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WASHINGTON COMMENT. Dr. John A. Ryan, professor of industrial ethics at Catholic University,1 Washington, D.C., is reported to have said publicly: "Anyone who spends time combating radicalism in America. using the term in respect to revolutionary movements, is slaying the slain." Well, maybe so. The professor ought to know; it's his job. But the common or garden man, with his ear' to the ground and his eyes on the newspaper reports of crime, robbery, pillage, murder, rape, lynching, indus-; trial unrest, strikes, arson and the; of the decalogue of offenses1 against life and property, cannot help but be struck with the fact that most of the crimes are directed against: wealth or persons of wealth. The J police of any large city can testify! to the "red" meetings constantly interrupted and dispersed, the immigration authorities can and do testify to : the undesirables constantly turned back in spite of sympathetic support foi their entry by those who lave use for bolshevistic propagandists in this country, and there arc those who ; find hidden obstructions, mysterious difficulty and unseen snags in the way j of the spread of the public schools in general and the Towner-Sterling bill in particular! It may be, in the sense in which Dr. Ryan uses the term, that radicalism is dead in this country. But even at; the risk of killing the killed, slaying the slain, and then burying the already interred, it would seem the part of wisdom to keep the vigilant eye well open and the alert hand ready to strike. The apparently moribund have come to life before now, and will again; eternal vigilance is the price of liberty no less than when first said. Radicalism may be dead?but let's, keep on killing it to make sure it1 isn't apeing Fido and just "playing J aeaa. ; A single headline in the daily paper tells nothing beyond the context of; the article it heads. But a dozen of j them may tell quite another story, j For instance, consider this collection.' made from four papers within two j days: "Charge Movies Ridicule Pas-; tors; Higher Critics Take Church Un-! awares; Baptists Want Books Free of I Evolution Error; Science Conflicting With Revealed Religion; Clergy Declare Divorced America Doomed; j Deacons Object to Church Unity; Pastor Leaves Church for Business; Explains Contradictions in Bible; Dancing Enemy of Church; Flappers Cause of Irreligion." Evidently there is a cry in Mace-1 donia, which comes from someone having toes heavily stepped on! It would seem, on merely casual i analysis, that the church which start-1 ed with a Carpenter and some fisher men two thousand years ago and managed to live through the destruction of Rome, the evils of the Dark Ages, j the debauchery and crime of a few hundred years ago on the Continent, the World War and the spirit of unrest of this year of grace 1922 can probably continue to exist, whether [ the movies make fun of pastors or | not, whether higher critics criticize or1 not, whether Baptists or Methodists [ r,r jinv other sect think evolution is sn error or not, whether the various denominations are unified or remain divided, whether Americans get di-; vorces or not, whether the Biblical contradictions be explained or not, j and whether we have flappers dancing or staid! There is probably something wrong, with the chunch. There is something j wrong with most things. Nothing hu- ; man is perfect, and the church is a! human institution, ministering a di-: vine truth. But the "something j wrong" would seem much more to be the man who thinks that a flapper or divorce, or higher criticism or unity or the lack of it can definitely interrupt the march of true religion, i than the various, sundry and almost! always puerile causes they assign for j any failure of any church to be perfeet! ? Mills Moving South. Some handclapping seems to be go ing the rounds upon tne notice tnat ^ northern mills are considering the lo-' W cation of manufacturing plants in! South Carolina. The reason for the' handclapping and halloas is the the j mills bring payrolls ard that means money. The joy is only because the itching palms .seek new sources of' lucre. The coming of northern mills into J this state may not prove a blessing; to our people. The advantages that: are being sought by northern mill j owners are not things for which the state of South Carolina can be proud. Cheap labor, uneducated people who can not earn good wages. Child labor exploited by avaricious and greedy men. These are the main causes behind the movement of northern mills to southern states. They will bring payrolls, it is true, but they will present us with prob-' I - ^r >_: lems as well. The money that they leave will be well earned. The influx of vast labor troubles and the creation of a large class of mill workers in our population is not