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Writes From Paris ViMfc Places of Interest Lunches at N?ted Restaurant; Thing tihgtknfr Amt ftsr Witt fetuni to P?ife fear PrWaiiged Paris? June 15, 1919. Dear -C&ihe-I: " ; Your letter came just in time to catch nie .before r left: Savenay. I Tifote CharBe; iaist week-and gave,, him most ox the -Savenar news. I enjoyed jnj^.sttyJ?; Sa?f??y,: hut .of course it have the grip on my heart doe*; ... . .. Elan or and I went a w. o. K to Mantes ^tnd^ steved^ over Monday. Baie llS is now an evacuation. point wdttWR^iad jrfie other hospitals are closed. ?e went to St. Luce and, fottnd; Madam* tfe Freraoad at home! hut ;fflo^?ur and ??pert had gone' to Savenay to see us. I don't know #hy those people have been so nice to us. . \ 4; Monday- evening,' Peari and two lieu tenants caHed- ?0r mh ton a V. S. A. car and we had dinner at Raganean's on the terraeev, then* went to MOntoir to a dance. . You said you could not find Savenay on the map. It is about jpne-third the distance between St J^iaire and Nantes. Montoir is just * Ontside St Na^ire. 'Tuesday evening, I attended a real circus/ except for the animals It is V ^?"^at ^jr .the K. of C. and .has some r^icfei$nt - features. The acrobats are pfhly French and partly A. EX F. "?? Thursday We left Savenay at nine ^th&ty aid' arrived in Paris tn time kfor . ot?asfcia^ Friday. It was moon ?\ltght /a!n^the viewjs^ along ; the Loire %e*e he&tliul. hung out of the w-indows as we passed through Nantes and back o? our old. hospital center. hotel^? ? in- tbe /fcatin quarter. E3tie-, and I are on-the fifth floor and hav^t the nicest petit salon with, tiny bedroom a^Uoiaing and two clothes closet^ all for fifteen francs. There is no elevator, but the. atmosphere is rare. We ranched Friday at the "Chinese Umbrella" on the other ?ia> of the- river but we dined at f iRoageot'O'on the Bonl. St Germain, right out OB- the sidewalk in true} Preach fashion. Afterwards we stroll ed down the "Soul Mich," one of the ? most famous boulevards in the world. [ ifc&nL -St. Michael, . We .i paased ths i.^gjStrsci CSuny, the. remains of an old ?:-Roman fort,; and .;mihy . interesting : pkces. la front of- the. Pantheon we '. gized upon Rodih'S famous statue I *^6:*rhinW" then w^^ over to Eglise ?t. Etieniie du Mont, the church of the famous spiral stairs. It I flight until; tOrC so, we seldom din* Ibefote 7.3fr ab* weyaiwayS;si? oh the f rsrideWaHc. Yesterday we spent . tJfcer .morning ?y^fer? fg?t.. passports Jbfed fdr England and lunched near the em-'f ? hassy: on ,tSe corner of BouE Alma .a^rChamiws Blysee in^ view of t the ij^Pwtt Arc- - de- Triamphe. :?d - show *it?swhktje .^erence. locality make's 51"m^*price3si our .luheheon cost thirty-one \ ? 'rr&?^'Vh-er^as ^e' dtnev very nicely j k in':th* Laim Quarter for less than five francs. After luncheon we climbed I -3tpj the top of the Arch. It is an awful clkfaVhut quite worth the, trouble for . tho view. To one side is Montmarte, a bill crowned. with the beautiful church of the Sacred Heart white and gleaming in the-sunlight We called ' 6^ some very charming friends of Eleanor's who live near the Arch. Tho father is an artist and; the son is quite a. well known author. They 'are Americans but have spent dfost of their ifrej. in P^is. The "daughter has only been in the States once and only for six months. This morning I attended mass at St. Germaine <|e Pres, which is Just across the street from us. It is one cf the oldest churches in Paris and it-was here that Jean Valjean was taken in by the priest in the begin nipig of ,**Les Miserables." The abbey is connected with the church. I saw .several sisters of charity of St. Vincent d* Paul, The priest who said mass had a long black beard, which was i-ather. unusual. The tomb of the King^ of Poland,.at..the left of the transcept, has. a iifesized basrelief of the king off ering his crown and scepter to God. To the right is the tomb of the De Castiline brothers, relatives of th? notorious "Bony" ex-hubby of An na Gould. Carl came to see us about noon and after, a talk about the old bunch, the three of us had luncheon at Pre cope's, a restaurant dating from 1661. Many famous men, Bousseau, Marat, Fon taine: and others, have eaten there and their names are on the walls. We crossed the Seine and visited the Louvre. It was too late to see very much but we did see the two treas ures of the Louvre?Venus de Milo kii? the Winged Victory of Saraa thrace. They are both beautifully placed. The victory at the top of a long fight of