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COALSHORTAGE IN PORTUGAL England Prohibits All Exportu tion LITTLE FUEL PRO? DUCED IN COUNTRY People ami Industries Are Suf? fering, Many Burn Sawdust Straw LialM.ii. Sept 11 \ coej shortage le being keenly felt In Portugal ov to [ht prohibition .if roa exportation i England end the absence of any goad coal producing districts in this try v i coal i? >? oHjnelriea was Import Mefly from r.irdifl' and Newcastle and Mince that has eeaaed and orders piacvd in the edited States hav !>. en eamrelled. the sltuutlon threatens to > ioai and people are looking forward with ah'tn to the coming winter. Abnormal conditions txisl as a rerun, all reetaursi and places of amu.M.-m-nt must close ^^HB^tly at midnight ami external II Martina tiona art prohibited. There Is but little coal produced in Portugal, wha I <>*>n ?ttlrely de pendent on Imported coal. l*or do? pt?tic pur posts charcoal Is chlctly Luspd all over the count v In small earthenware stoves specially m id Ma ose. Now however, even that has disappear'd as the price of fuel rose to stieb .in Sgfnl that th? government was obliged to enforce fixed prices. In oaaeeojuence. u.though there is plenty of charcoal farmers are not sending It to the market, hoping* t-> pi ?v*c Increasing prices for wood. In the meantime all Fortual is siif f er lug from Utter absence of coal and people are obliged to bujl Wood v h a rl is obtainable Muhileclas* < i>? ?,de bum sawdust* In small Iron at ovo? expressly Invented during the war for that purpose and also use im peiiSsuo .boxes lined with straw that finish poking the food, ;> fc*?r it it* re uc'tedv boiling, from the stove. Many ffcmHiee unable .o cobk at home are having their meats at thu restaurant. Hungary Now Trouble Center No Work and High Prices Cause Dissatisfaction Budapest. Aug. SB - No work and high prices are making Hungary a trouble center." said Count Btienne Croup Chanel, who claims to be the lost legitimate candidate for ih Urroae of Hungary. "We have here upwards of loo.utH? workmen who are cither without A#rk or etse have to work for LOO" crowns a month, the price "i ? lr of shoes." lie for tin ti em, w?? have IftO.OOO government employ < b it ovr from old II nng mv whose pay is aboot that of the workmen. Then we have Mt.OtO army nfTlrvrs who insist that be paid Then there is a large number of landowners from the provinces given to Serbia, lite Czecln sod the Humanlans, who have no means of livelihood, having been driv frem their lends. "When theas peoole begin consider? ing theo i roubles/they turn to the wvalthV Jews as the oauS* -e to the Communists, and therein lies the origin of the so-called 'white-terror.' The ifltgftedtaCi pojvtton for ti people is to emigrate but for that thev have not the mom tR else can n >t *?? ? rure passports. They cannot become far-mars overnight Bven it' the gov? ernment divided the land they would need to learn to farm and would need capital t<> build house* nid bay n ch?tery. The factories'cannot ?itart i'tag of lack of coal and raw ma? terials." 'Hungary has l"st more than any n.n on In Kurope by th>- peaee treaty. In nddlttog "he has bad two costly rev alal Ions. It is no wonder our minds are deranged. "tl would be a charity If our rur plui* edueat.d population was helped t?? (migrate to South America or some rovnt.> where It could start life ?new." Assembly Will Elect President r To Dechanel Will Be Chosen Next Week Paris. Sept. 1t. ?The national as? sembly will elect the successor of l'i-e-< ident Dem baro l whose remnn.it ion is in the hands of Premier MlUrrand, on Thursday neit. "* Irish Man Sends Key _ To Police To Keep From Being Disturbed Belfast. Ireland. Seid. 17?The home of an old man named Walsh, of Imngarvan. Waterford, whose n .,, is < vadlna capture by the authorities has hven rallied at night ho mi.my times bv the military ami police that be has ?*?nt them the key of the door In order to save hiinsell the trouble in future of getting up to h i them In. May \gaiu l>t?plut (.crtitnn I laic. Coblens. tRrniany. Sept. 17.