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In remitting checks or money orders make payable to 1 THE COUNTY RECORD Foreign Advertising Representative f THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION (^ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1921 J Grim Retribution. The experience of this Dillon man will apply forcibly to people in this ? ' i ? t _ ( county, some 01 tnem ngnc ne^e in Kingstree, perhaps, and all around us. 1 It is a natural consequence of the ne- j farious lein law so coihmonly prac- 1 ticed in this State, and which sets up ( stronger temptations to commit in- * justices to one's fellowman. But there 1 are so many whose consciences seem r to be dead, and they think because 1 the lein system has been legalized by * State legislation, there is sufficient 1 excuse for taking advantages of those * who resort to it. The following con- 5 fession of guilt is from the Dillon ( . Herald: I "You can say what you please about a man escaping punishment in the other world for his misdeeds," remarked t one of Dillon county's well-known bus- S iness men, "but one thing is certain, ? he does not escape it in this world. I Nearly every misfortune has its origin ' in some little sin, some little misdeed, ? some violation of nature's or man's c laws. Not in every case is the person I upon whom the misfortune visited di- i rectly responsible. Sometimes it is the t sin of an ancestor or perhaps the evil 1 influence of an associate that ultimate- ? ly brought about the misfortune for \ which an innocent person suffers. But \ after all it narrows itself down to s the unalterable law of cause and effect, t I had a most striking and painful il- t lustration of this fact when I was a younger man. I had a fine pair of mules which I prized very highly. An old negro in my community wanted j those mules, but I did not want to sell them. He asked me to make him a price and I made it so high I did not think he would accept it But he did x and I had to go back on my word or t let him have the mules. He paid me ( half cash and I took a bill of sale for j the unpaid ballance. Every time I saw j those mules I wanted them back. Cot- j ton did not sell high during the spring r and summer months, and when the fall c crop began to come on the market the price went all to pieces. Not many farmers were able to pay the expenses of making a crop. The old negro's pa- ( *" - ?1 OotnKoi. and , per was due we arise vx www. ? , he could not pay it. I waited a few i weeks and then took the mules back, j The old negro hated to give them up, ( but he could not meet his obligation , and there was nothing else for him to ] do. In some way he managed to buy an ox and cart and every time I saw him driving that old ox around my .? conscience hurt me. Down in my sub- ] conscious mind something kept telling ? me that I had not done right, but I 1 did not have the courage or the man- i hood or whatever you would call it to i go to that old darkey and tell him that 1 I would extend his paper and let him : have those mules back. Several times i I resolved to do this but I kept putting it off. One day 'I sent those mules down to the water gin with a load of seed cotton. While they were standing 1 on the bridge over the pierhead wait- < ing for the cotton to be unloaded the 1 old darky turned the corner right in 1 front of them with his ox and cart, i The mules took fright, reared in the ( air, plunged into the mill pond and i were drowned. In this tragedy there J was a sermon on retribution so deep- 1 ly impressive that I shall never for- i eet it." ? ( r o - < There may be "something rotten in J Denmark" but you can't make a Vir- i gin Islander believe it His citizenship was changed overnight by sales treaty. Then comes the Volstead act 1 and makes him dry where climate says t he should be moist, and on top of that comes the income tax demanding from J him what he hath not! < < I want to insure all the good cotton j gins, automobiles, houses and every- j thing else of value in the county. I 1 represent insurance companies that j give the same unexcelled service in < "lean" times that they do in "fat" ] limes. Wm. W. Boddie. Kingstree. j S. C. 8-18-tf ] STATE NEWS ITEMS. A charter has been issued to the Consolidated Grocery Co., Inc., of Florence. The capital stock is $100,)00. L. E. Xesmith, of Lake City, is president; J. B. PowelJ, of Florence, is secretary