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Against Le?giie of Nations Two Senators Favor Delaying Action Until After ^eace Con ference^?Complication Seen. Washington. Jan. 13.?Speeches ad vocating postponement of considera tion of the league of nations proposal M until after the peace conference were, made in the senate today by Senators Sterling of South Dakota, Republican, and Myers of Montana, Democrat. K' Both insisted that problems of the peace conference should not be com plicated by the plan. Senator Sterling contended that ex isting relations between America. Great Britain, France and Italy made Iff|a league to enforce peace unnecessary. HpSenator Myers advocated a restricted .sovereignty of its members, and with the central powers barred at least for this generation. Death for the former kaiser, life imprisonment for von Bernstorff and others, Senator Myers said, should be povisions of the final peace treaty. He also argued for repudiation of Germany's war debt and payment of the entire c*ost of the war by the Ger- j mans; for confisr -..tion of the kaiser's j personal fortune and retention by thej victors of both the war and merchant j marine fleets of Germany. Senators Shafroth of Colorado and j Borah of Idaho plan to speak on the league of nations tomorrow, while: Senator Thomas of Colorado intends j to discuss the American expedition to i Russia. ????? InSuenza in Savannah Ban Against Public Gatherings Again in Force. Savannah, Ga.. Jan. IT).?in the face! of an increasing number of cases of j influenza the sanitary commission of! Savannah late this afternoon ordered . the ban against public gatherings re- j Instated at midnight. There were 162 hew cases reported Tuesday and i:> 1 ; today. ' The sanitary commission at a meeting: Monday declined to put tie ban in effect. Four hundred new cases have been reported since, that meeting. Places of amusement, churches and schools are affected, i Street' ca.rs with windows open are! : permitted to carry only seating ca- i pacity. _ I TJOME DISTILLERY FOUND. OfficersCapture Outfit in Brookland Residence. _?.- j Columbia, Jan. 1?.?W. E. Metz, i white resident of Brookland. just | across the river from Columbia, was ? yesterday placed under a $7"0 bond j for having in his possession a complete \ outfit fr distilling liquor.* The equip- \ ment consisted of a still, cap and | worm, "all of copper, and while no j liquor was fund, odor of whiskey; could easily be detected on: tha ap paratus taken from the upstairs of I the man's house. . ?_!_ I Ship Builders Resign j Jacksonville. Jan. IS.?Capt. Lewis! Stoddard, of Seattle, today tendered his resignation as district officer, di- j visio i of steel ship construction, with I headquarters here. The district com- ! prises the South Atlantic coast. - ? - ' - Columbia Man's Family Greatly Helped By Dreco "My Daughter Was Cured of Bed Wetting m One Week? My Wife's Nerves Are So Mueh Better Now!" L. E. ELLISON GIVES TESTI MONY. Columbia Man -. . pa-qAzA?dMmt Here's an interesting story told by a Columbia MiHs Co., employe who has every reason to be proud and thankful of the work accomplished in his family by the new herb-and root medicine, Dreco. It is the story of Mr. Jju E. Ellison who resides at 526 Elm street, Columbia and is giv en here for publication so that oth-vr parents may read and benefit by his experience. This is what he says in a signed statement: "My wife recently underwent an op- j eration at the hospital. Her head was opened up for catarrh and after three weeks she came back home to recov er. Her nerves were in a terrible con dition and she was constantly trou bled by headaches, constipation and failure to digest the food she ate. She couldn't sleep and had no appe- j tite at all. Her condition was great-1 ly run down when 1 decided to try .? J bottle of this now herb medicuie I Dreeo. which I have seen mentioned j so often in the newspapers. I want to "say right here that Dreco has d >ne her more good than the operation or nrl the medicines she has taken. She has gained strength very fast and her nerves are so much better now! fir frtct it is wonderful what Dreco has \ done for her. "My 12-year-old daughter has been; afflicted with bed wetting all her life, but in one week after taking Dre co she is cur-':! Not one time since has she u et the bed." Natur?- never intended ^hat hum.-;, beings should be weak and sickly She therefor.