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Flour Can Now Be Shipped Into State Without Permits, But Wheat Con servation Stilt Is Necessary. Columbia.?The embargo on flour, | which has been in effect in South' .Carolina, has been raised by order of! William Elliott, food administrator for; the State. Sine* May 15, during the) time the embargo on flour has beeni on in this State, shipments of flour i were made into South Carolina only! on-permits from the'Food Adniinistra-1 tion. The lifting of the embargo j means that there, may be feee move-i nient of flour into the State, without | permits, hereafter. The embargo serv-j ed to cut down shipment of flour from' the mills at a critical time and through | a period of extreme shortage so far as the wheat supply was concerned. During the embargo, however, there was free movement of flour from one part of the State to another, and no section suffered; which was seen / to by the Pood Acliainistration. I With jthe coming In ,of '. the new I wheat crop there,will be relief in the! situation, but this does -not mean that | the-public will be relieved from wheat; saving. Conservation is still vitally necessary. A hungry, fighting world is to he fed. Only. in the United States .will there be enough wheat, ahdjthe harvest will provide enough in this country only if the people con firm with the Food Administration ruios and regulations.'' S&GAR OBTAINABLE ONLY IN SMALL LOTS Purchases for,Household Use Limited by Food Administration?Sugar Can Be Secured for Canning and Pre serving. Columbia?Under, new regulations} Issued by the Food Administration! a*id/wl>ich have already gon9 into ef fectt, sugar for household use cannot be purchased in larger lots than two poujwls by persons residing in cities and towns, or .ih larger than five jxrand lots by persons residing in ru ral sections. These new regulations have been rendered necessary by the ?sugar shortage, which has become se rious. It is unlawful for any dealer to violate this rule, and the serious , nessl of the situation as regards sugar calls for the most rigid economy in its use. Fpr cannjlng and preserving fruits and vegetables, which is regarded as very; important by the Food Adminis tration, sugar can be obtained in lot? up fo 25 pounds, but not more than 25 'pound* will be sold to any one per son ill "any one month for canning antf pr^>ervin*. It 'is necessary, in order to.obtain sugar for canr.ii/g ard preserving pur poiss: that the purchaser sign r 3&&lge blanks for which cuca Ueaie; has on hand, these being furnished bjrthe Food Administration. The pur chaser pledges , himself to use the 3ugar so obtained for canning and pre serving purposes only, and to return to She dealer any portion of the sugar not used for such purpose. \Dealei?6 will strictly enforce this rule. The public is urged by the Food Ad ministration to save every possible spoonful of sugar. There is none to waste. As a matter of fact, the sugar j situation is serious. Cuban deliveries have been shorter than were expected. Consumption has been larger. Sub marine losses have been heavy, and a reduction of sugar co? sumption all along the line becomes absolutely nec essary, says the Food Administration ONLY NECESSARY USE OF ICE PERMITTED Bulletin Issued by Food Administra tion Points Out Sources of Ice ^aste Which Should Be Avoided. -?? ; Calumbia?Then necessity of cpn serving ice becomes important with the srnnmer months ahead, and the Food Administration for South Carolina toas issued a bulletin in which some pre cautionary suggestions are made. f "The call for conservation of ice is ^prompted not by any anticipated ^hortage, but in the general interest ofrthrift and the saving of supplies essential to other important indus tries," says the bulletin. , The following suggestions are made to indicate sources of wastte of ice: "The practice of shaving ice for restaurants, soda fountains, etc., should be eliminated. "If ice becomes scarce in a commu nity at any time, a vigorous effort should be made to curtail its use by eoncerns dealing in luxuries before any reduction is attempted* in the amount allowed families using it in moderation. . "Householders should be advised to keep the refrigerator in a cool place, to* see that refrigerator doors close tightt, and not to put warm food in refrigerators to cool at the expense of theice. 'Tee should' not be used in serving fruit and food. Served direct from the refrigerator they are cold enough. Ice should be saved by serv ing no more than necessary in glasses of water, tea and other drinks. ."The public should not be hysterical over the danger of an actual ice fa ni ne. At *he worst, onl;* ?