and treasurer. Store no. 3 of this corporation is located at Kingstree. Attorney General Wolfe has ruled ;hat no person swearing ou a warrant ran act as constable and serve that varrant in this state. The opinion ,vas rendered in reply to an inquiry Tom the state highway department, [n connection with certain arrests for violation of the motor license law. Fhe decesion v. ill also apply to constats and rural policemen in inforcir.g ;he prohibition law. A block of six shops, the last renaming wooden buildings in the busness section cf Sumter's Main street, vas wiped out by fire early Sunday noming. The fire originated in the jack of a hat shop. Fire in the cental building of the group was discov;red by a volume of smoke pouring >ut of the windows. Sleeping in the ipartments upstairs in the building vere Mr. and Mrs. Roland Scaffe and ;ome others who barely escaped. A special from Washington to the Charleston News and Courier, says:"It ? announced by the civil service comnission that open competitive examnations will be held at the request >f the postoffice department to fill :he positions of postmaster at Abbe;ille, Barnwell, Cheraw, Clinton, Gaff ? ? ?i;? ley and iungsiree. Appuunivns muo>. each the Civil Service Commission lere on or before September 27, but 10 applicant can be considered who las passed the age of or has not resided within the delivery limits of the >ffice sought for at least two years ireceding September 27, 1921. Sol Emanuel, formerly of Charleson and Georgetown, but for the past !5 years a resident of New York, died it the Roosevelt hospital in that city Saturday) nighty, Mr. Emanuel was f9 years of age and was planning to eturn to his native state when he was ivertaken by his last illness. The >ody was brought to Sumter Monday norning and the funeral was held at he Jewi*h burying ground there, tfr. Emanuel was a brave Confederate .oldier, going forth from Georgetown vith the Georgetown Rifle Guards, vhen that company was accepted for Januarv 2 1861, serving ihroughout the war in company A of he Tenth South Carolina regiment o GENERAL NEWS NOTES. nteresting Happenings Throughout the Country Briefly Told. Means of providing work for the lation's unemployed, estimated by the iepartment of labor to number 5,735,KX), will be studied at a conference of ndustrial and labor leaders to meet n Washington at the call of Presdent Harding. Secretary Hoover is low at work preparing plar.s for the onference. During the week past most of the vreckage of the dirigible ZR-2, which :ollapsed and fell into tahe Humber river, England, has been salvaged. Vlso a number of the bodies of the 'orty-seven men who perished in the ?tastrophy have been recovered, among them being that of Maurice Lay of Greensboro, N. C. President Harding on Tuesday issued a proclamation commanding all persons engaged in "unlawful and insurrectionary proceedings" in the West Virginia coal fields to disperse and ictire peacefully to their homes before aoon on Thursday, September 1. Uness there is prompt compliance, the administration let it be known that -lartial law would be declared. Statistics prepared at Nashville renn., for presentation at the Ecunenical Methodist conference in Lonion next month show that American VIethodism has gained 1,255,091 members net. durinz the past decade. The let gain for the Methodist Episcopal Church for this period, the announcenent said, was about 26 per ccent and lor the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, about 20 per cent. The repcrt ndicates that the Methodist Episcopal Jhurch has 20,439 ministers and 4,193,988 members and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 7,664 minsters and 2/254,7"2 members. There was a sensational break in the New York cotton market right afier the opening yesterday morning. January sold off to 15.90 within the 5rst 15 minutes of trading or a full :ent below Monday's closing quotation jther months showed losses ranging from 85 to 98 points. Sharp rallies followed, but were not fully mainlined, with January closing at 16.25, md with the general market closing steady at a net decline of 52 to 75 points, as follows: Occtober, 16.05; December, 16.33; January, 16.25; Vfarch, 16.45; May 16.50. 