to be smiled at. New problems will rise up for the consideration of legislatures. Sooner or later the members of the General Assembly will have to regulate the very advantages that cause northern mills to contemplate southeiT. locations. When that time comes you will have the mill owners, as a class, on one side, and the laboring people on the other. The rest of the people, even to a large extent, the farmers, will be crucified in the conflicting interests. A large problem is arising already in the state over the growth of the mills in the state, and further growths will increase the complexity of the solution.?Orangeburg Sun. o Cost of Raising Tobacco in Kentucky. Washington, I). C., June 4.?The average cost of producing Hurley tobacco on 7-1 farms in the Hurley dis trict of Kentucky was 6Z.o cents a pound in 1920 as compared with an average of 255.8 cents in 1919. The average cost of producing dark firecured tobacco on 50 farms in the daik tobacco area of Kentucky was 14.9 cents a pound in 1920 as compared with 17.2 cents in 1919. and was less than one-half the cost of producing Hurley. These figures are disclosed in a cost-of-pioduction study made by the College of Agriculture of the University of Kentucky and the United States Department of Agriculture under a cooperative arrangement. Figures for 1921 are now being tabulated. Th yield per acre on the 74 Burley farms ranged from 378 pounds to 1,493 pounds with an average of 907.86 pounds. The cost per acre ranged from $160.20 to $493.60 with an average of $295.73. The cost per pound ranged from 20 cents to 66 cents. Approximately 80 per cent, of the tobacco was produced at 37 cents a pound or less. The average yield in 1919 was 1,492 pounds. The light weight of the 1920 crop is attributed to the unusual weather conditions prevailing during the growing season. In the Burley district an acre of tobacco required an average of 32.84 days of man labor and 9.38 days of horse labor. Oi the total cost, man lahnr ronstituted 38.22 Der cent., land rent 36.07 per cent., barns and sticks 11.65 per cent., horse labor 6.96 per cent.,, insurance 3.72 per cent., and machinery .76 per cent. Not including land rent as a cost, man and horse labor constituted 70.66 per cent., and the other items 29.34 per cent. The yield per acre on th 50 dark fire-cured farms ranged from 275.2 pounds to 1,603.4 pounds with an average of 855.4 pounds. The cost per acre ranged from $77.61 to $251.04 with an average cost of $127.12. The cost per pound ranged from 9 cents to 37.3. Approximately 60 per cent, of the tobacco was produced at 15 cents a pound or less. In the dark tobacco area an acre of tobacco required 24.8 days of man labor and 8.4 days of horse labor. Of the total cost, man labor constituted approximately 50 per cent., horse labor 14 per cent., land rent 13V? per cent., barns and sticks 7 per cent., insurance 4.9 per cent., and other items about IOV2 per cent. Exclud ing land rent as a cost, man and horse labor totaled approximately 75 per cent., and the other items 25 per cent, of the total cost. The territory covered represented typical farming conditions in the Central Kentucky Burley district and in the Western Kentucky dark tobacco district. Cost studies will also be made for 1922, and will complete a period of 4 consecutive years. o Dead Body By Track. Florence, June 5.?The body of Toi.r Charles, negro employe of the Fowler Grocery Company, of Lake City, was found early this morning beside the Atlantic Coast Line tracks near Scranton. Beside it was found a broken bottle. Both the bottle and the corpse smelled strongly of liquor, which the negro is supposed to have imbibed. While so engaged, evidently, one of the A. C. L. trains had happened along. Tom was thrown off the tracks into the ditch, where his remains were found this morning by another negro. The discovery was reported to Coroner Marvin M. Smith, who immediately went to the locality and made proper investigation. o John Lewis Phillips, Republican state chairman for Georgia, for whose arrest a warrant was issued Saturday on complaint of the Depaa^nent of Justice alleging conspiracwto defraud the United States in collection with a war contract for thyoisposal of surplus lumber, surMjmered to a deputy United SttflHl^narshall on his arrival in '^Rungton Monday from Philadelph^r He was immediately arraigne^tefore United States Commissioner Isaac R. Hitt, who issued the warrant, waived examination and was released in $25,000 bail for action of the grand jury. / 1 MEDALS AND HONORS AWARDED 1 ! At the Closing Exercises of the Lanes j High and Graded School. Under the direction of Mr. Claude | Melton the Lanes high school held , its closing exercises Wednesday, i ! Thursday and Friday nights. Wed- J I nesday night was given over to a | ! debate, the querry being: Resolved, That the United States of j ! America should release her Allies of | . tho recent World War from the pay- j ment of the ten billion dollar war loan made to them by America, upon the condition that they credit this i amount against the reparations de- j manded of Germany. Affirmative: John James Clary, j Charles Winston Boyd, James Frank-] lin Donnelly, George Henry Rogers; j Negative: Edna Parker, Hattie Tart. ] Rody Lane Brown, Carrie Shepard. j The judges rendered their decision ; in favor of the negative. Music was ' furnished during the evening by Mrs.! Ccrnette and Miss Rody Lane Brown.; Several drills and skits were given j after the debate. Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clocka declamation contest was held. Eight pupils contested for the medal,! they were: Edward Tart, John James Clary,; James Franklin Donnelly, Caro MixenJ Xita Browder, Elizabeth Brown, Rody | Lane Brown, Carrie Shepard. Special mention should be made of Nita Browder, who gave "The Faleen of Sir Federgo',, and John James Clary, whose subject was "The Star." They all acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner. Friday night was given over to the presentation of the play "Romeo and Juilet" by William Shakespeare, with the following casts: Escalus?Prince of Verona Edna Oakey. Paris?A Young Nobleman Willie Baggett. Montague, Capulet?heads of two houses at Variance with each other ?An old man of the Capulet family. Romeo?the Son of Montague, Claude Melton. Mercutio?Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo, Whitfield Parker. Benvolio?Nephew to Montague and Friend to Romeo, Morns Schreiberg. Tybalt?Nephew to Lady Capulet, Frank Sedgwick. Friar Lawrence, Friar John?Franciscans, Rody Lane Brown, Mary Lee Holiday. Belthaser?Page to Romeo, Carrie Shepard. Abraham?Page to Montague, Pitts ' Lesessne. Sampson and Gregory?Servants to Capulet, LeRoy Gatch, Byrdic Joyner. Peter?Servant to the Nurse, LeRoy Gatch. An Apothecary LeRoy Gatch. An Officer Mary Lee Holiday. Lady Montague?Wife to Montague, Zuline Shirer. Lady Capulet?Wife to Capulet, Louise Plowden. Juliet?Daughter to Capulet, Henri Louise Johnson. Nurse to Juliet __ Margaret Graham. ?For dramatic ability special mention should be made of Nathan Schreiberg as Lord Capulet, Rody Lane Brown as Friar Lawrence, and LcRoy Gatch as Peter. After the evening's performance, Mr. Melton awarded the medals for the best debator, Hattie Tart; the first declamer, Nita Browder; second declamer, John James Clary. For the dramatic work: First medal won by Rody Lane Brown; second medal, LeRoy Gatch. As a token of appreciation for his work among them, Mr. Melton was presented with a Masonic ring by i seme of the patrons of the school. o ! Lanes Personals. Lanes, June 5.?Mrs. E. O. Rogers is visiting her son and daughter, Mr. j and Mrs. E. E. Rogers, in Dillon this | week. She expects to return on , Thursday. Miss Louise Plowden of Kingstree, is spending some time here as the guest of her brother, Mr. J. E. Plowden. ! Mrs. Maria Salters spent Sunday | with her sister, Mrs. C. M. Mims. ! Amang those who attended the . Lanes high school commencement 'were: Miss Wylma McCullough, Mrs. ! Sue Harvin and Mr. Manson Brown, f m. ? - . n n TT i 01 l no; i\ov. n. n. rtaicnxuiu, uj 1 Greelyville; Mrs. James Dever, Carl, isle; Mrs. Lois Cornette, Roanoke, Va.: : Miss Henry Louise Johnson, Greelyville. Miss Mary Rogers is visiting relatives at Salters this week. Misses Margaret and Dora Graham, who have been teaching school at Piedmont this past year, are at home now for the summer vacation and have as their house guests this week, Miss Ida McCrary of Pendleton, and Mrs. Annie Hicks of Greenville. Mrs. Clarence Tucker left for Norfolk, Va., Thursday night to visit her mother. While away she will tour the West with her mother. Mrs. John Britton has returned ' from Hartsville where she attended ) , I / the commencement exercises of her Alma mater, Ccker College. " o Rats in the Montreal courthouse showed their contempt for the judge by eating his gown and silk hat when they were placed in the judge's chambers at night. Court stenographers had their notes eaten by rats during the night and civil suits involving valuable property were delayed through the disappearance of records. When "Exhibit A" in a murder trial was eaten, and the prisoner was lib erated from lack of evidence, the au- , thorities appointed an official rat ? catcher. ^ : j The Best Dressed Man in the World j Why, surely he is the man who ! wears made-to-measure clothes. Half a million of them are Royal Tailored yearly. The reason: Patterns may be selected from the very best all-pure-wool fabrics of American and European mills; any fashion at your command; and the low price?which is the first to consider, and the last to remember. 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