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Troop Ships to Charleston South Carolina Port to Receive AH "CHd Hickory" Fighters Except Sick and Wounded. Washington, March 20.?All trans ports bringing home units of the Thirtieth {"Old Hickory") Division U will go to Charleston, S. C, unless they carry also sick and wounded soldiers, for whom there are no fa cilities att he South Carolina port. In addition to the transport Mer cury, the war department announc ed officially late today that the tanspbrts Pocahontas, Matawaska and K?nigen der Niederl?nder, all with units of the Thirtieth aboard, had been diverted from Newport News and ? would land their men at Char leston. ; Charleston, March 20.?Official ' news-was received here this morning by * the Southeastern Department headquarters that the U. S. S. Pocha hontas, which sailed from St. Nazaire o? March 16 for Newport News, has been diverted to Charleston and is expected to arrive March 30 with nearly 3,000 officers and men of the Thirtieth Division," bringing the to tal number of troops scheduled to de bark here within four days up to about 8,0 Of. The present expecta tions are that the Koningin der Ned erlahden will arrive on March 27, the Memiry on March 29 and the Pocahontas on March 30, which means that the debarkation officers will be called upon to handle a ? ^ numbei of troops in . one week than was originally expected. There is a report current, which is npt -as yet officially confirmed, that t&a other vessels are also,bound for Charleston. The foUowing units are aboard the Boeahonias: Of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, First and Third <B?#?iions, medical headquarters de tachment, Companies A, B, C, D, L ' ??d =M* in an 24 officers and 790 men. Of, the One Hundred and Seventeenth Infantry are headquarters and staff headquarters of the First Battalion, ordnance and sanitary detachment^ Ffest and Second Battalion headquar ters. Machine Gun and Supply com panies A to F, inclusive, totalling 50 oifieers and 2,027 men. There are also aboard special casual company No. 6 ^etr; discharged, one officer and 23 men; also two casual officers of the air service and one civilian-, the total number aboard being 2,918. As with the troops of the first two transports, these units will be sent to Camp Jackson, where they will be I discharged or sent to camps nearest tfcrelr home toxras. -TSxe casual officers *H1 be handled here. *| Due to the fact that'the transport Mercury is a somewhat faster ship thin the Koningin der Nederlanden, the. two ships bound for this port with nearly 5,000 boys of the Thir tieth Division, many of them Char lestonians or South Carolinians, on board, the local entertainment 'com mittee working with Mayor Hyde is l^deavoring to arrange if possible i for the transports to enter Charles- ; toit harbor, together for the sake of < combining the city's greeting and fa- * collating arrangements generally, it j 1&Jiuti known whether ? this can be done, tl appeared practically certain today that there would be no oppor- ; tunity for the troops to parade here upon landing, as their trains will be Tserthin a very short distance of their ship and Charleston is eight miles or ?,-from the port terminals. A meet ing at city hall today of the mayor's conHnittee about completed all de tails for the citywide greeting to be extended the soldiers. The people .wSl line the waterfrcnt when the transports proceed up the Cooper River, whistles and bells .will ring, a signal will be sounded to appraise the public of the ship's approach, bands of music will play at vantage points along the wharves, and there will be a general display of flags with the lid off as to cheering. Official commit tee boats will meet and escort the *?oys in from the ocean. Red Cross workers will supply them with re freshments at their landing place and on the trains going to Columbia. Nw York, March 21.?The famous Sistine choir from Rome will make a concert tour of the United States, under the auspices of high dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church this spring, it was announced today. This choir which is the oldest and most famous known to the Christian world comes in May. The choir was organized in the fourth century. MYSTERIOUS PAINS AND ACHES Make Life Hard to Bear for Many Sumter Women. Too many women mistake their pains and aches for troubles peculiar to the sex. More often disordered kidneys are causing the aching back, dizzy spells, headaches and irregu lar urination. Kidney weakness be comes dangerous if neglected. Use aj .time-tried kidney remedy?Doan's i Kidney.. Pills. Hosts of people testi fy -to their merit. Read a Sumter case: Mrs. L. D. Gage, 207 W. Oakland Avenue, says: "A short time ago I ?tyas troubled with pains in the small of my back. It felt as thourh some one were sticking pins and needles into me. Headaches and dizzy spells bothered me and specks seem ed to float before me. My kidneys acted very irregularly and I was in bad shape. Doan's Kidney Pills had been used in our family for years, so I got some at DeDorme's Pharmacy. I certainly must say Doan's positive ly relieved me of kidney trouble." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Gage had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrr, Buffalo, N. V.~-.Advt. Pharmacy Board Meets j Pharmaceutical Association Holds Test for Druggist Licenses at Spartan burg Spartanburg, March 19.?The South Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa ' tion held an important meeting in ! this city today at which the presi dent, chairman of the legislative com mittee and all members of the exam j ining board were present. Seven young men from various parts of the State took the examinations for li censes as druggists. Those here today attending the meeting were: D. Tilden Riley of Florence, president; S. C. Hodges of Greenwood, first vice president; T. P*. I Young of Greenwood, second vice j [president; Frank M. Smith of Char-' [ leston, secretary and treasurer; J. Wilbur Hicks of Florence, solicitor; Frank A. McLeod of Sumter, assistant solicitor and J. G. DeLorme of Sum ter, C. M. Miller of Laurens, R. M. Davis of Greenville, I. A. Rigby of Spartanburg, M. S. Dantzler of El loree and Frank M. Smith of Char leston, members of the examining; board. . Killed by Negro Convict Fatal Shot Fired Near Spartan burg. Spartanburg, March 20.?A posse composed of Sheriff W. J. White, county and city police officers and a; large number of Spartanburg men are tonight scouring the country in the neighborhood of Cowpens for Ivey Littlejohn, who this morning shot and fatally wounded J. S. Hol bert, a native of HendersonviUe, N. C, who was engaged with convict la bor in constructing a concrete bridge on the National Highway about four miles west of this city. Thus far the negro ha3 not been located, but it is believed that his arrest will come be fore morning. Littlejohn shot Mr. Holbert this morning after he had slipped up be hind the guard, struck him over the head with a stone and then removed the pistol from Mr. Holbert's pocket: Mr. Holbert was found a few minutes later and brought to a hospital here, buz the bullet had taken a fatal course and death came at 11 o'clock ( this morning. The coroner's jury this i afternoon returned a verdict to the j effect that the deceased came to his death at the hands of Ivey Little- , john. Mr. Holbert was a native of Hen- , dersonville and is survived by his ' widow and several children. The re- j mains were taken to Hendersonville , this afternoon for interment. Two other convicts escaped with Littlejohn, but they later voluntarily surrendered and declared that Little john had forced them to flee. Floiiir MS11 Goes Up j Bishopville, March 19?Work has ] been begun here on a flour and grist j mill on the site on which the mill 1 was burned last June. The new mill ( Will be a brick building and modern in every way, costing approximately 3 $60,000. This will mean much to the J people of Bishopvlle and Lee County. 1 Heretofore all grain had to be sent to 1 Sumter or Darlington. R. W. Rustin. 1 manager of the Sour mill has just { completed an attractive dwelling on.1 Lee Street near this plant. J. B. Kelley has awarded the con- < tract for a two story brick building to be built on Main Street between I the Bishopville National Bank and the ; store Mr. Kelley now occupies. Mr. Kelley will move his stock of dry goods as soon as his store is completed. On September 1 the Staffords Dry Goods Company will move into the store now occupied by Mr. Kelley. The Chandler Clothing Company of Sumter will establish a branch store in the same building to be run in connection with the Stafford Dry Goods Company. Charleston Dry Dock . Washington, March 20.?Con gressman R. S. Whaley has recently been discussing with the Secretary of the Navy and the chief of the bureau of yards and docks the matter of be ginning v.