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WAR BRINGS NEW TASKS AND DUTIES President Points Out Big Prob lems Which Confront Congress. MUST OPEN GATES OF TRADE I Ships to Carry Goods to Empty Mar kets Is Imperative Necessity? Our National Defense Lies in Our Citizenry?Need of Economy! Washington, Dec. 8.?The new tasks 11 nAT) tllO TTrHfpH CbJLiU UUUC3 lUipUQVU w ? States as a result of the European war occupied the greater portion of Presi dent Wilson s message to congress read today before a joint session of the two houses. The message follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: The session upon which you are now entering will be the closing session of the Sixty-third congress, a congress, I venture to say, which will long be re membered for the great body of thoughtful and constructive work which it has done, in loyal response to the thought and needs of the coun try. I should like in this address to re view the notable .record and try to make adequate assessment of it; but no doubt we stand too near the work that has been done and are ourselves too much part of it to play the part of historians toward it. Moreover, our thoughts are now more of the future than of the past. While we have worked at our tasks of peace the circumstances of the whole age have been altered by war. What we have done for our own land and our own people we did with the best that was in us, whether of char acter or of intelligence, with sober enthusiasm and a confidence in the principles upon which we were acting which sustained us at every step of the difficult undertaking; but it is ; done. It has passed from our hands, i It is now an established part of the legislation of the country. Its useful ness, its effects, will disclose them- i selves in experience. What chiefly i strikes us now, as we look about us ] during these closing days of a year ] which will be forever memorable in < the history of the world, is that we 1 face new tasks, have been facing them s these six months, must face them in ( the months to come?face them with- i tw^oan fnnllncr ljlra mon whrt } VUV poi Vioau ?? -W have forgotten everything but a com mon duty and the fact that we are representatives of a great people whose thought is not of us but of what America owes to herself and to all mankind in such circumstances as these upon which we look amazed and anxious. * Europe Will Need Our Help. War has interrupted the means of trade not only but also the processes of production. In Europe it is destroy ing men and resources wholesale and upon a scale unprecedented and ap palling. There is reason to fear that the time is near, if it be not already at hand, when several of the coun tries of Europe will find it difficult to do for their people what they have hitherto been always easily able to do, many essential and fundamental things. At any rate they will need our heln and our manifold services as they have never needed them before; and we should be ready, more fit and ready than we have ever been. It is of equal consequence that the nations whom Europe has usually sup plied with innumerable articles of manufacture and commerce can now get only a small part of what they for merly imported and eagerly look to us to supply their all but empty mar kets. This is particularly true of our own neighbors, the states, great and small, of Central and South America. Here are markets which we must sup ply, and we must find the means of ac tion. | The United States, this great people for whom we speak and act, should be ready, as never before, to serve itself and to serve mankind; ready with its resources, its energies, its forces of production, and its means of distribution. ' We Need Ships. It is a very practical matter, a mat ter of ways and means. We have the resources, but are we fully ready to use them? And if we can make ready what we have, have we the means at hand to distribute it? We are not fully ready; neither have we the means of distribution. We are willing, but we are not fully able. We have the wish to serve and to serve greatly, geiier- \ ? /* /?*?/\ ? */-?+ nwAno QO Y? A UUSl^ , UUi v. c aic nui **? t. ^ < should be. We are not read}' to mo- ( bilize our resources at once. We are < not prepared to use them immediately ' and at their best, without delaj and j without waste. 1 To speak plainly we have grossly j QUEER FOOD OF FILIPINOS!1 Three Thousand Tons of Dried Grass-: hoppers Marketed Annually in Philippines. i i "Dried grasshoppers are used as I food in the Philippine islands," saia Henry Jackson Waters, president of the college, in a talk before the agri cultural society of the Kansas State Agricultural college. "Three thou sand tons of grasshopper? are mar HAD EXCITING TWO MONTHS In That Time Brindle Bull Terrier Rose From Obscurity to Recog nized Place on Stage. Two months ago Buster, a little brindle Boston ball terrier, was lost from his homo, ile belonged to Rob ert Owen, 311 North Hardesty< ave nue. One day he was picked up by the city "dog catcher" and taken to the pound to be sold or killed. It ap peared to be the end of Buster, says erred in the way in which we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine. And now, when we need ships, we have not got them. I have come to ask you to remedy and correct these mistakes and omis sions. The time and the circumstances are extraordinary, and so must our ef forts be also. Use and Con&ervation. Fortunately, two great measure3, finely conceived, the