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V . i,HE ^ m'TOFOTSIXESS >.'.. - ^ , ; ?!? Tho criminal \ investigation and prosecution department of one of the ^ leadnlg commercial organizations co.ufeed the arreBt during i^ho lost two v wv.dRs of 13 men who were operating 18 companies .in eight different States for Uie purpose of defrauding sup-j pliers of merchandise. Nof'only haVej these men" been apprehended, butj . Jthey have been indicted and a confes-i " sion seoured from several of them, and in all probability they will be successfully prosecuted. ' An investigation in trailing two of the swindlers in Chicago followed them to a bank and discovered them Copying: names out of a mercantile . ' (agency book-which was lying on a table *in< the same fashion as it is customary for drug stores to permit cus-j torpors .to use a city directory. The W.' men kept at. their task tor ovei an hour, securing a list of several tW&ttl'red wpll-rated concerns. This was to be a part of the "sucker" list tootle used in mailing their next batch of borders,- and they' knew, according to experience, that they would receive the goods ini t'ht; majority of instances,' fbr credlt 'men have been* very reaiillyl fotiied by their syptein. ' . . . v*. . I ' ' ,tti ? These crooks, (as usual, were also ' using the names of welj-rated concerns in placing the c)r^l<yrs and sectoring possession of the gopde by having them shipped to an address which was being temporarily rented for the purpose. In schemes of this kind the orders are invariably placed with manufacturers of different classes of wearing apparel, woolen and dry goods manufacturers and Jobbers, and credit men who are in the employ of houses in these trades should be exceedingly cautious when they receive an order which ?s unsolicited, and under no circumstances should delivery be made until the street ad* dress has been confirmed. "When 13 men enter into partnership with the sole purpose to defraud credit grantors it is about time for every credit manager to recognize '.y this growing evil and to appoint himself a committee ol one to stamp out I the practice. The fact is that this type of- criminal is doing a thriving and profitable busniess, due entirely to the carelessness of credit men, for if they made the plotter investigation the fake orders would never be honored. There are many similar eases under investigation and prosecution throughout tho United States, and it is very likely that when the figures aro c<>m, "*"1 piled showing the losses during 1921 resulting directly from fraud that they will pxceed all previous records. COURTESY AND MODESTY ..(By John D. Mell, President of the Georgia Baptist Convention.) The Old South has long since been dead, und only a faint memory of it aiOAv remains in the minds of men. There are among us just a few old men and old women who lived in it, suffered for it, and still intensely love it. But they are fast pussing on, and in a few years will all be gone, and then none will be left to revere it. The world would he infinitely better Off, and life would be sweeter happier, it some of tin* things that lived in th6 Old South would never df<-. 1't had many high and holy customs in the daily life of its children, lfut its chief glniy was the gentle courtesy of its men, and the sweet modesty of its women. Its men each day were gentlemen in the noblest sense, and its women each day \yere modest in the holiest sense. Ilcversacred things, respect for ago, 7>*hshed urbanity of manner, sweetn^ss?o>f temper, and deep, abiding, pure homage for woman were the ineffaceable dualities of the mimfsj .and hearts of the men' of those^days.' And the women, in the finest upd holiest sense, wore worthy of the men/ They held In their characters, and deep in their souls, that sweet modesty \yliich j is the effable glory of the pure wo-! man. The briizen look, th?? r?j)int<?d f5mo, tho indecent dress, wore as ijviposslble for the women of the Ohl( Mouth, as they are for tije angels in heaven. ... , And they ought to be Jmpossiblft among us today. Somebody ought .-to teach some of our young women about the finer and happier things of life they are missing. Jed has linked courtesy and modeaty together, just as lie has linked the destiny of the man and tho wo,.J,_ *n?n together. When modesty dies, courtesy dies also. When there are in tbin world no more modest women, . . there will then lie in this world no gentlemen.. ' ^ / ^v-t'.