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t jXhc jlctorfi V LIIME 37?NO 26. ; " THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1922 PRICE $1-50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE L BLEASE AND McLEOD [ ENTTE I ANTI-BLEASE MAJORITY OVER 15 I STATE CONTESTS TO B PRIMARY, SE Owi~g to short force this week (Mr. Philip Cromer, our linotype operator, being away on his vacation) we are not attempting to give the election return' of Tuesday in tabulated form, * - A * l_ . as we have done heretoiore.. aiso uecause the returns are incomplete at the time of closing our forms. We ' hope to be able to give the official vote of the county next week in tabulate! form. Following are the returns from 24 precincts for county officers, Congress and Solicitor. For Congress? W. R. Barringer 121 A. E. Gasque 207 J. F. Pate 42 Philip H. Stoll 1765 For Solicitor? Jno. G. Dinkins 656 Frank A. McLeod 1464 For Senate? Wm. W. Boddie 861 ~ 1 19*4 ?>. A. uraaarn . . For House of Representatives? James P. Adams 658 Emerson L. Ard 923 W. O. Camlin 313 B. B. Chandler 718 H. P. Ferrell 286 F. R. Hemingway 850 W. T. Rowell 1240 W. P.. Scott 673 J. L. Thomas 542 For Ccunty Auditor? I J. J. B. Montgomery 2145 ? For County Treasurer? I R. B. Smith 214l? f For Magistrate at Kingstree? I ? Clarence Alsbrook 94 P L. S. Dennis 36 f J. B. Gamble 263 [ J. A. Scott 155 For Magistrate at Greelyville? M. M. Bradshaw, no opposition. For Magistrate at Hemingway? D. F Kennington 49 W. T. Lee 148 N. M. Venters 56 For Magistrate at Pergamos? T. P. Fulmore, no opposition. For Magistrate at Hebron? W. H. Baker 74 W. H DuBose 52 J. W. Stewart 119 For Magistrate at i^anes? A. L. Chandler 99 W. J. Mixon 20 J. I. Morris 68 For Magistrate at Earles? L. A Parsons 79 J S. Tartt 227 For Magistrate at Morrisville? J. M. Godwin, no opposition. The four polls unaccounted for Tuesday night have not yet been received, and the final result in the county will not be known until the boxes are opened by the executive committee today for the official canvass. Information received here yesterday by Congressman P. H. Stoll give the fol- j lowing figures as to the result in the Ji-i?: ~4-. Dowonnar SRSQ- fijLSfTlie. UllMIlCC. wauvu^vi, wywvy 21 , 7,016; J. F. Pate, 4,179; Stoll, 9,647. There will be a second primary between S":oll and Gasque. For Solicitor of the Third Circuit Dinkins received 656 votes, McLeod 1,464; the election of McLeod, incumbent, is assured. For For the house of representatives, W. T. Rowell has been elected in the first primary. There will be a run-over between E. L. Ard, F. R. Hemingway, B. B. Chandler and W. R. Scott, unless the vote; is materially changed by the f polls yet to be returned. There will also be a second primary between J. B. Gamble and John A. Scott for magistrate at Kingstree. I > The Charleston News and Courier this morning says: With probably not over 10,000 votes unreported, and with 166,529 of the ballots heard from in Tuesday's Democratic primary election, the relative standing of the candidates in the Governor's race was practically unchanged. There will be a second primary between Cole L. j Blease and Thomas G. McLeod. Thej in (Tnvpmnr'q rrce. with 1.221 ! boxes reported out of a total of 1,3101 boxes in the state, stood as follows: B lease 75,483 Cantey 1,268 IT Coleman 3,369 Duncan 1,760 Laney 20,961 McLeod 63,685 ' Total 166,529 The anti-Blease majority, it "will . be seen, stands at 15,560, and in the WILL R SECOND PRIMARY! i ,000 VOTES AT PRESENT?OTHER E DECIDED IN SECOND PTEMBER 12. second primary on Tuesday, Septem-J ber 12, the result will be determined by the votes cast last Tuesday for other candidates, and also by the votes of many enrolled voters who did not cast their ballots in the first primary, but who are expected to do so in the second. Lieutenant Governor. E. B. Jackson of Wagoner seems to have just missed the nomination for * * A x ^ ? ? ? ? ?