stairs. The base of the Statue is the prow of a boat The vboie statue suggests victory on the point, of soaring. It is . marvelous that so much action could be express ed, in marbie that is ao cold and hard. My first view of Venus was through a long corridor. A dark velvet drapery hangs back cf the statue and shows it off to the best advantage. The usual thing upon seeing the* Venus is to wOnder what she held in her hand. But-why worry about the hands when tl)^ head and body is of unspeakable beauty. No copy of the original shows the goddess-like serenity of countenance. After leaving the Louvre we stroll ed over to the Cite de Paris, the is land in the Seine and watched the children playing and the old men fishing. During our walk we met Mrs. Haines, a friend of Carl and an interior decorator in New York. She invited us to dinner at her apart ments tomorrow evening. This even ing Ellie1 and I were having dinner te a qneer little restaurant on the corner of the Rue Jacob and Rue Jo sephine when in walked Julie Brown ancf a Muss Crump. A few minutes later m came Mrs. Haines. Julie, we ntet at Nantes and Savenay. She is with the Red Cross and makes sit. Zenites of the boys in the hospitals. Venclos?- ?ae she 'lid "of me. >Sf ir.xiot as good a? most, of her work. She? quite*weil, known, in Xew York. We introduced Mrs. Haines and found that they; had mwtora^ acquaintances in (Greenwich Village and Julie and Miss LCrump. are included in the party for ^ tomorrow. If all goes well, Ellie and I leave for England? Tuesday to stay until July 1st. After reaching England,, we shall probably get to Ireland. The lid is on very tightly for AI E. F. travel ing and you can't go to England ex cept to visit. The army has with drawn transportation for Red Cross and there are now more than five hundred girls awaiting sailing orders. When I return from England, I may accept assignment in Paris with the Graves Registration Bureau so don't expect me,home in the near future. I wish you were a*tt with me. Lovingly, KATIE. Law Enforcement To Be Discussed Peace Officers to Confer With Gerernor Columbia, July 8.?Hundreds of South Carolina peace officers are ex jpected in Columbia July 16 for a conference with Governor; Cooper rel ative to law eaforcer-?e" The chief executive has called o.* the sheriffs, solicitors, magistrates and foremen of grand juries. There are so many of these that it is impossible to send a letter to all, Governor Cooper says, but he is extremely anxious that they come tov Columbia for the occasion, and is extending the invitation through the press. The meeting will be in the hall of the house of representatives. In issuing the call Governor Cooper said: * ; "Complaints have come to me from various sections of the State, indicat ing that the prohibition law is being more or le$s generally violated. It ap pears too that the jail population o* the State is increasing and that the homicide record, is distressingly large. "In view of these facts, I am asking all the sheriffs, solicitors, magistrates and fafemen of grand juries to meet with me In- the hafi of the house of representatives, Columbia, at noon on July 16, for the purpose of discussing law enforcement." -,... - ? - , Flight of Again Delayed Ret urn Trip to England to Be fin VtktA Winds-Improve Minfcola, N. Y.,. July 8?Major G. H. Scott, commander, of the giant British ?rijjible R-34,. tonig ht inofrmed the crew that the start of the return voy age to Great Britain scheduled tor dawn toraorow, woald be delayed ~-.t least eighteen and possibly twenty four hours. ? ? ? ..This'action was taken after receipt from- the. weather bureau at Washing ton of reports showing that whereas head winds-;over . a considerable part of.,v!he-course;, would; be encountered tomorrow, a"favorable'southweit eur ren;: probably would set in along the Atlantic coast north of New Tork Thursday or Friday. Unfavorable Winds Prevent Starting Again No Prospect That The R-34 Can Get Away Before Dawn Tomorrow Mineola, July 9.?Again today un favorable winds from the east pre vent the giant dirigible from starting on a return trip to England. British officers in charge of the R-34 an nounced there were no prospects that the big. airship would get away before dawn tomorrow or Friday, for at that hour the maximum amount of gas could be taken on in the gas bags. CAMDEN NEWS. Young Men Give Enjoyable Bailee at * Hie Country Club. Camden, July 5.?William E. John son, who has been a convalescent at Fort Oglethorpe since his return from France, has received his discharge and