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-J ?1je> nuntij llccorti. ' ?????m~m VOLUME 37?NO. 13 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ? .; CHAUTAUQUA NOW IN FULL SWING OPENED TUESDAY IN BIG TENT ' ON PUBLIC SCHOOL LOT.? I "FRIENDLY ENEMIES" TODAY. | The chautauqua opened Tuesday j afternoon with the Nevin Concert Company as the opening attraction ( and these four young ladies did not; fail to live up to expectations. Their i program, both afternoon and evening, was one of interest to the audience j ~~ and the many encores the company was forced to give attested to its popularity. J. Franklin Caveny in j his chalk and clay talk that closed i the opening day program was a de- J cided hit with the audience. He prov- j ed himself a cartoonist of ability and ; his \vork was unusually clever. Yesterday afternoon the Gretchen | Cox Concert ComDanv occupied the! program and another delightful mus- j ical treat was given. Miss Cox prov- j ed to be one of the most talented violinists who has ever been to this city and her supporting cast, Archie N. Jones, baritone and Miss Cleo Messner pianist were equally as good. Mr. Jones has a pleasing baritone voice and each of his selections called for an encore. Friendly Enemies, a delightful comedy drama dealing with one of the most vital questions arising out of the late war will be the offering of the Redpath Kingstree Chautauqua tonight and a capacity crowd is expected to greet the players in the big tent erected on the high school grounds. The chautauqua this year has proven one of the best that RedIpath has e^er offered in this city and every number has found interest increasing. This afternoon and evening the National Male Quartette will be the I offering and this widely known mus-: ical organisation headed by the inimi-, table Charles Cox, bass and imper-J cnnfifnr ic euro fo nmvp of interest ! to all. The quartette has built a B national reputation and the program is so arranged as to be pleasing to ail, consisting of both classical music and lighter and popular numbers. Mr. Cox in his impersonations is said J to be one of the big features of the i ^. Redpath circuit and his appearance J elsewhere has been the source of i great delight. The comedy Friendly Enemies is | to be presented here by an entire New j York cast of artists and is the equal I of the ^company that gave this pro- j duct ion such enviable long runs in New York, Chicago, Boston, Cincin- j nati and other larger cities and throughout the Redpath circuit this year me company nas uecn revcivcu j in a most pleasing manner. Each of j the cast is an artist and seldom has I Kingstree been given such an opportunity as that afforded Friday nig' This morning the first of the children's story hour periods was given with Stephani Schutze as the entertainer and his dramatic rendition of children stories won the little tots to him. This afternoon he will speak the grown-ups on the subject of the Art in Story Telling. The National Male Quartette gave their first prot gram here and proved an instant hit. ^ To overlook the lecture of Edward B Amherst Ott on "Victory" that closed the second day program, would be to serve a meal without desert. Mr. Ott deals with a subject of vital importance at this time, that of a citizens duty to his country and his ap peal for more real Americanism was HB. one of the most powerful ever de1^^?" li*rAvArl Varn Mr Of 4* l'o nnn nf fKp * WW AW VA1V V.A. VMW I B best known platform men of the country and his lecture, Sour Grapes, is well known to all. Friday morning Hughie Fitzpatrick, a New York Hippodrome favorite, will entertain the children. Hughie is an acrobatic clown of unusual abilK ity and a great favorite with the litAs the 'ecturer for Friday after-! ~~ noon, Montaville Flowers will appear! and deal with the subject "America Locking Ahead," and being an author-! ity on the subject of looking into fu- i ture his lecture will prove an inspir- j ation to all. For the closing day Miss Bemice Van, a charming little story teller will entertain the children in the morn-, Ning and also appear on the . afternoon program. The Kublick Company in a musical program will be the principal attraction for the afternoon ; and they v.ill open the evening program. Mr. Kublick will use some of his novel musical instruments that has come as the result of an injury j R* I ' COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. Interesting Programs Carried Out i Presence of Large .Audiences. Another very successful term of th Kingstree high and graded schoc terminated Monday night with th final exercises of the graduating clas; numbering fourteen pupils. The ex ercises were well attended by th town's people and each pupil did hin or herself credit in rendering thei respective parts of the program. The debate by the Literary soeiet; Friday