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A 26 - MULES - 26 ^fjajjje^F* WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16. I^^^^^^^^^^V You can get any size you want=-a heavy log mule, medium J^^^^^^BB^M^s**"?-^ size farm mule or a small mule, all well broke, ready for work. Come in and look them over. We will be glad to show you. I You will always find a nice lot of our Hackney and Row ^^IflHPiy1^ land buggies and Hackney and Louisburg Wagons on hand. Booth-Boyle Live Stock Company, Sumter, S. C. 'maa^mmmmm m -,?; Ill TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY no I IT on prohibition EX pmxrrm> to come up dur? ing week. BID for Absolute Elimination of Whfc key TraJaci Tuesday Set Apart for Inauguration of Oovemor??Trip to Winthrop on Friday?Elec t tons on WodBeavUy?Bills Introduced. (By Joe Sparks.) Columbia, Jan. 16.?The sevora! prohibition factions in the ventral assembly will begin to press their pot measures this week. There are some members who favpr "water tight" pro blbl ion. Others call it "air-tight." Borne are in favor of letting well enough alone. Still others are trying te reduce the amount of whiskey and increase the light wine* and beers. The Blease forces are favoring ?tralghtout prohibition. And so the light goee on without a definite pro? gram. No announcement can be made, yet it ke practically certain that there will be some change in the whiskey lews. Under the present laV jnejm aWenonio afo being received[ at oH pohrte In the State. J. K. Breedtn, editor of the Man? ning Herald and superintendent of the South Carolina Anti-Saloon league, is advocating the creation of an office to bo known as commissioner of prohi? bition. This commissioner would be elected by the general assembly and his duties would be to enforce the whiskey law of the State. Such an of? fice has been created in Virginia. The commissioner, of course, would have to bo provided with ample funds. The several bills to be Introduced will cause much dlncusslon. The pro hiblton leaders are appealing to Oov. Manning and urging his support of the several bills. The general assembly returns to work tonight at 8 o'clock with every indication of an Interrupted week. Tuesday has been set apart as the time for the Inauguration of the gov? ernor and lieutenant governor and Friday the legislators go to Win? throp. This meant: that when ad? journment Is taken Thursday that it will probably be until the following Monday. The house and senate will this week get down to work on the fire Insur? ance legislative proxram. Ono of the representatives of several large insur? ance companies, has stated that the companies will not return, if the present program I* enacted. How? ever. It is bei levee? thut tho compa? nies will return, if the bills are en? acted. An organised lobby has not appeared In Columbia again."' the in? surance bills. e e ? The more Important hills Intro trod uced last week were: Tax on sort drinks, repeal of State Income tax law. Stats Institution for feeble-mind? ed, equal suffrage und a State high? way commission. A bill providing for a bond isettC of $100.000 for the erection of a n?-,v bridge across the Wateree river in Kershaw county has been Introduced In the senate. A hill In the senate would require the screening of all passenger co;u li? es In operation in the South. Another measure proposed in |nc senate provides for the examination of architects In this Stute. Philadelphia. Jun. n.-H.n iy The rontlnues to improve, and passed ;i comfortable night. I?me bark may eOSAS from OV?r ?? act nM settle4 in the muscles of I ho back, or from disease. In I he two former eases the right remedy Is Felisrd's Snow Liniment it enoul<i he rubbed in thoroughly over th?