- has provided natural medi cines to keep us in health and str< ? gti and man has b?t to understand and use these natural medicines proper ly to live and enjoy life to the ut most: Dreco is mad" up of jusl such nat ural ingredients, roots, herbs, barks and berries. It contains nothing of a miner.a! nature nor is there any ?>pi ates or injurious narcotics ir> it. I safe and easy to take an ! its results ar ? quirk and efficient. Dreco is sold by better etoss drug stores everywhere and is particularly recommended in Suroter by Sib">rt*sj Drug Store.?AUvc* Foreign Trade Weapon Federal Coordination of Rail-1 roads and Waterways Urged. Now Orleans, Jan. 13.?Federal co-; ordination of railroads and water-] ways into a -'foreign trade weapon I that will put the nation's foreign com- j merce where it belongs" was urged I upon the Mississippi Valley Foreign I Trade Convention here today by John : M. Parker, food administrator of j Louisiana, after he had been select-1 ed chairman of the convention. Har-j ry H. Merrick, of Chicago, was elected. vice chairman and John M. Gill, of 1 Kansas City, secretary. Organization of a Mississippi Valley \ bank for foreign trade, with all of,' the banks of the valley interested in foreign trade as stockholders, was ad- ! vocated by. John J. Arnold, vice pros- I ident of the First National Bank, of | Chicago, as a valuable means for es- i pediting imports and exports. John M. Walsh, chief counsel of the j federal trade commission, in an ad-i dress on "The Webb law and Ameri-! can foreign trade," said: "The Webb law gives the smaller j businesses of the Mississippi valley j their chance for the first time to com bine and to export their products j jointly without violating the anti-' trust act." Development of inland water trans- : portation, which will allow Mississip- i pi valley commerce to move over its | natural route to foreign markets by ; way of the Gulf ports, was the pre- j vailing note of an address by James j E. Smith, of St. Louis, president of the | Mississippi Valley Waterways Asso- j ciation. Pisgah News Notes. i - Pisgah. Jan. 1,3.?The cold has in jured the oats but .wheat and rye are' not hurt. Not over a third of the small grain is planted as compared with last year, as far as the writer has; seen. High prices of cotton is the j cause. It will take high and hard les sons to turn cur people from cotton \ as a money crop to other ways to j make money. But the time will come ; and that soon from necessity. The peace congress is slow 1o meet. | It looks as if they don't want Wilson j 'there, notwithstanding their tordoj over him. In many cases it is pure hyprocricy. nothing else. They did j Grant so but found in him a tough and I hard nut. The writer is under the be- I Kef that the disregard of Washing-; ton's advice will bring trouble and > complications to this country. Let j the people read his farewell address. I which will be read in both houses of congress February 22 and see what j he says. They will then know the j wisdom of the man in advising his '? people to steer clear of European en- j tanglements. If Germany inaugurated the present j land fighting it shows how she could > fight battles in a mob style. It is j amusing to see how some people lose j their heads over the present warfare ; as the grandest the world has ever i seen. There is nothing superior in war. j fare to date to Pickett's charge at j Gettysburg: the capture of . Stohey ! Point by Wayne: the rallying of Lee's j retreating army at Monmouth, by?. Washington, and the naval light !>yj Paul Jones, when with a poor ship the j Bonhomme Richard, he captured the; superb British warship the Seraphis. i All this was in the open like people [ should fight. And for patriotism, j show me the superior of Rebecca Motte. People forget the past and think the present as the greatest the world has ever seen. In some things it is, but not in bravery, patriotism, and wisdom. Where is Lee's and Jackson's s?periors and Napoleon's. Hampton and Lincoln. Not in the present day. Messrs. B. L. Montague and Ernest H. Rhame, Sr., of Sumter, motored up yesterday afternoon and spent a few hours with relatives.' Mrs. Madaline Smith, of Smithville. died yesterday and will be buried to day at St. John's church. She leaves her parents, numerous relatives and friends, her husband and seven little children so early left of a