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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE

All persons indebted to the estate
of John S. Fulton, deceased, are here
by requested to make payment there
of to the undersigned administrators,
and all persons having claims against
said estate are requested TO present
the same, duly verified, to L. W. Gill
land, Attorney, Kingstree, S. c.
SALLIE w. FULTON.
Administrators of the estate of
John s. Fulton, Deceased.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
Stanley.PostOn

Pretty wedding of the Christmas
season was that of Miss Sue Stanley
and Mr.. Erwin Poston, both of John
vile, which took place at the home OF
the brides sister, Mrs. NJ. H. Willis,
near Bannockburn, on Tuesday after
noon, December 23rd.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
THURSDAY. JANUARY l, 1920.
COST OF FOOD STUFFS

the Senate urging that agrcuIture'
the nations most important industry,
be given a fair chance to pull the
country out of the ditch into which
the war has gotten US, instead of
longer following the present mistaken
policy which is driving the American
farmer from the land and wrecklng
the country's farm industry. A few
extracts. follow:
"In our efforts to get rid of the
high cost of living disease | fear we
are in some danger of lying Of the1
remedy. | know, Mr.. President, that
it is perfectly natural for city people,
facing the burdensome cost of living
to lump to the conclusion that the
first step in reducing such cost should
be 10 bear down the price the farmer
gets for produce. 1t seems logical,
vet under modern conditions of trade,
there was never greater error.
Farmers are selling their granted
beeves and hogs for less than it costs
to produce them, but the consumer
finds little or no change in the price
of meat
"The price of single pair of shoes
will keep one person in bread whole
year, but the farmer can get only
$50 for the hide of a year-and-a-
half-old steer which possibly would
supply the leather for eight or ten
pairs of SIP shoes. A pair of calf-skin
shoes costs more than the farmer
gets for the calf. Somebody in be-
tween gets what is paid for the veal,
while the calf-Skin makes several
pairs of shoes.
Some Com mparative Profits
1T takes AZ bushels of wheat to
make a barrel of -four The wheat
raiser gets about Ss.37 for the wheat;
the miller, S127O; the baker, s5S.7O;
and the hotel keepers, as it is doled
out in thin slices, S5S7
while the wheat farmer has been
forced to accept much less than the
Government guaranteed prices for his
wheat, and while the livestock pro-
ducers have incurred immense losses,
and in many instances financial bank
ruptcy. the only food items in which
there have been reductions during this
year are: Navy beans, 80 per cent de-
cline; plate beef, 9 per cent decline;
chuck roastS, 5 per cent decline; corn
meal, 3 per cent decline.
while the bottom fell out of the
hog market, bacon went up llper
cen. above the war price of last year.
Surely nothing further is required
TO show that the consumer is not
reaping the benefit from the losses
suffered by the producer, and surely
these facts should help to disabuse
the public mind of the general prava-
lent opinion that the farmer is rolling
in wealth and proSpering beyond all
reason.
1T is my deepest conviction, Mr..
President that what the country needs
most to realize is that the SureSt guar
antee of an enduring national life is
a permanent, prosperous and progress
sive agriculture. Also that until farm
ing is made as profitable as any other
business requiring the same amount
of capital, skill. ability and hard work.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01

Rub-My-Tism is great pain
killer. It relieves pain and sore
ness caused by Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Sprains. etc.-Adv. ?
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
WORLD BUSINESS M0Tes.

London Master Bakers AssociHtion
announces four-pound loaf Will be
raised from one shilling TO shilling
six pence Advance attributed TO un-
willingness Of government. which had
maintained q subsidy and purchased
wheat when price wss up. to take
losses on decline IN market
British coal output Tor week ended
October 2. according to Journal OF
Commerce cable. reported at +.To3.ooo
vious week. Dissatisfaction reported
among Newcastle miners. who are be-
lieved to be ready to quit.
Average prices OF raw materials In
Engand dropped 80 per cent In last
six months. Rubber products down
80 per cent. tin rs per cent, copper o
per cent merino wool 40 per cent
and American cotton 80 per cent. Only
substantial decline In food staples was
80 per cent drop In sugar.
French tax receipts for September
show decrease OF 32.I00.000 francs
from budget estimate. Falling on due
To gross business, on which taxes we're
collected. amounting to 292. 2.78I 800
francs. instead Of 700.0O0.000 francs
as expected.
Edward G. Buckland. vice president
New York. New Haven and Hartford.
tells Massachusetts Chamber of Com
merce greater efficiency would result
from merger of that road with Penn
sylvania and OF Boston and Maine
with New York Central.
American and foreign shipping lines
will reduce freight charges to meet
competition of the French Line. which
refused to enter conference with lines
Of other nations for stabilizinK rates.
according to announcement OF Ad-
miral Benson.
Installation OF automatic phones be-
gun In Pennsylvania. Lispensrd and
Academy exchanges. BY next fall "a
800 will be in use. though complete
replacement of S6s. 900 phones In New
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

