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d Nowadays is acct expecting gifts th o4 8T. STEPHENS AFFRAY COSTS THRE[ LIVES Trio of Alen Slain While Two Women Suffer Painful Wounds in Whole sale Shooting-No Arrest for All Participants in 'Tragedy Are Dead Prominent Parties, Kingstree, Dec. l15. -A triple trage. dyI ocurdaft tpesa o'lc at ih hn ri. H Sm- milPfr[mSt St[phens hee retoth fctS Ithat r.PraLt rrpono M returi 'he ro pracig Slinfle .Iain ( otndst i houle with h otring-Naw Arrst CAlln articotpn to iny raway Arom is h onuinh t a rtiets.ndw ntt 1i -Kmnust-ree . ihn- tripl, raer-o d uv w<I an St. tein at ln r: . tear me nnt pyian parlir CotrLow ownh rst r. pon e em ne a itn, tikito .it wni rt i're ath ('i'hel assonm aS. he phenedte.or The bac; enteing the naesr and reilb-e heima in the oorway h D. Prat t e r turne toi the1 siceneir of mt hoti imi iai'?y ! iin d a Ceton m a ly wound-hi ing hearm, buti' before iotn de he nr in. th halwa. The young liisd it' has whund (in'ti the arm. and! hu mo [Dnr.i Prtt iwa. nato this tt rn i'i cam to ill 'f iashurg county so n atr bin grdaed,:t(( ii mm l locatn ing thie Nsmith nfighborottuid whe tiout foiv' idiots ao heatI, marill Misl athine : elland'Ii foun sever~lyar threate mr' vla thighr homi it hisob ahomeldommuiythnrtre to)S. S'mtephens an aived of th htisi brothcaer-nw .toh Hell, andrm1 hisOm mo thrandfter. t ieems hate there i hiwai ill) in beteuenr. Pratice.d yon ottvene, who as Ina sonie of con duahoriCtn fte l''lrlfi t'lai Coarst tLinefr ia. I hor ome rats o rtt had aked hoim o to y awaylre theuei Bell ho. .tephnu ellad witton, howevhernarew sanid to l haed bein goo frie'nd sie.I emsIi hr le p rad.tisonene reo promt inently connected, most highly es )ur C Dptable only in propo at are useful and effi uppermost 'I I sure to find only come in Ivory Candies Leather Gc )ICKS( teemed and a pall has been thrown over the entire St. Stephens commu nity by the shocking tragedy. The body of Mr. Cotton was sent to Charleston this morning for interment and those of Dr. Pratt and Mr. Bell will be taken tomorrow to Ninety-Six and Darlington, respectively. 0 HI;G IOAN IFOR CHINA Perkin, Dec. 15 (By the Associated Press.)--The Pacific Development cor poration of New York, which recent ly concluded a loan with the Chinese government for $5,00,000 against treasutryv notes secured by surplus revenbue of the wine and tobacco adl miist rat ion, c reated a precedltn with respject to A merica and l ike the crisp) loan in 1912, it is non-political. Ild ward IH. [Bruce, presidlen t of the torp)ora t.ion), in a statement. regarding the loan, sa idl that the Pac ifie Dievelop ment eorilrttion has no connlect ion with mtty A. mereican group or interna-. t ina gr'oupi and has umbertaken thi; bus5i ness as a purely priv'ate t rans~ac ion betwoe'n itself and the Chinese SIPFC(IA I ATTlOi{N EY New Yorki. IDec. 1 5. Gov. AlIfred E. Sm ithI a'nnounced tontiglit that he re-. quoestedl Iistrict A ttorney Swan to alp ;'oint .10-eph M. Proskauer, former partner of dudglt.e Abrahamn 1. Elkus of th(i court of aIpealIs as a special as sistiant district attorney and assign myg him to the (xtraordinary grand juary which is investigating the "'over shadlow ing (crme."' Mr. Proskauer is namied(( in the p lace of Geiorge Goirdon 8aIttle who wvithdr ew on thle grounid that the grand juriors were unwilling to coper:tte. wit h himt. The governort rittratedl his refusal of the r~aeuet of the grand jury to roe the acttorney general of the state he ir legal adlviseri, mid ing that ''no Ielea enon Ihas been shown"' why the r('quinest should bIe giranted. Shortl y before Governor Sm ith had annclouncted his a ppointmnent of an ct'her griandl juri y adlvise r, District At cirney Swan i senit a letter to thle grn ju l iiry stating that as far asq his office wasm c-oncernied the jutry ''had No Worms In a Heaithty Child All children; troubled with worms have an un healthy color, whickh indicte poor blood, andi asr n rule, there is more or less tatomatch disturbcr.:ce. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given reguinrly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, Im Prove the dlgestlon, and act as a General Strength ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dIspel the warms, and the Chiid wl bi in Derfect aith. Plemanne to take. 8no porbotl hr i str rtion to its sensiblen( cient, and we have p >ur minds. You'll fi favor for every m< and see us. Sterling Sib Stationery ods Etc. )N'S. D The [1 VICOR RID DIM O[ RHEUMATISM Spent Six Months in Hot. Springs and Seventeen Weeks in Hospital With out Getting Results. "I spent sevente mn weeks in hospital and six months i- Hot Springs, try mog tc get rid of Rhenroatism , but in .Wad of gentting well I finably go;, b~ad I couldl not dress myself, I can truthfully say that El Vigor is the only medicine that helped me, and I am ino1w able to kick as hiigh as most men of my age,'' saidl J. C. Wood, 2'l30 I -2 Fourth A venue, Birm ingham, Ala. "vl t roubles started from being ae eidlentally shot, through the kidney. TPhis I ami tol 01produCed uric acid poi son ing anad br'ought on1 one0 of the St ubbornest cases of rheumia tism that I have ever heard of.'' "I was finally persuaded to try El Vigor for my rh cum'atisnm and it has done so imuch good that I want every one' to know a bout it, I finally bel1ieve that I will be a wvell man again.'' El Vigor is sol in Alan-ing by the Cldarendon01 Drug Store. u in 5.idMSsuu asarg l 2pnfil~ Jo finishedl its labors'' as there are no more aniarch y cases to be pr'esenited to it. The jury was originally im panlled to in vestigate rad icalIism but extended its activities to an investi gatioun of the (list rict attorney's office and the "overshadowing crime." 'The latter still r'emaining a mystery as far as the public is concerned. --- ---- H EF'(lm SA I.)ONS Wash1inlgton, De~c. 1 5.-- National and state omeiers of the American Legion decide. today at the initial sessioni of their three (lay conference here to carry dlirect to congress tomorrow their fight for legislation benefitting veterans of the world war. nas C ss and durability. IV urchased our big stoc nd something accepi amber of the family i1 rer Cut G Magicl Et RUG S :L Store The drive on congress-the first to be undertaken by the new organiza tion-will devolve about the Sweet bill to extend the benefits of the war risks insurance act, it was indicated. The measure has been passed by the house and the legion officers, it was said, would go to the capital with the intention of making dircet inquiry of I a~f~.,il si~tr..f~l7~.,A" KIII f fe r i ten and women, too k of holiday things :ible and I you will ire Sets TORE senators why no action on the bill has been tiken by the senate. In opening their conference the le gio nofficers heard addresses by Direc tor Chomeley Jones of the war rist bureau and Secretary Glass, both of whom expressed sympathy with the purpose of the meeting and emphasi? ed that the recommendations made by YA v ~% mokespo patr 'r . A. strg thtP .did not~ bte yor Ani jee ill orBo yus out sobite and u.r i pundpe andcigrettne ma hspneose t thas theq Rht A. dd n ot btek , your. are giving and vith this thought the legion representatives would be gratefully received. At a meeting tonight participated in only by the legion delegates, it was tentatively decided to urge congress to combine the war risk insurance bureau, the public health service and the federal board for vocational edu cation under one directing head. *. Itsasute ulo m ua ity I exclu i patented proces sevtime youd haloush your kin' sounsryetadassudr satisy thecc Pin sce Alert condasurn. eray Wnton-gaive you mor