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^Sensational Controversy .."' tween Naval Officers $ and Secretaray FIGHT ON DANIELS IS RENEWED Congress Will Take A Hand In ? Row Over War Medal Re v wards ; Washington, "Dec. 23.?Rumblings ?f ?dissatisfaction within the navy at the way Secretary Daniels has ar ranged the awards of decorations for war service .came to the .surface today ?tfhen it became known that Admiral Sims, former commander of American naval forces in European waters, had Reclined to acept his distinguish^ i service-medal, while the awards re main as at present. At the same time, the row which up -td-this time has been a smouldering one, gave indications of a showing up in congress. Chairman Page and the - senate naval committee asked for a report on the awarding of the deco rations and Secretary Daniels trans mitted it to him tonight. "-' Meanwhile, Representative Lufkin Iftepublica'n, Massachusetts, membei of the house naval committee an nounced that he would ask the house to call for a similar report. , Coming as the climax to publisher charges that Secretary Daniels had rearranged the whole list of awards - raising some officers to higher distinc tion "than recommended and "blu< pencking*'' others, publication of Ad miral Sims action created a new sen sation" in the navy department arc added a new chapter to the long con test in which some naval officers have complained of the secretary's admin istration of 'affairs and others have defended him with equal vigor. The whole thing has been broughl tb' a head by the act of Admiral Sims irho writing ah official communication tb Secretary Daniels from the naval ^rar college at Newport. R. L. has se! Out that officers for whom he recom mended-the distinguished service med a\J?highest of air naval decoration? tecept /the, congressional medal ol honor?received by the secretary's re vision of a decoration of lesser value and-. 4hat other officers whose duties and. services Admiral Sims considered As of lesser value received by the re vision.' the more valued decorations. ? At the 8ame time, it develops.""Admir al Sims sent -franked copies of his lot ?e? 'to many naval officers in Wash ington. His action became known "first through them, and later today. Mr.-t&niels gave out the letter, with out comment. Earlier in the day. however. Mr. Daniels had announced that'he had prepared the report ask ed for by Senator Page and tonight Sfter transmitting it to the senate nuCde public copies of it. <' Admiral Sims, in his letter, does not appear to refuse his decoration uncon ditionally. He refused it under the conditions he outlines and he asked fpr an ? opportunity to explain the rea sons for his original .eeeromenda tiOris. Besides that, the admiral does not ask that the highest award be tak en from any officer upon whom it al ready had been conferred but he does ask for a revision upward of some of ihc lc**?er decorations. ? i^ims. long known as the stormy petrel of th<* navy since his sensa tional "last drop of blood" speech in the Guild Hall at London, when he #rew the attention of the foreign of fices of Berlin. London and Wash ington, has figured in navy sensations before and has many warm supporters among the officers., ? Secretary- Daniels', report to Chair man Page of the senate naval com niittee. outlines the general policy fol lowed by the secretary in awarding medals "and distinctions to naval offi cers and. enlisted men. - Indicating that the entire contro versy that has now come to light re solves around the old navy depart ment disagreement as to which class of service?shore or sea?is more im pbrant. Secretary Daniels in his re port said: 'The value of the duty on shore was dply recognized but in my opinion it should be of the highest importance alid .responsibility in order that this duty should be recognized l>y the award of the same kind of medals and at the same time in positions of grave danger in the active war zone, and this was the standard which any particu lar case had to meet for an officer on ?h.ore duty to be awarded the medal. ' Emphasizing his belief that officers engaged in hazardous and responsible duties in the Xorth sea mining squad lion, the destroyer force, the convoy ??d .the armed guard service, should '15e. given preference in the award of high honors over officers serving on Shore, and in position in great respon sibility, and officers serving with ships in home waters. Secretary Daniels said 'that the service? rendered by these different forces was recognized by the hHard of award* assigning certain medals to the officers in command of the ships and stations concerned and this plan of procedure met my ap proval." In contrast to Admiral Sims" sta;^ rrt^nt that the commanding officers <>'. ships sunk by enemy