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> I ' VOLUME L.V., NUMBER. 102 NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA* (IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY ) AT GRACE CHURCH Fitting eServices Held in Grac Church, Prosperity, Sunday When | Service Flag Was Lowered. > Prosperity, Dec. 22.?A solemn Service took place Sunday morning when Grace Lutheran church lowered the service flag which held 24 stars, - t * i one of them turned to gold, wnen the life of O'Merle Singley paid the sacrifice. Henry Quattlebaum, president of the Young People's society presided in a most efficient way. Dr. G. Y. Hunter delivered the welcome address, and paid a tribute of love and honor to all the men who served ,their country, and those from this f <rhurch were specially near to all. For the soldier boys, Leslie Singley responded in words of enthusiasm for the part the boys played and the wcn * " ' + fVioir Vll?H at: I. ctenui incentive men, I home. ' I Prof. J. C. Kinard of Newberry I college spoke of the appreciation of ' the heroic services rendered by the boys. The flag was slowly lowered L by Misses Catherine Counts and Grace Wheeler, who each had two V brothers in the service. f A beautiful solo was rendered by I Miss Goode Burton, ''When the Boys I Come" ending with The Star Spangle Banner, which thrilled the entire ^ congregation. ? -t-T_ ? ^ community singing, unuer mc ^nuspices of :he Prosperity high ^Hchool took place Thursday evening it the town hall. The school chilBdren lead by Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum sang a number of patriotic selections, after which Rev. Shealy read the scripture lesson followed by prayer. Hev. McKeown spoke of the Christ jmas here. In contrast Chirstmas f [over there was shown in a brief talk f !by Rev. Griffin. A Red Cross Chrismas seal auction sale was conducted by J. D. Quattlebaum.. This school khas sold more than hs quota of *125.00. fie Winthrop girls which mciuae es Ellen Wheeler, Nellie Wise, t Hunter, Lottie Mills, Lozette its, Grace Sease and Ruth Conare home for the Christmas lays. t le Clemson cadets arrived Saturfor the yule-tide season which George Wise, Carroll Mills, k Earl Schumpert, Heyward iev. Curtis Pugh, Boyce Mills, Lindsey Boozei and Horace Hun F. J. Black of Atlanta Military Academy is home for Christmas. i K Misses Annette, Mag and Sarah V Long of Summerland are here for the It holidays. I Miss Elizabeth Hawkins of Marion ftjis spending the week-end with her1 Esister, Miss Effie Hawkins. HL J. N. Stribling has gone to Wal^ alla to spend Christmas with the ^Bome folks. Mrs. W. F, Adams and Miss Mar fite Harmon here returned from tmbia. isses Bernice and Ruby Mae Merit of Newberry spent the week-j with Miss George Wheeler. r. and Mrs. O. B Simpson left lay for a visit to Richmond and ;bury, Md. iss Gladys Miller of Union isj ding the holidays with her parMr. and Mrs. B. L. Miller. I Mr. F. L. Paysinger of Newberry ] H has been visiting Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. ] H Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Shealy of; Hi Gainesville, Florida are with their, W parents for the holidays. f Mower Singley of Bailey institute,' Greenwood is visiting his mother, Mrs. j JVC. Single*. I /Mrs. Bogguss of Charleston visited rMrs. Harriett Harmon last week. i Miss Ethel Counts of Walhalla is, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. 0.! Counts for the holidays. Mrs. M. C. Morris has resigned her, position as teacher 01 tne rrospcn^ ( f school and her friends regret to j of her moving to Columbia, rs. J. C. Schumpert is spending j days in Greenville. iss Olive Counts of Columbia i ge is spending Christmas with I >arents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. | C. Brooks and family of Whit- j are with Mrs. Brooks family for j oliday season. ~ ~ * < - 1 1 Ipss Ruby Thorn left toaay ior n^i ; Be in Kingstree. Messrs. Willie Lake of Hot Springs, w.j Campbell Lake of Kershaw and i k Vanie Lake of Little Mountain V the guest of their sister. Miss icy Lake. Miss .Kate Summer of Pomaria ited Mrs. Elvira Kibler during the st week. Mr. and Mrs. Granville Wyche of eenville are here visiting their I tents. . Miss Ruby Wheeler of Greenville I home for Christmas. ^fiss Susan Quattlebaum of Neeces spending two weeks with her liter, J. D. Quattlebaum. ISrs. Thornwell Haynes has returnfro m Columbia. Kiss Doris Kohn of Union reached tne Saturday for the Christmas ison. Ilrs. G. Y. Hunter and Miss Mary Walt spent several days last week Columbia. Mrs. Carrie Leaphardt is visiting Ilatives in uoiumDia. I [Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor and j pldren of Batesburg and Mr. Robert [ Wise of Harvard law school are Ending the holidays with Mr. A. G. pse. W. H. Brown of