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atetei at the J?o*toSe* at 8anm?, g. O, m 6ecoa* Claw Matter. PEBSONAL. Mrs. R, X. Butt has been called to. Atlanta on account of the death of her brother, Morris Manheim. Mr. Herbert Welis of Columbia was a visitor in town yesterday. Mr. George Wilson is leaving to night for Charleston. 7>tr. Paul Autrey of Columbia was a \isitor in town yesterday. Miss Jean Hagood of Charleston is visiting Mrs. R. Dozier Lee. Mr. S. J. Blackwell of Marion was a visitor in tor. a yesterday. HOSIERY MILL PROPOSED Experienced Manufacturer Wishes to T Mate in Sumter The Sumter Chamber of Commerce is negotiating with reliable outside parties for a knitting mill to manu facture hosiery. A meeting was held last Friday at Chamber of Commerce to discuss the proposition as submit ted to the meeting by Secretary Rear don. The business men present were so / favorably impresed that they unanimously instructed the secretary to request the out-ofrtown parties to come to Sumter and give more detail-1 e*d information about the proposed enterprise, and to assure them that there will be no trouble in getting up the necessary capital stock to be added, to- the capital stock offered by .outside parties, provided, of course, the. showing to. be made is acceptable to local interests. Today the secretary received a let ter from the out "f town parties say ing that" their representative expects to reach Sumter .tomorrow evening to submit in full his proposition, with the necessary detail information re quested, and .promising to wire in advance, however, just when he will .reach Sumter. At last Friday's meeting, which was attended by a very representative number of leading Sumter business men, every one guaranteed Secretary Reardon that if he requested the out of-town parties to send a representa tive to Sumter that those present at , that meeting woud attend the confer- ', f nee to be called later with the visit ing capitalist- and also will induce other business men to attend this con ference. As soon as the time of the arrival of this representative is known the secretary will immediately set an hour for the conference, and if pos sible will advertise the hour and date. When he. does d? so. the business men of Sumter should be there to a man, e because this is an attractive propo- * sition and is one that pays big per- ' centage on the investment, not to men tion the employment of one hundred ? men and women, seventy-five per cent ^ of whom will be white females, and all getting living wages to spend with 1 Sumter business establishments. If ( Sumter wishes more enterprises, then 1 the business men must attend these 5 {conferences,, hear the propositions * submitted, back up their commercial 1 secretary, and not leave him.'to hold 1 the empty bag when out of town par ties with some money to invest visit - Sumter to confer about new enterpris- 1 es. * _ t COMMITS SUICIDE j AT LYNCHBURG ? Mrs. Walker Sessions Shot Her- * self Through Heart ( The town of Lynchburg was shock ed and saddened WTednesday after noon by a sad tragedy. Mrs. Walker Sessions ended her life by shooting herself through the heart with a re volver, death being instantaneous. The only cause assigned is that she became mentally unbalanced through despond ency from continued ill health. She is survived by her- husabnd and sever al children. Reynotds-Smitli. On Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a few friends and rela tives at Broad Street M. E. church. Miss Celia Reynolds and Mr. James E. Smith were united in the holy bonds of : matrimony. Rev. Ferguson officiat ed. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left in a car for the groom's home at Camden, where they will stay ?ntil Saturday. They will be at home to their friends at Xo. 6 Kendrick St. A Dangerous Cotuer for Children. Since excavations have been made for the erection of the very much needed apartment house at the corn er of Washington street and Hamp ton Avenue, this has become a very dangerous point for children going to and from school. I am writing, there fore, to request the drivers of auto mobiles to exercise unusual care, es pecially in coming east on Hampton avenue; Let me say in passing that too much care can not be exercised in driving near any of the school build ings of our city. The value of time to the busiest man is zero compared with the safety of a single child. Respectfully submitted, S. H. Edmunds, Supt. Tronblefield-Windham. In the presence of a few relatives and friends, at the Salem Baptist par sonage, Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Miss Louise Troublerield* and Mr. J. MeD. Windham were united in marriage. Rev. E. W. Reynolds pastor of the