The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 08, 1917, Image 5
WOHL s MOST FVMOlS WIM.
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simnitiulv lu-a.mfui Proac Point.
fVrttUn h) Wllltsioii Fleh, lawvti.
Pbi?o^>plM r. ilullroud Man.
Her? I? one of the two great ' last
will? end testaments" In the Kng
lUh language. Both of them are
written by railroad men. The oth?
er In th?* brief will of the late K. H
Harrlmnn. wha In leas than 100
simple Anglo Hwon words. devised
aad bequeathed his great fortune
and vast Interests solely and a ho
gather to his wife.
This "last will and testament of
Charles Lounvtur..' one of the ob?
scure treasures of English llterat ire.
was composed by Williston Fish
lawyer, of the Chicago Hallways
Company and now vice preshb nt In
charge of the Hallways Company of
West Penn Traction Company.
Until the Railroad Man's Maga
sivfO unearthed the history of this
singularly beautiful prose poem it
was generally supposed to have been
written Oy an Insane lawyer in an
Illinois Institution.
"The Bounshury will" was first
printed In Harper's Weekly In the
year 1AI7. it attracted some atten
Uon at the time, and was occasion
ally copied In other publications
si Ith incorrect history and slovenly
credit Finally The Scrap Book
resurrected It from a yellow nay
of clippings and reproduced It with
what at that time seemed to be the
correct history of the work and the
character of Ita author.
Nothing more was publicly heard
of the Lounsbury will for many
years ' hereafter. It was treasured
by those who kept the flies of The
Pcrap Book, and references to the
slmple beauty of Its thought and Its
clean dignity of diction sometimes
occurred In the conversation of
writers and editors.
It waa In this way that the will
gams to the notice of Irving Berlin,
the writer of Popular ballads. He
looked It up In the Scrap Book, and
was Inspired to write "When i Leav
the World Behind." The refrain
begins;
1 II leave the sunshine to the flow
era,
TU leave the springtime to the
trees?
Across the title page Mr. Berlin
caused to be printed this graceful
acknowledgment of his debt to the
man who was supposed to have died
JjLs. mad house:
"Respectfully dedicated to, the
memory of Charles Lounsbury.
legacy suggested this song."
iev? waa a real Charles Louns
bury.N?tbough he never wrote, read,
or even heard of, the will that made
his name famous. He was a big," (
heart), bright York State farmer,
kin to Mr. Fish three generations
"I took the name of Charles
Bounrbury.'' writes Mr. Fish, "to
add strength and good will to my
story '
The song reached Prof. K. H.
Woodruff, of the Cornell University
College of Uw. Professor Wood?
ruff happened to know th ? real his
toty of the will. He wrote to Mr.
Benin and told him that the master?
piece was purely the Imaginative
werk of a practical business man,
Mr. Wl llston Fish, of the Chicago
hallway Company. Mr. .?e?"lin.
ecger to give credit where .t wns due,
took the question of authorship up
with the editors to Mr. Fish
Mr. Fish modestly acknowledge*
that he was the author of the famous
will, and sent a copy of the original
document, which had become gari
and changed in its Journey through
printed pages
Here you have Mr. Fish's original
work. It Is a wonderful sermon on
the blindness of man who mistakes
true gold for dross. What are your
real trea?ure*. Are you going
through Hfo with your eyes on the
ground like the organ grinder's mon?
key, with no thought, no vision
for aoythlng above pennies? Have
you accepted the rich legacy of
( h tries Loun-.t> M the treasures of
the dawn, rieh*'* of the fields, th ?
glory of the night, and the wealth
that Is born of the love of all things
that live?
If you havent* read this will of a
railroad lawyer, and become one of
his helrs-at-law.
A I a ->( Will.
i I' .- Wllllston Fish )
He was stronger and cleverer no
doubt, than other men. and In many
broad lines of business he had grown
rieh, until bis wealth exceeded ex?
aggeration. One morning in his of?
fice, he directed a request to his
' confidential lawyer to come to him
In the afternoon?he intended to
have hin will drawn. A will la a
solemn matter, even with gstfl
whose life Is given up to busings*
and who are by habit mindful of tin*
future. After giving this direction
he took up no other matter, but sat
at his d*?*k alone in silence.
