?lje fotmtji Record. Wo ? = J VOLUME 37?NO. 20 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. G, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE I DARLINGTON MAN SHOT TO DEATH LEE SANFORD KILLED BY PAUL C. COUNCIL ON PUBLIC SQUARE. Darlington, July 17.?Lee Sanford was shot and almost instantly killed by Paul C. Council on the public square yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. Four shots were fired, three *?""> in rapid succession and another was fired into Sanford's back as he tried to walk away. The first shot is the one that caused Sandford's death, as I ' it took effect in his heart. The next ? tan shots went wild, one coin? through the plate glass window of the People's Bank'and the other being imbeded in the woodwork. The fourth and last shot entered the fleshy part of the shoulder. A 38 caliber revolver was used. From the accounts of the killing it seems that Council drove up to the drug store in front of where Sanford was sitting in a car, to make a purchase. Sanford asked Council if he was feeling ill, and Council replied "that it was no business of his," and used some curse words. Sanford took offense at what was said and went over to Council, and there were more words passed that led to blows. Council, | it is alleged, then pulled his pistol and shot Sanford hit Council a ter[ rifle blow in the face before the gun I' was brought into play. He begged k Council not to shoot, but to no avail, K it is reported. * Paul Council is proprietor of a plumbing shop and has lived here for several years. Lee Sanford was m?wVinni/? and was pmnlov ed by the Imperial Tobacco Company. The men had always been friends and no previous hard feelings was known to exist between them. Both ^nen have a lot of friends here and are * well known. Sanford is survived by a widow and two daughters, the oldest being a graduate of this year's high school class. Council did not resist arrest and) was placed in the county jail by j Policeman Bryant He told friends from the jail that he was sorry for what had happened, but it could not have been helped. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict that "Lee Sanford came to his death from gun shot wounds at the hands of Paul C. Council." There was a large crowd on thei street when the killing took place,; but it happened so quickly that there j were only a few eyewitnesses. ? CANDIDATES HEaRD HERE. Large Audience Greeted Candidates j Mandoy. The four congressional candidates' of the Sixth district and the two candidates for the office of solicitor of the third circuit were present at the campaign meeting here Monday and; spoke before a good audience in, the | courthouse. The first speaker wasj John O Dinkins. of Manning, candi-1 date for solicitor, followed by Frank i A. McLeod, of Sumter, incumbent f Each of these gentlemen made a L strong appeal to the voters and were B ' liberally appi \uded. T Of the cc gressional contestants m A. H. Gasqu , of Florence, was the first speaker followed in the order named: J. . Pate, of Darlington; P. H. Stoll, of Kings tree, and W. R. Barringer, of Florence. These gentlemen were accorded most respectful attention by the large audience, which included quite a number of women. There were no personalities of an unpleasant nature indulged in. Lake City, July 18.?Candidates for congress for the Sixth district spoke here today before a good crowd. ine canoiuaics uiaue iwuui uucn uuai ^ addresses and were all well received. Congressman Philip H. Stoll gave an account of his actions during the three years he has been in congress and was given a splendid reception. Caterpillars interrupted operations on the Hetch Hetchy Railroad in California recently. The insects crawled along the rails, covering them for a mile and making them so Slippery that the engines could not get traction up the grades. It was necessary for the crews to cut the engine from the trains and run over the caterpillar-covered rails and coat the rails ? with sand before the train could be moved. MUSCLE SHOALS BID OF FORD REJECTED TURNED DOWN IN COMMITTEE BY B TO 7?SENATE WILL VOTE ON MINORITY REPORT. Henry Ford's offer for purchase and lease of the government's projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was