bride, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Windham are both of Sumter, and will continue to reside ?:ere. Rub-My-Tism is a great pain killer. It relieves pain and soreness caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Sprains, etc. ?Advt. ? _ _ . _ SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EX- SERVICE MEJS Y. M. C. A. Announces Edu cational Service for Former Soldiers r j Columbia. Jan. 24.?T. B. Lan ham. state secretary of the Y. M. C A., announces the beginning of an educational service to former sol diers, sailors and marines. This plan provides 46.200 free scholar ships for ex-service men. and alsc provides reconstruction lecture course* and occupational guidance and employment service. A fourth feature of the plan is the American ization work which will be conduct ed in industrial communities where the foreign population is centered. Mr. Lanham announces that Rev. E. R. Pendleton of Pendleton, An derson county, has. been placed in eharge of the work in this state. His headquarters will be at the Y. M. C. A. in Columbia. Within the next few days a state educational service commission will be appoint ed to supervise the work over the state. This commission i will ap 1 point sub-committees over the I state. There will thus be an eligi baity service committee who will pass on the eligibilty of all boys. Mr. Lanham said today that all former service men who desire to take advantage of the opportunity offered them must apply at once In counties where there are no as sociations the men must apply di rect. They must be men who have been honorably discharged. Not less than 30,000 scholarship? will be offered in correspondence courses, covering a wide variety oi subjects, in an effort to reach th< very large number of ex-service men in the rural communities, in cluding small - cities, towns and vil lages, where there are no Y. M. C. A. schools and instruction is most dif ficult to obtain. Approximately senventy. per cent of the 4,800,000 men under arms ?ur-ng the war came from rural .?communities, it is estimated. Accord ingly a curriculum appealing to nen in rural communities haf been prepared, including courses in soils and "fertilizers, farm crops, breeding and feeding of live stocks, dairy farming, .poultry husbandry, >roductive orcharding, market gar dening, citrus fruit raising and farm management. In addition to this :here will be correspondence courses m mechanical, commercial thd engineering subjects. The correspondence courses will orm a new department of ? Y" edu cational work, and will be under th* ?rection of J. Foster Hill, director >f correspondence courses in Prance. The free scholarship plan, it was xplained. is to demobilized, mean a :ontinuation of the work of the Y. \iL C. A. Educational Commission ?verseas. In April, 1919, the so-call d "kraki college", organized by Gen ral Pershing's order by the American T. M. C. A. in France, Belgium,, Ger nany and Great Britian, was turne< ?ver to the War department, together rith its entire personnel of 400 Y in tructors. The speed with which the roops were dispatched home and de nobolized cut short the service plan led. The responsibility of the Army anc Cavy for the education of the service nan ceased upon the return to civi.' Ife, yet occupational re-adjustment egether with the high cost of living, nade additional educational ,train ng all the more necessary. It is foi his reason and to assist in the move nent to allay the present day unrest hat the War Work Council has de cided to continue its free educational service on a greatly enlarged scale. The scholarships will be awarded lischarged service men. Americans who served with our Allies, or sons )f Americans who died in service dur ng the world war, and are offered ft'ith no restriction other than the nan's ability to carry through the ed ucational program for which he ap plies. In addition to the correspon dence courses, 16.000 scholarship.' will be available in Y. M. C A. or Dther accredited schools, and 2i>0 in the nation's largest colleges and uni versities. Applicants who qualify for 'free scholarships may enroll in either day or night schools. Tu those desirous ol entering a course not available at s local association, will be awarded a scholarship in one of the schools ac credited by the educational committee. A limited number of scholarships are available in technical schools and universities. These last will be award ed by the State committee of the Y. M. C. A. Each applicant should ap ply to the local educational service committee in the county where the ap plicant lives The make up of these committees will be announced with in a short time. The free scholarship fund will be administered, and the work directed | by the educational