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LABOR QUESTION Secretary Wilson's Annual Re ^ort Gives Some Interest ing Facts. Washington, Dec. D.?There can br no permanent industrial peace th*i is net based on* industrial justice. Sec retary Wilson declared today in his annual report. Reviewing the pres ent disturbed industrial situation, fh< Secretary said the means had been found for regulating all the othei relations of mankind and that human intelligence could find the method of adjusting the relationship between employer and employe with justice t< both. JJeelnring that just as international wrongs might reach a point making war (C necessity, so industrial wrongs might accumulate until they provoke an industrial conflict, the Secretary said the stability of industrial rela tions rested <?n mutual counsel. ?'Just as the peace <?f nations is promoted by frank and friendly in tercourse" he said, '"so may the peace of industry be maintained by the same methods. "But this intercourse can not come about unless there is first recognized the right; of collec tive bargaining. The public interest demands that it be universally rec ognized, for the primary interests of the public is in pence. "The denial of organization is a denial of the only means of peace able settlement that the wage earn ers have." Calling att'-ntion to the present prominence of labor organizations of a revolutionary or lawless type the Secretary declared that the responsi bility for them must fall upon the employer who opposes the organiza tion of lawful trade unions. More and more do industrial disputes men ace the public as well as employer and employe, the secretary said, add ing thai the right to strike should be a means of defense and not a weap on of offense. "The right of any man to cease working for another for any reason that is sufficient to himself is the ba sic elem nt of human liberty" he said. "The right of any person to re fuse operate his plant at any time hv desires to do so is the exercise of a property right guaranteed by the Constitution. It does no: follow that because these rights exist it is neces sary to exercise them. They must nevertheless be safeguarded." Turning to the question of the high cost of living. th? secretary said in creased wages did not always bring the desired relief. Increased produc tivity, making more material avail able for wages and taking the means of increased compensation out of the profits of the employer was the only way in which the standard of living of the wage earner could be improv ed, he declared. Reviewing the activities of the va rious bureaus of the department, the report said 254,273 aliens came to American shores during' the fiscal year ending June 30. and that 24."?. 647 of them were admitted and S. 626"excluded. The number admitted .the year before was 211.853. Aliens ; departing during the last fiscal year j numbered 216.231 as against 193.- | 26S the year before. During the last j 7 years the Bureau of ' Immigration j estimated that 36 aliens left the j country for every 100 admitted Aliens admittted during the past J ,year were in 'possession of sums of i money aggregating fl5.831.247. an 1 average of $112 per person. Aliens expelled under department al process during- the year numbered 3.0HX compared with 1.569 in 1918.! The total number of aiicTis deported, including those refused admission and 34 Chinese deported under the exclusion laws, was 11,728 as against &916 in ID "The number of admissions to cit izenship during ihc past year was larger than any preceding year, ?'amounting to 2"1T,358," the report said. "Leaving out of consideration the year 1918 this was a far greater number than was admitted in any two years during Federal supervision. Military statistics show 128,355 aliens who acquired citizenship after rhey assumed the uniform of the Failed States." The United States Employment Service at the end of the war had 250 officers with a personnel of 1. 7"<> and an ' administrative force at Washington of 300. During the eleven war months of 19l8v,the Serv ice placed 2.69S.SS7 persons in em ployment out of a registration of 3,675.858. Persons directly affected by labor disputes brought to the attention of the department during the year num bered 1,011.968, while the number indirectly defected was 3 3?;. 