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' f ?be County |iccor&. j Ij^UME 36?NO. o j1 THE COUNTY RECORD, KI^STREE, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1921. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ?????^???????? BONDS ARE SOLD j {MONEY IN BANKS' THE PAVING OF KINGSTREE'S v STREETS TO START WITHOUT 0 FURTHER DELAY. \ \ 1 r Thanks to the foresigh and splen- p did business sagacity of several of r Kingstree's business men?the long f k deferred street paving proposition 4' was this week bought to a head through the actual sale of the bonds s I which were voted by the citizens of r ? Aivlv onyir>rr nf f np A I UiH J JUI V14C va v?.v q present year. No further "options" s I . will be given anyone to consider their | purchase or rejection on the face of ^ L their desirability as an investment. a I r The bonds were sold Saturday, prac- & ' tically, and the deal has been clinch- a t ed by the payment of the price, which, ? we are glad to learn is above par. The money for these bonds is already J In th# three Kingstree banks. It was paid to the town's attorney, Mr. Le- t Roy Lee this week and equally disbursed by him to the local banks. ^ The purchaser of the bonds, as well ^ as the names of the "several citizens" ^ who put the deal across is not divulged . for personal reasons, but they are 1; due the highest praises of the citi- c tens of the town. m.-. KAmnanv whn is 1UC WUMOVUUQ " ?? authorized to start the paving operations at once is the Adams, Evans Construction Company of Jacksonville, Fla. A number of the officials ? of the company were in Kingstree this w eek. The money, amounting to $2,000.00 a which was put up in the form of a * certified check by a tentative pur chaser as a guarantee of good faith q was forfeited by a Jacksonville firm p who has held back the progress of ? this work, to some extent, the past three months. This money has be- n rcome a part of the town's funds. c The contractors have a lot of their v machinery on the ground here and v will start work on the streets, we are 0 informed, at once r R. W Hudson Passed Away. Salters Depot, November 21. Mr. # Wm. Hudson, who was stricken with n paralysis, in Georgetown November j 2nd and later moved to the home of a his daughter, Mrs. Theodore Britton . at Salters, passed away Monday night, v November 14th and was buried Tues- c day aftefrnoon at Union cemetery. ^ Everything possible was done for t Mr. Hudson, but it being the second ^ time he was stricken with paralysis, n and on account of advanced age, 67 years, all was in vain. He is survived by one son, Mr. R. W. Hudson of Georgetown, and three daughters: Mesdames Theodore Britton, of Salters; R. C. Foxvorth, of Richmond, Va.; and C. C. Miller, of v Lake City. His wife preceded him to a the grave many years ago. n o Who Will He Be? * Lexington Dispatch News: "Every few days we hear of a new name being suggested as a candidate for governor. By the time the entries are closed, however, the crop will ^ doubtless have suffered some-what 0 from the blight of indifference, and * . many champions will doubtless have K % poor opinion of the patriotism of faf~fheir friends. There is a big opportunity for a really big man as m governor, both in the matter of genV uine tax reform and in drawing the . H people nearer together and aiding K them to bridge the hard times which K are apparently staring them in the j face. But?will we be able to get the big man to run, and will we have a chance to be elected if he run. It remains to be seen." ' e c Card of Thanks. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Britton ? wish to express their thanks and ap- 1 preciations to their friends and neighbors who were so kind to their father in his illness, and who sent so many j beautiful flowers. I ? Mr. H. A. Miller, proprietor of the i Peoples Market has started the man-' ufacture on a large scale of smoked! sausages which he expects to supply j to the trade in the nearby towns. The name of the new enterprise will i be the Kingstree Sausage Factory. | We are able to vouch for the excel- j \ lent qualities of their product. i I . The Interstate Commerce Commisgiom has Issued a positive order reairing the railroads to reduce hay { and grain rats approximately sixteen per cent by December twenty-seventh.' PARTRIDGE SEASON OPE* Season for Bob Whites and 1 Turkeys Begins Today. Real hunting in South Carolina ishered in this morning when pen season for partridges or \ hites and wild turkeys begins. >! usty guns will have been oiled iut in readiness for the sport nany a dog that has been res or several months will again be f< n action today. According to sportmen from n ections of the state, the birds lore plentiful this year than in ent seasons. Other game is aid to be in abundance, espec uck. The season for partridge h ug runs from Thanksgiving day i fter March 1 as does the wild tui cason. The bag limit is 15 partri< nd two turkeys a day. o Local Concern Closes Doors. The doors of the Kingstree Fi ure Company were closed Tuej fternoon by the sheriff. This1 nown firm has been in busines ngstree for the past five y? 