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The Santee Bridge People of Summerton Section Organfcing to Push Campaign for Needed Crossing of River After hoping and waiting for two years or more for the State or coun ty authorities to provide the ways and means or to take some action that would insure the construction 0? a causeway and bridge at Pinckney's Landing on the Santee River. aac! nothing having been done. Hie peopb of the Summerton section have or ganized' an association and are now beginning a campaign that they con fidently expect will result in the con struction ot the crossing in the hear future. The purpose of the associa tion is to raise funds by paolic sub scription in sufficient amount to se- j cure a part of the Federal good roads appropriation that is available j through the State Highway Cor-mits- i sicn. The officers of the association | are J. E. Kelly. President: W. D. Mc- j Clary. Vice President: W. W. Davis, j Treasurer: D. C. Mason, Secretary. I The following contract is being \ used in soliciting funds so that those1 who may contribute will know exactly! what they may expect. The s?*cr-- : tary of the association states that the; campaign will be started in Sumterl county within the next two Weeks: , * _ i i To Whom it May Concern: "We the above citizens of Clarendon county having been at work trying to i get a crossing on Santee River be- j tween this county and Orangeburg. and getting no relief from our county,' and State representatives for the past' two- years, we have formed the above < company to solicit the citizens of j Clarendon. Lee. Sumter. Orangeburg, j Calhoun and Dorchester Counties for j contributions to a fund to turn over j to Clarendon and Orangeburg counties; to use in meeting Federal Aid in the construction of a highway across the! Sa-ntee River at Pinckney's Landing.! "Said Highway to be constructed upon the estimate of State Highway Com-j mission of South Carolina their Xum-! ber Three, which has been approved ! by them, and is as follows: "Based on . steel ljridge over river, three feet I above highest known water, creosoted i pile trestles across necessary .water ! ways in swamps and earth embank- j ments averaging about four feet high, j which will be above average high water. Said crossing will cost $15l.-j 470.00. We receive from Federal Aid j against this amount $77.23.^.00 as set,' forth in a letter from the State Hiv.h-! way Commission to J. E. Kelly. Su-! pervisor of Clarendon County, bearing j date of* March 21. 1919. which reads; as follows: '"With reference to pro-1 posed bridge in Clarendon county, I i beg to state that it is simply a mat ter of you people raising the money1 with which to meet Federal Aid.1 Money raised from private subscrip- ; tion may be turned over to the county i and used for meeting this Federal Aid." This leaves us a balance to j raise of $77.235.00 and is $18.830.00' cheaTvr than any other estimate made' by the State Highway Commission for crossings upon Santee River. Believing that the citizens of the above named counties want a cross ing and are willing to contribute to a fund for this purpose, we herewith submit the following conditions which the above will be subject to. First. The road and bridge across river is to be constructed under the supervision of the State Highway Commission of South Carolina and work is to begin upon the construction as soon as funds sufficient are in hand to warrant a successful completion of a crossing approved by the said com mission. Second, in case the Highway Com mission fails to supervise the con struction of the crossing, the Santee Crossing Co. reserves the right to ad vertise and 'receive bids from reliable contractors of road construction, and have work done, safeguarding the in terest of the contributors until the completion thereof. Third. In case the Highway Com mission fails to receive the Federal Aich the Santee River Crossing Co. reserve* the right to construct a private erossing with a toil ferry, all tolls from said ferry after paying operat ing expenses, to be paid to the con tributors prorata. Fourth: Tn case the contributions do not reach a sufficient amount to warrant successful completion of a crossing on the river, the Santee Crossing Co. agrees to have its depos itory return the contributions to th contributors in full. Respectfully submitted. Santee River Crossing Co. I...do here by contribute $. to be governed and controlled by the above agree ment. Contributor. ..:.1919. $. .I!