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For rates apply at this office, v In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1920. Hitting the Bull's Eye. (Washington Post) The lurid and earnest denunciation of profiteering and profiteers launched in the Senate by Senator Capper, of Kansas, will evoke a salvo of applause from the ends of the country. One hundred millions of people staggering under the burdens of high prices which enrich a small minority, have pleading eyes turned to Congress and the government for a sign of relief, and the champion who rises to voice their yearnings inspires hope within their breasts. Senator Capper submitted a long list of corporations whose profits * ranged last year from 20 to 200 per cent., the list including many concerns engaged in the production of clothing and other necessaries of life. While it is true that the tax collector has taken a large part 01 tnese generous, profits for the federal treasury, yet the fact stands undoubtedly that they represented to a large extent the cause of existing high prices, which the consumer was obliged to pay. Referring to the recent court decision.which exempts stock dividends from the excess profits tax, the Senator said: "Wall street's melon patches continue to be warmed by the sun of privilege, fertilized by the perspiration of labor and watered by the tears of poverty." But the melon patch of Wall street is not the only one flourishing in the sun. What of the potato patch, the yield of which has increased in price more than 350 per cent, since the war began ' What of the wheat field, the concentrated product of which has advanced in value 142 per cent, since 1913? What, also, of the poultry yard, the eggs from which" have gone up in price 111 per cent, during the past seven years? Why not include the producers of these vital neces sities in the general indictment of exhorbitant prices? There is no disposition to exonerate or excuse the profiteering manufacturers who have adopted a policy of charging all the traffic would bear. They have laid their hands heavily upon the nation and squeezed from the pockets of the toiling millions the dollars won by hard labor. They, indeed, have made the late Captain Kidd look like a "piker." But why overlook the producers of the foodstuffs? Everybody must buy food. They wear last year's clothes and half-soled shoes and hats that have made many journeys to the cleaner's, but the stomach demands a never-ending supply of fresh, nutritious food. For it there is no substitute. Therefore, it is remarkable that the public should inquire into the tremendous rise in food prices? During the past year, from March 1919, to March, 1920, there vas little, if any increase in the prices of clothing, shoes a<d other articles of wear. But agricultural products never hesitated in their steady trend sky-ward in that period. Here are some 01 tne advances reported during the year by the bureau of labor statistics: Potatoes, 134 .per cent; sugar, 76 per cent; cabbage, 64 per cent; onions, 57 per cent; rice and prunes, 37 per cent each; rolled oats, 24 per cent; bread, 14 per cent; butter, 13 per cent; fresh milk, 12 per cftit; hens, 11 per cent; corn meal. 10 per cent; cheese, 6 per cent. These are price advances recorded within one year, superimposed upon the tremendous price raises that had gone before, and coming after the war had ended. o Few women paint themselves as . Tl Sailers Club Organized. Salters Depot, April 26.?Pursuant to the call of the county chairman, Salters Democratic Club met on Saturday, the 24th, and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: E. T. Hamer, president J. C. Davis, vice president; J. H. L. Chandler, secretary. The following delegates were elected to the county convention at Kings- j tree on May 3: J. LL McCullough, W. j S. Stafford and E. T. Hamer. Alter-, nates: W. S. McCullough, W. S. Shaw j and L. A. Whitfield. A. R. Moseley i was elected to represent the club on j the county executive committee. Committee on registration J. I. j Morrif and J. C. Davis. J. I. Morris was endorsed for magis- ; | trate for the Lane district.. jCedar Swamp Club Elects Delegates1 In pursuarce of the call of the coun- j ty chairman, Cedar Swamp Democratic j Club met Saturday morning with an unusually large attendance present, j and elected officers, after which