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'on eSection Qne Pa es1toPagesto 10 QL. XLI MANNING, a. C., WEDNESDAY,-OCTOBER 19, 1921 BOG SHOn. PROVES TO BE BIG SUCCESS On Friday, October the 14th, ClaI - endon County's first afinual hog show was staged at MaInning. The suc cess of this show has since been the talk of the town and county, and already plans are on foot for making this a permanent affahi with the pos sibility of developing it into a county fair. Thirty different breeders exhibited approxinately 150 high class Durocs and Poland and Ch inns. This too with the biggest breeding establishment in the county not exhibiting, as the Brad ham Duroc Farm, bne of the leading breeders of Durocs in the state, un selfishly declined to compete. Several of the classes shown would have done credit to a state fair, and on all sides comments were heard re garding the progreksi that Clarendon County has made in the purebred swine business. Many of the leading farmers and business mien are of the opinion thatthe brood sow is going to play a leading part in meeting the boll. weevil problem, and that Friday's show will do much to stimulate the hog industr , Mr. S. D. ims, Extension Livestock Specialist, did The placing in a most efficient and pleasing way. Mr. Sims wh6 is a Purdue graduate and a na tive of Indiana stated that he had never seen a better County Show. Mr. F. L. Harkey, Marketing Agent of Clemson College, made a short talk on marketing pork and other pro ducts. The County Agent and a few of the. leading breeders of the county got together a few weeks ago and decided that the county should have a Hog Show, and then got to work and put it over. The farmers of the county are to be congratulated on the fine showing that they made and should be encouraged to begin now preparing for a bigger and better show in 1922. Following is a list of the winners in the various classes. Aged Boars-H1. J. Bomar, first; 11. B. Harrington, second; T. .1. Lowder, third. Senior Boars-S. .J. Brogdon, first; J. W. Wideman, second; C. S. Land, Sr., third. Junior Boars-S. ?. Williams, first; J. R. Eadon ,second and thuid. Aged Sow-J. W. Widenian, first; I. V. Plowden, second; C. S. Land, Jr., 'third. Senior Sow-J. W. Wideman, first and second; E. L. -Johnson, third. Junior Sow--S. M. Williams, first; A. S. Briggs, second; J. G. Dinkins, third. Senior Barrows, Crouch and Dickson first; E. C. Coskrey, second; Floyd and Floyd, third. Junior Barrows-T. J. Lowder, first; Floyd and Floyd, occcnd. Sow and Litter-I. V. Plowden, first; Appelt and Shope, second. Grand Champion Boar-S. M. Wil liams. Grand Champion Sow-J. W. Wide man. 0 HONOR ROLL FO1 TIE MANNING GRADED SCHOOL The following is the honor roll of the Manning public school for last month: Adv. first grade-Oneda Dubose, Wilburn Wells, Lola Y'assney. 2nd. grade-Louis Appelt, Virginia Broadway, Stewart 11arv in, Frank Huggins, W. A. Mahoney, Hugh Plow den, Josie Plowden. 3rd. grade-Frank Barnes, Sara Chawning, Sarah 2Coffey, Marshall Creecy, Cooper Dickson, Dorothy Er vin, Lucius larvin, Warren McLeod, Marie Nimmer, George Williams. 4th. grade-Arthur Flowers, Fran ccs MVcElveeni, Harriet Plowden, Elma Roper. 5th grade--Vivin Katzoff. 6th. grade-Frances4 Coskrey. 7th gr ide- Ruth Critcher, Rs'nm Geiger. 8th. grade-IHarold Bagnal, Olin Burgess, Warren Ch~rk, Winnie Plow dlen. 9th. grade-Ruby Bullard, Virginia Coffey, Gladys Eadon. 10th. gradle-Franices Dickson, Lily Emma Sprott, Mildred Smith. 11th grade-Isabel Plowden, L~ula Rigby, William Richardson, Estell Williams. ~CIVIC LEAGU.E HOLDS MON'IILY MEETING The usual monthly meeting of the Civic League was held Monday after noon, October 17th, 1921, in the Court House, at four o'clock. After the reading andl approval of the minutes, the rep~orts of the cuminittees wvere given. The chairman of th'e entertainment committee, reported the Rook Trourna nient quite a success, and realized a very neat sum for the Leagues Again, the charity committee spoke o.f the dire need of help. In numer ous eases, conditions were appalling andl any help whatever, would' be of untold value. Mrs. J. A. Weinberg, Mrs. J. H. Or vin, with Miss Irma, Weinberg, as an alternate, were elected delegates to attend the