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VOLUME 37?NO. 8 'mE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C? THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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COUNTY RESPONDS
SLOWLY TO CANVAS
COMMITTEE REPORTS SOLICITATIONS
DO NOT MEET PROMPT
RESPONSE.
As the campaign of the committee
appointed by the local post of the
American Legion to solicit pledges
and collect the funds necessary, , to
erect the proposed memorial to the
't soldiers and sailors who sacrificed
their lives in the World War comes
to the en a of the third week the interest
seems to wain somwhat. This
is due largely, in the opinion of the
committee, to the fact that personal
solicitation cannot be carried to the
country communities as it has been
conducted in the town of Kingstree.
Several hundred letters have been
mailed to individuals throughout the
county with the hope that this method
cf appeal might bring results, but
so far response to the letters 1ms
been so limited that the committee
o/K-ionklo rn Hivnnb'nua the
practice because its cost was too
heavy for the results obtained. However,
another method has been launch- j
ed in the hope that what funds are
pledged will net the cause of solicitation
a larg er amount of the money
| pledged for the purpose for which
I it is being asked. Several persons
f who have been requested to do so have
consented u> accept pledges for the
memorial and see that they are for
warded to the treasurer of the committee.
It was hoped to extend this
opportunity to other communities than
those at which it has been possible
to make such arrangement so far,
tut it has been impracticable for members
of the colnmittee to makes visits
to the various communities for this
purpose.
The comriittce feels sure those who
can should gladly contribute to the
memorial. It realises, .however, that
^ there are tiiose who* for various reasons,
\gill not contribute but it wants
every one to feel that their contribution
is wanted, whether it be large or
small. It is the purpose of the committee
to have a majority of the people
of WiUiunsbarg county represented
in the list of contributors to the
manorial, for to have its true sentiment
expressed in its erection the
memorial must be erected by the mass
of the people . at*e county. The
committee realizes that in order for
this intention to be carried out it
will be necessary to receive many
small contributions, and it is to these
lummna w'nn Aanfatfl t/? mate a
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contributior, but because others who
&re more able have made larger ones,
have postponed doing so, that the
committee wants to make a special
appeal, and assure them that their
bit is as earnestly eo Li cited and will
be as much appreciated as the larger
contributions from the more fortunate.
In publishing the list of contributors
during the past several weeks
, names* of some of the contributor0 |
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Christian Endeavor News.
The officers of the Christian Endeavor
were installed last Sunday
evening, April 23rd. The pastor, Rev.
J. W. Dav's made a short address
appropriate to the occasion. The officers
are: "President, Peden Montgomery;
vice-president, Robert Smith;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W.
Davis; recording secretary, Agnes
Fulton; treasurer, 'Anna Laura Singleton;
chairman of look out committee,
Scott A. MtElveen; joint chairmen of
prayer meeting committee, Margaret
and Elizabeth Montgomery; joint
chairmen of missionary committee,
Ruby Joye ana Daisy Mcintosh;
chairman of sunshine committee, i
Elizabeth Swails; chairman of information
committee, Margery Brown;
chairman of publicity committee,
David Canty; chairman of lend-a-hand
^ Committee, George Ansel Nelson;
chairman of social committee, Miss
McMurray.
on.? oA^i.il onrnmiffod is nlannins' i
a social for Tuesday evening May 2,'
in the basement of the church. One
of the amusing events of the evening
will be thaw no person will be per- J
mitted to enter the room until he has
**- given to the door keeper as many
pennies as he or she is years old.
KjA. The amount received in this way will
go toward defraying the expenses of
V delegates who were sent to the State
J Convention at Greenville. During the
evening songs will be sting, and readi
ings will be given. An evening of
F fun is promised to every one who
^ attends.
| NAB 'CLEVER JIM,'
$400,000 BURGLAB
Baltimore Police Find Loot by Trunkful
in Three of His Homes?
Many Cities Want Him.