rejected by the Senate Agriculture Committee Saturday by a vote of 9 to 7. The bill introduced by Chairman Norris, calling for operation of the projects by a government owned and rr> too ration, also was re jected, the vote being 9 to 5. The other offers, including those of the Alabama Power Company, Frederick E. Engstrum and Charles L. Parsons, also were rejected without a record vote. The committee likewise voted down the bill introducad by Senator Norrls at request of former Representative Lloyd, of Missouri, proposing a semi-governmental corporation. Despite the adverse votes the proposals of Itenry Ford and Senator Norris will be presented to the senate for final decision through minority reports. o To be Collector of Customs. President Harding has sent to the senate the nomination of S. M. Parker of Charleston, to be collector of customs, for the customs district of South Carolina with headquarters at Charleston. This nomination was rather a surprise, and the senators C/Mifli Pa ml inn will nslc that no action be taken by the commerce committee on the nomination until they can make inquiries about the nominee, comes a report from Washington. Central Club Notes. Kingstree, R. F. D. 1, July 13.? The regular monthly meeting of the Central Home Demonstration club was held Thursday p. m., July 13th at the hame of Mrs. H. D. Cantley. The following program was rendered: Roll call and minutes of the last meeting; recitation by Ruby Cantley; report of the Greelyville short course by L4ta Mitchum; "What causes most failures in the club or home project work" by Myrtle Cantley; reading "Penny wise and Pound foolish" by Mrs. H. D. Cantley; story by Mary Ola Mitchum; contest, "The Romance of the Shirtwaist Maiden." Iva Tisdale, getting nearest correct solution in ten minutes won the prize. A demonstration in canning and jelly making was given by Miss McMurray. We have been having some interesting meetings and all members seem to take an interest in the work. We are striving to make this a better club than it has ever been. Myrtle Cantley, Sec. o New Candidates. A card announcing the candidacy of F. R. Hemingway, Esq., for the legislature will be found in another column of this newspaper, which takes pleasure in commending Mr. Hemingway to the voters of Williamsburg county, feeling that he would, if elected, make the county a "saie and sane" representative. Mr. L. A. Parsons announces himself a candidate for appointment to the office of magistrate at Earles. Mr. Parsons is well known in the district and will doubtless receive the support of his friends. In this issue of The Record is the announcement of Mr. W. H. Baker for appointment as magistrate at Hebron. Colored Women Pharmacist. For the first time within the history of pharmacy in South Carolina, a negro women took the state examinations in Florence Tuesday for a license as a pnarmacisi. one came ( here from Union and is a graduate j of Meharry Medical college of Xash! Wile, Tenn. So far as could be re' called, she is the only negro woman 1 ever to take this examination in the state. It fact there are very few women pharmacists in the stat^^f all, either white or colored^ifFence Times. 1 Aluminum films hme been invented by a German. They will wear longer than the transparent cellulose film. They have the added advantage of being 40 per cent, cheaper. SEVEN POINTS TO REI GREAT SUBSCRIP FOR TWO Hostlers Will Take Advantage Entire Campaign?More Wor Tiultn Vnnr Hi name ivuaj?iviu u< TWENTY DOLLARS IN CASH AWARDS Standing Of Members Shows sonal Effort And The Uns A great many of those whose names were entered as candidates in The County Record Subscription Campaign have not as yet gotten into the race for one of the valuable awards offered by this paper, or at least have not made a personal report or gutieii m touch with the Campaign Department. We are offering an unusual opportunity to win a valuable award. To go in and win one of the Ford Cars, now, will mean the earning of nearly $100 a week, besides the prestige of being a winner. When to Enter. Now is the best time to enter the campaign. This first period credit offer will give the candidates a large number of credits which cannot be