has returned to Camden. Bert Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Moore, formerly of Camden, but now of New York, is visiting in Cam den. Mrs. A. Levy, of Macon, Ga., is on a visit to her mother, Mrs. A. Karesh of this city. She is on her return from a stay in New York city. Miss Agnes Corbett and Miss Agnes DePass are attending the summer school at Peabody Institute at Nash ville, Tenn. Steve Perry has received his dis charge from the army after a service overseas and has returned to Camden. Mrs. U. A. Martin and family of Atlanta, Ga., are on a month's visit to Mrs. Martin'* mother, Mrs. J. S. Trantham. Oscar J. SmyrI has gone to Harts ville where he will make his future home. One of the largest and most en joyable dances of the summer season was- given on Thursday night hy the young men of Camden at the Country Club. An orchestra from Charlotte furnished music for the occasion. Germany's Ability to Pay (Correspondence of Associated Press) Berlin. June 14.?Richard Calwer, financial writer, believes that Ger many's offer of financial indemnity supplies her enemies with a weapon which may encourage them to force her to pay a still larger sum than that offered He writes: "Germany, they will say, appears to be still quite solvent and her credit unimpaired if she is able to offer a gold indemnity of one hundred bil lion on her own initiative. If she volunteers that much, she is in real ity capable of exceeding that limit, will be the enemies logic, and it is surprising to think that this had not i occurred . before tc men responsible for tfc? offer." . . . _ Newspapers Men Meet In Asheville i . -? Speaker at Puolishers' Conven thm Gams Applanse by Ref erences tor Bnrieson ? _ _ Asheville, N. C, July 7.?That the South is enjoying the greatest era of prosperity, that has ever come to the States below the Mason and Dixon line was asserted by speakers participat ing, in today's session of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association. President Frank G. Bell of Savan nah delivered an address of welcome. On recommendation of the officers 25 applicants for membership were un animously elected. There are now 150 members, circulating 90 evening and 60 morning papers. Representative Will D. Upshaw of Atlanta, represent- j ing the Fifth Georgia district, asked the publishers for their views on the1 readjustment of postal rates which they seek. He declared that since his election to the house that that j body has been "so busy playing poli tics" it has had no time to give to the consideration of the troubles of the publishers, which are also the troubles of the public. The report of W. G. Bryan, Atlan ta, chairman of the advertising com mittee, said that the South has been greatly benefited by the campaign waged in behalf of this section. Post master General Burleson came in for a severe arraignment at the hands of W. T. Anderson of Macon, Ga., who' termed the cabinet member "the most nonsensical nincompop who has ever occupied a governmental position." Mr. Anderson's attack against the head of the postal service was greet led by applause. M, - . E. Foster of Houston, Texas, said that while Bur [leson was from Texas he was not j elected by the State, at Texas. \ Lewellyn Pratt delivered an ad dress on. the^ protection of the press against, the unscrupulous advertisers, the announced aim of the Associated Advertising Club* of the World of which fee is first vice, president. : -Whiteno'night session.is being held tonight the commlffeemen are kept bu?y on their reports. Thrown From Buggy And Dies of Injury A Leroy Bethe? Fatally Hurt When Struck by Automobile Two Miles From Dillon Dillon, Juifr 7.?A deplorable trag edy occurred about two miles from Dillon Saturday night when A. Leroy Bethea was violently thrown from his buggy by a passing automobile and sustained a fractured skull, from which he never regained conscious :nes and die& aboat 2 ?'cloek yesterday :at Highsniith's Infirmary at F?yette yille, N. C, where he was taken im ^mediately after the.accident on the fast midnight . train. Mr. Bethea was one of Dillon county's most esti mable men, a prominent farmer and a Christian gentleman., - Mr. Bethea was driving along quiet ly on a good broad stretch of road and when the automobile was heard coming he turned to give bis portion of the road and as he did so the front wheel of his buggy was caught by the fast moving automobile. The automo bile did not stop but increased its speed andtwent its way. Mr. Bethea had a friend with him. Both parties were thrown from