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>rs Worry er Cancellations of Credit Men 8 Associa snfcjra There Han Been I ft* Two Hundred Kitty Mil. Million Neer fork Nov. S3?Lone* I Mhrfl ISptetea, throus<?u? ihr < mmn, i\\y ted |? ? lo?s of IWO hundred Q%> million dollars through < an tiin of ni*Tchiin.hM?- order*. H K ;er, 'no ofTbiul of l ht- national 0/fJOWOet?rlon of rreilit iniMi H- advo-rd U feJMf*0?OMl iiK-n to mido short mil it. t* Mansie and prompt ? otPi t ions Itatehery in Dublin Unchecked K? Lilt Ye*terda> Totalled w Persona?No Report on Woundei HatCst. Nov. IS?The death toll in Ehltrtin. totaled IW? persons vest er dar/. Record in (iasoline Now Mark for Output During September ' Waahiottou. Nov. 22? All gasoline ? rsjilptt records were broken dulrng asjU'iel'M lb** bureau of mines an eaten* . tedav. Refineries produced a 00417 averagv of tf>.ooo.?oo gallons. *??*tug the output tottil for the first atn? months of it.'o 3 joo ooo.ooo gal tdaa\ af sempured with 2,SOU.000.000 smite a a during the same period tu tfit. f^Msumption and >xporte contln sod hsfh. however, the bureau said. *aO ahai While storuae t?nk* on Sep * tdjbssif ? ? held ."?l.coo.tHMj gallons, tsw amovnt en bund then wus uctually mat than tb.it on bund August 80. fifteen i for the first nine months oWtlt amounted to MS-.4SS.a92, al BJgjgf fSS.OOe.OOO gallons more than WSM sent ubroad during the same pe? rt*] to m*. , e. Oupld's -Shaft* I taiajsaeoo dews a reel pV tonn da %U Wttrd and dark; hoi (hat. at pal the trat trip made by law bridegroom after the chorea f. The hrldegroem wss ? manager, sad his now wife er been dowo a coal-pit. or one till the wedding day. ?wo request they wont from rrh. downed suitable attire, into the care, tf.d were taken hot tern uf the shaft, o bere d a rousing reception from ermed with pl.k snd thotel. NtsHah Fad ef Idle Rich. time see 11 racing was a la Austria. Vienna had a anal! racing club, where were frequently wagered on eaiowe contests. Careful rec C the time taken by the * inning te crawl around the miniature were kept, in order that might .be properly baud!* la enbeoquout mate hue. Mschlns Werth Having. ?mo typewriter will nesar be *sj<i* says lbs Wrscuae Herald. "ta> mV rt con gn ahead snd write some si lag Without ?.ini.-bodv telling It what * ?J|v Which remind! us of whst KbjMag la his livelier days wrote as g tegflnioofal for a certain machine "I Jeat start the typewriter off with e isen;'* he said; "then I go out for a wVi, sad when I return there la the ?sn all wrltter."--Host on Tran let Warte Are Contagious. ' .Warm are contsglous. sa la proved 1)9 fnpiilments on their own fingers seade by l>re, Udo i. Wile and Lyle sV Kmgery of the University of Mich tgga Medical school. These physt efene seem to hsvs proved that the wnVtt sro canned by some sort of s vlrne that passes easily through a aod therefors through the sound in sale. TW4 pllaers Have Privilege*. Tie men who work in the Coratei astase are a claas by thamssrvoa all their dlfferoncea are adjusted st the stannary courts, as they sro eeJhsd from the Latin word itannum, SPeasslag tin These curious court! hero emitted In their present form score the middle of the thirteenth cen? tal y and1, la a simpler form, meet earlier; and ths miners rial** to be from all other Jurisdiction, ex opt matter* affecting the laud, life of Hairs" In Mivw gngbjnd. \*any primitive New Rogiand aay Msga dre festrlrted wholly to the eg rteeltdrsi popuiatloo. and among th*ss are) ge tor an ceo whose provincialism i? esPt spper#f r to the ipeaker oboes ear nee become familiar to them. "Got oete It commonly used to eipress In sredtHlty snd In remote dlatiicts Mdti SI* It. ettll good form In the best "!e This the Mighty Ocesnr la trie sitoblography. James O. He aekcr. the rrltlc. says of his first tlew et'tie etreao: -When I aaw the aea ft ??? so 1st ss a temperance b tore. I was disappoint m! because of *ej wet mouotony. 