Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pastime The N( MILLIO MILLIONS OF F MILLIONS OF I TH IS A MASTERFL Scenario Writ A Delig i | Portraving the li i ae als Im1a11 CUL zation as the roc TEN REELS Continuous Show Starting 3:00 s- =U EMake It ;Something I Useful! Making Christmas Gifts is a privilege which we should not neglect, but why not make it a useful remembrance. Toilet Articles, Hand kerchiefs, Gloves, Towels, Table Linens, Bed = Spreads, Silk Hosiery, Bed Room Slippers, Bath Robes, Auto Robes, Down Comforts, Wool Com forts, or what could be better than a pair of Tar Heel - Blankets Our stock is full and complete, but being re m duced every day, come, now, shop early and feel rested when Christmas arrives. The O'Donnell Dry Goods Company, SUMTER, S. C. CSI IIEEIII< I IU 1 11( fi!~ EM l~ l~~~~ turday, D S ING IT AD 'THE BOOK EN THE PLAY RE of THEM BOTH by the Author Ozarks lountaineers who e veneer of civil h they live. . INTEREST Adults 50c, Childr (lay to a delegation of New England senators and representatives who called at the war department to give their personal support to a proposal that Brig. Gen. Clarence Edwards, commanding the Northeastern depart ment and senior in the list of briga diers, be raised to the next grade. All of the recent promotions made were of officers junior to General Edwards in lineal rank but senior to him in the overseas organization. Explaining that General Edwards' service abroad had been chiefly as comn mander of the Twenty--sixth dlivision, Mr. Baker said it "so far had been im E DOWDY &]) Everyt SPLUN a* Steam Heatin Let us Submit ICompet R Next Express Office A. Plumei SUMMER' Now ready to mnake p Prices are right, see me will not equal demand, ai Also ask for prices c and Nitrate of Soda. A share of your patr be appreciated. A. Plumei ctre, So 1W IN PICTURI NS ARE SEE EOPLE HAVE RE >EOPLE HAVE SE E PICTU L VISUALIZATION ten and Directed htful Story of the ves of these Hardy N and unaffected by th k bound hills in whic OF ABSORBIN( P. M. Admission: STATEMENT HAS BEEN JUGGLED Washington, Dec. 16.-Lieut. Belvin M. Maynard, the "flying parson," de clared tonight in a formal statement that his recent statement concerning the effects of alcoholic liquors on avia tors, which was issued through the Anti-Saloon League, had been "jug gled" until it had left a false im pression and erroneously had attrib uted his renmarks as applying to aviai tors participating in the transconti nental reliability test. His statement follows: "I feel it is due to the memory of the wonderful men who gave their lives in the cause of aviation develop ment in the recent transcontinental air race to clear up the horrible and miserable impression that has gotten about through the juggling of my statement to the Anti-Saloon Leagut with respect to the effect of intoxicat ing liquors on flyers generally. "My statement was made in goodl faith to the Anti-Salon League at their earnest solicitation, -and they robbing it _of its openin'g paragraph and in giving it the n. blending cap tion "booze knocked out transc()nt inen. t al flyers'' hnve. with the aid of the press, suicceededl in doing me the most serious i'iiustice I have ever under gone, and have (lone to the transcon tiental flyers of the race and to the oir service as a whole an even morc serious injustice. "Such statements that a large num ber of the casualties in the race we causedl by flying with hang overs and being drung' are absolutely false and without foundation, and wvere manipu lated to erente a sensation. TIhe very fact that I was fortunate, by inter vention of good weather in my favor, to be constantly a few miles ahead of the first of the flyers is evidence in itself that I could not have based my Op~imion on the effect of alcohol on flying from my observation of flyers in the race. Indeed, several of those killed were total abstainers. "The juggling of my statement has transformed it into a 'lie against my colleagues in the i-ace, wvhich impres sion I certainly wont allow to stand without an emphatic and complete deC nial on my part. Let my statement be now clear and not twistcd to meet the demands of those who hunger for scandlal and sensation." -0 SERVICE IN FRANCE NOW BEING REWARDED Secretary Baker Explains Recent Army Promotions to Friends of General Edwards Washington, Dec. 16.