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Officials Continue Investigation of Speculative Tips "Washington. I>ec. 1<>.?Department of justice officials today continued their investigation of reports of alleg ed leaks on -Supreme Court decisions "which -are-being-used-as tips for ?tock speculation. Minor officials of the de partment and attlaches of the supreme court are implicated in the charges, but Captain- Buxke.-chief of the bu reau of-investigation of the justice department declared.- that so- tar no basis for the charges has been dis covered. THE Iff ASS MEETIN Sale ox JReaovation of Opera House Discussed ?-?: A mass meeting was held at the Opera House Monday night at, 7.30 at call of City Council. The object of vthe meeting was to ascertain what j the general public desired to do with] the Opera House, which also con- j tains the various city offices, and a I store room. -Not.as large crowd attended asj was expected, but a-representative! gathering of Sumter's citizens wer?; among those who responded to th?r 1 call. i Mayor Jennigs acted as chairman ! and explained the situation, going into I detail about the,various debts of the: city and the burdens on the taxpayers of the cjty. He also enumerated the good that had resulted in the laying :^>f the present-streets and sewer -sys tems. the profit netted on the water works system. aucL. .what was to be hoped from the ^electric lighting plant recently purchased. The chairman stated that- he was! not in favor of selling the present! bunding and lot at a sacrifice, that! the lot was worth $1.000 a front foot and.that the lot was 70 feet wide. Hej favored spending the $103,000 to putj the building in first class condition j that would then have a value of i about $230,000. instead of less than I $100,000. its present estimated market { value... After the chairman had explained) the situation and the object . of the i meeting, stating that little difficulty I would be encountered in selling the ] bonds and within 3 or 4 years the new j building would be paid for, he open- j ed the meeting for discussion. Dr. E. S. Booth was the first to! voice his sentiments against the re- f modeling of the present building. He i did not favor selling the building at} a sacrifice. Mr. ,1. C. Strauss sawr no reason why I .Sumter should not go out of the opera I house business and allow some pri- : vate concern to build, stating that if i a 7. per cent investment was avail-J able Aa nice theatre would soon be i erected". ' He opposed the. city owning > thevOpera house, stating that they had j equally as much right to own and op- J crate grocery and drug stores. Judge R. O. Purdy did not favor! the remodeling of the present build- j ing or seling it at a sacrifice. " Councilman. J. P. Booth stated hisj opinion as being opposed to the meas- ! ure. . He said that the city already} ]&d. enough debts and still had plenty! streets to pave and the sewer sys- j t?m to extend. He . also said that j the .present building could be used un- I ta private corporation, saw fit to ] ild. j Councilman McCallum took practi- j cally the same position as Mr. Booth, j hut did not seem quite so much oppos- j ?ed to it as his colleague. Mr. J. W. McKiever who erected the i If^esent opera house was in favor of closing up the building at once, be-; cause ff the dancer from fire. He j esrnphasized the fact that only one j exit was available at pr^ent. OMr- Abe Ryttenbery stated that he 1 believed a nice, spacious and modern j o^era house would rent for about $8,- j 080 per annum. ?pr. Booth made a motion, after thej arguments had subsided, that nothing j be done within ?0 days, and in the ! meantime give notice that the city of J Simiter will go out of the opera house | husiness. provided private capital j v&B. build. This motion, was carried. ; This will give the people plenty of ! "lime to both think and act. A substitute motion that a meeting i be called after Christmas and that J nothing be declared done at this j japeeting was defeated by an over- ' Whelming majority. The meeting was very orderly' from ! beginning to end. Some good argu- j fluents were presented on both sides) of the question. j