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Defense Council Wants, CompiSwry ~ ^ Law, Constitutional Conven tion and 3%w Fiscal ? r- Year.. . ? ryv** -* ? * .- ?--??: Columbia; 'tfan. 10.-<-The South CafroHnfc^ Council;of Defense, an or ganization which has been highly : j commended by Washington authori ties for its efficiency and the tone of -patriotism which it reflected in the State, held _its, final meeting yester day. At the opening, of the meeting a:i>r^e?jtalkjwas made by IX K. Co kert .^State; chairman, in which Mr. Coker-^explained- that the Council of Defense was.^.war organization and had accomplished the purposes for which it had .been planned. Opinon of the members present was in conform ity with jthe .sentiment expressed by Mr Coker and. it was recommended ? tBailthe\l?gisi?tnre be asked to dis continue the organization after Feb ruary 1.-: ^Following the determination to dis -l*Bha? i*se^eriUs farewell ? /-talks were heard, one being made by Mr. Coker j . :?nd ii?n>ther; hy'; ^Governor Manning, j Both of these highly commended the work- of -the. members, the members o? the '^ and the people of the State generally, who have so i generously responded to the exactions f Of "the" war. A resolution was offered] b^tV?mam- Banks, highly praising the work of Mr, Coker as chairman. It j was agreed to'have the resolution en- . grossed; and sent to Mr. Coker. A resolution was also adopted in which! wa? Expressed the high regard in ? which "the council held the late Lieut ^ John S. Reynolds,, killed on the battle ? f/?hVm France. Lieutenant Reynolds , %as ine of the original members of ! the^ounir?: . . ' . ;,^Th~?( act of the council was to A c?irJoY* Gtoyern?r Manning for legis . Ration On vital subjects, as provided .in jthe'^ct creating' the council. In . ^3^^" petition^ is recommended the i, passage of .?: compralsory - education j ^^^?^Vcalfing^" of a constitutional ? ? ;fco^ention; _^ egisla ti on looking to per- \ ni?nent Jhighway building; public "|f?a^^ ;r?gu|ations, including a sana torium for ? negro tubercular patients; 1 the. ehangfng ofthe State's fiscal year ? ty: ?s;to* ;tern$ryate the. year in time to ' '^yg'the"' jd^ferent departments ad- ? Senate' opportunity to compile their J au?ual re^rts before the meeting of 1 the*'general' assembly, and for the en J^i^enaent of' .the State historical com- y mission*, so i?s,to enable "it to collect,' .fed % preserve V complete record. ?f. 1 "4o^^]Car^li^a*s; ;war achievements". ?'*^<^ttm^;teV-tijne' petition seht t to," ;%eS; M?mTlngr: \ ?->C.'^?KM9':il uf'the act creating the..; .f&nth jC^olina Council of Defense] < ^tes';.th?t' it 1'shall recommend from ] time to.tmie; such legislation as it may .'. .^^;^?ecessar^r 'and proper in -f?r- : -.^^r?nde of,the purpose for which ', *^itf"Council o^ Defense organized.!,.) '$?Stipn Jk '.of..said act says *that t$e*", ' ^a?jTCSa^olin^ Defeiste:pe, '^^^'hkreX^^'^r^e? arid .esta^lifcb-'t'( .??_ for, tfae. ? ttrpose ?f rendering Ad-, f . ^c^V^^Va^^^tfce io the governor \ j& t^e'^rfornian^e of aft things ;heL nT?y re^frW of them, ; .in; bringing , a^out tjae .highest efficiency in the ad i^IStration of the affairs of this,. St?te", and the. greatest effectiveness -during .OUr present national crisis, -ttc.tr:. - r \. ' it , j ; J"'*3^^uant to the above, we hereby. J "f^ns^H fco'you the following recpim 'jtwnd^tabns to .."be transmitted by ^ou to Tn'e legis'lat?'rer if yp'u see fit toido ! It V^/iriu&h .progress, has been! madey in,>eceht years with respect to educa* j tion',,health, good roads and taxation a ?n?T.fJj<e_ ideas and ".views of the body ? politic, have broadened so. . much, es- 1 peci?lly.through, 'what was 4bne ?|nd ; Je^r?ejcT during the period of the great J .warir^that .we believe that the.gen- 1 ' .uine: development. of the State along .th*ese 15'neSv'as well as others, requires 1 the fi fing of ? constitutional conven .tton,. T^'e/.. constitutional provisions sh^uXd bei recast in order to giverscope 1 to'; the "enlarged ideas of our people. lAttle' cah .be. accomplished by isolat ed aihehdments. '^the State o't South Carolina at 1 present, has ho road system worthy ' _of" t&e" -name. . During the past two : years, tii'e number of automobiles, in "fl&e State" has increased'from about ; J9jaO0 .to about .55,0/QO. It is not a ? coinoi?eijce t^iat the roads have "great ly d^'riofated during that period/and .