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Unequal l axuuon Secretary Reatdon Di ' Hi llu I uidvn of Y;i\alio: and I'n iair Assessments It v on..I seem, from lie rail for a i*? meeting lu Suinl'T liv lour of our i I 4ueeentutlve. hut R til htt'wn ? cltlxens ol Su liter, iiaim-. I> Messrs. M, ? 1i?M?m i k Ncill * I I ??-ii nell. J I Hettron and ?' L ftubha, said cull being published in Ibis is mu* Ofl thin pH|>?t. thai BOgjst Of Ml f.tvpayera ha\c ? I.e. i. a* lp-d the lim? it where endurance, without protest. Nt leant, hm < e i?.. d t. In- i virtue. The cn> of Mumter pays about forty? Ave per ceni o' the state and county ls*e* of Sum11 i tOUBt] l'..r year* It hau been the c ?mpli.ini that tin- ax vm?iiiriit? against ? it; propeit>, lor ? ount> und Hol? taxes, as compared with the ?iwv.w l valve Ol farm lands ouUltli of Sur,i icr i d t he value, or the returned value which? ever It ma . Im i?! i ural oi agricultural district personal property is so un? equal that a great burden, out of all Jtlst proportion of values, has been pU? ? d upon city or t e\u t ix pay era, It is said that I arm lands selling fof from one .luimred and titty to three hundred dollars pi i .or. . ami lhott? lands of acre s of farm lands valui d b) their owners hi an rverage value of one hundred dollars per acre are re? turned .11 I .ii . a, e. pt< d L"i ion ut so uverag? ilue o> about I6.7S to *; M .? I S< The personal piop?rl\ returns from ugruutmiai distrleta an said to bt ? jok? as COmparOd With what the as sessed value oughi be N--w it looks like the o'v tuxpuyer is going to |T| to do something to kind of e?i a*ltxc\ t his laj hurdett, ll mlffll UUlie paliem ?? and time. .,nd I be pos? sible giving ol mon oi less oi many eit> lM|sajrirs' time ami thought to the solution oi tb.s i.|i nt. nut all re toi in movement* m i*i have u begin rung, and must ?h tir>* well - >r?_;a m/.ed. A thorough rampasgn ul education usii.iil. has to 0? inaugurated to or guuuc tlie \uti is an?J laxp . urs fot i omerted action. First of all. a tlmioUaih InvfStlx i report ol < ?im im i.111\ i pi opoi I v nan i aaajhl la ha mttda Mm>u up thi m otiualitn * b) lowiiahlpa and bj Indi? vidual retm ns for comparative lllus iration. JllSt how the ptobb ill iS to be solved is not clear) as | et. but the "pruning knife" In cliy and countv ? \pendl tinea, and the sjotabllshmonl ol scon* om>. and increase in eflh-ieuc> of hit VKe Slight tll*t possibly be some of the eures off ereil if these two ate found to l.e important factors In the solution. Any now. b< the story ?b at or long, with er without u nmral. the i*ct remslns that city of Sumter |gv*> payers, mercantile iirui* in particular, uro aroused ss never before 0VSI the I r> burden ol laxen the> are called upon to Pear this year. Thcv are certainly kicking some no matter whether their contfdainfs he rOejgasV side or mu. oi whethir the kicks can go ul a n -I Fifteen pel t . :,t penalty for non-payment ol city taxes durotit Kovomoer, eapaclall) In tin lute of pit-sent Im.tm uil. industrial, and business depression is considered by mans .??? im m es.?;. rv and arl-di a : '? . It ,it i. - hard m t in- pooi t.?rpa> i r. All who fool lie .i oanb ns iHOI c than they can ulaml He reto. \ite,| to nu'i'i at Sumter tThamboi ol ?'ommere*- ut s o'clock Mond?, SVOJI ??g. Muvssahsr i.sth. its*. Ii will da no harm Iis tat this matter, and certs I nly an effort to squallts. propor? tiotiate to values, the Ion dens of city ? ltd rural tax? s will result in the dlsncm mst mm ol intormatum thai i vei> iMA|>a\ir iud >'vm Irtdtt OUSjht t>> know W b??n public spirited, yet conserva ii\?- 411,1 repii stailvi cite/ens ot ihe i\pe oi Masasa Nat] O'Dofmall, i llearon. M Ooblbi ru. ami <'. L. Mttilm feel emllod upon to take the I. .ol in any public motter, und call their fallow eiliaens togsthsr in mass in?