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For rates i apply to this office. t In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD Foreign Adveniiinf Rrpre*?ntathre THE AM ERjCAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ! t THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921. 1; t Ie * President Harding is to l>e com- j i mended for his prompt action in re- r questing the Puolic Health Service! f and the American Red Cross to in- j vestiate reports concerning a semi- j] famine condition and an cpioemic oijf pellargra in the cotton se< rioi. of the n south, but at the same time we believe a the president has been misinformed ? as to actual coditions. Facts are that t, in South Carolina the increase in pel- j] largra cases the past year are not at j all alarming. It is our belief that c Williamsburg co-mty has suffered from the general financial depression b * as keenly as any section in the south, a and yet the county's pauper list has c not materially increased. t The county is not called upon to a maintain a poor farm or support a pauper colony. There are cases, which b under extieme conditions, have to be 8 looked after by the county and sus- h tenance and shelter provided, but the 0 annual outlay for this is small. t1 Particularly at this season of pier.- t] ty, at least in the matter of vegeta- v Lies and fruits there is no apparent fi cause in this section for an epidemic r of pellagra, if it is indeed true that the malady is superinduced by at] sameness of diet or unbalanced ration- d ing. b It is quite true that there is very n little money in circulation in this t] county and exceedingly hard to get r hold of, it is also true that there is plenty to eat, of unquestionable quali- b ty and in sufficient variety. t] We belie\e that when the two great t] # national agencies called upon by the c president for a report on conditions 0 in the South have completed their tin- t] vestiation it will be shown that pre- t vious reports reaching the executive r were exage rated, li not unfounded. t Secretary Denby of the navy, it is 8 announced wants $30,000,000 with c which to canstruct airplane carriers A a 1 ? * vaiwoqI O measure ernooaymg sji.ii a yivyv**.* is now pending before the house naval 11 committee. It is intimated also, that the secretary of the navy will urge ^ the passage of the measure by the 0 congress. In thi particular we hope 3 that congress and the committee or 0 naval affairs will not be influenced n into the ra^am of su~h a bill by Mr. Ci Denby or any other power. We, like $ the big majority of taxpayers of the United States, air; in favor of disarmanient, and how in the name of com- ^ mon sense is this to be brought about b while appropriations are being con- P stantly sought by army and navy heads for defraying the cost of equiprient to be used in future wars. We *1 want no more wars, and the best way 0 to stop them is to stop the flow of P billions of dollars that go to keep alive ^ and active the germs of war, which F may be classified as battleships, cruisers, topedo boats, submarines, field 8 guns, etc. We are pleased to note a considerable improvement in prices on the to- n bacco being offered for sale here this y week. It is the general belief that b as the better grades come in prices A v.*ill gradually increase. 1; ? The town council's street committee ( seems to have balked, laid down on 11 their job or lapsed into a state of ut- a ter indifference towards our streets since the question of a bond issue was ^ /4a/?i/4o,4 at an plppHrvn on I UCIUUICIJ' uvwuvu ?... v..- ? I# March 29th. It is presumed that g the attitude of those in charge of the 0 streets is nor to expend any more time or money in keeping them up until * the bonds voted for the purpose, are s sold and paving operations begun. "But" as an individual remarked to ^ us the other day, "there's no system ^ to that if such is the caes, why not ^ go ahead and keep up the streets we e have, at leas: dtig or scrape them occassional Iv t: - c 666 cures Maiariai Fever. a Dillon Looks for Prosperity. (From the Dillon Herald) The prioes paid for tobacco at the pening of the markets Tuesday were 1'sappointine, but the man who frets ind worries over what the future holds n store is giving himself a whole lot >f unnecessary trouble. Men whose business is to study the r.arket predicted low prices on the pening days. They knew that lots o* nferior tobacco would be offered for ale, and a systematic newspaper ampaign against marketing thi lualitv of tobacco was of little avail. [Tiere was lots of it on the Dillon _ ounty markets ind we take it fori j 1 . i - - /-ifforp/1 "Tni* framed mai iui> ui n. ale on other markets. The world market is glutted with obacco of an inferior quality. It nought fancy prices during the war .nd quantities of it are still in stor,ge. The manufacturers do not want : and the dealers cannot dispose of When offered for sale it brings he average down, and that is the rea-1 on warehousemen warned the farmers gainst bringing it to the markets last, ,'uesday. It is the opinion of tobacco experts ; bat good grades of tobacco will bring i air prices, and the prediction is free I y made that as the season advances he prices will improve. At least evrything points that way. Xot only the south, but the entire ation is suffering from lack of conidence. People do not like to buy on a fallng market, and it is infinitely better or the morale of the country if the narkets open low and make a steady idvance than if they open high and 1 '? 