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iunto^seriator 'front South ?ba.'. jArriying- in Washington iiatf?F.with Mrs. Pollock, he.went'' tc > J&leigh >Hotel, where . Mr-' ? Pol :k*s-.sister, who*Jives in?.-Rhode Is :&^;^&>, caw?iting them, and where. ?y: ah??-foand''Senator-elect Dial o.; : Mr. Pollock went to his committee room & during the'morning, and there fouvut a number of South Carolin: ?:*e^%-who. had gathered to welcome hSni Washington. Fro m t hat p 1 a ce j he Went to, the \ office of James M j Baker, secretary of the senate, also ; i South. Carolinian, and in a few min .'Utes*.went on the 'floor of the' senate with- S??3Siator Smith and was sworn in. s?lock. and other friends i^jireeent and heard the ..presi \ d?nt'S address; ia-the joint assembly. \ -4ltlr?ugh Senator Pollock w?l be i e ^^beR of - the senate only unti* March; 4? he has. already outlined ?' ^?sy. prrxgram;" which will occupy hi: time until he is succeeded :by. Mr. '^ai.v;* / ' - . . %' Se?a?or Benet was present also tc' welcorie.; his, successor. 'Co-Shift Responsibility for > ^F^-^Acted Against Will -. ^turd*?.; Nov: ..ZQ (By _ ^see^iig to r$ot briffghig birth* ,-i^ar^i^ ebn^ by T>r\ ^egeher, ? appearing. in. the ?Co7??? ^t?ssette,- recounting a conver sation^which the writer had with the 'ef^ero?'~I$rt before he fled. In thfc \ >w _ the r emperor attempted tc ie tor the world conflict * ]<jt; D? Theohaid von ?ArSOilWeg^; farmer ' imperial ^cellor; and; Gottlieb von . Jagow, ' ir ^mister of foreign affairs. ^^?Unst ^?iy -'win 'they sent'me tc 2STorway,,T William is quoted as having ~t . *1 did1 not w?H to undertake* "Voyage because of the gravity oi -situation: after the murder of |*|&e? Ferdinand ?ra* firtl a^ht.. Bui the ehan to me: ^Tour majesty rruat $n order to rhfitin ^ itf?|Bsty remahi* ifV ^tSn?otJhtedly -hie?ns war ?nC tb<f;w?rrcf wilt; lay to your, charge re ^p^?a|)llity for r'Xols .war.' :^%5jj?fa;X *a>n undertook, the-voyage dn this iime I receives no re rernmeiit concern Strictly. speaS lag. ? Tri ?tf mfchttteation measurM. Fi'hearct that the-British J?a-fe'f?c treturned ofcary They had* nearly caught j? ."^ On my orders German ships re r?rise?'at" once to' the security 'of'Nor wegiah* harbors. Later it would not l&v&.beeiri: possible, for them to de >*~ ? - ? lg; emperor then mentioned dec; * Gen. A., Soukhomlinoff Jttmfeer'.tf war, during.Xtii p ^nicii occurred after* Cwnfclr'ife later alluded to i* ^^s?itement thaChefutd hot prderod ^^^mobihaition but only readiness f?jr. mpblliaationV The emperor, how-' ei?ra\ insisted on the correctness -. or the;; first'" '-'declaration, according.- tc wiiich* the czar , had been induced bj tM; ^sef'to.Tecatt his- order* for mob ilization. He declared' that Gen Nicholas .J&h-aschkevitch, chief of-the ^u^Kiah ? .?imperial1 general staff, de ceived: the czar " and the order* \va Cf^ied? Out.in spite of hini: Thi mbliiiiization,' the kaiser would have ^was' the final reason for the war. "?/: ^fThe '-Russian war party' at the ^urt;*'; the kaiser; continued,; "had al ^ad^ in the spring of 1$I4 compellec ^?^'c&r -to make":' preparations for ^?*,.' .tfrt?m, that-"time' Siberian regi hients-. were gradually . drawn west .HiS^."' T&ey w^*e:t?ld thfrt n?T^uver> .'W^_'^K:HN0A?:tor titese -movements tHtis ?bey rnarched on to . the ?*rer and -"^further westwa.rd H they reached Viina, where they 'evsuddenly handed loaded car res and told. that, they were now tag .to fight in earnest, vln fact,'!- said the kaiser, in ending ?v-interview, ?'Russian troops were over out frontier before war Mteclared.** mobilization Camps Seyier and orth to Be Retained. tington, Dec. 4..?^Thirty c?mpi? tetT tod?.y ae demobillza-! 1m outers to which all enlisted men | tra-affer^d for discharge from ijjEe army. ' They include Gordon, Hahcock and Greenleaf in Georgia. "S?'ier, Wadsworth and Jackson in brUth'^rottna. ' r i "1 OOTTON RESIfnCTIONS REMOV-1 : ed. ? j -ifg. ;?