closed In recent months The boycott
q CAlAE kExizsi g3Exzafs geees hzs
had some material effect.
While stili able 10 sell profitabiy
many OF her commodities In ali world
MARKETS hsneefor~srd Japan VIII
stand the ssst chance la the markets
OF India. China. Java, and Central
and South America. according TO the
Views OF trade authorities. Among
the commodities and manufactures
exported during the war were beer
cotton, hosiery, glassware, brushes
and heavy chemicals. In the produc-
ton and expont oa taese Japan prob
ably can easily hold her own against
roreign competition.
Germans are beginning 20 re-
turn 20 Kobe. Yokohoma, and other
Japanese centers 10 resume trade re-
lations. They are being welcomed.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

The occasion Of the raising Of the
Gerusn flsE ever ths eonsnists Al
Yokohama recently was made the
subject of a special celebration. Win
the return OF the British and Ger
mans In numbers 10 compete Win
Americans our firms are having =
more difficult time OF IT, The average
American In Japan IT, too sssressl's
TO suit the Japanese.
The California problem stili holds
the center OF the political stage,
Former Premier OkumA is reported
to have decided TO arouse his people
against American spti-Japanese sgi-
tation
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

York will not be accomplished for ten
ysars
Demand at British wool auctions
continues poor. says the Journal OF
Commerce London cable. Barely 1000
bales OF 1900 bales offered at Hull
recently were sold. Average realized
on combinss 90 per cent lower.
Hamburg american Line will open
regular steamship service with River
Plate from Hamburg November AZ
under the German flag. according 10
Journal OF Commerce cable.
Condition OF King Alexander OF
Greece 10 serious. Rumored VA Paris
NenixelOs lie likely to be candidate for
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
The Brussels Conference
BY M'Cready Sykes.
In Commerce and Finance.

IL we picture TO ourselves . group
OF farmers and business men In q re-
sion devastated by fire and flood. =
year or two having passed and. the
entire district still crushed and help
less and industry not yet on It's feet.
We shall have q rough counterpart In
little OF the Brussels conference.
There would be much talk OF mutual
help. much comparison OF loss. much
discussion OF devices for .rehabiiita-
tion. much exchsnse OF experiences
with labor. And II a representative
we're present OF the biggest bank In
q great city. In whose vaults lay vast
amounts OF the negotiable paper OF
tho farmers and merchants, a city
that had lightly escaped, and had
been on the edge only OF the devas-
tated region. IL would need no imagin-
alton to finish the picture. The big
banker would have a chair reserved
for him at the front OF the platform
and every delegate would be on hand
to hear what he should have to say
II he had any spare time before his
train left II would be tlied with APP
pointments to meet farmers and man
ufacturers with statements In their
hands and fountain pens and biank
promisory notes in their pockets,
That was the stage set for Rolanc
w. Boyden, the American repNr~enfs
tive, who proceeded to fill the parf
after familiar banking fashion. Jus
as the bank office remarkA that th'
proposed loan will have to go before
his directors, so Mr.. Boyden told the
deleg rates that he could do no NOR"
than express his personal views. Rea
soning that he would not have beer
sent there TO express his persona
views had they not in general out
line reflect ed those of the admtnistra
ton, the delegates listened as intentlI
as though Mr.. Boyden were reading
set of official resolutions.
SICK QUARTER OF HOUR.
The banker. to continue the Illus
tration. tells the farmers that they
are not yet making their farms real
ly productive; that their hired men
are shirking on the Job; that they
must raise more hogs and get the
rest Of their land cleared up and un-
der cultivation. He tells the manu-
facturers that they must get to-
gether and stop fighting each other:
that they must work out better way
OF collecting their. bills from each
other. and reminds them that the
vaults Of his bank are now stuffed
with their I. o. us. In short. he an
most urbanity and most gracious
diction which conservative bankers
80 we'll known how to use. that for
loan envelope, purposes their lists OF
assets are punk and that there Is
nothing doing. 1t makes a sick quar-
ter of an hour for the farmers ana
merchants, to whom the problem Is
one of life and death. and to their
minds the banker Is hardly happy in
bis. concludoing suggestion that
among those present he is particular
ly pleased to note q representative
OF the men that started the fire, and
that everybody must now be good
friends.
Mr.. Boyden told the delegates nat
Iv that .at present II Is my personal
view that Americans will find IT dif-
acult to convince themselves in large
numbers and to great amounts that
Europe under present conditions Is
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
CHINA.