% TMn_ JUieutenant viuvemur m wic mot |?i- | mary. Adams vail likely be in the j second race, if there is one. The vote j in this contest stood: Adams 35,827 Jackson 68,802 Owens 34,446 Total 139,075 It will be observed that the returns for the other contests are not so full as in the Governor's race. Mr. Jack- j son may well have been nominated in j the first primary. For Superintendent of Education There will be a second race for State Superintendent of Education between the encumbent, J. E. Swearingen, and J. H. Hope. The vote in this i contest stood: Mrs. Drake - 32,860 Seay 8,235 Hope 36,328 Seigler 8,351 Swearingen 40,560 ; Mrs. Wallace 21,138 Total 148,138 Attorney General Attorney General Samuel M. Wolfe, has been renominated over both his opponents. The vote in this contest, stood: Eubanks 33,016 > Winter 41,135 Wolfe 82,414 Total 156,565 Other State Officers. The results in the other state of-1 ficers were not changed by later re-j turns. Secretary of State Dove has' been reelected. Comptroller General Walter E. Dun- j can has the largest total vote of any, candidate, and has been renominated, overwhelmingly. Capt. Robert E. Craig of Columbia has been nominated for Adjutant and Inspector General. Commissioner of Agriculture B.: Harris has won easily in his fight for renomination. Representative w. Turner Togcm; has been renominated in the First dis- j trict. In the Third district, Represents-1 tive F. H. Dominick is leading by J 1,000 votes and apparently has been renominated. In the Sixth district there will be! a second primary between Representative P. H. Stoll and A. H. Gasquej of Florence. Solicitors. Solicitor McLeod has been renominated in the Third circuit, and Solicitor Gasque has won easily in the Twelfth circuit. o Birthday Party. Turbeville, Aug. 28.?Mrs. J. J. j Robertson and Miss Pearl Coker gave a birthday dinner Sunday, August 27. at the home of Miss Coker. A large crowd was present, about two hundred, most of them relatives, who enjoyed the day and the excellent dinner of barbecue and other good things to eat. Many presents were received by the guest of honor. Before the crowd j parted many hymns were sung and enjoyed by the gathering. J. 1>B. j Snipes Given Preliminary Hearing, j A preliminary hearing was given Z.: L. Snipes here yesterday before Mag istratc Morris. Snipes is charged J with breaking into the Bank of Trio! about the middle of June and taking a sum of money and war saviijgs stamps. The case was sent up to the higher court and the defendant placed^ under bond for his appearance. Sn was represented by A. Texas election buj^u figures indicate that Earle B. Mayfield, said to have been the Klu Klux Klan candidate, was nominated at the Democratic primary fcr United States Senator againjt former Governor J. E.; Furguson. /' . GASQUE TO MOVE FOR DISMISSAL PETITION STATES THERE IS NO MERIT IN APPEAL FOR NEW TRIAL. Last Saturday's Columbia State says: Solicitor L. M. Gasque of Marion ' yesterday filed a petition with the su- ; preme court to have the appeal of < Edmund D. Bingham, convicted of the murder of his brother, L. Smiley Big- < ham, dismissed on the grounds that < "it is manifestly without merit." The ] petition to have the appeal dismissed : was filed along with the case and : exceptions of the appeal itself, the lat- : ter being filed by A. L. King, attor- i ney for Bigham. < Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary has : set Friday, September 1, at 9:30 -1-1 1. tvinramff fr\r Srtliritnr U tiWA 1U MIC uiviiuug av* imwmww. Gasque to make his motion for a dis missal under Rule 30 of the court. ! Rule 30 provides for the dismissal by ; the court of all criminal appeals ' where there is apparent lack of merit 1 in an appeal, the motion for dismis- : sal to be made by a solicitor. Under 1 this rule Mr. Gasque hopes to have ' the Bigham appeal dismissed. Edmund D. Bigham was convicted ^ in March, 1921, of the killing of his j brother, L. Smiley Bigham, at the ; Bigham home, near Pamplico. He \ was sentenced to die in the electric chair, but appealed to the supreme court for a new trial, this automati- ! cally staying the death sentence, j1 Pending his appeal 'Attorney King went before the supreme court on * habeas corpus proceedings, alleging that Bigham had never been legally * J tried and convicted. The court de- ( nied Mr. King's petition. Mr. King ^ then completed his regular appeal and ^ the court also denied Bigham a new trial on this appeal. After this denial j Bigham then moved for a new trial , before Judge S. W. G. Shipp of the 1 circuit court, claiming that after dis-.. covered evidence warranted a new j trial. Judge Shipp refused a new { trial and Bigham appealed to the su- , preme court from his refusal. Hiis is the appeal that Solicitor Gasque will ask the court to dismiss. ( Solicitor Gaspue gives all facts in ] regard to the various appeals in his \ petition for a dismissal. Attorney ( King has accepted sendee of the pe- j tition. ] In the case and exceptions filed by < Mr. King a number of affidavits are given, purporting to show that new \; evidence was discovered since t1 