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WORK ON CURRENCY BILL KFVOHTS DIRKCTKH TOWARD RRKVKNTINti ITNANCIU. STRIM. i:\cY. Roth Wings of lumwy Committee l>cvote TheniM-Ros to flu us for I ruusith.n Period ?Administration Men Hotort? "Lawful Money" Sw*. Hon. Washingt? n. Nov. Iv?Menus of i? I gejgtjnf Lbf country against any possible linancial stringeno when the proposed new currency system qo-s Into effxq was considered today by Hoth ;he Democratic and Kepubll an wiogs of tin senate banking and cur? rency committee. In each case amendments to the ad? ministration currency bill agreed upon were designed to cover the ' transi? tion period. while banks are trnns fering their reserve to the proposed new federal NeWVV banks. The Dem? ocrats adopted a ? hangt that would permit local banks |cj deposit half the required reserve in the regional bSJlk in the form of commercial paper in? stead of requiring the entire deposit to he In CAsh. Another amendm ent would authorise the federal reserve bo.,rd to make the new treasury notes and the present bank notes eligible for use as .>art <?f the reserves to re? lieve embarrassment during the tran? sition period. The Republics-is ami Senator 11 itch - gg k. continuing work on their draft <>t the bill, adopted a more radical change by providing that banks need deposit only a 1 per cent reserve when the new system becomes effec? tive, un additional 1 per cent to be deposited each six months until the entire reserve of & per cent has been provided for. The work of the two branches of ths committee was not concluded tit day and will be resumed tomorrow. The Republican members sent their draft to the government printing of? fice tonight, but wll. revise It tomor? row. The Democratic caucus to con? sider the administration bill probably will not be decided upon until after the "steering committee," which met today, has had another conference. President * Wilson let Democratic senators know In positiv* terms to lay that he was opposed to the move nent now under way to secure an ad ;ournment of congress for the week prior to the opening of the regular December session. He told several senators that the country would! charge congress with adjourning for the purpose of securing the mileage ullowance. While adjournment talk continued today, it was believed to? night the special session would run through the merfe Into the regular session. December 1. Changes In the currency bill made by the Democratic wing of the com? mittee today were the result of Ug ures presented by Chairman Owen, showing that the shifting of the re? serves In the bill as originally drawn would have taxed the reserve money of the country The admlnlstrati ?n wing once more reinstated the "lawful money clause." The clause provides that new currency! ?hall be payable In gold at the trees-1 ury in Washington but shall bo psy able in "gold or lawful money" at each regon.al hank. In this connec? tion the committee strengthened the gold redemption fund requirements. Tin? "legal tender"' quality oT the new notes provided for In the bill, af? ter a lengthy discussion and a rather heated struggle, was stricken out again today. The representation ol the banks In the AtftOtOfatfSJ of the r? il r?s?-i\r banks was altered t?> allow dir. ct.-rs elected by the member bS'.ks to be directors or otllcers of other llnan< l .1 institutions. Farm loans as investments for na? tional hank A would be authorised in sn unu-ndmi nt written into the Re? publican di ttt. Senator Hitchcock and the H? OSS'it] member* amended the bill to provide thut national bunk.' msy Invest i.ne-thnd ofl their time de IKNdt* In b\c-\eor Iuiim mortgages based on If per cent of the value of the land inoitgaged. The Repubhcan struck out of be boio ? bill the re? quirement thn. national banks must segregate the cipltnl und usscts b? hind ?II funds led as sa\ tngn at counts, The bank examination sec lion of the hill was revised, the com? mittee providing that bunk examiner shall be phi--, ,| on a salary of from to 17.00?! ., year, thus ellmlnat-1 Ins a fee system. The city nurse rsej issjti that an>one b ing an Olg; ? rlh and mattress. whl< h they would care t.. a mother? less baby, enmuitlldciite with her gl ssjm ??. A Hint to Young Mot) ten "Wh?n mv I'htMron show tie slightest symptoms of being eroup i give them Ohombertoln'i Cough Itemedy, and gfhog I have a rough ?