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The interment was held in the Barnes' family bury ing ground on Thursday. Mrs Jessie Outlaw, wife of John Outlaw, died Wednesday afternoon after two weeks illness of pneumonia following flu. She was only 17 years of age and had been married less than a yea r. She is survived by her husband and a large family connec tion. Her parents reside in Camden. The funeral services were held at Pleasant 1 1 i 11 Baptist 'church. Prof, and Mrs. 0. R. Bell are re < i-iving. congratulations from their ?'ni'nds over the arrival of a little ?inuThter Saturday afternoon. .Mrs. W. M. Stevens spent Fr'day in Columbia. Miss KaU> Yarborough loft Sunday | for Walhalla where she is teaching school. Mr. G. S. King, of White Springs, Fla., is visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McLaurin, Miss Ella Gardner and Mr. Leslie Jones left Tuesday for Florida. They are making the tour in their car and ex pect to be away about a month. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hester have re turned from a visit in Easley. They were accompanied homo by the for mer's brother. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bethune and little daughter of Cheraw are visiting relatives in town. Mr. W. M. Stevens spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbia on busi ness. | Mrs. Annie Bradley and children have moved to Cheraw. Hurt by Crowbar Hurled by Train. George Long, of Peterboro, Cana da, was at work on a railroad trestle when a passing train struck a crow bar left upright on the track. The bar, hurled with great force, . struck Long on the head, causing concus sion of the brain. CAMDEN ICE CO. Wants to give the best service that they Ifavc ever given , and they are asking for the public co-operation . Help us to make 1923 a banner year for service and re sults. Telephone your complaints to No. 18, and we assure you courteous at - 0 tent ion. R. L. MOSELEY , Proprietor Bank No. 235. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF BETHUNE ? a k*ated at betbune, s. a, ai ?rtrE close of business on DECEMBER 29th, 1922. Resources 1-oans a lid Discounts .. ? - Overdrafts - Honda and Stocks Owned by the Bank, Furniture and Fixtures Hanking House ? j; Other Real Estate Owned I>ue from Hanks and Hankers ? - Currency - ? ? * silver and Other Minor Coin . ? - ? ? '"hecks and Cash Items ? Total .... Liabilities Capital Stock Paid in Surplus Fund ? Undivided Profits less Current Expenses amMaxcs Pa Individual lK?poslts Subject to Check- 75,223.64 Time Certificates of Deposit 41,73^.18 Cashier's Checks 96.57 . . Total HTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Oounty of Kersbaw IWore me came O. B. McKlnnon. Os^hier of the shove named hank, who b<& iox duly Bworo, says that the shore snd foregoing statement Is s true condi tion of said bank, aa shown by the books of said bank. G.^B. McKlnnon, Csahler Sworn to snd subscribed before me on this 2nd day of January, 1923. <V)mct Attest : * H. E. Hyatt, N. A. Bethune Notary Prtbllc for 8. C. A. B. Mil tjfUi Directors G. B. Khiff 104,429.92 . 3,645.41 .... 3,900.00 . . 2,425.45 ... 1.482.00 . 3,202.20 17,617.71 . . 5,969.00 247.50 . . . 345.34 . .. 318.50 $143,583.03 _ $15,000.00 .... 10,000.00 1,530.79 . 1 1 7,052.24 $143,583.03 NOW ITALY HELPS HER UNEMPLOYED Great Construction; Work Baing Car. i; :1 tu:t -v the Cr j? a del Cvico .ttcnii. mm fif i:i:? ACE PAID Policy Contemplates Uaing Money ?? Investment to C-.u.fit t!?e St ,te ? ReplalminO M"itvh Land ? Roue's and Railways BuiK. ? - 1 X I" Rome,- In spite of the low fttnte of national finance Italy Is attempting to carry out a bioftd piogrum for the relief 'of war veterans and the uni'Mi t'<l l>.\ nutans ot land reclamation ami other piddle works. .Italy deals with its problem of war veterans through (lie Opera Nazlotmle del Combattent.l, organized in Decern ber. 1017, with an Initial capital of 300, 0<KUKH) lire, of which the govern ment contributed 2G0.(X)0,000. . The opera has a social section for voca tional training and placing, a tlnanclul section for providing credit to IndU -vWimt soldiers or co-operative groups, and an agricultural section, which concentrates on land reclamation. Relief for Unemployed. The general unemployment problem continues to be taken seriously by the government, although there Is no fear now of revolutionary outbreaks ?s the result of the lack of work. In the last few weeks the number of unemployed has decreased slightly, but there are still inftre tlmp half a million men out of work. Arrangements are almost completed for starting the publlt works authorized last August for the relief of the situation, but at the moment the apportioning of funds and the Increase of the amount of work to be undertaken Is occupying the cham ber of deputies. The public works appropriation is the