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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
STORE NOTES

Let us quote you prices on
your fertilizer for the coming
season.
When you have cotton to sell
get in touch with our buyer.
Mr.. j. d. Richbourg.
We sell Diamond" and
."Mansfeld" Tires, castings and
tubes. Full stock of auto parts
and auto accessories. Tenders
for Fords, extra wheels,
springs.
John Deere implements for
the farmer, hardware OF all
kinds, fencing, roofing, stoves
for heating or cooking.
The finest equipped meat and
grocery department in this
section of the. state. Get our
prices on -four, grits, meal, can
ned goods and provisions OF all
kinds.
We carry a full line of cur
tains and draperies as well as
carpets and rugs.
You will find this the best
place to buy silks, ribbons.
II
dress goods, linens and all
sorts of furnishings for women
and children.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
Complete with merchandise; replete with interest
THE TERMS on
WHICH WE SELL

All goods marked in plain
figures. Same price to every
body. Everybody pays the
price marked on the goods; no
more, no less. You don t have
to bargain here to get fair
treatment. This saves time for
YOU and for us. You can shop
quickly and pleasantly.
All goods are priced on a
cash basis. Charge accounts
must be settled in full not later
than the 10th of the month for
previous months purchases.
When you desire to buy on
time-this refers to the supply
trade and credit purchases OF
furniture-you pay the cash
price marked OH the goods and
a fiat charge of 8 per cent. for
interest and carrying charges.
Mr.. Will Plowden is in charge
of the supply business.
All accounts will draw inter-
est at 8 per cent. per year after
maturity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
Let The True Spirit OF
Christmas Be With You

Loose yourself in the true delight of making things
pleasant for Others If you want to get an Inspiration
reach up ON your book shelf and take down your copy
of 'Christmas Carols by Charles Dickens. If you
have never read this book you will thank for call
ing your attention to it. Buy it and read tits the
greatest Christmas story of all ages
sEWho isten,'' exclaimed the great writer
Thackeray "to objections regarding great book like
thsa It seems to me national benefit, and to every
man and woman who reads it personal kindness. y
Three generations have echoed these words.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
AFTER CHRISTMAS
REMEMBRANCES

AS is usually the case, you
will probably receive a gift
from some one YOU have for
gotten. This will mean a gift
in return. Please bear in
mind that you can find some
thing appropriate for man,
woman or child at Alder
mans. New goods coming
in each day now in all de-
partments.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
The Alderman Store Wishes You One
. and All
VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

1t is impossible for to grasp each OF you by the
hand and express our good wishes personally, but
even though We must resort to cold type and its stiff
formaty and limitations wish you to feel that our
friends and to each and every employee OF the store:
'sHere's wishing you Merry Christmas" And as
Tiny Tim said in ''The Christmas Caro-, ,"-"God
bless us every One'
ALDERMAN'S,
Charles Wood Manager.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
Little Money
Coats, Suits Dresses and Hats are
Being Offered Now at Reductions
Of From 20 to 40 Per Cent.

OF more than this ea sae for wholesale
apparel still advancing every day hat
chance future needs Coat Suits Serge and vel
Dresses Sweaters and Millinery both trimmed and
trimned prices that will appeal to instantly Better
come in at once and make yor selections the prices have
marked on these goods the choice things will arry long.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
SHOE FASHIONS

It's a real pleasure to choose
your footwear from this big
stock of up-to-the-minute styles.
1t goes without saying, too,
that we will assure you Of foot
comfort, for we have plenty OF
sizes and widths. Come in and
talk with 1.-The Chief in our
footwear department. he's
good man to know and mighty
anxious to serve YOU. Full line
>of shoes here for men, women
and children. the kind that will
prove a real investment.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
DEFEATING OUR IDEAS.

