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KiUntt ISfrralii1 ON - *2.50 Per Tr. C., December 2, 1920 ons were killed on the L919 than in any year i'ewer hoboes was the wns, where there has tion of a coal shortage ibly high prices, munlds have been establish cialistic, but apparentay to solve the coal all other methods fail. Con. Pershing's salary has been raised to $21,000 a year; he formerly ?ot $7,500. Even with the increased ???*- it IooIta as if being a baseball .boss, like Judge Landis, pays better. Yet Pershing is a more important personage in the nation than any baseball boss. Profits of wheat flour millers in the northwest for the last five years averaged 24.4 per oent on their avcrage investment, the Federal Trade Commission says. How the millers must hate the F. T. C. for saying so much. In 1916-17 the profits of these miBera averaged 44.7 per cent, the same source states. Those were war Tears. v> \ Four million farmers in the United States are now thoroughly organized. That means that they are ready ftio act as a upit on any proposition *fcat comes their way. With prices ffor cotton and grain below the cost .of production in some instances it Is clear that Ihey are in a frame of rmlnd to act 1 oldly when the time comes. The f;umer3 hav? far surpassed the city man in organizing. THE COUNTRY IS NOT BROKE. When a crisis threatens a nation -the man who is looked upon as a leader In thought and action should weigh his words carefully. The wrong word dropped at the wrong moment may lead to disastrous results. Too many of us are given to maktaf statements off-hand that will not k stand up under the force of logic and L reason. Very often we lack the facts f to back them up. They are accepted t*y willing ears as statements of fact 4tid handed round by word of mouth wntil they achi^Ve the very ends which deep down in our hearts we 1 Ckd of Hani ra When things do not go to suit us and we cannot help ourselves we are likely to give way to our feelings and make sweeping statements which in calmer moments we would like to recall. But the damage has been done. . The man who does not think as clearly or as logically accepts those statements as true and acts upon them. The result is we contribute to the prevailing spirit of -unrest and assist in bringing about the very ends we would like to defeat. It is common nowadays to hear men who are looked upon as leader#! in thought say the country is broke It has become an everyday expres-j moo; when as a matter of fact thej country is not broke. The man who makes these statements does not1 believe them. He is giving expression to a pent-up feeling of helplessness | tner a situation he cannot remedy. It is like steam escaping from a pop-1 off valve. The country has had a set-back. It ' is Buffering from a period pf readJttsfra'ent which follows every war of consequence, and the larger the wa* the harder is the struggle before the world finds itself again. There arr scores of problems which must br solved*1 before the readjustment per ! iod ib over, and it is idle to attemp* to place tbe blame on any one thing in particular. The whole world, I. seems, decider' on a policy of deflation at the same moment; the war finance corporation which would have opened up foreign markets for cotton, corn and wheat, was dissolved when it should have l>eeti' functioning with its full powers; the high rate of exchange in for-1 elgn countries that needed our commodities. operated against exports; o*f own government made the mistype of attempting to reduce the high ^ ?dai>=ol living by deflation of the ^Vrrency and a drastic curtailment of BBk orbits; the democrats charge the re-1 ptifclicans with holding up the peace' treaty and the republicans charge the president with attempting to force oongreas to ratify the league of nations covenant by tacking the peace treaty on to it. And so there are numerous other reasons for the depresikon in business, all of wfiich are traceable to the readjustment period following the world-war, but all aro the logical result of mistakes here and blunders there, for which no man nor set of men is responsible. But nothing is to be gained by go* ting all fussed up over something' we cannot help. We have got to meet the situation and the best way to S meet it is to redouble our efforts t< regain a firmer foothold. Dillon couii ty is not broke?not by a long shot It is ten times richer than it wa 20 years ago, and it will be ten timei richer 20 years from now than it ii today. These statements are not mer< figments of the imagination. The] are based on actual facts. The bank is the barometer of i community's adversity or prosperity It is the clearing house which show: the way the tide of fortune runs. Th< Bank of Dillon is the pioneer bank ol Dillon county's nine banks. It was th< first bank established In the territorj krown as Dillon county. Let us tak< the statement of the Bank of Dillor published in January 1904 and se< what it shows in the way of commun ity wealth: Resources: Loans and discounts 1248,267.89 Cash on hand and due by banks 36,364.13 Bank Futures 962.30 3285,584.32 Liabilities: 1 9 r A AAA Art v>ayiiai oiuva f ju,uvu.vv Deposits 182,836.14 