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I WASHINGTON COMMENT. Some pecpie don't want education, j either for themselves or for ethers. - Those who do not want education for the people of this country are not patriots. Unpatriotic people are usually liars. Her.ce it is not surprising to find I some opponents to the Towner-Sterling bill, which will establish a de-1 partment of education with o secre- i tary in the president's cabinet, saying that "the people don't want it." J Here are the names of some organizations which do want it: The National Education Association, the; American Federation of Labor, the General Federation of Women's Clubs.! the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Congress of; Mothers and Parent-Teachers Asso-1 ciation, the National League of Worn-: eu Voters, the Woman's Christian j ? Temperence Union, the Women's Re- j ? lief Corps, the American Library As-j sedation, and the Scottish Rite of f Freemasonry. ~ -j A.. i.:u some enemies 01 me um, ?nu uuu i ' -want to see public schcol education in this country extended, raise the cry that the government must not "interfere" in state education, or1 make any part of an education program "compulsory." If any man ought to know what the bill is intended to do, that man is one of its authors. Representative Towner has just stated in regard to this very point: "We have a department of agriculture, yet it in no way attempts to dictate to the farmers, but only to help them. We have a department of commerce, but it does not tell commercial interests what they shall do. We have a department of labor, but it does not assume to dictate to labor. "Similarly, a department of education would in no sense dictate edu* ? cation, but would place education in " ^? ?1 ? finrni_ tae piitcc WI1CIC 11/ ucivngs, aiiu fugui? V fy the interests of the national government in the problem of education, and help in every way possible." * The reason enemies of education fight the Towner-Sterling bill with falsehoods and perversions of its means is because there are no patriotic American reasons which can be urged against it! 4 * "If you haven't got what you want, strike. If striking means dead babies, suffering women, enormous loss of property and general demoralization to industry, never mind. You may get better weges!" If that isn't the argument of those who believe that a coal strike or a railroad strike is the one best bet when it comes to getting more money for less work, what is? "The right to strike" is undoubted. 3ut it doesn't stand alone. It can only have real existence when coupled ? " ??*? - -'-J-i. x. 1.? t>..* wirn me ngni, iu wui&. out sui&?fers want not only to step work themselves, but to stop others from working; not only to cut off the flow of .?al from their mines, but to prevent, by sympathetic strikes of others, the inflow of coal from foreign ports or from non-union, non-striking miners. In other words, it is not to be the justice of striking demands, but the suffering, the loss, and the general damage of a strike, which :*s to get those demands granted. We are a patient people. We have extreme tolerance for anything done in the name of liberty, even if it hurts us. We like to exercise liberty ourselves. But some day these United States of ours will realize that the 3.3 per cent, of us who mine?aye, and the ?.6 per cent, of us who are engaged in transportation?have no right, call it by what name you will, to injure ithe 96.7 per cent, of us who don't mine, or the 91.3 per cent, of us who don't transport, in order to get vhat they want for themselves. n/k/vn *"A Ja oa waoKoo o efrilrn in I nucii nc uv ov ivou^; a ow4*?* any industry essential to health will be a crime against the United States. Speed the day! . o McLEOD HERE LAST WEEK. Stresses Importance of Cooperative] Marketing. T. G. McLeod, of Bishopville, delivered two addresses here last Saturday. In the forenoon he spoke to a meeting of the school trustees and teachers of Williamsburg county, and in the afternoon his speech was in the interest of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' cooperative Association, and was considered by many as one of the most forceful arguments ever made here in behalf of cooperative marketing. The court house \/here hi spoke was well filled with j epresentative farmers. A few women were in the audience. A. H. "Ward, of Dillon, also spoke in a very earnest and forceful manner in the interest of the cotton association, stressing the increased profits to be reaped by the cooperative marketing plan. At the conclusion of Mr. .Ward's remarks a canvass was made for signers and about 500 bales were fledged. / ' I / New Laws Relating to Williamsburg I County. I The following is a list of new or revised laws enacted by t>.c last G#trcral Assembly relative to Kingstree end Williamsburg county: An Act to authorize and empower the trustees of Kingstree School District No. 16, in Williamsburg county, to order an election of said school district for school buildings, etc. An Act to authorize the treasurer of Williamsburg county io pay over to the treasurer of Geoigetown county certain funds in his hands, and hereafter to be collected as a sinking fund upon the bonds cf Rosemary School District in Georgetown and Williamsburg counties. Act to amend an Act to provide a system of government for Williamsburg county, known as Act No. 133 of the Acts of 1919, so as to exempt from said Act a license on vehicles. An Act authorizing and directing the Sheriff of