> ' ' ^mf-..Be, Made Direct From Interior! Foists. i? South to Foreign Conn- j tries. tl 7yashihgtor>, Dec. 2..?Restrictions on shipment of cotton from interior points for export will be removed by; an order to' be issued tomorrow by tiie railroad administration. Senator Mc'Xellar of Tennessee announced tonight, after a conference; with Dl t*?t?r Chambers, of the railroad ad Uainistration'* division of traffic. Removal of "the restrictions. Sen-j itor ?cK?irar ?aid, will permit di r*ot sfirpmerif from interior points in tYfo- S?^lth of cotton to ail allied and newtra?- countries except the neutrals contiguous to Germany and Austria. Heretofore, bills of lading for ship ments were limited to the seaboard. ' Copenhagen, Dec. 4.?The Soldiers* *5d Workmen's Council at Leipnig ht? dici?oa that the Gorman geasral t?<i<juar?rs shall be d iseolved and j t&tt Geh.' Hindenburg shall ba ar Account or Trip From En-land and Arrival in France. : The. following letter from Mia$ Ka tie McKiever to her young bro|Uer will be read with interest and profit by everyone: Le Havre, Nov. 6, 1918. Dear Baby Brothfer: Last but by no means least of my' family, you seem so far away today! I. have nothing of interest to report from Lohdbn except that I talked with Willie over the phone and waS'to have luncheon with him but had -to leave without seeing him. At, the channel port we went aboard and ! there were twenty-six of us in one second-class cabin. I was so fortu nate as to get a bunk. After dinner I introduced myself to a "party of K. of C's and received quite a lot of atten tion from them. Next morning we awoke to lind ourselves still in port. We were allowed to go ashore and 3tay until five o'clock. Five other j girls and I went to Winchester, once the capitol of England. Troops were leaving just: as we arrived and we helped the two American R. G. Can teen girls distribute.. cigarettes. I looked at each'soldier but did not rec ognize anyone. Afterwards we rode around town in a Ford ambulance. I was. lucky and got the; sect by. the driverl We went to. old hall where ;he Bloody Assizes were he'd. Assizos were being held.while we were there. In. that hall is King Arthur's Roun3 Table. Here Sir Walter Raleigh was tr^ed. . Thev stream where Isaac Walton fished flows through the t-?wn and we.saw his tomb in the cathe dral. We.had. luncheon at the God Beg^tr Inn (1058) and spent the rest Of the afternoon at the cathedral. J would :#jSP## i*aa>a weok m cathed r&i. ft' is Norn^n a?d was begiajr -by - TOItani ?f N?rmandy^ Here B?a)&*!I^ mar-1 tied to-Phillip.'? (I sto.6^ on the spot): j There--weVe- 4,f> 00 -knights in white vel-1 vet, forty bishops and. Mary wore j black-velvet.- The cardinal who pre- j sided at the execution of Joan of Arc has a large tomb. Jane Austin is also 'buried- there, as weil as-' Canute; Queen ,Bmma ? and o^?r early klng^ CromweU.used this ch'uroh as a stable and the oaiginal windows1 were shat tered. '.Tho trancept window is made from > the fragments. The carving is very minute and characterizes the lives of the monks. Just five years ago they discovered? a movable tont re in-one carved head which indicates that particular monk was- talkative. In this cathedral 1? the broken shaft of marble which suggested Tenny son^ f?M Memoriam." We deeply re greeted having to leave and hop* w*> may again visit Winchester, I? the church yard is this epitaph to Thomas T?etcher.^May 12, 1764: "Here sleeps in peace - a Hampshire grenadier. Who caught tie death by drinking -.; col* t?&i feiert "?oldfirs 19 wise trbm his untimely i fi? r -,- - Afed when you're hot drink strong or .fle^oi**il. ? , Ail honest soldier never la forgot ?- j Whether he die by musket or by pot" ' Today we are in'France" .and it is raining. I - believe It ; always rains; when Americans arrive. I have slept in my clothes two nights and may ; again ,tonight. . 