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PRICE OF SUGAR UNDER CONTROL . . I This Figure Should Prevail Approxi- , mately When Sugar R? - .he.* Consumer. Washington, Aug. 21.?Active control of sugar prices was resumed today by the government, through an agreement reached between the de? - i * *__* partment of justice ana tne iooa administration that licenses will be revoked by the latter when it is shown dealers have been profiteering. Sugar should reach the consumer 1 at approximately 11 cents a pound, it was announced based on the ownership of the entire . domestic and Cuban crop by-the United State sugar equalization board, which is selling to refiners at 7.28 cents a pound. Refiners are under contract with the board to sell at 9 cents, less 2 per (Tent, discount for cash, wholesalers ^ and jobbers are allowed a maximum of 68 cents per 100 pounds for handling and retailers are permitted a profit of one and one-half cents { per pound, making a fair price 11 j cents, except in cases where dealers have purchased at an "unreasonable" price due to misunderstanding in the trade. When this is a fact, a reasonable advance over the actual cost will be permttied. With tKp house agriculture com mittee's amendment for extension of the powers of the food control act before it, the house tonight was prepared to take action tomorrow on the amendment and thereby make its first extensive step toward beating down living costs. The amendment, which 4 was reported to the house today by a unanimous vote, includes retailers among those liable unaer /the food control act, and its enactment along with the control exercised ovar sugar, officials believe will do much'to curtail profiteering by retailers. "Our desire is to secure a fair i i , price for the consumer," said Attorney General Palmer in announcing resumption of sugar control, "and we do not wish to pursue a wkniaeoia /vf rprrtmmendincr fT UUlVOMiV J/VAAVJ v* 1- w the cancellation of licenses. Where trade adjusts itself to a fair price for the future, past transactions, unless flagrant^ will not ordinarily be made the basis of a recommendation by ir \ > this department for the' cancellation f of the license." Sale of army subsistence supplies now in progress will cover the entire surplus, the war department announced today, including enough to give two pounds of meat and one and one-quarter pounds of canned vegev tables to every person in the United - ^ 04>A^Afl j UMkVO. The amendment to the food control act as reported today would extend the act's provisions to include wearing apparel, containers of food, feed or fertilizers and fuel oil. A penalty of $5,000 and two years' imprisonment for profiteering. 11 "The absence of evidence of any profiteering by the farmers," the agricultural committee's report adds, I "and the provision of the socailed j Sherman anti-trust law recognizing! collective bargaining by labor makes it wise to not subject the farmer to ; inconvenience and expenses under the federal law." Numerous bills and resolutions dealing with living cost questions were presented in both houses of congress. Representative Hutchinson, Republican, New Jersey, introduced a bill which would enable the secretary of agriculture "to prevent deception with respect to cold storage and shipment of cold storage foods in interstate commerce and limit such storage to ten months." EXPLOSION OF TIRE INJURES NEGRO MAN Singular Accident in Laurens Results Seriously for Employee of Garage. The State. Laurens, Aug. 21.?Will Craig, a negro employee at the C. L. Waldrop garage, was probably fatally injured Wednesday afternoon as the result of a singular accident. While in the act of fastening an automobile wheel on the back of a machine the tire exploded or rather the inner tube blew out causing the uncoupling of the steel rim, the sharp and jagged end of which struck the man in the temple and penetrated his brain. He was immediately given medical attention and the nremoved to" the hospital for an operation. It was said that the rim was minus the clete or coupler and for that reason the break was made possible under a heavy explosion. "WU I U? With Rats for Years" Writes N. Windsor, Farmer. "Years ago I bought some rat poison, which nearly killed our fine watch dog. It so scared us that we suffered a long time with rats until my neighbor told me about RATSNAP. That's the sure rat killer . and a safe one." Three sizes, 25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by CUdsr & Weeks Co. L. TRAIN HELD UP BY FOUR BANDITS Woman May Have Been Implicated in Robbery?Only One Man Removed Mask. Nashville, Aug. 21.?With railroad and postoffice detectives scouring - ? 