The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 16, 1922, Image 8
LAKE CITY LEGION
GIVES A BANQUET
LARGE ATTENDANCE OF MEM
BERS OF POST FROM THAT
SECTION OF COUNTY.
Lake City, Feb. 13.?One of th<
most enjoyable social events of re
cent date in Lake City was the ban
quet given by the members of Wil
bur Jones Post of the American Legior
last Friday evening in the Boltimon
hctel. Thirty-eight legionr.ires frorr
Lake City, Olanta and other nearbj
points enjoyed the fine dinner anc
the attractive program that followed
At the conclusion of the dinner Mr
Felix T. Wilson, local Post Commander
and toastmaster of the occasion
before introducing the first speaker
made a very interesting talk, reviewing
the accomplishments of the posl
since its organization and the good
that will be accomplished through the
post in future to Lake City and the
surrounding country. The Rev. Johr
W. Davis, of Kings tree, the firsl
speaker, all so made a very interesting
talk, impressing the fact that God was
fcremost in every man's heart, and
that man would never be peaceful until
he made peace with God in his
own heart
The music, which received a considerable
amount of applause, consisted
of a beautiful solo by Miss Laura Bell
Smith, accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. R. E. McElveen, and a vocal
duet by Mrs. A. C. Sawyer and Miss
Smith, also accompanied by Mrs. McElveen.
,
Dr. J. S. Lynch, in an impromtu
speech, caused much laughter and applause
by telling several jokes. He
also emphasized the- good that will be
accomplished through the local Post
4 and pledged his continued assistance
in making the Legion larger and better
in every respect
The last speaker of the evening was
Mr. Frank H. Barnwell, of Florence.
Mr. Barnwell, humorous in action and
speech, held everyone in a continual
roar of laughter during the greater
part of his talk. Then, growing earnest,
he spoke of the efforts that the
American Legion has made in caring
for disabled soldiers, especially the
"down-and-outers" at the present time.
Mr. Barnwell stated that every post
throughout the whole country should
do ifh bit in assisting ex-soldiers in
need.
PTOMAINE POISONS
GEKL AT COLLEGE
One-Third of Student Body at Mississippi
State College Attacked
at Once.
Columbus, Miss., Feb. 12.?More
than 300 students of the Mississippi
State College, for Women here are
suffering with ptomaine poisoning as
a result of eating chicken salad which
was served at the evening meal at
the college tonight Every physician
in Columbus was called to the institution
and late tonight it is stated
that all the students are out of danger,
although a large number are still
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Dr. J. - C. Fant, president of the
institution, said that the poisoning
was undoubtedlly caused by the salad,
as those who did not eat it were not
acected. Dr. Irene Fatheree, the college
physician, made the same statement
A thorough investigation will
be made by the college authorities
i tomorrow.
The students were taken ill within
an hour after finishing supper and
fbst aid treatment was given those
affected until physicians could be
summoned. The remaining students
acted as nurses under Dr. Fatheree's
direction. Dr. Fant states that a
number of the milder cases have fully
ra-overed and are assisting in carfrg
for those more seriously ill.
The school has about 900 students
and fully one-third of this number
were affected.
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Birthday Party at Cedar Swamp.
An occasion that was much enjoyea
in the Cedar Swamp section was
a party given by little Miss Juanita
Epp:> on Monday afternoon, February
18th, in commemoration of her fifth
f birthday.
'After Miss Hazel Epps had entertained
them with a number of jolly
games, the guests were ushered into
the dining room which was daintily
decorated in pink and white. The
tots, about twenty-five in number,
quickly filled their places at the table,
and one of the thildren yelled, "It's
Ch'is'mas again." And, verily, it did
seem like "Ch'is'mas," for the spaclous
table was burdened with delicious
home-made candies, cakes, and
Pink lemonade, "delightful and refreshing."
The large white birthday
cake, upon which stood five tiny pinl
candles, occupied the center of th?
table.
The popular little hostess receivec
lots of nice little gifts as tokens ol
good wishes. Pretty soon it was tim<
to go home and it was with genuin<
regret that the guests had to caj
good-bye.
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spirit of its majestic solemnity. The'
titanic proportions of everything, and
. the age-long story that is woven in '
the very woof of it, appeal to the
senses in a way that can neither be
resisted nor explained.
; - Rooms in Vatican.
