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KINGSTREE, S. C. THURSDAY,
VOLUME 3>>-NO. 43 THE COUNTY RECORD,
MARCft 16, 1922.
PRICE 81.50 A YEAR IN ABVANC*
*
MILLS
FOR
SEVEN
BUI
TAX
LUX-MS
GROWERS
TOBACCO
FULL TEXT OF
Representatives
APPROPRIATION 1
SELECT WATKINS KILLED BY SENATE
4-P0WER TREATY Representatives
injured Sunday morning sixteen
Exchange
EXPENDITURE
,' j >3
OPPOSITION.FEW
INDICATES
$5,839,106.04.
j Kingstree Monday
MATTERS
train,
*M
CO-OPERATIVE
Birmingham
interestingRaleigh, C.,
Fitzgerald,
handling
Williamsburg
being session,
?*ja
derailed
By
marketing
Washington,
Saturday
creek,
fifty
Camp
10:30^
crashing
Hughes'
morning,
general assembly
Senator
county
jcurned
Senator
Approximately thirty
Co-operative
treaty
day afternoon, having finally passed ja,.' jj
Virginia, Marketing
stressing
instructive
appropriation
importance
bill,
expenditure
providing
by *^
Hamilton,
into
bill,
bumping
today.
sending
packs.; meeting
full,
handling
treaty questions
$5,839,106.04 >' jl
during
fourpower
fight
leading
Beasley
yards
vice-president
authorship.
gentleman speak,
respect
carrying
levy*on
agent
mills,
implied
pressed
Johnstone
suddenly
planter
large
Postcn,
Exchange,
delegates
compared witb.j^fet!^^
preceding
largest co-operative
they
thoroughly
levy
imposed
opened
throughout marketingmarketing
opposed
accept
day limits*
days beyond
bill, declaring debatepletely
dropped
3gainst
territory
passed
by
experts"
Chicago
qualified
constantly
$5,67M
appropriations
Apa^t
killed,
65,000
they
by
importance
SEVEN KILLED, MANY INJURED.
TRUCK GROWERS MEET.
When Train is Wrecked on A. B. and
A. Railroad near Atlanta.
Hoar Advice From
of Fruit Growers Exchange.
MADE IN
in VIRGINIA MAN MADE DIRECTOR MANY SPEECHES OTHER
OF WAREHOUSES FOR
OF DAY.
MARKETING ASSN.
were
Fruit Growers
LETTED TO UNDERWOOD
and made
CHIEF AMERICAN DELEtalks to a number of
GATE WAS AUTHOR OF PACT.
citizens relative to the
March 15..T. C.
N.
of the truck that is
March 11..The text and
South
of
Boston, V::., was
Watkins
this
in
letter to
in the course of cultivation
of Secretary
for the
warehouses
of
director
made
this season. Mr. M. S. Foster Tobacco Growers'
Underw ood relative to the four-:
of Charleston made a very
is as follows:
power
North
association of
talk to the audience,
I understand that in the course of
at the
Carolina
South
and
Carolina
of proper distribution,
the
debate in the senate upon the
of directors here
neat
and
liave been: careful
of the
is
Watkins
Mr.
is
to
to its
The other
raised with
Soutli
of
tank
National
Boston
Fruit
of the American
that in some field
It seems to be
and
tobacco
Va., a
and he is
have j Growers'
the American
killed and
when LEGISLATURE FIXES
FOR 1922 AT
passenger coach of an Atlanta,
en
and Atlantic
Seven persons
of the American
a
were
Ga.,
route to
was
in
with various
fifteen miles from Atlanta and After
o'clock
£
recesses, since
into
the senate late last week killed the sent
the
ad\
luxuries tax bill on motion of
feet below. 1
sine die at 3:38 o'clock SunHamilton of Chester to strike
persons were
^ -a
&
out the enacting words.
in the coach, the last of the train,
L
Considerable debate was entered
when a wheel on the first truck burst, jpad ratified the annual
for the
Senator
over a
on the
the car
the
state
1922 of
the
the
tres.
