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TE l _ _ _ _ _Es Vo XLN,23 WNNSBORO.-'S4. GEMBER 20, 1918;Etbihdj4 -', NggHDWtURiMUSM BE- CONTINED ENROLLMENT SHOULD BE I NATION-WIDE. SrARVATION AND SORROW DID ' NOT VANISH WHEN THE FIGHTMNG CEASED * -~t~i thewar i-won; .mnany. M. C nty a-e asking wb te:-R- rO6s s plitning to en the entire population of the-coun- t yas members the week before Christ- d e ai i~f the local ExeIi!1r C of the Red Cross V stmas Roll Call organization '* e the following reply: r 'vation, sickness and' sorrow -did not vaniiq ..Europe when the hting ceased . On the contrary, the e new conditions have revealed greater .Opportunities for the American b ep, through.therRed ,s-to_iktendE oliet ishps ipera r ir,hough 'notd Bese --Fairfield boys in' .France! -home camps, with millions of c American soldiers, and sailors, t ave a. right to expect that Red Cftss a %se will be continued for them *M -re sure intil demobilization ' -M nop- This m?eans the Red.Cros rry' on for many months, and a emeised through mbership r , j-- th ,lp financethe servic02' ~&d adlt rh Izd oi' in-the When you multiply these: and dollars by the millions aduts in the United States, it is e evident that a substantial total will be raised if the response to the Roll Call is general. Children will not be solicited, as they are already represented in the -school auxiliaries, or will nroll through :..the auxiliaries at twenty-five cents a , year. but they will be valuat. aids in the Rcil Call by remifding *ie. ;i rents of tI-~ cpportur.ity to .-rst(. approval of the greatest relief wori in history. THE ILLITERACY COMMITTEE. The South Carolina illiterac: Co)m ion has taken up its hea,quarters e University of S. C., which ;s Sappropriate on account of the ~~tional nature of this work and -that it may be in close touch with Chairman, Professor Patterson drlaw. Other members of the Oomlmission are J. E. Swearingen,Mrs. iL Coker, Miss Mabel Montgomery, i George D. Brown, S. H. Edmunds, and C.E. Burts, with Miss Will L au Gray e efficient field worker. - Illiteracy Comm.ission is pre gto wage a campnien for t-he i~bshmnent of adult schools in ev-F SCounty of the State. In order the work~ may be eficeient!y done ~9C~- is necessary that the Legish:ure prpit fuds and that the teach- o -''es of the State be trained in this:s work. The Legislature will be asked ( tapprcpriate $25.000,00 for the work of establishing and maintaining these t adult schools. 'Such facts as the fol- f lowing prove the wisdom of this ex- 1: penditure: tl -Massachusetts zare her citizens 7.4 u years schoolinz. .p *-United States gave her citizens 5.2:3 d years scaoening. South CaroCir.s a- - -. *3.18 years :::hooLr.. Of all t-e states South Car liha S - anks: h 1.Lowes: :tn exe-ze- 3: for e'ducatio-. . 2. 25 per cen f7e itrfii terate-next- to last In crder thattetch,2 a trained in~ th wokV se.l2 tut.e was hec nCoi-ubi D--en 13 and 14. T7 po r else round table eseu.ss:en of adult school problems, 0-m sjr:". v:erk:. ndo: and insoir-at1io:al adhss There t was -present at the instituz.e no only b: teachiers zTppointed: G oun: Lead- a: * Kers but :n m i1s sent represe-ta- 5 tives in on r: that those teachers who base night wor-k in their charge may ENATE MEMERS BEGIN DISPUTE 'ALK OF REVENUE -BILL CONTINUES. EPUBLICAN SMOOT DELIVER D CRESS RVCIZDNG BILL AS O CONSTRUCTED. siington, Dec. 16-After Senator moot, of Utab, Republican, had de vered a prepared address criticizing e war 4evenue bills the senate to ay bega;i consideration of disputed a0ons of thi measure. On the first 6i call taken on, the bill the senate oted,'6 to 16 to retain the finance Ittee's amendment providing'for dfd11of taxes to those who -demon. tr to the treasury . department