dele-' gates to the county convention and an executive committeeman,, as fellows: J. Y. McGill, president, W. E. Snowden, vice president; L. M. Grayson, secretary and treasurer. Messrs. S. A. Tisdale, J. Y. McGill and G. 0. Epps were chosen as delegates to the county convention, and J. G. McCullough executive committeeman. The members of the club present by a rising vote unanimously endorsed the candidacy of W. E. Snowden for Probate Judge and Thomas M. Chandler for Sheriff. Cades Club Reorganized. The Democratic Club of Cades was called together Dy me vice jirewucm, J. J. M. Graham, and the following delegates were elected to the county convention: Dr. W. J. Haselden, J. L. McFaddin, V. G. Arnette, J. J. M. Graham, Sr., T. P. Fulmore, W. E. Hanna and W. 0. Thomas. The club was reorganized and th<* following officers were elected for the next two years: J. P. Epps, president; J. J. M. Graham, Sr., vice president; V. G. Arnette, secretary; R. T. Grimsley, executive committeeman. It was decided to discontinue the Rough Branch club and that poll was cut out and made a part of Cades club. Bethel Club Elects Delegates The Bethel Democratic Club met pursuant to call Saturday at Bethel Mill. Attendance good. Officers were elected for the ensuing term as follows: J. W. Stewart, president; J. J H. Burgess, vice president; Bishop Burgess, secretary. R. S. Burgess and W. A. Cooper were chosen as delegates to the county convention. Leland Burgess was elected executive committeeman. I o Boy Accidentally Killed Roosevelt Driggers, 14 year old son of Joseph Driggers, who lives near! Bethel church, accidently shot and killed himself on Saturday wfine out hunting. The boy was standing by an old wagon talking with two other i little boys, and it is thpught that he had the butt of his gun resting cn a spoke of the wheel when it slipped |and was discharged. The entire | charge entered under the chin >jtnd passed into his head. An inquest was I held by Magistrate Stewart and jury jwho determined that the boy came to his death by the accidental dis charge of his gun. o Apply for Papers The Andrews Building Association of Andrews, applied to the Secretary of State Monday for papers of incor'poration. The incorporators are: -W. IH. Andrews, president; and G. C. i Davis, secretary and treasurer, and C. J. Levy and H. L. Smith of Andrews. The capital stock of the concern, which is to do a general homebuilding and realty business, is given as $25,000. o ONE WIFE, EIGHT COWS. High Cost of Living Doubles the Price of Wives in Africa. Lord Dewar, who has just returned j to London from Central Africa, in 'giving an account of his travels there said the increased cost of living in the district he visited was reflected in the higher price for wives paid by the natives. Whereas a fine, sixtecn-hands high [ wife cost four spearheads in prewar days, she now costs eight spearheads, Lord* Dewar said, and in the cattle districts the price of a wife is eight' ' cows instead of four. I o Some folks think Williamsburg property too valuable to lose and insure. Others have doubts and some of them' sooner or later find themselves ! like unto the man who built his house upon the sand. I sell all kinds of Insukancey Wm. W. Boddiq, Kingstree, S. C. ^ . "OH, LET'S DON'T" People With Thin, Pale Blood Are Listless and Want to Do Little. MORE RED BLOOD CELLS NEEDED Take Pepto-Mangan, Famous Tonic; and Say "Let's Go," Instead of "Let's Don't" When normally healthy, ambitious people begin to lack energy and tire easily?when they are quickly discouraged and low in vitality, it usually means their blood has grown weak. Such people are called anemic, or "run down." Build up the blood and you build up the health and spirits. Pepto-Mangan is a pleasant-tasting red blood builder and it contains exactly the elements which poor, pale blood needs to become rich, red blood. Red blood means rosy cheeks, bright eyes, a clear brain, a firm step. Pepto-Mangan has placed thousands of people who needed building up in the full-blooded, energetic, vigorous class. It changes the "let's don't" attitude to a "let's go" attitude. Recommended by physicians for thirty years and sold all over the world. Pepto-Mangan is sold in both liquid and tablet form. Both contain the same medicinal ingredients. Buy Pepto-Mangan at your drug n. a.1 ? gists. dc sure uie iuuuc uuuc o