U. S. N. is home a afaort furlough. CUMMINS BILL PASSES AFTER LONG STRUGGLE Senate Proposes That Railroads Be Returned to Owners at End of Next Month. Washington, Dec. 20.?The Cummins bill paving the way for return of the railroads to private operations passed the' senate late today by a vote of 4ti to 30, ending a prolonged discussion of the measure and making the holiday recess of congress possible. It went uirough without change in the anti-strike and other important provisions around which the senate measures was drawn ,and was sent to conference for adjustment during the recess with the Esch bill, passed by the house November 17.! Final enactment of the permanent railroad reorganization legislation is hoped for by leaders early next j month. The ultimate disposition of the railroad problem still is in doubt as the senate and house bills will be in ?^ ,.r\ on/1 *v-?norrp?s in veeoSS cuiav;i culv uim until January 1, the date previously, set bv President Wilson for return ; of the lines. j No word regarding the president's intentions reached congress before ' adjournment over fche holidays. Unless vetoed by the president, the landing legislation, according to plans j ui congressional leaders, would re- j quire return of the roads by January j 31. The railroad administration,; however,, has plans ready for their ' return January 1, under a presidant ial proclamation should Mr. Wilson ' adhere to his announced program. Preceding the final vote the senate ; rejected, 65 to 11, a substitute bill* offered by Senator LaFolette, Republican, Wisconsin, proposing retention of the roads another two years. - - - ? r .n.i Three Republicans, Uronna, L.ar oiette and Norris, and eight Democrats, Ashurst, Chamberlain, Henderson, Johnson, Kendrick, Nugent, Idaho; Sheppard, Texas, and Walsh, Montana. voted for the olan. The Cummins b$'was supported | by 33 Republicans'and 13 Democrats, I and opposid by eight Republicans and 22 Democrats. When the house was informed that the senate had passed the Cummins bill Representative Esch, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, toho will head the house conferees, said that the labor sections of the *"? Vi* i two bills were so "radically amereiic that it - seemed absolutely certain that the conferees would have to later ask the house for instruction." This made unnecessary a vote of the house to bind its conferees to the plans of voluntary mediation of labor disputes proposed by the houss bill. /-> 1 Representative uaraner, 1 CAUS, | Democratic whip, said he favored a test in the house on the senate labor section which includes the antistrike provision. Both senate and house bills proposed private ownership and operav.uii 01 uie railroads Unuer strict government supervision, but differ a cally in other respects tha en lahor nrovisions. The seni. Si1 would transfer the roads at m. ~ of the last of the month in whic.. .e legislation is enacted; the house bill would return them similarly if enactment should eome before the loth of the month, otherwise at the end of 30 days. Conferences to harmonize the two bills will begin next Monday, but while a long struggle is expected during the recess period, an agreement soon after congress reconvenes t c +V,n aynim. January o is wc wtuv^w? The senate vote today was the culmination of the debate begun December 2 and which has held the senate in session nightly for the last week. Senator LaFollette wound up the debate in a four hour address in behalf of his substitute. Attack on the Cummins bill in the j senate centered largely on the anti? ?l?noa nanolivinff lnpkmitS or ! v) 1/ XIA C a V W _ strikes of employees. All efforts to eliminate or modify it were defeated. It now must run the gauntlet of conference with predictions general of a compromise with the house plan of voluntary mediation without prohibiting strikes. Also to be harmonized are the senate and house plans ^or i labor bodies to deal with disputes | over wages and working conditions. Christmas Exercise at the St. Lukes Church. Prosperity, Dec. 20.?An appropriate Christmas exercise will be held in St. Lukes Lutheran church on Thursday morning at 11 o cIock. The subject of the program which is to oe rendered is "Peace." Xmas Services St. Paul's Pastorate. There will be service at St. Paul's church, with a Christmas tree, on December 24, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There will be services at St. Phillip's church on Christmas day at at 11 o'clock in the morning, and at Bachman's Chapel at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The public is cordially 'J 1 H oAvtnnnc mvitea tu an tucsc scmvw. S. P. Koon, Pastor. The gospel of Matthew has been published in Pali, the sacred language of Buddhism. Mr. and Mrs. Harsey Witherspoon have returney to Jacksonville after