- sf? f.o.? rfi'nf will be pram pi and satisfactory. Prico 2T*c, SOc and fl.OO per bottle. Sold hy Si hcrt 'a t>rug Store.?Ails t. DROPS HINT ABOUT SECOND. WHALEY, LEVER, AIKEN, AM) NICHOLS SEE RAKER CON? CERNING RETURN OF TROOPS. Wlwilcy Thinks Secretary Moans Reg? ulars Will Shortly Replace Guards? men. Washington, Jan. 13.?Secretary of War Baker today told Congressman R. S. Whaley and Representatives Lever. Alken and Nichols, who ac? companied him, that the same reasons urged for the return of the Second South Carolina regiment from the Mexican border are urged by every other State having troops there; that j the reasons for return in one case | would apply to all, and that he would ] not go over Gen. Funston's head and order any regiment back. While not promising an early return of the State troops, Secretary Baker said that cer? tain things were taking place from which his visitors could draw their own oonclusolns. Commenting on this hint Mr. Whaley said: Secretary had reference to the with? drawal of Pershlng's column from Mexico to the border, in which case regulars will take the place of militia and the State regrnents will return home. Although no definite date can be set, still I believe it is not in the distant future, but at a reaonably early time N Senators Tillman and Smith and Representative Byrnes went to the war department previously this week with Mr. Whaley when Secretary Ba-^ ker had to break the engagement be? cause of being called to a congres? sional committee meeting. Congressman R. S. Whaley has re? ceived tho following interesting letter from the war department in connec? tion with the congressman's efforts to KCt the Second South Carolina regi? ment back from the Mexican border: "The Adjutant General's Office, Washington, Jan. 11, 1917. "Hon. Richard S. Whaley, House or Representatives. "My Dear S:r: Referring to your letter of yesterday, in which you re? quest information relative to the Sec? ond South Carolina regiment., I have the honor to advise you as follows: "1. The Secsond Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, was called into service June 18, was mobilized June 20, and was mustered into tho military service of the United States l July 11, 1916. "-'. This organization 4eft for the border August 9, 1916, where it ar? rived August It, 1916. j j "3. Other organizations that were I mobilized on or about tho time of the ' Second South Carolina infantry, and departed for tbe border on the same date, \\er?> Company A, Engineers; Troops A. Cavalry, and Field Hospital No. 1, South Carolina National Guard. "4. No regimental organizations, thai dt 'parted for the border ut the same time as the Second South Caro? lina Infantry, or subsequent thereto, have been returned m ? whole; minor units of Michigan a ltd New York 01 - nanhntloni have boon returned, vht. Pint brigade headquarters, Michigan National Guard and Field Hospital No. j, New York National Guard "'?. Enclosed herewith loo Hit con? taining tbe names of the Nation ;l Guard organisations now on the bor? der thai have been stationed Ihero sines on or before August IS, 1916, the date of arrival there of the Socoiid Soutll Carolina Infantry. " Wi y res peel ful ly, < Hlgned > M11 P. Cain, ?The Adjutant General." Washington, Jan, The census bureau reports ">st bales ot rot t'?n consumed In lieeeinber, ugalust M5,tOB tho year bet?re. CIRCULAR SUGGESTION DE? NOUNCED BY FARM BOARD. Letter Purporting to Be From Nation? al Surety Company's President As? sailed as "Appeal to Cupidity." Washington, Jan. 14.?A circular alleged to have been sent by the Na? tional Surety company of New York to all its agents suggesting that thoy could get tho positions of secretary treasurer of farm loan associations to be organized to obtain loans from federal farm loan hanks and thereby "surely control all the bonding bus? iness," was made public today by the federal farm board with a reply thereto by George W. Norris of the) board W. B. Joyce, president of the company. In his reply Mr. Norris character? izes the circular as "a sordid ap? peal" to the "cupidity" of its recip? ients, amounting to "an attempt to prostitute the act to purposes of personal gain," and expresses.? the hopo that Mr. Joyce will dlsowivit. The circular, issued under d^sa-of January 5 and purporting to bo signed by the superintendent of the farm loan department of tho compa? ny, reads as follows: "We learn today that one man- is to be elected as secretary^treasurer of all the farm loan associations in each county. "This being true, it will create an office of great value to the holder of it. "If this proposition attracts you, ( there is little duobt but what you can I secure tho position if you organize im mediately and ask your friends in the banks to recommend you to the farm loan board at