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^ VOLUME 36?NO. 45 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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DEATH SENTENCE
FOR CHANDLER
JURY REACHES VERDICT AFTER
DELIBERATING ONLY SEVENTEEN
MINUTES.
Greenville, March 24.?After 17
minuter' deliberation, the jury in the
case of Jeff Chandler, charged with
killing his wife and mother-in-law,
here February 25, returned a verdict
of guilty of first degree murder at
3:48 this afternoon, after which Judge
Frank B. Gary sentenced Chandler to
die in the electric chair on April 21.
"It is Hoped that God will show
you more mercy than you showed your
victims," said the court in pronouncing
sentence on the convicted man.
"The evidence shows that you took
the lives of your victims in a most
heartless manner. You yet have time
to make peace with your Maker. May
God have mercy on your soul."
Only three witnesses were placed
on the stand before the arguments in
the case began, and no testimony of
any grea~ importance was developed.
The case was started last Tuesday
in criminal court here.
When the sentence was passed upon
Chandler, who claimed insanity, a
smile lighted his pale face for the
first time since the trial began. The
smile then was faint and of shcrt duration.
Beside him stood Lis brother,
J. Airch Chandler, whe has worked
faithfully and stood by liim consistently
since the trouble started,
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Co-operate with Warehousemen.
The greatest piece of constructive
business rver undertaken in the south
will begin next week at a scries of
meetings between the directors of the
tobacco growers' co-operative association
and over 400 warehousemen of
the Carolina's and Virginia. *
Organized tobactj growers intend
to keep faith with all warehouse interest
and will offer owners of wareVnnca
.xo?+*r on nnnortnnitv to sell
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or lease their holdings to the tobacco
growers' co-operative association,
according to announcement from the
Ealeigh headquarters of the association.
The association has already been
assured the use of a large number of
properties at a majority of important
marketing canters in the Carolina's
and Virginia, and secured assurance
of ample financing to carry out
Its program of constructing receiving
points wherever necessary.
Sixty-fire thousand Carolina and
Virginia growers who co-operate together
tc market their tobacco are
i inviting the co-operation of the ware1
housemen of the three states through
this offer of their leaders which affords
an equal chance to all who after
d these meetings. This announcement
was made by T. C. Watkins,
Jr., director of warehouses, who with
the committee on warehouses, composed
of directors from three states, will
attend al! meetings.
Warehousemen and owners of warehouses
in South Carolina will be noti,
fled of the opportunity to confer with
officials of the tobacco growers' cooperative
association regarding final
terms for the leasing or sale of their
warehouse facilities, as agreed upon
by directors of the association.
* This meeting of South Carolina
warehousemen will take place in Florence
on Saturday, April 8, at 11:00
a m., in the First National Bank
DTwaing.
Letters to be mailed today to over
four hundred warehousemen in the
three stales and signed by T. C. Watkii*s,
Jr.. director of warehouse, J. Y.
Joyner, chairman of the warehouse
committee, N. H. Williams and T. B.
Young, of Virginia and South Carolina,
respectively, state that the association
expects to offer an acceptable
proposition to warehousemen, cover|
ing their physical properties. The
association will need the services of
a number of experienced and efficient
warehousemen, upon acceptable terms,
According to this letter.
At these conferences in the Carolina's
ard Virginia, the association
will present to the warehousemen a
contract generally offering to lease
or purchase all warehouses at their
actual market value, as determined
by agreement or arbitration, payable
along the lines indicated in the association's
standard agreement, which
t c ^ 65,000 tobacco growers, including
> many warehousemen in the three
* states, have signed.
The association wants no man to
lose his investment by reason of its
* distance, according to this communication
from its directors to tbe waref
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REHABILITATION A SUCCESS.
D. R. Rowell Writes for Benefit ol
Disabled Vets.
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Editor County Record:
: Athens, Ga., March 24.?The State
College of Agriculture is the firsl
to announce cotton blossoms for this
, year. The cotton was grown in the
green house by a class of rehabilitation
students who are specializing ir
the cotton industry.
The State College is conducting experimental
plots in early varieties.
Arsenate cf lead experiments in poisoning
boll weevil has been conducted
by the rehabilition under the direction
of the agronony department for
the past two years.
More than three hundred rehabilitation
students are taking special
course in the agricultural college.
As fast as one completes his course
r. good position is awaiting for him
at a decent salary.