It was a day when Min na i u ||
first new The pule l.-i\.< upon th<
tr?ea were starting forth SjpOSl the
H unbending brain heM. The gi i h
In the parks had a freshness In Its
green like the freshness of the blue
in the sky und the yellow of the sun
?a freshness to make one wish
that life might renew its youth. The
clear breezes from the south wan?
toned about, and then were still, as
if loath to go finally away. Hah'
Idly, half thoughtfully, the rich man
wrote upon the whlto paper before
him, beginning what he wrote with
capital letters such as he had not
made since, as a boy in school, he
had taken pride In his skill with the
pen .
In the name of God. amen, I
Charles Ixmnshury, being of wound
memory (he lingered on the word
memory), do now make and publish
this my last will and testament in
order, as Justly as I may, to distrib?
ute my interests in the world among
succeeding men.
And first, that part of my interests
which is known among men and
recognized in the sheep-bound vol?
umes of the law as my prorerty, be?
ing inconsiderable and of no account,
I make no account of this, in my will.
My right to live, being but a'llfe
estate, is not at my disposal; but
these things excepted, all else in thij
world I now proceed to devise and
bequeath.
Item?And first I give to good
fathers and mothers, but in trust
for their children, nevertheless, all
good little words of praise and all
quaint pet names; and I charge said
parents to use them justly but gen?
erously as the needs of their chil?
dren shall require.
Item?I leave to children exclu?
sively, but only for the life of their
childhood, all and every, the dande?
lions of the fields and the daisies
thereof, with the right to play
among them freely, according to the
custom of children, warning them at
the same time against the thistle*.
And I devise to children the yellow
shores of creeks and the golden
sands beneath the waters thereof,
with the dragons-files that skim the
surface of said waters, and the odors
of the willows that dip into said
waters, and the white clouds that
float high over the gaint trees.
And I leave to children the long,
long days to be merry in, In a thou?
sand ways, and the night and the
moon and the train and the Milk v
Way to wonder at, but subject, nev- 1
?rtheless. to the rights hereinafter
liven to lovers; and I give to each
child the right to choose a star that
ihall be his. and I direct that th*
mild's father shall tell him the 1
tame of it. in order that the child 1
ihall always remember the name of '
ihe star after he has learned and (
forgotten astronomy.
Item?I devise to boys and Klrls '
ill the useful idle fields and torn
rnona where ball may be played, and
ill snowclad hills where one may
coast, and all streams and ponds
M here one may skate, to have and
to hold the samo for the period of
their boyhood, and all meadows,
with the clover blooms and butter?
flies thereof; and all woods with
their appurtenances of squirrels and
whirring birds and echoes and '
strange noises; and all the dLstant
places which may bo visited togeth?
er with the adventures there found
I do give to said boys to be theirs.
And I give to said boys each his own
place at the fireside at night, with all
pictures that may be seen in tho
burning wood or coal to enjoy with?
out let or hindrance and without any
encumbrance of cares.
Item?To lovers I devise their
Imaginary world, with whatever they
may need, as tho stars of the sky.
the red. red roses by the well, the
snow of tha hawthorn, the sweet
strains of music, or aught else they
may desire to figure to each other
the lastingness and beauty of their
love.
Item?To young men jointly, be?
ing Joined In a brave, mad crowd, I
devise and bequeath all boisterous,
inspltlng sports of rivalry. I giv
to them disdain of weakness and un
' ninted confidence in their own
Strength. Though they are rude
and rough, I leave to them alone the
power of making lasting friendship
id of possessing c nnpanions; ami
to them exclusively I give all merry
M ngs and brave choruses to sing,
with smooth voices to troll them
forth.
Item?And to those who are no
longer children or youths or lover-.
I leave memory, and I leave to them
the volumes of the poems of Burns
and ntiakOSpSOrS. and Of other poets,
if there are ethers, to the end
that they may ii\the old days over
again freely and fully, without tithe
<a diminution; and to those who
are ae longer children or youths oi
lovers i loavoi loo, the knowledge ol
what a rare gift it Is. Troiii The
Railroad Man s Ifagaglne,
( Washington. Nov. L'7 The death
of Pi I rate William J, Legan, engl?
neera whose sister. Roals Windham,
resiles in Atulne, h\ d was report?
ed today b) den? Perehlng. Logan
died November II, of pneumonls
complicated with ether diseases,
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IECREAAJIY or tkkasiuy i\
i'ok.Ms (o\<.m:ss of mon
i:v WEEDED.
