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; WASHINGTON COMMENT. The Ku Klux Klan is avowedly a | - Protestant organization. As such it is anathema to the Catholic church.' Because of the regalia worn by the ^ Klan, it is perfectly possible for men ! who are not KJansmen. to wear aI similar regalia, and thus thrust upon the Klan the blame for unlawful acts done by hooded men. Without full and complete evidence it is not possible intelligently to discuss the claim made that the Klan 1 nrirt rtv "flnm i " Ud> I I I LCJ 1CX CV1 VT4V1I VI V* v.. the sovereign State of Louisiana. No such evidence is being presented. Various unlawful acts have at times been done by hooded men. Opponents of the Klan charge that all such acts are done by Ku Klux Klansmen. The Klan denies that such acts are done by authority and consent of the order. Defenders of the Klan say that it is no more reasonable to say that all crimes committed by men who wear a white hoot! and mask are committed * by Klansmen, than it is to charge that all thefts committed by masked burglars are the work of society gentlemen who wear masks at a masked ball. There is much discussion, pro and con, going on in Congress regarding * the charges and the countercharges about the Klan. The wise heads in Congress holding the radical element in check, agree that if the Klan does that which is un-American and unlawful, the Klan should, and will, be punished. But until it is proved that un-American and unlawful acts done in the regalia of the Klan are, in fact, done by the Klan, the Klan deserves , the same treatment accorded any ac* cused under our system of jurislwuionm it is innocent until proved |/? WUV**VV, guilty. All the thunderings of Jesuitical mouthings, all the priestly protests, and all the intolerant fanaticism of the church which is its enemy, can ' not make it otherwise. It it evidence, ' not opinion, which must indict, and a court of law, not priestly excom- : mur cation, which must convict. 1 The incalculable good which must result to the cause of education , tVia hnldino- nf Education Week, December 3 to 9. inclusive, can . not be summed up in a page, let alone a paragraph. But if it accomplishes nothing more than the focussing of i public attention upon the inadequate teaching staffs of our public schools, i( * it will have more than served its , purpose. x The staffs are inadequate for one, and only one reason; the inability of J those in authority to see with suffi- j dent breadth of vision that teaching j is highly skilled, spetialized work, re- ( quiring the highest type of manhood ( and womanhood, and deserving an adequate wage. Because teachers' , salaries are universally so low, those who stick to that noble profession do 1 so from love of it, from love of its 1 ideals, from a sense of duty, and the , religion of serv ice. Because teachers' , salaries are universally so low, the , youth of our land is not attracted to ( the normal school and the teachers' 1 mllece; vount? men desire to enter oc cupations which assure them of comfort, and a reasonable luxury; young women, more and more taking their places in the economic structure of our country, are preparing themselves for other vocations where the rewards are commensurate with the preparation. the effort, the education, and the ability required. The state depends now upon its citizens of legal age and over. In ten years it will be depending upon the . children of today. If these children are not well taught, properly taught, highly taught, the future citizens of America will be ignorant, unable to , think, to plan, to carry on this, our nation, in its forward course. If the child of today is the voter, and perhaps, the legislator and the president of tomorrow, then the teacher of to day is the maker of the nation of to morrow. The best of teachers, paid well enough to enable them to give their best to our children, should be none too good for America; if Education Week can awaken the electorate to the need of the best, the need of paying for the best, it will not be i held in vain. i | MADAM POST HERE. Madam Post, formerly of New Orleans and more recently of Florence, -- - -fnr a -ft*w davs and can oe IO 111 wv??M aw* ? *v.. found at Kingstree Dry Goods Co.'s store. She is a skin and scalp specialist andcarries a line of toilet requisites. She also has a line of hair goods such as: switches, ear-muffs, curls, transformations, puffs, etc. She is prepared to give free demonstrations?strictly private. Sh^ also does hair dyeing. It is said "a woman is as old as she looks." If you wlstf fo look young you had best call on $ladam yKimtPee#)r>' Go*fr fco.'s stored isfiQ^eior oglj^^ jhort while.?adv. 'r%r?3rsW?Ei5~~i Negroes Going North. The Columbia State says: South Carolina is apparently in the midst of a general exodus of negroes?former farm hands leaving to seek jobs and high pay in Northern and Western industrial centers, according to Columbia railroad men. The northward movement, S. H. McLean, district passenger agent of the Southern railway, and C. T. Buster. agent in charge of the consolidat NEED OF MORE COUNTRY SCHOOLS SHOWN United States lliteracy Subject I of Address. I (Capital News Sen ice) Washington, Dec. 4.?Speaking to the Sons of Revolution, Dr. J. \\.' Crabtree, secretary of the National j Education Association, brought out: facts regarding illiteracy in the Unit-1 ed States which empha>ize the need ' for more and better puoiic schco?