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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-16

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Card of Thanks.

We wish to return our sincere ap-
probation to our relatives and friends
for their kindness and beautiful floral
offerings sent at the death of our SIS
ter, Maggie l. Altman; and especially
to those who were so faithful to her
during her few hours of illness.
(Mr.) ]. G. Altman and family.
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-16

Optimism doen't mean anything un-
less it is tempered with judgment. ,
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY
TO HOLD aGOyERN0R's NIGHT,-

Gov. William c. Sproul. of Penn
sylvania, will be the guest of the
Pennsylvania State Society at the
Willard Hotel Monday evening At
s o'clock. a reception and dance
will be held, in honor OF governors
night" and 1t is expected that about
1900 Pennsylvanians will partici-
pate.
The Pennsylvania Society has in
the past held some OF the most
elaborate and brilliant affairs in the
Capital City. having had as its
guests Vice President Marshall.
Secretary of Treasury Mellon. Sec
retary of Labor Davis. United
States Senator Knox. Undersecre-
tary of State Fletcher. First AS
sistant Postmaster General Work,
Mai. Gen. Farnsworth and Com
missioner of Forestry Pinchot.
/ The program at the october
meeting will include, in addition to
Gov. Sproul. who will give the
principal address. Miss Estelle MUIR
ray. soprano soloist, and r. WOOD
| land Gates. tenor soloist. Repre-
sentative NJ. Clyde Kelly. OF Pitts
burgh. president of the society. will
preside.
| Inc reception COInf1ittee VIII De
composed of the following: Mrs
Howard S. Reside. chairman: Mrs
S! A. Kendall, Mrs A. II. Walters
Mrs. Fred Gernerd. Mrs. John A
Rose. Mrs. Milton w. Shreve. Mrs
Joseph f. Thropp. Mrs. Joseph B
Showalter. Mrs. T. Lincoln Town
send. Mrs. Edwin A. Mess and Mrs
Virginia White Speel.
The committee on Introduction.
will be in charge of Miss Stella
n. Marks.
The ballroom will be especiall,
decorated for the occasion witt
State flags and busts of Pennsyl
vania governors.
Many persons prominent in tn,
official and social life of Washing
ton attended the showing of th'
douglas Fairbanks production o
THE Three Musketeers" now show
ing at Loew's Columbia. Amonl
those present the early part of tn
week were Boris Stepanak. Minis
ter to the United States fror
Czecho- -Slovakia, who had as hi
guests his Sister and the attache
of his staff: Mrs. E. B. Mclean. VIII
had as her guest Mrs. wilkins
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Rep
resentative Winslow, of Massachu
; setts. and Senator Harrison, o
Mississippi
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12

that he will forsake her for some
other woman, and that man who
expects his wife to turn her back
upon the love and tenderness that
has sheltered her all her life, will
find that some day she will leave
him just as lightly. for she has no
gratitude or appreciation in her
composition
The School for In-Laws should
also have a chair of justice which
should teach brides and grooms u
play fair with mother-in-law, art.
not to take all she can give, ana
then welch when IL Gomez To psy-
ing their debt to her. 1t isn't
cricket to send hot foo. after
mother-in-law when the baby is
sick and the cook leaves. and there
by save the price of a trained nurse
and q servant. and then go around
locking as II something has dis
agreed with you and Won had an
acute pain when she comes for her
annual pleasure visit.
And, lastly. thousands upon thou
sands of women, who have given
to some young snip Of a girl OF
boy. the one thing in the world
that made life worth living to them
and who are left lonely and DESC
late, would rise up and bless the
school for in-laws IL 1t would teach
their daughter-in-laws and son-in-
laws to open the doors of their
hearts to them and let them in.
They don't want to boss them.
They don't want to interfere in the
new relationship. They don't want
to burden the new home with their
presence, but they do want to bt
let into their children's new live!
on a friendly human basis. They
want to be confided in. advised
with, taken into the new lodge al
a member in good and regular
| standing, instead of being regard
ed as a stranger who must be helt
at arms length, and whose ever!
suggestion is regarded as an insult
oh, there is plenty of need for
school for in-laws for both ma ant
the children. to say nothing OF pa
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
THOMAS FOWLER
WILL GIVES ENTIRE
ESTATE TO WIDOW
Other Relatives Provided
For Upon Her
81 Death.