4 r, ? Enroute to Paris. : France is a most beautiful country, tteh rnore than England and the food is so much better. English food is atfrful Jost, now. We ha* a QUiet cross ing; scarcely rolled at a? airt no one was seasick. -'Tr.saw- quite a bit of Havre this morning. it is quite a city and there ? are some lovely* homes. In the mar- j: ket place X" bought a pound of fresh j figs for 1 franc and 75 centimes. We i saw American troops marching and j gave them the high sign. I'm getting i so I can return a salute like I was ? used to it. If you could have seen us ridiftg j from the hotel to the station in ? a ? camion twenty-five, girls and three ' men/ all standing and holding up j umbrellas and! singing what the j French consider, our national anthem, i "Hail, Hail, the Gang's all here." ! . "? ' i: .;- - ? Paris, Nov. . 7, 1918. ! Too many interesting things hap pened on -the-tfam t?V nie to write. | It was raining so thaY'we^ ee?tf 'not j enjoy the Scenery. In out- compart-1 merit we decided to have grand opera arid sing everything we wished' tb say.} The result was noisy rafheY than mil-' sical. We were in a reserved car, ( but that didn't stop people from try- j ihg to get'in at each station. It took! English, French arid physical force i (ihostly the latter) to persuade them j to go elsewhere. We did not eject; a F mch soldier returning from aj furlough. He could not speak a word of English but by combined ef forts we kept, up quite a conversation. When we asked him about the Ameri can boys he would go into ecstasy and cry. **&on seldat./Bon comb&ttant!" The difference between tfie British and French attitude is' quite apparent. The. British admit that we have done fairly- well,- but they try to rub it. in [ab?ut>our pot getting into it sooner. I am making an effort to l?ve the English 'but I'll admit it. is an effort. ! The English have suffered dreadfully; j you realize that very fully in Ehg I land. But to get back to our tri*j>? I three American soldiers . got on and 1 rode from one station to the nfext. j They have been in the trenches, but j are now at a rest camp and'when they get a chance to hop a train with Red Cross girls aboard, they do so. | Two were from Indiana, one from II- i linois. We arrived in Paris after dark and were divided into three hotel groups. Miss McKinnoiifa sister, who left the States one we eic before Ue, ro ?f Us at the station. Wo atfe at the same ho tel as she, but Ann and I Ifjave a room together. We rode up from the station in a cameon (we have dis cussed the spelling of the word but can't find it in a dictionary). The room is not bad?has a double bed, two small table?, a cupboafd and one chair. A smalt dressing rooni open? off of it As for running water m your room. Water only rurfs from a pitcher in Europe with the exception of a: few ^rge b?te? such W* W I Adelphi at Liverpool..:. The . electric, j light has two switches and the way to get a light is for Ann to wiggle one while I wiggle the other and after a certain amount of wiggling the room is illuminated. There is a tap at the end of the halt where we get w?rm water, and -ty iu rumored that there \ is one bath tub in the hotel and some times you get a chance; to use it. The hotel is named Prince Albert and has a good location on the Rue de Saint Hyacinth near the Louvre Art Gal7 lory and- the Tuilleries Gardens, and very near the A. R .C. headquarters. For breakfast we had strawberry jam. bread and chocolate. Tea or coffee may be had but I took chocolate be cause it tastes better without .sugar and is nourishing. We reported at headquarters and j signed a lot of papers similar to those j sighed in New York. It is now nearly j lunch time and I am Tn my room, 1 j shall be in Paris at least a week and shall try to see as much as possible | We are all anxious to g?'t some: mail. It is a long time to be without hearing from home. Some of the girtt have cabled but it is rather expensive and I kfiow the X R. C. have notified you before this. Love to all, Katie. THE HEALTH SITRVEY. t y The Campaign for Funds, is Now Be-\ ? ing Pressed ? Vigorously in the County. ? .... Mrs. . J. R. Atkinson, of Hagood. S.umter county, announces that.- a postponed public health. meeting .will be held at the Hagood School, at'. 4 o'clock, next Friday afternoon. Doc cember 6th. 1918. The public is cor dially invited. It is- hoped and ? ex pected that Dr. J. A. Hayne, State Health Officer, and. Dr. :Vance Brab ham. Director of Rural ?ahiatlon t of tb?