service committee, comprising 1-. T. Warner, of Bridge port. Conn., chairman: Roger H. Will-j iams. of Xew York. Edwin L. Shuey. of Dayton Ohio: Walter T. Diaek, of Xew York and F. Hirsch, of Xew j York, executive secretary. In additional to the educational j service, the **Y" plans to aid men in | choosing occupations. The local j scholarship awarding committees will include business and professonal men \ and members of th" local Y. M. C A.'s who will confer with and assist the ex-service men in selecting their life; work. Supplementing this service, a corps of highly trained lectures on reconstructive, educational, and occu pational topics, will be provided for lecture courses hi connection with the Y. M. C. A. units ami American Lesion posts, Eli .1. Weaver, professor of vocational guidance at Columbia University will l?<- in charge of Ibis department. Another phase of the program is the Americanization work among foreign born ex-service men. Personal assist ance in obtaining naturalization and citizenship papers, ( lasses in English, lectures, motion pictures, social ac tivities in industrial centers and many other features have been adopted. "This marks no new departure for .he Y. M C. A." said Mr. ~:ack, a member of the commitee. "The "Y" has been educational work for many vears and last year numbered $6.734 >n its student roll. Of this number, loewver, large percentage were enroll - I od in the Y. M. C. A. schools in other I cities, Xew York City alone with its I thirty-five Y. M. C. A. centers, num I bering 15,877. Under the new plan, 1 we are reaching out to the man in the small town, to the man in the rural tillages, and especially to the man on the farm, where the educational opportunities are scantiest " POLAR EXPEDI TION PLANNED British Explorer Will Use Air planes in Antarctic Region London, Jan. 25.?The scientific ex ploration and commercial develop ment of the regions traversed will be the main objects of the British Im perial Antarctic expedition which will '.eave England in June for five years >f exploration in the Antartic during which an attempt will be made to ?each the South pole by airplane. Dr. lohn L. Cope, the surgeon and biolo gist in the Ross sea party of the 'hackleton expedition, who [Will com mand the new expedition, has given 'he purposes of the journey as follows: 1? To ascertain the position and ex tent of the mineral and other deposits ")f economic value already known to exist in Antarctica (through the scientific reports of Bruce, Mawson >cott and Shackleton), and to obtain data for their practical development is a further aid to imperial wealth. j 2? To obtain further evidence of;] the localities and. migrations of whales] of economic value, and to create Bri-i tish industries in this trade. 3? To investigate the meteorologi cal and magnetic conditions in the Ross sea area and at Cape Ann (en tirely by land) in connection with their influence in similar conditions in Australia and South Africa, respec tively. That such results are of great economic value has been proved by he station established by the Argen ine government f)r similar purposes in the South Orkneys. 4? To circumnavigate the Antarctic ice continent. 5? Generally to extend the knowl- , ?dge of Antarctici especially with a , view to obtaining further scientific ' Jata of economic importance. The cost of the expedition is esti- 1 mated at lHO.OOO pcunds Capt. C. H. YVilkins, chief of the scientific staff to the Stefanson expe- j lition. will accompany Dr. Cope's par y in the same capacity. 1 ?- 1 Egyptian .Jewels 0.000 Years Old. New York, Jan. 24.?Crown jewels >f the Princess Sat-Hathor-Iunut. I laughter of Senuseret. who ruled Sgypt 4,000 years before the time of "hrist, and which are on exhibition at he Metropolitan Museum of Art, ap- j j >arently have set a new fashicn in lecklaces, brooches and ring.*? for ; hose who patronize Fifth avenue - shops. The collection now on display was "ound in the tomb of the ancient ?oyalty which was unearthed by Pro- \ essor W. M. Flinders Petrie in 1914. ? Vlthough only one blue bead re- \ nained on the scarophagus as a re ninder of the Egyptian king's daugh- . er, yet the jewel casket and contents , nside were found intact. It was re- i ?ently purchased by the museum for - i large sum. < Among the costly baubles of the ? >rincess are shining pectorals of the ( leepest lapis laziui and dainty amu- , ets of dark carnelian popular in the (.-ears now lost in a misty past. Her , 'avorite amethyst necklaces as well ? 