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hear similar remarks concerning him, and I think 1t poor appreciation of his generosity. AS you say, he's al- ways giving, and it's a small business to look gift horse in the mouth, as the psalmist says. If he hires a man with a megaphone to announce his benefa ctiona he isn't hurting any, body.
 "Caustic things are said of every philanthropist who manages to get some advertising out of his hberality, but it's my opinion that you'll have to hunt a long time, with a searchlight and pair of gumshoes, before you find the man who enjoys doing good by stealth. If you do find him, he will prove to be freak, and 1t will be your duty to see him returned to the asy- lum from which he escaped.
 i've are all more or less hungry for the approbation of our friends and fel- low citizens. And I am glad it's 30. If we didn't care three whoops what our friends thought of us, we wouldn't paint our houses, or mow our lawns, or trim our whiskers. We wouldn't spend any money for flowers or boiled shirts or any of the things which make life beautiful and attractive. If man spends lot of money for a gorgeous lawn, with real trees and expensive flowers. and all sorts of ornaments, he's doing 1t because he wants to be praised by the people who see 1t all. You don't see any such lawns in lone some rural districts. There the front yard always Is calf pasture.
 "The farmer reasons that it's no use having a pretty lawn. for there's mo- body to admire 1t. Nobody ever goes past the place except an occasional lightning rod agent or a man who is taking orders for fruit trees
 "Why don't you sheer at the town man who puts so much money into beautiful grounds? It's all grand stand play. He expects to get adver- Using out of 1t, and he does, and he deserves 1t. We shouldn't criticize any man who is doing good, even if we don't like his methods.
 "Some people say that Skimback Is trying to atone for all the sinfulness of his past career. It Is argued that until recent years he never gave away anything, but was after the dollars by day and night and didn't care who got hurt so he overlook and captured them. They tell of mortgages he fore closed, causing unspeakable suffering here and there. He Is accused of re- sorting to every dark trick to increase his hoard. Most of the stories prob- ably are bunk, but what if they are true? Now that he shows signs of re- pentence in his old age we should en- courage him in every possible way, and if he gives a photograph to the high school. or puts up public drink ing fountain in the public square, we should tell him he's everybody's dar.
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Letter From
 Ed Grigwire
Bothell, Wash,
 Sept. 20, 1922.


 Sept. 20, 1922. J. ". Pritchett,
 Wrangell, Alaska. Dear Sir. or rather Friend J.W.:
 I sure have appreciated the Senti- nel during the past year, but now you had better stop it for awhile till get located again.
 l have turned the ranch over to E F. C., Jr. on paying basis, and am going to travel again. So don't be surprised if you see me on one of the northbound boats. The boy has five acres of fine land and 66O laying hens and all the buildings necessary to carry on. So my work is finished and the call of Alaska is too strong to stay longer in this neck of the woods. We'll, here's hoping I will see you soon. Yours truly,
 E. F. GRIGWIRE.
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ling, and not dig up a lot of ancient history for his confusion.
 q haven't much money to give away, but when do loosen up to the extent of dollar or two like to have an audience like to imagine that people are saying. What great-heart- ed. benevolent old geezer he is! The other morning man approached me and asked me to contribute something toward putting new steeple on the church. and began to explain that church steeples are out of date, when he interrupted to say that the names of all contributors would be printed in the paper, and then dug up $5 with out further words. And we're all tarred with the same stick, my friends"
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FOR SALE

Farm Island Homestead, high, lev el, sand loam soil; 100 acres ready for blow, one acre potatoes and gar den; 2,500 strawberry plants, frame house. Price s350 if taken before Sept. 15. Crop alone is worth price. Inquire Sentinel office.
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PLEASURE OF GIVING

eSC KIMBACK. the banker, is acQuir-
 O ing quite reputation as a phil lanthropist," observed the druggist. He's always giving to somebody or something, and I notice that the sick ening details always get into print. He
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believes in keep ing his left hand posted as to what his right hand is doing, and nobody ever will see him conceal ing any of his lights under a bushel. :"
 "I'm sorry to hear you refer to that great and good man in sar castle terms" said the village patri- oroh arEvorv dou
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LET US TAN YOUR HIDE-Cow and Horse hides for fur coats and Robes. Cow and Steer hides into Harness or Sole leather. Catalog on request. We repair and remodel worn furs; estimates furnished. The Crosby Frisian Fur Co.,, Rochester, N. Y.
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Not What She Meant,

Miss De Vere-Yes, he actually said your cheeks were like roses.
 Miss Vane (delightedly)-Thats lay. ing 1t on pretty thick.
 Miss De Vere-Yes; he remarked about that, too.
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Hard to Blend.