mother's tender love and care. She was a fine lady, universally liked. The sympa thy of all go out to the bereaved ones. Conference has divided the church es in this section. Mr. Williams, who preaches at McLeod's Church, is very much liked. He is a pleasant young man. Resolutions. Whereas Dr. H. L. Shaw and fam ily have recently moved to Sumter. S. I C, and whereas, they have for a longj time been very active and faithful j members of our church, and whereas j the session of this church desires to j express its appreciation of the faith fulness of Dr. Shaw as a member and officer: therefore be it resolved: 1st: That the session of the Foun tain Inn Presbyterian church would express to Dr. Shaw its great appre ciation of his faithful service in the church ris a member arid elder, and as clerk of tie- session. His hearty co operation in every undertaking affect ing the interest of the church, his enthusiasm and his liberality have been an inspiration and example to the church. ' 2nd: That we sh:<!] grea ly missj his hoip. counsel and .encouragement in our church and do heartily com- i mend him to the Christian love nnol 'elJoy ship o*.' his brethren in his hew home. ; 3rd: That a copy of these nesoJu- j ribas be inscribed on a page of our] sessional records, read to the cOngre- j .'. tion, and furnished to the Fountain i fnn Tribune, und the Sumter Daily i ft< m for publication. - i By order of Session. R. G. Motherson, Moderator. ! A S; Peden. Clerk of Sessi <n. Buenos Ahes. j.m. 14.?Disturb ances continued all day despite ;h facl thai e-,,;;,. hundred Bolshevist] ring !ea<t< rs nave been arrested. All street car service was abandoned as i night" fall aiid the situation of Ibej railways seems t<? be getting wor*? . j Harbor w?ric..'remains at a standstill ;it ROsario and the situation is sai<i tbj be more serious. . ' Only 12 More Needed California and Washington Rat ify Prohibition Amendment. Chicago. IU.. Jan. 13.?California and Washington today ratified the national prohibition amendment to the constitution making twenty-four State"? to act favorably on the basic law proposed. Colorado, which had been reported as ratifying, was discov ered to have acted irregularly and the Colorado legislature will reconsider. Twelve more States are needed to ratify the proposed amendment to make it a part of the constitution. The house of the Arkansas legislature and the senate of the Indiana legis lature today voted for the amend ment and the Illinois house will take up the question tomorrow, the sen ate having passec. it. A parliamentary move in the Cali fornia legislature will keep the measure from the governor for a Gme but advocates of the amendment said today "that action dould not be re versed." Wants Taxes Back Files Suit to Recover Money Paid in Franchises. Columbia. Jan. 14.?An interesting suit, involving the question of the ability of the State to tax railroad contracts after the railroads had pass ed under federal control, has been b ought aginst the treasurer of every county in the State by the Southern Express Company through its attorn eys. Barron, McKay. Frierson & Mof fat. to recover more than $10,000 paid in taxes paid on franchise rights held by that company. The complaint, identical in each suit, sets out that the plaintiff, oper ating- in this State and other States as an express company, held certain contracts with the railroads operat ing over the same territory for the exclusive handling of express, and that these contracts giving exclusive rights were franchises, and as surh property, and so taxed; that since one party to the contract has been un able to perform, since federal control has made such impossible, there [.-. no longer any contract, hence no property, hence nothing taxable; 'thai these facts were known to the taxing authorities when taxes wove collect ed and that the plaintiff has been un justly deprived of property. The complaint further states that the plaintiff was unable to reap the benefit of its contract under federal control, because of the organization of the American Express Company by the railroad administration, which, operated in its stead, beginning oper ation shortly after the inauguration of federal control. County Health Survey. Reports to the Chamber of Com merce indicate considerable activity in the interests of the county-health survey throughout the rural districts. Meetings of colored