Adjoining St. Peter's is the Vatican,
the home of the popes and the largest
. palace in the world. That this extra,
ordinary- structure is a worthy neigh>
bor of massive St. Peter's may be
, realized from the statement that it
T cmtains 11,000 rooms, has 30 magniI
ficent halls, nine galleries, seven
grand chapels, 20 courts, eight state
staircases and 200 smaller ones, besides
museums, libraries and archives.
It is indeed a treasury of art It is
scid that the contents of the sistine
chapel alone are worth $1,000,000,000.
. Who would estimate the price that
I Michael Angelo's last judgment or
, Raphael's transfiguration would bring
, if they were offered for sale? While
, n<- combination of circumstances can
be conceived that would lead to such
. a possibility, if the contents of the
! Vatican were ever offered for sale,
I there is not a fortune in the world
large enough to pay the price they
, wculd command.
The tremendous extent of the vati,
can, as well as the incomputable
I amount of treasure it contains, is
shown in the story about a room
. which for some reason was walled up
and became lolst for centuries. After
i a long search entrance to it was gained
through a windew overlooking the
roof of the sistine chapel, and the
rare decorations of its walls were
again brought to light. It is known
that some valuable frescoes are hidden
by wooden wainscoating in another
room once occupied by a luxuri,
ous cardinal, and it is not unlikely
that other art treasures have been
lost entirely in its labyrinthian ex
t tent
Upon leaving the visitor can not
help but turn for a last look upward
to the window where the lonely old
. man of the Vatican keeps his vigil.
What a big thing he representeds!
He is virtually a prisoner in his huge
palace, yet all the world comes to
see him. He is with out an army,
without territory, and without a voice
in the councils of the nations, yet
he rules approximately! 275,000,000
subjects with the gentle sway of
spiritual sovereignty. As you go
away the bells of St. Peter's begin to
clang, and you realize that it is the
hour of vespers; you realize that the
message of those bells not only rolls
across the fields beyond the yellow
Tiber, but reverberates around the
world.
! Policeman Cant Be Christian.
Marion, Ohio, Feb. 14.?"I don't
hold anything against the police,
but I dont think a man can be a 1
good Christian and be a policeman :
anywhere."
Roy D. Brown, who made that de- '
claration, resigned from the Marion
police force after he became converted
in a revival conducted at the Holy 1
Nazarene church here.
"I've got* to do it," Brown told '
Chief Police James W. Thompson. :
"I am just following the dictates of 1
the Lord and want to be square with 1
Him and my fellow Christian workers."
1
Brown served as patrolman from
February to December. He served '
in the World War and came to this '
city at the close of the war. He is 1
thirty, married and has one child, a 1
girl of four.
"I don't mean that a man can't
be honest and be a policeman," Brown
said. "But there are so many things '
a policeman has to do that don't 1
square with my newborn conscience. '
I don't thing it's right to arrest a (
man unless you think it's right.
"Yes, there is no doubt that today '
if Jesus Christ came back and said
he was the Savior he would be ar- 1
rested and thrown into prison; no 1
mere policing work for me."
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Birthday Party.
Little Miss Isabelle Epps, daughter |
of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Epps, was at ^
home to about eighteen of her little
friends Monday afternoon, February ^
13th, the occasion being her sixth .
birthday. The hall and dining room
were decorated with pretty valentines. ,
red paper roping, with red hearts
suspending. The center of the table
1 held the large white cake with six .
r red and white candles. After an hour
of playing games the guests were in-'
vited into the dinincoom where de'
licious ice cream with heart cakes,'
' pound cake, and two kinds of candy j
' v*ere served. Each guest was pre-1
sented with a valentine.
The little hostess was the recipient;
: of many beautiful presents and good j
! wishes for many more happy birth- J
days.
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^ February is the month of l.onor,
i honesty and love?Washington, Linf
coin and St. Valentine.
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666 cures Biliousness.
THE "COLORED BROTHER"
Or "The Creator's Masterpiece" As
the Writer Regards Him.
We reproduce from the Commercial
Appeal of September 7th the following
extracts from an article written
by S. F. Davis, of Indianola, Miss.,
on the negro who he regards as "the
Creator's Masterpiece." That the
writer is thoroughly familiar with his
subject is shown by the interesting,
amusing and truthful manner in which
he handles it:
"The negro can lie down beneath
the scorching rays of a noonday sun
end sleep the sleep of the seven sleepers
of old without suffering any evil
effects from it whatever; or he can
veather the fiercest winter gale, clad
only in a pair of cotton overalls and
a blue jumper. He can also wear an
c\ercoat to a Fourth of July celebration,
or a pair of linen pants and an
alpaca coat to a Christmas tree
and be perfectly comfortable. And,
strange as it may seem, anybody's
clothes will fit him and look nice on
him. There is nothing else like him
ur.der the sun. He sees all things,
hears all things, believes all things
and has implicit faith in everything
he sees and hears and stands ready at
all times to step aboard of anything
that comes along, from a young mule
to a flying machine.
