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Novel Mean* Employed To Provide Work for Jobles Washington, Jan. 14.?Novel mear are being employed by various citi? and towns throughout the UnlU States to provide work for the jobles according to reports collected by Co onel Arthur Woods, head of the 01 ganization charged with carrying o work started by the recent nation) conference on unemployment. Summaries of these reports sho1 means used to be as follows: Chicago has made a house to hous canvass under the direction of 23 ba1 talion fire chiefs, to compel hous< holders to remove from their premise all combustible material and refusi as a fire prevention measure. Thi campaign has created many shoi time jobs. Dallas, Texas, took a church cer sus'of its population and each house holder was asked if some special od job, painting, carpentry, gardeninp or cleaning, could be furnished th unemployed, and a record was kep of the replies and addresses, with th result that large number of days o work were secured for the most needj In Fort Wayne, Ind., advertisement were published in the newspapers, an the unemployed were asked to fill ou and send in blanks. These were turn ed over to the local employmen agency, and local industries secure* the help they needed. Kearny, N. J., has an agent ou every afternoon, covering the towT with several helpers, in automobiles They visit buildings under construe tion, look over streets being pavec and call at all industrial plants am railroad shops, offering the coopera tion of the local employment bureau and ascertaining exactly what kind o help is needed. In New York City, 103 socia agencies have cooperated in relie work for the unemployed and have es tablished a central bureau of regis tration to act as a clearing house. Pittsburgh contractors and employ ers have been urged to keep one o two men in each family on the pay roll, and to hire to a large exten those living in the city who have de denpents, Each ward in Rockford, 111., ha a committee with the two aldermei as chairmen. These committees ii turn have organized precinct com mittees with a member in charge o each city block. Personal contact lik< this has resulted in a very successfu campaign to provide jobs and reliev* distress, the report said. Sohncctady, N. Y., has taken car of its own/problem by bond issues fo public improvements, and the city of ficials are enforcing rigidly such or dianccs as show removal, which i: done under city supervision am charged on tax bills of all derelic L property owners. Tf ^Atlanta, has formed a club of 501 citizens, each of whom has pledge* ' the building of a dwelling to be rent ed at a reasonable figure( thus giv ing employment to many, and alsi helping the huosing situation. Boston, has asked all employers t increase the number of their em ployees by at leats one, and as man: more as is possible. New "London, Conn., runs specia entertainments in the theatres witl local talent. The unemployed wer allowed to sell tickets and retain i Rood percentage of the proceeds Civil services rules are suspended ii Cambridge, Mass., so that many per sons can rotate in the same jobs. Houston, Texas, maintains a gani of laborers ranging in number fror 200 toOOO paying them $1.25 a da; and if they have dependents, supple menting this by charity. Employer are urged to apply to the city fo labor, which is supplied from thi Rang. Silver Tea The Willinm Wallace Chapter, L D. C., will give a silver tea on Thurs day, January 19th, Gen. R. E. Lee' birthday, at the residence of Mrs. / H. Foster, from 4 to G o'clock. A very cordial invitation is extenc cd to all the ladies of the town. Mrs. T. C. Duncan, Cor. Sec. Mrs. F. M. Farr, 1274-Gtpd Pres. Nothing puffs up a woman moi than to have a seventeenth cousin sue denly become famous. Why is it that the temperatui seems to rise 15 degrees when yc have to pack a trunk? Gas masks have been found useles in mine fires. Check That Cold Right Away ASUDDLN chill?sneezes?stuffy feeling in the head?and you have the beginning of a hard cold. Get right after it. ju t as soon as the sniffles start, with Dr. King's New Discovery. ; For 'fifty years a standard remedy for colds, coughs and grip|x\ 'i here .are no harmful drugs, nothing hut good, heaiing medicines, that get - right down to the trouble and help i...t urc. You will roon notice a change for the letter. Ibis a convincing, healing taste that the Lhfrlies like. Good for croupy coughs. All druggists, (>Uc. Dr. King's New Discovery For Colds and CouOhs mm i'-i yc ? .*? frwwwww? Flit "Ivn" in Your Work. Many a man is a failtfre in business, many a woman in her home, because constipaI .? ? - - , iiuii mint up ppipon^ mat enervate i and depres3. Dr. Kinp's Pills make j bowels art natnnlly. 