^'?ii^ms inevitable that further deteriorations - wfll continue to take : place as the number of motor driven vehicles increases until a point is reached (if it has not already been reached where the social and eco nomic. welfare of our people is seri ously threatened. The future devel opment of our State along almost ev ery line will depend, on good roads, and, will be largely in proportion to ?the perfection, permanence and com pleteness of the road system. We rec ommend, therefore, that the legisla ture at-this session take up the mat ter of providing for the State a com prehensive system of permanent roads and for their proper mainte nance. ; -"There can be no more important j subject ;for legislation than the safe-jj guarding of the health of the people. | The happenings of the past two years! have demonstrated the need of more j liberal support of our State board of ; health. ! "L We especially recommend the' creation and appointment of a bureau of child hygiene. "2. An adequate appropriation for the control of veneral diseases, sup-| plementing the national appropriation ? for this purpose. ; ,.?"3. An appropriation for a sanato- J rium for the treatment of tuberculosis' among negroes. - "4. . The creation and adequate sup-: port of an- efficient county health or- ? ganization in each county. The re- j ce*ft Influenza- epidemic has made the! necessity of such organization so evi- i dent that no argument is needed. j "The school system of South Caro lina is inadequate to th^ pressing re quirements of the present age be cause of insufficient financial support. A complete reconstruction and re building on a far larger and more generous scale is urgently needed, such a rebuilding as Louisiana, for example, has recently effected jthrdugh constitutional amendments ! whereby her educational funds were doubled at one stroke. Nothing short of a similar readjustment in South Carolina will serve to do more than gloss over and conceal the undenia ble seriousness of the situation. Jt is freely, predicted, that in. 1920: South f Carolina will rank as the most illft i erate:State in :$he omion; . .NOt^ only t--? avoid' thi$:6tigma\ bpt for the mere compelling, reason . of giving the boys and girls born in South Carolina at; least an equal chance at, the best and j finest things in life, open as these j Things are only to a fully trained and j developed intellect, it is urged that; farreaching and constructive changes j be made in the constitutionals and | fundamental laws of ? South Carolina j affecting, education. As anticipating j though not as satisfying . this f unda- j mental reconstruction, the following; specific recommendations are made as being immediately important and i practicable: -. j. . "1. That school, attendance be made j eompulsory for every child of school j age as soon as and wherever adequate! provision for honsing and teaching j can be made-reasonably accessible: "2. That ah adequate program of t health .education bei provided as soon ' as practicable.. zr? "3-. That a central board be estab- i lished for the examination and cer-1 tification of teachers. "4. That_a system .of vocational j training, carrying a sufficient appro- '? priation, be inaugurated. . "5. That ? commission be organiz- < ed to investigate our educational sys- j tern in all its phases, and to.make a> report of its survey with reccmmen- \ Nations. . j "The record of South Carolina in j the recent war has been a splendid | Dne, both from a military and a civic! standpoint. This record should be; made permanent for . the credit , of j the State and. the information of fu- j1 ture . generations. We recommend that the State historical commission. be enlarged