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~$t.M _ .10 r I mtes. Wnleh subserve 1? charged tw Vlbutes ol respect IHnsnan wee found Tms Southron In and Southron circulation and Of the old an P?ra, UM hoot advertising 1MKNT. 'tan noon rather la* lent, ordere nrnre gir? th* election to "clean The police began the crooku and known nil kin do, and paying Itton to Infringements town. n Hood of "tips" be Into the police headqua emee* and the of* Maintenance League, league report* that to got only one or kptalnt* a week, he le Unsen an many, ?eye, "it meane the.t le Interested} la the Illegal liquor-selling la that, unquestionably, of real Interest le the sudden Interest of the due, obviously, tb the public authorities begmi 0$ Interest in enforcing the said that public officials Urs public attltuds, sad ef them. That the truth. The other people nee to an op ? reform and improve they are aajured tsfpi'te wOl not bo wasted efelnl indifference or hos itlon of private citlaens apg} Itlee le Indispensable to at law-enforcement. . am the en (ore era out A tie laws. I** officials any low a gtneere desire to stamp Illicit t/aPlc, and they will it all the co-op?ratlon thep gfOCSBB rt>H WENT. ,4rpr Rent" columns grow In la the daily papers of almost flltf. The people who flocked ei ties in answer to the lure ol ten are jobless, and golnr the country. g?> great ha S e sod us from the city to the that the railroad offices alt their tickets twice In the ejf October, a thing rare la rail finite are already oming down neult of the decreased demand which means that life Is to, normal faster thai. >ple eapeeted. In the country A on the farm they are com? es normal, too, since the this has sot the other way. raging though the present ? may sesm in many re*, this residence readjustment ufortJng assurance that better are ahead for everybody. The who are left in town are ro.HU Rvalue of jobs grown suddenl> end are Increasing production forced back to the country eeettg country life with new eye* steadily peontabte source of In? ge** If It lacks the temporary of profit of boom tlmee in town htore men, better Interested, meat; georo production on the farm. With ijpre pixnluctlon on *he way both in ejttf and country, and the ratio of res Meats tetter balanced, it Is but a e>ort step to good, sound, old-fashion ?4 proeperity l*rlces, at least, are getting hack (o tPJtsnaky ana Deal commentator on tht proposal fee a national tree suggests the hick etry. Piobably the prohibitionists Won't consent until somebody takes the hie out of It. ft - j-u ..gffewygy-? jfesVAT WORK OK WONT WOHX? In a certain city, confronted with the unemployment, problem, the city authorities made an honest effort to provide as many extra jobs as they could Among others, many po iftsttons In the street cleaning and gsigjbge collection department were ..ffered st ff n dsy. Although Idle Seen by tie hundred were wulking the sireete, not one could be found willing ftp perform these homely tanks. It Is not surprising that a man [should dislike, to work for a lower Wage than ths one hs enjoyed when 41 roes were good, or that he should ?Wik? to take a Job less pleating. If] bo line a saving* fund which will pro.! tPct him from becoming a public ' oharge and his family from undue em- ' for Ins. well and good! He Is entitled to choose. Otherwise he 1? not, and if lie refuse* honest employment h* Is rot to bo classed with the unfor? tunate but with the potential gruft era. Ah the winter goes on and applica? tions for charitable relief begin to pour in, thoie in charge of adminis? tering it might, in the interests of jus? tice, detr-mine as far as possible whether inability to get work, or dis? inclination to take work when offered, is at the root of the trouble, and guage the assistance rendered by the merits of th? case. -iLiiii hi i, , i, ii si:M'-r>in-KRMiK.\TioN for GREECE. Tin-re is a naturul temptation for lite Allies to interfere .with the re? turn of Conntantine to the Greek throne. Prance and Kngland cannot forget the meddlesome and harmful part he played in the early part of the world war, and they fear to have a pro-German king in Athens again, muddling the war settlement of the eastern Mediterranean coun? tries. They cannot forget, either, that it was they who raised up modern Greece as un Independent nation, and placed Constantlne'a grandfatlter* on the throne, under a guarantee of constitutional conuuet. It hi a bitter pill, and perhaps a menace, to have the Kaiser's brother-in-law return to power. Nevertheless, If it la the will of the Greek people that their exiled kins should return, how can the Allies con? sistently interfere? If the principle ef self-determination is sound, -it is universal. Greece has. according to this principle, as much right to ?win* back to her ante*bellum regime as had Che United State* When France .sued Britain intervened and drove Cfi aata a tine from Greece, they gave as their legal justification the rote of the Greek nation in favor of Veniseios and against Constantlne. Now, when that vote lg reversed, the will