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VOLUME 37?NO. 23 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. G, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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Growers' Cooperative Association
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further realize that if they seek for
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for in this campaign, all are
guaranteed something, either an
award 01 a cash commission.
Workers realize that there are only
a few more weeks in which to
choose between victory and defeat?
success or failure?and with this
thought in mind are not overlooking
a single opportunity to increase their
credits; they are thinking and planning
constantly for success, remembering
always that their competitors,
as keen and as resourceful as themselves,
are racking some very acute
minds with the same thought in view.
Leading workers are bustling with
preparation that will make them winners
of the cash awards that are being
given weekly, and with one accord
are fighting valiantly and determinedly
toward the goal. They
know that it is not LUCK that wins
?It is systematic planning and
WORK, and if they would win a
FORD CAR they must earn MANY
of the BONUS CREDITS we are giving
this week for each $18.00 worth
of business reported Those who
THINK they can do this, CAN do it
and WILL do it, in spite of any
imagined handicap, and a goodly number
of these BONUS CREDITS will
mean a FORD CAR a little later on. j
Cash Awards.
The cash awards this week were
won by Mrs. L. S. Dennis, of Kingstree,
and Mrs. W. F. Prevatt, of
Cades. This is the second cash
award won by Mrs. Dennis, who is
encouraged by the work she is ac'
corapiuuuug.
These two workers are closely fol/
lowed by Sirs. J. L. Mims, Miss Hattie
Stucky;, J. D. McElveen, Miss
Maude Allene Kinder, who have it
in their minds to win, while Miss
Minnie Britton, Miss Lei a Burney
and Miss Chloe Douglas are striving
now fojr that overwhirling number of
credits that will prevent needless
worry a little later on.
Another cash award of $5 will go
Tuesday to the worker whether in
Kingstree or the county who reports
maotoei' ommint. nf hllSinPSS for I
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this week.
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^ Fourth Standing of Workers.
Kingstrec
Mrs. L. S. Dennis 350,600
Miss Maude Allene Kinder __300,000
Kingstree, R. F. D? 1.
Miss Alma Dukes 150,0001
Mrs. J. L. Mims 350,400
Cowards
Miss Alma Smith 118,000
^ Cades
f Mrs. W. F. Prevatt 350,500
Greelyville
Miss Willie Register 100,000
Miss Henry Louise Johnson .80,000
Hour
^ Miss Minnie Britton 120,000
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J) WIN MUST
BONUS CREDITS NOW!;
CESS ARE NOT AFRAID TO ASK
TIONS. REAL WORKERS ARE
N AND COUNTY BOOSTERS.
OFFICER IS WOUNDED.
Clarendon Official Shot by Negro;
Who Escapes.
Manning, Aug. 7.?Last night Rural
Policemen Peary and Gamble
went about five miles into the coun-i
try to arrest Alex Butler, negro. It:
seems that several negroes had been
in a general row end Butler, it is al-1
leged, had used his knife on two of;
the party. When the officers located;
him he showed fight and before Of-j
ficer Gamble could arrest him he:
opened fire with a shotgun, shooting j
Mr. Gamble's pistol out of his hand|
and with it the little finger from his
right hand. Butler immediately dashed,
throwing down his gun and though
Officer Peary emptied his pistol at
him he made a getaway. The sheriff
and two other officers scoured the
woods in the vicinity last night without
finding any trace of him.
Officer Gamble is painfully though
notf dangerously wounded.
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Brief News From Hemingway. j
Hemingway, Aug., 8.?Mr. and Mrs.;
Jack Hyman spent Sunday at Pamplico
with relatives.
Miss Myriam Talavast of George-1
town, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.,
Van Harper.
Miss Dunn of Newberry, is visit-!
ing friends r*ul relatives here.
Mrs. Sam Mangum and little daugh-1
ter left Saturday for Pawleys Island,
where they will spend some time.
Mrs. J. M. Eaddy and sons, Ma-i
rion and Charles, Mrs. D. G. Huggins
and daughters, Nanna Mary,
Anna Dell and Frances, Mrs. C. M.
Lambert and son, Ralph, Mrs. Lizzie
Cook and Miss Cox left Tuesday
for a week's stay at Myrtle Beach.