of ties before
Pearce and
hundred
a state-wile
to kill the bill, while Senators
tie was reached and almost crossed, and
*
a reand Jeremiah Smith
turned over. The ;real proprety of seven
when it
duction of five mills as
way
for the passage of the measure.
coach tore away from the
a director of the
were
conversant with th.e
of 1921. The cession had
been
upon or that
the
Hamilton
the
United
in
Senator
as it fell and was almost com- 1the
association
car
the south
situation
ethers and
run
20
the 40
induced to
that
it
the
when
well
demolished
He is considered
over which he is States.
eastern
the
as
Under
bill
to our interests.
admitted
had
the
of
creek.
"the
warehouses
shallow
the
the
into
to
manage
en tour. He, like Mr.
were
from the reflection upon the
six men house the
had worked up the bill. The seven persons
its
that
to be used
association
of
the
dele-1
American
the
was five mills an)f ,>
610&3
the
Fester, emphasized
and
had
levy
competency of
Caro'ira
South
said
instant
met
Hamilton
death,
Mr.
states.
one
in
three
ar.d
members
woman,
a full and proper pack of whatever
gates, such intimations betray aofvery
not reached a point where such
their bodies being badly mutilated. under the measure as passed by tket *
his
with
the
is
placed
commodity
^
poor and erroneous conception
were needed to make laws for All of the injured are expected to senate the bill provided for a total ^
Record is very much
for distribution and sale. The County
»
<appropriation of $5,805,909.09 and the'
work in connection with the
Hamilton
and
Senator
C.
Tucker
Carolina.
Mr.
of
other
that
South
learn
Scores
passengers
to
livp.
Both these gentlemen will return here gratified
to *
no part of which.whether
Watkins of South Boston, Va., has said these "Chicago experts nau persons from nearby towns, spurred 2free conferees increased the amount
address
and
t
next
again
conference
meetings
totaL
the
final
the
as
Saturday
or outsidi
drawn $15,000 frem the state
been appointed as director of
by the cries of the injured, worked $5339,106.04the
or concluded
truck growers.
.was begun,
one had drawn
Some of
that
and
Growers'
changes r.iade by the ^
Tobacco
for
the
La the wreckage, releasing those
The crop of truck being raised
in intrigue. Nothing could be
State
the
were
dead.
conferees
the
of
around
association
for
highly important, inand
removing
"loafing
Marketing
here this season is much larger than
from the fact.
of
last
in amounts and
the
to
reductions
1
the
of
Carolina.
from
indication
wrong
South
first
and
House
any
eluding
"The
North
January
Virginia,
It is, of course, wholly inconsistent: ever before undertaken, due to the Wc
1
one
amounts.
train
of
other
said
the
i
the
to
Hamilton
before
Mr.
increasing
was noticed just
know Mr. Watkins personalty
February."
with the amenities of international | impracticability 01 producing cotton
F.
not to vllow
amendment
H.
The
Miller
caid
man. As an J of the "experts" had appeared
the
trestle,"
business
reached
a
successful
be
under boll weevil conditions. This officer of the Boston National bank,
intercourse, that the informal and
and had told the Hentz. "A rumbling noise, sounding any institution or school teaching the
»
}
committee
the
crop consists largely of potatoes, South Boston, Va., he has built up committee he worked up the details as if one of the wheels had broken, Darwinism theory to draw money ap-<i
suggestions and conversations
in
but
incident to negotiations should be garden peas, and snap beans,
institution frrm a small or the bill. Senator Hamilton said followed by irregular motion of the propriated under the terms of tha bOl^
addition to these, thare will be a this financial
stated, but the senate may be
of the
car, was the first warning we had was rejected by the free
beginning to one of the most state. he was as good a friend
large increase in the watermelon
that a full disclosure of
had
been
Some of the major changes made liy \,
that
he
^
in
the
institutions
as
that
financial
man,
something was wrong.
any
said i r done in the course of crop. Sweet potatoes will also be He married a daughter c* Judge reared on a farm, his people were "About five seconds after the first the conferees may be listed as foi
v,
»
than
grown on a much larger scale
the negotiations would reveal
Barksdale of Halifax and is
farmers, but that he did not think warning we were suddenly plunged lows: \
heretofore.
derogatory to the part taken by
Old
this was a good bill for the farmers. backwards. A crash, sounding as if An increase in*the salary of :the
with the best families in the
any of the American delegates or
Senator Hart said the bill would the end of the world had arrived, house chaplain from $125 to $200.
