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IN ELECTION Come and Just As Well ltt It Over at Once" fcHMENT BY DEMOCRATS ill Expressed Towards Harding; Cox Held to Have Been Handicapped fPsshlngton, Nov. ?. ? Detailed of the result of mich an ? If aa last Tuesday> would be ?< of time. Kveryone* known t!>. Ihys" and wkerefi rea" of a Mil The thing stands out plalnl) a general espieasioh ol a state of ttta public mlna end fastings. It was , tea near a non-partisan expression us It practicable In the United States to day, or aa wilt ever be pYncticsble so )<sig aa the rac? question Is not tin eustakebly eliminated from the polltl >?tl question. There hi generally friendly comment ?ia the president-elect and vice presl ?) est-elect among l?.m. i .:s in Wash? ington Senator Harding ha? always bain popular at the capltol building arid In the capital city. He distinctly Impresses one as being of the McKin |#y type, aa his party has claimed. President McKinley was the object of tuftalned attack In his campaigns for 4?rSoe Heeause of his alleged lack of tbjstsjvenees and his disposition to avoid positive committal. Neverthe? less, SS President Major McKinley won It* heart of the country by his ta< t. his kindliness and his uniform poise, at id he was more popular and more Id *iml after he had boeu In the fill It e House for years than he was when he entered it. Prem the Democrats viewpoint, as expressed her*, it Is constiered s good thing that the election, as it had to to the way It did. went that war to M|sJ| an ettent that the new adminis? tration will nave a strong working ?asjsrity at both ends of the capltol. ?O that the president will have fair Sels\ for all the broad policies which ht may adopt in the task of recon? struction to which the country has earn mined him and his advisers. It la considered particularly for? tunate, tn view of Senator Harding's eieSUon by s tremendous majority, that he will have a masgin in the sen its so ample that it will tod be poa St Ids far the situation to be controlled is/ two or three radical or fanatic ii Senators such ss Johnson, of Califor? nia. Borah, of Idaho, and La Kollette, of Wisconsin. . yl . If'the election hud not gone so overwbermmgly as it did. we should have seen Just died In the assumption that It would have been impossible to ?*l the United states into any league <>f nations worthy of the name. Bs! as tt Is. the prevaillmx sentiment heard hers is that the new administration ? is likely to go in for something that will be st least better than nothing In the league line, and win be able to obtain consent from the senate be? cause of a sufficient margin to offset the irreconcilable element. There Is much speculation on tthe ?stare leadership of the Democratic party. Just at the moment those who ... Srs doing most of th? talking about this are themselves of the Rep u bin an persuasion, and th-ir advice Is weak? ened by the manifest Ignorance they display ss to tho details of the Derne crstlc household. Wsoody son tell at this st.ige of the gams sad in the oonftfjion existing what will i*> *the situation in the Democratic camp a year from now. There will doubtless be new Issues de? veloped, and new leadership along with them. Home of the * old war-horses" are gone beyond recall to national cosi sasVUS. One Is former Speaker Champ < lark, who earns so close to getting th> presidency In 191J. Add the fa aSUtar story of the coming return of "piertes? leader*' Bryan tt supreme poster Is sot gctttng much serious at t tent ion In these parts. The new lead? ership which la to reconstruct the Dejgsrratle machinery i? likely to bo that of men and women who haws stood by the party better than Mr. Bryan has done and who have not con ? tributes to aast Tuesday's dsfest My. Bryan has Just givenv a new demonstration of his Impracticable tendencies by the bissrre suggest Ion that President Wilson should now re Stgji. letting Vice President Marshall bseome president, and that Mr. .Mat shall should himself resign after ap? pointing Senator Harding Secretary of State, so that the senator would be next in Has for succession to the presidency. Thus, says sir. llryan, the