obtained later on and will put them away up in the race for a Ford. Read the advertisement on another page of this issue and if you are not already in the campaign, clip the Entry Blank, and send it to the Club Manager. It will count 10,000 credits for you. IrnAUT tKflf VA11 Ulltt yvui limmn Iuivn vuu> J ?are taking an active part, you will be surprised to see how much interest will be created in your behalf. Some Points toRemember. Those who are tottering on the edge of entering the campaign should remember the following points: First, All Get Something?an award or a cash commission?there are no losers. Second, it costs you nothing, all receipts, Blanks, etc., being free of charge. The fact that everything is free, and the fact that you are bound to get something, makes The County Kecord campaign atiracuve. Third, the same number of credits are given with a renewal subscription as with a new subscription, therefore you have a large present subscription field to work in, in addition to the great number of new subscriptions you will be able to secure. Fourth, if you collect a back subscription account, you receive the same number of credits as for a renewal or a new subscription. Fifth, the field has been divided into two districts; and one Ford Car will be guaranteed for a member in Kingstree and one for a member outside of Kingstree. Sixth, special cash awards will be given from time to time, for which all compete equally. n??rliatrirt oevciaii) nu niubvvi niHv?< ? you live in, you may solicit subscriptions anywhere. Standing of Members. A glance at the Standing of Members given below shows that quite a number have increased in the number of credits. In many instances these gains have been made by friends of the member, instead of by the member himself. This is not as it should be. Nobody can expect to wir a Ford Car without effort. Your i friends will back you, if you work, j but will soon become disinterested ; ??/l nin't trvinc frt Vieln a auitter. ICU1U VJUJ V WW ? Become an active worker, not a look! er-on. If you haven't a receipt book, phone or write for a supply and 1 while waiting for your receipts, get j busy taking subscriptions, entering the names and addresses in your memorandum book, and filling in the names on the official receipts as soon as xau get them. But get Started. g Cash Awards. Ai August 1st, $20.00 in cash will J^awarded. Ten dollars will go to The member living in Kingstree, who has turned in the greatest amount of cash subscription business up to that time and $10.00 will go to the member outside of Kingstree who turns in the greatest amount of business. Earn this cash award. Subscribe for the Record now. MEMBER IN HON CAMPAIGN _FORD AUTOMOBILES i Of The Best Vote Of The kers Needed?Send In Your west Effort Will Win. "will be D AUGUST 1ST?GET BUSY! ; Gains?The Result Of PeroBcited Thelp Of Friends. HOW THEY STAND WATCH THE CREDITS CLIMB. Candidate* Given 10,000 Credts?Gains Made Through Personal Effort and Unsolicited Aid of Friends. Kingstree Mis. L. S. Dennis _i 80,000 Miss Maadeline Kinder 65,000 Miss Lerline Kinder 10,000 Miss Ola Dabose 60,000 Miss Elizabeth Montgomery ..10,000 Miss Lillie Baker ..60,000 Dick Blakely _ 10,000 Geo. Ansel Nelson 10,000 Jack Arrowsmith 10,000 wi -a n ct n 1 I fungBiree, tv. r. un x. Miss Alma Dukes 55,000 Mrs. J. L. Mims 85,000 Andrews Miss Bessie Howard 10,000 Miss Grace Parsons 10,000 Cowards Miss Pearl Anderson, Rt. 1 ?55,000 Miss Louise Fowler 10,000 Miss Alma Smith 10,000 Presley Matthews 10,000 Leo Matthews 10,000 Cades Miss Hazel. Hanna, Star Rt. .50,000 Miss May Pipkin 1C,000 Miss Martha Smiley 10,000 Miss Unie Broclrington 10,000 Mrs. J. R. Thomas 10,000 Mrs. W. F Prevatt 85,000 Mrs. Gilbert Sauls 10,000 < Fowler Miss Jennie Cooper 10,000 W. J. Cooper 10,000 Greelyville Miss Willie Register 55,600 Miss Henry Louise Johnson .10,000 Miss Blanche Oliver 10,000 Mrs. D. J. Hogan 10,000 Henry Miss Annie Carraway 55,000 Miss Minnie Britton 10,000 Miss Annie L. Erwin 10,000 Miss Margie Gamble 55,000 Miss Louise Snow 10,000 Hemingway ^ * 1 4 A AAA miss liermiae cstucaey iu,uw Ned Wilson 10,000 Miss Nellie Bartell 10,000 Bliss Alma Snowden 10,000 Miss Etta Stuckey 10,000 Miss Lei a Barney 