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fcf itl at ske PoatoJaee at Samter, 8 ?a hi'cox? Cias Matter. PERSONAL. ? Mr. G. B. Kornegay, of the Cole Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, was in the city today calling on the Cherry Company, the local representatives of his firm. Miss Marie McDougal, of Columbia, Js visiting Miss Lily ?'olsom. Mr. H. C. Bland has been called to Detroit for a few days on business. Miss Lois Bryant of Orangeburg is yisitihg her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Kinard. Mr. Leslie Schwartz has returned to Carolina after spending the week end with parents. Miss Mary Ellen Blackwell return ed last night from Marion where she nas been spending a few days with friends. Mr. R. W. Beaty returned yester day from Charlotte after spending the week-end with his family. Mrs. Ferd Levi has returned from a four weeks' visit to Savannah, Ga. She was accompanied home by her atfece, Miss Mary FantI, who will re ? main with her until March. Mr. C. C. Beck is a visitor in town for a few days. Mr. George Wilson leaves tonight ror Columbia to attend a dance. Mr.. Clarence Crowson, of High Point, N. C, is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. Cam Stubbs is visiting Mrs. Sydney Stubbs in New York. Miss Lois Richardson is .visiting Mrs. M. H. Flaum. / The many friends of Mrs. Hey Ward Crowson will be glad to know she is able to walk again. Mrs. Crow son was painfully hurt by an auto mobile several weeks ago. Mrs. ILillie Dorn is visiting friends In Columbia. Mr.' Philip B. Warner, executive sec retary of the State Tuberculosis as sociation *s in the city today to make a visit to C^inp Alice. Mr. T. H. Clarke left today on a business trip to New York. LopOT-Huestis. A very attractive weddindg took place yesterday afternoon at half past five o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Charles H. M?ise, when her grand daughter, Miss Theodora Sydney Lo pez became the bride of Mr. George Gibbes Huestis of Bessemer, Ala. The spacious old hall was beauti fully decorated with smilax, white and pink carnations and ferns. At the far end stood the Rev. Ferdinand Hirsch, j and the groom with his best man, Mr. William L. Moise of Atlantic City, awaiting the arrival of the bride. Mrs. Donald E. Eastlake, as matron of honor, entered first in a handsome gown of black lace with a varicolored .velvet girdle aad a graceful bunch of orchids. Then followed little Miss Alice Eleanor Eastlake in a French lingerie dress. with^Jjlue ribbons ,car rying the ring on a lace cushion. Then came Miss Dorita Moise as brides maid, who wore a dainty frock of pink tulle and satin and white carnations. The bride entered, on the arm of her aunt, Miss Cecilia F. Moise, wearing a dress of Alice blue crepe meteor em broidered in. blue and silver, car rying a bouquet of brides' roses. Miss Moise was attired in black net with colored embroidery and carried or chids. After the beautiful ring ceremony the happy couple were felicitated by the relatives and a few intimate friends. A delightful punch and cake course Was then served and handsome gifts admired. Mr. and Mrs. Huestis left on the 6.30 train for Columbia and will go from there on an extended trip through Florida and will reside in Bessemer. Alabama, where the well wishes of their many friends will fol low them . Marriage. ; Miss Annie Goldstein, of Florence and Mr. Edward Levinson. of Bishop ville were united in marriage at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Temple Sinai, Rev. F. K. Hirsch performing the ceremony, which was witnessed only by a few friends and relatives. Immediately after the ceremony Mr and Mrs. Levinson Ifft for Florence. Death. i Last Tuesday a little group of peo ple left Sumter on the train for Dar lington carrying the mortal remains of Mrs. Samuel D. O'Neal to the old family burying ground at Antioch Baptist church, fourteen miles out from Darlington where Rev. Dr. Rose and Rev. Mr. Carson held the funer al services. She had passed on the day before surrounded by all her chil dren and her husband. She is survived by Mr. Charles S. O'Neal, of Atlanta; Messrs. Edward L. and William G., of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. An nie Taylor and Mrs. L. D. Ivey, both of Sumter. She and her husband liv ed together fifty-one years, she being 68 y^ars and Mr. O'Neal eight years older. Dr. D. R. Anderson to be President of Raudoiph-Macon. Dr. Dice Robins Anderson, for eight years professor of history in the Rich mond College, Richmond. Va., has re cently been elected president of Ran dolph-Macon Woman's College at Lynchburg, Va. Dr. Anderson is a brother of Miss Cora Anderson, who has taught in the city schools for sev eral years. Marriage Licenses. White: James E Smith and Celia Reynolds, Sumter. Colored: Eugene D. Lowry, Shiloh and Maude Lowry of Lynch burg. Jack Nixon and Cornelia Hoele, Sumter. Edward Washington and Mary Da Vis, Sumter. Take your time?we do! Get jrour lists ready for Schwartz's. NATIONAL BANK OF SO?