peOf)la's choice would go Into the tVhtie House without the ? otherwise boa voidable delay until March 4, \*2 I' AM Washington la laughing over this oeenpltcated eaplott of Imagination. |n any calculations as to l>om crstlc reorganisnt; >n, account must bo taken of the potentiality of Mr. Mc Adoo, who came v y near being nonv ?TastaS at Ssn Francisco In spite of the reaction against h>? ' who would not labor under the same disadvantage aa to the succession four years hence aa he did labor under at Sai* Francisco. fas overw^.olmmg defeat suftered by Oovernor Cox is the big obstacle to his continued leadership of hi* par:y. If he ean survive this and hold position of primacy, as Mr, Hrj Aid for st> many years, he will be wonder It la recognised that be smlgin 11 st s great disadvantage.-. Allows and Courier. inator Harding's Vacation Hunt and Play Golf at it Resort in Texas *m tree la I Ti aln, N Teas-; at the remote ibel. Senator Harding mro a real vacation, jnornlng and pie" i leam f'* weeks. GOOD NEWS BOOZE ARTISTS i Liquor For Personal Use, If Lawfully Acquired May Be Stored in Warehouse Till Needed WHAT IS TRANSPORTATION IN MEANING OF LAW Supreme Court Makes Ruling That Will Render Transporta? tion of Liquor Much Safer For Bootleggers As Well As Others Washington, Nov. S.?Liquor law fully acquired l.y a prison for persona! use may ho stored in a plan? nthci than his homo and that transpot tation oft luwl'ully acquired liquor from the ) house tty the lionii did not Consti? tute trunsportu ion in the mca nln; ul tin- cnfniTemi nt law, under a Biiiuvim ootul rulUur. 4 Murder and Rape 1 at Gastonia t * Posses Scouring Country } For Negroes Who Hold V. f Up Automobile Killed ;; Man and Assaulted ? Two Girls ? Dy The Associated Press Gastonia.. N. C, Nov. 8-? Posses are searching for two negroes who killed John Ford. X of Lincolnton, and attacked his ? two girl companions, after hold- T Ing up an automobile three miles from here. charlotte, N. C, Nov. 7.?Two un? known negroes early tonight held up an automobile party of two youn,; men und twe girls, whi'e. on the high? way three miles from Gastor.la, N, P . killed one of tho young men, John Ford, of Lincobtton, N. t\, dragged th< girls from the automobile into the wood^ and assaulted them, and ma l? their escape, according to telephone messages to the Charlotte police de? partment Latn tonight Charlotte police ofii < ers, with a oosse of officers a no armed ottljtna of.Gaston county ware scouting tho country-tub* in search o! ila- nogroej), who were believed, how? ever, lo have made their escape on a passing freight train. Feeling was said to bo Intedsc. The two young women were taken to a Gastonia hospital, where it wu> said late tonight their condition is se riotib. Their homes are In Qastoidi. Ths two young men. John Ford ind Hansom Klllian, both of Lincolntcm, \\ "?n? said to be unarmel when >?t tad?ed b Vthe negroes. Klllian Wui not injured. Ford was shot and in stantly killed when lie offetcd ivsl.t ance to th" Negroes in their atto??. i to take th? girls from the automobile, according to th? teport received he +4 Flew Against Mountain t Air Mail Pilot Killed in Wyoming Mountains By The Associated Press > Washington. Nov. I.?Johi P. Woodward, an air mail pjlot was HMled when he tlew Into Wwuntng inoiii tuinstdc durl a fog. I I'M M I M IH It M**4*?*???-M? National Guard Organization Columbia, Nov. 8. Adjutant Gen? eral VV. W. Moon- t.xlav announocd that a number <?f n< \\ National Guard units for South Can lina had been ugreed Upon by the conference of ad Jfetont generals in Charleston isl week, the conference being atton led by most of the adjutants neral ol the Southeastern department of th< army. Til see units Include artillery units, howitzer compunies, and other branches of service not heretofore al? lotted to the South Carolina National Guard. There will be only on" inf'an try regiment, where before the war thert were two. Tor each battalion of Infantry there will he one machine pun company, making four machine gun companies to the regiment, whore heretofore there has been only or a. Adjutent General .Voore states that a campaign for recruiting the addi? tional guard units will be started right away. He reports a very successful conference ut guard officials in Char? leston. Appropriations For Next Year WashinK.ou. Nov. S.?The govern? ment Jepai tno i.ts are preparing e - ft mates for appropriations by con? gress and sine?