>( cold on the lungs 1 take if f??r a !? w days and am soon rhl of the cold ' writes Mrs. Clay Cry. I'eiguson . | Ma The ilr^t rfymhfotn of cfoup i htwrtspsngj give Chsjnberlnln'i Cough Remedy as soon Ss the . fold beeomei boors* and it will prevent tin at tsck. This fen?ed\ contains no nil gSjgltb For sale by all deuleiw. Ad\i 1 WILL NOT SEEK SENATE. ' V n ? ?? ? ? I rnvi.it probably wont ri n in ni:xi campaign. Corigrc-ismun Say?* HI* Duties Give Him F.nmigh Without starting All*! otlier Kffort. Qreenvllle, Xov, it,?In the course of a statement issued hese this after* noon, Congressman Lever declared that under existing circumstances it is not likely that he will aspire to the junior United .States senatorship next summer. Mr. Lever's statement follows: "As to what my intentions are regarding | the senatorial race, I am prepared to say this: I am row representing the Seventh district in congress and am the ehairmun of the committee on un rieulture of that body, To handle tlvs powerful committee is a man's Job, for it il* the work of this committee in which the farmers are most vi? tally interested, and I do not pro post- to dissipate my energies /and to that extent neglect my Unties by be? ginning now a campaign for a position that is not now open. No race for the senate is now on and 1 shall cross no bridges whleh haw not been reach? ed. "I have found no imperative call I 1 upon me to enter a race that is not Pel even begun. When it does open, if patriotism and my conception! of duty seem to demand that I should enter this contest, I will meet tho situation positively and irrevocably, f am prepared, however, to say that in the existing circumstances, it is not likely thai I shall aspire to the Junior senatorship next summer. Bey Oh d ? \pressing thiM probability of my in? tentions, i do not care to go-" Congressman LevOf spoke today at a meeting of Greenvile farmers and business men, after which a livestock association was organized. ATTOItNKYS HILL TlltNUD DOWN. Comptroller General Refuses to Issue Warrant to Jos Nettles. f Columbia. Nov. 18.?Comptroller Qenerel Jones has turned down the 1*111 of Jos T. Nettle i. who acted .'is attorney fof the others of the Con-, federate Horn?? during the investiga? tion of the institution last summer. The claim was passed on and ap? proved by the Attorney General's of? fice. Tne Comptroller General wrote Mr. Nettles as follows: "I ennnot issue warrant for pay? ment of your bill which has been tiled with mo for professional ser Vtees rendered the beard in charge of the Confederate infirmary in repre? senting them before the legislative j committee to Investigate the Confed? erate Veteran's Infirmary at the ses? sion of 1913. There is no appropria? tion available for tho payment of this maintenance of the Confederate In* blU The appropriations ft*r the flrmary was not intended to be used in paying u lawyer to represent the of-; doers of infirmary while being invest!-1 gated by the legislature, which made tho appropriation for the maintenance! I of the institution. I cannot, therefoie, use this appropriation to pay your bill." Itcmedy as Bad as the Disease. "On the seventh of February 1 contracted a severe cold followed by a cough anil llnril loss of voice. 1 tried many remedies none of which did me , any good. I then went to my family 'doctor and he .swabbed my throat llvej or six times with some abominable stulT. I think it was benellclal but! the remedy was as bail as the dis* ? ? iH<<. At last the thought struck mo ?why not try Chainberlaln'i Cough 1 Remedy, I did so and this morn? ing my voice is fairly good rind is gradually growing better," writes H. C, Clay, publisher of The Reporter, Rapid City. Manitoba, For sale by ail dealers?Advt. - L'tinhcr Rate Hearing. Columbia, Now 17.