Twice an escaped convict, 200 times
a burglar, $400,000 the value of his
loot, two women posing as his wives,
This was the record revealed in
; Baltimore a few days ago following
i the arrest in Washington of "Clever
Jimmy" Lauzon, alias James Joseph
I Kerrigan, after he had nearly added
murder to his crimes,
j * "Clever Jimmy" is wanted by the
police of many cities. Already large
quantities of jewelry, furs and silverware
have been found in three of
this master bursar's homes.
Lauzon's arrest was brought about
through a description of him given
by Mrs. William Logan to the Washington
police. Several days ago she
entered her apartment to find "Clever
Jimmy" at work. Coolly he pointed
a revolver at her head, took a $1,000
ring from her finger, $20 from her
purse and left.
The police at once suspected from
the description that the man was the
burglar who had committed a number
of apartment house robberies recently.
Detectives Albert 0. Linn and Ira
E. Keck saw Lauzon drive up to an
apartment house with a woman.
They waited for him to come out,
commandered a passing automobile
and pursued him
As they drew alongside, "Clever
Jimmy" pulled a gun. His companion,
Mrs. Zoe Carll, who has been
living with him in Baltimore, grabbed
his arm. At the police station
ihe admitted that was all that saved
him from killmg the detectives.
With very little urging he told his
story. He was not sure ac>out me
number of robberies he has committed,
but before he was finished he
had remembered 200 of them. Washington,
Baltimore, Richmond, Cleveland,
St. Louis and many other cities,
East and West, want him, he said.
A few more questions revealed the
fact that in 1919 "Clever Jimmy"
was arrested in Chicago and sentenced
to twenty years in the Joliet penitentiary.
After three months he escaped
and went to Detroit.
Here again he was arrested, sentenced
to five years for burglary and
again escaped in a short time.
Then he ame East jxeompanied
by Mrs. Olive Poole of Cleveland,
who left her husband to go with
the burglar. Richmond, Va., was
their first stopping place. Then they
went to Baltimore.
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Southern Presbyterians to Meet.
Members of the Southern Presbyterian
church are looking forward
with interest to the coming session
of the general assembly, the highest
church court in that denomination,
which meets in Charleston, West Virginia,
on May 18th. The Presbyterian
progressive program through
the stewardship committee has sent
out a request for sporial prayers on
May 14th for this gathering. On
that Sunday the cause of the Christian
Sabbath will also be presented.
The program calls for an every
church canvass for the Missionary
Survey, the official church paper,
from May 7th to 14th. This canvass
has already been thoroughly made
under direction of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Some of the young ladies of
the Christian Endeavor society did
faithful and cheerful work in canvassing
the homes. A large per cent of
the homes have access to this great
Tha nmcrram also calls for
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a special foreign mission service with
Japan as topic on May 28th in all the
Sabbath schools.
This is a part of the seven year
plan" of the church, one year being
devoted to the study of some mission
country.
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To Open Cooperative Market.
The Cooperative Marketing Association
will open their market Saturday,
May 6th, at 10 o'clock, in the
sample room cf the Kingstree Hotel.
We urge r.ll those in the county
interested in this movement, to bring
in all their surplus vegetables, eggs,
butter, etc., neatly put up in bacaf
or cartoons so as to causen^ronfusion,
and we will^^l^market
prices'as far as we arable.
Until further no?e the market
will only be openen once a week, on
Saturdays, and it is hoped all will
try to have ai tides to be sold, here,
by 10 a. in.
Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith.
TOBACCO SALES
OPEN AUGUST!
WAREHOUSEMEN FROM VAR1
; OUS MARKETS HOLD CONFERENCE
AT FLORENCE.