MT. Peavish says that although he would be the last man on earth to criticise any lady of his acquaintance, nevertheless he has never met one who could successfully combine the high-school giggle with the middle-aged spread.-Dallas News.
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FOR SALE-An established con- fectionary business with a good class of trade, at very low price. Address The Den O. Sweets, Wrangell, Alas
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FOR SALE-My house and lot near the Sanitary Cannery. Price $500 down and $500 in year. Miss M. Linhart, Omak, Washington.
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An Exper.

"Are you a skilled chauffeurT
 "Yes, sir! Why, I've been in nine collisions and run over five persons, and every time got away before any. body could get my number"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-10-12
RECORD RECEIPTS
AS CO-OPS OPEN
NINE MILLION POUNDS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN MARKETED
LAST WEEK.

1t is reported by the Cooperative
Marketing Association that 100000
pounds of tabocco from the organized
growers of North Carolina and Vir-
ginia alone poured into association
warehouses last week. Members of
the cooperative in North Carolina
delivered 100000 pounds of tobac-
co-4,500,000 pounds in the old belt
and central markets and 100000
pounds in Eastern North Carolina.
The Virginia growers placed $780,
900 pounds of the weed on 18 cooper
ative floors within four days time.
All the tobacco of "a grades deliver
ed on the opening day to "a coopera-
tive markets of the old belt were sold
to leading manufacturers before the
sun had set on the first day of CO.
operative marketing in Western Caro-
lima and Virginia. Other heavy Or
ders have reached the association since
the opening of the old belt markets
and according to Richard R. Patter-
son, manager of the leaf department,
the association is selling at figures
which are highly satisfactory as COM
pared to the average prices on the
auction floors.
Local organizations of the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association are
Increasing in number throughout East
ern North Carolina and at series
of meetings held last week through
out the Eastern belt association men,
bers pledged their support in report
ing any cases of contract breaking
on the part of local warehousemen
or growers in their district.
Funds are being forwarded from
the Richmond office of the tobacco
cooperative to the friendly banks of
South Carolina, which have become
its repositories, and the second cash
advance will be paid to the South
Carolina growers in the near future
according to recent advices from the
Richmond offices of the association.
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William Hubert Funk Passes.

William Hubert Funk, age twenty
three years, died at 1925 o'clock Mon
day morning at the home of his broth
er, Mr.. Marion Funk on Mill street,
cause of death being attributed to
chronic nephritus and appoplexy.
The young man came here with his
mother Friday morning last and was
under the care of a local physician
until the end came.
Mr.. Funk is said to have contracted
the disease some years ago while at
Camp Jackson as soldier in training
for overseas service. After being
discharged he spent some time seek
ing relief from the disease in sani-
tariums, but was finally advised that
his case was incurable.
Hubert Funk was born in Kingstree
on February II, 1899 and was the
youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
R. Funk former residents of this place
but now of st. Stephens. AS mere
lad Hubert was full of energy and
possessed of unusual business quail
fications. In recent years he took up
the shoe repairing business and at
the time of his death was operating
successfully two large shops, one in
Columbia and one in Charleston, the
latter equipped with the machinery
and appliances he used here for a
short time. He had made his home
in the latter city the past year and
a half.
The body was prepared for burial
by Undertaken Stackley of the Kings
tree Hardware Company and taken
to St. Stephens on the monday train
Tuesday for interment. Besides his
parents the young man is survived
by number of brothers and sisters
who were here Monday to accompany
the remains to st. Stephens.
Those from Kingstree accompany
ing the body to st. Stephens were:
Messrs M. A. Ross, L. S. Dennis, Os-
car Dennis, S. ]. Deery, R. K. Wal
lace, R. M. Hare, Geo. Dallis, S. C.
Anderson and DR.. Leroy Gates.
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Drainage Contract Let and Bonds Sold

