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Disasters oT39 Add | To Watj)eath List Washington, l>. C., Jen 3??"Most serious natural disaster lu the year which was to M# the declaration of a aecond great war waa the earthquake of January in southern Chile." saya a bulletin from the Washington. D. C? headquarters of the National Geographic nocl^y. "More than 30.000 nuople were killed I" the cities of Chilian and Ooncepcion alone. In the wake of the tremors cauie Are, storm, and disease. Reported in ruins were aome 20 towns In an area covering an estimated 40,000 square mUes, "in the Smyrna region of Turkey, halfway across the globe from Chile, a comparatively minor earth shock early m the same month was follow? tul jn September by violent quakes in which some 500 people were killed and more than a thpjiaawl buildings were demolished, f During the last week of the year a aeries of terrific earthquakes devastated a large section of Turkey, south of ,be Ulack Sea. This disaster, when all reports are in, may proye to have boen worse than the Chilean earthquake last January. Japan, where earthquakes are frequent and severe, felt trerablors in March and May: The latter shocks, together with fire and flood, caused the death of ft score or more people. Many houses were washed w into the sea at Alkawa. , . "In mid-summer, Africa's Gold Coast suffered shocks which killed more than sixty people and injured many others. Another catastrophe about the same time was reported from Pe-j ru. as the once prosperous mountain! village of Pomacanchi was destroyed. "Along with the numerous earthquakes were reported many volcanic eruptions. In Chile, the eruption of Mount Llalma and Antuco added to the Country's ^ distress during the earthquake disasters. Other volcanoes in eruption were Mount Veniamin* of of Alaska, Mount Vesuvius of Italy, and Krakatoa, In the Netherlands East Indies. "From Australia to Ecuador, Belgium to China, floods, fires and storms added to the year's victims. In and around Tientsin, streams and rlverj of war-ravaged China overflowed their banks in August, affectlhg some three million people and causing heavy loss of life and property. On Timor island. of The Netherlands East Indies, hundreds were reported drowned in May's devastating floods. Broken banks of the Grand Canal in China and the'Anwn Cftiwil1'of. Belgium resulted in many fatalities as vast areas were Inundated. ' "In the United StfttgS,. spring floodB in the Ohio River1 valley, followed by snow and freezing temperatures, brought death and destruction to five states. Later In July, cloudbursts led to overflowing mountain streams that caused the death of an estimated seventy Kansans. "Firo*: raged, in Jai\uary^pv?r -A thousand square miles' of Victoria, Australia." The Venezuelan town of l^ngu^lllas buUt on atllts over Marlcaibo Lake, was virtually wiped out by fire in November. At Chicago, Illinois, a |4,000,000'blaze destroyed Ave grain elevators and resulted In several deaths and many Injuries. . "Hurrioanea and tornadoes struck in various parts of the world, including tropical Jamaica and Cuba, the American North wept, and the Philippine islands. Freak galea In southern California brought a death toll of scores and property damages of millions of dollars. "To the unusually large proportion of natural and accidental disasters in the European war added its quo-j !;i of casualties, especially at sea, where more than 225 ships, both naval and merchant vessels, have been sunk since September 1. Although the western front lias not yet become a major fighting area, one rough estimate Axes British, French, and German losses at December 1 between 4.500 to' 14,500 men. Many times that number were killed on the Polish and Finnish fronts." f / . Young Girl Dies After Long Struggle After q, courageous fight of eleven weeks against staphylococcus Infec tion, Jean Harlot, l?-y?aiM>ld Sumter high school senior, died Friday night at the Camden hospital. All that medical skill could do, including several transfusions, was expended In an ef fort to save the young girl's life. Funeral servloss were held at noon Sunday from the rWldence In Lee county, conducted by_ the Rev. RBr$e Herbert, assisted by the Rev. U L. Bedei^baugh. Interment followed at Rembert church. Surviving are her parents* J. C. Herlot and Mrs. Harlot, ths former Miss Alice Gray Morrison; three Meters, Caroline, Alice and lAulee Harlot; four brothers, Davison, Joe, Dfck 4 and Billy. The yoong girt would have been 17 LOGIC j An ancient Hindu fable relates < that a woman, going to the village ' fountain in the evening, noticed a man following her and asked him the reason. 1 "Because I'm deeply in love with i you," he answered. "You are mistaken," said * the woman. "Go back and make love to my sister, who is coming after * me. She is much more beautiful 1 than I." The man did so?only to And the i sister very ugly. Hastening forward i he overtook the woman and said: "Why have you lied to met" "Because you were not truthful to me/' said. the woman. "Had you really loved me, as you said, you would not have gone back to see the other woman." EXPERT SAILOR * Ruth?Are you sure you know how to handle a sailboat? t Frank?Sure! Didn't I read up all about sailboats in the encyclopedia before I bought one? r Take Bis Chances! The Browns were standing on the balcony of the seaside hotel, and couldn'^, help hearing what the young couple in the garden below were saying. Mrs. Brown turned to her hus. band. "I think he's going to propose and we shouldn't be listening. Just whistle to warn him." "Why should I?M asked Mr. Brown. "Nobody whistled to warn" me." Willie's Version Mother?Well William, did you do anything besides eat at the Sunday school picnic? William?Yes, mummie; we sang a hymn called "We Can Sing, Full Though We Be." .. Mother?Why, William! Big Sister ?Why William is right. The title of the hymn, Mother, was "Weak and Sinful Though We Be." The Cockney of It A pompous individual was visiting an English school one day and was asked to quiz the children