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Rates on long term display advertisements very reasonable. For ates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY MARCH 20. 1&19. INEXCUSABLE BLUNDERS "Provision has been made by Surgeon-General Ireland for the care of insane patients who have cofne back from abroad. Arrangements have been made by the authorities of forty-four states to receive and care for soldier-patients from their if ovirlprirpi of insanitv existed prior to their enlistment." It will be noted by the above paragraph, taken from the General Welfare Dulletin of March 8th. that forty-four states have arranged to take off of the federal government's hand and care for their mentally afflicted soldiers "if evidence of insanity existed prior to their enlistment." If this isn't a severe slap in the face for members of local boards j and recruiting bureau officials of the United States war department then we fail to understand its meaning. In other words, it admits the incompetency of many of those intrusted with the duty of enlisting or selecting men for the army. It has been clearly demonstrated that this condition existed throughout the country, but until now we have seen no L J?if ktf fkAOA such open auuu&aiixi ui iv v; n.v.n high in authority. The requirements of the army and navy regulations concerning the phy- j sical and mental condition of their1 personnel is clearly defined and it's regidity precludes the enlistment or selection by recruiting officers or agenncies of any one who does not measure up to a certain prescribed i physical and mental standard. Why were these rules so flagrant-1 ly disregarded ? It's an easy matter to distinguish a man with an artificial, leg, a disa- : bled arm, or even a glass eye qualities that bar a man from enlistment, 1 and are infirmaties that can be detected at a casual glance, yet many j such men so afflicted were regarded ; as "select" men and inducted into < military service. Recruiting officers and local boards ' j were doubtless provided with doc-! i tors and scientific equipment for the!' quick and ready detection of con- j' sumption, tsrignt s cnsea.se, coior: ( blindness, defective intellect, epilepsy ( etc.. and yet they failed to detect j 1 these inequities in thousands of men. j| They were passed as "selectmen" ' and forced into military service, j < thousand of them have died and are i < buried in a foreign land, as a result! of the stupidity or disregard of the j army regulations on the part of;, those entrusted with the selection of j < men for the army under the select- : ive draft act. The crazv ones who I ? .1 % ' have survived the hardships to which , they have been subjected, and as a I consequence suffering a worse men- ' tal impairment are to be returned to 1 their respective states, by it to be eared for in asylums prepared for them. J Consumptives inducted into the service as "select" men have been , thrown with great bodies of other i men?fellow soldiers, and by spreading the germs of disease have prob' ably been, or will be the means of killing more Americans than their i sendees as soldiers accomplished with powder and ball in the distinction of the enemy they were forced to combat. This thing of having inexcusably * a- --- militorv inducted into or funsau n,. service in the army, men in advanced stages of consumption, cripples, imbeciles and incompetents is a stigma upon the United States and it's selection boards throughout the country which time cannot efface if it's history is correctly written. o How To Get Rich I)o you want to be a capitalist? It's easy. This is the definition of how capital is originally acquired, framed by Hartley Withers in his authorative textbook "Poverty and Waste." "Capital is defined by economists I as wealth set aside to be used in production. A certain amount of it is necessary before any industry can begin its work: because industry implies making or growing something, and during the process of making or growing, those who are at work have to be kept alive out of a stoif that has been set aside beforehand to that end. Professor ? lrnAtrn nvnmnlp i'k thill jof a member of a savage tribe, livj irg precariously on fish caught from ' I the rocks which jut into the sea,; which lays up a store of dried fish, :and keeping itself alive thereon,, ! makes himself a canoe, und thereaften can paddle in it out of the bank.which lie two or three miles from shore, where in one day he can get as much fish as he could catch from J ofi' the rocks in a week." "His store of dried fish was his, capital, which he reserved from con-. sumption and keot to live on while j making his canoe. Having done so, j he has put his capital into a canoe j and can let it out to his neighbors,; taking payment from them in the! form of part of their catch, on which I he can live, while he himself builds j more canoes and sells them in ex- j change for labor of the l-est of the, tribe. The point at which he left off being a 'wore hand-to-mouth worker j and consumer and became a capitalist. was when, instead of eating all j' the fish he caught, he saved some i I and dried them so that he