Central District Meeting to be held in St. Matthews, Friday, Octo her, 21st. Mrs. Bunyan Hlarvin was unanui m iously elected a member of the League. As there Was no further business t'ne meeting adjourned. R~spectfully submitted, Irma H, Weinberg, ecrtnew nnd '1'nnae MELVILLE'S COMEDIANS MAKING A AIG HIT Melville's Comedians, who are hold ing forth on the R. D. Clark lot on Church Street, aire playing to ciowded houses every performance.: Opening night sthe tent was packed to the doors to greet "Toby" and his players. Tuesday night the inclement weather kept a good iiany away, but still the tent was comfortably filled. On the above two nights two strong bills were presented. The progrim for the bal ance of the week is as follows: Wednesday night-"In Old Ken tucky." Thursday night--"The Millionaire's Son and the Shop Girl." Friday night-"Which One Shall I Marry?" Saturday afternoon-"Peck's Bad Bov."' Saturday night-"St. Elmo." The above are all strong bills, and Will no doubt draw- large crowds. Saturday afternoon is especially for the kids, but there is great fun in store for all who Attond. On Saturday night "St. Elmo" will be presente(d. This is taken from the novel of the sanje name and is a powerful play. It has been a favorite drama for many years all over the country, and we know those whg see it will come away perfectly satisfied. - o ANOTHER TRUE STORY OF RED CROSS NURSE WORK Way, way (own the road she saw him trudging along through the deep sand. As she drew neare: she saw that his arms were filled with books, too iany and too heavy for the strength of his little frail body. Oh! how it hurt to see him as he went along so slowly, ~ trying to push through the heavy sand. As the nurse came up along side of him, she stopped her car and inquired how far he was going and invited him to ride. She took' his books and help ed him in. He was so tired and his breathing seemed difficult. His whole bojy was swollen-swollen until his elothes lic :.ked stuffed. His face was white, his lips were colorless and his 'yes were almost closed. He look like x child of nine or ten years and when the nurse inguired his age, found that he was fifteen years old and in the third grade. He had ben going to school for eight years but never seem d to be able to "learn right." After they hi~ gone on about two miles they caie to his home. Tha house stood in a beautiful grove of Lak trees, and as the car stopped, the father came out and when he saw the Red Cross on the cap of the radiator lie knew at once that this was the Red Cross Nurse who had come home with 1is boy. He invitedl her to go in and "sit with~ them awhile." On the way to the house the father said "Nurse I'm. so glad you came, I've been won lering a long- time what's the matter with this boy-he don't. seem to learn right, he aint got no ambition for hothin' and he seems so lazy all the Lime and I've begun to think he must be sick." The nurse talked with the father aind mother about his condition and suggested he probably had Hookworm Rnd advised taking him to a doctor. The nurse learned tha-t there were a number of other children in the neigh borhood who seemed to be "half sick," and "Nurse I wish you'd go and tell them what to do for their younguns, tell them how to build a a closet and why they need one, and learn them what kind of food to cook for the family--these people around here ilon't kn'w mauch about such things." As the nurse bade them good bye the father called after her and said "I'll take the boy to the doetor tomor ro~w and get some mledicine for him. I wish I'd known sooner what was wrong with him. Thank you, Nurse." NEWS FROM CLMSON C)LLEGE Clemson Collegl, S. C., Oct. 17. The eight young men from Clarendon County, met last Sunday morning for the purpose of organizing a County Club. It was dlecidled to organize a club and the following ,>ffleers were elected: President, J. E. Hlodge; Vice President, W. B. Bagnal; Socretary and( Treasurer, C. HI. McIntosh. This is probably the first Clarendlon county club ever organized at' Clemson, h'ow e~ver, we feel sure that the Clarendlon counity. boys should have a club and are going to have one this year but, wvill other young man- come in in later years and keep up the