Williamsburg county to pay over to the county treasurer all funds collected from tax executions and penalties up to and inclusive of January 15th, 1922. (Mr. Beasley): An Act to authorize and empower the trustees of Kiugstree School District No. 16 in Williamsburg county to order an election and to issue and sell bonds of said school district for school buildings, etc. (Mr. McCutche.a): An Act to amend Section 7 of an Act entitled "An j Act to authorize any and all incorparate cities and towns within the 1 state to levy and enforce an assess- j ment upon abutting property owners for the purpose of paying for perma- j nent improvements on their streets and sidewalks," approved March 13th, 1919, etc., etc.. by excluding the town of Kingstree in Williamsburg county from the first proviso of said section. (Mr. Beasiey): An Act to amend j an Act entitled "An Act to provide a system of government for Williamsburg county, approved seventh rlnv nf Mnrrh 1Q19. sn jis to enlarge I the compensation of the Supervisor j and Commissioners. (Williamsburg Delegat on): A Joint Resolution to require the county treasurer of Williamsburg county to 1 pay J. C. Graham the sum of % $12.50 and to C. 0. Boyd the sum of $10.00 for the use of a fence by said county. (Williamsburg Delegation): An Act I to provide for the levy of taxes for ordinary county purposes for Wil- j liamsburg county fcr the fiscal year j beginning January 1st. 1922, and for the expenditure thereof. (Mr. McCutchen): An Act to au-1 thorize the town of Kingstree in Williamsburg county to levy and enforce an assessment upon abutting property owners for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements, etc. i o ? Progress of Medical Science. l Washington, April 10.?It is reported from London by Dr. A. Cowan Guthrie, of that city, that death from pneumonia should shortly become a thing of the past. The means to this much desired end is the long-sought anti-pneumococus serum, which will do for the active pn.u 4 e of this dread disease what the anti-diphtheretic serum has done for the former scourge of childhood. Dr. Guthrie promises the details of the discovery to the medical profession in a short while. Governor of the Philippines Leonard Wood is rushing improvements at the Culion leper eoleny, and has stated that many have died from this dread disease who might have been saved had better conditions prevailed. The new treatment with ihaolmoogra oil has worked such wonders with the ancient pestilence that the fact is overlooked that even under the most favorable circumstances a leper may not necessarily recover from this treatment and that it is hardly to be expected that any will unless hospital surroundings are of the most lavoraDie character. Surgeon General Cummings of the Public Health Service, draws attention to the progress made in combating disease as shown in vital statistics. "The war against disease is slowly being won," he stated. "It has not a few triumphs to its credit. Some of these are well reflected in the annual death rate in the United States, which during the last 20 years has dropped per hundred thousand of the population, for typhoid fever, from 35.9 to 9.2; for measles, from 12.5 to 3.9; for scarlet fever, from 10.2 to 2.8; for diphtheria, from 43.3 to 14.7; for tuberculosis, from 201.9 tc 125.6; for pneumonia, from 180.5 to 123.6, and for all causes from 17.55 to 12.88. Incidentally yellow fever has been eradicated and smallpox. plague and typhus are being held at bay." "Chicken and eggs wanted. We will pay highest cash prices, wire or write for prices. Owens Fruit and Produce Co., Tampa, Florida."?adv. 4-13-4t. Rub-My-Tism kills pain. Subscribe now for The Record. / CHURCH SERVICES Kingstree, S. C. Baptist Church:?Frank C. Hawkins, Pastor. Sunday School?10:00 a. m. Freaching?11:00 a. m. Billy Sunday CluD?3:30 p. m. F. Y. P. U.?6:30 p. m. Evening service?7:30 Weekly Prayer service?Friday 7:30 p. m. Presbyterian Church, J. W. Davis, I Pastor. Sunday School?10:00 a. m. Preaching?11:15 a. m. Christian Endeavor?6:30 p. m. Evening service?7:30. Weekly Prayer sendee?Wednesday i 7:30 p. m. Methodist Church, J. P. Inabinet, Pastor. Rev. C. C. Derrick, Presiding Elder, Kingstree District. Sunday School?10:00 a. m. Preaching?11:15 a. m. Prayer Meeting?Wednesday 8:00 p.1 m. Epworth League meets?6:50 p. m. Evening sendee?7:30. Episcopal Church, Walter Mitchell, D. D. in Charge. Services?Sermon and Holy commun- j icn third Sunday each month at 11:00 a. m. Evening service?7:30. BIBLICAL NARRATIVES In Motion Pictures Coming to Kingstree. "The Creation" First. Reformers the country over have joined hands in a friendly attitude to-; ward the Bible screen stories as produced by the Sacred Films Inc., of Burbank, California. These same men who for more than a year have been bitter in their denunciation of I the motion picture industry are be1 ginning to realize that pictures as a whole are assuming a wholesome and educational aspect. The cinema drama of today is a clean, entertaining and inspirational film against the hackneyed romance of saccharine sentimentality of yesterday. I The Sacred Films in particular have j come before the public on the wake ! I of a new era in the pnotodrama. This j project consists of a series of sixty Old Testament stories ant those produced to date have been acknowledged as perfect theological and archaeological specimens, and carry with them a significant message to every { thcatre-cmer in the l&nd. i Dr. Edgar James Banks, archaeolo-1 ! gist of