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SPEND DAY THANKSGIVING irilent Wilson Issues An nUai Proclamation CAtSE IS ABUNDANT Co*t#?plate Mercies Vouch saf I>tc1 Render Heart fell and .feigned Thanks to God. 1 ?Washington. \.?\ 12 President WiSSS leaned hin Thanksgiving ifsJgSaatton tonight saying that "in ly. security und peace, our vlr and aelf-?-?lla?it people face future" and settiiur .-???hl?? Thins November 2b, foi the usual ob jaaee*. Th*? i**t follows Ths see son approaches when It i|S>tOVe? us to turn horn the dlstrae tB4aa Slid preoccupations of our daily nra. that we may < ontemplatn the Set; cries which have been vouchsafed to ys and render heartfelt and un felafi/ied thanks u^tto tJod for Ills see Bi fold goodness. J/'s^fllS ts an old observance of ihe 4sjencsn oeople, deeply Imbedded in 9JV thought and habit. The burdens *ftd Ige stresses of lite have their ewe io?ates<e hsvs shundent cause for irlng. The lesions of the war llr healing. The great army freedom which America sent to Stfenee of liberty, returning to grateful embrace of the nation, rsasmed the useful pursuits of as simply ;?:id as promptly ruspet to arms in obedience to || eeehtrr> oall. Hie equal Justice lags has received steady Vin? te Ihe support or a law Ssegle against various and sttocaa. which have reflect lit ths baser agitations of war, kSPtly paslsng. plenty, sscutlty and peace, our lasse aid esif reliant people face lure. Its duties and its oppo i May we have vision to dla ir duties the strength, both reseire. it dlsrhsrge and label of hesrt to reullse that Opportunities are those of S SplHt then of devotion and rSJhlo WS should givs thanks ? hear is, sad dedicate ourselves larVteS cf Oed ? merciful and fUrpoese ta Ills chlld.en. t, Woodrow Wilson. If Sf tbS United mates of da h?r*uy designate Th?rs ft*>Ui say of November nett. \i% of/TnankM'vlrig and pray 1 ehil Upon my countrymen SrOoi their ordinary tasks SVSva??r>i uwon that day. giving |p' to the remembrance of God ?gS> Messing?, and their dutiful gnttefnt a* km>wU*dgemcnt." ls*JI e Rates Reduced Oil Company Cuts Oflf One Cent a Gallon ito. Whl h toe reduction Will k ihr? Inelud? New Jersey. JSsw York. Not 14.?Tank wagon gttaws of gaafeiioe will be reduced ?itt ^ti' a gallon 'omorrow In states is if tos h Um? >tt*nd.irc o.i company of We%t .terse* so t the Standard Oil ?gSjger?* O' l.onhM in operut*. it was sAiSsiTw^d here tonight by Walter 'VMfragte, prealdeni of the New Jer Jampa n jr Mi mW* ?SM. Varglam, North Carolina, Carolina and the District ol lag) n which the Standard Oil irt> of Nf ? Jersey operates and Louisiana. Tenestee and Arkan sSsV, ?a\ whP*h the Louisiana company sff#a>es ? Y|e reduoti*?i in price Is not the resun of lower reels either of crude Oil WO letor. M Te?ale *??"' ' 1 i I is |wvement v? the pan of the com { to aid in lewerlng of prices as sf the general commercial ad? it of tsnk wagon gSSOltSO un flit rsduetion will vary in the irdot Stal "s, it was explained to dlffet ? nces in freight rests effect upon the retail price gen Stilly OS* not predated b\ company Oaseail*. in New Orleans lha price S'ftl Iis reduced to |fl cents tomor? row The present N? w Jersey price Is from SI te J4 cent* Wk Cotton Fire at Dillon Cotton, Seed. Gin and Building Ar? All Destroyed I '.{.Dillon. Kev II Last nighl be ? IS snd 11 o*< l< < k lire destroj ? |jC M. afcLellan's gin homer, 100 tons ten Ssed. between |tl and ISO at cotfou, two scedhouses and Vwndbo Were also live wagons loa l( i oitun. wM( h were left at the persons of the county, burn J ir contents. An SUtOfUOt Is e^ the glnhouse t?y one of fie *jf the owner, was lino ?.i discos i red by ? resl \iee. about 10.10, The :h ac some distance, and the two lui SO roundhouse were rhtsst doubt, it Org being In S i??le kero ^ to have Secretary Daniels Tells Rotar ians That America's Pro? gramme is to Have Strong? est Navy Afloat SUBSTITUE FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS The United States Will Make Sure of Peace, Being Prepared to Repel Aggression Norfolk. Nov. is.- Btjcrttary Pan (ata in adressJlng the Ko tartans of.thli city deelnred America'! program Ii ?