The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 30, 1922, Image 6
VOTC LIVELYTIME
IS SHORT
GOOD TIME IN STORE FOR PALMAFESTA
QUEEN FROM
THIS COUNTY.
The club women of Columbia have
just organized to act as hostesses to
the Queen candidates, and are making
every preparation to give them the
best time possible. And, of course
the men are making their own preparations
too. We have been asked
to keep the many good things in
store for the young ladies a dark
secret for a wliile longer so their
surprise may be complete.
4 The Palmafesta association has received
numbers of letters from former
Queen candidates expressing their unusual
pleasure last year ant! they are
unanimous in saying, "It was the
best time I ever had." Queen candidates
'.save the best ^eats already leserved
for them at even,* stage performs
nee at Palmafesta They will
see the spectacular fireworks display,
the georgeous exhibit of wearing apparel
at the style show, will hear the
beautiful music of bands and opera
star row being engaged by the chairman
of the entertainment committee,
Mr. L. L. Propst, who is in New York
with the determination to secure the
best star irrespective of the expense
. or trouble. There will be dinners,
dances, balls and?what will be the
most beautiful of all events?the
Queen's coronation will be enacted by
the Queens themselves, arrayed in the
court finery which characterized the
coronation of the Queen of England
in the days of chivalry and Knight
Erranto.
Do the girls of South Carolina want
to be at Palmafesta? Interest is
running hign all over the state. Girls (
want to enjoy this good time?and
there is the $500 diamond ring awaiting
the fortunate girl to be choosen
Queen of Palmafesta. Last year the
contest was close. Up to the very <
last minute a dozen or more of the '
young ladies had practically the same 1
number of votes. Who knows but i
f what this county will be the honored <
one and our cjuididate bring back the 1
distinction of being Queen of 1922 1
Palmafesta?
* All of the young ladies assemble |
in Colombia on Monday, April the ;
17th when Palmafesta starts and will <
le the guests of Palmafesta until <
Saturday the 22nd of April when 1922 |
Palmafesta will close. All expenses ]
will be paid by Palmafesta and all 1
he young lady must do to win the \
distinction of being Palmafesta Queen I
id to be elected in her own county
end go to Columbia and compete with
the other young ladies assembled, j
The candidates do nothing in Colum- :
bin to win the ruling place btKap- ]
pear bef ore the voters and be intro- <
cluced.
The beauty supplement this year ;
will be widely circulated over the
state and the county Queens will not <
only have their pictures in this beautiful
page but their pictures will be 1
put in the Palmafesta program to be j
preserved in permanent form. <
The following ladies have been '
nominated to represent Williamsburg
county at the Palmafesta:
Miss Cornelia Oliver, Greelyville; j
Miss Henry Louise Johnson, Greely- ,
ville; Miss Rubie Thorn, Kingstfee;
Miss Louise Epps, Kingstree; Miss
Wylma McCullough, Salters Depot;
Mrs. W. L. Gilland, Kingstree; Mrs.
E. V. Singleton, Kingstree, and Miss
Iiouise Haddock, Morrisville.
Voting Coupon
QUEEN OF PALMAFESTA
"Palmafesta"
The County Record:
My choice for Queen of Palmafesta is:
Address
This coupon good for one vote. A
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Stoll Carried the Issue.
Washington, March 27.?Representative
Philip H. Stoll in the hearings
before the military affairs committee I
of the house cn Muscle Shoals made
it first of all his business to show
just what Henry Ford's proposal to
tease the Alabama nitrate plant would
mean to the farmers of the country
and the motives of the fertilizer trust
and the Alabama Power Company in
tjieir opposition to Ford. Mr. Stoll
lis a lawyer and was for a number
of years solicitor cf his district. He
attended the hearing always prepared
to put to the witness a few pointed
questions just before the close of
each session stripping' bare the issue.
More than any other man on the
committee Mr. Stoll was moved by
the fact that the fertilizer trust has
exacted from the farmers of his state
annually a huge sum of money in
profiteering. South Carolina uses one
S'xth of ah the fertilizer manufactured
in this country. In 1920 the state
bought over one million tons for
which it paid nearly $50,000,000.
.Vith the exception of North Carolina,
South Carolina uses more fertilizer
ilian any other two states in the
union, and Mr. Stoll's sixth congressional
district uses more than any
two other districts in the state. Marlboro,
Dillon and Marion counties plant
one hundred thousand tons of guano
under the cotton and tobacco every
spring and their fanners have come
to dread the fertilizer trust as much
r.s the boll weevil.
Mr. Ford has promised that if the
government leases Muscle Shoals to ;
him he will reduce the cost of fertilizer
to the farmer by one third.
Witness after witness at these hearings
has advanced the opinion that
if Ford got Muscle Shoals he would
make little or no fertilizer. Upon ,
every one such witness Mr. Stall has '
r imarl Mc cTioffc ns n rrnss-pvaminer
end has exposed the witness' prejudice
and ignorance.
But it was In the following brief
colloquy that Mr. Stoll made clear
the issue between Ford and the fertilizer
trust. Major Burns of the ordinance
department of the army was
on the witness stand. Major Burns
l.as studied the fertilizer business as
well as the making of powder.
"Would you think tho Ford offer
?-ood?" asked Mr. Stoll of the major.
"It all depends on the point of
dew," replied the major. "If I was
a farmer :nd had the farmer's interest
solely inview, I would say the
Ford offer is good. If I were a fertilizer
man and had the fertilizer interest
solely at heart, I would say
the Ford offer is not good."
"Why?" asked Mr. Stoll.