- gtate Board of HeiUa, .will ad* dress this meeting on public health topics such as control of .communica ble" diseases.' rural" sanitation, ': baby welfare work, etc. , ; : ... Mrs. Nina' 'Solomons,'' chairman of the Womaris Council of Defense has? accepted an invitation*to -address thit j meeting on the subject-, of .employing a rural trained nurse for the rura* district to do Putt abqut what jjaT*? Antonia Gibson, .the Sumter ?lfte League nurse does for Sv?nter, and.tp interest the Jadies.aad gentlemen' ;of the western sections ojf thisr .county in the rural health survey and twelvf months health campaign of education to be started in this county on Janu ary 1st, 1919, provided three thous and and. three hundred dollars : arc subscribed, for the survey and for the nurse for twelve nionths. Kaftinjr ?reek and Stateburg town ships are said to be enthused over all. three trf these propositions! asfd -the ladies-.and -gentlemen of these public spirited,.-patriotic, progressive and irr- 1 tellifcent communities of H?good. Remberg Stateburg; Horatio, CTarSE* mont, and intermediate sections are expected to show that they starid for a. higher order of sanitary* mteili gencej and better sanitary- condition* in"' their communities -. in . line 5 with modem ideas of rural sanitation. ,. Modern educational facilities with Bprto-date school houses and- very competent teacher* are in vogu<* in Choee''school districts and commti ni- ? ties arid ft is said that the School pa troas propose to add to the progress and educational systems by . having hygiene taught in the homes and tlu schools of that portion. of this county. providence School, in Privateer township'has guaranteed one hun dred dollars as a minimum subscrip tion from the patrons bf that school ind appointed a. committee of ladies, to raise at least that'much money for the health survey. .'?-.' ? ^, Miss Bettie ?ycoofcr of WedgefleW, reports that She is getting substantial encouragement in the shape of ca&h subscriptionsin and around Wedge field, for the health survey apd' rural nurse. *? * : .: Mrs. James Pagarv of Stateburg section," has done good work collect ing funds; for these two important in strumentalities to save human health ?tnd lives. Reports from the town of Mayes?!: rille indicate . that the . big 'health 1' meeting in that .town which was call- i *d off because 0:? the quarantine I igalnst public gatherings will be held J it an early date-in the interest of the. health survey also; ? ? Only a "few weeks remain in which j :he Sumtor County Council of De-1 tense guarantee' of $2,5 00 . can be \ nade gobd in order to sec*'the sur-1 irey and ,th?i rural-nurse.' ' ? . The Womans- Council; of Defense of j :he' county appe?rs to'"'be 'about the ! mly white organisation, doing" any! svork* 3!he Inegroes of.-., the: :: county | have rajfaed about ? three-fourths of J their guarantee: of six hundred dol-" tars, and. no doubt,' whatever: Exists that they will.meet heir guarantee in full. In.fact, exceed it-. ' '? ? Cotton Shipping Order! J ' -H- ? ? - "' i \ rhrongh Export. Bills of Lading if Definite Contracts Are Made for Vessels. Washingon, Dec. 3.^?Resumption 1 of. the issuance of through export bills J of lading for cotton was' Ordered to-j day by Director General McAdoo. As I conditions for these permits; howev-1 er, the director general specified that j .definite contracts for ocean carriage. 