Miss Hattie Venters delightfully
entertained the young folks with a
peanut boiling at her home last Fri-j
day evening. Every one present was j
sorry when the hour came for them i
to take their departue. ,
Mr. Frank McLeod of Sumter, was
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in town Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Simmons and'
family, formerly of this place but.
now of Timmonsville, spent Sunday;
Iiom M-itVi Viic Krnthpr Mr D. W. 1
Simmons.
The ladies' Bible class closed its;
membership contest a few weeks ago, J
the Blues being victorious; so the
Reds, the losing side, gave the Blues:
a picnic at Snow's Lake Thursday.!'
Only a small percent of the Blues
attended which was their loss, on:
account of *he bountiful dinner that
was spread, also plenty of water
melons and lemonade.
The Epworth League had a very,
interesting program Sunday evening
the subject being "League Recreation."
Our league is always well attended
by the young folks and is a
wide-awake league.
Mr^ and Mrs. George Hemingway
and daughter, Miss Ellen, spent Sunday
afternoon with relatives at Indiantown.
Mr. C. Hemingway has return-j
ed from Spartanburg, where he had;
been attending summer school.
Mrs. Balford Haselden, Miss Hat-j
tie Venters and Mr. Watts Venters}
are spending this week with their j
sister, Mrs. Jim Grimble on John's
Island.
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A head line says "Prosperity is
just around the corner.' Seems to i
us that it must be bound there hard
and fast.
Miss Margie Gamble 85,000'
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Hemingway
Miss Gertrude Stucky 110,000 ;
Miss Lela Burney 120,000
Miss Chloe Douglas 120,000
Lanes
ij. D. McElveen 298,900
New Zion
Miss Vera Fleming 80,dC>0
Nesmith ,
Miss Hattie Stucky 299MpP
Sutton*
Miss Pauline Cooper ^^^^_101,900
Miss Lelia Broach 110,0001
Salters^epot
[Marion McClary 80,000J
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Miss Lona Lockliear 100,800
'Miss Mary Etta Mocre 110,000
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MANY ARE KILLED i
AND INJURED
BY FAILURE OF ENGINEER TO
HEED WARNING BY
SIGNAL.
Failure of an engineer to heed aj
block signal causes the rear-end col-,
lision on the Missouri Pacific at1
Sulphur Springs, Mo., last Sunday
night in which thirty-eight persons
were killed and about 137 injured,
twenty-five seriously, according to as- i
sistant general manager of the road.'
A fast passenger vestibuled stell
train No. 4, running at full speed,
crashed into No. 32, a local, composed
of five wooden day coaches, a baggage
and an express car as the en- !
gine was taking on water with the
coaches stretching back on a trestle |
over Glaise creek.
The impact hurled two of the lo-(
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C&l coacnes aown a miy-iooi. eniutuu.- .
ment edging the Mississippi and tele- i
scoped four other coaches, crushing.
a number of passengers to death in I
their seats. Both trains were behind
them, the fast passenger, running
from Fort Worth, Texas, to St.
Louis, carrying 160 passengers, and1
the local 100 persons.
Engineer Matt Glenn, of St. Louis,1
engineer of the fast passenger, fail-J
ed to heed a block signal warning j
him the track was not clear ahead.
Glenn, 57 years old, an engineer for;
thirty-five years without a black
mark against his reccrd, was killed!
when he jumped from his cab just'
before the crash. Edward Tinsley,!
also of St. Louis, firman of No. 4,:
remained at his post and was injur-,
ed seriously.
Engineer Gleen shortly before arriving
in Sulphur Springs received:
orders "on the run" to pull over on I
a siding at Cliff Cave, ten miles ncrth
of the village, to allow "Sunshine
Special No. 1," en route from St.:
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J-iOUis zo l exas polnu, lu ouu i
the engineer failed to heed the signal
because he apparently was reading
these orders when he passed the
block. The orders were found near |
his body.
Ghouls appeared on the scene shortly
after the crash aAd robbed the
dead and dying. Only one \yas ar-j
jested and he said his name was)
William Hall, of St Louis. Several j
pieces of wearing apparel taken from
the unfortunate were found cn his
person and a Bible was in his waist.
The Bible, it was said, had been the
property of the Rev. V. 0. Pensley,
of Desoto, one of those killed. The
dead and injured were spread overi
an area of several city blocks and
chicken crates, automobile cushions,
baggage and the railroad tracks constituted
their couches. The little village
of 150 inhabitants was unable
to care for the injured and they
along with th2 dead were taken to.