and instructed to pre- j pare and publish a complete record of j; South Carolina's accomplishments i in p Lhe war, that they be given the neces- j >ary funds for this purpose and be I empowered to employ the necessary] assistance. \ ? "We call attention to the fact that; the South Carolina fiscal, year ends}' January 1, while the legislature meets j1 on the second . Tuesday in January,,; rhe appropriations are all made for j' the fiscal year ending January 1, al- ; ' though the appropriation ? bill is never I ] passed until March. This leaves about i ; two months^ip every, .year, in whjch M the Stage's. departments and institu- |1 tion^.haye noj.nipney upon wWch;they i: can .legally o^ecate^-and ,thii? places.a } h^Lvy-and:unfair -burden upon those -1 charged v^itfa-tne managementof-fche j business of--the State in financing the ' State for .two- months lipon their ? own 4 responsibility.-- . . -\ * . "Under the present- system, there is I * insufficient- ?ime.: between the closing"}1 of the..,#^Ly?ar.an4-:^e;;n^$^ngj of j3 $e&^?gu*fc3<$& careful :pr??arat}on <. of ^nnanJcf?^^^^S?lft^t^^e.depiaTrt- ; mentiar ;aa$ ;slftrjj^efuj ^^^eratlon \ **"Wa ;?**P^P^cpd>. .therefore, thatp the fiscal-year be.changed to end on a : 1 ^e which-,i?ill aypi4 these inconvehi" ences and hardsips/ < . t The Superfluous Woman. j j With Great Britain's dead number-. [ * ing l.lO?O.T?Otr/ Prance's 950ve00, ..,Gier-? hiahy> \ T,58 0,0 00; .. OUr, own. ? nearly j 1 iao;oio and -those^f b'$$*SK. Tbellfeiar ents,.. including j Russia; two" jdr thi-ee 1 mflljbns nib re;, the. .prpblerri of mnr- i riage' and ahome * and children fee- i cotoes a serious~o.ne for J?rnen ev- i erywhere. .In' the January Good 1 Housekeeping. W- li George, gives \ a : straightforward statement of the best i and worst possibilities of .the dispro- ] portioned population resulting from i the war. .*?? " .... . >r _. } - 1 Many women, before the war. knew t that their chances of marriage were i not great; now Lhey wilL "know j it t much.better, and indeed they will ex- t aggerate. Many must rush to.an ex- ] tre'me and conclude that their chances are nil. What result will this have? I. do not suppose that many wonien of stereotyped morality will be. affect- j ed, but there always were women ^ho t restrained their impulses, because they expected to; marry. It is likely that under present conditions,, uiider the artificial stimulus of male shortage, a rather . enhanced number .will defy convention. This is important, because morals ere a matter for custom rathe-' tfjan fcr law. and. increasing example? j t?l free action are likely to speed up the world movement. Until the begin ning of the century, women showed little sign of supporting one another, on those two points; they were en thralled by rather mechanical moral laws; they tended to take of mord lapses as harsh views as did men. and sometimes they were harsher still; an obscure sex envy seemed ;:o drive them to cast the first stone when men hesitated. It is also likely that women will no longer submit to modern marriage, as expressed by our divorce laws. There is no reason to think that any wide spread objection to marriage will arise, even though in certain advanc ed circles free alliances may be assist ed by propaganda and the shortage of men; today a's yesterday the immense majority of women realize that with j all its faults, with all the dullness it i entails, marriage is the best and most normal condition. But this does j not mean that lifelong marriage j should be looked upon as an intan- ; giblo institution. We have already i slackened the tie by divorce, but the' institution is not yet slack enough to fit modern needs.?January Good | Housekeeping. i Liberty Bond for Marsbai Poch. A bond has been purchased for j Marshal Foch, and a small balance I remains. It has been suggested by j several of those - contributing to the ; fund that this balance be turned over ! io the fund for the starving Armen I ians. The full list of subscribers is being forwarded to Marshal Foeb. [Unless some