--The hearing on the min rat? on lumber In South Carolina has been postponed bv the railroad commission from November II to December 10, Hunger the Host Sauce. Baues is used to create an sppc tili The right \\;*v is to look to the digestion, When thai Ii good you are certuin to relish your food. Cham? berlain's Tablets Improve the diges? tion ami ereate >? healthy appetite, l or sale by all dealers, ?Advt KrniRTH To 1KTTLE STRUCK, State Hoard of \ihltration KmlegVOfS to Marl Settlement. Lawrence, Mass.. Nov. IS.??Efferts ?ire being made today by th< state Board ? f arbitration lo effe< I mi c tri; settlement between ihe striking tire men and the officials of the Textile plsntfl here. Three hundred employ* e.v. Btrlklni foi an eight bout lay. Three thousand operatives sr< Kile. Had Taken III*) Weight in Medicine M, I?. Fanc. tf. of Gainesville, Qn, 1 ? h? had taken bis weight in medi cine for hendaohe and constipation, I'm! never used anything that did him so much good .om chamberlain's Tab* lOta I M ali bj .ill dealers. ? Advt. DISTRIBUTING i ENTRE FOB NI? TRATE COMPANY. OrnimlKsioncr of Agriculture Re? ports That This Is Flist Benefit of Rate Division. Washington. Nov. 19.?-As a result of tho recent decision in the matter! of freight rates. Columbia is to be made a South Atlantic distributing warehouse point by one of the largest' international concerns handling raw ' fertilising material?the Nitrate! Agencies company. This announce- j i ment was communicated to Commis ?loner B. J. Watson from New York,! j immediately upon his arrival here this afternoon from that city. Mr. Watson was in conference with the general officers of the company in New York on Tuesday and had pre? viously been in correspondence with them. Ine other distributing agencies of this company are at San Francisco, Cal.J San Jose, Cal.J Seattle, Wash.; Columbus, Ohio; New Orleans, La.; Habana, Cuba, Torono Canada; and ? two or three other ports. Columbus Ohio, a ul Columbia are the only inland distributing points. Commissioner Watson said: "Thin announcement means much more than the prestige which it gives Co? lumbia. All who have been working for the development of our agricul? ture have been preaching the doctrine l of home-mixing of fertilizers. The J problem has been h< to get the raw 'material. This makt s It possible for South Carolina farmers to buy readily f.-rtillzlng raw material to mix them? selves at the farm. It means, too, that they will be enabled to get the ?ems amount or perhaps more of ac tuul fertilizing value for $15,000,000 annually that they now pay, approxi? mately, $28.000,000 for. The company owns and operates Its own larg" steamers from South American and other foreign ports. The effort has been made to use Georgetown and Co? lumbia boat line, b it the steamers are too deep draft for Georgetown, and at first Charleston will probably be used us the port of entry, with shipment to tho intei ior via George? town or by rail direct to Columbia. "The matter of warehousing fa? cilities was gone into at the confer ] snce in New Y??rk anil is satisfactory. One of the general ofAosrs of the com? pany is shortly to coine to Columbia to perfect all arrangenents and make proper announcement*. Every farmer In the State who tiled intelligent home mixing of fertilizers knows full well what this effort to open our terri? tory to high class raw material means to him." 8UMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally Ity Erneut Fleh? CotUm Buyer Bumter, Nov. 20. Oood Middling 13 1-4. Strict Middling 13 1-8. Middling 13. Strict Low Middling 12 5-3. Low Middling 12. St. Good ordinary 11 1-2 Staple cotton nominal. New York Cotton Market. New York, Nov. 20. Open Clos* jfan.13.15 13.02 j Mar . . ..... . .13.22 13.04 May.I3.i5 13.02 July . . . . . . . .13.04 12.92 Aug.12.75 12.0G Nov.18.36 13.16 Dec.13.35 13.21 CHICAGO PRODFCF. MARKET. Chicago, Nov. 20. Wheat Dei On her.8(1 5-8 Pork May .21.00 Lard May.11.25 Rlbi? May.11.25 tlogs? Five to ten higher. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. New York. Nov. 20.?Stocks ?lull and hesitating, price changes narrow. Cotton Steady, tWO to twelve points higher on report of revision comnilt tee; later declining on heavy offer? mg*. December 13.38; March 13.82. TRAMP HAVEN MANY LIVES. Passengers Ort out to shake Hands with Man Who Stopped Train. Jesup, <<a.. Nov, 18.??Scores of pUMsengers but iiu- coaches of ;> South? ern llallwu> tram, sixteen miles north ?