t n previous years have suffer da -net loss in'iheir business. Tomirow it is planned to discuss e "income tax section. General de ate~ also may be reopened then, as enator Penrose?f the financial com fittee :plans an adress during the ay. Discussion. by members,. how ver, is. not. expected tp longer delay nal disposition of .the bill. Senator immons, chairm-an of, the financial omiittee, sid: he;i xects passage of he measure b' Chistmas, and Sen tor Smoet. in address expresed ei belief that tib ll soon would be Mostof the session today was taken p-ite scus'siO of the "net loss mendmeit Snato?Ienroot of Wis onsn, RepubhHeanjde4 the attack on he goVernmefit's treme us revenUe sses. if scriois rd jgcral indus a denres2ii . VIf f.evolop- He gement. Se .nators S:noot, Jcnes of _-:e o and McCumIber of Nort, Dakot -iti Senator E n deene t ndment, dtai:a t that da. for uch a provision had come from afni ltre. as we"', . isiness -. -" I :-e amendmc.. tey said, a de .g. d to tJle. the tax and 1 - r to an English income tax provi ic -- 'he senate also adopted without ob ,ion the Snance comnmttee's amend to tthe hounnse provision authoriz th: .e commissioner of i;ternal reve ue, in computing income ta:-es, t ;uire inventories. A corregational meeting is called >r Lebnnon cng:-egation first Sun -.Jairy 5th, for tlh purpose of r.din whether cir not the church is a to call a iastor.. E. M. MIcNauli, Clerk. OUND-One stray mare blue mare~ mule with a leather halter on it at P place,since Monday. Owner can ct same by payi3.Z aL expenses. E. M. McNaull. ELLOW TOWNS PEOPLE-ATTENTION! Miss Helen Kohn, Secretar: of Co mmbia Red Cress Chapter ha.s calledi er ng distar.te to kr.ew how many idier Winnsboro will entertain on. histas day. Other towns are as s ting Columbi in givin an iia onnto either homeless or boys Car -om home who are . in service yet. ou will takae oat-. two or more c: tse boys from Christmas eve after >n till Christr:as a7ternMon. ple-e hone Miss Alice Walker d-:ring the : Fidac GnietGia:ir:. Pricipl.. wansa gh Schocl. has returned Sfor the Thrias hiolidays. ee Farmers Eode Ware.house wi:: oe n oS aturday. December 20th. - p m .. at the of:~ce of~ the Ban.c -eton. Sheton. S. C. H. G. Col'in. SOLDIES COM )W TROOPS RETURNIN DUTY F TH ARTILL BRIG- F ADE -?RI4NZTRAN PED AT C J AKhi Washington, Dec.~ :1.Anituice ment was made by the war depait- b ment late today of the sailing from 1% France of four additional transports,'. the General Georgia, the Saxoni ,theIp Cedric and the Mongolia. E. R. Stet tinus, special representative of Sec retary Baker in France is returning it aboard the Cedric. The Saxonia car- t ries easuals and 693 wounded-and sick. e The General Gorgas has' only 14*of-b ficers, seven enlisted: men and oned' civilian. The Saxdnia - and Cedrie sailed -from England' Decemb. 14,and1 the General Gorgas and the.Kongolia ;from France Decembei12.%.4 Aboard the Mongoidare enty-third and Seventy-fourt artillery and One Hundred and ty-Eighth Field -Artillery, witb .headquarters of the Fourteenti Artillery Brigade. The v'slI carried 735 sick and wouide.d mer Aboar the Cedric is the Three Hun dred ana Thirty second Aero ron and' tert casual -companies..'and. large number of sick and wound unsigned officei-s and other gener casuals. A message from GeneilYershi t added about 3,006 add 'al ien to those desigiatedoby h" or eaiy re-, .turn to the:United States. The units iare. , _ th, Four ui ~~-~ouuoure&i Ninety-ninth,Eighi- Hundred and Thir- I ty-fift and Eight Hundred and Four- -1 tieth Acro Squadrons; the first Gas' a _,giment i+ full strength; the Anti- c Aircraft Artillery School detachment r and a rek-ement battery. u The war department also announced i1.ny the .i:ing from France of the : transports Marchu-ia,the Persia,Mow, 1 Carilo and Ba:i: with returning Ame- r rican troops. The organizaCon aboard the Man- 0 churia are the O:n- Hundred and Six- e teenti and Cne " ::dred and Seven- & tccnt.