citizens, wer; held; in colored churches in Sum tor and in several rural colored churches last Sunday at which pledges and col lections of cash were made. The col ored citizens will finisfi putting up their $600 guarantee without doubt. In Privateer township committees of ladies and gentlemen are reported soliciting for Bethel and Providence schools with satisfactory results. There has been exhibited so far, no inter est in Providence township, only $:>f. from Shiloh from white citizens, slight interest in Middleton and Con cord townships, evidences of renewed interest in Stateburg and Rafting ~reek township. Mayesville township has subscribed about $300 of its ap portionment of M00 but most of this, three hundred :omes from a few large subscribers. Some of the large planters are] righting the health survey, and in some j sections rural physicians are either ' knocking it or showing a decided in difference which is equivalent to hos- \ tility. and their attitude is injuring the prospects of their sections doing j mything worth while to help out j Many large farmers fear that the sanitary inspection will reveal unsan- j itary conditions on their farms and in their sections, and they think that ? compulsory methods will be adopted j which will be very arbitrary. This is; a? mistake as the health survey is purely educational in every respect, and persuasion and common sense will be used instead of compulsion. ! Many farmers dislike very much to spend any of their money for im proving health conditions which means the avoiding of disease and death among their families and other, human beings, but they never hesi tate to spend whatever may be neces sary for hog cholera serum, or for a veterinary surgeon and medicine for their live stock. It depends largely upon which you think the most of any how when you get down to discriminating as to how vou will spend your money to save life and health. ?Ither human or live stock. Some farmers attach more import ance to the health of their hogs th:m they do the health of their families. l'ja.d for Children. Archangel. Nov. 1 (Correspond ence)?-The American Fled Cross has begun with the children in the effort relieve the hunger of Northern Rus sia and j;.- now giving hot breakfasts d:;iiy to the pupils of the Archangel SChoOiS. Charleston. J.m. I '. Telephone ad vi'-.-s fronrneorgetown. S. <\. at 11.20 today said the navaJ dirigible C-l had just left there, headed f<?r Charleston It bad expected reach Brunswick, '.r.i.. to:'; Berlin. Sunday. .Ian. 14 ?Order has been )? :?(;:?-a j;. i]...- litres outside of IVrli';. wlfert: i i> - - r!a-a?:s had re established !}ieoi-t'lves. according to t i-t>.;. ;s r :?(??*. <-,i u.-r, today. Resten, .?-in. i ;.- Four men in a "biirup." balloon ? ] -h w .at adrifI ::! ('haihaui today escaped by jumping just before the balloon was carried out to sea. Belgian Refugees Return Home Many Ships Carrying Then Home From England and Scotland. Associated Press < Correspondence. London. Dec. SO?From Southamp ton and from Grimsby, Scotland, ships are taking back to Belgium the first consignment of the thousands ?.>;' V.< -1 gian refugees who sought shelter in this country at the beginning of the war. Present arrangements for the repatriation of the exiles contemplate the return only of those belonging to Antwerp and vicinity. Later those whose homes are in other parts oi Belgium will be taken care of. Speed with which general repatria tion of the Belgians will he carried out depends upon the internal condi tions of Belgium and improvement of road and rail transport. The ro;.;i*Na tion will he at the expense of the P.ritish government. Putting in order lines of communi cation with released teritories in Bel gium has been a slow, laborious work, and there are many Belgians in Eng land who have not yet been able to get in touch with their people at home. Indiana for Prohibition Legislature Ratifies Fedcra: Amendment. Indianapolis. Jan. 14.