3.3 smaller jewel cases and ungent , ars are marvels of artistry and skilled workmanship. One cartouche containing the name if Sat-Hathor-lunut's father and, ap-1 oarently a gift from the king to his laughter, might have been worn as a '->rooch. It consists of symbolical , igures of two birds standing on a , hieroglyphic base. Over the bird's leads are cobra de capellos, or hood ?d serpents whose coils form a frame j 'or a scarab or sacred beetle. Below hem is the figure of a man kneeling is if in worship. New York jewelry shop windows at present display ornaments of plat- ; in urn and diamonds paterned after the designs of some of the Princess Sat Hathor-Iunut's trinkets. The crafts men of the Twelfth dynasty, under the Pharaoh Senuseret. however, have not been outdone in skilled workman ship by the jewelry makers of today, say connoissuers. Death. Eugene, the fourteen months old I son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nettles, ol Wedgeiield. died on January 20th af ter only a few hours' illness. The fun eral services and interment were held at the Sumter Cemetery on January 2 1 st. DEATH Sidney Beasly Newman died at hi> home in Concord near Lewis Chapel Church. January r.'l. after a long ill ness. He leaves a mother, five brothers ? J [>., U. E.. W. F.. L. J. and F., A. Newman. Also on.* sister, Mrs. A. \Y Newman. "Fie is gone hut not for gotten.*' 5$6 lias proven it will cure Ma laria, Chills and Fever. Bilious Fe ver Colds and LaGrippe.?Advt. iMarriage License Record. Colored: Henry McDaniel. Dalzcli and Louise Dennis. RemberL Fulton Kirven Timmonsville, ami Sue Rosa of Sumter. Wade Carson and Viola McGhee, Sumter. Rub-My-Tism is a powerful antisep j tic; it kills the poison caused from in fected cuts, cures old s^ "\ tetter, etc ?Advt. ATHLETICS AT FURMAN Billy Laval Will Coach Baseball Team. ______ Greenville, Jan. 24.?An item of in terest in the plans of Furman Univer sity for the next session is the em ployment of Mr. William L. Laval as coach for the University. ?'Billy" La val is one of the host known baseball players and managers in the South. He has been connected as player with a number of the leading Southern baseball clubs, and has for sometime been the manager of the Greenville club. In these positions he has help ed to produce good clubs, and has sus tained fine, high toned, clean playing. While working during the summer with these professional clubs, he has{ been spending a part of the winter in coaching at Furman University. This last season he produced one of the best football teams in the State, the Furman team having tied Clemson for the championship of the State, and having defeated all the other teams in South Caroina with which it played. Mr. Laval now gives up profession-! al ball altogether and will devote his! entire time to the interests of Fur-1 man. He will coach football, baseball,! and basketball teams, and will also assist in the general mass plays of the student body. This mass playing is an important feature>of the life of the University. Every man who is phy sically able to do so is required to take i certain amount of exercise each day jnder supervision. This not only af fords necessary exericse for all the men but it also provides an organiza tion which includes all the students of the institution. The boys have! jreat fun and also receive many oth- j er alvantages. Mr. Laval has done i his work this year admirably. For some years Furman has not played basket ball. Mr. Laval has he-en compelled to build up a team from the start this year, but he al-! ready has an aggregation which is )laying excellent ball, and before the season is over will be i: position to contest on equal terms with the best :eams in this section of the country. That he will make an admirable iDasebail team goes without saying, rlis own experience in this game and lis success in professional ball make t certain that he will use all the ma-! erial at.his disposal to the very best; idvantage. The friends of Furman re- [ rard the acquisitum of Mr. Laval by the University as its coach as p:<.* icularly fortunate. It assures cleai?. iigh toned athletics and successful ilaying in all departments of the ath etic life of the institution. There has been organized in the niversity a chapter of the American Legion, composed of the boys who saw service on the other side of the seas. It is a fine group of splendid young men. English Middle Class. Correspondence of Associated Press) j London, Jan. 6.?Sir H. Rider Hag-j rard, the author, believes the middle; ?lasses of England are on the '"road j o ruin." This opinion he expressed ; in a. letter to the general secretary; )f the Middle Classes Union, regret- j ting that other work prevented him j "rom assuming the presidency of aj ->ranch of the union. "I sympathize fully with your move ncnt," he wrote. "The middle class es, by which I take to mean all be ieath the rank of Peers who do not actually earn their living by the