1 with specified . sailing dates, must j have been made;in advance. Kepre* I senttaivek of steamship lines are re- , quired to obtain the necessary per- j mit from the export committee having 1 jurisdiction over the port. On re-j eerving this permit the forwarding ngent may issue the through export bill of lading but is Instructed not to accept shipment "until a reasonable period to move the shipment to the port in time for the specified sailing." The order provides further that "tariffs should be supplemented to provide that the payment of demur rage and storage charges at port shall apply to traffic moving under through bills of lading commencing the day following the sailing date as fixed in j the contract. Permits should not be granted to ocean carriers or their representatives except upon the agree ment to pay these charges to rail | carriers. War Sarings Stamp Sales fruprov-j ing. The Sale of War Savings Stamps if improving a little, the sales for Mon day amounting to $1.000 and for Tues day doing a little better, being $1, 2fS. Although this is much better than has been it is about $5,000 a day less than what is necessary if Sumter .County buys to the extent of it* pledge. Treason Condoned Senate Committee Applies Coat of Whitewash to Cover La fpffeUe's Pro Germanism. Washington, Dec. 2.?A formal re port, recommending dismissal of the I proceedings on charges of disloyalty against Senator La Fol Jette, because of his speech before the Non-partisan League of St. Paul, September 20, 191-7, was presented to the senate to day by Senator Dillingham, of Ver mont, Republican, acting. i.or a ma jority of the senate privileges and i elections committee. The committee found nothing to justify further ac tion by the senate. No attempt was made in the ma jority report, recently adopted by a committee vote of nine to two, to analyze the charges or evidence in the . case. Neither was any . request made for adopting of the report. Chairman. Fbmerene, "who with Sen ator Walsh of Montana, both Demo crats, opposed the. majority action, plan soon to file a minority report. This is expected to'officially close the incident. The report of Senator Dillingham follows: , ^?The committee on privileges and elections to whom were referred, the re'jsblutions. of the Minnesota commis sion, of public safety, petitioning the senate of the United- States to insti tute' proceedings looking to the ex pulsion, of Robert La Follette from the senate, - as a, teacher of disloyalty and sedition, ..giving aid and comfort to o.iir^ enemies and hindering the conduct- of the war. respectfully -re port that;the? havd.fully considered! auch recommendations ?nA $fcarfr*$ contained therein^ as. well as Othe j gpeechi 'TfiMti'ttV-'Bttidtor'' La Follette at St. ? Paul,. Minn., on, the 7th of'Se'pV tenlber, 1917; to whfch speech said resolution referred and ?. ttpp" which 3peech .Is based the ? petition con tained therein. Haying considered the entire case aa presented, it. the com mittee r^copamends that the petition! re^rred by said Minnesota cemmis-: aie$'.?r .i$njo saif?y 1* dismissed, for t^e'r^aOh that the ipeecti H qa?sr! iron doe*' not tftjstffy further action i by; the senate." > ' ': . " ? ?/ ? j A slight change in Senator' Dllling harn's report was made after its in troduction. Instead of finding that ; ho "further action in the case was necessary," the report, as revised, de clares that Senator La- Follette's speech doss not justify "any" action by the senate .v .: A forniai resolution embodying the majority. recommendation*?-. also was appended to the report and the mo tion for Its adoption, senators ex- j piain, miirht furnish the vehicle fori debate. ? ? ? ?!' i ? I WAR WORK PLEDGES. Sahscartbe^ Urged to Make Payment Jot Subscripdona Promptly. Atlanta, Dee. 2.?First plfcymente on subscriptions to the United War Work campaign were due on Monday and the county treasurers were urging subscribers to make payments cover-! ing the entire amount pledged. The seven war-working organisa tions to be benefited by the' united! campaign are riOw peculiarly in hel*d | of funds and payments pi subscript I Hons Itx a }\xmp ijill aid. greatly hi j meelin* the shortage of funds which how erlat?, ' Payinents wlil be made ^hfougij the optfnty ."^tkUrman in all counties. R. H. King, campaign director for the Southeastern department, urges all persons to make the first payment on their pledges promptly and, .if pos-j sible, send in checks to cover the en tire amount subscribed. All of the'seven organizations?the Y. M. C. A., the Kntgts of Columbus, the Y. W. C. A., the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp .Community; Service.