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Section One ~Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XLII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1922 A1 IANrNAIIO nrrrnrn MEETING 01L TRUC SU a .m. - - - - 'Il WHRLIIUUOLO U I LIH.U GROWERSASSOCIATION Co-operative Association Makes Big gest Move of Its History HALF OF FLOORS IN THE STATE Officers Meet Owners and Managers in Fine Session in Florence Last Saturday. The following article was taken from last Saturday's Florence Times. More than half of the active ware houses of South Carolina, represent ing an aggregate value of nearly $1, 000,000 were tendered the Tri-Ssate Tobacco Growers Co-operative Mar keting association here today, when representatives of the association conferred with a thoroughly repre sentative gathering of the owners and operators of warehouses. Save Lake City and Florence, bvery market pledged its warehouses in part or in full, as nearly as one could ascertain by an early and preliminary check of the returns from the meeting. Warehouses signed today are as fol lows: Nichols-Planters warehouse. Marion-Peoples. Summerville - Summerville ware house. Conway-Horry warehouse. Aynor-The Farmers, the Huggins. Georgetown - Georgetown ware house. Hartsville-The Farmers, Tedders, Star. Manning-The Planters. Loris-The Brick, the Farmers. Mullins-The Brick. Pamplico-The Farmers, the Brick. Kingstree-Central, Scotts, Wilk ins, Farmers, Nelson. Latta-Farmers. Dillon-Liberty, Farmers, Palmet to. Lake View - Farmers, Liberty, Planters. Hemingway- Center Brick, Big Four. Andrews-Farmers, the Brick. Timmonsville-The Farmers, Ban ner. Johnsonville-Center Brick. Bamberg-The Farmers. Lamar-Farmer's Friend. Darlington-Dargans, the Carolina, Price, Center Brick. Other houses, including Florance, Moneks Corner and Olanta, are under stood to have indicated their inten tion of signing, as has one in Lake City. "We are gratified tremendously by the results of the first effort in South Carolina," one of the lading officials of the association stated to a Times reporter immediately after the meet ing. The first check showed actually 41 houses pledged to the association eith er for sale or for lease, on the terms of the association. The total values, as placed by the owners of the houses, was $900,000. Individual values rang ed from $5,000, as the smallest, to $50,000, as the largest, there being two of them valued at $50,000. Immediate pledges today represents more than one-half of all the tobacco warehouse properties of the state, both in actual count of the floors and in physiAil value, according to corn parison of the check with the annual report of the commissioner of agri iulture of the State. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, of Raleigh, N. C., 1 who has been a moving spirit in this organization since its inception open ed the meeting and presided. On I account of the size, it had to be ad- Ii journed to the court house, instead of being held in the directors room of the First National Bank, as planned t originally. le introduced Aaron Sapiro, attorney of the association, who is well known here as the at- I torney of 14 of the biggest growers< co-operative marketing associations of the Pacific coast. Mr. Sapiro presentedl the uniform contract, which the Tri-State associa-< tion has signed with North Carolina and Virginia warehouseman, and is I similar to the contract used novo I in the Kentucky belt. Every wvare-< houseman wass given a copy to follow.t Paragraph by paragraph he explained the entire contract, terms of dlealing,< means of operating, and other dletails. When he concluded his address and ; called for questions, there wvere fewi questions asked. The response to the call for cigna-t tures was immediate and quite gen- I oral. Nearly an hour was added to f the meeting for the execution of the E contracts. c Other representatives of the asso ciation here for the occasion includ- c ed M. 0. Wilson, of Raleigh, secre- e tary of the association, F. C. Watkins, d