1 ^.11 ! middle Tennessee ana iouowing every indication of a clue late this afternoon, the four bandits who held up and robbed Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 7, ten miles south of Columbia, last night, were still at large. One clue was based on the report that a woman and two men were seen driving in an automobile near the scene of the robbery late last night coupled with the mysterrious appearance here two days ago of a woman who claimed to be from a Western state and had a ticket for Glendale, the station near which the robbery occurred. A slim, delicate looking man of about 25 years with a broken nose is also being sought by the officials. Engineer Wray having told govern ment officials this was the only man who took off his mask. Other clues are being followed. Although no official estimate of the amount of booty taken by the robbers has been given out, it was [rumored here today that the bandits got $60,000 in cash from the mail car. According to W. P. Mulvihill, the fireman, two of the bandits boarded the train at Columbia, riding the I "blind baggage." When in a wooded j section the bandits climbed over the tender and pointing their guns at the j engineer and fireman shouted "The train is held up." The engineer says they were then ordered to run the train until they came to white light. The light ap-; peared just south of Glendale and j was a searchlight held by one of the | bandits; While two bandits stayed with Wray, a third compelled Mulvihill to go back with him and cut off the engine, express car, baggage car and! mail car. On their way they met S.! H. Allen, conductor of the train on his way to the engine to investigate the stopping of the train. After the train was cut, the robber ordered the*,; fireman and conductor to get into the coaches which they did. The three bandits forced the engineer to drive the engine With the baggage, express and mail attached to it to a point about half a mile beyond i i where the passenger coaches were | detached and there stop. j After rifling the mails, the bandits cut the engine loose, threw the throttle wide open and left the locomotive to spend its powers anywhere south of Glendale. It stopped near Wales station, eight miles north of Pulaski, j Before cutting the engine loose bandit No. 4 made his appearance. According to Wray he was hiding in alone the track. | The clerks and Wray then were ordered to "beat it" down the track with a trail of threats following. The bandits then escaped in an automobile which is believed to have been brought there by bandit No. 4. Passengers on the train were not disturbed. Many who were in the day coaches knew the train had stopped but not that it was being robbed. Those in the sleepers knew nothing until daybreak. A. W. Brant, assistant superinten1 1 e 11? ???J dent oi ru<tuj sn/a^oa j. nmc was informed an automobilte answering the description of the one used by the bandits, was seen near Franklin and was headed for Nashville. Chief Deputy Sheriff Moore stationed men all through the outskirts in hopes of capturing the men. Express company and railroad officials are of the opinion the men are old heads at the game. They draw their conclusions from the easy way in which the bandits worked and the way the robbery was planned. Brant complimented the crew on the "cool work while under fire." Conductor Allen is one of the oldest conductors on the Louisville & Nashville. He lives in Nashville. The train left Nashville at 10:08 Wednesday night. It was then 13 minutes late and was on its wtey to Birmingham and New Orleans. Pride. A certain poor woman had received some underclothes from one who h^d , helped the family. The woman's band, and a whole drama of humble ambitions might be built round his words. "Mary's mighty glad to have those clothes," he said. "She says now she'll have something to hang on the line on Mondays." A Bar to Bigamy. ; "Boys," said a teacher.to her Sunday school class, "can any of you qupte a verse from Scripture to prove that it is wrong to have two wives V' d }vri<r>?+ fi.'iv raisfd his han^. f "Well, Thomas," encouraged the teacher. | Thomas stood up. "No man can serve two masters," he said proudly. i ! REPORTS KILLING OF FOUR BANDITS Blockhouse in Mountain Pass Surrounded by Americans. Marfa, Texas, Aug. 21.?Four i Mexican bandits were killed by Amerjican troops in Mexico yesterday, ,Capt. Leonard Matlack, who arrived 1 - * > J , here Dy airpiane lonigm, repurteu. They were surrounded in an abode i i blockhouse that the Mexicans had ' constructed in' a mountain pass. j The bandits fought desperately ,when they found they were trapped, |and two escaped. When the Ameri-1 j can troops approached the blockhouse ; ! with the intention of searching it, the i Mexicans opened .fire from port holes. > was rpf.TimpH and' the blockhouse charged by the American cavalry troops. Three of the four Mexicans killed ; have been identified. The identity of the fourth bandit has not been ascer-1 tained. All four are known to Capt.; Matlack as bandits operating along \ i the Big Bend border for years. The j two men who escaped were pursued, but the trail was lost in the mountain canyons. It