might be \ kept alive while he earned out his i canoe-building venture. At ever}" j step of its progress. says Walker! again, capital follows on law. It I arises solely out of savings." Every man. woman and child can lay aside a part of the proceeds of his labor, beyond w*hat is necessary for his present maintenance, and thus start on the road to capital. The safest and soundest way of put- J ting aside your "dried fish" today j lies in the purchase of War Savings, Stamps. Even the smallest sums can . be put into Thrift stamps which grow into War Savings Stamps. Capital arises from thrift, and so thrift means future happiness. Some Bear Dope The following statement was given out today by the South Carolina Cotton Association: "As an illustration of the propaganda now being sent out by the cotton bears, the following is cited: "The movement for reduction in acreage in this section of the country may have some effect, but there is no such movement on hand in the j West where they have had good seasons and expect to plant a full crop! | This propaganda in the Southern States reads that there will be no reduction in the West and in the Western States it reads that there will be no reduction in the South. "Another big cotton firm sends out the following: "We are glad to note that you have been successful in your campaign to bring about a geneial reduction in acreage, but as written before, we are sorry to see it because we do not think it will be necessary, and if we are right in our views of the market, we believe that the prices prepailing around planting time will induce farmers to put i much larger acreage in cotton than originally contemplated." "As an illustration of information , sent by the New York firms the following was sent a leading business ] nan and planter in .South Carolina: C 'An opinion has been given by the I ittornoy for the Bureau of Markets >f the 1'nited States government J :hat all transactions in 'old style' I contracts (those trades made prior ( to March 1) must be liquidated be- 1 "ore May 1, 1919. All trades on hand ifter that date must be in 'new ( ?tvle' contracts liquidated by our ( customers. We must therefore re- { luest that you close out your.'old ityle' contracts in accordance with ( :he above ruling! ( "This is absolutely and positively 1 L-ontrary to the rulings of Mr. Brand I >f the Department of Markets. As i result of such incorrect information being sent out a vast amount of :otton was closed out. If such had ^ not been the case, the market would < nave shown a remarkable high level | before it would have been possible for the bears to have stopped the advance. j It appears that some people in the i State ara making a fight on the cotton association. The following letter < has been received from one man: "I J have asked several men tn nledtre . themselves to cut the acreage and , usow this letter: They say they wont pay anything for some big m3n to live without work and smoke his cigars on." The South Carolina Cotton Asso- ] ciation has 1.500 men who are giving untiringly and unselfishly of their work and services without remuneration. Their only compensation is their earnest desire to gain commercial freedom for the South and ! benefit our State and its citizenship. The central committee members 1 have been overtaxed and overwork- i ed. They arc paying their own ex- 1 penses and gladly rendering every ; cfftrt possible to push the work to i successful termination. in addition ; they have contributed of their own means to assist in the financial support. which is of course absolutely i necessary. O To stay at home evenings and try 1 to improve yourself your comrades < spend their evenings having a good time. I .1 (O <M .inaBfcW^ /. . \ I "PSW ii * il XJTiTT' r"T3fcr''; -.~ . " ' ". * .~. ~~? if - - :r** v - /?? -ff1- ?- ^5? ||| ' -? -_; w- -- ;?1 ? T-T/^vr/'in A //f /i II1UUU IVIUI The great comrv to bed when yoi T 1ST how long it takes to get I rested depends on how "deep" you sleep. Perhaps you are one of the lucky individuals who are "dead to t he world" when you sleep. But if you are only about half asleep all night, tossing about and waking at every little sound, you can stay in bed twenty-four hours and still need sleep. Sleeping soundly is a matter of getting perfectly relaxed. The slightest noise keeps the nerves alert. What you need for deep, sound sleep all night is a perfectly quiet bed and a spring that invites complete relaxation. That is why people sleep so much better in the Simmons Metal Bed and Slumber King Spring. Three car loads ol SI are n. I Kingstree SIMM g j$i Statement of The Condition of Statement of T THE BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG THE BANK 01 located at Kingstree, S. C., at the . . . . - . , busgess^March^4, drafts,<liSC0Unt!::" S4f# 69T 26 *?? londs and Stocks Owned , V by thr Hank. 60 800 00 ',0," ?a"l S,ocks urniturr &.fixtures 5 006 98 v, Ii *177.', lanking House, 9 tin 13 p!l{ . H )ther real estate owned 2 1 46 62 ,^-,1 " >ue from Banks and n <V rSS? Bankers, ___ 18 224 48 ' Currency. 