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LIVE STOCK EXTENSION] Smith Carolina Development I rd EMakhNi Careful Mwty of Subject i I'.?liimtita. Dt?, 17. ? At it recent I iiMMtinM tl Um comm easing on live g|s k ip4 gredlt*. th* Homh raio-i Wnn i ?? \ viojum lit ban HI, essential | nloononti in Ike develoninogi ot Ibt iiw stack haenertrj tn Mouth Carotins m ri discussed. Tin- commission con Sto I ? 11 the Ip'H 1 11 I'll.lMH Ml I.Vf stock credit*, iivr Mi.rk girnttatton Hful grains, in i <s. - ?! nd I'm-.tu.' hi the development ?>f thiN Indus r> it ?p cxpluliit-d thai tin development i.oatd would ecu pet tit with all tnelv ggunictsa mom |g the coordination uf auch agencies, and use it* machinery to* secure nnv ut'n'Wiuy lev.isiaimn. organise ha ul umso? lathm*, assist in Itshinu in Ii h ling Sgl n< i* ?? It whi ?uk'v<^i? i thai the hoard root iximiii'ihI that U'?i.litu?n be passed lo aaftisl capital t<> make loans mi I.v. ? Mock, particularly the immIN r of bmndiim. and that th< law.* .a |..?va anl lllumls he studied. It \*as t'urlroi d? iud?'d that tin de? velopment Ik .ml assist the ug nobs of t'lvnimm PotUgOi and aid th in in ?? Mil ncossiry appropriations Ne?s t'blistersen, president of tin* tie? s' opnient hoard Mated that the hoard would continue Its effort to s? an needed Stock hlUS. live Stoek ei'dll ait. and hii fsTbctlce dog NOT I?. ?' Mefward, chairman of the commis Moil. SUgVOMttll that t'lemson college prepurc a pamphlet upon i thong ? ettti m Mouth ?'arollnn. A resolution whs adopted re mi st? ing the Summei \ ille experiment Btn llon. of i'letittfon t'idleu'e. to make a r. tart of what is beim done at that station in the development of pusltir sge and cut-over lands in the low country, also as to forage, in order, that thr board mhjht I*' Informed. Tht* win he done so thai tin hoard e?n int? ills* ntl> submit u request for appropi lathwiH at the forthcoming session of the legislature. In afdfg that the w "tk ioi v I- .arm 1 a MO|>i;|( ip .> s < | | n ii> u s| \? w York. Ik*c. IS. l?*nr ten cents a >e?r an l up. Tt#9l hoys of Now York'* Mast Hide enjoy tie. fu*1 fat i Mies h .t a se\? n-rttoiy Cltlh ti?>'lse ron pro\ bfe. They are incuila in The I'm?' club. It is UlC largest or? ganisation of i's type in the world de? vot? d no'cly to furnlshlm; wholesale Mvreaiion to h. ? outhg of the con gtteted tenement dtatrlt t. eurrounds it. Any ruajnajmer In that part uf tie* metropolis ear ?>?? a memh. r. |f ?p. is between 7 and 21 yearn old. Annual dues are paid according to he|ghts( be ? inning with it modest dime tor I hose under four fe? t. four Inehi I and growisK with the ho) himself. The t duP has lang III the Rast s gitmmn how t . i . happ) though else i>v providing i Mg iwUnmlnsj pool. > ringed around it ate Kymruislut.iS gine rooms. tdMiard parhus. ami ah??