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LADY MISSIONARY WRITES FROM CHINA MISS PLOWDEN SENDS INTERESTING LETTER TO FATHER FROM SOOCHOW. My dearest father, ? I have gotten two or three copies of The County Record, and have enjoyed them so much. Now that I y am in Soochow to stay. I want the address changed here?just Soochow is all it needs. There are not so many of us foreigners, and it is not so nara 10 Keep up wiui uj. Did you know Dr. S. H. Edmund's son is in Shanghai? He is teaching in the Shanghai American school, it is composed entirely of missionary children. I saw him twice while I was in Shanghai last week. He is very young, and just out of college, but he is a very fine boy. The students like him very much. He is coming up to Soochow soon to visit the Beaveo and me. I just enjoyed being down to the college so much. You know I wrote you I was going down there to teach until the boat came in bringing the new missionaries. Well, Mrs. Willar came, and I turned my precious boys over to her, as you may suppose it nearly broke my heart. It was delightful to have the new missionaries come out. Severfl of them were among my best friends. Faith Snuggs was among them, she was in Sumter last year and stayed with sister. Mary Lawton also came, ' she was in the training school at Winthrop with me one year each. We gave them a reception the even ing they arrived, and introduced tnem to China and Chinese, of course I had no Chinese to air, but I was part of a chorus that sang "My breakfast he's over the Ocean, my dinner he's over the Sea, my supper is all in commotion, Oh, bring back my dry land to me." v Then we had a tea for them out at the college, they got separated some how, some of them went somewhere else first, so the first lot of them' came and went, then another lot of them came, so we had two +A?c TVion thpre was one voung man A MV*? - _ who got left out some how, and he came the next afternoon. That gentleman is Mr. Hines from Spartanburg. He is very nice, and nice look' ing. I did not get to see Red Littlejohn. He went on to North China from Japa i. He and his wife were terribly sea-sick. Some of them said, one day Red went into the dining room and the servant gave him the menu card, and waited for the order. Red looked at it a few minutes, then said in all earnestness, "Bring me a half >a dozen trees and some dry t 1 M lanu. Last weak my little kiddies at my mission in Louisville sent me a box. It contained five dolls, six handkerchiefs, .and lots of beautiful Sunday school cards, and picture booklets that they themselves had made. The pictures were very beautiful ones of the life of Christ mostly, and of some other Bible stories. This afternoon , I went with Miss Bagby to one of^ the out station Sunday schools, and we gave the cards to the children. They were very ignorant little lads and so uncouth, but you should have heard them sing. Children who were bred and born on "nothing but the blood of Jesus" could not have sung it more hu^tily. I am so'anxious to know Chinese so that I can talk to them myself. These children come pretty regu j t i larly but they have hardly toucnea the older people. Several of our Yates Academy boys go out there on Sundays. I have a class of Academy boys, which I am going back to teach every Sunday. I am sure I will enjoy them very much, I missed not having any definite work to do this summer. The language school has opened this week. We have learned thirty-five words, seven a day. We have learned all the personal pronouns, a few nouns and verbs, and have com I bined them into countless sentences. It is very interesting. My year of listening has helped me some with sounds. I am living in the Language School Home. We have a most interesting group of women. There are two Bantist. two Methodists, two Episcopalians and one Northern Presbyterian. Then at lunch each day, we have another Presbyterian and two English women under the London mission, five of them are nurses and a doctor, while the rest are teachers and evangelists. Dr. Jacobs, who took Dr. Howies work in Summerton, has just come to Soochow to be the dentist here. He is with the Metho dist. They have a tremendous work here?that is their policy, to have a few powerful centers. At a reception this week in honor of some new Presbyterians, I met Miss Wilds, Mrs. Davis' sister. Mrs. Davis the wife of the Presbyterian minister at Kings tree. She is lovely, and 1 was just so sorry that I came from the same town and had to say I hao not seen her sister. She came there you know, the last year I was ir the training school, and that summer jCHANGE FORM OF COURT PROCEDURE !TO PREVENT "MAN WITH PLENTY OF MONEY" FROM DEFEATING JUSTICE. A new doctrine of appeals on after-discovered evidence in criminal cases was enunciated by the state supreme court at Columbia last Fri day in atnrming an oroer 01 uram Judge Mauldin granting a new trial to Cliff Hawkins, convicted at Greenville of murder and sentenced to he electrocuted. The poinion was written by Judge Frank B. Gary, of the Eighth Judicial Ciicuit and was concurred in by four justices of the supreme court and the circuit judges sitting en banc on September 1, at which sitting the Hawkins case was reviewed, Associates Justice R. C. Watts dissenting. The opinion holds that motions for new trials on after discovered evidence should be made to