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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
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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. There has been a marked
increase in exports during the last
two or three months and it is expected
here tha? the loss for the first-quarter
will be more than made up by the end
of the year. ? ?_
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