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u^hc jflonwtn jleftrfft. W ~ THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. G. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME 37?NO. 33 _____ ? EPISCOPALIANS REORGANIZE. First Meeting of Pee Dee Convocation at Kingstree November 14. i _________ The convention for a reorganization of the dioces^ of South Carolina, since its division, convened in Grace Episcopal church, Charleston, Tuesday morning. The Diocese of South Carolina, is composed of the following counties: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Flors ence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Sumter, Williamsburg, with the Rt. Rev, Wm. A. Guerry, D. u., msnop. The divison *>f the Diocese was definitely effected on May 17, when the council, in convention at St. Phillip's church, adopted the report of the committee which recommended the georgraphical lines of division as well as the division of vested funds. The new or Upper Diocese, is composed of the following counties: Abbeville, ^iken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Laurens, Lancaster, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union and York, the Rt. Rev. K. G. Finley, D. D., of Columbia, Bishop. ' The old, or the Diocese of South Carolina was at Tuesday's meeting divided into two convocations with the Santee river as the line of division, South of the river to be known as the Charleston convocation with Rev. Homer Starr, dean; North of the river to be known as the Pee Dee convocation with the Rev. O. D. Porch** L n# +VlO er, dean, ine nrsi rnwmig v* ?.v Pee Dee convocation will be held in Kingstree on the 14th of November next, at which time one hundred or more ministers and laymen will be present The Rev. John Ridout, Jr., and Mr. . W. F. Tolley attended the meeting in Charleston as rector and delegate from St. Albans and report the meeting as having been a most successful and enjoyable one. o U. D. C Meets. On the afternoon of Friday, October 13, the Williamsburg Chapter U. D. C. met with Mrs. H. 0. Britton and Mrs. F. J. Watson. Twelve members were present. The president reported that the $10 promised the Wood row Wilson fund and the American Legion fund had never been called for and would for the present be used for the Cunningham Memorial fund and the Jefferson Davis Highway fund. Letters were read concerning the book, "Women of the South in War Times." The chapter has been asked to sell ten copies of this book, at $2.00 for chapter member and $2.50 for outsiders. The president reported 7 copies sold up to date. A letter was read asking the chapter to organize a "Sons of Veterans Camp." It was decided not to undertake this at present. Mrs. T. S. Hemingway and Mrs. P. G. Gourdin were elected delegates to the general convention in Birmingham. The chapter was asked to take some action concerning the plans to remodel the chapel of Washington and Lee University. It was decided that no action would be taken until after the convention in December. Miss Erckmann reported that flowers had been sent for Mrs. D. C. Scott from the chapter. The following officers were re-elected: President, Mrs. T. S. Hemingway; vice-president, Mrs. R. K. Wallace; secretary, Mrs. Harry Britton; treasurer and registrar, Miss Agnes Erckman. Plans for making money were dism cussed, but nothing decided upon. After business session, Mrs. P. G. Gourdin read an interesting paper, "The Reminiscences of Mrs. C. I. Rush." The hostess then served a salad course followed by bonbons. Mrs. Harry Britton, Secretary. o A vote was recently taken on the I wet and dry question among the inI mates of the prisons in the United States. More than 133,000 voted dry and only 909 voted wet, which shows I that even the lawbreaker is capable I of right thinking and dreads the results of drink. i Subscribe for the Record now. News From Rome. Messrs L. F. Rhem and Finney Rhem spent