^H CAROLINA Annual Meeting of Stockholders Held Monday Afternoon? Mr. Earle Rowland Elect ed Cashier _ ! The annual meeting of the stock holders of the National Bank of South j Carolina was held Monday afternoon, with practically all the stock-rep re j sen ted in person or by proxy. The i annual report was submitted by Pres ident C. (j. Rowland; showing that j 1919 was the most prosperous year j in the record of growth and prosper j ity that this bank has enjoyed from its I establishment. There has been growth j in every department of the bank's i business, especially in deposits and ! resources. The total resources of the I bank now exceeds two and a-half j million dollars and the deposits have t been in excess of a million dollars for several months. . . The directors were re-elected with out change, except that Mr H. M. McLaurin. of Wedgefield, was added to the board. At a subsequent meeting of the. board of directors the officers were re-elected, there being no change, ex cept that Assistant Cashier Earle I Rowland was promoted to the po ' sition of cashier to fill the vacancy caused several months ago by the resignation of Cashier F. E. Hinnant. Mr. Rowland has been connected with the bank from its establishment, hav ing served as collector in his spare time while still a school boy and dur ing the summer holidays while at col lege. Later he became a regular em ploye of the bank, serving successive ly as collector, book-kepeer and as sistant cashier. This position he re signed to enter the army, but upon his return from overseas service re sumed his duties with the bank. Since the resignation of Mr. Hinnant he has discharged the duties of cashier and his election merely adds the title to the duties. His long service in the bank and his familiarity with all de partments, as the result of practical experience is the best possible assur ance that he will make good in the place to which he has been promoted. Death of Mr. Earle W. Marvin. A d^ath which was very sad and unexpected was that of Mr. Karle W. Marvin of this city. He was sick about ten days and there was very little hope of recovery from the very first of his illness. He came to the end Friday night and the remains were taken to White Kall. S. C, Sat urday morning and laid To rest in Marvin's burying ground. Mr. Marvin was one of S'uniter's most promising young men. He was born at White Hall, in Colleton coun ty, June 1892, and business brought him to make his home in Sumter more than a year ago. II- graduated at the Citadel in 1913, with one of the highest honors that can be conferred upon a student, having won the .lohn 0. Wilson ring, given to the one whom the students consider to bo the pur est man in class. He then wem to j the Georgia school of Technology and took a post graduate course, finishing with honors from that place. Soon after war was declared he heard the call of his country and vol unteered his services. Ho was station ed at Ft. Dade, Fla., and soon became military instructor there: he was then sent to Fortress Monore. Ya.. as instructor. He was at the port of| embarkation ready to sail when the I armistice was signed. He was patriotic, pure in life and thought, and to know him was to love him. He was kind-hearted, ac commodating, modest in disposition, and ever cherished in his heart that love that "thinketh no evil." Though he was taken in ;he early years of his manhood, is this not a wonderful ? record to leave? He is survived by] his mother, three sisters, seven broth-l ers. and a host of friends. May God's grace comfort the hearts that have been so sorely bereaved. Rev. J. G. Ferguson. I Cotton Market | i NEW YORK COTTON MARKET, j Yes'td'ys Open High Low Close Close 1 Mch . .35.S5 36.45 .35.70 36.25 35.75 May . .33.70 34.40 33.57 34.25 33.71 July . .31.75 32.35 31.59 32.30 31.7S Oct . .29.40 30.05 29.33 30.05 29.50 I NEW ORLEANS. Mch . .36.90 37.51 36.66 37.4S 36.70 May . .34.70 35.30 34.50 35.30 34.60 j July . .32.80 33.22 32.61 33.20 32.67! Oct T .29.80 30.20 29.59 30.16 2(J.67 Marriage Licenses. White: F. O. Lawson and Minnie Blanding, Sumter. Geo. E. Houstan of Bessemer, Ala., and Theo L. Lopez, Sumter. Colored: Hazel Geddis and Clara Wilson. Sumter. Recorder's Court. Ansley Keen was charged with dis orderly conduct. W. J. Wilkinson was charged with carrying concealed weapon. Forfeit ed bond. Marriage Licenses. White: L. L. Wolfe and Mary George, Orangeburg. Back in Sumter. 