5PO prevent a further rising of prices
1t is necessary that production be
increased and consumption be de-
creased. In Europe and in the United
States there never was a greater reck-
lessness in spending money than there
has been prevailing since the conclu-
sion of the armistice. The ease with
which larger amount of deprecated
money can be earned has diminished
the respect for money and the eager
ness to save. A willingness to SUBJ
ordinate or sacrifice ones wishes and
pleasures to the greater advantage OF
the country, splendidly manifested
during the years of the war, has ended
In the present reaction--of an orgy OF
brazen self Indulgence at the very
moment when the war bill is presented
for payment.
The first thing to be done is-a.
prominent British financier put it
ito debate our IDEAS" The world lives
in FOOLS paradise based upon ficti.
tious wealth. rash promises and mat
illusions. The disease is world wide
1t is spread too far to enable us Il
deal with It al a whole. We may agre,
on the principles on which 1t mus
be fought, but each country will hav
to be treated In accordance with II
own particular conditions. The frs
step, however, is to prick the bubble
of false premises and to begin b,
clearing the world balance sheet o
fictitious assets as far and as fas
az we can.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26

influence was emphasized some years
ago by the dowager queen, when she
herself put on the native dress.
Some of the outdoor work Is al
most wholly in the hands of the woman.
She takes the hemp and the flax from
the seed to the finished garment, and
deems herself fortunate II the husband
plows the ground for her. AS the spin
ming and weaving Is done by the wo-
men, the clothing worn by the family
are tangible evidence of the taste and
industry of the women folk.
ITO wear store-made clothes, was,
until recent times a token OF Incidence
or awkwardness on the part OF the
females of the family-characteris
that are the butt of most OF the Jokes
improvised by the leader OF the sun
day village dance.
"The most important thing about the
costume is the fact that 1t Is entirely
made at home by hand. SO that the
dress exemplifies both the taste and
the skill Of it's owner, and gives to the
mate hunting swain an index to these
| all important qualities.
"All who have visited Rumania have
caught the vision of some Of the peas
ant women met by the roadside. II
will be recalled that they are the fair-
est among their neighbors, and thai
this natural gift is most apparent un-
der conditions best calculated for its
preservation. Their dress Is varied
and elaborate. The foundation Is 9
sort of shift, reaching to the ankle, this
upper part embroidered with coiorec
| cotton, usually red or black. over tnis
| is a petticoat, which in its materia
1 and detail. reflects the taste and buy
ing power of the weaver.
aOn her head the peasant woman hal
a scarf of cotton tissue with Sill
stripes, IL her means permit, and or
gala occasions she puts on brighter
kerchief, ornamented with a fringe o.
row of spangles.
'Both men and women seem partia
to having their heads covered, even II
the house: but 1t Is not regarded al
nroper TO eat without removing thu
|
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26

tribunal. but they are on record as
having done SO, and very gladly. as a
means OF ending the deadIock then
existing. The presidents statement
Of the issue seems fair, and his meth
cd of reaching conclusive settle
ment safe and reasonable. The assent
OF the public's representative IL neces-
sary to give effect to agreements be-
tween the operators and the miners
representative, and an increase In
the price OF coal could be expected
only in the event It is found the
miners are entitled to q greater adj
Vance than IA per cent and that the
operators profits could not be made
to absorb such an advance. An in
crease in the price OF coal founded
upon those convictions by man
holding tho public confidence. as the
presidents nominee should do. would
not be Objectionable or unfair. II the
present price of coal does not permit
the payment OF proper wages to the
miners. the price should be Increased.
Any process that enables an adjudica-
ton OF that point to be made is right
and Is timely, and IL the president has
made mistake In this respect 1t has
not been shown by the present antag-
onists Of peace In a great basic indus
try.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
BEWARE OF COAL FiGURESl

moor mathematics and coal seem to
have a real amnity. The United
States treasury has put out state
ment about the profits made by coal
operators, which by implication was q
correction Of an earlier declaration by
a former secretary of the treasury.
The former secretary asserted that
earnings on capital stock" Of from
Is to 1000 per cent were shown by
income tax returns for 1917. The
treasury's declaration is that all BIZ
luminous coal mines east of the Mis-
sissippi river had In 1917 average
profits of 100 to $50 per cent on in
vested capital, and range in profit
between Is and 500 per cent.
That a correction from a basis of
capital stock" to Invested capital
was essential would seem to appear
from the figures themselves; for ex-
ample, one Of the companies which
the former secretary may have had In
mind. as its data appeared in the
compilation which he probably had be-
fore him, had In 1917 a capital stock
of $4,000 and invested capital OF
$569,OO0. In other words, return OF
1000 per cent on the capital stock
would have amounted to SO per cent
on the invested capital-a rate Of profit
that is certainly high enough.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
SURGERY'S NEW MARVEL
fTsolado p1odat

