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FAIR TRADING

British Nmabassadur Sir Muck
lard Gcddc> i, ever alert I'm hi>
effort, - remove \nglo- \U,,i-
IN mis- ndc sanding. and 90 iu'-
scr u. s.,a' woi ui making
britain, international puhcic,
better known in the United State.
lie now calls Tor a policy oi
"carls-or- thc.,ablc" 100 world
trade. tie wants American, anil
Britishcr, 10 e. developing
Suspicion, Of each i,r'S trading
methods.
"Secrecy i, the mother oi hos.
tiliiy." saws Grddc,. TN, /, ;ruc,t
al al in trade. Therefore. Gcd,lc'
calls for the beginning oi frank
ness and an end To accusations
He Toe, Not. thereby. invite
American, and BrSishcr, .
throw open their books and cons
f;dc their profit, aud trading
methods t. each other. Eut. IN
So lar as international trade !.
supported by governmental help.
Geddes ask, that in al case, I, De
open and above board.
Il IS not only IN international
relations tina; secret assistance 10
traders is iull OF danger In do
mestic politics the danger rule
also holds. Secret rebates. secret
rate reductions. secret subsidies
Of all other forms are bound :,
encourage vas, scheme. ~ coy.
rup,ion. The corrupiionisis cat
grab further public money only a.
they stimulate popular resent
ment against the trading method,
vi foreign rivals
Therefore. IL i, To- the adyau.
tage oi subsidized Interests &
create constant succession oi
false alarms and suspicion, about
international trade. Aiicr each
artificial plot Is revealed. more
subsidies to coun,cract i are dc.
handed Government help 10 q
favored body OF citizens j, AWAY.
a matter calling Tor the utmost
publicity. Gcddes' "card,-on-ihe
table" policy ) the iaXpaycr,
only safeguard.
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Maskat Elects Swift
an Honorary Member

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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29
GOVERNOR GUSTS SHERIFF
Appoints King to Succeed J. Olin San
ders in Anderson.

Governor Cooper has removed She
riff ]. Olin Sanders of Anderson coun-
ty for misconduct in office and has
appointed C. C. King, sheriff, to sue
ceed him. The removal of Sheriff
Sanders came after a hearing before
the governor on charges of immoral
ity and misconduct in office. 1t was
charged by a policeman that Sanders
had had improper relations with the
policeman's wife. 1t was also charged
that Sanders had not properly ac-
counted for all of the funds in his
office.
The charge of immoral conduct
against Sanders was first printed in
an Anderson paper and attracted a
great deal of attention. The COVER
nor took cognizance of the published
charges and ordered Sanders to show
cause before him why he should not
be removed from office. A hearing
was held before the governor about
ten days ago. At this hearing San
ders entered a general denial of the
charges against him. He also dis
puted the right of the governor to
remove him.
The attorney general advised the
governor that he had the right to
remove the sheriff inasmuch as he
was appointed by the governor. San
ders was appointed by the governor
last January to succeed Joe H. M.
Ashley, resigned.
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IMPORTANT MEETING
MONDAY, FEB. 2
ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
FREE RANGE OR "STOCk-
LAW" URGED TO ATTEND

Yesterday morning The County
Record office was called up over long
distance telephone from Columbia by
REPRESENTATIVE w. H. Welch asking
us to publish notice to the effect
that there will be a meeting at the
court house in Kingstree on Monday,
February 2, vt noon, to which every
one in this county, affected by the
"free range" or "stock law" is urged
to be present.
The county delegation will be pres
ent and the members expect at this
meeting to get some information as
to what affect the adoption of the
fence law in Georgetown county, will
have on some of the land owners IN
this county, so that they may be pre-
pared to look after their interest in
the matter at this session of the Cen
eral assembly.
An election was held in Georgetown
county a few weeks ago at which
"free range" was defeated by a de-
cisiye majority of PIT votes. As Will
liamsburg is border county the new
Georgetown law will most likely ef-
feet a number of our citizens.
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CORPORATION DISSOLVED
E. c. Burgess Becomes Sole Owner
Peoples Mercantile Co.

