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U tfcfe PostoJSc* ? Sumte?. &. PERSONAL. Miss Myrtle Dye has returned to SjEunter after being called home on ac c9u*t" of the death of her father. Dr. and Mrs. H. M.' Stuckey left last .week for= a two weeks* stay at points in Florida. Mrs.' W. S. Reynolds is spending the^week-end with Mrs. E. G. Sory in Columbia. Death. Mr. W. Ladson Boyle died Sunday afternoon at his home on Salem ave 3Hfe of prieumonfi after only a few days' illness. The funeral was held from the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the burial services being read at the cemetery. The deceased j was in his thirty-fifth year and had j Kved"'in Sumter since early boyhood. He "was the eldest son of the late W. B? Boyle, and after graduating from j the .University of South Carolina in j the Class of 1904 was in business with his father for several years, until the organization of the Bocth-Boyle Live lS8ek Co., with which he was con nected up to his death. He is surviv "Sd by his wife and'three children and five" brothers and three sisters. ":" Ladson Boyle was one of the most popular young men of Sumter and his* death, sudden and unexpected as it ..was, was a shock to the community r ?mr a source of sincere sorrow to his hosts of friends. W. P. Newman died on the night of January 8th at his residence in Elliott. Mr. Newman was for a long time a wheelwright and farmer. He leaves a widow with many relatives and friends to mourn his departure. Mrs. L. R, Wilkes of Laurens died at that place Friday morning, Jan a nary 17th, after a short illness with influenza. Mrs. Wilkes will be re numbered as Miss Lallier Stevens when she taught in the public school and had many friends here. Mr. C. Elvin Stubbs died Saturday! afternoon of heart trouble resulting from influenza, after a few days ill ness. The funeral'services were held Sunday afternoon. Mr.; Stubbs was a j s6n of the l?te C. E. Stubbs and was about forty-three years old. He is survived by two sisters, .Mrs. W. Y. Spann'and Miss Alice Stubbs of this efey and one brother, H?yt Stubbs, of j .Florida, besides many relatives. Let the Boys Come. The Lyceum committee hopes that the boys will take advantage of this ! opportunity to see and hear th? founder of the Boy Scouts in Ameri ca. Mr. Setbn has only recently re signed as president of the order. Th? committee feels confident that the boys will be thoroughly entertained, j, Mr. Set?h has. a style that is fascinat- j ^ ing. His stories about wild animals I, and. Indian* are as charming as Fen- j. ttimore Cooper's Leather Stocking^ Tales. In future years these same boys will speak with pride of having seen and heard this distinguished au thor. * Remember the date, January 29, at the High School auditorium. . $2.00 and $2.50 Toil Waists at $1.69. * 15 dozen pretty voil waists, $2.00 and $2.50 quality, sale price $1.69. Sale begins Wednesday at McCollum Bros.-?Advt. Says He Has Paid. ?Editor Daily Item: Will you please publish the follow ing: I do not know why the chairman of the Red Cross does not know that I have paid the $25.00 which I pledg ed to the Red Cross, but there are three things I do know, namely: I j know T have paid my pledge, R. L. | Edmunds knows I have paid my! pledge and A. A. Team knows I have] paid my pledge, and we also know the! dates on which I paid. " Please publish above as the chair-! man of the Red Cross has my name! ih your publication of January 16 as; a delinquent. Yours truly, J. V. Bair. 415 W. Bartlett St-j Sumter, January 16. Table Damask. Five pieces pretty table damask, 72 inches wide. Special sale price 90c. At McCollum Bius' sale.?Advt. The Dental Clinic. Thanks to the generosity of our j public-spirited and liberal citizens, j whose names have already been pub- j lished, the necessary equipment has; been purchased for the conduct of aj dental clinic. This equipment has! been installed and the room is ready j for work. The examination of j teeth is an essential feature in de- j termini tig a person's physical condi- | tion. The important part that the! condition of the teeth plays in the I general physical health is a compara- | tively recent discovery; but no phy-: sician questions this fact today. TAX RETURN NOTICE. I will appear in person or by deputy at the following no med places, and on the dates given below, for the pur pose of receiving tax returns for year 1^19. Return should be made on per sonal property, poll, road and dogs: Privateer Station?Wednesday, Jan. 8. Levi Siding?Thursday, Jan. 9. Wedgefield?Friday. Jan. 10. Claremont?Wednesday, Jan. 15. Hagood?Thursday, Jan. 16. Rembert?Friday, Jan. 17. DaJzell?Wednesday, Jan. 22. Brogdon?Thursday, Jan. 23. Mayesville?Friday. Jan. 24. Pleasant Grove?Tuesday. Jan. 25. Shiloh?Wednesday, Jan. 29. Norwood Cross Roads?Thursday. Jan. 30. R. E. WILDER, ii : ; Auditor. I Many Spartacan Riots Reds Raising Disturbance Ai! Over Germany. Berlin, Friday, Jan. 17 (By tho As sociated Press).?Spartacan rioters are causing disorders in various parts of Germany. A number of Sparta cans today attacked the Hotel Viegn er. at Brelau. where the campaign bureau of the German democratic party was located. After demolishing the interior they attempted to fire the hotel, but were dispersed by gove \ ment troops. Five Spartacan lea^ rs identified with the recent rebellion in Spandau were shot dead last night while attempting to escape. A special dispatch from Appeln says that the negotiations between coal miners and operators being con ducted by Herr Her.b Prussian min ister of the interior, came to an ab rupt ending because of the exorbi tant demands of the workers. The meeting was very stormy, the conser vative element among the miners, be ing terrorized by Spartacan agitators, who were well supplied with money and Bolshevik literature printed in Polish. At Old Tricks Bulgarians Are Plundering and Burning Homes of Greeks. Saloniki Sunday, Jan. 19.?Bulga rian soldiers continue plundering the dwellings and shops of Greeks at Demotica, Rumania, according to ad vices received here. It is reported that the soldiers declare that they are acting on orders. Trade With Palestine War Board Issues Order Open ing Country. Washington, Jan. 20.?Palestine, with trade routes reaching out by rail and caravan across Persia has been thrown open again to Amei-ican export and import trade under an or der issued today by the war trade board. INSURANCE ACT CONSTITUTIONAL United States Supreme Court Declares Insurance* Broker Licensing Act Constitutional. Washington, Jan. 20.?The South Carolina insurance broker licensing act was declared constitutional by the Supreme Court today in deciding the proceedings brought to compel" State officials to issue license to Philip La tourrete of New York. - SINN FEINERS OPEN DOORS. j [rish Parliament Free to" the Press and Public. Dublin, Jan. 18 ?Sinn Fein oiTi-nals; announced today that the meeting of j :he Irish republican parliament next Tuesday will be open to the presn and: public on presentation of ticket; ob-; tainable at Sinn Fein head qua i tors. | Representation will be confined to -fleeted members of the parliament j but the unsuccessful candidates and: men occupying government positions will participate. A conference was held in Dublin Castle today at which the lord . lieu tenant and lord chancellor, the com mander of the forces, the attorney j general considered the situation. j Differences of opinion are believed j to exist as to. whether it would be; wiser to ignore Tuesday's assembly and proceed only against acts of in- \ timidation or violence, or whether the assembly should be suppressed as ille- j gal. A majority of the people expect) the former view will prevail. j $6.00 Georgette Waists at $1.4$. 75 pretty $6.00 georgette waists,' sale price S4.4S. Sale begins Wednes-' day at McCollum Bros.?Advt. _ I HUN PRISON CAMPS EMPTY. No Allied Subjects Are Held by the Germans. i Paris. Jan. IS.?The Allies have re-1 ceived formal assurance, it is declared in an official note, that on December i 1 there were no German prisons, i fortresses, prisoners' camps or any: other place in which officers and sol -' diers of the Entente were kept shut up or from which they were forbidden to send news of themselves. Since the armistice no Allied subject re mains in prison either as a penalty or to await trial. Big Value in Muslin Underwear. Come and see some big values in muslin underwear. Sale begins Wed nesday at McCollum Bros.?Advt. WAR EXCESS TAX RATES. Congress Getting Together on Excess Profits of Corporations. Washington. Jan. IS.?The senate rates for taxing war excess profit < of corporations in 1920 and therafter ai'L estimated to raise about one billion, six hundred million annually, were agreed to today by conferees on war I revenue bill. A decision on the 191'J ! rate was deferred. Curtain Scrim. Just buy what you need at T.icCol lum Bros. sale. Begins Wednesday. I ?Advt. FRENCH