> short accl* i vrtital stoppage is likely to occur any* J TIGER AND RHINOCEROS. *Tra the wildest animal in tho world," said the tiger. "For years people have said: "The tiger is the most danger ous of animals. You can't trust a tiger. They're all wild, wild, wild!' And at the third cry of "wild" the tiger roared for all he was "Try to Be Happy worth, and Cheerful." "Ah, you're not x altogether cor rect," said a strange voice, and from a little distance ''off the rhinoceros was talking. "Why not?" roared the tiger. "Because you're /not the only fish in the sea," said the rhinoceros. **Have you gone mad, utterly and completely mad?" asked the tiger. "I'm not a fish, I never was a fish, and I never will be a fish. I wouldn't live in the water when I can Uve in the forests. I wouldn't be* so fool ish and watery-eyed and slippery. Ah, no, I wouldn't be anything^ut a tiger, a wild and wonderful animal with great piercing eyes and a deep roar and beautiful skin. ."And too," the tiger contimied, "I don't see why >you talk about the sea. "I'm not interested in the ocean. I don't care to go in it. I wouldn't be the only fish in the sea for anything. Of course I'm -not the only fish in the sea, but why do you say it as if It were something quite sad?" "It's a great joke," said the rhinoce ros langhing, which made his face look a little more ugly than usual. "What's a great Joke?" growled the tiger. "I didn't mean that you wanted to be a fish or that you were a fish, or that you could be a fish." "Then ? why did you talk about fishes?" asked the tiger. "They don't interest me." "Because," said the rhinoceros, j "there is-an expression or saying that runs like this?'You're not the only fish in the .sea/ n "The saying runs!" exclaimed the tiger, "How can-an expression or a saying run? How can it, forsooth? Yes, how can it? We can run, but .jvords can't." "You are so particular," said the rhinoceros. "I suppose for you I should have said that the saying went ?like this, shouldn't I?" "Yes," agreed the tiger. "Well." continued the rhinoceros, "It means that folks nnd animals shouldn't become conceited. They shouldn't think they were the only creatures anywhere?if they happened to be fishes they shouldn't think they were the only ones in the sea?if tigers, the only ones in the forests, if peo ple, the only ones In the world. "And so, I don't like it when you brag and boast and'call yourself the wildest and most dangerous of ani mals." "And what objection have you to my boasting?" asked the tiger. ' ? "Because I'm Almost as treacherous and dangerous myself. I have heard of some of my relations who became quite gentle and friendly, but all the same we're pretty famous for being wild and dangerous. "Yes. I've heard many a person say. 4the tjwo wildest, most treacherous of animals are the rhinoceros and the tiger.'" "Well, I congratulate you, then." said the tiger, "if you can come into ray wild class." "You should say," the rhinoceros an swered, "that it's a compliment for you to be In my class." And from the top of the rhi noceros' cage in the zoo came the sound of chirp ing, chirping. "Who an? yon?" asked the rhi noceros. "I'm Mr. Chip ping Sparrow. I've come to tell yon ? two creatures that you shouldn't honst about being wild and cruel? it's so foolish. Try to be happy nnd cheerful and and chirp for It's the springtime beautiful springtime." But as the bird flew off again, for he didn't care to be near such wild ani mals, Mr. Rhinoceros said: "What a queer little creature that bird was to talk of singing and chirp ing." "Ah," said the tiger, "poor little thing. Re doesn't know the joy of be ing wild." But the little bird whs happy, for he got so much more fun <>ut of life from singing than if he roared and growled. It's a Great Joke," Said the Rhi noceros. sing -the Too Much. Two boys at the movies saw a tragic pfrtur?? piny, and one of' them was overcome. He took out his handker chief and wept and sobbed. "Why. Hill, ye're blubberln!" t>n\r the other hoy. "Well." sobbed Bill. "I like to s*? a person show a Uttlp feelin'." "FesMii'!" said tho first hoy. "Feel In's all right, hut ye don't net-d tf wash your fsce in It." ROBBER BAND] ? .... . ,, ? 