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A LIVE PAPER | HP1 N I 11 A LIVE TOWN _ ? 68TH YEAR. NO. 20. SEMINEED MORE MONEY ' > FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL > State Superintendent SwearinKen Wants Increased ApDronri:iti?in? WOILI) RAISE SALARIES In His Report the Superintendent \s'? Increase of $50,000 to (io to County Superindents. Columbia, S. C., Deo. 30.?Tho state department of education, John E. Swearingen, superintendent, is asking for an Increase in appropriations for the support of the public schools of the state in the sum of $253,000. the total amount being asked for the schools for 1919 be lng $770,000. T^or the support of rural graded schools, an increase in the appropriation in tbo sum of $32,500 is recom manned, the total amount asked fori these schools being $220,000. An Increase for high schools in the sum of $.15,000 is recommended, the total a mount asked for high schools be Inir $ 1 20.000. An appropriation of $50,000 fn vocational.training is one of the it-rus in the recommendations which will he submitted to the legisl: ' r . The salaries of county super*!'- , te'ulents of education is also remembered in the recommendations, th j epproprlat'on me"'toned in this con-i nection being for <50.unit half to be paid by the state and half by the counties. For the betterment of the negro, schools, it fs recommended that a| Rpeclal npproprlntton of $20,000 h I made to bo expended .at the dlsoretion of the state Hiipreintendent of' education. Summary Recommendations. Following Is a summary of tho recommendations which will b made to tho legislature at Its np preaching session: For public schools: Rural graded schools. $220,000, Increase $22,600. High schools. $120,000; Incrense $6,000. Equalizing fund for needy schools in districts voting an eight mill tax $126,000; increase, $26,000. Term extension. $60,000; same as last year. Public school buildings. $60,000: compulsory attendance law. with proper exemntlons for individuals and for communities nnd with nd" filiate provls'ons for enforcement ought to be no loirer nnstnoned. "Vocation 1 'mil Indiiat le' train lip In at'rlc'f ?rf. ;n tju. trn<los "ndj Industries n*'i 'n homo economies! ought to be rievelftpod and adeouate-j ly supported. "Proner recognition. professional organ'/:' lion and adequate salaries should he pmvl(l"rt for the county Bunerlotondnet'e ofllcn, "The office of the state snr>e?-ln. lendent should ho fully organized, equipped and manned to perform (Continued on Page 3.) samp as last year Vocational trainlnir, $.r>ft.ftftO;[ new. (Enforcement of comnulaorv at tendance law. If passed, $.'0,000 new. Salaries of countv superintendents of education. to tie nald half hv county and half by state, $30,000; new. Nipht schools and schools for adult Illiterates, $26,000; Increase $15,000. Public school libraries. $3,000 decrease, $2,00 0. School Improvement association and school Improvement prizes $4 000; increase $1,000. Teachers* reirtstratlon and em plovment bureau, $3000; incrca-e $1,000. Total $770,000. Other recommondat ions whirl will be niad'1 e as follows: "A. county hoard fund, to he ex ponded in the discretion of the county hoard of education, for the improvement of the schools, is recommended in every county. To raise this fund, a special levy of one mill In every county Is recommended | The agfireeato nroceeds in the counties would amount to $?.2f>. <wn. "The enactment of a statewide HE L WEEKLY. FLOUR TO BE CHEAPER TO CONSUMER PREDICTED Itosult l?y OMIrials to Fol low ('iincolliitli)n of All Flour Milling Itegiilat ions. Washington, Doc. 30,?Cancella tlon of all ilour milling regulations including fair price schedules and the price of quantity restrictions on the sale of wheat flour hy millers which officials expect will result ? i i lieapor Hour, was formally an nounced hy the food administration. Notification of the action was tele graphed to all zone agents of the food administration's grain corpora tion and there was a sharp rise in the price of wheat bran and other! mill feeds on the Minneapolis mar kets, which officials expect to be fol lowed by a drop in flour prices. General regulations of the fooi administration prohibiting profiteer ing hoarding and unfair practices would bo strictly enforced, official said. The predicition of cheaper floUr to the consumer, it was stated at the food administration, is based on the immediate rise today in the price of mill feeds, amounting to several dollars a ton. * SOLDIER SMOKED UP HIS ENGLISH PAPER MONEY lie mid l'is Comriulcs Thought 111 Shilling Tissue Taper Notes WVrc Cigarette Wrappers. l.o"(! n. Hoc. 3ft.?Rptnn' ti A merle for tli?? American ?'