The contract was let here last week
for the contraction of drainage canals
by the commissioners of the Kings
tree Drainage District, of which Mr..
W. E. Nesmith is chairman. The
contract was awarded to E. ]. Doan,
of Mason, Mich, he being the lowest
bidder among the number submitting
bids on the project. The price bid
by Mr.. Doan was IL cents the cubic
yard and it is estimated that the
work will cost approximately $150,-
900.
At the same time the contract was
let for the drainage work the bonds
for carrying the work through were
also sold to a firm in Toledo, Ohio,
at a very satisfactory price, amount
ing to $190,000. The work is to be
commenced at once, or as soon as the
successful bidder can get his ma
chinery and working force on the
ground.
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HEYWARD NETTLES
ACCIDENTLY KILLED
WAS ON HUNTING AND FISHING
TRIP ON BLACK RIVER
NEAR HERE.

Hayward Nettles, son of R. NJ. Net
ties, who lives about three miles from
Florence on the Florence-Darlington
road, was accidently shot and killed
about $50 o'clock Friday night while
on fishing and hunting trip on Black
river near Kingstree, with his father
and H. B. Goodson. The young man,
who was just 81 years of age, received
the entire load of No. shot from a
pump gun in his right arm and side,
and died within ten minutes.
According to Mr.. Goodson, the party
had just come in from the river and
it was raining. Mr.. Nettles had taken
the guns from the tent in which they
slept at night and presumably was
putting them in the automobile when
the accident occurred, there being no
eye-witnesses to the tragedy. 1t is
presumed that he had the gun by the
barrel with his right hand and was
putting it in the car when it fired.
Mr.. Goodson who was in the tent
at the time, stated he heard the gun
fire but thought it had been discharg-
ed on purpose until the young man
staggered into the tent, holding his
right arm about his head and crying
out that he had been sho. in the side.
Almost Immediately he sank to the
ground and expired within very few
minutes.
. The body was Immediately taken to
the home of Mr.. Chandler, who lived
a short distance away, and from there
it was brought to Kingstree, where
it was later shipped to Florence. The
body was taken to the home of Mrs.
C. F. Middleton at 10 North Harrell
street.
Funeral services and interment took
place at Mt. Hope cemetery Satur-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. DR.. H.
Tucker Graham, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church, officiating.
The death of the young man, who
was very popular, was shock to his
many relatives and friends in Flor
ence and the neighborhood in which
he lived. Besides his father, the de-
ceased is survived by the following
brothers and sisters: William, EN-
NETT, Louis, Harry Lee, Lawrence and
Robert Nettles; Misses Louise, Eu-
genie and Mildred Nettles.-Florence
Daily Times.
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Mob Violence in Florence County.

While he was returning to Florence
in an automobile last Thursday night,
F. w. Brown was attacked by a doz-
en- or more masked men who dragged
him from his car into a thicket and
beat him severely about the head.
Brown also stated that the men tried
to force him to sign paper promis-
ing that he would not open up bus
mess in Florence but he refused.
Two men who were with Brown were
forced to leave the scene by the mob.
Browns scalp bore marks OF the
beating. Sheriff Burch sent deputies
to the place described by Brown.
They found mask and a hat. Brown
declares he recognized some of the
men even with their masks.
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List of Jurors.