Dominion.
rj
Bissell Elected Grand Master.
A
TV»m
wiOTrrn C.f horinvok e anv consideration or acceptAn increase in the salary of the
directors
of
XUViV
board
affect his county more than -f-li
the
il'ilUWCU*
believe
We
probably
of
Charleston,
Bissell
J.
Campbell
ance of any position not entirely
on the ror from all directions. The entire recording clerk in the governor's of?
who was elected grand master of the made a wise selection in its choice any other county as he wasand
of
restoration
consistent with the traditional
the
and
demolished.
was
fice
car
the
$800
of
North
Carolina,
by
end
Watkins.
of
rear
Mr.
border
grand lodge of Ancient Free Masons of
of this government.
that it might affect business Those of us who occupied the front the stenographer's salary of $1,500
o
185th
at
the
Caro'ina.
of
South
the
that
*
It should be remembered
to some extent, but said the bill ought section, when we regained our senses, that was eliminated by both houses.
convention, held in Charleston
HOME BURNED MONDAY.
a
clerk
-5!
An
the
to
on
Addition
of
four-power treaty dealt withalliance.
corporation
taxes
t
an
avenue
escape.
things
for
it
as
looked
to
imposed
pass
last week, is one of the most active
Asglo-Japanesc
in life.
secretary of state's office which
opening was found through the front inhadthebeen
*
Masons in the
Residence of Robert Godwin Goes Up that were not necessary
which, as an agreement between two and best known
abolished by tho taxiae and
of
Williamsburg
door.
Senator
Beasley
the
to
elevation
his
and
Flames.
in
state,
conand
make
:«!
powers competent to
declared that he would not feel that "I managed to assist the three made a temporary election clerk for
in Masonry adds
tinue it, wa3 not, and in the nature highest state office
me through one year by the senate.
with
his
to
were
who
his
people
was
women
duty
he
doing
not be, appropriately to a long list of )ionoTz ithat have The home of Mr. Robert Godwin, and the people of South Carolina if the opening and then turned to help Practically all chief derks' salaries
JMi
^ of things cculd
conference agenda, come to him in this great fraternity. in North Kingstree, was totally
the
were made $2,300 with one or two
L' placed upon
the measure. He the others.
»*jjj
he
oppose
didq't
Samuel
afternoon.
Grand
He
succeeds
fire
Masonry
Monday
r
Technically, it was a matter outside T. I.»anham of Spartanburg, who has The fire byis supposed to have
measure would work great
man, who v/as appar- exceptions. -Jy
"One
the
said
young
amendment providing
the conferense, although the
and the
;
cntly crushed, with blood allwasover his The senate
been at the head of the grand lodge
from a defective flue in the hardship on the farmers
receivveteran
furnished an excellent
Confederate
that
he
showed
tobacco
y
which
the
any
trousers,
especially
*
kitchen. Mr. Godwin completed the
for conversations regarding it. for two years.
was the first person I ing an annual income of $1,000 or
tobacco
growing
A
injured,
great
At
Masonic
his
commenced
two
Bissell
Mr.
years ago.
building about
While I cannot, of course,
is being developed in South found. He was pinned beneath the over shall not receive a pension ^
to state what was proposed or career in 1902, when or. May 7 he the time it was discovered to be on Carolilna and this tax would tend to debris in such a manner that it re- cept $1 was adopted with a further
Mason
nrc Mr. uoawin waa 111 uuc nwiwt
by .«ny of has raised to the master No.
