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I * ^ VOUME 37?Na 29 THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE..S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21~ 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR *N ADVANCE ft KINGSTREE SCHOOL f OPENED MONDAY FIRST DAY'S ATTENDANCE! REACHED APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED PI TILS. ? The Kings tree High and Graded school opened here Monday at y o'clock with an attendance of approximately 300 pupils. Appropriate exercises were carried out and short talk? were given by the Rev. F. C. -f Hawkins and County Superintendent of Education M. F. Montgomery. Tire opening exercises of the school were witnessed bv the presence of. many fathers and mothers of pupils and there is a sentiment throughout *1? cnij-it rtf mpate r' HIU lUdwi icw uuiv w o" : fellowship and cooperation will exist between the patrons and teachers of the school. Notice was given by Prof. J. W. Swittenberg that according to the' health law providing for the precau- i tion against small pox, all pupils of j the school who have not been effec- i tively vaccinated within the period of j two years, will have to be vaccinated. 1 Arrangements have been made to have ' a sufficient supply of vaccine for this purpose. Following is a list of the teacheis and the classes to which they are assigned: First grade?Miss Agnes Erckman.n, Charleston; second grade, Miss Var ;a McDaniel, Bel ton; third grade, Mis> Elizabeth Speigner, Kingstree; fou; ih graile, Miss Carrie Lancaster, Spa.tanbuig; fifth grade, Miss Lillie. Pruitt, Due West; sixth grade, Mrs. Elizabeth Guinn, Hartsville; seventh A grade, Mr. H. Eueck, Spencer, N. C. High School. Latin and French, Miss Laura, Lynch, Clinton; History and Science, Miss Lilla Babb, Fountain Inn; English and Principal, Mr. A. H. Baldwin, Due West; Mathematics, J. W. Swittenberg, Kingstree; Domestic' Science, Miss Varina McDaniel, Bel-1 ton; Agriculture, Mr. E. 0. Baker, Nichols; Music, Mrs. Geo. A. McEl- j veen, Kingstree. o? DEATH OF MRS. W. D. BALSTER Passed Away Sunday Morning While the Church Bells Were Ringing. I Mrs. Maggie Adeline Joost Balster,; born in New York City, May 6, 1851. ; After the death of her mother, Mrs.. Cburt Joost, her father, Mr. Court Joost, with three small children, she | being the youngest, aged 2, located: in Walhalla, S. C., 69 years ago. She ! remained there until the age of 14, and united with the St. Johns Luther-. an church, then returned to her native home, there remaining until she married, Mr. D. M. Balster, at the Vtge of 25, and returned to Walhalla, where she made her home until 17 years ago, coming to Anderson in the year 1905. The death angel called her home | September 17, 1922, at 11:12 o'clock. As the church bells rang she went to that great beyond. She was a devoted mother and loyal i to her church and counted her friends by the score. She was taken ill September 10. After one week of painful illness she fell asleep in Jesus. ? She is survived by four living children: Mrs. Christina J. Nelson, Kingstree; Mrs. Mary M. Grahl, Greenville; \ Miss Henryetta Balster, Anderson; j Mr. Nick W. Balster, Anderson. The Record joins Mrs. Nelson's ( many friends in extending; tneir sin-; cere sympathy in her bereavement.; 0 j Underwood Gets a Life Sentence. I Greenwood, Sept. 18.?After deliberating sixteen and one-half hours the jurors in the case of R. Clayton UnjA| derwood and Berry B. Hughes, charged with the murder of Oscar Mitchell. Greenwood baseball player, reported to Judge H. F. Rice this morning at 10 o'clock that they had agreed on a verdict of guilty with recommenda-' tion to mercy in the case of Under-. wood bat they could not agree on! Hughes. Judge Rice then ordered a mistrial: in Hughes' case. In imposing the life sentence carried by the verdict, \ Judge Rice pronounced a warning against the influence of liquor. Underwood received the sentence without a tremor but his wife, who had shown no emotion throughout the trial, burst into tears. o ^ The blue whale is the largest creature alive today. FARMER MADE DEFENDANT IN TOBACCO CASE. _____ Han to Uphold Contract?F. W. > Fairey Charged With Not Delivering Tobacco According to Contract. Florence, Sept. 20.?The South Carolina Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Marketing Association late this afternoon procured a temporary injunction against F. W. Fan cy, planter of Williamsburg county, restraining