a visit to Mrs. Alice Witherspoon. Mr. Rawl of Columbia os the guest of his sister, Mrs. Olin Bobb. j CAPITAL NEWS (By John I Columbia, Dec. 22.?The legislature is only three weeks off, and, as I is usual on the eve of a session, there is considerable discussion ana; speculation as to just what will be j attempted and what will be accom plished. ! Some of the outstanding questions ; which will confront the law-makers I are: Permanent highways. Improved common school facilities.1 with more adequate pay for teachers. The attitude of South < (Jaroima with reference to the proposed federal amenamer.j: be3tow*in.tr equal suf-1 frage upon women. Taxation, including the proposal j for an inheritance tax. There are a number of divergent i opinions as to the best manner to ! proceed in the road matter, buc the ! general concensus' of opinion seems to favor a system of scale highways,; with branch highways through the; counties. Everybody favors im- j proved highways, but the gr%at + ic! vi-vy sonip J-OTP3- ! LfWCl uivu i*-i *. V I. , n;c-iit to be leached upon the method 1 of securing them. The main I thoroughfares of the state are now in i a most deplorable condition. The} road between Augusta and Columbia I is almost impassable. Beyond Columbia going north, via Camden, the road is in the worst condition it has been in some years. Between Col umbia and Charleston the roads are bad, and between Columbia and Greenville and Spartanburg they are bad. These are the main arteries, j and they are unworthy the name of roads. 1 T* "Mil/5 caam fViof if o nlnn rmilfl XL YVUUiU vuu v ** m v-w ~ be devised under which the state sys- j tem should include such roads as these and others, via the county I seats, with ^he counties building the' branch roads in their respective ter- j ritories, guaranteeing to each county | an equitable division of the taxes in j proportion to the amounts raised i therein, and giving credit for the > * < -i i.. I permanent nignways aireauy constructed in some of the counties, that there would be little opposition and that a stfrt could be made at this session. There is an urgent need for improvement in the common school system, and for larger salaries for i teachers. The scarcity of competent j teachers has become alarming and j the reason is not far to seek. A i man or a woman competent to teach I children in the public schools of the j * - almAcf OVlXrwTlPrP I ^LcAIU t'illl L'UlUlIiaiiu axnivou uuj *? uv?? I a far greater salary than the state pays its teachers. This is a matter which is going to demand the serious attention of the law-makers. The higher institutions of the state are well supported, and are in flourishing condition, and it would be just as well to call a halt upon further enlargement in this particular if necessary, until more adequate assistance is given the common 1 J i - j-1- - _ ,1 ! schools, in oraer xnat me euucauuimi system may not become topheavy. i Colleges would be of little real v;:iue ! unless supported by the rudimentary j Schools. The federal suffrage amendment has already been discussed at some length in this correspondence. The women are to have a meeting here next month, and they are going to make a determined effort to secure favorable action at the comiffg session. x-The suffragists are up against two i - ? i i i obstacles?the prejudice wnicn nas existed in the south against women voting, and the State' Rights argu-' ment against granting the suffrage to women by federal amendment. As to the latter, South Carolina already set the precedent when she surrendered her police powers by ratifying the prohibition amendment. Just what the attitude of the legislature will be, it would be hard to predict, but, as stated some time oo-rt if rnmr hp that, t.ha whole matter AV A 11U J K/V will be postponed until the next session and the people be driven an opportunity to express themselves in the election the coming summer. Taxes we have wit hus always, and the taxation problem will be one of I prime importance at the coming session. Taxes are now very, very high. In Columbia they amount to nearly sixty mills, or about 5.8 per cent. If property were returned at actual value, they would be well-nigh ! confiscatory. What would seem to be I needed above all else, as it has been needed in the past, is some workable plan for equalization. This is an elementary proposition, but past , legislatures have seemed unable to find the remedy. Just what this legislature may accomplish in that di! rection remains to be seen. The state tax commission has been working nlon?? these lines for several years, and has placed a great deal of property upon the books which has heretofore escaped taxation. It would probably be a safe prediction, however, that taxes will not be lowered at the coming session, but that, on the