-?Ths Merman llag may again he displayed from puldie buil.bua-M and i a 111< d in parades, o ngpectal ootmlows. In ail the Itblneland except the Amen, an srea. I'mler tbr h?xh commission's or der. Germans must ohtnin a permit for each such display. Mulor (iencrul Hems T. Allen 'rn not approved the order for the Am<r Ican area because the armistice mi it us still exists there. MAP DISPLAYED Position of Allied ^Troops at ArniisticefShown WAR COLLECTION NEEDS NEW HOUSE Airplant- and Army Medical Display Complete and Shows All Types of Equipment Washington. Sept. 17.?One of the most Intrusting exhibits of the thou in the world war < dloctkm now being gathered at the Na.jo.nl Mu eetun in the "Order of ?aUic map oat-I by General Pershlfig in dire t tag the movements of the Amerit-an fort es in Km nee. The wall map, S by |q t in sir.e. tog-ether with tin- walls ftoor and furniture of the room in which a hung at Ann rlean headquar at t'huumont, was transferred to the museum by the war department ii the request Of the general. The map was brought Mm Washiug ton and install* I in museum by the I leant and three enlisted m< rt of h headqu... I? rs staff who kept i. ct reetvd and guarded it throughout thy w.u. At t'hauniont the map. who . no! hi use, was concealed l>y a sliding sec? tion of wail which is installed in the - vine manner in the museum. . The naps -'lows in a vivid fashion the ekact situation at the hour the armisrne was sighed with reference to ha strength and location of all dl visions, both enemy and allied, on the western front, the correct battlcline. the names ai ! heat ion of command? ing officers and locations of headquar? ters and army boundaries There also Is a considerable amount of detailed information cMiMing the American division as for instance the percen? tages of fresh ami tired troops and the l< ngth of time the various units had been in the line er in reserve. The war collection has already as sumed such proportions as to make !..?<?? s>ji i v some new lU'l a Ugcinen I for housing It. Many of The exhibits are now crowded into the ground Moor of the new National Museum building while others arc in the old building and a few of the artillery pieces are in the onen air awaiting the construc? tion Of suitable shelter. William Dei'* Itavenel, the director of the museum, says eot'g'ess probably will be asked at the next session to provide a building for the collection which is of ?freut historical value. The airplane exhibit includes nil types of Anvericnn and French plane-; used extensively in combat, pursuit and bombing wofk abroad and several specimens of captured enemy ma? chine*. There are also on exhibition many types of airplane motors. In Addition to the world war* aviation <*<jctlon the museum contains the orig? in*! Urogfsy and Wright model* 9 The collection of American army nodical equipment, furnished by the war department, is pr;-at Ics. lly com? plete and Includes the vailous types oi Operating nml X-ray equipment used In base hospitals and field and a?l vaneed has*' stations, a large variety of Miuyieal instiurnents. ..mbulances ami nillitary^dental equipment. One entire suction of the collection is d'-\oted lo exhibits showing the in oe| tlon and development of the< gas mask. Othtjr exhibits include the g.vai r,o-?neh sea i chli^ht:-- un?<[ in the tfeld. Ho- field artillery, machine gun and rifles] of the uniforms, a: id equip? ment and medaH oi general officers, subordinate officers and privates of nil the allied countries and Germany and Austria. There also Is ? collection of articles manufactured entirely of pi? per by the Hermans., These include paper twine, paper cloth, feed bags, artillery packs, water buckets, blank? ets, kit bags, saddle bags, cant-eon I Oven and knapsacks. Many other exhibits are being re? ceived daily from the army and navy and Ihc director hopes to make the c Hection the most complete world war* museum in 'existence. Russian Nobility Forced To Work Refugees in France Now Earn Own Living i Paris, Sept. IT. Many of the Rus? sian nobility who fled from bolshevlsm la Prance now meetdts chief require menl that all must work with their hands th it they may eat. The roster oi deposed royalty la long tap every few days there comes to public krowledge the sitUiSlion of an? other kn sum person of prominence whom ad'.ersdy has not conquered. A large dairy farm has been es tabll.slird m ar Paris by <'mint Paul Ignatleff w in re membeis of that fam? ily and some of their noble friends are i constructing another foVtnne. The l>uke of Leuohtenberg laiu hsmall IS Farming mar Tours. The Prince Lyssesynskl is u bank clerk, princess Mestchercky ami a number of ftthers are commercialising theii knowledge of art. doing interior dee orating. Prince < '.otidachefl. once Ku^sian ambassador to Spain, is a farmer. Oenoral XleohijelY drives a truck and many Itussian otflocrs are Imechanics and some are taxlcab chauffeurs. American