him from delivering his tobacco to , - .. oeennlollnn any tuner nau'uuujc ui uoown.wv... except the growers' association with which lie had signed a contract. Judge S. W. G. Shipp granted the tempoiary injuction in chamh ;> up on the application of Will cox & Willcox, representing the association. The complaint alleged that while Mr. Fairey had signed the contract of the association he had not fulfilled its terms with respect to the delivery of the tobacco. The complaint stated that he had delivered to the assec'ia-; tion only 800 pounds out of a total acreage of sixty acres. The papers in the case have been filed and copies have been forwarded to Kingstree for service. The case will come to trial upon its merits in due course. The proceedings are important in that they constitute the first atempt' of the Tobacco Growers' Association to enforce its contract. Should Mr. Fairey make application to have the injunction dissolved the hearing may j be held earlier than a regular term*' of court. Much interest is attached to the case. It was announced some time ago that the association would exert every effort to force compliance with its contracts. T^e action taken yes- i terdav may had to others, it was' stated today. Q News Notes From Salters. We are having some real cool days since Saturday which is a great relief from the extreme heat of the past week or more. The Salters Gin Co., is having its plant worked over preparatory to gining the small crop of cotton that will be made around here this year. Farmers are pretcy generally pieas d with the Tobacco association's handlings of their tobacco this year. The indications are that there will be another bumper pea crop this year. A large crop of hay has been made and is now being cut Miss Jeannette Davis has gone to Darlington to resume her duties as one of the faculty of the Darlington school. Misses Lorena and Ann Lifrage have gone to Winthrop College to resume their studies the present ses- J sion. Miss Mary N. Sparks has gone to Coker College to continue her studies the present term. Miss Florence H. Stubbs of Bennettsville spent last week-end with her aunt, Mrs. Mattie Ferrell, here. She left here Sunday afternoon for Farmville, Va., to begin her duties as a member of the faculty of the ' Farmville school the present term, j Mrs. J. M. Siras, Sr., of Charleston, j is visiting Mrs. Mattie Ferrell here. Mr. E. H. Odom took his little son to Charleston Sunday for a slight operation on his nose. The little fellow stood the operation fine and Mr. Odom brought him home Monday morning. I o Death of C. E. Wheeler, Sr. At 2:30 o'clock on last Wednesday ) morning Mr. C. E. Wheeler, Sr., pass-: ed away after a brief illness, at his i home in Florence. Mr. Wheeler was born near Lake City sixty years ago and was married to Miss Jodie McGill at the age of thirty years. He moved to Florence some 25 years ago and had been in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line railway for a number of y?ars. Mr. Wheeler was a member of the Presbyterian church at Florence and was buried at Indiantown Presbyter- j ian church on Thursday. Rev. Prid gett officiating. The ritual of the Masonic order was also carried out. Mr. Wheeler is survived by his wife and the following daughters and son#: Mrs. 0. V. Player of Sumter, and Misses Norvell and Mildred Wheeler of Florence, and Messrs. J. Jr., G. W., W. J, Ralpl^lK^ohn, all of Florence excep^cE. Jr., who | has made Lake C^jjr his home for J a number of years. ?o j California has the record ratio of j 4.61 persons per motor vehicle. i f TOBACCO GROWERS GET MORE CASH COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INCREASES FIRST ADVANCE AS CENTRAL MARKETS OPEN. The opening of the Cooperative Markets this week at Durham, Oxford, Ilendeison, Norlina, Raleigh and a dozen other points of central North Carolina was marked by the highest cash advances yet paid to the members of the Tobacco Growers', Association. This increase in the first o:.h payments made to the growers was extended to eastern North Carolina as well as to the central belt; and bungs an increase of $-1.00 a hundred on the highest grades of cutters with corresponding advances for the lower grades. The recent successful sales made by the association to dealers and manufacturers have led to this increased advance, over which the member growers are ex- 1 pressing satisfaction. Large deliveries are expected at the association's warehouses both in the