A few days ago Mr.. E. Carroll
Burgess bought from Mr.. j. M. Mex
sen all of his stock and interest, real
and personal, in the Peoples Mercan-
tile Co., which is perhaps one of the
most widely known and successful
mercantile establishments in this sec
ton of the State.
The Peoples Mercantile Co., was
organized and incorporated by Messrs.
w. T. Wilkins, E. C. Burgess, L. NJ.
McClam and G. w. Epps in 1906.
Later E. C. and Bishop Burgess ac-
quired the interest of McClam and
Epps, and in 1909, ]. NJ. Nexsen
bought the stock owned by w. T. Will
kins and admitted Mr.. R. D. Mills as
a stock holder. In January 1914 Bish-
op Burgess and R. D. Mills sold out
their interest and E. c. Burgess and
]. NJ. Nexsen became absolute owners
of the business. Ever since the corpor-
alton was formed Mr.. Burgess has
been its active head. Under his man.
agement the business has grown from
year to year until it reached the mag
nifcent sum of approximately S4OO,-
10000 during the year 1919.
Mrs. H. O. Welch, who retains an
interest in the business until authori-
ty is granted for surrendring the
charter, and as secretary and Treas
urer of the corporation issued the
certificate conveying Mr.. Nexsen's in
terest in the real and personal assets
of the Peoples Mercantile Co., to Mr..
Burgess, who assumes all liabilities
of the company.
The business will be continued by
E. C. Burgess at the old stand on
Hampton avenue.
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Another Residence Burned

Last Thursday night about 6:3O
the residence on Brooks street occu-
pied by Mr.. Chas. Singleton was
discovered to be on fire. The alarm
was given but not in time to save the
house from the flames which had
gained too much headway. Having
originated i'll a room on the second
floor the fire spread rapidly and tke
only household effects saved by the
family were such as could be carried
out hurriedly. Three or four good
streams played on the burning house
by the fire department failed to sub
due the flames until the roof and Sec
ond story were practically destroyed.
The property is owned by Mrs. ].
J. Epps, Of Leo.
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MAJOR GEN. READ REFUSES
TO SURRENDER PRISONERS
Soldiers Who Killed Chaplin Now
Held by Military Authorities at
Camp Jackson.

Major Gen. George w. Read, COM
mander of Camp Jackson, in formal
military communication to John G.
Mccain, sheriff of Richland county,
has declined to turn over to the GUS
tody of the civil authorities Lieut..
Talbert B. Fowler, Corporal Edmund
F. Marston, Private Roy E. Sanders
and Private, First Class, Roy Janusz,
now under arrest at Camp Jackson,
charged with bein implicated in the
murder of William S. Chaplin, a prom
inent business man of Columbia, who
was shot to death on the night of
January 10 on the Gardner's Ferry
road within sight of Columbia, while
returning in an automobile from a
dinner party. Private Sanders was
specifically charged by a coroners
jury of Richland county on January
20 as having fired the fatal shst.
Governor Cooper will make a re-
quest on the war department through
Senator Dial to have the prisoner
turned over to civil authorities. A
transcript of the inquest adduced at
the coroner's investigation was fur
nished the governors office by Sheriff
Mccain to be transmitted to Senator
Dial.
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BETTER ROADS CONFERENCE
Committee From Both Houses Ap-
pointed to Frame Suitable Bill