>f her,, today to wrins the band of a tramp who saved many lives In u melodramatic manner. The train, carrying tour crowded sleepers and Bevera 1 day couches, was rushing t<? wards a broken rail at 11 speed btt\ miles an hour when tie> tramp ip? peered In front of the locomotive wildly waving Iii? arms. Whan the cnglneman stopped the train it was witbin u f? u feel of n 1 misplaced by the Palm Limited, wile b bad passed s short Urns before. TELLS OF SHOW LINES. harrahan says SEABOARD owns ralekjh-ch arles. ton RAILWAY. Huh Refusal North and South Car? olina Line?Georgetown Road M In? dependent. Columbia, Nov. 20.?Railroad com? mission of Bouth Carolina yesterday issued order requiring the Seaboard Air lane railway to sell continuous mileage over the Ralleigh & Charles? t?n railroad, which runs from Marion In this State to Lumberton, N. C. The order was issued following re? ceipt of a letter from W. J. Harahan, president of the Seaboard, in which he stated that his company owns the j stock of the Raleigh & Charleston I road. Under the law continuous mile- J age must be sold when one road is! ? i i owned by another. The letter from President Harahan follows: i "In reply to your letter of October 2, with regard to the reputed owner? ship of certain lines in South Carolina ; i?y this company: j "With reference to the North & South Carolina railway: This com pany has an option on the stock of j that company, but has not exercised j it. It has a traffic contract with it I and has aided it in placing securities, i but does not own it. "With reference to the George? town & Western railway: This com? pany has nothing whatever to do with that company in any shape, form or manner. "With reference to the Raleigh and 'Charleston railway: This company I owns the stock of the Raleigh & Char? leston. 1 find that there are some technical violations of the law, due I to some clerical errors, in regard to j the minimum fare, which I shall be Very glad Indeed to have fixed up." ; "Rumors were coming to the com ! mission concerning the railroads owned in South Carolina by the Sea hoard, so we wrote President Hara? han for the information," said John G. Richards, Jr., chairman of the rail? road commission, yesterday. 'Possums in Town. j 'POasums have of late not been con-' j lining their depredations only to the* I country, for two of the animals have1 been caught recently by Mr. Benny j Folsom In his chicken yard, where they had been enjoying a chicken j supper. Resides these other of the little beasts have been troubling i chickens at other places in town, i . I Rurlffl Alive by a Liou. - j <>ut from the reeds, close to whore the bull had first been standing, came an inrnal, carrying in its mouth what appeared to me a tree. This was enough for the bull; he threw up hir tail and dashed awa. I was too much interested in the new arrival to think of shooting him, and so he made good his escape. Meanwhile, the strange animal came a little closer and pres? ently, laying down its burdtn, it let out a teriimc roar, then picked the thing up again and once more drew nearer. ? I Could now see it quite clearly, and j saw, to my horror, that it was a lioness carrying a man, seemingly wrapped in a blanket, for I could see a part of it dragging. Now I was in a fiX indeed. 1 was sorely tempted to shoot the brute, but if 1 fired and only wounded her she would imme? diately maul the poor wretch she was carrying, and for all I knew he might still be alive. 