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VOLUME N0.37?NO. 24 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
f HARVEY TO GRANT
L HIS FIRST PAROLE
B announces his intention so
that both sides can
be heard.
Governor Harvey on Monday anr
nouneed his intention to parole Bennie
Carlos of Kershaw county, the
clemency to be extended Saturday.
The chief magistrate made public his
' ^ intention in order that any opposi4
^ rmov
tion sum ovbivii **v
brought to his attention and anyone
wishing to fight the proposed parole
may have a chance to do so.
Bennie Carlos, a 15 year old negro
boy, was convicted of involuntary
manslaughter and sentenced by Judge
Bowman to serve two years, the least
possible time under the law. The
, * sentence was in November, 1921.
Carlos killed Edward Brown, a cousin,
about the same age as himself. The
two boys were playing in the house
when the gun fired, killing Brown.
Carlos said the gun had been accidentally
discharged and members of
the family testified that Brown, before
dying, corroborated this statement.
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The family of Carlos appears to be
respectable, according to reports
% reaching the governor, only ^he highest
testimonials being made in be
half of the family.
The petition for the pardon was
0 recommended by the pardon board,
Solicitor Spigner and Judge Bowman.
It is said that the conviction was
largely on circumstantial evidence
and was due to a certain extent to
punish the young negro for carelessly
handling the gun. No criminality
appeared to be in the intent ofCarlos,
according to information furnished
the governor.
Carlos will be the first person to
receive a parole or pardon at the
hands of Governor Harvey since he
* became governor May 20.
The governor has not been importuned
by any lawyer in the case,
which only came before him in the
shape of the written record and the
petition. The governor is of the
opinion that this is a case where, under
ordinary circumstances, Carlos
may have gotten off on the charge of
accident and that his punishment for
nine months taken into consideration
with the youth and his past good
?omnlA Thoro mav hp
njpuiauvu, JO *MV?V
some circumstances which have not
been brought to the governor's attention
and he is therefore giving
this advance notice of his purpose,
in order that such opposition may
develop, if there is any opposition.
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Items From Hemingway.
Hemingway, Aug., 15.?Misses Scott
McElveen and Lillie Baker of Kingstree
were the attractive guests of
Mrs. Olga Harmon last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Perry of Richmend,
Va., are visiting the letter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Harmon.
Miss Mary Pope was the week-end
guest of Miss Lucy Eaddy.
Mrs. W. I. Hemingway is on a
visit to her narents. at Greenwood.
Messrs Furney Rhem of Rhems and
F. R. Hemingway of Kingstree, were
pleasant callers in town Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Graham and
daughter, and Mr. Robert Erwin of
Indiantown, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Oliver Sunday.
^ Mrs. W. C. Hemingway and daughters,
Mjsses Mildred and Belle left
Monday for Fayetsville, N. C., to visit
relatives.
Miss Rosa Lewis is visiting her
\Tft?fAn of \f nilinc
^lailUiUUWUCXy 1U1 Oi 11 VI Wit M V A>AV?1M??V?
Mr. Willis Ard is spending some
. time with his sister, Mrs. J. E. Norton
at Mullins.
Miss Jane Oliver is visiting relatives
at Centenary and Muiral's Inlet.
ML Mr. and Mrs. Lynch of Florence, are
spending some time here with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Lambert.
Miss Katie Harmon is spending this
week with relatives in Florence.
? The many friends of Mrs. B. J.
Candler will be delighted to learn
that she is at home again after undergoing
an operation at Saunders
Memorial Hospital at Florence.
Miss Ella Stuckey left Monday for
1 Atlanta, Ga., to buy her fall supply
T of millinery.
Mrs. Purvis and daughter, Miss
Cecile, of Pamplico, spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Jack Hyman.
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REV. MR. CAUTHEN DEAD.
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Former Kingstree Pastor Dies in
Charleston.
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The Rev. H. J. Cauthen, pastor of
Trinity Methodist church died at his
residence in Charleston at an early
hour Friday morning, having been
ill for more than six weeks.
Mr. Cauthen who had served as'
pastor of Trinity church there for a
little over a year, had been a member
of the South Carolina conference,
for twenty-seven years, having serv-,
ed charges at Cheraw, Timmonsville,
Kingstree, North Agusta, York, Walterboro,
Georgetown and Darlington.
Mr. Cauthen is survived by his1
widow and the following children; I
Henry F., John, sixteen; Jennings,
fourteen, and Elizabeth, twelve. He
is also survived by four sisters and(
one brother.
