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MURDERS BOY; CONFESSES CRIME IN JEALOUS MOMENT DISCARDED WIFE UNFOLDS STORY TO OFFICERS. It was a well-known woman writ-1 e: -of popular fiction who coined the | the phrase, "Hell hath no fury like i a woman scorned," and a desire for, revenge, born of scorn and ill-treat- j n:ient, brings to light a murder mystry, the details of which have surprised the officers of the law and | shocked beyond expression the citi- j zens of the Marietta and Lake View j communities. It was on or about the beginning' of the present year that Manning Ford, the 18 year old son of John Ford, well-known to the citizens of Dillon and Dillon county as a peddler of chickens and eggs, disappeared from his home near Lake View. The boy was in the habit of leaving home for a few days at a time, but when he did not return after a lapse of many days his parents became apprehensive and made diligent but fruitless enquiries as to his whereabouts. No trace of the boy could b<; found. He had disappeared as completely as if the earth had openeel and swallowed him up. 1 In a modest cottage near Mariet- J ta Frank Summers and his wife lived the quiet and uneventful life of ' rural folk, and it was here on the ! night of February 18, 1922, that a 1 stcry in real life almost stranger ' than fiction had its origin in a tragedy < that blazed a trail to a remote Geor- 1 gia town and thence back to the 1 scene of its beginning. On this fatal night Manning Ford, ' the victim, was a visitor at the home ' of Frank Summers. An altercation 1 arose and the two men began to fight. They fought out through the i door and into the front yard. Ac- 1 cording to Frank Summers' side of 1 ' 1 _ , xi. _ j ?:i? 1 tne story tney reacneu mc wwu and Manning Ford stooped^to pick ; np a piece of lightwood. As he was leaning over Summers snatched up 1 an axe and struck the boy in the 1 back of the head, killing him almost instantly. Realizing what he had done he took the body upon his shoulders and cast it into some underbrush a few hundred yards from the house. The wife was not an eye-witness to < the tragedy itself. t 1 But killer must have been haunt- < ed by the spirit of the killed. For i several weeks Summers continued to ' live at his home within a few hun- i dred yards of where lay the body of 1 liis victim, but whether through fear 1 or superstition or some other reason which has not been explained he did not revisit the secluded spot where the body of young Ford lay exposed < to the elements and the vultures of 1 ??? Mrth Rummers was a 1 man of iron constitution, but living 1 daily in such close proximity to the body of his victim began to tell upon < his health and strength. Conscience 1 pursued by an avenging j spirit mere terrible than any punish- * meiit that could be meted out by the ( law itself, Summers fled to Georgia. < Here he once more took up the thread 1 of life, hoping in a measure to for- 3 get the scene of the fatal night of J VnKniarr 18th Tt> ft few weeks his ' wife followed him and there they * lived, keeping the dark secret locked 1 in their bosoms, until Nemesis like * another figure appeared upon the 1 scene in the form of a woman who won Summers' affections away from 1 rthe faithful wife who had stood be- 1 twetn him and the shadow of the 1 electric chair. 1 And the unholy alliance thus form- ( ed in a wicked moment was the 1 cause of Summers' undoing. The ? faithful wife upbraided him for his * conduct, and he not only scorned her 1 but turned upon her and beat her 1 unmercifully. In a spirit of revenge * she told the story to the officers of { the '.aw and when confronted with * the crime Summers confessed to his guilt. Georgia officers wired North J Carolina officers and the reply was 1 that Sumn.e..- \.as not wanted in 1 Marietta for the alleged crime. There t was of course no record of it as ru-11 nor had not connected Summers witn * the f crange disappearance-of the Ford 1 boy. But Summers insisted that his Story was true and he was brought ' back to the scene of his crime. ^ He conducted officers to the spot ( where he had concealed the body of 5 his victim and there they found in * the form of a skeleton the remains ^ of the boy who had disappeared so ^ mysteriously six months before. All that remained were the remants of < half rotted clothing, the shoes and ' a belt buckle on which were engrav- 1 ed the boy's initials. In the back 1 of the skull was a hole as large as ' a man's fist showing where the fatal -btyw had been struck. The minor details of the tragedy have not been told. What carried young Ford to Summers' home on tb? m'ght of the tragedy and what ' causes led up to the fight are not