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\ v GAMBLING IN FUTURES . ii . .. . .. i 1 r U!J Suiiin Laruiina siaiuits ruruiu me k Practice. , t PENALTY FINE AND IMPRISONMENT ? ^ All Participants Are Guilty?Having an Office and Posting Quotations I Sufficient Evidence on Which to " Base a Case. pee Die Advocate. Editor Pee Doe Advocate: Isn't 1 thei'o a law against gambling in cut ton F futures in this state or running a.j bucket shop or office where such gambling is allowed, or wheio orders jr. are taken for dealing in futures, such ^ as the so-called "exchange" now being r?< run in Hennettsville? Citizen, i !fl There is a very stringent law against n dealing in futures or conducting of- 1 ti< is or agencies for such dealing. The w lew, copied from the criminal code is <? published below.?Editor. !i ! tl Section 2G2. It shall be unlawful for any person, association of persons, or w corporation, either as principal orjai j.ifi.ni i.i establish. maintain or operate ' mi office or other place of business in, 11 this state for the purpose of carrying, tc on or engaging in the business for- t bidden by Sections 263 and 264, com- 1 IV nionly called dealing in futures or st margins. Section 263. Every contract or agree- M nil ut. whether or not in writing, ai v. hereby any person or corporation ai shall agree to buy or sell and deliver, s< or sell with agreement to deliver, any m Wheat, cotton, coin or other com-; H modily, stock, bond or other security st to any other person or corporation, ai when in fact it is not in good faith in- m tended by the parties that an actual delivery of the articles or things shall I tl be made, it is hereby declared to be ci unlawful, whether made or to he per- at formed wholly within this state, or g< partly within and partly without thisicj state; it being the intent of Section n< 262 to 270 to prohibit any and all contracls or agreements for the purchase e? or sale and delivery of any commodity r.l or other thing of value on margin, ol commonly called dealing in futures, el w hen the intention or understanding of m the parties is to receive or pay the dif- W ference between the agieed price and w tho marke t price at the time of settle- ? in -tit: Provided, that nothing herein,' - . ... It contained shall he construed to appiy, if= to transactions by mail or wire be- 5 tween iK'jsons in this state and per- c sons outside of ibis state, where the R prison outside of this state is not rep- p resented in this state by any broker, j apent or attorney in said transaction. ? Section 264. Every person who shall' ? become a ptirty to any such contract : or agreement, as is bv Section 262 and i ; 262 made unlawful, and every person fe who shall as a pent, directly or in-, s directly, participate in makinp or fur- g thcrinp or aflfectuatinp the same and I i very a pent or officer of any corpora- I tion who shall in any way knowinply E aid in makinp or furtherinp any 'such contract or aprcement, shall be deem- l i-d puilty of a misdemeanor. ; Section 265. Xo person shall be ; excused on any prosecution under See- : lions 262 to 264, inclusive, from testifying touchinp anythinp done by himself or others contrary to the provisions of said sections. ; p b Section 266. In all prosecutions pro d p tiiat a defendant was a party to a, con- ; tract, as apent or principal, to buy or j s< H and deliver any article, thinp or ? property specified or named in Sec- ; tions 262, 263 and 264, or that he was ' the apent, directly or indirectly, of any 5 party making, furtherinp or effectuat-1 5 inp the same, or that he was the apent ^ or officer of any corporation or asso- ^ ciatjon of persons in makinp,"further- j; inp or effeetuatinp the same, and that fthe article, thinp or property apreed to p i .. ...ia -.n.i ,i..llvered was not actually p delivered, unci that settlement was t made upon the difference in value ofj g the said article, thing or property, C shall constitute against such defendant ? j> una facie evidence of guilt of the of- j? f-n. es prohibited in Section L'<;3 and E Section Proof that anything of ^ value agreed to he sold and delivered ? was net actually delivered, and that ' |j one of the parties to such agreement di posited, or secured or agreed to de- F posit or