55,000 Miss Ruth Haselden 10,000 Miss Clone Douglas, Rt. 2 ?10,000 Miss Alga Harmon, Rt. 2 10,000 Miss Zuline Chandler, Rt 2 ?10,000 Lanes J. D. McElveen 80,000 Miss Hattie Tart 10,000 New Zion Miss Sadie Lou Buddin 10,000 Miss Vera Fleming 55,600 Bliss Clarane Wheeler 10,000 Nesmith Miss Hattie Stuckey 66,600 Suttons Bliss Jessie Lucas 65,200 Ui'oa Ponllna Pnftrwr 55.000 ittiOO JL WV|TV* ?? ? Miss Ola Byrdic 10,000 Bliss Evelyn Walters 10,000 Miss Sadie Parsons 55,300 Miss Lelia Broach 55,100 Salters Depot Miss Carrie Mosely 10,000 Miss Carrie Blackwell 55,600 Bliss Willie Sparks 10,000 Robert Cooper 10,000 Marion McClary 10,000 Ector Shepard 10,000 Trio Miss Lona Lockliear 55,000 Miss Anna Files 10,000 Miss Mary Etta Moore 10,000 Mrs. Geo. R. Blakely 10,000 Fire at Timmonsville. The plant of the Farmers Gin company at Timmonsville was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning with a loss of approximately $30,000. Only about $12,000 of this is covered by insurance. GEORGIA PREACHER . IS EXONERATED FOR KILLING OF SON-IN-LAW WITH ICB PICK IN DEFENSE OF DAUGHTER. Jacksonville, Fla., July 17.?The Rev. Marion A. Rico, fifty-eight, pastor of Oak Ridge Baptist church, at Ailey, Ga., was exonerated by a coroner's jury here today for the killing yesterday of his son-in-law, William Copeland, thirty-two. Rico Rtahbed CoDeland to death with an ice pick in defense of his bed-ridden daughter, Copeland's wife. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the killing was justifiable homicide. The Rev. Rico, who had been in jail since the tragedy yesterday, was immediately released. The Rev. Rico told the jury he had come to his daughter's home here last week in response to her appeals that she was ill from brutal treatment at the hands of Co pel and. The minister upon his arrival found his daughter in bed, suffering from injuries previously inflicted by her husband. He swore out a warrant for Copeland's arrest, but it was not served because of officers' inability to find him. Planned to Remove Daughter. Plans were being made yesterday morning by the minister to take his daughter and her four children to his home when Copeland put in an appearance. Copeland promised, the minister said, that he would not protest the children's removal if Rico would not prosecute him, and upon this agreement left the house. Later, the minister said, he turn ed from his place m an adjoining! room to see the husband at the door! of his wife's sick room, brandishing! a carving knife, and he intercepte''! him, the two engaging in a struggle. I The minister seized an ice pick and i stabbed his son-in-law ten times, thej latter rooling into another room be- j fore he died. It was not known here until today j that Rico was a minister. He had I merely said he was a farmer at Ailey, but today there were repeatedtelephone calls from members of his; congregation at Ailey, all saying they j were ready to come here en masse if he needed their assistance. "I was little concerned in the; coroner's jury verdict," the minister j said, "but I pray that I will be e:r ' onerated by the Higher i'ower?ar i I believe I will be." Sunday School Association. The Williamsburg County Sunday Sunday Association will hold its annual convention at Union Presbyterian church on Friday, July 28, and the Sunday school people of all denominations in this county are in-, vited to attend. A strong program of practical discussions and inspiring addresses on all phases of modern Sunday school work has been prepared. Leon C. Palmer, general superintendent of the State Sunday School Association, is expected to attend the convention. ? -* ~_1 I In order that all tne sunaay scnwi workers of this county may have an opportunity to attend the convention, no limit will be set on the number who may attend from each Sunday school. The convention will be in the nature of a county-wide massmeeting and not a delegated body, and all who come will be welcome. Information regarding the convention may be secured from Prof. M. F. Montgomery of Kingstree, or from Leon C. Palmer, general superintendent, 714 Allen & Law Building, Spartanburg. -o? Birthday Dinner. On July the eleventh, her 61st birthday, Mrs. W. H. Britton was treated