the buggy and when found Mr. Bethea was beneath the wreckage in an unconscious con dition. The horse had torn hiinself immediately and clearly from the buggy and went dashing dowh the road. The parties were not appre hended until late yesterday afternoon. They were found by the sheriff and placed under arrest and are now in jail together with two negroes, who were in the car with them. Lowe and Russel Parish of Marlboro county had charge of the car. The car be longed to some one at Latta and these young men were making the trip to their home near Clio, expecting to re turn the car to its owner by the ne groes. Great indignation is felt over the incident which brought about the untimely death of so good a man. Mr. Bethea is survived by a wife, who before mariage was Miss Ella Easterling, three sons and four daugh ters, as follows: Henry B. Bethea of Sumter, Leon Bethea and Walker Bethea, Misses Carrie and Janie Be thea, Mrs. F. C. Watson, Savannah, Ga., and Mrs. T. C. Gelder of Sum merton. One brother, D. W. Bethea, also survives him. Mr. Bethea was about 64 years old and a member of the Dothan Meth odist church. The interment was at the family burial plot in the Little Rock Cemetery this morning and was attended by a large gathering of friends from all parts of the county. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Sam Bethea of Little Rock, assisted by the Rev. Wat3on B. Dun can, D. D., of Dillon and the Rev. J. N. Wright of Cheraw. Better Service Under Federal Control Washington, July 8.?Better re sults in transportation can be obtain ed by maintaining and improving fed eral operation than by returning to "old methods in whatever guise," Jo seph B. Eastman, member of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, declared today in a communication to the senate committee. He was not a merrier of the commission when the commission's views on the railroad situation were given to congress last winter. Eastman declared that fed eral control of railroads should con tinue so as to ensure necessary cap ital at low cost. Paris, July 9.?A dispatch from Rome reports continued improvement in the situation in mt>st of the Italian cities where disorders, incident to the high cost of living have been occur ring. Exception is noted in case of Bari on the Adriatic, where a generai strike has been proclaimed. The Tillman Launched At Navy Yard Miss Marie Tfllnr a Grand daughter ef the Senator Chris tens the Craft With Champagne Charleston. July 7.?Tn the pres ence of a notable assemblage of na val officers and guests, the torpedo boat destroyer Tillman took the wa ter at tie navy yard yesterday after noon at 5.31 o'clock, gliding grace fully down the ways into the Cooper river without untoward incident. As the craft started down the ways, Miss Marie Tillman, granddaughter of the late United States senator, smash ed a bottle of champagne against the prow saying, 'With this I christen thee Tillman," the men in the gather ing standing with bared heads during the impressive, though brief, cere mony. Rear Admiral Benjamin C. Bryan, commandant of the yard; Rear Ad miral Francis E. Beatty, commandant Of the Sixth naval district; Com mander John Williams Woodruff, un der whose supervision the craft was built; Col. Charles A. Bennett, com manding the Southeastern Depart ment of the army; Gov. Robert A. Cooper and Mayor Tristram T. Hyde were included in the-official launching party. Mrs. Benjamin Ryan Tillman, widow of the senator; Major Henry C. Till man and Mr. Benjamin C. Tillman, his sons; Miss Helen Tillman, a niece; Mr. Charles S. Mo ore, of Atlantic City, a son-in-law; United States Dis trict Attorney J. William Thurmond, Mr. W. A. Strom, of Edgefield, and Mr. John W. Fowler, of Laureiis; oc cupied prominent placet on the. offi cial party and were considered as guests of honor. Miss Tillman is the twelve year old daughter of Major Tillman, of Green wood. Misses Virginia Woodruff and Mildred Ramsey, daughters of naval officers at the yard, and Almena Sloan, of Greenwood, were her maids of honor for the ceremony of chris tening the craft. The launching ceremonies were simple and the program was executed without hitch. Besides the platform for the sponsor's ^party, another sec tion was roped off for holders of tickets, and those without tickets were assigned to another platform. While the crowd was assembling the Navy Yard Band played popular music. When the moment for the craft to glide into the water 5.31, high tide, arrived, Rear Adi?iral B. C. Bryan gave the signal, and the righting ves