St. Louis and Desoto.
CLASH AT LAKE CITY. .
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Trouble is Narrowly Averted by Pres-,
ence of Sheriff Burch.
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Only the prompt intervention of
Deputy Sheriff Larrie Burch is believed
to have averted serious trouble in;
Lake City yesterday afternoon result- j
ing from aversion of independent to- j
bacco warehouse interests to the
growers pool. According to the information
gained through the sheriffs!
office, day before yesterday, during,
the sale on one of the floors, the auc- j
tioneer observed an Olanta citizen,!
named Proctor, who seemed to him i
to be soliciting everyone else on the I
floor. The auctioneer is said to have j
suspected that Proctor was working
the tvade for the pool and to have got- j
ten a couple of friends to aid him in;
putting Proctor off the floor. They
are said later to have used Proctor ;
very roughly.
Resenting the treatment, Proctor,
who is understood now to be an insurance
agent and was soliciting policies
at the time the auctioneer
thought he was working for the pool,:
gathered some of his friends and returned
to the floor yesterday. Whenj
this fact became known, friends of
e^P commenced to rally to their re^ective
man.
MDeputy Larrie Burch happened to
re in Lake City on some other business.
Seeing the way the situation
was developing, he called via long dis-,
tance for Deputy Maxy Burch, with
Deputies Connor and Sims to come to
his aid at once. He was able to keep
the two warring factions apart till
aid arrived and then the threatened
outbreak was averted.?Saturday's
Florence Daily Times.
LIVELY TIME AT
JOHNSONVILLE
FLORENCE COUNTY CANDIDATES
AND JOHNSONVILLE CITIZENS
GET INTO WRANGLE.
Mondays Florence Daily Times
says: "Whatever excitement the state
and district political campaigns have
lacked to date, the county campaign,
in Johnsonville Saturday afternoon,
made up for?in full.
"S. W. Young, of Olanta, in advocating
his candidacy for the lower
branch of the state legislature, emphasized
that he stood for "law and
order." Just at this point, his recommendation
was interrupted by Charlie
Prosser, in the audience, who stated
he desired to ask a question.
"Certainly," Mr. Young replied,
without hesitancy. 'I'll be glad to
have you ask me any question and
as many of them as you wish.'
" 'If you stand for law and order,'
returned Mr. Prosser, "why in h
didn't you prosecute those Truluck
boys?' One may recall that last fall,
while Mr. Young was away with his
family, a party of thieves broke into
his house, bodily carried away a massive
iron safe, and robbed it of about
$60,000 worth of securities, including
mortages, notes, liberty bonds, and
some other valuables. Subsequently,
some of the Truluck boys in that section
were arrested and charged with
the crime. The cases tfere dropped
for some reason, generally supposed
in the lower section of the county, it
is said, because of family relations.
At any rate, the matter seemed to I
have been forgotten till Mr. Prosserj
sprung it on Mr. Young, as the prin- i
cipal prosecutor,'before the big audi-i
ence in Johnsonville last Saturday, j
" 'I am not hiding behind my Wife's i
shirt tail,' replied Mr. Young.
" 'Nor am I hiding behind my Wife's'
shirt tails,' replied Mr. Prosser.
" 'Neither have I ever given a check;
which has been turned down by the
bank,' added Mr. Young. 'Do youj
mean to insinuate that my check ever!
has been turned down?' queried Mr.,
Prosser, scrambling among the bench-;
es as if he were going after Mr. j
Young.
" 'When God made me,' parried Mr. j
Young, 'He didn't put any scare in i
the mix.' "Yes and when God made
me, he made a man,' rejoined Mr. j
Pro ser. ;
" 'I'll meet you right outside just j
as soon as this is over,' Mr. Young i
said, promptly accepting the challenge.1
'111 be there,' said Mr. Prosser.
"Mr. Young resumed his speaking, j
without showing any undue excite- j
ment, either, under the circumstances, j
though he is a man well advanced in \
years. Mr. Prosser retired to the
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eage 01 ine meeting uuu u;uuiicm?u
to walk up and down so that he and
Mr. Young could meet readily as
soon as the latter had finished his,
address.
