IfjntOJrAA MENTION.
, Ifre, i. *>. Chandler and children
ftaire returned to 8umter alter a pleas
twL vhdt here to relatives ? Marlon
Mfc Benjamtu M. Powell, of Sum?
te*. It on a visit to friends and rela?
te the county. Mr. Powell has
4 record aa a Confederate soldier of
one should he proul. He
ie front aa a member of the
Oreys. tth 8. C. regiment.
IsMsr en he was transferred to the
lath 8. C. regiment. He has now
the Ttth mile post. Mr. Pow
fdwajm welcomed hark to Lan
>I ancestor Newa
L J|L is Ohvssceck left today for
|& Beamter and Columbia.?Len
ajJUUa Atkinson has returned
,Aw Togtu
O. C. Scarborough of Summer
,xary ill in a Plorcpca hospital,
shares the solicitude of
..adatJre My, Sear borough for
astlmable qualities.?Manning
V- HL Scott and. daughter are
III gumter.?Blahopville Lead
. Vindicator. , ,
T. B, Ttaaar has been pre
frona,atteadlog .court in Co
tine) week on account of an at
Brace Sauoders and Waiter
of faagood ware In the city Fri
4amh #%? *
' Isf'-jM?/" McCutchen of Indlan
teejsa ap visitor in the c|ty Friday
/. M^**>J*\ Soett of the Blshopville
sjatsaala jraa.ln the city Saturday.
.JaT. James Beeves of the Du Rant
was a/ visitor la the city Satur
Mr. A* X. Sanders of Hi good, one
at Anjnler county's representatives In
the, gejtneral assembly, was in town
i*parate Brohun of Wedgeneld I1
iy In town.
^ftew?*t\ (T. McLee-dqn spsnt several
I?. the city today op hhi way
rllle to Orangeburg,
he haglns a protracted meeting
le looking well,
the .hard work he has
B, Ptttf. wan went to
neverai weak* ago and
***** *tfc) the Chal
Company. h*s returned
.baring aonented a pesitkop >
Atlantic Coast Un< Railroad11
<aV aVussdele ban gone to
CoKege> where he will con
>a meeting during the week.
vOat. J. A. Raa me of Lynchburg was
a vssttor to the oily Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Folsom have
Jfofta to patchase goods for the
etsst Store Company.
f 1 1 'IMS ? t ii
I.?Beautiful In Its
lefty was the marriage of Miss
to Charles Lucius
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
at- tan abase of the brt<tv? par?m4#.
Ism and Mm David V. Phillips. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
F. P. Hudson of the Methodist church.
ffsawiediately after the ceremony the
bridal party was served with dinner,
after which the young couple leit for
an extended trip to Florida.
The brlds Is one of the most
popul?r young women of Spring
Said society, and of thle section of
the State. The groom is a large plant?
ar of BrMotta
The out ef tewa guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Lucius, Miss Elisa?
beth Lucius. John l/ucius of Colum?
bia, Miss Carrie Lou Able ef Lees
vtlro. Mrs. Oreen ef Elllottr Miss Mai
He Waters of Johnston, Henry Lucius,
Jr.. of Elliotts.
of (apt. Holmen.
The funeral services over the tody
of the late Capt. E. H. Hoi man were
held Friday morning at 11 o'clock
at the residence of his daughter, Mra
T. H. Clarke on Church street, being
conducted by Rev. J. p. Marlon of the
Presbyterian Church. The Interment
took pmcfj at the Sumter Cemetery.
Capt. Holman's body thrived Thursday
night from Abbeville, where he passed
away at the residence of his daughter
Wednesday night.
Death of Mrs. Wilson.
M>a. Elisabeth B. Wilson, mother
of Mr. Kdwln Wilson, and one of the
sliest members ?f Mt. Zlon church,
died last week at her home at St.
Charles, and^.was furled a^Mt. Zlon.
funeral conducted by Rev. H. C. Ham
mon,d, She was about && years old?
Bifthopvlll* Leader and Vindicator.
At Its regular meeting . , week
the Calhoun Literary of th? Calhoun
school elected officers for the third
quarter, as follows President. Miss
Sara Edmund?. Vice President, Jim
mle Dick; Treasurer. Raymond Bland
Ins; Critic, lUlph ihoWers, A very
inter* Ming meeting was held.
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A. W. 12AHGLE DIES SUDDENLY.
