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PAI I110 Sil Nobles of Mystic Shrine Loud In Their Praises of Welcome Accorded Them. OFFK'Klts NOMINATI V \T IllsiNFiii ikmion OF thf morning? iiVF.lt slXHVNMlFl) ATTFNO iiamji i61 thursday night? 4TTY mm tun ?? into < uucivtl groundi for the day? mimiki i? of VUITORI ihom all parti of thk statf and fhom mm u vim is (.Mill k rOR annual FALL i fstiyal. I Nearly one thousand Shrlners gath? ered In the (i nur ?.fk City Thursdaj morning in the annual f ill pilgrlmuge of the KaMn el 11m Temple ol Omar of the Ancient Arabic Ofdat Of the Mystic Shrine, ami throughout the day and night they were loud in their praises of the reception which they were accorded by the hospitable people of Sumter. The day was a day of festivities and the city for the turn was converted Into a carnival ground, with Main Street tho gaily decked midway, where thousands of people came and w. iU da\ lOftf and into the smaall hours of the night. Never before has Sumter had such a gathering of people and never be? fore have the |.pie from all over the State and from other States met with mn h cordiality nt tho hands of their hosts. Noble I. (\ Strauss, who waa In charge oT the otllcial registry during the afternoon. reports that there were practically one thousand Nobles In the city for the day. He sides them came hundreds of wives, daughters, sw. th. arts ami friends, all gathered with the purpose of mak? ing things merry and of keeping the merriment going at full speed all day long. The c ity was in accord with the mood of the visitors and did everything possible to make every? thing pleasant for everybody, home folks and visitors The festivities of the Shrlners began with the urrivul of the Adluh I'rum Corps from Columbia on Wed? nesday afternoon. The drum corps was in Mm- condition and when it paraded the street it furnished a kind of music which was termed us "clas? sy." The drum corps placed until late Wednesday ni>;ht and all day Thursd..\ it did its part to keep the festival in full swing. It was in ull ? ?f the parudes. paraded by itself and gave concerts on corners and on the streets evervwh. ft fot the pleasure of the Shrlners and Of the public Many complimentary thin.. ; \s. re said about the organization and its nm i> and many more about Its unique and handsome uniforms of green J;i with much gold l.i i Sjg I braid, knc. breeches and white leggins. While many of the shriners cann? on Wednexd.t'. morning and alter* noon, it was not until Thursday morning that the biu bodiel "t them began to arrive. Those came in on special trains o\er the Southern from Columbia, bringing ?.elevations from Columbia and nearly every city in the Piedmont and northern and western sections of the State, from Charleston,, bringing in Shriners from there and from the lower sections ol the State with a hunch of members of Alee Temple from Savannah. Ceorgia. Tin third special train came in over the Atlantic roast Lino from Florence and brought In its representatives from the cities of the Pee Dai sec? tion und from the eastern part of the State. Hefcldcs these others earns in <-n the r< gular trains and stead l> poured into the city up to past noon. With the Ihrinors came tint:- Indies, out numbering the Murinen |wo t" one, und probably making the num? ber of visitors in the city during the dsy ubout three thousand from throughout the State, without count? ing those who e.ime in from the im? mediate surrounding towns. The fun commenced early. Kvery city upon Its afftiml visited the Im? perial Hotel, was registered and giscn un official programme und u souve? nir budge from the Sumter Shrine <'hib. With the "fresh meat" in thi van. the Nobles then paraded np and down the streets, meeting many old acquaintances ami hearty webome from all. Handsh iking and saint- - were being continuously eachongsd on all sl<bs by the Nobles. Kwry where the \isitors not with a In ill' welcome from tin i,,, ,,| members al Shrinedom and from tin- u.I people of Sumter. The fresh me.it p nad? was made continuous from it; arrival until tho big ? fresh BSSnt" pa ob- nt noon. Ther? were 'downs, be us and their keepers. i?U.i n - a 'ci. - .p. . nut senders, monks, policemen and plenty of "Just fresh meat. ' so |g helled. Tho signs worn h] mmy ofI the candidates . asjsjsd M MUH amun ment and much fun was bad bv tin populace nt tbe expense of the c.mdi dates. The wild animal < ige ami the! Police