eastern and central belts this week, while in South Carolina the report of August deliveries by the secretary of agriculture for that state shows that the auction floors received barely half the tobacco handled by ' them in 1921. The association in South Carolina alone has received close to 18,000,000 pounds in deliveries up to the present time. The first suits for liquidated damages and injunctions against further, breach of the contract were filed this week against Z. A. Harrell of Edgecombe county, N. C., and W. T. Jones of Nash county, N. C., for alleged ! failure to deliver their tobacco to the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association in accordance with their contracts. Similar suits are being fried in South Carolina this week against F. W. Fairey of Kingstree, and L. T. Leitner of Marion, member growers j of the tobacco cooperative for alleg- i ed sale of tobacco outside of the as-j sociation. . j Eighty suits against contract vio-! laters and persons who are spreading malicious propaganda against the asi-AAistinn aro nftiir in nrpnn rat ion ac cording to Aaron Sapiro, attorney J for the organized growers of the Carolinas and Virginia, who addressed six thousand tobacco fanners at' enthusiastic mass meetings in Danville and South Hill, Va., last Fri-' day and Saturday. Mr. Sapiro challenged any man in his audiences who | did not believe the association would j enforce its contracts to come up and ! sign his tobacco. o Orangeburg has Pistol Duel. Orangeburg, Sept. 16.?A shooting scrape here this afternoon near the "'-a? 1 A * corner 01 Miaaieion anu nmcua streets about a block from the heart of the city, resulted in the serious wounding of Policeman F. G. Cannon and John Lloyd. Both parties are white and well known in this city. The shooting took place about i 6:45 p. m. A large crowd gathered ! at once and the bodies of both m n were rushed to the Orangeburg Hospital. o The fact that the farmers furnish the raw material is no excuse for giving them a raw deal in marketing their stuff. Official Retur * i mr rH * Z V ? ? ? Is! Ill For Governor j Cole L. Blease i 13 50 95 Thomas G. McUod 118 150 24S For Supt. of Ed. i j~~ J. H. Hope 28141I24E T r Cnraannoran I 3l 56l 9? Fob Congress & =~~' i ] T"" A#H. Gasque | 1! 11 3S Rfilip H. Stoll I30!190l30a Wot House of Representatives: : j James P. Adams (ill 55 8c Emerson L. Ard '22!l3321( B. B. Chandler J 71 57il01 F R Hemingway 22ll3325S For Mapistrate, Kingstree ' J. B. Gamble I 0818( J A Scott I !104.155 For Magistrate, Hebron | i ! W. H. Baker ! 5| j J. W. Stewart !25 BONUS BILL UP TO PRESIDENT CONGRESS PASSES MEASURE AS IT COMES FROM CONFERENCE ?LAND CLAUSE IS KILLED. Washington, Sept. 15.?Congress today passed the soldiers' bonus bill along to President Harding. Prompt action by the Executive was anticipated, but opinion at the Capitol as to whether he would veto or approve the measure still was divided. This question entered largely into the debate today which preceded the senate adoption of the conference report, oG to 17. Conceding that while the question of the piesident's attitude was, as Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississinni. expressed it "un in the air," Senator McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, in charge of the bill, said he "hoped to God" the president would sign it. "I think he ought to sign it," he declared, adding that if senators who wanted "to help the soldiers" wouul [ remain in Washington until "a final vote" there would be sufficient votes to pass it over a veto. Some leaders in the House were of the opinion that if the president decided to veto the measure it would be returned to Congress early in the coming week. In that event it was the plan to bring up speedily in the House the question of overriding the veto. Proponents of the legislation were confident the necessary tw ?thirds majority could be obtained, the House having passed the bill by a majority 01 more man iour to wic. Senate in Doubt. Admittedly, however, there was doubt as to the situation in the senate. Opponents claimed thirty-four senators in opposition, two more than necessary to sustain the veto. During senate debate today Senator Underwood, of Alabama, referred to the probability of a veto, while Senator Harrison said he had reports that "word has been passed down the line that the president is going to veto the bill." Senator McCumber told the senate he still was in hope the e would be no