- (republicans have the majority shavpe chat kos are expected. The present political situation Is the SUIile a;- eie.lit vt.il? UKO, but the eco? nomic situation ^ different, Government /Ships Sold Washington. Nov. s ?The shipping bcofd announced that flttv-on" nie. cklfhi ships or all types wen sold be twecii Augini 1st and October 30th for a total of fS4.ooo1?i7l. FOUR BILLION EVERY YEAR Houston Expected to Recom? mend This Sum in Hi,s Finan? cial Report to Congress AGAINST EXCESS PROFIT TAXES Said to Favor Plan of Gradu? ated Income Tax of Deeper Cut Than Present Washington, Nov. 7.?-The nation will face a continuation of the annual tax hill of $4.ooo.ooo,?uo for ft period of at h ast three years it* congress adopts recommendations drafted by treasury officials and which, .it was understood tonight, have been laid be fore Secretary Houston for approval. Mi. Houston, it wax said, probably will include such recommendations in the form of an analysis of the gov? ernment's financial condition in his forthcoming, annual report to con grosa. The analysis will show, and accompanying recommendations will suggest, it was said, that a three-year program for tax revision is required In order to meet maturing govern? ment obligations and cover current federal expenses. Approximately 000.000,000 in victory notes, war savings s icurities and treasury certificates of indebted? ness will be due foi payment within the next three years, treasury figures show. Retention of the present ag? gregate level of taxes, or maintenance of the annual revenue of the govern? ment at about $4.000,000,000 thon Is held to bo Unavoidable on the face of average- expenditures estimated for the period. Recommendations to be made by Mr. Houston', it is understood, will propose abolishment of the excess pro tit laxes in their entirety and the sub? stitution of a graduated income tax of 1 substantially deeper cut than under present revenue laws. It was believ? ed the new income taxes would apply only to incomes above $5,000 annuuMy ind that provisions would be made for a graduated increase even on the ad? ditional tax assessed as the amount, of income grows larger. Th?. secretary is expected to advise congress thut the strictest economy n federal appropriations is necessary if the progam outlined on the basis 01' a $4,000,000,000 tax bill Is to be accomplished. He hag said that there was no way to estimate with any de? gree of accuracy what even the pres? ent lawn would yield in revenue be? cause of the rapidly changing condi? tions in business a result of after the war transition and readjustment. Mr. Houston's view or this was said to 1k> that tax vocelpt IWOUM be ma? terially lower later *in tho present fiscal year which enJ? June o0, mill, and that therefore the government In? come under the present revenue laws could not be taken ns a basis for ad? ulating future receipts. Tills attitude which is held also by practically all treasury officials hav? ing to do With tax collections, lore casts a task of .great difficulty for the trainers of the new revenue act. The troasury will Insist strongly on legislation which WOUld produce $i, i'tio.000,000 for the next year but the Ways and means of getting it will be left to congress, according to the suggestions contained In tho treas? ury's report. In fa ' the 'tax law framers1 will be'informed that there Is no alternative to voting n revenue act Lhat will produ ? the required amount. The program for handling tho na? tional debt?and its* payment is ob llgatory?can be accomplished only through annual rescue of $4,000,000, 000, treasury officials hold. With the victory notes maturing in 1923, and the war savings Securities falling due In the Interim and 'until 1924, it wtis. deelart d a possibility that the $4, OOo.Ono.Of-o ta.v level might have to he contlnuetl iven until tho latter date. X Wreck on Seaboard | * Five Pasengers and Express Messenger Injured at Apex, N. C. Tiy The Associated Press Raleigh, Nov. 0. Five pas? sengers and the express mes? senger wire injured in the de? railment of tin Seaboard Air 4? lane train at Apex, N. C, today. 