Wonderful as have been the
achievements Of modern war, more
wonders are yet to be seen. Industry,
transportation invention. organiza-
ton and other activities Of mankind
have worked under the stress of ne
cessity for higher accomplishment
and have set new marks for peace to
meet.
In the field Of medicine and sur
gerry there have been like advances.
Bones from animals have been used
successfully to replace human shin
and arm bones splintered by high ex-
plosiyes. Skin grating and facial rs
construction have become common
place. New noses and ears have been
created of thumbs and fingers,
The latest and most startling BIZ
Of surgery that has grown out Of the
war was performed at Fort McHenry
hospital. Baltimore. Through 1t -four
soldiers, blinded by explosives and
gas, have recovered their sight. The
operation in each case was to repair
shattered optic nerves, Skin. tissue
bone, muscle. veins and arteries have
been, patched and spliced successfully
but the delicate fabric OF nerves hal
mostly defied the skill of surgery
heretofore, and the mark OF success
upon four operations Of such novelt,
and delicacy promises large things
for humanity.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
STRANGE FACTS THAT
FEW PEOPLE KNOW

when German and Bulgarian loot
efs carried away the clothes Of the
Rumanian populace they did more than
put people to a temporary inconyen-
robbed Of his uniform, or q matron OF
her bridal gown" says . bulletin from
tho national geographic society, which
tells Of the Rumanians' devotion to the
historic costume.
"Especiaily was this loss feit by wo-
men." tho bulletin states, and quotes
from . communication to the society BY
James Howard 0oro In explanation Of
this attachment - foilows.
I'm no part OF Europe DO the peas-
Inactive costume = Ia the uplands Of
Humania. n -, tn fact, almost "a M
~ A nationa1isuas ana ~ unlfytnx
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
RIPPING RHYMES
BY WALT MASON.
cErTINc BACK.

Let US all get back to working.
back to earning honest rocks. back
to baking, painting, clerking, back
to winding eight-day clocks. Long
enough we've whooped and clam
ored. making all the welkins ring:
long enough we've knocked and
hammered every sane and useful
thing. II we'd all get back to toll
Ing like q bunch Of earnest men.
industries now dead and spelling
would be cutting. grass again.
There would be q trade revival in
the annals of this land. There
would be no Idle pulley, smoke
would come. from every stack. II
we'd be less Wild and woody, II
we'd hit the old time track. Lets
set back to useful labor, as We la
bored long ago. pssling onions with
sAber. saving firswocd with .
hoe. Let W all resume out knit
ting, make the shining needles fly.
working blithsIy. nor admitting
any Hngitator" guy. Let " darn
tho socks and rntttena. prune the
hedge and Shear the COW. hunt the
egGc and drown the k1ttena - Iet
- ~ ~ busy nouk
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26

-
f7HD statement issued BY the Twslfth
Federal Reserve bank governing
business conditions In the Twelfth re-
serve district which includes Idaho.
should bring cheer to the residents Of
this and other states. Despite the
high prices. which are becoming more
Objectionable every day. the statement
shows business has been excellent
real estate IL transferring in large
volume, there is general building ac-
tiyity and the period Of reconstruction
is in reality upon us.
Idaho 10 shown to lead all other states
In the district in tho matter Of the
production Of wool. the total clip for
1919 reaching 22,145.ooo pounds. Our
nearest competitor was Utah with but
Ii, 100000 1t has been q good year for
the wool growers. just as 1t has been
a good year for the merchant. the job
her. the manufacturer. the farmer and
others.
The banks. too, came in for large
share of the prosperity. In "a Of the
principal cities in the district bank
clearings increased from $1,1s1.sS6,ooC
in 1918 to $1,s2s.12o.ooo in 1919. The
percentage of increase was 1874. This
is an excellent showing and certainl,
barometer showing the health con
dition Of business generally over thu
district.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
ROCKEFELLER AND HIS GIFT.