0 7 2. During the year the department as signed commissioners of conciliation to 1,780 eases, including 587 strikes, 3,113. disputes and threatened strikes. 63 lockouts and 17 walkouts. Of ?these 1.229 were adjusted, exclusive of L'lD referred to the National War Labor Board. The commissioners failed to make settlements in 111 cases. Strong recommendations for the reviving and continuing of the Work ing conditions Service, which was in stituted during the war t<- investi gate working conditions and to rec ommend standards for their improve ment, were me.de by the secretary. lie also urged legislation for the continuation of the 1'. S. Training Service. "It is believed." he said, "that increased skill on the par; ?.f the workers, and its consequent stim ulus towards greater production, is even more important in peace; than in war. BATTLE AT ? FIUME Many Killed and Womtded in Clash Between French and Italians Paris. Dec. II.-?French troops .have dashed with D'Annunzio yolun Steers nt Finme and many were killed yand wounded on both sides, according Ho a Geneva dispatch, printed by Tie Petit Parisien with reservation. Mexico: Some Timely Ffctsr Washington, Dee. 9\? Pettinent ' geographical facts about Mexico are^ given in the following bulletin in the, National Geographie Society: I "Prior to 1S3*>. Mexico, as a Span j ish colony, and the United States j covered approximately equal areas of M North America, but the Texas seces L j sion and the result of the Mexican ? ? war added nearly a million square M miles to our territory, and the extent ? j of Mexico now is less than one-fourth j that of continental United States." i j says the bulletin, which is based on '! several communications to The So 1 ! ciety. j "But our neighbor Republic still 1 i has territorial expense equal to the ? aggregate of Austria.. Hungary. Ger i many. France, Great Britain, and Ire I j land. ? I "The total area of the Republic of '] Mexico (767.000 square miles) is less :jth;m that of our live largest States? Texas, California. Montana, Xew Mexico, and Arizona?combined: all i of :h?-se except Montana having be^n ?.a part of Xew Spain 7"> years ago. 'None of the 31 "political subdivisions j of our neighbor is as large as any of ' the live States named, but four Mexi , can States contiguous to the United II States aggregate an extent greater ! than that of Texas. i "Chihuahua, the largest Mexican j [ State, approximates in area ,< 87.0.001 j square miles) that of Utah, Sonora j (77.000 square miles) of .Nebraska. ! ! Coahuila (63.000 square miles) of: j Georgia, and Dunmsro (40.00*0 square; (miles) of Kentucky. Nine subdivisions; j of the United Slates (excluding Alas- | L ka) are larger than 'Chihuahua. 15 i lot greater magnitude than Sonora. .and 32 larger than Durango. The! J rugged and desert character of the j I Mexican border States support sparse J ; populations, except where mining ex ploitation and eines resulting there-; , from have concentrated settlement. ; "The melting snows from the San ; j Juan and Sangre de Christo ranges; I of the Rocky Mountains in southern ; j Colorado form? the genesis of the Rio | Grande, which, after Mowing south: : through New Mexico, bends southeast; : at the western extremity of Texas. I courses between it and Mexico for a I distance equal to that of Saint Louis J from Xew York, and descends in 1. i 100 miles from an elevation of 4.r.00 j feet to sea level at the Gulf of Mexi j CO. ) . "Except when in flood, the Rio; j (srande is apparently an unimportant; stream and readily crossed, for the! ; normal flow is well utilized for irri-1 j gation in both countries: but it has j I carved in a part of its course canyons. t'difficult of exp" tion. The changes! j wrought by fr aets, which shift the . ' Chanel, demanded the attention of j an international commission, which] I has adjusted the boundary along the ! ; Rio Grande to meet the varying condi ! tions. The uncertainty of this is il- j j lustrated by a claim some years ago ; I that a portion of the important city: ' of El Paso. Texas, was Mexican soil, j ? The remaining 700 miles of the inter- j j national boundary to the west separat- I ' ing our neighbor Republic from Xew j (Mexico. Arizona, and California, is! j through an arid desert section, much j