Columbia, Jan. 2S.-Substantlai
progress toward improved highway
legislation was made Tuesday night
at an informal conference of the mem
bers of both branches of the General
Assembly and members of the State
Highway Commission, led by Cover
nor Cooper. After a discussion, which
lasted for three hours it was decided
to have the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of tn House appoint
a committee, composed of twelve
members, four from the upper body
and eight from the lower body, to sit
with the highway commission and the
State highway engineer, and draft a
good roads bill, which will be pre-
sented to the Legislature for its con-
sideration.
The two fundamental ideas devel-
poed by the conference were that there
should be either county unit system
of highways, connecting into a State
highway, to be maintained by the
State, or a truck line system of hard
surfaced roads traversing the State,
with lateral county roads tapping the
arterial highways. The system which
appeared to have more adherents
was that To be constructed by the
counties under the supervision Of the
State highway Department, each
county connecting its main roads with
those of contiguous counties, so that
ultimately there would be State
system.
The prevailing idea seemed to be
that the roads should be so construct
ed that they could ultimately be hard
surfaced.
There was the utmost of good feel
ing manifested among the participa-
tants of the conference, which COM
prised large majorities of both houses
of the Gneral Assembly, and no word
of criticism was voiced against the
highway commission. In fact, mem
hers of the conference were agreed
that, to be at all successful, the idea
adopted must be directed by a CEN
tralized agency.
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Y. w. {. \. PROGRAM
FOR WORLD SERVICE
National Board Well Started on Plans
For Education And Finance
For 1920.

"The women of the nations have
been knit together in service for the
girls of the world"
The national board of the Y. w. c.
A. is now we'll started on its world
service program of education and
finance for 1920.
Through invention and enterprise
the peoples of the world are so bound
together and so interdependent that
no longer can it be ignored, the char
acter and manner of life and ideals of
other peoples.
Through the world war women have
become more aware of the difficult
conditions affectinr the lives of girls
and women in relation to their eco
nomic, social, industrial, educational
and religious life.
Therefore it is the obligation OF the
association: (I To measure the task
and decide how much it is response
bility as individuals and groups; (2)
to bring a knowledge of conditionsaf-
fecting the lives of women and by
what means a better order might be
brought to pass; (3) to awaken in
all women a recognition of response
bility in the use of their possessions,
time, money, personality.
The United States has been divided
into IL fields. South Carolina is in
the South Atlantic field with head
quarters at Richmond.
The State committee for South
Carolina is as follows: State chair
man, Mrs. Leland Moore, Charleston;
state director, Mrs. N. G. Gonzales,
Columbia; assistant director, Miss
Elephare Hood, Greenwood; faculty,
Miss Sara R. Marcum, Winthrop col
lege, Rock Hill; alumnae, Miss Sallie
H. Rembert, Sumter; business and
professional, Miss Eta McGee, Green
vile; publicity, Miss Addie H.
Hughes, Columbia.
On Tuesday afternoon, February
10th, a speaker will be heard in
Kingstree at the school auditorium at
four o'clock in the interest of the Y.
w. C. A. program for world service.
This meeting is for the purpose of in
struction and not for raising money
and the public is cordially invited to
attend.
(Signed) Mrs. Louis w. Gilland,
Acting as chairman for Williams
burg County.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29
PROGRESSIVE TWENTY CLUB
Had Interesting Meeting On Last
Monday Night

At, meeting of the Progressive
Twenty Club on last Monday. night
new officers for term of six months
were elected and many new matters
of interest to the members and the
community at large were discussed
and decisions made to put across
some of these at once. The club de-
cided to get themselves club room
and appointed Mr.. Adye to secure it.
A Leap Year party was also found
to be in favor and a date selected.
The young ladies are arranging to
entertain at the next Civic League
meeting to be held in the auditorium
at the school house.
The new officers elected for the
next six months are: Miss Winnie
Carter, president; Miss Dora Hinnant,
vice-president; Miss Alma Goodwin,
Secretary; Miss Eleida Fillmore,
treasurer.
With these new officers the club is
assured of success in whatever it nm
dertakes, and it is proposing to do
some mighty fine things-Lake City
News,
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WOOL IN $lOO SUIT
COSTS ONLY $7.37
PROFITEERS MORE DANGEROUS
THAN REDS SAYS SENATOR
CAPPER OF KANSAS.

