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Suffragettes in Columbia Imitators of Carrie Nation Ex hibit Themselves at Capitol ?Row in Police Circles. Columbia. Feb. 17.?The , first meeting of the steering committee appointed by the cotton congress held in this city last week was h^ld this morning in the office of Governor Cooper. The committee is compose 1 of the tollowing members: W. W. Long, of Clemson College: J. Skottowe Wannamaker, of St. Matthews: J. T. Mackey, of Camden; B. F. McLeod. of Charleston; W. T. Walker, of Barnweil; Thomas G. McLeod. of Bishopville: J. H. Claffey. of Orange burg and T. J. Britt of McCormick. The committee determined upon a vigorous publicity campaign for a reduction in cotton acreage and for the hoiding of all cotton on hand for a minimum price of 35 cents a pound. Columbia is in the midst of a h?g municipal row with the chief of ; c lice as the center attraction. Several days ago Chief Richardson, who has been ill for several weeks following an 'attack vt influenza was served with notice to show cause why he should not be dismissed from his position on the ground of inefficiency. The chief now repiles intimating that the councilman who is at the head of the police department is sore on him because he has not let the councilman have entire charge of the department and- run it to suit his political friends. County Judge Whaley has issued an order restraining city council and the . crcii service commission from pro ceeding with the trial. The restrain ing order is returnable some t.me to day and an interesting light is ex pected. Columbia this afternoon heard ad dresses from militant suffragettes who are touring the country on what is known as "the prison special." The suffragettes did not get a very enthus iastic reception h?re. The Columbia Equal Suffrage League issued a state ment saying that it did not approve of -their tactics and Mayor Blalock met the train at the depot and warr ed the speakers that disloyal utter ances would not be tolerated. The "special" came here from Charleston and will leave tonight for Jackson ville, Fla. Dardanelles Is Opened to Trade Commerce Beween America, Turkey and Bulgaria. Washington, Feb. 15.?For the first v time since the outbreak of the war. the Dardanelles have been opened to commerce and trading between Amer ica and thie Turkish Empire and Bul garia Dermitted. Announcement was made tonight by the, war trade that the supreme economic council in Paris had author ized resumption by the United States of trade with those countries, and had opened also to American trade all ports on the Black sea. The board's announcement made' clear that in those regions which have j been under enemy domination?Tur- 1 key and Bulgaria?arrangements: would be made by the associated prov ernments to insure that this resump tion of trade would not lessc the effectiveness of the present blockade | of the Central powers. The action, the statement by the1 board said, marks the most extensive! opening of the teritory to trade; since the signing of the armistice. With the opening of the Dardanelles, and the Black sea. Rumania becomes! accessible to commerce and relief! measures for Armenia and all of! South Russia will be facilitated. America never declared war against ' Turkey or Bulgaria, and it was point-I ed out-that this fact made possible the j supreme economic council's action : without awaiting the framing of the j treaty of peace. j Slander on Williams Comptroller of Currency Kas No j Banking Connections ?n Richmond or Elsewhere. Richmond. Va.. Feb. 16.?John! Skelton Williams. United States,1 Comptroller of the currency, inves- \ tiation of whose official conduct in connection with his alleged private banking and brokerage interests, has been asked in a resolution presented to the house by Representative M c Fadden of Pennsylvania, today denied that ne now has any banking con nections in Richmond or elsewhere. i "I resigned from all banks and | trust company, directorates six years! ago. when I went to Washington as' assistant secretary of the treasury." I Comptroller Williams said. "I have] no banking connections in Richmond I or elsewhere." Mr. Williams again asserted his j willingness for ah investigation to1 proee. d. Th?