Advices received by the Department
of Commerce during the past week
indicated that the international Con-
sortium which was to lend money to
China now does not intend to render
any further aid until a stable govern
ment is established. While the in
dustrial and commercial news from
the Far East every week tells OF new
strides forward, the political news Is
discouraging. The "Copstitutionalist"
rebels of DR.. Sun Vat Sen ct al. are
becoming more active Canton was
reported captured by them September
20. This report, however. Is believed
false. The Anfu or militarist party,
or Mt least those remnants OF II which
survived the abortive revolution. Is
being, Systematically hunted down by
the government. Rewards varying
from the equivalent Of $4,000 to $780,
600 have been posted for the delivery
OF the leaders OF the clique Into Gus
tody.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Japan.

The waves OF adversary that over
wbslmed Japanese business several
months ago are gradually dissipatins
themselves. The crisis having pass
Cd. II has left q more conservative at
titude. While the outlook Is suil un'
settled Japanese business men are
looking TO the future. War trade
came easily IL slipped sway easily
II Is now a case Of saving the pieces.
That 10 what the business people
working hand in hand with their gov
ernment and the Bank OF Japan. are
trying to do. The coal trade la now
suffering from overproduetion ana
hence depression.
The days OF frenzied export OF war
goods TO the a1lies nave passed. 81
berian markets have been virtually
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

President Of new Qrsoisn republic In
case kins dies.
stocks siumpins ON Amsterdam Ex-
change. principally rubber. sugar and
petroleum shares. Royal Dutch st
7ao norins. decline Of 100 points sisss
october 4.
state Department officials believe
the United States will be uprerr~
sented at first meeting OF League Of
yspber is.
Nearly 1000 operatives idle at Web
ster, Mass. when South Village Mil
Of 5. slater a Sons closes indefinitely.
Gasoline selling In England for
81 .O3 a gallon. according 10 Times.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

interested In bssksf Authoritative
reviews Of the latest publications IS
well ~ news Of the beck weird. ap-
near ON the maxasise page ~ The
WashtnGtos IfHse~~
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15

tour" That is an erroneous con-
clusion. If it was never definitely
decided at any time to get the
dredge, and the dredge was not Sc
cured not one dollar was saved as it
never was intended to spend ten
thousand dollars or any lesser amount
because the dredge was never au-
thoriZed, was never rented and was
advised against. Ten thousand dol
lars was not saved. Why this er-
roneous statement?
After months of work in the Can
cienne Canal, the dredge Capt "
NJ, which in another article in the
issue wherein you publish the, COM
munlcatlons, you say the dredge was
considerably run down." the facts
in Mr.. Sims communications seem to
contradict this for it is said therein
after minor repairs she accom-
plished the most marvellous feat ever
accomplished in her history, she
solved by ten hours actual opera
tions" what had baff1ed engineers for
months at Smoke Bend. Repairs ac-
complished in one day either in
dlcated the boat was not "consider-
ably run down. or that the much
boosted, marvellous and stupendous
engineering feat accomplished in
ten hours Of actual operations" was
nothing like what the laudatory COM
munications boost the Smoke Bend
job to be, forgetting the two weeks
previous work It must be remen1-
bered also that the levee boards
donated to the drainage district pri-
marily responsible for the trouble at
Smoke Bend, $4,000; surely that was
not consumed only in "ten hours
actual operations nor are we given
to understand that it was not neces-
sary since it is not mentioned, and |
touch upon it to get thes record
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
Want Wine and Beer Restored.