'oor collections have placed the a financial straits and some of reditors forced the action of beriff. Pastor Accepts Call. The Rev. Frank P. Hawkins, cung minister who na? uccu pic ng for several weeks as a suppl he Baptist church here has acce; call to the pastorate of the chi rhich was recently extended hirr he congregation. Mr. Hawkiiv uite a young man and a very cap ireacher. During his visits to hurch here he has made many w riends and already has a host of lirers. He is married and will upy the Baptist parsonage, rece acated by the Rev. E. A. McDo^ rho Mr. Hawkins succeeds as pa f the church. o Leave Kingstree for Florida. The Rev. E. A. McDowell and amily left Kingstree early Satui iorning in their Ford car for Eu la, where Mr. McDowell rece ccepted the pastorate of the Ba] hutch at that place. Mr. McDo as pastor of the Kingstree Ba] hurch here for several years and he past two sessions Mrs. McDo ? 1 _ .1 1 aught in the Kingstree scnooi. i ag their residence here they n lany warm friends who deeply ret their departure. o New Comers the Past Week e On Saturday, November 17 t ras bom to Mr. and Mrs. R. M. I son. Mother and boy getting a icely. Bom Monday, November 21 to nd Mrs. Bartow Burgess, a 1 aughter. o Thanksgiving Service. i A Union Thanksgiving service :eld at the Methodist church at 'clock this morning. The Rev. C )errick officiated. With Our Advertisers. Mr. Chas. Tucker has a chang id in this paper in which he is o ng some very attractive price! Js customers. The Kingstree Sausage Factory md advertisement in this p* lead it, it will acquaint you wii iew enterprise in Kingstree. The St A1 ban's Exchange wil ipened at Dr. Gamble's Drug stor Saturday, November 26th. la 511 WIAABA Kvnncp "fan/* xffArlr TUX i/iiug ? ? (ntrance fee charged. Commis 0 per cent. o Mr. L. C. Madison and family iingstree Saturday for Peoria, Illi ehere they will make their horn uture, Mr. Madison having s ime ago accepted a position ther nanager of the American Po Jhina breeders association, dadison came to Williamsburg a >ne year ago as County Agent w >osition he filled quite accept* le took great interest in his > lere and his departure at this t re feel, is a distinct loss to Willii >urg county. They are making rip to Illinois in a Ford car. ?ecord wishes Mr. Madison much iesa in his new field, and his fa malloyed happiness in their tome. JS PERFECT FEET Owner Wears High Heels, Pointed Toes and Thin Soles. was A pair of perfect feet, dainty, pink, the exquisitely arched instep and cornBob fcrtable in 4 1-2 B, has been discov[any ered in New York ant' is on exhibition and at the health show in that city, and The flawless pedals are owned by iting Miss Elizabeth Doyle, a nurse, they >und were discovered by a physician who dared her to show them to Reuben H. lany Cross, registrar of the First Pediatric an, Institute. Of hundreds of feet the re. registrar examined, he decided Miss also Doyle's w^?e entitled to the prize to iallv be awarded next Saturday at the foot unt- clinic booth of the exhibition. Miss in til Povle had on high heels, pointed toes, r]jev and thin soles when the award was 3ge:t de. o Resolutions. Editor County Record: The enclosed resolutions were passlI|m~ ed by the Cedar Grove Baptist church * at the concluding service of fKev. E. . A. McDowell's pastorate last Sunday 8 in afternoon. We'd be glad to have you J*8, publish. Yours very truly, lts J. M. McCollough. 6 Whereas, brother E. A. McDowell has served us faithfully and strongly as our pastor for the past four years, and that conditions over which we , have no control prompt his resignat Bon. ac." Be it resolved: (1) That his resigy nation is accepted with exceeding great regret . (2) That our church is unanimous 1 7 in our appreciations of Bro. McB, |s Dowell's able and faithful work among us, and that our prayers for his continued usefulness in new fields, .and for the health and happiness of him and his, shall go up to Him who oc, answers prayers. nt}.y J. M. McCollough, ' Clerk of Cedar Grove Baptist church, stor _ Tmwira fnr Hvil rimirt. The following jurors were drtwm by the commissioners Monday and his have been subpoenaed to appear for rday duty at the opening of the civil term stis, of court Monday, December 5: jntly r. w. Cantley, Kingstree, Rt 1 ptist Harry Britton, Kingstree. well M. P. Flagler, Lake City, Rt. 2. ptist R. G. Waldron, Sr., Mcrrisville. 