The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 08, 1922, Image 6
1 RAUDULENT MASONRY I
EXPONENTS SENTENCED.
Spurious Sellers of Fictitious "Degrees"
Get Twenty Years
in Jail.
Washington, June 1.?The many
Masons in the senate and house of
representatives are highly gratified at
the action of the federal court, district
of Utah, which has just sentenced
Matthew McBlain Thompson,
Thomas Perrot and Dominic Bergera
to two years each on ten counts each
(concurrent sentence) for using the
United States mails to defraud. The
men were convicted of operating the
"American Masonic Federation" and
of having duped some ten thousand
persons in this country and abroad
into buying "degrees" of all kinds.
It was proved the "authority" which
they claimed for working the craft
degrees was a negro organization in
Louisana and that the alleged Scottish
organization which they claimed
as authority for conferring the higher
degrees was an organization originated
by Thompson himself.
Witnesses came from all over the
United States and from Scotland.
The judge scored the defendants un
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ever a period of four months, from
June 1st to September 30th, 1922.
Handsomely illustrated posters are
now on display in every public place
in all our cities and towns, as well
as in the vicinity of grade crossings
jn our rural districts. These posters
point out the hazards incident to
crossing railroad tracks at grade, unless
proper caution is exercised. It
is believed by many people that the
only safe plan is to stop, look and
listen, before attempting to cross railroad
tracks at grades.
It is hoped in view of the many
serious accidents which have occurred
_ nt these crossings during recent years,
^ involving loss of life and property,
that every person operating an automobile
will realize the seriousness
of the situation and resolve to further
the campaign by literally following
the slogan which has been adopted,
"Cross Crossings Cautiously."
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A Blessed Meeting in Inverness.
(From the Baptist Witness)
Our revivel sendees closed here oh
Thursday the 27th. We have had a
Heavenly time. Many have found the
Lord, saints have had a new vision
of Divine love, and on the first Sunday
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^nl lake Trala-Apopka. We hear of
ethers who are coming to confess
? Christ. The influence of the meeting
will long survive in a harvest. That
:ts the kind of meeting that counts
most.
Dr. E. A. McDowell, pastor at Eustis,
came over and spent ten days with
us. Though the Lord has used him
Tor thirty years in prominent pastorates
in South Carolina and though
he is my son in the gospel, I had
never heard him preach. I am now
.grateful that I lived to hear him
through twenty sermons. He is a
.sure enough gospel preacher and is
.'Spirit-filled. He Has a clear vision
and can present eternal truth in living
language. He has a prophet's
ken and presents the truth in such
clear cut and distinct impressions,
that his messages live in the mind
as if they had been photographed
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Ms work.
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I found on a recent visit to Eustis
that Dr. McDowell is doing a splendid
work there and is gaining a strong
hold on the community. Truly the
^ Lord is with this valiant son of the
morning.
A. W. LAMAR,
Inverness, Florida,
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Typewriter Supplies.
Users of Typewriters will find a
full stock of ribbons, corbon paper,
second sheets and typewriters paper
. .at The County Record Office. tf.
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merciiuiiy ana in aauiuon 10 uie jan
penalty imposed a fine of $5,000 and
costs.
The convicted men were not particular
as to what "Masonic" decree they
sold; "initiates" were made in the
blue lodge, the Knights Templars, the
Scottish Rite, the Eastern Star, the
Mystic Shrine; all the "initiates" had
to have was cash.
The post office authorities are gratified
to have vindicated the integrity
of the, United States mail, which canrot
be made a tool of fraud with impunity;
and all Masonic bodies will
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bring their organizations into ill repute
have met their just deserts.
"Cross Crossings Cautiously."
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All railroads in the United States
trill join in a campaign for the reduction
of accidents at all grade
crossings, June 1st, to September 30th,
1922.
The general public will be greatly
interested in the campaign which will
l:-e conducted under auspices of the
American Railway Association for the
prevention of accidents involving automobiles
and other vehicles at grade
crossings. The campaign will be naiiAM-mi/lo
Ir\ ife e/?nno QTtr) will PvtPnH
| WHERE COCAINE COMES FROM.