submarines j*hOuld not receive decorations, Mr. Daniels in his report, said: "In addition to the recognition of the service rendered by officers and men of the forces above mentioned there was also, of course, the case of particular individuals whose conduct was outstanding and wh . should be singled out for special recognition. It was-fmy opinion that distinguished service medal should be awarded to those officers in command of ships of the navy which were sunk by subma rin? attack and whose conduct was Be COAL COMMISSION MEETS MONDAY ;-? > ; President Wilson Issues Call for Assembly of Committee to Consider Wages i _ I PLANS FOR IN Q?IRY TO BE MADE ! Expected That Investigation j Wijl Cover a Period of Sev r ! eral Weeks Washington, Dec. 24.?President Wilson today issued a call for a meet ing her Monday of the special com i mission appointed to investigate wages and prices in the soft coal in dustry. The commission at that time is expected to lay plans for the in quiry which will probably continue for several weeks. j j MEMORIAL APPEAL GETTING RESPONSE i ? i Generous Support Being Re ceived In Many Counties j Columbia. Dec. 23.?The people of ithe State are becoming more respon sive to the appeal for subscriptions to the $400,000 fund for the erection of a memorial building in honor of those South Carolinians who participated in ithe world war. according to the head ' j quarters of the South Carolina Me j mortal Commission in Columbia, j Many of the counties of the State .have a* large percentage of, their al lotments subscribed and a number of the counties have promised to com plete their quotas during January 11920. j The erroneous ideas which had bc j come prevalent a* to the misconcep tions concerning it have had a ten ! dency to cause-the people to get be i hind the movement more liberally. jThe idea that the building was to be ja mere adjunct to the university of South Carolina and under the con !{trol of the trustees of the University has been dispelled by the recent statement of the commission that it:; j only function is to be repository of Ithe State's records of participation in ! the world war. as well as for other (wars, and a memorial to South Car j olina's heroes. j * And the people likewise are com I ing to rea'ize. the commission avers, jthat the University, instead of having an ulterior motive in the constrnc I tion of a memorial building, is ex ! tremely generous in offering for the purpose land, the value of which will I reach into thousands of dollars, j Should the building be constructed ion land other than that owned by the ; University, it would have to be pur j chased by the State and would cost j between $30.000 and $100.000. it an j equally desirable site could be pro ' cured. The land offered by the Uni j versity is on the SO block of Main ! Street and within almost a stone's ?throw of the State House and near the I geographical center of the city. j TWELVE CHI I NESE INJURED i Wreck of East Coast Train In Florida j Miami, Fla.. Dec. 2i.?Twelve Chi j nese en route to Cuba under guard ? were injured when the southbound. ? overseas limited for KTcywest on the j Florida East Coast Railway collided ! with a north bound freight at Jensen. ' near here, early today. It was said j the Limited ran by the meeting point. ; PI???.n_.!_!,ass. :mm'.L!"'"ji"' "*? i ! meritorious in such cases. T required j all these cases to be carefully inves ! tigated and as a r< stall of this every i officer reported meritorious in com j mand of such a ship was awarded a [distinguished service medal.*' Commenting on the fact that the Knight board originally recommended i only eight officers and men who served j in the armed guards on board mer chant ships for decorations, the secre-j I tary said that in view of .the hazar-J [dous nature of such duty and after! j careful investigation he had increased j 'the number of decorations awarded in] I such cases to "c, navy crosses and two] j distinguished service medals. j j A recapitulation of :he action ofj - the Knight board and Secretary Dan-: (iels in the 19 recommendations made] i by Rear Admiral Sims shows that of j j the officers whom tbr latter recom-j ; mended for distinguished service* ! medals the Knight board cut I'l of the reeojnmendations t-> navy cross-< j es. Secretary Daniels, after review-'. I 'pc: ib?v Kit:;,'].' board report, chanced ithe awards of distinguished service! j medals recommended by th<- board in j three cases to navy crosses and in ; three other cases reversed the board.! j and awarded distinguished service?! h icdals as originally recommended by Rear Admiral Sims. ! By law three classes of decorations; i are provided for officers and men of \ the navy as follows: The medal of j honor, awarded by the president in I the * name of congress for conspicuous] I gallantry and intrepidity: the distin-! guished service modal to be awarded! by the secretary of 'h<- navy to anyj person who has distinguished himself j fi. - exceptionaly meritorious service to' rh> sr?" \ ftvnTT.t and the navy cross, awarded also hv the secretary for *?