The will OF Thomas w. Fowler.
pioneer reafubtate dealer. who died
last Thursday., was fiied for pro-
bate Sestefdky. Mrs. Virginia q.
Fowler. the widow. Is named sole
beneficiary. bur the will makes pro-
vision for other relatives OF the
deceased after the death Of the
widow. Mr.. Fowler. who died ~
the age OF Sc. Is the father Of the
District health ofiicer. DR.. william
C. Fowler, and of Attorney Chap
man W. Fowler, T. walter Fowler
and Z. Edward Fowler.
lone II. Kitchen. who died oc-
tober S! left property worth more
than $1,000. according to the peu-
ton for probate Of the viii MED
by Attorney Louis Ottenberg on
behalf. of Conway n. Kitchen, the
son. The estate consists of prop
erty In Louisville. KY, and per-
sonal property.
Mary M. Rector. who died Septem-
ber 20. left property worth sss.tzi'
according to the petition for letters
of administration filed by Attorneys
Clephane, Latimer and Hall on be-
half of Edward Rector. a brother
The estate consists Of the prem
ises at 1861 Harvard Terrace north
west. valued at 1886. and the sai-
ance in personal property.
Bridget Hagerty. who. died Au'
gust is. left property worth $ll.seo
according to the, petition for let
ters of adpinistration Med BY
Bridget Mccarthy. a niece. The es-
tate Consists of the premises a.
1710-17l2 Wisconsin avenue north.
west, valued at 5000. and personal
property valued at $4,000.
Louisa Zahn, who died Angus
2s. left an estate. consisting entire
ly of personal property. valued a.
81. 4.623. according TO the petition foi
letters Of administration nled BY
Lotta ii. Rhein, a niece.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
AVIATOR is CLEARED
BY COURT MARTIAL

Lieut.. e. T. Garvey. q Naval Re
serve aviator. was found not guilty
of neglect of duty in one OF the
strangest accidents in the history
Of the navy.
Announcement Of the findings of
the general naval court-mertial that
tried Lieut.. Garvey was made by
Secretary DENLY yesterday.
On August 8. Lieut.. 6arvey and
a crew were flying over ,Narragan-
sett Bay in a navy plane, engaged
in target practice with a machine
gun. A shower of bullets from the
gut struck a small motor boat.
wounding Miss Grace Buxton. one
Of the passengers, in the thigh
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
:: WASHINGTON SOCIETY Y =:
Dr.. Hubrecht
Ii, Neu, York
Goes to Meet Nine. HUI
brecht and Their :.
Children.

NEW YORK. Oct. Mrs. Martin
8. Watts and her children. Hunting
ton Watts and Schuyler w. J..
watts, who have, been in Europe
since June. returned today on the
Olympic. Countess Granard, who
was Miss Beatrice Mills; Mrs. w.
George Cavendish. Mrs. Henry
Clews, Mrs. John w. Mackay and
her granddaughter. Miss Katherine
Mackay; James Speyer, Percy A.
Rockefeller and the Misses Claudia
Lee and Eleanor s. Phelps. daugh-
ters of Mrs. Sheffield Phelps. also
arrived on the same steamship.
DR.. j. B. Hubrecht, secretary of
the Netherlands Legation in WASH
tnston. arrived at the Ritz-Carlton
to meet Nine. Hubrecht and their
children, who come on the Ryndam
from Holland. They will leave for
Washington in a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ Morgan
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary with a reception this
evening at their home, 267 West
Sevepty-ninth street. Morgan also
celebrates this evening the fifty
seventh anniversary OF his enlist
ment in the Seventh regiment OF
the National Guard of New York.
He was one of the guard which
served at City Hall when the body
Of President Lincoln lay in state
here. Five children and four grand
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
were present at the reception.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
AMERICAN SEAMAN
STABBED IN hEXICO

Henry Lafianne, an American sea
man of the Shipping Board steamer.
Salem County. was stabbed to death
by an unknown Mexican at Tam
pico last Saturday night. according
to reports received by the State De-
partment today. The American con-
sui at Tampico reported that he had
telegraphed Mexico City requesting
the federal government TO take i'm
mediate steps looking toward appre-
hensiop and prosecution Of the muir
derer.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
HOLDS ACCIDENT
CAUSED 5 DEATHS

LYNCHBURG. Va, Oct. 11.-A cor
oner's inquest today in the deaths
of five city employees who were kill
ed yesterday when a wall collapsed.
decided the deaths were due to an
accident resulting from the lack of
proper precautions.
No blame was fixed on anyone con-
nected with the work Of tearing
down the building.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
Harding toBe
Honor Guest
ODerseas Writers to Hold
Postponed Luncheon
For Him.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