Another meeting will probably be held in three or four months to take farther action. This is a matter of vi tal importance to Sumter and a large gathering should be present. CONGRESS STANDS FOR PROHIBITION _ Committee Refuses to Report Bill For Repeal Washington. Dee. 16.?An . unfavor able report on the bill to repeal the Wartime prohibition law was ordered today by the house agriculture com-, mittee by a vote of sixteen to three. South Carolina Conquering Typhoid Fever. ' South Carolina has genuine cause to be proud of the record made dur ing the past year in combating the ravishes of typhoid fever, the ad vance sheets of the annual report p| the State Board of Health showing tbat in Dm the number of typhoid deaths in the State totalled 4 6? v.hile in U>1.S>, the number of typhoid 'leaths was. 29 4. a decrease of I7"i. A better understanding of the treatment of typhoid causes by the public generally and improved methods of treatment probably account for the smaller death rate. When it if remembered that during the first part of 1919 many South Carolina physicians were 'm- the service of their country, the Showing is all tie- m??re remarkable. New Jersey loauor XteaJers Pe tition Supreme Court . Washington. Dec. 16.?Permission to institute original proceedings to have the national prohibition aniend I ment declared unconstitutional was ; asked,-of the supreme court today by j the K*tail Liepaor Dealers' Association of Xew. Jersey. Supply For, i)istrib^tion Fur nished By Moore Bros. Moore Brothers, ? managers and lessees of the Sunuer Tobacco Ware house have written that they have ordered shipped to the Sunuer Chani* ber of Commerce, for. free distribu tion to the tobacco growers who sell their tobacco -on the Sumter market, an ample supply of the improved va rieties of Warne and Gooch seed, ?* The Chamber of Commerce will distribute this supply, of seed, and will in addition supply each applicant, for seed with a copy of U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture bulletin Xo.- -571 on tobacco culture which is a fifteen page illustrated bulletin of much ;.-aI ue to farmers. There will also be .-dis tributed free a -government bulletin No. 431 on the culture of peanuts which is a splendid illustrated 37 page bulletin that every farmer who contemplates .getting ready tor the boll weevil should have. The Chamber of Commerce will j conduct a bulletin service on boll j weevil preparation consisting of a ! number, of kinds of bullet-ins. one inj particular dealing with the history of; the-weevil .and the best methods ofj combatting same. Along about January 1st Mr. J. I Frank Williams, county agent will ar- ; range this bulletin service in proper; shape in his office in the Chamber of! Commerce and the managing secre-1 tary and his office force will distribute ! the bulletins free to all who.will call! or write for same. United States Senators Smith and Dial and Con gressman Mann have made it pos sible to mail these bulletins out under *heir official frank envelope ^privil eges and have supplied the ^Chamber j of Commerce with an ample. supply j of frank envelopes It is much better however to call and select what you need from the variety of bulletins] which will be at the public disposal j as there are other bulletins not here-1 in mentioned, of interest and instruc- ! tiveness. ? BIG DROP IN WHEAT ACREAGE Conditions of Crop Reported at 85.2 Per Cent Normal , _ . j Washington, Dec. 15.?A decided { decrease in the acreage planted forj winter wheat this fall is shown in? first estimtaes today by the depart- j ment of agriculture. The- total of; 38.770.000 acres is 11.719,000 less than | the record average in-191 S..