>; traordinary heroism or distinguished' service such heroism < or distinction not being sufficient to justify the award of a medal of honor or a dis> I tinguished service medal. j HOWAT READY ] TO OBEY ORDER Recalcitrant Mine Union Leader Will Try to End Strike Indianapolis, Dec, 'Z'i.?A call for a * I mooting of the executive board of the Kansas district of the United Mine Workers of America for Friday, at which stops to end the strike of 1.000 I employees of the Central Coal and! Coke company will bo taken was is sued from here this afternoon i>y Alexander Howat, president of the district.before leaving for his home at Pittsburgh. Kan. { Howat was released from jail to-{ day. where ho had been sent follow- j ing a preliminary hearing on con-: tempt of court charges by Federal; Judge A. B- Andersen yesterday after J he had agreed to use his influence to; end the local strike. His call for the] district meeting followed a telegram sent to the Kansas district by William ! Green, international sccretary-treasur j er of the mine workers, ordering the I strikers to return to work, j Charges of contempt of court 'against Howat were part of generali J charges against $ \ international and i district officials of the miners in which j it was alleged that the officials had; violated the injunction issued by Judge j Anderson against furtherance of the; strike. Hearing of the charges! against all officials except Howat have; been continued twice, the second time indefinitely. HoWsft's aWesred action in ' keeping a local strike in force in' Kansas, however. led to his arraign- j ment in court, here yesterday and his commitment to. jail when he failed to give assurance that the Kansas strike j would be cailcd off. The Kansas official was brought' into court again today and after a1 general discussion of the situation! during which Mr. Green agreed to! use his influence as an international official to bring about settlement of the Kansas tie up and Howat finaily agred to cooperate, the latter wa"i released from custody. It was indi cated that with resumption of work at the Central Coal and Coke com pany's property, a hearing of the charges against Howat set for next Monday would be continued and that Howat's stattts would be the same as ! the other officials against whom i charges still are pending but which j according to general .belief, will not bo * pushed so long as they do not ?again violate the court's injunction, j - Aerial Navigation. ; London. Nov. 24.?Major General Sir F. H. Sykes. British Controller General of Civil Aviation, hopes to 'arrange for complete cooperation be i tween Great Britain and the United ! States in all matters relating to fly ' mg. This is the purpose of his jour ; ney to America, on which he expects ; soon to leave. ' The American Ambassador, John I W. Davis,x told Genoral Sykes at a : farewell luncheon to the British Con i troiler that he thought American co I operation might be taken as assured. General Sykes said that the Inter ! national Air Convention, based injthe ; main on regulations for air naviga tion in Great Britain, now had rc \ ceived the assent of all the powers al ; lied and associated in the war except ?the United States and Japan. { "The national tendency in aircraft ( development in Britain." said General i Sykes, "is to allow individual enter j prise to work out its own salvation i in the main and no scheme of gov ernment subsidies such as that in : France has, so far, been adopted.'.' j But he pointed out that did?not j moan that the government will spc::d j nothing to promote; enterprise. ! "With a view to stimulating the ??? i forts of designers and manufacturers j of hcavier-than-air craft and to ?gt?'ding them toward the attainment j of greater security and reliability." : he continued, "an official competition j has been instituted which is to be ; held next year. Tire prizes offered , ! amount to fij.ooo lbs. The rules of {the competition are framed to <n icourage those attributes which arc r<> | quired in the future, i "Prizes will be given first for the j I small typo of airplane required fori business, pleasure and sporting flying: in the British Isles; secondly, for the] j large weight-carrying machine which j experience suggests will be necessary: to meet the conditions of trans-con-, tinental traffic; and. thirdly, for n type! of amphibious flying boat which, in ; view-of its power to alight on and j rise from land or water, cannot fail to find many uses.'" The