. This being the first term of court for \he' year, we have divided ourselves into committees to look after roads, schools, chain gangs and county officers. We wish to thank Solicitor McLeod for the help that he has given us, surf we wish to aeain thank your ?r- -- ? Honor for assistance given us. Respectfully submitted, Grand Jury of Williamsburg county, | South Carolina. L. R. Mcintosh, Foreman. Kingstree, S. C., February 28, 1922. o Play Party at Rock Branch School. On Friday night, February 18, there were gathered together at Rock Branch school house about one hun- . dred and fifty people, both young and old to take part in a play party. They all had bright, shining faces and lroked as though they had come prepared to have a good time. It was really one of the nicest crowds that has ever been at a play party and | e\ ery body joined in the games with a hearty good will and did their best. The games began about 7 o'clock and kept up until nearly ten. The List /few minutes were spent in singinj? some of the old familiar songs. And the Rock Branch folks can sing almost as well as they can play games, which is saying a lot. The way they ate dry soda crackers in the "Cracker Relay race" and played "Follow the Leader," "Slap Jack," "Magic Money" and all other games was a sight worth seeing. The County Agents and the Red Cross secretary who had charge of the play party, wish to thank Miss Allie Montgomery, teacher of the Rock Branch school, for her splendid cc-operation in helping to make the occasion a success, and they also wish tj congratulate the people on the fine community spirit which was displayed by all. It is hoped that some more meetings of this sort can be held In the near future. o 1 Send us your order* for job printing , become effective and executions will be issued. This will give ample time j and notices to persons who have not; paid their taxes and at the same j time enable the state to meet its j obligations and protect its credit. "I am not unmindful or indiffer-: ent to the conditions which I obtain I throughout the state. I am in sym- j pathy with any effort to help those' of our people who are unable to meet the payment of their taxes, but I cannot see how this resolution will materially help them and I am sure it will materially injure the state's credit." On Tuesday night by the vote of 82^^,3 the veto of Governor Cooper on the Weill's resolution extending the time for the payment of taxes until June 1 was overridden by the senate. SALES TAX FAIES TO GET SUPPORT PLAN TO REPORT ADJUSTED COMPENSATION BILL WITHOUT PROVISION FOR MONEY. Rejection 7 to 2, a proposition to pay the soldiers' bonus by means oi a sales tax, the special subcommittee of Republican members of the house of ways and means committee is understood to have gone on record 8 to 4, in favor of reporting out an adjusted compensation bill without any provision for raising the revenue. Aside frqpi the ballots on the sales tax and a bill without a revenue provision there were said to have been several other votes in the subcommittee. It was learned that a motion to report a bill carrying only an insurance provision was defeated, 6 to 2. Both proponents and opponents of a sales tax appeared to be surprised by the vote on that proposition. Both sides had been claiming a victory with each seemingly expecting a fairly close vote. Four members of the subcommittee were reported to have favored a further postponement of bonus legislation in the belief that in time the pioblem of finance would solve itself. Postponement is opposed, however, by a big majority of the committee and also by many members of the house. Chairman Fordney reiterated that a bonus bill would be passed at this session and other committeemen expressed the same view. Some supporters of the sales tax expressed the view today that President Harding might again take r hand in the bonus controversy. It became known that Representatives Frear and Dickinson of Iowa and Woodruff of Michigan called on Chairman Fordney and laid before him the whole situation placing emphasis on its political aspects. They a % _ 9 were understood to nave ceraenaea that a sales tax would cause general dissatisfaction throughout the country, would make the soldiers* bonus extremely unpopular with the people and might result in political upheavals in many normally solid Republican districts. Those favoring the passage of a bonus bill without any provision for raising the revenue said such legislation could be followed by