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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27
MARSHALL ADDRESS
BROKEN UP BY HOAX
RumOrs of Presidents Death Cause
of Trouble While Speaking to
Vast Audience

Through hoax perpetrated by an
unknown person in Atlanta Sunday
night an address by Vice President
Marshall before an audience of sew
eral thousand persons at the audito-
rum armory was broken up by the
false announcement that President
Wilson was dead.
An unknown man, it was said, tele-
phoned to the office of the building
and asked for the Vice President. On
being told Mr.. Marshall was making
an address and, could not come to the
telephone, the voice replied: "Well,
he'll come now, for the President is
dead and Washington wants him on
long distance"
C. T. Christian, engineer of the
building, received the telephone call
and a policeman carried the news to
the stage and told it to Charles G.
Haden, prominent local business man,
Coming, as it did from policeman,
Mr.. Haden Informed the Vice Presi-
dent that "the Preident is dead"
Mr.. Marshall bowed his head and
appeared overcome. Others on the
stage heard the whispered words and
for a few moments all was silent.
Then, recovering himself to a degree,
the Vice President told the audience
what had been told him. He could
hardly speak. Women broke into
weeping and someone began to play
Nearer My God to Thee" on the i'm
mense organ. AS soon as he could,
the Vice President got to telephone
and called the Association Press where
he was assured that there was no
truth in such a rumor.
Thank Cod" he replied in trem-
bling voice.
Meantime the audience was dispers-
ing and the false report spread over
the city. Telephones at the Associated
Press office, and the local newspapers
were almost swamped with anxious
inquiries.
No reason for the hoax has been
advanced by Atlanta officials
but an immediate investigation was
begun to try to trace the author OF
it. Governor Dorsey announced re-
ward of $100 for evidence identifying
the person who started the rumor.
The governor and army officers from
camps around Atlanta were present
at the address.
Mr.. Marshall was there to speak
in behalf of fraternal order and had
not made more than half his address
when the interruption came. He was
paying tribute to Washington and
Lincoln as "men who are not dead, y
when he was interrupted by the an
nouncement
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27
Greelyville's Progressive School

Prior to the year 1890 there was
no school in what is now the town of
Greelyville. The pupils attended a
neighborhood school a few miles from
town. In the year 1890 building
16 feet square was built and Mrs.
Reynolds was employed to instruct
the youths. The enrolment was small
and the session lasted for only about
three months each year. This small
building was used until 1898 when a
two room building was built and Mr..
Roper, the first male principal, was
employed. A few years later two
rooms were added to the building.
The town had grown to such an ex-
tent and the number of pupils had
become so large that in 1910 the cit
liens voted bonds to build 2 large
brick building, the present value of
which is $4,000. The building con-
tains six large class rooms and a
a large auditorium. 1t is a credit to
the town and a monument to T. j.
Hogan. T. w. Boyle, the late j. F.
Register, the late S. ]. Taylor, and
other enterprsing men of the town.
The school has grown continuously
since its beginning to an enrolment
of 165 at present. Teachers have been
added until the present teaching
force numbers six. Mr.. E. 7. Spigner
is the principal and he is ably assist
ed by Misses Elise Rollins, Lottie G..
DuBose, Louise Barr, Ola Grimes, and
Margaret Blakeley. There are ten
grades in the school and grad
yates experience no difficulty in en-
tering sae colleges of the State.
T.. }oyle, J. F. Montgomery. and
F. ! ,.e are the trustees.
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Quarantine Still on Cotton Seed Hulls

Clemson College, Nov. 25.-The
quarantine on cotton seed hulls has
not yet been raised, says Professor
A. F. Conradi, of the State Crop Pest
Commission.
There seems to be some misunder-
standing in reference to the quaran-
tine on cotton seed hulls. The boil
weevil settles down to winter quarters
after the first killing frost, but this
action is not completed in few days,
and in raising this quarantine the
commission is forced to be guided by
the conditions of the weevil aAeRPt
by>the occurrence of the first hg
frost. The boil weevil line onHSis
date November 81, 1919 runs
through Anderson, Laurens, Chester
field and Cheraw.
The regulations of the State Crop
Pest Commission provide that the
quarantine on hulls be raised on De-
cember 31st. For several years past
the commission was generally able,
owing to weevil conditions, to raise
this quarantine at much earlier date,
though last fall it was not possible to
raise it before December 31st, and
for some time it appeared that it
would not be possible to raise it even
at that time
The weevil at this time is settling
down to winter quarters, but weevil
activity has not yet stopped. AS soon
as this has been completed, the quar-
antine on hulls will be raised, and
notification will be sent at once
through the press.
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PLAN COMPANY
FOR MARKETING
WILLIAMSBURG CITIZENS ASK
FOR CHARTER FOR
$4,000