night was highly interesting end entertaining for the audience The debaters on either side acquitte< themselves in admirable style. Tin judges awarded the decision to tin negative side of the query: Resolved that Kinsgtree should spend $200, 000 in the next twelve months ii street paving, extension of wate works and sanitation." The musica part of the evening's program wa: highly enjoyed, as was also the ex cellent recitation, "America Need: Men," by Warren Derrick, the joke: by Pearl Chandler, and "The Secon< Trial," a recitation by Annie Lauri< Singleton. It was a busy week for the teach ers and they measured up nobly t< their task, each one seemed to pu her whole heart into the work shi was now bringing to a close. The decorations on the rostrun were never more beautiful, present ing as they did a garden effect, wit! trellices embelished with vines an< flowers. The commencement sermon wa: nMAn/tltA<] +1*a /vvn/Inofin/* /tlone Cim yi catiicu kaj tiic ^lauuaun^ uo^ uuu day morning by the Rev. Mr. Poy ner of St. John's Episcopal church Florence. He used Esaw and Jacal as his Biblical- characters and hi; theme was th? attainment of highei and nobler things in life. He env phasized the drifter, or idler as i character to be shunned. He urgec his hearers to be ambitious and make their lives worth while. Music foi this occasion was rendered by a spe cial choir and the selections renderee were greatly enjoyed. The service was participated in by the ministers of the town. Members of the graduating class were: Misses Margaret Montgomery Elizabeth Montgomery. Scott McEl veen, Mae Cook, Leta Mitchum, Er line Harrington, Bessie DuBose, Lilj Baker, Evelyn McConnell; Davie Canty, Edward O'Bryan, Rudolpl Cousar, William Evans, Vardelle Ne smith. It is expected that several 01 these will enter college next session Fish Dinner Friday. On last Friday our good friend Mr D. J. Epps entertained a hundred o: more of his friends at a fish and bar becue dinner in the Fulton grove This was Mr. Epps' annual dinne: and there were present out of tow Drs. Mclnnis and Cannon of Charles ton; B. G. and J. D. McClam, Lak< City; C. E. Graham, Scranton; Mr DeVine, Florence; J. K. Kirven, Rus sell Acree, C. W. Skinner, Darlington J. P. Commander, Sumter; J. R Mayes, Mayesville; B. B. Epps, L F. Montgomery, Jr., Bishopville; W E. Lea. Timmonsville. The feast was prepared by Mr. Epp: in his usual inimitable style an< known as pinebark. stew. There wa: an abundance for every one present many of whom were not able to par take of the usual evening meal, hav ing been so generously served witl fish, rice, barbecue and various ac companiments. It was a feast fit fo the gods. to his playing hand received when ; boy. The final lecture will be delivere< by Dr. Henry A Adrain, who come from the laboratories of Luther Bur bank, the plant wizzard, who wii speak on the subject "In Wonderlam With Burbank." Dr. Adrain is om of the foremost platform men an* humorists of the country and hi theme is one that should appeal to ail The chautauqua this year has proven far more successful than last yea and it is to be hoped that the citizen of Kingstree will continue to mak it an annual affair. The crew here this year is under th direction of John N. Nelson, of Nash vill^j-JCfinn., superintendent, and con sists of Mr. Nelson, J. J. GojjffllRu! of Van Wert, Ohio; H^^^McCanr of Kentucky and Myers o : Evanston, Illinois. ^^.11 have mad many friends here who are mere tha pleased with the treatment extende I by those in charge of the tent. e JEFFORDS STAYS ' * HANDS OF STATE e ,f FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL e TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT. e Frank M. Jeffords, convicted with i j Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece of the r j murder of John C. Arnette and with ; Ira Harrison sentenced to die in the ^ electric chair June 15, Monday afterr nocn in 34 words stayed the hands of .. the law by serving notice of his ini tention personally to appeal his case p , to the state supreme court. The no5! tice of intention to appeal, which was . signed by Jeffords, himself, was serv. ed upon Judge W. H. Townsend, Soi licitor A. Fletcher Spigner and Clerk ? of Court J. E. Hinnant at 4 o'clock j | Monday afternoon. This action aus tomatically stays the execution of the . sentence of death, s Jeffords signed the brief notice of s appeal in his own name, so availing ] himself of the right under the laws ? of the state to act as his own attorney in appealing to the state su. preme court. No indication of the > grounds upon which the appeal will t be based was given in the notice. ? The notice, written on a typewriter, follows: , "You will please take notice that . the defendant, Frank M. Jeffords, ini tends to appeal and hereby appeals 1 from the verdict and sentence in the