n gift of s1ooooo.o0o was the present
Ldl made by John d. Rockefeller to
raise the salaries of college professors
and to the Rockefeller foundation to
aid in its work Of combating disease
through Improvement OF medical edu-
cation. public health administration
and scientific research.
One hundred million dollars! The
figures are 30 great that 1t IL difficult
for the human mind to grasp them:
in fact, comparatively few people
realize the enormity of the amount.
We are 30 used to talking In big
figures that we do not stop to get their
full significance. It is said that Rookie
Teller has made public gifts amount
ing to $450, 0oo.oool
while the citizens Of the United
States will praise the act of this great
est Of all billionaires and admire the
spirit prompting him to give back to
his fellow citizens a portion of his
vast earnings, they can not help but
wonder how 1t comes that one man Is
able to accumulate this mountain OF
wealth when the vast majority Of peo-
pie are struggling to save for a rainy
day q few hundred or thousand dol
lars; yes. many Of them find 1t diff
cult to Save At all. And wondering
they are very likely to come to the
conclusion that while John D. Rookie
Teller u doing . great service to man.
kind. the example set before the peo-
pie Of such colossal wealth II. taken
- whole, and from the viewpoint
81 the nation. neither helpful nor health
xul. Mr.. Rockefeller has accumulated
~ moro money thap he can ever hops
10 mead. and an amount that It 10 Inn.
yoseIbls even for him to spend. % HI
! eivee It away In sums 20 large the en-
III world Il startled.
John D. Rockefeller 10 . brilliant
Anancier. No one will deny that. II
a. lind 81 opportunities he made tn
nn66t Is them s. every turn. Nothinl
~ 1eft undcns to make every sdollal
1nlfipiy. ~ showed : rars genius fol
l2 ~ ) money -nnAlEer hs standl
1oior oss1ao "a insn. II WIN y
a ~ ~ 1Srenss - ~ ealy eoel
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
BRITISH TRADE.
New York SUM

(New York SUM-
Steady old England, tried in thou
sand financial and economic tests, as
tried on thousand battlefields, knows
that every day British exports go up;
knows that IL British imports go up 1t
Is only because they are being brought
in to be manufactured and sold abroad
again at very much higher prices than
the imported material cost. England
knows that though she may be selling
part Of those exports on credit, the
date of settlement draws nearer every
day. England knows that when her
ocean freight bills. her interest
charges, her dividend returns and her
current trade receipts from abroad
have risen, as they are rising rapidly
to higher point than her current out
go abroad-England knows that then
the pound sterling will rise. perhaps
soar more swiftly than II fell.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
EDITORIAL OPINION OF
IDAHO EDITORS
sENssLEss CONTROVERSY OVER
THE COAL TERMS.
(Tribune. Lewiston).

So far as the surface news shows
there 10 no just ground seen for the
uproar being made at washington
over the new status Of the coal strike
controversy. There have seemed to
he serious grounds In the past for
public indignation and resentment
over the treatment of the situation at
Washington, but those phases We're
passed over In silence. perhaps be-
cause of the critical condition 10
which the country had been reduced,
but having accepted the various steps
taken without objection and even with
apparent approval. there now seems
little reason to complain at the
logical development OF the process.
one point remaining undisposed OF Ii
a. 10 the inception OF the conference
al which the strike was terminated.
An obscure employe Of the depart
ment Of labor u credited with tho
feat. but Just what inspired him,
whether the higher authorities OF the
government or whether representa-
tives OF the striking miners remains
mndisclosed. Tho true meaning Of the
settlement cannot be understood until
| 4 A. known who sought reopening
| ~ the conferences and who therefore.
| IN affect. surrendered II will mean that
| there was an implied agreement that
terms satisfactory to the strikers
would Be Forthcoming In the award
10 Be handed down. II the miners
surrendered II would mean that tho
appointment of . commission was
only camouflagsd. intended to save APP
pearances. Meanwhile. 1t the time
~ surrender conditions appeared to
ba eetting rather desperate, for fhs
miners, and there was little disposi- :
i ~. th.u "a nreatfon thu uronriat,, -
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
STILL MANEUvERINo.
(New York Tribune).