*etmic. it is safe to conclude that there i* tome u i v tOOd reason for their iOtloa, nod thi'i there ih Mime tOlliK liehli.d the < ull ? ?r?MMioti.il?> biMioiv icpea ?? :t.se|t ??> the martse- o \ 11. \. ? X p. I . c1 s illdth. rulers IsMTomlng aroused ami getting totjether Io adjust pal lie a .'falls. Tin public when aroused usually gets there when It startx owl t?. stll up thin***. A government' "of ?he people. for the people. b\ ihe peopb is perlodlcall> propagnndercd und reullzed. While SSM fre?|uently r? soi led to this era ot ? hmtnstmn ,f m.im ra< n s. real <a 'muKlnury. is pr >noum ed ami tffot live r'ubllc srntimont i? a miahtv weapon when aroused i. ml ? < nservat ively Uli? MsshI K I Rat don Venison For Everyone Soon fly Th?? Asso. i ill I l'l - v i Seattle. No\ . I .' Xiaskan pUCkofl now ai ?n ;ina b. slop i ? imb <t ' meat to Aim in an mark-ts. Tigers Dawn Citadel By Seore SMI Orangebmg \..\ \\ A di\ ? irrsrv an me rsatjIUntj ? nn greeted Iho warriors gtf . b as-oi and lh? t'lladel ii .neu- anm.i.' undliof, bil l, at the Mr.ingib ui; - mini, fall loibj at noon a hen >b,. pssg fool hall nnrh was filled w op Mi>* rtalom I 'lenu ? w ?? the \ ?clor '*? to 0 Baptist Women Knds ( onferenee Ml ^(Tieers Ueeleeted I or (iooii Work f*harleston. Nov 1' r.b?tlou of oftb ei s was bell I pi RHHrUlni N| Ihe . losins ssslssjoa SfOSSOfl .-f Ihe Stale I iplHt WOfflUU'M \: >* naiA ItttlOlt In Citadel M|ttar< Ihtpttsl chr.rrl ill lliciimlH-nls b? ing ag on ? h' -. u as an $mloi Meineni < i lb spb ml i| reso made doihiu th. n . I ? ? The time agjd pMOi ot the next i .a. iMi-'i wna left to the executive committee and will be a-.iiicum.cd later. Settling th* Adriatic Question American Government Will Ap? prove any Settlement Reach? ed Between Italy and Jugo Slavia Ron* Nov. if,. The foreign min? ister received from t he Hall.ill i lii bfUHQ at Washington ? statement thai th?' American i ?vernmeni h*ni declar ed formall) that it would Approve, an) settlement uf tin Adriatic ques? tion rt ached bet wean Italy and Jugo B!a via. Stolen Liberty Bonds Returned I % rklti Thousand Do!lnra i Received in Anonymou a m Letter By The Associated Press Amerlcus, <ia.. Nov. It.**1 Conscience striken, ? thief has r?t Hin??.i three thousand dol? lars w?<rth nf Liberty hop ,s am] two hundred dollars worth of anvInf stamps stolen from the residence of A. C Crockett. They wi re receh ed In n n anonymnu,: letter from Kansas City. M^cSwiney's Wife Coming to II. S. Wife of Late Lord Mayor Will Testify Before Committee of One Hundred Washington, Kw. !..<?The commit tee of one hundred Investigating tin Irish question announced the accept* anet of Mrs Muriel Mac8wlney,l wife :? late Lord Mecgwlney of fork to ( omo to the LfnltCd HtatCI to testi ii I heir hearings. Keep Glass Out of Roads Every Bottling Plant in State Asked to Assist in Preventing Damage to Motor Tireu Columbia. Nov. 12.?Every bottling eoucern In South Carolina has been naked by the state highway depart-1 nient. from its Columbia office, to aid In keeping the roads of. the state f ree from broken glass. Chief Kngineer Chan. R. MoorofleM, of the highway department, states thai his office es in receipt of many complaints from all ?art! ol the state, of the large amount of broken glass that is found i" the highways, remitting in damage to mo? tor vehicle tires. The highway de- 1 partment haa addressed the following letter to rill the bottling concerns In! the state: "The attention Of the highway 1e- ! partment has been sailed to a sei tons' nutsnnci awng tin public roads of iho| Male, wh'ch results from bottles taH ing IntO the roads from trucks that ? re operated by various operators of son di nks Theos bottles, arl* usual |y broken by the fall from the truck, und the fragments of the glass form H memuii IS i"'ll hOISd and automo? biles. ? The highwaj deportment requests vonr pp.operation In preventing this nnlsnnrr. by covering in some suitable | way the lop lay< r of eases on aII j hroyhs or other vehicles sngagsd In hauling bottles. ??'Vonr attention Is particular^ in? vited to section -t77. page Tis of the sett of If to, s. c sjeneral assembly, m?kln! it a ml^demsumor to place or leav<- nbsv on n public highway. 