1 quoted Lsndor m aaip aas out: 'la thla ths mighty orseiV-Ja this ail? UWs the girl in rag gteodnal ao*sl. who found lote :me1tml. 1 Ml like asking: 'Is that , aOT ?-"?.feeple'ftck," by Jamet (Jlb ^end Huiisker. . Million Worth of Narcotics Government Agents Have Seized During the Year More Than a Million Dollars Worth of Drugs Nee fork, Mot, lt?-Oov#rnm*ril agent* ha' f seized over I million dol worth of narcotics, whteh win be dlstrii.ut.< among the noeplUli ot the country. Poeplte Hie larva aetaure Ihe dma habl is on the decrease, In Ihe opintonjoi shjperv|uor FWafiatrlck, of i the prohibition enforeemenl depart i gsepfe Wilhelm Cannot Leave Holland Dutch Government Says He Can? not Go to Corfu Without Per? mission of Aliies The Hagme, Nov. 23?Former Km peror William of Qerrnnny eould go to Corfu only with the coneenl of thtc allies the fare lam ofnee announce, even thueh the fnrnier Qreeh King; Con atantinc regained Iii? throne end In? \ him. Conveys Idea of Mcr.nnes*. Thrifty habits of the rural New Fng land deacon have resulted in the per? version of the noun and its use ns ft verb Is well understood. To "deacon" e calf It to knock it In the head alien horn, hence, 'deaconed" veal. To "denen" etrswherries, a custom BKKfl honored In the observance than Ifl the breach, ig to put the lurgeat oiks on top, end to "deacon" land Is to extend one's fence to lrelude a portion of the hJghwaj._ Cattle Eat "Rubber Cakes." Experiments at Singapore hav? shown ihm a feeding cake for cattli and other stock eau be produced fron the residue of l'sra rubber seed nttei the extraction of an oil comparing fa vnrably with linseed oil. Te Win Success. The trouble with a great many peo? ple It that 'hey are not wining te make preseut sacrifices for future gain. The tools for self-improvement are at tour hand. Use them. If the ax Is dull the more strength must be put forth, if your opportunities are lim? ited you roust use your energy, pifc forth more effort. Progress msy seem Slew at first, but perseverance assures success.-- Orison tffftt Mcrden In Chi* esge News. On- to the Sex. A lady hgelpg left tier nmbrella In ? cur snpltpd tor it at the office. "Oh, eon Indie*, you Ir.dles." said the om? elet In charge, a* be brought about thirty umbrellas for her luspect.Ten, I "you are su terribly forjttfnllM The lady entiled as si e kindly pointed out to him that, with the exception of three, they were sll gentlemen's UIU? ' brellns! Memorial to sn Apple. There rs p ui mument of stone with 1 bronze t th' >t winch marks the spot shere the York Imperial opple was ieveloned from n seedling WO years Igo. The mot. iiucnt Is erected on a fsrm slong the Italtlmore pike, two stiles fron York. Ts., und was dedi? cated .1 fPff days ago. Osslar\ Oaatan, a mythlcat Oaellc hero and herd, it said to bave lived In the third century, end to hare been the eon of Flogst, t Oeledoulan priuce sad hero, whom he accompanied on various ex? peditions. The story goes that Oseisu was carried away by his fhlry hind mother to the "Isle of the ever young." but he returned later, and then old. blind end alone, "Ossian after the Felon," be told the story of the beroee to S'. Patrick. In 170008 James alcpherson published two epics, which he claimed to be translations from Ossian s poems. He Had Reformed. Charles was known as a scrapper by all his playmates ami could whip any boy in his neighborhood. Finally n new family moved to town whose boy ws9 about Ids own age. <?harlei tackled btpJ ami received a good * hip? ping at hi* hand*. He went home trying, ami the next day ?QgeMhsCUd to bis plsymates: "| want vou all to