one to unlock, with proper safeguards, the resources of the national domain, the other to encourage the use of the navigable water outside that domain for the generation of power, have already passed the house of representatives and are ready for immediate consider ation and action by the senate. With the deepest earnestness I urge their prompt passage. And there is another great piece of legislation which awaits and should receive the sanction of the senate: I mean the bill which gives a larger measure of self-government to the peo ple of the Philippines. I cannot believe that the senate will let this great measure of constructive justice await the action of another congress. Its passage would nobly crown the record of these two years of memorable la bor. An Important Duty. But I thin': that you will agree with me that this does not completa the toll of our duty. How are we to carry our goods to the empty markets of which I have spoken if we have not the certain and constant means of transportation upon which all profit able and useful commerce depends? And how are we to get the ships if we wait for the trade to develop with out them? The routes of trade must be actually opened?by many ships and regular sailings and moderate charges?before streams of "merchandise will flow free ly and profitably through them. Must Open Gatep of Trade. * Hence the pending shipping bill, discussed at the last session, but as yet passed by neither house. In may juagment sucn legitsiauou *a imycio tively needed and can not wisely be postponed. The government must open these gates of trade, and open them wide; open them before it is altogether profitable to open them, or altogether reasonable to ask private capital to open them at a venture, ft is'not a question of the government monopolizing the field. It should take iction to make it certain that trans- , portation at reasonable rates will be promptly provided, even where the carriage is not at first profitable; and :hen, when the carriage has become sufficiently profitable to attract and jngage private capital, and engage it n abundance, the government ought :o withdraw. I very earnestly hope ;hat the congress will be of this opin on, and that both houses will adopt his exceedingly important bill. The great subject of rural credits still remains to be dealt with, apd , t is a matter of deep regret that the lifflculties of the subject have seemed :o render it impossible to,complete i bill for passage at this session. But t can not be perfected yet, and there lore there are no other constructive neasures the necessity for which I will at this time call your attention :o; but I would be negligent of a ' irery manifest duty were I not to call :he attention of the senate to the fact ' :hat the proposed convention for safe- ' :y at sea awaits its confirmation and that the limit fixed in the convention itself for its acceptance is the last ; lay of the present month. Charting of Our Coasts. There is another matter of which [ mu6t make special mention, if I am ;o discharge my conscience, lest it should escape your attention. It may ; seem a very small thing. It affects jnly a single item of appropriation. But many human lives and many ;reat enterprises hang upon it. It is the matter of making adequate provision for the survey and charting 1 if our coasts. : It is immediately pressing and exi- 1 ;ent in connection with the immense ; coast line of Alaska. This is a mattev 1 svhich, as I have said, seems small, 1 but is in reality very great. Its im- 1 portance has only to be looked into 1 to be appreciated. j Economy Is Urged. Before I close, may I say a few words upon two topics, much dis- [ cussed out of doors, upon which it is aighly important that our judgments should be clear, definite and steadfast. 1 3ne of these is economy in govern ment expenditures. The duty of econ jmy is not debatable. It is manifest md important. In the appropriations we pass we are spending the money 3f the great people whose servants we are?not our own. We are trus tees and ^sponsible stewards in the 'pending. The only thing debatable md upon which we should be careful to m<e our thought and purpose clear is the kind of economy demand ed of us. I assert with the greatest confidence that the people of the United States are, not jealous of the amount their government costs if they ar?i sure that they get what they need and desire for the outlay, that keted in Manila in a year. "There is a grasshopper plague every ten years in the Philippines." said President Waters, "and the problem of combating the grasshop peis in a warm climate like the Phil ippines is more difficult than in coun tries where cold weather sei vos as a check. "There are many acres of unset tled country which serve as breeding places for the grasshopp i**s. The method used in capturing the grass hoppers is to organize a drive. A the Kansas City Times. Last week an act at the Globe the ater was almost put out of commis sion by the death of one of the dogs used in a basketball stunt. The own er of the act went to the dog pound. There he picked out a brindle terrier from the lot of homeless dogs which had been gathered. He paid $;"> for him. The curtain went up on the dog act at the Globe last Thursday. Almost simultaneously a man and his daugh ter sitting in the second row jumped i the money is being spent for object* of which they approve, and that it ik being applied with good business sense ^nd management. The sort