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Speech Delivered by McGowan, Retired,, Be Bar Association It took no requisition to bring mt hero. I was so glad to be invited that I ac CaPted by tolegraph; and I an indeed deligited to be with you tonight. Twenty-seven yoars is a long stay away from God's country; but the exile is home again and he fully realizes that the only one redeeming feature about having to leave South Carolina at all is The joy of coming back, It is a special honor to be permitted to join this distinguished company. I have always wanted to be a lawyer. I was admitted to the Bar; but I had to make 'a living, and so I wished myself in turinl on the Record, the State and the News and Courier. But journalism did not seem to need me much more than did the law; so, thanks to a South Carolinian--Hilary A. Herbert-I was able to ,get aboard the Navy and quit work. I (lid not actually quit right away, in fact that happened just four weeks ago; but, ever si:nce I slilpped In 1S9-1, I was headed straight for the retired list and South Carolina. Meanwhile several thiings have hap pened, e:;pecially during 1917 and 1918. Wash ington, as many of you know, is 'a beautiful city with an abundanee of easy marks an( far more than its share of confidence men. These latter were working overtime a while back-it be ing my job) to try to tame some of thom; and, it you belIeve what a kindly tpress has been telling an ever-crediu tois titiblic, you might think I von the war all by nyself. I did not. In fact. I had very little to do with it exce~pt to occasionally re mind somebody tiat thri are 12 in a dozoen anid 11 ounesc(,. to a pottnid, that from April 7. 1917, to date atn average tonl of government coal was really wort!i at the mines but $2.01 and, In gene tral, that "No" is the mnul e-power of the soul. Of course the enlamity-howlers and crepe-hangors have been quite busy sinec t he signing of the a ril stice: the Jengti and vari'ty of ti ir fanult-filid ing adjectives--partulat-rly diring tle recent camlaign-- recalling the story of two old shell-hacks pacing the fore castle during the mid-watch. "1ill," said one, "this Navy of ours is 'going straight to t'he devil." C Twenty=fi First F AT HICKS' OLD Rear Admiral Samuel fore the South Carolina January 28, 1922, "Yes," replied his shipmate, "it al ways did!" Such senseless pessimism was, for tunately, not much In evidence when it might -have done real 'harm; but, to get the service back to where it was, will take a lot of -whole-souled opti mis-n-what you might call -peacetime patriotisn (spelled without any "y" in the middle), the patriotisi that is ac tive and helpful when there are no bands playing or crowds clapping their hands. And that is just what South Carolina needs right now-the will to smile and show the world (herself most of all) that she can weather any gale though she may have to be for a while like the litlo boy -who "whistled that he might not weep". Your honored President says my time limit is 20 minutes. I shall yield most of that without ob jection because, as you see, I am no speaker; and. If I tried to last so long, we should all be in as bad a plight as my uncle and life-long bonotactor, Judige Samuel McGowan, said his first client was. The charge was horse stealing, and the prosecution had dispelled every douht--reasonablep and otherwise. To ward the end of his stpeech, my uncle tried to move the jury by likening the prisoner to "Daniel in the Fiery Fur inaceo". A friend pulled his coat tall and whispered that it was not a Fiery Furnace but a iAon's Den where Dan il had his trouble. All undismayed, he shook himself loose from li. disturber and shouted to the jury: "Oh. well; have it either !way. nut, rion's Den or Piery Furnace, he was in a hell of a fix." If you want to convert your Liberty IDonls; into cash. see Ilone Trust Co. at lnterprite National Bank. 30-2t KZ1 1!oney bncl Withotst quet Son If HUNTTS Salvo fail" in thi tretn h ea of ITC EC1RMA, RINGWOIU1, 'I ETTER or otiiot Itchiing rio di dItin 7, cv a 73 cent vit our fi /s I Laurenqi Druic C'o. JUS r SAD t BON AIR HOTEL AT AUGUSTA BURNEM Many Distinguished Quests, Half-Clad Forced to Flee Burning Building. Augusta, Oa., Fob. 4.