secure, what are commonly ; known as "margins," shall constitute] prim;' facie evidence of a contract de dared unlawful by the terms of See- I lion J J Section .'IS. Proof that any person, ; association of persons or corporation.] ? either as principal or agent, has es- j tablishcd an office or place where arc posted or published from information received tile fluctuating prices of cot- p ton, main, provisions, stocks, bonds, or |}i other commodity or tilings 01 vmur, jt cither <>f them. sh;ill constitute prima ,t I'nc'e evidence of guilt "f the offense or j; offenses in Section !: S'-ction Sections to 27", in? J | elusive, shall not be so construed us to j. prevent or render unlaivful the posting |! or publishing of market quotations or prices of commodities, stocks, bonds and securities by any regularly or-, go nixed commereittl exchange or otlor bona tide trade organization in which no purchase or sale for future delivery on m.lljflll is p? rinuu ii. II Section -7". Any person or pel suns Ktiilt> of iIk* violation of any of the j provisions of Sections I'liL' to J7". in- 'j elti-'ive, shall, upon conviction. !? flicd . not less than one hundred dollars J ($|ooi nor more than five hundred j ? dollars and he imprisoned in j the discretion of the court. |i Bathing Suits.?TP. Kiupiirer nan i! has heen asked what can he done to i t radieate the hatliiin: suit evil. II |i does not know, hut lie _;lll -a t he' 1 uhout the best way to eradicate tie-j i-1 0 athing suit evil is to have n frosty tornins and a skim of ice over the Kind. Cilmei Lynn Xishet. who thinks le> hows as much about bathing suits s the Kn<|iiircr mail knows about hem. says that a go?>d way to eradiate the bathing suit evil is to put the . onien in a pond ail to themselvs nd to j?ut the men by themselves in pond over the hills and far away roin the <>ne the women are swiinaing in.?Monroe (N. C.,) Knquirt#. DOC SHUFFIELD PASSES riend of East Side Bums Has Gone West The How cry mourns tlie (Kissing o| toe Shuffield. writes O. <). Mclnt.vre, a w York newspaper man. lie was a sholarly gentleman, who drcigge-d own by drink, cast his lot with the otsam and jetsam spewed up by Chiatown and the Ear.t Side. His "office" was in The Alligator, here for five .cents in the old days lie might buy a shot of third-rail quor and occupy the "flop room" in i? rear at night. His iKitirnts wore those sodden iceks who heard strange whispers I night us the result of drink and le victims of the "Muck smoke" of te Chinese opium joints. He minis red, ton. to the white wives of hinese who bore half-caste children, ?r he once occupied a chair of obctries in a London hospital. Near The Alligator was Callahan's lission. John Callahan was a drunkrd and thief who had gone straight ad devoted his life angling for lost mis in that wayward quarter. His lission was once McGuirk's Suicide all, so named'liecauise soiled doves > often quaffed their last drink there ad left in clanging ambulances, their louths burned with acid. Doc SufTicld would never go ihto le mission himself to join the coffee ip mourners?who came to mourn ad get free coffee?but he uf'eii stug red t< the entrance with some blear ed sinner and bowed him in. Doc ?ver lost his gentlemanly demeanor. At night at The Alligator, surround1 by befuddled denizens and in an e'Oiioiic haze himself, he would talk k'arnod topics in the English of his assies. He had known Whistler and any other notables, including Oscar "ilele. Once a drink-crazed dock allojier slit the* throat of J'ete. the HOR < I } With the Fall Seasoi : est ebb. As the I We are offering the j Lad t Ready-t J Having recently p 3j of Ladies' and Misses Millinery we are pre \ any Garment you ma; J V I Jumper In Red Blue, Brown Black, in Jersey c priced at? pj A j a /tk/l A $4.9b, $b.bU, You v/ill be pleas style and quality of but the Price, too, \ you. Wearing apparel t the cost of last year. J I v < v I ROCK HII u ! i ,! u u & a u 2j2 .\ 5 fi a .