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-J LESS CLOTHES WORN i France Sends New Models to United ^ States. New York, Dee. 31.?The cost of women's clothes may be reduced considerably because there will be con|| siderably less of :* if the predicBi tions cf a fashionable Fifth avenue ^ male milliner and dress maker who arrived from Paris today are correct. The latest modes France is sending to the United States he ss'd, are: No stockings. Extremely short skirts. No sleeves. Sandals. Rainfall for Year. f January 5.39 t February -i.?l ^ March 2.24 Anril 2.13 * May 5.So June 5.36 July 11.23 AujrUst 4.33 September 1.21 October .1 1.16 November 92 December 4.55 Total 48.19 Highest for December . 76 Lowest for December 21 V News of Pomaria. \ Pomaria, Jan. 1.?Mr. and Mrs. \ Wooden of Columbia are visiting \ Mrs. Wooden's sisters, Mrs. J. P: Setzler and Mrs. Jno. C. Aull. * *r TTT TTT D ATT rroX'P I Mr. and ivirs. v> . yy .i-j c l 11 j ? v I a bird dinner Christmas day to a f bunch of men folks. It was one of those dinners which you hear the old folks talk about, but seldom see. All of their children were present but one who is now in Sponane, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Setzler gave a 6 o'clock dinner Friday evening. The f home was decorated with holly, ivy, ^ mistletoe and Christmas bells. The two large rooms were thrown together in which the guests were received. After dinner was served the i young people enjoyed a delightful j others enicyed card Uitlicc anu uiv games, etc. Mrs. Dr. Pinner and Mrs. Alewine were assiting Mrs. Setzler as host for the evening, k Miss Louise Hentz, who is teaching A. at Pageland, is spending the holidays W " with her parents, Mr. antf Mrs. J. T. [ Hentz. Mr. E. B. etzler of Newberry, Mrs. G. W. Connor of Greenwood^ Dr. J. Aiwhprrv visited Mr. and D. OCLili vx XI ^ Mrs. J. P. Setzler. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Setzler served a ? o'clock dinner Monday evening. The home was beautifully decorated with, holly, mistletoe and Christmas ^ bells. After the dinner was served the young people motored to the ; school Jiouse where a dance was given for th$ benefit of the visitors . of the ?nty and community. The T evening was spent very pleasant. It I is certainly a pleasure to be enterf tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ^ Setzler as there is never an end to r the hospitality which they extend you. Miss Lurline Aull returned to Eastover to resumed her school duties Sunday. I TREATY CONSIDERED | BY SENATE LEADERS Republicans and Democrats Devote Day to Compromise Discussion. L Washington, Dec/ 31.?Getting down to cases in their discussion of a ;OQ Ppmibli P peace treaty comuivnno^, can and Democratis senators found today that article ten still presented the biggest stumbling block in he way of an agreement. The senate -leaders of both political ^ parties again were active during the * day in the compromise negotiations and the succession of conferences was regarded generally as indicating that tol-p >nnva the situation soon definite form. On all sides it was said thai- although no agreement was yet in sight, the sifting process had cleared away many collateral points fand had centered attention on a very few reservations, notably the one relating to article ten. It was the reservation on this point as framed by the foreign relations committee at the last session which President Wilson characterized as meaning a rejection of the treaty. Determined to secure some modification [ Democratic senators have presented I a number of suggestions but all of them so far have been regarded on fhe Republican side as going too far. The Republicans in turn, have suggested changes which the Democrats regard as modifications of language L on.y. ^ Three conferences attracted particular attention among the many which were held today regarding the \ treaty. Senator Lodge of Massachujj\ oetrs?, Republican leader, went over ^ den} e r of the tx. rsi rcistion 5 c SE \ J o f -^ - 'T" - -r *" ] r Tonight Mr. Hitchcock called in to i consulaticn all of the Democratic members of the committee who are in town. Details of n.cne of thes? meetings, were revealed, but it was understood that in all of them specific reservation changes were discussed, and that in each case article 10 fig- j ures prominently. I DECLARES LABOR STANDS READY j I To Do Their Full Share in Working; Out the Nation's Problems. ; I ' ! ! V.ashin^'ton, Dcc. f;l.? (By the; Associated Press.)