1?1 I* '" fnr -fnr ! How a sieaay uecunc. n 10 ucv?i jiv. , obacco to sell for 5 cents on the open-' r.g and advance 'o 30 cents than for! !" to open at 30 cents and decline to 5 ,! ents. Dillon county and the entire cotton elt will fare much better and take , more hopeful view of the future if otton opens at 5 cents and sells up 1 r? 15 cents than if it opens at 15 cents nd sells down to 5 cents. For the last six months there has ; een a steady decline in the price of j tocks. The New York stock market as been demoralized, but regardless < f how contradictory it seems, never- , heless it is a fact that the decline in ( he price of stocks was accepted by ,ell-informed business men as the rst sign of a nation wide business ^ evival. I Stocks could not stand still and ^ hey could not go higher. They went , own, and now that the bottom has . een reached they must go ip as ! aturally as they went down, and : here will be plenty of buyers on a 1 ising market " ? A " it is tne same witn cuiwn anu w j acco. It is the opinion of experts that i be bottom has been reached, and as ( be price of either commodity canot remain stationary it must of ne- . essity take an upward turn. When 1 be advance begins there will be piery of buyers and the markets should ' emain strong throughout the season. An anlysis of local financial condi- : :ons is not discouraging. The last;' tatements of the nine banks in the ounty showed bills payable totaling pproximately $1,000,000. The banks ( we this money to outside banks and 1 t must be paid. The present indications are that ( )illon county will make 30,000 bales ' f cotton. Even at ten cents a pound I' 0,000 bales of cotton will bring a lie and a half million dollars of new ' loney. The tobacco crop at the most onservative estimate should turn out 1 i,200,000. This gives the county a 1 jtal of $2,700,000 in new money After 1 he banks have discharged their ob- gations to outside banks there will e left $1,700,000 which can be aplied to local debts. Even at present prices that does not )ok so bad, but the indications are hat our two money crops will turn ut more than $2,700,000. If this j roves to be the case we will feel ; his fall the returning wave of pros- 1 erity. 1 We are a l?ng ways from starvation ; nd bankruptcy. < "Normalcy" < Much has been said during recent ; tenths about "Normalcy", in other J ,*ords getting back to normal after the ? iggest spree the United States of imerica ever indulged in either sing- : it or collectively. Before we arrive at the happy state ' f affairs so greatly to be desired, we 1 lust expect to sutler extremely irom j state of nerves. ?' This condition may be aggravated ? y low prices for our money crops ext fall and winter, and further ag- < ravated in 1923 by the ravages of the j holl weevil. 1 You may tnink from the above that i am horribly pessimistic, but, I as- , ure you that I am not. I am trying j o size up the immediate future as < est I can, and to honestly face con- , itions rather than to, ostrich-like, \ ide my head in the sand and shut my j yes to the signs of the times. ] Please God, we are going to come ] hrough this crisis safely, and enjoy < he fruits of the earth and the amount < f prosperity that is good for us, in i few short seasons. But, we must, j in the meantime, live carefully, am! 1 make ready for our ultimate freedom ! from old condition.*. 1 \ If you have money on hand deposit,? it in a strong bar.king institution in ,! your county, and thus do your part J towards furnishing the life-blood of 1 trade; hastening tne return of the day ! of "Normalcy." ] Safe farming, the only kind we > should engage in. means producing ! food and feed on the farm for man ] and beast, in addition to several mon- ? ey crops; axciding, as far as possi-1! tie, the heavy tax we must pay when | \ wn \-srw-rs 4-VX rrs\ Infn HVirl ? "C IV fcU Uivv V11V ?iv*.iivv M11>? I pay the other fellow's price, plus cost , of tranportation and several middle- J men's profits. If you are not clear as to your cropping system, ask your county agent's ) advice, or taik to your banker as he ? is vitally interested in your secces.