100 per cent pure sugar cane sy rup. Grown and put up by C. II. Touehberry. For sale by Levi Bros. ?Advt. Or Interest to Yoh! Ladies, the merchandise for the real white sale. tb<- great while sab', is now headed toward Sumter and coming as fast as the trains can bring them. Mr. G. f>. Schwartz re turned today and asks yon to remem ber their slogan "Wait! Watch." Schwartz Bros.?Advt. j TAKING CENSUS j Co-operation of the People is Necessary if Enumeration * j is to Be Complete j Some. Tvell intentioned and public spirited Sumter citizens who desire j that the census of this city be taken j correctly, not a human being missed j in the enumeration being made, have [urged the Sumter Chamber of Com merce to tall on every man and wo man in Sumter to cooperate with the enumerators. This is a point well taken, and the Chamber of Commerce therefore most earnestly requests that every one in Sumter will give this important mat ter his and'her personal interest, and if any one has been missed he or she should see" the enumerator in his or| her ward or call the attention of the] Chamber of Commerce to the matter.] and the enumerators will be assisted j in getting the proper information without delay. Before saying, however, or think ing that you or your family have not been enumerated, be sure in the case of all men or women who haven't asked their wives or boarding house; managers whether the enumerator] has called, to find out first whether J the enumerator has been around to your home, hotel, or hoarding- place, j because names are secured from j piacs of.residence and not from! places of business. ? *j Cooperate with before criticising] the enumerators. It. will be simply next to impossible, under any circum stances, to secure a recount of the citizens. This will be the only cen sus taken by the United States govern ment again until 19S0. Manifestly j the sensible course to be pursued ist for every citizen to cooperate with the ? enumerators while the census is be-; ing taken. j Tell the enumerator about your ser-; vants in order that the latter may be! cheeked up for reference to the enu-j monitor in another ward if your ser-j vant lives in a different ward from j which you live. The enumerators help! each other in this way."and every citi zen who wants Sumter to have every other citizen enumerated can do a world of good by manifesting inter est and helping the enumerators. When the enumeration is completed that settles it as far as the govern ment is concerned. Not one in a thousand demands for a recount are ever compiled with. That is past ex perience of many cities and towns. Again remember that "cooperation rather than uncertain criticism is the best after all." The Chamber of Commerce needs the name of every citizen on the enumerator's rolls for business pur pose:-. The city of Sumter needs every name on the same rolls. To show that Sumter is growing and has <rown the names an- absolutely essential. The names have a business value as well as a boosting value. Now is the time for every man. woman, and child to take a friendly, public spirited, local and community pride interest in the work of the enumerators, and poini out, if any bej posiii\ely known, Jh<- names of any one missed by accident or other cause j by enumerators. The enumera- J tors are only human beings, they need all the information they can get. They are as mueh interested in Sum tor's progress as any one else. But they are not. infallible. Corporations, firms, heads of fami lies, keepers <>f boarding houses, em ployers of every kind, hotels, lodging! houses, and every man, woman, boy and girl in Sumter should take a per sonal and city pride in getting every name <>n the census enumerator's books. The time :s very limited now. But it is not too late to get busy and help out wonderfully. Remember above all else that a re count of the citizenship is almost im possible after the returns are sent in. It will be a waste of good time to re quest any recount. A waste also of the time of every man or woman to furnish information later that should be given now or before the enumera tion closes within a few days at most. Germany is Suffering from Illegal Bor der Trade. Kattowitz. Cpper Silesia. Jan. 3.? There is a hole or gap in the eastern customsborder of Germany as well as in the west'and through both it is charged articles of luxury and German money are* flowing. Illegal traders from Poland slip through the German lines every day and return to Poland with whatever they ean purchase in the way of shoes, clothes, textiles, su gar and food, much of which Ger many wants to retain for her own use but which also are greatly desir ed in Poland. There is no border and no hind Ira nee of this trade. It is alleged thai the goods thus shipped from Ger j many into Poland has run up into millions of marks. Kidnapping in China. j Tenchowfu,. Shantung. China. Dec. j 27.