- investigation urged by Representative McFadden is based j upon his intimation that Comptroller' William?; probably was using his ofil-:. cial position to promote private ftnan-j cial interests. Cotton Situation Will Be Discussed Farmers. Bankers and Mer chants Hold Convention in New Orleans Beginning To-Dav. New Orleans. Feb. 16.?Cotton n - ri! from ? 11 sections of the South.] Tranter-:, farmer.--, bankers and mer-j chants will meet here tomorrow and Tuesday to discuss cotton marketing problems and plan for the world' cot ton conference to be held h< re m-xt fall; Governors from many of the cotton producing States ha v. slated they will be present. Acre.ige reduction for 1 :? iand holding Of cotton fron? tin- 11* 1S crop : for higher prices will ?>v armmg :h?* . chief subjects considered. i ; Tell Conference j of Secret Treaties j Chinese President Would Have Peace Body Know of Agree ments With Japan. '? Peking:, Wednesday. Feb. 12 (By I the Associated Press).?Premier Chin i Xun-Hsun. under instructions from ? President Hsu Shin-Chang, yesterday I sent a dispatch to the Chinese peace i delegates, instructing them to disclose ! to the peace conference the Shantung J Railway agreement and other secret ! agreements with Japan. It is report j ed that the president is encounter ! ing opposition from his pro-Japanese I cabinet at every step. The Japanese are said to desire the publicity of the Shantung agree ment in the hope that the confer ence will recognize its validity while the Chinese hope that as the agree ! ment has not been given out and it ! would assure Japan a permanent po j sition in Shantung, the conference will recognize its injustice. I- Germans are Stupid ! Bavarian Premier Savs Leaders i Do Not Appreciate World's Mistrust of Countrv. I - j Geneva. Saturday, Feb. 13 (By the Associated Press)?Kurt Eisner, the 'Bavarian premier, on his return to ; Munich from the recent Socialist con j ference held at Berne, replied to at tacks in the German press concerning j his speech at Berne. j Eisner said the Germans did not realize to what degree they were iso lated from the world and what terri ble mistrust there was of German polities outside of Germany. The Germans, he added, did not realize to what extent the allies considered the German revolution a pure comedy, and said it will be thus while Ger man leaders remain the same as those jwho conducted Germany's odious war j policy. Herr Eisner demanded an entire ! change of the German government j leaders. Shot Without Hearing Paris Newspaper Correspondent, Escaped From Petrograd, Tells of Death of Four Russians. Paris. Feb. 16.?Paul Erior. corre spondent of The Journal, who recent ly escaped from Petrograd and made his way to Heisingfors. says that four Russian grand dukes were shot some time ago without having been given a hearing, and thai it was tin1 derstood their summary execution was a result of the killing in Berlin i of Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxem burg. The correspondent says certain of the Bolsheviki advocated the release j of the grand dukes and their view, was about to prevail when the Goro Ithovia. or viligance committee, op posed this, and to show that i alone had the right to decide the fate of the prisoners hud them shot. Appropriation Bill I Is Passed 1 Measure Carries Total of $3,354, 798.45, Marking Increase. Columbia. Feb. 15.?With a few minor changes the general appropria tion bill, carrying a total of $3,354, 796.45, en increase of $20.2S0 over the amount reported from the ways and means committee, was given its final reading in the house of repre sentatives this morning at 12.20 'o'clock. The measure passed second [ reading at midnight when the house j adjourned. The house, met again at j 12.10 o'cloek this morning and pass j ed the bill to the senate. I The house increased the amount j for th<% maintenance of the militia jcompani^s of Charleston from $3,200 !to $4.400. The contingent fund by the house 'was increased from $3.200 to $4,300 and an additional appropriation of ! $150 was added for a page for th speaker's desk. The amount for clerks in the en grossing department was increased from $2.300 to $".100. The house ;sdded $5.