- Feild Artillery, headquarters 1 '. Foel artillery, Brigade c One Hu:!d!-ed -rd Sixth A nitin f Train. hcadquarter,s training cad-r- a from the Thirty-first Division and 9,36 t sick and wounded. The Persia 'Iaru sailed De:--mber 12 v:ith asTh:lfth DivisiKon, ad-:ance schoo! detachmnt of '-> oEccrs and 99 enlisted men and civil:ar.s and with b 18 officers and casuals. T':e Carillo saili:'t on the san-e date e carried 24 'ineer casuaias. *The Baltic, sailing from Liverpool V December 14 for New York, carried ~ see e:ai c'vmpanies of about 160 men each and three ofier-s and :.a numoer of rnedical casuals ar.d sick -The artiller, reeiments of the Thir ty-first Division, makinr up~ the Fif-: tv-sixth Field Artillery Brigade were trair.ed at Camp .Jackson before go- 0 ing overseas. The brigade was in command of Brig. G-en. John L. Gay den, while at Camp Jackson. DEATH OF JOE SALEM. On Wednesday afternocn about four o'clock Joe Salem died of pneumo:2ia S following influenza. He had been ~ sick for more tharn a week. ar.d gradu all-y grew weaker with complications. I Joe Salem was a br-otner in law~ of John and Williar: Ameern an.da socia ted with them in business. He was a r.ative of Syrir nnd ca:re : this cour': a few yer aco"H' 'a imressed:i uv:or. ith 'iso: 2:;1. t He has not hear rmh o : months on are.t of th0 rbl o Our deepest sympathy is e::tended to his bereaved ones. ______ G WARNING NOTICE. All trespassing of stock, hunting or fishinz en lands cor.trolled by me will G be punished to the extent of the law. S FAL E~SIDFEN.. OLLOW ~EM HE Parilson -a today: -.en-.'- formal' - h r the ap made a _41 ;,..Of Ivai for a. -talk ith emenceau, who also Mn i fWar. He decided also accept nner invitation of for Ign am i sfirst -eptance: vitation extended by ze the British ambrs e head of a foreign a .stry and his accept lity of a foreign t strictly in cord n, but:P7resident the opportumties -gettifg- on to per c tified him- in disre mg~in ns. e 'Premier Clemen pai Wilson yesteday ot asion of an agree g but it resulted erstanding as to, >:)resident's visit xt fortnight. The! bed as. extremely ord - president 'nd the 'rea later rejoj,ing their ig impressions of each lans of the rieeting of the interal ed conference and the peace congress nd of at least the preliminary dis ussion of some of the great inter ational problems about to T>e taken p. Concerning the plars, it no.- ap arent that the president's visit t. taly should be postponed until the iddle or the latter part of January s his time meanwhile will be fully ccupied in meeting the political lead rs coming from various points, in ttending the opening sessions of the iterallied conference and the peace ngress, in visits to the American cont and the French and Belgian dev stated regions, and probably a visit : Brussels and King Albert of Be] ium. MITFORD. Mr.W. Isenhower motored to Winns oro one day last week on business. Mr. R. H. Ford and mnaliy spent last unday at Mrs. G. G. Jackson's. Mr. Wall and Mr. Fowler and famn y visited Miss Bessie Fowler. at Corn Mr. Joe Nichols, Jr., is home on ecount of having a finger cut off hbile working for the Southern Pow eCompany. Mr. and Mrs. Henry'Jackson sp.ent est Sunday at Mrs. G. G. Jackson's.; The Rev. Mr. Kilgore was a visit-' ein Mitford last Saturday. Rev'. Mr. Moore took dinr.er a.t Mir. F. S. Keistler's last Sunday. Mr. Warren McElduff and .Mr. B. 