The administration senators ARE
fully aware Of the weakness OF their
position. But they are not free agents.
They are under an outside influence
which says to them: yield nothing
Create all the dust you can" So the
treaty rests on the table of the vice.
president, where the president indi-
Gates that 1t II his wish for It to lie
He still maneuvers to prevent any sort
of reservation being attached and sc
maneuvering there Is lack of the
good faith which is essential to arriv-
ing at a settlement.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
Secrets Of Health and Happines.
How to Harden Children
Safely These Cool Holidays
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
A. B.. M. A., NJ. D. Johns Hopkins University

T-HERE IL such thing Is "toe much hardening
Of children. The attempt to cure the insrsined'
= home grown method Of coddling youngsters by an
indoor life in cold weather an excess OF garments
when outdoors led faddsts to the other extreme-tc
overdo the exposure.
In the brave days Of Indian life the red men and
their children endured degrees OF cold and ice
with little more than moccasins and BLANKET Ahe'r
children, however, were not "all face" -
The papoose or child was wrapped up Ike
mummy and strapped upon the back OF the squaw.
as the child grew up, his bare legs arms ana race Dc
came accustomed to the elements
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
New York Sunl.

Az n free nation and Of its own will
the United States will do its share in
the struggle of Europe against econ
omic decentralization, financial bank
ruptcy, starvation and chaos. What
national license does the United States
need from the league Of nations to do
a less share for the world in peace
than the United States. without license
from any earthly authority, but its
heart and its conscience. did for the
world in war? Let US put away these
bedlam visions Of the consequences OF
tho rejected covenant and get on our
rational. practical. American Job OF de-
livery the goods for ourselves, for Eu :
rope and for the world.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26
PASSAGE OF THE cUMMiNs BILL.

40 tar - the railroads and their
N) control are concerned. two I'M
ls.sAnt events have transpired within
the past week toward which the public
can mot be Indifferent. The first OF
these was the passage OF the Cummins
bill and the second the official an
uouncement that federal control over
the railroads will be extended to March
1. The Esch railroad bin. quite the
opposite from the Cummins' measure. is
also pending and joint house and SEN
ate conferees will later take UP con-
alteration OF both in an effort to pro-
vide . railroad measure generally
satisfactory to all concerned.
The Cummins measure will draw
organized opposition due to the anti
strike provision that it contains. Organ
lied labor will fight its passage to the
last ditch, and hope to be able to bring
about It's defeat in the house. 1t passed
the senate by vote of 4s to 80.
Congress having failed to pass iegis-
lation to regulate and care for the rail-
roads. there seems but one thing to
do and that is to extend federal con-
troll until a later date. Without this
legislation, many of the roads would
go back to their former owners In a
much worse financial condition than
when they were taken over. This
would spell financial ruin and the coun-
r. can not afford to see its great
transportation system go into the
hands of receivers.
The change from federal to cor
porate operation Of the railroads likely
will be made with such ease and so
little ceremony that 1t will cause no
excitement. The business of railroad
ing will go on about as before. The
officials who have since Jan. I, 1918,
been running the railroads for Uncle
Sam are the same officials who used
to run them for the stockholders and
they are the same officials who viii
continue to run them, but for thu
stockholders again, instead Of for tn
overnment. Changes OF policies ant
practices win not be made in day
They wills come gradually, and quit
period will elapse before the good o
III resulting therefrom will be felt b,
the public.
Turning the roads back will be ;
popular move, generally speaking
There is no doubt that it is popula
with business men. and farmers seen
to favor It. Organized railroad EN-
ployes made the strongest fight agains
the return Of the roads. and they ha,
the support of some other labor un
ions. of the Socialists. and of those in
dividuals who for many years hav
been advocating government owner
ship.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-26

At night q screen around Its bed and
sufficient covers pinned In to Insure Il
against 'kick-off'' Of the bed covers
win permit plenty Of fresh air In the
room.
Babies nursed by the mother keep
warmer. are less subject TO coughs and
colds and seldom have pneumonia. while
hottle-fsd infants are apt 20 succunab to
the prevalent winter ailments unless un-
usually intelligent obedience In given TO
. GOOD Doctors instructions. You should
not try to harden such babies too soon.