1 feel certain thai you havs no Intention to violate this law. and mist that you will extend ihe co-0|ieration request Sd sbo> e. without delay." Flowers Denies Charges Says No Tech Men Mistreated Centre Plavers Atlanta. N"V. 1The eharges OT 'entrep myers which included state? ments thai Tech players had doltber? ttely struck and kicked Centn? play ?rs nfter tltey had been downed ni readv h oi n denied by Tech play sea and onVlals um< lonlghl Cnpt. "Buck" l lowe.,-. ,,| the Tech team. ?sued n stntement, expression "dlanp. i-ointment in Ihe Cei ire fellows'1 und betaring that an;, statements made liy th? Centre players lo Ihe effed Ihnt Teck inen durlni 'L? recent gnmst kicked I hey deliberately or Indulged In ;m\ premedh'.ted roughness Is a llelltM i It ?e fa Iseheod." It sharp club. Wt . ii I hi |; .-'harp I "nl" not st o'doek, Krlds) November IS 1 in Ihi m mi.i MigD jaulte Bid dull am, r an o,i,,, talk by ; he leaeln r on Mae I mi well, the mem hers enjo) d i musii d program ren? dered h> the following tesnevlvi Ihn k, Kdn.i I bun y, Mm i lionise v. Ith Hort! I.e. Heck, Karl Wenthi rl Kdns I?'?," in t 'ornella \\ hit* sie e i ?>i..,virfglni ? Hull int. ,,0> Hol?ei tit .b hnson Ma\ Willis i ?*?. , It I *ollos Ins this w< t ? two not. eon t* mi ? hi. |i i'.,r\ w ; ,. i,. , nn i Ruhet is. Johnson wer? lie ?\ i., I hehl I Ul 'ei i. I.ne ids t. i \ mir b. .i ed and ihe iriitili votlni ? ven pleasant afternoon, the eluh adjoin lied until I ????;>' tfV ,\ repres >ntalive >>i tin peek Hammond Heating i*om|Mtti) has I ? iii the ? |t\ Ibis week ovei haul ?!>;? lh" ihi n ices ?? i be Kiwi I'i? lyteiiuii rhureh. Tb?. work i> finished ami the uboi?.h will i" Itsutcd tomorrow, Gossett C ase on Appeal White Man Convicted of At? tempted Assault and Ben teneed to Forty Years Asks New Trial Columbia. Nov. 12.? An opinion p. be rendered i>\ ihe supreme court at some future date Ik that on appeal of Kenneth (ioss. it. now In tin state penitential') In Columbia, under son tenre of forty yevtrs for criminal as l^auh on a yount white woman ot Ai? boylllq during, Ihe past summer, Ihe ease having' been heard hy Ihe mi prcme court, on appeal, this week. '! iie appeal to tin supremo court for new trial was ba*ed on a number of exception!, the refusal of the trial judge In grant a change of venue and alleged atatt in 'i'ts of two jurors re? garding 11n oute nne i?( the ease being nmOng the grounds fill ihe appeal. A neu trial was refused by thhe circuit Judge at t time tie case mas first tried. T1 ? defendant also argues that liffl trial, ai O special term of court. Was ro legal, that the court dhl not have Jurisdiction, that the governor had no authority to eatl the apeci.il term and the judge was not ap? pointed by the governor. Motor Industry Still Growing Leader of Business Predicts Fifteen Years of Prosperity 1 Detroit. \ov. 11.?'Fifteen years, at I lea at, of continued prosperity for 'he motor Industry In Detroit, and decided? ly probable shortage of good motor cats ne^t spring. are predictions of Walter P. Chryale**, executive head of some of the largest automotive ami allied Industries in the country.' In h.