Believing that the true spirit of
temperance has been lost by the en-
actment Of the 100 per cent Volstead
Prohibition law, which, according to
press dispatches, has driven the peo-
pie in increasing numbers to wood
alcohol and other pernicious substi-
tutes, a group of business men, large
employers of bor and therefore we'll
qualified to erstand the economic
problems involved, recently organize
ed in New Orleans the Liberty
League. The purpose of this league is
to give those citizens of the United
States who believe that the prohibi,
ton of the use8f wines and beer at
the table and in the home is an in
vaslon of their personal liberty, an
opportunity to express that belief to
the president, Of the United States
through their congressman and sena,
tors "
The movement is not connected in
any way with the liquor interests and
IS absolutely opposed to the licensing
Of the saloon or the sale and manu-
facture of distilled liquors.
A petition to the president has
been drawn up, and the bare an
nouncement of this fact in the New
Orleans press was sufficient to Sc
cure the signatures of 10000 citi-
zens. These petitions have been sent
to the president through the congress-
men of the various districts.
The president Of the Liberty
League is Arsene Perilliat, one of the
leading engineers of New Orleans
and chief engineer of the State Board
Of Port Commissioners. The secre-
tary in Thos. F. Cunningham, vice
president of the Board Of Trade and
vice president of the Mississippi
Shipping Company The treasurer Isl
Crawford III. Ellis, president of the
Tan-American Bank and Trust Com
pany and vice president of the United
Fruit Company. These gentlemen,
together with Ernest Lee Jahncke,
president of Jahncke, Inc, constitute
the board of managers.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
Rabbits Cut Meat Costs; Market the
Surplus.

One resident of Kansas City, Kans.
raises every year 800 to 400 pounds
Of rabbit meat for his own table. 1t
costs him only s to 10 cents a pound.
There are an increasing number of
people in this country who, to a
greater. or lesser degree, are cutting
the high cost of living in the same
way Besides furnishing the home
table with plenty of cheap meat, the
rabbit grower can make money by
marketing the surplus animals. A
high school boy in Iowa who breeds
registered rabbit stock raised and
sold enough rabbits in 1918 to clear
more than $1,000. An Ohio farmer
sends 400 pounds of rabbit meat a
week to city restaurants, yet is un-
able to meet the demand. Rabbit rails
ing, either to supply the home table
or the market, is. steadily increasing
in the United States. In the older
countries, rabbits long been a
valued scource of cheap meat The
Bureau of Biological Survey, United
States department of agriculture, has
recently issued bulletin On rabbit
raising in which the various breeds
and their care and feeding are dis
cussed.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15

straight. Was this the first time
Major Kerr complimented the chair
man of the executive committee, that
special mention of that fact should
have been published in connection
with the communications now at is
sue?
This may be foreign to the issue
but since on levee board question, It
is my honest opinion that the present
method of appointing levee boards
and the administration of levees is
not the best or the most economical.
1t has been intimated that the mem
bers of the two boards endorse the
present system. Every member is
entitled to his opinion, but the writer,
as member of the Lafourche board
does not ednorse any such views.
1t is physically impossible to man
age the affairs of the levee boards by
"a meeting once every two months,
between trains The writer believes
IN the consolidation of all the boards,
in the state, and a commissioner for
each 1evee district, with responsible
lty placed on that one commissioner.
who should devote absolutely all of
his time to the work; be paid for his
work and have sufficient knowledge
and be sufficiently familiar with the
situation to intelligently administer
it. Occasional inspections from
boats, when the river is high .#and oc-
casslonal get togethers' does not
argue for the best attainable results
and is certainly not the manner and
not the method by which any private
corporation would manage its affairs.
Respectfully submitted.
W. D. BERAUD, !
Member Joint Executive Committee,
Atchafalaya and Lafourche Le-
wee Boards.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
A Wonderful Picture