veto, reiterating his opinion that the measure as drawn met the objections of the president and the secretary of the treasury toj the original cash bonus plan. LVon the presentation of the conference report, Senator Harrison made a point of order that the conferees had exceeded their authority in eliminating the land reclamation option, which, in one form or another, had been approved by both the House and Senate. After long debate the point of order was overruled by Senator Cummins, Iowa, president pro tern and the ruling was approved by the Senate, 33 to 21. President Vetoes Bonus Measure. Washington, Sept. 19.?The president's message vetoing the bonus bill was completed in the forenoon and will be sent to the house before one o'clock. I Washington, Sept. 19.?The house was prepared today to receive the Harding message vetoing the bonus. It was indicated that the message practically had been completed, and some advisers expected it would be transmitted to congress after the ns-Second Prin 8 a c ? ^ ? ^ g P CO ? *3 Jv C/3 CO 5 5 5 >?h CAQh P^.S'C cq C I ~ S % o ^ E? fc 2 2 5 o a ? *n d'5?'^^?2?24,t3't (3* CO > H h t! 9.18'38 53 5518 26 22 20 3 15 36'l9 25 44116, 8 60 6 73 29 81169 28 10 52164 TTT1 ^Tl III 43t 9 44 83 58 52 50 30 21 63 29|3l'45!5i 110125^ 2 301 3 371 5j? 9 9 14ll5 20 36 !l0;' 1 4:' 1!26; 1! 19' 1 11 11' 3|is! 218 ! 43'33 42 111 35 92136 29 20 60 40 31 69172 1?r-l 1111:11111 I 1 22 24! 19j58'30 10 29! 4(19 10 32 17 28 ! 26!ll 20 46!32!61 231 3'18:62 25 13i25'43 |49 20 12! 79l27l35 37.25:21 26 28 20 45'5C I 30H5 30! 77! 5156 401 3!15'37!23'27|49 4S MM M | M I M M !i I ! i I I i i i I I '1 M U I M I M ! ! ' il2j 116' 1 1 1 j ( ! M MEMBERS TURN OLD COTTON INTO ASSOCIATION Believed that Better Price will he Procured by Cooperative Selling?M'Leod a Leader. Columbia, Sept. 14.?Thomas G. McLeod, nominated for governor of South Carolina, is a loyal member of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative association and one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the movement in the state. He was vice-president of the organization committee and spoke in many counties of the state in the organization campaign. He was the first planter iu Lee county to sign the contract. nffirinlc nf ilir> association said to day that hundreds of members of the oiganization are turning old cotton over to it. Under the terms of the contract delivery of old cotton is optional but many of the members are taking the position that if cooperative marketing is good for the 1922 crop it is good for the 1921 and 1920 cotton. o Indians Leave for College. Indiantown, Sept 19.?The following young Indians have left Indiantown in the last week for schools and colleges: Miss Jennie McCutchen, Flora McDonald College, Red Springs, N. C.; Misses Alice Rollins and Alberta Stuckey, Winthrop College, Rock Hill; Misses Sallie Bartell, Margaret and Dorothy Daniel, Lander College, Grenwood; Miss Lottie Snowden, Draughn's Business College, ^ * si %* __ : savannan, ua.; miss r,mmie wusuu, Kingstree High school; James McCutchen, Willie Cooper, Davidson College, Davidson, N. C.; Henry Bartell, University of South Carolina, Columbia; Joe McCutchen and Clelmer Bartell Kingstree High school, and Derrill Daniel, Clemson College. Miss Bessie McCutchen has gone to Washington, N. C., to take up her duties as a teacher in the high school there. The opening exercises of the Indiantown graded school were held Friday morning, September 15, at 9 o'clock with the following teachers present: Miss Kennedy of Aiken, principal; assistants, Mrs. Eleanor Cunningham, Mrs. Ola Lovett and Miss Virginia Wilson, all of Indiantown. o Negroes Put to Death. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 15.?Angus Murphy and Joseph Thomas, negroes, -> - * -1 nf convicted OX CJlUrgca giumug uu? the attack upon Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ketchen, of Miami, Fla., near Southern pines, several weeks ago, were electrocuted at the State prison here this morning. He who answers the question how to provide a little more leisure and money for the conveniences, comforts and diversions due to rural life will be the real undoer of the rural sphinx, o Subscribe for the Record now. president had discussed it with his cabinet. House leaders have arranged in the event of a veto t? defer until tomorrow any move to pass the bill. Friends of the bonus appeared confident that more than the necessary two-third majority could be obtained in the house, but did not seem certain about the situation in the senate. rary Ejection : I I 1 11 ||i{i2 s ?13 ] 57)24 104 6jlll2018 H9I24I1511011 4ol u OO All 0101! tAAG i|J.4SIPU[J.Sl AO J.