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m , ?ljc County llecnrft. VOLUME 36?NO. 47 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C? THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE MBS OLIVER CHOSEN QUEEN TO REPRESENT WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY AT PALMAFESTA IN COLUMBIA NEXT WEEK. gives The County Record much ^ Hgeasure to announce that Miss Cor^P^iTelia Oliver, cf Greelyville, has been chosen as Queen to represent Williamsburg county in the Palmafesta T1 celebration at Columbia next week. Miss Oliver received the iai-gest number of votes in ?. contest that was county-wide. Misfi Oliver is a daughter cf Mr. Warren Oliver of Greelyville, and a graduate of Chiccra college. She is an efficient member of the Greelyville school faculty. With her many other accomplishments she is pretty and a very churning young lady. The County Record joins her host of friends in extending hearty congratul lations. fek A photograpn of Miss Oliver is now in the hands of the engraver at Co lumbia and her picture will appear B| in the capital city papers Sunday morning. Mis- Oliver will go to Co lumbia Monday. There she will be met by a committee of ladies and es corted to the Jerome hotel where the second floor of the old hotclry has been leased for the use of the Queens from the diff' ent counties in the state during the week. One of the young ladies representH Bp the various counties will be electQueen of the Palmafesta and the ' a on/./>n?rf!il )?Hv will.be vi ii*v ouvwwmm> fl Bnnouncf d Friday. In the meantime ^^Kttie entire representation will be roy^^^ally entertained without any individual expense. The young lady selected as Queen of the Pidmafesta will receive a beau^^Btiful diamond ring valued at $500. ^^BMiss Oliver may carry off this honor, I Ire hope she will, but there is a de^^Blightful time in store for her during |^B the coming week, regardless of the ring and she will still be the Queen 9V from Williamsburg county. BB ?. " ? * ? Daiilak ?11CU1B UUIU UIIUUII, Mr. James Epps from near Kingstree, was at reaching Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Louie McClary spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. MrCutchen. The pastor, Rev. Will Jones, gave us a very interesting sermon Sunday. Some of our farmers have set out their tobacco. Truck and gardens are doing fine. Beans and peas are coming cn nicely. Some of our farmers are planting cotton but there will not be much i cotton planted in the neighborhood > this year. Fanners are planting more corn and truck, such as can be used / on the table. Mr. Dewit McCutchen is getting along ni'ely. He will soon be able to walk around. o Ashton H. Williams for Senate. Lake City, April 10.?After consid erable consideration and much urging r on the part o:t many friends and supfcaporters over the county, Ashton H. ^^^p/illiams has decided to throw his ^^^Bat into tne mg am. n:ue uic mtc the state senate at the coming H^^^feraign. This will be welcome news many friends who feel since Gordon Baker will not offer second term, that Mr. Williams Hm^Bwed a promotion on account of m^^Bvaliant fight he has waged since election to the house in the inof the county and safe and sane ^^^Bonomy. Reports from various sec Bior.s of Florence county indicate that ^^Hnis announcement has struck a popu^^Blar chord an..; all signs point to his successful candidacy. Childrt n Badly Burned. Lake City, April 10.?The little son I and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. I Anderson who live a few miles east I of Lake City, were badly burned Mon day afternoon when the gas tank of I their automobile exploded. They were both seriously and . painfully burned about the head and face, the little boy being the greatest sufferer. Y It is not known just how this acciV dent occurred, but is is stated that P there was a small fire burning near I the car and it is supposed that the I . children, aged six and four years, let 1 the flames get too near the tank, Erasing an explosion. Both will recover. WHAT AGE IS A SCHOOL CHILD, POINT IN ISSU1 When Should He Go to School Educators Give Diverse Views (m This Important Subject. # Washington, April 10.?Educatoi of the capital city are not at all i sympathy with the recent declaratic of Luther Burbank, the plant wizar who declared his conviction that r child except the city child should I permitted inside the school rooms ut til ten years of age. They point 01 that plants and animals, the form* group of living things, those wit which Mr. Burbank has had the grea' est experience, have only one ag which is that of their physical sul stance, whereas children are so man years old in body, but have mine which vary largely in "mental