-K is, how-1 ever, the fourth largest ever planted. Condition of the crop on December 1 j was per cent of normal, or four j points lower than the ten-year aver age and thirteen points below tha' | last year. The Small Hydro-Electric Plant. The coal strike and its attendant ] inconveniences and suffering bring i forcibly to us the advantages which j cities near hydro-electric develop ments have over those not so fortu-j nately situated. In South Carolina j many of the cities- and towns ,of the | Piedmont are served by the network j of wires belonging to the Southern j Power Company, and a number of Other places have their own hydro-! electric power plants. Electric light- ; ing for towns and houses is sv super- j ior to any other form of illumination j that it is practically putting all other j illuminants in the scrap heap. Small i gas-electric plants suitable for coun-1 try residences are sold in. great num- i bers and these plants are deservedly becoming, more-popular. .Many, years ag;> numbers of water; mills were furnishing power for' grinding com, but with the advent of the steam.engine these have gradually been .abandoned. -Now since- the in vention of the Mazda or tungsten olec- j trie lamp, and with the improvements! of the electric generator, many of.?the < ??Id mill sites' could be repaired and! put to profitable use in furnishing j electricity not only for the country homes, but in many cases for the| smaller towns also. The writer visited | a mill recently from which enough j water was, running to waste through j the flood gates to furnish lights for; half a dozen .residences* and this.*tith in three miles of a town using steam' power. Within a radius .of .ten miles j of this same town are a number of! excellent.mill sites which formerly ran] ginneries, grist mills, and saw mills.) These altogether would probably fur-., nish enough power 6or the*; entire; town., and yet ai present, some of the j largest have been abandoned because the old dirt mill dams hail given way; ? luring the rainy season. The town of Aberdeen, N. <?.. is; lighted partly from power generated at an old mill site near the town and also from aonther mill site about four miles away. The generator in one of these plants is in one ,side of , a dilapidated flour mill and an old man keeps the machine oiled and turns the power on and off. Practically no other :tttention is given the machine year in and year out.? S. C. Cnivrsity Weekly. Paris. Dec. 16.?-Initial measures for the relief of Austria.was taken up ? by the supreme -council .-today....after i' had heard a lengthy discussion of \ bis nation's difficulties by Dr. Renner, ? the Austrian chancellor. It was de . elded that as the first steps in reliev I ing the Austrian- food shortage thirty I thousand tons of food would be dis patched from TTiesi to b?* shipped thence into Austrian territory. MmM control tJ?DLY NEEI>ED i _^_ j McNary's Proposed Measure t)oes Not Go Far Enough to Solve Question i , ! Washington. Dec. 15.?Complete jgove/ament control of prices and dis ; tribution of sugar is necessary for : the protection of consumers from j profiteers, ? members of congress de clared today before the house agricul ture committee. At the same time < George A. Zabriski. president of 1 sugar equalization board, advised the ! dommittee that continuance of the j board would ho useless unless it were j given control over prices and distribu | tion. These powei's. President Zabriski i pointed out in a telegram to the com Imitee. are not included in the pend ! ing JVlcXary bill. j Opposition - to. the McXary bill, passed last, week by the senate, leu to [?an informal agreement among com ! mitt-em en and house leaders to elim j inate. uvr-n the measure the provision j repealing the 1'censing power of the ? government as conferred by the food ! control-act I Chairman Flu ugh en said formal ac ! tion .wopld be taken tomorrow under I a j>lan calling for. early action by the house.- Leaders, however, were doubt i ful whether, the bill, if amended, could I be, finally.disposed of. by congress b.e j fore .the holiday recess. . ! Simultaneously with the meeting of j agriculture committee, the hous* ih ! terstate commerce committee tomor j row will meet-to- consider a bill pro I posing an emhargo on all sugar ex i ports. Advocates of broad govern ment control as. well as the .purchase of the Cnhan crop told the committee that "high prices" wore threatened 'and that the purchase of the Cuban ! crop only would aid profiteers by in creasing the supply, j For the first ten months of this year, almost 1.250,000,000 pounds of ; sugar have been exported from this country. said Representative Bal