parliamentary pork barrel of the country. Signor IUcclo, minister of public works. Is attempting to hold the bal nnce between the deputies competing for apportionments and to protect the national budget from being swamped with more projects than it can stand. He stated in the chamber the other day that in the first three months of this year there has already been jw*ld ont for labor on public works 1,300, 000,000 lire, as against 258.000,000 in the whole year of 1014. He added that although the minister of finance bad authorized the expenditure of 8,000,000,000 more for public labor this year, he did nol sen where the money was coming from. The grave depression In the nctal lurgieal districts of Milan and '1 urln Is threatening to throw more men on the streets, and as usual the condi tion of unemployment In the province of Emilia ts widespread. The situation In Kuillia is typical of the sort of problem Italian state ofll clals have to face. For the last 20 years the province has been greatly overpopulated, but the surplus citi zens have refused to eudgate. There Is therefore a chronic floating popu lation of day laborers who practically are a chanje on the state. Plans of Reclamation. The government's policy of public works is a sound one in thai the tpoiyy i ? coil St 1 1 lit OH IllV 4'i4t tnent which in future years will more than pay for itself. Instead of pro viding "busy work" the ministry is carrying out a far-sighted scheme for the transformation of malarial marsh ! .lands into fertile territory. Since 1800 the govern meat has obtained more than 330,000.000 lire In pl^ value from Its reclaimed lands. For this work the government spent 57, 783,310 lire for reclaiming 304.027 acres, and private consortiums spent an equal amount, but recovered 304, 027 acre*. This year the government has appropriated 90, t. 00,000 lire for reclamation of land In eight provinces and work began In March. Other projects of the government are equally constructive. Roads and railways are being built In Sicily and Calabria, and In tbe latter province the government Is building artificial lakes to store water for the hydro electric plants In the Slla pbiteau. This part of the country being dry, Irrigation and not draining Is the problem, and the government has of fered to help local irrigation consor tiums by paying one-third of the cost of Irrigation projects of benefit to the | whole country. Hen 8laye Rat. Rarbourvllle, Ky. ? A singular com bat was staged at the home of Charles Smith here, when a rat, trying to rapture the chicks of a bantam hen, attacked them. The hen Immediately went to the rescue and all thnt was to be seen wn* the fenthored bantam rovering the rnt and pecking vio lently at the intruder. The rat put up a hnrd flght. but the bantam peeked out Its eyes and then proceeded to kni It. Diamond in Crop. Pilot Itock. Ore. ? Occasionally a j chicken prove* to a "diamond In the rough." Such a one wa* purchased from Mrs. James Truman by Mr* I,. K. Roy. Mr*. Trumnn'a lout diamond was found In the chicken's crop. The atone, which traa recently 'lost from ?tr ?ettlng In a ring. w?? returned ?o tbf artrnsr. n?oe the \rorve from (he cj fyerlea* e then wa* ftfter i brie' >UW it the AS IN THE DEAR DEAD PAST Journalistic Amenities in Duranpo. Colo., Bring Back to K<ms?u editor Memories of Days Gone By. TlinO, which has been soouU.i;: tor ward Cor the last (juartor of h ??uj iwry at a terrific pace, took a bhok nard sprln? the other day, and tn finrango, Colo., lifted the curtain tin'* aides tin* dour and presumably dead past to show ? ho world an old fashi ' loned newspaper lljrht that ondod in a "I n?. What f\ huig, jong backward jump I'tOt Dlil'a tVgO episode utiidc ! If is ill Most as t.h'ou^h tho dinosaur from the ^outli American lake should nctuallv oino MiilMnn down Fifth avenue liar ussftd to mi an(?K Tho editorial nian taughter, the Joiii nalisih- quarrel. the !d town row, tho tight Inn editor, have ? ? Willi tlu> Old oaken bucket Hint ho pony o\ press/. Vot once, the fight ing editor was a s common as the Mifmi'estngef. The ilnhtint: editor used to brandish his shooting irons on the village street, and Ids casual sallies into mayhem and frlminal assault were incidents of a dull and idle hour In the town's history.. Scurrilous Ian obscene allusions, indefensible < barge*. rancor, bitterness and blood shed in the middle of the last century were the common lot of the edWor. Atul now we have fallen upon pale and puling times. Schools of Journal ism have long since dropped artillery practice from the curriculum, report ers arc no longer "In armor clad.'' Ami the \>nce loathed contemporary now Is busily engaged In forinlug a combination with his hated competitor in violation of the Clayton act to keep up advertising rates. Hut it was a groat day, the elder day of blood and violence! Newspa pers were respected when they welv backed by the personal army and navy of the editor; they were not the byword and the hissing they have be come since it Is no longer editorial : courtesy to nhoot on wl^ht. The Dtt I rango editors who injected a casualty list Into, pure reading matter have taken Journalistic amenities for the f moment back to the Guelpha and the Ghll>elli new.