another bill giving the secretary or the treasury authority to use proceeds from the refunded foreign bonds in paying the bonus. Special machinery for paying the bonus will have to be set up In the war department, it was said, with a large staff of clerks necessary to examine the records of the service men, Jatavwnino amOUnt that W UCbViliKdv each is to receive. Some doubt was expressed today that the cash payments could be started on next October, the date fixed in the bonus bill as amended. While the house committee was wrestling with the bonus problem the subject was brought on the floor of the senate by Senator Moses (Republican) of New Hampshire, who announced his opposition to the adjusted compensation legislation even with a sales tax attached. The New Hampshire senator's position was attacked from the Democratic side with Senator Heflin of Alabama leading the assault o Burrowg-Maynard Nuptials. Salters Depot, Feb. 27.?A marriage of much interest to her many frienas was that of Miss Myrtie Burrows of Salters to Mr. Homer C Maynard of Brunswick, Ga., which took place at the Methodist parsonage Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. On account of sickness in the bride's family only the immediate family and a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, pastor of the bride, the ring service being used. The bride was i ......i,. m a traveline suit urcviimi?i/ HW14V4 ? ? ? of brown cloth with hat, shoes and gloves of a matching shade. Endowed with a cordial open manner and a winning personality the bride has endeared herself to hosts of friends in Salters and Kingstree where she has held a position with the Kingstree Telephone company for the past two years. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple motored over to Lanes, * * * - 0 accompanied Dy a numoer 01 menus, where they boarded Atlantic Coast Line train No. 89 for their future home in Brunswrick, Ga.( where Mr. Maynard is engaged in business. TURNER TO SERVE TERM IN ATLANTA ? AYUfOR WELL KNOWN IN COLUMBIA PLEADS GUILTY AND GETS YEAR AND DAY. 1 Savannah, Ga., Feb. 24.?Occasioned by circumstances and the advice 1 of the district attorney, Roscoe Turn! or, aviator, indicted by the United States grand jury for conspiracy ana having in his possession stolen government property, brought here for ' trial, entered a plea of guilty before Judge Evans this afternoon and was [fined $50 and sentenced to imprison, ment in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta for a year and a day. After his sentence Turner said: | "I'm going to serve it like a man. : I am innocent, but I believe I took . kftr>f wfltr Allf An/4 oTfor* T loavp IUC UtC V n?J VUV* AilM IMWi * .VV. . the iron doors of the pen behind I'm going in again for exhibition flying. Turner was jointly indicted with Harry Runser, who has been arrested in Fort Wayne, Ind., for buying a stolen plane and will be brought to i Savannah within the next few days. His trial had been set for next Wed- ; resday but the district attorney is 1 doubtful whether he will be here by j that time. i Roscoe Turner was arrested in Co- < Jumbia several weeks ago charged 1 with having in his possesion a atolen < government airplane. The airplane in question was alleged to nave oeen , the one missing from Parris Island. ; Turtier, who is well known in Co- < lumbia and throughout South Caro- 1 lina, was placed in the Richland coun- ] ty jail where he remained until last Monday morning, when he was taken ] to Savannah for trial. Runser, Turner's flying partner, who ] is under arrest, is also well known in ' Columbia, having been fn the flying . game with Turner in this section for i about two years. I It twill be recalled by readers ot i The County Record that Turner and 1 Runser gave a flying exhibition in j Kingstree on July 4 last year. 1 o_ Lanes Locals. 1 ??? Lanes, Feb. 28.?We had quite a down-pour of rain here Monday night 1 The fore-cast for the first part of 1 the vcek is cloudliness and rain though, so we must look up our umbrellas and rubbers. Dr. W. G. Gamble was called to r If J-" Cfnl-oo miics muiiua^ tu abuciiu iuio. mwavu} mother of an efficient member of the Lanes school faculty. We hope Mrs. Stokes will improve rapidly. Mr. M. F. Montgomery was noted in Lanes Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. L. Chandler, Mrs. Nettles, Mrs. Sparks, Miss Willie Sparks and Miss Burrows, all of Salters, attended services at the Baptist church here Sunday afternoon. Mr. A. M. Gordon, Sr., of Kingstree, was noted in Lanes Monday. We are sorry to note that Miss Frances McKnight is on the sick list. We hope she will be out again soon. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Brown and Mrs. C. J. Thompson, of Kingstree, were noted in Lanes Sunday. Mr. E. E. Rodgers, who has accepted a position in Dillon, spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Rodgers. Dr. Montgomery of Kingstree, was i noted in Lanes Thursday. < o Death of Mrs. L. C. Kellahan. Mrs. Kellahan, wife of Mr. L. C. Kellahan died at the home of her husband at Warsaw on Thursday ' night February 23, aged about 67 years. Remains were buried at An- 1 drews Friday afternoon. The deceas- 1 ed is survived by her husband and 1 six children, three daughters and three sons, among the latter being Mr. Tom M. Kellahan of Kingstree. o Mrs. Henry Cade Passes Away. Mrs. Henry Cade died at her home : on the western limits of Lake City ! Tuesday, the 21st, at 9 o'clock, and interment was at Graham's cemetery i near Cades Wednesday at 11 o'clock, ] conducted by Rev. H. H. Baldwin. ] Mrs. Cade before her marriage was Miss Ruth Parsons of Cades and is 1 survived by her husband, mother, Mrs. ] Foxworth; three sisters, Miss Leitha Parsons of Lake City, Mrs. Coker of . this section and Mrs. William Baxley . j of Hemingway, and one brother, Geo. : Parsons of this place, also two small ] children, Laurie and Heyward.?Lake : City News. 1 COURT GENERAL SESSIONS. Albert Dukes Gets 20 Years for Blowing Head off Another Negro. The spring term of court of general sessions, Williamsburg county, convened here on Monday with Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of Florence, presiding. Solicitor McLeod was on duty, and Cliff Langford, stenographer of the first judicial circuit, acted for Stenographer Stack, who has been ill for some time. Although no case of unusual import was tried one negro, Albert Dukes, alias Albert Madison, was given a sentence of 20 years on a charge of manslaughter. The young negro shot and killed Kennedy Madison, another negro on the place of M. K. Mcintosh, about five miles west 01 Kingstree. Solicitor McCleod agreed to accept a plea of manslaughter ahd the case did not go to e. jury. ?j+ The case, Mack Roe, an old negro man, charged with having killed a white man named Disher, will be tried today. This case has attracted considerable attention and it is thought that a large crowd will attend the trial. Roe has no counsel and Judge Shipp appointed Attorney Hemingway to defend him. Counsel asked for the three days allowed in such cases and this necessitated the adjournment of court on Tuesday morning until Thursday when the Roe case will be called. A family .fight was freely aired in court in the case of M. C. Parker, Frank Fry and B. C. Fry, all charged with assault and battery with intent to kjlL Solicitor entered a nol pros in the case of Frank Fry. The jury acquitted B. C. Fry and found &*. U. rapr guilty 01 simple assault. A fine of $40 was imposed but suspended during the good behavor of Parker. The prosecuting witness was A. H. McAlveen, brother-in-law of the defendants. He claimed that they beat hipL The case of Leon McKnight, charged with assault and battery with intent to killt was'thrown out by the grand jury. McKnight, a young white boy residing near town, was charged with having hit Albert James with a baseball bat. Isaac Cokley, assault and battery with intent to kill, plead guilty to assault and battery of a high and ag giavated nature and was given four months. Jeffry* Williams, violation of the prohibition law; case thrown out by the solicitor. William Gardner, charged with housebreaking and larceny, plead guilty and was sentenced to one year. Stephen Chandler plead guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was fined $40, which he paid. William Scott, colored, indicted for violation of the prohibition law, was tried and Judge Shipp directed a verdict of not guilty, the state having failed to prove its case. Greelyville Items. Greelyville, Feb. 27.?Prof. S. P. Stackley. John Hugh Hardy and Grier Montgomery motored to Kingstree Monday afternoon on business. Misses Henrie Louise Johnson, Lillian Hardy and Mr. Dan Hardy were visitors in Andrews Saturday. The will be a declamation contest at the school auditorium Friday evening March the 3rd, a cordial invitation is extended to all. Miss Francis Lesesne was a visitor in Foreston Sunday. Mrs. W. K. Mcintosh, Miss Louise Epps and G. T. Mcintosh were visitors here last