Legion To Make Fight Now York. Sept. 17 The American ?legion announced today Its plans to mobilise its forces for i war <>u the high cost of living. The legion ron templates organising retail rteuh rH > ifo an association, prospective mem ben of w hleh ar,? said to have pled) . d i discounts of approximately live p*?r rent to all legion members and lht-ii families. PORTUGAL WILL CHECK GAMBLING Government Now Enforces Law on Offenders AMERICAN TOURISTS SPEND MONEY Campaign to Stop Wild Life Started by Newspapers on Request of Citizens Lisbon. Portugal, Sept. 17.?Gambl? ing which flourished1 here to tin ex? traordinary degree after the armistice; has Buffered a severe check at the batata of the new government headed it.; Premier Bnptlsto. Until a short time .?t<of the gantbling houses remained andiStiirb^d but sinc e Haptista's gov? ernment tcok office the law has been rigorously enforced and today then are few visible signs of the prosperity the gamblers havt enjoyed for a year. The gambling mania began to man? Ifeal Itself as soon as the war ?mied. Magnificent clubs on which big for? tunes must have been spent suddenly sprang up like mushrooms; gilded, glittering clubs, splendidly furnished, auch as Lisbon never diva med of pos? sessing. Palaces belonging to^the old aristocracy were rented at incredible prices and transformed into "The Ma? jestic." "The Palate Club," 'Maxim s," "Palais Royal" and dozen of others <>n the same scale, with restaurants, ball? rooms And gambling rooms; every? thing being perfectly planned and ear? th d out on the most modern and ?-x pensive lines.. Hundreds of smaller imitations followed, until it may with truth be said, that not a street in Lisbon was without two or three gambling houses. A.great change came over the humdrum social life of Lisbon, where nothing in the Way of amusement ever happens beyond theaters and moving picture vhows. The club-res? taurant's excellent cuisine, attracted fashionable crowds, constant relays of American and English tourists spent their money lavishly and smartly dressed women corning hobody knows from where were a doubtful source of attraction in the streets by day and at th-e ClUbl by night. This condition existed for well over a year. Then well-known lirms wore robbed by trusted employes. An officer, who wore the Cross of War, shot himself after losing large sums .of money, which were not his. Young men belonging to the best families fell Into disgrace. A campaign was then begun by part of the Portuguese press, headed by the Seetilo and the Sltuacao. Columns of letters from parents and well-known Lishonitos Were printed daily, disclos? ing demoralising facts and exhorting tlx- government to close the clubs. The governments, however, rapidly sueeedlug each other, had other thinjgl to attend to. And the gambling continued. * When the Laptista government came Into ottlct* strenuous measures* Wore taken. The magnificent clubs, the glittering restaurants, the smart foreign women ntf disappeared as sud? denly as they had burst upon the scene a year ago. For a week carts and camions con? veying roulette tables and other gambling paraphernalia to the police stations formed the chief attraction of the Lisbon streets. PTequent attempts have since been made to reopen reatorta. Recently the Palais Itoyal club was reestablish? ed, ^ostensibly as a restaurant. Three days after It was closed by the police, after a raid. Baruch Faces Quiz Charged With Shipping Too Many Ducks From George? town I New York, Sept. 17.--Federal inves? tigation of the shipment to New York city of ducks shot upon the George? town, s. C, estate of Bernard M. liarnch, former chairman of the war Industries board, In alleged violation of federal game laws, is being con? ducted b.s United Staus officials here. Mr. Baruch said tonight he understood the inquiry haii been started and "pre? sumed" he would have to appear. The investigation, According to Mr. Baruch, involves the number of duci'.s shipped. The law, ho said, limits the number to fifty ducks a person and he believed it was "claimed there Were twenty-four too many." 