FJTTOR ACQUITTED. Charges Against Charles Humbert Proved False. Paris. Jan. IS.?Investigations have established the falsity of the accusa tions against Charles Humbert, mem ber of the French senate and former editor of Le Journal, who was charg ed with communicating to Germany the contents of two documents rela tive to the national defense. $1.50'Voll Waists. $1.20. For Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the $1.50 voil waists at $1.29. McCollum Bros.?Advt. Nausealess Calomel Is Best For Flu Doctors and Druggists Claim Calotabs, the Nausealess Cal omel, is Best Laxative for Colds, Grippe and Influenza. At the first sign of a cold, is the time to take a Calolah, the perfected nausealess calomel that has all the liver benefits left in and the sting taken out. Doctors say that there is nothing like it to put your liver right and keep your system in condition to resist and avoid colds, intluenza and | pneumonia. The best insurance against influenza and pneumonia is a good active liver and your physician or druggist will tell you that Calotabs is the most thorough and effective, as well as the safest and most agreeable remedy for this purpose. One Calctab at bed time with a swallow of water?that's all. No salts, no nausea, nor the slightest interfer ence with your eating, pleasure, or work. Next morning you awake feel ing fine with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Your cold has vanished and ycu are ready for work or play. Calotabs are sold by druggists every where in sealed packages, price ' lirty five cents. Your money handett right back if ycu are not delighted.?-Advt KOW AMERICANS TALK. An American Sailor Gives an English Interviewer Some Points?Also Comments on England. ? London, Dec. 30.?Coirespond mce of the Associated Press?Somo of the 15,000 American sailors, who visited London before leaving for home, told the British journalists what they thought of the metropolis. "I like your town all right," one is quoted as saying, "but you haven't enough restaurants. Even in a smrJl American town every street has got 'em in bunches of five." Other com ments were: "Your transportation about ;rov;n isn't up to standard, but I suf-P* so that's the war." "L?ndon's more like an American city than Edinburgh, and the people are all right. You are not so modern, though, as we are I see your girls have got their hair bobbed?why, our girls had that done ten years age!" "The people are real friendly. We like your burg, but your climatir is rotten." "The difference between England and the States is your ladies. You can speak to a lady here, high or low, without getting into trouble. If you spoke to a lady in America you'd be arrested. There's something where you are more democratic than we are." The British interviewer said he hoped the American boys wor'dn't take home any wr ng ideas about English girls based on some of : hose encountered in the Strand and in Picadilly Circus. "Make no mistake about that." the sailor assured him. "We know all about it. We've got to know fine girls here, and high-toned ones too. and we don't want the other sort." He said the boys w;'h the Ameri can battleship squadro^ in the Firth of Forth got on well with the English sailors of tfcfe Grand Fleet. "We gave them a vaudeville show," he rei-ited. "and they gave us a concert." "This sailor," the interviewer re marked in his article, ?'gave me some sound information on a point about which I had always been curiot: I asked him if one American conic tell at once what part of America anether one came from. He said, "Sure." Take a man from the South. He speaks slow with a drawl?'A.ir-you going-down-town-toriight, ? see! ? ? like that, like a bunch of farmers talking. A man from Chicago talks like a man from New York, quick and sharp like, with a lot of profanity " j " 'But could you tell- the differ -nee between a Chicago man and a New York man? ' *' 'Sure. A Chicago man uses more profanity, and he moves his hau : like this?see!?as if he was doing a card trick. A New York man's quick and soft.' * "What about the middle Wes:?' I ' "Oh. a Kansas man doesn't speak Isiow like a Southerner, nor too euick dike a Chicago man. but just plain j and distinct, so anyone can und' r istand him. Just like I speak. I come from Kansas." " A QUEEN IN MOVIES. I Queen of England Makes Her R ebut as Screen Actress. Condom Jan. 14.?London is eager ! Iy waiting to see a picture play call . ed "Women Who Win." for Qu? en jMary is making her debut therein as ja movie actress. The film is being j prepared under the auspices of tiv i British Women's Service, of v. hich i Lady Frances Balfour is president. [It will be shown simultaneously in j England and the United States. The Queen's part in the play is to talk to the heroine, who is supposed to be engaged cm airplane work She had made herself familiar with the scenario and knew her role "? The scene was set at an aircraft exhibition in Agricultural Rail. The operators began to turn the cranks <?'