>ldiers who have camped in England for half a year without over seeing the Front h front means a return to a, 'and where paper money looks like their idea of money. One disconso late private was accosted at Eagl Hut, London, the big Y. M. C. A center: "What's the matter, son?" asked a Red Triangle secretary. "I was just thinking I'd like some of those pancakes, sir." the private answered mournfully. "And you're broke, heh?" the Red Triangle man guessed from long ex perience. "Yes, sir." "Keen a long time since pay day?' "No, sir, we were paid last Saturday." "Lost your money?" "Well, you might call it that." "Stolen?" .iw, mi. i imi Mr, llltTf* W51S some of us walking homo last night and I palled out my cigarette* an n- ssod thorn around. I thought thoy tasted a hit funny, at the time. And then this morning I discovered that I'd burned up all tny money. Tt v s those blame little ten shilling notes, made out of tissue paper." HOOVER WILL NOT TALK TO A PAIR OF HERMANS He Invites Two Huns Who Want Negotiate l-'or l-'oo?l Supplier "to ( it to Hell." | Washington, Dee. 30 Food Ad nrnistrator lloovor, in Kurope, ar ranging relief for the peoples of the war-devastated territories, has re fu < d in emphatic terms to ciiscns C'erman food conditions with Karon von der Lancken and Dr. Rieth who songht a meeting with the food ad mlnist rater. A message from Paris said theso two German officials. who were prominent in the German adminis. I tration of Relginm, wived from Rer tin to Waiter Ionian Brown, director of the commission for relief In llel 'rluni that they had been appointed hv the German government to nogoK 14. I,-1 * h \1.- 11r-. ... ?* nuia 4?i i . inniTri I'M MMMI plies. In ansvvrr to the reiyiest for a conference, Mr. Hoover sent this message: "You can describe two and a half years of arrogance toward ourselves ard cruelty to the Me'irians in anv I Innjjuai'e you may select, and tell th pair personally to -o to hell with m compliments. It' I do have to dea with Hermans, it will not he with that pair." + Veitro (>'ets Dcn'li Sentence. Sam Johnson, colored, was convlcfed at York ve?'erd?y of crlm'na assault tipon a wh'to Kirl near Fort | Mill and was sentenced to death hv j electrocution January 10. ANCA LANCASTER. S. TUES] DR.S.W. PRYORDIES AT CHESTER HOME Eminent Surgeon and Physioian. Proprietor Magdelene Hospital. THE EM) CAME FRIDAY Pneumonia and Influenza Claims as Victim Noted Surgeon | Well Known in South Caro lina. Cheater, Deo. 3 0.?Dr. Stewart W Pryor died here Friday morning of pneumonia, superinduced by influ enza. Dr. Pryor was a native of Spartanburg county and was born on January 29, 1864. His parents wer Stewart Love Pryor and Suaai Catherin (Haynes) Pryor. Dr Prvor stienf his hnvhnn/t <lotia unnn >..W wwj UM/O UJ??/H the farm, taking every advantage offered by the rural schools. He left the farm in 1881 to accept employ metit in a mercantile establishment at Gaffney. In 1882 he pursued \ course at a well known business col lege at a well known business college at Raltimnre, Md. Returning to Gaffney he was am ployed as a bookkeeper from 1882,-85. Resigning n's ' ool;ke? ping position. Dr. Pryor attended the Atlanta, (la.. Medical co'^ lege, where he was graduated with I high honors in 1 887. lie also pur ! sued 15 postgraduate courses, one annually for 15 years at the New York Polyclinic. Frequently from time to time he took special advanced rouses in surgery at Mayo Brothers, at Rochester, Minn., where he was held in the highest esteem both pro fessionnlly and personally by theso eminent surgeons. Pr. Pryor following graduation at Atlanta practiced medicine at Cherokee Springs, soon afterwards moving to Lowryville, in Chester county, where he stayed several months. He then came to Chester, where he was destined to become a foremost surgeon. From the start in Chester his ability, skill and resourcefulness as a physician and surgeon were quickly recognize! and he speedily built up a large and lucrative practice. After a few .?