is on the package. Without "Gude's" it is not Pepto-Mangan.?Advertisement, u We can all cheerfully bear misfortunes?of others. o The Law of Compensation. Painless dentists use a drug called novocain. An injection of this into the gums so deadens the tissues that a tooth can be literally cut out and the patient will feel no more uneasiness than he would in having his hair trimmed. But the next day! Ail the tissues come to life and begin to throb as a result of the gashes and cuts of the dentist. This is a modern example of Emerson's famous Law of Compensation. If a dentist operated on live tissue the patient would yell every time he cut or pulled. This would cayse the dentist to exercise his skill and ingenuity in getting the tooth out in the quickest way and with the least trouble. Working behind a shield of navocain, he can be as awkward and as clumsy as he pleases, and the patient will know nothing about it until the next day. T.iVp the "mornincr after" headache. it is nature's way of keeping us from self-destruction. NOTICE TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES The recent legislature passed some very liberal, progressive and helpful laws relating to education. ItJs highly important that the school trustees of the county meet with the County Superintendent of Education for a full discussion of these laws. Such a meeting should result in uniformity of purpose and action, and should pave a way for better schools next year. I am appointing Monday, May 17, 11 o'clock, at the courthouse for this meeting. Unless 'you are present, the inference will be that you lack an interest that you should have. I am expecting to have the State Superintendent of Education or one of the State Supervisors of Rural Schools with us. Your presence and cooperation will be appreciated. J. G. McCULLOUGH, 4-29-3t. Co. Supt. of Ed. CITATION NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg, By P. M. Brockinton, Esq., Probate Judee. . Whereas, A. M. Keels made suit to me, to grant Him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of J. F. Keels. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said J. F. Keels, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingstree, S. C., on the 8th day of May 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 26th day of April, Anno Domini, 1920. Published on the 29th dav of April, 1920, in The County Record. P. M. BROCK1NTON, 4-29-2tp. Probate Judge. NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the estate of R. H. Footman, deceased, will file the same duly authenticated, with the undersigned, and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment to him, or his attorneys, Stoll & O'Bryan, Kingstree, S. C. J. E. RANKIN, Administrator, Estate of R. H. Footman, deceased, Liberty National B^BId^lua.bia.S. C. 4-29-31 M. Shultz IN PLA You will find the 1 Shultz and Wal- j worth Pianos have the beauty and excellence of worki \ manship and the fullness of tone found in the best pianos on the mar ket. They are priced reasonably, also. I j tfr N ' No needles to chai Plays all makes of re Also a complete line Bed Room and Dining Room Suites. Complete line of Bed Room and Dining Room Suites in Chippendale,Queen Anne Sherdinane, William and Mary and all latest styles finished in Fumed Oak, Weathered Oak, Early Engs? lish;1 Walnut* an^d5 Adam's Brown Ma j hogany. j "Rvp.rv tiippp nf i ? " V* I chased from twelve m the market today to sale more than we a Kingstre Academy Street, Nex / and Walwo YERS and UPI 12 Cars Shipman's Parlor and Cborch / Organs If you contem- j plate the pur- (& chase of an organ for anyr*^= use, see our line ^ We have some j attractive val- . j? ues in organs. rjK o \ lge, no scratching,gratin{ scordsperfectly. Seethe ! of Columbia and Pathe joods offered in this ad' Lomns to iour yeans agu, replace them we wpuld ] re offering them for sale e Furnitur t to Postoffice, # rth Pianos k EIGHTS. t i i$* i 8 i A PI ' ZM ? .mQ ^s?iJ ?Q U I or roaring sounds, newest period designs. Records. Heyward Brothers' Bahv fjrriaffK ?n-farts and Gigs. We have a full and complete line of Heyward Brothers' vehicles and are offering them at prices that you can't duplicate. Call in and get the A baby a new rig to 3 ride in. 9 rt. t ""II rertisement was pur- j and were we to go on L have to pay at whole- I i at today. e Co., KINGSTREE, S. C.