-000 for furni-j ture an.l furnishmgs for the Govern- \ or's mansion". An ;tem was added appropriating $2.000 for legally approved claims to owners of condemned cattle slaugh tered in accord nee with law. After considerable debate, the house by a vote of fifty-two to twenty-seven added $10.000 as South Carolina's pro] rata share for cotton representatives-1 to tin- peace conference in France, j An ineffectual effort was made to j kill th*- item providing for a fund of) $25.000 for the enforcement of the prohibition laws. The passage of the general appro priation bill through the house was I expeditious. The ways :ind means! committee was sustained in almost every instance. I -j Ultimatum to Germans! Foch Announces Time for Sign-; ing Armistice?Ends This Morning. Copenhagen. Feb. 16.??Replying to a request by Mathias Erzberger. head of ihe Cerinan armistice commission.! for ;i delay in the signing of the ar mistice terms until Monday noon, j ?Marsh;?"i Foch declared thai the 1 mistice expired at 3 o'clock Monday I morning and that the last hour for ! signing would be G o'clock Sunday afternoon in order <*> be able to issue the necessary orders to the troops. If in-: s:gned then, Marsha] Foch s.ii'l j he would be obliged to leave Treves j :md :!)?? armistice would no longer bei :n.f;?-.-... j Answering Erzberger*s counter de-j rnan?ls, Marshal Foch said tie- new' trmistioe had I.n fixer! by (he heads of ;le- associated governments and thai was unable to alter them. ' McKissick Controls the Piedmont Well Known Greenville News paper Man Becomes Editor of Paper March 1. Greenville. Feb. 14.?Announce ment was made today that J. Rion McKissick. who has been editor of the Greenville News for the past two years, had purchased a controll ing interest in the Piedmont, the af ternoon paper puolished in Greenville. I Mr. McKissick will become editor of [the Piedmont. March 1. George Pw. j Koester. who has been editor and j publisher of The Piedmont for the I past eight years and from whom the j controlling interest was purchased ! will continue to conduct the busi j ness department of the paper. i_______ j Explosion in Garage at Camden _ w jTwo Men Injured When Carbide Generator Explodes. - ! Camden, Feb. 15.?The garage I workshop of the Consolidated Auto j Company was the scene of a disas | irons explosion this afternoon about ; 1.30 o'clock when a carbide generator ? to a welding outfit exploded. L. A. ! Haines and James Griggs. mechanics j in the shop, were very seriously ih ! jured. Haines and Griggs were work : ing on the generator making connec | tions preparatory to welding and in i some way overcharged it. The escap j ing gas filled the shop and was ignit j ed. presumably, when the fumes : reached a heating stove. The gener j ator, together with other material, i was scattered all over the building j and th2 force of the explosion lifted ; the roof on the rear end, ripping the I tin in several places, smashing two I large plate glasses in the front and j tearing out every window frame and i glass in the rear. j iThe explosion was felt for more ! than a block and buildings in the vi i cinity of the accident were said to ; have been shaken considerably, j Mr. Haines' injuries could not be j determined tonight further than that ' he is suffering from a badly lacer ated arm and burns about the face. : Mr. Griggs had his eyes and face j burned terribly, but it is thought j that he wiil not lose the sight of ! either e^ e. Both men were hurried i to the Camden hospital, where they I were given surgical attention, but j physicians could not state at this j time whether or not either of them ; was iniured internally. Gives to Red Cross I _ W. A. Stuckey Refuses Pay From Government. j ' (The State.) Illustration. of a fine sense of "pa triot ism and generosity has just come ;-to light relative t> the work of W. A. Stuckey of Bishcpvilb*; who served ; with untiring energy and well poised judgment as chairman of the eastern ; district board in the selective draft I machinery. When appointed io this ; responsible task by Governor Man ! ninpr. Mr. Stuckey stated that he j would not accept any remuneration I for his services. Each month checks for this service were received, but they were regularly filed with Gover nor Manning to be expended by the chief executive in his discretion in some organization of war work. These j checks w ere all kept and when the I work was concluded. Mr. Stuckey had received something in excess of $901. Following instructions from Mr. Stuckey to give this to war work, Former Governor Manning is now do ; nating this to the Red Cross. j Pay of Enlisted Men Appropriation Bill Eliminated on ? Point of Order. Washington. Feb. 14.?Pay of en listed men in the army would be re luced to Sir> m month after July 