patrol WON much in evidence and many of the unoffeding "fresh I meat ' WOfl suddenly confronted by the poltOtl o n, slammed into the pa? trol or wild animal i-age and whisked away without being told of their of? fense, although they were warned that it WSJ a serious one and they WOUld probably be handed for it. The prisoner! tied together, tin- convicts with boll and .shackles, the three twins all wore there. In every pos? sible way the "fresh meat" were made to do things ridiculous and at which everybody else could laugh with good grace except themselves. One poor "fresh meat" was given a big tub of water and a thimble and put to STorki bOl at last reports he had not emptied the tub, although he had counted several thousand thimbles full. The riding of the donkeys i seemed to afford merriment for some. j alt hough it was a different kind of merriment to the riders than to the j spectators, especially when UiC rid < rs WOTS thrown, as happened In sev? eral cases. In tho "fresh meat" Sumter can? didates were much In evidence and their outlandish garb was auch as some of those otherwise SSJie and Sensible nun bod never dreamed of wearing. Prof. Schumacher was a very much overdressed musician throughout the day. IfcWhOftCr Wat" ? dancing bear and Wooten a red clown. BortOST Walsh was an itiner? ant organ grinder, but it is probable that he did not got many pennies or ntckles from tho spectators during the day. I). K. McCallum, W. C. Boy It and F. S. Stoudonmire Were ' tagged as the Siamese triplets, and the others oi the Sumter candidates were costumed according to the skill and fOntaeV Of the designer who bad them in charge. The parade of the "fresh meat" same In the morning and there were thousands of spectators on the streets to see the parade of the one hundred I odd candidates for membership In the ardor of tho Mystic Murine? At noon the business session of the Tempi?- was held. At this meeting offtceri were nominated for the fol? lowing y-ar, their confirmation to take place at the next ceremonial see* ?Ion) which win be held in Charles? ton m xt spring? The new offlceri named are: Potentate, C, a. Mllford, Abbeville; Chief iiai on, k. k. Cooper, Laurens; Assistant Chief Itabon, IS, R, Wilson. Sumter; Prophet) Krank Hart, Co? lumbia; Orlentlnl Quids, J. x. Nelson, Spartan burs; Representatives to Im? ports! Council, retiring potentate Ju? lius H COSJSWSlli J. K. Johnson, Char? leston; I. W. Johnson, Voikxille; J. lv Mel?onabi, Wlnnaboroi In the afternoon the big Bhrlners' parade was held. There were more than eight hundred in this parade, which was viewed With delight b) thousands of spectators who lined the sidewalks all along the line of march up .Main street. The parade was i" adod by the high oiu< iais of the Temple, who were followed by the en? tire police force of the city mounted on leus, back. Adluh lMum Corps '.tine next in their handsome uni? forms, gaily furnishing the music for the Arabic Patrol, which followed, to march by The patrol made a splen? did appearance in its gorgeous uni? forms Of led coats, yellow Vests, led trousers and white leggings, all car? rying the staff of the patrol, Hehind them come the sumter bund oi mor< than titty pieces, which had done i'" full shale towards making the occa? sion a merry one by its music, After Wards came hundreds of nobles i i (he lull dress uniforms ol the order, twenty-six from Alee Temple and ibout Oft) from Oasis Temple being In the number. The parade was formed on Booth Main street and marched up as far as the Calhoun street corner, where it turned and paraded back down the street, There wi re do/ens of automobil) s in lite Which closed the parade. After tin parade the Bhrlners went back t" tio ir hotel! for n short time to clean up ami ic t for the nlghf perform inn i m. At 8 o'clock the ceremonial ? sion w.is begun and this lasted >?n til about 11 o'clock. There were one hundred nnd twenty-one candidates Initiated Into the mysteries of Bhrlne-' TIGERS SMOTHERED BY YEL LOWJACKET& lYotn First Atlanta Team Shows Better Form Than That From South Carolina. Atlanta, (Ja., Nov. 27,?Literally ?mothering the Clemson defense be neath ? pussling mass of trick plays, Georgia Tech today won the annual battle here from its traditional rival* from South Carolina by a score of 34 to 0. Prom the opening scrimmage the ultimate result was in 'Heated. The Clemson forwards, although possessed of a slight advantage In weight, ap? parently were unable to solve the Yellow-Jackets' plays <p i( kly enough to break them up, and time after time the Tech backs were able to circle the ends for long galm or to suc? cessfully execute intricate trick for? mations. Five touchdowns were made by Tech, goals being kicked from tour of them. The weather was un? usually warm, and this to a great ex? tent Influenced the game, Tech em-j ployed many substitutes, while Clem-! son was forced to retain ts tired play? ers throughout the game. dom at this meeting. 