The President today VIII attend
the luncheon which the overseas
writer's will give tod6y in his honor.
a party which was postponed from
last week.
Mrs. Harding will receive today
at noon the delegates to the first
annual convention of the National
Council of Catholic Women. which
will open here this morning at the
New willard Hotel. The Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, viii make the address Of
welcome at the frst session this aft
ernoon. Mrs. Michael, Gavin will
preside.
Yesterday afternoon the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding received the
Baltimore branch Of the women's
Foreign Missionary Society OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Coolidge. wife OF the Vice
President. will be complimented by
a luncheon to be given November
in Baltimore by Mrs. France, wire
of Senator France. A special train
will convey the washington guests
" odlllnuOTc INC r.
The Argentine Ambassador, M.
Tomas A. LIE Breton. win give q
luncheon at the Shoreham today In
one Of the private dining rooms.
There will be ten In the party.
DIR. Carlos Adolfo Urueta, Minis
ter of Colombia. will be the honor
guest at a luncheon to be given by
a number of his colleagues in the
Diplomatic Corps at the Shorehani
today.
DIR. Urueta and Nine. Urueta.
who soon will leave Washington.
were the honor guests at a Junch-
con given yesterday by the Minis
ter of Ecuador and Sonora de
Eiizalde at the legation. Only In
Innate friends Of the host and
onor guests were included in the
company.
DR.. Urueta. accompanied by Nine.
Urueta and the Misses Uribe and
the second secretary of the 1ega-
tion staff, Alfredo Nicholson. will
sail Saturday for their homes in
Colombia. The minister will be on
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12

Announcement was made yester-
day by Florent de Selys-Fanson.
charge d'affaires of the Belgian EN-
bassy, that reservations have been
made at the New willard Hotel
for the members OF the Belgian
delegation to the disarmament con-
ference. Twenty rooms facing on
the Fourteenth street side have
been reserved for the delegation.
So far. no advices have been re-
ceived as to the personnel OF the
delegation. nor as to the exact date
Of arrival.
THIS Is the second European coun-
try to take reservations 1T the
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
CYRUS CURTIS ARRIVES
IN POTOMAC ON YACHT.

Miss Minnie Let's. whose mar
rage to William Marion Guthrie
win take place Saturday afternoon,
was the motif Of . buffet luncheon,
given yesterday by her mother
Mrs. John c. Let's. at Ayrlawn. her
home In Cleveland Park. eom,
forty guests were entertained. Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12

New willard Hotel. the French gov
ernment having already reserved
the entire seventh floor. contain
ing more than forty rooms. for Pre-
mier BRAND. Marshal Foch and
other members of the delegation
which will represent that country
at the conference.
Judge and Mrs. Pendleton, of
New York. while spending a few
days in Washington. are stopping
at the Shoreham.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-12

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
BANK OFFICERS
ARE INDICTED
Grand Jury at Tuscola, Ill. Finds
Shortage of $546,000- Stringent
Legal Action.

Tuscola, Ill, July 22.-One hun
dred and eighty-five indictments
were returned today by the Douglas
county grand jury against officers
of the Arcola State bank, which
failed recently. The grand jury re-
port set the shortage in the banks
accounts at $546,000.
Sixty-SiX indictments charge
forgery, Sc receiving deposits in an
insolvent bank; 13 are for perjury,
40 for eInbezzlement, and 10 for
conspiracy.
John c. Quirk, the cashier, is
named in II for the forgery indict-
ments. Michael T. Quirk, his father,
and president of the bank. is de-
tendant in As, and four are against
John NJ. Ernst, grain elevator
owner, who is alleged to have bor-
roWed considerable sums of money
from the bank, through John S.
Qulrk, without proper security.
Arrest Ernst.
Richmond, Ind, July 22.-John
NJ Ernst of Charleston, Ill, was
arrested here today on a charge of
emoezzlement and conspiracy to
defraud the Arcola State bank of
Arcola, Ill Detectives who made
the arrest allege Ernst had over
drawn his account $171,00O. Detec-
tlVes traced him here through rela-
tlVes, it was said. The man waived
extradltion- He was senior mem
Der of the firm of ]. M. Ernst &
Son, grain dealers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
GAMBLERS
WON ON S0x
FAKE GAMES
Cub Secretary Tells Court
He Was Stakeholder
for Abe Attel.

