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i / - i? / V i i ' ?- ; a Ik Co iinti) ilefofi), . ' ? ? . ^ VOLUME 37?NO. 11 > THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. G, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1^922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE GOVERNOR COOPER FOR FARM BOARD CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO RESIGN GOVERNORSHIP WHEN SENATE CONFIRMS NOMINATION. Governor R. A. Cooper, of South Carolina, lias been nominated by President Harding to fill the unexpired term of former Representative A. F. Lover, on the Form Loan Board. Under the law creating the board, this appointment had to go to a f Democratic from the South and there had been candidates all the way from , Texas to North Carolina. One of the names most frequently mentioned and strongly urged was that of former Representative Whaley, or Charleston. Govenor Cooper's appointment has been greeted with nothing but praise iii Washington, and it is taken for granted that confirmation by the senate will be very prompt. The influence of Senator N. B. Dial at the white house is regarded by political observers as having been decisive in favor of the governor. Senator Dial said with reference to the nomination^ "It is scarcely necessary for me to say that the nomination of Governor Cooper will bring the membership of the Farm Loan Board an executive of unusual ability; an official at whose hands and under whose administration the farm loan law should be carried out in a most satisfactory way and a man of untiring devotion to duty. He is a man of varied experience. He is a farmer and lawyer. He has been one of my close neighbors and is a native of Laurens." Harvey Next Governor. Governor Cooper will probably re sign as governor of South Carolina to accept the Federal Farm Loan place to which he has been appointed by the president, early in Junejie eaid in all probability June 1. The governor will accept the appointment ' end his resignation as the chief qltecu tive of South Carolina will be as early as possible, depending largely upon the date of his confirmation by the senate and Uie arranging of his personal affairs in South Carolina. When the governor accepts the ^ place as the successor to A. F. Lever, he will move his famly to Washing nf fVio FaHprnl llMiy MIC iicau^ucuwiu va wuv ? Farm Loan Board. Governor Cooper said that he was one of forty applicants for the place vacated by Mr. Lever, but that as soon as he conferred with President Hardin?- Wednesday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock, the president told him he wo^d send his name to the senate the next morning. "The president frankly stated that he was appointing a Democrat because he had to," the governor said. The president also asked the governor to take up the work as soon as he could. "I know of no objection to my confirmation," Governor Cooper said in discussing the appointment. "Senator Dial has been working in my behalf, as has also Senator Smith* kand other senators." The appointment is for two years, as Mr. Lever's successor but the governor will then in all likelihood B be reappointed for a full term ol eight years. "When I resign, the lieutenant govH cmor, Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleses ton, will take the oath of office and become governor of the state," the chief executive said. B "The work of the Federal Farm Loan Board appeals to me and has B always appealed to me. I have long B stressed the need of a better basis of agriculture in South Carolina and V this board offers a chance for adI van cement in farm land ownership I and improvements. Farm lands are already over-burdened with mortgages and this board offers a chance to esE cape from these mortgages " the r governor declared. "While I am jrateful for this opportunity to serve the people of the South and the nation, and my own state, I will sever my connection with the governor's office with greatest ai,!/ .*;,nfw It is mv purpose before * I retire to make a more extensive df statement to the people of the state. My interests in the state and my affection for the people will not .be r- lessened by my retirement from the W governor's office." Columbia, May 16?Governor Cooper announced tonight that he would resign as Chief Executive next Sat1* urday. This automatically will mean the elevation of Lieutenant Governor WILLIAMSBURG CLUB MARKET A SUCCESS. Provides Outlet For Much Surplus Produce of Country Farms. Demands Increase. We believe that the community market in Kingstree is going to be a big success and will mean much for our county as it has in other places. The sales on last Saturday amounted to $28.70, just double the amount that it was on the Saturday before. We had a wonderful variety of all kinds of good things to eat and I am sure that all who came in found just what they were looking for. The marketing committee would like to urge every house wife to take a few minutes on Saturday between the hours cf 10 and 12 o'clock to come in and see our display