'Y Five express cars left the rails. X ? ? ? t. ?, .i. ,t_... .t. -i-.*. t_?.? ? ??_ ? ? .?, .f. ? 'vT1HrTTTT.TTTTTTTTTTTV.rTT ? t Royal Scandal in Athens Morganatic Wife of Late King Alexander and Former King (Ju'drreling Over Property Athens. Nov. x?The question id' the legal rights of Made me Mnnos, mor ganatlc wile of the late King Alexan? der are creating Interest. She claims Alexander's propert/ because of ap? proaching motherhood, but tho at? torney for former King Conslantine claims that he would lib a contest, but jurists point, out that it Constantino takes action this might constitute an admission Ihul he is no longer kin:;. U. I). Cs Convention Delegates Arriving in Asheville in Large Numbers for Annual Meeting Asheville. Nov. R, 'Delegates are ar? riving for the convention *?f the I nn ed Daughters of the Confederacy upgn iet; here tomorrow fui three days, Man Makes Dash After Killing* at Greenville! Woman in Case Tells Officers of Wild Rush to Spartanburg Where Accused Man Caught Train Greenville, N. C., Nov. 6.?Sensa Ilona crowded one another In rapid succession today after the arrest, last ?light of Mrs. Annie Algen, who, ac? cording to the sheriff, told of -her ride With Walter Salmon, Thirtieth di? vision veteran, after the killing and robbery of Asa Flinkenshelt, near here. Mrs. Alken was taken into custody last nlghl at !? o'clock and with her anjeighteen year old hoy, ?). B. Wilson. ] who drove her I a< I h re in Salmon's automobile from Spartanburg, where Salmon caught a ta*i train. For nearly live hour* Mrs. A ikon was subjected to a gruelling in the sheriffs oflicc an! a? she narrated the events she heard the ollieers use startling admissions in spreading l)ie dragnol over North Carolina, Tennes? see and Kentucky I.? catch Ihe twenty, six-year-old ex-soldier, who, she told the otticc rs carried a pistol and a rein? forcement of cartridges which he threatened to use if officers attempted to overtake him before he had time to reach his of six months who was believed to be at her mother s home near Mor^antoa, N. C. She said be abandoned his automobile at Spar? tanburg and bade Mrs Aiken to keep lo r mouth sealed as to the tragedy w hen she returned to in r home near Duncan Mills. In Kentucky is Belief. Greenville. No. *>.?That James E. Salmon, the young Morganton, N. C., man, wanted here on a charge ot! murdering Asa Flinkenshelt, is some? where In Kentucky and that every ?.f fort is being made to apprehend him. This is the information obtained to? night from officers. Salmon, they be? lieve, caught a train in Spartanburg headed for Louisvll.o. The woman who waited in Salmon's automobile while he went into the Flinkenshelt home yesterday was Mrs. Alice Aik? en, and she was placed in the county jail here early today. Mrs. AJkeh re? lated her story to officers, saying that she did not know Salmon's plans in going to the home. She stated that they went to the Klinkenshelt homo t<> buy whiskey, adding that they had done this on Thursday night' and suc? ceeded in getting a quart. Mrs. Aik? en said that she left Salmon in Spar? tanburg as soon us she could get away front htm and returned to this city. Sheriff Wi'lis telephoned depu? ties today from Morganton, where he went immediately after the killing, and* said that Salmon's w ife had evi? dently left her home ther?. Flinken? shelt. who was forty-four years of age and a farmer Will*be buried tonior row. The inquest will be held Mon? day or Tuesday. No Trace of Aceused Man Charged Wun Killing of Farmer in Greenville County Greenville, S. ('., Nov. 7.?Officein here who believe that James JR. Sal? mon, young man wanted for the kill? ing on Friday of Asa Flinkenshelt, fanner, is in the vhjirity of Louisville, Ky.. stated tonight that officers In Louisville report that 'in have been unable as vei to goi any trace of him. Sheriff Willis today returned from Morgnnton, N. C\, the home of Salmon, where he has been working on the case for the past two days. The wo? man who rode to the Flinken?helt house With Salmon, Mrs Alice Aiken. is still being held in the county Jail as a witness and olttcers stale that they do not expect 10 bring charges against tier. Wrangel Holds Crimea Anti-Holshcvik Commander Now Holds the Key Positions to South Russia Constantinople, Nov. 8.