Wild Shrub of Peru Bolivia Long
Known to Nati>es.
Cocaine, the use of which is so
ere ally abused because it produces
o "on of spirits for a short period
a most valuable -brig when used
bv the surgeon for small operation,
on Znost. ears, mouth teeth -d
other surface parts as a p .
Of pain. It obviates the use of ethe
or chloroform. e tu
n is made from the leaves of the
shrub Erythroxylum coca, which
grows, in Peru, Bolivia and Chile ami
f, now cultivated in India and Ceylon.
A trailer in Bolivia and Peru will
come across a shrub grow.ng wild
which will remind him
our British blackthorn. It hears
cluster of smstll flowers with yellow'sh
white petals which are succeeded
bv red berries. The leaves are o%al
and about an inch in length,, an en
crushed have a faint tealike odor.
This is the coca plant.
The leaves have for centuries e
used bv the natives as a masticatoiy.
When chewed they allay the e*1^
f??" he',! TmveWm during
fatigue when tr?iA enng
irreht exertion. .
Fifty years ago cocaine was practically
unknown.
The dried leaves of the plant at
the part used and these yield approximately
5 per cent, of cocaine.
From the leaves the cocaine * extracted
in the form of crystals P_u
as these are soluble only in oils, al
cohol, chloroform and some other
vehicles, the cocaine is converte
to hydrochloride, which is easily soluble
in water. In this form it may
be tfsed as a powder for spnnk g
on the parts to be operated on or
for sniffing into the nose, or as a
solution for injection undertheskim
As much as 750 pounds Sterling has
recently been mentioned as fte va'ue
of two pounds of cocaine, but th s is
^rolably based on the Price the^irft
dealer expects to obtain for his smug
gled goods. The present market price
fs about 8 pounds Sterling a pound.
London Daily Mail.
Chicago's Reign of Terror.
The police, the machinery of justice
and the citizens of Chicago have
met a desperate situatmn witii q^
and strong resistence and they seem
to have the upper hand. The indictment
of eight leaders of the thug ele
ment in organized labor on charges
Of murder should give pause to the
crew that has been trying to terror
ize the city. .
The Chicago conspiracy was simpie
and savage. The Chicago biul*
i?g trades agreed to submit their
wage disagreement to an arbitrate) ,
Judge Landis. Some of the labor
leaders, men of the type that* grows
fat on strikes, refused to accept the
Landis award. When a building was
started on the Landis terms it was
tombed. When the police were sent
to protect the property two of them
were murdered. The bombing continued
until a Chicago judge declared
that the city was practically
in a state of war.
It was a deliberate war, with the
violence committed in cold blood, according
to Chief of Police Fitzmorris.
The pay of the bomb throwers
ranged from $50 for a bomb containing
one stick of dynamite to $250
for a six stick bomb. The criminals
who slugged workmen received from
$50 to $150 for each job, the highest
price being paid for breaking the
victim's arms or legs.
Chicago is coming ii. for some
mcalymouth criticism because the poflice
rounded up 400 prisoners in their
i aids on labor union headquarters
and because most of the prisoners
v.ere held without bail. But New
York, which recently had a taste of
letting the bailed criminal gc back
to his crime, knows how the people
of Chicago feci. Chicago is aroused,
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ana iorxunaieiy su. mc puuuc nave
behind them not only a citizens'
committee which has raised $6,000,000
to end the reign of terror; they
have with them the decent union
men -who are shocked by the murder
and rioting done by criminals in the
name of labor.
Chicago's motto is "I Will" and it
looks as if she had not forgotten it.
?New York Herald.
Just a Common Purp.
Pete is just a common purp, who
some time, must have strayed. He
dlifted into my back yard, adopted
me, and stayed. I guess perhaps he
knew that I was fend of suck as he,
and so he sort of figured he had best
te fond of me.