of economy we ought to practice may be effected, and ought to be effected, by a careful study and assessment of the tasks to be per formed; and the money spent ought to be made to yield the best possible returns in efficiency and achievement. And, like good stewards, we should so account for every dollar of our ap propriations as to make it perfectly evident what it was spent for and in what way it was spent. It is not expenditure but extrava gance that we should fear being criti cized for; not paying for the legiti mate enterprises and undertakings of a great government whose people command **hat it should do, but add ing what will benefit only a few or pouring money out for what need not have been undertaken at all or might have been postponed or better and more economically conceived and car ried out. The nation i& not niggardly; St is very generous. It will chide us only if we forget for whom we pay money out and whose money it is we pay. These are large and general stand ards, but they are not very difficult of application to particular cases. The Natural Defense. The other topic I shall take leave to mention goes deeper into the princi ples of our national life and policy. It is the subject of national defense. It cannot be discussed without first answering some very searching ques tions. It is said in some quarters that we are not prepared for war. What is meant by being prepared? It is meant that we are not ready upon brief no tice to put a nation in the field, a na tion of men- trained to arms? Of course we are not ready to do that: and we shall never be in time of peace so long as we retain our pres ent political principles and institu tions. And what is it that it is sug gested we should bp prepared to do? To defend ourselves against attack? We have always found means to do that, and shall find Ihem whenever it is necessary without calling our peo ple away from their necessary tasks to render compulsory military service in times of peace. Allow me to speak with great plain ness and directness upon this great matter and to avow my convictions with deep earnestness. I have tried to know what America is, what her people think, what they are, what they most cherish, and hold deer, I hope that some of their finer passions are in my own heart, some of the , great cqnceptions and desires which gave biHh to this government and which have made the voice of this people a voice of peace and hope and libertv amone the neoDles of the world, and that, speaking my own thoughts, I shall, at least m part, speak theirs also, however, faintly and inadequately, upon this vital matter. Fear No Nation. We are at peace with all the world. No one who speaks counsel based on fact or drawn from a just and candid interpretation of realities can say that there iB reason for fear that from any quarter our indepen dence or the integrity of our territory is threatened. Dread of the power of any other nation we are incapable of. We are not jealous pf rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. We mean to live our lives as we will; but we mean also to let live. We /are, indeed, a true friend to all the-nations of the world, because we threaten none, covet the possessions of none, desire the overthrow of none. Our friend ship can be accepted and is accepted without reservation, because It is of fered in a spirit and for a purpose which no one need ever question or 3uspect. Therein lies our greatness. We are the champions of peace and Df concord. And we should be very jealous of this distinction which we have sought to earn. Just now we 3hould be particularly jealous of it, because it is our dearest present hope that this character and reputation may presently, in God's providence. bring us an opportunity to counsel and obtain peace in the world ?.nd reconciliation and a healing settle ment of man a matter that has cooled and interrupted the friendship of nations. This is the time above all others when we should wish and re solve to keep our strength by self-pos session, our influence by preserving our a'ncient principles of action. Ready for Defense. From the first we have had a clear and settled policy with regard to military establishments. We never have had, and while we retain our present principles and ideals we never shall have, a large standing army. If asked, are you ready to defend yourselves? We reply, most assured ly, to the utmost; and yet we shall not turn America into a military camp. We will not ask our young men to spend the best years of their lives making soldiers of themselves. There is another sort of energy in us. It will know how to declare itself and large shallow tank Is construct id which has wings of galvanized iron The tank is filled with kerosene The natives then start the drive three or four miles away and close in gradual-1 ly, driving the grasshoppers befo'e them into the tank. The grasshop pers am then dried and sent to mar ket. J .If the Filipinos would use Profes-^ sor Dean's method of poisoned bran rnash, it would provo more effective, i believes President Waters, than the system which is used. from their seats and rushed to (he rear of the theater, where Louis Op penstein, owner of the theater, stood "Did this act start here in Kansas City?" asked the excited man. "Why, no; they're from New York," Mr. Oppenstein said. "Well, my name's Owen, and there's a dog on the stage there that looks like one I lost two months ago," he returned. "May we go back and see?" So