The fall term of the sessions court
will convene here Monday, October
%. The following are the jurors
drawn by the jury commission to
serve during the term.
W. L. Mcdaniel, Hemingway, R. F. D.
S. P. Cooper, Suttons.
A. L. Scott. Kingstree.
H. L. DuBose, Kingstree.
T. L. Joy, .Kingstree.
A. L. Burgess, Kngstree.
H. T. McClary, Kingstree, Rt. 2.
II. O. Smith, Kingstree, Rt. /.
w. A. Fitch, Lake City, R. F. D.
R. z. Vause, Kingstree.
w. ]. Flowers, Trio, R. F. D.
R. K. Johnson, Hemingway, R. F. D.
G. E. Hill, Lake City, R. F. D.
R. B. Tanner, Hemingway, R. F. D.
]. D. Barrineau, Kingstree, Rt. 1.
]. B. Wallace, Cades.
J. A. McClary, Lanes.
H. H. Parnell, Hemingway, R. F. D.
H. J. McFadden, Cades.
E. R. Rowell, Trio.
D. M. Young, Kingstree, Rt. 2
S. D. Cunningham, Nesmith, R. F. D.
H. E. Alsbrook, Suttons.
L. D. Smith, Andrews, R. F. D.
B. A. Boyle, Greelyville.
R. F. Epps, Cades.
]. E. Brown, Kingstree, Rt. l.
S. L. Parsons, Suttons.
I. C. Player, Greelyville, R. F. D.
v. L. Annette, Cades.
Paul Gilmore, Kingstree.
D. F. Ward, Kingstree, Rt. 1.
C. F. Stuckey, Lake City, R. F. D.
G. B. Eaddy, Hemingway.
S. X. Mouzon, Kingstree, Rt. 2.
H. O. Pipkin, Andrews, r. F. D.
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MR., JAMES r. HOLLEMAN
Passed Away Suddenly Monday al
Greelyville.

The announcement of the death of
Mr.. James R. Eolleman, at Greely-
vile Monday night, came as shock
yesterday to a wide circle of friends.
The deceased was for about eighteen
years engaged III the sale of pianos
and sewing machines on King street.
He was on a visit to his brother in
Greelyville when he was claimed by
death.
In latter years Mr.. Holleman he'd
been engaged in the real estate bus
mess and was known as one of sun
shiny disposition and always possess
ing a kind word for all. He is sur
vived by his widow and two daugh-
News and Courier.
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Mr.. Nettles and his party had spent
several days at Simms Reach bridge
and were breaking camp preparatory
to leaving for home when the acci-
dent happened.
The body of the young man was
taken in charge by Undertaken Stack
ley of the Kingstree Hardware Com
pany and prepared for shipment to
Florence Saturday.
Hayward Nettles was a nephew of
the late Mrs. B. w. Butler, formerly
of this place.
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Colored Man Drops Dead in Church.

Henry Darby, a respected colored
citizen of the Central community
dropped dead Sunday in colored
church or meeting house situated on
the Bloomingvale road near Mr.. Dick
KeIlahan's place. Darby had just
completed a fervant prayer and as
the congregation rose from its kneel-
ing position he started a hymn and
collapsed before he had completed the
first verse. Death was instantaneous.
The congregation became frightened
and insisted that an inquest be held.
Coroner Brown and Sheriff Gamble
were summoned to the scene and the
necessary formalities were carried out.
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"There they are-I1l fix them"
After the struggles of the pair
beneath the tree were stilled, he said,
he stole forward, struck match and
cried to Hayes:
"My God, man, you've made a ter
rible mistake"
Hayes then snatched the minister's
watch and they both fled, he declared.
Took Pearl to the Scene.
Schneider was quoted as telling the
authorities he had taken Pearl to the
scene on Saturday-two days after
the shooting-partly out Of morbid
curiosity and partly because he want
ed to show her how nearly she had
come to being slain for her walk
with her step-father.
It was Schneider and Pearl who
first discovered" the bodies and no
titled the police.
Raymond saw me Saturday and
insisted that we take walk" she
said. "He took me up in the lane.
It was the first time we had ever
been up that way. We sat down in
the grass near the apple tree to
talk. l looked over and saw the
bodies and said to Raymond, there
are two people lying down.
"'Why don't you attend to your
own business he replied"
"Then 1 walked over and saw they
were all bloody and ran away fright
ened. Then we told policeman"
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Honor Roll, Wittee School, Suttons.