**IOOl-*^| ji ^p.L| l| 178|59! 127 6!IO5!I81371124 27I30J1735 I 19 251 52 18 19 35 25 82 61 6 659 II 45(19! 28^ 3 4 sl 1106 2! 4I 391 ! 151'65)189|21 120 48 63 102 311321 2058 : 39^33! 70 3I110' il8'll4[ 5 13! 863 178 53 152110) 10 2132)159)23 19 1436 1119 53! 8815 36 31 3lt 781715 1122 II 58 27115120! 88 46 41! 45 2121 1350 7 ? n n n ' ' ! ! 1321451 1 1 361 1 !2l!l9! ! ' 299 1 r~j n n-1 rT1 34' j I II! 17: 136 50' i i i 1 I I 119' 1211 BRITISH MOBOLIZE | SHIPS AND TROOPS i MITSTAPHA PASHA SAID TO BE PREPARING TO FIGHT FOR THE DARDANELLES. Constantinople, Sept. 20.?The BritI ish are mobilizing every available warship, man, horse, automobile cannon and rifle within reach of the trou: ble zone. They are preparing to deal a tremendous blow by land, sea and air aid if provoked by the Kemaliet army, which, according to the latest reports, is concentrating feverishly around Ismid and Clranak. All British barracks in Constanj tinople have been evacuated and : troops are marching in the streets of the capital which is having a sobering effect on the Turks. The British soldiers arc headed for the straits. General headquarters has issued an order directing the families of British officers and soldiers to prepare to embark tomorrow. Transports with British cavalry, heavy artillery and supplies are arriving at Haidarpasha. The Constantinople garrison is constructing entrenchments at Scutari on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorous which will be the second line of de fense, the first being at Yarinja. The British police forces here have been greatly augmented and will probably be assisted by French soldiers.. It is estimated the present British strength here and in the Dardanelles are 16,000 men which would be increased to nearly 75,000. The forces will be strengthened by large detachments from the Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets. May Declare War. Constantinople, Sept. 20.?Hamid Bey, the Turkish National representative here, informed the Associated Press correspondent today that it was ?...U certain me 1 UTlUaii army wuuiu ucclare war on the British if the British attempted to interfere with the movement of the Turkish troops across the straits to Thrace. Field Guns Captured. Paris, Sept. 20.?The Turks in their recent assault upon the Greeks captured 1,000 modern field guns, and 5,000 machine guns with enough ammunition to last them for a two years' campaign, according to French official advices received today. Plans an Attack. Constantinople, Sept. 20.?Information that Mustapha Kemal Pacha is preparing to launch an attack for the possession of the Dardanelles in spite of the exhortations of Gen. Pelle, French high commissioner, is causing undisguised anxiety in Allied military circles here. ? ' ^ -1-1 - it IS noi improoauiv uiul sum an attack will be made before the end of the present week, it is stated. The British, however, are declared to be determined to hold the Straits at all costs, regardless of how formidable the Kemalists forces may be, and regardless also of whether France and Italy participate in the defense. Many British subjects, including the families of officers, are leaving the city. It is understood here that the French Cabinet warned the government of the inadivisability of assault on the neutral zone, but the nationalists are believed to have replied that the proposed attack is in the nature of a defensive and protective movement. o John Fulton Killed. John Fulton, colored, employee of the Kingstree Electric Light and Ice Co., at their plant here, was killed this morning by coming into contact with a live wire carrying 2300 volts of current. It is said that his connection with the live wire was made by attempting to reverse ends with a slice rod which is used at the boiler for breaking clinkers in the fire-box and in over-turning movement of the rod it struck the highpowered wire. Officials of the light plant stated I that it was learned that Fulton i suffered from a weak heart, and in view of the fact that no marks were left on the body to show where contact had been made, it is the ' ' * this weakness contributed mate... . to his death. : o It's no wonder that where scrub cows predominate farmers have tried dairying and found that it does not pay. *