the man, his daughter, and Mr. Oppenstein went back. When the door leading directly onto the stage make Itself effective should occasion arise. And especially when half the world is on fire we shall be careful to make our moral insurance against the spread of the conflagration very definite and certain and adequate in deed. Let us remind ourselves, therefore, of the only thing we can do or will do. We must depend in every tiiue of national peril, in the future as in the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but \4p0n a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms. It will be right enough, right 1 American policy, based upon our* ac customed principles and practices, to provide a system by which every citizen who will volunteer for the training may be made familiar with the use of modern arms, the rudi ments of drill and maneuver, and the maintenance and sanitation of camps. We should encourag^ such training and make it a means of discipline which our young men will learn to value. It is right that we should pro vide it not only, but that we should make it as attractive as possible, and j so induce our young men to undergo it at such times as they can command , a little freedom and can seek, the ] physical development they need, for . more health's sake, if for nothing , ??? '-1? ? ?? ?~ ? V*ww nVl more. Hi very lueajia uy wuitu ouuu things can be stimulated is legitimate* and such a method smacks of true American ideas. It is a right, too, that the National Guard of the states should be developed and strengthened ?y every means which is not incon sistent with our obligations to our own people or with the established policy of our government. And this, also, not because the time or occasion specially calls for such measures, but because it should be our constant pol icy to make these provisions for our national peace and safety. More than this carries with it a re versal of the whole history and char acter of our polity. More than this, proposed at this time, permit me .to say, would mean merely that we had lost our self-possession, that we had been thrown off our balance by a war with which he have nothing to do, whose causes cannot touch us, whose very existence affords us opportun ities of friendship and disinterested service which should make us ashamed of any thought" of hostility or fearful preparation for trouble. Ships Our Natural Bulwarks. A powerful navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of navy to build? We feh&ll take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or of provo cation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. When will the ex perts tell us just what kind we should construct?and when will they be right for ten years together, if the relative efficiency of craft for differ ent kinds and uses continues to change as we have seen it change under our very eyes in these last few months? But I turn away from the subjec It is not new. There is no new neoi to discuss it. "\Ve shall not alter o*r attitude toward it because some amongst us are nervous and excited. We shall easily and sensibly agreo such a policy of defense. THe cjues- 4 tion has not changed its aspects be cause the times are not normal. Our policy will not be for an occasion. I It will be conceived 'as a permanent and settled thing, which we will pur sue at all seasons, without haste and after a fashion perfectly consistent with the peacq of the world, the abid ! ing friendship of states, and the un hampered freedom of all with whom we deal. Let there be no misconcep tion The country has been misin formed. We have not been negligent of national defense. We are not un mindful of the great responsibility resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by the lesson of every experi ence and every new circumstances; and what is needed will be adequately done. Great Duties of Peace. I close, as I began, by reminding you of the great tasks and duties of peace which challenge our best pow er3 and invite us to build what will last, the tasks to which we can address ourselves now and at all times the free-hearted zest and with all the fin- j est elfts of constructive wisdom we , possess. To develop our life and our resources; to supply our own people, and the people of the world as their need arises, from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marts of trade; to enrich the commerce of our own states and of the world with the prod ucts of our mines, our farms, and our factories, with the creations of our thought and the fruits of our charac ter?this is what will hold our atten tion and our enthusiasm steadily, now and in the years to come, as we strive to show in our life as a nation what liberty and the inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for men and for societies, for individuals, for states, and for mankind. Russian Woman Martyr. Mrs. Catherine Breshkovsky, known as "Baboushka," or grandmother to the Russians, has been ordered to some point on the arctic circle, after having been imprisoned at Irkutsk for trying to escape. She is seventy years old and was sentenced to the life of a convict because of her anarchistic E activities. Several years ago she ! marlft a lerture trmr nf the United ^ i States. Is love an asset or a liability? was opened there was one loud yelp from the little brindle dog. He jumped lirst into the arms of Mr. Owen, then nibbt-rt against the daughter, wlii.iing all the while. "Yes, -M^Nyours." said