> Detroit lithe ? Mr. Chrysler at ! trlbuted the period of "dumps" through which the automohlle indus? try has boon pussins. to prodigious proditciIon and u paralysing, ??sitting habit." acquire.1 timing three yean of extraordinary motoi ear demand. ?Detroit has ahead of it at least fifteen years of continuing and. in? creasing motor manufacture prosper? ity," said Air. Chrysler. This is as certain as anything In the future can i?e. If manufacturer* will curb their appetite for prodigious production, and salesmen ? are th* mselves of the d?. ndly sitt htg hs bit. ? The tit of tin- dump* through which the Industry is passing Is due In part, ta least, to Indigestion due to over* Indulgence. Readjustment and a re? turn of nearly mutual conditions Is ;> matter of weeks now. rather than monthsprovtded the remedial refer ed t" are applied. The cue for the future In the motoi car bualnt si ihould be moderation in everything 1 \< ppl ha i d work, "Discontinuance of production a nU delay in resuming it will almost CCr-' tainly tiring about am ther shortage In1 ?.I motor ear-- next spring. ?"There will probably never nsaln be a shoit age in poor motor rare, "The de? mand tW g"o.l cars already offers 10 liei from the doldrums of the past icw weeks. Sabs are Increaelnr? sat? isfactorily from day to day. "Busi? ness is not dead?nor even seriously III. It is me, ly in m i d of exercise. And the best exercise 1 know is to Rive tin public a go.-d value for its money, and work hard to Show the public you mean tmsim s "Manufacturers and dealers who haven't forgott '.i hi vv tu sell good merchandise are not worrying aboufl the future. The ehnlr warmers am rapidly gnlnii by the boards. "Make no mistake?-the automobile business is alive nnd strong. 1 don't b.lnve in wild optimism Which is base d mi desire rather than on facts, liut I haven't any sympathy for the black peaalm si who sees only disas? ter. "*.\o catastrope has happened to de? prive peopi,. of then purchasing pow? ers, or their desires for motor cars. Rplnoleasness and gloom are. therefore pare nonsense, "The pessimists are the weaklings who expect business to be laid In their hands. The hard workers aren't; ghiomy. "And I honestly hop.- that we will novor gam have business conditions j which put ii premium on Incompe? tence. 1 am for the real workers and 'lie good ran and I have unbounded faith in tin stable market and solid Industry ihoy are building." NOT THE ONLI ONE. There arc Other Sumter People Sim? ilarly Situated. Cun there be any stronger moot" of fered than the evidence ol Sumter residents? After you have r id the following, quietly answer the Ques? tion. W. M Polsom, proprietor dry roods store. Main Street, s .s l used Doun'a !. dney Tills for trou? ble with my but and kidneys. My back pained me nearly "'i the II ne and u,ij quick move i made caused llie palm to be all the more severe, it was dlfllcull t<> gel up i,t" tor sitting down, becausi of the pains My kldneyi acted irregularly ":' segretlons w?. re highly colored und contained sediment. Doan'i Kbln?) Tills, pi o. a i e I from /amp's 1*1 macy, Rave me Ihe desired re or. Unekachi ? and Kidney trouhls ' an? ished I fell ? eitei in ? ei.. w y. i St itcmeni gh en Mm oh IT. 190t I ? in i' ei.i uai v ii. in 18, Mi FoHom added ? i e .n always recomn *nd I loan's Kidney Tills is bo hip relb'?'>10. I loan's have proven so to inc. 1 * have alwaj n Ii id good r* n ilts ont Iheli use " Price GOc, at ail d. ah rs I 'on'i limply ind< for ? Kidney remedy i**l Doan's Kidney Tills?the same that Mr. Tolsom had. Tester Milbilili Co silgrs., Buffalo, N. y.?Advt, o Only Small Reduc? tion in Trice Secretary of Retail Clothiers' Association Sees No Decided Lowering of Prices in Near Future Columbia, Nov. 12- That there will be only u ?muH i eduction In the pric< of clothing for Ihc spring and thai the nsso< lated preaii is not fair to busi? ness in publishing reports of spo ial fall price reductions as indications i f (general lowering o| prices, Thomas M. Watts, secretary and treasurer ? f the Bouth Carolina Metall Clothiers Association, today Issued b Statement here, in which he declares thai ih^re will be gradual decline in rlothiiis. prices, but no sudden drop is possl i Ide.'and tli ? "toboggan tdide" in p i< ? s. |s?t often spoken of, ;s mere myth. II?