As a sequal to the mass meeting
held here last week committee has
since been called together by S. H.
Walthall, of the South Carolina Land
owners Association for the purpose OF
formulating definite plans of proce-
dure in forming the Kingstree Mar
keting Association. This latter meet
ing was attended by a number OF in
teressed citizens and several promi-
nent farmers.
1t was thoroughly understood and
agreed by all that the commercial and
marketing situation for next year
must be completely revised if the
town and county is to maintain its
present degree of prosperity.
After going into the matter from
every angle it was decided to ask for
a charter for $4,000 and request the
Liberty Milling Company to consider
plans for consolidation with the new
organization. The Liberty Milling
Company is we'll equipped fo Large
proportion of the marketing work,
having an up-to-date cotton gin, flour
mill and corn shelling machinery al
ready installed, along with over two
acres of ground close to the railroad
and served by private siding. 1t is
hably located for every branch of
IN connection with perfect
hcluding sufficient space for
cattle pens.
Such an advantageous condition
does not obtain in any other locality
through the entire coastal plane Sec
ton Of the State, thinks Mr.. Walthal,
and it is with much enthusiasm the
idea has been developed.
The details of coordinating the new
corporation and the Liberty Milling
Company and plans for forming the
new company were given in charge Of
a special committee of three, with in
structions to report back to meeting
to be here this week, at which time
all details for a general mass meet
ing of farmers, citizens, business men
and bankers of the entire county will
be arranged for.
The committee working on the
project is fully conversant with the
demands caused by the reversal of
conditions, many of the members hav-
ing studied conditions in other loca-
tions similarly affected and therefore,
are peculiarly fitted to carry on the
work given them for working out
Williamsburg's prosperity for the
next few years in spite of Mr.. B.
Weevil.
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ANTI TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN
Red Cross Christmas Seals for 1919

Mrs. w. G. Gamble, of Kingstree,
has been appointed by the National
tuberculosis Association as campaign
manager for Williamsburg county in
organizing an auxiliary association in
this community. Mr.. w. E. Nesmith
has been made chairman; Mr.. L. C.
Dove secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
Louise w. Gilland, publicity chairman;
and the executive committee is COM
posed of the doctors of the county as
follows:
DR.. D. C. Scott, DR.. w. G. Gamble,
DR.. E. T. Kelley, DR.. T. S. Heming-
way, DR.. B. M. Montgomery, DR.. C.
D. Jacobs, DR.. w. V. Brockington,
Kingstree Dr.W. ]. Heselden, Cades;
DR.. H. L. Baker, Hemingway; DR.. A.
G. Eaddy, Johnsonville; DR.. A. M.
Wilcox, Nesmith; DR.. w. C. Rodgers,
Indiantown; DR.. L. B. Johnson, john
sonville; DR.. 1. N. Boyd, DR.. w. S.
Boyd, Salters; DR.. ]. F. Haselden,
DR.. O'Bryan, DR.. o. T. Hogan, Gree
lyville.
The executive committee is expect
ed to see to it that interest is aroused
in this important work throughout
the county. The people must be
aroused and educated to the fact that
tuberculosis, although contagious
disease, is one that can be cured in
it's first stages Sanitary conditions
are essential to the arrest and pre-
vention of this dreaded scourge, and
simple factors such as fresh air, sun
shine, and milk are necessary in its
treatment. There are more than 3d.
900 cases of tuberculosis in South
Carolina and more annual deaths re-
suit from it than from ony other
cause.
For eth purpose of carrying out an
extension anti-tubercolosis campaign,
Red Cross Christmas seals are sold
each year and will be on sale this
year at every school in the commune
ty. They are only one cent a piece,
they are beautiful and decorative on
ycur Christmas packages and letters
and every one you buy help that much
to save humanity.
The following persons have been
appointed tor eaise funds at their re-
spective places to defray the expenses
of the campaign to be responsible for
the sale of the Christmas seals:
Mr.. T. w. Boyle, Greelyville; Mr..
Joe Graham, Lane; Rev. ]. E. Clarke,
Salters; Mrs. w. T. Rowell, Trio;
Mrs. w. A. Cooper, Suttons; Mr.. H.
P. Brown, Gourdin; Mrs. ]. P. Gam
BILE, Heinemann; Mrs. V. G. Annette,
Cades; Mrs. S. B.. Poston, Johnson
vile; Mrs. w. C. Hemingway, Hem
ingway; Mrs. w. T. Turbeville, Hen
nv; Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, Nesmith;
Mrs. Laurice F. RheAn, Morrisville;
Mrs. w. A. Marshall, Warsaw; Miss
Tison McFadden, Miss Olive Benton,
Miss Lizzie Heape, Kingstree.
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Says Peace Without America is War.