- the Salvation Army and the' American Library Association?are I now. fating a serious shortage of j funds. ; The signing of the'* armistice! resulted' naturally in an enlargement ' of the. scope of work . of the various j orgah?a?ons^necessitating larger ex- i pen?:HuTee.. .'"??'' ! The; Y. M . Ci A! will conduct over-j seai- vfihakl college" during the win- j ter m?nths, and the maintenance of; such an Institution will require an ! unusually large outlay of money. ! '_?_4 ? - "? . I . i Red Cross Notes. The Sumter Chapter shipped to At-j ianta November 26th, 93 sweaters, 17 f bed jackets and 27 pairs pajamas. There is still a great need for vol- f unfeers to mend sweaters. ? The-following is taken from a let-j ter dated November 20, from Mrs. ? John W. Grant, director, chapter pro duction. Southern, division:. We are today in receipt of a tele gram from national headquarters dis continuing the making of all surgical dressings including production order No. lbs. In proportion as surgical dressings are reduced, refugee garments are in creased. The fact that peace is near, does not.relieve the Red Cross of its! obligation'to. the ?war ridden countries and much of the civilian population fs dependent on the Red Cross for clothing. Do 'not let your chapter members, branches or auxiliaries lose interest Or think their services are no longer needed. The work is still urg ent and we will have more to do than we can possibly accomplish, unless we continue to have the full co-operation of every chapter. We will send you production orders for garments- Just as rapidly as they can be prepared. In discontinuing the making of \ surgical dressings, I wish to express! the appreciation of the Woman's Bu-j, reau and the Bureau of Chapter Pro-! Auction to the director of Woman's Work. Supervisor of Surgical Dress-' ings and hundreds of workers for their j splendid co-operation and unfailing J response to all requests made by the division. Our 260 chapters making surgical dressings have* produced a volume of work of most excellent quality aha no one will ever know < tile number of lives saved and the' pain alleviated by this service of love given by the American womejttvr-?>v I After Cotton Committee Senator Smith Will Ask Why I Price Fixing Board Permits Costly "Bear" Activity. Washing-ton. Dec. 2.?Senator E. D. j Smith of south Carolina is on the war ; path of the cotton price fixing com ; mitee. of which C. J. Brand la chair 1 man recently appointed by the presi int. j Senator Smith said today that he .would immediately take up with Mr. i Brand two vital questions in connect ion with the cotton situation: Why he, as chairman of a government j committee, acting under authority of j the'president, permits a "bear" mar I ket in the cotton world which reduces ; the price of cotton to a marked de 1 gree. This is entirely wrong, the i South Carolina senator believes. If i the price should go up the general ! trend of the situation would be a big ! aid to thousands of cotton growers, j but when it goes down it hurts all j growers and helps only Wall Street j manipulators. i ' The other question which Senator ! Smith will ask Mr. Brand, assuming j that the latter knows of the present j "bear" movement and permits it, is j why his committee should longer ex ; ist as a government bureau under such ; circumstances. This, in brief, is the way Senator ! Smith views the matter. He JLs de i termined today to get at the real j cause of the present decline in cotton . and if the Brand committee is no j longer functioning in the manner . ?.hi,ch it should he will probably take I steps to end its career. ! ' _" I I Wheat Price to Stand I This is Opinion of Food Admin istration. . I Washington, Dec. 3.?The guaran I teed price for the 1919 wheat, fixed at j $2.26 a bushel,' Chicago basis, will j stand even though the Lever act un der which the price was fixed should become inoperative through conclu sion of peace, in the opinion of the food7 administration. The administra tion tonight issued a Statement inter preting the" Lever act and pointing out that Hie law provides that "all rights or liabilities under thte act aris ing "before its termination: shall con [ tinue arid may be enforced in the same manner as if the act had not terminated.