? their cameras, and the Queen moved i slowly toward th* spot where the I heroine was seated. She talked t" h- r for several moments, and then, still according to the scenario, "shook her warmly by tin- hand.'' Hut, to the dismay of the producers, the Queen then walked out of the picture before the scene was finished. On>' ? >f her ladies in waiting explained the situation, and with a smile the Queen completed the scene. - Paris,. Thursday, Jan. 1-;.?The Polish leader Paderewski and Gener-j al Pilsudski. military dictator of i*o land, have reached an agreement, ac cording to a statement from the Pol ish national committee headquarters here. Sacriflce Sale Of coat suits. Take your choice at i-H price, ^li Collum Bros.?Advt, Governor Manning Vetoes the Warehouse Insurance Act. 'SEVERAL LOCAL BILLS ARE ALSO OFFERED Laurens Cemetery Resolution Goes on Calender ? Senate Holds Short Session. Columbia, Jan. 17.?The senate, by a vote of 3;". to 2. yesterday'refused to strike out the enacting- words of the bill providing for the increase in sal aries of judges and State officers. It subsequently passed the bill and sent it to the house. The two senators voting to strike out the enacting words were J. How ard Moore of Abbeville and T. C. Duncan of Union. Senator Moore made the motion to strike out and supported it with the argunmnt that the officers and judges had known what salaries they were to receive when they were elected and that it violated the soirit if not the letter of the constitution to change the salary of a man after his oioe?on. The senate then added circuit eourt solicitors and stenographers to these who are to receive increases. Both of these are to receive $2,000 per an num. Senator Christensen tried to have the solicitors paid $2,400. but the sen ate refused to accept that amount by a vote of 24 to 12. Senator Wat kins said that in some of the circuits with the decrease of the oriminal worl did not warrant the payment of $_. 00. The hill with the amendments not od and with a reduction of th? gov ernor's salary to and thri o: the lieutenant governor to ??>,"."?<> iass- j c:.i its third reading and was so t to] the house. \ iA few new bills were Introduced.. A committee, consisting r.f Sen: Laney, Wharton and Friday. v.-:?: pointed to arrancre for the inauj tion of th*? governor and heut.? n?nl governor. A resolution introduced ?>:? So: ator Wharton looking to the incorpor tiori of a cemetery association at Lat rens went over for consideration; The reso-ution of Senator B tnks approving the league of :;ti? n^? was adopted. The above were the matters which occupied the attention of the sc rate, with the exception of the veto me: sage of Governor Manning of the c tton warehouse insurance proposition. The veto message was as follows: Veto Message. Gentlemen of the General Asser biy: I return to you without my s ma ture act No. 292. 1918, entitled "An act to provide insurance for are houses operated by the State of f ?uth Carolina and for cotton stored t3 ere in." This act provides for the insurpnc* of State warehouses and the c 'tton contained therein, and further pro vides that the warehouse commis -ion er shall pay over to the State tre: sur er all amounts collected by hi" i as premiums on policies issued, and that the State treasurer shall place : hese amounts to the credit of the sir king fund commission. Section "> of the act provides that all fire losses covered by polieie ; ?med by the warehouse commissioner shall be paid by warrant drawn by the warehouse commissioner on tin State treasurer, and the State urer shall charge the amount against the fund mentioned above, and ir. the event that that fund is inadequate then against any other funds ir tho hands of the sinking fund commis sion. There are three spearnte funds un der the control of the sinking fund cot nrc ission. Refunding Sinking Fund- This fund has assets of approximately SSO, 000. Section 13 of the refunding