uo derstand that from this time on I'm en sstnsjrtpgsyr." But What "Tor Sh->rt?" Zulu* bgve n custom of naming a Child from SOfas cent that occurred at the time Prien ihe child \W's burn. Not nail ago a Hdid at NalsI wag brought to Ihe registry on a nay when a strike had Interrupted iraUk on the rnllrond lie eras glvea the name "Uuiblahelung |Caattlnbelalnilnn?ln,M meaning, "When the white piep stopped the irs a." What do y,.?j gupimse they ever called tbi? boy -f^r teert T* Iron Or?t Formed by Oacterls. Stotoglste are renllslhf more fnltf ss they Oil end their mutes lbs mag ' ultnde of the werk dorn bj plants and snJmsts in bnlhllug up ami P arlng down parts of lbs crust of lh? earth Bven tulcrosco; le organisms |?crfariii s large part of Ihla work I'esteui long ago jdiowed u* the demlly powei of bacteria In disease ami ibelr eltV rJenry in promoting fermentation, but 1 hdr Influence on the fertility o.' soiN and their work In expediiing ro k de cay are still suhjecti of icieiitilb study. Another Financial Near Suicide Blythewood Farmer Who Disap? peared Inder Mysterious Circumstance Turns Up in Jacksonville Polumbta, s. ?\, Nov. l1 IS? Marlon Bagood, tho Blythewood farmer whose cor, Willi blood spots on it, was found near Colonial 1 Ici^litH Saturday night, with a note Indicating that he had been killed ami robbed is not dead. but is alive. He has wired his father. 4. A. Hagood. of Blythewood, accord? ing to a telephone m?ssag<- received here from tllylhewood. today that lie in alive and he will return to Colum? bia Monday afternoon. Tin- telegram came from Jackson? ville and stated thai he would return hole by tin* Seaboard Air L?ne train Monday afternoon. When ibis mes? sage was received by the press the police were still looking the woods for the man's whereabouts and an ex alpnation for the mysterious disap? pearance. Mr HegOOd's t;n- as found in a ditch on the roadside with blood on it and. a loaded "pistol in the ear. Financial trouble is believed to be the rausr. Overseas Air? plane Service Miami.. Nov. 28? 1 tegular airplane servics will be Inaugurated between Miami and the Bahamas, Cuba, Jack? sonville and Palm Bench this winter. Former Empress Very Sick Doom, Holland. N'?v. 2%?The for? mer am press of srmay Is very weak. Sugar Drops Again Niw York. Nov. J3?The piree of sugar dvoped again today. One re Ifiner quoted I T.r> (or fins granulated hi.e others quoted nine tents. Larger Grain Crops Rome, Nov. It?The ISlO wheat crops show a slight Increaae over last year's llgures of the world's crops. Marriage Licenses Marriage licenses were issued Sat? urday to the following couplea: Lyedrugis Jackson of Suniter, and 1 Rebecca Harker "f Atkina. t 'olored: Eddie CabbageatalU and Rnaina Sin? gleton ot Oswego. Johnnie Spencer and Annie Mur? phy of Dalzell. Henry Nixon and WlllOUghby Sin? gleton of Horatio. i W. M. Qallpway and Mamie I'at Iteraon <>f Sumter. Apparent Mental Lapse. Kot a great wuMe ago a young man I told us that ho was thinking seriously of getting married. Shortly after* I ward he did. Some people have no ' i conception at all of. what serious j thinking really is? K. S. A. C. |g ! Brown BelL Plant Growth. It la said that the length or the dsy Irat? er ihno the temperature affect :he growth of plants. Iris gleen 18 SOUSS of light every day bloomed two iwnihs earlier than similar plants which experienced only Ihe day of laturnl length. This was proved tu ioiue government experiments. Cauac of Fatigue. A man wh i has made a study of rhs eause* of fatigue ilecla?,ed that people get tired not because the work In? volves muscular effort, hut bemuse they remain lO one position all day. Thus the woman who has to he on her feet at homework all day is tired? but not more so than the o.nce woman who has to ait