objection is offered with ! in the next few days, this course will j be pursued. H. C. llaynsworth. Treasurer. THE WAR IS OVER And Vye Bo.ys Want to Come Home Right Now. Saint Blin, France, Dec. 19. Dear Mr. Osteen? ?; ;-. .. , Will you please do me a small fa vor and publish the enclosed letter in The Item:* If--you will'- publish-- this letter you will notJ oiilj? djo me a great favor, but thousands of other soldiers, and it will be highly appre ciated by every man in this army. It will only take small space in your pa per and- it ;s not meant for a knock j to the army or army officers, it is only j plain facts and feelings of thousands i ofr soldiers, that J hear speak every! day. This is my letter to the public: ! We boys that are in 316th Field .! Artillery, as we)] as boys in other di-i visions, are wanting to return home, j We understand that we are to be j kept over here for some time yet, and ; we.can not see why it is necessary to I keep us over here. . .We came into the army for the du-' ration of the war and the war is over. We have done our bit?yes we have; given our "all," and we are proud to | have been in such a position as .to \ come to France and fight for our ! country, , but the war is pyer and why; not bring us home? Why keep us j over here drilling and tramping; around in the rain .and mud? In the | place where we eat and sleep the rain almost pours in, and it has rain- ; ed almost steady where I, am for the I last three weeks and the mud is! mighty deep. Why keep us here to i sleep cold and'drill in the rain if the' war ''s over? It is only making many of our boys sick and its mighty hard j for a fellow to get sick and die after the war is over. We boys have made j as great a sacrifice as any other country in the world. We have our ! loved one6 at home and would give anything to get back to them. I don't know a man that kicked om ; his hardships over here as long as the war lasted, every man took his share and did his part like the true Amorl- j can he was^ expected to be. There are a few men over here ? that want to remain here, but those men are of high positions and are I few at that. They can. bring their I loved ones, such as their wives and \ daughters over he're, and "f course I they will be happy and contented to j stay, and;so would we, but how canjwe; do a thing like that? Take the ev- ? ery-day soldier who really fought j tvith a gun to win this war. He gets i $33 a month and sixty per cent ? of j ? them have to pay their premiums-on: ten thousand dollars insurance and allotments going home,: too. What;: las he left after that? Not enough !? to ;har.{Uyt >uy... pa|>er'.to write to .his [j oved ones, or a candle to see by. i A 1 . little pad like n school kid would use j' iosts four francs- and seventy-five j ? intimes,, ojri.ab.put ninety-t)iree cents n United States money, and a candle j ? about.Jfourteenxients each, and how j ong does one last? I . We know that we wilUhaygrto stay j, jver here for a long timfo "Unless the j ^eople.back. there help to get us hopie* I DonH^'ey realise tfc?t.-we bave*-mo.tfl?f r] 5?/a^rsweth??'*ts and wives, Just L :he same as they have and that we L Ire longing to get back to them just j. is bad as they are. Just -because \ we | ? io not hold as high-a position 'as!' :hey dp is not a.ny sign that we can't; \ ove our dear ones as much ?s they J -i io and want to be with them. ! . if-you people want us back as -bad j 1 is'we .want to come back, you will;, lave to "do something to htelo us. |_ k We ask you .to help '^s';and not;( e?ve us-over here r-to die from sick-'j less on ' -account of drilling and 11 narching around in the rain and |. mid. 7 We were glad to ? come bverf -i lere and fight for you, and riow . if j, rou mothers, are glad that your hoy j j is still alive, then.try and .bring him] , home. If you happen "to be one of !, the .unfortunate opes, .to have mide j j this supreme sacrifice hy giving your j, 50b::to .your country,.