"Wireless telegraphy is nothing
new to him; he has used it for ages;
every negro's mouth is a transmitter
and ear a receiver. If anything
of importance happens on a plantation
tonight, every negro for forty miles
around will know it by morning.
"Saturday is his special day by
custom and common consent, and if
you have any business to attend lo
in a delta town on Saturday, attend
to it early and get off the streets
before you get hurt. A negro cannot
i-ee you Saturday unless you owe him
something, and if you get in his way
he is liable to step on you, sit down
on you, or back you up against a brick
wall and smother you to death. He
does not usually do these things, or
any of them, through any evil design,
as many sometimes suppose, but he
simply cannot help it if you get in his
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out for you. Saturday is his 'rashion'
and news exchange day, and in
addition to having all those things
on his mind he has to shake hands
with every other negro in town and
hug every negro woman he meets.
You had better take out an accident
policy or get off the street Saturday.
"The standard 'rashion' for a negro
is a peck of cornmeal, two pounds of
sugar, one pound of coffee, three
pounds of salt meat and one gallon
' x black molassses a week, but he can
consume all of this at one sitting if
necessary, or if he is working for you
and boarding himself he con live a
week on three soda crackers, a box j
0j sardines and five cents worth of
cheese. In other words, his stomach
is built on the same general plan of
an old-fashion accordion, and either
contracts or expands according to the
pressure brought to bear upon it
"He is also immune to nearly all
kinds of poisons, and can swallow the
most deadly drugs with impunity. I
remember of having a negro working
for me one time who was having chills
and was suffering with severe backaches.
I got him a bottle of chill
tonic to take and a bottle of liniment
Lo rub his back with. The liniment
v-'as labeled in box-car letters, 'poison;
for external use only," and I
cautioned him about it when I gave
it to him, but for three days and
nights, before I found it out, he had
been rubbing his back with the chill
tonic and taking a tablespoonful of
the liniment three times a day before
?ach meal, with excellent results. On
another occasion I was sick and had
a negro to wait upon me, and the
icctor opened a can of antiphlogistine
to make a plaster for my side, and
loft the can on the kitchen table, and
when my negro' went in to get his
supper he mistook it for a can of peanut
butter and ate the whole of it
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ivjinout ever discovering ms mutuuc.
"He is likewise a great admirer of
art, and in nearly every negro's
home, be it ever so humble, there
hangs a life-size crayon portrait of
liimself on the wall right opposite the
door, where you will be sure to see
it as you come in the door. The rest
of his surplus money he usually spends
for entertainment, preferably an excursion,
but anything else in motion
will do. I have frequently stood on
the street comer on a cold, cloudy wintei
day and watched as many as fifty
negroes, who would not average 50
cents each, and none of whom had on
clothes enough to flag a flat car, clingirg
to merry-go-round as it went
round and round, grinding out that
veil-known and much-loved melody,
'Oh, Billy Bailey, Why Don't You
Come Home?" and their front teeth
shining like the keys on a baby grand
P'ano, while hundreds of others, who
did not have the price of a ride, were
standing in half-frozen mud shoeir.outh
deep, cheering them as they
came round.
"All things are pleasing to him. A
circus or a funeral is equally enjoyable,
but a protracted meeting follow'
e<i by a big baptizing, or a term of
circuit court followed by a public
hanging, is his chiefest delight.
"Whenever a negro tires of country
life he moves to town, acquires a
charcoal bucket and a tailor's goose,
firms an alliance with some white
man's cook, and with his living thus
assured, opens a cleaning and pressing
establishment. He then goes out
Monday morning and gathers in the
Sunday clothes of the white clerks of
town, s#d after wearing them himself
every night during the week, he
gets up Saturday morning and treats
them to a gasoline bath, flattens them
out with a red-hot iron and rushes
them home to their owners, so that
they may wear them Sunday; collects I
$J.50 for his services in their behalf
' end goes on his way rejoicing. But
i should there be any special occasion
j in town on Saturday night which he
wishes to attend he holds the best
i suit that he happens to have on hand i
and wears it to that, and carries it |
home Sunday morning if he wakes up
in time; otherwise its owner can lay
in bed over Sunday, and he will bring
it back sometime the following Mon-1
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"If, perchance his fancy does not
I run to cleaning clothes, he gets him
I self a gasoline stove and other para
phernalia wherewith to defeat the va- j
grant salute, and sets up a lunch coun-1
J ter, where he serves all such as care
to come his way, irrespective of race,
color or previous condition of servitude,
with hamburgers, hot catfish
and beef sausage, and sometimes
' sweet spirits of fei minti on the side.