-ork on the great $4,000,000 dry dock whose construction at Char {leston was authorized by the last congress. Mr. Whaley was informed today by the department that prep arations are now being made to let j the contract and that advertisements for bids will probably be published in about two weeks. The first district Congressman Whaley said that he had been trying to wind up his immediate work in such a way as to permit him to get home for a while in this interim be tween congresses, but that he had been delayed by several important matters; about which he wished to feel satisfied before leaving Wash ington. He now thinks that he will be able to go to Charleston some time next week'.. , Notice. The Local Board for the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, is offering for sale its Underwood type writer," filing cabinets, and stove. Sealed bids, . accompanied by check are to be submitted, and opened on March 25th. The property will be immediately delivered to the highest bidders, provided that the bid exceeds the minimum fixed by the govern ment. Posters containing all informa tion concerning the sale have been placed in conspicuous places about the city. Persons desiring further in formation may obtain it at the office of the Local Board. A letter from Second Lieut. Jas. McB. Dabbs dated March 6th. states that he has been promoted to First Lieutenant. He was then at Havre. France, on his way to attend one of the English universities. Since the middle of January he has been on the regimental headquarters staff. Some of the officers were assigned to French and some to English universi ties for a 3 months course. They ex pect to come home along with the $ ist Plvisi?fl In July. ! More Unemployment Reported Marked Increase in Number in Greater Part of Country in Week. Washington, Mach. ?Marked in creases in the number of unemployed throughout the greater part of the country and in) the number of cities reporting a surplus of labor are shown in a report to the federal em ployment service for the past week. A slight increase in unemployment was recorded generally throughout the Middle West and on the Pacific coast. Conditions in the Southern Statt-s, however, were shown to be practically stationary. The report which was given out tonight showed that the number of unemployed in creased from 356,000 to 372,000 and that the number of cities where a labor surplus existed advanced from 63 to 69 per cent, of the cities re porting. Only 6 per cent of the cities reported a labor shortage and the number reporting an equality of sup ply- and demand dropped from 28 to 25 per cent. The labor surplus in Connecticut and ? Massachusetts was s?ad to have become "acute" while increases in i numbers of unemployed were report- j ed generaly throughout New Eng land. Other States in the East, where there were increases, were New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The total number of unemployed in Ohio was estimated at 150,000. Camp Jackson Permanent -Columbia, March 20.?Camp Jack son will be a permanent cantonment, and additional acreage will be pur chased by the government in addi tion to the present site, according to a telegram from Washington from former Senator Christie Benet. Mr. Benet gives Assistant Secretary of War Crowell as his authority. The telegram, addressed to J. D. Miot, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, reads: - "Camp Jackson is permanent. Secretary Crowell as sured me so today and issued order j putting same into effect. Present j plans contemplate purchase of land, j including actual camp site." Governor Answers Students! Governor Cooper yesterday gave out j the following statement as chairman j of the board of trustees of the Univer- ! sity of South Carolina in answer to the petition from the students last Tues day asking1 for a change in the Uni versity administration: "A special meeting of the board of trustees of the University of South j Carolina will be called before June to j consider the action of a part of the student- body in asking for the resig aation of President Currell. This meet ing will not be for the purpose of ex imining into the merits of the opin-J ions expressed by the students in their I petition but to consider conditions ex- i isting in the student body and to d:s- j ;over the cause of these conditions. "The trustees have no idea of per mitting the students to dictate who j shall be president. Dr. Currell has! been duly elected, the trustees have j full confidence in him. and at this time j there is no disposition on the part] of the board to dispense with his ser