Rediscounts 40,000.00 Undivided profits 12,748.18 8285.584.32 The only other bank in the territory embracing Dillon county was the Peoples Bank of Dillon, which began business on or about 1903. Both banks were serving a large territory But let us see how the Peoples Bank's statement analyzes in January of lf-04: Resources: Loans and discounts 880,779.21 Cash on hand and due by banks 16,528.85 Furniture and fixtures 906.33 Overdrafts 416.78 898,631.17 Liabilities: capital stocK $z&,uuu.uu Deposits 45,573.49 Bills payable 25,000.00 Certified checks 16.30 Cashiers checks 5.00 Undivided profits ' 3,066.80 $98,631.17 How do these statements compare with the statements of Dillon county's nine banks of today? The combined deposits of both banks is three times more than the combined resources of both bapks sixteen years ago. A day's transactions in either bank represents more than its capital stock sixteen years ago. The total deposits in both banks sixteen years ago aggregated only $227,000. The total d< posits in the county's nine banks today aggregate something likp $4,000,000 with resources of something like $5,000,000.00. Does that look like the county is broke? Dillon county is distinctively an agricultural county, and the wealth represented by Its nine banks wn wiung from the soil. Dunng that sixteen year period we have had three panics ? the panic of 1907, the panic of 1911 and the panic of 1914 ? either or which found us far less able financially to weather the storm than we are today. Dur ing that time we sold cotton at 4 cents a pound, and there was a time when we could not dispose of it al any price. The country was bankrupt; there were no buyers. In addition to the general prosperity of the county as reflected in the bank stai ments we have better homes, bettei schools, better /churches, many per n-anent improvements and better thing conditions. Before another sixteen year per iod passes we may.see cotton sellini at 4 cents and there will be mon panics, but the county will continue to forge ahead* The number of bank! will increase, the resources of th' present banks will double and th comparison will be just as great ther a3 It was sixteen years ago as com Tared to the present day. The county is not broke; It b suffering a temporary set-back. I will continue to progress in point o wealth, regardless of who is presideni or how many panics come and go But the man who lays down on h'i job?who surrenders because the fu ture does not look bright?is the mar who will go broke. The man wh< sticks to his work, takes his losse: philosophically and races me iuxun with a smile is the man the work will be eager to back in 1921. She's Found Them Useful. Flstbush?You know, my w1f< threatened to smash all those stelm and flasks 1 hnd In my den. Bensonhurst?But she didn't do It did ?he? "No. she didn't; and she's glad o It.' ?Wb **sIih's using eiu for Jelly and pre serves uow." o Out of the world's registration o 8,750.000 motor vehicles for 1920 th registration of motor vehicles in thi country is 7,558,848. / IS RECORD BIBLE s 3 immense Volume Now Nearing , Completion in England. a i f Book Will Be by Far the Largest Vol' i ume That Has Ever Been Constructed?Definite Purpose jj in Its Production. ? English Bible plans for 1921 center ^ around the production of the world's 5 j largest Bible, notes the Portland Orerj goaian. ? Months of work have already been I pmpnded unon 1L Many weeks more will be needed for Its completion. Already, however, the frame of the great book Is In being. Six stout hempen ropes, much thicker than the ordinary clothesline, are Its backbone. Four of these are laced Into millboards half an Inch thick as a foundation for the leather covering. The back of the book is sewed with twine round the six stout hempen ropes In the old fashioned way. V In every sense the biggest Bible Is Intended to be the finest example of book making that England can produce^ But why produce the biggest Bible? The answer to this question was given by the "Bible Crusade" as follows: "The great Bible Is Intended to rivet public attention on the primary im" portance of the Bible as. the fountain ! and source of all tmth. As this unique i| volume Is magnified In size above all i j other volumes, so the grandeur of the I Bible ought to be magnified in value I , I above that of all other books." ,| A feature of the great Bible Is that i It will be written entirely by hand. I Not more than three verses of the text will be written by the same person, j Kings and field marshals will, side by | Side with paupers and workmen, tes- j tif.v their belief in the holy ttriptures. I At the side of ti.e piece of text which they write ail will sign their names to the following: "As my testimony that I acknowledge t he Bible?as originally given to mankind?to be 'as It is in truth, the word of God,' I append ray signature." The biggest Bible, when completed, will not only be the largest example of the word of God, but It will constitute the world's completest autograph album, with signatures, It is anticipated, of most prominent English and foreign men and women from kings downward. Twelve thousand people 11 will be needed to complete the text