above case this 29th day of May, 5 1922." This was headed by the name . of the case. Under state law he will be allowed 30 days in which to perfect his appeal. ) Should it be perfected the case could ? not come up before the supreme court r until the second Tuesday in October . when the next session of the couit t will be held. The case would then 1 have to be argued before the court > and if the appeal is sustained the case r probably retried. If the appeal should . be denied Jeffords would then have I to be resentenced before execution. ? In case, however, the appeal is never ; completed, as was the appeal of S. J. Kirby, Solicitor Spigner will be forc5 ed to wait the expiration of the 30 days before he can take any action . in the circuit court to secure the dis. missel of the appeal. This will carry j the delay beyond the next term of \ court and will postpone the resen, tencing until the session following. Harrison as yet has made no move f toward an appeal and it is not known whether he will follow Jefford's lead or not. Under the law notice of appeal to the supreme court may be filed at any time after conviction and within ten days after the rising of , the court The session of the court ' at which the three men were tried will last through this week and Harrison therefore will be allowed ten . days after Saturday in which to file notice of appeal. He would then be allowed the usual 30 days in which to complete and perfect the appeal. , It is possible also that the state may I secure the postponement of his exe. cution by a series of reprieves from ' the governor until the case of Jeffords has been finally decided. Treece also has made no move but is now serving his life sentence in the state penitentiary, j James H. Hammond and John s Quinn, who were appointed by the court as Jeffords' attorneys curing the trial, were in no way connected with the making of the appeal, it was 1 announced, both having withdrawn from the case "without prejudice" as soon as the trial was completed. Jeffords is as far as is known the first man, convicted in the Richland r courts, to appeal in person to the x supreme court and so stay the execution of his own sentence. i John C. Arnette, Jeffords' partner s in the Elmwood filling station, was . killed at the filling station at the j j corner of Elmwood avenue ana Main j street at about 11 o'clock Tuesday e night, May 9, his head being crushed j by some blunt instrument. Harrison, s Jeffords and Treece were arrested on I. a charge of murder early in the morn. ing of May 10. The coroner's jury, r meeting Wednesday night, May 10, s recommended that Jeffords and Hare rison be held as principals in the nudroer and that Treece be held as e al accessory.?Columbia State. J r The King Hardware Company, Inc., !> of JohnsonviJle, Florence county, has b filed a voluntary petition in bankf ruptcy in the United States district e court at Charleston, listing liabilities n of $9,102.12, and assets of $6,549.43. d Attorneys Lee & Shuler, of Kingstree, represent the petitioners. CAR OVERTURNED; DRIVER KILLED CAR OVERTURNED DRIVER KILLED WELL KNOWN FARMER LOSES LIFE WHILE DRIVING HOME j MONDAY AFTERNOON. f Richard W. Spivey, a well known farmer residing about eight miles from this place on the Kingstree-Manning highway was killed about 7:00 o'clock Monday evening when his Ford car overturned at a point on the road about five miles from Kingstree. Mr. Spivey was alone in the car at the time of the fatal accident, but Messrs Alex Blakeley and Wallace Mcintosh were following some distance behind, going to Mr. Spivey's pla4Ne to look at his tobacco. Suddenly they noted that his car had disappeared and there was a cloud of dust ahead. Upon reaching the point where the car disappeared they found that Mr. Spivey's car had turned several sumersaults and his body was discovered in a clump of briars some distance from the road. They took him out of the briars, apparently alive, and hurried to the home of a neighbor A- _1 * J w piiune xur <% uvtivij ?ucu turned to him he was dead. It was later discovered that his neck had been broken. The deceased is survived by his wife and three children. o Sad Death of Little Boy in Florence. Master George Nelson Cox, the nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cox, of Florence, died Monday morning, death following an illness of only a few hours. ? Death resulted from a mysterious affliction of the brain the nature of which the attending physicians have not identified positively though the symptoms were as of hydrophobia. The affliction is apprehended to have been hydrophobia, because a year ago this month the little fellow was bitten by a mad dog. He was given the Pasteur treatment immediately at that time but this treatment is relatively protective and not positively protective, as the medical profession states. Master