club which we have started?' E. D). Plowden, a Clarendon tu1nty boy, .is suffering with an injure ( foot at this writing. On last Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bryan, an open recep~tion was given for all the mem bers of the Methodist phurch aud Sunday School. Several games were playqd after which cakb andl cream was servedl. The aff'air was enjoyed by all present and the endl came much too soon. Clemson's Reserves played the Uni.. versity of Georgia's Reserves a game of football here yesterday. The game was a h.V'd ,fought one throu hout, the teams being evenly matche(. At times the ball was in the middle cf the field and neither team was able to gain any ground. Finally, each tearhi sue eeeded in making a touchdown and at the endl the score was 7 to 7. eE. D). Plowden, Clemson College, S. C. AMERICAN LEGION TO GIVE A BIG SUPPER At the old LeGrande Cafe next next door to Home Bank and Trust Cot Friday night, October 21st. Sup pore sold for beunMt of the Williams. Burge as Poet. SESSIONS OF W. LAR( Meetings Were on Friday, S Crowds hi Attenda The 38th Annuail Convention of the South Carolina W. C. T. U. was called to order at 10 o'clock Friday morning, October 14th, in the Baptist Church of Manning, Mrs. Joseph Sprott, State President presiding. Other State of ficers prevent were: Miss Cleo At taway, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. T. R. Denny, Recording Secretary, and Mrs. Charles P. Rabinson, 'Treasurer. Superintlmients, Mrs. W. M. Waters, Child Welfare, and Miss Jessie Curtis, Flower Mission. In accordance with the time honored custom of all W. C. T. U. Conventions, from the World's Convention, wvhich is held once every three years, the An nual National Convention, which met in San Francisco in August of this year, on down to the State, District, or County Conventions, the business session of the meeting was opened by reading the Crusade Psalm, 146, and m;inging the Crusade Hymn, "Give to the Wind Thy Fears." After organi zation, Mrs. Spiott conducted a short parliamentary drill giving the simple rudiments of the duties of a presiding ofice, how to bring any subject be fore a meeting for discussion, and other esseitial points. She empha mized the importance of women in foriing themselves ir parliamentary usage, and conducting all meetings "decently and in hon'or." The State president in her Annual Address re vieed the work of the organization from the State. National and World Wide point of views, aind outlined the expanded program of our New Cru sade, with its law enforcement as the key-note. She explained in some de tail why theW. C. T. U. was in a cam paign for a million mcnbers by 1924, our Jubilee year. They are needed to carry out and carry on this expanded program. The Corresponding Secretary, Miss Attaway, in her report told what the local unions had been doing the past year, and snowe(l thiat, in spite of hard times and the cry from some quarters that the work of the White Ribboners had been finished. tl-z unions are very much alive and finding many avenues of opportunity for service still in the W. C. T. U. The report of the treasurer, Mrs. Chas. P. Robinson, wac most interest ing for the financiil condition of any organization is a good test of its real strength. Her report showed an in crease i p-paid up members, the only kind we count, and that most of the unions had paid their obligations to the State treasury, thc Willard Mem orial Fund, Lillian Stevens Legisla tive Fund and other interests. South Carolina has gained in membership for the past three years, and the State oflicers wore beautiful bpdges sent from the national Convention in 'San Francisco i'i recognition of this fact. At the Memorial Service, when the roll of comrades who have this past year gone from their carth'ly labors to thoir heavenly reward, was call d trilute was paid to Lady Henry Soneuiset of England, one of the ear liest workers in the World's W. C. T. U., and to the Countess of Carlisle, ilso of England, who have recently "passed beyond." 'The Countess of Carlisle was World's W. C. T. U. mre sident at the time of her death. Dur ing the morning session, Mrs.' Maud 1. Perkin.