1 decided that T. would not risk it, so I stopped WhSTJ I was, with the lioness getting closer at every step. Well, the lion came slowly along till she was within a hundred yards ! of me, when she stopped, laid the ! man down, and roared again. The j noise was tremendous; it seemed to fairly shake the earth, and it made me feel decidedly nervous, for I thought she was calling to her mate. She was now, as 1 have said, about a hundred yards from me, but I was between her and tho river. I could now see that the man she was car? rying was a white; all I could sec of ' the poor fellow was his hand, and what I had thought was a blanket tinned out to be a cavalry cloak. If I was a dead shot I would have fired and killed the beast, but I was ner? vous of only wounding her, in which case the poor beggar she had hold of would suffer. All this time I was lying full length, raising my head a few inches now I and then to watch. I could see her sniffling at him, and presently she 1 started to dig away with her fore ! paws like a cat, excavating a little trench. Next she picked up the man and laid him in the hollow, j "Great Scot!" 1 though. "She means 'to bury him!" There was some more 1 snifiling, while I watched with strain ' fng eyes: Then she started to cover I him up, raking sand over him with I one paw. Every now and then she I would stop and sniff at the poor beg ! gar again. I was mad with impa? tience, wishing she would move off, so that I could get at the unfortunate I fellow, for i had an odd feeling that ho gras ?Ull alive. She finished at last, with the man fairly well cov? ered, save for his boots and hands, which were stretched out. The lioness now moved off about five yards; then turned and came back, stepping very lightly, for all the world like an enormous cat. She had another sniff, which apparently satis? fied her, for she went off again, this ti ne a little farther, but only to re? peat the process. I could see her object now. She evidently had her cubs somewhere near, anu was going to bring them to dinner, but wished to protect her prize meanwhile. The brute's next journey took her about a hundred and fifty yards from me, so I determined to fire, trusting to luck to get in another cartridge in case of a miss. So, |?2*t when she turned to come back for another look at her prey, I pulled the trigger. I aimed just behind the shoulder, hop? ing to fix her in one shot. The mo? ment I fired, out of the corner of my eye I saw the fellow In the over? coat roll over, rise to his feet, stag? ger towards me. Then I turned my attention to the lioness. I could see she was hit, for she was sitting on her haunches, roaring like ten lions in one. My shot had just caught her back? bone and she was helpless. I gave her one more through the head and kill? ed her.?Captain G. D. Haigh?Wide World Magazine. _ There has recently been a revival of the agitation in favor of annexing the Pinewood section of Clarendon.? , county to Sumter county. There is also talk of the annexation of the Olanta section of Florence county to Clarendon. Francis Taylor, the colored boy hurt in the outskirts of the freight yard some days ago, when, it is alleged, he was attempting to board a moving freight train, and who later had bis arm cut off, is reported to be getting on nicely. He was moved from the hospital *o his home Tuesday after? noon. He is ten years of age and not fifteen, as previously stated in the Item. Geo.H. Hurst, UNDERTAKER AST) KMBi Prompt attention to day or KT OLb J D. CFAIG STAND. fOt H. Main 2*vee*. i>a* Phone M9. Ntghi Phone **J . Let Us Help You With That THANKSGIVING DINNER! a You will find here everything (except the turkey) to make that dinner not only a suc? cess, but a real pleasure to serve. Flour During the past several months you have doubtless been asked to try many different kinds of Self -Rising Flour, we now ask you to try "Rite Flour/' a piece of goods backed by our strictest guarantee. Before offering this flour to the public, we had it thoroughly tested and convinced ourselves that it was better than some and as good as the best. For perfect baking we recom? mend KITE FLOUR. Coffee Our line of coffee is so well and favorably known that it is al? most useless for us to say much about them. Remember a poor cup of coffee spoils a good meal, whereas a good cup makes what otherwise would be a poor one, OUR V. G. S. ROASTED AT 30c and BROADWAY BLEND AT 35c can not be beat. To give that turkey just the right flavor try our Beech Nut Cranberry Sauce. In glass 25c. Raisins, Currants, Nuts of all kinds, Figs and Evaporated Fruits, all iresh. Remember our None Such Buttter is always better. If we haven't what you want, we will get it. O'Donnell & Company