George was a pupil in the second grade of the Park school, in which he was a popular little fellow. He was just eight years and eight months of age, the second of three chilu.en in the home. He leaves, besides his parents, an older brother, Master "Billie" and a baby sister, Virginia Catherine. The physicians are reluctant to say positively that the death was irom hydrophobia, caused by the dog's oite of a year ago. But the family, from what the physicians told them, believe this was the cause. Little George Cox has paid the supreme price but it may not have been in vain, if his loss arouses sentiment against dogs running at large on the streets of Florence and compels this menance to children and adults to be stopped. This, his family and his friends, in their bereavement, fell.?Florence Times. o McLeod for Governor. Thomas G. McLeod, of Bishopville, has announced that he will be in the race this summer for governor. Recently numerous requests have been made of Mr. McLeod that he offer for the office and it is in response to these requests that he enters the contest. Mr. McLeod is well known throughout the state. He has filled the office of lieutenant governor, and has had extensive legislative experience. He is an able stump speaker and will make an aggressive campaign. District Conference Here. The Kingstree District conference of the Methodist church will meet here on'Wednesday morning, June 7, at 10 o'clock and will continue until noon Thursday. The conference will be composed of four representatives from each of the twenty-two charges in the district. The sessions of the conference will be held in the Methodist church and will be presided over by the Presiding Elder, Rev. C. C. Derrick. There will be preaching at noon each day and on Wednesday evening to which services the public Is invited. -o? When you need printed matter, any kind, The Record is the place to have it done. FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR One prominent Citizen Dead, Another in Florence Jail. C. Hodge Hill, merchant and cotton buyer of Timmonsville, died Friday as the result of gushot wounds inflicted by M. N. Harrison, lumberman. Mr. Hill was shot Thursday morning by Mr. Harrison near the latter's home, the charge taking effect in Mr. Hill's legs. He was taken at once by friends to his home and at the time his wounds were not thought to be serious. The loss of blood was so great that death ensued at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Hill was conscious after the shooting and it is alleged that he said Mr. Harrison shot him without cause. Mr. Hill was 45 years old, being bom and reared in Timmonsville. Surviving are his widow, who before marriage was Miss Ora Skinner, and the following children, the youngest not two years of age: Mrs. E? H. Blick of Petersburg, Va., Mrs. Kester j Hudson, Cora, Walter, Gordon, Robert and Virginia Hill. There are also two brothers: Henry Hill and Raymond' Hill., and two sisters. Mrs. Harllee White and Mrs. Robert McMillan. Mr. Harrison, who is being held in the Florence county jail, admitted, it is claimed, that he did "the shooting, adding that any other man, he believed, "would have done what I did." BANK AT HEMINGWAY. Bank Examiner Authorizes It to Reopen. State Bank Examiner W. W. Bradley was in Kingstree Saturday afternoon and stated to The County Record that he had authorized the Bank of Hemingway at Hemingway, to reopen for business on Tuesday, May 30. This bank was taken over by the state bank examiner some weeks ago and closed on account of its inability to realize on its outstanding loans and the consequent decrease of its cash operating capital. Old depositors of the bank have agreed to leave their deposits with the bank, subject to check quarterly, beginning October 1. Accounts of new depositors will be subject to check as heretofore in the ordinary course of business, ssid Examiner Bradley. Arrangements were made by the examiner to secure funds with which to reopen the bank on a safe business basis and he assures its customers that their interests will be fully - ' *1 il - J L - ? 4.1. - protectee in me iuture conuuci, ui me bank. o "Uncle Joe" Getting Ready to Quit. A dispatch from Washington to the New York World says: "Uncle Joe" Cannon is winding up his congressional career in the role of Santa Claus for his constituents. Although he is not seeking re-electior., "Uncle Joe" is working for the home folks as [though he were facing his hottest campaign. And he 'gets what he wants. Hat on one side and cigar between his teeth, Mr. Cannon commands the services of everyone. Doormen, elevator boys and private secretaries step their own work to put him right, and he steps in ahead of other congressmen and lands jobs for his followers. "It pays to keep a man here a while. People get to know him," said one Republican