"Mayor Prosser then undertook to
avert any clash between the two.,
The ma or, taking Mr. Prosser by the
arm, led him to one side and attempted
to reason with him. Mr. Prosser
was not in the mood to reason, and ;
when the mayor persisted, he moved
as if to shake off the mayor. Mayor j
Prosser is a man of advanced years'
himself but he was game?and tried
to hold Mr. Prosser forcibly.
"Before anyone had time to size up,
the situation or to act, Mr. Prosser |
had turned all the force and strength;
of his rage onto the mayor, whom he i
felled with a terrific blow.
"Immediately council was convened |
in special session to try Mr. Prosser.:
After hearing the evidence, it sen-;;
tenced him to pay $15 fine or work on |
the streets for so many days.
"'I am not going to pay you any 1
money and I am not going to chop a j
sprig of grass on any streets, either,' | '<
promptly asserted Mr. Prosser?and1
got up and walked out. At last re- ;
ports, council had not yet enforced 1
its sentence." '
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Mr. Tucker C. Watkins of South,.:
Boston, Va., who is general manager,
of warehouses for the Tobacco Grow- '
erh' Cooperative Association was in i!
Tr* 1.~? nrliila MATI/IOV 1
IVing'Strce lux a axxui-v uuuv iuviiuwj , .
He was well pleased with the man- ;
ner in which tobacco was being han-ij
died here by the association. ii
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On Wednesday evening Miss Ruby
Thorne entertained quite a few with j
a dance party in honor of Miss Blake-! j
ley's house party guests. Some ]
played bridge while .others danced.;
Delicious fruit punch was served i
throughout the evening and every- !
body spent a most enjoyable evening.
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COOPERATIVE MARK1
REPORTS ARE
ALMOST 2,000,000 POUNDS OF TO
BY ASSOCIATION ON FIRS
PAYMENTS '
SON KILLS FATHER.
Son Admits Shooting in Defense of
Mother and Sisters.
A. Jeff Gregory, prominent fanner
and formerly cotton weigher at Kershaw,
was shot and kill by his son,
Paul Gregory, at his home a few
miles from Kershaw last Friday
morning. Young Gregory used a 38
caliber rifle, four bullets taking effect
to cause almost instaneous death.
Young Gregory, himself, gave the
alarm, telephoning to friends in Kershaw
that he had killed his father.
He was taken into custody within
a few hours after the killing and is
now in the Camden jail facing trial
on a charge of murder. Young Gregory
is about 18 years old, but is
small for his age, having been crippled
by an attack of infantile paralysis.
The only eye witnesses of the patricide,
if any, are members of the immediate
family and these have declined
to make any statement about
the shooting. The boy, after having
confessed to firing the four shots to
persons first reaching the house has
refused to make any further statements,
except to say that he acted in
defence of his mother and sisters.
Mr. Gregory was about 50 years
old and is prominently connected and
well known in both Kershaw and Lancaster
counties. He is survived by
his widow and five daughters and
two sons.
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Items From Old Indiantown.
Indian town, Aug., 8.?Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Rollins of Atlanta, Ga., are
spending the week here with the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Rollins.
Mrs. Jas. Munnerlyn of Rome, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Ann
Snowden.
Miss Minnie Glaze of Orangeburg,
is here on an extended visit to her
sister, Mrs. L. R. Rollins.
Miss Dunn of Newberry, is spending
several days with her cousins,
Misses Gertrude and Alberta Stuckey.
Misses Lucile and Merle Coleman
of Hymansville, spent the past week
with tl^eir aunt, Mrs. J. H. Bartell.
Messrs. D. E. and James McCutchen
and Misses Bessie and Jennie McCutchen
spent the week-end with relatives
in Bifhopville.
Misses Margaret and Dorothy Daniel
are spending the week with relatives
and friends in Kingsctree.
Miss Bertha Stucky returned to
her home in Hartsville Saturday,
after spending several weeks with
relatives here.
Miss Mildred Wilson returned to
Kingstree Sunday, after spending two
weeks with her parents.
Rev. W. R. Pritchett left Monday
for Goldsboro, N. C., where he will
spend a two weeks vacation with his
mother.
T ^ TTwinn
itev. J. r. Ulituicn oun VJ. uuivu,
will carry on a protracted meeting
here from August 27th to September
3rd.
o Death
of Mrs. Murphy.
Mrs. Lenora S. Murphy, widow of
the late Robert Murphy, d^d at the
home of her sisters, Misses Anna
and Bettie McClary on Mill street at
4 o'clock Monday afternoon. She had
been in declining health for some
time and her death was not a surprise
to her host of friends and relatives
in this community. Mrs.
Murphy was born in this county in
December 1837 and had she lived until
December this year would have
been 85 years old. The greater part
of her long and useful life was spent
in and near Kingstrec. She is survived
by three sisters and one brother,
Mrs. Sarah Brown, Misses Anna
and Bettie McClary of this place and
Mr. Sam McClary of Atlanta, Ga.
Mr Murphy died about thirty years
ago, and since his death she has made
her home with her sisters here. She
tvas a member of the Presbyterian
ehurch.
Funeral services were conducted by
her pastor, the Rev. John Davis, and
interment was made in the Will;amsourg
cemetery Tuesday morning.
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TS OPEN;
VERY SATISFACTORY
BACCO HANDLED IN THIS STATE
T DAY?ADVANCE CASH '
TO SELLERS.
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Close to 2,000,000 pounds of tobacco
were handled by the forty receiving
points of the Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association in the South
Carolina belt Mondav. and from ev
ery cooperative market come reports
of successful operation and satisfaction
on the part of the member growers.
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Never was there a more orderly
opening of tobacco markets than
took place Monday on the warehouse
floors of the growers association
throughout the state. With the precision
of clock-work the machinery
of the big cooperative association
moved into action without a hitch,
and orderly marketing was attained
at the first day's trial.
In contrast to the shouts of buyers,
the trampling of tobacco, the
shifting of piles and the hurried in
spection of the growers' product, a
golden stream has moved continonsly
from wagons to graders, from gradeds
to weighers and on to the everaccumulating
piles cf the weed in the
storage rooms of the association,
i Posted conspicuously in the warehouses
were the advance cash payments
to be made for each grade,
and as the tobacco passed by the
weighers it paid tribute to the growers
in the form of checks and participation
receipts, which were made
out according to the weight and grade
of his tobacco for each grower mem- I
ber.
The careful and thorough grading
I of each piece as it passed through
the hands of experienced graders on
every market was the feature that
especially enthused the growers, and
the uniformity of grrades and prices
on various markets was notable.
Richard R. Patterson, general manager
of the leaf department; T. C. tj
Watkins, manager of warehouses for
the association; A. R. Breedlove and
C. B. Cheatham, of the leaf depart- ,
ment, and other officials of the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association
visited the cooperative ware- , , :*
bouses at Lake City, Timmonsville,
Kingstree, Darlington and Olanta,
personally assisting the graders in
their work. .
Complete satisfaction was expressed
by the great majority of growers,
who were greatly impressed by the
orderly system of marketing and the
fir-t cash advances paid. The first
I advances on all grades were a wel
come surprise to most of the growers,
and ranged from $15.75 to $1.20.
Many growers stated that they
had received more on their first advance
from the cooperative than last
year's average for their entire crop.
The Market at Kingstree.
What is said in the above report
of the market in the state, sent out
from headquarters of the association
in Florence, applies to Kingstree."
The opening of the market here
was a revelation to all who witnessed
the orderly manner in which the business
of the great association was
conducted. Every member who had
tobacco here was wel' satisfied, and
many of them were highly elated
over the appraisement of vtheir tobacco
and the cash advance received on
it. One man told us that his advance
on a thousand pounds was more than
he received last season for all he *
produced of a similar grade on one
acre.
The Wilkins and the Nelson warehouses
are in use here so far, for
grading and weighing. The paying
office is at the Nelson house where
a competent staff of clerks are kept
busy keeping the record of each member's
tobacco and passing out drafts
or checks as advance payments. The
drafts are issued on Richmond but
there are sign all about telling the
farmers that "any bank in Kingstree
will gladly cash your draft without
charge."
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On Wednesday evening Miss Elizabeth
Stackley entertained in honor
of Miss Derrick's guests, the Misses
Thorntons. Despite the unfavorable
weather a large crowd was present.
Several games and progressive conversation
were the principal feature
of entertainment. A delicious r
of lavender and white block . * 1
and cake was served.
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Born Saturday, August 5, to Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Wingate, a fine boy.
Mother and child getting along nicely.
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