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Wilson So Announces From ?randf ?ther's Pulpit at Carlisle, England. FORCE OF WORDS CUT AS DEEP AS SWORDS ?President Pays Eloquent Trib ute to Mother, Memories of Whom Come Back With In creasing Force as Years Ac cumulate-?Hears Sermon and Talk by Bishop. : Carlisle, England, Dec, 29 (By the Associated Press)?President Wilson, accompanied/-by. Mrs. Wilson, to Carlisle today--in-rain and a penetrating: rn*?t... to visit the girlhood home" of his-'mother." But the ' warntth of tfcje greeting of the people r of tlie? town "and" of the thousands of Istrangers from the surrounding coun trymore .than offset the dreariness of the weather. Large crowds lined the streets and cheered the presidential party lustily as it drove from the sta tion, where-the president was receiv ed by Mayor. Bretram Carr and local notables, to the Crown and Mitre Ho tel, where .the . president signed the Freeman's roll. They visited Annetwell Street where the site of his late grandfather's chap el was pointed out to him and the house in Cavendish Place that was built by his grandfather. During the services, the Rev. Edward Booth,' the pastor, requested the. president to oome into the pulpit and address the assemblage. This the president did, dehvering a. short speech, in which he touched simply but eloquently on his mother. The president spoke as follows: "It* is with -unaffected reluctance that,!, inject myself into this service. I remember my' grandfather very well, and remembering him, I can see how he would not approve. I remem ber what he required of me and re member the stern lesson of duty he spoke. And I remember painfully about things he expected me to know that, I die! not know. t *There has come a change of times when laymen like myself are permit ted to speak in a congregation. There is another reason why I was reluctant : to speak. :xM iThe feelings fixed in me today are really too intimate and too deep to Vj?srmit.of public expression. The -mem ories that have come of the mother TXho\was horn here are very affecting. Her quiet character, her sense of duty and her dislike of ostentation have come back to me with increasing force"! as th^se-years, of duty/have accumu^ lated.'^ Tef^ perhaps, it is appropriate that in a place of worship I should acknowledge my indebtedness to her and her remarkable father, because ail ^bat the world Is now seeking to; do is .to return .to the paths of duty to turn from the savagery of interests to the dignity of the performance of right. rtI" believe as this war has drawn nations temporarily together In a combination of physical force we shall be. drawn together in a combination of moral force that is. irresistible. It is njoral force as much as physical force that has defeated the effort to subdue the world. Words have cut as leep as swords. "The knowledge that wrong has b eh attempted has aroused the na tions. They have gone out like men for a crusade. No other cause could have; drawn so many nations together. They, knew an outlaw was abroad and that the outlaw purposed unspeakable things. "it is from quiet places- like this all over the world that the forces are accumulaed that presently will over power any attempt to accomplish evil on a great scale. It is like the rivulets that gather into, the river and- the river that goes to the sea. So there comer-out of communities like this those streams that fertilize the con science of men, and it is the con science of the world we now mean to place upon the throne which others have tried to usurp." /The lengthy program of the day was earned out with the single ex ception that the president had not in tended to speak in the church. The presidential train arrived at the Cita del station on scheduled time. In ad dition to" Mayor Carr, the lady may oress. Miss Eleanor Carr, Maj. Gen. Sir^reorge Cowan and the high sher iff were on the platform when Presi dent Wilson alighted from his car. A^ter. the presentations* Miss Carr gaye Mrs. Wilson a huge bouquet. The presidential party was then conducted to the entrance of the sta tion, where the square was thronged with people who burst into hearty cheers. The Stars and Stripes and the British flag were hoisted on the tow er, of the law courts simultaneously with the emergence of the party from the: station. The rain continued to fall but the crowds in the streets cheered Presi dent Wilson all the way to the Crown and Mitre Hotel, where other promi nent citizens were awaiting to receive and the last living pupil of the school of President Wilson's grand father, was introduced to the presi dent Grasping the old man's hand the president asked: 'You rem* ruber my grandfather?" "I'm afraid not. T was rath^ a small fellow," replied the old man, shyly. President Wilson inspected docu ments dealing with the residence here of his grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Woodrow, and then drove to the Sal vation -^.rmy Hall, where once stood the bunding that was the president's mother's home. Then hf> visited Caven- j dish House in Warwick road, built by his.grandfather and where his grand- j father