8 916 00 rn'renei jold, 100 00 ?M Ci', ~A;r? silver and Other Minor Slfe ani! 0th?V /I i? o*71 1 ~ VjUin? ? _. ~ Checks and cash i .hecks and cash items 3 219 09 0ther Resources x Other Resources viz.: Liberty Bonds, _. iVar Savings Stamps, 296 60 ' Joy's Big Club. 109 28 Total Total $685 839 88 ' . , 0 '''AP1-1 _ . Capital Stock Pan LIABILITIES 'Surplus Fund, ? Japital stock paid in.. $100 000 00! Undivided Profits, Surplus F und, 8 000 00 j Current Expens( Undivided Profits, Less taxes Paid, Current expenses and j nue to Banks' and taxes paid 6 283 31 , crSi [)ue to bank & bankers 400 00 Dividends Unpaid, ndividual deposits sub- ! Individual Deposit ject to check 173 888 70 I Subject to Ck.__ ( Savings deposits 231 770 76 , Savings deposits.^ Cashier's checks, 497 11 ;Time certificates Uasheir's Checks, 497 11 | of Deposits. Sotes and Bills Redis- Cashiers checks... counted 10 000 00 : Cashier's Checks, 406 156 57, Notes and Bills Re- 'Notes and Bills R< discounted, 10 000 00 discounted [Jills payable, including i Dills payable, Inc certificates for money i certificates for borrowed 155 000 00 j borrowed ! Total $685 8.?.9 88 J Total , Btate of South Carolina, i State of South Cs County of Williamsburg, ss: | County of Wi Before me came E. C, EPFS, Cash- | Before me came iers of the above named bank, who, Cashier o? the at jeing duly sworn, says that the w*ho, being duly above and foregoing statement is a above and foregoi true condition of said bank, as true condition of s shown by the books of said bank. by the books of s; E. C. EPPS, D. C Sworn to and subscribed before! Sworn to and me this 15th day of March, 1919. ! me this 12th day J. D. O'BRYAN, | N'otory Public for South Carolina., Notory Public f CHAS. W. STOLL, F. E. HUGGINS, J. F. McFADDEN, 1 H. C. BAKER, W. V. STRONG, . ' W. C. HEMINGW Directors. Directors. f I 7 Sleep dc \on sense of the human i ire tired; get up when THE Simmons Metal Bed is noiseless. It locks firm at the corners. The corner locks are made of pressed steel?have much longer bearing surfaces than the average? fit true and snug?not a creak, rattle or feeling of unsteadiness. These patented corner locks have made possible the Three-piece Bed? the new Simmons idea?the spring forming a single unit with the side rails. THE Slumber King Spring really does what you have always wanted a spring to do. It yields to the weight of the body, but supports it. It fits square on the bed. It docs not sag, hump?or lose its resiliency. It is always a fjthese Beds, bought st ow on hand and for sa Furniture < OINS ] /> t iilt Jor oleei he Condition of ????????? ? HEMINGWAY fway, S. C., at the Tky^ larch 4, 1919. J yf 5j A LIRCES A A < ts $156 436 89 10 101 60 Owned 150 00 res 858 70 2 881 52 owned 3 741 27 HAN and BE HALF 13 666 29 rry yn 41 Minor ' "? ?? I.AKGEB I 2 136 27 AN* items. 5 800 00 ERING TE i7": r T>i WE CL.U! AND mosi 203 746 54 THE STA1 LITIES DEAVOR i in, $ 15 000 00 TEOUSLY. 10 000 0Q. 0UR DEpi Jfa nd i TION-BU 1 328 90. HALF. AS Bank- j OUR CUS1 8 441 82 OUR REPl s '4 00; WILL TEL 50 6 8 0 42 ! bank 493 51 __ . 493 51 D. C. SCOTT, Prei 106 550 30 i F. W. FAIRY, ? > 351 .V>' R> D' MILLS, Alluding ' money 60 000 00 ! IQflKP""1 LOOP liiamsburg. ss: nriKimiKB THEF I). G. HIT,GINS, miWMl TRAD] love named bank, ivom, says that the "Mm ng statement is ai ff\ rf' aid bank, as shown J jjg flfe&lmS U AlM subscribed' before jfflShootinl j or South Carolina. 8 ii i I' -i ) YouNeed * jj ace says ?"Go j| you're rested" ! c _i -r_ r_ i. _: r ? i ? <sl in in, cidMic j<mi11tianoil iur inc mil* 1111 tress. It invites sound, health- lujj giving sleep. It is rust-proof. It HI has no loose ends or rough corner*? HI cannot wear or tear the ticking. III ail Hi THE hard work and nervous nf strain of these days forces HH attention to sleep. m The Simmons Metal Bed and H Slumber King Spring are what you HI are looking for?made to incite HI sleep. HI We have them in a wide choice Ha of beautiful styles in brass?and in an enamel in colors and natural wood effects at prices no higher than for Kg ordinary beds. HI Come in and let us show them vj* to you. p I 'l/v/ \ Di ;vci<ii \ta13 a&wi le by A Company, j BEDS aking Good" ING NERVE TO TACKLE THE JOB MAY THE BATTLE, BUT HAVING THE ABIL* naive, uuup ijn mr. </inr.K amj IALF. BODY CAN MAKE CLAIMS. "DELIVIE GOODS" IS WHAT WINS SUCCESS. VI TO HAVE ONE OF THE SOUNDEST r RELIABLE BANKS IN THIS PART OF E. WE CLAIM WE USE EVERY ENTO TREAT OUR CUSTOMERS! COUKWE CLAIM THAT THE WELFARE OF OSITORS IS OUR FIRST CONSIDERAr THE CLAIM IS ONLY THE SMALLER ; TO THE LARGER HALF. ASK ANY OF OMERS. WE ARE WILLING TO RISK TATION ON THEIR JUDGMENT. THEY L YOU WE HAVE "MADE GOOD". : OF KINGSTREE sident. , Cashier. BOYLE SINGLETON, Bookkeeper. , Cashier, .MRS. J. C. KELLY. Bookkeeper, | DISSOLUTION NOTICE IDBML I Notice is hereby given that the ^ L MARK /M copartnership of Prosser & Poston, S 11| doing a general merchandise busibWWL 88 ness at Johnsonville, S. C., has been miflition H H dissolved by mutual consent. The si| business is now conducted by Prosl?i(5lif El cr ^ ^on' Prosser having pur I II ^ i VIIUOUI mv 1IUUCCV VI X-.. V. 1 VSIVI1. ' All obligations of the old firm have ? | been assumed by the present owners, j E. F. PROSSER. -- -