!1 The independent tobacco warehouse
. j men of South Carolina meeting hel<
. in Florence last Friday afternoon, de
,! cided u> open the markets of thi
I: state August 8th, when the Nortl
| Carolina markets will be opened. Ac
?rt n?lit f'rt/i XTnrtVi on/] Qnnf]
v.vriu.iiigijr f W' JI b.'.? vx vi. auu tjvuvi
,! Carolina markets will all be openei
the same d ate this year for the 192:
tobacco season.
! J. W. Berger, speaking for the as
| sociation, said there was no agree
ment between the two associations a
' to the date. The South Carolina as
sociation learned that North Cai'o
i lina will open then, and adopted th<
J same date. The purpose of this is b
afford concurrent sales in both state:
for comparison of prices in each.
North Carolina will open her mar
i kets about six weeks earlier thai
usual and South Carolina will opei
about three weeks later than here
tofore.
"We have absolute assurances fron
the companies that they will hav<
their regular corps of buyers in al
of the state," Mr. Berger said also
"The independent warehouses will b<
operated this year as they have al
ways been run."
Warehousemen from Mullins, Con
way, Nichols, Lake City, Timmons
I villo Mitinincr SnmtAr and Florenci
jwere present, or warehousemen wh<
] have refused to contract their ware
i houses to the Tri-State Tobacco Grow
1 crs' Cooperative Marketing associa
tion. Fourteen representatives wert
'here for the meeting.
The warehousemen discussed als<
1 plans for handling the tobaccc thi
| year under the grading and tying
I act, passed by the recent general as
1 sembly. This year all tobacco mus'
] be graded and tied. No tobacco wil
be offered in the loose leaf.
South Carolina will Lave an tppre
dable increase in. tobacco acreage
this year, according to the prelimin
I ary survey from reports of tlie ware
i housemen in their meeting. The bedi
jwere good, there was no late pold t<
i kill out the young plants, and th<
farmers generally are turning fron
j the boll weevil infested cotton t<
' substitute crops, the chief of whicl
' is tobacco.
D. A. R's. Hold April Meeting.
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The April meeting of the Williams
| burg Chapter U. D. C. was held ai
; the home of Mrs. J. F. McFaddei
j on Tuesday, April 17th, with Mrs
, Wallace, the vice-president presiding
Committees were appointed for th<
annual veteran's dinner.
A committee consisting of Misi
Varn, Mr. Boddie and Mrs. L. A. Van
Keuren was appointed to serve ai
i judges of the essays written by th<
school children.
A letter was read from Mrs. J. H
i West, State Historian, regarding th<
I histories and readers used in th<
1 schools. The chapter voted that i
| letter be written to the State Boarc
j of Education requesting that booki
i be used that were fair to the South
The chapter voted to postpone th<
matter of the sale of ten books, th(
chapter's quota, as presented by s
letter from Mrs. Williams.
Letters were read from Mrs. Legart
and Mrs. Annie G..Massey requesting
the formation of a chapter for children.
This was postponed until the
i May meeting.
A request was then read from the
j chapter in Seattle, Washington, ask
ing for contributions in their work
; A letter was read raking for contri]
butions to the Matthew Maury Memoj
rial. The chapter voted no contribu
tions.
After the business meeting the
hostess served a delicious salad course.
Mrs. Harry Britton,
Secretary
oNumber
of Insertions.
^sending a business advertisemeni
lo a newspaper for publication, withlut
placing any limit on the time
rciuring which it is to be published,
' authorizes its insertion until notice is
given to stop, unless the character oi
the advertisement in itself indicates
that it is not to be published aftei
! a certain time; for instance, an advertisement
of sale or other act to
'take place on a certain day. Ah ret
jV. Standard, Ins., Co., 2 Sweeny 441;
1N. Y. Sup. Ct.
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COAST LINE PROFITS
! INCREASING, REPORT
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. THE NET OPERATING REVENUES
SHOW DECREASE BUT EXPENSES
ALSO SLICED.