** Wheat growers in many parts of the country, it was i3ai<3, have become apprehensive that ithe guar j anteed price for 1919 crop might be rescinded through- conclusion of peace. Goes to Columbia Mr. Trnesdae Succeeds Mr. Roper as Pastor of Main Street Church. Methodists of the city will have two additional strong s men in the coming of the Rev. R. S. Truesdale and the Rev. R. F. Morris to the Main. Street Methodist church and the Shandon Methodist, respecively. Both men are well known here by Methodists and they consi;* ?? themselves fortunate in securing their services when they were unable to retain the services of their present pastors, the Rev. J. C. Roper and the Rev. W. B. Garrett. The Rev. Mr. Truesdale is widely known. throughout the State and his services have been much sought after by churches all over the State. He did some of his fl cst*m lnisterial work near Columbia about 15 years ago being pastor at Edgewood for several years. From Edgewood he was sent to Green Street Methodist church where he was pastor for four years. During his pas torate at Green Street the church prospered a never before and the present nice cnurch building stands a monument to his work. From Green Street he went to Anderson as pastor of the St. John's Methodist Church there and was transferred after & suc cessful two year pastorate. From An derson he went to Spartanburg and there enlarged the seating capacity of the church and made other improve ments to the church. He was pastor of the Spartanburg church for four years and his congregation put up a vigorous fight to keep him at the "good town." After his 4 year pastorate at Spartanburg he was transferred to Charleston for a three year stay. From Charleston he went to Sumter where the congregation had just finished a handsome new church building and the Rev. Mr. Truesdale raised the en tire church debt, something over $25, 000 in one meeting. He comes to Columbia with the brightest prosects before him and he will not oniy receive the hearty wel come of the Methodists but of all de nominations of the city. He will preach his first sermon at the Main Street Church Sunday morning, De cember 15.?The State. AN ADVENT CALL TO PRAYER. To The Women of The Episcopal . * Church. The Episcopal Church is now mob ilizing the spiritual forces of the womanhood of America to set aside a week for prayer a,nd thanksgiving. The nation having in the past suc cessfully mobilized for war, is now facing the equally grave necessity of mobilising its forces, this time spiri tual forces, for Peace. What attitude America shall take in these days of Reconstruction which lie before her will be the true test of her ideals which she unsheathed her sword so ably, to defend. Her soldiers have died in distant lands that right and truth may live, and it is for those who remain to prove to the world that their supreme sacrifice has not teen in vain. The War work of the Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church known as the Advent Call will be held during the first week in Advent, i. e. the 1st to Sth Of December. The Messengers of the Advent Call will make personal , visits to the women of the Episcopal Church throughout America urging them to unite in one great fellowship 1 of common prayer. London, Dec. 4.?The Express < claims to be able to deny the report ' received from Berlin yesterday that \ a new ultimatum had been sent to > the German government because all ? locomotives cannot be delivered at , once. The paper says it is true that 1 Germany is not keeping up to the | stipulated schedule and that Gen. Foch < has given warning that Germany will \ be held responsible for all further , delay*S " -\. :.