taught school and where the president's mother also on<-.? lived. | The president remained for ten min-1 utesiand proce^dr-d to the LowtherJ Street Congregational Church. The ' congregation;rose, as the president and his party entered and were conducted to the front pew. As the party enter ed the organist played "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," which was listed on the program "As the Amer ilan National Anthem." The Rev. Mr. Booth entered the pul pit, accompanied by the Bishop of Carlisle. Mr. Booth gave the invo cation and, the choir and the congre gation sang the hymn, "Before Je hovah's Awful Throne." "President Wilson joined in the singing. Mr. Booth read as the first lesson from the Sixth Chapter of Isaiah, the choir chanted, "Oh Sing Unto the Lord a New, Song." The Bishop of Carlisle read the second lesson, which was from the Secor.d Chapter of Luke ?-the story of Christ questioning the doctors in the temple. Then follow ed .another hymn and the Rev. Mr. j Booth afterwards prayed .for the king land the president .and his family and also for a -lasting ', pe^ The con gregation then sang Jhe Battle ! Hymn of the Republic" and Mr. j Booth delivered his sermon, j "I feel great pride," the pastor said in part, "that the great and honored leader of the. American people should have left the. company of kings and set aside important functions to I travel to this border city iii which his >mother -was born, to ' attend, as an humble worshiper, the church over which his grandfather once presided. Such action reveals his character: It is a great spectacle for the world. "Mr. President, two-thirds of your ?name belongs here, as the Words 'Thomas Woodrow' were inscribed on the church roll 98 years ago. From then until 18*35 he tkught the church the word of God. He gathered around him a devoted band of people who learned to do righteously. Here his children, among them your sainted mother, learned to sing their hymns and to fear God. "Hence the peculiar gratification their church felt and expressed on your election to your high and hon orable office, which has deepened in the course of the eventful years of j your presidency.'*' I The "Rev. Mr. Booth review the [-landing of the Pilgrim Fathers and I the establishment of religious?liberty j.in America. "These men," he said, !'laid.the foundations?for that great love of liberty and justice .which has made the American people and which has found such practical expression in so helping to the great victory in the European struggle against oppres sion and wrong. Is it not a further manifestation. of the same spirit, which, in providence of God, is lead [ ing the world's conscience in its grop ing after universal peace? "Mr. President, our prayers for you ascend; our love to.you is given and our praise of you "shall be sounded as ;long as we have breath. "We all want to hear your voice. Won't you say a few words to us?" President Wilson hesitated a mo ment and then answered, "Yes^sir," and. walked to a place in front of the choir. He was visibly affected as he resumed his seat after the address. -The Bishop of Carlisle then read an address in which he thanked the president f?r-his visit, "^to your ances tral city and for your presence at our worship in this sacred house, hallow ed to you by association and bends of filial piety." "We recognize with the whole of the God fearing world," the bishop continued, "the splendor of your |ndeals and the greatness of your j achievements on behalf of humanity for the promotion of righteous free {dorn, of the blessings of peace and in j ternational brotherhood among men. We thank God that he has endowed in you the purpose and the power to bring these divine ideals to the mighty concord of the American people in as sociation with ourselves and our al lies. "We feel it of priceless benefit tc mankind that, amid all the cares "and burdens- pressing upon you in this fateful hour, you found time to come to the city of your grandfather's ministry and the birthplace of your sainted mother. May you, sir, and your consort be brought in safety back to your beloved land. God bless and guide.you, sir." The service concluded with the singing Of "God Save the King." Af ter the benediction, President Wilson was taken to the pastor's study where he signed the register and . sat in the mahogany leather upholstered chair that once was his grandfather's. Then he returned to the church, where the congregation was still waiting, and passed down the aisle and out of the door amid applause. It was still raining as the president drove back to the Crown and Mitre j Hotel. Here he remained until 1 j o'clock, when he drove to the station, j He said goodbye at the car door to j the notables who had come to the I station to bid him farewell. The I president was cheered as the train, at 11:15. p. m., departed for Manchester. Spoils of War All Guns Captured by American Army to be Brought Home. Washington, Dec. 28.?All war ma terial captured by the American army will be brought home, Mr. Baker said today, to be disposed of as con gress may direct. The equipment in cludes more than 1.400 guns and trench mortars taken in action and thousands of machine sruns and rifle?. Various proposals for distribution of the raptured material have o.v-n made. Jt h;js been susrjrested th >t -t be divided among ihn States in pro? portion to their quotas in the army but on this plan Mr. Baker declined to express an opinion. Another Wage Increase Washington. Dec. .?o.?Railroad telegraphers ; nd station agents were given a further wage increase today, retroactive to October 1st. Washington, Deo. 2$.?More than ;) million, one hundred thousand American soldiers home and n * -r :?;j-i have been designated for demobiliza tion since th?