Jr., of South Boston, Va., chief of the h1 warehouse (division of the association, a TF. B. Young, dlirector' from Florence f in the association, Bright Williamson, c of Darlington, who has been a leader v in the movement.p The meeting was thoroughly repre- t sentative, the spirit was good without s a single show of antagonism on the t part of the warehouseman towards p the association, and most encoura g- i Ing results in the conclusion. t W. WV. Coleman W. W. Purvis, and X A.A. Munn, of Iamplico, announced X when signatures were called for, that c they were a committee which the il Panmplico warehouses had authorized tl to act for them, they having anticipat- u ed this meeting and prepared for it. d They pledged two of te biggest ware- p houses of Florence county to the as sociation. F. J. Kirby, of Scranton, a said Scrantos~ had heard that Lake d Cit was an uncertain factor in this a 'deM. and his business men hiaa heta . t1 All the farmers in this vicinity who are growing any truck crops for mar ket are invited to attend a meeting pi the Court House Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock, April the 18th. The purpose of this meeting is to work out some plan by which we can assemble our produce in car lots and put it on the markets in proper con dition. This is absolutely necessary we are to expect any chance of profit from these crops. Another purpose of the meeting is to discuss the mat ter of lining up with some good sell mag agency for the proper distribu tion of our crops. It is hoped and expected that we will have with us representatives of selling and distributing organizations who will tell us in what way they can serve us, and upon what terms. This is a most important problem for the growers ,of produce and I trust that we will have a good representa tion. Come to the meeting, even though you only plant one acre of truck. Farmers who would naturally ship from Manning are especially urged to attend this meeting, but any grower is cordially invited. Tobacco Meeting at Turbeville There will be a meeting of the Turbeville farmers at Turbeville Hall Saturday afternoon, April 15th at 3 o'clock. Mr. E. C. Epps of Kingstree, a director of the Tobacco Association, Koger McIntosh, Henry McElveen and W. E. Lea prominent and well known warehousemen will adcdrss the farmers. Mr. Epps will tell what has been accomplished by the Association and some of the things that are being done. Messrs. McIntosh, McElveen and Lea will discuss the general to bacco situation and outlook. They will also discuss the grading and ty ing of the crop. They will be glad to answer any questions that may be brought out by the growers. All these men are well and favor-. ably known by the .rbcville farm ers and a big crown of farmers is expected to attend the meeting. W. R. Gray, County Agent. CIVIC LEAGUE NEWS The Civic League under the presi riency of Mrs. S. Oliver O'Bryan and the active work of the newly appoint ed committees is determined to do its part to clean up. The town is already beautiful with its wide paved streets, magnificient shade trees, flower gar riens, and its spacious Court House plaza, but it can be made more beau tiful by the efforts of the Civic League. The State makes the follow mag comment on the work that should be done in our capital city: "Every week should be, clean-up week in Columbia. The city should be respectable in every part. The backyard of the cottage and the front vard of the mansion should be alike lecent, tidy and attractive. Were very spot within the corporate lim ts of the town clean, spic and sr n it all times, no more evidence wt . le required to prove that the town vas healthy in body, mind and morals. But the town is not nearly so clean is it should be and, therefore, this veek is especially designated for :leaning up. Let all the householders, )roperty holders, therefore, get L..,y. (hen when they have seen the im )rovements, perhaps the improve nent will be maintained." neeting and authorized him to tender