age from that of the body. Dr. Agnes L. Rogers, of Gouche College (Baltimore), has recentl drawn attention of Capital school ai thorities to the need of mental rathe than physical grading of children. I so doing she related the results ( mental tests which revealed that in group cf first grade children thei mentality ranged from that of foi to nine years 01 age. umiureu w acquire best the things proper to thei learning point at a particular age, Dr. Rogers said. She explained th division by the tests of children int three groups; unusually bright chi dren, the large average group, conr prising 60 per cent., end the undei average children, who are slow t learn. The first and third groups ii elude 20 per cent, each of childre tested. The new classification pr< vents retardation, while arbitraril holding children of physical age c jten years fio,.i school increases it. | MRS T. S. HEMINGWAY WINS. Builders Supply Company's Decora! ing Contest Closed. Last Satviday an interested grou of people gathered at the store rooi of Builders Supply Company, o Hampton Avenue, to learn the n suits of the first interior decoratin ^'contest held in connection with th Devoe Mirrolac Demonstration. The object of the contest was t submit a color scheme for a mod< house as designed by Harry Richarc son, an eminent authority on interic decorating and the person whose tast and judgement agreed nearest wit his was awarded a ten dollar cas prize and a diploma. The Devoe factory expert selccte the decorating scheme submitted b Mrs. T. S. Hemingway. The Builders Supply Company wi I later display in its show window th 'actual color design by Mr. Richarc son. Salters News Items. Salters Depot, April 10.?Th weather has been like summer tin the past week and this week bid fair to be a repetition of last. The Salters Truck Growers' Assc ciation received a car load of basket last week and quite a number hav been taken home by the farmer; preparatory to picking peas. Seven crates were shipped from here las week. The crop will be short, owin to the unseasonable weather. Corn planting is practically con plete. Quite a lot of tobacco wa put out last week and this will cor tinue under favorable condition unt the crop has been put out A good many of the folks her attended the Chautauqua at Lane last week, and report it as being goo< Mr. A. R. Moseley, Jr., in in Greer ville this week attending the Sout Carolina State Christian Endeavc convention. Mrs. A. M. Nettles has returne after a visit to her daughter, Mr 1 J. W. Spann of Florence. Mr. J. M. Sires, Jr., is gettin along nicely with his poultry bus: ! ness. He has a iarge number of bic dies hatched off, and they make very interesting and pretty sigh He expects to have a fine lot c young laying hens for the fail an winter egg trade. Mrs. C. E. Moseley and little soi Billie, spent several days in Florenc with relatives last week. ^ Mrs. M. N. Sharks, Mi^f^i Douglas, Mrs. J. H. L. Chaffer, Mis Willie Sharks, and Mr. K R. Mose ley, Jr., motored over to Florenc Tuesday and spent the day with rela tives and friends. Send your Job Printing to us NOTABLE REFORM 'j IN FEDERAL PRISON LIFE FOR PRISONERS IS MUCH rs BRIGHTER WHEN LEAVING in ATLANTA PENITENTIARY. ?n * d Out of the gray-walled prisons, a 10 shoddy, tell-tale suit, in one pocket >e the government's contribution to the future in the form of a $10 bill. This was the picture, daily repeated, ,r of the average convict who left a h federal prison?left it (as he left others) ill-clad, broke, with one prize e possession?a grouch. But under reforms introduced in the y big prison at Atlanta the picture has |s changed. He may come out with a ,? prison-made suit. But instead of the single $10 bill he may have many ,r $100 tylls, a well-paying vocation, and y unless he is a habitual criminal the j. grouch is left behind with the prison uniform n This picture can be seen at Atlanta. ,f Shortly it will be typical of other a federal prisons, a report to Attorney jr General Daughtery shows. ir Here is a concrete example of the n fruits of the reform in Atlanta, cullir ed from the report to the attorney " general: Last year 550 prisoners ie made $45,000, which will be held for 0 them until they receive the accrued [. interest as well. These prisoners are working under r_ the bonus system. They have an in0 centive both to learn a trade and learn it so well they can produce n profitably. Those who earned the y. $45,000 are employed in duck maky ing. Here is the story of these men ,f as told by Dr. Hubert Vctaw, brother-in-law of President Harding: "The federal government established in connection with the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, a cotton duck mill for the man ufacture of canvas for use Dy various government departments. No products of this mill are sold in the P open market, and hence there is no n competition with free labor, and no n conflict with the authorities or the heads of organized labor. Indeed, ? this method of employing federal 0 prisoners has the approval of leading labor leaders. 