- -General Wrangel's anil-bolshevik forces are still holding the key positions to isth? mus leading from the Crimea to the Itussian mainland. The impending winter is dreaded in Crimea where there are gathered two million people with little f<?od, clothing or money. Locating the Bridges State Highway Commission To Hold Meeting in Columbia to Consider Savannah and Wateree Crossings Columbia, Nov. 8.?The location of \ two largo bridges are to be dcvidcd by the State Highway commission at its | meeting in Columbia Tuesday, the Wateree bringe? between Sumb r and Rich land counties, and the Savannah ' River bridge, just above Savannah, Ca. j A delegation gf citizens from Kastover will attend the commis: ion meeting, to make certain presentations t?> the ? commission regarding the Location of the span. A large delegation of citi- j zens from the lowei part of South Carolina, and probably a number of Georgians will attend the meeting, in regard to the location of the Savannah bridge. Beaufort, Hamilton and Jas? per counties will be represented, with a view to location of roads connecting with the bridge. Report of highway department of? ficials to the commission on Tuesday will show that HOT. miles of road are I now under ion tract for construction. ? ?f this mileage, fifteen miles will be hard-surface construction, the re? mainder gravel, top soil and clay. I The reports will also show that up through October 31 a total of 92,733 automobiles and trucks were register ! ed. Motorcycle lic enses for the ten months number 8*8; dealers licenses 1,526, transfers 1,836. The income of the highway department from auto? mobile licensing totaled through Oc Itober 31, $549,*74, of which $420,459 has been turned ever to the counties, $105,114 paid into the state treasury, and $23,9on used to reimburse certain expenditures of the department out of its regular appropriations. Tho state highway department is preparing a new highway map of the state, to be distributed next year. It will show all the state highways. The highway commission will Tues? day take action on the request of the University for engineers of the depart? ment to deliver lectures to the students j in tho engineering department at the University on the subjects pertaining ' to road construction. LOCAL FOOTBALL CHATTER. i Sr-mter's citizens should attend Sum jtor high school football games in large numbers. The attendance should [ not be confined to the student body as I it practically has been in past years, This year, however, fairly good crowds have come out to the games but, none j big enough to swell the roll of dough j in the athletic, association's treasury j and put the S. H. S. on the right side I of the ledger, financially, it might be 1 mentioned here that parting with the half bone, which is a small price for Ian afternoon's excitement, will not mala- a pauper of anyone. Sumter at the present outlook has a strong chance for the state cham? pionship having won four games, tied two and lost only one. Sumter play? ed Columbia to a tio on Columbia's 1 gridion several weeks ago and plays the return game on the home grounds Thursday the 11th, 3:30 o'clock. Co? lumbia ha3 one of the strongest high school elevens in the state and con? siderably outweighs the Sumter squad, but, despite this handicap Sumter will have the upper hand by playing on fa? miliar soil. Sumter'a famous shift, which proved to be a ' u-ady ground .gainer against Columbia in Columbia, can't fail to be a steady ground gainer I here. Coach Dargan claims to have one of the fastest backllelds In the state ; with Wray on quarter, Chandler and Wright on halves, and Wheeler on full. ? Tho hue consists of Buck (center) ; Haiti. !d and Burns (guards) Sholar [and Bland (taekles), Weinberg and I Friar ends). j Don't fail to attend Thursday's I game, to be pulled oft' at 3:30 and see Wheeler's a nd Wright's consistent line I plunges, Wray's passes, and Chan I dler.'s spectacular end runs, ending only when ihe pigskin is planted un? der the goal pests. Help push Sumter ori to the state championship by belns present at the gain*6?7. War in Poland Resumed ! Warsaw. Nov. S.?