- -Bands of kidnappers recently have caused much alarm in this dis j trict. Operating in groups of from j 30 to .",o they have carried away and j held for ransom wealthy Chinese j for whose release they have obtained as much ;is $50.000 in some cases. Ten citizens, were kidnapped in Oc-i tober. Promises to pay ransoms have been exacted by torture. Troops have tri"d to capture the bandits but have failed, it is believed the kidnappers come from T>alny. crossing the gulf of Pechili in bo:iis in which they escape j with their captives. To Study Tropical Diseases. I *_ j Sidney. Pre. 2<; The British gov ernment has seni ;i party to the Bllice and Gilbert islands in the Central Pa cific to studv tropical diseases such a; tilariasis and allied ailments such as elephantiasis. Hookwovm and dysen tery also will be studied. The part} Iis headed by I >r. F. W. O'Connor, who [investigated disease in Cliina and Af I rlea and''who.in the war was attached to the British forces on the, Sinai i Peninsular where he devoted special I attention to treatment of dysentery. I THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT j Mayor Jennings Tells Why the Service is Unsatisfactory i - j Editor Daily Item. I have heard that a great many j people thought that the city had in I .stalled new machinery for the elec i trie light plant, and that they could j not understand why the lights were ] cut off so often. j When we bought, the electric light j plant we knew that the old boilers j were practically worn out and they {were only taken in at junk prices. We j immediately ordered new machinery, but we could not get shipment for i several months; in fact, the most of, (the machinery purchased could not be j shipped but undo- six months, and we J [have been doing the best we couldj I'with the old machinery. (>n Saturday night last one of the i old pumps broke and this was the! cause of the shut-down. On Sunday j a new pump was installed, but Sunday! night the old pump line became elog-j ged. and this was the cause of the) .-nut-down. The old company realized this con- j dition and had bought a lot of new! machinery, but when the city began j to negotiate for the purchase of the j plant the old company s=old all the new ? machinery which it had bought. The management is doing the best that can he done under the circum stances, and the people will have to be patient for a while longer until we can get the new machinery delivered and installed. We have bought the .best machinery that can he bought! and'I am satisfied that just as soon j as, it is installed and the service he-1 conies what it should he. we will' all! forget about the bum service we have j had in the past. Only he patient,! don'; lose your temper. - hut smile, j smile until the new machinery comes, j and then you can continue to smile. | Yours very truly. ' L. D. Jennings. ! Our Trade -With Japan. Washington, ,lan. 20.?Despite the growth of imports from. Japan since the signing of the armistice, officials of the Department of Commerce to- J day declared that American markets j have been but little affected by the in? j flux of oriental goods. Imports from j Japan have increased mainly in value! rather than in quantity, it is said. During the 11 months onc.ing with November 19?!). the latest available figures; America imported goods val ued at $367,13.0; 187 from Japan,-com pnreif with $264^269.502 in 1$IS &nd $22$ 550.617 in 1917. One reason for the increase in im ports -is the shipping facilities, now available, officials declare, though 'Ja- ] pans' expansion in foreign trade is regarded as general. Japanese?