?Samuel Gomperspresident of the American Federation of Labor, in a new year statement,; pledged America's workers to do their;' full share in working out the coun-! try's problems of 1920. Mr. Gom-! pers sa'c: " i "America's workers stand ready in the new year as in the past to do. their full duty as American citizens, i We? have always placed our obliga-, tions as citizens above nil else. As' citizens we are true to the American ideal of equal opportunity for all. ? Militant Struggle. ] ! "The great struggle of labor in the past has been to assure the workers, j in their industrial relations ,the right of free citizens. We have fought to give the ideal of America dominating influence in shops and factories. Our militant struggle has. won general recognition for our demands. But our work is not all mili-' t tant. We are m a position to con- ' tribute to the improvement of production, orocesses and organization. r ! Develop Production. j "The immediate problem of the world is to develop a production or-.; ganization that will benefit directlv those who are the real producers and ; will also serve the needs of starving J nations. ;. . i "This is a bitr job, but it is essential for well grounded development < . i:i the years to come. It is essential ] to that ideal which is America? . equal oportunity for all. America's 1 ? a will fViaiv -Pn 11 cVi?>va in VWIXVCLO ?lil ViV vuvii JL lA.*.* >.? %??.? ... working out all our country's prob- < lems. "Hail to the new year 1920. May it bring- freedom, glory and happiness ! to all our people." ? USE CANNON MADE OF WObfc i ; < People of at Least Three Country* 1 Employ That Material and Have > < Found It Satisfactory. , J ? ! Anyone familiar with modem 1 ' ons of war and the high explosives ' used in them would naturally sup- .. pose a wooden cannon of little use. ( . Wooden cannon have been used with considerable success in Cuba, Hiaiti and the Dominican Republic. i j The wood used is very tough. hnv- < j ing a twisted grain that curls about 1 j the log in such a way that to split the | j timber with the ordinary means is al- j j most impossible. f. ! The best trees are selected and a i piece of the log five or six feet in ' ! length and one foot in diameter is cut. ! Aftnr fhp hnri* has been removed ; ' and the log made perfectly round, it is swung up on a crude truss and a j ! hole is burned Into it from one end. ; i The log is wound with frpsh rawhide, ' j which shrinks and hardens. When the ' cannon is covered another layer is ! ; wound on after certain treatment, and j this is continued until the weapon has j increased several inches in diameter, i Then the weapon ;s treated to a hot 1 ! Mast, which tends fu.' 'ier to contract i the hide binding until it become? al- , most as strong as wire. These crude j cannon have been employed in a nnm- j her of instances, and it-is astonishing, . ? so it is said, how many times they , can be fired before they burst or are , i uuierwise uimujicu. i! i t Hubby's 3!under. ; I' He resided in the suburbs, and when : he accidentally met an old friend in ; the city who persuaded him to remain in town for rhe evening he went to the ; telegraph ofiice and wired his wife as foilows: "Missed the 5:30 train. Don't keep 1 dinner waiting. Shall be home late.'"* It was very, very late when lie did arrive home, arid his wife met him at i he door. "Did you get my messageV" lie said, . beaming down at her. > \ , "Yes." --he said, very quietly, ''but I would like you to explain why you sent a-message at 4:l'S telling me you \t had missed the f>:30 train."?Itehoboth ' . Sunday Herald. j! ? J :; Phonograph in the Hebrides. | Mrs. Kennedy-Frnser, who has done j i so much to create interest in Hebri- \ '> ! dean songs, took a phonograph to the 5 j islands, says a writer ir. Daily Chron- i' | icle. This was in order to secure the j' . absolute accuracy of the weird music j t ! which is traditional in the Hebrides. ( ; The peoijle were so excited by the nov- j elty of singing into the phonograph '' that they could hardly wait for the < record to- be played, and then tln\v ! v i!r?'