Washington, Deo, 5.?Congress was'
Informed by Btorotnry BfoAdoo in his
annual report submitted today that
I6.lfl.t0l.7ll must b? provided in
addition to funds from taxes and bond
issues already authorized in order to
make estimated receipts for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1918 equal dis?
bursements. It this deticit is met by
i new issue of bonds, the total amount
of securities to be issued in the next
seven months is estimated at $9,969,
433,850.
For the next fiscal year, ending June
30, 1919, the estimated excess of
disbursements over receipts is $7,627,
973.980.
Huge war expenses and loans to
America's allies at the rate of a half
billion dollars a month have made
these estimates many times larger
than ever presented in a secretary of
the treasury's annual report. Of the
$12,316,000,000 estimated ordinary ex?
penditures for the year ending next
June 30, $11,527,060,000 is for war
purposes, and the proportion is about
the same for the liscal year ending in
1919.
So far the nation has borne the
financial burdens of the war well, says
Secretary McAdoo, owing to healthy
business conditions, and the valuable
aid of the established Federal Re?
serve System. In the future, however,
increasingly greater habits of econ?
omy must be developed by individ?
uals and business institutions, the
secretary declares, and "business a?;
usual" cannot be adopted as the
guiding principle of the war. People
must save and invest in government
securities to avoid postponing victory.
With this udmonition, Mr. McAdoo
proceeds to cite the enormous figures
of government receipts and expendi?
tures which are the fruit of war
tunes
. Total estimated receipts for the cur?
rent fiscal year are $12,580,732,800,
which, with a balance in the treasury
last June 30 of $1,066,983,361, makes
a total of $13,647,716,161. ftlost of
the receipts. or $8,686,000,000, are
from sale of bonds and war savings:
( ? rtiflcates; ordinary receipts are $3,-,
886.00)?,?>?>?>, largely from war taxes;
and tin? Panama Canal income is
17,040,000.
Ordinary disbursements are esti?
mated at $18,816,296,888; loans to ,
ilMc-s^in the- year at $6,115,000,000;
pubj^c. debt disbursements at $321,
500,000; and Panama Canal expenses, ;
$L'3.r?93,000; making total estimated
disbursements $18,775,919,955.
In ampler to allow for a balance in
the general fund of about $500,000,
000 next .June 80, congress must au?
thorize raising of about $5,640,000,
000 additional funds. This llgure, to?
gether with the $3,666,000,000 of au?
thorized but linlseued Liberty Ponds,
and $663,000,000 estimated receipts
from war savings, make the $9,969,
000,000 which Mr. McAdoo believes
Americans must loan the government
between now and June 30, 1918.
For the next fiscal year, ending
June 80, 1919, the secretary estimat?
ed receipts at $5,176,000,000, and
disbursements at $12,804,03 1,440, ex?
clusive of allied loans. This makes a
$7,627,000,000 excess of disburse?
ments. If the present rate of loans
to allies is continued in the 1918-19
fiscal year. $6,000,000,000 additional
would be required. Estimated inter?
est on bonds to be Issued that year |sj
$385,000,00??. and estimated expense
of floating the bond issue, $28,000,000.
Thus if the deiicit is to be met by
bonds. $14,040,000,000 worth must be
floated between July 1, 1918 and June
3?), 1919. in addition to receipts front
war savings.
"While these figures represent the
situation as it appears today," the
secretary says, "it should be borne in
mind that the exigencies of the future
may cause changes, particularly with
regard to the estimate for the war
and navy departments." The esti?
mates on which the secretary bases
his figures are made by the various
government departments.
The outstanding fact apparent
from these stupendous figures is that
the 008| <>f the war to the American
people, including allied loans, for the
two years ending June 30, 1919, will
be at least 186,000,000,000.