jFut should neither of these locations
1 appeal to him, he usually opens a
1 colored barber shop with a poolroom
and crap table in the rear.
| "As soon as the city authorities j
| become oboxious to him, however, he
again goes back to the quiet country
life, uscally right after the Chiistmas
holiday* and joins himself to a j
cotton planter, and by his certain writ-1
ten contract, duly executed in dupli-1
cate, obligates and binds himself to j
cultivate and gather a crop of cotton |
of the land therein described, and on
the strength thereof proceeds to eat j
up anywhere from $5 to $300 worth !
of grub while he is waiting for the'
ground to get in shape to plow, and i
it very frequently happens that when
the trees begin to bud and when the
birds begin to whistle and the grasshopper
begins to sing, Mr. Negro is
seized with wander-lu3t and sudden- J
ly disappears, and the people who once
knew him know him no more forever, i
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the Queen of Sheba in all of her glory
was rover clad like one of them.
"Surely the negro is fearfully and
wonderfully made, and his ways are
past finding out"
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Crime a Disease of Heart.
Chicago, Feb. 14.?Where the
churches are full, the prisons are
empty.
Judge Marcus Kavanagii epitomized
his remarks with that statement.
"Crime," said the jurist, "is not a
matter of the intellect, but of the
disposition; not a question of the
mind, but of the heart"
The contention of many well-known
criminologists, such as Ferri, Ellis,
[and Garofolo, that "crime is the result
of defective intelligence," he declared
has been blasted by Dr. Herman
Adler, state criminologist, through
i various intelligence tests,
i "Religion, the most potent force for
good in the world, is back of all laws,
| necessary to all reform. Protestants,
Catholics and Jews in prison, are not
there because of their creeds, but in
defiance of them.
"Church-going countries, where the
people actually go to church, as Ireland,
Switzerland, Norway, and Denmark,
are the law-abiding countries,
i "The Province of Quebec contains
about as many people as the city of
Chicago. In 1917 it was reported in
! the Canadian province that there had
been but one of the graver crimes
i against women committed there in the
[last sixty years.
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tier LUl nssij(uincm.
I Many of the younger generation
perhaps never heard of "Nellie Bly,"
famous woman journalist, who parsed
away at her home in New York
about two weeks ago. The present
; generation is not linked with the immediate
past in as firm a manner
as might be desired. It has its head
set more definitely upon the future,
i Maybe, though, it is pursuing the
proper course. But to men and women
of mature years the name "Nellie
Bly" was a household world for many
years. Her real name at the time
o: her death was Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Seaman. She was 56 years of age
when she died. Her most distinguished
journalistic accomplishment was
a trip she made around the world
for the New York World, a journey
which consumed 72 days, 6 hours, 11
minutes and 14 seconds. She stopped
in France long enough to see
Jules Verne, author of "Around the
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World in Eighty Days." In 1895,
"Nellie Bly" in the course of newspaper
work met and married a HH
wealthy man 75 years of age. She
was nearly 30 at the time. She inherited
a good sized fortune, most
of which slipped away from her
through continuous litigation. The
traditions of the newspaper business
are so strong and so lasting that
passing of "Nellie Bly" cannot bc^B'
permitted to be chronicled v.itho
some notice outside the obituary column.
The newspaper fraternity admires
man or woman alike who is
a part of it, who has brought distinction
to the profession. "Nellie
Bly" did this. That's why she will
be remembered in the hearts of those
who follow along through the years.
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We can pull a man out of a rut,'
but he must go on his own power
after he is out.
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FROM RICH BLOOD
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You see one child strong and ro- 9
bust; another child pale and thin. 1
One eats practically the same food l
and takes the same exercise as the |
other. What is the uicerence? Nearly
always it's a difference in the quality
I of the blood. The strong child has
rich, red blood and plenty of it You
love to see him eat so heartily. If
your child is thin and weak, give him
Gnde's Fepto-Mangan to build up the
blood and see the difference between
a sickly, unhappy childhood and a
bouncing, healthy childhood.
Get Gude's Pepto-Mangan at your
druggist's in liquid or tablet form.
Be sure ifs the genuine.?Advertisement.
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