The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 21, 1922, Image 1
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^ 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.
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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
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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.
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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.;
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Underwood Gets a Life Sentence.
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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.
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^ The blue whale is the largest creature
alive today.
FARMER MADE DEFENDANT
IN TOBACCO CASE.
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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.
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California has the record ratio of j
4.61 persons per motor vehicle.
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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.
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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.
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The fact that the farmers furnish
the raw material is no excuse for
giving them a raw deal in marketing
their stuff.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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Negroes Put to Death.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 15.?Angus
Murphy and Joseph Thomas, negroes,
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's no wonder that where scrub
cows predominate farmers have tried
dairying and found that it does not
pay.
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