vices. "The trustees can not allow the presidency of the university to lose its prestige locally with the outside educational world. This prestige will surely be lost if student rule were al lowed to go beyond its proper bounds. Conditions in the student body lead ing to demoralization can not be tol erated. "The people of the State may be as- j sured the trustees will not slur over j the affairs of the university. Its best j interests will be safeguarded." Appended is a copy of the letter i Governor Cooper addressed to G. A. I Buchanan, president of the student body of the university, who transmit-! ted the petition of the students: - \ Columbia. S. C. March 21, 1919 i j Mr. G. A. Buchanan, Jr., President of | the Student Body. University of f South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Mr. Buchanan: Your commun ication of the 18th instant trasmit- j ting a petition of the student body was j submitted to the board of trustees of the university on the date received. I am authorized as president of the board of trustees to say in reply that the board feels that it is capable of managing the affairs of the institu tion, and if at any time we feel that a suggestion from the student body will aid us in the performance of our duty we will not hesitate to ask for it. Further, if the student body should feel that it has a grievance of any kind and desires to appear before the board, such complaint as you have will be considered if presented in the prop er way. It is inconceivable that your stu dent body would knowingly take any that in this case the wide publicity action calculated to injure the institu tion and yet the board is convinced which you saw fit to give your com plaint, and the method adopted, will be an embarrassment to the future administration of the affairs of the university. It is essential to the sue-1 cessful administration of any cduca-j tional institution that the rules and j regulations adopted for its govern ment shall be observed and that those in authority shall always receive the respect and consideration due them. The law of the State and the rules; adopted by the board providt definite- ' ly for university's government. Any complaint from either the student body or faculty can be properly made to the board of trustees with confi dence that the same will be duly con- j sidered. It is the desire of the board I that this communication be read to fhose students who signed the peti tion. What is said on behalf of the board | of trustees is said in all kindness, but at the same time, with all firmness. Very Sincerely yours, rt. A. Cooper, . ! Governor and Chairman of the Board \ of Trustees; . j j Excitement in Vienna ! Revolution in Hungary Caused j No Surprise?Karolyi Mere ly a Figure Head i _ I London, March 24.?The revolution j in Hungary caused great excitement j in Vienna, but did not surprise ihose j" aware of the true condition of affairs, says the Vienna correspondent of The Telegraph. He says the Hungarian Communists have long been the real masters of the country and have been only awaiting an opportunity to get rid of Count Karolyi, who was con } sidered never more than a figure l head. Work for Returned Soldiers. Editor Daily Item. Will you please give space in your paper for the following article: The war is over and we hail with delight the return of our boys, who so nobly marched to the call of our country. We arc proud of them, and proud of the loyal support given to the flag by twelve million negroes of this country. We all did our bit, as best we could, especially those who went overseas, on the battlefield, and wo look with special pride in the faces of many of them wearing dec orations for bravery, and heroic deeds. We say to them all "xvell done." The citizens of Sumter, city and county, give them a welcome back home. The war is over, but wc must not throw away or lose the good name made for the race, nor the laurels won on the. battlefields. Let the boys hold fast to their laurels, by showing that they are as good, and better cit izens even than they were soldiers. Let every man, back from the army get on a job as soon as possible, ?und hold on to it. It may not be the kind of job you want, it may not :?ay the price you want, but if you cannot get what you want, take what work you can get until you can do better. Remember the adage of the idle brain. It must, of necessity, take a long while for the readjustment of conditions. We appeal to the citizens, white and colored, to help in this matter of finding employment for the returning soldiers. We call upon the ministers, who are leaders of the people to help in this matter. Let us speak to them from the pulpits, and as we come in contact individually with them, advise them to return to their occupations as speedily as pos sible. We shall be glad to help in any way we can to bring about best results for the good of the entire community. If anyone is needing help and will let us know, or if any soldiers needing em ployment, will advise with us, we will be glad to do what we can to place them, without charge. If inconvenient to call at our resi dence. 