*gcK>ds whietr-;are sent to this country, how ever, are of the cheaper grades..it is; said, and do hot compete with the] high 'class American manufactures. I Low-iSrade paper and .cotton goods.] tea, vegetable oils, silk and bamboo j man ijactures are said to form ihO| hull: the Japanese imports.. . Tin i ohl-j classes oi* manufactures in which Japan and ih<- l'iuii'd States arc on a competitive footing are toys and a few! novelties in which the two countries! now lead the world, officials say. The constant increase in Japan's export:trade not only with the L'r.jfed State's but with the world indicates a heavy demand will be made in the far ISasI for American machinery, and mechanical devices, experts declare. .Japan, it is said, can manufacture cheaply low grade goods hut must im port machinery with which to do it. Trade experts seem to concede that Japan will control the trade of the far !0ast in the cheaper lines but they believe the demand for American manufacturing machinery and office appliances will keep step with thei growth of Japanese trade. No invasion of the American mar kets by Japanese manufacturers is ex pected by trade experts of th2 De partment of Commerce: At present Japan has the advantage over Euro pean exporters, they say. because of the unsettled conditions brought on by the war. But when the industries of Europe have readjusted themselves a return of the normal flow of im ports into the United States is looked for. For the next few years Japan's j progress as a mar. ti fa during nation i will he almost wholly along the lines of her peculiar domestic products and low grade manufactures, it is as serted. Industrial University for China. ST: .nghai. Dec. 2*5.?An industrial university to cost $5,000,000 will be erecied in Shanghai if the plans of Chinese educators and industrial leaders are attained. The idea was suggested by Professor C. W. Wood worth, of the University of California. om> time a lecturer at Nanking uni versity. It is intended to conduct the tini yersily on American lines, with equip ment* and instructors from the rnitedj State?. A', jbpvt I feature of the proposed ] university will be Urn incorporation in.ir jof a complete co.,tton mill which wilh employ its students and require them^to perform productive t< ii as! we'.^fys school work. Throe leading j ?~*hise?e of Shanghai have gone to the I'niC'kl States to visit schools and ob-i tauf ideas for the establishment of the uniw?sh v. Koirejtii Christians Charged by Japa p?sc Authorities with Plotting. S&ful. Korea. Dec. 27. The Seoul l're':.;: asserts thai the Japanese au Ihorites have definitely established Hi.ii some native Korean Christians are connected with tin- independence plotting and agitation in Korea." In support o; this statement, how over, ? merer;, quotes the statement ol a director of police affairs thai ih<-j poiic- discovered documents issued, by the Provisional Korean govern -1 ment asking native Christians in Ko rea cooperate with them in the in deue-iidence im "ement. II does ..not :ipi?<iar from any of these documents thai these appeals to the Korean Christians have evoked any response. I THE PRICE OF BREAD Bakers Find it Necessarv to In crease Size of Loaf and the Price at Same Time i_ The advance in the price of flour i and the certainty that it will go .still ' higher before the next crop of wheat [ is on the market has forced the bak ers to adopt one cf two alternatives to meet ihe changed ? cojaditions and the increasing cost of bread: They must either reduce the size of the ten cm loaf or increase' the size of the loaf and increase the price. After giving the matter careful considera tion for the interest of the] public, a majority of the bakers of South Car olina have decided to discontinue the baking of the ten-cent:-loaf and sub stitute a larger loaf to sell, at fifteen cents. For some time the ten cent loaf has weighed only 12 to 13 ounces and at present prices <1f flour it would be possible to sell a lbaf. weighing not'more than 10 to 10 .1-2 ounces for ien cents. It has been decided by those bakers who have adopted the larger loaf to sell at lift'-en cents to make this standard loaf to weigh 16 l-i' ounces. It costs no more to bake and wrap a fifteen cent loaf than a smaller ten cent loaf and the. bakers arc therefore able to sell more bread for less money when in larger loaves. For instance, two fifteen sent loaves weigh 33 ounces while three ten c nt loafs weigh only 31 1-2 ounces, the buyer of two fifteen sen't loaves gets for his thirty cents 1 1-2 ounces more bread than the buyer of three ten cent loaves. One of the leading wholesale bak ers of the up-country states the case as follows: The new loaf is not To die consider ed as an advance in the-price of the old ;oaf. but is a larger loaf, the price of which is fixed not on the basis of the old loaf but on the basis of the cost of production. '; ?"The cost of spring wheat- flour is now $16 50 to :$17 per barrel,_ as .com pared with $10 and $11 six and twelve months ago. The cost of lard, milk, salt, yeast and sugar has also been very materially advanced. The bak ers will, in fact, be making less in proportion on the present prices than they made on the old. The bakers are ilso prepared to show that on their individual transactions and" on their business as a whole they are making a very reasonable low meas ure of profit." ? Serbian Customs Changed by the War. P< rch. Montenegro, Jan. 2.?Amer icanization of the footwear of the Balkans within a few years may be one of the unexpected results of ihe war. The Serbian sandal or opanch:, of soft pliable leather was abandoned when Serbia was compelled to call upon the allies for eoiiipment. for only the cliff shoe, to which western Eu rt.