several days last week in Baltimore, Md., on business. Mrs. H. H. DuRant had as her i guest last week her aunt, Mrs. MaryWeaver. She left Friday to visit relatives in Charleston before returning to her home in Savannah, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hemingway of Hemingway, spent Sunday here with the former's mother, Mrs. A. B. Hemingway. Miss Merle Rennet of Holly Hill, is the attractive guest of Miss Mary Rhem. Mr. W. U. Konins anu sisier, ims. Madena Lee, spent Friday in Andrews attending the Baptist Missionary Union. Mr. J. W. McLaulin of Andrews, spent Thursday night here iwth Mr. W. C. Rollins. On Thursday afternoon, October 12, Mrs. B. M. Dinkins entertained with a miscellaneous shower for her niece, Miss Annie, Wilson, whose marriage to Dr. P. S. Thomas of Great Falls, will take place on Thursday night of this week at Union church. The guests were met at the door by Mrs. Dinkins and Miss Annie Wilson and ushered into the wide colonial hall, which was beautifully decorated with Ivy and pink cut flowers. At the rear of the hall, punch was served by Mrs. E. W. DuRant of Georgetown. The guests then entered the living room where the color scheme of green and ping was artistically carried out. * ?A "A EM 1 ? A Contest, A r iyiai lvviuauvv) was next engaged in. The prize was won by Mrs. L. F. Rhem. The music was enjoyed very much throughout the afternoon. This was furnished by Misses Mildred Hemingway and Carrie Baker of Hemingway, and Mrs. S. A. Legette; Miss Annie Wilson, in her usual charming manner, sang two lovely vocal solos. Block ice cream, pound cake and mints were served by Misses Belle and Mildred Hemingway of Hemingway, Frances Snow, Nell Wilson and Katherine Keels. After the refreshments, little Misses Louise Springs and Lottie DuRant entered the living room pulling an express wagon covered with pink crepe paper, filled with lovely and useful gifts for the bride-elect. The following ladies were present: Mesdames G. K. Way, G. E. Grier, D. I. Wilson, Bethel DuRant, B. M. Dinkins, W. T. Turbeville, W. J. Chandler, J. 0. Carraway, B. B. Chandler, L. B. Johnson, H. H. DuRant, L. F. Rhem, A. M. Lee; Misses Annie Wilson, Emmie Snow; Florence Hemingway of this place; Mrs. Holmes B. Springs, Greenville; Mesdames C. C. Campbell, D. G. Huggrins, J. M. Eaddy, W. T. Hemingway; Misses Cleo Clyburn and Carrie Baker, Hemingway; Mrs. S. A. Legette, Georgetown; Miss Clayton Blain, Greenwood; Miss Maude Erskine, Columbia; Miss Merle Bennet, Holly Hill; Miss Amy Connor, Orangeburg; Mrs. ?. W. mutant, wurgcwwn, Mrs. Mary Weaver, Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Holmes 6. Springs and children, Louise and Holmes, Jr., of Greenville, are spending some time with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Wilson. Fifty Millions Paid on British Interest Washington, Oct. 16.?A payment of $50,000,000 from the British government on account of interest of Great Britain's obligations to the United States was received today by the treasury through the federal reserve bank at New York. A second payment of approximately the same is expected November 16. The treasury announced that the money received today would be used to provide in part for the $137,000,000 of interest which becomes due and payable today on Liberty bonds and treasury certificates. Provision is made in the Liberty loan act that interest on the war loans should be utilized for this purpose. The payment today by the British treasury, which was made through J. P. Morgan & Co., is the first interest installment in the $4,750,000,000 British debt to be paid since May, 1919, when such payments were sus- | pended, under a tentative agreement between the United States and the , debtor nations. Up to that tim^j Great Britain had paid appmprtfSre-ly $25,000,000. A big need in each country com- , munity is more people who are willing to work in unselfish, helpful upbuilding of the