Chief. Engineer of Sumter Lighting
Coenpany Found Dead Saturday
Night.
A. W. Eargle, chief engineer of the
Sumter Lighting company was found
dead at about 11.30 o'clock Saturday
night by one of his firemen when the
latter wont into the oil room of the
plant to get something. There' were
no marks on Nr. Eagle's body and it
is supposed that death came from
cardiac trouble.
While it is net known just when he
died, It Is supposed that Mr. Eargle
was stricken sometime between 10
and 11 o'clock, and he had been dead
something over an hour when his
body was found. He made his usuaJ
10 o'clock records, but no 11 o'clock
records were made. The body was dis?
covered at about 11.30. The coroner
and physicians were summoned, but
the Inquest was delayed until morn?
ing.
At the Inquest Sunday morning it
was found necessary for an autopsy
and this was performed by Drs. W. E.
Mills and W. J. Bristow, with other
physicians In attendance. The report
t?f the physicians as given in their
statement was: "We have examined
the. body of A. W. Eargle externally
and internally and , have found no
signs of organic disease. In our opin?
ion death was caused by cardiac pa?
ralysis," signed W. J. Bristow and W.
E. Mills. It was stated at the,Sumter
Lighting Company plant that Mr. Ear
lie had been complaining somewhat
of rheumatism, but otherwise had not
been sick, so far as known. The Jury
returned a verdict that death came
from unknown causes.
Mr. Moses, manager of the Sumter
Lighting Company, stated this morn?
ing that Mr. Eargle had been with, the
plant for about nine yearn and had
been found to be an honest, efficient
and hardworking man during all of
that time and that the company had
lost an excellent man in his death.
Mr. Eargle was thirty-nine and a
haif years of age and Is survived by
bis widow and five children. He was
originally from Newberry county, to
which place the body was taken this
riro'rnlng for hartal. ?
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S, L. I. INSPECTED.
Gaeejpang X# Mak<? Showing
to United States Army Officer!
The Sumter Light Infantry, Com?
pany U National Guard *?f South Car
1*1*4. yeasarday made, a^vw, crudii-1
ablq showing when it was given its
annual innpecttuc by Capt, J. Mok-om
Bfaham of the United ft tat es army.
Heretofore the United States army of
Beer and the adjutant and inspector's
office have made their inspections at
the same time. This year, however,
the Inspections are separate. The in?
spection by Adjutant and Inspector
General Moore will probably be given
in the spring.
Capt. Graham arrived here yester?
day morning and wept, over 'the
equipment of the company. He found
the conditions of the equipment good
and comparatively little of it missing.
This hag been . Joes ted and wljl be
recovered.. Last night the company
was inspected. Capt. Graham was
pleased with the condition and care
of the rifles on the whole and tho
drills by tho company in extended or?
der and close order formation which
were made on the street were good.
While the company did not have all
of Its men present, it made a very!
creditable showing in this regard also.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.
Negroes Saw Partly Through Bars
With Hack Saw.
An attempt to break jail was made
Thursday nlKht, but resulted in fail?
ure when Jailer Owens got wind of
the fact that some of the* ntgro pris?
oners had a hack saw with which
they were endeavoring to saw through
the steel bars. . The prisoners are now
kept under especially close watch and,
will bo until after court convenes, as
Sheriff Bradford does not intend for
sny of them to eucape before that
time. There are quite a number of
prisoners In jail awaiting trial at the
approaching term of court, which
convenes next Monday.
Children of Confederacy Organize.
The monthly meeting of tho Chil?
dren of the Confederacy was held in
the Y. M. C. A. building Thursday af?
ternoon. About twenty children were
present.
The object of the meeting was to
name the chapter and elect officers.
Miss Dorita Molse was made presi?
dent, and Miss Marion Knight, treas?
urer.
The name deelded on was the
Alexander McQueen Chapter C. of C.
Miss Prisclllu Shaw was appointed
to tell something at the next meet?
ing about Lieut. McQueen and why
the chapter should be named lor
him.
Miss Caroline Dick had been elect?
ed secretary at the previous meet?
ing. The children sang songs and the
j meeting adjourned until the first
Thursday in March.
Ruth Lyon, Reporter.
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CRIMINAL COURT CONVENES.
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Judge DeVore Stresses Importance or
Grand Jurors Fulfilling Their Du?
ties.