^he'ye oufefit to be preached In the ptklplts and taught In the schools, and ^abdvo ail," lived In the homes, a re? ^^ ? ' *.MfiVial of the old>fashioned courtesy . A and modesty of the Old South. If our hoys are not to be 'courteous any ' more, and our^ girls -are not to' bemodest any more, then most of tho hope and the happiness of life are mum .>" " i-i1, ' -* ' *i. . - .k, . * ' \V'y! ; s.'.T.cg .JEWISH RELIEF. i ; Charleston. February 14.?The advisory board of the South Carolina Jowslli Relief Committee, consisting principally of the Jewish Rabbis of the State, has addressed a letter to all clergymen of the State asking them to appeal to their congregations to contribute toward the fund being raised in the State for relief of Jewish war sufferers in Europe. The letter follows: "Never in the history of suffering humanity has such a heart-rending crv reached our ears as that of the un fortunate Jewish victims. The unspeakable horrors and untold crimes perpetrated aguinst them in Russia, Polland, Hungary, and other European lands make one's hair stand on end. More than a million men, women and children have been done to death in the Ukraine alone, and of those who still survive we may say with a reliable eye-witness that if the ten plagues of Egypt were multiplied tenfold they would not begin to measure the'misfortunes that have overwhelmed them. . ".To save alive, those who have, not yetV perished from hunger, exposure and disease, and to .take care of the hundreds,of .thousands of the helpless: and homeless orphans, it id necessary to raise a minimum of $14,000,000. The .lews of America are dnimr their utmost to come to the rescue of their unfortunate co-religioiiists across the Atlantic. But the need is so great thnt they find themselves compelled to appeal to those who are not of their faith. May we theerfore ask you to appeal from your pulpit to the charitable and generous of your congregation to join us in this act of humanity, and help us save men. women and children from perishing? Will you not ask them to come forward with their bounty and send us in their contribution before it be too late?" Husbanding Her Resources He was cycling through a quaint, old-fashioned village, when he was thrilled by the sound of a woman's cry for help, followed by the muffled tones of a man's voice. He quickened his pace, to find a woman holding on to the handle of a cottage door, while from within it was evident that somebody was endeavoring to force it open. "Ojve me a hand mister." she cried. "I daren't let him come out!" The cyclist dismounted and by adding his strength to that of the woman the door was kept closed. "Your husband I suppose?" he said. "Yes," was the breathless reply. He's got one of his crazy fits today." "Well, I should think you would be nle.'tSoH In let him our " "Not till tliis policeman's passed," panted the woman. "You see. Bill's very nasty with policemen when he's like this, and this one's valuable to lose. 1 do his washing." Question ol" Defense. It was his belief, the general continued, that in disposition of the properties at-Muscle Shoals, the paramount consideration should he the effect upon the nations defense rathei than tite manufacture of fertilizer. Tlie country, he said, should not be (.aught again without an adequate nitrate supply. The disadvantage of installing power plants in Alabama and establishing a market for their output were dwelt upon at length l?y the engineer chief, lie said it would l>e comparatively easy to install a plant at Niagara Falls, with a market close by, but it was quite another feat, from a standpoint of tintc, to do so in a sparsely settled region like that about Muscle Shoals with only lour cities within reasonable distance. Valuation of Property. The engineer officer was preceded on the witness stand l>v \Tsim eral WiUUu.?Vi, chief of ordnance, whp occupied the.greater part oi th.e day's sessions explaining valuations of properties involved in the Ford offer. He estimated that the Warrior potvei l>lant and transmission line could he I salvaged for $3,000,000 or more, and declared under examnaition by com-! niittee members that figure was three-! fifths of all