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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.
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Few women paint themselves as
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ^
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"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,
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We can all cheerfully bear misfortunes?of
others.
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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
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