25r. PUOMPT! WON'T GRIPE I Dr. Kin^s Pills I For Sale By Union Drug Store fc * i- ' | Statistic* of Students il In Schools Chicago, Jan,, 14.?Oregon, Iowa, 19 and Utah have the largest number of !3 students In college, according to their 'd respective populations and Tennessee 8? has the lowest proportion, with Ark1 ansas and New Mexico closely followr* ing Tennessee, Dr. George F. Zook of D the United States Bureau of Education told the Association of American colleges here today. Dr. Zook stated w that he obtained this information from statistics compiled for thelawfull cole lege year of 1920-1921. t- "The statistics also reveal that the 5- Western States of Californa, Oregon 's and Utah take rare of a larger proportion of their students in their own 13 colleges and universities than any 't other states," continued Dr. Zook. "New Jersey brings up the rear with l" Connecticut follows with 35.G per " cent. d "On the other hand, the Eastern f? States of New Hampshire, Connectie cut, Maryland, New Jersey, and Mas>t sachusetts contain the institutes that e draw most powerfully from other f states. Indeed the highest institutir ons in the States are training a larger 3 number of non-residents than they d are of citizens of their respective it states." Dr. Zook also announced that the t attendance at universities, colleges, d and profesional schools last year reached 450,000, which is a gain of 30 t per cent over the attendance in the b war year of 1917-18. ' Accurate figures of foregir. students i- in American colleges and universities I, were also supplied by Dr. Zook, the a total being 6,900. China loads with - 1,443 students, and Canada is second b with 1,294. Other countries are as f follows: Japan, 525; South American countries, 563; Russia, 290; India. I 235. f - U. S. Navy 99.7 Pure American Washington, Jan. 16.?The United States navy is 99.7 per cent purr r American. Secretary Denby is proud of his * navy and said today that it was the best navy in the world, backing his statement by figures recently com3 piled by the Bureau of Navigation II which show that on July 1 ,native 11 born sailors represenc 91.82 per cent; " naturalized rrien 2.99 per cent; Coloni- , al natives, 4.89 per cent and the bal- , 3 ance aliens. The last named number only 352 men. At the end of the fis- , B cal year, the navy comprised 119,205 men of which number 109,457 were , e natives, 5,829 were born in Guam; r Samoa, the Philippines or Virgin Is- , lands, and 3567 were naturalized citizens. 3 The figures also show it is a hand- i * picked navy for out of 135,993 applicants, only 72,386 were accepted. j It is a healthy navy afloat and J % - asnore, according to the statement of the surgeon general. It is a well behaved navy, too, as only 6.8 per cent of the total number ( 3 of discharges were dishonorable, and but 6.08 per cent of the total men in the service during the year deserted. Good conduct medals in" the service toy tal over 6,000, some men having eight j to their credit also testify to the char^ acter of the enlisted men. The distribution of men by states gives New York the lead in both nativity and residence; 13,452 in the ' former and 14,170 in the latter. Pennsylvania comes second in each list, with 9951 and 9299 respectively. The native sons' list gives third place to Massachusetts, fourth to Illinois, and n fifth to Texas. y Out of the total, 119,205 sailors there are 110,024 white; 5545 Philip' pinos; 2385 negroes; 196 Chinese; 88 s Japanese; 139 Samoans; 249 Chamooros; 296 Hawaiians; 197 Porto Ricans and 86 American Indians. The American Navy also is a young navy; 45,555 being under 21; twoj thirds of them are 24 years and under: " and only 904 are above 45, although 53 , are over GO and still active. Eight per cent of the enlisted men are married, a total of 983G men. Over I half the men have had previous sea service, and 449 of them have served over 20 years. BILIOUS CHILDREN ^ ? e Black-Draught, Long in Successful Use, Praised by an Arkansas Mother, "Soon Does ;? Its Work." Marmadnke, Ark.?Speaking of 5S Thedford's Black-Draught, which from long use in her household has become regarded aa "the family medicine/* = Mrs. Mary H. Hill, of Routo 1. this place, says: "When the children get bilious, 1 give them a couple of good doses, and when we have sour stomach, headache, or any liver or stomach trouble, w? use Black-Draught It la an easy lax* tive, and soon does the work. I certainly think it is ono of the best remodles made." Black-Draught acta on the Jaded liver, gently, but positively, and helps It in its important function of throwing out waste material! and poisons il VIXI IU? IJBlOUi* In thousands of households BlackDrauf^t is kept handy for immediate use in time of need. Prompt treatment v often Is half the battle, and will often prevent slight ills from developing into serious troubles. Its well-established merit, during more than 70 years of successful use, should convince you of the helpful effects obtainable by taking BlackDraught for liver and stomach die orders. Get a package today, an/ keep It in your house. Bee thai the package bears the words T^Ufnrd't Blaok-DrauahL" NO-14J The Australian Medical Journal says that infected rats are today spread over 1,000 miles of Queensland coast and it warns the people of Australia that "they are entering a period of dire peril." ? , . ** f ' V ' * * Miners Interested in i Question of New Wage Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 15.?Approximately 400,000 soft coal miners, j scattered throughout more than 20 s states, are vitally interested