< < i n iniinin' in iiiini-iiv i' r rrynr s skill in sundry and other branches of medicine hocan to attract patients from all sections of the Carolina^ and he built a combined hospital and residence in order to care for them. Soon this hospital became inadequate and in.l'iOt erected a tarpe hospital with every modern equipment or\ Saluda street, which he I named Maedalene. Tn March. I'dti, this hospital was destroved hv lire. Tn about six months followinp the destruction of the hospital Or. T'ryor had rushed fhromrh to completion a mnpniflcent hospital on York street, said to he complete in every respect. It represents an exnyttdi tore of approximately $ 1 ">n,Ortrt. Hi ellaritv work alone at his hospita mounted into the thousands of delta rs. Mr I'ryor several yenrs niro wa h'chly complimented bv he'ns: elect od to momhershin in tbe American Co'Ioro of Suruenns Refore this distinguished body Dr. I'ryor ha road notablo papers. Ho has hoon one r?f tho loading surgeons of tho Seaboard Air Dine "ailway for many yoars. and has h?on surgeon-in-chief of tho fan lt"a & Northwestern Railway for von rs. Dr I'ryor was a president of tho Chester County Medieal Association, chairman of the board of heoMh ami had boon vice president of the South Carolina Medical Association. II" wis also a member of tho Trl-State Medical Association. Dr. I'ryor has achieved a wide reputation on appendicitis ope?a i curs in awniwn ro iiomir an emt 'l- nt surgeon Pr Prvor was nno of ho Invest planter1- In the Cam Unas. lit* was one of Chester's most snerossfnl business men and wn prominently eonne-ted with difTer1 ent business Interests. Pr. Prvor was a consistent mem tier of Bethel Methodls* I'p'scona rhnreh and was alw?v< Interested in the net.vtfte.s of that denomination, lioth locally and throughimt th state. lie was a Knight Templar and (Continued on Page Three.) DAY, DECEMUEIt 31. ID 18. THF. INAUGURATION If m mmmm a* II * W \J Vltl 1 1 1VH OF COOPER JAN. 21L Improvement in Educational i Facilities Kevnote of InI! c augural Address. i, J II LENGTHEN SCHOOL TER'l V j Increased Pay for Teachers and County Superintended \V Also Will He Recommended By the New Governor. adult Illiterates, either by night schools or other organizations. ^ The governor-elect will stress in 1)1 his inaugural address a revision of flt the tax laws of the state, bj^-the substitution of a budget system and the elimination of the present state levy s' The revenue for the state govern " sc ment and institutions. under his ci theory, should be apportioned among the counties by a state budge boa rd. of Mr. Cooper believes in co-opera J(i ;i tion with the other co-ordinate branches of the government and| ,|( with the heads of the various state!. t< departments. It is his idea to hold frequent "cabinet" meetings with 1 the other state niiiciais and at such j conferences the needs and wants of | ttie government and the problem* | encountered l>v all the department* It ij can he discussed around tie- tab. ,| amicably. l?l titni A ? T ** * iv.i l .A |'\KIS SEE RUN FOR THE COINTRYI ? I I Derision of I'ntonte \oi t?? lnt?>r vein' Kxlrn-ivolj Dis'-out-mos AntMtolshcviki. ,j Pari". Dor. 30. The roront an '' nouncei lent by French Foreign Min I m later Pichon that tlio entente had d?-i elded against oxtens'vo military in( terventlon in Russia at present has , had a discouraging effect upon Fo 0! mer Premiers l.vofT and Kokvsoff and other prominent Russians win ^ are in conference here. This ma ' be said despite tlie fact that thev *' ... . .. . I t< d (l not expect an immediate response to their appeals, because of the lack f ejo'cition of the forces opposed I.