\ 3 u Ilkalm it i bar-tender. and Doc popped the flo\ of blood and saved his life. So ever after that when slummer uagld gather around Doe Shtiffiel and attempt to make sport of hln t'etc would leap over tlve counter wit huns'-stai tor in hand. Doc was a pic 111r< sqiie figure wiin nis nign nsn, sou eel white vest. and iron gray sid whiskers. He was never known t ask a fee on the Bowery?all he want rd was drink to hint out the past aiv he managed to get all he wanted o | that. ) STATISTICS ON AGES Census Bureau Makes Announcemen r . ? i l_ C-..4L. OT Itueresi in ouu> According t?? the census of 1920, 40. per cent. or aliout two-fifths, of th I km i >li* in the state of South Carol ir.. lire either infants or children untie tifleen years of age; 10.9 per cent ar young people fifteen <o nineteen year old; 33.8 per cent, about one-third, ar .men anil women in the prune of lift being irom twenty to forty-four year ! old. while 14.4 |?er cent, b.'ing iforty five years of. age and over, are wel 'along in middle life if they have no reached old age, according to an an nounceim lit by the bureau of the cer. i csii.s, United States Department o Commerce. The uiKi.n population as compare) with the rural shows some rathe j striking differences in age, the per l.tcatage twenty to forty-four yearx o age being 4.1.2 for the urban popula ' tion :ls compared with 31.8 for th* . rural, while the percentage under flf , teen years of age is 30.2 in the urbai population xgan is t 43.1 in the rural These differences may indicate 'large : families of children in the countr; than in the city, but probably indicab also tiic fact that country children a: they grow up have a Undent v to flocl to the cities, thereby increasing t'n* pctive adult population of the citie: at tbe expense of the rural districts Over two-fifths of the population 40.3 per cent, are old enough to vote being twenty-one or over, and in thii class the men and women are prac ; cally eiiual in number. The males o military or fighting age. eighteen ti forty-four, constitute 30.5 per cent, o the male population and 18.2 per cen of the total population. ? Now that a dollar is worth money it doesn't seem to care to visit a poo j tnan. 5 SM5 MM UMAM&mM E'S W FOR i here we have our stoi market is advancing e\ following in new fresh lies' o-Wear lut in a complete line >' Ready-to-Wear and pared to furnish you y want. Dresses Jade, Tomato and >r Serge. Specially $6.95, $7.50 ed with not only the our Ready-to-Wear, vill more than please ' V sjg j. his season is far below ^ | TH X, S. C. 1 2 u iih liu l\h Irj lu1 && ?.ii iiuJul iiu 2 V SINFULNESS OF HOARDING 4 /_ S Idle Money Means Both Folly and (I Danger. ), Tt. is commoc. enough to find bankh ors and writers in financial papers - advising inrmera i" ihiuuiiikc uh: - banks, and the advice is doubtless, e none II.e less)valuable because of the 0 banker's financial interest which is - involved. Hut no self-interest atil taches to a. sermon gainst- hoarding if which is preached by a farmers' paper, j Wallaces' Farmer (l)es Moines). This editorial on "The Sin of Hoarding" is prompted by the writer's conviction 1 that there are in many communities t men who are sinning against ihemI selves and their follows by keeping <; ft mil $200 to $10,000 around the house; r "they are laboring under the impres, | si on that things are going to get worse ,.; and worse until the, final crash comes e i and that thenlltey will he at a j>ecus liar advantage because they have a e 1 stock of hard cash on hand." The . i jx)int is that? s Cash kept around the hou:>e is dead _ : money.' Cash deposited in the bank is 1 live money. A dollar of cash deposited t , in the hank serves as a source of from . $5 to $10 of credit. The man who I 41 AAA -- ?...?,1 4V.r. Iwi..... I.. in KCCpS aiVUUU. niv- ikiuoc j.->, in ( i effect, preventing1 five to ten other men j from l?orrov/inff $1,000 each from the j hank. We suspect that there is at ,, least $5,000,000 in the state of Iowa being kept out of conciliation l>y timid C hoarders. This $5,000,000 if it were put in the Imnk would serve as a source of from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of credit, and would go a long 1 way toward relieving the present critical situation. r | Never keep more than $50 in rash around the house, and if you can get j | along with as little as $10, by all s j means do so. If you have large (juan( tities of money on hand there is al? 1 ways danger of losing it by robbery , ! and lire. But the btggest reason why all surplus money should iind its way into the lwrnk as promptly as possible is that the banks are credit factories, j, and the raw material of the credit . | which they manufacture is ha.rd cash, f Remember that the bank makes out , ! of every dollar of cash which you def I>o.sit, from $5 to $10 worth of credit, t We are satisfied that if only one-half of the money which at present is being hoarded in the United States were deposited with the Irjnks that credit j could be increased to such an extent I that prices would rise by from 5 to F H ' SATURDAY re filled with new season rery day it is to your int< merchandise at a very h Cotton ( 1 ~n: value Suiting, per yard .. 