Criminal court convened this morn?
ing with Judge J. W. DeVore of Edge ?
field presiding, Solicitor P. H. Stoll in
charge of the prosecutions for the
State and Stenographer Wood on
hand. There were also the usual
number of attendants and spectators
on hand for the sessions court and
the usual delay in getting court start?
ed.
Tho feature of the morning's ses?
sion was the stress Judge DeVore
laid in his charge to the grand Jury,
Upon the members of that body per?
forming their duty. . He pointed out
cases whero grand Jurors had neglect?
ed their duty, and stated that he
hoped the ones now on the grand
jury would not be amiss. Mr. Nelll
O'Donnel was chosen foreman of
the Jury. . ,
In his charge. Judge DeVore point?
ed out the duties of the members of
the grand Jury, in that they must In?
vestigate and bring in indictments
against all persons committing crimes
or misdemeanors which came under
their notice, making no exceptions for
friends, or bringing in indictments for
spite. In their examinaton of the
county offices, he stated that the jury
must report what it found, no, matter
what it was. If the books were so
kept that the committees examining
them could not toll whether they were
properly kept or not, the Jury, must so
state; or if there was anything irreg?
ular, the jury must so state; if every?
thing was as it should be, the, jury
must state. The presentment was for
the. information of the taxpayers, who
had a right to know, not for him, and
if there was anything irregular and
the officer was re-elected, it was the
fault of the voters. However, if the
grand jury failed to report any'Ir?
regularity, If they found it, and the
officer was re-elected, it was the fault
ol the grand Jury. He stressed the
necessity of the. committees finding
c Jt what the law said that the officer
must do before they examined his of?
fice, as if they did not know the law,
they could not tell whether the. office'
was run according to law or not. He
stated , that their duties began with [
the convening of court, when they
Were sworn in and continued until
their successors were, sworn in, not
oijly during the term of court, ??
grand jurors very often thought.
Another matter brought Wt an^J |
stressed by Judge J>cVore wits tx?e
fact that the criminal court was, not
a place to collect debus. He *>uud
that very often warrants were taken ,
out for persons for giving false mort?
gages or disposing of property under
lion or mortgage and then, when the
amount due was paid the case was
dropped. He stated that the magis?
trates very often allowed this to be
done, but It was not lawful. If a
warrant was taken out for a violation
of the law, the cause should be sent
on for trial. However, if the warrant
was taken out merely for the purpose
of collecting a debt, and the grand
Jury so found or so decided, the bill
should be- thrown out, as it was a
wrong usage of the. court. He stat?
ed that the committees In their in?
vestigations should see that all funds
appropriated for county uses, should
be used for those purposes for which
tho appropriation was made and not
for othor uses. The schools also
were under the supervision of the
grand jury, as was everything in the
county which was run entirely or
partly by expenditure of the public
money, and the grand Jury should see
that the schools had competent teach?
ers and were doing efficient work. It
was better, he said, to have competent
teachers, even if they had to be paid
more, in poor school houses, than to
have fine school houses, and incompe?
tent teachers in them. The money
was spent for the school children and
not for the teachers, as some trus?
tees seemed to think.
In regard to the wavo of public
opinion for law enforcement which,
Judge DeVore stated, was sweeping
the country, he thought that the law
ought to be enforced. Then If tho
law was enforced, regardless of
whether it was good or bad. it would
bring about a repeal of bad laws and
further enforcement, if the laws wcro
good.
Ho charged the grand Jury on a
number of bills, which wero turned
over to them for their investigation.
Only one case was taken up in
court and this will probably last all
day. Charley Davis, charged with
burglary, was indicted by the grand
Jury and his trial at onco commenced.
Davis is the negro who Js accused ot
having entered the home of Mrs.
Mcllette on South Ilarvin Street on
the night of New Year's day.
Washington, Feb. 7.?Secretary
Daniels admits that extra guards were
placed on the Manhattan and Brook?
lyn bridges, X<iW York, to prevent
bombs being thrown on the cruiser
Wushington while it proceeded up the
East river. Secretary Daniels said the
action was teken us tho result of let?
ters of warning.
NIGHT SCHOOL NEWS.
J ...- ., Pij . . |d
These are Now Being Organized?One
is at the Y. M. C. A., Being Taught
by Messrs. C. M. Hurst and P. G.
Bowman.