j Twelve large goatskins have been , used In providing a cover for the big' gcu Bible. j When standing on end the volume j Is more than 5 feet 2 inches high and ' nearly 3 feet 6 inches wide, so that when it is opened flat it measures about 7 feet 10 Inches across. ! The whole volume now lies at the i > Oxford University Press. It awaits ! the advent of Bible year and the gift . b.v some wealthy crusader or a spei-im motor car which Is needed to take It on Its mission In England and overseas. Perhaps the great Bible will visit America If Invited to do so. The i| special car which -Is to be designed for | the great book will contain a folding ; pulpit and a special platform for exhibiting the text of the biggesf Bible and the signatures. When Vaseline Was Valuable. About three thousand barrels of oil j ' have been obtained from the various wells experimentally bored by the Brit j ish government in Derbyshire (Eng.) and elsewhere. It is not a great deal. In fact, considerably more than this must have been yielded altogether by ) the famous Balm well, situated at St. Catherine's near Edinburgh, which | " during several centuries exuded a sub"I stance we now know to have been genuine petroleum. No one ever seems ! to have thought of refining the crude oil and using it for illuminating pur poses; but it was in great repute ns a remedy for skin complaints, and people so afflicted came from far and near to obtain supplies of it. 'Especially esteemed was the solidified pe' troleuin which was scraped from in' side the well near the bottom, and which used to be retailed, under the j ? name of Balm of Sinai, for as much . as a sovereign an ounce. Today one. , can buy an ounce of the same sort of stuff?vaseline?from any chemist for a few cents. i Hrannhta Admits Lldht. I r\ctpa WM? ?w A new arrival among shades Is the j j celluloid window shade, used to keep ' I out draughts, says the Popular Science Monthly. It Is fastened to a regular ^ spring shade roller and has the customary stick through its lower end. You attach It to the top of the window frame Just as you would an ordl nary shade. Being transparent, It does 1 not obstruct the view. The ends of > the stick may be fitted In grooves In i, the frame to keep the celluloid from j curling. Now let some one Invent a shade that will shut out the light without shutting out the air. This Is far more needed, especially In summer time. ? Power From Small Streams. 1 Electricity from small streams Is the title of a recent publication Issued by . the department of agriculture. A. M. , Daniels, assistant chief mechanical enf irlneer. division of rural engineering, bureau of public roads, is the author. This booklet comprises 2ft pages and discusses in their respective order: Latent sources of water power; plants within reach of thousands: estimating i the amount of power required; water f power (frlnclples; measuring the p stream flow, and power from small sj stream*,. - I FARMERS DEMAND ? t PROTECTION FROM 1 SLUMP IN PRICES. ? ? Washington, Nov. 20?Responding < in the demands of the farmers and i wheat growers throughput the coun- t try fo r legislation to protect them) against the slump in prices, senators ? and representatives from the agricul- 1 tural states today decided to hold a c general conference here this week to { draft measures to meet the threaten- J ed emergency. A tentative program of legislation agreed upo . .3 for the enactment of the following measures: 1 Revival of War Finance Corporation. 2 Extension of a credit to Germany of $1,000,000,000 to provide a market in that country for surplus food and raw products from the United , States. This measure will require action by congresss to permit the use of the German assets in the country ' now in the custody of the alien prrv | erty custodian, which are to be used as the basis of the fcredit. 3 Placing an embargo or a tariff on shipments of Canadian wheat into the . United States to stop the food now coming into the American market. 4 Passage of an act to prohibit tlreading in future^ in the grain market by the imposition of a tax 10 per cent on each transaction. Girm Impetus by Capper. The movement to bring about enactment of this legislation was given impetus by the arrival today of Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, wh has spent much of his time since adjournment of congress in studying the wheat-growing situation in the middle west. Senator Capper brought with him a legislative program em-j bodying most of the features outlin-; ed above. The proposal to tax fu-| tures is essentially his own, and h*1' strongly favors also the proposal to shut Canadian wheat from the mar- j kets. Senators who joined with Senator Capper in the movement are: Kellog of Minnesota, Curtis of Kansas, Kenyon of Iowa and Norris of Nebra I ka. They have received assurances o' assistance from Senatdra Nelson of Minnesota and Gronna of North Dakota. chairman of the agricult'ira1 committee. They are due in Washington next Friday and the conference will not be held until they ar-, rive. j Assistanco From Hou?e Assistance has been promised also' by solid delegations i? the house, from practically al 1 the great wheat growing Btates. I Sentiment among those who are drafting the program for farmers' relief is strongly against asking congress to make an appropriation. 