contrary, they will in all probability be increased. The effort to secure the enactment1 5 AND GOSSIP C. Aull.) of an inheritance tax will be renewed, and it should pass, and there should also be an act to tax water powers upon their horse power. i Attorney General Sam M. Wolfe makes some interesting recommendations in his forthcoming annual report to the general assembly, among I the most important of which are the.i suggestions urged by him that eapi- i tal punishment be abolished, and that1 sentences of less than life imprison- \ ment be made indeterminate. It is hardly probable that capital punishment will ever be abolished in ' this state, so long as some cf the crimes with which the courts have 1(5" deal continue to be committed. For one of these crimes lynching is now common, and would be more so in the absence of capital punishment. Indeterminate sentences, however, , ic !tn pv^pllpnf- sucrrresHnn. JiVid this policy has been adopted in many of the states. It would permit the sentencing of convicted persons to not less than so many years or not i more than so many, the length of sentence principally to be determined j upon the behavior and reform of the j prisoner. Such a law would be both . humane and just. Another recommendation by the j attorney general for a constitutional! convention is also timely. The state ; needs a new constitution, and that I badly. j ? ii i^i: ' Among otner recomniemiaiions are that the salary of the attorney gen- j eral be increased to $5,000 per year;' that the statutes be recodified every five years, instead of ten, as at present; to make it a felony, punishable I by life imprisonment, to wreck a train; an amendment to the "extract law" allowing confiscation of stock on hand in case of conviction of the owner; acts supplementing federal statutes against stealing of automobiles, and a traffic law to make it a misdemeanor to approach or turn upon the intersection of a hierhwav at a greater speed than five miles' per hour. Irrthis connection, attention is called to the large number of deaths from automobiles in this state. Attorney General Rut. L. Osborne, in his annual report, urges that the fiscal year start on July 1, instead of on January 1, as at pressnt. Such a change in the fiscal year would be + a 4-Ua of of o A f U J UCiiCllL LU 1/I1C OLatb. present the legislature meets in Janu- j ary, and makes appropriations ior; the same year. The appropriations are not available until the end of February, and in the meantime the state is running on a credit, and the various institutions and departments are groping in the dark. All this would be remedied by a change of the fiscal year. In addition, the reports of the various departments and institutions could be in the hands of 1 1 U 4-U ? ine legislative memoers ucjluic me session, giving the law-makers an opportunity to study the needs of the state. Considerable money would also be saved. i Here's wishing a merry Christmas j and a very happy New Year to the j readers of The Herald and News, and j especially to the children of each and ' h * ? i-i j i __ _ { every tamiiy mio wnicn me paper goes?for Christmas, the anniversary of the birth of the Christ-child is peculiarly the children's season. May Santa Claus be very good to every one of them, and bring them lots of toys and candies and fruit. This year he may discard his reindeers for an airplane, but he will get here all the same, just* as he has arrived on time for many, many years past. Christmas is the season of giving, and of happiness and merry-making, but it is also a season which, for the older onek, is tinged by cherished merories with a sweet sadness. In a world where change is the immutable law, jvhere the passing years take their toll, breaking asunder the ! ties of friendship and of love, it is peculiarly at this season, commemorative of that faraway, yet ever near, night upon the plains of Betheleh^m, where met ''the hopes and fears of all the years," that thoughts of the years come and linger. Across every iife which has reached maturity there has fallen some shadow of sorrow. But beyond the shadow of Gethsemane is the light of Easter, beckoning throught the paths that are dark. And the angel chorus may be heard this Christmas night, just as it was heard when it rang: out nineteen hundred years ago, if human hearts are attuned to the celestial music. And it is a beautiful thought that the loved ones who have gone'before will be numbered in that choir, and ;+ {?? fViror* r?r??