>Ji?. Received from. $.for the construction of a crossing across Santee River. < Collector. Guarantee of Repository. Whereas the Rank of Santee. Sum merton. S. C.. has been designated ;is a depository for the funds contribut ed and deposited by individuals for the construction of a highway across San tee, I. W. W. Davis. Cashier of sa-l bank, do hereby obligate and agre ? to return the amounts contributed and deposited in above designated bank on the first day of December. 1919. Provided The State Highway Commission or the Santee River Crossing Co., have not begun fh<- <???;) struction work on a crossing before the above date. Bank of Santee. V P>y. Cashier Paris. May 13. -The Hunptn-i government has no? yel accepted tie invitation to name d <*'*?? gr?.t**s * sierniner the peaee treaty, but t' ;s :?? sumed Here that the Belakum r g ? -? will, gladly tak* advantage of ??? means of establishing relations with t?te ontsii* world* Buried Treasure Recovered American Engineers Working in Shell Torn France Make Many Finds Paris, April 17.?American troops who have been working in the shell torn areas of France have been re covering many valuables of various .sorts buried in the ruins. All these tinds are turned over to the French j Ministry of Finance" which is en ! deavoring to discover the .original j owners of their heirs. All unclaimed : treasures to go the state. Members of the American Second Army Corps recently unearthed at Avoucourt a large number of French and Russian railway bonds which had lain in the cellar of a demolished home since the German first invaded the sector. The bonds were all in good ! condition and bore coupons which ! had not been clipped since July, 1914.! Whether the owner is dea<l or aliv ! will be determined by the Ministry of j Finance. Among the valuables recovered are many belonging to ruined churches. Not frequently when several churches in a town have been destroyed and each of them has lost similar treas- j tires it is impossible to say who is the i owner of the wealth recovered. In ; this case it is divided among them. Fiume May Be Given Up - ?? ' i Italy Inclined to Press for Lon- j don Treaty Paris. May 1 (Havas)?Italy, ac cording iO The Echo de Paris seems inclined to cease pressing, for the time at least, her claim to Fiume and to demand fulfillment of the treaty of London, upon which her Dalma tian claims were originally based. In several of the newspapers the view is taken that-it is in order for France and Italy to conclude a formal pact of friendship and alliance while in some quarters regret is expressed that Italy was not invited to join the defensive alliance proposed for France, and the Cnited States and j Great Britain. As regards the peace j situation, so far as Germany is con cerned, the allies are firmly resolved to present a lirni resistance to the Teutonic protests and maneuvers, The Figaro declares. Th^ Petit Parisien quotes: Colonel \ Henry, the French liaison officer, as: speciticially denying the rumor that] 'the German delegation was to return! to Germany. He said, however, that' :it was possible Count vor Prockdorff- j i"Rantzau, the chief of the delegation.,' would go to Weimar for a conference j with the government. Advices from Versailles today st.it- j led that the contemplated trip of Count von Broekdorff-Rantzau to' Germany was believed to bo immi nent. Already six members of the German ! delegation have left for home. They | were the bearers, however, of reports, j etc.. and the personnel of the party i was variously made up of technical ?dyisers and assistants to the ehief i plenipotentiaries. The Journel des Defeats is another ? newspaper which comments on the' reports that the German delegation) j would not sign the treaty, but would j : leave France and it declares that j .these reports appear to be ground-.] j less. ; The 117th Engineers Carolinians Reach Camp Jack-j son from Camp Merritt i - Columbia. May 10.?The train bear-i ing approximately -I'm men and thir-j teen officers of the ]] 7th Engineers. ! Ftianbow Division, arrived in Cobna-' bia shortly after 11 o'clock tonight j and immediately went to Camp Jack son. They were in command of Col.! T. Monroe Johnson, of Mariettas. C. j An >ng the engineers were the South j ! Carolina companies, from Spartan-5 burg. Columbia and Marion. The; I train was from Camp Merritt. W J. j To Sell Surplus Goods j - i Packers Interested in Govern ment's Proposed Sale j Washington. May 12?A method cf j ; disposing of about 100,000,000 cans] j "f beef and more than 50-.d-00.00-0'] j pounds of bacon, included in the su: - I plus food stocks <>f the army, has j [been agreed upon between th< War! Department and representatives of j ' the packing industry. i The department announced today] ? that it had accepted tin- recommenda-! ftion ?"