i '?f which is mountainous. This is not ? j a. direct line, but has five changes in j i alignment, which have been acurately j j surveyed and established by 2f>8 per- j ! manent monumertfs easily distinguish- j j able. I, "Mexico has an area approximate-} ly one-fourth of that of the United: States, a fourth of whose area oncej j belonged to Mexico. It has a coast- j line some 6.000 miles long, although ! W '? - i its greatest length is less than 2.000 ; j miles and "its greatest breadth onlyj ; 750 miles. Although its area is onlyj lone-f'?urth that of Brazil, its popula-j tion is approximately equal to -that i of the largest republic of the south-1 : ern continent. "Some** 15,000.000 souls live within its borders, of whom more than two-j [ thirds can neither cad nor write: ! f "Of the total population, only in, i per cent are white. 43 per cent are; I mixed parentage, while 3S per cent; I Still maintain their Indian bond un-; ; corrupted. The foreign population in 1912 numbered lOlhOOO souls, of; , whom 30.000 were Americans. 20.000 \ j Spanish, and 5.000 British. "Mexico probably has a greater] j range of remarkable vegetation than' i anv other countrv in the world. : ] j '"No other country in the Xew jWorld. south of the Rio Grande, was' j so well supplied with railroads as was' Mexico prior to the M-adero revolution.! ! Then it had 20.000 miles of up-to-date i j American railroad. At six different j i points lines crossed 'he frontier from j j the United States, and Laredo. Eagle j 1 Pass, and El Paso gateways handled j much traffic to and from Mexico. The Mexican railroads carried 1 1.000.000 ? ! ]):i<son<j;ers annually at that time, and j j handled about 11.000.000 tons of ! j freight. Their total revenues amount- ; ed to abeut $40.000.00-0. ?'Humboldt once pronounced Mex-I : ico 'the treasure-house of the world.' i ! Before the world war it produced one- : j third of the world's silver, a consider- i able percentage of its gold, one-ninth i of jrs lead, and one-twentieth of its I copper. The country's mineral pro- j ' duet ion. exclusive of iron, coal, and ! petroleum, amounted to $l">.S.00O,- i 0*00 in 1910. With the exception of j Campeehe. Tabasco, and Yucatan, ev- j ery State in the Mexican republic pos- ! sesses mines, of which there are 21.-: 000. covering 633.000 acres of miner- ; al lands, and giving employment to] half a million men. Yet probably less than one-fourth of the mineral possi-I hilities of the republic have been ex ploited. Prior to the outbreak of the! Madero revolution, upward of 5.000 i mining claims were registered each ' hTe postal authorities again ask the public to cooperate with them b\ sending Christmas parcels as early as possible and have them securely tied and plainly addressed. The fuel situation has caused the removing of; some trains from the road, so thai th< other trains will he filled to their ut most capacity on the last few days, j I KtWin. I>'?<?. Id.? Thomas Kelly, n Sinn Fein member of the h??us?> of commons, was among: the number ar rested in raids by the police and military today. ' Coum.41 .\ieetiirg. ^ r ? \ On December 9th. the city) council held a regular meeting with Mayor Jennings. Councilmen Booth and Mc ' Callum present, also City Manager i Brown. It was decided to call a mass j meeting at an early date to consider j the wisdom of selling or remodelling [the opera house. j Bill from R. I). Epps for services j in connection with handling the eloc | trie light bonds and taking case to j Supreme Court and examining till- to I Sumter Lighting Co. for SI.01 7 was j presented and ordered paid. Request from Sumter Ice & Fuel jCo., for?exemption from taxes and ; licenses for a period of five years was j refused as council did not consider ? this plant as falling under th^ ordi nance exempting manufacturers _ i The ordinance "regulating blowing j steani whistles catling employees was j amended by striking out the words ! "\h<> blowing of whistles for calling . employees is unnecessary." A petition from ihe residents and ' free holders of Sumter for an exten sion of Commi rce Street through from Liberty to Oalho?n Street with a uni ?: form width of f>0 feet was refused. ! since the property had not been con i veyed to council whereby this street could he opened. i Police report for