ac of 1912 provides: "That $25.000 sha?1 annually be paid by the State treas urer to the sinking fund com mi -sior. of the State as an accumulative rank ing fund for the retirimr of the bonds and stocks provided for ?n this act.1 This clearly eliminates this fund fron the provisions of the warehouse xct Ordinary Sinkinsr Fund?This fum has assets of approximately $104.000 $28.000 in cash and the balance in loans. For convenience there is also carried in this fund the proceeds of the sale of the property 'of the late State dispensary and receipts from escheated estates, amounting to $102,000. which, under the law, i-: held in trust for the public schools of rim State. Section 95. volume 1. cb<P of 1912, provides thai all revenues ac cruing to the ordinary sinking fun* ?'shall be applied to the extinguish ment of the public debt hy investing the same in the public securities of the State." This applies to the ordi nary sinking fund proper, as shown above, and as the amount he'd in trust for the schools, as provided in acts of 1909. page 425 which states "or.r? th;- rroceed^ of such sale -'b .'? be turned into the State treasury . . ?" applied to schon] purposes, as provid p?d for by the constitution of 1^0"" Under the law as quoted above, thes'e funds are not nvnilable to carry out the provisions of the warehouse art. Insurance Sinking Fund?This fum1 has assets of approximately $230.000" Section S of tlm act in relation I ? the insurance of public buildings pro vides: "Sec. S. That all funds paid over to the sinking fund commission a? premiums on policies of insur>nee. and all money received from interest on loans and deposits and from, an other source connected with th ? in surance of public property provided rrr herein shall be held by the sink-j ing fund commission as an insur ance sinking fund for tho purpose of paying all fire losses for which they are liable and the expense necessary to the proper condud of said insur ance on public property by the sink ing fund commission, and shall be in vested by them as are other fuiv-s in their hands. Provided," that when the insurance sinking fund, herein provid ed for, reaches the sum of $1,000,000 no further premiums shall be paid un til a part of such funds has been used in the payment of losses and expenses; and in that event the premiums of in surance shall be again paid as provid ed herein until the fund again reach es the sum of $1,000,000." This section clearly shows that this fund is to be held in trust for the benefit of those State institutions, school districts and counties which have contributed to this fund and therefore it is not available under the warehouse act. The sinking fund commission stands j between ihe owners of State bonds and the State, and must necessarily act with extreme caution in the handling- of all funds er trusted to its care in order that the value of the public securities of the State may not 'be impaired in the slightest .degree, and that the credit of the State b? kept up to its usual high standard. The object of this bill is to pro vide cheaper insurance for the ware houses and the cotton stored therein. It is indeed doubtful if it would se cure the desired result. This means that a farmer can store one bale of cotton in a State warehouse, insure it for $150 at a cost of $2.37 for one year. If he decided to sell his cotton after it has been stored for one week he only pays one-fifty-second of $2.37, or about four and a-half cents.' This is as against a rate of $3.50 charged by insurance companies. In the event the warehouse act becomes op erative it will be necessary for the warehouse commisioner to secure con siderable reinsurance. Will he be able to secure it at as low rate as $1.5S, or whatever rate is named by him for the insurance to be carried? It may be pointed out that the'j warehouse system has paid out large] sums co the insurance companies for insurance during the period of its ex istence. This is quite true, and it is also a fact that they have been most fortunate in escaping any serious fire loss sin^e the inauguration of the sys tem, and ii i= submitted that the short period of time which th< ware house system has been in erf:. : .V:? s not establish the true l?s - ??..::?>. The warehouse system has paid but dur irsi the year I'M" insurance premiums t" the amount of $2y.0.0i>. A small fire in ;? e.\ one of the warehouses couicj cause a loss of that amount Tr.syr nnce to tfm amouhi of ov.ej <-.?'?