Civilian Aviation Department] of the Air Ministry, he states, i:; an i entirely "new departure," on the part] of the government. Its purpose is to! advise the Aircraft Industry and re::-' dor it all assistance possible, to open j international relations, to lay down in ternal and oversea air routes, to es-; tablish Stations for landings and de parture:-, to deal with all mcteoroli cal inatit-rs. and to provide informa tion on that subject as well as a host of others connected with aerial navi gation. Honor Itol! Concord School. Eighth gradf?Sam Pringle. Pewnth grade?Jeanette Pringle, Clarice Giascock. Walter White. Fifth grad<?Samuel Glascock. Fourth grade-?Flo:;sie fell Pak^r. ; Third grade -Myrtle Glascock. Mel-j via leaker. Lonnii- Newman. Second grade?Mildred rngram. These pupils made an average above] SO but wi re absent: Tenth grade?Daisy Fort. .James: Prescotl. Xinth grade?.1. .T. Urunson. Eighth grade -Beda Duncan. Fran coy Duncan: El lie Pruns?n. Core! Smith. j Seventh grade?Inez Dennis. Ben:;." Fori. Sixth jrrado- Azile Prunson. . Fourth grad<?W'i?i.- Kurl. Third grade- Ha Smith. First gradt?Rosa tee Drogharn., Louise Newman. Ellis Glascock. Plenty Good Pickings. Suits, dresses, cloaks, skirts, hats.j Come quick. All at 1-2 price. Si hv artz Bros.? Ad> (.. LUMBER ? I Brick, ?i i ? Loqlcs, Lumber^ Building _ Hardware, pl?Grates, "*****?? * Material Hatchets. P^HltS, OllS Flooring:. 1 Brick, ? ? ?j# Lopks, Ceiling. S'ding, rasing. Plaster, Grates, Mouldings, Fire Brick, Framing Lumber-, Fire Clay. Red Cedar Shingles. Sewer Fipe. *" " <? ?Hammers, Pine and Cypress Sliiligles. Stove Flue, Door Hangers. Metal and Composition Shingles, Terra Cotta Thimbles Carpenter's Tools, Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and lata ins Paint Brushes. Porch Columns and Ballastcrs, Water Proofing Mineral. Faints and Oils, Beaver Board, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Inside Decorations, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Asbetos and Composition Roofing. Calsomines and Ooid Water Paints, WIRE FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS ? - i 9 *?."?'? MS i>,.? mm ? 11. n ? ?? , amm ?? tmtu , ? ,? ii ?^j, ,,.n , h?m mjpn ?_jM_MM^jMuj?wMWMiMJlMW^MMW^^W'W'Wntffr^-? EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth $z McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA CONDITIONS IN DARK RUSSIA Hclsingfors. Finland, Nov. 5.? There is no likelihood of a rising of the people of Petrograd against the Bolshcviki this winte r no matter how terrible their plight may ^become, says I. Saponen, a rominent art deal er of that city who sacrificed a for tune of 5.000,000 rubles to escape from Russia, "The belief of starving the popula tion into starting a revolution is a heresy," he declares. -So far as the Russians are concerned, they will simply die. General Yudenitch, without Fin lands' h'-lp. has no chance of taking Petrograd for ho began his campaign a month too scon. If he had waited until Trotzky's men began to feel the pinch of the cold, along with insuf ficient food, their lowered morale might enable the attack to succeed." Aided by the wife of Maxim Grosky, M. Saponen contrived, by lavish brib ery of the Bolsheviki, to leave Petro grad, lie arrived au Helsingfors a month ago. To a representative of The Associated Press he related the first time for publication Iiis remark eblc experiences from arrest in .June while serving as a representative of the Finnish government in negotiat ing for the exchange of war prison ers. M. Saponen is a native of Fin land, who has resided in Petrograd for the last ten years. "Until March," he said, "we foreign ers were never molested. I had hcen representing the Danish Red Cros' until 1 took up the exchange of pris oners on March 11. "After securing a written guaran tee. signed by Schlovsky, the Petro crad commandant, and Tchitcheri: (Commissioner of oFreign Aaffirs that my life and property would be safe. I was allowed to return to Fin land. Nevertheless from April 22 un til May 14 I was kept in detentior in my own house and was formally ar rested on June 2. I was taken t< Moscow, thrown into a military cam; and treated worse than a dog simpl; because I was a Finn. I was kept ir prison until August S when Schlov sky ordered me to be released. "The contents of my Potrograe' house, consisting of works of art jewels valued by Russian experts a 4.000.000 rubles arc undoubtedly car ried off and 1 have no hope of soeih: them again." Commenting on the condition o: Russia. M. Saponen said: "The Allies blockade is destroying White Russia for the Bolshevik naturaily feed their own follower.' first and there is little left for th government':; enemies who arc perish ing. "I wish to reiterate that there. if no possibility of a