sel went easily into the water. ?s it started on its journey the grand daughter of the late senator, who was being honored, brofee* a bottte of' champagne on its bow spying:: "With this I christen thee Tillman." When it settled upon the water it w?s taken to its anchorage where it will be got ten ready for the sea. As it glided into the water, the band played "Star Spangled Banner" and the crowd stood with bared head's. '. / The Tillman is one of the largest and best destroyers in the navy. Its speciflcatons are: Length, 314 feet four and one-half inches; breadth, thirty-one feet, eight and one-quarter inches; mean draft, nine feet; dis placement, 1,154 tons; fuel capacity, Oil, 82,280 gallons; horse power, 26, 000; speed, thirty-five knots. Its building was under the. supervision of Commander Woodruff. The Tillman was named for Ben jamin Ryan Tillman, Senator from South Carolina, who died as chairman of the senate committee on naval af fairs, and who was a staunch friend of the navy yard. It was he that pushed the measure to establish the yard, and no opportunity was passed by him to do some good turn for the yard. When Secretary Meyer recom mended that the Navy Yard at Char leston be abandoned. Senator Tillman exerted his influence and saved the yard. This fitting tribute to his memory was appreciated by all friends of the Charleston Navy Yard. After the launching a reception was given by Admiral and Mrs. Bryan at their home. After the guests had been received, they went to the lawn where refreshments were served. The band dispensed sweet music during the re ception. The launching was pronounced a success in every sense, and those in charge have every reason to feel satisfied with the event. The Tillman will be commissioned next spring. . Drive in Alabama Against Suffrage Montgomery, Ala., July 8.?On the convening of the Alabama legislature here today a joint resolution was in troduced in the house providing for re fusal to ratify the woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution. Opponents of suffrage by federal amendment asserted tonight that enough votes were pledged in both houses to reject the amendment. Efforts were made in the house to take immediate action on a resolution to indorse the peace treaty and the league of nations, but opposition de veloped to taking it up at once. Governor Kilby addressed a joint session of the two houses this aft ernoon speakmg more than an hour, during which he discussed conditions in the State and recommended legis lation affecting education, public health, changes in the form of hand ling the State's convicts, taxation, finance and revenue. In the latter in stance the governor suggested as a revenue producer a State income tax, an excess profits tax and a tonnage tax on coal and iron mined in the State. To Investigate Disorder Paris, July 9.?The appointment by the council of five of a committee to investigate the disorders between Ital ian and French troops in Fiume meets with the general approval of the French press. Several newspapers de clare that incidents have been exag gerated and misrepresented by a num ber of Italian newspapers, which at tempted to give them a political char acter. Sdutfi Carolina Memorial Commission To Erect Building at Cost of Half a Million 1 i Columbia, July 8.?As a tribute to j'the heroes of South Carolina who made the supreme sacrifice in the great war, the people of the State will erect a handsome and a fitting memorial in the shape of a building to cost half a million dollars. This decision has been reached by the South Carolina Memorial Com mission, created by the action of the last legislature and appointed recent ly by Governor Cooper. The design of the building has not yet been determined, but it will be purely memorial and artistic in its nature and general form, the utili tarian features to be kept in the back ground. Of the $500,000 to be put into the building, the legislature has appro priated $100,06f>. The remaining $400-, 000 will be raised by popular subscrip tion, in order, principally, that every person in the State may have the op portunity of contributing diroctly to ward the memorial. The executive committee of the memorial commission, which will have charge of the campaign soon to be launched to raise the necessary fund, is headed by former Governor Rich ard I. Manning, who recently return ed from France where he attended the Peace Conference as a delegate from the League to Enforce Pace. The executive committee has begun to lay plans for launching the campaign. Gosnell Brought To Penitentiary Slayer of Rector there for Safe Keeping Columbia, July 8.?Jake Gosneil, who last Friday shot and killed Sher iff Hendrix Rector of Greenville county, was brought to Columbia yes terday on the midday train and placed in the State penitentiary for safe keeping. Immediately after the shooting last Friday Gosnell was spirited away, the presumption at the time being that lie was' being brought to Colum bia. Instead he was. taken to Spar tanburg and placed in jail. He was brought to Columbia yesterday by Sheriff White Of Spartaflb?rg county. Governor Cooper, who attended the launching of thev Destroyer Tnfman in Charleston yesterday afternoon, will go to Hilton Head- in Beaufort county today on a fishing trip. He will return to Columbia Thursday night or Friday morning and will immediately thereafter name a suc cessor to Sheriff Rector. A number of applications for the place have been received in the office of Governor Cooper. Among these are Gapt: Sam D. Willis, who commanded the Butler Guards;. J. F. Bagnall, Broadus Traynh?m and J. P. Charles. It is understood'in Columbia that the Greenville delegation will not make any recommendations. i Willard Returns To Kansas Home Ex-Champion Quits Ring Per manently Toledo, Ohio, July 7?Jess Willard, defeated heavyweight champion, is on his way tonight to his Lawrence, Ransas, home and permanent retire ment from the ring. Willard, accompanied by his wife [and two personal friends, began the 'long motor trip late this afternoon. The defeated champion is making the trip in a seven passenger car he pur chased here during his training period for his contest with Jack Dempsey. Willard expects the trip will consume about a week. The swell ing over his left eye had entirely dis appeared and the only marks he bore were a slight discoloration over the eye and a cut lip. The task of checking the gate re ceipts and attendance of the Independ ence Day battle proved so stupendous that promoter Rickard announced to night that the official accounting would not be completed until tomor row. RickaVd however, estimated that receipts would not exceed $500, 000. Allegations, made by William G. Rocap, a sporting writer of Phila . delphia, that there was a collusion between Rickard and Willard in pro ; moting the championship match were I investigated today by the Toledo box ing commission, under whose license the contest was staked. The commis sion gave Rickard a vote of confidence and invited Rocap to present any evi dence he may have. I The commission of which Mayor i Schreiber and C. H. Wall, director of ?public safety, are members adopted a resolution declaring that it had been unable to find any evidence of collu sion; that the contest was conducted squarely, and honorably and that Ro cap be notified to present all proofs, if he has any, to the commission with !in a week, or "forever hold his peace." f The refusal of the Ohio board of j motion picture censors to allowi pic j tures of the contest to be exhibited caused disappointment here. Hun dreds of persons awaited outside pic ture theatres hoping that the picture would finally be approved. Frank K. Hall of New York, who, with Rickard j and Willard. owns the picture, said j $200,000 would be lost in Ohio because of the board's action. Amerongen, Sunday, July 6.?Form er Emperor William and wife are apparently unperturbed by the possi bility that proceedings may be brought by the entente powers for ex tradition of the former emperor from Holland. Members of the fdrmer em peror's suite have, indicated in con versations with the correspondent it was their opinion that any proceed ings from allied quarters would be protracted many months without any certainty that the Netherlands gov ernment would consent to hand the former kaiser over for trial. AHi^ C??ncil Make ; Binding Agreement Will Hold Trial of Former Ger man Emperor in London as Announced Last We*k V Parts, July 8.?-An'^eemetsthkkeU* ed by the allied coune?. that the^ irjijil of the former emperor to bO ih'elk'ijd London, as announced; by Prentfer George in the house of commons last week was tacit, but from '- American sources it was learned^late' today- that the agreemenf was regarded, as bind i:. -. The Ex-Kaiser's I Finances He Has a Good Sum lit Cash and Large Holdings of Real Estate Amerongen June 14/ :(?orrespon, dence of The Associated Press.)?Thjfc former German Emperor has ! been discussing his financial? problems for more than a week with Doetor T. Kriege, who has been in charge at, imperial estates and funds ,in Ger many since the H&h*nzollerti abdi cation. .