> j and which endorse the results of the election in Oregon, in which new j school laws weie passed, compelling i attendance in state public schools. "The United States has the highest percentage of iliteracy of the leading} enlightened nations of the world,"!1 said Dr. J. W. Crabtree. "If you multiply Germany's percentage of illiteracy by 30, you will have the figure showing the percentage of illiteracy in the United States. Improvement and increase in number of country schools is the first step necessary ' to remedy this defect. Under the present system the country child is four times more likely to be illiterate than the city child." Dr. Crabtree also pointed out that "to Americanize the foreign-born is as necessary as to do away with illiteracy." "The White Plague" in South Carolina In the days of knights and fairies | and three-headed, fire-breathing monsters, all the strength of the knights and all of the fire-breathing beast when he invaded the land and left death in his wake. And yet in the fair state of South Carolina, there stalks a spectre far more deadly than the three-headed monster of olden times, a spectre whose trail is marked by suffering and desolation and death. This deadly thing that goes so stealthily and fleet-footed through the land is the "Great White Plague." And there is only a half-hearted pitting of forces to stop the ravages of this ghostly ; monster. ; In South Carolina at the present time there are known to be more , than 16,000 active cases of tuberculosis, a large per cent, of which is ^ among the working people of the , state. Of this number about three- ( fourths of the cases are young peo- ( pie between the ages of 20 and 35 t iroorc nf Qcrp The traeic Dart of this . ' " c , , is that less than 200 of these cases are in sanitaria, thus leaving more than 15,800 cases in the homes throughout the state. In most of these homes, the people are ignorant of the methods of prevention and cure, and are not only losing the fight against tuberculosis but are greatly endangering the lives of those with whom they come in contact Many of these cases are of ,the ambulatory type and aie to be found on the streets, in moving picture theatres and other public places where, through ignorance and carelessness, they are jeopardizing the lives of those about them. In the homes of these cases are more than 20,000 children who are constantly exposed to the disease and who will develop it later, probably, unless, taught to prevent it. Of the 16,000 cases in South Carolina at least 60 per cent, or 9,600, could be cured if proper treatment were available, and a large per cent, of the others could be so improved that they could earn a living and be perfectly safe to themselves and to the public. The recent report of the Framingham, Mass., demonstration showed that in Framingham, where adequate fianncial, medical and educational provision was made for the fight against tuberculosis during the last eight years, the death rate from this disease had been reduced two-thirds. This same thing can be done in South Carolina. It would mean the reduction of the annual number of cases from 16,000 to 5,300 in eight years, and in a few additional years the disease could be wiped out of the state. At the present time the South Carolina Tuberculosis association with its related local associations, the Richland Anti-Tuberculosis, the Anderson, Charleston, Greenville and Greenwood county associations, are cooperating with the state and .local boards of health in the fight to rid South Caro- i lina of the "Great White Plague." These organizations are principally 1 financed by the sale of Christmas seals. All of them are pitifully handicapped for lack of money with which to carry on the programs they have already undertaken, much less being able to carry out the larger program they must adopt if tuberculosis is to be wiped out of South Carolina. A challenge is sounded to alLSouth Carolinians, fVfff4 ' lM) i^too r h time, strength and money against tlje! ravijp$>0%tlrf5f diseasl* I ?X /a 3 VJL i To prevent a cold, take 666. f ? aotaffijsll $ ! Rub-My-Tism, an antiseptic. j t H111II111 1111111 111111)1 i ed ticket otnce, say is largely an individual movement and lias been in progress since the early summer, when conditions in the industrial centers first showed signs of improved ment. There have, however, been instances of apparent concerted moves, 0. G. Donny, commercial agent for the Seaboard Air Line railway, points out, but these were chiefly for points in nearby states. The negroes, Mr. Duster says, are leaving from every section of the state and are going to practically every section of.the nation. The majority of the tickets, he finds, have been bought for New York, Philadelphia. Chicago, Washington, and Detroit. There has been little evidence of any mass or group movements, Mr. Buster says, but farm hands by ones and twos are daily leaving so that traffic has jumped to a point where it has been in some instances difficult for the railroads to take care of it, since none of the lines had any intimation of the movement, which is equaled only by the war time negro exodus. The