even if you do not care to buy anything that day, so that you will know what to expect EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS. County Rod Cross Meets in Regular | Session at Town Hall. A regular meeting of the Executive Committee of the Williamsburg County Chapter American Red Cress was held Tuesday, May 9, at the town hall. There were fourteen members presj cnt. The meeting was called to order j by the chairman, Mr. Thos. Mc j Cutchen, the minutes of the last meeting read and approved. A plan, presented by Mr. Boswell, for a rest room was read and discussed. This plan is to fix some place j in town where ladies and children who come to shop or for any other reason may stop. With as much sur- j rounding county as there is here such a place would be a great convenience. It is hoped that the different stores j and other places of business in town j will contribute sufficient funds to pay i the rent of the place which may be secured. A letter was read from Dr. Riser, of the State Board of Health concerning the services of some one from the board in conducting a campaign against hook worm in this county. Before this letter was discussed, Dr. Harper gave a very interesting talk on the history of hook worm disease and its effects. He stressed the fact of its prevalence in this county. It was stated that out of eighteen children examined at the Red Cross Clinic ] 1 k tely there was only one child that J ;did not have hook worm infection. After this talk it was decided to j thank Dr. Riser for his offer of help;1 I and to carry on the campaign as soon j as it could be conveniently arranged. The report of the Home Service secretary was omitted on account of lack of time. This report is given in short below. * i There have been fifty-four civilian and sixteen ex-soldier cases handled : during the past month. The civilian 1 cases include a number of negroes 1 but a majority of whites. The exsoldier cases deal principally with negroes who are trying to get hos! pitalization. ' One case that the secretary is very ' much interested in is that of three jlnlf orphan children. Some weeks ago their mother became incurably insane* and was sent to the state hospital. These children, a boy nine J >ears old, a girl six, and another boy 1 oKnnf fniir oro nnu' !ivin<r with thP)r I j lather. 'Their old grandmother stayed j 1 with them for awhile but even she; has left and there is no one except | the man to take care of the little; ones. The oldest boy is undersized I I and unhealthy looking. He chews to-! ! bacco all the time. The father says j, ; that he has offered to give him any | thing if he will stop but he will not. j When asked if he would not like for his children to be put in an orphanage . ! where they could be well taken care of the father said, Oh no, he loved J i his children too much and would be ' too lonely \vithcut them. Why he would not have any one to. cry for ! him and besides he had taken care | j of them all this time and now they \ I would soon be able to take care of j ! him. The oldest boy can plow now j ; and by next year the little girl will i be old enough to go to the cook pot i ' i u;~ ! auu davc iinxi uiou nuuuic. wuaw , is to be done with a father like that ? It was announced in the churches last Sunday that the Boy Scouts would go to the different homes and collect j garments to be used in the local work. Any thing is acceptable. There is hardly anything so old as r.ot to be a help to some one. There are several widows in the county who! | ere asking for a few elbthes for their i | little ones. Your contributions will | ! be greatly appreciated. i Greelyville Association Meets. ! : t>I? ?i?:ii? un.;?A ! Xiic \jrrcvijr vmr vi iutc vv jauuvwwi Poultry association held their May; meeting with the president. The members and several visitors receiv-j ed much valuable information from Miss Atkinson's talk on sanitation ; 1 and marketing. An immediate shipment of broilers i j ill be sold by our coynty demon-1 st ration agent. Interest in the White Wyandottes is steadily increasing in this, the on^ ly poultry association in Williamgl^ffg county. The meeting closed^nter enrolling j ' one new member ami appointing a! program committer for local work. ^ Harvey, of Charleston, to the Gov-! ernorship. , ? *. .2i the next time. An article relative to the club markets in South Carolina appeared in the January issue of the Woman's Home Companion This article exacted wide interest as is evidenced by the fact that the home demonstration department of Winthrop College received letters from twenty-one different states and in a good many instances several letters from the same state. Some of these letters came from home demonstration agents, some from the presidents of federated chtbs, civic leagues and other club leaders and some from farm women. In every instance information in regard to the organization plans of the South Carolina club markets was eagerly sought. Truly our fame has gone abroad. We as a state are very proud of I he success of these