amendment striking out the $1
the second quired fully fifteen minutes to
suggested in Iconfidence
and
in
Landmark
76,
with his wife, who was confined to drive out this industry, Mr.
lodge,
me
the delegates, think it entirely
let
to
help
leaving all such veterans on the hoikThe
Beasley
him. He refused
biggest in the state,
he became worshipful master of that her bed, by illness. She was
to say that the negotiations
wornthe
of
assist
to
business
me
the
but
urged
him,
to the home of her mother said. He spoke of
to the four-power treaty were lodtre in 1909. He was elected junior
salary of 'the bond clerk in ' A
have
how
and
en and children to safety.
bottlers
the
they
December
flames
warden
on
The
rapid
12,
1917,
gained
defined
grand
r.earby.
office was raised tor
treasurer's
conducted within limitations
the
most
heroic
example
in
South
"It was the
of dollars invested
became senior grand warden on headway and very little of the
>
was not in of courage and will power tnai i $2,025.
by the American government. as pad
he
declared
and
Carolina
December 10. In 1919 he was elected
articles were saved. Excellent
-v,
The view of this government
The national guard fund for the v
them out of
ever saw. He sat there calmly
thus
was done by the Boy Scouts of | favor of legislating
work
becoming
master,
termination
grand
deputy
the
of
cut irom
was
of
to the impc-tance
out
toif
general
adjutant
as
who
nothing
a
the
said
He
grow
cigarette,
people
direction of W. j
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance had next in rank to the grand master, Kingstree under the the
bfcco would be ruined under the terms the ordinary had occured. I learned 000 to $18,500.
the
and
received
in
to
outbuildings
was
He
elected
W.
Boddie
saving
the
before
been communicated long
j
the federal government later on that this young man was An increase from $193,000 to $206,-'
r
premises. The loss isof the bill astaxing
000 was allowed the university..
conference met, and it had also been 33rd degree at Washington, D. C., on Mr. Godwin's
death.
to
a newspaper man.
tobacco
Willard
Cope,
already
h said to be covered by insurance,
or October 19, 1917.
V v *,
The provision allowing the Citadel
O
clearly stated that this government
Courage of Women,
o
make
Or
alliance
no
into
borrow
to
visitors
$90,000
enter
of
board
could
Britt Now in County Jail. *
"All the time there were groans
was reduced to make the amount not
my commitment to the uce of arms Immediately upon your return I Piano Recital T« morrow Evening.
my ears from the
reaching
over $75,000.
have
or which would impose any sort of went over the whole matter with you ;
I
that
g
to
like
i.rrested
would
the
I
say
Britt,
Clarence
negro
age.
recital will be given at here
/
obligation a > to its decision in future and the proposed agreement received; A pianoauditorium
Kinder never seen such wonderful courage In the board of public welfare 4me P<
Policeman
week
last
by
tomorrow
abolisflkd
been
had
that
in
field
your approval. I should add that in tne school
contingencies. with
be
agent
to
women
of
later
^
varant
and
passengers
a
the
ar,
on
proved
part
at, 8 o'clock by the pupils of the man who enterefl the home of;
any exigency ac- order to avoid any misunderstanding
It must deal
was restored and several*salaries
£
my whole life. Several were
Miss
to
assistant
methods.
A.
Calhoun,
Ira
to
Mis.
a
memorandum
I
constitutional
its
to
increased.
*,.«
prepared
without
cording
slightly
an escaped convict
but
Ward
and
David
they,
injured,
3
the treaty with respect to its, Crockett, director of the Kingstree from Tifton, Ga., was early in the
the Salary cuts we^p made in the.