1 for J. C. Nelson, Hemingway, well R, E. Burgess, Kingstree, Rt. 2 Dur- C. W. Jones, Salters Depot lade J. V. Burgess, Kingstree, Rt. 2. re- S. W. Powell, Hemingway. J. B. Wallace, Cades. H. U. Kinder, Kingstree. J. A. McCollougli, Lanes. W. I. Hodges, Cades, here W. A. Marshall, Andrews, iare W. T. Hemingway, Hemingway, long J- M. Morris, Andrews. K. E. Creel, Hemingway. Mr. W. E. Lesesne, Greelyville. ittle S. C. Anderson, Kingstree. W. T. Britton, Salters Depot. S. M. Wingate, Kingstree. 'lTr ^ rTTl? U J rm'O \r W U. lUUIIl(lfUII, limiliigno;. R. E. Blakel y, Suttons. Alfred Calder, Andrews, Rt. 7-30 W* Bartell? Br-? Hemingway, Rt ?, ' ? B. A. Hughes, Salters Depot, Rt. H. H. Parnell, Hemingway, Rt. G. H. Stancill, Hemingway, Rt. C. M. Lambert, Hemingway. S. L. Parsons, Suttons. e 0f S. T. McCrea, Kingstree, Rt 1 ffer- W. J. Cook, Greelvville. i to C. M. Gamble, Greeljwille. S. H. Baker, Cades, Rt. has F. J. Allen, Greelyville. iper. D* Carter, Kingstree. th a 0 Ginnings Exceed Early Forecast. Cotton ginnings to November 14 1 totaled 7,270,575 the census bureau e 011 announced. Ginnings recorded by the idie3 bureau exceed by 733,575 bales the . '1 quantity forecast in the preliminary 181011 estimate by the Department of Agriculture early in October. o An election of a successor to the ^ois late Senator John H. Clifton has been e m ordered by Lieutenant Governor Wil;ome son G. Harvey. Davis D. Moise has ? as rosiompd his nosition as a member tend 0? the House of Representatives from Sumter county and is offering for the unexpired term in the Senate. Col. John J. Dargan has also announced his candidacy for the Senate. To vork. SUCCeed Mr. Moise in the House there ime' are two announced candidates to date. ims" S. K. Nash, Esq. a young lawyer, and the, E. W. Dabbs, Jr., a farmer, residing in the Mayesville section of the suc" county, mily _______ new WANTED TO BUY?Seed field peas ^ j for cash. Geo. A. McElveen. POSTOFFICES TO ASSIST May Be Used as Agency for Locat- ] ing Loved Ones. Never before in the history of the Postoffice Department has an attempt < been made to assist in tiie location 1 of persons who have become lost i from their relatives and friends. As ! another step in bringing the postof- * fice nearer to the people and make ^ it a little more human, Postmaster i General Hays is publishing the fol- t lowing notice in the Postal Bulletin: 5 To all postmasters: It is-my wish i that the machinery of the postal serv- ? ice be placed at the disposal of those i searching for loved ones who have < dropped from sight. Every year thousands in this country are report- ] ed missing?children, young men, < young women, husbands and wives, ] some never to be heard of again by i their distressed families and friends. < The Postoffice Department, with its j organized factilities reaching into j every corner of the land, may be of < practical service to the distressed. Therefore, they are willingly offered < for this purpose. There is no in ten- j tion of interference with private af- j fairs or to act as a collecting agency, j Postmasters will scrutinize and inves- 1 tigate carefully each case reported < to them and, when convinced of its < l - ... -i - i i ;_s__ genuineness, win majce sucn inquiries i of other postmasters as the circumstances may warrant, and advice the 1 interested relative or friend. ( Will H. Hays, j Postmaster General, j 1 ? t Congress man -Stoll at Georgetown. On Wetjneylur of last week Con- j gressman Stoll of this place went over tolleorgetown for the purpose of conferring with the River and . Harber Committee of the Georgetown j Chamber of Commerce relative to the construction of a canal and other harbor improvements. The special object of the meeting, says the Georgetown Times, "was to personally ac- 1 quaint Congressman Stoll with the necessities of our harbor, and the construction of a canal connecting ] the North San tee and South San tee rivers, which would shorten the dis- j tancc between these two rivers over 1 the present tortuous route some ten ? or twelve miles. j "Maps and charts were produced and the matter of the absolute necessity for a canal connecting the two San tees was thoroughly gone into. It not only means a great deal to the numerous yachts passing up and down the coast, but it was the concensus of opinion of those present that the opening up of such a canal would not only shorten the distance between McClellanville and Georgetown, but also be the means of developing considerable commerce