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Rates on long term display ad\eitisements very reasonable. For rates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money or-1 ders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. j THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 192oJ So much has been written and said concerning the vicious circle of high prices and high wages Dy editors, statesmen, and other "authorities," that we have become somewhat calloused to their appeal for longer "hours and harder work as the only solution of the situation. But here is the statement of an average business man, one who knows both the side of the laborer and thei executive, and whose plea strikes home. It was recently published in the v Chicago Tribune by John S. Capper, j of the men's furnishing goods firm; of Capper & Capper, as an advertisement "The world is hungry for the things, we eat, wear and use. Stark hungry! The cupboard is bare as a bone. Prices mount to staggering figures and the cry of our worker is? more pay, shorter hours?and then a shortage shoots the price of things up another notch. Again the cry?more pay, less hours! "Ye Gods! Must the vicious circle' continue? Shall we never see that it is more hours we need, and that to reduce the cost of the things 'we use, we must produce not less but more? "I have just received a cablegram from my brother in London, reading 'Market bare, prices awful, hopeless, sailing home. Oh, if Americans would grasp their opportunity!' "Prices had gotten so high in this country and merchandise so scarce that we sent two of our firm abroad, hoping to find what we needed at | lower prices. "The cable message was the an-! swer! "MaMthon/liDo is cv?n afnrtpr An 1 the other side than here. They have nothing to sell and their shelves are j bare. "They want to buy?to buy from America?to buy the things Americans make? and the answer of our j workers is: Reduce our hours; 44 I hours a week instead of 60. A cut in I production of 25 per cent! "The writer sympathizes with those! who work. He understands what hard | work, privavtion, and the struggle of! life is?he has lived it. "He has walked eight miles a day j to earn 50 cents, carrying water for, the workers who built the town ofj Pullman. "He has gotten out of bed at 3 o'clock to milk 15 cows on a winter's J morning. He has put in 15 hours a day in a store. "He is not a natural born plutocrat; rather he is the son of a steel worker. He feels that he knows the needs of those who struggle, but anyone would be foolish who failed to see that the nf time kv Mimpntpr. nlnmhpr Or other worker in turn raised the price Of rent, raised the price of the very clothes he himself wore, and everything used by him or his fellow worker. "Short hours in the city has made tie farm worker restless. He too wants short hours and increased pay. "May kind Providence preserve us if farm workers ever insist on 44 hours per week, or an eight hour day. You and I, my friend, will go hungry. I farm 800 acres and I know what short hours in the city is doing for the farm. "We may still keep high wages, we may keep our present scale and still reduce the cost of living by a simple remedy?work?good hard honest faithful service?not eight hours, rather 10, and then some. "Let us for one year, at least, resolve to work, and work with all the energy that we possess." Of course it doesn't make much dif-1 ference, but we prefer to call a man, an enthusiast rather than an optimist. An optimist is a man who glosses over the facts. He does not face realities, but assures himself that everything will come out all right in the: end. From the word enthusiast we getj the idea of an individual who studies i actual conditions and thinks his way through them to a logical conclusion. He has a real reason for his state of mind. A business man who knew from his | bank balance that he was losing j money, and yet, without determining j the real cause, continued to smile and feel "good," would be an optimists?. and also a fool. Another might be confronted with , a shrinking balance. This might wor-1 ry, him and cause him to study his j cost sheets the closer. He might call j in his sales force for a conference, j and review the market conditions of the country. With all the facts before him, he might decide to take advantage of the temporary depression to build a new addition to his factory, | to install a lot of new machinery, and : to overhaul his entire plant in prep-j aration for the prospective turn in events. { This man would be an enthusiast. Mr. Morgan once said that any man; who bet against the United States, would go broke. Mr. Morgan was! familiar with the tremendous natural resources of this country; he knew the character of our people; he realized the great latent power in America. He made his prediction as an enthusiast. , Any optimist might have said the same thing, but he would have reached his conclusion by the route of feeling rather than bv thinking. Unless a "rent profiteering" bill be passed by the New York State legislature within six months a general strike of .all workmen is threatened. If landlords in this section of South Carolina continue to raise rents the South Carolina legislature may be asked to pass such a bill. Kingstreeans realize the need of a day current more and more every day. When residents have to eat breakfast by kerosene lamps, with an electric chandelier hanging idle over their tables and a electric lighting plant occupying good ground space within the town limits, there is something wrong, and that something should be remedied. Out citizens experienced several very cloudy, dark days the past week during which it was necesoonr tn nress tllP old oil l&mns into service in order to see how to do business. The trouble does not lie with the people, because they would use current if they could get it and not grumble over the charge of 16c per kilo watt But eggs are coming down, and the temporary divorce of "ham and" may end in a reunion yet ? u Life's eternal struggle is symbolized these days by the child. Toy manufacturers spend years inventing indestructible toys and the child spends patient hours refuting their advertisements. POLITICAL FQB SHERIFF 1 hereby announce mycelf a candidate for the office of sheriff of WilUowoKurr* cnKiO/?t f/i flip Democratic primary. HENRY S. GAMBLE. FOR SHERIFF ' I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of sheriff of Williamsburg County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. - HAROLD U. KINDER. FOR SHERIFF suDject to tne rules 01 tne democratic party, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Williamsburg County. P. M. BROCKINTON. FOR MAGISTRATE # 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for re-appointment as Magistrate at Kingstree, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. J. B. GAMBLE. o FOR CORONER I hereby announce myself for reelection to the office of coroner, subject to the rules of the democratic party. H. J. BROWN. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE I hereby announce myself a candidate for Judge of Probate, Williamsburg County, subject to the rules of the primary. B. E. CLARKSON. M CORPORATORS NOTICE 11 Pursuant to and under the authority of the Commission issued by the Hon. W. Banks Dove, Secretary of State, dated February 19, 1920, books of subscription to the capital stock of The People's Bank, a corporation to be created, organized and chartered under and in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina, and with the rights, powers and privileges set forth in the Declaration and petition heretofore filed, will be opened in the office of Oliver Bros., in Hemingway, S. C., on Monday, March 2, 1920, at noon. The capital stock will be Thirty Thousand ($30,000.00) Dollars, divided into six hundred (600) shares of the par value of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) Dollars each. L. B. JOHNSON, D. H. OLIVER, N. M. VENTERS, 2-26-lt. Corporators. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Williamsburg By P. M. Brockinton, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Mrs. E. M. McCullough, made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of John Samuel McCullough. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said John Samuel McCullough deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingrtree, on the 13th day of March next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 25th day of February, Anno Domini, 1920. Published on the 26th day of February in The County Record. P. M. BROCKINTON, Probate Judge. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Williamsburg COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AMENDED SUMMONS M. E. Hanna, Plaintiff. Against Jack Daniels, William Daniels, Henry Daniels, Hessie McFadden, Hannah Daniels, Cudjoe Daniels, and if he> be dead, his heirs at law and dis-! tributees, Tony Daniels, and if he be dead, his heirs at law and dis-1 tributees, Sarah Daniels, alleged heir at law and distributee of Tony . Daniels, Mary Fowler, Maggie ( Cooper, Page Fulmore, Gadsden ; Daniels, and if he be dead, his heirs at law and distributees, and Melvina Daniels and John Daniels, al: leged heirs at law and distributees of Gadsden Daniels, all the heirs at law and distributees of John Daniels, the elder, deceased, and H. M. Cooper and T. M. Cooper, surviving partners, and Mary R. Cooper, as executrix of the last will and testament and sole devisee of J. F.! Cooper, deceased, partner of a copartnership heretofore existing,' trading and doing business under the firm name and style of Cooper' Brothers, and Rnth M. Hannah, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewithserved upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their of-i fice in Florence, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu-1 sive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the compla'nt within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. ARROWSMITH, MULDROW, BRIDGES & HICKS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Dated February 10, 1920. To the absent and non-resident defendants, Cudjoe Daniels, and if he be dead, his heirs at law and distributees: To the absent and non-resident defendent John Daniels, and if he be dead to his heirs at law and distributees: To the absent and non-resident defendant Gadsden Daniels, and if he be dead to his heirs at law and distributees: To the absent and non-resident defendant Sarah Daniels, alleged heir at law and distributee of Tony Daniels; and to all other persons whomsoever claiming any right, title, interest, estate in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint in this action: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NO?t/rp TUi iL. A !~.j IlVCtf) iliav U1C AlllCWU^U VUlIipOJUV and Amended Summons, of which latter the foregoing is a copy, has been and is now duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County. ARROWSMITH, MULDROW, BRIDGES & HICKS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Florence, South Carolina, February 13, 1920 2-19-3t. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FINAL DISCHARGE TAKE NOTICE, That Daniel Maxwell will apply to P. M. Brockinton, Judge of Probate for Williamsburg County, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., on the 27th day of March, 1920, at 11 o'clock A. M., to be granted a final discharge as administrator of the Estate of Hennie Chandler, desGelled DANIEL MAXWELL, Administrator of the Estate of Hennie Chandler, deceased. ^ 2-19-4L I Togetl WITH TH OF BUSH NITURE IMPROVE TION; AH w/NmniAV* YOU, BUG t And i AS THE ERA OF GREATE] TREE FU TOEXPR TO YOU TOWN AJ5 THE YEA HAS MAI SIBLE, A EFFORT' t SUCCEEE REQUEST YOUR (X \ SHIP.. A Large THEY NOW A Fl RUGS, M. SPRINGS, ' WELL M ' COMPLEl HOUSE I HON OP' Kingstree Fui Next door to Postoffice, ^S^SSSSI^S^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSm riiSk.' irt. '- * ' ler j v e increase in its volume l y < jess, the kingstree furcompany will offer an :d service and co-operad it will be its constant ' )r not only to SELL to ' - wL p also to SEEVE you 't%\ pim ^ * g >i ' J J . NEW YEAR BRINGS ON AN i EXTENDED ENDEAVOR AND Et USEFULNESS, THE KINGS- 1 RNITURE COMPANY WISHES j ESS ITS DEEP APPRECIATION I SlND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE J JD COUNTY IN GENERAL FOR j ES OF LOYAL SUPPORT THAT )E OUR DEVELOPMENT POS- 1 1 H ND PLEDGES ITSELF TO AN j TO SERVE YOU BETTER EACH a >ING YEAR, AND EARNESTLY fl FS THE CONTINUANCE OF I ^OPERATION AND FRIEND- j MOCK | HAVE FOR YOUR APPROVAL ^ ULL LINE OF BLANKETS AND < ATTRESSES AND NATIONAL , IRON AND WOOD BEDS, AS J 3 THE LARGEST AND MOST tj ? LINE OF FUBNiTORE AND j TJRNISHINGS IN THIS SEC- 1 THE STATE. J niture Co, ] KINGSTREE, S. G I ~ J