chicago July 22.-Carl Fork of
q louis. one of the defendants in
,bs baseball trial, declared during
,hs 1919 worlds series that he had
.,arted the alleged game fixing deal.
according to testimony by Harry
padmon of East st. Louis, today.
aZork told me and another man
from St. Louis, that he started the
whole deal, but that it did not cost
him a cent" Redmon said.
Redmon's testimony was the first
introduced against Zork.
Chicago, July 22.-"Sure-thing
gamblers" reaped a harvest by bet
ling on the fake 1919 world SERIES
according TO testimony in the
BLACK Sox" trial today.
John o. Seys, secretary of the
Chicago Cubs, was the first witness
against the seven former White Sox
On trial for conspiracy to throw the
games.
Seys stated he had known Louis
Levi, one of the four alleged gamb-
lers on trial for 10 to Is years.
a first met Attel at the Sinton
Hotel in Cincinnati" said Seys. 1t
was the day before the first game of
the 1919 world series.
Il asked Attel who he was betting
on. He told me Cincinnati. Louis
Levi was around with Attel the
same day but | don't recall whether
| had any conversation with the
two together. Both were betting
on Cincinnati to win the first game,
the second game of the series. A
Mr. Hendricks was betting Attel
that Chicago would win. | held
stakes on one of these bets"
Continuing the witness said:
Was Stakeholder.
@Attel bet 5000 to $500 Cincinnati
would win Attel was taking all
the White SoX money he could get.
was stakeholder for Attel several
times
Q. When did you first meet At
tel IN chicago?
A. At the Sox ball park the day
OF the first Chicago game. l turned
some stake money over to Attel. He
said he wasn't going to bet on Gin
clnnati that day. because it looked
IKE Dick Kerr, Sox pitcher, would
win.
Y. How much stake did you turn
over to Attel then?
A. About $4,000.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
SAYS VILLAGE
BEATS CITYFOR
TEMPTATIONS
Mother of Boy EIoper
Scores "FLiUUers'
and Jazz.

Monticello, N. Y. July 22,-By
United Press.)-It's the s1ieaky,
lowdown backdoor gossip, lonely
country-road wickedness of the vii
lage that sucks more souls to hell
than Broadway's primrose path,
Mrs. Lucy Ostrom, mother-in-law
in the Monticello marital tangle.
told the United Press today.
Earl was good boy until he
got to scouting around the country
roads in 'fiiVver,'" she said, re-
ferring to her son-in-law, Earl Van
Noy, who eloped with Mrs. Clark
DUrea, wife Of the Holiness preach
er.
THE villagers are not what they
used to be in my day-what with
automobiles, homebrew and even
cabarets. It's enough to ruin any
young man. They gilded up the
walls on the second floor over Nor,
risons butcher shop and imported
a couple of singers from New York
with jazz band They dance there
until 11:30 some night, keeping all
the people in the neighborhOod up.
People go out in machines and
then stop there to dance. If that
was all, it wouldn't be SO bad. but
they drive along the moonlit coun-
try roads to cool off after dane
ing.
In the city a man has to work
to keep going, but in the small
town he's got plenty of time to fig
ure out some deviIment And if
he's got a car he can usually fig
ure it out.
IF l ever have son, I'm going
to raise him in the city, where it
costs a hundred dollars for the
same wickedness you can get in a
small town for a gallon of gaso-
line
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
ALLEGED AGENT
OF SOVIET HELD
aax Sehallman Under Arrest for
Violating Espionage
Act.

chicago, July "a city to be
,ocaled near Niles, Mich, and in
1solied by more than 10000 He
uleSs was revealed today as an
Sllef scheme promoted by Max
,s.aaliman, =. self-styled representa-
I'VE I've OF soviet Russia, who is under
- aiesl here for alleged violation of
ae espionage act.
ne mad let contracts for the con-
st.uet se.ion work to the Lauer Con-
= G.Lon Con company, according to A.
,.is 9ates, Its general manager, who
Sss.n ~ us company had spent $500 on
,st;ain r@illlan on the strength of the
peipated contract.
~. representatives. of other firms as
~ - thousands of dollars have been
o on Schallman on the strength
t,,,. s0ntracts they expected to get
N nim as the Russian agent"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
MEALS NAMED
TO HEAD BOARD

Washington, July 22.-Walter D.
Meals, former arrociate justice of
the Ohio appellate court, it was an
nounced by Chairman Lasker of the
shipping board, has been appointed
by President Harding to head the
boards claims commission to settle
claims aggregating $211 ,000, 900
against the board.
The other four members of the
board will be Homer Ferguson,
president of the Newport News
Shipping and Dry Rock company,
H. F. Wood, former president of the
Maryland Steel company, Captain
Richard Watt, navy, Arthur W.
Teele, accounting firm of Patterson,
Teele & Dennis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
SMALL PUTS UP FIGHT AGAINST ARREST
HEAD KU KLUX
kLAN PLANS TO
HOLD INQUIRY
Texans Ask State To
Act Against Ter
roriStS.