in the ^ question of whether a new wage agreement with the soft coal operators will be signed before the end of March, said a statement issued today from tho headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America here. j "The present agreement under ^ which the miners are working expires j on March 31t" the statement adt\., j "and unless a ne wagreement is negotiated in time to take effect on April 1 these 400,000 miners will find themselves without any kind of wage rates 1 and they will not know what they are v to receive for their work in the next c two years. Some of the members of 1 the United Mine Workers of America are doubtful as to whether a new * agreement will be reached, but there * are many others who say they believe J that the coal operators will not allow c the first day of April to arrive without c a wage scale having been agreed t opon." * The union officials are still hopeful t that an agreement will be signed be- t fore that date, the statement adds. * "When John L. Lewis, president of t the miners' union, called a meeting of \ miners and operators for January 6 in c Pittsburg it was thought thnt negoti- t ntions looking to the working out of V a new wage agreement would soon be e well on their way," the statement con- t tinues. "This meeting was called for i the purpose of selecting a date and a place for a joint wage conference field, f composed of Western Pennsylvania, ? Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. But the j entire plan was scrapped by the action ( of the operators of the Pittsburg district and two large groups of Ohio e operators in refusing to meet with the ^ representatives of the miners. The ^ operators of Indiana and Illinois had tentatively agreed to the meeting, but n when the Pittsburg and Ohio opera- ,, tors refused President Iowis regarded c it as useless to hold the Pittsburgh ^ meeting and he called it off. This left the entire subject of wages and working conditions 'in the mines for the next two years up in the air. "Surely the operators will yet meet with the miners and negotiate a wage agreement to take the place of the ^ one that expires on March 31. The t public remembers only too well the ^ chaos in industry and business that Q followed the stubborn refusal of the operators to meet with the miners in 1919, and it will not permit the operators to force another situation like j that one that developed in that year. And the miners do not want such a ^ thing to happen again." ^ Every Country Represented J At Arms Conference J* Washington, Jan. 15.?Journalists ^ sf more or less note, authors of greater or less standing and plain, every- ^ day reporters, all to the total of 512 fi have been or still are engaged in telling the world what goes on in the ^ armament conference. An official list of the "accredited , correspondents" as issued by the committee having charge of press ar- ^ rangements shows that practically every country of size noted on a mod- j ern map has one or more press representative on the ground. Japan tak- B ing first place among foreign nations with about 40 correspondents. 1 The list as published comprised only thoso writers who had been accredited to the state department. It was estimated that at least half as many more r probably were active on the "side * lines" assisting those assigned directly to the conference or its subsidiary activities. * Y. C. Tong Buried in Shanghai Shanghai, Dec. 15.?(By Mail).? Y. C. Tong, who was one of the first 1 group of Chinese students to seek ' education in the United States and ' wno in laier uie Decaine Known as "the father of American students," is buried in Shanghai in accordance with wishes expressed before his death early in November. Forty-five years ago with a number of other Chinese youths he crossed the Pacific in a sailing ship to enter an American school. While crossing the United States the train which carried the Chinese students was attacked by the famous bandit Jesse James and his gang and all of the passengers including the Chinese were stripped of their possessions. With a number of other Chinese students, Mr. Tong was recaled from America by the Manchu government which believed that these Chinese youths were becoming 'foreignized.' ^ When he feturned to China he was . imprisoned for a month because of j his foreign ways and it was while in prison that he resolved that he would , in future give al aid in his power to , Chinese boys who desired to seek edu- ^ cation in America. This resolution was faithfully kept, ( for perhaps not one of the many Chinese who have gone to America since , that time but has had assistance in j some form from Y. C. Tong. To thousands, Mr. Tong has long been known as China's greatest baseball fan and when next season comes he will be missed by the Shanghai , baseball club to whose members he was not only a familiar figure at the games, but also at all the practice sessions preceding the regular seasons. He was 61 at the time of his death which folowed a seizure that i occurred while he was at his desk in the Red Cross hospital, one of the many institutions to which he gava time and financial support. m American Guardian Association Manila, p. I., Dec. 16.?