member, who was waiting in the post office department yesterday only to see the veteran come in after him and get the job from under his nose. o To Be Married in June. The County Record is in receipt of the following invitation: Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Owens McCants reauest the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Maggie Mae to Mr. Alvin Lucius McElvecn on Wednesday evening, the fourteenth of June at half after eight o'clock Saint Johns Baptist Church Pinopolisfc South Carolina The groom is a native of this county and was for many years employed at the depot hej*. He is well known and popular among a host of friends. o Hymenial. Married at the office of Probate Judge on Wednesday, May 24, Mr. John T. Howard of Bloomingvale to Miss Alene Morris of Warsaw. ?*Vv V,T' RICHMOND READY FOR THE VETERANS REDUCED RATES GRANTED FOR GENERAL REUNION BEGINNING JUNE 20. Richmond, Va., May 30.?All members of the United Confederate Veterans, Sons of 'Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, | the Confederate Southern Memorial association, sponsors and maids and ; matrons of horror who come to RichI mend for the Confederate reunion, ljune, 1922, will have the privilege of traveling at reduced rates of fare. J General Joe Lane Stern, chairman of I the reunion committee, has completed i negotations with Southern transpor| tation systems whereby the veterans 1 and accompanying members of their i families may travel at the rate of one ! cent per mile. Members of affiliated ! organizations will be given the benefit ! of the round trip to Richmond and return at the rate of a one-way fare. The city is making preparations to entertain not less than 5,000 of the surviving 45,000 Confederate soldiers, I although this number of visitors will be increased several times by the presence of the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, other affiliated organizations and sponsors. The opening date for the actual reunion of the veterans is June 20, although the Sons and members of the Confederate Southern Memorial association will start their program one day earlier. All of the organizations will close their meetings simultaneously, or on June 22. Preparations have been completed to take care of the veterans in fine style. Many will stop at the hotels, others will be the guests of relatives and friends, but the majority of them will be comfortably accommodated in private homes, and at reasonable rates. The cost of lodging and break- . fast in the private homes will range from $1.25 to $2. Dinner and supper, ? XI- AA?M?\li'mAntc AP fUn Alfw rtP YY1WI LI1C luuipilllicilto VI uiv u>; v> Richmond and Commonwealth of Virginia, will be supplied Confederate veterans on June 20, 21 and 22. Information about accommodations may be had by addressing Major B. B. \ ; Morgan, Postoffice Box 685, Richmond, ^ Va. The program of exercises and entertainments indicates that this will be one of the most elaborate reunions in the history of the United Confederate veterans. One of the most impressive features during* this reunion will be the laying of the cornerstone a monument to Matthew Fontaine Maury, "The Pathfinder of the Seas," and one of the heroes of the Confederate navy. o Jurors for Summer Court. The summer term of Court of General Sessions will convene here on Monday, June 12th, with Judge John S. Wilson, presiding. The .Turv Commissioners have drawn the following petit jurors to serve at this court: J. Woodrow Gamble, Nesmith; J. E. Dukes, Kingstree; Bartow Burgess, Kingstree; G. B. Mitchum, Kingstree; L. H. Douglas, Hemingway; L. C. Montgomery, Kingstree;. W. A. Marshall, Andrews; J. Y. McGill, Kingstree; M. L. McLeod, Greelyville; j5. E. Burgess, Kingstree; R. E. Blakeley, Trio; G. C. Thompson, Hemingway; J. F. Montgomery, Greelyville; Fleming Parsons, Hemingway; J. Z. Hanna, Henry; G. J. Graham, Jr.. Cades; S. J. Ervin, Henry; L. B. Browder, Greelyville; F. E. Huggins, Hemingway; W.E. Jenkinson, Kingstree, J. M. Morris, Andrews; S. W. Jennings, Cades; W. T. Evans, Trio; J. H. Rowell, Trio; R. T. Grimsley, Cades; B. J. Moore, Lake City; R. L. Smith, Kingstree; R. W. Moore, Greelyville; E. F. McClary, Kingstree; R. W. Marshall, Andrews; S. M. Wingate, Kingstree; R. W. Stuckey, Hemingway; D. H. Hanna, Kingstree, Rt. 1; R. W. Spivey, Greelyville; H. C. Crawford, Kingstree; W. R. Chandler, Lanes. Mr. Jennings Owen of Bennettsville, has announced his candidacy for the office of lieutenant governor, and is the first in the field for this office. Mr. Owen is a graduate of Worford College, later studied law and was. admitted to the state bar. He has represented this county in the General Assembly and at one time taught summer school for teachers in Kingstree. He is regarded as a man of ability,, thoroughly reliable and sub stantial citizen. if.. ' ->