of the people should still prevail. The only legitimate question is is to whether the people have really ?1 pressed their will in this case. Con itanttne himself implies the doubtful nature of the verdict In the recent election, when ho aaks for a plebiscite on the specific question whether he mall return to the throne. It he wins In sueh a referendum, fairly con? ducted, no outside nation has a right to interfere. Fundamental principles of freedom ere more Important than letnporary advantage. Let the Greeks, then, take back, their pro-German king if they will, and forego all the friendly co-opera? tion Of the Allies and the great ad? vantages Veniseios won for them at Versailles. The rest of the freedom loving world Is bitterly disappointed, but th* world can stand It If they can, until bitter exporlonce brings them sgaln to their senses. eees'giiL... j_j- 1 .... THE HKLF-SVPPORTTXG CANAL. The Cunal Record, the official pub? lication qf the Canal Zone, announces In It* current isaue thmt the canal is now fully ae"-euetaintng. Operating expenses during the lust flacal year amounted to $9,l4t,S7S. Receipts covering the same period were $s, 9IM71, leaving a profit of more than M.ooo.eoo. The total cost of operation since the' opening of the Canal to toe end of the last fiscal year is still a little more than 12,000,000 in excess of the to? tal revenue, but with an annual prodt auch as that of last year, there wlil not long be a deficit. In the comparatively few years since ita completion, Americans have come to take the Panama Canal very much for grunted, forgetting the years of construction with their tem? porary defeats and difficulties. All obstacles were surmounted because the vision of wliat the canal would mean to the w u id existed, and be? cause that vision was backed by mon? ey and brains and technical skill. When other great vlsiona appear ami their achievement aeema impossible, It is well for the scoffers and the eaeb ly discouraged to recall such successes as the Panama Canal. REACTION L\ GREECE. Once moro Greece has demons' rat ? ed, as it did ao often in antiquity, the flckteneaa of the puMlo and the in? gratitude of democracies Modern Greece, aa estxblrihcd half a century ago by a friendly frapp of I European powern, haa heen v, tu>!'; as much of a democracy as Alticni pi the time of Pericles, though Under the f*rsg of a constitutional monarchy. Always lilasrty bus been emphasized and monarchy minimised. X<>\\ Greece has turned against her greatest living statesman and benefactor, FleutheroM Veni/.elos, and aeema to fsvor a return to power of tho man *ho has done her moat harm ?the etiled King Conatantlne. Veniseios hud made Greece giont through two HalKan wara, before the world war broke. Cons tan tine, broth? er-in-law of Kaisei Wilhelm, of Scandinavian blood and Prussian in training; and sympathies, wrecked that work. Ho betrayed his country into a virtual alliance with Germany. When an election went against him, he over? rode the constitution. Then the al? lied powers, which had set his <l - nasty on the throne, stepped in and kicked him out, to tho relief of the majority of Greeks. * Venisselos proceeded to save what ne could from the wreckage. He suc? ceeded so well that after the Ver? sailles treaty Greece wag greater In extent, population and prestige thai ?he had been at any time stnee the T?rke entered Europe, and had a fair prospect of regaining the glori >? i old world-capital of Constantinople. But vision and Idealism have ?lumped somehow in Greece, since the armistice, as they have m other coua trles. Reaction has set in. The mon? archists have grown stronger. The populace evidently has wearied of hearing Vonlzelos called the juel and great. So Constantino may return lo Alhons, and Vonistelos may go into voluntary banishment, as so many oi his illustrious predecessors did in oll? en days, and again the allies may have a troublesome plotting enemy (n the eastern Mediterranean. LAST n??"ETtATI'i APPEAL.' The results of the Fourth Red Cross It oil Call so far have been very disappointing. Up to date there have been enrolled In the'**. City of Burntcr only abmu SIO members. Reports have not yet been received from the county. The number"of memberships fr the county heretofore has always been small, so it is not expected that the reports from tho county will bring the total up to more than 1.O0S. At present there is only a small balance In the chapter treasury and unless a very large number of membership scome in il will not be possible to continue to op? erate the Red Cross Homo Ser? vice. The people of Sutmer and Sumter county surely cannot real? ise what It would mean to close the Red Cross Home Service. Everyone is cry ing "hard times," and times are hard, but this is ail the more reason for continuing civilian relief. Wages are being cut and pecple are being thrown out of employment on ueeouut of the financial condition of the country, and this winter will prob? ably be one of the hardest that we have known for some time. As a result there is bound to be a great derl