(Bj Hail).?The Amewriau Guardian As lociatlon, an organization for th? ?rotection of American'mwtiza children (those born of American fathers ind Filipino mothers), has been Inorporated, Governor General Leonard Wood, Lieutenant- Colonel GorIon Johnson, Roman Catholic Archjishop M. J. O'Doherty, 'Episcopal ilshop G. F. Mosher, and Methodist Spicsopal 'bishop Charles Edward -*>oke, bcnig among the incroporat>rs. Although the association has beer n process of formation only two veeks, it has a charter membership >f one hundred and donations approxmating $5,000 have been received. One of the purposes of the associaion, according to an announcement >y Colonel Johnson, treasurer of the issociation, is to handle, as a trust ompany, money forwardde by Am rican fathers in the United States o their children in the Philippines. Hany stories already have reached he association of money sent from he United States to guardians here vho are trusted by fathers to give it o their children but which is so diverted that it never reaches the chilIren. Storeis of ill treatment of hesf> children, especially girls, also lave come to the headquarters of the issociation, an investigation showing hat some of the girls had been sold r.to slavery. "We are ready to handle these unds and anyone in the United jtutes may keep his children supdied through the association," said Colonel Johnson. "We have had tories of onmey sent to girls by fathers in the States, being'diverted by he dishonesty of the 'friend trusted o give the money to the child.'" American women in Manila and at ither points in the Philippines will nake investigations of individual ases and each deserving case will ie assigned to one woman who is exlected to be responsible for the girl. Goshen Hill I wonder how many of our people ealize that we are beginning a new ear? All of us do, I suppose, but hat isn't the most important fact. Ire we trying each year to live better urselves and to influence those round us? It is alarming if we nly stop to think of the many wickd things that occur in our midst lay after day. Do we ever have a erious thought? Do we realize each lay draws us nearer the final day vhen we shall have to give an amount of every thought and lactl' f ? am yet young but I wish 11 g to make this the^best year of ur lives. Stop, friends, both young ind old, and search your lives. 1 ear many of us will find them fai hort of what God wants them to be The health in our community i? rrry gooa at present. We are indeed sorry that Miss Vzile Thomas is yet confined to hei oom. Her many friends wish foi ler a speedy recovery. Miss Fanny Nance returned to hei lome Saturday after a visit to hei mnt at I^eds, S. C. Misses Myrtle and Willi* Nance ind Miss Anna Lee Bailey spent i ew pleasant hours at the home ol diss Jeanie Douglas Wednesday David Stone returned to his hUme lear Newberry, Thursday after ar extended visit to his aunt, Miss Nan lie Bell Eison. Best wishes to all for a prsoperou; 'Jew Year. Garnet. Sabbath Leave For College Professon Chicago, Jan 13.?The question o Sabbath Leave for College professor! s of great importance to the collegi world and one which should rank witl the questions of salary, pensions am other matters which have to do witl the success end prosperity of thos< to whom we entrust the education o our youth. Propfessor Otis E. Randal of Brown University, Providence, H told the Association of Americai Colleges here today "Many institutions regard the prac tice of granting to the officers of in struction leave of absence under gen erous conditions, not as a privilege earned by faithful service on the par of the instructor/' said Prof. Randall "but as an obligation to the institu Lions themselves for the sake of thei own efficiency and usefulness. As j result of a questionaire sent out b; out committee the president of one o the New England Colleges said tha he regarded the granting of sabbati leave as about as good an investimen as the college could make. "Others suggested that the college would do well to set aside specia funds for the purpose of financing i plan of sabbatic leave under generou conditions in the same way as fund are set aside for financing a pensioi system. One president had gone s far as to suggest the wisdom of bring ing the matter to the attention o some of our public benefactors in th hope of securing a foundation upo whieh a generous plan of sabbati lenve might he worked out for all th colleges. ( "The majority of the colleges rc port that they are already makin some sort of provision for leave o absence. , "It is a common opinion that th college for the sake of her hrtellectud health should adopt some policy b which it shall be possible for eac member of the faculty of professioni rank to leave his post every sevent BUDGET DA National Thril j i ? I 1 I i 1 < I I V 1 "The Budget i Plan Will Prove You Can!" ( i I J 1 1 PAL MET Will help you beat oi Weevil by giving your c start. Guaranteed Ana Ammonia A. P. A H If your local Agent ca 9 you communicate with us I A. F. PRINGLE, INC., i year for at least eight months of the [I r twelve that he may devote himself to . study and self improvement. Some claim that the college shoud, for her 1 own sake, insist that he shall not let u the opportunity pass. "A number of presidents assert that - in case a professor is granted leave [ of absence with a remuneration, he is under obligation to return to his post and to give the college the benefits i . of his outing. "The commission has not had time , to make a comprehensive study of the ; r many phases of the question, and it. , would be presumptuous on our part j at this time to make any formal rer commendations for the association to adopt. "However, upon the basis of such , material as we have had to work on t we can make a number of inferences. [ "Apparently the ideal plan is the one which makes it possible for each member of the faculty of professorial ' rank to be absent every seventh year i and for the whole year without any reduction in pay. . "The majority of the collgese will find it impossible to adopt the ideal plan because of limited resources and will be inclined to look with favor j upon a plan which makes provision for an absence every seventh year for j. a half year and without reduction in s Pa^ i Golf Links in Heart of Paris i ^ Paris, Jan. 14.?Parisian golfers, 1 unable, because of business, to go to 1 their country clubs, have brought a 1 golf links right into the heart of Paris. An indoor golf club, unique in Europe, has just been opened on the Champs-Elysees, with putting greens * transplanted from Dieppe. The greens are laid in the middle ' of a long hall and tables are set e around them so that members can dino while others play or have dinner after '? a game. The lofty tunnel or hall " where the game is played, is illuniir nated at night and makes possible 8 practice shots of 40 years. Y When the ball hits the side curtains, * it is returned on the green on an in* clined plane. There are many ingenic ous bunkers of various shapes made ^ of real turf. Practice in approach shots is afforded in many ways. 8 Membership in the new club is restricted to the members of the leading 8 Paris clubs and 250 persons already 8 have applied for membership. Indoor 8 golf now is expected to become a popn ular sport among wealthy Parisians, o Cancer causes the death of more f Americans every year than the total * number of men lost by the United n States in the world war. c e President Harding writes his messages to congress in pencil, a habit s- he acquired from his years of newsg paper work. f A collision between a ship and a street car in Dublin recently has been e reported. The ship, waiting to pass d through a draw, was swung too close y and the bowsprit rammed through the h window of n car passing over the tl bridge. Several passengers inside the h car narrowly escaped injury. ' r Y of t Week WHAT'S wrong with the American family; Dad looks worried?like a man that has received a dun >n a past due bill. Mother very plainly wears the air of laving heard a recent lecture about extravagance. Sister's troubles are audible; she is downright vexed about t party frock that was halfway promised but did not naterialize. And son?well he just cannot see why he muld not have at least a small supply of pocket money. Have we correctly described the symptoms? Now we diall diagnose the trouble: Maladjustment in money natters. That's all. The American Family is perfectly annul and perfectly secure in its broader relationships if duty, devotion and happiness?except for a lack of the ssential harmony between income and outgo. Now comes the Budget Plan, which, in brief, is the dea of fixing in advance an allowance for all necessities ind pleasures. It is a good plan, if we will be consistent j n its use. We should remember that it is no more thai i plan; not a panacea. Let's remember, too, that the iverage income is really sufficient for the average needs ?and must be sufficient. And very earnestly let's face md master the money troubles with which so many lomes are distressed. The CITIZENS N A T I ON A L BANK to fisI7Tankage | direct. CHARLESTON, S. C. I Shoes! Shoes! I I CIlAAol ! | diiutsa: i For the Entire Family I MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN. THE CELEBRATED Star Brand Shoes I ARE HERE FOR YOUR INSPECTION, j WHEN BETTER SHOES ARE BUIIT THE I I STAR BRAND PEOPLE WILL BUILD THES1.1 I AND A GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THE REASONABLE PRICE. GOOD LEATHERALL LEATHER. FULL LINE OF OXFORDS. STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER. IJ.L. JULLY I SELLS FOR LESS. Chile Has "Quakes" ' The greatest seismic activity in 1920 All The Time was the arca embracing the Acon cagua and Maipo valleys in which the Santiago, Jan. 14.-Two hundred Principal cities sre located. The most and forty-nine earthquake shocks P no"nce? Rhock was on were recorded in Chile in 1920 accord- J",y A26' thc ccnte,ri of whlch waa ing to a report just published by the the Aconcagua valley, national seismological service. The ' ~ average interval between shocks wns ' ' A- now numbers tr. 35 hours while in thc year previous a than 1,500,000, in 9,005 associations, shock was registered every 23 hours, grouped in 27 national alliances. v -