Jail bars for profteers were urged
by Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas, in an address Saturday in
the Senate. Profteers, he said. are
more dangerous than reds.
Advocating legislation by Congress
to curb profteering, Senator Capper
said the people could help them
selves, too, if they would organize
to boycott the profit hogs by refus-
ing to buy goods offered at extortion-
ate prices"
The Senator declared there could
be no doubt that "the general public
is being sandbagged," in view of prof.
its reported by large manufacturing
corporations and the rise in the value
of their securities. He cited figures
regarding the American Woolen
Company, the Central Leather Com
pany, the Crucible Steel Company,
the United States Steel Corporation
and others.
Referring to increased prices Of
clothing Senator Capper read tele
gram from the National Woolgrow-
ers' Association stating that the wool
in a suit of clothes selling for 500
costs only s7.37.
"a so per cent. increase in the
price of shoes by next summer Is
predicted by the president of the Ma
tional Shoe Travellers Association"
continued Mr.. Capper. "The day this
prediction appeared another extra
dividend was declared by the Central
Leather Company. The common stock
of this company was rated at So
year ago. It is now quoted around
105. While the people contemplate go
ing barefoot the Leather Trusts walks
on velvet made thicker. A year ago
it was the war demand for leather
that made shoes high. Now it seems
to be the peace demand for velvet.
"Just now the greatest 'get-rich-
quick game in America is gouging
in sugar. The increase in the price Of
sugar will add billion dollars to the
burdens now being borne by the
American people. The stock of the
Cuba-American Company has ad-
vanced more than 200 per cent. in the
last IL months, probably because of
the sugar shortage
Profteering in Lumber
"We have 100000 homeless peo-
pie in the United States as a result
of the melon-cutting in lumber. There
has been and is shameless pro6teering
in that industry.
"The market price of the farmers
livestock has declined nearly so per
cent. bringing many farmers 10 the
verge of bankruptcy, but the high
prices the consumer pays for the
meat are virtually unchanged.
"The income tax returns prove the
mine operators get excessive profits.
Gall the quotations l have referred
to conspire to prove that it is profit
eering in the great industrial corpor-
ations that has sandbagged the pub
lie, rather than by merchants who
deal directly with the consumer. No
doubt there is price-gouging by some
of the retailers, but it is the price Of
goods when they leave the factory to
which the Administration best at
tention should be first directed"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29
IMPROVEMENTS MANY
Carolinas Lead in Electric Light And
Power Systems

Columbia, Jan. 24.-Recent reports
indicate that in some respects at
least the Carolinas lead all sections
of the country in rural improvement
and advancement.
Officials of State educational de-
partments have recognized for some
time the fact that advancement along
the technical lines of agriculture, that
is, methods of cultivation, crop rota-
ton, stock breeding and the like, is
always marked and accompanied by
improvement in living conditions-the
installation of electric light and pow
er systems, bathrooms and septic
tanks with complete systems of
plumbing and water supply.
If these things are true the Caro-
linas have great reason to be proud
; of their agricultural progress, for in
the matter of the farm Improvements
mentioned above they led all other
districts of the country for the last
year.
According to the completed 1919
records of the Delco-Light Company,
at Dayton, Ohio, the worlds largest
manufacturers of farm electric plants
and water systems, the Carolinas led
all sections of the country in farm
home improvement for the year just
closed. More than $4,000 Delco~Light
plants have been sold in the past
four years to farmers in the United
States, and of these more than $500
are now installed and bringing COM
fort and happiness to the farmers Of
the two Carolinas.
This indicates a very satisfactory
condition in the Carolinas ana shows
conclusively that the farmers, having
paid off their mortgages and being
in possession of fairly good bank bal
ances, are now bending their efforts
toward the improvement of living
conditions on the farm and giving
the farm wives an opportunity to en-
Joy all the conveniences and benefits
Of city life while still maintaining
residences in the rural communities.
With the high prices of wheat and
corn and the tremendous crops raised
in the West and Northwest, it is ex-
tremely gratifying to note that at
least in this particular phase of i'm
provement of farm life the Carolinas
have taken first place.
No little credit for the progress Of
the farmers in North Carolina is due
to the State educational department,
which has for the past year or more
been carrying the message of running
water and electric light to the rural
communities through the use of es-
pecially equipped Delco-Light and
motion picture machines.
Meetings held in many countries
attracted those farmers who, after
viewing the pictures showing what
such improved living conditions would
mean, were not slow in bringing this
improvement to their homes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29