1 ">< Apron Check Gingham, i 1 ")c Solid color White Outing lor heavy Alottlcd Outings, a oli-ineh Bleaching, per yard oh-ineh Heavy Domestic, per ofi-inch Percales, per yard o(i-inch Heavy striped Out in 2()e value Dress Gingham, pe !>.">< value Dress Gingham, ya 2oe Fruit of the Loom Bleach .'?">< Kiddie Cloths, per yard . Woole All new patterns in Frei and Poplins?Just the thing $1.00 !>() in. All Wool French $1.f)0 40 in. Wool Serge or Po $2.00 o4-in. Wool Serge, per > Men's Cl( If it is a new Suit you wz Clothes are the Clothes witl tee to them. They possess b Men's Suits specially prl $12.50, $15.00, $20.00, $ vl^fran ,T1VI VU.il [E HOME OF LUjLiu M it'j U.. u ; :iU..'i.S ' ? U I*U I 1 " I | 10 per cent. The man who keeps his money about the house is helping to :,hol(l prices down. , m , WIZARD WITH A PEN i Englishman of Elizabeth's Time Did | Work Never Equaled. England at one time possessed a penman capable of rivaling Nessi Effendi Markarem, an Arab now on a ; visit to Cairo with specimens of his ' art, including a grain of rice on which - . ? ," -J ~ HG nils wrmen inu wuiua nuiu ? ?.. I Koran. Peter Bales, as we learn from j Hollinshed's Chronicle, put in the compass of a silver penny more things j than fill several ordinary pages, and 1 presented Queen Elizabeth with the manuscript set in a gold ring and covered with a crystal, together with ai magnifying glass so powerful that the queen could -gasily decipher the manuscript which she held on her thumb! nail and commended the same to the lords of the council and the ambassai dors. Bales subsequently issued* a challenge "to the Englishmen and strangers" to write, for a pen of gold of 20 pounds, value, in all kinds of ' hands, "best, straightest and fastest," J and most kinds of ways, "a full, a j mean, a small, with line and without ! line; in a slow set hand, a mean facile ( hand, and a fast running hand," and , further, to write "truest and speediest, I most secretary and clearlike, from a j man's mouth, reading, or pronouncing either English or Latin." Another writing master, David JohnI son, accepts the challenge, and the 1 contest opened on Michaelmas day, 1595. before five judges and a hundred spectators. Bales was adjudged the [ winner in all three sections, though the competition in "writing sundry kinds of fair hands" proved a near tliin#? for liim. He gained pomis im the beauty and "most authentic proportion" of his "Roman hand," but Johnson scored more marks in court h*nd and in "bastard secretary" hand. Bales, being then on his mettle, presi cnted his "Master Piece," composed of "secretary and Roman hand four ways ! varied," and offered to forego all his previous advantages if Johnson could J better it. This proved impossible, so Bales carried off the gold pen and had it painted and set up for his sign.? Manchester Guardian. ? Germany gets on her feet while we j get on our ear. end" a \-r -r-v T* JT AINU Mur able merchandise that w erest to buy what you wi )w" price: ioods 10 Cts. find. 10 Cts. yard 10 Cts. II colors 10 Cts. 12 1-2 Cts. yard 121-2 Cts. .1 15 Cts. gs, yard 15 Cts. '- i in nfo 1' \ il I'll xv/ v/ ww. i d 25 Cts. ing, yard 20 Cts. 1 : 25 Cts. ns ich and Storm Serge for that new dress? Sorgo, yard 75 Cts. pi in, yard 98 Cts. *ard $1.50 ithing int the STYLEPLUS i an ironclad guaran- . I oth style and quality. ced at 30.00 and $35.00 itile C REAL VALl * ~m~ iLutTu iin iu 1H liu iLiTtili' ZuTiOr j?h ifiiTinj iTri aiTS STUDIES IN : NATURAL HISTORY ; r ?? i I By JAMES HENRY RICE, Jr. J 1 , i THE AMERICAN CROCODILE A true Crocodile inhabits the rivers and lagoons of southern Florida, its northern limit