1 was report? ed beforehand that tin so in charge of the ceremonies had something up their sleeves, so to spe; k, and what they did for the candl lattes would be aplenty, but as a number of th? local men were seen on the street r Friday it could not have been so bad, after all. A feature of the inee ing came at Its dose. Prof. Wilbur s. Schu? macher was one of those who had been brought with many pains to the sacred Shrine. He had passed the candidate's degree and be was called on for a violin solo. Pro:*. Schumach? er played, it is reported, with a feel? ing and beauty that lie had never been able to attain before. Th( I packed house was hushed so that ' there was not another sound to be heard as the sweet harmonious strains of the violin issued forth. Never be? fore had those present heard such music and at its close there came a burst of applause a storm of cheers an 1 shouts fr" more, Again Prof. Schumacher played and again the great room was hushed into perfect silence. Everyone was so intensely listening that, for a second after the j musiu ceased there was not a sound, then a great sigh from every throat and another storm of applause for the musician. The Banquet, The banquet in honor of the visit Ing Bhrlners last night was attended by about six hundred and fifty of the nobles and forty-tive local Shrine (dub members. I Alter the ceremonial session of < >n:ar Temple at the Academy Of Music, which ended about 11 o'clock, the hundreds of nobles headed by the Adluh Drum corps, of Columbia, the Arabic Patrol, ami the officers, march? ed to the banquet hall in military style to the marshal airs of trumpet and drum. Without ceremony the nobles began to feast. The tables were prettily decorated in red, pink, and white car? nations, white chrysanthemums, cycle man, fer ns, and smilax. The menu, temptingly prepared and served, consisted Of Manhattan Cocktail, oyster cocktail, cold pork, cold ham, Cold turkey, cranberry sauce, potato salad, salted almonds, olives, celery, pickles, coffee, beer, four kinds of sandwiches, more beer, Cigars, cigarettes. Schumacher's orchestra furnished the delightful music which contrlbut uted a great deal to the pleasure of the evening by its splendid rendition of selected number:;. Bach guest was presented with a very pretty embossed leather case tilled with Patlma cigaretes on which was inscribed in gilt leters "Compli? ments of the Sumter shrine Club," An -thcr very highly appreciated souvenir courtesy, and somewhat ex? pensive one, was the presentation to i each visiting noble by the Sumter Bottling Company of a magnificent combination two bladed pocket knife With cork screw and bottle opener attachments, 'The Sumter Shrine Club also pre? sented every visiting noble and visit ! ing lady "better half," or other female Visitor With a beautiful gold enamel d souvenir badge of special design. The badge represented a pumpkin with red eyes and nose, the letters "Omar" forming tho teeth. At the conclusion of the feast lie tiring Potentate Julius B. Cogswell ol Charleston, and Past Potentate George Bryan, also of the "City by the Kea," und Assistant Chiel Itabon In K. Ii w llson, were t ailed upon and respond? ed with short speeches which were enjoyed by nil, Mr. Hryan said thai be hnd been thinking bud to remem? ber any simtl.tr occasion when the ' "i dtoill) or w< Iconic had equalled thai extended t? the visiting nobles In Humtcr, and he was certain tlial the meeting in Sumter. in point of reception and every other s/ay, was ULI AID BANKS, TREASURY WILL HELP THEM UNDER NEW PLAN. MvAdOO Says Those Which Are Re? stricting Credits are Making a Mis? take. Washington, Nov. 28.?Secretary McAdoo tonight issued a statement declining that banks throughout the country reported to be restricting credits in order to meet the provisions of the ex pec ted currency law are mak? ing a mistake. He announced that the resources of the treasury will