To the great task facing the coun?
try. Secretary McAdoo calls the peo?
ple with these words:
"What is of superlative Importance
in the readjustment that must take
place is that our people shall he im?
pressed with the necessity of sconr
omizing in the consumption of ar?
ticles Of clothing, food and fuel, and
of every other thyig which constl?
tUtCS a drain Upon the available slip
piles, materials, and resources of the
country. Everything wasted now is
little short of criminal,
"Sii tar as i have been able to ob?
serve, tie American i.pie are not
sufficiently nroused i<> the necessity of
I economy ami of saving In ibis really
? ??l ions time, not only ?>> the life of
I \ uterieti. hut of the nations of the
world. Up to the present there has
been a relatively small denial of
pleasures, comforts, and convenienc?
es on the part of the average citizen,
lie is drawing upon the general store
of supplies in the country with al?
most the same freedom as before
America came into the war. This
cannot continue without serious hurt
to the nation and to the world. The
great financial operations of the gov?
ernment cannot be carried forward
successfully unless the people of the
United States economize in every
possible direction, save their money
and lend it to the government."
Secretary MoAdOO denounced pur?
chasers of Liberty bonds who sell
their bonds when they do not imper?
atively need money.
"It is by actually lending money to
the government and not by merely
promising it and shifting the loan to
some one else," he said, "that the
citizen really helps in this great time."
He added, however, that he did not
mean to discourage legitimate trad?
ing in government securities.
Mr. McAdoo expressed the hope
that additional funds to be raised
during the balance of the year be by
bond issues rather than by taxation,
saying:
"It is my earnest conviction that
the general economy of the country
should be permitted to readjust it?
self to the new revenue laws before
consideration should be given to the
imposition of additional tax burdens."
Of the possibility that interest rates
on future Liberty bond issues might
be raised, the secretary said:
"If a situation should develop where
the government could not sell con?
vertible and partly tax exempt bonds
upon a 4 per cent basis, it would, I
believe, become necessary to serious?
ly consider further revenue legisla?
tion. In my judgment an increase in
the rate of interest of such bonds
would be extremely unwise and hurt?
ful."
Secretary McAdoo disclosed that he
intends to recommend to congress la?
ter in the session constructive and
regulatory laws to prevent capital
from going into public or private en?
terprises unnecessary for the war.
"It may also become necessary,"
he added, "to concert some construc?
tive measures through which essen?
tial credits may be provided for those
industries and enterprises in the coun?
try essential to the efficient and suc?
cessful conduct of the war. The sub?
ject requires the best thought and
study, it is receiving the most earn?
est consideration
"The courage and resources of the
nation are so abundant that America's
uyecess in the war is beyond question
if they are properly organized and in?
telligently used. The ' economic and
financial condition of the country was
never so strong and America's spirit
was never more siroused to the im?
portance and necesity of going for?
ward, resolutely and regardless of
?acrifloOi to the accomplishment of
the great task to which Uod has call?
ed us."
The Federal EU serve System receiv?
ed Secretary McAdOO's enthusiastic
praise for its part in the war llnanc
ing program, He pleaded for further
strengthening of the reserve system
by the entrance of State banks and
trust companies. ^
"Intelligent men all over the coun?
try," he said, "are beginning to real?
ize that the financial power of the
United States should be strengthened
to the utmost limit if we are to meet
successfully the tremendous strain
upon our resources occasioned by our
own part in the war and the credits
which it is essential that we should
extend to the foreign governments
cooperating with us in the war and if
we are to be equal to the demands,
in large measure, at least, of world
leadership which will inevitably be
thrust upon us as a result of this
wa r.
"Financial strength can come alone
from a consolidation of the financial
powers*- of the country under one
homogenous system. It cannot be had
under the present arrangement, in?
volving as it does 49 separate banking
I systems or "save their money and lend
jit to the government."
I "It is- easy |o visualize the course
of a dollar saved from waste and in?
vested in government bonds: First it
goes to the government as a loan for
the war, second, it is expended by the
government for food, clothing and
ammunition which go directly to a
gallant soldier or sailor whose lighting
strength is kept up by the food,
whose body is kept warm by the cloth?
ing, and whose enemy Is hit by the
ammunition. It has not been ex?
pended in the purchase of needless
food ami clothing for the man 'it
home, and is, therefore, released for
the use of the soldier; it is saved
wealth to the man at home and can be
loaned t<> his government ;it interest,
with resulting benefit to himself and
to ins government."
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Tan's. Dee, B Right German air
planer were brought down Monday
bj French aviators, the war office an?
nounced. Active artillery fighting is
m progress on the Verdun front. ??asi
? r the Mouse,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES.