November was ; presented showing th^ total number j of arrests 71. cash fines SI.1.17.4-1; days served, $12.00. ! City Physician report for November showed "2 visits and 23 prescriptions for month. A bill from H. J. Krapp" for $06.10 covering his expenses to Sumter from New YOrk and return was authoriz ed. Crty Manager submitted a statement of farm operations for 1919 showing a loss of $2.101.11. Council decided to give City Man ager full authority as to the plan of conducting the farm for 1920. A letter was read from A. J. Moses in reference"to the cotton exchange which was given careful consideration. Council derided to fix the license on a'business or income basis of $.">.000 at $200. on each additional $1.000. $:> per thou: ?nd. A letter was read from Sumter Machinery Co., concerning the orTi nance applying to junk dealers. Coun cil did not see it necessary :o make1 any changes in this ordinance. Application for position on police force, was'read from W. V. Worth. Winston-Salem. X. C. and Willie Stogner. Columbia. Same were or dered filed. ? A letter read from Miss Abbey Christensen. landscape architect, of Beaufort, together with references as to her ability along this line. No action was taken at this time. Clerk instructed to write Mr. Jno. Noland, landscape gardener, Boston. Mass.. with the purpose of "getting prices, etc., in connection to beautifying the new park. Clerk authorized to advertise for bids for the house on lot purchased for the park, the delivery to be made on January 1st. Right reserved to re ject any and all bids. Permission granted to Sineath-Kelly Motor Co. for establishment of a fill ing station on corner of Liberty and Haryin Sts.. same to be erected uoder usual regulations . Council decided to remove brick from in front of City Drug Co.. at ex pense of the city. The purchase of a house, and lot from McCalkim Realty Co.. at No. ?.j Manning Avenue, joining Lighting! plant at a price of $7.000 was author- j ized: also art additional lot to the' north with a frontage of 38 feet and approximate depth of !."?o feet for $3. 500. House on 3S foot lot to be re-j moved by January 15. 1920. City Manage* asked council for in- | structions in handling contraband li quor. The mayor asked to go on rec- i ord as favoring the destroying of all, contraband liquor within 30 days, in j accordance with the laws of State! and city. Councilmen Booth and Mc Callum opposing, but favored that no liquors be given out to any individual and not to the hospital except on or der of City Manager, signed by at least two members of council in reg-; ular session. . j City Manager authorized to ha\ ej all drains from down-spouts across sidewalks repaired when necessary. i Mr. E. W. Marvin submitted to the i city manager a. model garbage can : and requested permission to place one dozen at suitable places about Hie sirens. Request was granted. An ordinance to require the pay ment of license on business, ocupa fion and profession for the year 1920 was read and adopted. The rule re- ! quiring three readings being suspend ed. A donation of St'.oo to Carnegie Library was given for purchase of books. The following committee was appointed to select and purchase said books: Dr. S. H. Edmunds, L. C. M-oiso and Miss Edith DeLorme. An ordinance to regulate the rate charged by transfer drivers per hour was passed. Police Report. Total number of arrests, 71. Dismissed. 7. To upper' courts. 4. Suspended, 2. Total cash fines. $1,147.14; from county. $12.00. Total. $1'>1 r>9.4*4. Causes of Arrest: Carrying concealed weapons. 1. Disorderly conduct. $. Petit larceny 5. Traffic ordinance. 20. Gambling. 9. Cruelty to animals. 1. Vagrancy. 11. Larceny of bicycle. 1. Forgery. 1. Raffling ordinance. 1. Drunk. 3. License ordinance. 2. Pickpockets; 2. Health ordinance. 2. House breaking, 1. Transporting liquor. 3. Total arrests, 71. Stockholm. Dec. 11.?A n?