-, of New York, National Secretary of the Yeung Peonle's Branch of the W. C. T. U. arrivo. She was introduced to the Convent ion, and brought greetin.as from the Na tionalI C-mvention in California and also from the North D~akota, New York and Rhode Island States Conventions, all of which she has at tended within the last twvo or three wveeks. On motion of Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Per'kins was enthnsiastically voi ea member of the Conve ition with' all of the privileges cf the 'floor. Delicious luncheon was served by the local union at I10 o'dlock Friday and Satuirdaty in the Sunday School room of the Convention Church. Sat urday afternoon was dIevotedl to hear ing reports from the departments of Evanigelism, Scientific Temperance InsrutinMedal Contests, and Sun (lay School Work, !and an openi discus sion of Departament Work in general Our Oflicial Organs, The Union Sig nal, and the Young Crusade (child ren's pap~er) published by National andl the P'almetto White Ribbon, our own state paper, were ably presented andl committees appointed to solicit subscriptions. Saturday, morning and afternoon, was devoted to the regular~ routine business of the Convention. The State Treasurer gave a forceful talk on "Finances" and took p ledges from the Unions represented for the State Treasury. The departments of Flower Mission andl Relief Work, Parliamentary Us age, Child Welfare, Moral Education and Christian' Citizenship, were dis cussedl and reported beautiful hand paintedl vases were presentedl to Ajken Union andl Johnston L~. T. L. from the Flower Mission Superintendlent as re wardls for best work (lone and report ed in her dlepartment. .Mrs. S prott told of the formation in this State of a Joint Legislative Council, composed of representatives from fourteen State-wide organiza tions of women. The W. C. T. U. is represented on this Council by the State President, who is treasurer of the Ctunnil. to so live, and act that the whole World shall be made a safer place for children to be born into, and grow up in. Sun'day afternoon was devoted to a Young Peoples Rally. The music was furnished by a youn- peoples chorus class, and was stirrng. Ali-s. Perkins told of the proagramin of the W. C. 'T. U. for the children and the Loyal Tei perance Legion and Prohibition Guards and the older ones in the Young Peoples Branch of the W. C. T. U. and promised to Send i worker to South Carolina especially to organize them. A touching feature of the Sun day afternoon meeting was the dedi cation of little George Edgar Luce as a White Ribbon Recruit. His mother pledged to rear the child in the prin ciples of total abstinence and purity, Mrs. Perkins offered prayer, and Mrs. W. M. Waters of Florence, Child Wel fare Superintendent, lied the White Ribbon on the little fellow's wrist, and the whole congregation sang, "When He Cometh to Make Up His Jewels." Mrs. Perkins had to leave Sunday night for Jackr:a, Tennessee, to be at their State Convention and from Tennessee she goes t( Georgia, and thcn out West. Sunday night was "Good Citizenship Mass Meetin'," and the speakers were lon. Charlton DuRatit, on "Law Ob servance," ard Maj. George C. Bowen, recently appo'nteld Federal Prohibition Director, spoke oi "Law Enforce ment." Both of these earnest and able men' stressed the importance, how the absolute necessity of every body, rien and women, up-holding all law, and the sacred obligation to co operate with and hold up the hands of the officers of the law if this veritable quagmire of crime in which our State and Nation is now wallowing is ever going to be cleaned up. Maj. Bowen is fearless and out spoken, he does not beat about the bush or side step, he calls names when lie tells tales of failure of sworn oflicials to enforce the law especially the 18th Amend ment and South Carolina is fortunate in having such a man at the head of the Prohibition work in this State. Most of the delegates left Monday morning, with many expressions of appreciation of Manning ind its peo ple, and inspired and enthused by the Convention. Resolutions adopted by the 38th An nual Convention of the South Caro ina Women's Christian Temperance Union: Preamble: The South Carolina Women's Chris tion Temperance Union, in its thirty eighth Annual Convention in Mann