on geography. ???.??? ~ ? He began; "What is the capital rf'Olland?" , "H!" was the crushing rejoinder from someone in the back row. DO YOU KNOW? Young Author?Of course you like Milton's work, Miss Mabel? * She?What kind of work does he do? High Orders | Sowerwein?So you say the geni eral is the highest ranking officer i here? I Haliver?Oh, yes. .Sowerwein?And can nobody give I him orders? ^ Haliver?Nobody but his wife. Faith Mrs. Rowdy bush?Have you any faith in life insurance? Mrs. Sewzuk?Oh, yes. I've collected $10,000 for two husbands, and they weren't much good either. Good Reason Askit?And you wouldn't begin a Jourhey on Friday? Tellit?Most certainly not. Askit?That's a silly superstition. Tellit?It's no superstition In my case. My pay day is Saturday. Outside Help w Habeeb?So your wife quarreled with you? I thought you said she was blind to your faults: , Coyimjoglu ? She was blind to them all right, but wasn't deaf, and the neighbors posted her. That Man's la Again! "The boss just made me manager .of his doughnut factory." "Congratulations! Are you in 4 charge of everything?'*. "Yes, the hole works." A veld Worry Cryeng ? Don't drive so fast ground these curves. It frightens "^Jowyye?If you doo'Msant to <m #?"!?? ?tb? nrm President Addressed Congress Wednesday Washington, I>, 0., Jan 6.?Oonvenlug promptly at noon Wednesday, both brauchos of Congress paok relatively little time In the preliminaries preceding their recess to await the 2 o'clock joint meeting. On both sides, chaplains led the lawmakers In prayer "that this Congress may earn the right to stand underscored In the life of this great country." Roll calls revealed absences In both branches. Seventy-two Senators responded in the upper chamber; 386 House members wero present In the lower branch. Illnesses,, resignations and deaths accounted for moat of the I . absences. ~ On the House side three new members were given oath of office, these being Mrs. Clara Gooding McMillan of South Carolina; Eld win A. Hall, Jr , of New-York and John M. Sheridan of Pennsylvania. In addition, the oath of offlfcb was administered to Bolivar Pagan as Resident Commissioner in Congress from Puerto lUco. Mr. Pagan filled the vacancy created by the death of Santiago Igloeias. Representative-elect John JennlngH of Tonnes* see attended the opening, but will not be officially seated until returns from last Friday's election 1n his district are formally oonvasHed-. For the formality of Informing the President that they wore In sesslou ? and ready to receive his report, the Senate named Majority dreader Barkley and Minority Leader McNary to serve with the HouBq delegation of Majority Rayburn, Minority Leader Martin and Representative Doughton. Only once since the World W<ar?In September last year, when Congress not in special session to revise the Neutrality Act?had so many precautions been taken at the Capitol to guard the President. Secret service men In undisclosed numbers milled through the crowded corridors and made a close observation of all persons who entered. ^ President Roosevelt's annual message to Congress on "The State of the Union" turned out to bo?as he very frankly said himself?a discussion of the state of the world. The President believes that under present conditions, it is impossible not to consider world affairs when we consider our domestic affairs; that the tfco are so closely woven together as td be inextricable. This is a thesis on which some of the members of Congress are unwilling to go along with the President, They follow hiipr almost to a man, lu the belief that America should be prepared to defend Itself In th? event of attack. But that the freedom of the American people Is interwoven with the freedom of the whole world, is something they are not all willing to ooncede. The message was generally received with friendly acclaim, however. Particularly waa the President's assertion., that no one had any expects- , tion that American boys would ever be sent again to fight on European soli was given generous applause. Al- , so well received was the announcement that the budget would show reductions in practically all governmental expenditures except those for national defense. ~ The President's defense of the Hull reciprocal trade agreements was wholehearted. He insisted that the European wars had not made such agreements any less necessary, and that when it came to making peace abroad, the principle of the trade agreements, If adopted generally, would go a long way toward making a more permanent peace. "" The " President recommended to Congress Wednesday .that it consider "the needs of the Nation and of humanity with calmness, tolerance and cooperative wisdom". Hb prefaced this recommendation?and hope?by, saying that "overstatement, bitterness and vituperation, and the beating of drums have contributed mightily to 111 feeling and wars between nations," and that such actions are, also, hurtful in the domestic scene. Mr. Roosevelt made no recommendations for additional social reform legislation. This Is in line with reports enacting from members of Congress that the President was contemplating no long or controversial program for submission to the national Legislature at the present session.' He did say, however, In the opening of his address that his prominent reference to foreign affairs should not be construed as meaning that there was to be any abandonment or overlooking of domestic policies Particularly encouraging to the South was the President's suggestion that existing sectional trade and freight rates should be equalised. . .... . & Enjeypd Bsrbscued Doves About seven ty-flvs banters were II guests Nsw Year's day at the farm of Gape J. 1. Padgett and 8opt. Robert 0. Padgett at Williams at a dove shoot and barbecued dinner. In addition to the UO barbecued doves, pronounced dsllcMns, there was a pig to auppleoasnt.?Wtltsiboro Press and _ - - J . . ^ iri|WWyip Ilil II I II !?. !? M.lll .M il M M1*1 I II i WII Hy ? > Hi ll.l^ll. I 1.1 . M. . 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