at a desk all day. It Is the confining position without Change or relaxation that makes fa? tigue more trig laborious effort. Tr*ue Frlcndthip. Two are friends who have lelined to Interpret aright Ihe alienees thnt fall between I hem, They know that ?l?e understanding i? complete ani that WOrdj nr..? unnecessary to an explana? tion. It Is a relief when one may without reservation trust and be trusted, though nothing is said. We might, Indeed, lenrn from our l. iinhla dependent the dog a valuable lesson of implicit faith thai docs nut need Hal medium of writ Inj; or of *iio?:h. Frolicsome Birds and Fkhes. The Crane Will amuse itself some? times by running round in circles and throwing small pebbles and hits of wood into |he air. Other water birds Can any time I.bservod al their frolics, cleaving llie water or diving ?fter eaeli other. Brother of Nelson. Sir .Ian * Mack ? ' . the first re j corder of Bombay, records in his dlnry a fad not generally known that "Lord Nela i. had ? brother, com* nmnder of .?. trading ship, who was cut off by the Malays, Ills murderers were executed on the Oyster Rock lu Bombay hs**bor." S,)snUh Dancers. There la one nice thing about a group of Spanish dancers. They en Joy It ao much themselves. Always merry und laughing and calling out litt If pleasantries to each other, clap filng their hands and stamping their feet. But why. In the name of fCdgar \V. Cervantes, don't they leuru some Lew slepa??Life. Greek Plebiscite Postponed Vole on Question of Return of Former King Constantino Not to b?. Hastened Paris, Nov. 23 ?The French foreign office lias been Informed that tin- pleb? iscite to decide on the return of ex King Konstantine has been post? poned until fJecemlier 5th. Six Refineries Will Be Closed Slight Demand For Sugar Are Causing American Company to Slow Down New York. n<?v. :o.?All ?ix rofln* trlei of the American Sugar Refining company will be closed as iho result of the slight demand for the com? modity, offlc als announced today. They said they had ample stocks and are prepared to make prompt deliv? ery. Banker Takes Own Life Chaney Littlefield Shoots Self. Had Not Been in Good Health tlreer, Nov. 10.?Chancy Uttleficld, vice president of the bank of Gr^er ,and president of the Greer Bonded Warehouse company, committed sui? cide this morning by shooting him? self. Mr. Littlefield lived about an l hour and t half, but never regained j consciousness. He had not been In the best of health for several years, More Troops For Ireland British Government Seriously C onsidering Sending Stronger Force London, Nov. 22?England is seri? ously considering .vending more troopi to Ireland, the war office said today. Venizelos is Despondent Great Greek Statesman May Re? tire Permanently From Politics Paris, Nov. 23?M. Venizelos is de? spondent over his defeat at the polll find may retire permanently from poll tics, his son tells the newspaper cor? respondents* Watch Night Meeting To the Churches in Sumter count,' al every faith ^and Order? There is a movement on foot lor th? churches to observe Watchnl?7ill on ih ? list of December, tt each cllU'vh re? maining up until midnight, engaged i" song and prayer for t gr.?at re? r:\ul, and you are askei t ? join h; this laudable endeavor. As many ac w! l ph ase notify nie ul on ??.? that I ri'??y give it publicity in '.)? press id the county. At the recent session of tho Sant"? li iptlat Association reaoluvoiin to the etui wore passed. It is ;i good move so wh> not all join? It the weathei is such as tu prevent assembly at the church it is proposed to observe it at our homes. Very truly yours. H. C. Bethen. Itembert. S. C, Nov. 20, 1920. Fatal Duel Fought Oaffney, Nov. ?Iva Rurratt, well to do farmer, and Will Dawson, Bur ratt's grandson, killed each other at the Barrett home l .