- just try to make j , some other mother glad by helpi ng j, :o get their sons home. We all want | :o come back and as soon as we canl'j Dossibljr get back, so help us if 3'ou !, will, and if the time should ever j ] ;ome again we wiil everyone be ready j :o do our bit again. Just remember j t that the war is over and we are hu- j, nan. .. . -' J; Sincerely, Julius I. Phelps. j, 316 Field Artillery..Headquarters Co-; American Ex. Forces, Franco. !;' 11 ? ? i ? TURKS CALLED DOWN. Forts of Dardanelles May be Destroy ed. London, Jan. 9.?The allies have no- ! tifled Turkey that unless the Turkish j force at Medina lays down its arms immediately the forts at the Darda- j nelles will be destroyed. The Turks have shown an unwil- j lingness to surrender in accordance, with the armistice terms, but all the: Garrisons except ':hat at Medina, which is the largest in Arabia, laid down j their arms through peaceful persua- j sion. ! Fakhri Pasha, the commander at Medina, offered one excuse after an other until the allies were forced toj send an ultimatum to the Turkish, government. Naval Recruits Wanted. The Navy Recruiting Station at Co lumbia, is sending out recruiting par ties to different towns in the State in an effort to secure recruits for the navy in all of itfi branches. A recruiting party will be at the Sumter postoffice. or January 12 to examine men for the navy and send them to Columbia for enlistment. Men enlisting in the navy who have recently been discharged from the army will be given a thirty day fur lough before they are sent to active duty. The age limit is now 17 to 25 for any American, citizen. All branches of. the-navy are open.except the avia tion corps and any man desiring to enlist or get information should be at the postoffice sometime during 'he forenoon of that day." The Palmetto Fire Insurance Co. has purchased from I>r. Archie China the lot on the corner of Washington street and West Hampton avenue, and will there erect nn otfiee building in the near future. ?rmeiiian Relief Fund South Carolina Asked to Con tribute $200,000 to Save a Starving Nation. Columbia, Jan. 9.?South Carolina's 1 allotment of the- $30,000,000 forj which the American Committee for,1 Relief in the Near East is asking the people of the United States for the al- J levlation of suffering among the folk Of Asia Minor is $200,000. The drive for the amount is scheduled for the! week January. 12 to 19, in every coun-j ty in South Carolina. Mr.'W. Banks-. Dove, State chair man, and Mr. C; L. Carlton, State director, today announced the quotas for the various counties of the State. "These quotas were arrived at," said j Mr. Carlton, "by taking, as nearly as possible, one-fii"iii of the quotas in the CJnited War Work Campaign, Novem ber last a plan suggested by the Nat ional- Committee for Relief in the Near East, with headquarters in New York." The following are the quotas by counties: County: Quota | Abbeville.$2,000 j Aiken. 3,500 Anderson. 9,000 Bamberg. 3.000 j Barnwell. 2,000 Beaufort. 1,000 j Berkeley. 1,000 I Calhoun. 2,000 Charleston. 25,000 j Cnerokee. 3,000 ! Chester .... . . . .?. 3,500 Chesterfield. 2,000 Clarendon. 3,500 j Colleton. 1,000 j Darlington . 5,500 i Dillon. 2,000 Dorchester. 1,000 I Edgefield. 1,500 j Fairfield . 2,0001 Florence. 6,000 Georgetown. 2,000 Creenville.17,000 Greenwood. 6,000 Hampton. 700 Sorry. 2,000 Jasper .. :. 700 [vershaw. 2,500 Lancaster. 8,500 Laurens. 5,000 Lee. 3,000 Lexington. 5>000 VTcCormick. 70O Marion. 2,500 Marlboro . 3,500 dewberry . 5,000 Dconee. _ 6,000 Orangeburg.8,000 Pickens. .. 3,000 Psichland.17,000 Saluda .. . 2,000 Spartanburg.19,00.0 3umter. 8,000 Union."_ 4,000 "Villiamsburg .; ;. . 2,000 Fork . ... . _.. .. 9,500 County Health Survey. To the Colored Friends in City and County: -. .We are writing- this to ask that are, .all ? make a. strenuous effort, to ?aise the ' remaining $315' that will nake !up the $600 .that, we promised :o raise, aside from the moral, phy sical "and educational value that will 'esult from .the health survey. It is )ur duty to .do as we have promised. rVe have been advertised as doing, a rreat many good . things that have >e?