-Recent pro motions to the grade of major general in the regular army was intended as a reward for exceptional services in Fitnce, Secretary Baker explinedn to. ec. 20 I en 25c, plus tax. possible to consider divisional com manders for promotion at all sip-e there still was a number of corps commanders to consider." Of the three officers nomiliated for promotion over General Edwards, Maj Gen. .JosephC. Dickman, head of the Southern department, was first a corps and then a field army commander in France; Maj. Gen. James G. Ilarbord, now at Camp Travis, Texas, was in charge of the organization of the American exped(1itionary force as Geon eral Pershi:ig's chief of stafT' and aft erwards commnandled the service of supply with a personnel of 500,000, VMcCULLOUGH, hing in g and Wiring. ( youi Prices on Outfits. - MANNING, S. C. R Burgess CO)N, S. C. rices on mixed fertilizers before buying. Supply id market is advancing. n all fertilizer materials onage is desired and will Burgess numnnanneanmtma Pretty Candle Shades Both the pretty candle shades shown here are made of crepe paper cut to limilate flower petals. They are only two of many equally pretty designs. Two strongly contrasting colors are used for the shade at the left as red and white, or green and red. Three shades of rose appear in the pretty af fair at the right in which small curly petals that look like sweet peas are glued to a plain foundation of pink pa per. A gay paper hutterfly is perched at the right side of the shade. Gifts for Grandparents 3 - Just what to get for grandparents, seems to he the hardest question to decide at Christmas time. They like things that add to their comfort. In the picture above are two suggestions. One is a reading glass, which will prove useful, when ordinary spectacles fail to reveal to the eyes that are growing old. Below is something pretty and useful for grandmanlma. It is a bouquet made of paper flowers. and in the heart of each flower is something needful for sewing or darning. The center of one flower Is it small spool of black thread ; in others are loops of tape, pins, needles, hooks and eyes. and Maj. (en. Francis .1. Kernan at present commanding the Philippines, r.anlize! the service of stpply in France and served on the mission which negotiated important armistice matters with the Grnw:'ns. INQUIRY INTO "LEAK" Washington, Dec. 6.--Numerous con ferences werel'c hld toda y b~y oml. eials o fthe department of justice in an effort to find if there really was nnlyt hing criminal in alieged( leaks of supreme11 coturt t-ir ions. 0 ietials com11 mnt I was: refused , but it was made clear that the goveri nmin t r'eg.urdedi the pre'mature pmuiationl of its in vestigation as ex: temlely un fortunate. NI evi:ence has han1 d!i.Wcovered toi warran.lt tile prosection of anyo. per (ills i nvolved an d it was sa id fu rther impiliry' into stateml -nts hy individuals that thley had advl\anc'e inlformlationl of dlecisioni by which'l they 'ouhld mlake fortun les in the stock ma rketi had beeni hlandlicappedl by the pliic it y. All attorney emilphlyed inl the de11 WImrtmnent (If jutst ice whol WL was men tionled as onie of tile personls coniceirned in the a llegei d leak has nlot beenl re mloved~l orl otherwise discipllineid, it was prem'~le coutlrt. issued a stat emenit dlily ingi thiere hail been any~ leak ill h is ollice. IMlSOlm!YED ORD)ER TO SWAI.ILOW FiREi' New Yolrk, De.c. 15.- -Testimo~ny that lhe hald disobeyed' an1 ordr from1 ('apt. Karl WV. Det zer to swallow a Iligh ted eig.are(t te was g 'en3 toiday1 by pr'ivate Ma rcellol Gonzales of San . a tonio, TlexasI, at thle coulrtmartiail oin G~overnor's Island of Captain Detzer charv~ed with bilrutal ity to prisoniers in c rimni nalI investigation headqua rters att Le' Mans. The chlarge that Gonzales had been comlpelled to eat a cigarette was on1e of the most sensational of thle 28 spec ifil allegations faelng the oflicer, wvho, as commander of the Three Hun rIred andl Eighth Military Police comn plany, had chlarge of investigation wolrk ill the enltire troop area. A pre.. vious witnless had testinied to hear ing the order given, but said he (lid not see what becamne of the cigaretto as he had left the room. Gonzales stated that despite the order, he had flung the "butt" to the floor of the guard house.