Washington. You could then surely control all the bonding business." The bonding business to be trans? acted, board officials said, would in? volve the bonding of officials of the various banks and officials of thou? sands of farm loan associations? groups of farm borrowers?to be or? ganized throughout the United States. Mr. Norris' letter to President Joyce of the company under date of January 13 follows: ?I inclose herewith a circular let? ter under date of January 5, pur? porting to bo issued by the superin? tendent of a department in your company. As it has been received by several of your agents, whose as toniehmont at its contents has led them to call it to the attention of this board. 1 suppose that there can be no doubt of its authenticity. "I would call your attention to the following points: "The statement of fact in the first paragraph IS incorrect. While the board has under consideration the advisability of making such a sug? gestion to farm loan associations, no decisio has been reached. Your publication of it as a fact is likely to lead to misapprehensions and much unnecessary correspondence. "The suggestion In the second par- I ugraph that this will create an of-' flee of great value to the holder is not only false in fact but most mis? chievous In it* implication. It is a' sordid appeal to the cupidity of the reel lent of your letter and taken in conjuncetlon with the concluding phrase 'you could then surely control nil the bonding business,1 it betrays a] total luck of nbllity to comprehend tho broad and beneficial purposes ofi tlx' farm loan act and amounts to' nn attempt to prostitute to purposes! <>i personal guin and is a direct In-| k'itation t<? al "s?> the position of sec retary-treuHiirer of ;i farm loan asso? ciation by Using it ;is ;i cloak to con real ulterior motives, "I trust that you will promptly disown this discreditable circular and see that the farm loan depart mcnt of your company, if it is to bo continued at all, shall be put In charge of some one who has some conception of the public purposes sought to be attained under the farm loan system." TO RECALL CIRCULAR. New York, Jan. 14.?After he hf.d learned tonight that George W. Nor rls of the federal farm loan board had written to him calling his atten? tion to the circular sent out by the National Surety company of New York, William B. Joyce, president of the company, issued this statement: "The National Surety company, which is the largest surety company in the world, and its predecessors have been engaged in business guar? anteeing the honesty of people for very nearly 28 years. Not having re? ceived a letter am only in a position to say that the putting of such an interpretation upon the communica? tion was certainly unexpected by the author. I may say in a general way. however, that I can see no reason why our agents who are engaged in soliciting surety bond business who have time to spare should not seek such a position. Indeed, insurance agents, it seems to me, would be es? pecially desirable to hold such a posi? tion, not, however, for the purpose of securing the bonding business of the office or of influencing other bond? ing business that would naturally be controlled by such an official. "Certainly the National Surety company is in complete sympathy with the purposes of the land bank act and we appreciate Mr. Norris* calling attention to the matter as viewed by the board, and the circu? lar shall be promptly recalled. "Notwithstanding that, I am just ..jw informed that the author of our circular letter understood that he would have no authority to give out any of the bonding business such au? thority being vested in other offi? cials." SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally or TTARBY & CO.. Cotton Buyera Irregular. No sales. Corrected Daily by ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 17 3-8. Strict Middling 17 1-1. Middling 17 1-8. Strict Low Middling 16 7-8. Low Middling 16 3-8. Staple cotton 20 to 23c. NIiW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yes'dys Open High Low Close Close ' Mch . . 17.59 .60 .May . 17.80 .88 1 July . . 17.SU ' .SO I Oct . .. 16.SO ,SU Dee . . 