'Page spent Sunday with :-.lk m boys. Mr. W. S. Keistier and famnily np: u.day afternoor. at Mr'. Gladen ye s. Miss Julia Nichols sper.: Sunday a! rnoon. at Mr. Ligon's. ~ent last Sunday in Cheter We are sorry to learn tihat Mrs. G. . Higin isvery sick:. Mr. Jiames Smith is vstn a yes in Mitford. Mr. Wade Stround of Baseo:ii!e died *on Mr. C. L. Liczen Mon'da af Mr. Will Nichols of Nitrolee s"ent Mrs. J. S. Glass and dant~;er s.':e 2anday af'.:-noon at Mr. G.Wc a n s. Ma'ster' John and little Misses T'aK: ~rd. Elizabeth Thomasson spent a w hours at their aunt's, Mrs. J1. S. lass'. - . Mr. Edd J.ckson spent th'e weeke dc at horr. v:t:: hi me:.er. 3. G Jackse.n. Mr. Jee .IUMksenhageto- .e. work. - / IRT ETH LOOSES ( ANY BRAVE MEN P-TAL CASUALITIES OVER SEVEN THOUSAND. NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND, HOW- S EVER, SUFFERED ONLY SLIGHT WOUNDS. Washington, Dec. 16.-General Per shing cabled the war department to- b day that preetically complete reports a of deaths in action among the expedi tionary forces should reach the de ia partment by December 20, and of se verely wounded by December 27. .0 Tttal dasualties to November 23 in' the Thirtieth Division (North Carolina 1 South Carolina 'an&Tennessee Nation al Guard)- were gien at',23. The t casualties were classified as 0 0 Killed in action, 1,168; died of Woa 238; died of disease, 15; died of othee causes,. 5; severely wounded, 805; slightly wounded, '3,973; missing; or h captured, 193. General Pershing reported that the number of duplicated casualties dis covered in the central records office since November 27. would not operate: r to reduce the total for the entire ex- s pedhtioiary forces, given in his sum-, t mary of that.adate, an additional cas ualties reported rbore tnan offset the. duplicates. The report todayfroi the American I commander was in reply ts~ecific questicns cabled by the -watidepart ment. In asking regardhig t'e cas ualties. in-- the Thirtieth Division, the department-sat there had been' much SNo t bt te losses of tis-uiitrwhich; - -hl trmy break the famous Hindenburg line. MONTICELLO. The many friends of Sergt. Robrt R. Shedd, Comp,,any C., 17th Engi neer Regiment,will be glad to hear that he has reached the hcme land. He sailed from 'France Nov. 7th, landed at Newport News, Nov. 27. After a Iew day-% he went to Fort McPhearson, Atl_nta. Sergt. Shedd received three wo.unds Oct. t-I, while he is not ser iously wounded. yet he is in a rolling chair and must remain for some time in the ho.ptal, He has recently been visited by his b:the:, J. E. Shedd, Mr. and Mrs. M.::bin and Professor Har per and wife. He is hopeful and hap py. Robert Shedd landed in Frznce Oc:. 31. 1917. His .iest work was building baracks, but in a few n'cnths was in active service. In one of his letters he savs: "F-irst front was Lorraine and Baccarat Sectors, 110 days without re-. lief. Then we were called to Chamn pagne front here vwe joined the French army and together we were successfule . in breaking up the German advance on July 14-16, they were driving for the city of Chalons. Then we were called. to Chateau eight days of the hardest - -t fighting ever known to the American. Army. Next we went to St. Michael then to Argonne Forest on the Verdun Sector. There I was wounded by three machine gun bullets while ading my pistoon' in a drive on the enemy. Had* nothing to eat for more than two days -slept in a wagon the mg~ht af:er I was wounded. The next clay I was c carried to a hospital and operatedl on successfully. I have steadily improved and i'ope to be well and stror.ge IN FLANDER'S FIELDS d By Lieutenant-Clonel John MIcCrae, p (Died while on duty in- Flanders.) o in Flanders fields th *ape grow d Between: the cresse. rowv on row. e That mark our place; and n h sky d1 The larks. still bravely sinaing. fly Scarce i.