-The Don Air A large winter resort hotel in the south, was destroyed by fire this mo'ning early. The flames originated In the dining room and are attributed to some fault with the olectric lighting equip ment. There were 260 guests in the hotel. No one was injured, though many iguests lost much of their person al belongings. Two men, Frank A. Law rence of New York, and M. T. Wing, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, who were ill in the hotel, were removed to the University Hospital, and statements from there are that they are none the worse physically for their experience. The fire started in the dining room and is attributed to damaged insula tion of electric wires. The guests have found accom modat ions at nearby win ter hotels and ut homes of residents on The 1ill, the suburb in which the hotel was located, lw-hile others left this afternoon for their homes, or for other winter resorts. The loss is $1,000,000. The insur ance is $550,000. There is the tacit understanding .that reconstruction will be begun at once, though there Is no formal deoision by the stock holders as yet. The hotel was a frame structure and while it burned rapldly, the guests left It in orderly manner and there was a remarkable absence of hysteria. The owners com pany is ca'pitalize(d at $300,000 and the stock is held in Augusta. While the flire was in progress, residents in surrounding homes made most hospital overtures to the fleeing guests to lecome guosts .in their homes. Tbcaie citizens who had no rooms to offer were using automobiles to get the half-clad visitors to places )f refuge. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Straus, who 'have a cottage on The Hill, se cured as guests Sir Ashley Sparks, of the Cunard Line, and Lady Sparks. Judge IR. C. Dovelt, preident of the Routhern Pacific and Union Pacifle, nd who lo:t much of his personal ef tects, proceeded to a downtown hotel and left during the afternoon in his p)rivate car for New York. John C.e White, former lord mayor of Belfast, -:ived his personal belongings and is at x downtown hotel. Those of the visi Lors who did not secure accommioda tions are leaving the city, principally for foreign points. Mngraved Cards and Invitations. Advertiser Printing Co. .0AI ICK' fresh Kent erved. Co ~IGHT AP A. FI COAL COMPANIES MADE HUGE PROFITS IN 10" Returns Show One or Two Compantes Cleared Over 200 Per Cent Last Year. Higher Returns for Some Corpoiw tions. Washington, Feb. 4.-Estinatos of large ')rofits imade .by one coal mining company during 1920 as put before the Senate committee considering the Cald er coal -regulation bill were -extensively analyzed today 'In cross eramination by Senator Reed Democrat, of Missouri. I Ilavid L. Wing, federal trade com mission statisticlan, read operation returns of 51 companio from figures taken from the national Coal Associa tion olices. Theso showed that one or two companies had cleared above 200 per cent last year, and only one as lit tle as four per cent on its stated cap ital. Higher returns were reported In the case of corporations in the Poca I ontas field of West Virginia, while one -in central Pennsylvailia earned 22 per cent and others in unstated locations, Mr. Wing reported had profits from 92 per cent to the lowest noted. "None of these companies was sell ng coal for $15 a ton, S1:2 a ton, or even $8 a ton, was It?" Senator Reed de manded. "One of them wa.A." Mr. Wing re plied, and cited a West Virginia pro ducer. "This company realized $12.03 a ton for coal duringrn August," he add ed. "This was a small produzer, wasn't it?" Senator Reed continued. "We've been told the little ones got tile high prices and I don't want to )rotect anybody if that isn't the truth." "it produced more than 100,000 tons in 1920," Mr. Wing said. "That puts it in the second class of coal mines " Srator Reed ipointed out that oth er production records showed a million tons annual output from several mines, and suggested -that the figures demon strated that the smaller mines got the largest returns. Mr. Wing insisted, however, that the "estimates rebutted the conclusion that the smnaller mines got the biggest prices for coal." Notice of Election. An election will be held on Feb. 23rd for the election of five trustees to man .go the Wadsworth Poor School Fund. A The law requires each trustee-elect to; give a 'heavy bond. PollIs viz.: Cross 1ili managed by It. A. Austin. Mountville managed by M. B. Crisp. Milton managed by J. .1. Young. Lisbon managed by A. It. I lolmes. Confineld to old )unla p's llattalion. A. Rt. HOLMES, 30-2t-c Secretary. RRI ucky. mules me quick ai VJD GOOD JLE LISBON SCHOOL HONOR BOLL When Your Farm Stock Is Sick, Look First Grade: William Jacks. For Rats Third Grade: Pauline Corbett, Sara jus aong farm arieas don 'acks, Louise -Knight, Tommie Martin- gerous plagus-4hog eboler. foot and Sirth Grade: William Corbett, mouth diease und thatterrible of all scourges-Bubonlc plague. Farmers Charles Milam. should 0?row around presniaes RAT. Seventh Grade: Florence Madden SNAP. it's sure and safe." Three Unetto eague. sizes, 85c, Ofic. $1.26. 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