207 S. Sumter Street, ring 108. A. J. Andrews, Chairman Colored Council of Defense. Summer School at Winthrop* The 1919 session of the Summer School at Winthrop College will begin on June 17th and close on July 25th. In answer to the great demand for im provement in the schools, and the de sire of teachers to fit themselves for better service the college is hoping to make this the best summer session that has ever been held at the insti tution. The equipment of the College makes it an ideal place for summer work. The fine climate of Rock Hill, the large halls of the College, the covered, ways, the swimming pool, the tennis courts, and the comfortable dormi tories, all help the teachers to spend a pleasant a* well as profitable six weeks at the College. There will be abu :lant choice in the selection-of courses of study, from pri mary work to high school and college. Special courses in vocational work will be offered for those who wish to prepare themselves to meet the new demands in these subjects. For the first time in the history of summer schools, a course will be off ered at Winthrop this summer to pre pare for the important work of teach ing illiterates and near-illiterates. As usual, the College will be visited during the summer by a number of distinguished educators and special ists. Among those who have already agreed to deliver courses of lectures are, Professor C. Alphonso Smith, of the United States Naval Academy; Professor W. C. Bagley and Professor W. H. Kilpatrick both of Teachers' College, Columbia University; Dr. Henry E. Jaekson of the United States Bureau of Education. Washington. D. C; Mr. Henry Y. Allein, of the War Camp Community-Service, New York; Professor Edwin Mims. of Vanderbilt University; Miss Mary E. Moxcey, of New York; and President Charles Mc kenny. of the State Normal College, at Ypsilanti, Michigan. Full provision has been made for evening entertainments, including plays and moving pictures. Credit for courses in the Summer School Avill be allowed if a teacher attends class for two-thirds of the session. This may be of interest tc some teachers whose schools may be in session when the Summer Schoo' opens. Cotton Market '- - - ! LOCAL. P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon). Good Middling, 26 1-2. Strict Middling. 26. Middling 25 1-2. Strict; Low Middling 23. YORK COTTON MARK ITT. Yes'td'ys Onen High Low Close Close (Old Sjyle) May . .24.30 l'.i..;o :'::jr, 23.45 21.10; July . . 22.T.0 11.:,\ 21.65 lil.r;r. 22.02 (New Style) May . . 24.?50 24.?50 23.96 23.36 24.721 July . .22.75 22.ts 21.81 21.84 22.x:'j. Oci . . 21,10 21.10 20.01 20.01 21 Hi Building Activities Contracts Let in February Re ported in Statistics of Depart ment of Labor Washington, March 19?Improve ment in building and construction ac tivities as shown by contracts let in February were reported today in sta tistical memorandum by the public works division of the department of labor. Contracts for the month ag gregated $95,000,000 or $11,000,000 less than the month's average for the four preceding years, the prices of former years being changed to the current level. In December contracts were about 50 per cent, of four year average, it was stated, and the decrease being caused by an expectation of lower prices for building materials as a re sult of the armistice. A similar con dition prevailed in January Evidence indicating that building costs are less than current estimates also was reported by the public works division, which stated that 17 out of 18 bids submitted for construction of a navy department building at Annap olis Md., were less than the estimated cost of $800,000. The low bid on the work was $658,927, and several other bids were $100,000 less than the esti mate. The division also issued a statement today calling attention of muncipal officials to the railroad administra tion's policy of causing railroads