\T*?r -Pat vnn ''that llltil 11 AO mvix pujv* * v. y w? you shall know ard hold each joy and | hope you long to have?not the wist- i ful-wished desire that shall come awhile and tremble in its beauty and flicker back to emptiness from which it came, but that the dreams that God has made for you, shall be and linger with you, and bless you. For these are not the wishes that a common world would give, but the pleading that shall always be for you; that shall abide by you at every corner of your life that waits. And even along the straight, glad-wide stretches of your days shall it be above you; in ' IMPROVEMENTS FOR ! BAMBERG ARE MANY 1 m ! White Way is Opened With a Big ; Celebration by Citizeng. Bamberg:, Dec. 20.?Bamberg's newly paved Main street and white way were formally opened Monday j night at a big celebration in honor' of the step in progress that Bamberg! has taken. Main street has only re-! cently been paved with concrete at a \ cost of $20,000, for a distance of I about 1,500 feet. At a cost ofj $5,000 a new lighting system has J been installed along the entire length ! of the business district. The white : way composed of steel light posts j placed at intervals of 100 feet on j each side of the street. Underground wires carry the current to the lights, j each post supporting a 400-candle """'or vlootrit* lamn. The street - Jr. presents the appearance of a city and j it is said that the street is better j lighted than any street in any of the j large cities in this section. The celebration was presided over, ly Col. J. C. Guilds, who introduced; J. Carl Kearse, of the local bar, who recounted the progress of the city recently. In addition to this new work that has just been completed, work is j new progressing cn the city drainage j rystem under the supervision ot tne , United States Public Health Service, j popularly known as the anti-malaria ; campaign, at a cost of $25,000. Work i hrs also just begun on the paving of! the sidewalks on both sides of Railload avenue for a distance of about 3.000 feet, at a cost of approximately $! 5,000. Thus the city has just completed and now has under way city improvement work to the extent of ?65,000. Financing of Work. In this connection it should be I stated that the financing of this j work by the present city council is j an achievement worthy of special I note. Not a cent of city debt will ; be incurred because of this espendiI ture. which to a city of 4,000 iflhabi i tants is rather enormous at one 'time. The paving of Main street was accomplished through public subscriptions to the extent of one-half. The other half was paid by the abutting property owners. One-hajf of the j cost of paving, of the Railroad avej nue sidewalks is being paid by abutting property owners and the remaining half will be paid out of the city's ordinary funds. Fifteen thousand dollars of the city drainage fund was < paid in by the citizens of the city in cash contributions and the remainder is being paid the city by the Rockefeller Foundation through the j international health service. The city fathers state that the j work of city improvement has just j I started. A movement is now well j under way to provide a sewerage i system for the town and at the same i time raise funds for the improvement of all the streets of the town. An election is soon to be held at which time the voters of the town will vote on the question of issuing bonds to I cover this expenditure, the amount of which has not yet been ascertain ed but will likely be at least $100,000. Bonus Checks to Employes. The directors of the Peoples Bank, of this city, have voted bonus checks 1 to their employes as follows: A. M. Denbow, president, $600; C. W. | Rentz, Jr., cashier, $600; Miss! Sandifer, bookkeeper, $300. The | checks were given in appreciation of the service of the employes during the past year. In addition to this action, the directors declared a 10 per cent dividend, voted $2,500 to the surplus fund and carried $2,500 to undivided profits. The bank's ranital is $25,000 and the bank owns, | it was reported at the meeting, more Liberty bonds than any other bank of its size in the South Pythians Elect. At the regular semi-monthly convention of Bamberg Lodge No. 38, Knights of Pythias, the following officers were elected to serve during the year 1920: Chancellor commander, J. J. Heard; vice chancellor, S. R. Shieder; prelate, C. W. Rentz, Jr.; master of' work, William R. Watson; keeper of j records and seals and master of ; finance, E. L. Price, Jr.; master of ; exchequer, H. N. Folk; master-at-1 arms, John Schwarting; inner guard,! (leorcre R. Brings; outer guard, j Melvin Zorn; trustee for three vears,! H. M. Hitt. The above named officers will be I elected at the first regular conven- j tion in January, at which time aiso j the second rank will be conferred upon several prominent young Bamberg men. During the year 1919, the Bamberg Lodge of the Knights of Pythias has achieved a record which many local Pythians believe is probably without) a parallel in the entire state. More . than fifty new members were added to the lodge