known. Ford was a ^uiet, inoffen- . aive bty and Summers is a man -10 years of age. That there were under-! lying causes cannot be doubted. I Rumor has it that Ford was not Sum- ; mers' first virtim. It is said that 1 once before he murdered a man, cut | the body up and cast the pieces into a stream. There may or may not be ny truth in the rumor. Later reports from the Marietta. section state that officers have an affidavit made by Mrs. Summers in which she says that Ford was murdered by Summers while he was asleep. She states that Summers told her he was going to kill the boy and as she could not prevent him from murdering' Ford she left the house and was out in the yard when the crime was committed.?Diilon LT 1.1 aiu. O IilG DELIVERY OF COTTON .Made to South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association. Columbia, Sept. 25.?The largest delivery of old cotton yet made to the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association was made last week by Josh Kirven, of Darlington, who turned over 1200 bales old long staple cotton to the association. Delivery of this cotton under the terms of the contract was optional but Mr. Kirven decided that he would sell the cotton through the association. Officials of the association say that old cotton is pouring in from every section of the state. Members of the organization are delighted with the advances which they are receiving, according to letters which are being ? J ?4- hn^/lnnorfovc TllD Q QQO I tTCCl VCU at Iitaviijiiutvvio. ~ nation is now making an initial advance of 12 cents a pound on short staple, old and new cotton, and 18 :ents a pound on long staple, old and ^ew. The first fire to occur in association rotton was in Lee county Monday ; ifternoon when some cotton belonging to L. D. Welch, of Elliott, was jurned from the gin to the depot. Mr. Welch notified the association Tuesday at noon of his loss and Wedleaday at noon the association had x check from the insurance company "or the cotton. - ] o A Blanket of Green. " Let us put a blanket of green on ; ivery acre of our cultivated lands :his fall. It will keep thousands of lollars worth of fertihlity from be- ] ng washed away by the winter rains, i ind will increase oar production next Tall, besides adding to the attractiveness of our country. Bare, desolate fields are a poor advertisement. I Read carefully what Dr. R. Y. Winters, plant breeding agronomist, ( S'orth Carolina Extension Service, has , to say about this crop, and then ask pour county agent to assist you in getting a supply of good ^Abruzzi rye seed. "Abruzzi rye was introduced into )ur country from Italy more than fifteen years ago. From its earliest introduction it proved to be better than the common winter rye through>ut the South. When compared with , ximmon winter rye at our Agricul- ; :ural Experiment Station, the Abruz- . si has been much earlier furnishing , nore and better grazing and produc- ; ?1 J caoH MA iH? AUUUb UUC Vliiiu mvio l7vmv?. | >ther winter cover' crop will give , nore grazing or more organic mat- 1 ?r to torn under on poor land as 1 will Abruzzi rye. "Ten years ago the State Experinent Station started seed selection , vork with this crop to further im- ' Drove its seed yield and grazing qual- , ties. The first lot of these seed were ' iistributed to growers of the state ast year. Recent reports from grow;rs who secured seed show that the , ;ime spent in its improvement was veil spent. Several growers who , ;h'ought they had grown Abruzzi rye :'ound that they had been growing ( lommon rye sold as Abruzzi. A few , lad purchased Rosen rye for Abruzzi. The Rosen rye was originated in the lorthwestern part of our country and ( s not at all adapted to our state, [t is very late, making only a small jrowth by spring and later badly , iamaged by rust. The common win- , er rye is better than Rosen rye at ! i price. "On account of the difficulty of securing true Abruzzi rye seed the State Experiment Station has grown a small juantity of select seed which will be ' supplied growers who are prepared 5o save it for seed purposes. A list las also been made of growers who lave good Abruzzi rye seed. "Remember, Abruzzi rye will proluce the greatest amount of grazing, >r organic matter lo turn under of my winter cover crop that can be grown on poor land. It will yield better than, wheat and the seed is worth more." Seed Oats for Sale. Red Rust Proof Seed Oats, lot price 80<* per bushel; single bags 85<* per bushel. 