> armistice was signed, i Gen. March figures today are 937.0:00) men in home units and 168.000 over-'! seas. This includes men already dis-1 charged and those who have landed! from France. j Waxif New School System for State Superintendents Will Ask for Constitutional Convention? Declares School System is Inadequately Provided for by Constitution. : s -_' i " Columbia, Dec. 28.?A constitution-! al convention for this State to enact "a | fundamental law which shall provide ! a public school system in conformity with modern educatv aal practice," is wanted by the ? partment of sup erintendence of ' .ne State Teachers' Associate - inch concluded a two day holiday meeting here today. A resolution memorializing the'{ next j General Assembly, which convenes, here January 14, to that effect was adopted, and a commit :ee to press the matter before the legislature was ap pointed. ]? It consists of John E. Swearingen, of Columbia, State Sup perintendent of Education; Dr. Reed Smith, of 'the Department of English University of South Ca.rolina; Patter son Wardlaw, dean of the department of pedagogy, University of South Carolina, and Frank Evans, superin tendent of the city schools of Spar tanburg. author of the resolution. To call a constitutional ?Convention a joint resolution providing, for a ref erendum placing the question before the people in the nest general elec tion must be passed by a two-thirds majority of both houses of the Gene ral Assembly and a majority of the electors qualified to vote in that elec tion must assent to t the convention. The next . legislature following the election then passes a. law providing for election nf delegates which shall be 124 apportioned according to the counties, representation in the House of Representatives, arfak .*design^te a time for it. Should the General Assembly pro vide for a constitutional conventipn, it could not be held until 1921, as/the next general election will not be held until the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November,1920. The department of superintendence today elected John E. Swearingen as president, J. H. Shealey, superintend ent, of the city schools of Ninety-Six, as secretary, and Dave Jeffries, sup. erintendent of the city schools of Union, as treasurer. The following was the resolution adopted: I "Whereas, the school system of J South Carolina is inadequately pro i vided for by the State constitution; j and j 'Whereas, the school law of the j State permits children to become citi zens without education; therefore, be it ? "Resolved, that the Sate Legisla ture at its . next session be urged to !call a constitutional convention for i the purpose of enacting a fundamen ! ta.1 law which shall provide a public school system in conformity with modern educational practice." 'Peace Outlook Brighter -.? j Spirit of Optimism Takes Place of Pessimism. ! - . I Paris, Dec. 28.?The sentiment to ! day in peace congress circles, after j another week of conference, is dis ! tinctly blighted and a spirit of opti ! mism has taken the place of the pes simism which had prevailed in some ! quarters. This is due to private ad j vices from London showing that the ! political: changes now going on there ihave been equally as satisfactory as the public demonstrations. One of the primary questions con sidered in these exchanges has been ? the convening of the conference at as j early a date as possible. The Arr.eri ! can delegation has been quite insis tent that it shall begin not later than j January 9. The exchanges today in i dicated an agreement for the assem bly of the congress between January |9 and 14. Even the latter da.te would be ac ceptable" to the Americans, it is an nounced, as assuring a ?reasonable early opening of the discussions. The pessimism previously existing j in some quarters was due to the vari jous views held on the "fourteen points," but the President's state ment that the Allied leaders agree with him in the principles therein laid down has largely removed the first impression. The President's statement is echo ed in all responsible quarters here, Premier Clemenceau also joining in the declaration that the conferences 'he has had show an entire agreement on the principles. A meeting was held in Col. House's residence tonight of all of the Ameri ! can interests,, including food, ship ping, the army, navy, treasury and war board Thus the heads of the various branches have proceded in dependently, but the meeting to-; j night overshadowed a united com- j mission. Great Triumph For Lloyd George Sweeping Coalition Victory In dorsement of Premier. London. Dec. 29 (By the Associat- j ed Press)?Complete returns for the! election of the new parliament give) the following results: Coalition Unionists, 334: Coalit'.onj Liberals. 