--Indiana rat ified the federal prohibition amend ment today. Arkansas Also Dry Little Rock, Ark.. Jan. 14.?Arkan sas was the twenty-sixth Slate to rati fy the federal prohibition amendment today. GERMAN NAVY DISCIPLINE. British Officer Gave Hun Captain Les son How to Do Tilings. Associated Press Correspondence. London, Dec. 30.?One British naval officer showed a German naval cap tain how to.handle his undisciplined sailors 'during the surrende;- of th< German warships to the allied fleet oft the Firths of Forth. It is related that when the British officer boarded a German 1 attleshir. to make the official examination no found numbers of German sailors lolling about in the captain's lobb;. and some of tlmm making thcmselve? very much at home in the -captain": cabin. Many were wearing armlet: inscribed "Soldaten und Arbeiter." in dicating their allegiance to the Sol diers' and Workers' Councils which brought about the revolution. ' You will need no explanation, sir. for my presence, here." said the Ger man captain approaching the English man. "You see how things are." "You wiil please converse with me in your own language," replied the British officer, returning the salute. "You will also order these men out of these Quarters before we do any thing else." - "What would be the good to com mand them?" asked the German. "Very well," snapped the Britishe! as he swung around. "Look here, you men." he thundered in German. "If I have any more of this insubordina tion. I'll put all of you in irons. At tention" Every man sprang to his feet. Ci gars and cigarettes disappeared and the talking ceased. "Fall in there," ordered the Brit isher. "And vou?he indicated a pet ty officer?"you take these men away. And clear the lobby too. See that they behave themselves, or I'll know the reason why. That'll do. Carry on." The petty officer stiffened, saluted and rapped out a word of command. In a moment the cabin was cleared. "Now," said the English command er, 1*11 give you your orders." Man Management and Land Manage ment. Man management and land manage ment we consider the landowner: two big problems, and man manage ment is probably the bigger of th two. Its solution largely j lies In giving everv tenant a sqiiarcldeal and helping him to succeed. The farm whose owner has a reputation foi treating men right and helping them to mane some money and get ahead will never lack for good tenants. Very often is it the case that the landowner who complains most about the shortage and poor quality o'f help is a man who has a good deal to learn about man management. The land owner who by fair dealing and work ing with his tenants can establish :?? reputation for fair dealing and hele ing his tenants toward independene* has taken a long se-j> toward soh ing this problem. Then if. in addition, he has learn ed that, other things being eo.ua1. yields above the average generally mean' promts above the average, and that good yields can come only from good lands, he has gone still furin . along the road to success. Good ten ants are going to the lands that make the biggest yields, and the soon er the landowner learns this the bet ter it will he for him. Rolling lands must be carefully terraced to ' e ?: them fro!a washing, legumes must be then commercial fertilizers should ?? us? d liberally to increase yields Progressive Farmer London. Jan. ? |. T! ? ivpuW.v ? Luxemburg which was Thursday lasted onb six boms, cording to' The Express, u h 'e h the French military anthorhi?^ :: ' restored order. Washington. Jan. t !. "olenei 1 Stewart, commanding t he .vm :>?. > Croons in the Archuxtf ?'? section 1 , Russia, in a message received at the war department today, under date oi Januarv lUb, reported that he- had made a personal tour of the wide front ov.-r whkrb the Amerh ?n troops iri. ??'[??red ?;"?! i>-'!>' found the gete m-al health, discipline and morale of ;!,, men excellent! and i he clothing and equipment ample! The Lota number of deaths from all causes had been on* hundred and twenty-seven. Nine Killed in Wreck "lore Than Score Injured Near Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Jan. 13.?Xine per sons were killed and mure than a score injured tonight when the Scran ton Flyer on the Philadelphia & Read I ing Railway crashed into the rear of ja Doylestown local train while the j latter was standing ::. q-jartcr of a mile below Tort Washington station. ;."