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VOLUME 37?NO. 13 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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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
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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.
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JEFFORDS STAYS '
* HANDS OF STATE
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,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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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protectee in me iuture conuuci, ui me
bank.
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"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.
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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.
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Hymenial.
Married at the office of Probate
Judge on Wednesday, May 24, Mr.
John T. Howard of Bloomingvale to
Miss Alene Morris of Warsaw.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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