?f the packers that the goods bej disposed of for export to relieve the food situation in Europe, but that should this be impossible the director; of sales would control the sale in.this' country, fixing the prices and method ! of distribution with tin- packing in- j dustry acting as an agent The surplus products to be disposed ! of were said to represent the com bined output of American packing j houses for five months during the j war. when the plants were kept in operation continuously, and t<> e<jual a normal production of over a period of, two years. Row in Republican Camp Senator Lodge Announces Post ponement of Contest for Chairmanship Washington. May 13- In arranging today for the organization <d' tlv conference of Republican senators to morrow the leaders planned to post pone action on Jhe contest over ilv proposed election of Senators P< ? of Pennsylvania and Warren or Wyoming, as chairmen of the Fin ance and Appropriations Commitie s respectively. Senator Lodge, Repnb.,: can ieu?er, announced tc?ay. ? I Salvation Army j Campaign i Greatest Possible Interest Being j Manifesed, Attractive Pro gram Being Arranged for Opening Day Mr. A. C. Phelps. chairman of the Salvation Army Drive for funds in | Sumter county, stated today he is j meeting with the greatest possible en couragement from every angle in con inection with the coming drive for sub . scriptions to this most worthy or ganization, and feels assured Sumter ! county will be the first county in j South Carolina to report "'over the lop*' when the campaign opens. While calls have been numerous in the past few months, the Salvation [ Army request for assistance in their1 magnificent work is in a measure dif ; ferent, because its appeal goes right : I down deep in the hearts of every single American. Why? Because of. I the stories our very own boys tell is ! of the work this quiet organization jdid foi them in their greatest hour of need. If you haven't asked one of our hoys who have seen service in France, the next time you meet, one ask him the question: 'What do yon think o;" the Salvation Army'.' lie will : :dl you far hotter than all you could read of :ts accomplishments abroad. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver, with ; whom we are all familiar, came horn" from France a short while ago with some direct information as to the spirit of the soldiers toward the Sal vation Army. He has written a great deal, but listen to some of the stories' our boys told him: "You sc" Judge, the good old Sal- ; vation Army is the real thing. They1 don't put on any airs; there ain't ?toi f.ub-dub about 'em, and you don't see j their mugs in fancy magazines much, j Lord. I've been in nearly every hotel; in Paris and in nearly every theatre., but you don't see 'em there. Judge: you honestly wouldn't know the Sal- j vation Army existed unless you came right u]> here as close to the front ; lines as the colonel will let yon. Why! Judge, said another youngster onthus-; ihstioally "After the battle yesterday; we had to actually drag those. Salva- ' tion Army women mit of the village. Said they wouldn't leave till every j single fellow had at least half a doz-i en fried cakes and all th'< coffee he could drink. Said another: Judge, them there; Salvation Army people is the best yet: ' They don't preach religion In your; head, they preach it to your stomach, that's what they do. and when you see what those ladies are doing, how the; Hell can a kid keep from being good.' Sumter county is asked for a mod- j est contribution from this organiza-j tion. Will she give it? Did Sumter, county ever fail to measure up 10o i per cent? Of course not. And Sum-; ter is going to be agreeably surpris- ' ed with the program being arangoci for our opening day, Sunday, May; !8th. Speculation in Grain - Grain Growers of Manitoba Un dertaking to Prohibit Gamble Operations Winnipeg. Man., May 1. A bill pro-: inhibiting speculation in