127: Coalition Laborite, 10; j Unionists, 46: As<iuith Liberals. ::7; | Laborites. (;.r>; National party. 2: Tnde-| pendents. 5: Socialists. 1; Sinn Fehl ers. 7.3; Irish Nationalists. 7. All coalitionists, with the Union sts ami Xationa party may be reg^r-'ed | roughly as supporting Lloyd GeorTe. Tlie only opposition will bo formed by the Asquithian Liberals. Laborite< end I Independents. Amsterdam, Dec. 27.?The Brit'shj admiralty is prepared 'o take d rar tie j measures against propogation of Pol-j shevism in that pan of the Germ in j fleet remaining in German hands, ac-1 cording to Berlin dispatch today. Sinking of vessels, displaying red flag! and no execution of news, infected with Bolshevism is threatened, it is declared. - >? County' Health Survey. Cash paid to Chamber of Com merce for County Health Survey and Rural Nurse to Saturday, December 28t, 1918: Cash previously published ..$362.30 Mr. E. W. Dabbs. 50.00 Mrs. E. W. Dabbs. 50.00 Salem Section. Salem School Imp. Assn. 25.00 Miss Pearl McElveen. 1.00 j Miss Gertrude Mellichamp. 1.00 Miss Henriette Warren.25 Miss Julia Warren.25 Miss Louise Ellison.?, .25 Mrs. L. R. Frierson. .50 Mrs. Amareintha Ewans (col) .25 Mrs. E.-W. Dabbs, Jr.1. 10.00 Mayesville Township. Mr. L. C. Tisdale. 6.00 Mr. J. B. Warren. 1.00 Mr. A. J. Pringle. 2.00 Mr. J. H. Wilson . 5.00 [Mr. J. E. Price. 5.00 Mr.' K. Drane Tindal, Privateer Township. 25.00 I Mr; W. E. Kolb, Privateer Twnship .?. 5.00 Hr. I. Moore, Stateburg . Township. 5.00 Collected by Dr. J. J. Stark from colored citizens, names not furnished yet...... 150.00 Total to date .$704.80 Paid in by white citizens... .$443.60 Paid in by colored^ citizens....$261.20 Total.,.....$704.80 Committees, both white and col ored, are working, and have not yet turned in the collection. There are also subscriptions of $500.00 which are considered good; but which have not yet been, collected, these are from white and j5Solored people. So that about $1,280.80 may be reliably counted as having been subscribed so far, but that is a long way from S3,300.00. Dad's Christinas Letter. England, Nov. 24, 1918. My Dear Father: I will now take the advantage of today (Father's Day) and write you a few lines. We can say most any thing in our letters to you. I am very anxious to hear from you. I have had no mail since way in September. I will tell you a bit of my experi ences up the line. I first went to Bel gium in the Flanders or Tpres sec tor and from there to Kemmel Hill or Mt. Kemmel. And from there we came down to France and took over the line on the Somme, near St. Quen tin and had a bit of hard fighting there. Then we went to the line up at Cambrai. I know you have seen all those names in the papers. No doubt you have been very anxious to know just:where .1 have been doing my fighting. You can remember those places and you will know where. I was. I was near St. Quentin when I was wounded. I would love to tell .j you more, but I hardly know how to ! begin. I can tell you how I was j hit a lot better when I see you. I.am I going to say I had a very hard fight for life. I know there is not another one*feere who had such a narrow ^es cape. There were two "bullets passed through my face and nose, shattering my cheek bone, coming out just aboul 1-4 of an inch below myN temple. Sc you know how near that was. I am getting on fine now and hope to be home or in the U. S. A. now in a few more weeks." I went before the board a few days ago and will be go ing home before long. I will have tc have another operation after I get to the States, and then I will be all right. My eye is giving me a bit oi trouble?the one on the left side where I was hit. How is everything in the States? 1 am anxiously waiting to be back with you all again. I know the time is short now before I can be back in the States. We sure did put up a good fight and you see it did not take us long to end the grea^ war. I was in the fight that first crossed the Hindenburg line. I don't know whether you ever read anything about our division (30th) or not, but we were right there at all times when there was any fighting j to be done. I will tell you all about I my trips out on "No Man's Land" at I night between our lines and his when i I get home. 