through initiation, while ! about fifteen were, added by trans-1 fer card and reinstatement. Thej lodge membership has been increas- j ed more than 50 per cent during the j year. 1 1 ( the dark and drearied ways of' shadows, that, mayhap, shall come I again, shall it hold cut its hand for you, and as its rev ard shall ask that you be stayed; that you be upheld by God's eternal arms; that life's rough stepping stones be gentle for you; and if the dark must come, that still above + he shadows, will linger God's white thought for vou to light to perfect 1 oaths." / ------ - ^ J' WILL INVESTIGATE TRACHOMA CASES Committee of Specialists Goes to Newberry Tuesday. The State, 21st. C. L. Kibler, Columbia; E. R. Wilson, Sumter and J. W. Jervey Greenville, will go to Newberry next Tuesday to make an investigation into the trachoma situation in that county, according to an announcement made by Dr. James A. Hayne, state board officer, yesterday. It will be remembered that some time ago trachoma, a disease of the J ??? rv/J c* r\ a A'f eye llll, WliS ICpuiCCU iiviw v/i the schools of Newberry county. At the request of the state health department, the United Staes public health service Lent Dr. J. L. Goodwin to Newberry to look into the situation, and he confirmed the diagnosis already made. Some of the children were taken to Greenville and examined by Dr. Jervey, who said the patients that ho examined were not surferimr from trachoma. Patients i j i a.. T"\ ? were aiso lawen 10 ur. ^amuuu m Atlanta, who said the disease they were suffering with was trachoma. In speaking of the situation yesterday, Dr. Hayne said: "I requested these specialists to go to Newberry, not to pass judgment as to whether '* Dr. Goodwin's diagnosis was correct, but to ascertain whether or not there is a sufficient amount of trachoma in Newberry county to be a menace to the school children and also to ascertain whether or not Newberry is prepared to put on a clinic. I appointed these gentlemen as a committee to go to Newberry, and they have agreed to serve." Dr. J. L. Goodwin returned to Columbia from Leesville yesterday. While in I.eesville, Dr. Goodwin operated on two trachoma cases, according to Dr. Hayne, and was assisted in his work by Dr. C. A. West, county health officer of Lexington. COTTON GINNED IN S. C. UP TO DECEMBER- 8. 1,29$, 193 Bales According to Report of Federal Census Bureau. Director Sam L. Rogers, of the bureau of the census, department of i commerce, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina, for the crops of 1919 and 1918. The report was made public for the State at 10 a: m., Monday, December 8, 1919. Quantities are in running bales, counting round bales. Linters are not included: County. 1919. 1918. Abbeville 24,187 18,695 Aiken 38,132 45,278 Allendale 18,888 Anderson 74,734 51,666 Bamberg 23,137 29,839 Barnwell 29,166 57,983 Beaufort 2,056 , 6,842 Berkeley 9,257 12,386 Calhoun 30,982 < 34,634 Charleston 6,686 _ 8,255 Cherokee 14,823 11,753 Chester 28,038 24,373 Chesterfield .... 31,384 26,916 Clarendon 35,620 33,859 Colleton 12,036 19,237 Darlington 38,270 35,040 Dillon / 37,795 29,503 T-V i j_ i A ni 1 /? rroft uorcnester ?<i,6?6 10,103 Edgefield 22,250 25,218 Fairfield 19,504 20,218 Florence 37,747 .30,366 Georgetown .... 3,973 3,823 Greenville 45,334 31,605 Hampton 10,186 20,969 Greenwood 31,848 29,916 Horry 7,660 6,260 Jasper . 1,954 5,506 Kershaw 27,707 26,485 T ancaster 19,833 18,595 Laurens 44,506 33,517 Lee 40,272 36,714 Lexington 25,311 31,261 McCormick 15,782 13,850 Marion 16,809 14,763 Marlboro 67,680 58,472 Newberry 30,633 30,822 Oconee 20,861 19,002 Orangeburg 81,349 S3,740 Pickens 21,104 16,103 Richland 24,717 22,240 Saluda 22,463 23,359 Spartanburg .... 66,717 53,944 Sumter 42,$52 44,877 Union 16,746 15,574 Williamsburg .... 24,944 25,303 York 39,346 30,134 Total 1,299,193 1,241,650 WOMEN LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST H. C. L. Chicago.?Women of Illinois will lead the campaign against the hicrh cost of living. A woman is to take charge of the entire state organization being formed to batter down prices. Her powers, it is expected, " ' ii xl _ ? will be even greater man mose 01 Major A. A. Sprague, fair price commissioner for the state. Mrs. Maude R. Turley, organizer of the woman's division, issued her first communication to the women of the state today. "Stop buying," she said, "refuse to pay luxury prices and unreasonable costs for the common foodstuffs. 'Buying only what is absolutely necessary now. "Stop eating dollar a dozen eggs and ninety cent butter. "Postpone purchase of the fur coat and expensive suit for the present and watch prices tumble. "You are ninety per cent of the purchasing power. p Use that power this minute and wiatch the results while you carry out your other plans."