grain and Oth- j i er food products on Canadian grain exchanges has heim prepared by the. i Manitoba Grain Growers' association ; and submitted to its parliamentary; ! representative at Ottawa, It. C. Hen-j : ders of Macdonald. Manitoba. ; For several weeks there has been j j agitation for drastic legislation. The I I Grain Growers' association adopted ' I resolutions declaring "there is a cer-j I tain element on the grain exchange] j ai Winnipeg who are able in a very; i huge measure to control the grain irade. depressing prices to the pro- j ; ducer when they sec tit. and boost- j lim; prices after they have gained con-; j trol of the grain crop." -1 Johnny Mine Dead ! - i Was Medicine Man of The Kickapoos Douglas, Ariz., May 12.?Johnny! J Mine, medicine man of the Kicka-j poos, friend of numerous ollicials at Washington and canny negotiator at! Washington for his tribe is dead, but; his funeral will not be held till six1 months, perhaps six years hence when ! the money from his estate is avail- j able to buy presents for all the tribe. 1 Then a dance will be held all night! and the presents will be distributed at : daybreak. M. J. Bently business .-'gent for the tribe says Johnny Mine's real namc j was Mah-Me-Qua-t'ho. which means j "Leaning Tree.'' He represented the, Kickakoos in ail negotiations with the government Mine had often proved j more than a match for crafty white' who had designs on the Kickakoos.! He had been to Washington a' number of times and on such trips al- ? ways wore a Prince Albert coat and a 1 high silk hat. A peck of corn will be hurled at his head to sustain him until he reach-s the happy hunting grounds. There, say the Indians, will he much food awaiting Johnny, for during his': Ion;;1 life he has killed n d>>n each 1 , spring and rent him along ahead lo i forage for game agairsi ih<- day h's master a rrived. Mine was unmarried and leaves no fmmediate relatives. He had an aee tract of alfalfa in Oklahoma said to he worth *! O.OfiO. England to Pay America Washington. Ma> l- \ "omnpiete and comprehensive settlement." <d* all claims between the United States and Greai Britain growing <?ut <.r military operations has been reached by the Vmerioan liquidation commission. Soe ????tarj Baker announced today that under ih<- settlement . the British 0??verumeh! would pay the UnlWl ? States 0.0;0*00 jc a n>':i and finM 1 adjustment Ships for Southern Ports Chairman Hurley Says Matter of Allocating Additional Mer chant Marine Progresses Washington, May 12.?Chairman Jlurioy of the shipping hoard, said to day that the matter of allocating ad ditional merchant marin?- tonnage to Southern ports had been taken up for consideration and that definite relief could be ;t<si;ri-(l exporters of the I Southern States within six weeks, i "I think that in six weeks from to-i day,"' said Mr. Hurley, "we will have j the South pretty well taken care of."j The shipping board chairman ex-, plained that the Southern exporters,! especially those of the lumber indus- j try, had been asked to submit their; requirements for tonnage and said 1 that by the time the requirements! were received and tabulated the ships; would be ready. Southern lumber men .at a meeting! at Memphis last week adopted and' sent to Chairman Hurley resolutions declaring that lack of sufficient sail ings from Gulf ports was preventing hardwood manufacturers of that section from getting a fair proportion of foreign trade. Man and Two Boys Killed Coast Line Train Strikes Auto mobile at Ebenezer Florence. May 12.?Maxy Odom,, aged ."'"?. Ellis Davis aged 10, and ; Robert lilaton aged 17, were killed! Sunday afternoon at 7.30 o'clock when j their automobile was struck by an i Atlantic Coast Line passenger train! at the Ebenezer crossing five miles! from here. The two boys, Davis and J Blantoh. appear to have been killed ; outright. Mr. Odom lived about thirty! minutes but never regained conscious- j ness after heia?