that Mr. Ford had offered for the nitrate plant and othei properties. These properties, it \va: estimated, hud a scrap value to the government of $8,812,000 and would be worth $10,272,000 if made partially operative and the remainder salvaged . The policy of the war department <7 opera 1 Williams explained, however, was opposed to the scrapping of the ' properties concerned. He added later in response to questions, that it was Intended to complete the Wilson dam anil maintain nitrate plant No. 2 in the event private development failed. | Chairman ICahn received word tnday* that Mr. Ford would not appear % '+ j \ personally before the committee but woijld send propei ly accredited repre' n toll vex. i ' ( a m STORIES1 OF TENEZEJ-OS BIRTH ^ ' .// jThere are many legends surround-1 ing the birth of VenozeloB. According to one, Jhis mother went to the Monastery of the Virgin near'Canea to pray for a son," promising the child should bo born in a cattle shed after New Testament tradition. Another tells the same story with this Addition: When tho abbot" .christened Venizelos he AJttere'tf, following the mother's wish, these phophetic words: "I baptize thee Eleutherios for thou shalt doliver our long-suffernig island from the tyranny of the Turk." In the 'Idfe of Venczelos," by S. B. Chester, still another story is told, based in incidents narrated by the Greek statesman himself at a dinner party in London. His parents, having already lost three children, decided to follow the local custom and adopt him as a foundling. There was a superstition that the child would survive only if treated in this fashion. ?y Eleutherios was duly taken aw?y from his mother and deposited on a heap of dry leaves outside the house. Passing by soon afterward, some friends, who, of course, played their role in . the. secret, "discovered" the child, brought him to his parents and urged that they adopt him as a foundling. Thpy did, and Eleutherios survived and prospered. J STATE TEACHERS TO MEET IX COLUMBIA Judging from the interest that is being taken in the annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association. March tilth, lStli, the goal of 1500 in attendance will l>e reached. Practically every county is working on plans to be well represented. The officers of the Association feel that there has been arranged one of the strongest programs in the history of the Association. The following is the program of the Home Economics Department, of which Miss Christine Soutli of Winthrop College is President. Tuesday Morning 9:30. Washington Street High School. !?:30-9:50.?The Relation of the Iloiuemakcr to the Community?Miss 1,. K. Sw.vgert, Chieora College. 9:50-10:10.?The Opportunities for tlie Home Economies Woman in the Institutional Field?Miss Beatrice Perry, in charge of Cafeteria, Winthrop College. 10:10-10:40.?What Place has Home Economics made for itself in the Publie Schools?Miss Adelaide Baylor, Federal Board for Vocational t Education, Washington, D. C. 10:40-11:10.?How the Department | of Agriculture is Applying Scientific- I Knowledge to the Problems of the Farm Woman?Miss Florence Ward, j Office of Extension (Agriculture and Home Economics) U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Washington. D. C. 11:10-11:30.?What are Some of the Necessary Qualifications for tlu Teacher of Homo Economics?Director of Home Economics, City Schools, Columbia, S. ('. 11:30-12:00.?The Home Economics Association in its State. Regional, and National Aspects?Miss Edith Thomas, President Southern Home Economics Association. 12:00.?Cleneral Session. Afternoon Session.?3 p. M. Washington Street High Meliool. P.usincss Meeting. says united st ati's enjoys -i.ovi; or the whore woiti.iv: Washington. Feb. 13.?The proposal of the United States government for the convening of the Washington Arms Conference was "a stroke of genius." which' has resulted in a tarvice to the world and which "will live in history as long as history lives." | Huron Kato. head of the Japanese ; delegation, said tonight ni a statement commenting on" the meeting. The agreements signed here, lie added, contain nothing that is calculated, tc impair the security of any nation, but. 0'i th econtrary, "have given such reassurance as few but visionary dreamers had contemplated up to three months ago." "With America's wealth and resources," Baron Kato said, "she could have dominated the seas. Sho chose, however .the wiser course, the way of truer greatness, which has commanded the admiration, respect andlove of the whole world. At the same time every nation represented here' has benefited immensely as a result of the earnest discussion and th?