for-; 1 mer trial and that it was no fault of j < the attorneys that this evidence j was not found prior to the first trial. < The alleged evidence consists of 12 J letters, post cards and other papers, the attorney declares. These letters, alleged to have been written by L. | Smiley Bigham to Edmund Bigham, j, were, it is said, in furniture stored J, away on the Bigham place and had J, never been discovered until after the j, trial. They were in dresser drawers 11 that had been shipped from South J < Georgia to Pamplico, Edmund Bigham } having moved from Georgia to Pam-1, plico. These dressers, Attorney King j says, were stored in a house on the! ] place and had never been opened until < sometime after the trial when Mrs. , Edmund Bingham found them. The j letters, Mr. King says, are signed in j ink "L. S. Bigham." The body of the ( letters is typewritten. c Possibly one of the most important t of the group of letters is one in which Smiley Bigham is alleged to have a written that "I decided to kill the ? last one of them and leave no one I to tell the tale." This letter, accord- < ing to Attorney King, is as follows: j "Mother and Margie had the two * signed deeds that had disappeared in r ^ J Ll? C their possession. causing crouDie seems to be their pleasure. They c took the money that the postoffice tie- * partment had me charged with and * were the cause of Cleveland running ^ years I have had to pay board, leave- years have had to pay board, leave 'c home and pay board to be in peace to ^ make my calculations and plats. r MThey poisoned father and tried to s Mison Leatha's child after her death. 07hen I found them with the deeds I!1 decided to kill the last one of them r and leave no one to tell the tale. 0 I am writing this to explain why I e did this act. You will never see me alive again." c When the court meets Friday an a en banc session will be held on the William Thompson case and the case of the state vs. Lee is to be reviewed p in connection with this case. 1: ANDREWS EXPECTS LARGE ETTENDANCE SCHOOLS TO OPEN SOON WITH INCREASED FACULTY IN | NEW BUILDIN. The Andrews correspondent of the j Columbia State furnishes that news-1 paper with the following under date of August 24: The Andrews public schools will open for the 1922-1923 term on Tuesday morning, September 12, with what promises to be a record attendance, if the past year's growth of the dif-| terent classes is any criterion. mc school here has shown something like a 50 per cent, increase of pupils since compulsory education became a law i in this state. The total enrollment j last year was 509. The new, handsome high school building, wh:ich the patrons of this school have recently erected, will be ready for occupancy in time for the coming session. The building is of dark red pressed brick, and is very imposing in appearance. It is on the same lot as the old building, the two buildings occupying the same square.' rhe old building, which is also of1 brick, will be used principally for the j primary and intermediate grades. Besides containing a large auditorium >n the second floor, which will seat 700 persons, the high school building las ' seven class-rooms, all fully j equipped with all modern conven- J iences, including steam heat and elec trie lights. The school patrons of this iistrict are to be congratulated on laving such an excellent and modern | structure in which their children arej to receive an education. D. L. Moyd, 3. M. Tuten and J. H. White are the trustees under whose administration the new building was erected. The school faculty for the coming term will be composed of V. S. Goodpear, principal; Miss Shattie Taylor, Miss Annie Moon, Miss Iva Flowers md Miss Mable Crouch will comprise the high school staff, and Miss Pearl 3. ay will be the instructor in music. The first grade will be under the su[Kti-vision of Mrs. H. D. Oswald; sec>nd division of the first grade, Miss GJi ssie Bailey; second grade, Misses j Hattie McFadden and Marie Rivers; j third grade, Miss Hattie Hanks;fourth: irrr !e, Miss Pauline Steck; fifth grade,1 M'.'s Marie Eaddy; Sixth grade, Miss ; Matae Lee Long; seventh grade, Miss GJhristine Holler. There will be two extra teachers tv?a this term, one to ;each the second division of the sec>nd grade and an additional teacher for the high school. Besides the prin- j :ipal, there were only three teachers j for the high school last year. o The State Fair in October The State Fair management an-1 lounces that a special effort will be vede this year to interest