The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 30, 1920, Image 2
Soundness of the People.
(Felix Angus in The Baltimore
American)
In my time I have known many
bosses; Democratic bosses, Republican
bosses, national bosses, state
bosses, county bosses. As a rule the
political boss is a pleasant fellow,
with a big heart and a real desire for
public sen-ice. So long as this desire
to serve is bigger than anything else
in his bosom he gets along. But he
falls down when he craves power and
allows it to intoxicate him.
There is very little in the boss bus.
ness just now, first, because it does
not pay, and, second, because in all
intelligent countries the people are
taking hold.
In many respects the worst two
bosses the world has ever known are
performing in Russia. Lenine and
Trotsky have gone the limit. The
trail of the Red terror has left marks
of human blood all over that magnificent
empire and people have grown
hopeless of Russia.
Friends and readers of this papei
ask me why the newspapers do not
print the truth about Russia. Tinnewspapers
are trying their best to
get the truth and to print it, bu4
think of the difficulties of gettinr.
facts from a population of over one
hundred and sixty millions, when the
situation changes weekly and every
form of socialism, communism and a'l
the other isms* is shouting at the ton
of its voice and trying to offer it
own particular brand of hellishness.
It is costing over five million dlars
a year to collect and deliver the
ews printed in The Baltimore Ameri
miilit nncciKld hv
mny ou CV'athujiuiv mom ?4,
the cooperation of newspapers i* all
parts of the world.
One definition of what is true is "in
accordance with the actual state of
things." So, truth about Russia may
be true every day and yet may change
every day because the "actual state of
things" there is changing all the time.
It's a pretty mad old world we are
living in at present and Russia is one
place where self-constituted bossesare
riding the people.
Now we cannot make the world
safe for democracy or for anything
else without counting Russia in our
prografn. We need Russia not only
to feed Europe but as a great working
part of civilization. The old bosses,
the Czar crowd, are gone never to
return. The present bosses. Lenine
and Trotsky, are on the way. The
real permanent bosses are beginning
to wake up.
It seems to me that the best light
we are getting from Russia comes
from travelers who can give us their
personal impressions of what the Russian
people are doing and talking
about. In other words, the big news
of Russia is the people.
Some years ago an able young Russian
was attached to the Embassy at
Washington. He came of high family,
wis experienced in Russian government
life, was broadly educated.
He learned the American view and
was thus able to form an exceptionally
clear idea of the Russian situation
after he returned to Russia.
Naturally this man was not pleasing
to Trotsky, who put him in prison
as an enemy of the Soviet gang and
kept him in the damp cells of a fortress
for five months. This man was
Col. Andrew Kalpaschinkoff, and he
has written a book called "A Prisoner
of Trotsky," and quotations from
this book are being published in the
periodicals.
The big point is that right in the
darkest days of Red Russia an intelligent
observer wtih trained faculties
sees the great proportions of the one
power on earth that is destined to
own and to govern?the power of the
people.
When this refined and educated man
came in contact with his fellow Russians,
rubbing shoulders with them,
sleeping and eating -with them, his
ideas were completely changed. This
is what he found, in his own words:
"I began to discover the moral treasures
of my race and to understand
the errors of the educated minority
who wanted to handle many millions
of men regardless of their vital desires
sind interests." Russia is to be
saved by the moral soundness of its
people.
Re3d this splendid paragraph: "In
the damp corridors of the fortress,
and later in the restaurants, on the
benches of the public gardens, and th*dirty
barns where I had to hide, I
saw the same sight, men spelling out
the words of a newspaper and teach
iag their ignorant comrades to read."
This education will take time, but
it ;s coiling. Add to it the qualities
illustrated in the following quotation
from the book and we have a combination
that means much for the fu
ture: "Whenthe Bolsheviki told the
farmers to take the land, my brother
was still on our estates near the Volga,
and was asked to preside at
most curious meeting of the representatives
of the different villages
which surrounded us. They asked
him to mark on the map of the estates
a division of the land so that
each village would get its fair amount.
This he gladly did. Afterward the
different villages expressed the de
sire to discuss the question of price i
and were much disappointed that my <
brothei could not make out the deed. 1
as all notaries' offices were closed; 1
they even went further and offered to 1
<'? posit the money at the bank if my ]
brother would give a written promise
that he would, when the time came, 1
tui-n over the estates to them and not ]
to buyers who might turn up later. '
Such was, and is, the psychology of i
the Russian people as they pass i
through their revolutionary sickness. ]
of which Bolshevims is $>ut the pois- ]
onous phase." ]
Thus we see the Russians have the
desire for enlightment; they want to <
own land and are willing to pay for ;
it; right here is the sojnd basis of ]
good citizenship. The safest and most <
useful man on earth is the man wh ]
owns his home and sends his children j
to school. j
"They have lighted the torch of pa- (
trioiism throughout Russia." he says. ]
and this is his conclusion: "The
strength of great, intangible Russia <
has always been patriotism and relig- (
ion. Xow that they have been re- j
stored, the crisis in the Russian 'sick- r
ness' is passing, and the convalescence j
has begun. While there may be some ]
setbacks, I consider Russia already i
saved. The greatest revolution his-!
tory has ever known is coming to a j
successful conclusion." j
Let us keep our faith and fix oui j
hApes in the soundness of the people
It is a great lesson not only for prostrate
Russia but for the bosses ar?ould-be
bosses of every land.