.zed ar tin- fi(l?-!:iy w ith v.hicb < it rendered the songs and al: the tiTLViU . i lizwy Losev. Detective tc-'v iias-'&ziiie. it h:i;i \i -n stele)'. s;>* tin.?". rr;1. < tSers had been many unsuccessful ati v'x 11 * noi its owner C J l i - J DIDN'T MEAN IT LITERALLY English Soldier's Expressed Wish That Death Might Ccmj Was Fo!lovvec! by Hasty Revision. Ctin. John J. (VRysin. \vh<? hn" ,...1 f-,...,,, 1,',..Ivic JU>1 I villi HV'I 1 J "111 ? i Mil* * ???* brought bark a number of hui.ioioiis stories <?f the battlefield. Here is one he tell:* about an English sentinel: "The Twenty-seventh division was in Flanders. where H rains almost continuously." bejian tin* ireneral. "'lhere were English troops billeted near by. One nijrht. after a partirtdarly hard rain, this English rliap was on duty. ' When he thought no one was around he began to curse everyrhing in general, li:e weather, the Germans and his own luek. 'Oh. I say. this is blawsted weather. d.nucha know. I wish I was out of tins beastly mud.' the Knglish sentry muttered. A few min 11 res later he was cursing the rain which beat in his face. "(Jawd, !mt I wish 1 was out of ibis beastly water,' he mus<'d again. .lust then the Germans opened a heavy fire and made; things uncomfortable- for everyone. ! 'Oh. Gawd, but this is beastly/ said the sentry, raising his voice. 'Oh, I do hate those blawstinl Germans. I i wish I were dead.' Simultaneously j with his last words a big 'Minni(?: i dropped almost at the sentry's feet. When he recovered he was lying in a hole covered with mud but uninjured.; i ne senrry sai up, rui>u(*u me muu from Ills eyes, and then gazing heav en ward, said, 'Oh. I say, Gawd, eawn't s you take a blawsted joke?'"?New York Sun. i I . - I The State of South Carolina?Coun- ; ty of Newberry?By W. F. Ewart, 5 Probate Judse. ( Whereas Mary Thomas made suit ; to me to grant her Letters of Admin- I istration with Will annexed of the : Estate and effects of J. H. Thomas, i These are, therefore, to cite and \ admonish all and singular the Kin- j Jred and Creditors of the said J. H. j Thomas, deceased, that they be and | appear before me, in the Court of j Probate, to be held a Newberry, S. C., , on Monday, January 5th, next, after I publicaxion hereof, at 11 o'clock in ( the forenoon, to show cause, if any ( they have, why the taid Administra- j tion should not be granted. Given under my hand this 17th day ! of December, Anno. Domini 1S19. W. F. EWART, i ' P. J. N. C._ ; NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING I OF HOARD OF COUNTY COW MI5SIONERS. Notice is hereby given that the An- j nul Meeting of the County Board of { Commissioners of Newberry County j will be held on Thursday, the eighth ? day of January, 1920. All persons [ holding demands of any kind against J the County, not previously presented i to the Board, must file the same with J the undersigned on or before the first day of January, 1920, so that they[ , may be examined and acted on at! ? the Annual Meeting. Any claim not; * presented to and filed with the; ' Board of County Commissioners j during the fiscal year in which it is \ contracted or the next thereafter } ivill be barred and cannot be paid. ! j J. C. SAMPLE, r!onnt.v Snnprvisnr. ? ' H. a HOLLO WAY," \ j ! 12-?)-4t Clerk, Etc. j Pulaski Lodge No. 20, I. O. O. F. Meett every Friday at 7:30 at Klettner's Hall. Members urged to attend. Visiting brethren welcome, j C. W. Douglas, j D. B. Chandler, ? Noble Grand.; Secretary. i 1 ! NOTICE OF ELECTION I State of South Carolina, County of: Lexington. i An Election having been ordered by Governor R. A. Cooper to be held in requirements with the law govern- [ ing said election upon the question of, annexing a portion of Lexington County to Newberry County describ-' 2d in a proclamation issued - by the Governor of South Carolina to be held on the Gth day of January, 1920,! at which election the electors shall' t-ote "yes" or "no" upon the ques- j tion of annexation. The following Managers are hereby appointed to i-cnduct said election at the precinct; named below and to canvass and de-! :lare the result and return the same to the Commissioners at Lexington Court House, South Carolina, imme-; lately thereai .The first named; Manager is hereby declaired Chair-; man and is requested to secure the I boxes from the Clerk of Court's J Office at Lexington, S. C., and return the same together wi*h the number of ; fotes cast for and against the said annexation and the total number of I'otes polled, etc. That only those residing within the i area affected as described in the governor's Proclamation, shall be permitted to vote at said precinct in the said election. Polls will open at 7 o'clock in the! morning and close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Boxes may be secured any time on or after the 3rd day of i January, 1920. All voters in the above election must have their registration certifi-1 ?ates and their 1919 tax receipts. Managers of Election. ? - TTT 1 Peak?VV. M. Wilson, cnairman; \>. i FT. Epting. J. Owens Chapman.; Charles E. Stuck, clerk. Chap in?P. B. Fulmer, chairman; John J. Chapman. X. E. her.lv. G.' II. Sher.lv. e!</rk. Efird's Store?C. L. Matthews, chairman: Ed. Shealy, Jabez Frick. M. L. Wheeler. lerk. v.: tt *. -f-jT. H. Tinwl,' \. S. Fv:ck. Commissioners of Election for Lex,i"on '* . ^'.'h PrtrMiyis. ! exlngto i, S. C., December 1st 1 i-!G-9titc:\y NO Bi mi " I II ' i S1 iPi iii'T i !i n ~i? V (# i 'acssS rfijii nunm unkks EN FIN i \ Seven-Day Campaign ft * i 1 Amendment v*oes i , for Great Movemei ' % ?N the early stages of the,fight for! national prohibition the states of the south took th? lead and have main-1 i tained it in all th9 trying years in j which the dry forces have be*n locked j in a death struggle with the iorcee; behind the liquor traffic in this coun-j try. j As a section the gouth was the first' to clear itself of the stain of the liquor, traffic and has been do small factor] in giving its moral and financial sup-: port in the successful battles which other sections of the country have waged against this traffic and which definitely becomes outlawed in America with the constitutional amendment | that becomes operative January 16. And now the south is called upon to j take the lead in the World Prohibi tion Campaign under the direction of E. Y. Clarke, of Atlanta, which j comes as a logical and absolutely nee- j essary result of the euactment of prohibition laws, both state and national,! and the companion measures which! aim at their proper enforcement. "Finish the Job" j "Let's enforce prohibition and fin-1 ish the job," has become the slogan and the watchword of those in chargej of the campaign to enforce prohibition 1 in this country The speed and ef-j fectiveness with which this work is: done depends almost entirely upjn the spirit and the extent of the cooperation of those who have marie possible the results already achieved. The placing of the prohibition laws: I-* AM fAvnomrnt ! unci measures jlui mm cuivivv.u.iwn.| upon the statute books by no mf^ns: finished the job. There is still a vastamount of work to be done before the liquor forces confess defeat and retire from the field. While the saloon ftas been legislated out of business, it is making a determined effort to come back, and it is the purpose of the World Prohibi-j lion Campaign to see that it doesn't j come back. The Liquor Propaganda When the Eighteenth amendment' to the constitution ?/as passed well- [ meaning friends of Prohibition said: "Our naiiou now i* legally ur>; l-.q cause of nn.-tibiiicn has triumph'u ; the light is won ur.ck we are thror.^ii with it." Th i intensive campaign of the li-rjor lifer, sts to nuih;. Prohibition is the answer. Theirvpropaganda organization l.as ol . ' : .. *niy v.. t .?