work if their hands are, without doubt on the road to ruin. Owing principally.) >r at any rate very largely to the in- j credible expense of rearing amd edu- j rating children their birthrate is de- j creasing in a most alarming fashion! md probably exceeded by their death-1 rate." 1 He declared that against these; classes the profiteer is given a free j hand and that "under pretence of a j nebulous anti-dumping bill, they are| now threatened with the loss of the j blessings of free irade which alone enables many with fixed, or dwindling incomes, to live at all." He said that only combination to protect them selves and their interests could save them. "If the middle classes remain dis united and in consequence are bul lied and plundered to death, as hap- j pern to the Curiales before the fall j of th Roman empire, I am sure that with thern will disappear the wealth j and the ancient greatness of our country," he concluded. (Earning Signals at R. R. Crossij&s:. (Correspondence of Associated Press) Philadelphia. Jan. 24.?Uniform j warning signals are to be placed at j all railroad crossings in Pennsylvania as a part of the public service com mission campaign to reduce the num ber of avoidable accidents. The signals are the standard adopted by the; American Railway Association and are to be placed 3,%?fl feet from cross- j digs. A metal disc is used, twenty- j four inches in diameter with a white ; field on which are painted the letters i "K. R." in black, live inches high ami j 3 :'.-4 inches wide. Black cross lines j and a heavy black border serve !<? j draw attention to the sign. They are. to be on metal pus's five feel from the | ground so as to be within the focus| of automobile headlights at nigh'. Germans Xol Wan fed in Fiji Islands. (Correspondence of Associated Press) l Suva. Fiji Islands. Pee. 26.?Five Germans who formerly lived here tried to return to ibis colony the oth er day but were met by British ser vice men who threw then- baggage into the harbor. The government has promised the Returned Soldiers' As sociation that the Germans will b? interned pending :> decision as to their admission to the islands. 666 quickly relieves folds and La Cfippe, . Constipation, Biliousness. Loss of Appetite and Headaches.? ' Advt. SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE UNDERPAID Mr. L. D. Jennings Takes the Position That Sumter Should Pay Fair Salaries Editor Daily Item: I notice in your issue of the 17th that the teachers have requested an increase in their salaries, and have given their reasons for- the increase. It does not need argument to con vince any right thinking person that their request should be cheerfully granted; in fact, the request is very reasonable. ' Our teachers render the basic ser vice for all civilization and are the poorest paid and apparently least ap preciated benefactors of the human race. They t 1 with our children from the age of six to twenty-one; they, in large part, shape the lives of our citizenship; yet this same citizen ship seems not to have appreciated services which it received. I do not believe that our citizenship in Sumter is unwilling to recognize and. appre ciate the services rendered by our teachers, but I feel that the reason something has not been done hereto fore along these lines is because of; the fact that the matter was not call- j ed directly to the attention of the peo- j pie. Our teachers have never been prop erly compensated. They are less com-1 pensated now, comparatively speak ing, iran heretofore. As a general rule. I living expenses have more than don- J bled, while the salaries of teachers! have not increased more than 12 peri cent, notwithstanding the fact thatj almost all of those persons engaged j in business have been prosperous and j rheir percentage of increase of profits { has equalled, if not exceeded, the in crease in the cost of their living. I do not believe our people realize] :he scant salaries our teachers are re-j living. The minimum salary is $810 j for the 12 months, a monthly salary | of $67.50. while they state that the! expense of board, including table j board, room rent, fuel and laundry, averages $50 per month, or $600 peri year, which would only leave $210 fort other expenses, such a3 clothing, medical and dental treatment, andj other incidental expenses. When you stop and think about j this salary for a teacher who has to buy everything, I do not believe there is a single citizen, unless he is a miser or money-worshiper, who would not be willing to pay whatever additional raxes that may be necessary to grant these teachers' request, and which will only give them a bare living wage at best, because that which they are now receiving is nothing more than a starvation wage, andj