- thrown from lhe; eaK Grover* Odom, aged 16, a son I of Maxy Odom. was thrown a dis- ? tatiee from the track into the ditch; and escaped with only a few minor; bruises. . j Dr. B. O. Cregg. who reached the j scene a few minutes after the tragedy] brought the injured la dto Flor-. once and his wounds were treated.! Today the boy is seemingly as well as) ever. His escape was miraculous. i All of the victims of the. tragedy* were from Darlington county, their! home being near the Indian Branch; section live miles from the town. ! They had been on a visit to'Ed Hill in this county and were returning home when the accident occurred. Ellis Davis was driving the car and; on the scat with him was C,rover| Odom. The elder Odom and the boy j Robert Blaton occupied the fear seat.! The impact of the locomotive seems; to have cent-red upon the rear of the.1 car. When seen this morning Groverj Odofci stated that no om1 in the car; saw ihe approaching- train until it j was upon them. The oncoming train' he stated, struck the automobile al-i most before they knew it was upon | them. The bodies of the dead v/ere! terribly mangled. It was midnight; before Coroner Smith completed hlsj inquiry. By that time relatives had arrived from Darlington and 'taken | charge of the bodies. Mr. udom was! a married man and leaves .a,, widow and live children. He was a well known farmer of Darlington county. The hoys. Davis and Blaton, were friends of the Odoms and had'been invited to take the automobile ride j with them. They were driving a| Maxwell car. Except for the engine! it was torn into fragments. Those who saw the accident cannot j account for it. There is a clear view! of the railroad track at the crossing} extending for almost a,mile. The en gineer, c. H. Faulker. testified that! he blew the crossing as well as the' station sign:;!, and that he was run-; ning 20 miles an hour. The automo- I bile driven at about the same speed. J The only surviving member of the; party, Grover Odom. could offer no j testimony at the inquest, on account j of his dazed condition, but stated to day that he tlid not sec or hear the train until it was upon him. After taking testimony the coroner's j jury rendered a verdict that Mr. I Odom and Davis and Pdaton had ! come to their deaths by being struck by a railroad train on the Atlantic Coast Dine tracks. I Liquor Forces Busy Plan to Begin Fight in Congress! On Prohibition j New York. May II.?Plans for the light against national prohibition to J' lie opened at the outset of the special j, session of congress called by Presi-:' lent Wilson for Mav 1:? were an ? nounced hen- today at headquartersi of the Association Opposed to Nnt-j ional Prohibition. \ Th ? federal prohibition amendment effective January 10 will lie attacked-.!.J ?:?? Representative Reuben D. Flaske'l:' if Roston by the introducton of a < ?'?solution providing for its repeal and . i second resolution calling for a r*?f- < rend urn on it in every Stale of thejf I'nion. Representative James A. Gal liVan of boston, it was said, would,* join for? es in the light. : I Discharges from Navy j All Temporary Officers Will Re ceive Release Within Few Weeks i Washington. May I". All ?^:npor- j ? ry officers who entered ih?- navy for I hi- war period only will he released t vithtn a few weeks. Acting Secretary t toosevell announced today. They ?' vill be replaced by reserve Officers 1 ccepting commissions with the rtgree-ii nent to remain in the service until six t .tenths after peac? is declared. i c Big Lumber Fire Saw Mill of the Penn-Sumter Lumber Company Destroyed Last Night The- saw mill of the Penn-Sumter Lumber Co. was burned last night about 12.30 o'clock, entailing quite a heavy loss on the owners. The fire was discovered by the watchman soon after it broke out in the dust chamber of the saw mill, but the flames spread so rapidly that by the time the fire de partment arrived the entire mill was enveloped and nothing could be done except to confine the lire to this part of the plant and saw the planing mill and lumber sheds. Cut for the for tunate circumstances that the night was unusually calm and still, with scarcely a breath of air stirring, the .fire would have been a widespread and disastrous conflagration. No es timate of the loss has been obtained, or. the amount of the insurance, the damage was certainly quite heavy, as the mill was a large and modernly equipped plant, most of the machin ery being comparatively new. War Garden Work Banks Made The Headquarters For Information Washington. May 13.?Announce ment that the War has made the banks of the country headquarters for in formation on "how to produce food F. O. B. the kitchen and what to do with it after you have produced it." is made by the National War Garden Commission. Literature on gardens and canning has been placed at finan cial institutions by the commission for the public