circuit courts or judges \\4ien they have not been deprived of jurisdiction by appeals to the supreme court through the handing down of a remittitur by that tribunal; but, if the case is pending in the appellate court, a motion should be made to it to suspend the appeal so that the motion for a new trial can be heard before the lower couit. The opinion iiKewise hol&s that, if the supreme court has already passed on the appeal, and its judgment has been remanded to the lower court, then an appeal on after discovered evidence must be heard before the supreme court, and if the cause is meritorious that tribunal will take proper steps to have the motion heard by the circuit court. Should the date for an electrocution already have been set, the opinion holds, then an appeal to the supreme court should be made in sufficient time on the grounds of after discovered evidence; but, if the time is limited, the governor can be requested to extend the date of the sentence, upon proper showing, and the appellate court will hear the motion anyway, and, should the appeal be refused, there will be no necessity of returning to the lower court to set a new date for electrocution. The rule heretofore has been that, should the motion for a new trial be refused by the circuit judge, then an appeal would be taken to the state supreme which must hear it. Should the circuit court be affiirmed in its judgment and the appellant be sent back for re-sentence, he could then make another motion for a new trial, and again appeal from the refusal of the circuit judge, and continue this almost interminably, so much so that the dictum, "a mhn with sufficient money to continue hiring lawyers, if convicted of munder and sentenced to death, need never to be executed," has almost become a legal maxim in South Carolina. However, the new doctrine laid down by the court will nravftnf fKic *"*"?v -rThe dextrine of appeals under which the courts have been laboring, as laid down in the state against Lee, and interpreted in subsequent cases, "has led to a condition" in the language of the opinion, "where convicted criminals may by successive motions and appeals block the process of the law indefinitely, and by their motions and appeals prevent their execution." This condition has beeii confrontinw the law anforramant denartment of the government for some time, so much so that in several notorious cases substantial justice has been thwarted. o The W. S. Gray Cotton Mills, located at Woodruff, in Spartanburg county, were sold to a syndicate composed of H. A. Ligon, Sr., H. A. Ligon, Jr., of Spartanburg, and M. R. Reaves of New York City last week, the amount involved being between $600,000 and $700,000. o Free Vegetable and Flower Seed. Senator in. a. Lnai requests us to make the following announcement: "The distribution of vegetable and flower seed will take place in a few weeks and the supply of each senator is limited. I will be glad to send a package to each person requesting seed if they will' let me have their names and post office addresses Please address me: Room 228 Senate office building, Washington, D. C. Card of Thanks. ???? To my friends of Kings tree: Vioort arrant out to voil with lov< i and gratitude for the kindness showr me in my illness. Mrs. Mary A. McGee. 1 r I . she was not at home much, and cer ' tainly I was not, so I never die t meet her. I see Henry Reaves am i his wife quite often. We are going I to have a birthday party very soor . for their little daughter, Annie Louise ijwho will be two years old. ' Soochow China, October 1, 1922. THANKSGIVING DAY ; NOVEMBER 30 # 'much to be grateful for, declares the chief executive. Declaring that the estate of the' 1 nation "presents very much to jus? tify a nationwide and most sincere, testimony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed upon us," I President Harding, in the annual Tbankse-ivinir Dioclamation issued i > today, calls upon the American peo- . pie toN observe Thursday, November, i 30, "as a day of thanksgiving, supplication and devotion." i The text of the proclamation fol- j lows: t "By the president of the United j States of America: "A proclamation. "In the beginning of our country j the custom was established by the j ; devout fathers of observing annual- j I ly a day of thanksgiving for the bountfes and protection which Divine 1 Providence had extended throughout j the years. It has come to be per- J haps the most characteristic of our j national observances, and as the season approaches for its annual recurrence, it is fitting formally to direct attention to this ancient institutiop j of our people and to call upon them | aeain to unite in its celebration. Trials and Triumphs. "The year which now approaches its end has marked, in the experience of our nation, by a complexity of trials and triumphs, of difficulties and of achievements, which we must regard as our inevitable portion in ( such an epoch as that through which all mankind is moving. As we survey the experience of the passing twelve month^we shallVind that our estate presents very much to justify a nationwide and most sincere testimony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed upon us. Though we have lived in the shadow of the hard consequences of great conflict our country has been at peace and has been able to contribute toward the maintenance and perpetuatu>q? in flip u-nrlH Wp havp V1VII VI |/V?