their request is only for a minimum j salary of $1,200 for the 12 months, j which is exceedingly reasonable. I am satisfied our school board would be more than glad to grant their request, but the board cannot do so unless the people will furnish the funds with which to pay. It does seem that our legislature in the past has made it very cumbersome for the people to express themselves on the question of paying more taxes for education. In the first place, they have limited the number of mills that the people may vote for educational purposes. This, it seems to me, ought < to be reoealed, as the people in anyj school district should have the right! to vote any amount of taxes that theyj deem wise for the education of their j children. _ j The law also provides that before j the School Board can order an elec-i tion a petition must be signed by 33 [ 1-3 per centage of the freeholders of j the district and 33 1-3 per centage of j the qualified electors. This, it seems j to me, is an unreasonable require-; mcnt. It can ser e no reasonable purpose. Why require 33 1-3 per centage of the freeholders and quali fied electors to sign a petition asking the school board to order an election! as the qualified voters are to finally | determine the question. The law should be so amended thati the school board, whenever in its judgment, it deemed more funds were needed for the proper support of the schools, should have the power to or der an election and have the ques tion voted upon without the trouble of having to have a petition circu lated and signed by 33 1-3 percentage of the freeholders and qualified elec tors. As long as we have these hamp ering laws we will remain one of the bottom States in educational ad vantages. For one, I am in favor of repealing the law which limits a citizens* right to tax himself for educational pur poses. I am in favor of repealing the law which requires the circulation of | a petition to be signed by 33 1-3 per centage of the freeholders and quali-j fied electors before an election can be ordered, and 1 am in favor of the School Board having the right to or der an election when, in their wisdom, they deem it necessary to raise ad ditional funds. Upon looking in'o the law I find we have reached our limit, and before the eitiezns can vote additional taxes to comply with our teachers' request, it will be necessary for the legislature ro amend the law. I therefore sug gest that the Sehool Board, as a Board, at once request the legislature to remove the limitations so far as Sumter School District is concerned, and request the. legislature to do away with the necessity of having a peti tion circulated requesting an election, but granting the School Board the power to order an election in order that the people might vole upon the question of levying more taxes with which ?o support our schools and pay I the teachers a reasonable salary for j the important work they are doing. But should tho board think best to call a mass meeting and let the re ! quest be marie to the legislature at ? this meeting, then I suggest a meet ing be called at once as the legisla ture is now in session, and in order to accomplish anything steps will have to he taken at once. I was talking with a teacher some time ago. and she stated to me she had been teaching for twenty years and had only b">ea able to save 000, $100 a year. ? L cannot believe our ;people, .^tfta they know-.-of these facts, 'Will: hesi tate to provide-the means; in .fact, at the last election held to raise more taxes to increase the salary of teacri 1 ers there we're but two votes against I the increase Perhaps these tiro I citizens who voted not to levy, taxes \ did not own any property at all .and* tvere so conscientious that * they thought it was wrong to vote taxes on other people's property to educate poor people's children. As for my part, as a citizen and taxpayer; I Uta perfectly willing to vote whatever~ts necessary to properly maintain our schools, build ?H the new buildings that are necessary, and to pay the teachers a good salary, and I will do everything in my power to get every-' vote I can for the same purpose, and ' II hope the next time when the voting ! comes that there will not be even tii* two conscientious voters who do not. I care to vote to levy taxes on other ' I peples' property to educate other people's children, but I want to vott ~: to make every one who is a tax pay ; er pay taxes in proportion to the property which he owns. If* one should be so fortunate as- to ?