be at the disposal of the banks to aid them in complying with the new law when it is put on the statute books. The statement in part said: "The sec retary expressed the con? viction that the new law will impose no hardships on the banks and that the transfer of capital and reserves to the proposed federal reserve banks will be accomplished with little or no inconvenience to the bunks and to general business. "The secretary said that the treas? ury department had large available resources at its command; that he should not hesitate to use them for the purpose of aiding the banks to comply with the new law and that, in his opinion, the banks could, with perfect safety, proceed with the granting of accommodations to their c ustomers in the; normal and usual way. I "The secretary said that he did not. of course, assume to advise banks? he only wanted them and the business public to know tha there is no ground for apprehension and that the attitude of the treasury department Is to be helpful and that he thought it could be effectively helpful. He said that if any banks are laboring under the impression that the new law will necessitate or occasion a restriction of credits they are controlled by error, as no such thing will result. "The secretary stated that Up to date the banks had called upon the treasury for only $34,661,000 for crop moving purposes; that these deposit* were, under the arrangements, to be returned in four installme nts b< gin? ning December 15 and ending March 1. "The .secretary said that he would Consider favorably and upon its merits the applic ation of any national bank holding crop moving deposits for a postponement of 30 clays of the time for beginning repayments so that payments may commence* on the 15th of January, 1914, instead of on the 15th of December, as now pro? vided." the most successful Shrine Temple meeting ever held in the Southern States. He moved a rising vote of thanks and three cheers for the Sumter Shrine Club and the "(lame Cock City" of Sumte r which were given in a rousing and hearty style. The special committee that was in charge cd' the serving of the ban? quet did excellent work in assisting the preparations for the large crowd just be fore the feast and deserve special mention. This committee con? sisted of Abe Ryttenberg, chairman, Dr. B. S. Booth, J. P. Glenn, P. Moses. Jr., Dr. G. W. Dick, R. A. Bradham, J. G. DeLorme, o. H. Folley, L. I. Parrott, C. M. Wilson. Altogether the banquet was a great success. Mr. A. L. Jackson, of the Hotel Imperial, who served the sup? per, certainly left nothing undone to make his part of the entertainment a success. The Sumter Shrine Club has every reason to feel proud of the great suc? cess of the 1913 fall pilgrimage of the Nobles of Omar Temple, and if there were a record cd' every visiting shrin er who expressed himself in compli? mentary terms of his Sumter broth? ers, they would in a measure feel compensated for the time, trouble, and expense incident to their hos? pitable reception of the visitors. Thursday, November 27th, was a "red letter clay" in the history of Sumter. The events of the clay and the community interest manifested are worth a lot to Sumter. The com? ing of the Shriners has showed that the Sumter people are always ready to co-operate with each other for the common good and to keep alive in the Game Cock City the spirit of hospi? tality ami good fellowship for which it has always been noted. During the day hundreds of Shriners had gathered time alter time in the llowland building, where the free lunch was being served, and partook of the refreshments which had been prepared lor them by the Sumter Shrine < lui?. Probably Bevernl thous? and of persons nte here during the day. Itcshles this the other BOClul club rooms ware open to the visitors and there res! and other refresh? ments could be secured. It was in the small hours of the morning that the Shriners bunciuet, at which 650 Shriners feasted, broke up and Shriners depart" il lor their various places oi rest. The hotels Were Jammed full ami main b it im? mediately alter the banquet on the special trains. FAME OF DR. KNAPP. HIGH TRIBUTE PAID TO SOOTH'S FRIEND. Result of His Labors lias Been Great Agricultural Awakening m . This Section. I Washington, Nov. -'7.?According to Dr. Wallace Buttrlck, secretary j of tie general education board en? dowed by John i). Rockefeller, the fame of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp ? >r agricultural work and labors will never die. "The late Dr. Knapp, who began farm demonstration work, is entitle d to a 1 the credit for starting a move- ; men that ,it is believed, will do mOH to n ake the South prosperous than any other movement ever known." said Dr. Butterlck today. "It was he who conceived the idea of taking the improved modern methods of farm? ing o the farmer in his field aadi showing him how to make two blades <?l' grass grow where (me was grown before. He started his dem? onstration plan in the Southern States, j and it grew and grew, until now tin federal government is spending $|>00, 000 a year In lids work, where, in the beginning, the amount expended was little more than $10,000. The gen? eral education board is helping the government and the States In this work, and is contributing in the neighborhood of $:ioo,ooo. "The plan is to invite several farm? ers l a secth n to witness the meth? ods of the government experts, and to have them, with their own eyes, see the wonderful results that fol? low. The outcome has been thai all through the Smith the farmer*] have increased their products. Th ?; used to raise cotton and buy their food products. We lu ve been teaching them that they can raif?c cotton and also their own corn. In many of the Southern States the corn crop this year was larger than ever in their history. "Corn clubs of boys and canning clubs of young women on the farm were the natural result of the demon? stration work. The boys have been organized in m arly all the Southern States, and are showing their parents that, with modem methods of farm? ing, the produce of the farm can be 1 marvelously increased. So with the girls' canning clubs. The young women started in to plant an acre or so of vegetables, and to can them, and the work has grown so tremen? dously that 40,C00 of them are en? gaged in it today. The girls of Mis? sissippi are supplying one of the big railroads with nearly all the canneo goods used by it. "I might be described as a 'hope? less optimist,' " concluded Dr. But trick. "I believe the world is getting better in every way. Wo certainly are far ahead of the nations of Eu? rope in industry, and what is more im? portant, perhaps, in morals." On every side the visitors express? ed their appreciation of the hearty manner in which they had been re? ceived and made welcome to Sum? ter. Several of the ollicials stated that the session was the most success? ful iri every way that the Nobles of (>mar Temple had ever had. In point of attendance it exceeded what had been anticipated by about two hun? dred >r more Nobles. In decorations and preparations, the Bhrlners had never before found everything arrang? ed so well or SO extensively in their honor and with regard to their con? venience and comfort. The plans made by the Sumter Shrine Club went through without a single hitch and the day was considered by them to be as successful as they could have wished it to be. The weather proved delightful and helped them in their plans for making the visitors enjoy the day. The Decorations?Prise Winners An? nounced. "Never before have we been ac? corded such generous hospitality and had such a successful session," was the way one of the visitors expressed his feelings and his sentiments seem? ed to be those of all. Much credit is deserved and muc h praise was given the generous manner in which numerous linns and privat?1 parties responded t?> the call for dec? orations in honor of the Shrtners, who spent Thanksgiving day within tin crates of our Came Cock City. While it was well understood that the ef? fort was made from a sense of civic pride, a feeling of good fellowship, in short w.is don,, with the real "Sumter spirit,'' und with no thought of the material gain of the prize, which had been offered by the local Shrine com mittee. Nevertheless the task of de? ciding upon tiie lust decorated of these buildings was a difficult one.' The judges went over the work mans times, weighing carefully the points of advantage, the effect of color massing as against uniqueness orj original design, and they wished that, there were six. Instead oi three prises to award. The emporium of SchwertsI llros., made u handsome appearance done in t be i ich red, yellow and ?t<<!. tin Shrlners' shades. The SENATE DEMOCRATS IN CON? FERENCE MEET MANY OB? STACLES TO ADVANCE? MENT. S?;m(. Go So Far as to Say That Tues? day or Wednesday Will