Paris, Nov. 22:-Commenting upon
the failure of the American Senate to
ratify the peace treaty, L'Humanite
says:
"Peace without America means con-
tinuation of a state of war. The
American and Anglo-French alliances
crumble with a crash and an Ameri-
can-Japanese conflict appears in its
full light. A league of nations with
out America simply means reverting
to pre-war alliances"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27
NEWS NOTES FROM
KINGSTREE HIGH SCHOOL
Chautauqua Much Enjoyed County
Teachers Association Organized
Suspend Work for Thanksgiving

The Chautauqua, which began on
November II and continued through
November "a, was enjoyed very
much by the pupils of the Kingstree
High and Graded school. A few days
before the opening of the Chautau-
qua a contest for the sale of tickets
was put on in the high school six
girls took part in this contest, as
follows: Margaret Montgomery, Apal
Fowler, Dorothy Mcdowell, Ruby
Joye, Scott McElveen and Lille Bak-
er, the first three representing the
Reds, the last three the Blues. These
six girls deserved much praise for
their good work, for when the money
was counted, it was found that they
had sold $325.0O worth of season tic
kets. The Reds proved their superb
ority in the contest by selling S225.O0
worth of tickets, thus winning the
prize of $500, offered by the. local
Chautauqua committee. Each pupil
who engaged in the contest received
a season ticket to the Chautauqua.
Miss Marion Calvo was captain. of
the Blues, while Miss Carrie Lancas-
ter was captain of the Reds. Prof.
Montgomery had charge Of the con-
test.
The school suspended work on We'd
neSday, to begin again on Monday,
December l, giving Thanksgiving and
Friday as holidays. Miss Lancater and
Miss Green will spend the holidays
in Florence; Misses Babb and Gasque,
in Mullins; Miss Crouch, in Hartsville;
Miss Calvo, at Indiantown; Misses
Agnew and Mcdaniel, in Columbia;
Miss Erckman, in Charleston. The
other members of the faculty will re-
main in Kingstree.
The next meeting of the Parent
Teachers association will be held on
December l, at 4 o'clock in the school
auditorium.
The county teachers association
met Saturday in the school auditori-
um, and elected officers for the en-
suing year as follows: M. F. Mont
gomery, president; Miss Garnet Gra-
ham, vice-president; Miss Marion
Calvo, secretary and treasurer.
Program committee-Miss Ruth
Wilson, Miss Lydia Greene, Miss Lii
la Babb.
A short address was made by Prof.
NJ. F. Montgomery on "The Three
Aims of the Teachers Association. {"
stressing their relative Importance in
the following order:
l. To learn more about work by
coming in contact with other teachers.
2. To be inspired by associating
with other teachers.
3. To help in professionalizing the
work of the teacher, Ito help the
teacher to be recognized as pro-
fessional man, as the doctor or law
yer, ISL
About 20 teachers were present,
representing schools in all parts of
the county. The next meeting of the
assocition will be held Saturday.
January 10, at 1900 o'clock, in the
school auditorium at this place.
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AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
For Voluntary Donations to The
South Carolina Memorial