ing, S. C., revently thank Almighty God for the victories won, and pledge anew our loyalty to our Leader, the Lord Jesus Christ, whose guidance we follow; we believe His teachings should be incorporatel in the laws of our' land, and worked out in the cus toms of society. We, therefore, pledge ourselves to the following resolutions: 1. Total abstinence. Science has demonstrated that al ccehol is a poison, and we emphasize ithe necessity of personal total ab stinence, by an educational and pledge signing campaign. Realizing that a single standard of morals should be the foundation of American homes, we earnestly urge the purity question be presented from a Christian viewpoint, in order tc Sombat the evil forces that seem to be at work among all classes. 3. Limitation of Armaments The Woman's Chritian Tempuranev Union has always worked for iCas ures that would promote peace ani secte just international. relations. We herewith support tlh. movement for worldi disainamen t, and commend thc President of the United States foi calling a disari'manent con ference of Nations for November 11, 1921. 4I. Christian Citisenship. Tlo em phasize the use of the ballol as a sacred obligation, and to educatc for t its int ~ligent an id coniscientious 'eercise, is one of the supreme tasks of the immediate' futuire, ini which we( muitst bear a par't. i. We pledge ou'rselves to carry3 :mnt the department woirk of the Na tional Organization as it may be adlop ted by our State and Ldcal Union. Child Welfare Work, Medical Tenm. per'ance, Anti-Narcotics, Scientific Temperance Instructien, and all othei lines will ma'ke for better' public senti mlent and uirge especially the increased activity ia'the L. T1. L. and Y. P. B.. foir to these young people wve must look foir our leaders of tomorrow. 6. Gambling. .We regret th1.- wie-spreadl incirease in the gambling habit as manifested in various forms, and especially warn: our young people of the insiduous ways by which this craze is being fostered. We particularlIy conden the contrivance known as the "put and take" top, thle sale of which ecidently comes undler the State law which prio hibits the sale of gamb~ling imple.. ments. in7. We deplor- tile piresent fashlon mwomadn's dIress, the shieer waists, low necka, short skirts with lines that accentuiate the form of tile bmody, andl we believe the present driess resp~on sible for a -seeming low standlardl of morals. 8. Thanks. We extend to our comrpades itn the .work our appreciation andl thanks for their untirin g efforts In our behalf. To the people of the town who have entertainedl us so royally, and to the ladies who sorvedl the bountiful lunches at the church-and for the gracious messages of welcome from the Mayor, Ministers and various Wo mena Organizations. We thank the Pastor and members of the Baptist Church for the use of their builing, Miss Lucy Johnson and members of t'he choir for the 'ELY ATTENDED aturday and Sumday----Largeo ne Every Session. The Legislative program which the W. C. T. U. will present to the Coun cil was discussed, but no final decisins made, and it was 1-eferred to the gen. eral officers. Mirs. Maud Perkins spoke on the Loyal Temperance L'gion and Young People's Branch. 'hese two impor portant branches of W. C. T. U. work have 4een on the down grade in South Carolina for several years. Mrs. Perkins dwelt earnestly on the impor tance of educating the young along the lines of total abstinece, purity, and respect for law and authority, which the study course of the W. C. T. U. furnishes, and gave some practical suggestions for organizing and work ing the children and young people's branches. The Convention went on record as favoring peace and Arbitration, and telegrams were sent to Mr. Harding Mr. Hughes, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Under wood and others earnestly pleading that the Peace Parley shall not .be held behind closed doors, and not be diverted from the primary purpose of the consideration of the reduction of armament. Telegrams were sent from the Convention to Senators Smith and Dial asking their support ' for the Will s-Canipbell or Beer Bill, and to the congressman from each of the seven districts in South Carolina for the Sheppard-Towner, or "Maternity and Infancy" Bill. At 12 o'clock each (lay the Conven tion paused in the midst of its crowd ing business to "Be still and wait on the Lord." That is the noontide hour for pr.., r for the white ribbon hosts, and "It is always noontide somewhere And across the awak'ning continents, From shore to shore, somewhere Our prayers are rising ever more." The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Joseph Sprott, Man ning, S. C.; Vice President, Mrs. J. L. Mims,.Edgefield, S. C.; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Cleo Attaway, Saluda, S. C.