counter revolt foi the Russian peasants are incapable o acting without leaders. It wa.s th Germans ami rot the people whe brought about the revolution whicl overthrew tin- Emperor and late; Kerensky. Before the revolution peo pie could obtain two or three pound: of bread. Afterwards they were onb allowed one-eighth of a pound, but they were too terrorized to protest. '"There, are only three, to five pei cent, real believers in Bolshevism it Russia, and they, by using drastic measures, are able to swing the greai masses over to their side." M, Saponen said that the central government, despite th" control of the army, exercised little power ovei the local Soviets but the Bolshevik, have done eonsiderablc constructive work principally in the establishment of trad*-, schools. Eager to educate the masses the;.' hav?- opened numer ous kindergartens and the State take1 care of the children until they reach fourteen years of age. Ho criticised the Allies,, military aid the White Russians as ineffed ive saying '.hat the Allies do not sen< supplies regularly and in sufficient quant:ti< s. "The Finnish troops could them selves capture Petrograd as the Boi se viki fear them above all others. As :t result of the Polsheviki propaganda during the war a.Bolshevik ot'ieer announced thai he would rather fight the devil irimr-'df than the Finns who never knew when they wer?' defeated. -M-vmy-iiw per cent of tho task of eoiKiuerlng the Bolsheviki would b< accomplished with the capture of ? thai is the only way to impair the Mind confidence of the I ' i?ple who an- believing in Bolshe vism and in ih<- invincibility of their i--ad< rs." M. Sa"ponen confirmed reports of |.palling conditions in Petrograd which the winter-will make far worse, and said that ,;tll wooden hotises hael long since been burned Cor fuel as. [veil as the flooring of others. [ Hx* asserted; however, that the de i pletion of Petrograd"? population was ? not due so much to starvation as to I the fact that the Bolsheviki had sent I away the bourgeois and had removed j prisoners to the interior. j English Manufacturer Believes in High Wages. ? ? S London, Nov. 22.?England still is [suffering from low wages, declared \ Lord Leverhulme, one of England's i best-known manufacturers, on the eve i of his departure for the United States, j Lord Leverhulme has set an example ! to British industry by application to I his own business of advanced ideas in : the relations of capital and labor. "Our wage earners have inherited I ideas which low wages inflicted upon j them and our manufacturers have not ; been driven by big wages to develop i labor-saving machinery," he said, j "The era of low wages has passed, j If* our manufacturers improve their ! machinery and our wage earners j throw aside suspicion as a policy j ruinous to their own interests, we shall have a tremendous home market in j England and a bigger surplus than [any other nation to send abroad to pay ! for our raw materials." ! Not only'did Lord Leverhulme see j no prospect that wages Wjould fall in I England but he declared that he did I not wish to see them drop, but would j like to see them go higher, provided j always that production kept pace with j the advance in wages, j Asked by a representative of the Daily Chronicle what he would do to aise money if he were chancellor of he exchequer, Lord . Leverhulme re died: "I should institute a tax on trading >rofits, starting at profits of 2,000 >ounds so as not to hurt the little bus ness. It wouldn't be a graduated tax: hat spoils the whole thing. It would >e a tax of five per cent on all trad ng profits above 2.000 pounds. Now ce what that tax would do. It would simulate industry. A levy on capital ripples industry; but a tax on profits ! )ucks industry up; makes it think tarder and work harder. "Such a tax as I suggest which vould fall on the ordinary sharehold er who would still have to pay income ax. and. if liable, his super-tax. rould have a quickening effect in the viiole region of industry. Income tax s hard on the person with a small "xod income, but it is a stimulus to a nan in business who can easily in ?reasc his profits by thinking more dearly, working much harder, and voting with more faith and courage, 'o. in precisely the like manner, a urofit's tax would act on British in lustry." 