markets and the result can hardly be foretold. Aside from the money which is being put into the pockets of the women of the state the permanent improvement of the state as a whole is constantly being brought to our notice through increased number of fruit trees plant ed, more and better poultry raised, and as a result, a better poultry house is being built. More dairy cows and better dairy cows are being found on the farms, and last but not least, the farm people are realizing as never before the advantage . of the yearround garden. Successful marketing begins with production. The product must be of good quality and something for which there is a demand. Quality is always r large factor in marketing. MISS HATTIE J. McMURRAY, County Home Demonstration Agent. o Death Claims Mrs. Dobbin. Mrs. Anna Dobbin passed away Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh McCutchen. Mrs Dobbin was born in Clinton, N. C., January 13, 1836, having passed her eighty-sixth birthday. She was married in 1864 to James C. Dobbin, of Fayetteville, N. C., where she lived until the death of her husband. Three children were bom to this unioi. two daughters and one son. Mrs. Dobbin has lived in Kingstree for many years at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M<?Cutchen. Since the death of Mr. McCutchen two years ago, Mrs. Dobbin and her daughter have made their home together. The deceased is survived by her two Daughters, Mis. Lester M. Conrow, of Greencastle, Pa., and Mrs. Hugh McCutehen, of this place and by the following grandchildren: Henry Gibbes Gilland, and Anne Conrow, of Greencastle, Pa., and Dorothy Dobbin, of New York. Before her marriage she was Miss Anna Holmes, and is the last member of her family. The funeral was held r.t the residence on Saturday at 12 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Walter Mitchell of Charleston, assisted" by the Rev. John W. Davis, and the interment was made immediately after at Williamsburg cemetery. The floral offerings were numerous in design and unusually beautiful. Mrs. Dobbin was a devout member of the Episcopal church and a most lovable Christian character, always bright and cheerful despite the infiip^hies of her advanced age. One ?uld not come in contact with her yeet, gentle, kindly nature without Ireing deeply impressed. o Porter Military academy, Charleston, won a clear title of the state prep championship Saturday by defeating Carlisle school here, 7 to l.j Sanders and Sauls were the opposing hits, while Porter garnered ten from Sauls. I y - ' J * *. L i PARENTS MUST AIDl SAYS CAPITAL SCHOOL HEAD. Cooperation Between Home and j School Aid t^Education^.^ Washington has a very full developj i lent of the Parent-Teacher Associa-; ! tion idea, which has been developed j j during the administration of several j ; school superintendents. The present j ! head of the schools in the National; Capital, Dr. Frank W. Ballous. emphasizes the need of interaction between home and schools, and points ; out that the teacher can influence the , i child only during a few hours a day, ! whereas the home and parents influence the child all the time. If home ! cooperation is lacking, he points out, ; the best efforts of the most skillful i educator must fail, i At a recent meeting of re'presenta! ~e -li u it.. : uvea UJL <ui &ucu ;u>auiiutiuiid 111 tut: city, Superintendent Ballou said: "We get nearer to the problem of the child when we meet with the parent-teacher organization more than with any other organizadon. The schools need such help. Officers of the school system need the cooperation of the home in furthering education. Most difficulties arise when \ parents and teachers differ." J , Growers Appoint Officers. I Perfecting of the plans of the Tobacco Grov/ers' Cooperative Association to market the majority of the tobacco in South Carolina through the j many association warehouses in this state resnltcd in the appointment of several new.officials this week. According to announcement from i headquarters of the association at | Raleigh, N. C., W. E. Lea of Florence has become Field Service Representative for South Carolina. Mr. Lea's valuable work in the whirlwind cam paign which resulted in gaining South i Carolina its minimum sign-up in record time assure? continued success in the present effort of the association 'to attain a 75 per cent, state wide ! membership of South Carolina grow; ers. Among the most important appointments announced by Raleigh head-^ quarters this week was that of W. ; Wesley Singleterry, manager of warehouses for Lake City. Other appointments for South Carolina are J. F. Lane, manager of warehouses for Danhury; J. F. Bethea, manager of the warehouse at Latta; W. K. Mc- i Intosh, warehouse manager at Kingstree, and G. T. Reaves as manager of the association warehouse at Conway. Mr. Reaves was formerly with the Independent warehouse at South Boston, Va., but returns to a familiar held in South Carolina. Oliver J. Sands general manager of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association