Since the meeting of the County
Trusteed Association early in danuary,
at which meeting Miss Wil Lou Gray
of Laurens spoke so interestingly on
the night school work done in her
county last year, a decided effort haj
been made to establish night schools
in Sumter county.
Upon the advice of Miss Gray, the
work has not been undertaken on a
large scale to begin with. The teach?
ers in four rural schools have offered
their time and service to this work,
and now in the Bethel, Concord. Prov?
idence and Reld schools the work has
already begun, in such, a manner too
as to be very encouraging to all in?
terested.
In the city, connected with the Y.
M, C. A., and in that building, the
work has been going on for some time.
At first Mr. C M. Hurst was the
only teacher, but as the school has
grown and several classes have been
formed, Mr, P. G. Bowman has kind?
ly accepted the place as the second
member of the faculty.
Any person who does not attend
a day school Is Invited. to come to
the night school. In most cases this
causes the night school to consist of
three classes or sections,,
The first section comprises the very
beginners, the second those who have
had a little moru opportunity, while
:he third or graduating section may
mke up literary or community . work
or both as it sees fit. The graduates
will be allowed to take up post-grad
jate work next year, while the other
classes will be advanced.
All who foster education and there?
by the uplift of our people will readi?
ly become interested in the night
tiqhopi plan, for by.it can bVworked
out the illiteracy problem, and the
further advancement of numbers of
folk who have been denied full educa?
tional advantages.
As the .work progresses more will
be told about, it in the papers. We
shall not limit the work to the four
r ural schools mentioned, but shall be
e lad to render any aid possible to as
many schools as practicable for the
first.year.. J. H. Haynsworth,
County Supt,..of,Education.
j?ins S Eft F ?h'
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEET?
ING.
Doctor* Plau to Hold Bettor Babies
Conference.
A woAl aUm*<U4- aad interest!.
meeting, of the Sumter. County Med
cal Association was held In Dr. Wil?
son's office on . Thursday afternoon.
Ope of the chief subjects discussed
was the plan to hold a series of meet?
ings, in March to teach the parents
concerning the care of their babies.
The movement is nation-wide and
Is known as the "Better Babies" move?
ment. In this county the Graduate
Nurses' Association and the Civic
League are cooperating with the Med?
ical Association to put on the confer?
ence here in order that the doctrines
of the movement may be Imparted
and. preventive measures taken in
order to lessen the mortality rate
among Infant children. The move?
ment was discussed and it .was de?
cided to have a "Better Babies Week"
Ir March, plans for the program being
left to Miss Antonio Gibson.
Dr. Wilson read a paper on "For
eign Bodies In the Eye." Dr. Sophia
Brunson was admitted as a member of
the association, which passed resolu
tlons.of sympathy for Dr. Hoi man, at
the death of his father. A number of
clinical cases were discussed, ?
PRUSSIAN LOSS TWO MILLION.
Casualties Said to Number Total of 2,.
337,096?Whole Regiment Reported
Missing.
London, Feb. 4.?A dispatch to The
Dally Mall from Copenhagen says:
"The Prussian casualty lists for
January contain 36,500 names, bring?
ing the total Prussian losses to 2,337,
006.
"The January lists Include the
names of 24 airmen killed, 11
wounded and 20 made, prisoners.
"The lists also contain the names
oi five generals killed and two wound?
ed. The missing Include the entire
F3urtoenUi Jaeger regiment."
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cot?
ton Buyer.
Good Mddlling 11 5-8.
Strict Middling 11 3-8.
Middling 11 1-8.
Strict Low Middling 10 5-8.
Low Middling 10 1-8.
Staple cotton 13 to 16c.
NEW YORK COTTON MAIUU7T.
Yeet'dy?
Open High low Close Close
Meli. . .11.84 11.89 11.81 11.84 11.81
Ma . . .12.05 12.08 12.00 12.04 12.01
July . .12.17 12.22 12.14 12.16 12.14
Oct. . . 12.23 12.26 12.18 12.20 12.19
Dee . .12.30 12.30 12.33 12.3 1 12.82
THE B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION.
Some of Plans and Speakers for Meet?
ing; Here This Month.
Thomas J. Watts, general ? secre?
tary for the Baptist Young Peoples'
Union, which holds its annual conven?
tion at Grace Church, Sumter, Feb?
ruary 15, 16 and 17, writes in the
Baptist Courier of January 2:
Attention, Delegates, to State B. Y. P.