>.ram is being carried or; cotton sTorj d In on? particular four sccti&ii ware house without fire orotectlon of arA kind. The fire losses sustained by the. State warehouse s\steva during the] year L91S aaiounied to SSiJ.OQO, whiehT amount is greater than the ah bunt of fire insurance premium5 paid by the warehouse system during the years 1917 and 1918. T therefore return this act to your honorable body without my approval. Ofd'uribi'v Tan. 17.?Chances for thr rassnce of the bill proposing increasr es in salary for Slate officers have not yet wholly gone glimmering, but only the most skilful manipulation by oro pohents of the measure can sucessful ly steer its course to enactment into law by Monday night, and receive the I governor's signature. As the bill came from the senate it provided a salary of $5.000 for the I'.roverr.or: $750 for the lieutenant governor, and $3,000 for all State offi j cers for whom the ways and means committee recommends salaried of $2,500. The senate m"7 also provides $3,000 salaries each for the insurance commisioner. the chief game warden, the superintendent of the State peni tentiary, the secretary of State boaid of charities and corrections, chairman the State tax commission. All these have been shorn from the bin by tlie ways and means committee. together with the provision of a sal ary of $4.500 for the chief justice of the supreme court, $4,000 each fo1* the associate justices, $4,000 each for circuit judges. $2.000 each for solici tors and $2,000 each for court stenog raphers. Tl-e bill as reeommend^d by the ways and means committee provides for a net increase, which the tax payers of South Carolina would be ailed on to pay. 6f less than as the salaries of rh? railroad com missioners ar<^ paid by the railroads. Considerable opposition has ' ee i registered against t!ie proposed in creases, but the majority by far is in favor of the pasage of the measure restricted by amende'mnts to apply only to elective States officers and if | opposition can be kept within reason- j able limits the bill -is likely to be en acted into law Monday night. |j HOUSE HAS LIVELY MORNING SESSION. Salary Bill Pending?Representatives Sustain Governor in Veto Message|i ?Several Important Measures Up. Columbia. Jan. IS.?The house yes-r terday morning had a somewhat hois-! terous session, there being cbnsidera-j ? 'e sparring over the proppsitior : >?] . urn for the week-end, with an-j, other wing contending for a session j today that the Christensen bill for: proposed increases in salaries for State officials might be gotten through in time to benefit the officers whose . "ve begins next Tuesday. Several members weni home ?. lerday, son)e ?being Iii. others beca.use 1 ot iilness o?.'members of their faml-'j lies. Among thes*- - .-re: John rt. Hart, York; Joseph A. ! err> Orange burg; Claude C. Scurry, roorgetown. | nd \V. E. Derrick, Orangeburg. Another angle of intense interest during the morning session was the ruling by Speaker Cothran on the re-l cepti'on *of veto message from the gov-i ernor Thursday after adjournmentI had been taken. The house was in session only 2.~. minutes Thm morning and took adjournment be-j fore the message had been delivered.] The speaker was called upon to rule, as to whether <>r not the delivery had been made within the "two days af ter the ne:<t meeting" of the general assembly. after they had been . brought over from last session, as re- 11 quired by the constitution. Mr. j Cothran he'-' thai Me* Thursday rhes-J sag s came within "the two days af-j r-r" the meeting; and the delivery to j the c It;rk of the house constituted re-j turn. . The governor was sustained in ail vetoes considered at the morning ses sion The question was not raised as to the time limit of their return until the Kershaw county measure, to ex empt that county from the State hunters' license law, was being con-, sidered During the morning two; other mes sages were received from Governor; Manning, one calling for the apprcn priation of $10,000 for the State board; of health, with which to combat tne epidemic of influenza. The othercftii ed on the general assembly for.tt%3P<* propriation of $50,000 to supplest he proposed $250,000 to be raised^ private subscription to erect a. suit able memorial at the University t>* South Carolina, the $50,000 to-JW available as soon as the other $250,-060 has been subscribed. Several bills were introduced' dw& ng the session. RUSSIAN CHURCH AGAINST 1 SHEVTKI. S^> Says a Corespondent .XS^?'