> not able series of understandings that have been rcaelied. ' Jn Japan wo realized that n new spirit of moral eonseiousnes.s liad eorre over tiie world, but wo oouhl not bring; ourselves truly to believethat it had struck so deeply into thi souls of men. until we came to Washy ington. We came and we have learned: and in turn we have. I think; Riven evidence, such as no man ca<V mistake, that Japan is ready for the. i new order of thought?the spirit pt international friendship and cooperation for the greater good of humar}-> ( ity?which the conference has brought about." - t^ tkw2^i>lkss man One of the very last editorials wrl\i ten by tne late B.;C. Astier/aft, editor of the Monroe Journal, was found in a drawer in his -desk, and doubtless he intended using It. in his paper the week he was stricken. It is as follows: "A man be without money, he may not know wBere his next meal is to come from, his Clothing muy be worn and patched, yet if he has friends he will go down the strete with a smile On his face and a song on his lips. "A man may lose his wealth, waisting disease may lAyhim low and the oL'Alalnn Vitsnsf r*f /loo*U * u * ? MOV.E>VI> -UOU Ul UVUI.II IllUJf SIlvlKt? HIS hour glass in his face, yet in friends gather about his couch he will rejoice and be glad to die unafraid. "But let a man believe he has no friends. Let hiin become convinced that in all the world there is for him no friendly heart, no hand of sympathy and love, life has no pleasure for him no matter what his financial condition or the state of his health. The thought more fraught with gloom and despair than was ever any other em.anation of the human brain, "I have no friend in all the wido world;*-, has Caused the suicide's pistol, to oraeji many a time, has often caused the cup of poison to be pressed ' with trembling hand to the lip, has caused many a child of despondency to leap from bridge-'or shore into the cold waters of forgetfulness. ..." "Make a man believe that lie has no friends, that for him there is no friendly hand and you enshroud his soul in despair. Obsess his mind with the thought that he Is friendless, that for him no sympathetic, helpfu Ihand is extended an you.bathe his soul in hell fire." THR TAX SITUATION IN LKXINliTOX COUNTY The January and February penalties have been entered on the Treasurer's Duplicate for this year, and by comparison they exceed in amount considerably, more than in former years. The total amount of taxes charged for 1921 is $327,934.74, of which up to the close of businessi February 13th, the County Treasurer's books show a collection of $210,-| 477.92, leaving a balance of $117,-' 456.82. This large balance is due partly to the depressed condition of everything, but from close observation in placing these penalties in liun^You'll S |i when you do business witl .cause you will find e1 isfaction. Quality, quanti tesy will surely please yoi the principle of treating al] that always brings them b? that a high grade, up-to-d; have will be found here at We Guarantee Personal A. tions Only Purest Drugs Us Quality Considered. A Few of Oi Patent or I Goods, Ni Rexall Qu Taints anc ants, Hess Kodaks ai Records, ( and Tobac The h Lexington ff WS c . *" ? ' ? ? *u. w'v'WV / " i * igaBaanawwi Instances many taxpayers axe paying the penalties could with Very.iittle or no sacrifice on theli pnrbpay their taxes. Very.' nearly ttt'O-thlrda of the total tax charged has been paid, but compared in numbers barely forty per cent have paid Last year when the County borrowed funds with which to meet its current expenses and for past in* debtedness it little thought at thai -,r. ' L j[L" time in making its payments, thai conditions would be just as they exist tOday, neither did it entertain for a moment that our Legislature would extend the time for paying taxes, conSAfiiinntlt/ fivlr.n? ? ? ? ? ? ? -?1 - ttAiuH no im^iiicuia nmu( its notes payable January, February and March, as the bulk of taxes are usually paid at this time. We