between these two places. The opinion prevailed that the four mile creek would be the logical stream to develop. It was suggested that Congressman Stoll see the chief of engineers upon his re- i turn to Washington, and endeavor to < have him order a survey of the proposed canal at once. I "The matter of the shoaling of the j Western Channel through Winyah i Bay was also brought up, and Con- < gressman Stoll was requested to ob- ( tain the necessary appropriation for j dredging the channel to the depth of i 18 feet at low water, as provided for j in present project It was shown that f the present commerce is increasing t rapidly; and a large class of vessels j viaiHne our norh. hence the Dort of 1 Georgetown will have to have increased harbor facilities and depth of water in its harbor. "Congressman Stoll was much impressed with arguments presented and promised to do his best for the harbor ant? water ways of Georgetown." o SERVED IN MANY BATTLES Confederate Veteran With Distinguished Record Dies. Charles Thomas Price, 77, Con fedferate veteran with a distinguished war record, died Sunday morning at Gala, Va. He was one of the few surviving veterans of the war between the States who participated in 4-1% a liflnmnn A# T/\V? n Pt?An*n TT O > _ WIC Vi. U Villi X'1. \S VT UV AAt>* pers Ferry in 1859. He served with distinction throughout the war, his 3 company being in 119 battles and 1 skirmishes, in fifty-seven of which he ^ 'iook part. He was a graduate of t Virginia Military Institute. s o 3 NOTICE t The big Jewelry sale of F. J. Watts 1 is now going on and will continue un- < til January 15th. f Call and get nice goods cheap. F. J. Watts. i '' j . > f - LAURENS FIGHTING WEEVIL 4 Farmers Planting Large Acreage in Small Grain and Clover. Laurens county farmers have been1 :onducting a campaign against the 3oll weevil during the past several j weeks, which will result effectively in L922. Meetings have been held in I 5chool houses all over the county at which there were discussions concerning the necessity of plowing under stalks and sowing winter cover crops is effective steps in fighting the boll weevil. A number of articles to the, same effect were published in the newspapers of the county to aid in the campaign. In addition to the campaign led by, Mr. Trevathan, good results have :ome from the assistance of Mayor; Franks of Laurens, who has been selling seed wheat at cost and has offerid a prize of $25.00 for the liighest field of wheat in the county, his purpose being to encourage the growing >f wheat for home consumption. The farmers have responded to the campaign in a most' satisfactory way, < according to reports from the county igent. More cotton stalks are being plowed aider than has been the cus?m, and the amount of rye, oats, ilover, and vetch seed sold in the :ounty for sowing is fully double the lormal sjJes in past seasons. In the matter of planting wheat, he results has been very striking. Dver 5,Q00 bushels of wheat will be slanted in the county this fall, which ' s an increase of 1,000 percent over he usual amount of wheat planted. These figures show that the Laurens farmers are preparing to attack the ' >oU weevil in a very vital spot and , it an opportune time. Various other counties are carryng on campaigns in the same big Igfct LETTER FROM MISS PLOWDEN Written on Board Steamship Enroute To China. 1 ?? j Vly Dear As we are reaching Japan tomorrow, I am having this ready to mail J t>ack to you from Tokohama. We sailed from Seattle on the 27 of August and will reach Japai on the # )f September. That is not so bad, s it? Then we skipped one day on :rossing the 180 meridian. We will >e in Tokohama 30 hours, then in tfoho .Tannn -for a riav or two. then ;o Shanghai. We have had a delightful voyage across?such a lovely jroup of people?there are 63 Bap;ists, all of whom I knew, except two :ouples?11 Presbyterian missionaries md one or two Methodist and G. W. 3. A. workers. There are only 20 >r 30 business men in the remainder >f the passengers. There is a big Chinese from Baltimore on board, he has just given 5100,000 for a Chinese (Presbyterian) mission school,and is going on to see some of the work being done. On about the fifth .day out, we aassed a steamer that left Seattle 25 lours before we did. We will get nto port about 25 hours before it loes. . We are on a very fast steamir owned by the U. S. A., built as jart of Merchant Marine, during the war, and leased out now as a passenger vessel. It is claimed to be unsinkable, and although we know the ?ood to know that it is Uncle Sam's jest We followed a route that car- ! 