In preparation for the conference, the
implored the members of and
the
in relation to the mandated school of music. The recital given week turned over by the town
review?,'!
effect
of health and the $17,560
American delegates
partment
to pass them by
rescuing
party
several weeks ago by the older and
islands and reserving domestic
a water supply and building at Jpr-'
thoroughly and the entire course
to Sheriff Gamble who
help others who were in worse
with
more
advanced pupils was pronounced
connection
in
of the negotiations
to tion than they. One of the men who the Palmetto sanitarium as added By
to
the
Britt
jail
county
*
v.
the senate was retained.
the four-power treaty were in accord At this stage, while it was not1 by music lovers to be the most de- await action by the grand jury on was in the rear of the car was
as I have strictly a conference matter, in order lightful entertainment of the kind
the
tax
commission
salary.
and,
the
In
the
these
in
with
principles,
attired
was
and
He
of housebreaking
terribly.
^
JT
to insure publicity at the carlist
given by the Music department of the charge
caid, within the limits which we
of a preacher. We managed to of the chairman was raised from ft
garb
n
f
this
of
view
In
N
addihigh
other
several
and
to
600
moment, the treaty as thus the school.
the
fined.
$4,500
f
underneath
9
drag him from
we feel sure that the reThe treaty itself is very short and agreed upon and before it had been
Buried Friday.
Dr.
Brockington
was only slightly injured, tions were made to the tax
He
will be of
forces. A provision was also
and is perfectly clear. It
signed, was presented by Senator: cital tomorrow evening
learned afterward.
^ simple,
of
source
a
and
merit
pleasure Dr. W. V. Brockington who died I "Another
in
Its
conference
plenary equal
allowing the commission -to
no commentary.
Ledge to the
adopted
of courage
example
out of the income tax
$25,000
are easily understood and no' session and its important limitations, and gratification to all who attend. here early Thursday morning of last
convinces
expend
by one of the women
«
,>
or hostile
stated. His statement met v/ith the
law to collect the tax, this being in
week was buried in the Williamsburg me that in a crisis of that kind
ingenuity in argument
Stocks.
Nesmith
amount
them
Mr.
Bankrupt
make
or
Bays
all.
of
the
them
to
to
addition
aid
stipulated
nerve
can
acquiescence
cemetery at 4 o'clock Friday
are possesed with greater
$5,000 %\* >
other or greater than its unequivocal The treaty as thus drawn and noti-!
following funeral services at the than are men. This little woman In the railroad commission
it
was
E.
investifor
W.
are
Mr.
main
no;
the
Nesmith,
embrace
There
the
to
to
was
deemed
added
fied
forth.
\j
,amount
residence, conducted by the Rev. Mr. looked as if she were dying. Her svas
language sets
islands of Japan. Later, in view of
today, has concluded a business Pritchett of Indiantown Presbyterian face was as white as a sheet I bent gations. 'a
secret notes or understandings.
i
»
T
fUA
A piuv iSO m fuutu
In view cf this, the question of the sentiment both in this country deal by which he has purchased the church. The floral offerings were over and asked her how she was
and
stock
Nesmith-Powell Company
so as to allow*
j
numerous and beautiful in design.
game
authorship is unimportant.whoseIt was ana Japan, it was deemed to be pref-1 the
* v,
islands,! stocks of the consolidated stores
o
"'I'm all right. Don't bother me. ]him to buy a $6,000 boat.
signed by four powers, it. all hav- crable to exclude these mainwas
and a supplementary treaty
Several raises in salaries, including4 .... %
Strong Vs. Taylor.
pre-1 which recently passed through
^avco ica|rww*v«^
Help the others,' she cried. Before
were sold at
and
which
i
effect
proceedings
to
this
of the cashier and maritetiog" ,
those
takdesignated!
made various suggestions.
pared
was
she
wreck
being
the
ing with
I left
the
At
bidder.
is
said
the
what
to
to
auction
>
on
was
which
it
highest
for
Suit
of
the
islands
respect
$1,500
asked
clerk, were allowed for the depart-**
Japan
I may say, however,
en to an ambulance. I again
sole the stocks were bought by Mr. to have been a note given to the her if there was anything I could jment of agriculture. An additional! *'fc '7/.
to the general course of negotations include.
i y.
that after assent had been given by There is not tho slightest mystery W. R. Barringer who yesterday resold plaintiff by the defendant at
do for her. She shook her head." !51,500 was also added for the market
them to Mr. Nesmith..The Florence
on February 3, 1920, was filed
]bulletin.
o
Great Brita n and Japan that France about the treaty or basis for
Times.
in the Court of Common Pleas here
J. E. Foxworth Dead.
regarding it. It is a
By a proviso the state electrician v* X
should be a party to the agreement,
o
of
V.
one
W.
attains
which
the
document
of
authorized to make contracfsrqCjk^.