It Convention.
Please send your name to Mrs. E.
J. Wochner, Sumter, S. C, at once.
Mrs. Wochner is chairman of the
hospitality committee. By .sending
your name promptly you will make
her work much easier and enable the
good people of Sumter to suitably
provide for your comfort. Please
do not ncgiect to do this.
Concerning Traveling Expense.
No reduced fares have been offer?
ed by the railroads. The delegation
this year ought to be sufficient to
justify the railroads in offering the
reduction, but in view of the fact
that conventions in previous years
have not had as many as 200 out of
town delegates who traveled by rail
there was no sufficient evidence
which could be offered as a basis for
the request I very much hope that
the attendance in Sumter will he
such that in the future we can se?
cure a low rate for our convention.
Of course all pastors will be able to
secure a rate of two cents per mile
each way and parties of ten can se?
cure tickets at a considerable reduc- !
tion. The distance from points in
South Carolina to Sumter is not
great ,and the rate need not hinder >
any worker from going. Let the
Union arrange to defray the ex- i
pensea of. one or more delegates and
let, many other's come on their own j
charges. l
Demonstration Work-?A Convention '
Feature. ,.
Several Unions will bring teams i
and demonstrate the conduct of the I
various types of meetings.. This '
will be a leading feature of the Con- 1
vention. Thus a large number of 1
our young men and women will take
part in the work of the convention. 1
Drs. Baldy, Davtson, Ramsey, ?
Dericux and Others. <
We are to be favored with ad- i
dresses, by Dr. E. V. Baldy, Dr. Jno. i
A. Davison, Dr. David M. Ramsey, I
Dr. W. T. Derieux and a number of *
others. The program will be re- I
plete with bright au<i helpful discus
sion. Much opportunity will be giv- <
en for the Unionen? to say what they j
think. , s, '
The Banner Cnivcntloii.
Thls^wTIl Be; onr banner con von
tlpn. Our slogan adopted last Febru- 1
ary is "One Hundred Unions by
February, .1916, and delegates from 1
100 Unions and from 100 Churches
having no Union.'' Come and help 1
us to realize this aim. Complete
program soon. /
The Coming of a B. Y, P. U. Expert.
Mr. Frank H.. Leayell.. B.. Y.^Pr XL
secretary for Georgia, is to be witn
us the entire time of the convention,
Mr. Leavell is a young man and. has
no superior as a B. Y. P. U. leader.
He has led in the organization of
more than 300 new Unions in
Georgia during the past two years.
He will teach the B. Y. P. 'U. Manual
each morning and afternoon and al?
so speak on various phases of young
people's work. This afford? every
worker an opportunity to secure In?
formation and suggestions for im?
proving the work of his or her Union.
Thos. J. Watts,
General Secretary.
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NO SEARCH OF APPAM.
Collector of Customs Declines to Com?
ment on Washington Dispatches.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 6.?Collector of
customs Hamilton today declined to
comment on Washington dispatches
of last night in which it was intimat?
ed that the former British liner Ap?
pam, brought into Hampton Roads
as a German prize,, had been search?
ed and that some form of legal pro?
cess was served by the collector to
procure discharge of persons aboard
the vessel, in conflict with the Prus?
sian American treaty of 1828. How?
ever, it was learned that the Appam
has not been searched either upon
tho authority or with the knowledge
of Collector Hamilton and also that
the collector served no unauthorized
process to procure the release of
those aboard the steamer.
All persons whom Collector Hamil?
ton was instructed by Washington of- >
cials had a right to depart from the
ship were released by Commander
Berg after the collector's second ver?
bal interview with the German com?
mander on the subject of the release
of those aboard the vessel.
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ANOTHER STEEL TRUST.
Philadelphia, Feb. 7.?A great steel
merger was effected today when the
Midvalo Steel and Ordnance Com?
pany bought the Cambria Steel Co.,
stock for $81 share. The deal was
consummated by William E. Corey, E.
T. Stotcsbury and William H. Don?
ner.
PENSIONS FOR CLERGY.
Episcopal Church Formulates Plan to
Care for Aged and Disabled Minis?
ters. ... ....