movement, Mr. McLean believes, is large due to the failure of the negro tenant farmers to make money in the state under bool weevil conditions. The majority of the negroes leaving are farm hands and the fact that farm conditions are subnormal throughout the state will explain the general character of the exodus. The movement, Mr. McLean sayS, appears to be spontaneous and not the result of solicitation of Northern employers. Included in the groups leaving he finds-^many negroes who during the war found work in Northern industrial centers and fnrvaA tft votllTO tn tVlP Smith iuring the period of depression that followed. These negroes, lured northward again by reports of the return >f high wages, are carrying" with them >ther negroes who are unable to make rnough money in South Carolina and ire willing to try their fortunes with che high industrial wages. In some instances negroes who remained in the North after the war day exodus, aave sent for relatives and these relatives are now joining in the movng. Large groups have also left the state for North Carolina, where road luilding projects and other contract work offer high wages. W. E. McGee, division passenger igent, Southern railway, said last light that the northward migration >f negroes was considerable and increasing. Numbers of the negroes go :o Philadelphia and New York, many ;o Chicago, but probably the principal steady movement just now is to De;roit. Manufacturers there are no longer able to rely on the flow of imTiigration to recruit their unskilled labor forces and are turning to the South for cheap help. Many negroes ire enabled to make the move by reviving loans form relatives or friends ilready settled at the North. Mr. McGee said there was reason to relieve that in some cases the prospective employers made advances toward defraying the cost of removal, but if this were being done, the cash was being sent directly to the negroes; the railroads are not receiving transportation orders. Little or no evidence of organization has been noted by Mr. McGee. "It is distinctly an individual or at most a family group movement," he said. "And it is by no means confined to South Carolina. For instance, we picked up from the Central of Georgia on one train the other day 48 persons bound North." o WILL ADVERTISE FARM PRODUCTS. Day Will Come, Says Expert When All Will Get Advertising. The day when American farm products will be as extensively advertised through out the country as the automobile and other manufactured articles will soon arrive, said Dr. W. M. Jardine, president of the Kansas State Agricultural college, recently before the Washington Ad club. "The American farmer has been acquainted with only one side of ths odroHiiAo' hnsinp<is." he .said. "In fi, thinks * J?^aciver&sirlg1' or less tricky dewe'wtf? r middlemen. Jo senar^iim, money. WMprofeWlV vlWJ t the sanQ 9Qnion - of ad38 a target Mifb signs of t? tjfjes, however, are ^pointing in another direction. Bankers a nd^m embers of, chamber of commeiee^Mve begun to take the | farmer in as a business partner. [They are seeing that they must help him earn more money, and they are beginning to see that he needs help principally with his marketing and selling problems. "The selling end of the farmer's ' business has been badly and most unfortunately neglected. Circumstances are to blame in part, he is to 'blame in part and business men are to blame in pait. In a certain sense, advertising men are much to blame. ; Problems in marketing, advertising 'and selling that need solution much [more than money which have been ! solved, have been neglected. Agricultural men of America have begun to concern themselves with the selling end of their business. They have begun to learn to sell cooperatively, to organize and to inspect their organization. The next generation of farmers is going to grow up already 'sold' to the idea of organization." o *-?? e * r* 1 _l nans ior i.aite uiy scnoui, W. J. Wilkins and Co., architects of Florence have recently been awarded a contract for preparing plans and specifications for the handsome new high school building which will be built in Lake City. The new high school will cost $50,000. It will occupy a splendid site upon which there will be ample space for all athletic activities. Bonds for the purpose were voted a short time ago. The Lake City schools have grown to such an extent that the buildings provided now are altogether inadequate and the new school will relieve the congestion to a large extent. The building when completed will be modem in every respect and one of the handsomest in this section of the state. ^Southern bankers are showing high appreciation of the need of helping farmen-s to market their products more efficiently. They realize that the farmer's business is everybody's business. 666 cures Malarial Fever. 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. HMMIMIHIIIHHIHIIM ijAuto Livery:; NEW FORD* i;i I 1 f { J Prompt and Safe Service. \ I Reasonable Rates ||J PHONE 132 ;; C. J. Thompson i tH Mil III Mill II MUM M {WOOD YARD Phone 125 or 64:1 i: Stove Wood, Pine $4.50:1 :: Fore Wood, Oak - 5.00 iI |; DELIVERED I I ;; TERMS?CASH ; ; TlMMMMIUUIIIUMIIf ^ Q Q2QQQQ289 O BS3 C3E3 CZE9 Q9 D QBOS8BDD fl 0 I Weak I I Back | 91 Mr*. Mildred Pipkin, ol II II R.P. D. 8, Columbia, Tom., 18 II says: "My experience with H |i Cardui has covered a number of 1| II years. Nineteen years ago... H 25 1 got down with weak back. I || || was run-down and so weak and H || nervpus 1 had to stay In bed. || || I read ol |fl CARDUI iThfl Woman's TonH J I and sent for it. I took only in I bottle aithaifljpe.andtthe: in || me; seemed to strengthen II builtf toh HsJfttup. So tha li II howiri.ffotyj&w of Car u || jvget weirt^ anfi^no accoun , 18 cfctd?