-*- William Allen White In Judge. She Wae for "Safety Fleet." A farmer and his wife were up be* fore a Justice of the peace for assault and battery. The complainant wan their hired man. The farmer had been beating his wife, when the hired ninn Interfered. The farmer had immedl i ately turned on the hired man, und for a time the two had It nip and tuck. Suddenly the farmer'# wife had thrown herself on the hired man, kick ing. clawing and shouting, "What do you moan by interferin'? Guess my o' man's got a right to heat me If he wants to!" After hearing the testimony the Judge said to t lie woman: "You must have treat esteem and respect for your husband when you will help him beat up n man who has Just prevented him from heating you up." " 'Taln't that, j?Mlge," replied the woman, "hut 'safety first' Is my mot ter. So long as Jake was agettin' th' best of It I said not bin', but when I seed that he was atirin' an' tliet my ol' man was agoln' to lick him, I knowed thet If T didn't stick up fer my ol' man I'd get a good llckin'. 'Safety first' Is my mother. Jedge." ? Judge. All Raceo in France. Onr nation (Frunce) Is compounded of many stocks. Great migrations. ? coming from the East and North and mart-hint' Imv^nl fh?? S!nnfh\rnvf limn left their : tussive traces in our blood. We Know only the later of these migrant stocks, among whom the chief were the Celts and the Germans. Their predecessors of still remoter date are unenumerated and unknown. On the other hand, our southern and northern coasts have attracted settle inent from heyond the seas. The Medi terranean brought to our shores the Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks, the Latins, and, last of all, the Arabs; (Jreat Britain sent her Bretons to our Armorlca ; and Scandinavia peo pled with Normans the lower valley of the Selue. So France has become, so to speak, an ethnographical synthesis of Europe. The blood of all civilized mankind courses through our veins. ? From "L'llistoire de France Contempor alne," by Ernest I^avisse. Extract lie printed In Ln Revue de Paris. Her Come Back. Mary Garden. the great singer, was the guest of honor at a chorus girl's tea in. Chicago. "You girls are all beautiful," Miss Garden said, "and I know you must all be a tro?Kl deal bothered In the streets by men. Always turn these men down ? politely hut firmly, you know." "Thut'f easier said than done." a blonde chorus girl demurred. -Not at nil.' said the .diva. "Well, now.'' said the blond'* chorus irlrl thoughtfully, ''suppose a hand some young man should stop his rac; j ing car, Jump out, and offer you bis band and say, 'your face is familiar." ( what would you do thenf' "I'd answer," said Miss Garden, "so are your manners." More Profiteering. "A superb view from your veranda," remarked the gne>:t "\Ve call attention to It Ui our adver tisements," said the proprietor of a tnimroet hotel. "And I'm glad to know this Is one attraction you don't charge for." "Well, that's true, but iron can get a much better view of the scenery ttrrnrvft a fcslr of *+ r BHd flashes. Wa wat eea far a 4m/ LINCOLN'S BROTH ER-IN-LA W WAS CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Thy .follow fcuiof account ot' Dr. (Jeorge Todd* who was a devoted ?ur geon in the Confederate* army, was $ flit eh by Mrs. A. C. A-ncruin, of Cnnulen, S. C. 'JThe fact that Dr, Todd was a brother-in-law of Abra ham Lincoln. Iwds additional interest to the sketch. It lias been sent to The News anil Courier by Mi;s, A n - 01 urn's son, Mr. Thomas Anrnini, wth the comment that, although "this pa per was written a number ot* years . ? . the facta remain the .same." Mr, Alteram says further that his mother, "in spite of her advanced ?years, continues writing for local his torical societies." "At the old Quaker cemetery at Camden, S, C., there are many graves of the Confederate soldiers who went from this town and vicinity, most of which bear names and dates, but, as in many southern cemeteries, there are many others which bear the sad inscription, 'unknown,' and it is the self-imposed duty. of the ladies of the Memorial association to see that not one but that has its laurel wreath and bunch of sweet spring" flowers on each Memorial Day in memory of their heroic defense of their country. "The ceremonies on that day are simple but very impressive and never fail to draw a large crowd or cease to bo of mournful interest. Not long ago it was determined to' make a list of all the soldiers whose bodies lay