-JT of fensive against Petrograd is being planned according to an interview with Commanding General Lianozow. h??ad of the Russian northwest gov ernment, priated in Heh-ingfors news ! CONSIDER ATIC QUESTION I 10 i ij rrr?" Premiers in Secret Conference With Italian Represen i tative I _ - j London, Dec. 11.?Andrew Bonar ; Law, government leader, hinted in j the house of commons today that tho ; Adriatic trouble was the 'chief sixb i ject of the discussion between Clem | enceau. Seialois and Lloyd George, as I was also the Russian situation and 'Turk< y. He gave no indication of the . course of the conferences, however. FUEL ORDER IS HELD UP I_._? Nation Wide Regulations Do Not Yet Apply to South I Atlanta. Dec. !?.?The nationwide fuel regulations announced from ; Washington last night will not apply I in the Southern regions of the United I States railroad administration "until they have been formally announced i from Atlanta" the regional coal cone j mittee announced tonight. It was explained that the Southern J regional committee had suggested to ithe central committee at Washington i certain c hanges in th< ?uionwide reg f illations and that unwi these had been I acted upon, the Washington regula tions would not be promuglated in the I Southern region. Until such time, it : was added, the regulations announced ! here November 20 with the various j modifications will remain in effect. The committee also announced that should the soft coal strike be termin ated as hoped by the miners' repre sentatives now meeting- at Indian apolis the fuel conservation program could not be abandoned immediately. "It will take at least 10 days and perhaps considerably longer to bring the distribution of coal back to any thing like normal basis." the an nouncement read, "and until this is done th*e railroads must operate the distribution machinery set up to meet the crisis and the public must he ask ed to continue observance of the con servation measures. Until coal is coming freely from the mines, and there has been time for at least a part of the inc reased production to move to destination, there can be no real change in local fuel situations. Atlanta. Dec. 9.?The downpour of rain continuing today enabled four more light and power companies in the South to cut off entirely their con sumption of coal and become eligible to classification as exclusively ^hydro electric plants, the regional coal com mittee announced tonight. The plants whose current no longer is subject to fuel conservation reg ulations were announced as the North Carolina P^lectric Power company sup plying Asheville; the Southern Public L'tilities company, supplying Ander son. Abbeville. Iva and Greenwood, S. C. the Toccoa Falls Light & Power company, supplying Toccoa. Ga., and the Toccoa Municipal plant. WILL-TRY A KING Geneva. Dee. 10.?Determination to bring Former King Ferdinand of Bul garia to trial was expressed by M. Stambuliwsky. the Bulgarian premier, in passing through here on his way home to Sofia from the Paris peace conference. The premier said he would immediately demand the ex king's extradition. Germany SulFermg From the Low Vahic of their Mark. Coblenz, Nov. 24.?German indu? tries general^ this fall have been do ing the greatest business in more than live years, according to German newspaper accounts. Foreign orders have been coning in for months, va rious industrial centers have reported. Many factories are said to have on hand more orders than they will be able to till in six months or more. On all sides employes are demanding in creased wages, and many labor diffi culties have arisen with indications of unrest among the German workmen for ni least some months. No extensive sales of German goods to foreign buyers art; recorded in the German newspapers but American army officers who keep account of the industrial and economic situation as sert that it is an established fact that foreign buyers are taking advantage of the low value of the mark to pur chase German products wherever pos sible. In Coblenz. Belgian buyers re cently have keen purchasing china ware, kitchen utensils, aluminum ware, furs and other articles of gen eral use. The situation has reached stich pro portions that the Ministries of Eco nomics and Finance have been dis cussing the advisability of establish ing a duty on exports on the ground that "a large part of the German ex ports is being sold at sacrificial prices '* The Cologne Chamber of Com merce, in calling attention to the large purchases of goods by foreign ers, says that in view of the low value of the mark, these foreign purchases constitute nothing more than a "com mercial plundering of Germany." The chamber, as w dl as others in Frank furt