<? make h?u navy the grOOtSOt that has ever been gonted i>> any nation in lus lory. Higher Taxes Inevitable ??? Budget Commission Receives Estimates of Necessary Ap? propriations From Depart? ment Heads Columbia. Nov. 15.?Increased ap ? propriations. including more than two million dollars for public education, an compared with less than one million last \ear. will have to be made by the 1921 legislature, to cover the needs of various Mate departments as laid tafore the state budget commission to date. The budget commission has heard twenty of ttfcsj slate departments and institutions, and about thirty more are to be heard. Of the twenty already heard, only two have asked for smaller appropriations than they were allowed last year. The department of education is asking for total appropriations of ff.095,*:o. us compared with $1&7. &S0 last year. A large part of the Increase is ask"d to carry out four im? portant laws, enacted last year, b.u for which no 1920 appropriations were made; Ilia act to relieve over? crowding elemertary grades of high schools; the act ? i eating a state board of teachers' fXsmiiurs: the school library act; snd the ait to encourage agriculture and home economics. The Items for which the la igest increases are askej are those piovtding for high , schools and ) aarni teeing seven months school term. One of the two departments that has so ,tar askel the budget commis? sion for less money than last year in the secretary of state. Instead of an itsui of $41.900 lor elections, he asks only $10.ono. The attorney general's office 1h asking smaller appropriations, by $4,271. due to the tuet that laut year $12.0on was needed tor codi? fying the laws. cs compared with only $L'.y00 for (he comiuu session, und 1991*991, S/ai u ppropriated for the ca I nsl case, as compare*! with lit,SSI for i the coming year. The adjutant general Is asking for S1SS,1#7, M compared with appro? priations during the lust legislativ?? Session ??f S49?9#0, tin increase being asked to provide tor the re-orgainzn lion of the national guard. The State lioaid o' Public welfare Is asking for $\.0ti:) more, needed for enlarged ntlff work. The Stale Board of Health is asking for $<J0.2;t4 inoi e. of which the control of venereal diseases \s said to need $?4.K(?S as com? pared with S rt :;.s H U during the past vear, and the Slate and Palmetto Sanitariums $99,494, as compared with $?4.9?;> lb'* paai yenr, The Railroad CuminIsaloii is asking for an increase from SI9*699, to $29. 171. The eommtttec ?>n printing ?s asking for $?>?>.44."?. ? i compared with $99,SsS last leglalal'.ve session, th:s being needed for Mat-- supplies. Th?? Insurance department is ask ln| for $9.911 more, of which $-*, "?0 is ? new item, for ?'inspection of Utrestmenl companies." The stat< Horary, the state warehouse commis* sioner ike stats bank sgamlnef, and the indnatrtal m hooli for ^iris ami for negro hoys are anhing slight ad? vance! aver the 1999 appropriations, Thgj Industrial school for boyi and the training school for the Feeble Minded are asking large increases te lake rare ?>f their buUdlng Improve* ntenti und additions, The stale relic r< ,.m Is the onlv department that has asked SO tar for the same umount. $1,999. The hank examiner's pfllct asked for an in crease of onl) $??.' The budget commission hearings will last till ire in December, it is stntedT by Ban lawyer, clerk of lbs commission, At tlu? Sumter l>r> t.ood.s Co. A splendid hue of Outing downs ami sieei>ing garments nf Lndlei and Children at the Suimv Dry Ooods ?'<?. Shortage of Professors Colleges Finding it Difficult to Maintain Full Faculties New York. Nov. IS, The question of recruiting eollegt professors* to offset the present shortage is the chief question before the convention of the Association of Ameilcan mil ? ics. Onlt One IsWfSff to this Question.' Win is || The Sumter Dry Ooods ?'?>'?* stock of Blanket! are melting just on the eve of a cold wave * Imn't you reekon the prices and qual? ity have Somethl'tg to do with it. I amden. Nov. 14 Pfennig Buford, negress, gbOUl IS yea is or gg! In the Camdeii hos]dial and a| a la date will be transferred In Ike Itnty Jail to gnawei for the murder jer new born babe November 2, >l^?elty Neck section of West TWO MILLION I FOR SCHOOLS State Superintendent of Educa? tion Submits Budget SOME OF THE THINGS ASKED FOR Enumerate Twenty-One Items in Recommendations to Gover? nor Cooper for Consideration Columbia, Nov. IS. The state su? perintendent of education has sub? mitted to Governor, Cooper, for con? sideration by the b?Jpet commission, his recommendations und sstlmstea for the public schools dining 1921. Theos recommendations Include .'i I Items amounting to $3,095,050. Each activity is specifically tin* thorlsed by