*. miles from here last night, Platole were used in th?' duel. There were no eyo witnesses Dawson and hla( wife were parted and it is said ho belt eyed his grand? father was responsible for his do? mestic troubles. Flume, Nov. 22?Oabrlel D'Annun zio. the insurgent commander at Flume, declared that he is unalter? ably opposed to accepting the treaty of Kapaiio settling the Adriatic treaty between laly and Jugo-Slavia and would coni^ue Aghing unll he just claims of Italy are met. Poet Starts Hun- 1 ger Strike Venezulan Who is Prisoner in I Santo Domingo Tries Mac Swiney Stunt Knvnna, Nov. 23?Horacio Bianco Pom buna, the Vencseulan newspaper' 1 man and poet, who is held prisoner it by the American military authorities I In Santo Domingo, has started a bun- ' arcr. sumke. 1 i Lloyd George States Position Declares Difference Between England and France Do Not Amount to a Quarrel . Paris, Nov. 20.?Premier Lloyd i George ,in an interview with a corre? spondent of The Petit Parisien Jeclar lod that the differences between Great | Britain uncKFrance do not amount to la quarrel and divergent views did not prejudice tho alliance created dur i ing tho war. Regaring reparations , he declared that Rngland would 'stand elbow to elbow with Fiance. ! but he insisted that the. amount Germany is called upon to pay should I be fixed. Bridge Over Santee River Adovcatcs to Postpone Soiicita-j tion, of Stock for While 1 - Manning. Nov. 19?Today a meet? ing was held tO dlacuSS the project Of building a bridge over Santee river at PineJcney*s Landjng. e. o. | i j Black. preaMent Columbia chamber ' 'of commerce. Charles H. Moorefield of the state highway commission, Irvine ' 1<\ BelSer Of Columbia, and K. B. Bel ?er of gumter were present. The matter was discussed irom j every angle and after the addresses | a ro'.nd table discussion by ;'ll pies cut seemed to consider the proposi? tion a feasible one and that it would I benefit not only this section of the country, but the entire state. It was idecided to postpone the solicitation of - stock subscriptions until the finan-j ' ; cial condition improved, but not :o 1 allow the matter to drop and to con-j ' tinue a campaign of education and agitation of the matter until active work could be done. Pittsburg Bank Robbed I Pittsburg, Nov. 22?Three armed men held up the employes of the Metropolitan Trust Company ami es? caped In an automobile with a Ihreg amount of funds. Alabama Mine Disaster Birmingham. Nov. 2?>?Two men were killed and nine injured in a mine explosion at Parrish today. Murder in North Carolina Hickory, N. <*.. Nov. 23?Officers of Hickory and Burke county, follow ing an investigation here that lasted most of the day, carried five white men to jail at Morganton tonight on charges of conspiring and murdering Glenn Lippnrd, young white man. whose body woa found in the woods of Burke county, three miles from here Sunday. Geneva, Sov. 22Tho possibility of American aid for the Armenians was discussed in the debate in the assem I bly league nationsaseyt resolutions de I mending intervention by league in Ar Imenla. A. J. Balfour, of Great Bri? tain said the United States would make an ideal mandatory over Armen? ia and that, the league has been un the Armenian situation. Dr. Nansen, of Norway, estimated that sixty thou? sand men would be sufficient force to deal with the situation and that if 'the assembly appealed to the whole J world the United States would share ;her burden. New York. Nov. 10.?Steven Bir? mingham, a member of tho New York j police is alleged to be manager of the j ? "compensation bureau" maintained by ; Labor Leader Brindell, who has been ; j Indicted for connection with the ai- j i leged building trust. I Ivery Vote Cast by Jackso* County Indians Thrown Out by Canvassing Board ABhevtlle. N. <\. Nov. '2?,~Kvrry In lan yote rast In Jackson county at he general election was thrown out by he vote Of the Jackson county board f canvassers, who moved the hoer ng lore, j,, prevent threatened dis- * trdei s By throwing mit the Indian votes, id the Republicans except ?