1 Daniel W. Sullivan Arrested on Charge of Larceny . =__ j Xew York. Nov. IS.?David \V. Sul livan, a member of the Consolidated stock exchange was arrested here to day on a charge of larceny. The i American Surety company which has been working on the case with the1 district attorney's office, declared iiv a statement tonight that it is believ ed the arrest will "reveal a number of messenger thefts among .down ? town brokerage offices totaling at : least ?500,000." v f Sullivan, who is in partnership with Norman Bowles under the brokerage name of Sullivan & Co.. was arrested in his office at 10 Wall street on or ders of Alfred J. Talley. acting dis trict attorney: The prisoner ac Cording to the surety company, was accused of acting in concert with ; Frank Parnell. a messenger, whose name is mentioned in the warrant ftr Sttllivan's arrest; and others not , apprehended. : '"Sullivan was arrested in his of 1 :ice by Detective Sergt. Grover C. Brown, upon the identification of Se lective Sergt. Pat O'Brien of Wash ington who knew him as a fo'rftk-r bar tender," 'read the company'.-: statement. B. J. McGinn, manger of the claim department of the American Surety ? company who worked in connection with Detective Sergts. Brown, Mayer, Mindheim and R?hsburg on the case stated' tonight that Sullivan admits giving a certificate for 100 shares of Crucible steel stock which had previ ously been stolen from Clark. Childs .\c Co.. of this city, to an unidentified individual. *? The police said tonight j that in the last -six. months they had received complaints from the financial district >f thefts of securities with a total value exceeding $1.000.000. The first progress in solving the' mystery of the disappearing bonds is said to have been made when detec tives were called on the case of Clark. Childs & Co., which reported last Oc tober that a messenger giving the name .of Frank Parnell had disap peared, with two certificates for 100 shares of Crucible steel stocks worth .-M.'.OOo. No trace has been found of Parnell, but New York detectives picked up a trail leading to Washington and found there that a loan of $14.000 had been obtained from the National Sav ings nnd Trust company on one of the certificates. According to .the po lice the loan was obtained by a man giving^the name of Winfield Williams who after being arrested in Washing ton on a charge of bringing stolen goods into' the city was released in* $25.0*00 bail. ' Williams, it was alleged, claimed to have .received the certificates from Sullivan and the latter on his arrival here today from Washing!on,'was ar rested. Questioned by Mr. Talley, Sullivan is said by the police to have admit ted he gave Williams the certificate., ?n which the loan had been negotiat ed and that he had disposed of the other Crucible certificates in Phila delphia last Monday. He claimed t-> have received the v certificates from three persons with whom he pre viously bad had dealing but about whom he knew 'nothing. Pie denied Yny knowledge of Parnell. After examining Sullivan's hooks. Police Commissioner La hey said he had found other securities, stolen from 27 firms and totalling at hast 5500.000 had passed through Sul livan's hands in a maner which "he prisoner could not explain to the commissioner's satisfaction. Sullivan told the police that before taking a 'urn at the stock market he had con tacted in Washington a '"fashionable afe" at which he had played host to many nationally known persons. COAL FAMINE DRAWS NEAR Washington, Nov. 19.?Prospects of a coal famine drew nearer tonight with negotiations between operators and miners apparenily at a standstill. A subcommittee of the joint wage scale committee was in session three hours but it was announced after the meeting that only the general sif.ia ion was discussed and that the op erators did not submit counter pro posals tot he miners' demands. The conference will continue tomorrow. "No progress was made. The opera tors submit red no proposals. We are still in a receptive mood." said John !.. Lewis, acting president of the Cnited -Mine Workers, as he came out ?>f the hotel room where the confer ence was held. The operators' committee remained in session an hour longer. At the end of that time. Thomas F. Brewster. chairman of the operators' committee in the central competitive holds. sp*oke oplimtistically. declaring that this \v;:s the first attempt at real nego-; tiations since the miners and opera ? >rs mei at Buffalo. For that reason, he s;:id. only general matters were" discussed. GERMAN PROTOCOL Paris. N<>v. 20.?No formal meeting, has yet been held between the Ger man delegates, who arrived yesterday morning, and representatives of the-i allied powers concerning tbe propoSrj protocol to the German peace treaty. It now seems unlikely that: ihe protocol will be signed before the I end of November. Case of Hindsights. Berlin. < >et. 16.?The TagelieheV] ItundseHati publishes a letter from; the former Crown Prince Frederick in which he complains of the hack ol'| resolute political leadership during the war. and of the failure, of Ger many to make peace with England on the 'oasis of an economic c<?mpr<?