\?.. mx mme I'tn-rs devoted tu clun rtnnns ami oths'i umuaement areas Within the Hoys eluh iis. ir ihere are St? Hepa ate I'IiiIn eaeli with ,i.l i i RH hnedoes Tero?tlllrssi of those had cn? Here urnix o'he.rs during the aar. Inxhhng; popularity honorf srlth the swltnmlua pool is a lunch room where a ? up of ? im i hi Ms for a pennj and rook on to u?? wob b lor u similar ?urn. Pretae! pt-ddlan and hand or? gan rUiuoasii steer clear 01 the ImIkMmO htiod ol the eluh. for the bo> S have their own eats and own music mi king Instruments. lo tie- daytime there freejuentty are an It a f?w hundred gatmgaters within lb* 'tlunhou*. anl eoioparatbi ipiiet r\.?.t?. Hill after lhe sehools release their pupils and tin- working boyi finish the day's husimss duties, the roof hss a hard time staying Oil Theiv are f? SJ ?don'ls" ami lew - ' lilllM dt?'?'" lit lbs eluh. and I ae'i ssaenaof snjayi hemaoll as he is aroni Th?ea t|? siring to "slmoi a gaiuo" oi'l pool d?? so. and those with penchants tor painting, d n 'be eanx.iss lo ibeir heart's OnntOnl MoVstal of Ihe Ih>)1 ?nil.' in the Natti'iial .\e.?.|emy of Istsluo ami mo ot the portraits ran.'?" I i ig in ihi .\it ro^oiiian Mus<*utn ??? Af was. doio b> a mem he i ol i; ? eh owning ea- h sTeeJl ? " of In > hui.. red men ?V tin t lt> iniik? them !??>'??? hoys it.io m-i for tin night Th? > are ths lenders ol Ihe various HUt?U?lhtr> elutM and oruanI 'ai it.let Mom* of tiies*. nten are rolletfe griol uaies .mil i-.iii'itH in the business gasrld hnt or the founders t>f the elllh \\ an i l.i IUoom lit'll i .n \ 11 ? i i ? ms railroad and hnamial elrelei tin tat* H ii Mai 11 man w it h him lo the fat h work of liuildim; up tin egejBjnlsjnlh*n were several Yale i:rad? Uat- - As ilie steg| goee Mr Harriot in w as roof. i'i'Imu it f h- *** I' temeiil i lull I one night fortydoui ? ? are airo wlen I a nn'k brohs through a window panel ?od v? hix/.? d p.tst hsi ? ir. N??l lo bs\?- ih Rani Sat. roungsiets i? i It mehs and gt?asm end "the roiinet ?.i" f?u itteli inn. he thou'.fht u W? II ??|l|lp|Hjd eblldloUS*. lo ' e%N.,| '. j And Bona M i um Into indng. m vir to stup rf- ..x\ ,ng. HTVYA I \^o\ > \|| Mi ?l{\ m Htm mi ii f:.Union ?h t ** ? i. Robert Louie gtevessMMi'i iiit'iiinn gtns honored in Ills lilrthplue? brj Ihs Mi -?t I'OllUneill* i dinner ?sf ?bt u. I. gsovenaon I eiu?, hold leshsi "i this ettj Inj gatmnnd Cleasi ? whom Hti . saaaeast leftei aa unisilshi d 01 froas VhIIIsss w.iw adresned sti ?i Hut he "did e .t helh'Ve Movetifsin had fe r. ii frb*nda; \?t he wan lhe sasnt gating. i .1 -nap om "f 1 he ?nil a sotthi snd on< ol thi most Ih - io\ of natures * Wi.M \n - 1: i<. it 1 - in Itfl \/n Itio |n Janelrny t?er is Women am be ellaiMs fm- all leaehdlna ? 1 aitmlnls^rative iinafs in ?a t I ? IUI*. 1? 1 ? , f .,.. .j, p,. iro, according t . regnanthui .hi drnWl up A sj a ot 10 1 \.? i|,. .|,,. h gai ihi ? ? it 1 - . ni 11 ... ? i?. glntveratty ? oau^a ?jag o< f iti I. PUBLIC SC HOOL NEEDS What Single Measure Would Do Most to Improve Education in South Carolina i^ist spring this question was sent to many of Smith Carolina's loading oit IgOhl b) Smith Carolina KklUCatlotl, Numerous replies wers rccoivsd from ail professions end walks oi* life, np? pooling ggenthly In the shape ol n symposium dn the editorial page, These answers, are exceedingly In? lortotlng awl elgnUlcanl for they rgp? i?u nt the const nous of opinion of 1i?