community. \ X m IS U. S. EXPLOITING ITS I CHILDREN FOR MONEY?j Federal Official Quotes Terrible F Statistics to Warn Country. (Capital News Service) Washington, Oct. 16.?Fond of re-1 ferring to the United States as the|e most enlightened of nations, publicists s and educators may well pause in sta- e istics made public by the secretary j I of labor in a speech before the Amer- j r ican Insurance Union. In it he call-jc ed attention to the fact "that 250.000 | v American babies are snatched by t I death from their mother's breasts every year before they have had time r scarce to open their unseeing eyes h upon the world gbout them. r 'Half a million children, so-called c defectives and delinquents, are grow- ii ing up almost totally neglected. b "Thirty million American children, b of school age, who even if they can ii win to the opportunity of education, face in our schools a false learning, n an education that will not fit more o than one in ten of them for the places p they must occupy in life. S "Approximately a million and a ii half American boys and girls, of i: school age, are today thrown beneath a the wheels of the juggernaut of in- t dustry, pressed to labor before their!r time, doomed to the dreary drudgery v of mine and mill and factory by eco- c nomic necessity. They face hopeless s futures. Before them stretches the b treadmill of unremunerative liabotr n with its few years of heart-breaking, a 1 x~~ of iKo nr\rl Si f 50UI~ie<lMllg lv/jij auu c* v miv ?uu ? grave. c "Here, if anywhere, we face a real a danger to the republic. Here is a a menace greater than any that lies in the blatant mouthings of doctrinaires o and demagogues who preach false po- e litical economic doctrines in forum c and market place. Not in the grasp- b ing gospel of the peddler of political a nostrums is our peril, but there, where t citizens of the future are broken, men- o tally, morally, and physically on the F torture wheel of misled industrial o management is the evil, which must be uprooted if America is to prevail." Items From Hemingway. t Hemingway, Oct. 17.?Miss Mildred c Hemingway spent the week-end in d Florence with Miss Inez Wooten. * Miss Ruth Harmon spent the week- v end in Florence with her sister, Miss v Wilma Harmon. 4 f Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Huggins and c family spent the week-end with rela- e tives at Lamar. f Mr. Douglas Ingraham of Posten, t spent Sunday in town with relatives, r Dr. L. G. Day and Mr. Willis Ard e visited relatives in Florence Sunday, s Mr. Fitzhugh Eaddy of Georgetown, I was in town for the week-end. J Those from here who attended the 1 miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. 1 Dinkins of Oaks, last Thursday for r Miss Annie Wilson were Mesdames J. M. Eaddy, C. C. Campbell, D. G. t Huggins and W. T. Hemingway; I Misses Carrie Baker, Mildred and c Belle Hemingway. Mrs. Louie Douglas returned Sat- I urday from the Sanders Memorial I hospital at Florence, where she^un-|T derwent a very serious operation a I few weeks ago. fc Misses Lucia Wiem, Murial Wil- c liams, Dess Gowdy, Blondell Cock- a field, Alma Deloach; Messrs Cesar i Haselden, Kenith Creel, Bertie Hug- I gins, Thermon Flowers and H. W. Haselden went to Florence Friday r evening to attend a musical comedy. Mr. Rufus Cribb of Rome, spent v Sunday with his brother, Mr. Melvin o Cribb. u Mr. Bryant Cribb left Sunday for T Sanford, N. C., where he has accepted a position. Mrs. Fore of Latta, spent several b days of last week here with Mrs. E. P L. Ard. s Rev. P. B. Ingraham returned Mon- a day from Anderson, where he preach- T ed Sunday. t o What is believed to be the largest camera in the world is owned by a t scientist in Chicago. The camera 8 body is 9 feet, 54 inches wide, 20 feet A long, when fully extended, and 6 s feet high. The lens cost $1,500 and a Is 12/inches in diameter. All mov- * ing Marts run on roller bearings. r Tl^plate