> miles north of this city. The rear c::r of the local was de molished. When the engine of the j express struck it the seats and roof ! of the coach, an old wooden type, were thrown into a heap, burying all j the passengers in it. The engine plowed through the coach until it reached the last seat. Seven pas ; sengers who were killed outright ? were mangled almost beyond recog nition Two mothers died while they ? w< re being rushed to hospitals in the j outlying sections of Philadelphia in a j special relief train. ! j Lassoed the Bolshevicks Eight Hundred Arrests Made n j Buenos Aires. j - Buenos Aires. Jan. LC.?Three hun-, j dred strikers and strike agitators were [arrested Sunday in Buenos Aires, it is: ! learned from government sources.; I This makes the total for the last! three days 800, SO per cent, of whom; ! are Russians. Some of the ringlead- i ers resisted arrest and were lassoed! by police officers and dragged to the police stations. j Those arrested included Perdo Wald, known as a "president of the' soviet government" and aii other of ficers of iiif 'new republic" Agitators Driven Out Authorities at Vienna Expel Russian Rolshevikis. Geneva. Jan. 1 i.?Vienna expelled a large bane .?>.* Russian Bolsheviki] Sunday, foih .vieg ??:example of Ihei French and Swiss authorities. Twen-? ty of them were spreading their prop-! agandfl while pretending to be Red j Cross workers. ; Paris, i .n. U (Kavas)?President; Wilsen will he the guest of honor at, banquet to be given by the French, senate on January 20th. Paris. Monday. Jan. L3:?President; Wilson gave a dinner this evening to j members of the American peace com- j mission and its technical advisors. Col. j House was the only absentee, being | still too ill to leave his home. i Anarchists in Oregon Officials Watching Agitators Who Have Organized Bolsh evik Couneii. Portland, Oregon, Jan, 14.?City and State officials continued today to consider what steps should he tak en against members of the newly or ganized loeal Council of Workmen's, Soldiers and Sailors should they at tempt concerted action without on% cial sanction. Nature's Ice Factory Fruit Growers of California Ob tain Ice From Mountains. Grass Valley. Cal., Jan. 1?.?The harvesting of thousands of tons o$ ice in the high Sierra mountains with' a temperature ranging well below ze ro, while, at the same time, only a few miles away in the valleys oranges^ lemons, grapefruit and other fruits assoeiated with tropical countries are being picked in commercial quantities, is going on in Nevada county, Eastern California, at the present time. No Cause for Alarm In Aftierica Bolshevik Agitation in the Unit ed States Not Yet Serious. Washington, Jan. 14.?The Bolshe vik situation in the United States shows no promise of reaching a stage of disorder, according to department of justice officials, who are observing the movement closely. So far the movement is evident mainly in New York, where it is economic rather than political in nature. They declare that the organizers thus far have kept well within the law. G. Oo P. Treasurer Dead George Sheldon Victim of Mine Accident. New York. Jan. 14.?George Shel don, financier; form er treasurer of the Republican National Committee, died today at Carbondale, 111., of injuries received in a recent mine accident. London, Jan. 14.?The intention to forcibly suppress the Sinn Fein or ganization in Ireland is attributed to the British government in certain quarters in Ireland as the result of the Tory success in the recent elec tions, according to a Dublin dispatch to the Daily Mail. It says that Vis- ' count French, the governor general, is also credited with the determina tion to exercise his authortiy in ac cordance with military, rather than political considerations. I Building Material and Feed Stuffs I Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Brick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc. All kinds of Feed for Horses, Covs, Hogs and Poultry.' We solicit your patronage. * Booth & McLeod, Inc. Phones 10 & 631 . Farm Land For Sale ? In Sumter, Lee and Clarendon HI Counties Jj I C. P. OSTEEN, Sumter, S. C. I BANK W,TH af????-"T~"?Ht? ??- _ ?._--.-wfe ; j ....... g J . Ife. i&i&i ? 3j :ir fife: i US and you can BANK SI J5w .. .. ' . ??-??.-rx?!^.;.^;(??. ?8S -.its. ! Tiie First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. v.,\ 4. +++ a -;? f 4-v?>T-fr-HHr++*+H ????????? ? ???? ? M M ? ? ???f : The Goddess of Liberty ? At Our Door Welcomes you to the Bank that has purchased for itself and its cus tomers over a half million dollars of L'^erty Bonds and Certificates, ?AND? Has given six of her young men to the service of her country. Resources Over $2,000,000. The National Bank of South Carolina CG. ROWLAND. President F E. HSNNANT. > Cashier. * ^ -. vasnier. ^ ?frtrtttmHHfmimtiTfiHHm*HfH+ffffftff4