1 Is realized that If an appropriation is asked the first question to arise is "where will we get it?" This is be-1 cause of the stringent condition of, the federal finances and the an-| nounced policy of the Republican1 Isadora to cut every appropriation to. the bone. I Secondly, the appropriation of ( government money is generally re-1 garded by the senators who planned, the conference as being much less ef- i fectlve than the passage of measures to extend the passaee of measures ptop the influx of competitive products. Financo Corporation. Senator Kellog said today he was not eutirely satisfied that revival of the finance corporation would be a | good thing. He Mated, however, that i if his talk with Mr. Meyer convinced him otherwise he would offer resolution in the senate re-establishing It. Senator Cappe r said he intends to urge that the finance corporation be reorganized. He believes that the farmers have such backing they will be able to get financial support to irp ket their surplus iarm proaucis abroad. With this corporation functioning, Senator Capper also believeB the federal reserve board will be inspired to adopt a more liberal policy in the extension of credits to farmers. Germany Wants to Buy "I do not think it would be advisable to ask congress to make an appropriation." Senator Capper said, "but I believe congress should authorize the use of the $500,0000,000 of German money now held by the alien property custodian for this purpose. Germany is understood to be willing to buy $1,000,000,000 worth of raw material in the United States if arrangements can be made for credit." While the American Farm Bureau Federation has hinted that in its annual meeting to be held soon in Indianapolis a resolution will be adopted to ask congress for an appropriation of $1,000,000,0000. Senator Capper and the others interested i' the program hope the federation will support them on the alterative program. Canadian Wheat. It is understood that the proposal to tax Canadian wheat or shut it from the niafccet by the Imposition of an embareo will receive strong sup-t port in the conference of the congressmen. The only question Is whether measure to bring about this will bo pressed for immediate passage o? withheld until the spring and winter wheat sections demanding protection from the Canadian Lmports, it is believed it will be made part o the emergency program, j Representative George Young of North Dakota has a bill on the calendar which places a prohibitive tariff nn Canadian wheat. It was reported favorably by the wavs and means commit teo of which Mr. Young is a member. The Kansas del-i egation. headed by Senators Capper and Curtis, will urge passage of the Young bill. May Rovivo Recinroci'y. A bill repealing the Canadian reoi-| procity act was passed by the hou?e at the last session and is now on thoj senate calendar. An effort may be, made to revive this bill, although; here is no certainty that President j iVilson would sign such a measure, j is his views on Canadian reciprocity i ire understood to have undergone no ihange. It is feared, also, that Presdent Wilson would veto a wheat 1 ariff directed against Canada. ; Revival of the war finance corpor- 1 ition will require no appropriation i 'rom congress, it is explained, be:ause the act creating the corporation jave it authority to function for one i rear after peace is formally declared ( WAIS W Wf WW a v wnite t Io settle io Burke County, G< offered. For further infon Chamber of Commerce, Wayn MORRIS FUSS SID \T7e are offei I stock of F consisting of M Clothing, Ladies 1 Dresses. Also Shoes for Men, W dren below manu / Morris F< Stc DILLOr i \ /* n< Uur ifi f f CONTI i with, | Crushed E I TT7HY go arou y * y0U can Cloaks, Sweaters * wear, Mufflers, Rj tiling in winter apj ? cost. Hundreds ol advantage of this ? to save from 1-3 tc ter wardrobe. ? Youd better jo get your supply * saving event. I LADIES COAT *J* ^Ve Iiave 28 L V IT* come in and tit v T X name us a price. 1: > i , ,ltr J? able, you 11 get it a ? JONES DRY i* Hh,HhXh4< J md the rerolring fund under which It is operated is stiiravailable ifi the treasury. o To hand over his business to . the local trade union to be run for the profit of the union for two yea-* is the public offer by an English oil ^ merchant. K - <1 ^ Iceland will have a world's fairnext June inReikiavlk, for the edifi- 4 cation of the Eskimo. 1 y ,i ITED U1 IlAVi 0' ^ eorgia. Special inducement* nation, write- Burke- County esboro, Ga. * * i amacnMHnEflRBBHHJHHKXSS1 JWIKB % t ring uui euiiie teady to Wear, en's and Boy's Coats, Suits and \ ! every pair of omen and Chilfacturers cost. i ass Dept. ire P si. S. C I i* Sale 1 O j. (NUES | Prices I > ven Lower X X T nd skivering wken y kuy Overcoats, * i, Heavy Underokes; in fact every- | parel at and below > : people are taking % nnnnrfiinitv gX.WO-1 VJ/fv*.. ^ j > 1-2 ontkeirwin- 5* I 1 X in tlie throng and * during tkis great A SAND SUITS. |Ai /adies Coat Suits; yourself out and ??flH ? it s at all reasonY it your price. f GOODS CO. * - 4 ^