'About a year ago it was he snooped
around my door. I fed him scraps
that day until there wasn't any
n.ore. Now most stray canines make
their stay until the scraps run out,
but Pete, I guss he's diff'rent, 'cause
he still is hang bout.
I like the outdoors, so does Pete,
and every morn you'll find me, a-trailing
through the woods and dells
while Pete trails 'long behind irte. I
chatter with the little birds while
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Pete just stops to whine; perhaps
he'd like to chase them, but he knows
they're friends of mine.
I've often wished that Pete could
taik; I wonder what he'd say. No
doubt, just words of friendship 'cause
he always looks that way. His eyes
do more than give him light; they
give me light, as well, to piake me
understand the things that Pete can
never tell. .
Just dog, that's Pete, and yet to
n e, he means more in the end than
camouflaging humans, for he?well,
he's my friend. No credit comes
from man, sometimes, for even what
you've earned, but I can do no wrong
at all as far as Pete's concerned.
The trifling wagging of his tail;
the glint within his eye; the sudden
bark; the quiet whine; the sympathetic
sigh. They speak the mongrel
language but a language that I know;
they tell me Pete is with me?that is
why I love him so.
Some time, within the future, little
Pete must pass away, and when
he does I'll know that, due to me,
l e's had his day. And then my time
must also come, and say, I wouldn't
care if I went to canine heaven?
'cause my best friend will be there.
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Freight Cuts Good for Retail Trade.
In the broad sense that everything
which tends to quicken industry and
nrnviHn cre.iter eninlovment. the 10
r*v' ?v ? *?? per
cent, average reduction in freight
rates is bound to benefit retail trade
throughout the country. This was
the statement made yesterday by
Lew Hahn, managing director of the
National Retail Dry Goods Association,
when he wds asked to comment
upon the effect of lower freight tariffs
with respect to the retail stores.
"The reduction should prove a good
thing for business in general," Mr.
Hahn said, "because it means that
the cost of basic commodities will be
lowered and greater consumption encouraged.
Construction, for instance,
will quite likely take place on a larger
scale because of the transportation
economy which has heen arranged.
In this sense all the industries should
thrive and more people be employed.
"As far as the stores themselves
are concerned, they have to deal with
less bulky goods than those common
to such lines as construction, and the
price differences under the old and
the new rates may not amount to
much. The chief benefit to merchants
can be set down as the general improvement
to follow lower transportation
costs."
As a general proposition the stores
pay freight charges on merchandise
I shiDDed to them. This does not hold
so largely in the metropolitan district
where store-door deliveries are made
by manufacturers in the same city
or nearby. Owing to the fact that
most articles handled by the stores are
not bulky, 'the cost per item is not
an important factor in the total cost
or selling price. In the case of piece
goods sold by the yard, for instance,
the 10 per cent, reduction in freight
rates would allow only a fractional
saving. Furniture is an item, however,
where some economy may be
effected.?New York World.
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According to a German official document
published recently, the number
of submarines lost by that government
during the war was 199, including
boats sunk, interned and captured.
DR. JAS. A. COLE
DENTIST
Office in Nexsen Building, Over Bank
of Kingstree.
KINGSTREE, S. C.
9-1-21
DR. FRANK 0. LENTZ
DENTIST
Office Over Baggett's Jewelry Store,
Main Street
OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 2 to 5 p. m.
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reasonable and I solicit your ?
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; NOTICE! I
| All Bills for Electric 1
| Current will be mailed. |
i If not paid by 6 p. m. on f
| the 10th, service will be
| discontinued. 6-l-2t
| Kingstree Electric Light
& Ice Company
5 F. B. ADAMS. Manager.
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|JJ not all, if you will give
ji her the proper material
|| with which to make milk,
Hi she will not only give
i more milk but will also
Hg keep giving milk longer.
Feed
jP Purina Cow Chow
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plete ration?you need nothing
T| with it except roughage. It contains
elements that are very deficient in
IK nearly ell home-mixed rations. And,
m7. how cows do like Cow Chow I
^JB Treat your cow to a feast Buy
T Cow Chow today. Just phone us.
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