9-28-2tc. Kinestree Grocery Co. Subscribe for khe Record now. STEAL PRISONER IN COURT ROOM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTERIM BETWEEN DISMISSAL OF WRIT AND SIGNING OF ANOTHER. New York, Sept. 21.?Walter Socolow, 19, wanted in Baltimore on a charge of murder in connection with payroll robbery, was the center of a football rush in the supreme court today when three Baltimore defectives grasped what they seemed to think was the psychological moment between the dismissal of one writ of habeas corpus and the signing ojf another and hustled him away. Justice Martin protested vigorously against such action and ordered court officers to stop the Baltimore detectives, but before anything could be dene Socolow and his captors had sped away in an automobile. Ferry terminals and railroad stations were being watched by New York police with orders from the court to intercept the prisoner and the detectives. "1 never saw anything like it in a. supreme court," said Justice Martfn from the bench. "It's an outrage. They can't pull off that rough stuff m my court room." isocolow was in court Wednesday in habeas corpus proceedings when Assistant District Attorney Driscoll asked that the writ fsocolow's counsel sought be dismissed on the giound that it had been committal by a magistrate and before the arrival of the warrant of the governor of Maryland. Justice Martin granted the two attorneys until today to argue the matter. Today Socolow's counsel asked for a week's continuance and Justice Max-tin dismissed the first writ. A new writ, based on the governor's wari-ant, had been prepared and was about to be handed to Justice Martin. It was just at this moment that the Baltimore detectives seized the prisoner and dragged him away. Justice Martin immediately signed the writ, served it on the representative of the district attorney's office and declared to a New York police lieutenant: "You have that man here at 2 o'clock tomorrow or I shall holcFthe police department responsible for the scene enacted in this court room." Baltimore, Sept. 21.?Walter Socplow, wanted here in connection with the holdup and murder of William B. Norris, contractor, August 18, and who was rushed out of New York by Baltimore detectives pending decision by Judge Martin of the New York supreme court on habeas corpus proceedings arrived here tonight at 9:30 o'clock under guard of the detectives. Socolow was taken in an automobile to Jersey City, where the party took a train to Baltimore. o Furman University Opens. Greenville, Sept 18.?With an enrollment fully up to expectations, the 1922-23 session of Furman University got underway Thursday morning. With several students yet to be matriculated, it is believed that the attendance will finally come up to last year's figures, which were 416, the largest in the history of the institution. One gratifying feature of the enrollment is that a wider dis tribution of students over the state is shown. Every county except two? Beaufort and Lexington?is represented in the student body. Several states and one foreign country are also represented. The enrollment from North Carolina alone is more than a dozen. Important announcements made at the opening exercises were that the James C. Furman Hall of Science, which was badly damaged by fire last July, will be ready for use by Christmas and that a portion of ft will be in use within two weeks; that the new $80,000 gymnasium will be completed before Christmas; that the college opens for the first time this foil a mndam ofoom lannHrv for thp ion u wvuvtuj svvtMM j ? use of the student body; a change in the management of the library; the addition of three new professors to the faculty; and the creating of two new courses and addition of other features in the college curriculum. The new professors are A. M. Arnett, Ph. D., Columbia Univertity head of the department of history; R. I. Allen, M. A. of the University of Georgia, assistant professor of physics; and John L. Plyler, alumnus of Furman and graduate of the Harvard Law School, who will be assistant in the department of law. Succeeding Miss Alberta Malone as librarian is Miss Eva Wrieley, form erly librarian at Emory University. She will be assisted by Miss Lottie Crossland, of Lake City, a graduate of Coker College. A new course in biology is to be given this year, to be less technical than the course given heretofore. This is intended primarily for premedical students. A course in health and sanitation, compulsory for freshmen, is to be given this year for the I first time. The university has also added a director of music. Mr. Jud- e son League, an a -alumnus of Fur- s man and a professional musician, i will have charge of the training of, f the college glee club, band, orchestra c and will give instruction in piano, i The freshman class is particularly s pleasing to the university authorities, \ it being readily admitted that this