0 "In the early days of the mill so few orders were received that only a small proportion of the looms could ,r be run. In March, 1921, orders be;e gan coming in such volume as to ^ warrant the operation cf about 300 ^ looms, and the employment of about 550 prisoners. Two inillicr. yards of " canvas duck have been produced in this time. This product has been tested by the bureau of standards, 11 11 and in every instance has exceeded e specifications. During this period the mill has been operated at a profit of $180,000, which represents a saving to the government in just that amount over what it would have cost to purchase the canvas in the outside mare ket. e "The law providing for the estab|s hshment of the duck mill also provided that the attorney general should J. promulgate rules and regulations for ;s the compensation of the prisoner eme ployees thereof. On April 30, 1921, S) the attorney general ordered that a1 il bonus of 2 cents per yard upon the t output of the mill be paid such pris^ oner employees. There has so far been earned as bonus by prisoner employees upward of $45>000. lS "Drawing from the experience inj the operation of the one industrial, il enterprise now being conducted at i the Atlanta penitentiary, the bene- i e fits and advantages which will be j !S derived when similar employment is; j. furnished for all the federal prison- i ers in each of the three penitentiaries j h has been clearly shown. At the presfr cnt time there is under consideration | in congress a bill to provide a comd mission to recommend the installation 3. of suitable industries at the Leavenworth and MiNeil Island penitentiary. g > "The department might particulari ly feel proud of the moral and edu-1 |- cational advantages which have ac-1 a crued to the prisoners as a result t. of these accomplishments, especially ,f with reaprd to the duck mill at the d Atla^r penitentiary." Elation for Citadel Hospital, e JJffrough an "unknown donor," a ^^nt of $60,000 for a hospital at the l. Citadel, in Hampton Park, has been is made, according to announcement !- coming through Mr. John P. Thomas, e Charleston, member of the Citadel i- board of visitors. It is not even stated whether the donor is a Cita del alumnus, as the giver earnestly desires not to be indentified. WEEDS AND BUGS DESTROY CROPS i BEST TIME TO KILL GARDEN ENEMIES IS BEFORE THEY APPEAR IN THE SPRING. __________ (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) , Weeds and insects are garden enemies, and the time to kill both is before they appear! ; Careful stirring of the soil destroys the little weed seedings just after the seeds have sprouted. Likewise, cultivation keeps the garden in such chape that insects do not find a hiding place, and are not so liable to injure the garden crops. However, insects are almost sure to attack certain of the garden crops and it will be necessary to take precautions against them. Cutworms, potato bugs, flea beetles, and plant lice are the most trouble1 some garden insects. Do not give . them a chance to get started, i Th*? common cutworm does its work ; during the nigut, cutting off the plants just below the surface of the j soil within a day or two after they I are set in the garden. One of the t best ways to prevent this injury is tc surround the stem plant with a | tube made of stiff paper or light i cardboard, extending an inch or so j below the ground and two or three j inches above. These collars, or cuti worm protectors, can be removed after the danger of injury is past j?generally not until about 30 days after the plants are set in the ground. When Potato Bugs Appear. The old-fashioned Colorado potato ! beetles, or "hard shells," come out ; of the ground usually when the potatoes are about four or five inches high. These beetles themselves do not do a great amount of harm except that they lay clusters of yellow eggs on the under side of the potato leaves. In a few days these eggs hatch into softshell beetles or i?.lugs as they are sometimes called. I In the soft shell, or slug form the I potato beetle has an enormous appei tita and a colony of them will soon stiin the foliaee from a hill of po :tatoes. iiand picking is perhaps the best me.hod of getting rid of the hardshe ii beetles. They may be killed by either crushing them or dropping thv.'