- declares that the only goods on which such unusually low prices i r< ( hoing quoted ;n ? the shoddy" g >.?ds. and special Job lots, such as ar ? al? ways, he says, to be found at this sou 'son (d* the ye'r. Mr. Wntts decliros I thai the retailor is losing money I ? day av.d that few clothing mercltan's are seliing reliable goods ;it i profit ! The Columbia r-Inders ore selling clothes al cost, and yet the clothiers (association declares that the prices of I next vcat's clothes can be hut slightly j lower than this year ? prices. Lahor, one of the chief Items of < ost, says the secretary "' Ihe clothiers association, I is not re.hu . d. The manufacturers do j not want to return to the "sweat shop" plan of buildint. clothing. jf ? J ? Must Save Armenia * All Available Forces iMust l?e lTsed to Prevent Union By the Associated Press. Geneva, Nov. 12.?The imme? diate us.- of all forces In the Near Kast to prevent the union of Bolshovlkl with Turkish na? tionalist fori es is do< tared to be necessai to prevent the an T nihllntlon of the Armenians and X a not her general war. 4^^4>?^???I^?4^4-4"H'4'4^?4'^ Automobile Kills Child Little Eliza Appelt Has Ker Skull Fractured Manning, Nov. u.?Little Elisa. Appelt was hit and killed by an au? tomobile here today driven it is said, by Mr. Powell, 01' Alcolu. She was hit h> the fender and /thrown against the t oping, breaking 'lor skull. As soon*as possible after [the accident she was taken in an au? tomobile to HllUtter, but died before I tea. hing the hospital. This la ihi- most serious automobile accident that has occurred here in several years and it has cost a gloom over the town is Kliza was a bright little girl and idolized by hor patent -. 1 Air. and Mis. I J. Appelt. Gins Destroyed by Fire Plant Covered by Insurance? No Cotton or Seed Lost Cartcrsvtlle, Nov. II.?The Carters vllle ginnery was completely destroy? ed by lire about 10 O'ClOCk last night. This ginnery was purchased from the Southern Cotton <>d company at the beginning of the season by the (taker brothers and has dime gooj wank all the cotton season. The origin of the Are Is unknown, as the dames wer?? well under way before it was discovered. No cotton or seed were destroyed. The building was partially covered by insurance. Albert \ ':\Ker managed I ids gin. Not Satisfied With Suffrage Gov. Cooper Asked to Institute Suit to Test Validity of Consti? tutional Amendment Columbia, Nov. 12.?Requesting that the state <?i South Carolina in? stitute a case m the United Slates su? preme court lovtesl tin validitv of the IDth amendment to the federal con* stittltion, giving waunen the right to vote, Everetl P. Wheeler, chairman the executive committee bf the American Copt itUtional League, op? posed to suffrage, h:*.s addressed a lei i,r to tlov. Cooper, suggesting that the attorney general be asked to pre? pare a bill to be lib? In the I halted States supreme (oilt't asking the de? i isioti ot the high tribunal on the question of regulation <d" the suf? frage, h is not thought likely that (Inventor Cooper will request the nt torney general to Institute the test case, though the governor has not publicly expressed himself on the subject. Titel constitutional league takes the position that tin I'.Mh amendment is Invalid, In thai it abrogates the right ni evcrj state In deb rntlne its own | furui of local sell'-government "with- i out federal interference," that it takes from unwilling stales tin form ..t' republican government, In de? priving it of the right to regulate its suffrage; that rntil.cation