-ard amid the :u:ns below. We are dsad. Short days azo. V We lived. fel: tin:r.. saw sunset n: glow. .oved and v:'erelod:ndo-:e i Ir. Flanders .rields. F Ta:e up o':r guarrel with the foe: w~ To you with failing hands we throw b she tore::. Be yours to hold i-. hig.h; Iye break faith we s w :e die F bl ......w. 10VERNMENT MAY TAKE OVER WIRES rO MONEY IS NEEDED FROM THE TREASURY. AVINGS MADE UNDER DIFFER ENT CONDITIONS SHOULD PAY COST IN 25 YEARS. Washington, Dec. 16.-Ownership y the .iernment of the telegraph nd teleione systems of the naim ras characterized as "imeprative" by 'ostmaster General Burleson today in letter to lepresentative Moon,chair ian of the house committee on post ffices and post roads. Mr. Burleson aid the systems can be acquired withou the appropriation of a dollar rom the public treasury" by apply ig to. a mortization fund for 25 years be savings made under government wnership through elimination - of ,lations in plants and operating 01 - qof the government ow ership res iiiointroduced in the ouse last week:$igearesentative loon, the posNnasi.i quoted rom the recent letter T. Vail, president of the 'elephone and Telegraph C6 nd from the annual reports of.. umber of th postmasters general ince the Civil War, all of whom greed, he said, that government con rol or ownz -ship would greatly con ribute to the efficiency of service. "The economic importance of the roposition to acquire the properties y the government is very great,"Mr. urleson wrote. "Private capital is nvested in -public service enterprises rith the expectation of 7 to 8 per ent. and often a greater return. 4n ent. and -often ,prater r rublic is expected to pay while - ,overnment can borrow money at 414 er cent. The public, however, pays he difference in either event. The dif erence between 4 1-2 per cent. and.8 >er cent. for the money invested in the vire systems of the United States 6ould maintain and 'ay for the prop rty in 18 years and nine months. The ,overnment, as an owner, would no .ore expect to charge for interest in he investment than it would ' for ncney invested in postal facilities,. avy yards or other public property. A justiicat:on for the permanent aking over of the wire systems, Mr. ,urleson said: "To establish and raintain means - f ccmmunication is much the fune ion of the government as is the pro ision for national defense.... .More ver, it is essential to the deveiope etofte"-7adto the prog ssand prosper'ity of its people. It a defense of the national interests s much in peace as in war. ... Ex ension of the wzre service should be etermined by public needs, not the pportunity for private gain. .The postmaster general said he bea. sved than, an effective plan cou1d he' rorked out by which the waste of ompetition rian be eliminated and de advantage of private initiative i research, investigation and experi entation not be lost. Calling attention to the fact that nder the existing law the telephone nid telegraph properties will automa cally revert to the private owr.ers pon proclamation by the presidlent of iany of the independent companies >uld not take back the properties -ithout serious loss to the investors nd great detriment to the service. [any of these companies, the letter sys, were operating at a loss, owing waste incident to competition and iversity- of State regulation, and as roper depreciation fur.ds have not een set aside. the p:opedties vere rifting into a condition where rrop public service could n:t be ren ered. NOTICE. Subscribers tc the i~nitec War ork Campaizr. wi!! please rnai:e pav ent as they c:!ne due. J. M. Lyles. Treas. OR SALE-2 acre lot and out build ings near Rion, S. C.. on public high ay, apply to' Mrs. Ella Waling, El arton. Ca. OR SA LE-Or.e Dodge tourirng car it a bargair.. Looks good and runs vell. The E.rst check for $6350 gets