the school hildren 111 the big exposition Tuesiiy, October 21, .he recond daj ff Le State fair has been officially iesignated as Children s Day. The ?ate admission for that day will be educed to ten cents for children and t is hoped that this will attract not J ess than thirty thousand school chil-! Iren. The railroads are cooperating vith the fair officials and especially ow rates will prevail on all lines en *ring the capital city. Many special events are being programmed for chilIren's day, full announcement of which vill be made in the near future. The amusement program this year vill probably be the most elaborate iver presented. Harness and running lorses will be featured five days, while 1 >n the closing date, October 28, the ;peed course vail be devoted to pro- ' "essional auto races. Some of the nore noted diit track drivers will be een in action over the new track, in- 1 ilud'mg Sig Haughdal, world's champon. In addition to the racing feaures. a score of high class circus acts I vill be presented each day and night. Magnificent displays of fireworks will ] >e programmed nightly. The comined amusements will be of such mag-. J litude that they cannot fail to please 1 " -i --< . til UJL i iditvio. The 1922 premium list contains 1 nany new classifications and increased 1 iremiums that should serve to bring 1 iut a more extensive and diversified j< xhibit,particularly in the agricultural j 1 md women's departments. Persons J ontemplating exibiting may secure a'' :opy of the new premium list by | iddressing the State Fair at Columbia.; o j' In the first 12 days of 1922, 103 j ] >ersons in the United States died of ] iquor poisoning. , j FINAL SUCCESS IN CA WILLB1 WORK OF THE LAST THREE DA IN MAKING WINNERS?Bl TO THE BES' SHOWS HEALTH FILMS Moving Pictures Carry Message in Williamsburg County. The department of county health work and rural sanitation of the South Carolina board of health, cooperating with the bureau of child hygene and the farm agent of Williamsburg county, are giving free moving picture entertainment at different places in the flilo wnclr vv wui wjr wmo ngva? The pictures carry messages having to do with health preservation. No admission fee is charged nor any collection taken, the films being shown for the purposes of giving pointers on hygiene and health. All pictures are shoWn at night. The pictures were shown at Central school house, August 28; Indiantown school house, August 29; Bethel school house, August 30; and are scheduled for Lanes school house, August 31; Greelyville school house, September 1; Earle school house, September 2. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETS i Elect Officer for Ensuing Year Fri-! day, August 25. The first regular meeting of the ; Woman's Auxililary of the American ( Legion was held at the Legion hall j on Friday, August 25, Mrs. W. G. Gamble presiding. Before the officers were elected and ' the society organized, Mrs. Gamble gave a very comprehensive report of, her visit to the convention recently held in Florence. She stated that , ?? ?? ? i? ?i ?. nr?l practically an 01 tne units except Williamsburg were represented at this convention, and urged that we lose no time in organizing and soliciting new, members. 11 The election of officers and appointment of committees resulted as fol-1 lows: Mrs. W. G. Gamble, president; ! Mrs. C. D. Jacobs, vice president; Mrs. 1 Harry Britton, secretary; Mrs. Donald Montgomery, treasurer; Mrs. Belle Blakely, chaplain; Miss Florrie Jacobs, historian. The executive committee is ' composed of the following ladies: Mrs. j' B. V. Singleton, Miss Etta Jacobs and < Mrs. W. W. Boddie; Membership com- 1 mittee, Miss Etta Jacobs; Program 1 and Entertainment committee, Mrs. Tom M. Kellahan; Finance committee,j' Mrs. C. H. Miller; Health and Sanita- j ] tion committee, Miss Katie Stackley;! Welfare committee, Mrs. Clarence Alsbrook; Publicity committee, Mrs. B. M. Montgomery; Education committee, Mrs. J. D. Britton. j It was agreed that the dues be made Si OA npr mpmher ner annum. The proceeds of the dinner served j on July 4th, amounting to $28.84, were : turned over to the treasurer, Mrs. Donald Montgomery. Regular meetings will be held on the first Monday in each month at at 4:30 p. m. I MRS. B. M. MONTGOMERY, '] Pudlicity Committee. o :) 500 SEE WOMEN FIGHT IN RING FOR MAN'S LOVE, j] He is Spectator and Promises Affec- . tion to Winner?Bout Goes to a Knockout. \ At Rochester, N. Y., a few days ago 1 approximately 500 persons formed a I ring in which two women, Eileen