16.84 .88 REPORTS ON COTTON SEED. Census Gives Out Figures on This Product. Washington. Jan. 13.?Cotton seed and cotton seed products statistics for the four month period ending November 30 were announced today by tbe census bureau as follows: Cotton seed: Received at mills 3,256,738 tons, crushed 1,747,257, on hand November ?*!". 1,527,224, Products: Crude oil produced 528,312,111 pounds; on hand 03,640, 200. Refined oil produced 362,186,1" pounds; on hand 1 1 8,668,1 26. lantcis produced 160,815 equivalent 500 pound bales; on hand L' I 1.153. Imports of oil 1.7 I s.n i i pounds; exports S3,897,27 I. I.inters exported 19,471 running bales of unbleached; U4,489 running hales of blenched. .40 .49 .90 .49 .49 .92 .30 .30 .87 .38 .38 .90 BIG CRUISER TSUKUBA BLOWN UP IX HARBOR. Fight Store Perish end More Then Hundred and Fifty Others Hurt When the Fire Benches Ship's Magazine. Tokyo, Jan. 14.?The Japanese ar? mored cruiser Tsukuha was destroy? ed by an explosion today in the har? bor of Yokosuba. Fire on the Tsuku ba Caused the magazine to blow up. One hundred and lifty-three mem? bers of the crew of the Tsukuha were killed and 157 injured, many of them seriously. Numerous mem? bers of the ship's company were res? cued from the water. Most of the officers of the cruiser v.cve ashore. The cause of the explosion is not known. The Tsukuba was laid down in 190."? and displaced 13,750 tons. She was 4 40 feet long and was armed with four 12-inch, 12 G-inch, 12 4.7-inch and 4 3-inch guns, 3 3 pounders and live torpedo tubes. Her complement was 817 men. The Tsukuba was sent to Hampton Roads in 1907 at the time of the Jamestown exposition. Yokosuba is an important naval sta? tion 13 miles southwest of Yoko homa. In The Police Court. Shannon Minson, petty larceny, $10 bond forfeited. Rosa Dozier, Ellen Green and Mary Edwards, cursing, drunk and disor? derly; Mose Dozier plead guilty, $5 or 10 days; Ellen Green, convicted, $10 or 20 days; Mary Edwards, dismissed. M. Green and J. E. Stoudenmire, leaving cars on street without lights, $3 each. Richard DuRant, Marion James, Warren Edwards, Luther Davis, John Peyton, Lewis Perry, $10 bond of each defendant forfeited. Heartburn, indigestion or distress ? ??f the stomach is instantly relieved j by Herbine. It forces the badly d' I gested fond out of the body and re? stores tone In the stomach and bow I els. Price 50c. Sold by Bibert's Drug j Store.?Advt. PROHIBITIONISTS ARE STRONG CONTROL TIIK SENATE AND EX. PECT TO PASS NATION - WIDE AMENDMENT. Senator Shoppnrd, of Texas, Declares Tliat Prohibitionists Arc In Position to Force Consideration of His Pro hibition Amendment to Constitution a* Any Time?Proposed to Prohib? it the Manufacture, Importation and Sale of Alcohol. Washington. Jan. 15.?After a care? ful canvass of the senate, Mr. Shep pard, of Texas, today announced that the prohibitionists are sufficiently strong to force consideration at any time of his resolution proposing a na? tion-wide prohibition amendment to the constitution. He declared that this will be done at this session as soon as the prohibi? tionists agree upon the wording of the resolution. It is designed to make the amendment "air tight" for the pro? hibition of the sale, manufacture and importation of alcohol. Marriage. Saturday evening about 9 o'clock Clerk of Court H. L. Scarborough was comfortably sitting by a fire in his home, when he was called upon by a young couple who wished to be married. Repairing to his office he issued the necessary license and then united the two young people in mar? riage, Mr. L. M. Pack and Miss Alma Ecord, both of Sumter, who went on ! their way rejoicing. I > recce-It ica rd. Saturday evening about 8 o'clock at the parsonage of the First Baptist church, Mr. Frank E. Ricard and Mrs. Mattie G. Dreece were united in marriage by the Rev. W. E. Thayer, pastor of the First Baptist church. P.oth of the contracting parties aro from Columbia. The liver loses its activity at times and needs help. Herbine is an ef? fective liver stimulant. It also psri fies the bowels), strengthens digestion and restores strength, vigor and cheerful spirits. Price 50c. Sold by Bibcrt's Drug store.?Advt, COAT SUITS I I ?AT? \ I A SACRIFICE I We have about '; Twenty. ii I Values up to $25.00. ii I Pick your choice while ii I they last at ii ! $12.50 ! 1101111HI MS (0. ? ? ????????????????