>tigBtrfOrlCardui, am I || irfl^tfffailed to help me/' || if you are weak and suffefir. || gj ' tl0p&^s, and ought to Bui gE i^GU& drft&Ks' and deali^'.jj SI ||giaM.g^ nnT%igj / NOTICE All claims against the county to receive attention of the County Board of Commissioners must be filed in the office, properly verified and itemized, not later than Saturday before the regular meeting on the first Tuesday in each month. S. J. SINGLETARY, County Supervisor Williamsburg Co. 8-18-21-tf. FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER KINGSTREE HARDWARE CO., Day Phone 35 Night Phone 12G TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to provisions of Section 241 Criminal Code of South Carolina, all persons are hereby warned against trespassing on lands of the undersigned in King township in any manner, either by cutting or hauling wood, hunting or allowing stock to run at large on same. Violators wil. be dealt with according to law. MRS. M. A. BROCKINGTON. ll-23-4tc. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE. i Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned'will make application to Hon. W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, S. C., at his office in Kingstiee, S. C., at 12 o'clock m., on Monday, the 18th day of December, 1922, for her final discharge and letters dismissory as administratrix of the estate of John M. Brown, deceased, and' at said time will make full accounting for her actings and doings as such administratrix. MRS. FLORENCE E. BROWN, Administratrix of John M. Brown, deceased. . Il-l6-5t TAX NOTICE. The tax books will be open for collection of taxes for the year 1922 />n, the 15th day of November. Tax levy as follows: For State 7% mills For Constitutional School 3 mills For Roads 7 mills For County 4 mills For Santee Bonds ^ 1 mill For Federal Aid Proj. No. 80,2% mills Total 25 mills School Districts having 2 mills special school tax are No. 33. School Districts having 4 mills special school tax are Nos. 2, 7, 9, 10, 18, 21, 30. 31, 38. 45, 51. School Districts having 6 mills special tax are 32 and 47. School Districts having 8 mills special school tax are 4. 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 29, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59. 60. 61. School Districts having 10 mills special school tax is No. 19. School Districts having 12 mills special school tax are Nos. 22. 23, 27, 41. 42. and Andrews A-12. School Districts having 14 mills special school tax are Nos. 16 and 24. School Districts having 19' mills special school tax is No. 12. The following school districts have bonds as stated: ' No. 5 7 mills No. 22 _4 mills No. 36 2 mills No. 42 . 4 mills No. 45 6 mills j No. 48 6 mills No. 61 -y 6 mills No. 52 J 4 mills No. 26 4 mills No. 11 4 mills No. 12 11 mills No. 12-A 14 mills No. 56 1 7 mills Clarendon Bonds on Clarendon township, Nos. 14 and 53. 1% 'mills. Drainage tax is due and payable at the same time with other taxes. All parties between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are liable, unless exempted by law, to a poll tax of $1.00, also to a commutation tax of $2.00. Upon all unpaid taxes after December 31 a penalty of 1% will be added for January, 1% for February and 5% to the 15th day of March next, fhp hfkrtlr.Q will hp closed and executions issued upon all unpaid taxes. A tax of $1.25 on dogs, (which includes tag) due and collectable during month of January and must be paid not later than February 1. Those who desire to pay their taxes through the mail may expidite matters by dropping the Treasurer a card asking for the amount of their taxes, so as to avoid sending the wrong amount, also stating the township or townships (if property is owned in more than one) ana if possible give school district where prop* erty is located. After paving taxes examine your receipts and see if .'KB your property is covered, if iiot( sW about it at once. fnJudn:>.Hl By following the above, suggestions complications and additional cost'rmfy be avoided. aho.-n inn sbnod is H. ;BJ; smiths i County rTTeastHser: 10-26-22-D3-15<-28. .vvo'fcl nr. !>o?!ho-. .if *ii ' ilurii'i'i !)ii!i !hhi(! REGISTRATION' NOT1CB J vo " it im? oioriw t) go fio<r"n affMrbf ' J The^Cdtai^ R?StW>.li : bly payable in advance. ,fgH ?n?J ! "'V. .1 .1 ? Subftrifco rfoseJtftoTRecord now. ' .Jt-T-SI * NOTICE. The County Board of Commissioners of Williamsburg County will receive bids at their office in Kingstree, S. C., on Tuesday, September 6th, and on the first Tuesday in each month thereafter, for groceries in bulk lots for the chaingang for one month at a time. a S. J. SINGLETARY County Supervisor Williamsburg Co. 8-18-21-tf. H11111111111111111111118 I t $ iim< 1 r\ X | Milk and iream: i |) Let me famish your Milk, !! JI Butter and Cream. 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