by Ten? nessee, Missouri and West Virginia were in violation of the constitutional o| lliese states, in thai the leglsla lures o( these .states were md author? ised to ratify. These allegations are set forth in Ah Wheeler's, letter to (inventor Cooper. Mr. Wheelet lakea 111? * position inj his letter thai the recent llepubllcan Victory was an eXprcsslltll of thr at tttudi oi ihc people, as against suf? frage; and llutt the defeat of Uov. Itoberts, of 'IV nnessee, was also a vote agaisl woman suffrage. He also refers to the election of Senator Wadsworth, of New York, alleging tins to be an anti-suffrage vote. Women Hunt? ing Trouble Daughters of the Confederacy Seek Control of the Old Sold? iers' Home?Let Them Have It, Perhaps the Old Vets Will He Satisfied Columbia, Nov. \ 2 -Female con? trol the stale Confederate Soldiers Home in Columbia is ti? he advocated before the 1021 legislature by the ITnit<?U Daugrt.ors of the Confederacy \ of South Carolina, neording to Infor? mation in Columbfn today. A resolu? tion calling on the legislature to put the selection <>f the hoard of control or the home in the hands of th? Daughters of the Confederacy I* to be introduced the state convention ol tin- Daughters to be held in Greenville the last day or November and tin fust two days of December. The Idea which the Daughters have !'? for their organization, w ith thr spirit of the Confederacy to select the board from their membership, \ this to have control of the institution, this board to select the superintend* ent of the homo. Action on a resolu? tion to this effect will come before the gathering in Greenville, ii is said. The Confederate Home has been under excellent management, it li said, and yer there have been com? plaints. One of these complaints went bt fore the legislature last year aim resulted in an investigation by a leg? Islative committee. The committee found m thing wrong at the I oat It u? tion and commended it- management Th Confederate Soldiers Flomes if supported by the Stale. The legisla? ture elects its hoard of control. The new Superintendent of the home ii Cupt. Ben Williams, of Bruneon, elect ed this week. Church Case in Court Supreme Court Asked to Decidt Trusteeship of Dormant Georgetown County Church ColumhiA, Nov. l :i.?There is now with the state supreme court a ease argued this wee:., in which appeal ii taken from the decree of the circuit ! court of Charleston, which would 'transfer the custodianship of tin .property of the church of the .Messiah I at North Bantee, in Georgetown noun* ty, from William Low lid OS to the i Episcopal church of gouth Carolina, , The case is tlnit Of trustees of tin. ' Protestant Episcopal church In South j Carolina against the church of thf .Messiah. North Santce, and William Lowndes. The deer. .? of the circuit court was that Mr. Lowndes surrender the property and keys of the church to the Bpiscopal church ol the state. The North Sautes church is dor? mant, not. having religious services for ten years, and thete is no prospect of its functioning for years to come. 'j') Is the lower court held, and also decreed that Mr. Lowndes. to whom lh< sum iif $1,188, the keys to the < lltirch and the i stody of the prop? el y had been given by tin- last tret;*? n i oi ihr church, was not the lega ,;. appointed trustee and has no tctat title to the property. He was ordered to transfer the property to the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal church ??f South Carolfna, and that the fee" hold the property In trn-t far the church of the Mausiah, until such time as b can bgain be used for re? ligious purposes. Tin decision in the appeal wilt be handed down by the supremo court at a future date. Cork, Nov. 12.?The condition oi* the tune Irish hunger strikers on the ninety-fourth day of the strike is de? scribed as "shockingly low." Paris. N<.v. 12.?The French g?