'There was no shipment of birds out of season," said Mr. Baruch. "There seems to he a misunderstanding. An inquiry has bet n instituted concerning the number shipped from my place in '?corgetown, S. C. 1 had a number or guests at the place and apparentlj shipments were made*by various men, friends of mine. as well as by myself. Some may have been shipped after 1 left there." Mr. Baruch explained that the date when the shipments under investiga? tion were made was a '"year or so" ago. It was necessary, in making ship ments, he said, to e,,, "three and a-half or lour mil s across the bay." 1 Hicks shipped by his friends, In said, may have been ?.'Iii by the sann man who made shipments for hint hailing the K?me wardens to the con elusion thai all were his. Mr. Baruc! said ii was customary for all tele I grams, tickets and similar expenses t be charged to his personal account. " ?--?-????-?? Dickem landmark Destroyed. London. Sept. L7.?Afiothei Dickon! landmark is to be destroyed, the house when- lilll Slk( i nod his death, as d< scribed In "Oliver Twist." It stand m a court on Jacob's Island. Hemmm! soy, end is being used now as a si il>l< The house was Identified by I he llnd ling Of some old plans of Bermomlsey Idated 1^'?. on one of which was marked "Hill Sikes' house." PRINCE MAX IS DISCOURAGED Baden Ruler Sees No Method of Escape For Germany BELIEVES REDS ARE JUST STARTING WORLD PLOT Says Situation Demands Resto? ration of Wilson's Fourteen Points at Orice Mannheim, Germany, Sept. 17.? 'The present military operations are only a very minor part of a world? wide offensive which Soviet Russia is now sotting in motion." declared Prince*Max of Baden in. the course of a lengthy interview which appears to day in the Baden State Gazette. Ask? ed whether he saw a way out of the ! present dilemma for Germany. Prince .Max, according to the report, said: "Ther .s only one very slender hope,; it cons sis in an unconditional maintenance of our neutrality both to the east and the West, and in one last desperute effort to effect a revision of the Versailles peace treaty." Prince My,x believes that what ho calls the G?*rman resistance to the moral invasion of holshcvism is bound to crumble down if the cheeking pres? sure from tho west is kept up. "It would be doing scant justice to Lenine's uncanny personality," ho continued "if one were to believe that he is capable of keeping more than a sham peace With so-called capitalis? tic states. Ijcnino believes with re? ligious fanaticism in the victorious march of .his idea: th?o dictatorship of the proletariat or of the communistic portion of the proletariat, lie is. of course, enough of a psychologist to understand that a military invasion of any country in- wants to disrupt would bo the very means of consolidating it. His plan would rather consist in pro? voking and fostering civil war in the bordering sta :os so that, when the time was ripe for invasion, ho would Und an open door and a union of com? rades." I Prince Ma:c believes' that the pros? pects of such a plan succeeding in Germany are not wholly unpromising, 4t* the "moral invasion" he declares has already set in and news from Bast Prussia plainly indicates that the red propaganda among farm laborers there is already taking effect. "Europe today is aflame." he con? cludes, "and the task of extinguish? ing the conflagration cannot be post? poned. The situation demands the res? toration of President Wilson's 'four? teen points,' which constituted the ba Ms for the treaty. but Which were wholly ignored at Versailles. All artificial edifices erected there have already tumbled down or are threatened with imminent collapse. The fate Of Poland is a horrible ex? ample. The Polish state can only be revived if. in keeping with President Wilson's words, it comprises an un? challengeable Polish population." Candidate Protests To Committee Dr. Sawyer of Georgetown Will Appear in Columbia Columbia, Sept. IT - Protest of de? feat from Dr. J. Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown, who lost his race for the legislature to lradel Hillyard, is one of the principal matters tp come be? fore tho state Democratic executive committee at its meeting in Columbia next Tuesday, call for which has been sent out tottiy by H. N. Edmunds, of Columbia, secretary. It is expected that other election protests will also be filed with the committee. The pnr pi>f*> of the meeting is to declare the result of the second primary election of last Tuesday. Dr. Sawyer's protest is the only one so far filed with the state committee, lie allegx's several causes for action by the state committee in declaring him the nominee instead of Mr. Hillyard. He charges that forty-seven names Were not striken from the roll at An? drews club, being persons who failed to appear before the Georgetown com? mittee to show cause why their names should not be token from the rolls. Those names he alleges should have been strike) from the roll. On eight club roils in Georgetown county. Dr. Sawyer also contends, ninety voters ? nrolled within four days of the first primary, whereas the books of enroll? ment should have been closed prior to that time. He also alleges that club rolls in Georgetown were not purged of names a ided after the rolls were closed on July 4. 