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The financial statement of the Atj
lantic Coast Line Railroad company
. for the month of February, 1922, res
cently issued from general beadle
quarters of the system in Wilming.
ton, chows that the profits of the
h railroad are increasing,
rj I The operating revenues for the
2! recond month of the year were $6,006,666;
a decrease, as compare i with
.; the same month ef 1921, of $316,.
285, while the operating expenses of
s j February, tbis year, were $4,171,022,
. a decrease of $1,055,674.
_; The net operating revenues for
B February totaled $1,835,344, an in5
' crease of $739,089. The net operats
I ing income during the month was
$1,585,644, an increase of $39,389.
The operating income for the month
j also exceeded that for February, 1920,
Kir mnrn + nan 470 OOO txtKati fKo f/V
| K!J UtVAV VilUil Y VJVVVf TTUVM MIW WV
. tal operating revenue* were $550,000
more than they were fcr February
a of this year.
e The total operating income for Jan]
uary and February of this year show
u a distinct increase over the operate
ing income for the same period of
. 1921. During the first two months
cf the present year the operating in.
come totaled $2,447,996, an increase
r of $1,167,508 as compared with the
> rame period of 1921.
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Democratic Club Meets.
The Kingstree Democratic clubs
3 met at the court house here Saturday
pursuant to the call published
> by A. C. Hinds, ccunty chairman and
5 rfAAirlAnt' A* nlllk TftO nlllK TK7Q B
I J. I VI u:v VIUVi AUV viuv IT WW
> reorganized by re-electing Mr. Hinds,
" president; W. R. Scott, vice-president;
t Donald Montgomery, sccretary-treas1
urer; J. D. O'Bryan, esq., exocative
committeeman; and an enrollment
committee composed of Messrs. F. R.
i Hemingway, J. B. Gamble, Donald
" Montgomery.
'ibe following gentlemen were
* chosen as delegates to the County
* Convention: Messrs. M. F. Montgom
ery, W. W. Boddie, P. G. Gourdin,
I j H. S. Gamble, P. H. Stoll, Thos. Mc>
Cutchen, J. D. O'Bryan, A. C. Hinds,
II W. R. Scott, F. R. Hemingway, E. C.
1 Lpps and L W. Gilland.
At the same time and place Kingstree
Club No. 2 met and elected officers
as follows: Messrs. A. M.
. Gordon, Sr., president; M. A. Sliuler,
t vice-president; W. J. Britton, secrex'
try-treasurer; J. D. Britton, executive
. committeeman; W. J. Britton, A. M.
. Gordon, J. D. Britton, enrollment com>
mittee.
( Delegates to County Convention:
j Messrs. A. M. Go:don, Sr., H. 0. Brit.1
ton, M. A. Shuler, Clarence Alsbrook,
5 H. A. Miller, T. Olin Epps, J. D.
? Britton.
1 The delegates to the County Con.
vention are authorized to appoint
? alternates to act for them, if they be
; unable to attend,
ij Although, women were entitled to
I! take part in the convention the fair
5 sex was conspicuous by its absence,
, there being no representative present.
?. At the conclusion of the business
. meeting a resolution endorsing the
i i candidacy of Congressman P. H. Stoll
j for reelection was offered by F. R.
? Hemingway, Esq., and adopted.
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Resolution.
*! At the meeting of the Kingstree
Democratic club, held in Kingstree,
! | S. C., on the 22nd day of April, 1922,
' I the following resolution was intro
duced by Mr. F. R. Hemingway and
' endorsed and adopted by the club:
' j Having the utmost confidence in the
' | statemanship, integrety and ability
of the Honorable Philip H. Stoll, con!
gressman from the Sixth Congres
sional District of South Carolina, and
Desiring to express the confidence
and to promote, and endorse his candidacy
for re-election to the said office,
now,
Be it resolved, that we the Demo;
cratic club of Kingstree, S. C., in
convention assembled, on this 22nd
! day of April, 1922, endorse the can,
riidacy, and endeavor to promote the
i reelection of the Honorable Philip H.
f j Stoll, congressman from the Sixth
; j Congressional District of South Caro 1
lina, to the office which he now so
| ably fills.