>ne ween lefeated and ? protest Will be heard in he courts. Housing Problem in Paris Difficulty in Obtaining Lodgings Has in Some Instances Pre> vented Divorce Paris. Nov. 19.?The great difficul? ty of finding lodging In Paris has been the cause of many unusual inci? dents recently. Divorced persons seeking separate ipartments are having such difficulty in finding them that, in one case at L ast, they composed their tempermen t;il differences in order to keep their Did apartment. A painter ami his wife who had been divorced by mutual agreement were both looking for apartments. Frequently their paths crossed in their search for quarters. The first time they met they bowed gravely Ynit politely. Their mutual smile grad? ually broadened as the hunt for flats narrowed down to a few hovels in the slum section. "Let's kiss and make up and go Pack to our flat," the wife finally said; and they did. President Mlllerand, who recently took possession of the Elysee Palace, received 4 1 applications for his apart? ment on the Avenue de Villars. Henry Landru, who has been In Ijjl Sante prison for the past 20 months awaiting trial on charges growing out of the disappearance of 11 women, re? cently was dispossessed from the flat that he had occupied on the Boule? vard Rochechouart, a rather Sordid section of Pails. Requests c ime from, every quarter in Paris, some even from aristocratic Auteuil, asking th&t the Hat be reserved. A vagrant just finishing 30 days in La Sante prison told his cell-mate under sentence of five years for swindling, that he dreaded to return into cold, dreary Paris. He was home? less, prospects of spending the win? ter nights under Paris bridges did not appeal to him. The prisoners ex? changed clothing and cards of identity and when the warder called for Ihe vagrant to send him out into 're cold world, the swindler responded. Tho fraud was discovered only when the Bwindler'a lawyer called at the Jail.' Cotton Ginners Report Nearly Nine Million Bales Gin? ned Prior to November 14 Washington. Nov. 22?The cotton, ginned prior to November nth *? mounted to x.920 7TO bales, the census bureau announced today. . Call For Army For Armenia Geneva, Nov. 22?The League As? sembly adopted a resolution inviting the council of the League of Nationa to confer with the powers with the view of constituting a force to end hos? tilities In Armenia. Hordes Coming From Europe New York. Nov. 2 2?Ole Hansen, a former mayor of Seattle, returninc Crom abroad says, that everybody from everywhere is trying to emigrate to the United States and he advocates the total suspension of immigration for two yearn. Crisis in Retail Trade New Vork. Nov. 23?A council of the National Retail Associations has be* n organised to meet the crisis in re? tail trade occasioned by price declines. LUMBER LUMBER I or I. a, HlllgCS, Nails, < ? l.i I CM, sawn, llntclieta, flatiiineee, Door Hungers, BUILDING MATERIAL Floorings Oiling, Hiding, < 'using, Mouldings, Framing I aim tier, Red cedar shingles, rinr and Cypress .shingle*. ????"" v.?KS ^S?S* ? t it I inside Decorations, V?... y U Rkfc. ?-"?? < ?'?">?"'<'?? ??" ??" W?tcr I'.ln.,. Wllti: FENCING. UtON AND WOOD HARDWARE PAINTS OILS llrlck, 3. line, Cement, Plaster, l ire Brick, Fire i lay, Sewer Pipe, Stove Flue, Terra rVHfn Thimbles Mortar Colors and Stains Water Prooffuag Mineral, Corrugated Metal Hoofing, Aatafttng and Composition Roofing. 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