weighs nearly 50Q pounds wnen loaded and a derrick is used . to put it into the camera. The plates J' are 8 feet long by 4 feet, 8 inches wide and weigh more than 200 pounds. ^ A man enters the camera to dust the plates. f ? ii Subscribe for the Record now. r iv".is. OREIGN LAWS FOR WOMEN COMMENDED teport to Government Recommends United States Follow Europe. (Capital News Service.) Washington, Oct. 16.?Commissiond to investigate and report on the ubject of legal safeguards of womn workers in Europe, Mrs. Alma Le i. Spreckles, of San Francisco, has ecommended that the United States o? ttn'fU rvvofif *v* olro onrf Q i n 1 Q\17C on n itil pi vnw uuinv vvi vwin *mi> u rhich she has found to work well in he field of female toil in Europe. Mrs. Spreckles finds that the afternath of the war, as it affects women, ias put a great many of them to tasks ormally done only by men, such as leaning railroad tracks of weed, drivng reapers and harvesters, plowing, oading hay, building houses, making iricks, driving taxi cabs and conductng street cars. The special agent of the governnent drew especial attention to some if the laws of France aimed at the irotection of women in industry. Strict regulations are made concernng the hours a woman may work mmediately before and immediately fter bearing a child. Others limit he working periods in a month, and equire certain rest hours for both iromen and children. Still others are oncerned with public health and the * ?* * -1- i. L urrounaings wnicn must l?c attcpiale to the authorities before a woman nay make clothes for an employer ,t home. Laws which forbid women o work in mines and pits she finds specially worthy of imitation here, s also those concerned with hygiene Jid morality. Minimum wage and limited hours f labor laws, designed to prevent xploiting of women, are not suffiient in the opinion of Mrs. Spreckles, iut should be backed by special enctments which would safeguard the oil of the present and future mothers if a country in order that present irofit be not obtained at the expense f future generations. o Presbyterian Women Meef. The Williamsburg County Presbyerian Women's Auxiliaries held a ounty institute in Kingstree on Tueslay. On account of the inclement reather most of the county delegates rere prevented from coming. Those fho came were more than prepaid or their effort by the splendid adlresses made at the morning1 and vening meetings by Miss Mabel Hall, leld secretary of the General Assembly's Home Missions. Miss Hall does nountain work among the mountainers of Virginia and West Virginia ind it was of her work among these >eople that ehe spoke on Tuesday. >he told that the Pee Dee Presbytery lad presented her with a beautiful torse, which will mean that she will 10 longer have to ride mule-back ov:r the long distances on mountain rails. A subscription was made in Cingstree to present her with a sadlla on<4 KrirJlo -fr\r hpr hnrsp. At the morning session which was >resided over by Mrs. R. K. Wallace, (resident of the local Auxiliary, Mrs. rhos. McCutchen, vice-president of larmony Presbyterial for Williams>urg county, made the welcome ad[ress. Mrs. Louis W. Gilland also poke on the work which she is dong among the colored people of Cingstree. ' At both services a special choir endered beautiful musical selections. Lfter the morning session a luncheon ras served in the Sunday school rooms if the church, the menu of which came ip to the usual high reputation of Villiamsburg's house-keepers. To make children familiar with the tasis of all real and incontestable irosperity, the city of Witchita, Kan as, is establishing, in its environs, . 