To the people of South Carolina:
Various campaigns for money, a
natural reaction from the high ten
sion of wardays, intense work due to
transitional conditions in the -econom-
ic world, and anxiety over the cost of
living are among the factors which
have slowed up the Memorial cam
paign in this State. We think it best
to look these conditions squarely in
the face, so that we may know what
is to be overcome.
On the other hand, South Carolin-
ians have never before been so pros
porous. In asking for voluntary dona-
tions amounting to four hundred
thousand dollars, the Memorial Com
mission, created by the General AS
sembly, is not asking for anything un-
reasonable. And when one stops to
consider the purpose for which the
campaign is being waged, the request
takes on an aspect that is anything
but unreasonable. The sons and
daughters of this State, who fought
and worked so we'll for the great
cause of democracy must never be
forgotten; moreover, there must be
tangible, visible evidence Of the
States gratitude to them. The cam
paign will not fail, for South Caro-
linians have never yet, and never will
be unappreciative of splendid services
rendered.
Because the campaign for four
hundred thousand dollars, to supple
ment the one hundred thousand made
available by the General Assembly,
has been retarded, the Memorial Com
mission has decided to continue the
time for solicitation of subscriptions
up to the convening of the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly. At
that time the commission should be
able to report full and complete sue
cess.
The impression has prevailed that
the proposed memorial building would,
in effect, be but a college chapel on
the University grounds; this is in
correct. The proposed building would
be a historic museum for South Car
olina, and it's location, while on
grounds held by the University trus-
tees, would not in any way hinder its
use by the general public. 1t would
not be in theory or in fact, merely a
part of the University, but both in
theory and fact, a State Memorial.
There also has been an effort to have
the type of memorial changed to a
hospital, but the soldiers through the
American Legion have spoken decid-
edly against this proposition.
We appeal to the various counties
that have not yet raised their quotas
to epedite the campaign. No Commu-
nifty can have it said that when the
State was seeking to perpetuate the
memory of her noble sons and daught-
ers, that it was Indifferent. A perma-
nent memorial is necessary to keep
alive the facts, and to keep fresh the
inspiration.
Rober A. Cooper, Chairman.
Richard | Manning, Vice
Chairman,
Columbia, S. c.
November 21, 1919.
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AS Kin Hubbard says: Lots O fel-
lers are like soft drink-they look
tn part, but won't do tn work.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27

The British Government is selling
its war souvenirs, including helmets,
guns, bombs, tanks and huts.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27

Of tbs $3O,OO0,OOO left by the late
Andrew Carnegie, s7,000.0O0 will go
to the Government as inheritance
taxes.
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Prospect of Sugar Supply

New York, Nov. 15.-Eighty mil
lion pounds Of sugar was produced
by the refineries of the Eastern dis
trict during the last week. Arthur
Williams, federal food administrator
announced here Saturday. This pro-
duction, if continued he added would
soon solve the sugar shortage.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27

A whole lot of US know all about
price and nothing about value.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27

AS we give more we get more.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-11-27
TOBACCO OFFSETS
BOIL WEEVL
FARMERS IN PEE DEE GET GOOD
RETURNS FROM GROWING
OF WEED

Farmers, particularly of the Pee
Dee section of South Carolina, have
in tobacco an effective weapon with
which to beat down the tide of eco
nomic losses incident to the invasion
of the boil weevil.
Last year returns from the crop
reached the unprecedented figures of
nearly $2O,OO0,OOO. The exact figures
were s19,311, ,497.s6. The highest pre-
vious figure was in 1917 when the
returns amounted to $11,794, ,431.78.
Growers last year in receiving ap-
proximately $2O,OOO,OOO for their to-
bacco got nearly one-fifth the amount
paid for the cotton crop.
October figures this year are not
yet available, bat during the months
of July, August and September of
this year, growers were paid SIS, ,409,-
1854. Complete figures will doubt
less carry the returns for the 1919
crop slightly in excess of last years
Considerable agitation is being man.
ifested in the lover section of the
state, already invaded by the boil
weevil, for the cultivation of tobacco
as a substitute crop. During the
three months for which reports have
already been received for 1919 crop.
81,128,947, pounds have been sold.
The following tables gives the total
volume for the crop the last ten years:
Pounds. Amount. Average.
Year. Sold. Paid Price Paid.
1910 1s,sO2,S75 5 1,6O4,6s5.44 5 s.52
1911 11,101,O66 1852, ,462.s4 1918
1912 24,337,912 2,653,443.6S 1890
1913 33,299,561 4,5s3,339.51 1876
1914 39,47S,421 1881 ,233,.54 9sS
1915 S7,924,396 2,76O,9s21s 7.2s
1916 2O,079,9 ,9O3. 2,s13,449.S7 14.11
1917 51,OSO,083 11,794,431.7s 24.09
1918 62,17S,631 1881, ,497s6 31.06
1919 S1,156,470 18,54S,559.15 20.10
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16