-| misc. The battle of th\ Marne, he deplores :ts :i grave failure solely through the then ariiiy leaders !oS ing their heads. Saturday, Nov. 22. 10 A. M. to 2 P. Hart-Parr 30 Tractor At Dr. Archie China's Farm, 1 mile from Burnt er Tractor shown at Sumter Fair on Boot-Strap All Farmers and general public invited. _ Plowing--3 Bat ton Plow Plow made by B. F. Avery & Son, Reid Hart, Parr Co., Distributors, Charlotte, N. C. Represented By T.F.JAMES, R. L.ARNOLD WILL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK Sumter Trust Company, Will In crease Capital Stock From 50,000 to $i00,000 At a meeting: of the share holders of the Sumter Trust Company held at the banking house, of the company on the ]7th day of November, it was determined to increase the capital stock from $"?0,000 to $100,000. The present stockholders have been re quested t<> waive their right to one half of the increased stock to which they are entitled, which will leave $25,000 in stoek to l>e distributed among new share holders. The new stock will be sold for $87.50 per share, the present book value of the stock, the par value of *the same being $.00.00. There are already a number of ap plications for the $25,000 of stock to be distributed among the new stock holders: but the matter will be left .?Pen Until Pecember r>th for all the friends and depositors of the Sum ler Trust Company to make applica tion to the company for such stock as they may desire. This will be dis ributed as will best subserve the in erest of the company. Xo application will be considered after the dale ..Mentioned. SEVEN JOY RIDERS KILLED Buffalo Scene of Terrible Auto Slaughter Buffalo. Nov. is.?The seven occu pants of an automobile, including six nurses, returning from a social af fair were killed when the car was struck by a train in the outskirts of be city early today. RADIUM TUBE LOST Chicago Hospital Has Queer Ac cident Chicago. Nov. IS.?Hospital author ities reported today that a tube of radium valued at twelve thousand dol lars became unfastened in a bath rub at St. Mary's Hospital and dis appeared down the drain pipe, while being used in the treatment of a patient. The loss is protected by in sura nee. RIOT IN CAIRO Police and Demonstrators Fight ! in Streets Cairo. Nov. is.?Nationalist demon strators collided with the police to day. The officers tired, wounding! two of the crowd. The crowd later ?-\ the police station on fire. The dis-j orders were suppressed after a short i t ime. PRESIDENT WIL- ; SON VETOES BILL, Jnter-Slate Commerce Commis sion Shorn of Power Washington. N'ov. ^.?President; Wilson today vetoed th<- bill reserv ing toi he interstate commerce com-, mission its pre-war rate making pow- \ er. The veto message will be trans-j iiiitted today to the Senat*- where ;b> | bill originated. ! COTTON MILLS MAY SHUT DOWN ILack of Coal Affects Southern Mill Centers I Atlanta,, Nov. IS.?The closing of | numerous, coal burning cotton mills ; and other manufacturing plants in ! the South within a few days was I foreseen today in the order of the regional committee of the railroad administration discontinuing their supplies of coaL The order which is effective today, was announced as "imperatively necessary because of the. failure of the miners in the coun try's greatest coal producing regions to return to work." although the soft I coal strike call had been cancelled. Income Tax Forms. Plans for the issuance early in De cember of forms for tiling income andr excess profits tax returns are being made by the Bureau of Internal Reve nue. Taxpayers will thus be given j ;he opportunity of making out their returns immediately upon the closing of their books for the year 1919. when accurate knowledge of their accounts is fresh in their minds. As a convenience to themselves and as a means of expediting the work of the government, taxpayers are urged by the Bureau in a statement issued today, to avail themselves of this op portunity. The period for filing is from January 1 to March 15, 1920. If the tax is paid in quarterly in stallments, one-fourth of the amount must accompany the fding of the re turn. * Form 1040-A will be used for fding individual income/tax returns of $5.-| .100 and less, and' form 1040 for filing returns of income in excess of that amount. The normal rate of tax for 1919. provided for in the Revenue Act of 1918, is \ per/cent Oh the first $4,000 above the exemptions, and S per'cent on the remaining net income. The tax for 1918 was H and 12 per cent respectively. The surtax rates, which range from 1 per cent on the amount of net income between $5,0?