he association in this meeting a free ite for a warehouse, which Scranton voubl erect for the association if he association preferred. Several others spoke very encourag ngly for the association and pledged heir properties, services, or any oth r aidl within their p)ossession to in, ure the success of the growvers organ zation. The plain of operation, to purchase r lease these warehouses, is for the ssociation to issue its stock and onds to cover the liability. They wvill o serial, or in classes, redleematble ver~ a periodl of years. To retire hese, a small assessment will be iade on the tobacco which the asso iation handles for the individual rower.. As these outstanding obli ations are absorbed, their equivalent ri common stock will be issuedl to the idividual grower in proportion to the obacco the association handles for im. The association wants to (10 the air thing by the warehousemen, Mr. apiro om phasized many times in the ourse of his talk. Mr. Sapiro's presentation of the ontract impressedl his audience gen rally as very fair andl attractive. Hie id not hold out any promises or false opes or give any false information, s one could best judlge, about the af iirs of the association, its ability, r plans, lie saidl the association rould like to buy the warehouses and] ay cash on the spot for everyone of iem but is not able now to (10 it. lie iid frankly the association is going > build warehouses where it cannot rocure them and it may need them. has $1,000,000 offered them now for uls p~urpose and will build one at filson, N. C., and one at Danville, a. It will not build them whore it in possibly avoid the necessity. Also, I wants the services of the best of to warehousemen, who are popular 'ith the grower, know the local eon tlons and tobacco, and have the ex oriene. Hie was not at all mealy mouthed bout telling them also the assocIatIon mes not want any warehouses from myone who does not believe in both f to contracet and the association. InIUtY tLLS MUCH UNPOOL[D TOBACCO Mr. R. D. Cothran Receives Letter From Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Labor and Statistics Frankfort, Ky., April 7, 1922. Mr. R. D. Cothran, Manning, S. C. Dear Sir: I am unable to give you any infor mation as to the amount of tobacco sold and pooled in Kentucky as you requested in your letter of April 4th. The law requires all warehouses selling the Loose Leaf Tobacco to re port the number of pounds, the amount received and the average to this office. I will refer you to the Co-operative Burley Marketing Association, Lex ington, Ky., for information as to the pooled tobacco. Tobacco sold in the Loose Leaf wai'ehouses is as follows: 1920-269,358,800 pounds at $36, 323,92.07-average $13.11. 1921--123,515,455 pounds at $24, 182,160.18-average $19.57. Trusting this information will be of service to you. I am, Yours very truly, W. C. Hanna, Commissioner of Agriculture. HONOR ROLL FOR-THE MANNING PUBLIC SCHOOL 1st. grade-Arnold Beatson, Leland Crouch, Leila O'Bryan, Mary Lewis, Charles Snyder, Lila Mae Alsbrook, Mercelene Thomas, Dorothy Bomar, Martha Chewning, Virgie Haley. Adv. 1st. grade-Imogene Ridgill. 2nd. grade-W. A. Mahoney, Joe Mathis, Josie Plowden, Louis Appelt, Joe Thomas Bradham, Stewart iar vim, Joseph McElveen. 3rd. grade-Frank Barnes, Sara Chewning, Sara Coffey, Dorothy Er vin, Wilma Bradham; Eva McCall, Lucius Harvin, Cooper Dickson, Mar shall Creecy, Earl Gamble, George Williams. 4th. grade-Doris Coffey, Frances Harvi, Harriet Plowden, Frances icElveen, Witmer Shope, Florene Harrington, Dock Bradham, Florence Davis. 5th. grade-Annie Sue Bradham, Cooper Bell Dickson, Vivian Katzof, Mary Edith Plowden, John Edward Arant. 6th. grade-Frances Coskrey, Doris I Crouch, Mary Walter Ilerriott, Hattie Alice Mahoney, Ashton Plowden, Robert Chandler, Muldrow Windham. 7th. grade - Jerome Allbrook. Clarence Breedin, Rosa Geiger, Vir ginia Orvin, Audrey Young. 8th. grade-Olin Burgess, Warren Clark. 9th. grade-Sara Elen McKelvey. '10th. grade--Hattie Breedin, Lily Emma Sprott. 11th. grade--Bertha Johnson, Sara Lesesne, Isabel Plowden, William Richardson. I'IBLIC DEBT INCREASES Chicago, April 11 -The United States owes twenty-three times as much money now as in 1917, when the public debt was about $1,000, 000,000, Eliot Wadsworth, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, declared in a speech here today. "This huge debt we must pass on to the future citizens." he said.I "For this reason it is the intention of financial leaders of our govern ment. to pay all new debts from uarrent funds. We are .just stand mog still financially, as our cxpenses this year just about equaled our revenues. Next year there will be Rome deficit because of shrinking business, loss of foreign tradle and suspensioni of activities that camiel nt o being during thew war. "Without aniy surplus of revenue veri exp~enses we ean not decrease )ur public debt of $22,500,000,000. overnme'nt expenid itures mi ust1 -omefl dlown. AlIthoughi the civil wairI s sixty years behind us yet the an-< mail bill for pensions is $250,000,000.i 3nly 15 Per cent of our public ex ')enditures go for peaceful piurpoises, is it were. The remainder, 85 per 'ent. goes to pay for debts and nie ivities based on the wvar." TlOLL OR FLOOD WATlERIS Memphis, Tenn., April ll.-llood vater, held wvithiin bounds along he Mississippi, was taking its toll n Southern Arkansas tonight as a esult of a break in the levee along vhite River which let in water wvhich ultimiately will engulf iul vardls of twenty-live square imilis< >f cultivated land andl a dozen or I nore town an rice farming settle nents in what is known as Laconia I lircle at the confluence of ther Mhite andl Mississippi Rivers ini I )espa County. Thns far no loss of life has been eported, but heavy (damage to farm >roperty was anticipatedl as a ie-( uit of the 'force with wvhich thes lood was diriven through the gap n, the embankment by high winds vich prevailedl last night andl to lay. J According to dlispatches received iere the break occurred last night I iear the town of Snow Lake. Hen leco, Laconia, Knowlton andl eFr ruson are among the towns within I he circle -over which the water isn preadhing.c Reports receivedl over railroad vires indicated that the water laten oday had reached a dlepth of from I ive to eight feet in the flooded c rea. I MISS IRENE PLOWDEN ELECTED COUNTY QUEEN Contest Closed Saturday Niglht at Eight O'clock. Miss Irene Plowden has been select ed by the citizens of Clarendon Coun ty to represent them at Palmafesta which will be held in Columbia next week, starting Monday. Miss Emma Wynn Mood of Summerton kept things lively until almost closing time of the contest Saturday night, but the many. friends and admirers of Miss Plowden determined that she should be selected and the votes poured in so fast that it was trouble I to keen up with them. At the closing time the vote was: Miss Plowden 80;078 Miss Mood -------.....- 19,277 - Miss Plowden will go to Columbia Monday morning and will have a I prominent part in all the festivities of the week. On Thursday the voting for the Queen of the Palmafesta will take place. Our citizens should make - special effort to go to Columbia on that (lay and elect Miss Plowden as t the Queen. If every person in Clar endon that owns an automobile would I load it up with people and go to Co lumbia on Thursday there would be no trouble in making Miss Plowden the winner. Somebody get busy and start the ball rolling. We want the Queenship this year. ADDITIONAL, LOCAL NEWS I Friday being a legal holiday the Banks here will be closed The Civic League will hold a meet ing Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. I The president earnestly wishes that every member will attend. Miss Louise Iaynesworth, a niece a of Mrs. W. C. Davis and a frequent I visitor in Manning, rendered a beau tiful vocal solo at the meeting of the I Whiteman Literary society of Colum bia College, last Saturday evening. Miss llaynesworth is a student of Columbia College. REV. LIGHTFOOT RESIGNS i The Rev. E. M. Lightfoot, pastor T of the Second Baptist Church of Co- I lumbia, has resigned his pastorate to I accept the superintendency of the 1 South Carolina Anti-Saloon League. e RESULTS OF RELIGIOUS CENSUS IN MANNING a The following figures taken from the cards turned in by the enumera tors show the Church membership in Manning: Methodist .3031 Bapsits ---15 Presbyterians Jews:3a Episcopalians - - -- Advents --------------- Christians . - Luth rans -- --- - --- - 10 o ------------------ - 14 A Lutherans-...-----------------j1o MR. WATI'ERSON'S WILL , Louisville, A pril 1 1.---IIenry Wat terson, former editor of the Louis ville Courier-Journal, left an es- i tate of $228,500, mostly in govern ment securities. According to the terms of his will, probated in coun ty court here today ,the ineme from $200,000 is left to Mrs. Watterson luring her lifetime, an dthen de- s scends to Mr. Watterson's son, I: laughter and grandson. The re- , mainder of the estate is disposed ( of in special bequests. Mr. Watter- a on's library, curios, pictures Ind A rather personal belongings are left ti to the L.ouisville public library, to it which was bequeathed $5,000 for the g :-onstructioni of ai place to kee p them, to lbe known as the '"lienry e Watterson A Ieove." i D~arlington, A pril 11 .--Fire broke t mt here this moirn ing and destroyed he Dairl ington1 I ron Works, partially >urnled the Ilarge tobacco wvarehouse >f Syd nor & Stemu and (lest royed twoL learby negro cottages. The high *vindls made it almost implossible to sontrol the fbiames, and it is under iloodl tha t Florence and1( Ti mmionsville lepartments wvere asked for aid, but he fire was gotten under control ibout 5 o'clock th i sa fternoon. The i'mount of damage is unknown. INQUIRES AS TIO STANI)h Wash ingt on, April 11.-- Democratie cadIers i nthe Senate and elsewhere a ver'e challenged by Senator McCor- in nick, Republican, Illinois, chairman >f the Republican Senatorial cam maign conmmittee today to "'showv col- pl >rs" on the stand taken by their tv iarty's ''titular head," for'mer Gover- nij or Cox, of Ohio, for continuation omf ni he campaign to have the United mn tates join the League of Nations. yr Speaking in the Senate with ref- gi rence to the New York address of or bovernor Cox, Senator McCormick Xw aid: cc "I want to know whether the views tia 'C the candlidate for the Presidency 6. t the last election are the viewvs oif is party here ? I am certain that oon they will have to take a stand te efore the public." c Senator Blorah, Republican, Idaho to n irreconcilable of the League oi a aitions controversy of two vears go, interrupted the speaker tou in uire whether there were not some H topublicans who were "growing 1ere friendly," to the league. Mr. IcCormick replied that there was ha nly "an Invisible remnant" oni the th tepublican side of the Senate. AT SUMMERTON SUNDAY The organ recital at the Episcopal Jhurch at Summerton Sunday night vas a rare treat for the people of he town. Manning talent took part md acquitted itself most creditably. The following was the program: Prelude in E flat-Edward M. Read -by Miss Marguerite McLeod. Congregation Song-No. 403. Scripture and Prayer. Chorus-Unfold Ye Portals from 'The Redemption"-Gounod---by Mes lames J. W. Wideman, S. I. 1-larvin, V. C. Davis, George Hanks and Misses Rosa Mahaffey, Vallye Appelt. Organ Solo-Grande Choeur-Spen er-by Miss Carolyn Plowden. Solo-Resignation - Caro-Roma y Miss Pauline Haynesworth. Anthem-Jesus, Saviour Pilot Me . A. Schnecker. Offertory--Sommunion in E Minor -Ed. Batishe. Solo--How Lovely are Thy )well ngs-Sa .,uel Liddle-by Miss Hay esw orth. Chorus-The Lost Chord--Sullivan Varhurst. Organ Solo-The Rosary-E. Nevin -by Miss McLeod. Solo-God's Promises-Rosa Ever ole--By Miss Haynesworth. Organ Solo-Love Song-Nevin y Miss Plowden. Chorus--(a) Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah"-Mendelssohn. (b) Adore and Be Still-Gounod Varhurst. Postlude-Gloria 12 Mass-Mozart -by Miss McLeod. IONOII ROLL FOR PANOLA SCHOOL 9th. grade-Lucile McCall. 6th. grade-Belva McCall. Sith. grade-Mary Brown, Clyde t lliott, George Way. 2nd. grade-Bert Chewning, Sarah lolladay, .1. B. Richbourg. t Adv. 1st. grade-James M. Rich-1 rdson, Harry Richardson, Mattie 'airey, Winnifred Brailsford. 1st grade-.Charlie Aycock, Doug is Richardson. THE TOWN ElLCiTION t The town election was held Mon ay, and passed off quietly, there be ig no issues. The candidates offer ig for election were. Mayor, A. C. radham, 182 votes; Alderman, J. II. igby, 140; Dr. G. L. Dickson, 86, lugh McKelvey, 145; W. P. Legg,! 62; C. C. Chewning, 146; Fred Les sne, 149; C. N. Sprott, 137; 1-1. M. 'homas, 116. Commissioner of Pub ic Works, W. M. Plowden, 180. The' ix highest. being elected to serve as Iderman the ensuing two years. AllI hese gentlemen are good business ten and we feel sure the affairs of tanning will be well taken care of. GiREA'l' ORGANIZATION t -Raleigh, April 11.-R. R. Patterson nd C. 13. Cheatham, formerly of the merican and Universal tobacco com anies, attending a meeting of the t irectors of the Tobacco Growers' Co perative Association today in Raleigh eclared that, with the advantage of c andling a majority of the Carolina irginia crop, they would build up the lost eflicient receiving, grading and llmg organizat;:,n known to the to acc~o trade. ll'NERAIL OF ('OL. HECIK Washington, A pril 11.---The body f Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck, as stant connander of Post. lield, ort Sills, Okla, who was killed by armer Judge Day, of Oklahom'a ity, will he interred tom1orrow fternoom in tlie Beck fanily plot at rlington. The funeral will be with ie usual military honors, inclmud ig the tiring of a salute over the rave, but at, the reqpuest or (CoF. eck 's relatives the iiiit ary pro ssion which, under arimy reguIa - oils, would fol lowv the caiisson to ie cem-etery, will Ibe dispensed OCAL BAPPENINGS AO IWENTYY[ARSAO May 1902 C. M~,. Davis & Co., have moved in their handsome1( new~ store which. is just been comp1 letedl.' Mr. Max K rasnoff is nowv enjoy inl~ vacation at the nlorth, before nmk g his stock Pu rchase. There was a jolly game of hall ft ayedl in Manning last Friday lie /een the ml ann fing tecam and a scrubi t no, we. do nlot mean that the latter i no~ compollsedl of scrubs, for it. wia a adle up (of preac'hers, dloctors, hiaw-a irs andi near'ly everyth ing else. Thel C ime1 was won bly the Manininig teami s ly through the fairness of Capt. a illie Lewis the umpire. There is o, nasiderably criticisml of thle imparC- hi ility (If Ihis decisionls. Score 34 to rI f, We w'ould recommend Electric Bit- li rs to tonle up the nerves of those ndlidates who have not yet heeln able pi muster up cournge to pllank dlown a V to manke their wants known, a h D)ied last Wednesday afternoon, Mr. is ram M. Andrews, agedl 78 years. b There are forty-eight species of the d use fly, andl each one of them uses y e polished pate of the bftid-headed mn for a satninge rink. PROF. GIST G[[ WRI1S FROM INDIA Interesting Letter About Customs of Country COUNTRY IS REMARKABLE l'hinks Natives Will Boycott English Institutions-llenty of Tropical Fruit Always in Evidence Calcutta, India, Feb, 2nd, 1922. lhere are so many things that are few and strange here that it is hard .o know just what you woula be in erested in and therefore it is hail to elect the things to tell, then, too, vithout pictures it is hard to make he ideas clear. Yesterday I took a trip down the river, llooghly, to the Botanical ;ar len. The one sight there that. was of nost interest was the big Banyan bree, said to he the biggest one in India, but this part of it I do not be ieve, for I have read of descriptions f larger ones in the tropics and the mdiscoveredl forests of India must surely have larger o:'es than this. 'he circumference of the foliage of he tree is 997 feet and the area un ler this is well shaded so that it fur ushes a good cool place at any time if the day. There were in 1918, 582 tonal rootlets that had taken root in he ground and many of these are rery large, in fact, so large that it is iflicult to tell which is the ma. trunk >f the tree if it were not marked. Many of the rootlets are straight, laving been trained by bamboo poles Ind the whole thing is kept very trim ind clean under the gardener's super 'ision. I am sending a leaf of the .nee to Gertrude. Of course, there ire many other tropical trees and brubs there too that would be new o us, but I found that my time was o limited that I did not stay long in he g.rden. All along the river banks the people vere seen bathing as you see them i. the illustrations of India. Thi, iver is a branch of the Ganges and he Ganges is a sacred river so the mthing is made a religious rite as veil as a means of getting clean. At q ncial places along the river, called .fiats, where the banks are conven ently sloping, you may see hundreds it the proper time of the day. They to in with their bodies covered with heir garments. These consist of tbout three yards of cloth which they rather tightly around the waist and ind then cross it and roll it at the vaist and put one of the ends under he legs and tuck it in the back at the vaist, the other end they allow to tang free in front. The cloth reaches lown to the knees in front, but be ind it exposes them considerably. Then for the upper part of the body hey ihatve another, in case they use my at. all, similar cloth which they vrap around their bodies in Roman oga style. Some of them wear shirts without collar's aind hanging free over he garment for the lower half of the iody. 'l'ie servants in the hotels wear rousers and are altogether better overed than the collies on the streets. Phey go harefoat however. These "atrlenits are washed while they wash heir bodies and then they either sit n1 the stin and dry these or bring a hanige and put this on while the oth ' ne is drying. 'his makes the natter of having a wash dav and a lath simultaneous and it is a good >lan. Even in the middle of the win er it is not here like our suntner ime. I wear the thinnest clothe.: I ave, palm beaches, alth at yet ot. ['he people here go arounid with wool II clothes on and seemi to think it onl, but I gues. their hlod has been hinned out and they need it. I would ourn tup clad as they are. At niig hts everal nights I have hadt to hull tul lit shieet, bt I ami ''n thle warmii sidet if thle louse andl hatve the stun onl myl 'ittil all te af ternt on. 'I'sl p't eo tde, thle Inianius ma~kt' tf hathinlg at timipatniion, Mr . lHannter jet', tells tme hi( tithiet' ihlf dot tot thinik of' the re igitits sit' of' it butt dio it just tto II the tdirty ytellttw watter andt drtinik .Then to thtitnk that the river also as aill kindsh oif filth ini it, it is hlardt tit ntot gel sick --ptissily omany of hie'm do. Itn th li'ari ks an ol I(penl spacest, of hIieht there areit manyl lierie, yout tan3 lwatys stet pettple lying oat iti tilt ott ist k intd tof stit slet'i 4, oftet'u ' nt without at hit oif coveiriig overi it'd face'ts, thou~gh Somet take' thet pre'( tut Iion to covt'r themiiselvt's ttvter with ieirt garmilents. Tlhiey do nlot stem t~o e hut at all by it, y('t they' Say that forieignt'r exposing hiiimself eveno for very short while withlot ai t opee ih hiat) willI almnost sur tely get a sun take. I hid a lit tie feelingw of h1eadt the the first fewv daiys whien I went. Lit im the sun foi' any length of t imle, uit nowv I go about even inl thed mitd Ie of the day anti walk withotut any' yeling of feari at. till. By the end of ty stay out. here', I guess I will het k(' an old timert. To see thie butrdlens thlat these pe~o Ie carry onl their hleadts is most maz'iing. I saw a man yesterday with big round basket like affair on his entd andt it must have been five feet diameter at thle top on tdown at the attoml to at roundl flat surface to sit ri his heatd--it was three feet in 'lpth-antlche hlad it full of earthen are pots which must have been very (Continued onl pae even)