of suffering and dis? tress in our community this year. There are many families that re? quire every cent that the wage earner of the family can make to provide the actual necessities, and when the wages are cut or the men thrown out of employment there will be absolutely no way of obtaining these necessities except through the assistance of some social service organization. There ara many families in Sumter at this time who are dependent upon tho assistance which they receive from the Red Cross Home Service, and who would have no one to who mthey could turn for assist? ance. If the Red Cross closes its Home Service section. Calls come to the Home Service every day for assistance. Only this ween the Home Service secretary received a letter from a mother in Sumter county stating thnt she bad five children, whose farher whs dead, and whom she was now unable to support, and asking for assistance. Numerous other cnsOS of absolute poverty and istret?s which exist in this community could be given. There Is scarcely anyone who is not feeling to same degree the ef? fects of the low price of cotton, and almost everyone Is forced to spend less and in many cases to cut expenses, but surely we can? not afford to cut our Social Service work, especially when we look around us and see so many who are in absolute destitt.ue circum? stances and without even tho baro necessities of life. There is scarcely anybody in tit town of Sumter who cannot afford to join the Red Cross at II membership. Perhaps, it may mean doing with? out some little luxury or even making a sacrillco, but certainly this is not too much to ask for the relief of those la need. If everyone In Sumter, who could actually afford it, would join the Red Cross at $i membership there would be a plenty of money to operato the Home Service an? other year and much distress would be relieved In our com? munity. Rat Killing in Paris Paris, Nov. It.?The total number of rats killed In Paris since the open ing of the offensive September 12 last is 101,518. No record has been kept of the births. Dr. Kendall To Be Tried Columbia, Nov. 21?.?Tho ruse of the United States against Dr. Krauels D Kendall, prominent Columbia drug? gist, charged with violating the antl narcotic law, will bo tried in Charles ton at the December term Of federal court, it is understood. l Cristobal. Nov. 27 --Senator Hard1 Ing leaves tomorrow on the steamer Pnntores for the United states, stop? ping at Kingston. .Jamaica Tuesday, where the party will go ashore as gyentg of the governor of the island which is a llritlsh possession and then automoblling across the island and boarding ship again at Port Antonio bound for Norfolk. DISASTROUS FIRE IN LIVERPOOL Fifteen Great Warehouses Set on Fire at the Same Time CONSTABLES FIRED ON BY UNKNOWN MEN - Authorities Claim to Have Bvi dence that the Fire Was the Work of Irish Conspirators Liverpool, Nov. 28 (My the All WO? eiuted Press).?Fifteen warehouse* in Liverpool and Boootio, a auburn of principally cotton warehouses in Liverpool, were set on fire last night, Two of the cotton warehouses in Liv? erpool were burned out. Gasoline Oans and paraflln were found about the premises, it was stated in police auarters there was strong evidence that the fires were the work of Sinn Feinere, 1 Some shooting occurred after the outbreak of the tianios. Constables on the scene were fired at and bul? lets passed through the clothing of some of them, but. none was Injured. One civilian was shot dead. rive men were arrested in eonnoc tlo with the incendiary outbreak. London, Nov. 28.?The Liverpool corespondent of the Evening Tele? gram in an untimed message today t;ays: "An orgy Of our rage and de? struction believed to have been en? gineered by Sinn Feinem was ear* rlod out on 12 cotton warehouses and several timber yards here, "ever al warehouses were burning at once, Many of the tires still are burning." hTo newspaper Fays a suspected man, believed to have be*?n connected with ono of the fires, when seized by a policeman pulled a revolver and shot the policeman dead. The man later was arrested. The description of two men wanted in connection with the tires have been circulated by the police and it is believed, adds the message, that both are connected with the Sinn Kein movement. London, Nov. 28.?A dispatch to the Frees association rrom Liverpool says: "An alarming outbreak of Sinn Fein violence occurred Saturday night shortly before 9' o'clock. Fires broke out simultaneously both in the pOllth and norfh ends of Liverpool, also in Ilooetle. "There were seven fires In Rooetlc and 11 in various parts of Liver? pool. 