addressing the state con vention or isortn Carolina Danicers , last week at Pinehurst, N. C., said "No wonder that no great economist, no great thinker, no great editor,' no i man devoted to the common weal any where, has been found who opposes , tne cooperative pr nciple." Mr. Sands i said "The Cooperative Marketing Associations have come to build and not i destroy. They exist for the benefit I of all the people and not for any par! ticular number." , According to the official leader of I 70,000 organized tobacco growers, who 1 is recognized as one of the South's outstanding bankers "The banking business would go to smash if the 1 borrower always fixed the rate of in- t terest and the conditions under which money is loaned. The merchant could not long continue in business if the buyer always fixed the prices. Ex- : actly this happens with the farmer. The grower and the ^producer has been without a representative in the * marketing of his product. The new ( J system proposes to change this and : I have the grower represented." ' As evidence of the willingness of j large banking firms to back the Coj operative Association for marketing , tobacco Mr. Sands referred the No> th 1 j Carolina bankers to Chas. N. Evans representative of the Fifty-third National Bank of Cincinnati who confirmed the fact at this meeting that his bank had made a ninety day loan : of a half million dollars to the organized Kentucky Burley growers and 1 that they had paid it back within 1 forty days. Having introduced thirty-two wit- < nesses in the two days of the trial,, the < state at 15 o"c'lock last night rested I its case against Frank M. Jeffords, ' Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece, the three men charged with the murder Tuesday a week ago of J. C. Arnette at a filling station in Columbia. ' % USE ONLY CALCIUM DUST Shun Liquid Sprays for Poisoning Boll Weevil. A warding against liquid sprayer attachments to cotton poisoning machinery is issued by B. R. Coad, director of the boll weevil laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture. Ca'rcilm arsenate applied as a dust, he points out, is the only certain means yet found for controlling the boll weevil and any effort at control by means of liquid sprays is usless Sprayer attachments are, therefore, not only unnecessary but are an added burden. They increase the cost of the machinery and make it more complicated and c ifficult to operate. The liquid spray, even if it were as effective as the dust method would be decidedly more expensive. It would necessitate the use of water1 carts, to feed the machines, would demand an ample and constant water supply which is not available on most farms, and in various ways would increase the cost of poisoning operations. Orchard ists andothers who have to conduct poisoning operations regularly are constantly searching for poisons that can he ousted instead of sprayed. Cotton growers are very fortunate in that the on& j-eally effective method of controlling the boll weevil is the dust method and they should not waste time and money. Mr. Coad points out, in experimenting with the expensive spray methods that farmers in other lines are so constantly trying to get away from. In addition to the foregoing spraying equipment we also find on the market many cuiious devices for applying some liquid preparation, usually containing calcicum arsenate, for the control of the boll weevil. Some of these are to be attached to plows, others to cultivators, while still others run independently. They are usually provided with some exceedingly simple form of tank with a gravity flow of liquid, which either drips on the plants or is wiped on them by some form of brushes or rags. Many such implements are absolutely comical, and the only sad feature is the fact that some farmers arc foolish enough to purchase them. The literature advertising these implements promises wonderful results and the directions given often can zor inly a small fraction of a pound of poison per acre, which is distributed c.ver the plants ih a very irregular manner. To expect boll weevil control from such methods is absolutely absurd. Tie department specialists have been attempting boll weevil control with liquid applications for many years. In these tests they use the finest available high pressure spraying machinery, distributing the liquid poison over the plants in a mist form, thus reaching absolutely every part of the plant. Furthermore, these applications are usually made at the rate of 100 gallons of solution per acre. In spite of this those spray applications do not control the boll weevil, and how can anyone expect to secure benefit from the absurd recommendations issued with some of mo/>Vitnac nnn' .iffprwl the ^aiTO ers? Farmers who desire more detailed information on this subject may secure it free of cnarge by writing the Delta Laboratory. Tallulah, Louisiana. o Odd, Interesting Items in Daily Press. ; Twenty-five thousand families of Chicago will move from houses and apartments to tents for the