'I had some fine fun, J and too, had some narrow es capes. And, too, I will tell you. We had lost all of our officers and I was in command of a platoon the morn ing'when I was hit and I don't know how it went on then. I was hit out in an open field, and thought of course I would die then. But in a few min utes I said, "No, I won't die here. I must go home." So I, with the aid of two German prisoners, went back to the aid station about two miles and was dressed. And from there I went on about ten miles to the train in an ambulance, and from there about 100 miles to a base hospital and was op erated on and began to do better, and have been improving all the time ! since. You must write me real soon j even though I am expecting to be i home soon. My address is IT. S. A. Base Hos pital, 204 Hursley, near Winchester, England. I am crazy to hear from you and all the folks. I have been here in a lonesome hospital for two months, and not a letter from any ?cne. Well I will close. With a heart! full of love to you all, I am, Your own true son. Corp. Claude K. Wingate. Subscribers to the Red Cross Fund who have not. redeemed their pledges by paying same at the Sumer Trust Co.. should do so at once. The time for payment under the terms of the pledge which every subscriber signed voluntarily, has expired. The time has been extended until January lf>th in >rder that a final appeal might be made to subscribers to redeem their pledges. After January 15th a com plete list of those who have not paid will be published by order of the officers of the lied Tross Chapter. If you do not want your name to appear in the list call at the Sumter Trust <'<>. and get your pledge card. Washington. Dec. 30.?Tin1 depor tation of most or the three or four thousand enemy aliens interned in the Cnited States will he recommended to congress shortly by the depart ment oi" justice.- ? ? ? May Go to Hell Hoover Refuses^to Confer With German Pair. Washington, Dec. 27.?Food Admin istrator Hoover, in Europe arranging relief for the peoples of the war de vastated territories, has refused in emphatic terms to discuss German jfood conditions w .th Baron von Lanck j en and Dr. Reith, who sought a meet I ing with the food administrator, j A message from Paris today said these two German officials, who were prominent int he German administra tion of Belgium, wired from Berlin to Walter Lyman Brown, director of the commission for relief in Berlin and Rotterdam, that they had been ap pointed by the German government to negotiate with Mr. Hoover for food supplies, and that they desired Mr. Hoover to- advise them when and where he would meet them.- ? In answer to their request for, a conference, Mr. Hoover sent this mes sage: "You can) describe two and a half . yeans, of arrogance toward ourselves and cruelty to the Belgians in any languag- you may select, and tell the ' pair personally to go to hell with my compliments. If I do have to deal with Germans,: it will not be with that pair." Appalling Toll in War Total Dead 5,936,504; of These 1,600,000 Huns; French , 1,071,300. London, Dec. 28.?(British Wire less Service)?With the issue of the official figures of the French losses in the war it is possible to arrive at the approximate estimate of the appalling toll of life. The dead, so far, number 5,946,504. The individual national losses in dead thus far anounced are: "British 706,726; French 1,071, 300; American 58,478; Russian 1> 700,000; .Austrian 800,000; German 1,600,000. The total German casualties are given by the Berlin Vorwaerts as 6,330,000xand the Austrian total was placed at 4,000,000. Serbia in killed, wounded and prisoners lost 320,000 men. First Sergeant John M. Barwick, of the city police force has resigned after twenty-four years' service, and after Jan. 1 will be with the Citizens' Meat Market. Mr. Barwick in point of service is the veteran policeman of Sumter and he leaves the force with a record of faithful service. His retirement from the force ? will be generally regretted for he is esteemed by the ciyt officials and is popular with the public. WOMEN'S WOES. Snmter Women are Finding Relief at Last. It does seem that women have more than a fair share of the aches and pains that afflict humanity; they must "keep up," must attend to duties in spite of constantly aching backs, or headaches, 'dizzy spells, bearing-down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture* They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many; aches from kidney ills.... Keeping Che kid neys well has spared thousands of women much misery. Read of a rem edy for kidneys only that is endorsed by people you know. Mrs. Joseph Newman, 208 S. Coun-. cil street, Sumter, says: "Two years ago I had a slight attack of kidney trouble.' My back gave out on me and I had bad headaches. I felt bad jly all over and dizzy spells often an noyed me. I- knew Doan's Kidney Pills were good, as they had been highly recommended to me,- so I bought some at Mitchell's Drug Store. Before long, Doan's had cured me of all the trouble." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Newman had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. 54 American Transport Reported Wrecked Fenadores Stranded on Rocks in Bay- ot Biscay. London, Dec. 30.-^Ehe American transport Tenadores, which left Netfcfe York for Brest on - December 18th,: stranded on the rocks near the Isle'! Dyeu, in the Bay of Biscay, Saturday. Dispatches state that those on board are being rescued. Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Emteteer Prompt Attentln to Dr and^ Night Call? At J. D. CRAIG Old Stand, N.ISatn Phones: Sj?t J BANK ST andJyou?ca? BANK || The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. 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