? (
New Light On Our Forest Question, <
In response to a i-esolution of the i
United States Senate, the Forest Ser- I
vice has restudied the forest situa- 1
tion of the country. It was found t
that recent high prices of lumber, i
newsprint, turpentine, and other for- t
est products have seriously affected \
many industries and in various ways c
have impose-' formidable burdens on i
the public. ?
House building has been checked, (
farm development and upkeep ham- c
pered, and the cost of furniture, ve- j
hides, tool handles, agricultural im- '
plements, and other articles heavily <
increased. Lumber prices have risen <
out of proportion to increased costs <
of production and distribution. The <
pulpwood and paper industry is in j
straits for raw material from the for- 1
ests. (
Depletion of the timber supplies in i
the eastern part of the United States <
has reached the point at which east- 1
ern and even southern markets are being
invaded by West Coast lumber, r
hitherto barred by the high cost of s
tiansportation. The timber of the i
country as a whole is being used and i
destroyed four times as fast as new 1
timber is growing, and the saw tim- <
ber. is most valuable and most need- i
ed part of the stand, is being cut five 11
and one-half times as fast as it is pro- i
duced. More than 80,000,000 acres of i
land that should be-growing timber is i
unproductive waste, much more is
only partially productive, and fires 1
are steadily causing further deterior- i
ation. 1
The new study of the situation .made c
by the Forest Service contains many facts
never brought out, regarding
both individual industries and condi- ]
tions in individual States and regions. 1
It discusses also tie relation between I
I ?, <i:
Tsne Economy is to
tailore*
A. EL ANDEF
Cinctgo'i For<
They axe made correct!
Kingstree Dry Gc
i I?
forest depletion and the lumber prices,
depletion and exports, and concentra- \
tion in timber ownership, manufac-;
ture, and marketing. Fresh light is
thrown on the question of timber mo
nopoly.
F nally, a pi-ogram is outlined for
aringing about a fundamental and
permanent change in the situation,
rimber in large quantities will always
be an economic necessity, and
ive must prepare to grow it. The
Tieflj?ures reauired for this are out
lined in full in two Forest Service
publications just issued.
One of these is the complete text
)f the report on Senate resolution 311,
ind is entitled "Timber Depletion.
Lumber Prices, Lumber Exports, and
Concentration of Timber Ownership."
[t is sold, price 25 cents per copy,
(stamps not accepted), by the Super |
ntendent of Public Documents, Gov- j
;mment Printing Office, Washington.
0. C.
The second publication is United
States Department of Agriculture Cir:ular
112. 16 pages. "Timber Deple;ion
and the Answer." This is a sumnary
of the report, and will bo sent
;ree, on request, by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
o
666 quickly relieves Constipation,
biliousness, Loss of Appetite and
Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.
). Nov. 25-20.
The Trend of Prices.
Whether Mr. Ford's decision to reluce
the price on all Ford Motor
ompany products to a pre-war levc!
s a forerunner of a general decline
n the prices of automobiles is yet to
e seen. One is inclined to that beief.
And it is more than probable
hat a general reduction in all price >
T " orw)
S in Slgm. LOW pntrs jui ivuvi. ?..u
obacco throughout southern state?
vould indicate as much. The price
>f one article means little or nothng;
it is the value of a dollar in the
ixchange of one article for another
hat counts. Reduction in the prices
>f cotton and tobacco, however, appears
to be starting at the wrong end.
The price of what the farmer buys
.hould be reduced first and other
>qualizations of values of the purchased
and sold should be quick an !
certain. Tg reduce wages without
iny reduction in the necessities of
ife would be rank injustice. But
gradual slide in the cost of living
ilong with the price reductions in
ither lines will bring the country
>ack to normal without hardships.
The day of high prices is passing.
The war is over and extravagant
spending is fast being curbed. Ruriless
which has been on a lampag'
'or three or four years, is coming
jack to earth again, and prices are
toming down. Labor will never be
is cheap as it was before the war;
nany commodities will never sell
is low prices as they sold four 01
five years ago, but the day of 30-ccn*
ugar and $20 shoes has passed.
The automobile long since ceas? l
- ? iiivnn,. if ic TiAu.* a hnsine??
AJ VJC a 1UAUI T j AV MV>* ??
lecessity. Reduction in the prices
ooks like the beginning of the er.d
if high prices.?Lancaster News
Rub-My-'l'igm is a great pain killer,
t relieves pain and soreness csused
>y Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprair*.
Stc.
be found in clothes
i by
'SON & CO.
imost Tcilors
y and keep their shape
?ods Company,
9
mrnrnm (
l&Tur* i
*yx
! jmw
If .Ji H; the leading mini
' IIP JH H quick sales at sn
; 1 1 H| Bjj /ou get the benel
' |fj |B (111 All tires sold 1
' Big ?1 Wm -ew> fresh goods
IgMgH : built, double tre;
rv / ^ sues of Me
sizes in the wo
lty and other sta
TIE CREMBT OHM
Our ProaoiNki
w? give JKM ntw M?4M,
Ifabkk: i
f iwprkb ^
9 ^ U* Pr'c? $11.50. ftlQ MA
fjFo tlrea and one tube
>0aSH Wat price 925.15. *QRflC
Two tlree and one tube T^>t',ou
Ij MriH Wat price $30.$0. Won on (XTT1
Two tlrea and one tube ^OU,W WUil
H?4 Wat price $36.10. OQd 1A ATr
Two tlrea and one tube OUJ
1 W?t price $41.15. 4M1 IK
Two tlrea and one tube ?P*"L?At' A.N1
$ *4 Wat price $43.15. 4>iQ IK
Two tlrea and one tube mi
14*4 Wat price $44.10. tii 1A
TWo tlrea and one tube n*"'1'-'
$4x4* I^at price $58.55. tflO KK E
Two tires and one tube
' Hx4* Wat price $61.20. ?4}1 OA g
Two tlrea and one tebe K
>4x4H Wat price $62.15. tfiQ IK p<
Two tlrea and one tube FA
Motf Wpt Price W.10 *71 OA
Two tlrea and tee tube .T?*.w
trt Wat price $t?.l?. *7A IK
TWo tlrea and one tube v,?u
CORD Til
$tx4 Republic or Goodrich Ribbed or Nonggcld
Cords; price $62.20
Two tires and bne $62.20
- 3tx4 Goodrich Ribbed or Non-Skid Cords.
Ill, price $63.80
atll Two 'tirea and one *63.80
184x4 Republic Non-Skid Cords;
price 865.5.'i
Two tires and one fti&R |T5*
tube
DOF'T BE A?HAMED TO BUI
AT*
MeSF.W AND G60DRK
1**11 AnnrDC. Our out of tow
IiHAiL UIUTLnj; by jnaij
the same as though they attended ti
seeond and third choice.
SEND NO m
them back and pay notiiing. We h
to let you be the judge.
m ORDER SHIPPED C. 0.
1 THE CHEAP
I "CHIAP W I
i mm mm* nAMf
I %
i&TukJ'
- I
W.jRRr
I WE DO FT? Bfim
quantities direct from En S ]
ufacturers. We make IB ! 1
Lall margin of profit- j[j| lJe 11 J ^
by us are absolutely gjgl1| hB I
; we do not handle re HP |
ad or old made over ^H1 I J . j
(draws in stock, Many wBw /
11- adyertased lines of SHti
ridc^Perfection, Qual- j
K WHS ff UK MKMNS j
My a tire at oar last price and wc n
| K you another tire acid tube free jj
My * tube at our Sri price asd w r j J
kaa huceai IJ
r HI MS J I
MX U?t price I4.M. HtH Hoi
__ Two ?r ...yrt.ao H5W > a|
W? miii Ljit ^iee ?W. jSflR H
lEANTEE '" *luof ft I
Et TIRES I Two
32x4 Llit price 14.41. MiC ftAf
3 TUBES T ^ ? |1
31x4 Llit price 16.41. Mj|. [ T
1 flTVF Two for {fl ;
* vrl"*< 34x4 Lilt price |l:#f. Xm; H .
______ Two for *ww. B
NTIRE 34x4^5 LiM price ? #0. ||.M 9
Two for f?-w- H|
'^TIS- ^ Two for . #*!_ J
kCTiw 14 sr. ?r.,"?- *?
33x5 List price |10.M. MAU M 4
Two for T"wwv A
37x5 List price 411.05. 4|4 M B
Two for
RE PRICES! ||
32x4^A Goodrich Non-Skid Cords; * M
price J70.00 H
Two tires and one 970.00 m
33x4V; Republic Ribbed Cords; price 371.94 ft flft|
Two tires and one 971.90 II
1 34x4^ Republic Non-Skid Cords; price |73.75 I
Two tires and one $73,751 -U 1
35x5 Republic Non-Skid Cords; price 991.75 ft ^^^ft
Two tire* and one SLA 1 7C 9
tube 99&mM 9
if VHEM CHEAP?YOU WILL 3E 8^1
I'M r" - W?? - r - - r
:h tires arriving daily i
n customers can purchase Tires and Tubes 12
the assurance that they will be treated M
le sale in person. When ordering state jS
(3|
; require a ca:h d pc^ii vrith your order. I I
amining tires yon are not satisfied, send 9 A
" ' or/j willuiff vj|
aye connaence m uai tu co wiu cuw n
?, ? J
TIRE COMPAKY M
'SICE ONLY" Iff^l
OOLEMMA, S. . | V
SSSBSS ii k ?
i J