-p< in and American armies were ac eustomod. was available. Xow, after having been habituated to the modern -hoe. the Serbian soldier -upon de-: -mobilization finds it difficult to return to the primitive sandal.' Si pplies of old shoes gathered in Am? i<-a which wore distributed re cently by the American Red Cross wer? snatched up by the peasants wph a/id'ty. American business already has m -gnu to exploit this new source of :i.?mand so that a few more years probably will see .the Balkan peasant wearing American shoes. The war has dealt' the venerable hea< gear of tin- .Montenegrin, a telling blow. More than t><?u years ago. in 13S9, thos > Serbs who were driven to take refuge from the Turk in the moun tain:-, of Montenegro after the over throw of the Serbian empire at the' Battle of Kosovo, adopted a cap which I was intended to keep fresh in their mind.* forever a national conscious-1 ness The c:tp still worn to this day is brimk'ss and bordered by a black ban;! of mourning. The crown is a crimson red for the blood which was shed in the battle a.nd embroidered about the edge are six gold-threaded circles for the six -centuries which have elapsed since-13S9. S< me now have discarded the cap for. now that Montenegro and the Serbs have come into the. glory which was theirs before Kossovjo, there seems to many of them to be no rea son for the perpetuation of the sen timent which the cap was calculated to keep alive through the period of adversity of the nation. Holland's Wind Mills Doomed. Amsterdam. Jan. 4.? Holland i>1 slowly but surely losing one character istic of its landscape made famous in art and. known to every schoolboy? the squat, fat. lazy looking windmills that for centuries have stood out all over the country's flat surface. These Quaint structures arc gradu ally giving way to highly practical but ugly steam and electric plants. Dutch tech'iical men say the windmill is doomed. X"W and then, a large group of th? i i is replaced by one electric plant, and. in tic- course of each year, a number are destroyed by fire?pro seni ng : spectacular blaze with the big burning wings wheeling around ike iiery arms. They are never recon-, structed. The existing type of Dutch windmilli was invented about the year 1400. The great disadvantage of the windmill, of course, is its absolute dependence on weather conditions. For this rea s?)n. they are being r placed, when' possible, by modern machinery. The Dutch windmill, however much it may look in pictures to be a toy, is; far from thai. It is a sturdy struct-! ure. as big as i^oo? size house, and the machinery inside N extremely power-} ful. ! Natural y. :i great many of them re-j main, but the number becomes less: year by year. and. so far as can bei ascertained, ihe erection of a new one ? is ? ? idem underta ken. Accomplished Birds. ? (Carlton Gazette.) "The new marshal .says he is de termined to enforce the ordinance agai 'st chickens running'rat large and' Tidlv.g bicycles cn the sidewalk." j JAPS WITHDRAW FROM SIBERIA" Government Approves Objection to Co-operating With United States Tokio. Tuesday, Jan. 20?Japan's objection to agreeing to cooperati/ [with the United-Slates in supporting ; Czech o-Slav, troops in Siberia has "been ; attained and the withdrawal of Jap?- - n^se troops from Siberia* will follow, ??.: it was decided at a meeting of the C" advisory diplomatic council yesterday, j according to the newspapers. At .the ' meeting it was said Japan had no ter ritorial ambitions in Siberia and the .V troops now heh7g'sent-there are nrtert - lv to replace ;l?sses. PLANS FOR STATE OFFICE BUILDING It JUS* Referred to Senate Finance : Committee ? ? '' r.rv- q Columbia, Jan. 21.?Plan's, for^'fri-e, new State office building to be located - in Columbia have been drawn' anVi * were laid on one of the1 largre'tabfefe'fri the senate chamber here today^ Tfcere seems to be a sentiment hi f?v?r dt the passage of the resolution noW!' with the senate for- the e'recto'qn-of the new buiding. The me?"s?re:?