are glad to say that our people bo far have responded Very liberally, so much so that we have met our January and February obligations very easily, but how comes an obligation due in March which we can pay and save additional interest if the sixty pei cent of the people will only come for.ward this month and take up theii receipts. We have only one outstanding note of $25,000100 outside Of th< State due March 5th, others: being wit^i our County banks which .will b? -Vvliflng' to aid us in tiding over thest tight times. N Our County, like most counties ir the. Stat?.operates Ion borrowed money peldging the taxes o? the coming year for security, in its payments Soon we will be in the market foi funds to meet expenses for this present year and our success in obtaining this loan rests largely with oui promptness in meeting our obligation! already made. So wc appeal' to yot to make a little sacrifice anil com< forward to the aid or tne County witl ; your tax money. When you do thl; you are not only maintaining th< credit of the County, but at the sam< time you are relieving the condition: ofyour schools and paying youi teachers, who doubtless will appreci ate any effort on your part for tin pay that is due them for a honest ser vice already rendered. W. D. DENT, County Auditor. CLOSE SCItUTlXY FOR l'OUD OlTEl Washington, Feb. t>.?The advlsa bility of reducing the time clause ii Henry Ford's offer for the lease o hake Har Yourself i this Drug- store, bet'erything to your sat- fo ty, pr.ce and cour- V J i. We do business on I customers right, and j ick again. Everything ite Drug store should right prices. a ittention 1o Prescrip;ed and Lowest Prices ir Special Line Proprietary Medicines, Toilet innally's Candies, Garden and ality Stationery and School Su] I Varnishes, Plant Insecticides i ' Stock and Poultry Remedi id Films, Victor Talking li guaranteed Solid Gold Jewelry rcoes. [f It's in the Drug Lme?We Hai larmon Dr The Rexall Store \ imnHnranmnMi ? ^ " i. i nun 111 in11 thhttti i Muscle Shoals, '.Ala/,. government I owned lands from 100 to ..BfL yggi# was quc?t^i5j^|iftlrcct-Iy tod* ' Maj. Gen.? Losing H. Beach, chief i of army engineers. In testimony^'jijH fore the house military committed. Roferrlng to the general policy of the government riot tut lease its prop&r> ties for a period ckceding 50 yearsj General Beach in his testimony at tj?e second day of the hearing;of the ccjht mittce oh the FOrd^proposal said that t "It is not itiway^ advisable to apj>ly t one general rule to things big 'and I small." Secretary Weeks, who was heard by the committee yesterday, declared jrc' peltedly that in his opinion it wopld ' be unwise to permit the lease of pixb' lie lands or properties to private In ? terests for so long a period as.; ?<>^ years. General Beach, however, said i "?. today that It was "a question iu ,aij 1 big and L^nporlant a matter as this 1 whether the 50 year rule would' m>t work a hardship." ; <y >. SINGING* DOTS ' We are glad to report at this writ* ; ? lng that the'health of this commuiflty ; is fine, as far as we know. r v ^ 5 Mrs. .Afartlia Williams visited MpJl - C. VT Spires Saturday afternooq [an enjoyed a pleasant hour. f i Mrs. Laura Sharpe visited at [ home of -Mrs. Eliott Carfett Friday . and enjoyed the day. vV . Mr. Granvilee Spires visited ut?}pa ". home of Mr. W. Lairds Sunday.* ^ J Edisto school is progressing nicely r at this writing. ..... . v) c Mr. E. A. Poole has been vi.lV^g i Clay Spring scboql :real j oftenl. CSaU ! again* ^tr. Pbole. They;:^re glad'^6 i see you. " , ' i 0 ! Mrs. Minnie ?&>die "and daughter, ^ Miss Carrie Maft;" vds'H^dC'her father, V Ml- V "VT Tafitkri# ~ J--- 1 ?. . . ..a. u^iwvm, uiiu uajr ium vvt't'K, > Miss Mary Olive":'Earf? visited her , sister, Maggie Ma& Sunday. , p Plenty of muaio^in this land of oUr^. . They are still singing:. 2 We are always glad to read Clay . Spring dots. Write again, big boy. Legal Blanks y for y;?c | r ; Sale i 5 , , " ,'t,, ,'=& ids With I ' .Htv* - I ' A oriesr^^^ j? JJru&sjw . .. ,< . - . s are:and Rubber ?.... ... .. ; , , Field Seeds, . * ... pplies, DeVoe ' ' ' K i ?' *C WiOfc. - V ??'* ' md Disinfect- _ ^ ; ies, Eastman__; [achines and -> t Fine Cigarsv ' , . ' re It" | *itcf S ,tr% II South Carolina I , '?#?}? A 'V* f t."U f.y. ??yJ?i '?' - ?ii? V?SWJ3KSG5S*S$Kt 3