30- acre farm, on which high school tupils will be Instructed in agriculore. o There are 95 million acres of land hat can be reclaimed. They are wamp, periodically swamp or overlowed lands and tidal marsh. Rapid trides are being made in reclaiming, , nd, according to the United States ' load Bureau, more than 54 acres lere y eclaimed up to 1920. To convey the size of the new Ma- 1 estic, the largest ship in the world, 1 he following statistics are given. Its ( cranage equals that of the entire fl ipanish Armada which attempted to onquer England iri 1588; the inter?r space equals that of 400 eight- j oom houses. T * Report on Crop Condition. Saluda, Oct. 11.?"Excessive rains in April and May did serious damage to early plantings of corn and the severe drougth of August and September resulted in material injury to late plantings," says B. B. Hare, Agricultural Statistician for the Division of Crop and Live Stock Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture. In his report of October 1 he shows the condition of corn in South Carolina to be 68 per cent of normal, which indicates a production of 30,500,000 bushels, as against 32,955,000 bushels last year and 34,770, 000 bushels in 1920. Condition for the entire United States is 78.4 per cent, and forecasts a production of 2,853,399,000 bushels, compared to 3,080,372,000 bushels last year and 3,208,584,000 bushels in 1920. The estimated yield of oats per acre in South,Carolina is 22 bushels, indicating a production of 8,932,000 bushels, or an increase of 820,000 bushels over last year; whereas the average yield per acre for the United States is reported at 29.4 bushels per acre, the estimated production being 1,229,774,000 bushels, or an in^ crease of 169,000,000 bushels oyer that of last year. The preliminary estimate of tobacco in South'Carolina is placed at 57,528,000 pounds this year, as against 50,400,000 pounds last year. In the United States there is an increase in production from 1,075,418,000 pounds last year to 1,000,900,uuu pounus mis year. The production of white potatoes in the United States increased from 346,823,000 bushels last year to 433,015,000 bushels this season, whereas sweet potatoes increased from 98,660,000 bushels to 105,490,000 bushels and hay from 96,802,000 tons to 108,736,000 tons. Estimates as to production of hay, Sweet potatoes, and white potatoes in South Carolina will be made next month. Condition of the principal growing crops in the state on October 1 were as follows: Tobacco 68 per cent.; Irish potatoes 70; sweet potatoes 80; sorghum for syrup 75; cowpeas 80; and rice 75. o . Honor Roll for Kinestree School. Grade II?Anne Gilland, 96; Martha Claiborne, 95; Florence Brown, 94; Montague Jacobs, 94; Elizabeth Dove, 93; James Epps, 93; Margaret Allen, 92; Lila Wayne Pugh, 92. Grade III?Rachel Fairey, 99; Mary Godwin, 99; Margaret Carter, 98; John S. Montgomery, 98; Juanita - aa 4 n n ;i_ a?. 1 rnerson, ye; a. swans, y<; wruuu Bristol, 97; Evelyn McClary, 97; Ruth Inabinet, 96; Billy Nexsen, 96; Delma Burgess, 95; Susie Brown, 95; Geo. Ed. Patrick, 94; Kathryn Kelly, 94; Curtis Montgomery, 94; Emilie Kozma, 94. Grade IV?Julia Montgomery, 99; Jean Cooper, 98; Mary Nell Epps, 96; Emily Mcintosh, 95; Mary Agnes Coward, 94. Grade V?Virginia Fairey, 93; Mary Alice Steele, 92; John F. McFadden, 92; Lucius Montgomery, 90. Grndp VT?Ma rim ret F. Kelley. 97: Nancy Cooper, 95 Louise Arrowsmith, 94; Mary Arrowsmith, 94; Louise McCutchen, 94; Billy Fairey, 93; Myrtise Mcintosh, 93; Myrtle Odom, 92; Gertrude Epps, 92; David Derrick 92; David Baker, 92. Grade VII?Wrenna Fulton, 94; James Arrowsmith, 93; Flinn Gilland, 91. Grade VIII?Elizabeth Fairey, 95; Katherine Steele, 94. Grade IX?Jane Gilland, 99; Mae Burgess, 95. Grade X? J. F. Cooper, 97; Grace Kinder, 95; Emmie McConnell, 95; Genevieve Reddick, 91. Grade XI?Julia Hall, 97; Anna L. Singleton, 96; Ola DuBose, 96; Daisy Mcintosh, 95; Emmie Wilson, 95; Lola Anderson, 95; Ruby Joye,' 94; May Epps, 93; Theodosia Cooper, 93. o Anilin dye inserted at roots of living trees of a certain species completely and permanently colors the whole tree from the roots to the topmost leaf, within 48 hours after application. Two Dresden, Germany, firms have undertaken to exploit the * - x _ t .1 J patent. Cigarette cases, pennoiaers, furniture and other articles are to be put on the market all made up in the new colored wood. Imitation of certain natural woods is declared possible. o Mavf f/\ "Irnnw livcAlf tlio TYlAcf Xl^AV WV mivif V1IJ ?