to bear their share of the cost of joint improvements. It was stated that such improve-j ments should be taken up with the railroad involved with the municipal authorities in the same manner as before the war. American Naval Efficiency Vice Admiral Sims Tells True Story of Arrival of Destroy ers at Queenstown. New York, March 21.;?Vice-Ad miral William S. Sims, commander of the American naval forces in the war zone, refuses to be known to history as the author of a laconic reply to the British naval commander who. asked when the American destroyers sent to Queenstown to help conquer Germany would be ready to fight The famous words as attributed to Vice Admiral Sims were: "We can start at once. We made our preparation on the way." What actually happened, asserts the vice-admiral in a letter publish ed here, was that when the destroy ers commanded by Commander Jo seph K. Taussig arrived at Queens town after their 000-mile trans-At lantic voyage, they were in need of coaling. Admiral Bayly asked when the American ships would be ready for service and Commander Taussig replied that he would be ready "as soon as his vessels could be refuel ed." Vice-Admiral Sims writes that he was at that time in Paris. He added that Commander Taussig "was one of the ablest destroyer commanders who served under me in the Atlantic flo tilla and the reply he made to Ad miral Bayly was exactly the reply I would have expected him to make. I can make no claim to having made use of any epigrammatical expression on this occasion." To Have Newspaper Negro Baptists to Raise $50,000 Educational Fund Columbia. March 20.?The execu tive board of the Baptist State Con vention of South Carolina represent ing a membership of 260,000 negroes met at the Zion Baptist Church in this city yesterday and formed a cor poration with a capital stock of $10, 000. the business of which will be to own and operate a weekly newspaper for that denomination in this State. The proposed journal will be is sued from the Columbia office. R. W. Westberry of Sumter was elected president of the concern, the Rev. C. T. Philips of Union, vice president; the Rev. D. F. Thompson of Colum bia, secretary; Dr. C. C. Johnson, M. D.. of Aiken, treasurer. Application will be made in a few days to the secretary of state for a charter. A committee of seven with Dr. J. H. Goodwin of Columbia chairman was appointed to draft the rules and bylaws to govern the concern. There were about 62 members of the execu tive board representing the 45 asso ciations in the State present at the neeting yesterday. The negro Baptists of the State will launch their $50,000 campaign for education Sunday. March 23. the Rev. J. C. White of Columbia will act is State chairman of this drive. Dr. J. J. Starks, president of Morris Col lege of Sumter. was present and nade an encouraging report of the school. Dr. J. J. Durham, president of the State convention, presided yesterday. THE BUILDING OUTLOOK. (Manufacturers Record.) Washington. Feb. 28.?According :o the views of 15 expert investiga tors of the economic section of the livision of public works and construc :ion developments, department of la oor, expressed at a recent eonfei-ence lere, no exceptional reductions in the price of building materials or in ivjiges paid to labor may be expected luring the next few years. The con sensus of opinion was that any im mediate small reductions in the cost ?>f building materials would be soon "ollowed by even higher prices, due :o the inflation of the currency, the creneral high cost of living and the increasing demand from abroad for \m erican goods. These investigators have assembled i formidable array of statistics to show that wag's in the building | rades have not increased more than! 30 per cent., except in overtime pay-! nents, although the general increase [ n the cost of living is estimated by | :hem to have amounted to approxi-' nately 90 per *ont. Cotton Delegates are Named j Gov. Cooper Appoints Represen tatives to Attend Cotton ! Convention. - j Columbia, March 20.?Governor j Cooper today apointed the following J additional delegates to the cotton ! convention at Memphis March 24th: j J. S. Stark, Abbeville; G. L. Toole, lAiken; W. I. Johns, Baldoc; Lee C. [flolleman, Anderson; J. H. Porter, Barn wen; C. W. Rentz, Bamberg; jC. S. Adams, Beaufort; Russel Wilr I liams, Moncks Corner; J. R. Fairey, '?Fort Motte; W. H. Mixson; Charles ton; C. M. Smith, Gaffney; R. G. Sarratt. Gaffhey, R. F. No. 2; R. B. Caldwell, Chester; R. B. Laney, Che