*n :k' great deal of property ana .unfortuv nate in having no children to send to school, and another should be so un fortunate as to have no property ?nd ~ fortunate to have a good many chte dren to send to school, then I think the man who is so fortunate ?s; to nave a great deal of property and un-'' fortunate as to have no children to. educate should be required to help educate the poor man's children/in order that those children might *row up and become good citizens and protect the property of the rich 'man, protect ciivlization and raise our State' from near the bottom of the States in illiteracy to not near the top, but. to the top. What I have said is not because I am personally interested in our local '" schools, other than as a patron. T s have no relative teaching in tb'eO.. schools, nor have I any one who ex^ pects to teach, but I know that the* teachers' request is a just one; I "he-. '' iieve that our citizens will endorse , it practically unanimously, I believe tht tax payers are perfectly willing td furnish all the money necessary to properly support and maintain our schools, and will not permit our teach-.,, ers to longer labor without behig rea-. sonably compensated, nor will they allow our schools to suffer in any sense for the want of proper funds with which to maintain them. I therefore most earnestly suggest . to the City P?oard of Education, that 'hey take whatever steps- are neces sary to give the people the opportun^ ity to vote upon the question of. rac ing more taxes for these purposes,, and as stated above, I believe the leg- . islature should be requested,' -eitfierjb?\. the City Board of Education or by .a mass meeting of our citizens, tb, re peal the cumbersome laws herein rier ferred to and make it ?' easy;.^r'.'t&e'; Board to have these issues passed upon by the qualified electors; ? I beg your pardon, Mr. Editor,'.for. writing at length, but this Is <a vital - question, and as a citizen - and' tax1 payer, I feel I have -the. right to speak on the question, and I feel if .. duty to do what I can to aid In a ma^ ?:er of this kind, as I feel I am doinf nothing but simple jus??~.'t?^ptir ' teachers and to the school generally/ - Tours very truly,.. ...; , ?.. L. B.. JEN?fINOS. _ . S. C. University Apm-opr^ttions .Asked For. Columbia, Jan. 23.?The University of South Carolina js in hopes Of-get ting several new residences for n_enx bers of the faculty as a result 'Ofyac.-\ tion by the general, assembly now in session. The University, however, liaa ; almost given up hope of getting/ & warehouse building for which ifr'niade request. The budget contains an. item for the faculty residences but ' the warehouse item, was cut out, i The University asked for an appro priation of $10,500 for the ereetrott of a warehouse, for the storing of-va-i rious supplies and "equipment used at ' the University. Especially was thfe needed, it is said, in connection with t the operations of .'he Reserve" Omeers? Training School. However, the budg et commission, in. planning the year's finances, rejected this itfm for the warehouse. ' The budget commission -included in its budget an item of $15,000' fbr res-; idences at the University.; These are to be new homes. The budget.edm< mission further recommended" that- . the trustees of the University. be*a?v.. thorized to barrow a. sum of-money . sufficient to erect nine additional res idences. This means that, the W^^tKli).' will be the starter for the' residence * building program, the trustees to bor- - row Nmoney for the erection of addi tional professors' homes. It is stated at the office of Presi dent Currell that no plans have been made for the erection .of the new homes, as the legislature must! fir$t appropriate the money. ^The homes will be erected on the caropus_: hut the possible,location of them has^not. yet been . considered, officially. It is said that the University buildings's are crowded and there is great need for the new homes. The. budget commission has also i recommended the appropriation '.of ?50,000 for the repairing, of; old buildings at the University. There is great need for improvements to .sev eral of the buildins, especially dor- . mitories. and the University authori ties are hoping the recommendation of the governor and other members of the commission for this item will be : carried out. It s stated at the Uni | versity that no definite "plans have been made for repairing any of the buildings. No announcement has been made as to what building will likely be repaired first, if the item.of j $;">0,n00 is allowed. j The University's request, of. the ! budget commission for an item of $2, j 50u for ocnstructiag a mount,for the i telescope at the University, was. dis- ~ jallowed in the State budget. Tne j budget allowed $0.000 for a heating I plant boiler at the University. ?n (item of $4,000 was allowed for equip t ping laboratories. . . Marriage Licenses. White: Ellison Wagers and' Etta i Hartley, Alcolu.