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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
:Salters .Siftings.

Salters Depot, March Zl.-lhe pas'
few days have been real March wealth
or, it was cold and blusty with light
frost this morning and more likely
tonight. Everything is beginning to
put on its spring like appearance
English peas look we'll and indica'
tions point to q good crop.
Bean planting has been quite gen.
cral the past week. Most OF the
crop has been planted.
Quite number of farmers attended
the Cotton Campaign meeting at the
town hall here on last Friday, and
tire majority of those present signed
the pledge for cooperative market
|inx. This is;another progressive step
the acreage of cotton though will be
very small in this section.
At a meeting of the Truck Grow
ers' association of Salters held here
Monday night, :the plan of market
ling was thoroughly discussed at the
conclusion of which Mr.. H. N. Shep'
pard was elected 3 director from this
association to meet with directors
from the other associations in the
county at Kingstree at an early date
end get some reliable company tc
handle their crops. The American
Truck Growers association was sug'
rested, but no definite action was
taken pending the meeting to be heio
at Kingstree.
MI. C. w. Stoll shipped car loao
Of fine hogs to the Richmond mar
ket Monday.
No shad has been offered for sale
here vet this season as the river has
been most 100 high FOR fishing.
Miss Fannie Gruber has returned
to Charleston after a pleasant visit
to her sister, Mrs. 1. N. Boyd.
Mrs. w. S. Boyd and Miss Rsppe
are spending several days in Charles,
ten.
Mr.. ]. D. Mccullough spent sever
al DAYS in Charleston last week.
The baseball park here is being
put in fine condition for the coming
season, and some of the small boys
have begun to practice.
Mr.. Erwin Montgomery OF Gable
snent last weekend with his brother
IS. H. Montgomery here.
Miss Sa1se Mcclellan Of Charles
ton spent Tharsday with friends here
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
Busy Scenes Around the Depot

Monday and Tuesday OF this week
furnished quite an animated scenf
IL. the vicinity of the A. C. L. depot
dre largely to the energy and good
salesmanshfp qualities of cur friend
John Gelzer, who represents the F.
S Royster Fertilizer company.
Mr.. Gelzer earlier in the season
seld Cooper Brothers, who are large
plantation owners, five n six cars
OF fertilizer which rolled into the
siding here a few days ago. Mon
day and Tuesday it was being de-
livered by the local representative OF
the Royster Company, Mr.. Frank
Rogers, and at one time Tuesday
there were in the neighborhood of
one hundred wagons around the de-
pot awaiting their tura to be loaded
with fertilizer. One could stand at
the monument on Main and Acadep0P
street and see line of loaded Naeons
going East On Main strest that reach
ed from the railroad racks to the
cemetery. There we only a few
less wagons engaged at the same
work Monday. In this connection we
might add that the Royster Company
was the only fertilizer manufacturer
to advertise its goods in The County
Record this season. Advertising pays,
Mr.. Gelzer says 80.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Cotton production for 1871 was L
976,665 running bales, or 7,952,5Ss
equivalent 500-pound bales, the cen
sus bureau announced Monday in its
final ginning report Of the season
The 1920 prodn1elon was 1s'27o,s7o
running bales, or Is, ,439. sos equiva-
lent 5OO-pound bales. The crop was
estimated by the department Of agri-
culture last December in its final re-
port at s,S40, 900 equivalent 50e-pound
bales.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
IN THE STATE COURTS
Murder Cases Disposed of by Circuit
Judges Last Week.

Guilty of manslaughter with rec
ommendation for mercy was the ver-
dict and ten years each N the state
penitentiary was the sentence of the
court upon Luther Timmons and Mon
roe Willard, young men of Clinton,
who were convicted of the killing of
Hosea o. Martin, Laurens city police
man, December ID last.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
news LETTER
FROM HEMINGWAY
ITEMS OF INTEREST AS TOLD
BY OUR REGULAR COR
RESPONDENT.