Columbia, Feb. 6.?In his sermon
today at Church of the Good Shepherd,
the Right Reverend,.W^am,Ale?u\nd
er Guerry, D. D., Bishop of South
Carolina, said in part:
The Episcopal Church, has deter?
mined to undertake the largest single
enterprise in its history, namely, to
institute a system of pensions for its
retired clergy. ,/...* u >. T/ ?t
Before entering, upon this policy
the Church did two things: (1) Made
a careful census of the salaries now
paid to clergymen, and U) Held cal?
culations made by expert actuaries, of
the cost of maintaining a system the
permanent success of which there
could be no doubt.
The census of salaries, now complet?
ed, shows the following principal
(acts; .. " ....
There are 4,420 men in the active '*
Bervice of the. Episcopal Church Jfe
the United States. Their average sal?
ary is $1,200 a, year. This is not all
cash, but includes the yalue of a
house, when provided. More than t?r.
500 of these ministers, over, one-half
the total number, receive less .than
$1,500 a year. Only 2L37 Including the
125 Bishops?receive $4,000 or over.
More than 700 men are paid leas
than $1,000 and many of these 700
are the older clergy, with very hard
tasks. The Church now is virtually
carrying out a scheme of retirement
it the expense of its older men...
These meagre salaries are paid to
clergymen serving what is often as?
serted to be the richest church mem?
bership in America. Those men are
expected to have a good education, to
areas well, to, live and move among
people where rents are. high, keop
open house, always appear cheerful,
ind preserve, their physical vigor,
rhey are men of devotion, who often
exercise leadership in their com?
munities, and who must support them?
selves, their wives and their children
hi the salaries paid .them,, with .little
>r no thought of outside interests.
. The. ministers, do not complain. But \
.he Church itself must . be emcler t.
Efficiency consists partly in being
equipped to fight at the top-notch ?f
enthusiasm and vigor. The, minister
:annot do this if, With all his sacri?
fices, cheerfully made, while he is
ictive, he has no assurance of a com?
petence in his old age.
Railroad companies seek , efficiency
bid enthusiasm from their men
ihrough promi^f, of a peas?^j. Lt, ^s
n the broadest i' tcrcat of society that
every church should do the earae,.
The ..Eplfc^ o^al CiiurcL. has psaecdv
Lhe exact vital statistics of the Whole
body of her clergy through the lab?
oratory of the best actuaries and has
adopted a pension system which is
modern aand sound. .... .?
It is a Contributory System where?
by upon the payment by the parish
dach year of an additional seven per
cent, speaking roughly .of t^e min?
ister's salary, he will receive on re?
tiring at 68, a pension, equal to.one
half his average salary during his a,c*
tive service- At death, his widow and.
minor children, will receive, annual
pensions: if disabled in active service,
si pension follows., ^ VJ *rs;.t. <?e*
Thus in the full tide of active ser -.
vice he can throw himself r.iatQ ?Pfa
work with the complete abandonment
of an officer who knows that what?
ever happens to him, his deaf ^ones
will be cared for,, and he, Jf, living to
old age, will go to his grave with
dignity and self-respect.. fi -...,*.?../ < fcki
In ord,er to take, .care of. those who
should be pensioned immediately, and
to give the contributory plan time to
move permanently on its pw-n jwheeb^
an initial sum of $5,000,000 is to be
raised. .<x
To direct the task of obtaining this
reserve fund, Bishop. . Lawrenc? ^ of
Massachusetts, will during 1913, aus
pend active work in his own
and devote himself wholly to this
great enterprise^ . {.Wassj at
The co-operation of leading lt!e in?
surance .oUlcers, and business men has
been obtained to establish the, scheme.
Local committees .will .be, appointed
throughout ,the United States. To g,e{.
this splendid undertaking on its feet
will be the supreme task of the Epis?
copal Chruch In 1916.
MAY PRACTICE LAW.
Columbia, Feb. 4.?The supreme
court signed an order yesterday re?
storing John T. Duncan of Columbia
to the practice of law In South Caro?
lina. The order was signed by Asso?
ciate Justices Hydrick. Watts and
Gage. Chief Justice Gary and Asso?
ciate Justice Fr?ser were not present,
both being reported as indisposed.
The Order of the court follows:
"On hearing the petition herein
and certificates and affidavits attach?
ed, it appearing to the satisfaction of
the court that the petitioner, John
T. Duncan, since his disbarment has
reformed, now upon consideration of
his petition that he bo now allowed
to practice law, it is the judgment of
the court that he be restored to the
practice of law and tbat the clerk of
the court do issue to him a license
for this purpose."