Tobacco Warehousemen anal Tobac?
co Buyers Urging Another Toboooo
Warehouse for Suinter?PlrospOCtS
for Tobacco Stcnimeries, Drying
Plants, and a Biff Tobacco Market
if Second Warehouse Is Built.
Several tobacco warehousemen and
tobacco buyers of North Carolina and
Virginia are urging the Btimtor
Chamber of Commerce to start a
movement for another tobacco ware?
house In Bumter and ; re offering to
b ase the second warehouse on one
to three year leases.
These tobacco buyers to whom ref?
erence is made, and who have spent
months on this market for several
years, believe that Sumter is a logical
place for one of thrs largest tobacco
markets in the State, and with oppor?
tunities unexcelled for tOb&CCO stein
merles and drying plan's, and they
cannot understand why Sumter, with
the splendid railway transportation
facilities, its geographical position in
the midst of a spletiold tobacco pro?
ducing territory and centrally located,
not only for a big c maceo producing
section, but adjoining an already es?
tablished tobacco productlng territo?
ry, naturally tributary to the Bumter
tobacco market, sho.tld be content
with one warehouse, which Is a draw?
back to this tobacco market for the
simple reason that thousands of to?
bacco growers are prejudiced against
a one warehouse market and in fa?
vor of a two or more warehouse mar?
ket, because they believe competition
between warehouses causes higher
prices. This prejudice is without
business foundation, but it exists,
and. existing, cripples a one ware?
house market. Dozens of these to?
bacco buyers are anxious to come
to Sumter every summer and ask to
be sent back here every season be?
cause they say they like Sumter. the)
like our boarding house and hotel
accommodations, and our farmers,
and they say that they and their com?
panies will back up another tobacco
warehouse here, will do everything
In their power to make Sumter a bug
tobacco market and to put in stevn
merles and drying plants here, if
Buglter will only wake up to the val?
ue of a big tobacco market to this
city and county. The expenditure of
about $6,000 for another hut smaller
warehouse will mean the expenditure
of about $100.000 more, to begin
with, annually In this city among
our business establishments, and that
much more for deposit in Sumter'.;
banks.
Just because the only tobacco
warehouse we have has never paid a
dividend on the capital stock because
this company started off several thou?
sand dollars in debt, owing to failure
of a number of capital stock subscrib?
ers during 1914 to pay for stock sub?
scribed, and which indebtedness has
been reduced by .applying dividends
and rents to pay debts, with unlncum?
bered real estate and buildings valued
at about $14,000, and the best of
prospects for a dividend on stock next,
year, is no reason why the business
men of Sumter. not a one of whom
invested more than $500 In our only
warehouse at the start, and the ma?
jority not more than $100 each In
stock, should sit quietly by and worry
over six or eight per cent dividends
on their small investments not being
received in three years since the
warehouse was erected, while at the
same time this city is losing hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually in
tobacco trade, and other and smaller
towns around Sumter are selling hun?
dreds of thousands of dollars of goods
from tobacco receipts that Sumter
could get if we only had another to?
bacco warehouse In Sumter.
The Sumter Chamber of Commcrc"
has tried to get another warehouse
for Sumter, but the organisation has
met with the cry that "we have never
received any dividends on our stock
in the present tobacco warehouse."
Many Sumter business men have
invested thousands of dollars of their
money in other Sumter enterprises
from which they not only never re?
ceived any dividends, but in which
they lost their entire investments, and
the enterpises have failed and gone
out of existence, but they are not
whining about those losses, while the
stockholders of the tobacco ware?
house have their Capital stock intact.
in $14,000 buildings and real estate
unlncumbered and which can be
turned into ready cash at any time
and pay a profit on the investment.
Efforts have been made to buy up
this property by running down the
tobacco warehouse as in investment
and a few shares of stock changed
hands.
But a tobacco warehouse is a pay?
ing proposition, not because of the
dividends received on the capital
stock, but the amount of money ?
tobacco warehouse brings to a town
every selling season.