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i! When you need printed matter, any
; I kind, The Record is the place to have
it done.
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PROSPERITY AND HIGH
PRICES .NOT RELATED.
Says Mr. Mcintosh, President of Associated
Advertising Clubs
of World. 4
Washington, April 27.?The Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World
iu an international organization replesenting
the best and most progressive
element in modern business. Its
president, Mr. Charles Henry Mcintosh,
says that the relation of pros!
perity and high prices is fictitious,
and that it imperfectly possible for
j the country as a whole to be extreme:
ly prosperous in an era of low prices.
; "If high prices meant prosperity,
j Russia would be the most prosperous
j country ir the world today," said Mr.
j Mcintosh. "Yet in Russia, where it
| costs two thousand rubles to mail a
j letter first class, men starve who have
1 money but no food to buy with it."
Economists in the government service
point out that the height or low|
ress of a price cannot be measured in
i terms of money, unless the worth of
the monetary unit is also made a part
of the measurement. Thus, a German
mark, once worth about twenty
cents, is now worth a fraction of a
cent An object once to be bought
! for one mark now costs two hundred
j marks, yet the value of the object and
! its relative price is the same. Only
j when price increases faster than the
value of the purchasing unit sinks
can absolute price be said to rise.
Disparity in price of goods and price
of money is frequently caused by too
rapid rise or fall of commodity prices,
which is the fundamental underlying
Mr. Mcintosh s warning that "those
j vrho expect the return of war time
j prices or expect the lower limit of the
l price decline within a few months are
i misguided optimists and speak , cer!
tainly without intelligent knowledge
of the facts of history."
News From Salters.
Salters Depot, April 25.-?We are
? 1 -e 1 in?
caving some coui( xrusvu&o w??uu
this week with h few light showers
of rain. It is getting dry in this
1 section and gardens are needing rain
, badly.
The Truck Growers' Association
have been shipping quite a lot of peas
form here which are being sold
through the American Fruit Growers'
Corporation in Northern markets.
The price obtained up to this time
has been satisfactory. Farmers are
through gathering and the crop has
been short. They are now giving
their attention to beans and the prospects
for this crop are promising.
Some difficulty has been experienced
in putting out tobacco, owing to
the continual dry weather, and there
will be considerable replanting.
Several fiSh frys have been enjoyed
at the river the past week and we
hope there will be some more.
! We are glad to say that Mr. Willie
Shaw, who has been on the sick list
the past week, is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Nettles and lit1
tie son, Frank, of Manning, spent
1 a short while here Friday, en route
! to Trio.
The dairying business is being de|
veloped in this section to a consider!
able extent, Messrs. W. E. Blackwell,
A. W. Montgomery and S. P. Britton
arc engaged in the business, shipping
something over ore thousand galIons
of milk per month. These figures
were taken from the Express
agent here.
We were pleased to have with us
for a short while Tuesday our good
i friend, Mr. C. W. Boswcll of Kingstree.
Commencement exercises of the
Salters high school will be held on
Friday evening, May 5th, at the Town
Hall at 8 o'clock p. m., a good program
has been arranged.
Rome Book Club.
Morrisville, April 24.?The Rome
Pook Club held its regular meeting
, at the home of Miss Emmie Snow.
After a short business session, the
minutes of the last meeting was read
by Mrs. G. K. Way. Two interestingpapers
were read by Mrs. Bethel DuRant,
and Mrs. G. K.Way. A beautiful
piar.o bolo was rendered by Mrs.
W. Cary Rollins, Jr.
The visitors were Mrs. Grady Willis,
Florence; Mrs. Yates, Henry;
Mrs. LcGctte, Henry; Mrs. Harry Wilson,
Kingstree, and Mrs. Jimmie
Johnson, Georgetown. Motion to adjourn
was made by Miss Annie Wilson.