Wednesday. Mr. Raymond Wells, Misses Lucille and Belle McElveen also Joe Burbage went to Manning Sunday afternoon. Recent Marriages. Mr. Henry Barfield and Miss Leila Harrington, both of the Lanes section were married here last Saturday, February 25, by Jurge of Probate, W. E. Snowden. On the same day Mr. Givins Nettles was married to Miss Carrie Marlow, both of Hemingway, by Judge Snowden. Mr. Willie C. Miller was married to Miss Lillian A. Brunson of Darlington by the Rev. Geo. P. White, on Monday, February 27. The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Miller of this place. On Tuesday, February 28, Mr. Willie E. Burrows of Kingstree was married to Mrs. Annie Chandler of Salters Depot * BUYS TEN MILLION POUNDS TOBACCO A * LARGE SALE BY KENTUCKY TOBACCO CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION. | Encouraging reports from the Ken(tucky Tobacco Co-operative Marketing Association are - feeing received daily at the. Tri-Statfe Association Headquarters "hi Jlorenck '* -Several large deals at satisfactory prices have been reported to have been made within the last few days. Among the number was one to Liggett & Myers of twenty-two million pounds and a more recent one to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ^of ten million pounds. A number of other sales have been made to the largest Independent concerns. These sales are being made in "Winter Order" or just in the same condition as delivered by the farmers. This will be gratifying news so v South Carolina members of the TriState organization, as it now looks as ~ it they will not have to hold and redry any considerable quantity of their tobaccos. President Stone is reported as saying in an interview: "That's what our organization was, organized for," said Mr. Stone, "to sell tobacco and we are selling it and going to sell still more of it. The prices we have received for what has been sold have been entirely satisfactory to the officials of the association, and we feel sure will be satisfactory to the growers, who are members of the association." Mr. Bright Williamson of Darlington, Mr. T. B. tferng of Florence and Mr. EL C. Epps of Kingstree were in ^ Raleigh, N. C., last week at the regular meeting of the Tri-State Board of Directors of the Tobacco Grower's Co-operative Marketing Association. One of the matters attended to at this meeting was the arranging for a simpler fom of contract for the toutefdef -who haa-nat y*t signed, an ^ ^ this can now be done since the association has incorporated and organized. As so many have made applications to join since the completion of the organization, it is supposed that a clean up campaign will soon be put on, and will be arranged for at this meeting. o > Young Man Visits Homefolk. Salters, Rt 2, March 1.?Mr. Ben Rich burg, son of Mr. J. E. Richburg, Creelyville, who is employed in Charlotte, N. C., as a motorman by the street railway company, recently visited his homefolk in this community. On his way here he stopped in Columbia and was held up there by two unknown men who robbed him of $47.00. The police were notified but he failed to get his money back. Mr. (Richburg is well pleased with Char IC/bte aiLU 1119 pvsiuuu. 11C Iiuviuiii us that the cry of hard times is never heard in that city. He returned there on Tuesday of this week. Bartow Burgees Injured by Fall. While negaged adjusting some shafting at the plant of the Williamsburg Liberty Milling Co., Mondoy n oming Mr. Bartow Burgess fell about twenty feet receiving a painful cut on his head which struck the large fly wheel of the engine which was in motion at the time. His back struck across a large timber. For a time the young man was unconscious, and was rushed to the Kelley sanitarium where he soon regained consciousness. An ex-ray examination failed to reveal any injury to his back beyond severe external Kniieec To Erect Handsome Home. Mr. W. I. Nexsen has recently let a contrart for the erection of a very handsome residence to be located on his lot at the head of Academy street. The building will be a two-story brick venired bungalow and will probably cost in the neighborhood of $20,000. Work on the building will be commenced at once by Hay Harrington, who will have charge. John A. Patrick, about forty years ox age, who lived about five miles from St. George was shot and seriously wounded Saturday night while on his way home. Willie Carr was placed under arrest and charged with the shooting. Mr. Patrick was rushed to a hospital in Charleston.