The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, February 15, 1922, Image 8
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m'TOFOTSIXESS
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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. '
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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 .>"
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.JEWISH RELIEF.
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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
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personally before the committee but
woijld send propei ly accredited repre'
n toll vex.
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STORIES1 OF TENEZEJ-OS BIRTH
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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.
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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
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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
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" 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
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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." ;
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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.
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