without pride, unselhshly, bringing
moral and material aid
Nature of Aid.
OF what nature should this aid be-
What are the immediate needs Of the
Russian people? Our greatest, deep
est, most immediate need is the crea-
ton of conditions under which the
Russian people will be able to con-
woke an all-Russian constituent
assembly. Russia will never be
quiet and satisfied until her repre-
sentatives, freely chosen by the en-
tire population, will establish a CON
sttution for the state, will lay the
foundation for a stable, democratic
government, insuring laws that &C
cord with the will and desires OF the
Russian people. The demand for a
constituent assembly was one of the
main aspirations of the Russian rev.
olution. 1t was on the eve Of its
realization when the bolshevist re-
volted in November, 1917, tore out of
the hands Of the people the beautiful
possibility to make laws for them
selves. to trace the path for their
future, to construct a new life in &C
cdrdance with the interests of the
masses, to strengthen peace and in
sure the common welfare. The con-
stituent assembly, elected by the en-
tire Russian people on the basis of
universal, direct, equal and secret
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16

young and inexperienced could not at
once find the true path, and, if aban-
doned by their friends, they may not
find it for a long time, II is Ameri-
cas- duty to aid them by its SYM
pathy and its deeds. Especially by
deeds, for our people, long deceived
IN their hopes, will give credit only
to those who really and practically
give them proof of their sympathy,
to those who aid them to elevate and
educate the new Russian genera
tons, the millions OF Russian or
phans deprived OF shelter and the
most elementary means Of education.
Russia is exhausted through the
war and the terrible civil strife. Its
industries are disorganized, its
means of transportation are de-
stroyed, its educational system is at
a standstill. Without industry, means
of transportation and education,
Russia faces conditions the horror
of which cannot be expressed.
| undertook it as my task to pre-
sent TO the American people the
tragedy of the people of Russia, in
order that the American democracy
might render us the Immediate help
for re-establishing demo-
cratic order, for convoeation of the
assembly and creating
conditions whereby peaceful prog
ress may be possible in Russia. Re
calling, with gratitude, the true
which the people Of this
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16

rains, her bloody sufferings will! be
known only to the millions of Rus
sian mothers and the millions Of our
other innocent martyrs, our orphans.
Flooded with tears and blood, Russia
means and cries out to the world.
She is a living body, and her tor
lures cannot be looked upon cold
bloodedly as an extraordinary, new
er-before witnessed experiment in
social evolution. She is alive, and
every pore of her body is shedding
blood. The illness that was not
stopped in time, / fear, may be pro-
longet for years, Only through in
sisten., and incessant work and eff
forts can Russia be brought to the
normal conditions, to the position in
which she found herself two years
ago, after the glorious revolution of
March 1917. In those days there
was real freedom in Russia, and il
seemed that our young country had
every possibility for peaceful evolu-
ton and the free building of her flu
ture. may assert, without boast
ing, that the March revolution was
brought about, among other factors,
through the efforts OF the party of
Observation-Disclosures whose pro-
gram for more than one-half century
presents a basis for settlement which
will satisfy the demands and aspira-
tons of the overwhelming majority
of the Russian OaOOle
But, unfortunately, our people,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16

a PPROVAL expressed by actual
"A purchase is approval indeed. Big
volume took time, for at first people
were Indifferent to efficiency in motor
>ar,
But as more and more people
have owned automobiles and COM
pared values, Franklin superiority be-
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And it is not alone the splendid
Franklin economy-a daily delivery Of
20 miles to the gallon of gasOlins-instead Of 10
10000 miles to the set of tres-instead of 5000
It is more than that-for with that
economy goes the sense of satisfaction
in owning a really fine, efficient motor
car, one that insures remarkable rid.
ing-comfort, ease and safety Of hand
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16

ling, year-round Instability, and capac-
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The public has come to realize
that this kind of motoring is only pos
sible in car Of scientific Light Weight
and Flexible Construction. And these
have been basic principles Of the
Franklin Car for sixteen years.
That is why you are seeing more
and more Franklins, with their grace
fully sloping French-style hoods, run-
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And men and women who have
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