More than ninety per cent, cf the
I ex-service men are making good in
their studies, and more than fifty per
cent, of those who have completed
their course and accepted positions
are making good, as was announced
officially here Thursday.
Nearly eight thousand disabled
veterans who have accepted the vocational
training have completed their
courses and are holding responsible
and good paying positions.
Only known occupations from the
plow to the pulpit are held by disabled
veterans now.
The official reports show that only
fifty-five per cent, of these men are
making good.
If sixty per cent, of men who have
ro disabilities make good, that is
considered a good majority.
A large per cent of these men are
taking degree work, and are leading
in their classes in competion with
men who are not suffering from any
disability or impaired health.
Some of the high honored men at
the University of Georgia are disabled
vets. Two of the faculty members
are men who were impaired in
health and completed their training
here last year.
From these facts I can see no rea
son why the ex-service man snouia
r.ot be given vocational training and
fitted to make himself dependent instead
of retiring him on a pitiful
pension for life.
Good citizenship cannot be measured
in dollars and cents.
None of these men are wholly bad,
and all should have a chance to get
back in civilian life where they can
be useful men in peace as well as
in war.
D. R. Rowell, C. R. C.
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Stores to Gose Early.
The following named merchants and
places of business have signed an
agreement to close their stores, beginning
April 1st, at 6 o'clock p. m.,
except on Saturdays.
T. E. Baggett, Kingstree Dry Goods
Co., D. Sivlerman, Abe Elias, E.
Wakem, L. S. Weinberg, E. C. Burgess,
C. H. Miller & Co., D. J. Epps
& Son, Kingstree Hardware Co., C.
C. Burgess secretary and treasurer,
J. M/ McGill & Co., McGill Bros.,
Peoples Grocery Co., Peoples Market,
C. Tucker, Kingstree Grocery Co.,
The King Hardware Co., E. E. King
general manager, I. R. Gee, Crawford's
Shoe Shop, R. J. Burgess, Williamsburg
Furniture Co., S. J. Deery
general manager, Kozma Bros., Steele
Furniture Co., Walter Steele manager,
Williamsburg Hardware Co., L. K.
Mcintosh manager.
Mr. T. C. Watkins here Monday.
Mr. Tucker C. Watkins of South
Boston, Va., was a visitor to Kingstree
tliis week, arriving here Monday
afternoon from Florence in company
with Messrs Lee and Young.
These gentlemen, with Mr. E. C. Epps
were scheduled to be in Andrews
Monday nigbt, but Mr. Watkins was
so unwell upon his arrival here that
he was obliged to give up the trip.
Mr. Watkins is warehouse director
under the Tri-State Tobacco Growers'
Co-operative Marketing association,
having been chosen for this position
by the directorate at a recent meeting
held in the city of Raleigh, N.
C. The other three gentlemen named
vent to Andrews whore they addres^
ed a large gathering of farads.
Mr. Watkins remainedJ^f^until
Tuesday evening thrfMeft for his
home. He will retum. to this section
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housemen, who are invited to attend
these meetings with express authority
to execute a contract.
IT SHALL NOT FAIL.
f Two Thousand Farmers to Take the
Field in Cotton Canvass.
Columbia, March 27.?With "It
i Shall Not Fail" as their slogan, over
; I 2;000 farmers are preparing to take
?j the field of South Carolina beginning
! the first week in April to canvass
for signatures to the cotton cc-operai
tive marketing contract. The 2,000
i ci nvassers represent those who have
j already signed the contiact and who
, are convinced that the future pros!
perity of the state depends in a very
11 large measure on the successful com>
pletion of the campaign for the in.
formation of the South Carolina CotIon
Growers' Co-operative Association.
The month of March has been one
cf great activity in practically all
counties and great headway has been
rade. Over 100,000 bales have been
signed during this month and the machinery
has been perfected for the
great drive which is expected to bring
victory next month.
During the month of March bankcis,
preachers, lawyers, doctors and
teachers have joined with the farmers
in making speeches ovar the state
in behalf of tho movement. The
pienj and purposes of the association
have been explained in every cotton
growing county of the state.
Last week was a great week in
many of the counties. Marlboro has
now signed up 26,445 bales; Darlington
19,529 bales; and Sumter 17,000
bales. These are the three leading
counties. Lee county comes fourth
with 7,327 bales and Dillon is only
100 bales behind her. The four leading
counties have signed up over 70,000
bales or mors than one-sixth of
the quota for the whole state. These
four counties expect to sign a total
of 100,000 "r one-fourth of the quota
for the whole state before May 1.
Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson
and Laurens in the Piedmont section
are expected to sign up another 100,000.
Reports from over the state tell
of enthusiasm everywhere. The bankeis
and businessmen, realizing that
the prosperity of the state is dependent
to a great degree upon-the formation
of the association are throwing
themselves actively into the fight,
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Deaths at Lanes.
Last Thursday Mr. B. A. McKnight,
an estimable citizen of the Lane com- j
m unity died from me eneccs 01 a
case of influenza contracted some days
before pneumonia developed, which
was the immediate cause of his death.
A short time ago Mrs. McKnight
was taken ill with flu which soon dei
eloped into pneumonia. She died
just a week before her husband. At
thq same time that Mr. and Mrs. McKnight
were suffering from influenza,
a daughter was ill and the parents
neglected their own illness in their
attentive devotion to their sick daughter.
The latter we are glad to learn
is very much improved. Mr. McKnight
was about sixty years of age;
his wife was several years his junior.
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Death of L. C. Kellahan.
Mr. L. C. Kellahan, aged 67, died
at his heme at Warsaw Wednesday
night March 22, and was laid to rest
at Andrews by the side of his wife
who preceeded him to the grave by
only one month. Interment was made
Thursday. The deceased was a native
of North Carolina and came to
Williamsburg many years ago to join
his brother, the late Richard H. Kellahan.
He is survived by six children:
Messrs J. C., Andrews; Tom
M., Kingstree; R. Dowie, Warsaw;
Mesdames Annie Evans, Warsaw; J.
H. Elwell, Andrews; Alice Taylor,
Warsaw. Mr. Kellahan had been in
poor health for several years,
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Home Demonstration Meetings.
Mt. Vernon, Home Demonstration
Club, Friday March 31, at 3 o'clock,
school house.
Never Fail, Community meeting,
Friday March 31, at 8 o'clock, school
house.
County council meeting, Saturday
April 1st, at 3 o'clock, Demonstration
offee.
^Greelyville, Poultry association,
wkfonday April 3, at 3:30 o'clock. Greelyville.
W Cedar Swamp, Girls blub, Tuesday
'April 4, at 2:30 o'clock, Cedar Swamp
school.
* Central, Home Demonstration club,
Friday April 7, at 3:30 o'clock, Central
school.
Bethel, Community club, Wednesday
April 5, at 8 o'clock, Bethel school.
HATTIE McMURRAY,
Home Demonstration Agent.
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NEWS FROM HEMINGWAY.
i Kingstree Girls Lose at Basket Ball,
Last Week 24 to 9.
Hemingway, March 28.?Miss Dess
Gowdy most delightfully entertained
the H. Y. W. club on last Wednesday
evening at the home of Mrs. J. M.
Laddy. After a very pleasant hour
cf sewing and conversation, Mrs. G.
U. Ingraham sang several beautiful
eld songs with Miss Blcndell Cockfield
playing the accompaniment. The
idea of St. Pat nek's day v.as earned
out in a charming little contest.
Entitled "A Verdant Love Stoiy" in
which the word "green" played an
important part. Of those cutting for
the prize, Mrs. G. D. Ingraham was
the lucky winner of a dainty little
green linen handkerchief. At the
close of the evening the hestess served
delicious chocolate cream and fruit
cake. The invited guests weie Mesdames
J. E. Hemingway and G. B.
Ingraham.
On Wednesday afternoon, March 22,
the Kingstree girls' basket ball team
rlaved here aeainst the Hemingway
f 0 w
team. The game was well played by
both teams, resulting in a score of
24 to 9 in favor of Hemingway. Although
the Hemingway team has been
organized only since Christmas, it
bears the excellent record cf having
von every game played on the home
court. The opposing teams defeated
l ere were Johns onville, Indiantown,
Lake City, Pamplico and Kingstree. |
Dr. W. C. Hemingway, Messrs J.
E. Hemingway and G. 6. Ingraham
were in Florence Monday on business.
Mrs. Gasque of Marion, is the guest
of Miss Carrie Baker.
The Sunday school here was well
lepresented at the convention in Lake
City Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sansburry of
Lake City, spent Sunday here with
the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
J. Haselden.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos McCutchen and
family of Kingstree, spent one day
here last week with Mrs. G. S. Hemingway.