Ih' BarttSSt Dato on Which Bill ( an He Pre? sented to Upper House. Washington, Nov. 28.?Obstacles today encountered by the senate Democrats in their consideration of currency in conference threatened to extend the meeting over into next week. Work on the bill today drag? ged. Practically no material ad vance was made in the draft as pre? sented hj Chairman Owen and the tive ndminiftmtlon Democrats on tho banking and currency committee. Several senators ventured the opin? ion that the conference would be un? able to conclude its consideration of the bill before next Tuesday or Wed? nesday, notwithstanding the vote to finish tomorrow night. The leaders still hope, however, to present the bill to the senate on Monday. I Acting Majority Lender Johnson of the house-, at the request of the pres? ident, conferred with Senate Leader Kern and it was arranged to have tho president read his regular message to ' congress at a Joint session Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The currency conference referred 1 ark to the committee several para? graphs to be redrafted with changes of phraseology or form. In one of these conference decided to provide that no member of the federal reserve board should be allowed to accept a position with any member bank for a period of years after leaving the federal board. The paragraph allowing national banks to act as executors and ad min ; Istrators also was referred back to ? the committee to be drawn so that it would not conflict with the laws of various States. . The question of the number of regional reserve banks to be operated has been left open and probably will be taken up tomorrow. The Georgia senators insist that if the South is to have a regional bank it should be lo? cated in Atlanta, j While progress today was slow, the le aders were satislied that the Owen I draft of the bill linally would be adopted with but few changes. The question of binding the Democrats to suppeirt the conference bill as a party measure has not yet been taken up but it is expected that a bind? ing resolution will be presented after the bill hSS been completed. The Democratic conference tonight elefeated a proposal to broaden the re? demption features of the new cur? rency bill so that the proposed treas j ury notes would be redeemable at the I nited States treasury in "lawful money." The committee had recom? mended that the final redemption be limited strictly to gold, and after a lengthy debate tonight that positio'n was upheld by the conference. The j bill as now agreed to permits a note to be redeeemable in either gold or "lawful money" at the regional banks, but in gedd only at the treasury. A change was agreed to in the form ' of the Owen bill, which would make the new treasury notes acceptable for the payment of customs. This was op pt seel by the ce>mmittee that drafted the bill on the ground that the eus ! teuns receipts furnished one certain : method Of getting gold in time of need for the use of the treasury. Rapid progress was made on the bill tonight, and Democratic senators confidently predicted the conference would be able to complete its work by tomorrow night. 70?) BALES OF COTTON BURNED. Lumpkln, Ga., Nov. 29.?The Pat? terson Warehouse containing seven hundred bales of cotton were burned todny causing a $45,ooo hiss. The cot ton was all instil ed. D. J. Chandler Clothing Co., was among the best, with eine window ihowing the came ls marching across the desert toward an Oasis and In the other a table set with all the good things e?f the season. The. La? dies' Outfitting Co., had a very ovi^ inal design ed" a parade of Game Cocks, each mounted with t1 face of one- e.f the Sumter Shriners. The Lyric had a very orientnl ami Shrine like appearance with colored '.ights ;.!? wing amidst festoons of red, green and yellow elrape'ties. The Ladles' Kx change was very attractively decor? ated an i went far toward making bright the north end e.f the street. Tin' "skyscraper" or the- City National I tank building made a handsome show and tiu-ie were a dosen other buildings in line tor special mention, but apace is limited iure, and the) get the ir reward in that the- beauty ??f their appearance ?1 i?i much toward making the occasion a mcceas. it was late in the evening befbrS the final decision <d' the' judges was Hands which was as follows: l.e\\ A Mos?s. flral Prize, $50; liultman-Htvcrs outfitting Oe>., sec? ond. 130; Me Collum Bros, third $20.