4 ' t - V i. ; . WEEVIL MAKING CLEAN SWEEP News Items Picked Up Twixt Aimwell and Suttons Suttons Aug. 29,?A great many of the farmers around who usually sell their tobacco on the Andrews market are taking it to Kingstree tins season. The prices there are low but really better than at Andrews. Mr. W. H. Ackerman is the only man in this community who will make good on tobacco this year, he has averaged about $200.00 per acre. This looks good to the fellow who will not get that amount for his entire crop. I \f ?*?5 Pvinnn n r? r\ /?V?ilrJvon ' companied by her sister, Miss Bertha i Walters of Manning-, has been visiting | relatives in this vicinity for the past three weeks. They left yesterday for Oceda where they will spend a while before going to Charleston where they expect to make their home for the time being. , Messrs Peter Cooper and Doc. Blakely spent a very pleasant day Sunday at Jamestown. Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Vortan and little daughter of Andrews, spent last iweek-end with Mr. Vortan's parents here. Miss Pearl Wilson of Charleston is here on an extended visit as the guest of Miss Pansy Blakely. We are glad to have in our midst again Miss Fannie Huggins who has recently returned from Hock Hill. Miss Huggins was a member of the Suttons school raculty last term ana , we are hoping she will accept for the coming term. Mrs. Emma Voile and little grand j son of Florence are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Blakeley here this week. I We have the pleasure of see: Eg Mr. Logan Walters at home again. He has for sometime past been attending a Business College of Columbia. Miss Nettie Norton has returned home from a two weeks stay with friends and relatives in Andrews. Rev. L. L. Moore and brother Mr. J. W. Moore are assisting the colored p.cacher with a series of services at th*. ir church on the farm of Mr. J. W. Moore here. We learn they have large and attentive congregations. Mr. W. N. Blakeley "filled his regular appointment" at Cedar Swamp ! last Sunday afternoon. Miss Pauline Cooper returned Sunday from a visit of several days to her sister, Mrs. Jimmi? Gamble at Jamestown. Several of the young men around here attended a social given by the Misses Locklier's of Trio Friday night they reported having had a very pleasjant time. Mrs. Allie Cooper of Kingstrce and daughter, Ruby, of Columbia have been spending sometime with relatives in this section. ? ? v* i 1 1 rue young IOUCS arouna nere nave i had the pleasure of enjoying quite a lot of boiled peanuts recently from ! Mr. T. E. Blakely'r patch. Here's hop!ing ye scribe will get in another '"pot full" soon. Well, "Mr. Boll Weevil' is making almost a clean sweep with the cotton , in this section." From the prnpects it seems there won't be much co .ton and peas, but, gracious me the taters and corn. Mr. Halston Miller,for instance, made on the farm of Mr W. J. Flowers, according to recent estimate, a yield of eleven hundred (1100) bushels of corn on 23 acres with but three sacks of soda only. Mr. Miller also made a fairly good crop of sweet and irish potatoes, beans, tobacco, wheat and sugar cane. The weevil has dons a good work when he beats the time of old Williamsburg farmers, altho' he jis playing havoc with the grapes. Miss Annie Barwick of Andrews is the attractive guest of Miss Margie Norton this week. Mr. Pike Hinnant spent Sunday with his father here. He has been 'in Georgetown for sometime with H. Kaminske and Co. The Misses Hiftnant have as their guest for the week-end, Miss Novell Richardson of Andrews. ! We regret to learn that Miss Mae Hinnant will leave next week for the upper part of the state where she is going to teach this school term. Miss Hannah Byrdic was called "X> Hemingway last week to the bedside cl her sister, Mrs. Eddie Davis. We hope Mrs Davis a speedy recovery. Well, after many months of silence and hard toiling and coniving I'm ft II 'obliged to say, "POOR BOY" ' When a man insured with one of my companies suffers a loss, he will be paid in full and a liberal amount. I do not try to brow beat and wony him into accepting less than he his lost My companies want to pay liU? erally when they lose. They are all standard companies, the "game" kin J. Wm. W. Boddie, KIngstree, S. C. 8-18-tf. - The Rev. Mercer P. Logan, for six years rector of St Paul's Episcopal church. Charleston, has submitted his resignation, effective October 1. Dr. Logan has accepted a call as warden of the new DuBose Memorial school near Sewanee, which will train young ! men for the ministry. 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