raw; W. C. Davis, Manning; Paul Sanders. Ritters; Dr. J. H. David, Dillon; I. S. H?tto. Dorchester; Bright Williamson, Darlington; A. E. Pad gett Edgefield; Mark Doty, Winns boro; J. W. McCown, Florence; W. D. Morgan, Georgetown; Barron Grier, Greenwood; R, L. Woodside, Green ville; John E. Carroll, York; William Gifford, Gifford; J. A. McDermott, Con way; J. C Richardson, Ridgeland; F. M. Wooten, Camden; E; M. Crox ton, Lancaster; W. L. Gray, Laurens; W. R. Scarborough, Bishopville; Dr. ID. M. Crosson, Leesville; Douglas Mc Intyre, Marion; R. C. Hamer, Ben nettsville; J. R, Cheatham, McCor mick; John M. Kinard, Newberry; W. E. Verner, Walhalla; B. H. Moss, Orangeburg; E. P. McCravey, Easley; W. W. Ray, Columbia; B. W. Crouch, Saluda; John B. Cannon, Spartan burg; L. D. Jennings, Sumter; Lown des J. Browning, . Union; H. E. Montgomery, Kingstree;. Ir? B'. Dun lap, Rock Hill; J. B. Johnson, Rock Hill; L. I. Guion, Lugoff; J. S~. Wan namaker, St. Matthews; J. H/ Claf fey. Orangebug; R. M. Mixson", Barn well: John T. Mackey, Camdeh; B. F. McLeod, Charleston; W. W. Long, Clemson College; Prof. D. W. Wat kin, Clemson College; T. J. Britt, Mc Cormick; Thos. G. McLeod, Bishop ville; John D. Harris, Greenville; D. F. Efird, Lexington, and D. T. Kin ard of Laurens. The presence of Gov. Cooper and of Commissioner of Agriculture B. Har ris has also been requested at the convention. The central committee also Issued a statement today urging that all delegates to the last New Orleans meeting attend the Memphis meet ing. Bull Fighting Revived Brownsville, Texas, March 21.?A revival of bull fighting is planned by residents in some of the Mexican States along the border. Reports say that the people .of Ma tamoros, across the Rio Grande from here, are arranging for reconstruction of the famous bull ring there and have applied to the governor of Tamualipas for authority to proceed. It is planned to hold a bull fight in a temporary arena on May 5, the an niversary of the victory of Mexican arms over the French at Puebla. Bull fighting in Matamoros was discontinued six years ago. The arena, one of the finest in the repub lic, was destroyed by Carranza's ad herents when Matamoros was taken oy the forces under General Blanco. The federal forces made their last stand in the bull ring. Bull fights were abolished in the republic by decree of General Car ranza as soon as he became president. Later the governors of the respective states were permitted to allow or pro hibit the fight3. Years ago many Americans were attracted to bull fights in the towns across the border and the railroads gave reduced rates Paris. March 21.?Among the amendments tot he covenant of the league of nations suggested at the meeting of neutrals yesterday were several which urged an increase in the number of secondary countries to be admitted to the executive con trol of league reduction of armament and control of munitions manufac ture. Washington, March 21.?The pos sibility of the anti-trust law being an obstacle to the government's price stabilization program was the subject of a conference today between- the in dustrial board and Attorney General Palmer. Stomach Got Hard As a Rock Would Swell Up and Severe Pains Attacked Him, Now Claims He is Well, Thanks to Dreco. "When I began taking Dreco I was in awful shape; after eating my stomach would ache, swell up and get hard as r. rock. I was never able to eat any breakfast at all. My Uver was dull and I had dizzy spells, foul breath and bad taste in my mouth. My kidneys were out of order, which gave me pains in my back, and rheu matism of the joints. I have taken two bottles of Dreco and my pains are all gone now. I eat three big meals every day. and never have those stom ach pains. The dizzy spells have ceased, and I sleep fine. Dreco i? great." are the words of Mr. M. C Bryant. 12S Crescent Ave., Spartan burg. S. C. Dreco is compounded from the juices, and extracts of medicinal roots, herbs, barks and berries. There is no doubt about the value of this great medicine for stomach disorders, weak kidneys, sluggish liver, consti pated bowels, nor for cleansing the blood of poisons and impurities, there by eradicating rheumatism and ca tarrh. Scores of people have testified to its merits; many of them after all other medicines and doctors had fail ed to help them, and all declared Dreco had iestord their health. Dreco is now sold by all good drug gists throughout the country and is especially recommended in Sumter by f iU-ji' l>ru? Store?Advt.