Mrs. Mamie Smith of Durham, N.
C., after a visit to her niece, Mrs.
Pridgen, left Friday to visit relatives
and friends at Wilmington, N. C.
The facility of the Hemingway high
school attended the teachers meeting
at Kingstree Saturday.
Miss Florence Hemingway, Messrs
Ben Hemingway and Billie Rollins
of Rome, were pleasant callers in
town Saturday afternoon.
Miss Blondell Cockfield spent Saturday
in Florence.
Mrs. Murser of Sanpit, spent parti
of last week here with her mother,
Mrs. J. C. Eaddy.
Mr. Robert Ingraham has accepted
a position with the A. C. L. Corp., of J
Georgetown.
Rate Investigation.
One of the three possible decisions
will be made by the Interstate Commerce
Commr'ssion when it has com- j
pleted consideration of the evidence
and argument in the general rate \
investigation, says the Washington
Herald, which "roughly" indicates the
following as likely to happen:
?1. No further reduction in railroad
rates and passenger fare while
the railroads are in their present financial
condition and in the absence
ci further reductions in operating
costs?which means reduction in
*ages.
2. A general reduction on all commodities
to meet the contention that
such a reduction will stimulate busi
r.ess and increase the business of the
railroads and in turn increase their
revenues.
3. Reductions on selected commodities,
such as coal, steel, iron and
N<her basic articles.
Former Governor John Burke of
North Dakota was treasurer of the
United States under the Woodrow
Wilson regime. You will find his
r.ame on all the paper money issued
during that period. A year ago Mr.
Burke joined a big brokerage house
operating in several cities, and gave
it his name. A few weeks ago the
firm suspended, and the financial world
sympathetically chuckled because "another
farmer had been taken in by
Wall Street." But Burke is showing'
the world that the broad-fisted sons
of The Dakotas do not die off so easily;
and instead of "crying over spilt
milk" John Burke is capitalizing his
lifelong reputation for honesty by
meeting with his numerous creditors,
who are signing up an extension of
time oc/their claims for three years
under the promise that Burke will
regpme business.
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CRIME INCREASE IN STATE.
Jail Commitments Larger Than for
Previous Year.
A marked increase in crime in
South Carolina, is indicated by the
county jail commitment statistics
just given out by the State Board
of Public Welfare. For the statistical
year ending June 20, 1921, the
total number of commitments to
the county jails of the state was
10,896, an increase of almost 48 per
cent ever the year before when the
commitments totaled only 7,386.
The population of the county chain
gangs shows a corresponding growth
of population. In 1920 on the days
cr. which the camps were visited by
the representative or the board of
public welfare the population was
875 negro and 80 white men. In
1921, however, the population showed
1,240 negroes and 200 whites, a total
growth of approximately 40 per
cent
The alarming increase in crime
that these figures show may be at4n'Kntv1
in Iito* n?rt. to the eeo
nomic reverses suffered by the people
of the state. Money can with
difficulty be obtained by justifiable
methods so the unprincipled and needy
have oftentime resorted to illegal
means of getting a livelihood. Besides,
the number of persons arrested
for violation of the prohibition
law has swelled the number of commitments.
This increase, however, does not
seem so serious when viewed in
comparison with the statistics for
other years. In 1916, for example,
just five years previous, the commitments
totaled approximately 11,743.
The commitments for 1921 are actually
7 per cent less than they were
for 1916, even though the 48 per
cent increase over those for 1920 is
quite unprecedented.
Fixing up with Mexico.
The United States government is
encouraged over the Mexico situation.
There have been no important disturbances
in that Republic since
Cbregon became president. General
Obregor. seems to be ruling with a
fiim and steady hand. Bis attitude
towards the United States has been
courteous and entirely satisfactory to
the state department President
Obregon is gradually getting his point
cf view across with the American
government, and it is said thAt he
has enlisted the sympathy of President
Harding, to whom he Writes direct.