**V ?MVV? important thing for a farmer is "know thy land." \ I '/i.- . PROGRAM OF EXERCISES Of Southeast Baptist Association at Georgetown November 2. The South East Baptist Association will convene at the First Baptist church, Georgetown, Thursday morning November 2nd, and will continue in session through Friday afternoon November 3rd. Program as follows: Thursday, November 2nd. 10:00 a. m.?Devotional exercises, Rev. J. T. Littlejohn. 10:30?0 rganization. 11:00?State Mission Report, R. W. Lide. Home Mission Report by W. R. Smith, V. G. Amett. Address by Dr. Derieux. 12:0i)?Report on Education, E. K. Truluck. Address by Dr. C. A. Jones, Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of ' Furman University. 1:00?Adjourn for dinner. , Reasemble 3 P. M. 3:00-3:30 p. m.?Devotional service. 3:30-4:00?Reports on Orphanage by R. Z. Robinett. BaDtfst Hospital. J. D. Harrelson. Aged Ministers, J. A. Turner. 4:00-4:30?Religious literature, W. C. Rollins, Dr. J. S. Dill of the Baptist Courier. Miscellaneous Busi- . ness and adjournment. 7:30 p. m.?Sermon by W. J. McGlothlin, president of Furman Uni' versity. Discussion of Baptist Campaign by C. E. Burts of Columbia. Friday, November 3rd. 10:00 a. m.?Devotional exercises. 10:30?Temperance, J. W. Morris. 11:00?Sunday School, T. J. Tedder. 11:30?B. Y. P. U. 0 12:00?Ministeral Education, P. H. Bussey. 12:30?Report on W. M. U. B. D. Thames. j 1:00-3:00?Dinner. Reasembie, 3 P. M. . 3:00 p. m.?Devotional service. 3:30?Report on Tithing by F. C. - Hawkins. 4:00?Report of Executive Committee. Miscellaneous business and adjournment Millions Advanced on Cotton. Columbia, Oct. 16.?Over $3,250,000 has been paid out by the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association in advances to its members, officials of the association announced. An average of well over $100,000 is being paid out daily. The association is advancing 12 cents a pound on short staple and 18 cents a pound on long staple to its members. This represents merely the initial advance. Heavy deliveries are reported from every section pf the state. Members of the association are standing loyally behind the organization, officials said, and thus far only one violation of the contract has been reported. In thi csase legal proceedings have been instituted. t ttrsM /limnff f Vi A * V i Vyi/iibiatbo wcxc ivww?vu uu?*i>e ?** - ^ . past week from many large farmers, and enthusiasm for the association is declared to be sweeping over the entire state. The banks and business men of the state are not only cooperating actively with the members of the state but are urging their farmer customers who are not already members to join at once and market their old and iffew cotton through it. I A. M. E. Church Conference. The Palmetto Annual Conference of the A. M. E. church of South Carolina will convene here in Bethel A. M. E. church Wednesday, at 9 o'clock a. m., with the Rt. Rev. W. D. Chappelle, A. M., D. D., LL. D., Ph. D., Bishop, presiding. On Wednesday night welcome addresses will be made by the Mayor of the town and others and the annual sermon will be preached by Dr. T. J. Miles, presiding elder of the Georgetown district. The public is cordially invited to attend. o Are fence corners and trees sufficiently good winter-quarters for farm machinery? ;; NOTICE. J [ !i All persons are hereby warn-. < ? I! ed that the Ordinance of the ! I | J Town of Kingstree relative to J ' ? ? the running of automobiles with- < ? ! ! out cut-outs open or with de- < > J \ fective mufflers will be strictly I [ ?' enforced. " < i k I H. U. KINDER, . T Chief of Police. \ I f . i * ' hM A>:. V