&k'j?> been referred to the senate?'* finance-'?. committee. It was reported witho?t ' recommendation last year by thep?lb-" ' lie .building committee. ? '??"?- ''* ?' *" The Stearriship St. Jieiiis. New York, Jan. 22.?The passenger steamship St. Louis, with a reocfd''0t having setved with distinction' through two wars in which the tJrift-' ed States was'a belligerent, and in the . interval carrying passengers across1 '*. the Atlantic under the American^ flag, ' is now a blackened hull, the vic^iM^dt"^.* a fire started by a painter's torch. ?> : Th3 big ship was being recondition- ^ ed at a ship yard for service.after hei* second honorable discharge from' the ??colors" when the accident took place. Her owners, the American Line, .say . me can be repaired, but it will mean.,., practically rebuilding her and it is a task of many months. , . ? The St. Louis, was chistened by Mrs. Grover Cleveland. TTer construe-.. tion and launching was an epoch in. American shipbuilding in that she was \ the first "ocean greyhound"- to ? built in th'iis country. She' made hfery~.' first voyage* in June of 1895. '. Under--?., a contract with the American "i?&y c;rnm--nt she was entrusted with, the fast mail of England and Europe. ;r ' . Under command of Captain : W;.* GooRrich'. TV S. N., she was eo^ppedV with heavy guns as an aux?iaiy crufe* .. sr in the Spanish-American war.:$JeV first adventure of note was when soir* was ordert to cut the cable betwe^^ Santiago de Cuba and Kingston,' ~3&rtf maica. Punning-up until sheWaS-tin-'?':^r der the direct fire of the guns of Jftbrtir \ Castle. American gunners sent back shot for shot and succeeded 'in . sT*- . fencing all but the mortar batteries hi the fortification, while sailors were I fishing out and cutting the cabled ASe^ ' On June 13. 1S9S, she capture^tk^:" British freighter Twickenham which was taking a cargo of coal into Sani- '? tiago presumably to be used for ther Spanish fleet. She was off that pVadfev when Admiral Cervera made''hfs ^dhsri for the open sea. and she brougmf t&'V. Portsmouth. N.. H.. the * capture^' 'f\ Spanish Admiral and 746 members'ol' - the crews of his defeated ffeet. ' In 1917 when the United "States joined the war against Germany, the" St. Louis was one of the first Ameri can passenger ships to be armed and ? to defy the German submarines'and mines. She had many narrow escapes, and once war, actually hit by a torpedo but without serious damage: She" % carried to and from France, thousands - of American soldiers and she was one of the last ships to be released from war duty to retr?n to pursuits'df peace. ? ?"' Business is Unsettled by the price of Exchange.' Shanghai. Dec. 26.?White Ameri cans have been buying British# pound sterling in New York for $3.70 or less, , Americans here have been paying $100 in American gold for 76 Mexican dollars which are in current use here. This unprecedented.advance in the rate of exchange in Shanghai has been due to the acute rise in the price of silver. Probably no courrtry - tn the .. world has been more sharply affected by this enhanced value than > has China. * - ? > In consequence of the confused state . of exchange, the foreign trade through this city, China's principal commercial center,, became more or less disorganized. Exporters, ceased to look for new business and .confined , their activities wholly to filling .old . contracts from the terras of .which . they would have been glad to escape. Shanghai bankers held frequent conferences'day and night in an effort to determine what might be dene, to > stabilize the exchange rates. For .one',. ^. day all but one of the. leading bank's.. in the city declined .to issue drafts in connection with export shipments to ; America. These exporters who bu^r their goods in China for silver and sell ae them abroad for gold suffered most/... severely. "They were obliged to re-... strict operations or raise prices where-'. .. ever the goods were sold. On the other hand importers who . buy their goods in America and are , paid for them in .Mexican dollars have f. prospered. * . \. U>*;J one of the difficulties arising froin "y the exchange situation is that much .'. of the business lu re is done undSaV. terms arranged several years...ago when an American dollar was.worth two Mexican dollars or more. ..Con sequently foreign workers here -have suffered; ^ ... ? The bankers concluded that one so lution of the problem would be to in-," 1 crease the price of China's products throughout the world. . . WATCH THIS SALE. TSe Schwartz kind.