t is, on the whole, the finest set of i _ new men that has ever been matri-; culated at Furman. They are more ' mature than previous first-year men, j and the great majority of them are graduates of 11-grade and recognizeed preparatory schools. * "There is every indication," stated President McGlothlin, "that we are going to have a remarkably fine ses suon at r unnan uua year. i , 0 I $125 Cow Paid for Herself in 125 Days ? "The boll weevil made it necessary J to change from cotton to dairying ? and live stock growing, but the , eradication of the cattle tick made J the change possible," said A. L. James ? of Darlington, a recent convert to , purebred cuttle. ) "We had ticks on our farm," he said, "and at that time our 12 cows were worth about $500 for the whole ? lot. Now we ha\e 44 Guernseys, including young stock, and they are easily worth an average of $$00 a head!" Soon after -the fever ticks were cleaned out in this section of the state, Mr. James bought a good cow for $125, and in 125 days she had paid for herself in addition to paying for her keep. The price of milk is not so high now as it was immediately following the taking off of the last tick, but still the making of milk is profitable. One factor that has had much to do with it is the feed, which is largely home grown. Cottonseed - ? ??-1 ?J vnool m | IS eXCIKillg^U IUI Wbiuuoccu nivui. B I Hay is made of oats and vetch and g alfalfa. | But the best crop of all on the = James farm, not excepting cotton and | com, in the owenr's opinion, is the velvet bean. I? is easy to grow 60 | bushels of the beans in the pod to die ? acre on land that will grow 30 bushels | of com at the same time. When the | com has been gathered the cows can 1 be pastured on the beans and cornstalks during the fall and winter. Cover-crop rye is also used for pasture. The cows on this farm are now making up for what coton does not do. In 1920 Mr. James was getting on well, but the price of cotton took " a drop and only a good production ?4 of milk kept him going. The cows J enabled him to hold his cotton for < better prices without danger of a vis- ! it from the sheriff. \ Formerly it was the custom on this < farm to grow 20 acres of cotton to ! the plow. Now cotton is still grown ; in spite of the weevil, but the acre- < age has been cut to 5 acres to the ] plow. Milk is the important crop \ now. Besides producing /direct re- ? turns, the cows, with the help of , velvet beans and a reduced cotton j acreage, have cut down the fertilizer < bill. In 1920 the farm used 160 tons ! of commercial (or purchased) fertil- ; izer. This year only 21 tons were < used. ! i l Statement of the Condition of THE BANK OF KINGSTREE, ; Located at Kingstree, S. C, ! at the close of business September < 15, 1922. ; Resources: . , Loans and Discounts, ?$563,697.47 ? Overdrafts, 10,763.85 \ Bonds and Stocks Owned < by the Bank, 150.00 I Furniture and Fixtures, _ 15,083.10 Banking House, 6,155.71 Due from Banks and Bank- j ers, 13,875.26 J Currency, 9,645.00 < Gold, 22.50 ? Silver and other Minor J Coin, 3,582.55 < Checks and Cash Items, _ 11,745.13 J Exchanges for the Clearing House, 5,792.53 ? Other esources, viz.: ' Undivided Profits, 758.26 ! Total. _ $641,253.36 | LIABILITIES: Capital Stock Paid in, __$ 60,000.00 ? Surplus Fund, 15,000.00 \ Dividends Un- , paid. $ 48.00 < Individual Depos- J its Subject to ? Check, 178,221.48 Savings Depos- ! its, 202,852.36 Cashier's Checks, 1,339.22 382,461.06 ; Notes and Bills Redis- < counted, 3,000.00 ' Bills Payable, including \ Certificates for Money ? Borrowed, 100,792.30 Other Liabilities, viz.: ! War Finance Corp., 80,000.00 ? Total, $641,253.36 ; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ? County of Williamsburg, s& ; I Before me came F. W. Fkirev, | Cashier of the above named |^nk, I wno, being auiy sworn, saya mamuc . above and foregoing statement iVa j true condition of said bank, as sho^N J by the books of said bank. ' F. W. FAIREY, . Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of September, 1922. R. D. MILLS, Notary Public. Correct Attest: D. C. Scott, John A. Kellev, ( A. C. Hinds, Directors. > The New York Public library is j ixperimenting with a method to pre ;erve newspaper files for future use : n centuries u> corne. Japanese pa- i ier, which is transparent, is pasted >n every page, rendering the page mpervious to the agencies that de-1 troy newsprint. Thus protected they , nil last indefinitely and constant, landling gives no evidence of wear, i 11 111111 1H UttfHlllllHM Farmers an< BEFORE RUYING ANY SE TREES, POULTRY FEEDS AND SAMPLES AND PRICES. I WE ARE IN THE SEED Bl PAPPV AT ATT. 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