The hostess served a delicious
salad course.
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W. K. MclNTOSH
APPOINTED MANAGER
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT
FLORENCE BY T. C. WATKINS
YESTERDAY.
Managers of growers warehouses in
the various markets of South Carolina
are being appointed by T. C. ,
j Watkins, Jr., of South Boston, Va.,
as warehouse head of the Tri-State
, Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Marketing
Association. C. 0. Dixon, of
l Mullins, warehouse head of this state,
and T. B. Young, director from the
Florence district in the association,
aro assisting Iiirn in the selection of
managers.
J Yesterday afternoon at Florence,
i Mr. Watkins announced the appointj
ment of W. K. Mcintosh as associa.
t:on warehouse manager at Kingstree.
' He is reputed one of the veteran ' '
| warehousemen of - the state and a
very able man in this line of business.
Conferences are still being held with
representatives of other markets,
with the expectation of selecting local
managers there.
Wherever possible, the association
follows the policy of naming the best
local warehouseman to represent it,
so long as the warehouseman is
available and stands well with the
memoers.
A Happy Easter at Corinth.
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I Hemingway, April 20.?On Saturday
evening before Easter, at 12:80
'o'clock the children began to gather
| for an egg hunt that bad been pre|
viously announced. After a few sbngs
Jby the choir the youngsters were '
I formed in line and marched to a
neck of woods where several hundred
eggs had been hidden. The
i word was given and the hunt began. v
1 Soon the grown-ups joined the hunt
and we began to enjoy a brief period
. of life, as if we were carried bade to '^S
I childhood again. Soon the bushes and
, grass was being shaken and searched
for eggs and a young rabbit scared
from its hiding place came bouncing ?
i through the crowd of delighted children,
there was a lusty yell and the
hunt was over, the happy crowd dis- v
pursed.
i On Easter Sunday morning a large
crowd gathered to hear the Easter
, morning sermon by their pastor, and
at 3:30 p. m. the Sunday school gave
. its Easter program, which began by
having the choir sing several songs.
; Then the Cradle Roll speakers wen
I given the stage and though it was the , :
first attempt for most of them they
made a good impression on all who
heard them. The Junior department
I was given the platform next and for
an hour they entertained the vast
crowd. There were many dialogues
and recitations abily delivered
! Especially did we enjoy liUMflPom's.
Prayer" by little Miss May
Gordon; "A Warning t?' Avoid the
Goblins" by little Miss Louise Lewis;
"Easter Time ' byN little Miss Neta
Parsons; a song, "The Skeptic DaughI
ter" by Miss Lurey Crlbb, which
brought tears to many eyes, and the
song, "Mother is Calling," also by
Miss Lurey Cribb and Miss Louise
Tunstall.
i The Easter spirit seemed to per ade
every nook and corner of the
; church. The verdict of all was that
it was the happiest En 'ter at this
church in many years. This church
is located three miles from Heming:
way on the Georgetown road in a
prosperous farming district and has
I a growing ?unday-school. Elder J.
W Frier is nestor. he having re
cently moved here from Darlington.
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Commencement at Vox School.
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| Hemingway, April 24.?The Vox
graded school will have it's regular
( commencement exercises in the' auditorium
and will present the following
. program:
j Thursday evening, April 27, at 8:30
I the high school will give an operetta,
j "The Bells cf FoJderol."
Friday evening, April 28, at 8:30 <
| the intermediate and primary grades
Trill present "The May-Day Pageant."
On Sunday morning, April 30, at
II o'clock the commencement sermon
will be preached in the school auditorium
by Dr. J. G. Clinkscales, of
Wofford College.
On Monday night May 1, at 8:30
the graduating exercises will be held.
The literary address will be delivered
by Dr. J. G. Clinkscales, of Wofford
College.
Collectors meet many men of
promise.
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