..i into boiling water. The slug3 or soitshell beetles cannot be gathered to so good advantage, but they may be poisoned by sprinkling the plants, while the dew is upon them, with a mixture consisting of a heaping teaspoonful of paris green to a pint of air-slacked lime or land plas ter. The easiest method of applying the mixture is to place it in a cheese | cloth or thin burlap bag and dust the plants by shaking the bag directly over them. It is not necessary to apply the poison to all the plants, but only where the bugs have made their appearance. The plants should be inspected every day or J two to see that the bugs are not getting a start. Flea Beetles Eat Holes. Flea beetles are small insects that cat round holes similar to shot holes in the leaves of beans, tomatoes, and a number of other garden crops. They can be poisoned with the mixture of paris green and lime referred to for potato beetles, or they can be driven away by dusting the plants with line road dust, air-slacked lime, or with very dry, powdery, sifted coal ashes. Plant lice are more difficult to control, as they do not eat the leaves, but stick their beaks into the leaves, and suck the juices. They are rather difficult to control, as they are found mainly on the under side of the leaves. One remedy is to spray with some form of tobacco extract or nicotine sulphate, using about one teaspoonful in a gallon of water in which there has previously been dissolved a one-inch cube of laundry soap. The mixture should be thoroughly stirred and applied underneath the leaves especially, using some form of sprayer or atomizer that will create a fine mist. If the gardner finds some insect with which he is not acquainted he should write to the extension division of his state college of agriculture. Married. Mr. Myers R. Bradham and Mrs. Levette Disher, both of- Greelyville, were married Saturday April 8th, by Probate Judge W. E. Snowden at his cffice here. , / < t ? * r 4 . V MEDICAL SOCIETY HAS SPECIAL MEETING. Several Prominent Visitors Present, | With Interesting Discourse by Dr. Wilson of Charleston. The Williamsburg County Medical Society met in special session, Thursday, April 6, with the following mem| bers present: Drs. W. G. Gamble, C. J D. Jacobs, T. S. Hemingway, E. T. Kelley, T. C. Harper, and E. M. Montgomery. The society had as its guests on this occasion Dr. G. Fraser Wilson of j Charleston, and Dr. H. L. Shaw and ' Dr. Milton Weinberg of Sumter, S. C. The party assembled at the land! ing on Black rivef, foot of West Main street, from whence they were motored ! by Mr. Leroy Epps in his bunch, j "Serena," to Brunson'o Mill?a distance of two miles, and an ideal spot to indulge one's self in the sumptuc usness of a fish-stew, such as was prepared and served by the renowned D. J. Epps. Those present for dinner follow: Drs. G. Fraser Wilson, H. L. Shaw, Milton Weinberg, W. G. Gamble, C. D. Jacobs, T. S. Hemingway, E. T. Kelby, T. C. Har per, and B. M. Montgomery; J. A. Cole and F. 0. Lentz, dentists; and ; Messrs. D. - J. and LeRoy Epps. i In the afternoon at the Kelley Sanatorium, Dr. G. Fraser Wilson, Professor of Obstetrics in the Medical College of South Carolina, and one of the leading Obstetricians of the South, delightfully entertained the society with an interesting and instructive address. The subject of Dr> Wilson's discourse, "Shortening Labor"?judging from the numerous questions asked, and the general discussions entered in^o by those pres1 cnt?appealed markedly to his hearers. B. M. MONTGOMERY, Secretary. o NEGRO ELECTROCUTED. Will Hood Pays Supreme Price Without Protest. Will Hood, young negro, was elec, trocuted at the state penitentiary last Friday shortly before noon, paying the supreme price without a protest. , Hood was led into the death chamber . by penitentiary guards at 11:42 o'clock ' ?J mimit.. ann SO MVnnHs 1 <UIU tlUCC IlUliUb^O (W1U vw . after the current had been turned on he was pronounced dead by Dr. R. T. Jennings, penitentiary physician. Hood entered the death chamber chanting "Going Home to Die No More." When asked by Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the peni, tentiary, if he had anything to say, the negro replied that lie had nothing to say and resumed his chanting. Hood was convicted of killing G. W. Smith, a night watchman at Poe mill, last fall and sentenced to die. His sentence was stayed by an appeal to the supreme court, but the court refused to grant him a new trial and he was resentenced at the last term of the criminal court in I Greenville to die April 7. i o Shower for Bride. 