~. very compUmentary to us; .let us iot drop, -back in .this the most im >orxant ^ effort yet. made for the. good >:t.ihe sgeneral. public. Let us no.t hold >ajck .waiting for any one but come io he front and do our duty - by. con xibuting a: we , are .able to do: Vhen we realize ^/hat good the sums, small or large that we give will be nstrumental in helping to better the jonditiqn of the .28^000- negroes and Jie..l4^6.00.white people in the coun 3% far. if ..the. whites are . cared for yhichi constitute -only about one-half )f the County's population .and the rery large number of our race are iot made intelligent along health ines, we can readily see what a men ice to sanitation we will be. We enow that because of poverty and cer .ain restrictions as to where negroes :an live, then our general ignorance concerning right and clean living makes everything less favorable for as. The only thing for us to do, is* :o aeome: together with our mites and ;ro over the top. .This will: gratify )ur-white friends, who have faith it, js, ? and will. be of incalculable, fc &jie ..t to those who need to be cared for. We hope this appeal will reach the fiearts of all who have and have pot subscribed,.so that you.will take' 'or send at once what you can to Mr. E. 1. Reardon at the Chamber of Com merce. We ask those who are real ly interested in raising the balance of this money to meet at Mr. R. W. Westberry's office Saturday at 12 o'clock that we may finish up this matter. Yours for the uplift of humanity, . L. Bragg Anthony, M. D.. v> '' ?' ?? ?- -Secretary. WOODS FO* 1PTH ANNk. _ \o^RY Gives the fullest and most up-to-date information, not only about Seeds that can be planted to advantage, but also about crops that prom ise to give the largest profits during the coming year. OUR 40 YEARS' EXPERIENCE, and an equipment that is unsur passed in this country, give us un equalled advantages for supplying THE BEST OF Farm and Garden Seeds Write for Catalog and Prices of GRASS and CLOVER SEEDS, SEED -OATS, SEED CORN and $EED POTATOES. Catalog Wailed Free on Request. T. W. Wood & Sons, SSCDSMCN, - Richmond, V?. For the Best of Gardens, PLANT WOOD'S SEEDS. Armenian Relief Campaign Sumter Committee Organized For Work. The American Committee for Ar menian and" Syrian Relief, Sumter county organization, held a meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Monday afternoon and it was planned to make a special drive for this relief during the week beginning January 12. In accordance with this there will be a Union service Sunday night, January 12, at Trinity Methodist church for the purpose of receiving contributions and starting this important work off right. Dr. John L. Weber, a distinguished speak er will make a short talk and special music will be furnished by the choirs of the several churches. Sumter county is expected to raise $S,000.00 and it is certain that the people of Sumter will not fail in this impotrant part of the war work in which they have been so fatihful. Here is a copy of a cablegram re ceived from President Wilson by Cleveland H. Dodge, 99 John St., New /ork: "The appropriation asked of congres" for handling food relief is not intended in any way to take the plac of the subscriptions being ask ed i_r relief and rehabilitation in the Near East. I hope this subscription will not in any way be interrupted or reduced. The need is immediate and very great." Wood row Wilson. Another from Herbert Hoover: "The world relief program now be ing developed by the United States and the allies contemplates that wherever possible relief work will be financed by the countries affected through the medium of loans or o?her government assistance. Nevertheless distress and sufferir" exists in many areas where payment for relief sup plies cannot be made. These charity cases will still urgently need private benevolence. "This is the situation with regard to Armenians, Syrians and Persians. There is probably no greater suffering today than among the persecuted peoples of Asia Minor who