Mr. Oppen stein. And now Buster bnrk at \,ome after two of the most extujng months of his life?all the' way from an out cast In the; most exciting moiiu*aoi j his life?all the way from an outcfc>v in the street to a full-fledged actrx os p the vaudeville stage. MARKET REPORTS TO BE COMPILED DEMONSTRATION AGENTS ARE TO FURNISH QUOTATIONS ON COTTON, ETC. PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Carolina Col lected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prova of Interest to All Our Readers. Columbia. A market report service is to be Inaugurated by Clemson College and the United States farm demonstra tion work, according to an announce ment by W. W. Long, state agent. Re ports are to be giveo weekly from &very county in the state. "We know too much theory and not enough fact about marketing conditions in ' South Carolina," said Mr. Long "The great bar to mal*ket Ig progress is that one corner of the state is utterly ignorant of what mother corner is paynig for cotton seed or pork or corn or beef or butter w any other product which our faam ws have to sell. "in view of this situation, Clem ?on college proposes to give to the public each week the essential mar keting facts from every county in the state, arranging in parallel columns in such a manner that valuable com parisons wiU be strongly impressed >n the mind. As an experiment, a table of cotton and cottonseed figures sra3 compiled from quotations, re vived by telegraph at the same hour Saturday, December 5, from every jounty demonstration agent in South Carolina. The table is attached to iis statement: "In the weekly market reports which we expect to compile we hope x) give information on two grades of :otton. on cotton seed, pork, beef, 5orn and butter. Each Saturday the :ounty demonstration agent will re port to Clemson College the prices of !ered that day on his market The able will go to press as soon there Uier dtf yia,**.uaxhjio. "The public is asked to be indulgent with the reports in the beginning, since it is altogether a new under ;aking for our agents and in many jases they will have to get their in formation from others. "We expect to make no commenti >n the market reports. The facts will )e given plainly with greai care for iccuracy, and to the press and people xrill be left the task of commenting lpon them and seting about to correct mch errors as they may think exist" t \ 3oard of Education Meeting. The state board of education ad <>urned after a t^o days' session in :he office of the state superintendent )f education. The meeting was call id to conclude the business of the rear, to make high school apportion nents for the session of 1914-15, and o hear appeal cases from Greenwood ind Richland counties. ****-- JUI"" <-Vio nrhrvnls ia lUfcJ CUliUlUUU VA, lighly satisfactory except for the lack >f funds In many districts. In a few :ounties, teachers without certificates lave been employed and in order to lelp such teachers, the board author zed an extra /examination in Janu iry in counties where its need has )een reported, or may be reported, to he stsfte superintendent. ( The list of state aided high school showed 135 communities taking ad vantage of state high school aid. In )rangeburg, Anderson and Spartan >urg high school development will be landicapped unless the present law is imended. want urain naito mwU%.w?w. Reduction of grain rates to South Atlantic ports, especially Charleston, vill be discussed at a conference in Columbia on January 6. The meeting las been called by John G. Richards, :hairman of the railroad commission, icting upon the petition of B. F. Mc leod, president of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. Decisions of the Supreme Court. J The State vs. Victor Kearse, ap >ellant. Appeal abandoned. Barrett & Co., respondent, vs. H. ). Still et al., appellants. Barrett & 3o., respondents, vs. Marion M. Still it al., appellants. The two above itated cases continued. J. F. Ritter, respondent, vs. At antic Coast Line Railroad company 5t al., appellants. Transferred to I Eleventh circuit. Order filed. W. M. McCue, respondent, vs. Southern Railway company, appel-1 ant. Continued. James J. Dicks, respondent, vs. | -lomer G- Cassels, appellant. E. P.! lenderson for appellan-t. H. W. Herlong, respondent, vs. ' Jnited States Fidelity company, ap-! >ellants. Dismissed for want of pros >cution. Adele Altnvan, respondent, vs. Charleston & western uaronna nan-1 vay company, appellant. J. B. Park i or appellant. J. W. Vincent for re ipondent. J. W. Manuel in reply. Town of Denmark, appellant, vfc. f. H. Robinson. J. Wesley Crum for ippellant. James E. Davis for re ipondent. Paul Williams, respondent, vs. An ite Weekley, appellant. Continued. Town of Denmark, appellant, vs. M. ). Corley, respondent. J. Wesley j >nm, Jr., for appellant. James E. )avijs for respondent. E. P. Carter, respondent, vs. West >rn Union Telegraph company, appel ant. Team Gettys for appellants. ,V. B. DeLoach for respondent. Mr. rettys in reply. Alive V. Vance, respondent, vs Carolina A. Ferguson, appellant, fames S. Verner and Alva DePass for ippellant F. Wm. Cappleman and Names New Men Fop Registrar*. Owing to the Recent decision of the attorney general that magistrates could not under the constitution hold the positions of local registrats under 1 the vital statistics law. James A. Hayne, M. D., state registrar, is now engaged in appointing and commis sioning those persons recommended by the clerks