-Fighting has been ! resumed between Lithuanian troops land the Polish volunteer army. The : Polish General Zellp< uskl said tin I Lithuanians made the attack without I replying to his proposal for negotia? tions. Tin y attacked 'he Poles, driv? ing them back, and they launched a I counter a ttaek. Palmer Sends Soft Coal Prices Down Operators Working in Conjunc? tion With Administration_ Surplus is A cumulating Washington. Nov. 6.?Soft coal prices arc on tho decline, a statement tonight from the National Coat asso? ciation said. Tin y ha\e already drop In d -'. per cent in several holds, and production is now running at more than 12,000,000 Ions a week, it sail, adding that tho "immediate soft eon.l wants of the whoie nation have been, met, and a surplus for storage against Wim? r hs being accumulated. With railroad cars available and .t high production assured, "prices in the market will continue to drop," the statement predicted. "Operators in soft coal fields," tho jtatement continued, "where unusual? ly high prices existed, have, within the las: ten days been setting tip fair practice com mi* tecs, and working in conjunction with Attorney General Palmer, have, pet underway a de? termined e ffort ie> eradicate abuse in the handing e?f coal. Coincident with this effort prices in these particular fields have already be^un to fail." The association also gave out a. statement by its president, Col. D. B. Wrntz, denying "that the bituminous coal operators nad sought to persuade Secretary Tumulty to intluence coal ; priority orders to their advantage. Through officers of the association, he said, the e>perators "kept Mr. Tumulty informed as to developments in the effort to overcome the serious coat shortage." adding, "that is all they sought lp de> and all that was doac." Working on Annual Message -* President Wilson Preparing to Cast More Pearls Before Re? publican Congress I Washington. Nov. 8. ? President I Wilson is working or. his annual mei? ' sage to congress which he will tran* I mit ai the opening ot the next con ' gross. He will recommend the en ' actment of a number of reconstruction j measures which he recommended to the h'St conprrcss. This week Pretri 1 dent W ilson receives the diplomats from San Domingo, Guatemala anl COsta Itica. I To Lay Whe re They Fell .Soldiers Who Died in Endgland Will Remain Buried There Washington, Nov. 8.?The bodies of five hundred and fifty American so - 1 diers who elled in England will remain J buried there permanently. At the re | quest of their families the others will j be returned. I HACK GIVES OUT. Plenty of Sumtcr Renders ITarc This Experience. Tou t^x the kidneys?overwork them? They can t keep up the continual strain. The back may give out?it may ache and pain; Urinary troubles may set in. Don't wait longer?take Doan's Kidney Pills . I Sumter people tell you how they j act. ; Mrs. Joseph Newman, 20S Council St., Suniter, says: "A few years ago I had a slight attack of kidney trou? ble. My back gave out on me and I had bad headaches. I felt badly all over and dizzy spells often annoyed t me. I knew Doan's Kidney Pills ' w. rc ge>od, as they had been highly recommended to me, so I Nought some at Mitchell's Drug Store. Before long, Dean':, had cured me of all the trouble." [ Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't i simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Down's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Newman hael. Foster-MIlburn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.?Advt. 84 L U LUMBER flooring, Ceiling, Siding, (using, Mouldings, Framing Lumber, Red Cedar Shingles, Pine nnri Cypress Shingles, Metal und Composition Sliliiglcs.Cariicntcr? Doors, sash and Blinds. ^1 ?ta Porch Columns and Ballastcrs, P*tnts and Oils. .. , In* de D? coratlons. 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