10,000 Gcnnan Locomotives Idle. Coblenz, Nov. 23.?Ten thousand ocomotives are idle in the repair :hops ot Germany according to rail road men who conferred recently in Koblenz with Pierrepont B. Noyes, the American representative on the Inter allied rthineland High Commission. The meeting was called for the pur pose of discussing the coal shortage n Germany and the part the railroads ire to play in distributing fuel this .Vinter. The labor representative, at the conference, contended that the Ger man workmen are not holding back n efforts being made to meet the economic difficulties facing the eoun- ] :ry. The chief trouble in repairing j he locomotives, the railroad men as ;erted. was lack of proper raw mater-1 ial which Germany had been unable j o secure since the armistice. The railroad men asserted that the men in the railroad shops realized the responsibilities placed upon them to repair locomotives and that there was; io desire on the part of these work-j men to slow upon this work. The average wage in the railroad j < ?hops is sixteen marks a day. The j j mark, at the present rate of exchange i ' it army headquarters in Coblenz, isj valued at a fraction less than three j and a half cents. j English People Save Coppers for! Christmas. _ v. j London, Nov. 17.?The dearth of, bronze coinage with which London j is now faced is attributed io the ap-1 proach <>f Christmas when many ar ticles that cost a few cents arc bought, j Shopkeepers with no banking account, j ire in t'ne habit of hoarding coppers! until after Christmas. An official at the mint said that they were pouring out more coins' than ever before but that seems to make no difference for the'demand is constautly growing. i CALMER NOW _JN EGYPT Situation In Cairo Generally Improving ; Cairo, Dec. 24.-?The situation here' has generally improved, following the irecent disturbances in which several i persons were killed and others In jured. The demonstrations are sub ; siding. Ills Natal Day. i ' ? "?.??.?-''>, j Thou blessed Christ, the Lord of earth, ! We hail this day that gave Thee birth," j Our hearts, in humble thankfulness^ iWe tune, Thy holy name to bless. ?We thank Thee for Thy wondrous love, j That brought Thee down from Heaven above, j And with Thy coming, Thou brought" est light, JTo shine out o'er earth's darkening j night. j Thou broughtest to this vale of tears, j With all its griefs, and pain, and fears, ;0 holy love, that , with Thee came; | And on human altars lit the flame, g; j Of hope, and peace, and sweet' con tent, v ' ;A wondrous radiance Thou ? hast .lent j To light the path where mortals trod, And turn their footsteps back to-God. jo, holy One, Thou Bethlehem Cnild-j' Who walked with men, pure undefiled. No sin e'er touched Thy holy -faeartr Though in man's sins Thou had a par.t: j For sin Thou came, for sin Thou died, j On Calvary's brow wer't crucified. {Thy dear life's blood flowed on < the Cross, " ? ? ?, ? j Poor man to rescue from his loss. I ? ? ' ? \ ; . V j In agony, and shame, and grief, j Thou died that man might-find relief. i That man from sin might be set free. iTo live, and move, and be in Thee; I ''' . . . -' ' ' v . : ^;Vf i?ut Thou dids't more than Thy life give. N That man might only partly live, ' - Thou conquered death, o'ercame the grave,1 ? I Eternal hope to mortals gave. Thy natal day, O, holy One, I Thou Son of Man, and God*s own Son, I Thy praise and glory shall be great, ( While Thy natal day we celebrate. j Thy love, our hearts shall thrill with I joy. j Thy service shall our hands emp!oj\ j For this glad day we'll spend for Thee, In helpful, Christ-like ministry. And when the sun shall sink to rest,'' Full many a heart, supremely hles?. Will turn in thankfulness to say: -' j "We praise Thee for this Christmas day." ?Rcv? E. W. Reynolds. I Sumter, Dec. 22nd. Smith-Jones Wedding, t Last night the home of Mrs. Dora E. Dennis at 117 South Harvin Street was the scone of a very pretty home wedding, when Mary Louise Smith, second daughter of Mrs. Dennis,; be came the bride of John Ernest JoheS of Columbia. The hall, parlor and dining room were tastefully decorated, the color scheme being carried out in green and white. The bride carried a bou quet of American Beauty roses. * The bridesmaids were Miss Earl Dennis, sister of the bride and Miss Rena Myers, a cousin. The matron of hon or. Mrs. J. F. Powell, of Macon, Ga., the bride's sister, wore a gowti of black georgette and lace. The out-of-town guests were: Mrs, J. F. Powell and daughter France? 6f Macon; J. M. Smith and little daugh ter of Jacksonville and Mrs. S. C. Entenza of Jacksonville. After the ceremony punch was served in the dining room, af.er which a wedding party attended a dance in honor of the bride. The bride and. groom left la.ter for points in North Carolina to visit relatives. For the marriage ceremony ''ilia bride was attired in a traveling suit of blue broad cloth, brown beaver h it. shoes and gloves to match. The ring ceremony was used. K -*v. Ferguson of Broad Street "Methodist Ldiureh officiated. Mrs. Searles at the piano and Mr. Jirard with the violin furnished pret ty and appropriate music. After the honeymoon the young couple will be at home to th dr friends at 1509 Blanding Street, Co lumbia.