1. as the result of the elimination in the house today on a point of order of the provision in the annual army ap propriation bill continuing the present salary of $30 a month. The point of order was made by Representative Stafford of Wisconsin. Republican, who insisted that this! was new legislation and as such J could not be incorporated in an ap propriation bill. The $15 a month nay was the pre-war standard in the army. The house several days ago defeat ed an amendment to the naval bill providing for increases of from $5 'o Sir. a month in the pay of enlisted men of the navy. Gen. Diekmanns Billet in Coblenz. Coblenz, Jan. 11.?Major General Joseph Qfckman. Commander of the Third American Army, is "billeted*' today within a tone's throw of th' spot where Kins Wilhelm of Prussia was standing July 14. 1870. when he heard of the dee!:;ration of war by France against Prussia. The spot, now overgrown by a clump of shrub bery and marked l>y a suitably carv ed granite tablet, is in the Kaiserin Augusta promenade in Coblenz. on the west bank of the Rhine where the King had just landed ;ift*:-!- crossing the river from Ems. General Dick man's ??billet" is a three-story house?one of the finest residences in Rhenish Preys:'.'. The home is the property of Wilhelm von Oswald. :in extensive mine owner, who lias "gone away for the winter." Next door to General Dick inn's temporary hone- is another fine resi-j dence also taken over by the \rmy of Occupation, being used for the] accommodation of other American I generals visit im: Coblenz now and na! then. Million and Naif Loss, Savannah. (',:>.. Feb. 1*1. W .1. 'Iar;?han. federal manager o:' the. ! Seaboard Air Line Railroad, who was a Savannah today; gave ??t a statte neni that tie- road's losses in Friday's ire will not exceed $1,500,000, i1 South Carolina Had 54,284 Men in Army South Carolina Took High Rank Among States, According to Official Report. Columbia. Fob. 15.?South Caro lina's contribution in man power to the war is epitomized in the general report of Provost Marshal General Crowder. which has just been receiv ed by Major Richard E. Car wile, I executive officer in charge of State selective service headquarters here. The report shows that this State con tributed 54.2S4 in drafted men and volunteers to the army, navy and ma rine corps. The total registration was 307.350. Thirty-six local exemption boards of South Carolina are about ready to cease business, according to Major Carwile tonight. They, have notitic .1 the State headquarters that their records are ready to be crated and shipped to Washington as soon as they receive orders. South Carolina took high rank among States, according to the report of the provost marshal general. The average cost per man for induction under the selective service regula tions throughout the nation was $6.!?0. m South Carolina the cost was $5.:;*. compared .with $7.34 for j North Carolina. $7.27 for Tennessee. $7.92 for Pennsylvania and $10.49 for Delaware. Under the head of desertions, the national average was 4.G5. In South Carolina the percentage was 3.94. Of this number 1.243 were whites and 4,589 were negroes. The total num ber of desrtions reported for South Carolina was 5.G9S; for Florida 10. 14 2; for Georgia 13.4 68; for North Carolina, 6.112. Major Carwile ex plained that by desertions is meant those who failed to respond to no tices and orders provided for by the selective service regulations. The South Carolina boards, be tween April 2, 1917, and October 31. 1918. sent 44.059 men to the nat ional army. There were 6.505 South Carolinians who voluntarily enlisted in the army, 3,675 in the navy and 58 in the marine corps. This inakes a grand total of 54,284 men who entered the armed service of the na tion for the great war. There was a total registration 'of 307,350 men, of which number 131. 64 3 registered in June. 1917; 13.05S in July and August, 1918, and 162, 249 in September, 1918. The report shows that Laurens sent more men to camp than any other county in the ! State, the number being 1,467, the J city of Columbia coming next with a total of 1,410. iWar Town Dismantled Charleston. W. Va.. Feb. 14.? When the United States entered the war- a monster munition plant was projected at Nitro. 