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. T. R. Denny, -Johnston, S. C.; Treasurer, Mrs. Chas. P. Robinson, Columbia, S. C. Mirs. Miims was again elected editor of the Palmetto White Ribbon; Miss Lelah Attaway, L. T. L. Secretary and Miss Cleo Attaway State Organ izer. The roster of State Superin tendents was not completed and will be published later. At the close of the last business session, as is our custom, the White Ribbon circle was formed by the join ing of hands, and "Blest Be The Tic That Binds," was softly sung and the Aaronic benediction i epeated in con cert. A pleasant social feature of the Convention was a reception given by Mrs. Joseph Sprott, the State Presi dent for the members of the Conven tion, their hostess the local union, representatives from the other wo men's organizations, and all who had given of their time and talent to make the Convention a success. It is impossible because of limited space and limited powers of expres sion on the part of the writer to giv( any adequate report of the inspira tional .meetings Frilay night, Satur day night, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. The nastors of Manning, Revs. Easley, Mc Cord, Smith and Walker, of the Bap tist, Presbyter-ian, MethodisLt and EpiscopalI Chur'ch 2s gave valuted co operation and assistanace. Friday night Capt. Davis, Mayor, Rev. Mr. McCord, and Mrs,. J. lH Canty wvelcomed the Convention nmost heartily and eloquently. Mrs. JT. P. McLean of Aiken respondedl to these welcomes. It was a great disappoint meat that Mr's. Fred S. Munsell, who was exp~ectedl to be present amnd speak on the Legislative Program of the Wo men of the State could not come be cause of illness in her home. Mirs. Sprott said that often when we ask foi a certain article in a store, an alert salesman will quickly reply "no, we( haven't .that, but wec have somnething~ else just as good," so while regretting Mirs. Munsell, we had Mrs. Perkins to to fill the time, and she brought us a message on "The Expanded Pr-ogram of, the W. C. TI. U", that opened our minds and hearts, andl thrilled us with the challenge of the big task still be fore the Christian men and women of our own and other lands. Saturday night there were two con tests for' silver medals, one in oratory under the direction of Mrs. C. N. Spirott, andi one in singing underi the dlirctionl of Miss Sue Sprott and Mism Rose Mahaffey. The selections were good, the boys and girls well dIrilled, and it warmedl our hearts to hear these young people speak and sing in the interest of "God and Home and Every Land." Mr. Jack Gerald won the medal for oratory and Miss Gertrude Gee the one for singing. All of the Churches called in their services on Sunday and united with the W. C. T. U. in their services. A picked choir, made up~i from all of the choirs, undler the direction of MibI Lucy Johnson,' furnished splendid special music Friday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night, Mrs. Perkins preached the annual sermon Sunday morning, and It was a powerful and tochng appeal to an BANKS NOW HAVE WHEAT SEED READY I'he thre. banks o Mannim.-1 s".