benefit. "One would scarcely think throe years ago of getting a canning book from a trust company," says the com mission, "but now the companies have thousands of them for distribu tion on request. The books have been delivered by the War Garden Com mission to the hanks which see in the victory gardener a good citizen and a good customer." Manufacturing concerns, railroads, business houses and other industrial enterprises are cooperating in the victory garden drive of the War Gar den Commission. Trade With Brazil Proposed Steamship Line From California San Francisco, April 20?Establish ment of a steamship line between San Francisco and Rio do Janeiro is being urged upon the Brazilian gov ernment by Victor du Cunha, consul general from Brazil in San Francisco and, according to his statement, neg otiations have been opened between Brazil and the United States looking to that end. Mr. du Cunha's plan calls for a monthly sailing from both this city and Rio as a beginning, the service to be increased as conditions war rant. Since it is expected that France will shortly release the thirty ships loaned to her by Brazil, many of which are large tonnage, there would be no difiiculty in providing carriers. These vessels were among the fifty German craft which were seized dur ing ihe war. Brutal Dictated Peace Chancellor Scheidmann Rails Peace Terms London, Monday. May 12.?The pos sibility of a change in the German government as a result of the repre sentation of the allied peace terms was discussed by Chancellor Scheide rnanh ?t Heidin today, according to an Exchange Telegraph Berlin dis patch. The chancellor denounced j i:he peace terms, which he said rep-1 resented a "brutal, dictated peace,"! it said. I A Real Veteran. Mr. J. J. Hragdon. of Columbia, j risked last week at 101 Hampton and llarvin, this city, the home of his son in-law, Mr. L. M. King. Mr. Brag Jon is a Confederate Veteran of Co. H. Sth regiment (Col. Cash). He was i t the battles of Bull Run and Gettys burg and intermediate ones, except Fredericksburg, when he was at home rm furlough. He came out of the pvar at the age of 28 and married Miss Nannie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs St. Clair Jones of Hebron. Flor ?nce County. They have lived happily :ogether for over a half century, cel ebrating their golden wedding four ^ears ago. They reared three sons ind four daughters, who are scattered o the "four winds" of the United "tates. _I Hi-V Cub. On last Sunday afternoon the Hi-j V Club held the final meeting of the! ?cason. Judge T. D. Fraser made a j ?rry appropriate talk on mother,! tarrying out the idea of Mothers Day.'j \ilr. Wil am Moore sang a solo, ac- | ?ompanied by Mrs. Stubbs on the pi- { i m. which was enjoyed. DnPre Uhame was elected presi-t; lent, Harold DeLormc vice president] or next- year. In a short talk those! lew officers of the club pledged i hemselves to even bigger and bet- j er tilings for the Hi-V Club next] ear. [;< A rising vote of thanks was given!: he secretary of the V. M. C. A. for his] i merest in the H'-V club. Paris, May 13.? In the peace treaty {< vith Austria, now well toward com- i ?lotion, the responsibility clause has] ?eon inserted identical with that in j 1 he German treaty, with the excep-{< ton that the first clause, providing jj or the trial of Former Emperor Wil-,; iam is omitted. The remaining clauseh nakos provision for the trial of i aititary offenders by an international j 1 curt martial. '>z Arrested as Vagrants Two White Men Who Were Sus pected of Being Blind Tigers Taken Up by Sheriff _ ,\ Sam Dietz and G. W. Durst, two young white men who were arrested in Richland county last week with 250 quarts of whiskey in their possession were arrested late yesterday afternoon jby Sheriff Hurst on information that ; they were transporting liquor into> ? Sumter county. When taken into cus j tody they had no liquor and no trace of any could be found, notwithstand ing a vigorous search was made of J several suspected depositories They j have made several trips to this city ' during the past few months and they jhave been under suspicion as liquor ! sellers, and for this reason as well as j on account of information received , that they were on the way to Sumter j with liquor led to their arrest. As ! there was no proof that they had liquor the warrant on which they were arrested charged them with vagrancy. They were taken before