>v ernment is unalterabl> opposed to the admission of Germany to the league of nations, it is stated at the foreign odiee. Some drosic notion would be the consequence if the league voted to admit Germany, it is intimated. More to Public Utilities Company for Increased Price F Domestic Gas Columbia, Nov. It.?The Soj Cu.' dina PubUe^Vtllttloa Cowmiagl v 111 meet in Columbia Saturday, complete the hearing and render decision on tin ens rat? in the rity Columbia, Chairman Wilam Hank of the commission, Ktates that the Co? lumbia gas rate matter will probably be decided finally at 'he Saturday., meeting. The Columbia gas company is ask? ing for an increase, due. it i* alleged, to the increased cost of producing gas. Fixture* recently gati by on of the eommen ral or: ; n./..:frO>S of the State show that the u:: . rate la Columbia is lower tlva, for iiny other> city of the Southeast. The commission^ recently ordered a reduction, following an Increase, A second Increase is now being considered. Samuel Gompers Attends Conference Mikes Plain Statement as A Organized Labors VieWs on Industrial Research Washington, Nov. 12. ? Samuel Compels, president of the American [Federation of Lahor declared before the industrial research conference that organized labor eelcomea what : ? \ er assistance research and science ?an offeT to atodein industry. He said labor was not opposed to an in ; < iease In production or improved methods, o.n is rightly suspicious of changes introduced w ithout an expla : . 'am and whose effect upon their welfare was not considered. The Haitian Inquiry i ? President ol Black Republic Testifies as to Marines port au Petlfee, Haiti. Woe, 12.? The president St Haiti testifying before the naval board Inquiry declared that ho had uo.otUciai knowledge of the charge of indiscriminate killing oB natives by Initoi States marines, adding they have been accused by public clamor. - Washington, Nov. 12.?The foreign demand, tor coa 1 Urns an important factor for the high domestic coal prices along the Allantie seaboard but was only a miner factor in the ors ati.'ii of high prices for the whole country. the interstate commerce commission declared In a report to the Sena le. New York. Nov. U.?The district 'attorney plans to investigate ths New York World's account of ths "solution" of the Wall street bomb explosion the newspaper claiming* the I damage was done by w orkmen seek? ing revenge on an alleged building trust. Winchester, Ve,., Nov. 12.?Three persons were killed ami three injured in the derailment of an electric mo? tor ear m ar old Chapel Bridge today. tangdon, N. H.i Nov. It.?-An aban? doned well on the farm'of William B. W hitney is being reopened to seurch for the body of Whitney's second wife, who Whitney's soon said his lather murdered Sight years ago. Paris, JCov. 13.?Qcnecnl WraagsTs anti-bolshevik forces have been driv? en back to the second line in the Crimea before the fierce bolshevik at? tack. Raleigh. Nov. 12.?Two hundred state college students "hoboed" to Norfolk to witness the football game. Cork, Xov. 12.?The hunger strike of nine Irish prisoners has been call? ed off. The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter. Bw C. Resource! $1,600,000. strong and Progressive The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Gtesj ns the Pleasure of 8err1ng Tor The Bank of the Rank; and File 0. O. ROWLAND, President EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier NEILtL O'DONNBLL President 4 ??' T M"u;(.H dw ml Earned Capital Most I] "Conn- e.tsy, Qo e.v ?Ion that Is appliable The follow who ll ' ruin "Blows ll In" who has to "P>g formed habits by which he wj other fellow \\> preferj thrifty felU a dollar, counta but are yon i u P" O. I*. YATES, Cashier