1920. A further point claimed by the defeated candi? date is thai on the club roll at An drews four names appeared twice. There may also be a protest from Kichland county,, unless the county committee disposes of the protest filed Thursday by P. B? Motley, de? feated candidate for magistrate at Hopkins, Riehland county. lit the first primary J. A. Clarkson was elect? ed by five votes. He ptotested and !he county committee threw the elec? tion back in the second primary. Mot l ley was elected by nine votes. I AMKItlCAN GOODS SOLI) IX PRANCE. Soi. ' ns. France, Sept. 17. -Ameri can merchandise valued at 15,000,Out) francs has been sohl to the. needy n the devastated regions for S,f>oo,00'1 francs durlt g Ihe last year and a half. [This work of fighting the high cost of living has I eon carried on by welfare societies in cooperative stores estab? lished and stocked by the American lied Cross. When ih no no longer is need of Ihe stores whatever funds may remain after flic ?'selling below cost" cam? paign, uill be uxod to found a permu j nent social welfare Institution such i as libraries and dispensaries eOIU i morste America's aid. Railroads Lose Money Two Trunk Lines Show Loss, One Make? Gain in Receipts Columbia, Sept. 17.?An unusual financial situation is presented l>y tin railroads of South Carolina in their re? ports to the state railroad commission. Some of the short lines have appar? ently operated at a loss. Two of the main trunk lines, the Atlantic ('oast. Line and the Seaboard Air Line, earn? ed loss money for the first part of this year than the same period last year, while the Southern Railway has made more money than it did for the same part of last year. These three trunk lines yesterday tiled with the railroad commission their reports for the tirst six months of the year. The report of the Atlan? tic Coast Line shows that it has earn? ed for the tirst six months the net amount of $715,453. For the first half of last year this road earned, net, $1,154,491. For the first half of this year the Seaboard Air Line operated at a net 'oss of $175,12, as compar? ed with a profit of $206,390 for the first six months of 1919. The South* em Railway has earned $2,230,551, net, the first half of this year, as com? pared with net earnings of only $534, 25S for the first six months of last year. The Southern's earnings, this, shows, have jumped up remarkably this year, while those of the other two trunk lines have materially de? creased. These reports show an in? crease of freight tonnage with in? creased freight earnings, hut also an increase in the cost of operation The Southern's prosperity lies in the fact that it does an enormous inter? state freight business. To Hold Hearing In Charleston Over Inlra-State Passenger Rates in South Carolina Columbia, Sept. 17.?The South Carolina Railroad commission has been notified by the Interstate Com I merce commission, from Washington, that a hearing'will be held by the commission at Charleston on the 27th of September, t,o go Into the refusal of the stat?? commission in allowing an increase of intrastate passenger fares In South Carolina, and also in trn-state excess baggage rales. Ex aminer K. F. Stetham Will conduct the hearing, the purpose of which is to determine the relation of rates al? lowed by the railroad commission to interstate commerce. The railroad commission refused to allow the increase of the intra? state fares, because of the fact that these are fixed by statute at three cents a mile, maximum, and this maximum is now being charged. It is probable that, an act of the 1021 leg ; Islature will be necessary before the fares on Journeys wholly within the bounds of the state ean be increased. Tuberculosis Spreads In Japan Disease Due to Inadequacy of Preventive Measures Tokio. Sept. 17.?Tuberculosis suf? ferers are on the increase In Japan, the latest returns Indicating the total number at over 1,000.000. Statistics formerly showed the mor? tality at the rate of one in every four patients. The latest tendency, how? ever, is toward a gradual decrease in the death rate. The spread of the dis? ease is attributed