statute, excepting only the work for sdults und the work for ths betterment oi negro schools. These two it<*ms have been Included in state appropriations during the last two year*. The organisation and direction of saoh activity have been placed directly upon the state superintendent of education, and an Itemised report of egpendltnres und accomplishments |S always included in the state superintendent's report to the genera] Assembly, All state aid is based on local lux? ation. During the last ij months upwards of 1,000 districts have voted local levies or have increased exist* ing levies The. large increase in the hij;h school appropriation and in the equalising appropriation Is asked in order to coop rate whh these local districts. Purinj; |hs SCholssUc year 1910-20 the legislature failed to make ap? propriations for the operation and administration of four laws as fol? lows: The act to relieve the over? crowding in the elementary grades of high schools; the act to establish ft, state board of examiners for teach . ik; the act authorising public school libraries; nnd !ho ad to encourage work in agriculture and home eco? nomics. Three Important appropria? tions proved absolutely inadequate. The high school fund for paying the tuition of rural children in state aided high schools was disbursed on tho basis of ?7 cents on the dollar. The Sgua)Ising fund guaranteeing a Seven months' term and providing an average of $100 a month for teach? ers' salaries was disbursed oh the basis of 4 7 cents on the Joilnr. The revival of building activities ex? hausted the stale bttllding fund early in September. Equalising districts as a rule pay a local tax of S mills or more for Current expenses. High school dis? tricts as a rule pay a local tax of 15 mills or more lor current ex? penses. The request Of tho state su? perintendent for $i.C9f>.tiiO Will re? quire a state tax of lour and one-half mills. The |] items are g? follows: Inspection and operation of high schools .1004,900 Guaranteeing a seven months' term, under the equalising law. coo.ooo Consolidated and gradsd Schools, under the rural graded school law . . ;. 175,000 Co net ruction of schoo! build? ings . too.ooo Teaching vocational educa? tion, under Bmlth-HughOS act . 7S.7O0 Kstenalon of school terms 70,000 Rnforcement of compulsory attendance . 09,000 Paying one-third of county superintendents' salaries .. 50,000 Public night schools. 46,000 Detterment of negro schools. . 30,000 Superintendence and records im,:!.;?) Teaching agriculture, under state law . 20,000 Printing . lfc.000 Rehabilitation of persons disabled In industry and otherwise . 15,000 Rsumlnation and certifica? tion Of teachers. S.400 Extension Of school libraries 8,000 Inspection of rural schools U.'JOO School Improvement associa? tion . ?.70U Employment nnd registra? tion of teachers. 4,400 state board ot education .... I,fOO Total .$2,096,050 Freight Congestion in Havana Inability of Importers to Pay Duties Blocks Shipping in Cuban Port Washington, N'ov 16.? The con? gestion at the Havana docks are rap? idly increasing because of Importer's inability to pay duties, the department af Commerce is informed. Good Warm l iulerwenr That is the kind the weather man advises you to buy at once as cold Weather is coming and a splendid line la iit The Sum'.cr Dry Goods <'o. Japs Mob Sal? vation Army Jubilee Celebration in Tokio Broken Up By Anti-Christian Rioters Tokio, Nov. 15.- An anti-Christian RtOb disrupted the Salvation Army jubilee here today, Anderson( Nov. 14.?Miss Leans Melton WSO seriously injured Th?rs day afternoon when an automobile in which she v. as riding was hit by another driven by uun. Ki rod. MURDER MYSTERY IN CHICAGO _ Police Cannot Explain the Mur? der of Two Pretty Actresses round Dead in Grant Park _ BOTH WOMEN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED Bodies Found in Public Play? ground and There is No Clue as to How They Came to Their Death Chicago, Nov. 15.-?The murder of two pretty actresses whose bodice were found in Grant Park remains a mystery. They hav< been identified as Marie Ahn.! Itair.ey, whose real name is Ithnads, thy wife of Jim Mc ICauly, sit aetor, and the other as Lil i lian Thompson, Ute wife of Joseph Macaree, electrician of Wheeling, VV. Va. Banks Back Corporation ! Federal Foreign Finance Corpor i j ation Receiving Enthusiastic Support From Southern Bankers Co1umbia( Nov. 15.? The banks of South Carolina are taking eiithus tlcally to the Federal Foreign Fin? ance corporation, the twelve million dollar corporation recently launched P New Orleans, according to J. Pope Matthews, of Columbia, South Carolina committceman for the pro posed company, The banks arc allowed to ta,ke# as much as five per cent of their capital stock in the .vtoek of this corporation. The clearing houses of Columbia and Greenville wer?