*. of LC3 I 1 . a .:. EER,-NO W pj/ / '//'// /,/- '///' r- ? ? [DON AS JRCI AL FIGHT WITH I i >r Funds to Begin January Into Effect?Anti-Saloon ] it to Finish the Job?Worl Even the most casual reader of the news of the day realizes that Prohibition has its hardest fight ahead. The liquor traffic is waging at the polls, in the courts and in the public pre?sv the most desperate and determined fight in its history. To those who think America now is "dry," all that is necessary is a j glance around you. Reports are com! ing daily of the deatti of one or more persons from drinking wood alcohol and other dangerous concoctions sold under the guise of corn whisky, and the activities of the so-called "blind- \ tigers'' were never so pronounced in i | the history of the country as at the j | present time. Elihu Root Leads Wets t And this is the very condition that] | is sought and is being encouraged by j | the liquor interests. They are being | ! advised by learned and highly paid f counsel, led by Elihu Root, to use every means in their power to make Prohibition a by-word and to make conditions under Prohibition so intolerable and the violations of the law so flagrant and the lack of law enforcement so notorious that the people willj become disgusted with the situation and demand a return to the licensed saloon. < It is the plan and purpose of the! World Prohibition Campaign, in!: so far as America is concerned, to ac- j' quaint the people of this country with j < this situation and to open their eyes j and keep them open to tne subtle1 < ; propaganda campaign which is being:, waged by the liquor interests. ] They are spreading the report and, encouraging the belief that the Pro- ; hibiticn forces now will turn their at- 1 tention to legislation against tobacco, , tea and coffee. < No War On Tobacco In this connection Judge Nasii R. 1 Broyles, chief justice of the Georgia [! Court of Appeals, says: "Thi; agitation as to prohibition of ( tobacco is camouflage to handicap the enforcement of the liquor prohibition ( laws. The persistent propaganda by * the National Tobacco League to' the ef-!' feci tlia: the Anti-Saloon League is (1 backing an anti-tobacco campaign is j entirely unfounded.*' ji The pre 1:1; i'.vn. campaign asks noth-j 2 i::s more no-- leih than ?.-nforcement j < of the Prohibition laws already on the i ? statute- books :"iu t:ie .iiacaaent of! ur?" . .:': !! to Strengthen t?eEL.|c -ic. ;?c ::<t, to t ORK! ? ?771 UM i l jllP^ ; ?iI# : ' r ,??4/ * w ana w 1 BEARER LIQUOR TRAFFIC I V 16, When the National: / League Marshals Forces, d Dry by 1930, is Aim.. interfere with individuals. It i*. totended largely as a campaign of edi*cation. Literature to counteract th?^ propaganda of the wets, who are seeking to nullify the prohibition acts, tobeing disseminated, meetings will b*: held, and dry candidates will be supported against the candidates of the.: wets for every political office froi&v President downward. In addition to enforcing Prohibition^ in thisj country the aim of the AntiSaloon League is World-wide Prohibition by 1930. To accomplish this th?* Prohibition forces not. only have to* combat the liquor forces already intrenched in Europe, Mexico, Southland Central America, China, Cuba*. ana other countries, but must fight the., additional influence of the American* distilllers who, driven from this country, arp ?r.?king footholds in otherlands. ; . Campaign Begins Jan. 16 v.. Ji This great work will require a large expenditure of funds, the active campaign for which will begin January 1$, when the National Prohibition Amendment goes into effect, and will continue one week. f For the purpose of carrying on this, educational campaign organizations,, state, county and city, are being per- . fected in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee. Judge Nash R. Broyles of Atlanta, ? :hief justice of the Georgia Court of Appeals, is state chairman of the cam paign in Georgia. In Tennessee the state chairman is. Former United States Senator W. R. Webb, one of the leading educators Df the south, and head of the Webb, School at Bellbuckle. Prof. J. G. Clinkscales of Spartanburg is state chairman for South Cai> >lina. Prof. Clinkscales is prominent n educational circles and is president )f Woffovd College. L. B. Musgrove of Jasper is stat* fnairman for Alabaiwa. Mr. Musgrov* s oiie oi the leading men in the state md for twenty-five years has been a 'orcein! leader lor temperance. The state chairman for Florida ia B. Minium A Jacksonville. Mr. vlinium is one of the leading bankers >f tbe si-.te and is president of the jnited T' jst Company. I.. a:;s of Jackson, president ;l Colk-ge, is state chainsar or M is ? iss i Pp -.