I linger. Republican, of Massachusetts, citing the equalization board as au thority for his figures. The only gen eral opposition to the. bill was voiced by Representative Martin. - Democrat of Louisiana, who declared it wasj ?'unnecessary" and blamed the short age to congressional agitation for purchase of the Cuban crop and the: recent longshoremen's strike which! delayed deliveries. COAL TRAFFIC NORMAL AGAIN! Railroad Administration Deliv ering: Coal as Billed - ! "Washington. Dec. 10.?Virtually; normal conditions in the distribution j of.epal was restored .by the railroad; administration today which began do-1 liv.ering all coal as billed, except in a few emergency cases, where diversion was necessary. The Aruusticc Was a Crime. (Manufacturers Record.) The truth will out: :Spcaking at a hanquet of veteran Officers of the Spanish-American and j World wars at the Army and Navy Club in Washington. November General George Harries, chief of the Allied Commission in Berlin after the signing of the armistice, declared that the armistice was ?'little short of a crime." ! I The Pershjng plan. General Harris I further explained, was to force the i German army to surrender in the j field: occupation of seven strategic I cities by Allied forces; lifting of the j hlockade; removal of all war mater ials from Germany, and to impress I the German people with the fact ! that they had been defeated. The armistice was a compact with ? death. The German people were ii"t then and are not now impressed with the fact that their armies were de feated. They escaped contact with invasion. They signed the armistice with haired in their hearts and with the lust of vengeance already burn I ing in their heads. They have made j no pcaCe. Their retiming armies have- been converted into emissaries of revolution or have been enlisted in the campaign to concpuer by guile the markets of the allies. They have j merely changed their methods of at ! tack. Their conversion t<? republi ' can ism was a delusion and a snare, j They have stopped at an oasis for a. bretahing space?that is all. Luden | dorff and Hindenburg strut through j the streets of Berlin with the yells of j the Pan-Germanists about them. The j old Hohenzollern creed is still the only altar at which millions of the Huns worship. They want no republic. They tako for granted the re-estab ilishment of the Kaiser or his substi j tute. They thave a new "der tag.'* i and it is the day when once more a Hohenzollern chief shall sit in the seat of his fathers and organize anew another thrust at civiliaztion. God gave the. universal enemy intoj our hands, but we signed away the triumph. j i ,? Of ail the, co.losfa.1 blunders record- J j ed in history the granting "f the ar I mist-ice was the most colossal. Tn jstead of observing November 11 as an j i international holiday of thanksgiving.! ! civilization is more than likely to look! S back to it arrayed in sackcloth and j '? ashes. j Soldiers won the great war and i diplomats tossed the vicjtory into the! ' waste basket. It is-charity t,o say that the armis-j tice was "little short of a crime." London. Dec. 16.?Thirteen hun dred British troops in Persia have been wiped out by hostile population, a Moscow wireless, received here to day, claims. Prussels. Dec. L6.?The Belgian government will refust absolutely t<? return to its state of neutrality, ac cording to the newspaper Independ ence Beige. The declaration soon to be made by Premier Delacroix on the subject will specify the government, viewpoint, the newspaper adds. ! CONTRIBUTIONS TO XMAS FUND Treasurer Broughton of the Christmas Fund. Makes Following Report j Balance on hand. $17.64 ; Plate collection. 172.05 Shaw Motor Co. 50.00 j O'Donnell & Co. :!5.oo jO'Donnell Dry Coud.s Co. ... 10.00 D. J. Chandler Clo. Co. 25.no ? Sunday School. Christian Ch. 10.0u j Baraca Class, First Baptist.. 35.00 [Philathea Class First Baptist 5.00 : Merced-Wesley Bible Class, Trinity Church. 100.00 : Dr. VV. E. Thayer. ? 10.00 i Thos. Wilson. 25.00 [Holly Wood Camp, W. u. W. 25.00 j Primary Dept. Trinity .Meth j odist Sunday school. 10.25 Men's Organized Class. Pres byterian church. 10.00 j Ij. D. Jennings. 