1 * (Received tco late fcr last week.) Kingstree, R. F. D. No. 2.?On Monday afternoon March 27,1922, from 3:30 to 5:00 o'clock Mrs. Bishop Bur gess delightfully entertained in honor of the bride-to-be, Miss Nettye Burgess, with a miscellaneous shower. The color scheme of yellow and white was tastefully carried out Soon after the guests arrived they were told to join in a search for hearts which were hidden in the sittingroom and hall, the largest number being found by Miss Nettye Burgess. Following this w?,3 a contest of forming new words from the word "bride-shower." In this Mis3 Fannie Epps led, and received the prize, a box of lovely handkerchiefs, which she presented to the guest of honor. After this refreshments consisting r:r >int chocolate and cake were served. Immediately afterwards, little Misses Florence and Cornelia Epps, appropriately dressed, appeared at the doer bearing a large basket, and announced: "Presents for the bride!" These were many and beautiful. Those enjoying the occasion were: Mesdames R. E. Burgess, J. D. Burgess, G. W. Burgess, R. S. Burgess, David Burgess, Lula Epps Burgess, H. J. Burgess, Lamar Burgess, R. C. McElveen, D. M. Young, D. L. Epps, W. A. Cooper, and Misses Nettie Burgess, Fannie Epps, Mamie Epps, Wista and Carolyn McElveen. o Send us your order for Job Print* ing. We only do the best wo*k. MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN ! MEETS SUCCESS liberal pledges received ; from those canvassed? others to be called on. [ So far as it has been possible to carry out the canvass campaign of the committee of the American Legion appointed to raise the sum of money recessary for the erection of a memorial to the white soldiers and sailors of Williamsburg county who lost their lives in the world war, success has been the outstanding feature. Almost without exception persons who have been canvassed in regard ! to this cause have expressed their | willingness to contribute freely, to ' it, and have signed the pledge being | circulated, the committee reports. It is the plan of this committee to call cn every citizen and business house in Williamsburg county for a donation to this fund and it feels that the purpose for which the campaign has been inauguarated justifies the cooperation of every one to the j extent that they can freely contribute. It has been impossible to carry the campaign outside the town of [ K'ngstree up to this time, but the committee states that on tomorrow (Friday) they will begin mailing letters explaining the purpose of the campaign to the citizens of the county. This letter has a pledge attached , which can be filled in, signed and mailed to the campaign treasurer, Mr. Tom M. Kcllahan, Kings tree. It is the hope of the committee that those who receive these letters and can respond to the call will do so at their earliest convenience, so that the committee can complete all its routine work and be in position tr han die the collection of these pledges on June 1st. It is the purpose of the committee to erect a memorial to these soldiers and sailors who paid the supreme sacrifice in the world war which will be a fitting expression of the feeling of appreciation for the service these men rendered, and show to the world and to posterity that our present-day citizenship still have a deep feeling of appreciation for deeds of valor. As it was stated in last weeks issue of The County Record the names of those who pledged themselves and the amounts pledged will be published, and the list this week is very gratifying to the committee, in fact, they state, it makes the successful conclusion of this campaign almost a certainty, as no one outside the town of Kingstree has been approached. The fact that more than three fourths of the soldiers and sailors to be honored through this memorial, are from the county at large, makes it * of material interest to every community and liberal cooperation from every quarter is expected. The names of those who have already pledged themselves and the amounts pledged follow: Capt John A. Kelley, $50.00 M. F. Heller, 50.00 T. E. Arrowsmith, 25.00 J. D. Brittin, 25.00 William W. Bod die, 25.00 A. C. Hinds, 25.00 Tom M. Kellahan, 25.00 LeRoy Lee, 25.00 W. K. Mcintosh, 25.00 W. I. Nexsen, 25.00 J. D. O'Bryan, 25.00 J. E. Porter, 25.00 M. A. Shuler, 25.00 R. B. Smith, 25.00 H. S. Gamble, 25.00 Judge W. E. Snowden, 25.00 S. J. Deery, 15.00 E. E. King, 15.00 McBride S. McFadden, 15.00 W. R. Scott, 15.00 A. C. Swails, 15.00 Scott Drug Co., 15.00 James A. Benton, 10.00 L. Roy Cates, 10.00 George H. Dallas, 10.00 Dr. T. C. Harper, 10.00 F. R. Hemingway, : 10.00 p n wAl 10.00 J. F. Scott, 10.00 R. N. Speigner, 10.00 L. S. Weinberg. 10.00 W. H. Welch, 10.00 3 W. T. Wflkins, 10.00 f C. W. Boswell, 10.00 o William D. Melton, prominent law- ? yer of Columbia was on Monday elected to the presidency of the University of South Carolina to suceeftd Dr. William Spencer Cusrell, who tendered his resignation early in January. Subscribe new for The Record. -d