international repute is derect- J ing the research work on the produo-1 i tions. The characters are being portrayed by artists of note and the actual direction is in the hands ofj a man who has been an integral part! of the cinema industry since its ad- j vent. Theatres, schools and churches throughout the civilized world will j eventually show these films. The j I project is dedicated to our children j in the confident assurance that after having seen these educational and in- j spirational works of art they will be j of greater service to their day and ! generation. The Flapper Goes to Court. | Not in the effete East, not in the breezy West, but in old fashioned Arkansas, the flapper has called for a showdown. She has gone to court to ! demand her right to dress as she j pleases and to powder her nose if I she will. | The title of the case which every | flapper will rank next to that of ' Dred Scott in the judicial history of I American liberty is Pearl Pugsley ! versus che School Board of Knobel, ' Clay county. The board issued an order barring students from classes if they used rouge or face powder or wore short skirts or peekaboo waists. Some of the pupils meekly yielded, but not so Pearl of the house of Pugsley. Right intc the circuit court she went with a plea for a writ of mandamus ag&inft the school board. She backed it with affidavits relating to her cosmetics and her peekaboos. She laid down the great broad American principle of the freedom of the powder puff; of the right of w .ian to adorn herself as she sees fit with-1 in the limits of respectability. For three hours, we read, Miss Pearl Pugsley's case was heard by Judge Bandy. Three years would not be too much for so important an issue. If the decision should be against the young woman let her press on to the supreme court of the'United States. That great tribunal has had less important questions put to it; surely it has heard few questions so interesting. Arkansas has not had a really national figure since Colonel Archibald Yell. Miss Pearl bids fair to win a niche in the Hall ox Fame. She is the Joan of Flapperdom.?New York Herald. o The County Record maintains one of the most complete and up-to-date printing offices ii this section of the State, and solicits your patronage for TAKE NOTICE. Owing to the very unsatisfactory experience The County Record has had in the past in col- j lecting its bills for the publica- .j tion of Summonses for Relief, jj Citation Notices, Notices to Cred- ! j itors and applications by admin- j! istrators for Final Discharge, we have determined that such no- jj tices must hereafter be paid for i in advance. The three last nam- j cd notices pertain strictly to the affairs of dead men and wojmen and in many instances the living doesn't seem to care whether they are ever settled for or not?judging from the length of time many of them remain unpaid on our books. These notices are charged for at a fixed rate, as follows: Citation Notices $4.50 Notices Final Discharges _ 4.50 Notice to Creditors 3.00 mminiWi:! L.ui'i Bit iboihiu'Iiiiibiii'i i I 1 IW. R. BARRINGER H Florence, S. C. m CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS 6TH DISTRICT ? 8 ATonic B Q wv nr D Iror women g; "I was hardly able to drat, I Do was so weakened," writes Mrs. (y W. P. Ray, of Easley, S. C. QC "The doctor treated me for abort M two months, still I didn't get M any better. I had a large fam- M j Uy and felt I surely must do |y, something to enable me to take UE j care uf my little ones. I had Lj beard of flr CARDUll The Woman's Tonic g "1 decided to try it," con- & tinues Mrs. Ray . . . "I took fj eight bottles in all... I re- M gained my strength and hare M bad no more trouble with wo- U manly weakness. I have tea UE children and am able to do ah LJ my housework and t lot out* QP doors ... I can sore recom- rl mendCarduL" M Take Cardui today. It may in In 1 ? p We, wii ? and custom< 1 for business 3 '4 serve them: I I ffl rrvL ? i.* S ine lime 1 Tob ? jg we will thai A Eg see us at on I in that line^ I Williamsb M Kingstree, | Are Yonr Greatest Asset 1 1 " \ I ^ y?u ^ave I I Eye troubles let me j Im J ^?U &^aSSeS I ? 11 i\ that will bring your r ^ 111-lBx^r^r^U v^s^on baek to nor- I JP* ma^ ^ duplicate v m your broken glasses. i g I am a licensed Optometrist and every pair I 1 | of glasses guaranteed to give perfect satis- ^ | faction. w My stock of Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, | Cut Glass and China always complete. Bring me your broken Watches, Clocks, (Jewelry and Eye Glasses. Repairs made , same day received. * I I T. E. BAGGETT <y | Jeweler and Optometrist. >' | Main Street, Kingstree, S. C. Let Us Do Your Job Printing. MiiiH'iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimnMniiniiiiiiimMi \ RMTmiBfni I! Wincow and Door Screens I j [ * SHOULD BE PUT ON NOW. J \ 1 The sooner 'tis done the less trouble yon will hare with ! \ I the flies. M It doesn't cost so very much to have the beat screens money can buy, and to live in comfort as far as flies are < > ' ; concerned. J ' I LET US FIGURE ON YOUR SPECIFICATIONS. ! I TS& jsLZ&ssaiawigwiMlBM :: ;: ;; 1 Advertise In The Record for Best Results RECORD SPECIAL ADS. GET RESULTS OTICE! I | sh to Inform our friends i T irs that we are now open | , i and will be pleased to ^ | as in the past. \ i being short for making i a >acco Flues, | I it mv nf nur nistnmpffi to m ' HA ttllj vr*. vr??* ? ? ce in regard to their wants | ufj^vHardware Co. 1 South Carolina. 0? ij * i i * US