'Subsequent discoveries revealed S well planned Sinn Fein plot t<> spread a holocaust of fire, among the ware? housed in the dock area. The fires were spread oyor aim oat all of the whole seven miles cf the dock area " "Owing to the inflammable nature of the contents of the warehouses the flames quickly gained a strong hold, and by l o'clock i" the morning tho whole sky was lir up. The lo? cal fire brigade were unable to cope with the situation and were obliged to ?all brigades from otner suburbs. The police commandeered all tele? phone wires and io<ii< ;,n steps to prevent further outbreaks by con? centrating policemen along this lln< I Of dorks. "Three youths, watching the ius pictous movements of two men al j the cotton warehouse in Par Hamen 1 street, warned the police who chal- ' lenged the suspects. Thereupon the j latter bolted and Bred upon the po-l( lice, who pursued them. The police tuen wer?' unhurt but ;i bullet pierced the heart of a youth. Daniel Ward, who was among those who had warn? ed the police, and he fell dead. "The tires, in some instances, were quickly quenched, others, in cot? ton warehouses, burned fiercely the night long. One In the south end and another in Booette at the north end as taken as proving that there was careful organization. It was found that all the locks on the ware? houses had been cut With bolt cut? ters. Many empty petrol cans were found on the scene. Bach fire was started at more than one place. At lone timber yard there were three separate outbreaks." "It appears that lor each building marked for destruction there were alloted fangt, numbering about four I to live men. one of whom stood sen? try while the others cut the locks [and applied the lnfla.mmabtee, I "Many fires were suppressed In their early stages, and in these COSCS there wart clear evidence of Incen dlarltm In the finding of rags soaked I in para til n and empty petrol ?ans and Iboit cutters left behind. "The most destructive fires were in two large cotton warehouses on j either side of Jordan street which j wore not extinguished until 7 o'clock thit morning when the buildings were completely destroyed. "It is Impossible to estimate the total damage, but it Is known it will I run into hundreds of thousands of ! poundei "The man who shot Daniel Ward escaped, but the police chased and tortured his accomplice." Belfast, Nov. 18.- -A statement it BUed tonight front Dublin castle, aft i er giving an account of the Liver- ; pool fires and accompanying inci? dents, .adds. "RCad in Conjunction With the doc? uments discovered last week in which plans for Sinn Fein reprisals against the English towns of Manchester and ILiverpool, among a number, were sin j tailed these things have a very sin? ister aspect. The fact of the police i being fired on suggests that the i methods of the Sinn Fein murder jgang In Ireland are being employed against the English people even if I the personnel of the murderers Is j not the same." - Explosion Near London Kills 6, Injures 20 London, Nov. 27.?Six were killed and twenty injured in an explosion ;r an industrial plant at Vcrtago caua ing great damage. 11 FATALITIES FROM FOOTBALL The 1920 Season Shows Five More Deaths Than Last Year Chicago, x<>\. 27.?Football exact pel ? toll of eleven deaths during the 1920 football season, closing on Thanksgiving day, according to the Associated Tress. Tin* 1.mires \v? iv live greater than Were killed in lit*. <>nly two college varsity men won killed, the others being high school players. William is Not Broke Yet Former Emperor to Give Each of Children Eighty-Five Thousand Pounds Dutch Money London, Nov. 2 7. Former Emper? or William during the children's visit at Doom announced, be would give each ??f them eighty-live thousand pound:- of Dutch money so they could live in a manner lx titling the Elotzen zollerns. X-Ray Specialist Dead Famous Scientist a Viel im of Him Experiments Parts, Nov. 29.?Dr. Charles In froit. the famous ex-ray specialist, died today. His hands, which were Infected by the x-ray. wore amputated In August last. FOIL BALE?Port touring car equip? ped with bumpers, Shock absorbers and extra tire. Run only three thou? sand miles. Will take middling chiton at 15c. Ii. U Wltherntfoon. AT ANT ED Position S8 overseer of a farn|. Thoroughly competent, and experienced in all kinds of farming, including utoek. truck, poultry and power farming. 3S years of age; married and ran furnish the best of references, w. P. Arnold, llayeavtlle, S. C. K No. 3. Dependable Merchandise Pius Service and Satisfaction Is what you eret at the O'Donnell Dry Goods Co.'s big sale. Every one should take advantage of this big event. A hard winter is just ahead of us and now is an opportune time to procure your needs for cold weather at extremely low prices. Big values in suits for men and young men. See our offering at $19.50, $24.50, $29.50, and $35.00. Stetson, Hawes, and Lion brand hats all good ones go in this sale at cost. $1,000 worth of the well known Hansen glow-', go in this at very attractive prices. 300 Boys' suits, stylish models, serviceable fab? rics, price $5 to $15. Some real values in this as? sortment. Ladies' Coats, Coat Suits, Dresses, Waists and Sweaters go in this sale at half-price. In dress goods and domestics as in the other lines we follow the market quotations, hence you can always secure the benefits of any revision In prices. This $150,000 sale of seasonable merchan? dise is worthy of your consideration. Come in to? day and share in its benefits. THE raiBi II