Obregon insists that Mexico belongs
to Mexicans, and while he wants
Americans to help develop the. country,
and to make their investments
in Mexico, he says that in doing so
that they must understand that they
ere to subscribe to and conform to
the Mexican laws, and cease their resistance
of those laws as well as their
attempts to overthrow the Mexican
government Our own government is
inclined to take President Obregon
i t his word when he says that Mexico
will rigidly observe all its proper
lelations and understandings with the
United States, and protect citizens of
this country who behave themselves
when they are in Mexico. Upon these
promises and conditions President
Obregon has asked President Hardirg
to pave the way for recognition
of Mexico. It is said that official
government records would fail to disclose
a parallel to the unique lettersiting
episode that has been furnished
by the presidents of the United
States and Mexico. It began a year
ago, and information that has come
fvnm the white house indicates that
Obregon has won a fine place in the
estimation of President Harding. The
present status of our affairs with
Mexico seems to resolve around the
question as to whether, in view of
repeated former experiences, Mexico
should have recognition without fur:
ishing a positive guarantee for the
protection of American rights.
Obregon says that the United States
should take it for granted that such
will be the case. But while the United
States is apparently willing to
trust Obregon, the period of "watchful
waiting"' is again on, and the
"waiting" is occasioned by the fact
that our observers are ready to go
ahead just as soon as they are satisfied
that the Mexican president can
command sufficient support in his own
congress to drive through his own
policy. That policy is considered satisfactory
toward the United States.
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The best idealism is that which
expresses itself in works.
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CAR REGISTRATION
LIGHTER THIS YEAR
AUTOMOBILE FIGURES SHOW
DECLINE IN NUMBER
OF CARS.
At first glance along the country
roads and in the towns and cities it
seems that there are now in operation
about as many automobiles in
South Carolina as were running last
year, but according to the registration
at the offices of the state highway
department, Columbia, the number
of cars has dropped off considerably.
For the whole of last year the
tctal registration of automobiles were
83,349. For this year up to Mairch
13 the total registration of cars were
63,249, a decrease from 1921 of 20,100
automobiles. It should be borne
in mind, however, that the figures for
1922 cover only a little over two
months and that there are probably
many cars which are not yet provided
with 1922 plates and that many
cars will be bought before the aid
of this year. The decrease in the
number of trucks for this year as
compared with last is 1, 857. Last
year the total truck registration was
7,197; this year up to March 13, it
was 5,340, according to figures from
the highway department.
The figures by counties for automobiles
for 1921 and 1922 follow:
1922. 1921.
Abbeville 1,020 1,335
Aiken 1,548 2,016
Allendale 331 641
Anderson 4,468 5,368
Bamberg 581 902 *
Barnwell 580 914
Beaufort 381 497
Berkeley 261 335
Calhoun 495 * 772
Charleston 3,289 4,237
Cherokee 1,138 1,407
Chester 1,040 1,366
Chesterfield 1,380 1,772
Clarendon 739 1,109
Colleton 527 807
Darlington 1,959 2,669
Dillon 947 '1,294
Dorchester 533 677
Edgefield 402 817
Fairfield 605 765
Florence 2,219 2,853
Georgetown 464 618
Greenville 5,776 6334
Greenwood 1,724 2,296
Hampton 660 881
Horry 808 1,052
Jasper 170 207 J
Kershaw 878 1,218
Lancaster 840 1,129
Laurens 1,654 2,487
Lee 753 1,231
Lexington 1,698 2,259
McCormick 329 533 ^
Marion _ 718 963
Marlboro - 1,448 2,081
Newberry 1,428 1,764
Oconee 1,168 1,510
Orangeburg 2,312 3,214
Fickens 1,275 1,573
Richland 4,337 5,734
Saluda 482 995
Spartanburg 4,860 5,518
Sumter l,5f7 2,053
Union 896 1,179
Williamsburg 601 992
York 2,063 2,492
Out of state 67 104
Total 63,249 83,349
The number of licensed trucks in
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Williamsburg county as maicaiea uy. y
statistics in the state highway department
in 1921, are 38; So far this
year there are only 28.
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Furniture Sale a Success.
The big sale put on last Thursday
by the Williamsburg Furniture Co.,
S. J. Deery, manager, purchaser of
the stock and other assets of the
Kingstree Furniture Co., bankrupt,
Las attracked considerable attention
the past week. Hundreds of people
have visited the store and from a
financial viewpoint the sale is said
to be a success. Many balloons were
given to the children and a great
many gathered to witness the balloon
assention Saturday. This was unsuccessful,
on. account of the strong
wind the balloon was driven inljp a
tree and burned. If the weather is
favorable Saturday another attempt
will be n\ade to send one up.
The stock of goods being offered *
rre the same that was shown in the
display room of the old Kingstree
Furniture Co., everything is attractively
labeled and marked in plain
figures which invariably indicate a
great reduction in price on the respective
articles.
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