Magistrate Moore and gave bond for their ap i pearance. Dietz and Durst stated that Augusta, Ga.. is their home and that they are business men of that city. They ad ! mined that they were the same par j ties who were arrested in Pviehland j county last week with a large quantity I of whiskey in their possession and j that they were out on bond for this I offense to apear for a preliminary hearing in Richland on Thursday of this week. They said they had no special business in Sumter, and did not explain reason for this trip here or their previous trips in the recent past. j Looting of Leige The Machinery of All Factories in the Meuse Valley Was Stolen by the Germans Liege, April 17, (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?Along the route 'from devastated Louvain to this desolate city tall smokeless chimneys line the formerly properous valley of the Meuse. Idle coal mines, huge plants which belched fire and srzzled j with the gurgle of the melting lead ;and the boiling steel are now silent j and abandoned. There .is rio out I ward visible sign of devastation but a superficial examination of the in side of the plants reveals the fact that this district has been stripped as ! thoroughly and more systematically than the line of battle where the can-, hon roared for four years. The Cockerill Manufacturing Com pany employed 12,000 workmen; at the small arms factory ''Fabrique Nationale" 4,500 skilled workmen manufactured revolvers and rifles, the invention of Browning of Texas; the Ougnee-Mariez plant manufact l ured steel machinery, locomotives and presses, 14,000 hands having been em ployed there. Now a few laborers wander like lost souls in the Vast halls which seem immense because of the removal by the Germans of all the machinery formerly filling up every available inch of floor space. ^The yare repairing the few dilapidat ed automobiles, machines and loco motives the Germans left behind In their deliberate retreat and in their systematic plundering through foUr years. The managers of these plants know where their machinery has been re moved. They have the names of the firms in the various cities of Ger many which are now manufacturing with these stolen machines the pro* ducts that in a few months they will attempt to unload upon the world'* markets. They are dissatisfied and Hit ter in their comment because they feel they have been neglected by the Peace Conference. They feel Germany should have been ordered to return at once the stolen machinery or that they should at least have been permitted to enter Germany and remove them to their plants. They are not short of steel. One of the former manufact urers declared he had 2,000,000 pounds of steel on hand, but rto ma chinery. A manager of one plant expressed himself as more than disillusioned: "Times have changed since the armis tice when Belgium was everywhere cited as incarnating the very spirit of patriotism and heroism, when pro mises were made that fighting would go on until Belgium should be inte grally restored, financially, economi cally and pol LMtlly. Your brave American hoys who came to Europe and ied with a smile thought to avenge violated Belgium fighting des perately for its own and the very world's freedom at the threshold of civilization." Death. Mr. Walter C. Cleapor, of this city, formerly of Charleston, died suddenly at his residence. 302 Council street, about 11.30 Saturday nigh after an ittack of heart trouble which lasted about an hour. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Hattie of this city: three sons. Clarence, of this ;-it : Walter. (,;' Charleston: Richard, >i" Florence: one brother. A. H. Cieap >r of Washington. L*. C and one si.s Ler. Mrs. W. S. Patrick, of Summer rille. His body was carried to Charleston, ind laid to rest ill Magnolia cemetery. The beautiful floral offerings testi fled to his host of friends and ac quaintances. ; Mrs. James H. MeLeod. formerly >f Remberf. died at the home of her aster, Mrs. W. R. Law, Sr.. early Sat irday morning. Her body was carried through the ;ountry, and laid to rest by the side >f her only child in the Camden ?emetery. She is survived by three sisters and wo brothers. Mrs. W. R. Law. Sr.. >f Bishopville. Mrs. J. W. Clark of gusto. Mrs. J Z. Reese of Congaree nid Rev. E. A. McDowell of Kings roe, and W. L. McDowell of Gam len. The floral offerings testified to ler host of friends and acquaint ances.