and elsewhere, have advised Ger man mere" ants when selling to for eign buyers, to charge prices some what in proportion to the actual value >?f the goods in the markets of the world. Controlling Landlords. Budapest. Nov. is.?Dr. Charlotte :-/.ecsi. a. woman physician, has been sentenced to two months imprison ment because she refused to rent an :^partment to a tenant unless he wot:" 1 '??'IV her furniture for 100.000 crowns. The action of the court is in line with he effort to provide housing for the over congested city. Havana. Dec 9.?The building oc cupied by tire department of light houses and tin department of public works was damaged last night by a bomb. I coal will move I -?. .Miners and Operators Bath Ex trect Otttput of Coal to Increase Rapidly Indianapolis. Doc. 11.?General op ! eration of the soft coal mines is pre j dieted for tomorrow and coal will be j moving rapidly by the rirst of ne.,xt j week, in opinion of operators, he-re. ; Officials of the L'niied Mine Work ; ers. who last night sent telegrams to ; j locals telling of the miners' general j ! committee here yesterday accepting | ; President Wilson's pre ;?>??.-..:! to return ] i to work, are confident there will be: ! no delay on the. part of the members! i of the union in returning to mines. I Real Estate Transfers ! ! i _________ Concord Township. j Nov. 12.?George W. Bowers to J. j III. Clifton, 04 5-10- acres, $3,289.50. | j Nov. 12.?J. H. Clifton to Isaac, Robinson. 04 5-10 acres, $8,072.50. ? Nov. 21.?Nelson English to W. F. i I Grooms, right of way, $2. j Nov. 29.?Isaac Hammen, et al., to! I Lena Bowman, 3 3-4 acres. $5. Nov. _9.? Isaac Hammett, et al., to' } Ellen Robinson, 3 3-4 acres. $S. j Nov. 29.?Isaac Hammett, et al., to! i Rosa Smith, '.> 3-4 acres, $5. ,j j Nov. 29.?Ellen Robinson, et al.,' [to Isnae Hamett, 3 3-4 acres, $5. MaycsvHk? Township. Nov. 26.?Tend is-Jackson to Car- j ! oline Peterson, 3 60 acres, $310. I Nov. 10.?J. H. Gibbons, et al.. to! i:J. A. Weinberg, 40 acres. $3,400. Manchester T >unship, j June 28.?O. J. C. Rose to Isaac j Spann. 12S acres. $300. Midi ' a Township. Dec. 3.?L. ?>. Jennings to T. B. j j Bowen. et al., 228 acres, $ll,40o. Privateer Township, j Nov. 22.?J. F. Nicholas to T. W. j Geddings, 27 acres, $ 1,500. Nov. 29.?B. T. Barwicl: to J. E. j i Huggins. 150 acres, $2,770. Nov. 2S.?H. D. Tindal to Polly j j Conyers. et aL. 29 acres, $1.200. h Nov. 2S.?J. B. Hodge, et al., to j J. H. Tindal, 32 1-2 acres. $1,625. j Nov. 25.?J. M. Griffin to Geo. A. ! Nettles. 57 acres, $5,700. !.... Providence Township, j Nov. 24.?W. A. Bowman to J. W. j ! Marshall. 79 acres. $5,530. j xov. 13.?R. W. Westberry to Wil j Ham Murphy. 38 1-2 acres, $3.080. i Nov. 2S.?T. S. DuBose, et al., to1 Mrs. Janie Brearley, 56 l-10acres, $l.j Nov. 2S.?T. S. DuBose. et al., to j ! Laura Rembert, 61 7-100 acres. $1. Nov. 28.?T. S. DuBose, et al., to ! Harriett Rembert, 66 18-100 acres, $1.! ! Nov. 28.?T. S. DuBose, ct at, to] :S. D. Fr?ser, 53 19-100 acres, $1. I Nov. 28.?T. S. DuBose to Mrs. E.^ I J. Brearley, .80 acres-, $1. j Nov. 28.?T. S. DuBose to Mrs. L. I A. Rembert, 75 acres, $1. . i Nov. 28.?T. S. DuBose to Harriet! 1 Rembert. 79 4-10 acres, $l. I Nov. 2S.?T. S. DuBose to S. D. j j Eraser. 3 02 6-10 acres, $1. Rafting Crock. .Township. I Nov. 25.?Leon Stuckey to W. j j Aline Stuckey. 28 acres. $1.4.00. j Nov. 24.?Theo. McCaa to S. S. Vin son. 75 acres. $2.550. ; Nov. 24.?L. V. McLeod to J. M. ! Hawkins. 200 acres. $ 15.000. Stateburg Township, j Nov. 15.?G. W. Bradford, et al.. j j to Mattie Bradford, 3 5$ acres, $5. i Nov. 1.?W. H. Barton to L. E. ! Leovill. 35 acres, $1,80*. i Nov. 1.?P. R. Barton to W. II. Barton, 30 acres, $1.800. j Oct. 24.?J. N. Frierson to P. R. j : Barton. 30 acres. $1.800. i xov. 12.?G. J. .Jackson to C. A. i J Jackson, 42 acres, $2,100. . . j Nov. 29.?Peter Simmons to Ray ; mond Simons. 32 1-2 acres, $332.51. Shiloh Township. Nov. 14,?Mrs. Lola Minis to John ! A. Mims. 17 1-2 acres, $1.800. Nov. 29*.?-R. A. Wells to T. W. J.; McRae, 50 acres. $1.900. Sumter Township, j Nov. 13.?L. B. Sttibbs to Sam I Dukes. 1 lot, $650. Nov. 5.?A. D. Harby, to. Horace Harby. 29 1-2 acres, $MoV Nov. 5.?A. D. Harby. \o Horace 'Harby. 51 3-10 acres. $13,328. j Nov. 7.?I. C. Strauss, et al., to j Frank Moses, 1 lot, $500. Nov. 12.?Anne Pierson, et al., to J. H. Nelson. 