-; Dr. Kriege, one of the' former Geir: I man functionaries of the German Foreign Office, has been Here" in cSn I ference with Herr Hohenzoliern when 'the latter was not engaged in. w??dT [ sawing. The Marshal of the German ^Emperor's court, Von Gontard, alib participated in the discujfttfoiis. ; I The former Emperor , is nof 'shrort fof money, as he posseted a^considj erable amount on deposit rn Kotfahft before war began. T&I& was to appreciably while hostitftie^. W$r? in progress. During the few stirring weeks preceding his abdication; .Wil liam arid his followers, transferred further large sums; in, re^dy ca^ii But William is troubled. a?jt?. tfcfc fate of his real estate: He possessed no fewer than fifty-five caslies, .^nptr ing boxes and country seata scatter ed over the Empire. The reyefty^df these, properties are for the, presort at least in the hands of the new gov ern" merit, which hitherto. has,. paia from their proceeds ?il Herr HbfiSn^ zollern's bills; forwarded to Betliz^jtot settlement. These accounts ha-ve, be>n quite formidable, as the' imperial; ref ugee is called upon to pay far e^ery^ thing he consumes, as well ?s.for^his? accomodation and the upkeep of his suite, besides paying w^es jof the gardeners and domestics at, iff? ? Bentinek estate who render him str vices while wood-cutting.:, or, in household. . -. -i The expenses of the Dutch goiard of gendarmes on duty around the castli also fall on the Hohenzojlern purieC:. The German government's inten tions concerning the former Emperoi's private fortune. cannol: ^ V.^ljSjWP here. Germans. recently, frdsa?-t?fa. ifetlierland declare therj* is'isC'<^4$ti deal of purely personal sympathy .for William among air claies^ahd/th&t'l? ."is likely he will:.rec.eiv<e^?vlai^.\]j?gr "tion. of the, value of what he owned. ;'They say it is probable1 that mo^; of. the- castles, and country hol^eA..witt be sold and the cash result paid " 'to William's account, but a number o't them may be retained as governzaeni. property to be used for the purpose, of local government . headiiuaxtera This they consider an equitable, .ar rangement which wiU not deprive the ex-monarch of his rights a*',, a private citizen as, they believe, would be the case if his property were con fiscate d_ \ V Condition of Cotton Bureau of Crop Estimate Issues. Report for State Saluda, July) 8.?According to a re port issued by B. B. Hare of the; Unit? ed States bureau of crop estimates, th* condition of cotton in South Carolina, on June 25, was 78 per cent of nor mal. The condition pn the correspond ing date of last year was 83 per csiit, 71 per cent in 1917 and 74 per cent hi 1916, the ten year average being '11 per cent. v The estimated acreage shows a de crease of 11 per cent compared with last year, the total acreage planted, and standing on June 25, being 2,76 6y* 000 acres. Abbeville 83, Allendale 78, Aiken.75, Anderson 82, Bamberg 83, BarnweU 87, Beaufort 83, Berkeley 82, C?ir houn 72, Charleston, 84, Cherokee\81, Chester 81, Chesterfield 80, Clarendaa 74, Colleton 76, Darlington 9#,Vi*% lon 88, Dorchester 78, Edgefield; 7-f, Fairfield 77, Florence 87,. Georger town 88, Greenville 79, Gree^wo^ 79, Hampton 71, Horry 82, Jasper\7$, Kershaw 78, Lancaster 77, Laurens JM?. Lee 85, Lexington 79, McCoTraicX Marion 82, Marlboro 90, Newberry 8%J Oconee 83, Orangeburg 76, Pickan* 83, Richland .72, Saluda 70, Spartan-, burg 80, Sumter 80, Union 77, ..Wil liamsburg 84 and York 81. In eight or ten of the extreme east ern counties, embracing the Pee P*&. section, and in about the same ^tim ber of counties in the northwe^errr part of State, covering most of . th* Piedmont section, conditions rahgijf from "fair" to "excellent," .while .in the southern, western, central ? and north central counties condition* range from Vvery poor" to "good.*' Just what effect, the excessive rains .of the last week in June will have on th? ? crop remains to be seen. On th? well worked and well fertilized faring there will probably be an abnonhit growth of the plant at the expense, jot fruit, but in fields where plant is small a normal plant will likely be pro duced, the fruiting of same to be ds? termined by subsequent weather con ditions and extent of cultivation. Herr Wisseil Resigns From German Cabinet Opposition to His Plans By Other Members Given as Reason Copenhagen, JUiy 9.?Herr Wisteel. minister of'economics in tb> German cabinet has resigned because of op position of. other members Of the sab^ inet to his plaits which weer opjicsed ' to free trade.