14 miles from here on the Kanawha river, and a j city sprang into existence almost in : .i week. Twenty thousand men were j working there and long rows cf ? houses *vere built by the government {to shelter its employes and their fam j ilies. Activity at Nitro practically cens ed at the signing of the armistice and thousands of men left Nitro and Char leston. The last developments are an inventory of the plant and equip ment, just begun, and the changing of the plant into an ordnance supply station. There are now only 1,600 men here engaged in taking inven tory and guarding the buildings. The war department has recommended the razing of every othertrow of the bungalows so hastily constructed. This step has been ordered as a mat ter of fire prevention. The wheels of the plant have been silent ever since the Hercules Pow der Co. turned back the industry to the government two months ago and no official announcement has been received from Washington as to what disposition will be made of the ex i pensive proposition. I_i Omsk. Russia. Dec. 24 (By Main? A credit of 31.00C.00? rubles has been opened for the purchase of platinum. The office of tax inspectors 1ms been established in Siberia. London, Jan. 15.?Major General Sir W. S. Brancher. Master-General of .personnnel in the Air Ministry, has ; resigned that office to become as^o dated with a large combine of air-! craft companies which is planning to j establish a chain of aerial stations at i intervals of every ten miles or so all over the country. Washington. Feb. 15.?Army dis charges in demobilization in the Unit ed SUites reached a total yesterday of 1,174.645 blficers and men. Of these more than 71,000 were officers. Berlin. Sunday. Feb. 16.?Sparta can troops marched into Gelsenkirch en, in Westphalia this morning, ov. r powered the local military police forces, u portion of which joined the Spartacans. and plundering of the city! followed Paris. Feb. 17.?A full list of 'he French naval losses in the war, pub lished today, includes four battleships, four armored cruisers, one fast cruis ers, fourteen destroyers. eight; lorped" ?>oats. fourteen submarines, i One submarine was refloated by the Germans, hut was later recovered by j the French. The minor ships sunk were fire auxiliary cruisers, four gunboat.;. seventy-two submarine chasers, one sloop ;uul seven small craft. Weimar, Thursday. Feb. 13.?Phil ips Schiedmann, chancellor of the new German government, today 1 ?bowed himself able to handle con- < licting demonstrations in the national ] issombly without sign of being intimt-i iated by the wildest opposition, or}' severe iieekling. Iteferring to peace ie said "the enteni is able to enforce my kind of peace on Germany, but ( f it is an unjust peace, seventy mil- '? ion peopb* ja their hearts will nev- t ?i" forgive or forget." j! A Needed Reform Steady Progress of Movement to End Damage Suit Industry. Washington. Fob. 14.?Steady pro gress of the movement to compen sate for industrial accidents without suits to prove the negligence of the [employer is noted in a bulletin issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that six new States adopted compensation legislation in 1917 and 19IS and that only ten States of the union, have not accepted the princi j Pie. I '?The day seems not far distant ! when the obsolete system of damage suits and charges and counter-charges of negligence and contributory neg ligence will no longer be used in the disposition of industrial injury claims." the bulletin says, j Fear that such legislation would j entail undue burdens on industry j was said largely to have been elimi ' nated as a result of satisfactory ex | perience under compensation laws and because it is becoming better I understood that the laws do not cause [injury losses but only distribute the j burden of them on the industry as ! a whole, instead of on the weakest j element of the system?the injured ; worker. This realization has opened I the way for amendments liberalizing j th<- awards allowed, j Advances noted in the bulletin are j the shortening of the waiting time, j for which as a rule no compensa i tion is allowed and the increase of ! the allowance of medical and sur gical aid. A notable departure in this connection is the provision of the Washington statute for local funds, supported and administered by employers and employes jointly, for the more effective and equitable administration of medical benefits. Among important court decisions cm- the laws was cited the Supreme Court ruling which denied the appli cation of State compensation laws to