summer in a fight 'gainst prohibitive rents, according to an announcement of the Tenants' Protective League of that L-ity. Ninety dollars is set as the price of the camping equipment. Dogs are rot allowed, but children are welcomed. Murder by telephone was the charge preferred against a citizen of Berlin, Germany. Bernard Koblcr *was accused of telephoning every day, anonymously, to a man suffering from tuterculosis and speaking discouragingly to him of his symptoms and offering advice to commit suicide. The man suffered a collapse and died and Kobler was tried for murder. He escaped penalty through a legal technicality. Magistrate Black of New York set free Samuel E. Malcolm, 55 years eld, married for 28 years, when he celebrated the birth of his first son by getting drunk. The magistrate held that, Volstead law or no Volstead law, there' are occasions when a man simply must celebrate, and that the end of 28 fatherless years was such an occasion! SWEARINGEN WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR DECLARES TAX SYSTEM SHOULD BE EQUALIZED AND ADJUSTED. A special dispatch from Columbia Monday to the News and Courier says: State Superintendent of Education John E. Swearingen~ tonight definitely announces his candidacy for governor. , He is going to be a formidable and to be counted candidate. There will be no also ran candidacy about him. He is running on his personal worth and his record as state superintendent of education. His announcement is characteristically terse and stated: "I shall be a candidate for governor in the Democratic primary. The governorship is the highest honor in the gift of the people; I invite the voters to investigate my character and record. For fourteen years the people have allowed me to work as state superintendent of education. Of the modest standards that have been introduced under fire a fight for the common schools is one, and 1 prefeY to make this fight in the open before the people. Despite the jrogress of recent years, education is still the chief need of the state. It is the only cure for ignorance as well as the best and safest remedy for poverty and crime. "The tax system should be adjusted and equalized so as to lighten the burden carried by the small farmer, the small home owner and the small TL. --UL - M uusmcsa jiuui. iuc weaim 01 me state can easily bear and pay the cost of honest and economical government without hardship on any s taxpayer. Our tax burden needs to be justly distributed, conservatively expended. Notwithstanding business depression, the ravages of the boll weevil and the uncertainty of the outlook, our people are not ready yet to close our schools and colleges or to pull down our institutions. The direct tax now burdening visible property must be shifted so as to tap other sources of revenue. Second only to education and taxation stand law enforcement, good roads and public health. The carnival of crime should be checked. The investment already made in good roads should be conserved. Further improvements should be made when funds become available. The camDaira for Dublic health should be pressed and every . v public agency should be strengthen-! V ed. Factionalism, bickering and strife Lave too long hurt the state. The governor and the legislature must work together if anything worth while is to be undertaken or accomplished." Mr. Swearingen was born in Edgefield county near Trenton in 1875. his father was John C. Swearingen, a farmer, Confederate soldier and captain in the Red Shirts. His mother was a sister of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman. When thirteen years old he accidently lost his sight but that has in uo wise interferred with his activities and wonderful mind and r-emory. He graduated at the University of South Carolina with highest distinction. His remarkable work for the schools of the state has been his greatest pride. He is a Presbyterian. In 1916 he married Miss Hough and they have two little boys. Mr. Swearingen is keenly interested in farming and is himself largely interested in agricultural ventures. ?. o Wats Mpftin?. Cifizans of Kinratiw. We understand there is some talk that the Fair Association will not hold a fair this fall. Realizing the value of the County Fair to Kingstree and to Williamsburg county as a whole, v.e ask the citizens of Kingstree to attend a mass meeting to be held at the court house Monday night at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose of getting an expression from Kingstree ^ citizens. , This meeting is for women as well as men. Be sure to come. KINGSTREE BOARD OF TRADE. o It is announced that civil service examinations for postmaster ships at North Charleston, Society Hill, Alcolu, Ridgeville, and St. Stephens will bp held at Charleston. Darlington, Kingstree, Manning and Summerville, June 10. These postoffices are rated in the third class and pay salaries as follows: North Charleston, $1,500; Al- > colu, $1,500; Society Hill, $1*419; ^ Ridgeville, $1,200, and St. Stephens, ^ J&w $1,200. * &?' T ? if . r ?