-.O o.: --- J a I < < i i n i lilt" IIIilDMllV of the renin!!' provisional covern f I T merits to co-ordinate their movet r ments. I'nrmer I lor Rvoff. chi" ^ spokesman of the Russian croup in Pars. 11 re es ana Inst delay in any , extension of the entente milita n ninv'tiiPiil there because it won I tend to enlarce Molsheviki temioiv , ' I and would play into th<> hands o ( the t: tti tns who are plannlnc ' " r the domination of Russia throui'i co-operation with the Ilolsheviki. + PI Itcd Cross Report Friday. The final tabulated report of the' Red Cross Chi stmas Roll Call could not he prepared in time for this issno and will appear in the issue of ci Friday. IM Columbia, S. C\. Dec. 30.?Im provement in educational facilities a minimum school term of seven months and increased pay for teachers and county superintendents of education, with adequate appropria- ja tions for education, will be the key- th note of the inaugural address of ,jj Robert A. Cooper, governor-elect of p8 South Carolina, who will be inducted or into office on January 21, unless u, sickness or some other unforeseen {-lf cause prevents. The governor-elect, bearing out hi the principles enunciated in his various campaigns, desires to make his of administration stand out as the ed ic i.i. <1<1W11<11 <m 111 uusirauon in the his pi tory of the state. tr Mr. Cooper believes, and he \v:'l " ; so announce his belief in his inane:- s'" ml address, that the future prosper!- w tv and progress of South Carolina depend on an improved educations system, lie will contend for a state- ": wide compulsory attendance la<\ without the present local option f? a ni tures. to afTeet children between the ' ages of 8 and I t years, with proper machinery for enforcement. He will urge a more efficient school organ - 0:1 zation for the, 45 counties. Increased pay for the low-salaried teachers and Pl county superintendents, and ade rt quale facilities for the education of nl New SUH o\ iloi it tum.w. | Tin- New s its inaliilit> it |?ro<lun> llir siuitdiiril si/?* paer today, lint illiioss lilts |'<mIu<?hI Im? iiircliauiral lone to out' man ?the liiiolvnc oiii'f.-itof 1 <onu, liis w iI? and M'vcriil of Ills 11i 1 11 en arc confined to tlwir ome and ffo* business of tiiakiii;v ip payes and printini; them lias illi'ii to the linotype operator and he editor. We hope h\ lrtda.\ to ;ct hack to normal eonditions. ANTS A LAW TO CURB THE SALE OF EXTRACTS .-mm "hu?t nujs i rune ucciirs l?> Itcasnn of (iiiMil of Druggists in Silling Disguised Intoxicants. Columbia. S. C., Dor. 30.?Th.it ws should bo enacted to prevent e sale of alcohol as an intoxicant sguised under the name of some itent medicine, or Jamaica ginge lemon extract is the opinion o r. James A. Hayne, state health of er, who calls the attention of the moral assembly to this matter iu s annual report. There has been an enormous sale various extracts and socalied tons containing alcohol during the ist year, and much drunkenness is aceahle to this source. Kmpty botes bearing extract labels can be rii by the scores in locations wlierel aste accumulates, and it goes with ' I ii mivhik inni not :i11 or tire con nts of t!ir? bottles wont to the ivorine of cukes a 11 <1 sweet meats. An excerpt from Dr. llavne's > lal report. under the heading ' -'nod and Drugs." reads as fol wr : "This important work, namely the [trying out of the pure food and "tig law. devolves upon the rie-j irtment of agrirulture. but thej rgulations governing the carrying] it of the law are formulated by Ihe ate hoard of health. We believe tat co-operation between these deirtments would effect much good i improving the situation in thi ate. "Laws should be enacted to pre ?nt the sale of alcohol as an intoxant, disguised under the name of >me patent medicine, or as Jamaici Inger. hay rum. or lemon extra't nch drunkenness and crimo occur this state on account of the greed some druggists in selling these intxicants. "I* is believed that this genera isrmh'v will enact laws adequate ? <1 ?>a 1 with 'his situation." ERM \N DEMOCR A TS \SK FOR A I'M TED DERM ANY omorratir I'lirl* Appeals for the i'liion of All I.i*?? ? ;?I I'arfi'-s ami Adopts a Platform. Coidon*/ Hoc :!h. \j - > als for <1 i nion of ail liberal I>:?115 -t v\hi h do ro a republic ami do not w ish tl < >?w t',"rinany to tail into tho hands thor of react'on irics or sorial'st ' or.- tnado a' a moot inp Snndav f to fS< rmnn democratic party, which i ?. <>{.i,t(i jji Coition/ to adopt :n hit in Tli? jwfy desires a united (lor iany, including Gorman Auatra: ill t'ify before tlic law of citizens r all classes, male and female; fn eam of thought and religion; a free ress and free speech, but no arhl ary attacks on the rights of the lurch Families with many chil ren. it is declared should he pro >cted from excessive taxation So that the burdens m iy lie born>, roog industry and healthv trad re necessary. as well as freedom oi tide from the'fetters <f -i r indus <s. T>ie abolition of war indusier is desired. The party advocates tie- 1 ivic: of ee peasants on free soil OfTio'nl ! ust he insured a livelihood, in or-' fv to insure g o.