being Lake Worth. This species is abundant in the waters of Venezuela, Columbia and Ecuador.' Florida waters were probably peopled by Crocodiles swimming across the Gulf from South America. These reptiles are fond of salt water and have been found some distance from land in the waters of the Gulf. The extreme length of this specimen is fourteen feet. The h^ad shows a marked difference in form from that of the Alligator. The snout is sharp and triangular, ending in a small rounded protuberance on its top. Like Alligators, however, the Crocodile has five toes on the front feet and four on the hind ones. There is no bony nasal septum, as in Alligators. j The northern limit of the Crocodile i is fixed by temperature. When sub- ^ jected to a; temperature below 45 t degrees, Fahrenheit, the Crocodile be- 1 comes helpless, sinks to the bottom * and drowns. The Alligator fills his J lungs with air, closes a valve and, sinks quietly, being capable of a long hiber- c nation with no distressing conse- j quenceg. g Difference in Disposition.' a In disposition there is a marked difference, which one would do well to consider, for neglect of it might easily 2 cost him his life. The Crocodile is v treacherous, savage in disposition and enormously agile, being able to throw 8 himself far forward and strike with a almost incredible swiftness. The first t immi in in nil hi an MHiiMaiiMii NOW'S THE TIME TO I WE HAVE A COMPLETE I BOTH SINGLE AND D SACRED LILLIES, TULIPS i PHONE NO. 65. WE'LL H THE REXALL (JITY PBJ 8TORE Prompt and Accurate Service I IlilWIWI?IW Wl?WFWPWPWWHIPW SPEC1 i I WAY as bought while the marl ill need while ^ou can ge SHO We are prep show you any shoe that y< want in Ladie or Children's. ii Specially pri $1.50, $1.98 $3.50, $4.95 and $8. ompair JES GASTOF . >low Is delivered with the tall, which tuns the victim;.alter that the teeth md jaws come into play. ' ' While there is only one other living ipecies of. Alligator . besides our pwn, Crocodiles abound all . over the ihot jai ts o^the globe, in^both the Old and ?lew Worlds. The other apeelea of llligator (Alligator sinensis), is. found n China. ' ? , Little Known of.Breeding Habits. There has been little published about , he breeding habits of the ;AmeHcan Crocodile. Whether It deposits Its ;ggs in sand or not, as does the Ejjypta (UoMfnra ft* ^rffltfpr 1?LII V/I ULUUI1C AO, vuci v*vt v, ? >f conjecture. The .information may ihortly be forthcoming1. The presence of the Cro*eodJle : In Florida was discovered only In MTfiby ny good friend, Dr, WUllam T, Hornalay, who.took, two fine specimens in \rch creek, at the head of Biscayne >ay. The bull was fourteen feet, two nches long. Thi9 was one of-tfcejnany >riiliant contributions to science < of his distinguished American zoologist. One of the oldest writing* known to nan, the Book of Job, describee the Crocodile. As the Crocodile-is not ound in Palestine and is found i in 3gypt, this description i?. given as- one svldence that Moses wrote the-Book of ob, as he was quite familiar, with the kuna of Egypt. Says tha-book: - Job Mentions Crocodile. Canst thou draw out leviathan wjth i hook? or his tongue with a c?rd vhlch thou let test down??His scales ire his pride, shut up together as with l close seal. One is so near another hat no air can come between them, ["hey are Joined one to another, they ttlck together, that they ean noh:b* lundered.?Jjay thine hand upon hUn, emember the battle, do no more."-* The metes and bounds of the Croeoliie's habitat have been fixed. His rame denies a wider range to' the lorth. How easily and deftly nattire ettles such questions Is a marvel,and i mystery as well, * A Different Job. ? "Aw- .r-w-W!" Tumbled the hired man. "Rome rtisn't built in a day!" - j "Well, you ain't buHcHn* 'Rome," arcastically responded the astute grarian. "You're ahuekln', or trpiatin' a man that is shuck In', corn." tTrrwwc 5TART YOUR BULBfi ! LINE OF HYAC1NTH?T OUBLC?ALL COLORS; \ND NARCISSUS, EAR YOU. LEMACY J- "R'son, Proprietor j | . CLOVER, ?. C. ?J wmmmmmmmmmmmmrnrn KXZW 5 m m rniwimwm j ALS j ret was at its low- -?f t these low prices. I E S >ared to ] ij kind of I >u may I s', Men's 1 ced at I >, $2.48 i I i, 6.50 1 ffli; ou 5d i MA, N. 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