.W^d Traveled Extensively in BjM Country. Shenkursk, Russia, Nov. 20.?J&? London Dec. 15.?(Correspondents* of the Associated Press.)?The E?as-? sian Orthodox church is taking a lead? :ng role in the effort to rid Russi? of Bolshevism and its attendant anti religious trend. The Associated Press correspondent recently visited scores of villages along the Dwina and Vaga rivers behind the Russo-Allied army's lines and found everyhere the church' the strongest influence among the peasants against the Bolsheviki and favoring the Allies, and every village has one or more splendidly bn?t churches, regard'ess of the com-i munity's poverty. In this little town, far up the Vagsl river near the line of the* Vologda! government, there are four beautiful churches and an ancient convent. Mother Raphelia, the superior in' charge, received the correspondent. The mother's pale, urnwrinkled, old face lighted tip enthusiastically; when . th. correspondent asked her to ex> plain what part the church will play in Russia's regeneration when th?3 Bolsheviki are gone. "I have 300 nuns here.'' she safe?, ?. ad we have gene on living througli these troubled times, sometimes dis-i turbed, but always feeding the pootf and learning from tho^neasants, who arc Russia's real peopt*^ that they! are still with God. And t.-henkursk is iike hunchreds bf other towns. The siirtie. holds i;u& everywhere":. Some Dt ople say that the church is. losing! its inH?ence. That is not true.V Shenkursk was in the hands c-f the Bojsheyikt for only a short time as the citizens drove out a commissar and his wife who were sent from Mos cow to organize the Bolshevik there. During that short time, the Bolsheviki made several efforts to confiscate the convent's property and once demand* & ed a payment of "0,000 rubles. "One day;*' Mother Raphelia t?hJ correspondent "one '>f our nuns, came, to me and said the Bolsheviki were down stairs, eating the dinner we had prepared for the poor, one wanted to arrest me. I put on my robe and walked calmly into the big dining room. Why, some of those Bolsheviki were local boys, whom I had krmwn as -hildren. T walked up; to them and said- 'Here T am, ar rest me.' But they were ashamed and said it was all a mistake, and went away. But the next morning they took the son of a priest and shot him r don't know why." Most of the nuns in the Shenknrsfc convent come from the peasant vil lages There pro only a few drawn from *he bourgeois? classes. Motherr Raphelia. who has been a nun for 53 "ears, is of a wealthy Petrograd fam }y- ? j SAY NO EFFORT TO ESCAPE* Socialists Declare Liebknecht Shot at Few Paces. London, Jan. 18.?Independent So cialists at Berlin assert that Dr. Karl Liebknecht, who was shot and kiPed >n Thursda;. did not attempt to escape from an escort nf troops, but vas shot through the forehead at a. ''ny ?istan.c? by soldiers guard ng him., according to a Copenhagen ?spatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Freiheit, of Berln. is calling ipon workers there to begin a gen?! ?ral strike, it is reported. Rennau Dak: Claims to Have Ik-en S Socialist Twenty i'cars. Amsterdam, Jan v.u.?? I have >een a socialist fur twenty years," ;aid Duke Ernest. Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein.to the audience of i big public meeting held at Primk snau in Holstein, according to a re >ort in the Essen Allgemeine Zei ung. The Duke, who is a brother of the former German Empress Augusta Victoria, said he had often in high councils rasvd a warning voice but ins warnings had passed unheeded. ie had always favored an eight hour, lay and would do his utmost to co rporate in the socialization of the Duchy. The socialist Duke/s remarks were oudly cheered. l.V!.* -.i:iA.? Fertilizer and fertilizes mttterials of all :.:-:is. Wt cte us f?C pi n t's. We cAn save you money. Southern Brokerage Co.. Sumter, :>U SALT.- ? :.??!;?>? ? 1 '?: :.; ??? Jcr . weight ?.-?<? pounds. Al'*0* :--foot iron trough, n>ur 4-ioot iro'? troughs. 60 gallon vcuum hog Weit erer. Dr. A. J. Pennock, R. F. D. 4 KM t . *?? i i ? <R s.V.K?In Sumter tee and Clarendon counties. Q, f, Osteen. Sumter. S. C._ ______ >EFS WAX - WANTED?Any quantity large or small Am pay _ng befct cash price. See me if fou have any. N. G. Osteen._ ?on sale?f. o. b. c?,TR. camp Eicksen, stable manure; very little ' . i iots out . Cheml? tad Fertilizer ra*ue ared V?B$? high by Clemspn ^olleg*. A. 2_* Strauss, Sumter, S. C. t?*j