Hemingway, March z1.-Mrs.
Holmes B. Springs and little daughter
Louise and Holmes, Jr., Of Greenville,
Miss Pauline Wilson of Manning and
Mr.. D. I. Wilson of Oaks, were the
guests of Mrs. w. C. Hemingway
last Friday.
Mr.. w. D. Halfacrc returned Mon
day from Columbia, where he attend
ed the State Teachers meeting.
Mr.. Eugene Huggins spent the
weekend at Dunn, N. C.
Miss Dess Gowdy spent the week.
end at Lake City with her parents.
Mrs. L. G. Day is ON visit to
her parents at Mullins.
Mrs. B. G. Eaddy spent the week
end with her daughter, Miss Marie
Eaddy, at Andrews.
Mr.. Duncan Campbell is visiting
relatives ct Gibson, N. C.
Rev. ]. A. Campbell returned to
Gibson, N. c., Friday, after visiting
friends here.
Mrs. G. S. Hemingway spent Sat-
urday in Kingstree.
Mr.. Robert Cox is spending a few
days in Columbia on business.
Mesdames H. M. Pridgin. Mamie
Smith, Misses Annie and Leila Burney
and Mr.. E. L. Rogers spent Satur-
DAY in Georgetown.
| The Adult Agriculture night school
being conducted here is well attend
ed and much interest is manifested.
Everyone interested in farming should
take advantage of these meetings.
Miss Ruth .Haselden, who is teach
ing at Good Hope, spent Sunday at
her home here.
Mrs. Baxley had the misfortune of
breaking her collar bone Saturday,
hut we are glad to report that she
is doing nicely.
Mrs. C. C. Campbell spent the
weekend with relatives at Gibson,
N. C.
Miss Pearl Ivey, Messrs Ward and
Newell were pleasant callers in town
Saturday.
Miss Inez Wooten and Mr.. E. L.
Rogers spent Sunday in Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ming Of Johnson
vile, spent the weekend here with
tie latter's sister, Mrs. c. N. Lam
bert.
Miss Blondell Cockfield was hostess
to the H. Y. w. club Thursday even
ing, at her home about three miles
from town. After the usual pleasant
hour spent with the needle and in
conversation, the guests enjoyed sew
elal interesting games Of rook and
progressive hearts, after which a de-
licious salad course was served, Miss
e. Ira Cox and Mildred Poston as
sisting in serving.
Mrs. L. G. Day charmingly enter
tained the club Thursday afternoon
of last week, at the home Of Mrs.
J. M. Eaddy. The reception hall and
parlor were beautifully decorated in
hyacinths, johnquils and ferns. "The
Love story" in song was greatly en-
joyed. Mrs. C. C. Campbell and Myr-
TIC Martin cut for prize, a box Of
Mary Garden Powder. The hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Eaddy and Miss Dess
Gowdy, served sn ice course. The
Invited guests were Mesdames G. B.
Ingraham and J. E. Hemingway.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Mrs. Madalyne Obenchain, charged
with the murder Of her sweetheart,
J. Bolton Kennedy, must 60 70 trial
a second time. The jury in her first
trial failed to agree and was dis
charged by Judge Reeve upon report
ing that it had been unable to agree
after being out nearly Sc hours, OF
which about "a were spent in actual
deiiberation. 1T took five ballots and
stood nine to three for conviction on
each. Two of the women jurors vot-
ca for conviction, the third for ac-
qufttal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

George l.. Hossfeld, worlds cham
pion typist, gave demonstrations in
Charleston at the Office Of the Un-
derwood Typewriter Company, and at
different schools, for the benefit OF
the business classes. Mr.. Hossfeld,
whose record of 1876 words a minute
was made with copy which he had
rot read.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Charles A. Clevenger, = former en-
ploye of the bond department Of the
treasury, and u. o. Wamsley, OF
Charlottesville, Va, are being held
under $4,000 bond each for action
of the grand jury on charges of con-
spring to dcfraud the government m
connection with the theft of $175,
'0eo in negotiable bonds from the
Liberty bond branch Of the federal
treasury last week.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Julian S. Carr, Jr., president of the
Dorham Hosiery Mills, and Known as
the Hosiery King, died in the Penn
sylvania Hotel in New York last
Friday. He was a son of General
Julian S. Carr, commander IN chief
of the Confederate veterans.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
"Our Mutual Friend"

Tomorrow friday night Mr.. c.
]. Thompson, manager of the Acade-
my theater, will show "Our Mutual
Friend" a perturbation of one Of
Charles Dickens famous novels. The
play will be shown in eight acts, be-
ginning at 8. o'clock sharp.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
To Be Married.

The Rev. and Mrs. n. c. Haddock
, Of Fair Bluff, N. c., announced the
engagement Of their daughter, Sena,
to Mr.. William D. Bryan Of Kings
tree, S. C. The wedding to tame
place in May.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Washington dispatch says: Trustee
ship for a third of the worlds gold
supply changes hads tomorrow when
r E. Scotey of San Anteni', Texas
succeeds Raymond T. Baker as direc-
tor of the mint. Gold sssets of the
mint service institutSons aggregate
5000, 100000. ;f5e world gold sup
ply is estimated st approximately $9,-
000,000,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

All American troops viii have left
Germany by July 1, under orders is
sued by Secretary Of War Weeks, by
direction OF President Harding. About
1000 officers and men are directly
affected az the remainder Of Major
General Aliens command m the
Coblenz bridgehead zone on the Rhine
already were under home orders.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

New York dispatch says: Claus A.
Spreckles, president OF the Federal
Sugar Refining Company, who has
Just returned from Europe, tonight
predicted an early drop in sugar
prices.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Robert Sharpe, a young white man,
VINO was charged with the killing Of
lis father several months ago, was
placed cn.trial in the court of gener-
a: sessions at Camden Saturday and
the testimony tended to show that
there was no doubt as to whether the
sen acted in the defense Of his moth
G.: in Staying his father and he was
convicted of manslaughter and was
sentenced by Judge Peurifoy, to serve
five years iE the penitentiary.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Archie Turner, tried for the mur-
Ger of Edwin White, If Marion coun-
ty and convicted Of manslaughter
last Friday, was sentenced tn serve
a term of twelve years in the peni-
tcntiary by Judge Thomas S. Sease'
The killing was done more than two
years ago and Whites body was
bound, weighted and sunk in the
river. Some weeks later the body was
discovered by fishing party. Suspi-
cion fell on the Turner's and the
fsther, Thomas, and his two sons
Mack and Archie, were arrested on
the charge of murder.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS
OF WIDE NTERERT
NEWS OF STATE AND COUNTRY
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
READERS.

Major Lee H. Coalt, planter and
former army officer, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the state pen
itentiary on conviction ct Talbotton'
Ga, of the murder of A. B. McNeice.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-23

Three million of the 100000 cars
in the United States are owned by
farmers. :
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
Condemned Boy Only Twenty
 Four Hours More

Washington, March 16-A- though determined efforts were being made today to save John McHenry, Connecticut youth from the gallows, it ap- peared certain today that the boy will hang unless President Harding intervenes. .
 McHenry was convicted of shooting a Washington auto dealer and killing a police detective who tried to arrest him. There is little hope of presi- dential clenency as MT. Harding once before declined to intervene.
 The youths plea that he wanted to live even if imprisoned so that he could devote his remaining years to the support of the relatives of the men he killed aroused the Anthony League and other organizations and they came to his assistance.
 John McHenry, of New London, son of the late Austin Rice, a famous box CT, twenty years ago, must die on the gallows for the killing of a Wash ington policeman and auto accessory dealer at the national capital Mo Henry was sentenced to die last week and on a final plea of his mother, Mrs. Rice was reSpited.
 McHenry was a wayward boy. im- bued with the mania of committing crimes He caused his parents much trouble and worry, and when he left his New London home he adopted the name of tMcHenry." Austin Rice and his widow were known by many Bridgeporters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16

The girl turned her head so that hhe rays of the street lamp, faint as they were, fell upon her. disclosing a sweet oval face, out of which the dark eyes gazed steadily at the man.
 And suddenly the man leaned for ward, staring for an instant, and then his hand went awkwardly to houch his cap.
 De White Moll!" he mumb1ed de- 6erentia1ly He pulled the peak of his cap down over his eyes in a sort tof shane-faced way. as though to avoid recognition, and, stepping, nearer. returned the purse.
 '' 'Scuse me. miss" he said uneasily to Gawd. I dtdn'ti 'scuse me, miss. Good-nightt"
 For q moment the girl stood there pnottonless looking down the alley fway after the retreating figure. From somewhere in the distance came the rumble of an elevated train. It drowned out the pound of the mans speeding footsteps; it died away it. sself-and now there was no other sound. A pucker, strangely wistful, scuriously perturbed, came and fur Irowed her forehead into little wrinkles and then she turned and walked slowly along the deserted btreet.
 The White Moll! She shook her head a little. The attack had not tdnnerved her. Why should it? It hvas simply that the man had not re- icognized her at first in the dark hess The White Mou here at night bn one of the loneliest, as well one Sf the most vicious and abandoned, quarters of New York, was as safe nnd inviolate as-as- She shook her head again. Her mind did not in- ktantly suggest comparison that seemed wholly adequate. The quicker heepened, but the sensitive, delicately Echiseled lips parted now in. a smile. Well. she was safer here than any nvhere elss in the world. that was all.
 Continued Tomorrow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
Noyak Held
 Under $2OOO

When the case of Axel Novak of East 18th street. New York, was called in the City court this morning, a. continuance was requested by the Detective bureau so that they might further investigate the case. The case was continued for one week, Novak being held in s2.0o0 bonds on a. technical charge of breach of the peace.
 Al complaint against Novak was registered yesterday at Police head quarters by an unidentified party who alleged that Novak had told him that he would turn $500 of his money into s10o0 by means of a special apparatus that he had invent ed. The unknown informer also told the detective bureau just where Mo- yak could be located with the result that a detective was sent out from headouarters to a Park avenue room ing house to fnvestigate the case
 Tn a satche1 found in Novak's room a quantity of paper cut the size of a bill was found along with a variety of inks and carbon paper. They also found a money press such as is used by swindIers. Novak was later taken into custody and when arrested pleaded to be let go, stating that he was innocent of any wrong-doing and had no designs on anybody.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
Famous Bill
 Introduced
 By Fordney
Ways And Means Com mittee Reports Favor able Action - First Step Toward Granting Compensation To Sol dierS.

Washington, March 16-The much contested soldier bonus bill was formally presented to the House of Representatives today by Chairman Fordney of the Ways and Means Commit tee, with a report attached ia vorably recommending it's adoption. The presentation to the House completes the first legislative step on the way to enactment
 A petition for a conference of Re- publican House members for next Monday night to consider the com promise soldiers bonus bill was put in circulation today by Representative Libeberger of California, a. former service man.
 Speaker Gtl1ett has indicated that he will rule adversely on a motion to bring up the bonus legislation Mon day under suspension of the rules. He asserts, however, that there is .nothing g to prevent the Rules committee from bringing in special rule under which the legislation would have precedence and could be brought up at any time the House desires.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
Two Sergeants Killed While
 In Hospital
Four Men In Disguise Enter Quiet Hospital
 And Riddle Members . Of Royal Constabulary With Bullets.

Galway, Ireland, March 16- Four men in disguise entered the St. Brides Home last night and shot and killed Sergeants Gibbons and Gilmartin and seriously wounded a constable. Just previously masked men entered the workhouse hospi- tai, and killed Patrick Cassidy, of Mayo.
 Two Were Killed. The two sergeants killed were members of the Royal Irish Constab- ulary. They were patients in the St. Brides Hospital Home which the at- tackers entered while the nurses were at supper and riddled the sergeants with bullets while they were in bed.
 Cassidy, an official of a congested district board. was undergoing treat ment for a wound which he sustained recently during an attack in his ward where Cassidy lay, with the other patients and shot him in the throat.
 The Irish Republican Army imne- diately sent out patrols but they had not discovered the attackers late this
 TRAIN HELD UP.
 A train proceeding from Belfast to Dup11u WHaS IA0xu uP VI ~AIC4dV O1S near Newry, this morning by an armed gang who seized and carried off the mails.
 The men stopped the train by way ing red lamp. Some boarded the locomotive and guarded the engine man and fireman while the others held up the postal staff.
 A similar holdup occurred yester- day on the Southern side of the border.
 Daylight Bombs.
 Belfast had the unusual experience today of daylight bomb throwing which resulted in the injury of IF persons, four of whom are seriously injured. No deaths had been record ed up to an early hour this after noon.
 A grenade was thrown during the noon hour into churchyard in the Bal1ymacarret district where soldiers are stationed. There were no cas- ualtieS.
 Two other grenades were thrown In the Seaford street area and it was here that all the casualties occurred.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
Singer Plans
 To Operate On
 Five Day Week

The report that the Singer Manu- facturing Company will operate for five days a week beginning next Mon day was confirmed today by the off, it is said. will be given to the em- p1oyees. This time they will be eff fected by 8 Is per cent. reduction. The perviouS cut given was g 16 2-S reduction, and the operation Of but three days a week. The new pro tually every employe of the factory. Under the schedule now in effect some of the executive and office force enjoy the old rate of pay. having escaped the first reduction given.
 George Flames. manager of the Bridgeport factory. in making a statement to representative of The Tines today, stated that while there was not any marked degree of orders that would warrant the operation of the factory for five days, he felt that the bottom of the slump had been reached.
 He stated that the unemployment siatuation had been of too long a duration here in Bridgeport, and that an arrangement whereby the employees would be enabled to ob- tain more wages was necessary. The feasibility of such a project was pos sfble only by such an arrangement as his factory intended adopting.
 The greater part of our machinery is ordinarily sold abroad MT. Flames poor to buy our machines. Germany is supplying the demand flor what ever the needs of Europe may be. Spanning the wartime period, in- cludtng the period. of prosperity inn mediately after the war, our factory number of hands employed is con- ~cerned."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
Coroner Holds
 Death Inquiry

Starting an imminent death hear ing yesterday morning at the plant Of the Bullard Machine & Tool com pany, and resuming the hearing yes terday afternoon in his court, Coroner John J. Phelan completed his inquest but a few hours previous to the death of Anthony Buffeno. 65, who died last night
 Buffeno, who was operating an cleo tric truck at the big Black Rock plant. was crushed between the truck and a grinding machine, horribly injured, and his death not unexpected. He lived at 429 Pequonnock street.
 Witnesses examined yesterday were F. B. Smith, 35 Maple street, Milford, works manager; F. R. Derrick, 409 Bruce avenue, Stratford, foreman of grinding department; Benjamin L.. Stearns, 384 Grover avenue; and A. E. Sundstrom, 45 Seabright avenue. The lead man had been employed at the plant for. five years, and none of the witnesses were able to explain the accident.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16

Washington, March 16 - Well, they've got me ready to die.
 "The priest has got mo read ing the Bible. Some of it's good stuff all right,
 'They hanged Jesus and He did not kill anybody. They've got a right to kill me, I guess, but God oughtn't to have let them kill Jesus. They kill you if you're good and they kill you if you're bad. There's a lot of killing stuff in the Bible.
 "Im glad they're going to kill me at last. It was no use keeping me alive.J A fat chance I've got of going to Heaven. Why didn't God give me a chance to make good here. They never gave me chance here and I'm going to Hell.
 Will Go Smiling.
 well. let them send me to He'll I'll go there smiling. I'm going to the gallows smiling. Why shouldn't I smile, maybe they know how to treat kids better in Hell than they do here. It can't be no worse than it is here.
 'I don't know why I've been a bad egg. don't know a lot of things. I can't understand this God stuff. don't know why they say they've got to kill me because I'm a bad egg and they tell me to pray seven days and God will forgive me. I didn't want to kill those men. I didn't want to kill anybody. Why didn't God give me a chance when was a kid. Why does he give me a chance just before I die?
 Jokes About Death.
 "I'd like to live so to show them maybe I'm not such a bad egg after all. But what's the use. I guess it'll hurt all right when they break my neck. A lot of people are coming to see them do it-WelT, I hope they'll enjoy it.
 They're going to give me good breakfast before they hang me. There's a lot of poor guys who're go- ing to live who'd like a good break fast We'll, what's the use.
 'fThey hanged Jesus because he was good and now they're going to hang me because Pm bad"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-16
SEVEN DAYS IN JAIL.

Charged with breach of the peace hnd assault John Kachman and Drank Cousins both of 364 Willard street. were sentenced to seven days kn Jail each in the City court this hnorning. The men ar ea1leged to lsarmed with an ice pick and the other with a knife when they were arrest red by officers from the Second Pre- scinct, yesterday afternoon They nefused to tell what the duel was zoVer.