1 lot, $5. j Nov. 6.?Benjamin Brown to J. H. ?Nelson; 1 lot, 1 house. $1,000. j Nov. 6.?J. N. Phelps to Moses Wil | son. 1 lot. $4 5. ! Nov. 18.?Sallie Bradley to Murray j Gregg, 26 acres. $1.3 4 5.50. Nov. 20.?Edmund Gregg to Eli Gregg, 1 lot. 1 house, $5. ! Nov. 3.?J. X. Phillips to Roosevelt j Thomas, et al., 2 lots, $205. i Nov. 19.?McCallum Realty Co.. to [ Carre Reames, 11 1-2 acres, $6,682. [12. ' Sumter Oily. Oct. 33.?W. B. Boyle to Geo. L. j McLeod. 1 lot. 1 house, $1.0,75. ! Oct. 9.?A. A. Team to Wr. C. Gra j ham. 1 lot. l house, $4.500. I Oct. 10.?Sumter Real Estate & j j Trust Co., to D. W. Cuttino, 1 lot, 1 i house. $3.000. ' Oct. 14.?Mrs. R. V. Richardson, to j Wr. H. Richardson, 3 lot, $300. ' Oct. 3 2.?Alice Wannamaker to J. ! P. Everington. 1 lot. 1 house, $2,650. j j Nov. 6.?Mary S. Xelson to W. H. j Burgess, 1 ion. 1 house, $6,350. j Nov. 15.?.]. A. Schwerin. Jr., et al.. j to E. L. Brown. 1 lot. 1 house. $5.000. 1 I Nov. 15.?Mrs. T. O. Guthrie to C. 1 A. Bruner. 1 lot. 1 house. $1,500. i Nov. 18.?McCallum Realty Co., to I W. B. Upstiur, 1 lot, $200. I Oct. 22.?Martha P. Benton to I. D. I Elmore. 1 lot. 1 house. $2.000. .May :;0.?McCallum Realty Co., to j O. H. Policy, et al.. 1 lot, $700. i Oct. 29.?Adele Moses to J. M. j GlOva. l lot. $600. Nov. 5.?S. K. .Vash to Nancy M. ; Nash. 1 lot, *5. Nov. 10.?Louisa Phifer to J. R. i Clack, et al., 1 lot. 1 bouse. $3.800. Paris. Dec. 9.?SrThe supreme council ; decided today on the principles on which the light German cruisers will be divided among the smaller powers for coast defense purposes. To ab?jrt a cokf and prevent com plications, take I* The purified and refined calomel ? aMets that are nausealessy sale and sure. Medicinal virtues refcs&K. ed*and improvecL Soti only in sealed packages. Price 35c. HUNGARY WANTS A KING TO RULE Berne. LVc. 11.?Hungary will re turn to a monarchy .soon, accordisg to a .statement made to the Associated Press by a Swiss traveler who has just returned fr?nt Budapest. * Nearly ninety-live per cent of the people would voTe for the return of a mon arch, he says, but they are* still un certain a? who shali become iringr Items From Shi loh. < f -^ . ^ Shiloh, Dec. ?.?We are glad, to note the death of the Dust Man, who was laid low, while we were haying a m4st delightful rain Sunday- night. Almost everyone was anxious, for ram. this. time. Mr. J. D. Frierson of Florida,, who was in this community on business re turned home recently. W. W. Green, who has been. ti? well is at his work again. Mr. J. H. Wilke of Washington (the geological survey man) who has re sided in our midst some time recently sttaed that he had a green hand^from North Carolina but he thought Tom would make good if he was, a Green. M *F. L-. Player has just complet ed oxcuhauling her dwelling house, making several changes for conven ience as well as for looks. Mr. H. A. Atkinson's wiles sister from Virginia is visiting them this week. Rev. W. L. Guy has been returned as preacher for. the Methodist peo ple of Shiloh for another year. ^ Ev erybody pleased. A committee of girls from the Shi-r loh school carried the school's Thanfe? giving offering to one of our most kindly and lovable old ladies. Though she is blind she can see more joy. and coi.tentment in life than most of ns who have two good eyes. The girls reported that she was made glad on this occasion. . ? ? Argentina Hurt by La-ber Troubles. Buenos Aires. Nov. 18.?A falling off in Argentina's foreign cprnjnjer.ca during the first quarter of 1919,1 as revealed by the report- of the-Bireeter Geaeral of National Statistics: to toe Finance Minister, is-attributed by bus iness interests to the labor troubles and social disquiet which prevailed in the country during that period. It is held that a decline of nearly .10,000,0 00 pesos gold in the valuer of the exports compared with the first quarter of 1018 was at least partially due to the port strike in Buenos Aires. There was also a falling off in the tofe tiage of imports although aa insCffeasft in "real values" of 12,000,000 pesos, Satisfaction is expressed that not withstanding these handicaps the re port shows a trade balance of more than 60,000.04-0 pesos in. favor of Ar gentina. 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