The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 30, 1920, Image 4
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920
AN OPPORTUNITY
A prominent gentleman of South
Carolina visited Kingstrec a few days
ago for the purpose of making an inspection
of Black river with a view to
harnessing its flow and erecting an
electric power plant on its banks that
would furnish cheap electric light and
power to Kingotree, Manning, and the
surrounding towns and villages within
a radius of fifty miles, provided he
could secure a location and buy
enough of the swamp land bordering
the river on the west near Kingstrce.
The gentleman in question is an expert
electrician and has already
built three plants, we are informed,
similar to the one he would establish
here.
He brought with him instruments
for testing the current and fall cf the
river and found conditions here more
favorable in this respect than at any
of the other places he has succeeded
in the carrying out of his project,
that of harnessing the river so as to
get water power sufficient to operate
a large generating plant
Water power is cheap and with the
price of coal as at present, and no
prospect of relief, this may bo an opportunity
for Kingstree and neaerby
towns to take a step forward. At any
rate the Record would call the attention
of our City Fathers and citizen,
in general to the matter. At may be
worth something to us if investigated.
We have no hesitancy in saying
that the gentleman could buy as many
thousand acres of .the swamp land beyond
the river as he should wish.
How About It
Three and one-half million children
in Eastern and Central Europe have
no alternative to disaster between
now and next harvest except American
aid. For months, because the
needy were so numerous and the
avalable funds so limited, those most
helpless sufferers in the track of war
have been admitted to American
feeding-stations only if fc-r.gicrJly
undernurished, and have received
American medical aid only if desperately
threatened by death from
disease.
Winter is closing down. The money
of many nations is valueless outside
their own boundaries. Economic and
crop conditions, aggravated over considerable
areas by actual warfare
last summer, make famine, with its
terrible train of diseases, a certain
visitor until next harvest Inevitably
the helpless children will suffer most.
No child can grow to health and sanity
on the pitiful makeshifts for food
that millions of European adults must
content themselves this winter. It is
obvious that the remedy can come
vnly from the outside.
America saved 6,000,000 European
children winter before last. Norma!
recuperation cut the need nearly in
? half last year, but unusual conditions
have resulted in scant shrinkage of
child destitution during the twelvemonth
just passed. The response of
Amorlra must now rloeirle whether
3,500,000 of these charges, in a'.ute
distress, shall begin to be turned away
in January from more than 17,000
asylums, hospitals, cli'iics and fcedir.g-stations
dependent on Ameiicar.
support. There would be no tragedy
in history so sweeping or so destrutive
of those who can deserve no evil.
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Jack Johnson, formerly heavyweight
pugilistic champion of the
world, serving a sentence in the
Federal Prison at Leavenworth for
violation of the Mann act, may enter
the theatrical profession when he is
freed, possibly next March. A concern
specializing in negro minstrel
companies has sent a representative
to the penitentiary to seek Johnson's
signature to a contract calling for
two years' service at the head of an
organization of fifty negroes to appear
in New York and on tour. ,
' NEW YEAR LETTER
RY IO. WELCH
TIMELY INSURANCE r
} " THE CONSIDERATION OF
j POLICY HOLDERS.
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' By the time many ol you r-.cd this
, letter, the old year will have passed
f away and the new year will have en*
tcred upon the threshold of duties.
' Many of us will reflect upon the pact
twelve mentis with a great feeling of
gratitude for the many blessings we
1 have received, and al .he same time
| hope for the contiuation of. them
| through the year 1921. Too many of
us have rather a disposition, however,
to throw ourselves back, put our
[ thumbs in the armholes of our vest
and say, "see what great things I have
done." As a matter of fact, what little
1 we accomplish was done with the assistance
and cooperation of our patrons
and friends with the divine Will
smiling upon us. What can a man do
alone? No man liveth unto himself.
We are merely parts of a great ma
chinery?each part by itself worthless,
but when working in ccnn.ction
, with the great system into which we
fit, we should fulfill well the duties
allotted us.
This is the spirit that permeates
my being at this time, and I feel that
I cannot thank my patrons and friends
enough for the splendid patronage
and cooperation given me the past
year. Altrough collections arc slow
at this time, due of course to the prevailing
conditions, I feel that brighter
times are ahead and that eVery- J
thing will turn out all right in the end,
providing we continue doing business
in that same spirit of cooperation and
good will.
While writing this letter of appreciation
I wish to call attention to
changes in values that should dema
our thought with reference to insurance
carried on our property.
In the first place prices are tumbling.
Practically everything one buys
now costs less than it did six months
ago. Building material, lumber, hardware,
dry goods and other merchandise,
labor and farm product* all
over America have gone down materially
in price. It is hard for us
who bought or built homes one y-iar
ago, or bought merchandise or anything
else at the tip top price to realize
that our money is slipping away
from us by way of depreciating values.
The man who built a home six
months ago costing $10,000 and who
placed a $7,500 insurance policy on
it?which amount he was entitled to
at that time under the three-fourths
value clause in the policy?does not
have $7,500 insurance on his dwelling
at this tame, altho he is paying ior
that much insurance. If the same
dwelling is worth only $8,000 now and
the owner should have a fire he could
not expect to collect more thau $6,000
under the three-fourths value clause.
So why should a man continue paying
insurance on the $1,500 that he does
not have a chance to collect It is
better to cancel cut the $1,500 surplus
insurance and save the insurance
premium. The companies dc r.ot
want more insurance on your property
than you can collect, neither does an
honest agent want the commission on
that surplus insurance premium. This j
same illustration holds good in the
case of the merchant, farmer, and |
every other owner of inflammable
property.
Why keep your cotton insured for ;
twenty-five cents per pound, corn at
$1.50 per bushel when you could not
expect to collect more than the market
value of these products, at this time, i
should you have the misfortune to 1
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Martin & Company
81 Broad Street OR
New york City, N. Y.
suffer loss by fire. It is better to . ^
cancel out and rewrite and in this way t
save the insurance premium. E
In conclusion I wish to sta'e that - B
we have the oldest, largest, and most
experienced insurance agency in Wil- g
liamsburg County, and our service is ?
unexcelled. We write for some of the s
oldest, largest and most expeerienced B
companies in America, therefore your |?
property is protected when placed j|
with us. It is well to insure with g
agents who you feel satisfied, will be s
here to take care of your policy upon g
expiration, which, of course, relieves B
you of the burden of having to look ! j?
out for the expiration of your policy,
We have been here for many years g
and expect to be here many more. iE
Before building your house be sure f
to see us. We may be able to give ?
you points about'buildir.g that will en- J
able vou to get the lowest irsurance i
rate. 2
Kindly soliciting a. continuation of 8
your patronage and good will,I beg to
rmain, as ever, jg
Sincerely yours, *
W. H. WELCH, Mgr. 85
Kings tree Insurance, Real Estate and 8
Loan Co. ?
P. S.?Get one of our 1921 calendars.
(Advertisement)
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BRYAN ON THE 'PROTOCOLS' j
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Denounces Them as the Product of [
Malevolence or Insanity
Libeling the Jews.
The libel that is being circulated'
against the Jews, based on the so-called
protocols, is absurd, as well as I
cruel. It is astonishing that any one 2
| would build ujxrn an anonymous pub- 8
lication an indictment against one of E
the greatest races in history. u
I have read the protocols carefully I
and believe that they were either
manufactured by an enemy of th ?
Jewish people or written by an insane
fanatic, more probably the fo.mer I
If, as seems less likely, they represent
the imaginings of an unbalance. 1
brain, it is grossly unfare to charge
them up against the Jews in general.
The diabolical character of the plot is
enough to stamp it as either fraudu
jent or foolish. No such conspiracy
could be planned by any considerabV
number, not to speak of the impossibility
of carrying it out It woul 1
it qui re the joint effort of all the
leaders of the race to) make it a real
conspiracy, and what representative
Jew in the whole world would be smarted
of contemplating such crime
I have the pleasure of blowing
?uite intimately many prominent B
Jews, among them (only to mention a ft
lew) Just-'ce Bryndeis of the Supreme 1
Court; the greatest lawyer, Sarauei V
Untermyre; the eminent jurist Judge fl
Mo^t,. MnfVior, Sfrona wnrld. I
famed phianthropist, and his brother f
Oscar, equally distinguished as a dip- I
lomat and peace advocate; Rabbi
Wise, fearless preacher of righteousness;
Julius Ro6enwald, business m in
and humanitarian; Ambassador Mcrgenthau,
who recently represented the
United States at Constantinople; the
two Kahns, Otto and Julius; Bernard
Baruch, Sigmund Zeisler, A. J. Elias,
etc.
Would any Jewish plan amount to
much in this country without the support
of these representatives of the
race? And what Christian would be
more prompt than they to expose anl
denounce such a conspiracy if it ever
came to their notice?
The libel, while irritating, cannot dj a
any pcrminant harm; it will soon be )
forgotten.?William Jennings Bryan,
In the Commoner.
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The County Record is the only
newspaper published in Williamsburg
County.
IERS: I
rou need the money, but
>u don.t want to let go
' your cotton because
>u believe the price
:ll ultimately go high!>
fou can get the money
id the ultimatfc adlNCE
in price if you
lDGE with US.
To do this, sell your cotton at
s ebest price you can getand buy !
equivalent amount of future
ton, holding back one-fourth of ?
; selling pnce to protect the g
lie, like a banker does when he
ds you money on warehouse re- . I
pt. Then if the market goes up a
u till get the benefit of the ae- ? I
ice. 8
[n this way you pay no interest, 5
rage charge, depreciation or in- j
*ance, yet you have just as much ?
ney as if you had borrowed on a 3
rehouse receipt.
Write for free booklet "How E
tton Markets Are Made." Set- E
lent made in Columbia of all
itracts carried there. Net bal- 9 .
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:cs sudjuci to uraiu auuicsb E
Edmund A. Felder I
S. C. Representative be
1512 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C E
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or Apartment V
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Save the Situation!
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YOU'RE worried, perhaps,
because you can't find an
|E?nJ apartment or a house of the I
Bljgggipl right size and kind at a price
you feel you can afford to
pay. . - J
There are two ways of solving this perplexing
problem: Take a smaller place
of- o 1 mi/or rpntol r\r chorf? o 1 arnrpr nnp
AL A ci i wtiiai vyx jnai v u iui gvi vuv
with some other family?friends or rel- 3
atives?and divide the rent. Jj
In either case you'll find a Bed Daven-. I
port indispensible. It will save a room. I
Coal too. It will serve as a couch or I %
as a seat?for several during the day. It | m
opens easily into a full length and full 1
width comfortable Bed at night. I
Your BED DAVENPORT need not I
be an odd piece, either. We can sell fl
Make Rooms yo u Bed Davenports with Chairs to I B
Do Double match in ideal living room suits, beau- 3 B
Duty Until tiful and stylish, economical and con- H
Homes are venient.
More |
Plentiful. Styles to suit every taste; |
Prices that fit every purse. ^
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Kingstree Furniture Co. j *
S. J. DEERY, President J V
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