^ and SC.noo to <b" per cent of the amount by which the net income exceeds $1. 000.000. are the same as for the year 191S. The exemptions of $1,000 for single persons and $2,000 for married persons and heads of amilies remain unchanged. These rates apply to every citizen and resident of the United States. Alien nonresidents receiving income from sources within the ,United j States are subject to the full tax ofj S per cent on such income in excess of the exemptions. Form 1041 will be used for filing re- I turns of fiduciaries. Form 10G5 fori partnerships and personal service cor porations, and Form 1120 for corpor ations. Announcement will be made of the J date on which the forms will be j available :tt the offices of the collector,' of internal revenue anfi branch of-j fie es. REVOLT IN EGYPT!' Troops Called Out to Keep Or-jj der in Afaxandria ?_, i* London. Nov. ]fl.?The Egyptian b ministry has resigned on account of j dissatisfaction with the mission ap-|| pointed for the investigation of thejt unrest in Egypt. Rioting occurred Ig all dav vesterdav in Alexandria anil ! j the military was - :i 11 ? ?I upon !<? re store order. ? Lessons.o? The War. "Washington, Nov. 19.?England ^as learned some lessons froni the world war which it would be well, foj: Anie'rr icans to consider in the light Of preS^ ent economic disturbances, according ; to a bulletin from the^ Washington" headquarters of the National Ge?r I graphic Society. "The greatest lesson the British j people have learned from the war is i that of consumption," says Judson C. I Welliyer, writer of ? communication j on which the bulletin is based-. I'They have acquired the-habit of>be ling steadily employed at g?ods.wagS? ! "They have learned how to spend I their money carefully, sanely,. thrift? j ily. They have learned to save; the j bond-selling campaigns have taught j that. Thrift came from ebriety, se j rtous-mindedness, and the necessity of stretching ?ll supplies to make them go round. Money ceased to mean so much when one, though he had a bushel of bank notes, wasn't allowed to spend more than 'one and-thrrppence' for afternoon .tea, with other meals in proportion. "Britain has the idea that 'this world has seen the last of overpro duction. I It has become convinced that the real difficulty that gets things out ot economic kelter is un* der-consumption. So it proposes that the ladies shall keep on working, the men shall join /them, and arrange ments shall be made for such a dis-. tribution of their joint product that there will be no overproduction. "London was ful of great houses vacant when the war ended. . Income taxes did part of it, the fuel controll er much. Who wanted a 40-room house when the coal administration allowed only fuel' to heat seven-room s? and when servants could not be had at any wage ? So today many of the great places still stand empty, while' there is a scarcity of middle-class\ houses: palaces, are too expensive, hovels no longer good enough. "A better race of British men and women will come out Of this war. Notwithstanding the physical misfor tune to the race of having so many of its best men killed or maimed, Britain will gain vastly more, than ^it will lose through the training, dis cipline, and physical improvement of its inanhood; through teaching ro liance. self-respect, realities, true values. The world will gain greatly by a renaissance in Britain of spir it that made Britishers its pioneers, colonizers, civilizers. administrators. And that renaissance has been achieved. "Not again will Britain permit , it self to be dependent for its daily bread on the uncertainties of impor tation. Agrieulture is become a chief object of national solicitude, and .will remain so. The 191$ achievement would not have been so striking in normal conditions as to labor, ani mals, implements, fertilization, and the like: but in the circumstances of its nceomplishments it was one of the war's wonders." Ca-rd of Thanks. We want to take this method of thanking every one in the city who helped make the W. M. I*. convention which met here so recently such a success. The editors for the generous >pace given for the publications con ?cining the convention, all those who ?o kindly helped in transporting the Iclegatcs: the holies one and all for heii- hearty cooperation in entertain ng. Some did not receive delegates"' )ecause many came in cars and re urned home for the right. We are iorry that you missed the joy of hav ng them, hut we appreciate your rindess just as much. Hospitality Committee W. M. U.: