The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 20, 1919, Image 4
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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.
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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.
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To stay at home evenings and try 1
to improve yourself your comrades <
spend their evenings having a good
time.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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money
60 000 00
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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