- the lust to endorse the proposed company in South Carolina. The Federal corporation is entirely different from the American Products Export and Import corporation, or ganlsed In South Caiollna. The Fed? eral is a financing company, the American is an exporting corporation. The financing corporation will begin operations at an early date and will seek to bring relief to the cotton in dUKtry. Prospectuses of the corpora? tion are being mailed out today. South Carolina banks will subscribe more than :i half million dollars to the stock of the Federal corporation. Wilson at the Helm President Will Take Personal Direction of Major American Policies Washington, \ov, i.">.? President Wilson has taken personal direction of major American policies coming before the International Communi? cations conference In session here. Newberry Elec? tion Frauds Supreme Court Sets Date For Hearing of Appeal of Republi? can Senator from Michigan Washington, Nov. i". -The gov? ernment has requested the supreme court to set January 3rd for hearing arguments in the appeal of Senator Newberry and sixteen others from conviction of ( barges of conspiracy to violate the election laws. Death Rate Reduced Percentage of Deaths in United States Lower in 1910 Than Ever Before Washington, Nov. 16.?The IU19 death rate of continental I'nited States was lowest recorded for any one year, the census bureau announced. The to? tal number ol deaths was 1,096,436. SHOOTING SPREE 1 OVERA GIRL K. M. Mittle of Greenville Shot I Man Named Patterson Six Times at Rowesville OFFICERS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE MITTLE Mitteli Said to Have Been En? gaged to Girl and Shooting Occurred When He Found Patterson Visiting Her Sun? day Columbia, Nov. IB.?A shooting af? fair over a gi?l took place at Rowes Ivllle, in Orangeburg county, Sunday night when E. N. Mitteli, formerly cashier of a ba.ik at Bowman, shot a man named Patterson. Mr. Mitteli now makes Greenville his home and is said to he in the peal estate business. Advices from Orangcburg state that the man left Kowerville in the di? rection oi" Columbia, but the city and [county authorities have not as yet , been abb' to locate him. They are on the lookout, Advices from Or? angeburg an- to the effect that Mit ttell and the man named Patterson S/erc Visiting the same girl. and I Mitteli is said to have been engaged to her. He wont to her home.on Sunday night and, found Patterson there and shot him six times. Many Adult Illiterates More Than Eight Thousand Re? ceived Instruction in the Schools Last Year J Columbia, Nov. (5.?More than eight thousand grown-ups, ranging in years from 27 to K6, were gtven train ' ing in the classes tor adult illiter? ate*, during the 1919-1920 schojl I year, according to the completed re port of Miss Will Jam Gray. held (agent of the illiteracy commission, I which will conic from the press this week. The average cost of giving the training to these x.:;S adults was *1M;:1 per capita. There were 431 ' teat hers employed, in 30'J schools. The average attendance was 3,~oy. Tin re j were 4.8 1 f? whites and 3.523 blacks In I these schools. Near!) all of these pu? pil! were in the first, second, third and fourth grade StUdffl Of the total, 2,490 were taught to read, 2,715 were taught to wri \ There were 1,117 perfect attendance pupils in these "adult schools." The cost to the state for this work was 921.9*70, spent lor salaries of the touch* is. The report i of Miss Gray shows a remarkable ed lucallonja) work being done for the I adult illiterates of the state. Suffragist's Cam? paign Fund It Cost Miss Robertson Twenty Two Hundred Dollars to Be Elected in Congress i - I Washington, X<>v. 1",.?Miss Alice Robertson's campaign for election from tin- second Oklahoma district cost $2.940, her campaign manager reported. Miss liobertson's statement declared, "no pledges or promises J were made." j Cotton Mills Shut Down - ;Big Mills in State of Maine Run? ning on Three Day a Week i Schedule I - Biddeford, .Maine Nov. 16.?Tho Pepperell and York cotton nulls, em? ploying