of court In the stale. Dr. , Hayne wrote letters to each clerk of court, asking them to name registrars for each township In their respective counties, "and has received answers from 26 out of the 44 clerks. Among the counties not yet heard from are Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, and Richland, the four largest in the state. An extra force will be put to work In the office of the bureau of vital statistics to mail out birth and death certificates and other printed matter to all physicians and appointees as local registrars In South Carolina. It is hoped that the law will be put into force in the major part of the state by January 1. While in Jacksonville last week, I attending the meeting of the Amen 1 can Public Health association, Dr. I Hayne conferred with Dr. Cressy L. j Wilbur of the federal census bureau I and Dr. Lapham, the new head of the ! bureau of vital stitistics, and succeed ed in securing the aid of an expert, | from the department, who will come , to Columbia in the near future/ Urges Farmers to Save Cowpeas. State Demonstration Agent W. W. Long, of Clemson College, who Lb now engaged in making a tour of the state ae a final course in the grain cam .! paign the extension division of Clem son college has conducted this au ! tumn, is eager for South Carolina farmers to realize the value of their cowpeas at this- time and to save all the. cowpeas they can get their hands on. The reason for this is that, in or der to get the greatest benefits from j sowing their lands to grain this win ter, farmers should sow the grain stubble to cowpeas next year. Land sown to oats or wheat this autumn and to cowpeas next year will be in a greatly improved condition a year from now. Clemson's wheat propaganda was very active throughout November, which is the best month to sow wheat j in South Carolina. In many parts of the state it may be sown up to De cember 15 with good results. Mr. Long states that all indications are that South Carolina will have more land sown to oats and wheat this year than ever before in the history of the state. Both crops afe expected to j bring recora prices qui iMany, Schools Make Improvements. Some excellent reports on school progress in South Carolina are being ! received by Miss Mary Eva Hite, pres : ident of the South Carolina School j Improvement association. All reports on school progress should be filed with Miss Hite. A date is to be nam ed shortly for a meeting of the execu tive committee of the association, when prizes aggregating $1,250 will be Awarded. Forty prizes are to be given this year. Six schools in Dillon | county reported that $25,000 had been ! spent during the ^ear for the ipi I provement of the schools. Foui1 j Rchools in Pickens county reported an j expenditure of $5,000. To Vote on New County. An election, has been ordered for I December 29 on the question of form 1 ing the new county of McDuffle. The 1 report on the proposed county was ; filed several days ago by the commis sioners named by the governor. The proposed county contains 402 square miles and Is to be formed out of parts of Edgefield, Abbeville and Green wood. James W. Talbert of Parks ville is one of the leading advocates. He was in Columbia recently to con fer with the governor. McCormick, It Is said, will be the county seat. Seven Lawyers Pass Board.. Seven applicants out of 19 for ad mission to the bar passed the requir ed examination, according to a re port- filed by the state board of law ! examiners with the supreme court. All of them, as follows, were en rolled recently as members of the J bar: T. C. Montgomery of Spartan burg, Rion McKissick of Greenville, W. D. Workman of Greenwood, T. K. Trotter of Columbia, B. B. Hare of Saluda, Ashton H. Williams of Lake City, Woods Dargan of Darlington. Some New Charters Are Issued. The Ureka Development company I of Spartanburg was given the right to increase its capital from $30,000 to $100,000. The Peoples Undertaking company of Union has been commissioned with a capital stock of $5,000. The peti tioners are H. W. Edgar, A. B. Bran non and L. S. Townsend. A. N. Clauss & Co., of Chariesiau | was chartered with a capital of $10, ftrtn Tha officers are S. A. Guild, j president; A. V. Williams, secretary, and A. H. Clauss, treasurer. A charter was granted to the C. D. Entriken company of Spartanburg I with a capital of $5,000. The officers are L. E. Burns, president; J. C. I Burns, vice president, and C. D. En triken, secretary and treasurer. The Economy Shoe company of Sumter has been chartered with a capital of $6,000. The officers are H. ! Weinberg, president; J. D. White, vice president, and Louis Lyon, secretary and treasurer. Weston & Brooker company of Co lumbia has filed notice of an increase in capital from $20,000 to $125,000, with the secretary of sUte. The Marlboro Gram and Elevator company of Bennettsville has been chartered by the secretary of state, with a capital stock of $5,000. The company is given the right to in crease to $3,000. The E. P. Murray company of Greenville has been commissioned with a capital of $1,000. The petition ers are A. C. Walker and E. P. Mur ray. The Trust company of Cheraw has been commissioned with a capital stock of $45,000. The petitioners are C. K. Wad dill, J. L. Craig and H. W. Mclver. . i CHOICEST TOBACCOS Just natural choice leaf skill fully blended ?that is what makes so many friends for FATIMA Cigarettes. 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