-. \ I recently visited South Carolina \ ] and saw the demoralization following a heavy infestation of cotton boll wee- ! vils in the lower counties. Let us {| begin to make ready now to avoid ?1 this demoralization when the weevil ,, establishes a home in localities not now so badly infested, and remember, tms pest is coming on the top of pres-1,, ert disastrous prices for farm prod- J | ucts. 11 Tightep your belt and fight the , good fight, and you will win out, buf ] | hesitate now in making ready and you *1 are lost.?G. A. Caldwell, agricultural !! agent Atlantic Coa>t Line Railroad. ] | STATE NEWS ITEMS. ;; i .Many Things of Interest Gleaned from J J from Many Points. '1 ?Paving means progress to the cit>- 1 zens of thriving Mullins and they arc- .. going steadily on improving theii j| town. Says the Mullins Enterprise. J1 ?Dr. Geo. S. Mower, aged 68, a prominent lawyer of Newberrj, and member of the house of representatives, died at his home from apoplexy Monday morning. ?J. W. Stalnaker, postmoster at Ninety-Six, in Greenwood county, has been arrested by Postoffice Inspector E. J. Mans held and Deputy United States Marshal J. L. Adams, charged with a shortage of $3,200 in his accounts. The body of Private Clinton Z. Dennis, who was killed in action in France was brought home Monday night for burial. He was wounded on October 3th, 1918 and died eight, days later, rhe soldier was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dennis who reside near Lake City. Private Dennis was a member of Company D., 118th infantry, 30th Division. The local post American Legion was in charge of the Durial which took place Tuesday at the Casselman burying ground.?Lake City News. ?Thp larce two storv brick build ing and entire contents, belonging to Hahn & Company wholesale and retail jrocers, at Aiken, was completely gutted by fire late last week. The damages to building and stock will reach $50,000 with about two-thirds of its value insured. The firm furnishes many farmers in the surrounding country. The Wyman-Shroder shce store suffered a damage of about $6,000 on a stock of $10,000, partially covered by insurance. The R. W. McCreary dry goods establishment was damaged by smoke to the amount of several thousand dollars. Men, women, - * ?* 1 .V - boys and girls streamed tnrougn me ? building during the fire and saved I much of the shoe stock and the new J fire engine was undoubtedly the cause ? M saving one block of Main street 1 from the flames. \ o ?> GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 1! Interesting Throughout the Country < Briefly Told. !! ?Resolutions endorsing the reviv- < > ing of the R. E. Lee school of Journal- ! ism at Washington and Lee Uoiveisi- J | ty at Lexington, Va., were adopted at ?> the opening session of the Virginia ., Press Association, held last week at \ \ Ocean View. ' j ?Introduction in the United States of the chaulmooga tree to assure a ? permanent supply of oil for the treat- | ment of leprosy is planned as a result ] | of a trip through Siam, Bui-ma and < Assam by Professor John F. Rock, ]) formerly of the University of Hawaii. ] | The chaulmooga oil specific for lepj o- .. sy and its method of use, perfected in the laboratories of the University of ]' Hawaii and in the Kalihi leper staiion ? are to be introduced in the leper col- ! onies of Java. J ?Uncle Sam's pay roll is being cut ] with a veneance, says a Wash- ? i-:gton dispatch. With each recurring ] pay day hundreds, and in some cases, J thousands, are dropped from the lists. ? A.s a result, many whocame to Wash- ! J inton for war work are hopelessly \ j seeking other positions. Occasionally ??. i few find employment, but gradually ! J ' * i j those irom outsiae trie city mc lemming to their homes. The charge is ?i 5eing made that dismissas are not !J made in harmony with the civil ser- J J rice law, which fixes a quota for each < i state, and also that the District of ! 5 Columbia is keeping much more than J J its share of employes on the rolls. ??j Sk" /V nrr\Arl ^ ?'4T x x x vvu u & &}' kitchen, cooks :?: i , 3?: one or the iterr W sary. Come lr tfc: Sensations ovei '? tfcj mi I A Ki Eg i is one of the gi ra 1 ?:: the house-wife Eg:: means many ui Si: sponsible for yi FP:: can supply you I: . Si Kitchen J: jjji: everything nee ?i: found here and get them elsew X" " F" 4*! I A;; ^Bs81iig?HBH EH? i nrrm t" I a:: Si: We have { S" S:: we are using as ^ ! 5?:: furniture wher S" Si: values in most ; Sii Ask us to show ?:: kf< II KINGSTRE St Himntmi A vo anil Mi hUf IllUllJflVU MTV* UUU IIU p II1 111 III IM111II11111111 I H 1 I I 1 II 1 ? 1 I I III 1 II 1 H I I H mmmmm STOVES t I AND I r RANGES| tove adds to the con food more palatable js of home-furnishi 1 and look our lim r and get our prices. < I tchen Cs reatest time savers e^ A kitchen with* anecessary steps tor our meals. Buy on< ir needs. Safes, Tables a essary to outfit any I our prices are belo^ 'here for. rTHE WHITE SE We have a i ing of the ce Machine, and see the advar chine has befo J machine. secured the old DuB a store room for da e you will find m; any piece of furnitur< ' you through. ? FURNITURE 1 U St - - mmm&mm 1> III1 11 1 1 1 I 1 H"1 I11 11 11 I11 !"!' I ~ r*> Mil I || > | 1?HrrfTrrr^ f T Y T T f 7 TTfTfTHllM 11 venience of the ;g? , and, in fact, is :g? ng most neces- jB? g e of Richmond IBs 1 # J ;?i^' !!^S I it ::jfe: |A ::$;: . .Hj ? "^h $A - iiij W -?* ibinet iii , /er invented for wj| Dut a Cabinet, the person re- not ; now while we jgg ryS ?qjp nd Chairs, St kitchen can be x?? v what you can gSl !WING MACHINE! S first-class show- fiS lebrated White invite you to itages this ma- ::5?: re buying your iijjj ose Shop, which '1H ' maged and used i ! !m! any exceptional ;g3; s you may need, jffij COMPANY, J . >0,. KINGSTREE, SO. CAR. g y* i rrrrn i n i rm m i rn in ih.