Patrons of the Grand Theatre on
| next Tuesday night will be afforded
a rare treat when the classy picture,
SOLDIERS of Fortune" will be pre-
sented. Judge Chas. w. Dale of Day
ton o., comments on the play as fol-
lows:
One of the pleasant memories of my life
retain, is when some years ago l met
Richard Harding Davis author of Soldiers
of Fortune --~
I told him how much I enjoyed this book
and believed that he was enc of the char
acters portrayed, which suggestion he did
not deny.
I have read Soldiers Of Fortune many
times and each time it was interesting
the first. 1t seemed to that this book
was his masterpiece of his numerous produc-
tions. 1t is full of pathos, thrills and Won
derful description His characters are
chosen with keen perception of the hu-
man qualities. Love, romance, intrigue
scenery and clmaxes abound in profusion
and grip with the feeling that you must
finish it before laying it down.
Since science has produced the screen
pictures I oftena have wondered why Sol
diers of Fo@e1e' was not put on tt@As SCREEN !
Well, I am Weighted to say it has Nen, and
oh, what a happy hour or so did spend in
seeing Soldiers of Fortune. real art pic1
ture, on the screen. Allan Dwan has made
picture that IS ike picking up the book
again on cool night and sitting before the
fireplace to go over scene after iH
wonderful South America, and being thrilled
and inspired once more. This Mayfowef
production is suspendous and superb. 1t has
left nothing undone. The foundation is
there fer wonderful picture. and the
screening of the subject has even exceeded
my expectations. The cast Of the char
acters is splendid, and you laugh and weep
as the plot is unfolded. You see the gran
deur of the scenery, you feel the thrills 5f
the battle, you join in the love scenes and
have the ecstacy of happy ending that
you forget your seat neighhor and reve4
with your imagination, coming away with a
feeling of enjoyment and satisfaction. When
! came away I wished to see it again and so
will everyone who sees it.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
incorporated

This follows the introduction to a
communication dated March 26,
which started out by saying Il wish
to report progress made by your
dredge Capt. Y. M since I was Sc
lected by you on March IT,
Nothing is said however of the
fact that two weeks previous to the
18th the same dredge under the
writer's administration had been
busily engaged at the same spot. The
same dredge, with short crew un-
der writer's direction had with other
help caused the levee at that same
point to be levelled, and an embank
ment to be built so as to place the
excavations from the bayou and pre-
vent them from slipping into the
bayou. Without the two previous
weeks work what was accomplished
in ten hours could rot have been ac-
complished
1t is well to remember that the
writer was working the boat without
levee inspector, without captain,
and with a crew continually changing
because the men could secure, better
remuneration elsewhere for their
work. Unable to obtain captain,
with no increase in the pay until af-
ter writer resigned, captain who
had refused to carry out the wishes
of the committee and the engineers,
and who defed both, resigning and
taking with him his crew, refusing to
dredge between the T. and P railway
bridge and bayou bridge was re-en-
gagged in the face of his demonstra-
tion of characterization and disre-
gard of Major Kerr's and the rail
way engineers recommendations and
orders.
As to the $4,000 which you init
mate or say was saved the levee
boards, by not securing the "Dela
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
Police Rribe the "Lookout.o

Cincinnati, O.-The police knew the
lookout had a sweet tooth, SO they
hribed him before making raid. He
was dog. and was tied in Il hallway
leading to the game. When fhn police
fed MIN the candy fhe dog allowed
them to pass. Nine gamblers wers
caught
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
Baby Coughs Up Safety
Pin After Eight Months

Boston.-After eight months
futile effort to digest an open
safety pin, one-year-oId David
Bailey surrendered to the in
evitable and coughed it up. The
baby is apparently no worse for
his experience.
David was given the pin by
an older brother When David
had been only four months in
this land1of safety pins and 9th
er shiny but indigestible sub
stances. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs David Bailey.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15

To Preachers: The Chief has Oh
sale marriage licenses and certifi-
Gates of ordination.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
Talk Into Your Telephone

there are two ways to make telephone
call and to carry On telephone conversation.
The zCrong way is to humble the num-
Der to the operator, to be inattentive to her
repetition, and then, when you get the con-
nection, to talk at your telephone without
regard to its distance from your lips.
The right way is to give the number to
the operator clearly and distinctly, to lis
ten for her repetition of the number and ac-
knowledge it, and then to talk directly
into the telephone, with your lips close to
the transmitter, giving your whole attention
to the telephone conversation
The r1gh1 way will help you to seteven
quicker and more accurate connections and
will make your telephone conversations
more efficient
Always talk DIRECTLY int, ve,ss xe'eraaone
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