six thousand persons have ' inaugurated a Ihre?' day week work? ing schedule, ( til in llle Price of l adet Hosiery This famous line oC footwear, hav? ing . a Lim n Itolnforced knee, heel, 'and toe. also carrying a guaranteed ,ticket on each pair has la-en reduced by The Sumter Dry Goods Co. Not Isold elsewhere In Burnt er. JAPAN HARD TO SATISFY Raising Objections to Provisions For Excluding Laborers From United States AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHFD But Tokio Officials Insist That Embodiment in Treaty Would Be Humiliating Tokio, Nov. 13.?The nesrspaperg Ireport than he Japanese and Ameri? can governments have reached an Agreement in principle regarding the 'exclusion of Japanese lahorers from' ? he United Stites. It is asserted, however, thst there is a disagreement [regarding the method,* to be employ j,ed. Japan it Is understood regards I provisions for exclusion, if embodfe t in ;? treaty, to be humiliating, and ' would form an undesirable prece ?1. nt. The New National Guard Adjutant General Moore An? nounces Plan For Reorganiza? tion of State Militia - Columbia, Nov. 10.?One regiment of infantry and twenty-seven other j units of various branches of army ser jvice are provided for South Carolina In thf National Guard reorganization plan, just announced by Adjutant General Moore, of Columbia. rr"'0 plan calls for the enlistment, du? r 'the next four years, of 7,200 men. Among the units tc he revived will be the famous old Light Dragoons of Charleston, a cavarry troop, threo ) machine gun and three coast artil i lery, units. I The following will be the new units {allotted to South Carolina: Infantry brigade headquarters; am? bulance company; division train head ! quarters; truck company; wagon cotr jpany; service park unit; military po I lice company; ordnance maintenance company; artillery battalion; artillery supply company; combat engineer !battalion; hospital battalion head* {quarters; hospital Company] corps' 'transportation office; headquarter motor command; two truca compa? nies for corps troops; motorcycle com i petty; service park unit for corps ir??ops; cavalry troops; auxiliary en? gineer battalion; three coast artillery companies; three machine gun com panlea in announcing these new guard units. Adjutant General Moore ap? peals for a general interest in the militia a..d urges that every effort bo made to organise the units. He says several units ure now in process oC formation. He especiaUy urges that the Charleston Eight Dragoons, "an I ; old historic institution which should I j he perpetuated," be re-organ laed at once, if this is found to be prac? ticable. _ Death in Movie Show Six Children Trampled to Death in Fire Alarm Jam New York. Now 1 f.?A paper clog? ged furnace ttiio which caused smoke to till the Catharine theater, a mo? tion picture- house in the East Side Italian quarter. raised a cry of Eire'' late- toda\ and in the en? suing' panic six tots, between the ages of two and ten years sri?ra. trampled to death. Twelve others 1 wero seriously injured. The little theater was crowded to capacity, [childten Ailed most o< the 400 seats, ' for the hero of the picture was an I Italian lad who ros, from humble \ surroundings like theirs to riches 'and fame. Greenville, Nov. IS.?Martin T\ Ansel, governor of South Carolina ! for two terms, and a prominent hg |ure In Democratic national cam paigns. today assumed the bench as Judge <u the Greenville county court established by election November 2. 1 Mr. Ansel, elected legislator, solici? tor, governor, judge on 14 occasions, I has never suffered defeat by the vote of the people since he began his poll* I tieal career in 1 ss",. LUMBER LUMBER I.oekg, Hinges, Mailt, Orales, Saws, llntchcts, i In miners, Dour Hungers, BUILDING MATERIAL Flooring, Celling, Siding, 1'using, Mouldings, running Lumber, Hcd ( cdsr Shingles, Plug aud Cypress shingles. Metal and Composition shingles, Ca roller's Tools, Doors, sash and Illluds, Taint Brushes, POfoll Columns and Hallasters, Paints and tula, Heaver Hoard, Inside Decorations, Valley Tin und Khlge Holl. Calsoinincs and Cold Water Pslnis. WIRE FENCING, [ROM AND WOOD Brink, Li me. Cement, Plaster, Tire Hrick, Fire Clay, Sewer Pipe, Stove Flue, Terra ?\?tta Thimble Mortar Colors and Stains Water Proofing Mineral. Corrugated Metal Hoofing, Anbetng und iimposition Roofing. POSTS HARDWARE PAINTS .OILS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER.1 SOl/TH;CAROUNA