Strong,
1
is
draft
treaty
by
a
Saturday
I prepared
_Ltj;.,i
Vlic
uicu at,
jlighting.
High Water in Black River.
county, against W. L. Mr. J. Jt. r oxworui
upon the various suggestions which of the most important objects the
the dele American government has had in
home one mile from Lake City,
In the highway department ?fl$er
Taylor, of Charleston county.
'
^ had been exchanged between
river
Black
of
in
water
an illness of ten days from 58,000 to pay the Santee bridge cpm-'.
The
after
and
Stall
view
of
the
O'Brien,
and
is
importance
highest
*
gates.
laid
was
He
was at a standstill after having
pneumonia and plurisy. in the fam- mission for services was stricken glut ' >
represent the
This draft was first submitted to to the maintenance of friendly
to rest Friday afternoon
in the- Far East upon a sound rij^p to the point as indicated on the
\
News and Courier.
ind another cut of $5,000 made.
Senator Lodge and Mr. Root, as you
t
Cades.
near
and
twelve
o
of
the
i
of
basis.
ground
A proviso was added to the sink- J: ,
gauge
burying
account
on
ily
were then absent
government
As the president recently said in \
feet, which is approximately The house of representatives in The deceased wos 36 years old and ing fund commission section so a» to
±
death cf your mother. After the
above flood stage. Up Washington Friday replaced in the is survived by his wife, mother and illow the sinking fund commission to
inches
it
who
*ven
to
the
communication
his
senate,
of the American delegates
the four stepchildren, Mrs. S. J. Coker, |borrow, if necessary, money to
to yesterday the water had been
agricultural appropriation billwhich
were here, the draft was submitted is an essential part of the plan to
seed
fr«e
for
item
ten
the
for
$260,000
days
Geo. Parson, Miss Leather Parson, of ^the outstanding loans owed by the
past
gradually
to the representatives of other powers ate conditions in the Far
in
committee
the
out
been
cut
was
it
has
than
by
then
was
Lake City, and Mrs. William Baxley, jniversity, Winthrop rthd the State S
nrd
the
the
favorable
to
higher
of
discussion
and became the subject
of 1916. It is
framing the measure. Friends of the of Hemingway. The family has the jhospital, amounting to $236,853.24.
between the heads of the delegations policies we liave lonarulvocated and. since the freshetwater
will begin re- free seed, satisfied they would win deepest sympathy of the community The contingent fund *ras raised jp
that the
concerned, and with a few changes, to an enduring pea#.
few
in
a
/*.? from>
again as they had for 20 years, acted in their bereavement.
view of the ceding
days.
68,000 to $98,000.
which were approved by'the American In Anew of this,
,-n
carnival
a
L
during
A.
C.
at
a
crowd
o
like
of
and
of
results
Pearce
relation
the
affect
not
genat|tr
delegates and which did
would be j Unless you have survived a "killing the brief battle, which they won by
the conference, its
the spirit or substance of the
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calamity. frost" you're not properly hardened, a vote of 145 to 65.
was reached. nothing short of a
an
prosecuted
substantial vote if 30 to 10
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"experts"
organization
local
conference,
within
further
a
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everything
government
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policies
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undertake
proper
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admitted
degree
merchants,
farmers.
business
removed
household
horribly
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wreckI
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exception,
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evening
accompany
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committed
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suspicion
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Thursday,J
Attorneys
Bangstree
plaintiff..Charlesten
yesterday
sixtenths
relations
approval
de-j*V
bankruptcy
based
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debris.
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afternoon
announced
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