The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 08, 1922, Image 3
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!
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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-'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1 MEDALS AND HONORS AWARDED
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! 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.
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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,
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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
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the commencement exercises of her
Alma mater, Ccker College. "
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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.
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