| service. There' iUwt bo svmp: '' tic oaro for tho a'- wur dot! and fm tho -!r?r 1 fn*' tho f;? 1 *?*n m>' 1 fis. \hioh would' ruiid" .i point of honor in tho ' f m;im I'pon th - p'-'tform. it was nn? miiui '1, tho (Jornian do:,w>. rat! irt\ will *tand in tho national as mlily. Ihinco Thiir*aliiv Tii" I :i'u:igf?r fotillion club will vf> a Now Yoar's (lanoo in tho aokey opora house Thursday nicht. j ' " * '"> tF\\ I COTTON TODAY s CSzJr 29 CENTS I i SCRIPT I ON $2.00 A YEAR j GREAT WELCOME TO WILSON IN LONDON Clamorous (J reeling CJiven the President When He Appears at Kind's Palace. DAY ril.LGI) NY1TII EVENTS .Never Such a Creetinj> Ever (liven ;i Cues! of Finland? * Events Constituted Historic Tribute. London, Dor. 30. The groat moment of President Wilson's first ilriv in Kngland was when he stood with tho king and queen and Mrs? Wilson in the balcony of Bucking-* ham palace Thursday, facing a muU titude which stretched down tho Mall to tlie nrtmiraHir liolf " m,lA distant, and overflowed St. James' park on one side and Green park" on the other. Only a corporal's guard coultl hear the President's brief speech, hut the people, who had demanded that he show himself, gave him a greeting more clamorous than any other guest of the nation has commanded within the memory of the oldest Londoners. The day's events constitute a tribute to the President and tlte t'nited States which will he historic. Tim otllci;?1 ceremonials :i recej tion by the Pi vet corporation and tin navy, the welcome at the station b\ tho royal family ,and thn ch'ef official* i>f the etnr' ?*. and the state progress through the heart of London-?were colored with touches of medieval pageantry even to tho crimsoncoated beef eaters from the tower, bearing halberds which tho Hrittuh people cherish. That the central figure of the royal procession mi quaint state carriages, attended by a military escort and household officials. should he a civilian wearing a black coat and silk hat gave a flavor of novelty to the scene. QI'ICK AMI SMOOTH 1*.\SS.\C?K KIIOM ru\\< K TO K\<;i.\\l? Dover, Dec. SO.?The steamer Prighton. on which the President crossed the channel, had a quick and smooth passage, and arrived at Dover just about midday. She was met at Calais by Sir Charles Oust tlio kine's eit errv, and Virp-Admfrnl Sir Roper Keves. who accompanied the party to Dover. Four French (lest roves escorted the P.righ'op to mid-channel whom aitplam - took .vi" the duty. tho H-iehton entered th< harbor the s: into in honor o' t' i> Presided \v;t- fired from Wnvi-r eastlo, 'i'hli was the first tin ?> - in the l)p? -in" n" of the war that, this honor Ins heon neeoi fed any visitor. Tho lf< : '!it'in'? i>aT>1 wa t'onr t'- lino of shii>s of tiie famous Dover petrol, II .if wh'i-h were fl' ng American flays iinl their crews 1 nlng th? rails. Ttio lo.flds ? hi''1 w hen the . orj v is su'ht ! had p tye 1 "<I'>d Se.va the K'n ' n. iw tool- n?> "The Star Spangled Banner," each ship's con* pnnv standing at attention In reply to tiie .idd'-e . .( veleome I'les'di'M Wilson said: "Mr. Mayor, you have eevtainlvr extended to nto and to those wtio ;? ? nccomnanyin e me a very cordial *nd gracious hand of welcome. Even tlio sea was kind to us this morning and gave us a very pleasant passage so that it tallied perfectly with our expectations of the pleasure we should have in landing in England. "We have pone through main serious times together and. th renre, we can regard each other in a nowlight as comrades and associates, because nothing brines men together like a common understand:n - and a common purpose. I think that in spite of all the t rvihh- uff< -ings and sacrifices of thi war we shall some day in looking back upon them roalvo tlint t'mv %vor<> worth while, not only boon oho of ?h< no lit thoy a vo tho v-nr'd nKu'r t n< : 11 t acr'nn but aU boom of the unrlot-?tant1 're-' thov ? :?* 1 i b 1 ^o wren proat i>:it:o'> \ i< h 1 lit to art with each rubor In i' ?>ornvtn< nt maintenance of justice mil of rinht is *h? oforo w h ' ' < of peculiar prrnttfloatlnn that I find mvsolf hove. It nfft r. 1 th" opt- ?* * unity to mntrh my mind with the minds (Continued on Page 3.) 4