was definitely established that Jesus Renteria, leader of the outlaw band that captured Lieutenants Harold G. Peterson and Paul H. Davis, American aviators, were not among i i the dead. i Capt. Matlack said he passed a col-1 umn of 200 Carranza troops below j the border yesterday. The Carranza commander asked where the Americans were going. When he was informed that they were pursuing the bandits, he waved his hands and said j i"go ahead." J Matlack said the American troops ] are in high spirits. "Everyone in the expeditionary force is well," he said. "We have had ; ?nno ms?r? Who I IJLU cdauaxuco) va*V had a cactus thorn in his hand. Making Good progress. "We are making progress in the, pursuit. Hard 'storms have slackened our speed somewhat but we consider that we made good time. "After leaving the Rio Grande on Monday morning, soon after daylight j the expedition followed "a fresh trail, j The four men to whom t^e1 money j had been paid had a start of more! than five hours on us. "We followed them to a higlr mountain pass, where they scattered, j one going north and three going i | southwest, as indicated by the fresh i | tracks. They scattered like quail and : j it was difficult to follow them be- t L ~ * - * * il- I ? cause 01 tne iamt trans. "The fight with the bandits in the i fortified /block house started as soon i as the American troops commenced jto search the place, fire being opened by the Mexicans from loop-holes. The troops returned the fire. "Four bodies were found. Two of * the bandits escaped. They are still being pursued. The two later outlaws are believed to have been members of Renteria's gang but the avijators could ri&t identify them." ? . HOSPITAL FOR INSANE I FACING DEFICIT j Columbia, Aug. 22.?The South ! - -- ~ TT *? ax. ? T? I Carolina state nospitai iur mc m- sane is facing a big deficit because! of the increased cost of living. H. j R. Patterson, treasurer of the insti-! tution, declared yesterday that the' institution had already expended $371,068.11 of its 1919 maintenance ; appropriation. This expenditure was for the first seven months of the present year. The appropriation fori the whole year is only $485,000 leav- j ;ing a balance on hand now of only' j $114,000. | Mr. Patterson in talking witn iwo newspaper men yesterday gave some; striking examples of the increased cost of feeding the inmates of the j hospital. Foodstuffs have advanced, almost 50 per cent in the past year.! It has been found necessary to pay ; he help more and practically all j supplies used at the hospital have ( advanced greatly in price. The expenses for the first seven, months of last year were only $267,- j 040.79 as compared with $371,068.11 j for the same period this year. This gives the public, a good idea of how ; much more it costs to live now than; it did even one year ago. ! There are now 2,180 patients in the \ Tirtcnital The averaere number of pa-1 tients in the hospital last year was 2,077. The work of remodeling some of he buildings at the hospital is continuing. One who visited the hospital several years ago would hardly recognize it as the same place now. | There has been a wonderful transformation. The wards are models of 'neatness. When all of the improvements under way are completed the hospital will be second to none in equipment and maintenance. i i : A Rnv I I "I do love Bruce," a small girl con| ided to her teacher; "he's so dastardly. There's nothing in the wide world that he doesn't das\ do." l ALL SI LUKJ Abs ? f N % Also?1 w V V V Let m< these c: bushel f . N 4 / Wm.S. \ t Cender He Nation Newbe: * * From report ti Showing Condition / ( RESOURCES Loans and Investments v. . . SI Liberty Bonds and Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness . . . United States Bonds .... Cash and due from Banks and United States Treasury . ? . S1 THE NATIONAL B. C MATTHEWS, President. State, Count: Member i rF.Fi. M fDT LI VIVl * I olutely Rat I / Protection against ater, Thieves and Fin ; quote you prices o ribs from 100 to 3,00 capacity. t # N . / # MATTH Newberry, S. C. f . i 1844 lsed Statei OF ol Ranlr nf N KU JL/U11I1 VI I1 rry, South Carol o the Comptroller of the C at the Close of Busines LM ,020,518.48 Capital Stock . . . Surplus and Undivided Pi 207,210.00 Circulation .. . . Deposits .... 1M.POO.DO . . % * Bills Payable (secured Bonds) . . . 126,697.79 Bills Payable and Redis< ,454,426.27 BANK OF NEWBI T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. y and City 1 Federal Reserve Sys < nr> i DDI t Proof M ' \ r j ) 1 > * i / t B. : I I n / u 4 > ' .< ' 1' EWS ft r \ V nent ? lewberry ina l > '.V*. urrency s June 30, 1919 i \ zizi^zzziziiz^zzzzizizrziiizir V iBlLlTIES I / A 1 AA A/A A AA . . . J iUU.TOU.W - I , rofits . . 28,294.10 [ ... 96;800.00 I . . . 770,083.33 ; . . . 5,052.00 by Liberty . . . 192,000.00 t" counts . 262,196.84 $1,454,42627 ERRY, S.C W. W. CROMER - # Assistant Cashier. Depository tem 1