"Because there is a great possibility
of the Ford offer Tiurting the
fertilizer business and the people who
liave their money so invested," answered
Major Burns!
"By cheapening fertilizer?" Mr.
HaII o j
JWii aoavui
"There is the possibility of that," j
raid Major Burns. j
Here indeed is a combine evading i
the law with an invested capital of <
Eibout $100,000,000 placing its inter- 1
psts above the whole agricultural in- <
iustry of the country and infact the <
whole people of the United States.
There was another feature of the
Ford proposal that Mr. Stoll never
lost an opportunity to stress. He (
p.sked Mr. W. B. Mayo, chief engineer i
cf the Ford Motor Company, if Ford 1
got the Muscle Shoals plant: i
"Do you think it probable he will ]
increase the production of fertilizer
over the present capacity of plant
N'o. 2?"
"I think it very probable," answerer
Mr. Mayo.
"And it is his intention, of course,
to give the consumer the benefit of
cheaper power?"
"Yes, sir."
From another important witness,
Dr. Milton C. Whitney, chief of the
bureau of soils, agricultural departSent,
Mr. Stoll established the fact
at the present productive capacity
of Muscle Shoals is 40,000 tons of
fixed nitrogen. The fertilizer comj
anies ured about 227,000 tons of fixer
nitrogen in the 6,000,000 tons of
fertilizer they made last year. So
that to reduce the price one-third Mr.
Ford would need to increase the capacity
for the production of fixed nitrogen
at Muscle Shoals.
Mr. Stoll estimates that with the
price of fertilizer cut a third the
farmers of South Carolina would
benefit by it from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000
anually in economy and in increased
yield of crops. Mr. Stoll of
course attaches much importance to
Mr. Ford's promise of the production
of power at Muscle Shoals and the
development of its sale to the neighboring
states, but he feels that the
production of cheaper fertilizer is of
more pressing moment to the people
of South Carolina which uses comparatively
such an enormous quantity
of this product in its agriculture.
Mr. Stoll is a member of the joint
congressional committee that will visit
Muscle Shoals this week and on
bis return to Washington he will have
si mething more to say on the subject.
666 cures Bilious Fever.
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Growth of the Auto Industry.
One person out of every ten in the
United States now owns a motor vehicle?a
grand total of approximately
10,500,000 passenger cars and
trucks.
This staggering total represents the
official registration of the various I
states on December 31, 1921 and is j
an increase of 1.204.748 over 1920
when 9,295,253 cars and trucks were |
registered, according to reports.
This remarkable gain during the j
past year is considered remarkable j
by officials of the automotive indus- j
try and surpassed by a wide margin
their most optimistic predictions at
the start of last year.
In some states the gain was as
much as 35 per cent and ten states'
reported an increase of more than I
20 per cent. The leaders in this'
group were southern states?West;
Virginia, Florida and New Mexico.'
Ohio with a gain of 25 per cent led 1
the industrial states.
The race between Ohio and New
York for supremacy became even
more heated than ever before, but
again turned out in favor of New
Yoik by a scant margin on some
11,000 cars and trucks. At the same
rate of increase Ohio will overtake
New York before spring. The figures
are: New York, 755,000; Ohio 744,000.
Although New York leads in total
motor vehicle registrations, Ohio possesses
more passenger cars. The
Buckeye state boasts 650,000 automobiles
against 581,915 for the Empire
state. New York's truck regisCm
4-a m fii'i'/iA fVnf
tiailUil IS IIIU1C IUOU wnitc vnuw VI I
Ohio's.
Among the twelve leaders several
states crawled up a notch or so.
Pennsylvania, maintain third place,
while California leplaced Illinois in
fourth place?the two states exchanging
places. Michigan stepped up the
ladder from eighth to sixth place,
outdistancing Iowa and Texas. Iowa
slipped two pegs?into eighth place
while Texas remains in seventh position.
Indiana held ninth place, while
Massachusetts moved up from eleventh
to tenth. Missouri and Wisconsin
climbed a notch to eleventh and twelfth
position, respectively, while Minnesota
slipped back from tenth to
thirteenth place.
Over half the cars and trucks of
cue country are regisvereu m tunc
states, which is more than on the
sntire continent of Europe. These
states are: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
California, Illinois, Michigan,
Texas, Iowa and Indiana. Their
registrations total 5,300,000.
Comparison of the 1921 registration
figures with the 1920 census
tabulation shows that there is now
>ne motor vehicle for every 10 persons
as compared w|th one for every
112 persona in 1920 and one for every
L4 persons in 1919.
These facts constitute the best obtainable
proof that the automobile
industry is continuing in its remarkable
era of expansion. Furthermore
they emphasize by adverse business
sonditions, a decided gain was made
thereby presenting additional eviience
that automobiles are purchased
:hiefly for business purposes.
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The Port Utilities Commission of
Charleston on Saturday effected the
sale of the water front bonds for
Lhe price of 98.68 plus, the entire
issue of $2,500,000 being disposed of
to the Bank of Charleston, Stacy
Eraun, Bankers Trust Company and
William R. Compton & Co.
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estival WeeK 1
leauty Queens from each county ra
State and the Queen's Corona- En
ned after the old English custom v
pomp and display of Merrie Eng- ft
; three section street parade with ?
ens on county floats; the Baby j$j
namouth Fireworks Display wit- Eh ^
ear by 20,000; the Auto Show;
xhibits; the Style Show. Hear HH
id concerts. See the vaudeville ? ?"
be on hand for the big Grand m
Jight. Palmafesta rivals the New gj
Harass. Don't miss it. '
All the Folks! f
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