1t is alright for the government to
bend its energies toward rounding up
the reds, but what about the profit
eers? With Ia months peace and
production at it's full capacity flour
is selling at SIT a barrel and butter
at 80 cents a pound! The worst type
of red is the individual who profits
on the sufferings of humanity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29
HOUSTON SUCCEEDS
CARTER GLASS
PRESIDENT WILSON SURPRISES
FOLLOWERS BY APPOINT
MENT OF TREASURY HEAD

Two more changes in President
Wilson's cabinet were made yesterday
and a third is expected in the neal
future.
David Franklin Houston, of St
Louis, who has been Secretary OF
Agriculture since the beginning OF
the Wilson administration, was given
the treasury portfolio, and Edwin l.
Meredith, of Des Moines, Iowa, was
named to succeed him as head of the
Department of Agriculture.
The third cabinet change expected
soon is the appointment of a Secre-
tary of the Interior to succeed Frank
lin X. Lane.
In selecting Mr.. Houston to succeed
Carter Glass of Lynchburg, Va, as
Secretary of the Treasury, the Presi'
dent ran counter to all guesses of ad-
ministration officials, most of whom
had expected Assistant Secretary
Leffingwell to be given the office.
Mr.. Meredith is the editor of "Suc-
cessful Farming" and before estab-
fishing that paper was publisher OF
the Farmers, Tribune" He is pres
ident of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World, a director of the
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank and
was one of the excess profits advisers
of the Treasury Department appoint
ed in 1917.
In statement made at Miami
Fla, Mr.. Merdith said one of his first
undertakings as head of the Depart
ment of Agriculture would be to work
out some method of getting crops to
market without too much lost mo-
ton" He is expected in Washington
by the first of next week to take up
his duties
Meantime Mr.. Houston will succeed
Mr.. Glass, who will take his seat in
the Senate to fill the unexpired term
of the late Senator Martin, of Vir-
ginia, after serving as secretary of
the treasury for little more than a
year.
When Secretary Lane passes out of
the cabinet only four of the Presi-
dents official family will remain. Be-
sides Mr.. Houston they are: Secretary
Daniels, of the Navy Department;
Secretary Wilson, of the Labor De-
partment and Postmaster General
Burleson.
Mr.. Wilson has had two Secreta-
ries of State-W. J. Bryan and Rob
ert Lansing; two Secretaries of war
Lindley M. Garrison and Newton D,
Baker; three Attorney Generals
James C. McReynolds, now an asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court;
Thomas w. Gregory and A. Mitchell
Palmer; two Secretaries of Commerce
William C. Redfeld and Joshua W.
Alexander; and three Secretaries OF
the Treasury-William G. McAdoo
Carter Glass and David Houston.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29

You can buy the lot you want at
your own price February 4th.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29

BY a vote of to 5 the Senate Mil
itary committee Monday approved
provisions providing for compulsory
military training of boys between the
ages of eighteen and twenty-one years
inclusive, and ordered favorable re-
port on the army reorganization bill.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29

Louis C. Barbot, a widely known
physician of Charleston, was convict
ed by jury in the Federal court at
Columbia Tuesday of violation of the
Harrison anti-narcotic act on four
teen counts.