J Clossen, thijty-five, and Sadie B. Pal- j mer, thirty-two, fought with bare fists ; for the love of a man each one is al- j leged to have admired. The man, a witness to the bout, is said to have told the contestants he would give his affections to the winner. . News of the contemplated fight brought the neighbors as spectators. Witnesses told in the court of bets c placed on the bout. Miss Palmer landed the first blow, a j right to the jaw. Her opponent coun;ered with an uppercut, but injured her band when she neglected to clench it. i Both went into a clinch. Miss Clossen ic broke away and when the other swung!v witnesses say, she dodged and retaliat-;1 *d with a blow to the chin which ?* ?J Urtv AnnAnant WlUtlkCU V Uk lit! V1/J/VUW... Both women were arrested and fined > i ?10 each in the Rochester City court. 1 o i More than one and a half million r jales of cotton were stored in ware- c louses licensed by the United States 1 Department of Agriculture during the t pear ending May 31. ? . ? $ MPA1GN E_RESUIT OF EFFORT YS WILL BE DECIDING FACTOR JT SUCCESS WILL COME r WORKER. Now for a grand finish! Everybody up on her toes for a whirlwind final in the race for those valuable prizes! ? All cannot win cars, but tho^u who Ho not win rars ran ma/p it michtv interesting for those who do. 'And no one who has done any to amount to anything will have worked in vain?they will all hv* a prize or a cash commission proportionate to the amount of business they have produced. For workers in this business of subscription getting, as in any other line of endeavor, are ' compensated not for the ardount of labor they have put forth, but for ? , RESULTS. The worker in Kingstree and the worker in the country district who show results in the way of subscription business for this publication, will receive a Ford Touring Car or a Ford Roadster. The Ford Touring Car going to the worker whose credits register the highest, the Roadster to the worker whose credits register second highest. One car, however, being guaranteed to a worker in Kingstree and one to a worker in the country, as stated in our initial announcement. The other awards will be given according to the relative standing of the other candidates and tea per cent, commission will be paid those nonprize winners who have competed to the end and made weekly reports* .according to the rales of tiuflMXpgfgn. "I wonder who?" is jfi^^Hbps of many of the supportenM^^Htoididates. The campaign running very evenly, and the candidates that even at nitrate hour it is impossible to name the winner. The work of these last three days will be the deciding factor, and to the worker who, realizing this fact, redoubles her efforts and calls to hand all of her supporters, success is inevitable. Candidates are requested to keep in mind that all business reported on Friday must be in the office by 6 p. m., in order .that they may receive the last Bonus Credit of 100,000 for each $22.50 worth of business reported. On Saturday there will be no Bonus Credits of any kind given. All busness on this day must be in the office at 4 p. m., as at that hour the campaign closes. Last Information. The last information in regard to the standing of the various workers is that printed at the close of this story, as this is the last time this information will be published or any information given out. Any of the leading candidates can yet, at this late hour, either WIN or LOSE a Ford Touring Car. Make it an ELEVENTH HOUR VICTORY. Standing of Workers. Mrs. L. S. Dennis 804,500 Miss Maude Allene Kinder 800,000 Kingstree, R. F. D. 1. Mrs. J. L. Mims 805,000 Cades Mrs. W. F. Prevatt 805,000 Henry Miss Minnie Britton 200,000 Hemingway Miss Lela Bumey 305,000 Lanes r. D. McElveen 649,000 Nesmith Miss Hattie Stuckey 805,100 Sattons Miss Lelia Broach 115,000 o Ford to Close Plants. Detroit, Aug. 30.?Reitteration that Flenry Ford was "not bluffing" in his lecission to shut down his big autonobile plants here on September 16, is part of a fight against what ne ,erms a "hold up" on the part of coal jrokers, and denial of various reports ;hat causes other than the fuel shortige were responsible for his action, vere made today at the Detroit manifacturer's offices. o Blacksnakes are the most pffirient latural enemies of the groud v ' ?or this reason they are used on the jolf greens of Pennsylvania and are lever disturbed. The snakes work >nly at night, are harmless to manrind and do not hesitate to go into he mole's borings to discourage that. ^ mimal's operations.