*VV HI VliV T. V* ?M. >r w - ? . seen the race of mankind make gratifying progress on the way to permanent peace, toward order and restored confidence in its high destiny. 'Tor the Divine guidance which has enabled us, in growing fraternity with other peoples, to' attain so much of progress; for the bounteous yield which has come to us from the resources of our soil, and our industry, we owe our tribute of gratitude, and with it our acknowledgment of the duty and obligation to our people and to the unfortunate, the suffering, the distracted of other lands. Let us, in all humilty, acknowledge how great is our debt to the Providence which has generously dealt with us,* and give devout assurance of unselfish purpose to play a helpful and ennobling part in human advancement. It is much to be desired that in rendering homage for the blessings which have come to -us we should earnestly testify our continued and increasing aim to make our own great fortunes a means of helping and serving as best we can the cause of all humanity. "Now, therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, president of the United States of America, do designate Thursday, the thirtieth day of November, as a day of thanksgiving, supplication and devotion, f recommend that the people gather at their family altars and in their houses of worship to render thanks to God for the bounties they have enjoyed and to petition that these may be continued in the* year before us. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington this second day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and of the independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and fortyseventh. "Warden G. Harding." i Lend a Helping Hand. Editor County Record. "Can anything good come out of | Nazareth," or in this case the negro [ race? Come, see and hear what I did at their recent annual conference in this place. I was greatly gratified to learn of the progress "Our , Brother in Black" was making in every way. They have in the state their own insurance companies, banks and high schools, several of each, and ; in a financial way are able to stand ? on their own legs. I am satisfied though that they would appreciate our moral help if given them in the . right spirit. May God, who is no respector of persons, help us to rise j above prejudice, and give them the j hand of Christian fellowship and P wish them pood speed in their work, j Kingstree^ November 5. ' To prevent a cold, take 666 Subscribe for the Record now. Here Ar hUK Now is the time ti pect that mercha and the season is Xever before have we 1 4 fer at prices which meant a \ today. We have bought the add our small profit to the ( will meet competition on ev * pose to sell goods as cheap, and never before have we bee this than right now. In the lines of goods we V 5? _ J? .1 cnancnse 01 every uescnpuu ing, Shoes, Hats, Furnishing make up the complete outf vou will save money on thes %/ ?/ cations are that there will b goods and clothing. Look over these prices will give you some idea of \ hundreds and hundreds of ol as these quoted. These are know what we really are off( MEN'S SUITS. $15.00 Suits at $ i $2,0.00 Suits at $12 $25.00 Suits at $1( BOYS' SUITS. $6.00 Suits at $J $8.00 Suits at. MEN'S SHOES One lot of Men's Shoes, English and Blucher lasts all leathers, $5.00 values. $! CHILDREN'S SHOES in sizes 3 to 8, all good leathers, a bargain at TABLE DAMASK 58 inch white Table Linen, $1.00 value, on sale at APRON GINGHAM Good quality Apron Check now going at, the yard BLEACH 36 inch Bleach of a nice quality, on sale at, yard.. \ BOYS' SWEATER COAT In assorted colors, all sizes, on sale at CHAftLI "TheUn? Kingstree, e Barg YO _ 1 T1 * u uuy. liieie 12 indise will be well advanced. bad such a complete line i >etter saving to the buyi; se goods at prices that v ?ost and sell them to you ery hand. \t has always if not cheaper, than ou nina better position t< i are now offering will 1 >n: Men's, Ladies' and CI re TTf/i T n -Pa orofr+I jO} JLJ IV. Ill lUVy its for the cold weather { e goods' now is the time t e a general advance on i / picked at random from 01 vhat we have to offer j ther items which are just merely a few examples, s iring. MP,N?S FFT V 3.85 A new line of S 2.50 Hats in assortec 3.96 sale at OVERALL J ^ 98 made of best g] 1.95 Denim, sizes u] ? sale at MEN'S WOB >Qk shoes made to s work, all sizes, at, the pair FLEECED UN 98c Boys' Heavy Fie Union Suits, 01 59c FLANNEL ? $3.5 J to $5.00 vak at 10c BED TIC ? A heavy grade o A real 25c gra< at, the yard 15c SUITE ? 36 inch wide white check Si 49c sale at, the yarc S TUCK __ /"IM mK^mL^ore i ? / / m J ..., ' .--J .x , ains \ U!' > no pros ??r?J gl -I of goods to of Qg public than 1 nil allow us to 1 l at prices that 1 5 been our pur- \ ir competitors, 3 demonstrate s \ <JX )e found mer- ' lildren's Clothling needed to ihead. And if ;o buy, for indi-? 1 all lines of drv / lr stock. Thev rou. We have as good values ;o that you may '^1 .T HATS , I \ .1 len's Felt m 1 colors, on fl 98c I umpe!rs I rade Blue fl p to 44, on | 98c | :k shoes 1 tand hard 1 now going I $1.98 A ion suits 1 eced lined l sale at.. .89c t . SITTTPTft les, on sale $1.98 IKING f Ticking, ie, on sale 12V2c trcii I black and V litings, on I 1A? I L ITO ~ | South Carolina ( 'i > * >1 . i-.' ' .1