Dozens of tobacco buyers, a ware?
houseman and about ir> employes
annually remain here every summer
for 60 to 9<? eays and spend ? lot of
money here for board, automobile
hire, lumber, labor, etc.. not to men
tion the thousands of dollars tho
warehouse brings here in the shape
of tobacco money rect /ed on the
warehouse floor*
Two warehouses will increase the
business of tobaeco selii: g in this city
and will also create a greater demand
for both warehouses. The present
tobacco warehouse has been leased
for next tobacco selling season, for
double what it was leased for here?
tofore, and the number of applicants
for next year was 500 p *r cent great?
er thin this year. This gives an idea
of what tobaCCO warehousemen and
buyers of tobaeco think of Sumter as
a tobacco market, ar what they
think of the prospect for higher
prices of tobacco for 1 IS also.
Doth warehouses, i another is
erected, will probably :>ay dividends
in 19It. Bumter should be made a
big tobacco market, a ; d can be if
only about $6,000 can ie pried loose
from somewhere without "dividends"
for a year or two long< \
MAKE THIRD MJH.VJR.
Engineers Again GO Over Proposed
Bridge site.
Columbia. Dec. 4.?A party of en?
gineers, under Edmund McCrady, as?
sistant State highway engineer, left
Sunday to begin a p.eliminary sur?
vey of the Lanneau's .'erry, one of
proposed bridge sites 4 v crossing the
Bantee. This will be the third sur?
vey of the Lanneau'*; Ferry, one of
the proposed bridge Kit ?s for crossing
the Bantee. This will be the third sur?
vey to be made. Murray's Crossing
and Pinckney's Crossmg having al?
ready been surveyed ft r the commis?
sion. The engineers Will be absent for
several days inthe work, which will
be very thorough, so as to give the
commission grounds for an impartial
investigation of the dii'erent plans.
F. A. Murry, State highway engi?
neer, will also accompany the party
but is forced to cut Faort his investi?
gation to attend a meeting of the
American Association of State High?
way Officials in RichMond.
SUMTEIt COTTOX MARKET.
P. O. BOWMAN, cotton Buyer.
(Corrected daily at II o'clock Noon.)
Good Middling 2S '-8.
Strict Middling 28 1-8.
Middling 27 7-8.
Strict Low Middling 27 3-8.
Low Middling 26 7 8.
NEW YORK COTTON M VHiU.T.
open Itlgb Low Oos? Close
Yes'dys
Dec. . . 29.10 29.48 29.09 29.26 29.05
Jan . . 28.60 28.72 J8.42 28.54 28.45
Mar. . 28.40 28.47 28.11 28.22 28.14
The Library Opened.
From The Daily Item, Dec. 4.
The formal opening of the Public
Library last even in was attended by
a large number of P terested citizens,
who have looked forward to the estab?
lishment of a librar in Sumter with
keenest anticipations for many years.
The building whi> a was erected
through the cooper; tion of the City
Council, which provi led for the main?
tenance of the library by an annual
appropriation of $',000, the City
School Board, which gave the lot, and
the Carnegie Found; tion, which gave
$10,000 for the erection of the
building. The library budding which
is situated on the western end of the
Ryttenberg lot. purchased by the
?ChOOl board several years ago, faces
on "West Liberty street. It is a sub?
stantial and attract) e building, with?
out ornamentation, Its beauty being in
the simplicity ar.d s mmetry of its ar?
chitecture. In planning the building
the architect had I ie benefit of the
ezpeirence the Carnegie Board has
gained in supervising the erection of
several thousand libraries and it is
well aranged, as c ?nvenient and as
well adapted to the ?urpose for which
it was designed as i; possibly could be.
The library now contains nearly
two thousand books, many of which
have been donate! b) clubs, other local
organizations and public spirited cit?
izens. Recently a arge number of
new books have be< n purchased with
funds raised far the purpose by the
Civic League and others. The lib?
rary is by no means as complete as is
Ii slrable, but the I ooks will be pro?
vided from time to time and it is a
well known fact that a library is a
matter of growth, ii being impossible
to create one out-of-hand no matter
how much money here is available
for the purp OOS.
The success and >. ilue of the library
are dependent upon the use that the
people of the conn unity make of it,
and the use of a library is an index
of the intellectual 1 fe and growth of
a community. It is the confident be?
lief of those who hi re worked for the
establishment of this library that it
Will And a need ar that it will soon
occupy a large pkioa in the life of
Bumter people.
London. Dec. 5. In addition to the
customary srtlllerj activity on both
sides of the battle front there was
nothing to report, says today's war
oii'n e announcemei t.