in the old cemetery awaiting the roll call on judgment day and have the names re-ad aloud on Memorial Day, and when the names of the dead were solemnly called by a white-haired | veteran we realized, as never before, t how many from this small communi [ ty had given their lives for their i country "Among the names rend thut day was that of a brother-in-law of Abra ham Lincoln, Dr. George Todd, and it seemed that a mistake had been made by placing it among those who fought for southern rights, but inquiry proved the fact that he had been a Confederate soldier and had 'given aid to the rebellion.' His rank was that of surgeon and he had charge, near the close of the war, of a temporary hospital on lower Broad street of this town. It was here he met a beauti ful southern girl (who afterwards became his wife), as in the role of 'ministering angel/ she visited the sick and wounded soldiers. They lived here for a while and later in Barn well, another South Carolina town, who iv she died a few yunt'.H later, and Ho continued to live until about ton yotti'8 ago, he too, died ami his body wit* brought here and laid beside that of hi sit first love, She was before her marriage Miss Mattie Lylos and those who remember her dwell enthu siast icall.x on hev. rare beauty and t'hnnu of manner. It is not surpris ing' that after his good fortune in win ning the love of this fair southern girl ho was willing to remain a eiti '/,e?i of h?sr own beloved smith, and??.ay 'thy count ry sh^ll be my country.' "It is not known when he came or how hi hiippi netj to join our aluny, but it as on id hy those whw knew him intimately that he disliked his brother-in-law, Lincoln, and was very, bitter in his feelings against all he stood for and that may be the, reason why his name is never men tioned in any accounts published of the Lincoln, and Todd families. When this story was offered to 'The Home Journal," not long after they publish ed, what purported to be a full ac count of the Todd family, in which no mention was made of this own brother of Mrs. Lincoln, and their at tention Was called to this fact, but it was not accepted, as they said 'il would not be expedient' to publish it just now. Perhaps they thought it would mortify his family to have it known that one of them forsook his home and friends 16 help tho south, but it would seem that a groat-soul ed, magnanimous man, like Abraham Lincoln would have admired a man who was willing not only to risk his life, but to estrange friends and kin dred, because he felt that he had to do what he did if he would be true to himself and his honest convictions. "l>r. Todd's grave has never been marked, and it would seem the boun den duty of the U. D. C. to have a headstone suitably inscribed placed where bin body lies, and not be con tent with decorating it once a year. It was natural that our men should have taken up arms in defense of their firesides, but this ailen, who espoused the cause of the south from lofty, patriotic reasons is surely de serving of all tho honor we can do his memory, if those connected with him by ties of blood do not look upon it as their duty. He left one son and namesake, who lived for a while out west with his cousin, Robert Lincoln, and afterwards came back to the Houth and married in Augusta, Ga., and has now gone west a^rain, but it is not known just where he is now." GREATLY IMPROVED SERVICE BETWEEN Augusta, Aiken, Columbia, Washing ton, New York ANI) THE EAST SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM 1 Hour and 30 Minutes Quicker Schedule* EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, I)EO. ? No. 32 Augusta Special No. 31 1:30 P.M. Leave Augusta Arrive 1:15 P.M. 1:40 P.M. " Aiken " 1:10 P.M. 2:30 P.M. ' " Trenton " 12:15 P.M. 3:16 P.M. " Batesburg " 11:20 A.M. 3:53P.M. " Lexington " 10:41A.M. 4:35 P.M.- " Columbia " 10:05 A.M. 5:34 P.M. " Winnsboro " 9:00 A.M. 6:19 P.M. " Chester " 8:11A.M. 6:52 P.M. " ? Rock Hill " 7:40 A.M. 7 :55 P. M. " Charlotte " 6 :55 A. M. 7:30 A.M. Arrive Washington Leave 7:00 P.M. 9:05 A.M. " Baltimore (PRR) " 5:30 PM. 11:13A.M. " Philadelphia (PRR) "3:20P.M. 1:30 P.M. " New York (PRR " 1:10PM Connist ? Modern Steel Pullman Drawing Room Car without change ? Modern Steel Day Coaches. Sou thern Railway and Pennsylvania R. R. cars for all meals. No. 32 connect at Washington ? Colonia Express, Arrive Boston 8:05 P. M. Buffalo Day Express, Arrive Buffalo 8:00 P. M. Double Track Line Atlanta, Charlotte and Washington. For information, Pullman reservation, etc., apply to Ticket Agents. Cotton Trucks and Cotton Scales We have a lar^e stock of Howe Scale Co.'s Stan dard Cotton Trucks. Price on two or more $12 each. Also have several Howe Cotton Beam Scales com plete with Frame. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO. 823 W. Gcrrais St. Colombia, S. C. I- ? * JC-4 ftsdi . .. -