'led us just south of Alaska as far is 53? north. It certainly was cold. [ am and shall always be thanking | Miss Mabel Harper for suggesting hat I put in my winter coat, I have vorn it until today. We are getting jack to August weather. We have seen a number of whales, \ isually one at a time, but yesterday ve passed a whole school of them . lome distance away. There were as nany as ten spouting in the water ( ind all of them spouting water at >ne time. Now you will want to know if I , iave been sea-sick, well we had two J >ad days, real stormy, and I was ill. : was not afraid I would die, and I . vas not afraid I would not, and cer- . ninlv T did not care which. I am wanting to be two people this rear, the Shanghai people really need ne there, and the Soochow people i vant me to go on there, for fear hat if I stop in Shanghai, I will be ;o interested in the work there, that ' would not give it up at the end of 1 he year. Life wou'd be much more j ively in Shanghai thfin Soochow. I : lont think it would be any more use- < 'ul after the first year. Will write as soon as I reach t shanghai. i AGREEMENT SEEMS NEAR ON NAVIES RELUCTANT TO DISCUSS DETAILS RELATING TO FAR EASTERN QUESTION. Washington, Nov. 23.?Opinions have been exchanged among the arms delegations with such an Imprecedented directness that some of the experienced diplomatists here believe they can see what it will be possible to accomplish. With the heads of the American, British and Japanese delegations working in a personal conference on the naval reduction plan, the indications are that agreement is near on all except the,details. Similarly a readiness )f all nations to commit themselves to general principles valntrncr tr? t>iA 'far an at nnH thn out spoken objection of Japan to discussing details, seem to have crystalized the conviction that a set of principles like the big four agreed upon yesterday will be adopted. Indications point to an understanding rather than a / treaty as a form of final far eastern agreement. o Personals From Hemingway. Hemingway Nov. 22.?Mrs. D. G. i Hoggins was called to Lanes last week on account of the illness of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Hemingway, Misses Carrie Baker, Mildred and Bell Hemingway, Walter Hemingway and Mr. W. T. Hemingway spent Saturday with Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hemingway at the Florence Infirmary, where the Doctor is under treatment Misses Ina Burney and Ruth Carter * of U. S. P. H. hospital at Baltimore are on a visit to the former's sisters, Misses Annie and Lela Burney. Misses Goudy, McCollough, Hayden, Morgan, Martin, Winn, and Eoddy, Messrs: Rogers and Halfacre attended the teachers meeting in Kingstre* Saturday. Mr. D. G. Huggins and daughters, Mary and Anna Dell spent Saturday at Laies. Mr. G. B. Ingraham spent Sunday with his father near Sumter. Misses Lela and Ina Barney and ' Ruth Carter were in Kingstree Saturday on business. Mr. A. J. Hare spent the week-end in Florence. Miss Amy Eaddy was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Speigner of Kingstree for the week-end Prof. Humbert of Poston was a pleasant caller in town Saturday. Mr. L. L. Ard went to Georgetown Monday on business. o KINGSTREE SCHOOL NOTES Honor Roll. Grade I?Ann Gilland, 97; Martha Claiborne, 96; Laurence Madison, 9o; ) James Hugh Epps, 93. v Grade II?Mary Godwin, 95; Rachel Fairey, 95; Juanita Friercon, 95; Gordon Bristol, 94; John S. Montgomery, 91; Rubie McCutchen, 91; Billy Nixson, 90. Grade II?Delma Burgess, 95; A. C. Swails, 95; Margaret A. Carter, 95; Hazel Mims, 92; Curtis Montgomery, 92; Ola Mitchum, 92; W. K. Mcintosh, 92; Kathryn Kelley, 91. Grade III?Julia Montgomery, 99; Jeannette Cooper, 95; tmily Mcintosn, 94; Margaret Stackley, 92. Grade IV?Virginia Fairey, 98; Lucuis Montgomery, 96; Ross Bristol, 93; Fred Coward, 93. Grade V?Mary Arrowsmith, 98; Louise Arrowsmith, 93. Grade VI?Moultrie Mcintosh, 96; Margaret Burgess, 96; Louise Joye, 94; Genevieve Kinder, 94; Flinn Gilland, 93; Carlyle Epps, 92; Mary F. Montgomery, 92. Grade VIII?Jane Gilland, 99; Mary C. Epps, 98; Elizabeth Swails, 98; Roy Brown, 95. Grade IX?James F. Cooper, 97; J| Stella Wolfe, 97; Grace Kinder, 97; Genevieve Reddich, 95. Grade X?Ola DuBose, 99; Julia Ball, 99; Anna Laura Singleton, 99; May Epps, 96; Daisy Mcintosh, 96; Marv Sue Hnrrincton. 94. Grade XI?Bessie DuBose, 99; Margaret Montgomery, 98; Elizabeth Montgomery, 98; Scott McElveen, 95. o Mrs. Harriet P. Gourdin, widow of the late Dr. Theodore G. Gourdin, died at Eutawville, S. C., on November 17, L921. She was buried at St. Stephens an Saturday 19th at the Cabel Brick Episcopal church. She reached tha age of 93. She ia the aunt of the Gourdin family of this county I <K /