Grade VIII-Derrick Altman, Isla
Byrdie, Pauline Cooper.
Grade VII-Nettie Norton.
Grade VI-Ellen Altman, BERTHE
Broach, Flossie Walters.
Grade V-Warren Broach.
Grade IV-Fannie Belle Blakely,
Emmie Parsons, Nell Cooper.
Grade III-Maggie Altman, Laurie
Blakely, Tommie Broach, Troy Gam
BILE, Odis Norton.
Grade II-Nettie Altman, Manning
Blakely, Paul Byrdic, Hazel Eagerton,
Iva Gamble.
Grade I[Ermon Broach.
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Mower Gets Big Rather.

One day last week while MIR. ].
E. Brown was cutting hay with his
moving machine he discovered an un-
usual commotion in the fallen grass
and stopping his machine discovered
that the blade had come in contact
with large rattle snake and clipped
its lower jaw off. The snake had
fifteen rattles and button which in
dicated that the reptile was we'll in
to its sixteenth year.
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MISS MABLE HODGE
uses REVOLVER
WHEN NEGROES ATTEMPT TO
ENTER ROOM THROUGH WIN
DOW-MEN ARRESTED.

James Mouzon and Henry Wood,
young negro men were arrested and
lodged in Jail here yesterday morning
by Sheriff Gamble for alleged house
breaking and larceny. Tuesday night
about II o'clock the sheriff received
a phone call to come to the home OF
F. H. Hodge. The call came from the
home of Mr.. J. E. Baker, a near
neighbor of Mr.. Hodge, and where
Miss Mabel Hodge had gone after the
negroes are alleged to haverramsack-
ed the Hodge home.
The facts in the case so far develop
ed are in effect that Mr.. Hodge was
with a party on the river at a fish sup
per Tuesday night. Mrs. Hodge is i'll
in the hospital and Miss Hodge was
at home alone. She had retired to
her room which she had locked. She
heard some one in the house but did
not leave her room. finally the burg
lars came to the door of her room
and attempted to open it, failing they
tried to unlock it with a key but
could not insert the key from the
outside as Miss Hodge had left the
key in the lock when she locked her
room from the inside. Not satisfied
at thus being foiled the men went
outside and attempted to enter the
room through the window and were
tearing out the screen when Miss
Hodge fired several shots through
the window from an automatic re-
volver. The men were frightened off
the premises and then the young lady
left the house and went to the home
of Mr.. Baker about half mile distant,
where a telephone call was sent in
to Sheriff Gamble. The sheriff and
his deputy responded promptly and
took up the trail of the culprits which
led to the home of the Rev. Harry
Presley on the Kingstree-Manning
road about four miles from this place
and an equal distance from the Hodge
home on the Greelyville road.
About daylight yesterday morning
Sheriff Gamble called at the PRESLEY
home for the negro, James Mouzon,
who he took into custody, although
he denied having been absent from
home during the night. The other
negro, Henry Wood, works for Mr..
Hodge, having been in his employ for
a number of years. He also was tax
en- into custody by the sheriff when he
appeared at the Hodge home to go to
work early yesterday morning. When
the two men We're brought face to
face with each other and shown the
tracks made by the shoes they were
then wearing, they confessed that
they had entered the Hodge home
about II o'clock the night before and
were frustrated from entering the
room of Miss Hodge, through the win
dow, by being shot at from the in
side by Miss Mabel Hodge.
Miss Hodge is being justly praised
by citizens hereabouts for her brav-
cry and some express regret that the
shots fired by her did not have a
mortal affect upon the would-be in
truders.
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Recent Births.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. O'Bryan
on September II, 1922, son, ]. D.
O'Bryan, Jr.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. God
win, on September 9, 1922, a daugh-
ter.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hay McClary,
on September II, 1922, son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. c, S
ford, on October 6, 1922, a laughter.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs, Burgess,
on September %, 1922, a daughter.
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Legion Auxiliary Request Magazines

Attention Magazine Readers:
When you have finished reading
your magazines, kindly dilever any
number of them which you may feel
disposed to part with to the Ameri-
can Legion Hall, over the Wee Nee
Bank, Kingstree, S. c., from whence
they will be forwarded to Chick
Springs for the disabled World War
veterans.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Benton Montgomery,
Chairman Publicity Committee.