employes of interstate carriers. The States which have not adopt ed the principle of industrial com pensation are .North Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Xorth Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Cargo Shipping Losses j New York; Feb. 14.?Fifteen cargo I ships with a dead weight tonnage oi 103,692 were lost during 1918 by the Naval Overseas Transportation Ser vice, according to a report made public loday by the District Super } visor of the Third Naval District |The removal of the ban of secrecy [vital during the war as a shield tc ! these vessels and their crews, dis 'closes that six ships, aggregating 42,? j 627 tons, were destroyed by enenvj j activity, five vessels with a combined j tonnage of 44,071 tons, were sunk n J collisions and four vessels, totalling .10,994 tons were destroyed by f:r< 'and explosion... The report tVaces the growth of tin j Naval Overseas Transportation Ser> {vice since the time of its organiza tion late in 1917 and describes im \ part played by it in transporting food. munitions and supplies foi I troops and naval vessels abroad. Sev enty-two ships were originally assign ed to this service and when the ar mistice was signed. November 11, 191S. the cargo tleet numbered 453 vessels, including 100 ships ready to be taken over. Crews of navy cargo ships are said to have endured the greatest hard ships of the war. Their lives con stantly endangered, they faced the Perils of the deeps, the menace of an unseen foe. the danger of collision and the liability to instant death by accidents from inflammable cargoes. It is on record that a convoy of fifty ships from New York was dis integrated by a violent storm in mid Atlantic and that only two of the en tire number reached France under convoy. "Every ship for herself" the forty-eight others by luck, pluck and constant vigil all finally dropped their anchors in the protected har bors of their destination, j "Not only were these crews con ! fronted with the normal perils of j the sea " says the report "but they ; facej destruction from torpedo, col j lision and other unforseen accidents that might cause fire in inflammable cargoes. It takes brave men to steam week in and week out through sub marines and mine-infested waters at ! eight knots an hour in a ship loaded ; with several thousand tons of depth i charges. T. N. T. or poison gas. not knowing what minute the whole works is going to be blown to 'King dom Come.* Th<> value of :l carp;o ship is realiz ed when it is known that under ex isting war conditions each ship cost to operate $100 every hour. Good, bad and indifferent ships, old or new. fast or slow, were transformed by the magic of naval energy into serviceable craft. Unromantic rusty tramps were i created into models of efficiency by! the halo of a dazzling camouflage. The personnel of the Naval Over- ! sens Transportation Service at the present time includes 5.000 officers and 4").'J00 enlisted men. Belfast. Feb. ir..?Troops took p ? session of the gas works and electric j power station this morning. The; mayor in a proclamation said he was j assured that military support would be given the authorities and asked j for volunteers to carry on municipal services. Auusta. Feb. 15.?Fire originating in a jrrist mill in the rear of Nixon ! Wholesale Grocery Company, destroy-.1 ed the plant and caused a loss esti mated at two hundred thousand dol lars. Havana. Feb. l~>.?Provost Marshal Crowder will be asked by Cuba to ; come heic ;o assist in an advisory ca- \ pacity in the reformation of the elec tion laws. American Minister Oon tales announced today. Washinton. Feb. 15,?The transport j< Drizaba is due to arrive at New York < about February 24th. Among other : roops. it is bringing casualty compa- y lies for Alabama and South Carolina. \ Avoid the Flu By Keeping Liver Active Doctors Find Calotabs, the New Nausealess Calomel, Best Laxative for Colds and ventive for Influenza aiu Pneumonia. : To cut short a cold over night, to Istop ; i-crc throat, and to put the sys i tern in the best possible condition to> ? avoid influenza and pneumonia, doc I tors are advising the new nausealess j calomel, called Calotabs, which are jfree from the sickening and salivat-*; jing effects of the eld style calomel. At ; the first sight of a cold or sore throat, ?it is best to take a Calotab at,once, .before the inflammation has gone too ifar. You may thus save