Dallas, Texas, July 22.-CUnited
Press.)-To assure himself that
members of the Ku Klux Khan were
not implicated in recent instances OF
mob violence in Oklahoma and
Texas, William ]. Simmons, imper-
lal wizard of the order, has detailed
80 men to investigate each of the
cases. He telegraphed Texas and
Oklahoma newspapers from his
headquarters at Atlanta to this ef-
feet. Simmons said he was conf
dent that Ku KluX klan members
did not participate in the lawless
occurrences.
Eyes Upon Governor.
Dallas, Texas, July 22.-United
Press s.)-The eyes of the state turn
ed to the governor and the legisla-
ture for action today, as reports Of
further activities of the masked
terror" were received.
Demonstrations by masked men
in Texas during 1921 today totalled
6S.
One man, member of a masked
band, was killed by a shot from a
house, where the band had called,
near ChildreSs, in the Pan Handle.
The Hillsboro Mirror in its after
noon edition published a notice
bearing the alleged seal of a secret
Evil doers were warned in the
notice which also contained the ad-
vice that certain married men
should spend more time with their
wives"
Since last Saturday masked men
have staged nine demonstrations
attacks wherein individuals
were tarred or f1ogged, in the state.
Their activities were mostly con-
fined to northeast Texas, although
their scattered communities report
eu parties"
Attorney General Cureton in a
statement to the United Press, de-
clared that his hands were tied
and that his department had no
to start an investigation
1r prosecute the masked bands.
"If the government and the legis-
lature pass the necessary legisla-
ion we can take a hand" he said.
In the meantime the local author
ties will have to handle the situa-
-ion."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
EXPLOSION ON
FARRAGUT PUTS
MANY IN PERIL
Steamer With IS Pas
Sengers Adrift in
Pacific.

San Francisco, Cal, July 22.-
With her engines out of commits
sion and her exact location un-
known to the official shipping OBJ
servers here, the Pacific Steamship
company's steamer. Admiral Farra-
gut. with rs passengers on board.
is drifting helplessly off the coast
north of San Francisco, following
an explosion in her main feed pipe,
the marine department of the
Chamber of Commerce reported
today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
HUSBAND NAMES
JACK DEMP SEY
Suit in Which Champion Pugilist Is
Made Correspondent Opens in
Oklahoma Court.

Pawhuska, Okla, July 22,-CUnit-
ed Press s.)-Jack Dempsey's name
was to be dragged into a divorce
case here today.
The worlds champion boxer was
named correspondent in a divorce
suit instituted by S. R. Boulanger,
wealthy Usage Indian, against his
wife, Mrs. Lily Boulanger of Los
Angeles, which was to open in dis
trict court today. In his petition for
divorce, Boulanger alleged his wife
and Dempsey carried on secret cor
respondence for several months.
Dempsey while in training at At
lantic City denied categorically the
allegations contained in the petition
which involved him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
INVESTIGATE
RESERVE BOARD

Washington, July 22.-At the re-
quest of Governor Harding of the
federal reserve board. Senator Nc
Lean, Connecticut today introduce
ed resolution for senate inEes-
ugatfon OF the board and of the
otflce of comptroller of the cur
rency.
Harding's request was the result
of frequent and violent criticism
OF the board and its policy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
|SpONGES USED
BY OFFICERS IN
LIQUOR RAIDS

ksis,;,. .ofk. July 22.-Sponges are
saitioas IN the enforcement of pro-
aao N New York. Samuel To-
ar : city detective, says he al
euo. arrles one when engaged in
|ts,s alds. He told the magis-
|slrsn sn!udy that ii enabled him to
|hssasee evidence when the Illegal
4 Assor OF liquor spilled it.
|ss A.. result, Joseph Preola, who,
b tSectiVe ~ says, dashed a bottle
|sseaS moor when the officer ap-
II IN mis- apartment, was held
sssa,n ,nedrlng. Two daps and two
III IS hlled a handy inkwell
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
BERCDOLL
CHARGE UNTRUE

Washington, July 22.-My answer
to Mrs. Bergdoll's charges that l
demanded 100000 from her and
that 1 obtained $4,000 to obtain her
sons release is that it is false in
every particular. Major Bruce
Campbell stated before the house
Bergdoll committee today
There is not word of truth in
IT., Campbell added.