have no funds and cannot secure government loans and have no other credit. It ie to aid this distressing situation that your committee for Armenian and Sy rian Relief is making its appeal to the generosity of the American people. With your financing accomplished, your committee representing these stricken people can come under the direction of the New Interallied World Relief organization and will receive its 'cooperation in the purchasing and Shipment of supplies. " "Arrangements are now being made to assign one complete flour cargo now enroute for southern Europe to the order of your committee and fur flier supplies will shortly be allocated to you by the Interallied committee I as soon as we are assured that the necessary finances have been provid* ! ed." Herbert Hoover. ; jLikeWarin Argentine I Number of Eiilecf ana1 Wounded in Street Fighting Ex ceed One Thousand. ! ' . ' 5 ~ - ^. ? ? . I Buenos Aires, Jan. 11.?Seventy two were killed, eighty-one gravely ' wounded, and more than eight hun j dred sustained minor injuries in fight ing yesterday and last night as the result of the strike.' \ Firing was incessant in all -.parts of j the city from seven until midnight, I but then began.to, die away. . ;?;' General Dellepai.ne, w*o assumed ?j military dictatorship- last night, de '. manded of the strike committee be i fore noon today a schedule of de I mands on which they would settle the j strike. ? } Wire communications, to Mardel ; Plaza, a fashionable suburb, have been j cut and it is thought the situation 1 there is serious. Conditions in tb* } interior are obscure on account of I the censorship. ! ?:-;?-TT"'?-? j ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MEM BERSHIP. . .... I The Caihoun School has One Hundred J Percent Membership in Bed Cross. I It was announced at assembly? of I High School this-morning that every body in the Caihoun school building is a member of the Red Cross.' This entitles every room in* the' '. building land the building itself to a card of 1(h)* I percent membership. The boysr arr ! supporting two French Orphans and I the money derived froni th,eir menY j bership fee is used to defray, in part j the funds necessary for the support of I these two' orphans. FRICTION AMONG ALLIES. ? . ? ? ? ;" - . ! Signs That Things Are Not Going Smoothy in Paris.. Paris, Jan. 9.?La Liberte ; .today i says it understands that Great JHrif l ain will have three special ..deleff&t^B i for each of its dominions) including Canada, Australia) New, Zealand. and South Africa. The newspaper... -asks why the French protectorates, of Mo rocco, Tunis and possibly .Algeria have no special representation. j. London, Thursday, Jan. ..9,-rrPro i ceedings. against the former Qennah {emperor is advised in .a special report |by the subcommittee of the'J?mmla I sion charged with, inquiring.into....vio lations of the laws of war.* This conj! mittee has already, examined ..one hundred thousand?casesJ>f ill.treat I ment of prisoners of war and. - has j one hundred and fifty, thousand more ! to examine,. Other committed are in j vestigating other .-'violations _??.inter inational law, ,, ^ > ??^???<?^?^fl'M^<'*?<l'M,'>'H,*<l,Hl>*4,l^|i''^< IHM I'M II 111 til * H I; Building Material and Feed Stuffs | J { We solicit your patronage. Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Brick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc. All kinds of Feed for Horses, Covs, Hogs and Poultry. I; Booth & McLeod, Inc. Phones 1?&6311 I Farm Land For In Sumter, Lee and Clarendon Counties I C. P. OSTEEN, :: Sumter, S. C. THE FIRST N.AT!0^ BANK BANK STH and you can BANK us The First National Bai* . SUMTER, S* I M H H.M M;t M \ M H| The Goddess of Liberty At Our Door , Welcomes .you to the .?ankJ that has purchased for itself and fite cus tomers over a half million dollars of ? ~i Liberty Bonds and Certificates, ?AND? Has given six of her young men to the service of her country. Resources Over $3,000,000*. The National Bank of South fiarelina C. G. ROWLAND, President F E. H1NNANT. Cashier. 4.