25.00 ! Woman's Missionary Society, Presbtyerian (Church .... 5.00 : McCollum Bros. 50.00 j Sunday School, Broad Street i .Methodist Church. 5.00 i Sunday School, Salem Bap i tist. 10.00 j .Misses Teicher. 10.00 LMr. and Mrs. J. D. Joye .... 5.00 i I Church of Holy Comforter .. 20.50 Arthur Haynsworth . .... 5.00 ! Cash.2.00 I Cash. 2.00 i Dr. H. I?. Shaw. 2.00 j Cash. 2.00 |"Cash.I. 1.00 j S. F. Stoudenmire. 1.00 Interest Duliant Fund .. .. 70.00 j Total.$745.41 j More contributions will be added j from time to time. SPEED RECORD BROKEN IN AIR j French Aviator Flies 226 Miles in an Hour i ?_ - j Paris. Dec. IG.?A burst of speed of i approximately 226 miles an hour was ! scored by Sadi Leconte, the noted 1 French aviator, in an officially timed j aeroplane test today. OFFICIAL HELD ! FOR CONTEMPT I _ I One Miners' Union Official to Be Punished Indianapolis, Dec. 1G.?The charges ! of contempt of court against cighty : four officials of the United Mine Work ; ers, with one exception, were contin ' ued this morning by Federal Judge kAjiderson. The exception, is the charge against President Howat. of the Kansas District Mine Workers. who is charged with continued vio i lation of the court injunction against furtherance of the strike. I CREDIT FOR EUROPE I -: Bill Authorizing Corporation Passed By Congress i Washington. Dec. 1G.?The senate i today adopted the conference report ? on the Edge bill, authorizing the or . ganization of a corporation to extend i credit to Europe to stimulate export I trade. The bill now goes to the pres ident. I Aji Up-to-Date Garage. .Messrs. J. A. and \l. M. Warren I have formed :i co-partnership under j the name of Warren Brothers. The i two Messrs. Warren for many years ; past have been connected with the [ Sumter works of the Splitdorf Elec j trical Company in various capacities. I This connection is now severed and ? they will d'-vote tlicir entire tune to : lheir business. ; These gentlemen handle rip- Colum bia Six car in Sumter and Clarendon I counties and the Fairbanks-Morse [line of farm engines, machinery. ; lighting plants and water systems in I Sumter. T>-o. and Clarendon counties, j They operate a first class repair de | partment for automobiles, trucks and j internal combustion engines. Mr. i Charles Kavanaugh. an expert auto : mechanic of many years experience. ! assisted by a corps of competent me '? chanics will have charge of this do ? partment. j The shop is located in a portion of j the old .Magneto factory, the entrance ! being on Telephone street near the ! A. C. L. passenger station, opposite 1 the depot express office, i The garage is a large, well lighted, steam heated room ">2x120 feet, pro j viding amide space for working on and storing customers' cars. It is well equipped with all necessary ap pliances for disassembling and repair ing cars and trucks. The necessary appliances are provided for towing in disabled or wrecked cars. A sys tem of compressed air is piped so as to be accessible to all parts of the ga rage and is used in connection with special appliances for rapidly and thoroughly cleaning the grease and din from engines and chasses. The machine shop is a separate room 20x50 feet and is equipped with milling machine, lathe, drill press and grinder, all of the highest grade. In this department can be made axles, shafts, or any necessary machine part which cannot be promptly ob tai-ied. The warehouse and stock- room is 30x50 feet and here will be stored the stock of parts, engines. lighting and iV: - r systems, etc. This firm will in the near future have one of the most up-to-date and, m? dem concerns of its kind in the State, rt is :i firm composed of hard-! working Sumler nu n and deserves '>;? ronasre. I Turkeys for Christmas are fairly; abundant on the" local market, but the price makes them out of reach! of the ordin?r'/ man. There will bo; many households without turkey for "liristni?s dinner. I REAL ESTATE i TRANSFERS Concord Township. j Doc. 2.?Fannie Prescott to W. E. i Prescott, 15 1-2 acres, $1,200. j Dec. 9.?J. M. Brogdon to R. T. Sharp, 13 acres, $390. I Dec. 5.?Eddie McCoy to McFaddin ! Edwards, 10 acres, ?1,000. i Mayesville Township. Nov. 1.?Planters Fertilizer and [Phosphate Co.. to Sophia Muldrow, ; 100 acres, $2,500. j Dec. 2.?C. M. Hurst to A. S. Merrimon, et al., 1 lot, $8.71. Dee. 3.?H. 1.. Thomas to B. C. ! Chandler, 2 lots, $2,500. j Dee. 4.?B. C Chandler to Mayes tville Cotton Co., 2 lots, $".,000. MiddJeton Township, j Oct. s.?