yourself a i spell of sickness. One Calctab at bed- time with ! swallow of water?that's all. No salts, i no nausea, nor the slightest inter'fer I ence w:th eating, work or pleasure. iNext morning your cold has vanished, (your liver is active, your system is j purified and refreshed and you are j feeling tine with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Perhaps you can con gratulate yourseif that a "stitch in ! time" has aved you serious illness. I Calotabs are sold only in original seal ! ed packages, price thirty-five cents. Your druggist recommends and guarantees Calotabs and will cheer fully give bad: your money if you are net delighted.?Advt. _ On Near East Trip 1 _ - X^i Largest Contingent of Mercy j Workers Ever Leaving Coun try Sails from New York. I New York, Feb. 16.?Sailing as an J "argosy of life and- hope" to the 4, 000,000 destitute people of the Holy Land and other regions of the Near East, the steamship Leviarthan left this po~t today for France with the largest ;contingent of missionaries, doctors and relief workers evser sent overseas at one time on such a mis sion. They will reach Constantino ple, their destination, about March 15 in another vessel sailing from Brest. The party, comprising 250 naem | bers, chiefly women, had been ? pre I ceded by equipment for 15 hospitals;1 i ?food, clothing and portable build-/ [ ings?60 motor trucks and other ma, terial donated by the American Reft I Cross and the American committee j for relief in the Near East. The sup 11 plies are valued at more than $3, | 500.000. j A number of men workers who ? sailed on three previous ships are : already engaged in the relief of thou i sands of starving Syrians. Armenians ;jand Persinns. All American relig i j ious creeds are represented. - . . Dr. '-eorge L. White, president of iJAntoalia College in Marsonvan, Tur ? j key, leader of the missionary section, i who was driven out of Turkey in 191$ >|after eight of his professors had "been slain and the young women members ? of the victims' families taken cap tives into Turkirh harems, said the ' present expedition was under the pro j tection of the French and British governments. Leon Burgeois Is Dissatisfied Paris, Friday, Feb. 14.?Leon Bur geois. representing France, wh\le ex pressing general satisfaction with the I society of nations covenant made reservations which indicated that his proposals for an international mili tary force will be heard again. Bethea Brings Suit Damages to the amount of $100,000 are being asked in a libel suit brought by Andrew J. Bethea yester day against The Record Publishing j Company and R. Carlton Wright, ed ! i.tor and publisher. The suit is the ! outcome of the publication of two articles in The Record last Sunday and last Tuesday, in which it was al leged that Mr. Bethea had no right to wear the uniform of a major in the United States army, and in one that Mr. Bethea was culled to Camp Jack son last Saturday and compelled to disrobe. Mr. Bethea's attorneys are J. Fr?ser Lyon and D. W. Robinson of Columbia, and George Bell Tim merman of Lexington.?The State. Berne, Sunday, Feb. 16.?Poland and Lithuania have agreed that when the tenth German army withdraws from L<i*huania the l'oiish army will occupy the territroy ?-vacuated. Ottawa. Feb. 17.?Sir Wilfred Lau rie r. the former premier of Canada, who was stricken with paralysis yes terday was unconscious today. At tending physicians said today that the case seemed hopeless. Camdcn, Feb. ?While riding a horse this morn-ng Mr. James H. Burns, cf this city, was thrown from h's ;vni and suffered very seriou? injuries. Ho was thrown high from his saddle. landing on his shoulder, and was rendered unconscious by th? fall, fie was taken to his home, where :' was found that his collar bone and several ribs were broken. Par.*; Sunday. Feb. 16.?The Temps today gives March 13th as the date President Wilson is expected to arrive in France after his visit home. The Sumter Lyceum. In the course of the rest of the .'ear. the next numbers will be on Mach 6th and March ISth respec ively. Private Herman on March 6 md the Male Quartet and Banjo Club >n March 18th. Pittsburg. Feb. 15.?Twelve persons rere s.-riously injured last night when i steel girder protruding from a flat *ar tore the side from three parlor ?ars of the east bound Cincinnati Pittsburg Express on the Pennsyl vania road at Toakdale. Both trains vere moving slowly.