- to call the attention of their friends and patrons to the necessity of placing orders for wheat seed with them, at the earlie.t opportunity, for the r-eason that the jlresent suppl'y on hand is not likely L be sufficient to meet the demand it) to the end of the IIlanting season, as mally of the far mlers are doubling tneir orders since viewing the excellant quality of seed being offered them. It is the desire of the three banks, to supply every one who wishes to llant wheat, on the samOle b:Lmis--and when re-ordering seed they will want, to know about how much more llan the present supply will be mired, so they ask that orders may be placed as early as convenient, that they may be ill possession of this information. For the imformation of their friends and patrons, the thr.?e biks are pub lishig the 'ollowing icatistics rela tive to present and future prices of grain and forage: Russia, the greatest producer of wheat in Europe, not only has no wheat 'or sale, but is now buying that commodity to feed a large per cent of population, tile other wheat producing countries of Europe have scarcely enough to feed their own people. The United States Government re ports for October sum merizes as fol lows: We are short 30 million bushels wheat. We are-long 393 million bushels corn. We are--short 310 million bushels oats. From tile above, 'we must look for much higher pricesin two out of three of our great food' and feed staples, of which we are large purchasers. Hay, of which we aire also hiarge buyers, is now worth $30.00 per ton delivered at South Carolina points in car lots, and this price obtains at the close of the cutting season when it jusually sells for about $20.00 per ton or less. From present information at hand we will not produce in Clarendon County this season much over 8,000 bales of cotton, which amount, at the present price will not go far towards payng or the food we are in the habit of buying, all of which we can grow successfully and economically. As a reminder, the three banks die sire to call the attention of their friends and patrons t' the fact, that every acre of land diverted into other crops anl uses than cotton and t, bacco will tend to help tile prices of these when sold. JURY GIVES l)AMAGES Charleston, Oct. l'i.--A fter being out all night Saturday, a jury in the case of J. T. Mountcastle versus the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, brought in a sealed verdict Sunday, which wa opened today, and showe'de an awar I for the plaimtiff of damages of $16, 250, one of the largest verdicts i'n tile court of common Ileas ill a long while. Judge W. H. Townsend is pre siding. The plailltifl' .aued for $50,000, alleging injuries in this sum, when he was struilCk by a Iassenger train of tile defendant, while im the course of his duties as a switchmanll. The trial consumeld several days. VOYAGE ORl RILDING Washington, Oct. IS.--President and MIrS. Harding left Washington late to (ay on tile yacht Ma, flower for York town, where the presidelt will speak tomior'rowv at a (t-lebration of the 140th anniversary of the surrende P of tIe Br'itishi a rmy there under Lordi Corn'l w.albis. La ter in tile day he wvill aliso dieliver an address at thle College of William and Mary at Wiliamsburg, A party of governmlenlt oflicials and Personal friends aire guests aboard'l the Mayflowver and will be in the pres :dentiail party dluring the visit to York town andl Williamlsburg. They include Secretaries Hughes, Mellon, Weeks and Hoover, Prince do Blearn, charge of tile French embassy here; Williaml WKiley of .Chicago, Representativ'e Sleimp of Virgmnia, Sccretary Chris till and Birigadier General Sawyer. V'he Maiyflcwer' wvil return to WOab mngton TPhursday mlorning. PRO)GRESS F"OR BRUIDG;E Charleston., Oct. 1 8.--The center concrete pier of thle Santee bridge substructure wvork has been comn pletertJ, which is regardled as a marked advance in the progress of this job) Moreover', a. railroad on which to haul niterials is nowv ill use by the Rol hins Construction cor'poration, ex tending from St. Step~henls to' the bridge .site, and the wyork of filling in on the approaclhes is und~er wvay. Tile center pier wvill suppiort the draw span. The material railroad had to be constructed before thle work on the approaches could start on any exten sive scale. special music which~ added so much to the pleasure of the delegates. Mrs. Maud Perkins, National Y. P. B. Sec retary, for her inspiring information and plans of work, lion. Chlarlton Du Rant prnd Maj. GIeo. C. TBowen, for their able address, and last but not least our State President for the beautiful receptio-n at "The Excentive Mansion." Mrs. Philips J. McLean, Chairman. Mrs. Furman Bradham, Mrs. J. W. Hleriot, Secretary.