\v. B. Troublefield to A. D. Troublefield, l let. 1 house, $1. Dec. 0.? Kichard Singleton to Penn Sumter Lumber Co., lumber deed, j $500. Privateer Township. ; Dec. 1.?Fred Rose tc Phillip Con j yers, 63 1-2 acres, $6,350. Dec. S.?G. A. Nettles to George ? Rhame, 57 acres, $6,555. Providence Township, i Dee. 4.?Hattie DuBosc to T. J. j DuBose, J:i." acres, $5. Dec. 14.?T. J. DuBose to Hattie ; DuBose. 112 7-10 acres, $5. Dec. 14.?T. J. DuBose, et al., to i Hattie DuBose, 137 1-2 acres, $20, .000. : Dec. 14.?T. J. DuBose to M. R. [Rivers. 133 acres, $16,000. Rafting Creek Township, i Dec. 2.?The Master to R. A. Brad 1 ham. 173 acres. $9.000. Dec. 1.?T. J. Gillis to Simpson Sax Iton, 115 acres, $15,000. Dec. 4.?G. A. Lemmon to Bell jKendrick, 2S 95-100 acres, $1,447. j Nov. 12.?W. II. Brown to Jno. R. [ Morris, 23 1-4 acres, $1.170. I Doc. 3.?L. S. Vinson to Alfred Mc i Rae. 75 acres, $2.750. Stateburg Township, j Dec. 8.?F. K. Kershaw to E. G. j Dixon. 20 acres, $1,800. Dec. 8.?Noah Bencnhaley to W. J. Benenhaiey, 65 acres, $5.525. Shiloh Township. Nov. 20.?Margaret W. Mims to E. R. Keels, 72 2-10 acres, $7,000. j Dec. 1.?A. D. DuBose to I. L i Coleman, 20 acres $4,400. I Dec. 1.?R. A. Dennis to A. J j Coleman, 43 acres, $3,347.50. I Oct. 1.?F. A. McLeod to B. A [Weils, 103 acres, $5. I Nov. 8.?The Master to Thos. (Smith, et al, 75 acres, $2,605. Dec. 9.?J. A. Mims to S. Lee Minis,'45 acres, $6,300. Sumter Townsliip. Dec. 2.?The Sheriff to A. S. Mcr rimon, et al. 1 lot, $11.55. Dec. 2.?The She rift to A. S. Mer rimon, 1 lot, $15.95. i Dec. 2.?The Sheriff to A. S. Mer ! rimon, 1 lot, $10.55. ! Nov. 10.?L. B. Stubs to O. B. iMack, 1 lot, $125. j Dec. 3.?R. I. Manning to David ! Mitchell, 2 lots, $200. i Dec. 1.?J. D. Blanding to Z. J. |.Jackson. 112 3-10 acres, $11,846.50. Dec. 1.?J. D. Blanding to A. D. ! Harby, 10 acres, $1,275. j Sept. 25.?R. M. Edens to Lucian j Howard, 6 95-100 acres, $1,633.25. Dec. 6.?R. D. Lee to Walter ? frown. 1 lot, $150. Dec. 5.?Aline 'Allen to F. M. j Moise, 153 acres. %\ 1.500. Sumter City. Nov. 1.?Mary Knight, el al., to A. ; S. liar by. 1 lot, $750. j Nov. 20.?F. A. Lynam to R. T. j Brown. 1 lot, 1 house, $6,000. Oct. 7.?E. M. Spann, et al., to E. jW. Witherspoon, et al., 1 lot, $750. 1 Nov. 22:?Lucile Epps to J. R. j Clack, 1 lot. 1 house, $5,550. I Nov. 29.?J. R. Clack to Sallie Tis j dale, 1 lot, 1 house, $6,000. j Dec. 1.?A. D. Harby to O. II. I Follcy, et al., 23 lots, $4,500. j Oct. 7.?W. F. Alexander to J. C. i Brown, 1 lot, 1 house, $7,750. I Nov. 25.?C. C. Jacobs to J. W. j Murph, 1 lot, $550. j Dec. 3.?II. Charles, ct al., to J3. i W. McCailuro, 1 lot, 1 house, $920. i Dec. -V?The Master to E. W. Mc |CaIlum, 1 lot. 1 house. $230. 1 Nov. 26.?D. C. Shaw to A. .T. Tim ! mons, 1 lot, 1 house, $2,500. " Christmas Fund Committee. j The following committees from the j various churches of the city have been appointed to serve with the central I committee for the distribution of the Christmas Poor Fund. All of the ! committees are requested tb? .meet jar the V. M. C. A. building on Wed ln osday at ';.::*> p. m. to arrange for ? Ibis distribution. Catholic Church? j Grace Baptist?Mrs. D. P. Kelly and ! Miss Lula Haynsworth. Congregation Sinai?Mrs. G. W. Kraker and Mrs. Louis Lyon. Salem Avenue Baptist? Mrs. J. B. Raffield and Mrs. B. P. Cuttino, Jr. Lutheran?Mrs. J. D. Shirer and' Miss Lizzie Mullcr. Christian?Mrs. Albert Skinner and Mrs. A. T. Heath.' Episcopal?Mrs. Bruce Lynam and Mrs. .J. H. Morse. Trinity Methodist?Mrs. G. C. Lamb and Miss Annie Purdy. First Baptist?Mrs. C. L. Cuttino and Mrs. D. X. Ligon. Presbyterian?Mrs. Fred Gregg and Mrs. H. m. Stuckey. Broad Street Methodist?Miss An nie Sanders and Mrs. Roland Mc Collum. S. F. Stoudenmire. Secty. Marriage Licenses. Carl [nman, Whitevilie. X. C anil Mamie Davis. Whitevilie. N*. C. Colored?Marion Gardner. Sumter and Dilcie Mack, Sumte" Davicl Jones. Sumter and Viola Green. Wedgefield. Mitchell Mayrant. Rcmbert and Helen Adamson. Horatio. James Palmer. Horatio and Eliza 11 ickman. Hagood. Zern Evans. Sumter and Rebecca Brunson. Sumter. Colored?Robert James. Bennetts dlle. and Alice James. Remini; Dun- j ?an Richardson. Sumter. and Lucile j Burgess, Mayesville: L. A. Crossen, ?tatesburg, and Nora Thompson. ;tateburg. A Christmas Story. rMy Dear Reader: j . I wish you to regard this little [ Christmas story as a personal letter. I it happened one cold, crisp Christ j max Eve five years ago. I was stand f ing in front of a brilliantly lighted j toy store in a city not necessary to j name. Within was arranged in splen j did masses every type of toy to glad j den the heart of childhood. Coming j and going in eager, anxious haste j were mothers mid fathers clad in sty j lish, as well as comfortable clothes, ! their faces smiling because they I knew the joy they were making 'ready for the coming morrow. There ? were als<> little onc.s in that throng I who in their childish cunning knew [ full well that many of those self same toys would hang on their Christmas Ltrees, placed there by a mysterious ISanta Claus, and they were glad. I But all seemed to rail or refuse to ! see a poor, thinly clad mother, whose ! lace showed that she had known" ! brighter and better days. Clinging j to her hand .was a little girl of six, I whose only Christmas joy would be j the view of the toys which tomorrow I would be the actual possession of l thousands of happy children. I I watched her for a few minutes and ! realized that this was only too true. Presently a man attired in his every j day working clothes modestly siip | ped into the mother's hand a 6risp (live dollar bill-with the request that j she spend it for the little one's happi ness. 1 then and there discovered I that there is no eloquence on? earth I to.' compare with a tear drop glisten } ing in a mother's eye, placed there bc I cause of gratitude. j Now. my dear friend, as this Christ i mas Season approaches there are two j hundred and fifty thousand hungry, j homeless and helpless orphans, whose I eyes ,arc filled with tears?not tears j for Christmas toys. but tears -for ! bread to satisfy the gnawings of I hunger and to keep their starved and emaciated bodies from falling by the I wayside and becoming dry bones to i mingle with the thousands of others j who have already fallen. There-is no (father to-hear their cries because-he ! has been killed by the cruel Turk, j Neither is there any mother, nor will j there be, to wipe away their tears* for they have been scattered into j the mountains and deserts, in many cases never to see their loved ones again. Fifty thousand of these mothers are unwilling victims in Turik | ish harems where a brand has been ! burned into their flesh and the threat I of death placed over their heads j should they escape. How many of . these will see their little ones again;r God only knows. Now my friend, I call upon you to assist in bringing Christmas to these . little ones. I call upon you in the j name of Him, who made Christmas! ! possible for us all and said "Inas > much as ye have done it unto one of ? the least of these ye have done it j unto me." I call upon you whether ! you recognize Him as the Christ-or j not I call upon you in the name of J suffering humanity. You may not see j the tear drop of gratitude come into I that mother's eye on that Christmas Eve, but their gratitude to you will be far greater and you shall not lose your reward. Simply fill out your check for what ever amount* your heart may prompt; 'and forward the same to W. Banks ! Dove. State Chairman, No. 211 Dib I erty National Pank Building, Colum ! bia, S. C. j v Yours very truly, W. Banks Dove, State Chairman. The Empty Stocking. We ask the Christians and friends of the poor to help us in the prepara tion of a- Christmas tree for the bene f fit of the poor little ones of every de {nomination at Clinton Chapel, the A, j M. E. Zion church on South Harvin St.. of which Rev. F. W. Anthony has" been sent as pastor, on Christmas night, December 25th. 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