Mr. Cauthen has been pastor of;
Trinity church, Charleston, for one!
year and eight months, going there]
from Darlington, where he served;
four years. Mr. Cauthen was fifty!
years of age. Me was a newspaper;
man and a graduate of Wofford Col- J
lege and Vanderbilt University.
He was buried at Darlington Sat-i
urday.
Membership Growing.
Enthusiasm of the organized tobac|
co farmers has increased with every
i delivery day at the association's de'
livery points in South Carolina.
In spite of heavy rains throughout
;the week, members of the association
j delivered between three and four million
pounds of the bright leaf to the
cooperative warehouses in the South
Carolina belt during the first week
of marketing.
' So eager are the association members
to carry their tobacco to the
! cooDerative warehouses, that another
day has been added to the weekly
1 schedule of deliveries which will take
' place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs|
days and Fridays, hereafter.
The success of cooperative marketI
ing at its first trial in South Caro1;
lina, and last week's powerful drive
II through Eastern North Carolina have
!, brought in another regiment of new
l members to the cooperative ranks.
|'Twelve hundred new contracts reachI
ed Raleigh headquarters last week
| and pushed the association across its
1 goal of an 80,000 membership in the
three states.
! In spite of this fact, America's
; j biggest cooperative will continue to
! welcome tobacco growers in Virginia
and Western North Carolina until
jthe markets of the old belt open.
'! A great mass meeting of tobacco
farmers in Durham, with Oliver J.
, Sands, general manager of the asso
ciation as principle speaker, will beI
gin the final campaign in Western
i North Carolina, August 19th,
' ; R. J. Works and J. R. Blanks, mem11
bers of the Burley pool from Kentucky,
Dr. J. Y. Jovner and Senator
J. A. Brown, directors of the Tobac|
co Growers' Cooperative Association
from North Carolina, and J. H. Quisenberry,
district agent of Virginia,
and leader of the successful sun cured
pool will hold 25 meetings in the
; West, beginning Monday at Aberdeen,
Vass and Hillsboro.
"As the advance guard of the ava.
tan^o nf rnntracts which is coming
j in from Eastern Carolina, where the
j farmers siezed their last opportunity
; | to sign, 208 contracts were sent in
from Mr. Claude McGhee of Franklinton
in a single day.
Row in Colored Church.
Following the suspension of the
Rev. J. H. Hawkins fiom the ministry
! of the African Methodist church at
! Winchester, Va., a riot was precipi-,
Stated in St. Paul's M. E. church, col-j
ored, Friday night in which fists,
| feet, revolvers, and an ice pick were
flourished. Lights were turned out
! and for a time pandemonium reigned.
Only the arrival of the police prevented
bloodshed and possibly mur- j
i der, according to an eyewitness of
the affair. As it was, one minister i
was attacked in the pulpit with the j
; ice pick, wielded, it is said, by anj
i adherent of the deposed Hawkins,
! who was suspended from the minis-,
trv on a charge of n:subordination.
The Rev. P. D. Smith, of Raphine,j
j Va., who was one of the visiting1 com-!
mittee sent by Bishop Johnsoj^l^
Philadelphia, to try Pasto^fSwkins, i
was arrested by Policcma^rArmel and!
,was found to have abraded revolver,
I in the inside pocket of his coat. He'
was brought to police headquarters i
! where he deposited $25 for his ap-1
Ipearance before Justice Glass in po- [
lice court.
THE RACE IS NOT TO
OR MIGHTY, BU
THE WORKER WHO IS PERSISTEJ
MANY OF THE BONUS CREDi
TWENTY-ONE DOLL
r
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Candidates in The County Record}
Salesmanship Club are reminded of
the timewom story of the tortoise
and the hare. They will recall the
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iaci umi iui> uaic 5v? a 5>vh>
and soon outdistanced Mr. Tortoise?
then he laid himself down to res*.
And Mr. Tortoise? Well, he looked
back only when his foot was well
planted on the goal.
In a campaign of any kind, as in
a subscritpion campaign, it is not the
Brilliant Worker who will win; it is
the Plodder, the one who devotes
some time and thought and energy
every day to the rolling up of credits
rather than those who Work One Day
and Rest the other six.
Some of the workers in this campaign
Are Plodding. They do not
flatter themselves that they have
enough Credits already to make themselves
winners, for they know that
they haven't. They do not think that
twice or three times the number they
have will be enough, for they know
they will not be. Therefore they
are not taking a chance of losing the
award they most want by letting up
for a moment, but are taking advantage
of the Bonus Credits we are
giving each week, and in all likelihood
through this persistency will
make themselves Winners.
Some of the candidates, however,
are resting and have forgotten that
this week we are giving another Bonus
Credit. From August 15 until
August 27, we will give 100,000 Bonus
Credits for each $21.00 worth of
business reported. Candidates who
are bent on winning will earn many
of these credits.
They will also strive earnestly for
the Cash Award of $5.00 that will go
next week to the best worker.
The cash awarded on Tuesday of
1 this week was earned by Mrs. J. L.
Mims of Kingstree, Rt. 2.
And all, the hares and the tortoises
alike, are reminded that these Bonus
Credits that make Winners are rapid
ly decreasing in value and they are
bei ig earned Now, by the Plodders,
these who want them most. Fifth
Standing of Workers.
Kings tree
Mis. L. S. Dennis. 500,300
Miss Maude Allene Kinder 500,200
Kingstree, R. F. Dn 1.
Mrs. J. L. Mims 500,500
Cades
Mrs. W. F. Prevatt 500,400
Henry
Miss Minnie Britten 200,000
Hemingway
Miss Lela Bumey 250,000;
Miss Chloe Douglas 150,000
Lanes
J. D. McElveen 500,000
Nesmith
Miss Hattie Stucky 500,200
Suttons
Miss Lelia Broach 110,000
Trio
Miss Lona Locklier.r 210,00
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I;; CAMPAIGN ITINERARY ;;
!! Candidates will Open up at Gree- ??
| | lyville Monday; Close at Kings- 11
11 tree Saturday. ; ;
j!! Itinerary fcr County Candi- <?
| [ date campaign is as follows: !
' Greelyville, Monday, August J J
ill 21.
I! Lanes, Tuesday, August 22. !!
| ; Hemingway, Wednesday, Aug- J J
!' ust 23.
J | Cades,' Thursday, August 24. !!
] j Hebron, Friday, August 25. J J
?> Kingstree, Saturday, August
26. ::
11 All pledges must be filed and J J
< > assessments paid by candidates j j
i; to the secretary, Donald jviont- | (
] | gomery, on or before 12 o'clock \ J
?? noon Saturday the 19th day of ?? ,
!
t?t \ ^ ndidates for the various of- ]
? to be nominated are as- j
! ^Bled as follows: House of \! .
0 ^Representatives, $35.00; Senate, \ J
< > $50.00; Auditor, $25.00; Treas- j J
\! urer, $25.00; Magistrates, at ?> ,
\ J Kingstree, $10.00; Greelyville 11 J
< and Hemingway, $7.50. All J J ]
other magistrates, $5.00. ? j
:: A. C. HINDS, 1' 1
11 County Chairman. \ J t
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THE SWIFT
T TO THE PLODDERS
IT AND DETERMINED WILL WIN
ITS GIVEN THIS WEEK FOR
ARS IN BUSINESS.
BISHOP KILGO
PASSES AWAY.
Prominent Methodist Minister /Finally
succumbs to Heart Attack
Friday Morning.
Bishop John C. Kilgo, of the Southern
Methodist Episcopal church, died
at his home in Charlotte, N. C., at
i nVWV Fridav mornine after
having been extremely ill since the
preceding Sunday, when he suffered
a severe heart attack.
Bishop John Carlisle Kilgo was
bom in Lauraes, S. C., July 22, 1861,
son of James T., and Catherine Mason
Kilgo. He was educated in the
schools of his native state and received
the honorary degree of D. D.
from Wofford and Randolph and
Macon colleges and Tulane University.
He was united in marriage with
Fannie Turner, of Gaflfney, S. C. In
1882 he was ordained a minister in'
the Methodist Episcopal church,1
South, and served various pastorates ;
in the South Carolina conference un-j
til 1889, when he was called to Wof- j
ford College as professor of philosophy
and financial agent. In 1894
he was elected president of Trinity
College, Durham, N. C., where
he served until 1910, when he was
elected bishop of the Methodist church
"Uia nnnfairanna in A sVlPvillf*. N. C. 1
av wn? vvu4vivuw , _ He
was a delegate to the general
Methodist conference in 1894, 1898,
1902, 1906 and 1910, delegate to the
Ecumenical Methodist conference in
London in 1901. He was a fraternal
delegate to the general conference
of the Methodist church in Los Angeles
in 1904, when he made a speech:
advocating the union of the North-1
e;n and Southern branches of the!
Methodist church.
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Salters Items.
Salters, Aug., 14.?We are having
some wet weather the past week.
Mr. R. S. Burrows, who has been;
on the sick list for the past week, is
we are glad to say, out again.
Mrs. Lillian C. Everette has returned
from Alabama, where she ha^ been'
visiting friends and relatives for some
time. i
Salters and Black River baseball
teams crossed bats on the local diamond
here Monday afternoon, score
resulting 7 to 3 in favor of Salters.'
Candidates for the House of Rep
resentatives will speak in tne town
hall here Friday night; we hope a
good crowd will be out and hear them.
Henry E. Davis, Esq., of Florence,
spent the week-end here with his
father, Mr. J. E. Davis.
Mr. W. S. Shaw, who went to Florence
several days aga for an operation,
is getting along nicely and will
be home in a few days.
Misses Lilac Boswell and Lionell
Holliday of Manning, are visiting
Miss Holliday's sister, Mrs. S. P.;
Britton.
Mr. J. D. McCullough and Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. McCullough spent Mon-j
day in Florence.
On last Thursday night the young
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delightful pender boiling at Mr. S.
P. Britton's, given in honor of Mrs.
Britton's guests.
Mrs. H. N. Shepard was taken quite
ill on Saturday morning, we are glad
to report her improving.
Mrs. Mattie Ferrell entertained her
Sunday school class on Friday evening,
which was very much enjoyed.}
Several games played after which re- j1
freshments were served.
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Mrs. J. T. Carter Dead. j ]
Mrs. J. T. Carter, aged about 70 1
years, died in Charleston at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Cameron, Tues- 1
day night about 10 o'clock. Burial 1
took place at Poplar Hill cemetery
yesterday afternoon. The deceased 1
is survived by a number of children, J
among them R. D. Carter of this
place.
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Deaths in the typhoon of August j (
2 at Swatow, China, a seaport 250 1
miles northeast of Hong Kong, are 1
now estimated at 50,000, the Amer- {
ican Consul at Swatow has reported j
to the American Legation. The Con- j {
sul added that 100,000 were homeless' 1
and relief was needed urgently. <
VOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Appears Despondent After Returning
From Visit.
Sumter, Aug., 14.?Raymond Burgess,
nineteen-year-cld son of G. H.
Burgess, of this city, killed himself
about 9 o'clock this morning, sending
a bullet crashing through his brain.
Young Burgess had returned from
Columbia on the early morning train,
where it is said, he had been to see
a young woman. He appeared despondent
He ate Ireakfast then retired
to his room and committed the
deed, it is stated.
Mr. Burgess was an efficient, faithful
and trusted employe of the National
Bank of Sumter and was highly
regarded and popular. His par
CUW duu SCVCitU uiuwcia aiiu oicbvio
survive him.
It was reported that the young man
had left two notes, but relatives have
been unable to find any trace of notes
having been left by the deceased.
Mr. E. C. Burgess, of this place,
attended the funeral in Sumter Tuesday.
This young man had a number of
relatives in Williamsburg county who
will regret to learn of his demise.
State Ticket in Fall.
The following is the Democratic
state ticket in full for the primary
on August 29th. Campaign closes
at Spartanburg on Friday, August 25.
For Governor.
John T. Duncan, of Richland;
George K. Laney, of Chesterfield;
Thomas C. McLeod of Lee; Cole L. j
Blease, of Richland; J. J. Cantey, of
Summerton.
For Lieutenant Governor.
J. K. Owens, of Marlboro; E. C. (
L. Adams, of Richland; E. B. Jack-j
son, of Aiken.
For Attorney General.
B. M. Winter, of Richland; S. M.
Wolfe, of Andersen; Harold Eubanks,
oi mcmana.
For Secretary of State.
James C. Dozier, of York; W.
Banks Dove, of Fairfield.
For Comptroller General.
T. Hagood Gooding, of Hampton;'
Walter E. Duncan, of Aiken.
For Adjutant General.
Thomas S. Marshall, of Richland;
R. E. Craig, of Darlington.
For Commissioner of Agriculture.
B. Harris, of Anderson; George W.
Wightman, Of Saluda.
For Superintendent of Education.
Mrs. E. B. Wallace, of Richland;
Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake, of Marlboro;
J. H. Hope of Union; 0. D.
Scay, of Richland; Cecil H. Seigler,
of Aiken; John E. Swearingen, of
Richland. ,
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Enjoyable Picnic at Black River.
Hebron, Aug., 14.?On last Thursday
afternoon a crowd of the young
folks of this community enjoyed a
delightful picnic at Black river bridge.
The crowd entertained themselves by
swimming and boat riding. Later a
picnic lunch was served. Among the
party were: Misses Myrtle , Jessie,
Hazel and Vela Smith, Louise Mathews,
Eunice DuBose, Pearl and
Ruby Wallace, Wista and Bessie McElveen;
Messrs Paul and Charles
Smith, Dargen, Ralph and Edward
McElveen, Marvin DuBose, Clarence
Kennedy, Wilford and William Gow-j
dy and Carlyle DuBose, with Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. DuBose as chaperons.
Mrs. Maria Kennedy has returned,
home after an extended visit with
relatives at Olanta.
Mrs. G. H. Mathews, daugnter,
Louise and little son Clyde of Jack-j
sonville, Fla., are visiting friends in!
this vicinity.
Mr. J. B. Wallace and daughters,!
Pearl and Ruby, were in Kingstree;
last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McElveen entertained
a crowd of the young folks'
with an ice cream supper Friday night
which was enjoyed very much by all1
present.
Misses Annie Lou and Lola IhiBose
visited friends at New Zion last week.1
Mrs. Clyde Baker has returned!
dome after spending awhile at nerj
dome in Elloree.
Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Gilliland of:
Kingstree visited the tatter's mother, j
Mrs. Maria Kennedy Sunday.
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There seems to be a mistaken
umor at large to the effect that Sheriff
Gamble of Williamsburg county had
;he misfortune to 1 cose a finger by
laving same shot off in making an
irrest. The sheriff still has eight i
food fingers and two thumbs; the
iforestated misfortune befalling
Deputy Sheriff Gamble of Clarendon
:ounty. j <
SANTEE BRIDGE
IS PROGRESSING *
CAUSEWAYS THROUGH SANTEE
SWAMP ARE BEGINNING TO
TAKE SHAPE.
The Charleston News and Courier,
Monday morning, says:
Reports indicate that the Santee
river bridge is progressing quite
steadily and tnose who have viewed
this gigantic highway project have
been profoundly impressed with its
magnitude. The bridge is about sixty
miles from Charleston, the span
connecting Williamsburg and Berkeley
counties.
A considerable portion of the long
concrete bridge has been virtually
completed and the work of pouring'
the concrete is going forward as
rapidly as weather and other conditions
permit. The building of the
causeways through the San tee rivef
swamp is also progressing. It is
the hope of the commissioners and
contractors that the project will be
finished before another year.
Some of the work at the river has
been delayed because of high water
for a considerable period. Rains
have been heavy and frequent during
the spring and summer, and the
excess moisture has interfered at and
near the stream.
The great Santee river project was
designed by Mr. James L. Parker,
who has in hand the drawing of the
Dlans and specifications for the con
crete bridge across the Ashley river
at the foot of Spring street, the
construction to cost about $500,000,
half of which will be supplied from
I United States highway funds. The'
Santee project will cost in the neighborhood
of $1,000,000. ?
The sturdy concrete piles and beams
at the Santee river look very much
like great pieces of highgrade timber,
the marks of the molds being plainly
impressed. These various uprights
and skeepers and all the other pieces
are thoroughly reinforced, of course,
and the bridge is capable of withstanding
a tremendous weight
In order to carry forward the
Santee project, it was necessary for
the contractors to build several temporary
railroads through the swamp
and across the stream, hauling many
hundreds of carloads of materials over
these rails. To begin with, the / - V-,
filling for the long causeways through
the swamp have called for an enormous
quantity of dirt, the temporary
trestles being fllled' Cn.
Meanwhile, of course, plans for the
highways on both sides of the Santee
river are being built. Across
Berk^._y county, a first-class highway
is under construction, a considerable
portion of this being in active
use already. Williamsburg county
has decided to build as direct a highway
as practicable. The Charleston
county link is the Meeting street
road, which will have a concrete surface
as far as the Blue House road,
which is near the Goose creek causeway.
The true worth of the Santee river
bridge is in its relation to a coastal
highway and the various links in
this road chain are being made steadily.
The last link to be completed
will be the bridge across the Savannah
river, arrangements for which
have been made, however. Within
the next eighteen months, the various
important streams on the coastal
highway will be spanned by concrete
bridges. The principal streams in
the route include the Santee, the
Ashley, th$ Edisto and the Savannah. I
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The Boy Scouts will play a game of flV
baseball Friday afternoon at 4:30
against the team from Cades. It will
be remembered by the Fans that a
most exciting game was played *
against this same team here last
season. A notable feature of the v
game was a triple-play which was
executed by the local boys. The final
score was four to three, Kingstree's .
favor. The Cades boys promise us
a real fight. Come out and help the
Kingstree boys to win.
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Miss Florence Bradford, who has
been connected with the Gaston Hospital
at Gastonia, N. C., for the past
fivo voai-s in +V>o of hnsin#>s<: M
manager and superintendent 1 < ''
sumed similar duties at the * ,.
Sanitarium, with complete rharge of ?
the nurse trainirg school. Miss
Bradford will have as her assistant .
Miss Jackson, who has been Miss
Bradford's former assistant, with
charge of the surgical department.