tot he inadequacy* of preventive measures. The authorities have decided to establish a charity hospital for consumptives in each prefecture. Warsaw, Sept. 18.?Lutsk has been captured by Poles who htrve won suc? cesses along a front of approximately 240 miles. Kamien and Kaspirzdi towns have been taken, the soviet forces losing thousands of prisoners. Bridge Enginet Survey^ Will Determine Loca Richland-Sumter Columbia. Sept. 17.?J. L. Pi the new bridge engineer ol theo highway department, left Coluntl day on a tour down the Wateree the Santee rivers, l>eginning at Om\\\ den and ending at Murray's crossing/ between Berkley and Williamsburg counties, where the new Santee bridge is to be located. Part of Mr. Parker's trip, it is stated, will be made by canoe and part by automo? bile. The purpose of the trip l>elng to ascertain the height to which water rises in the rivers, with a view to de? termining the height of the several new bridges to be constructed over these, rivers. t { There are at present no highway bridges over these rivers south of Camden. There are four railroad bridges within that portion of the streams to be traveled by Engineer Parker. Mr. Park-er will inspect all of these railroad spans, to determine the high-water marks. Mr. Parker will at an early def de? termine the exact location of th ew Wateree river bridge between Kieh land and Bumter counties. Surveys of several locations, recently made, have been submitted to him. and these will he the basis of his decision as to the location of the bridge. The other two bridges which will come under the immediate attention of Mr. Parker are I the Santee bridge between Berkley and Williamshurg. and the span over 'the Pee Dee near Mars Bluff. Each of these bridges is to cost in the neigh? borhood of a half million dollars. Mr. Parker Joined the state highway forces this week. He has heretofore \ been a bridge engineer for the United i States bureau of roads at Washing? ton. The south Carolina highway de . partment consider themselves fortu j nate in getting the services of this ex ! pert in bridg<> construction. Public Utilities Com? mission Meets Friday Columbia. Sept. 17.-?-The South Carolina Public Utilities commission will meet In Columbia Friday, and it is stated by William Banks, chairman of the commission, that the aim of the body is to complete at that meeting the case now before It, in which the Columbia Railway, Gas & Electric Co. is asking to be allowed to increase its gas charges in the city of Columbia* (The case has been pending for weeks. At the same time the commission will take up the petition of the same company for an increase of its elec ! trie light rates in Columbia The ; increase asked, states Banks, is I sufficient to allow the company to earn eight per cent profit, instead of seven, ?s now allowed by the commission. Commissioners LeRoaoh, of Cam? den, and Earle, of, Clemson College, are expected to attend the meeting. Chairman Banks will preside. Revenue Agents Raid Houses According to rumors current today, three revenue agents raided srveral houses on the outskirts of the city last night searching for liquor. No liquor was found in the houses and no occu? pants were found to examine, so the raid proved to be a failure. Constable Eichelberger of Florence was said to have been one cf the raiders. Washington, Sept. 18.?The veter? ans of foreign wars at the closing ses? sion of the annual convention voted down a resolution disapproving the 'adoption of the prohibition amend? ment to the constitution. There were few votes against the rejection. Washington, Sept. 17.?The plan proposed by the packers to dispose of their stock yard interests to F. H. Prince & Company, of Boston, v ill not result in the separation of the stock yards from the packing inter? ests, the federal trade commission de? clared today. NEXLL O'DOXXKLL President O. L. YATES, Cashier Noble Life ISN'T HOLDING GOOD CARDS ITS PLAYING A POOR HAND WELL. How many of us play life's game in this way? The number we fear is limited. You can't he much of a success at any game without money and the best way to have money is through a bank account. In consid? ering a safe place in which to deposit your money do not forget The First National Bank Tiie National Bank of South Carolina of Sumtsr. fi. C. Resources $2.600,000. Strong and Pre>greaelee Tiie Moat Painstaking HKKV1C? wtth OOURTBST tttre as the Pleasure of Serving TOT The Bank of the Rank and File O. G. ROWLAND, President RARliK ROWliAND, Caahler