to a seven o'clock dinner by her nieces and nephews-in-law: Messrs W. T. and S. P. Britton, their wives and children; Mrs. Pendergrass, J. N. Britton and wife, W. H. and J. S. Britton. The dinner was served picnic style in the yard, by Mesdames Larena Pendergrass, VP. T. and J. N. Britton; and consisted of good, old-time delightfully browned barbecue, fried] chicken, roast chicken, rice, light I Vife/Miif and nickles. A sweet course was then served:) ice cream, pound cake, chocolate cake, | coffee and ice tea. There were present just the four families, number-' ing 29 persons. WHITE MEN FIRE J ON TRAINMASTER ' ' "? FLORENCE OFFICIAL DOES NOT KNOW WHO SHOT AT HIM. Florence, July 15.?G. E. Rollins, terminal trainmaster of the Atlantic Coast Line, reported to the officials this morning that while he was engaged in making up a train at the end of the new yard transfer sta- , j tion, he and Officer Baker were fired upon four or five times by unknown white mem Mr. Rollins in his report stated that he and the officer took refuge behind a freight car, from which a bullet was later taken. The men who did the shooting used a rifle, said Mr. Rollins. According to Mr. Rollins' statement, the men came from the direction of the Seaboard bridge, where picketers have been stationed. Investigation by officers of the county and of the railroad company and of the officials of the union have failed to reveal the ident ity of the men. An official of the shopmen's union declared today ^n a statement that he had made a UUC1U1 1II\JUU / auu bUAi> uiv uiuvu resented the imputation that a striker did the shooting. ' ^ Cheatham-Hemingway. Greenwood, July 16.?Ftfends throughout the state will be interested in the marriage of Miss Helen Cheatham and William Hemingway, which was solenized at the bride's home near Greenwood Wednesday evening. Promptly at 6 o'clock the bride and bridegroom entered the living room where the simple ceremony was performed by the bride's father, the Rev. B. M. Cheatham. The darkened room, lighted only by candles, made the scene both beautiful and impressive. The bride was attractive in her going-away costume of midnight blue with hat and accessories to match. She will be missed in the community where her vivacious and pleasing personality has made her most popular. TVo hridpcrroom is a Drominent young business man of Hemingway. The ceremony was witnessed by only a few intimate friends and the following out-of-town guests: Mrs. Joe Cheatham of Clemson, Miss Gary Cheatham of Bennettsville, sister of the bride; E. L. Rogers of Grey Court . and F. R. Hemingway, a brother of the bridegroom. At an informal reception refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. The dining room was tastefully decorated in white and green. The young couple left immediately for their future home in Hemingway. 0 ' Local Lines From, Lanes. ;JPf Lanes, July 18.?Dr. I. W. Graham celebrated his ninety-first birthday on Monday, July 10. The invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Shi rer, Mr. J. W. Chandler and Mr. S. A. Graham. Mrs. W. C. Bruner left for Pittsburg, Pa., on Thursday to visit her daughter. Miss Dora Graham was called to Dillon Wednesday by the illness of her friend, Mrs. E. E. Rogers. We trust Mrs. Rogers will have a speedy recovery. Dr. Zeigler of Charleston spent the Fourth here as the guest of his friend, Mr. Gordon Rogers. , -7' Mr. S. A. Graham spent Wednesday in "The City by the Sea." Mrs. Harrington and Mrs. McClary of Summerton, visited relatives here^ last week. Miss Margaret Graham left for New York Thursday where she ex pects to take a summer course at Columbia University. En route she visited her cousin, H. E. Davis, Esq., of Florence. Mrs. H. P. Brown, who has recently been under-going treatment at the Florence Infirmary is better and still improving. 0?? ' / Eighty-eight per cent of all the automobiles in the world are in the ^ United States and Canada. o Ttio henw stepl doors of the Ohn penitentiary closed on a former chief justice of the municipal court of Cleveland, now a convicted perjurer serving a term of from 1 to 10 years. The former judge ?s now a comrade of thugs, crooks aid gunmen, many of whom he himseif sent to orison.