<..?..? t .a Fuel Director** Resigns Dr. Garfleld Will Return to Col lege Presidency. Washington, 'Dec. "3.?Fuel Admin istrator Garneld has resigned and President Wilson has accepted his resignation. This w?js announced at the White House tonight. " "It was announced at the executive office today.'J said the statement, "that United States Fuel Administrator Garfleld had tendered his resignation, to take effect at the pleasure of the President, and that the president had accepted the resignation, although it was made clear that the needs of do mestic consumers will continue to re^ ceive the attention of the fu??i admin istration until the winter is passed." Wheat for Europe \rgentina Sells to Great Britain and France. Washington, Dec. 3.?Negotiations between Argentina and Great Britain and France for the delivery of Ar?en-;. tina's great grain crops to those two* countries have been about concluded' according to official information!* reaching Washington today. In order to facilitate payment for the cropsi the Argentine government, it was said, has offered to loan the British and French governments $240,000,000 for two years. , v. . A Port of Call I?Ian By English to Shorten the Sea Route From Canada, London, Nov. 25 (Correspondence) Lord Morris, in advocating the estab lishment of a port of call for .Atlan tic liners on the west coast or Ire land, told a parliamentary commit tee it would facilitate trade between Ireland and Canada by way of New Foundland, as under existing eondf tions this trade had to pass through Liverpool Or Glasgow, which ne cessitated delay. He also urged the movement on the ground that it'wouid affect passenger traffic, since passeng ers invariably preferred the shortest possible sea- route. SUGAR RESTRICTIONS REMOVED. Food Administration Rescinds Sugar Distribution Regulations. Columbia, Dec 3\~"Effective De cember 1, the Foot! Administration sugar distribution plan was rescindr ed. -?;. v< While there are no longer any re strictions on the use of sugar, or rath-! er there are no har~d and fast'reg-. ?lati?n'Si the people of South Caror lina, in common with the people., throughout the nation, are asked , by . the Food Administration not to use more than four pounds per month per person. That is regarded by the Food Administration as a normal- sup* ; ply, and the public is not expected; te exceed normal requirements in the Use of sugar. Public eating places are also--ex pected to hold their consumption .of sugar down to four pounds for every, ninety meals served. This is a big in crease over the sugar ration that has been in force. First the ratios^ was two pounds per month per pexBori, and it was then increased to three pounds. In addition to the sugar served to restaurants, hotels and other public eating- places to patrons. and ?custon^ era, on the basis" ofr four pousrids/f?r*1 every 90 meals served, sugar is allow-; ed for baking. Manufacturers using sugar and dealers in sugar are au thorized by the Food Administration to buy sugar according to their re quirements and demands up to a thirty days supply. The price of sugar and the dealer's margins of profit on ??r gar have not been changed. * -. 'T No sugar certificates are required after December 1 for the purchase of sugar by manufactures, dealers .and public eating places. . ? ? Washington, Dec. 4.?President. Wilson has accepted the resignation of Chairman Baruch of the War *ndusf tries Board, effective on January1st* and has agreed-that the board cease to exist as' a government agency on1 that date. ? , * . Amsterdam, Tuesday, Dec. 3.? Mathias Ereeberger opened the- first sitting of the German commission to Investigate the treatment of war pris^ oners. The meetings are open to the public, thereby enabling accredited representatives of enemy giyernmeuts to acquaint themselves with all the proceedings. ._ e MillI *M+ Ii i If II 111H<HHt in um ?wk? We Grind Lenses, examine the eyes scientifically and fit eye glasses perfectly. Let us work for you. We have all prescriptions on file. Broken lenses replac ed promptly. Graduate Opto metrist and Optician in charge, ; VV. A. Thompson,: ; JEWELS & OPTOMETRIST. | ??*?????*I IHifr II I III W?f ?WMllllHUWI?Ht?H