< lust InfOrthod and most thoughtful men and Wethen In South Carolins concerning the sthto'i chlei . ?cd tssntlon ii< re the) are; A nio?1, rn liberalised Male constttli Hon. Qood roads. Tic Smlth-Towner bill tor a depart im i.i or edudetlon, a seat in the presi? dent's^* cabinet, and federal aid fot gtnte education. yV hotter School system from prD nary through high school, Mori men teachers. Mm c cent i nk .e.l high schools. Fi wer pupil* ?o tin teat diet. i.e;ui ever) one. to get education is a ? narol need. I tier home training. Danish illiteracy. A longer *? hool day. \ gplrfl of < soperal ion . bete ecu ! t? a< hers. putrt,ne, ami pupils. Continuous training Of the teaching profession Herald to tin world that our future lien in (he teachers' hands. a longer minimum school term. Mote and hotter teachers. Rigger and better buildings tu ac? commodate ;i!i i he children Snider compulsory education. a scientific curve) of our education? al needs with the necessar) rt-urgan Mntlon. The Dig live. Fi\e rsforms were mentioned more often than -ill the others put together. 11 it the ord? r of numerical clinufx they \ art : i. More efficient school supcrvls lon (f ), fc. More tas money (71. ;??. lull time, wed iaild oounty eu sjetinlondonte of education (V). i. Heising umi ?tandardlslng the IreujUlrciiieatM tor leachers iii> ?*>. More pny for tea* hers (IS). DA Dl. HILM <il\ IN Ml sit M Philadelphia, De?, lt.?-a reoenl addition to the Pennsylvania Museum. Memorial lall, Fairmont Park, of in Itreoei i" cabinet makers is that of (g Jhm.. ijinir ii volume oi NTho dentis? I muri and Cabinet Makers' Director," hy Thomas Chippendale, master cab line! makei of tin- eighteenth century. ! The ?.t w hich i> Very rare, a a [pehtlshcd in London in 1734, and not voder tin protect ten of Hugh, Barl Of Northumherland. Attached to the rable logao i? a list of the sub* ?erihors ,among which ttgure the names of noblemen, sablnet makers and even thai of a bioklayer There ai? Ida copper ,date ongravllngs und i Work is 'a large collcctUin of the meet elegant and uocful deslgnit bf household furniture In the Uothlc, UhlneiM nnd modem taste " In eommnoication addressed to ilv public of hs itno. Chippendale resented the rash criticism Ihnl hut drnwUigtf w?r? BpeeloUS and impo.s lelhle to be worked oul by any nie? Ichs nice whatsoever, and said that on itln whole be has given ihe ?D ;? i in IThe Clentleman and Cabinet .Mak? lers' Director" what may be executed with advantage by ihe hands of g ??killed workman. He further olulm I ed thai I he designs wore ubly calcti Ilated to assist gentlemen In Inn Ichoice of tio ir furniture and cabinet Igftakerg m the execution of tneir de? signs. This hook of Chippendale, whloh is ahont to be put on exhibition for the first lime, was made thirty - ears be? fore ihe entlMiss) from (leorgo ill In I the Ktilprrof Kk'g Lung of Chbui Ihrottglit bach more ucourate Infor ai I luii concern log the costumes and Insanuers of Ihe Chinese^ bul they | mark the height ol the fashion for KChlnoua?rle" so far as Bngland was concerned. On Ihe delicate copper plate draw? ing* in ih< t*hlp|?endalfc ImhjK are Ui be found proofs thai only ? few were Sol lull) i-otmtritctcd. Dal a* .i guide 1i? Ihe Style ol period und O model of the working drnwlngn from the master's workshop they are invalu? able, t ?f Iste t lie i.o.a. hns !?? en dlf? Beult i" vMutn In Kurope und so fay as is known I here Is but one copy" In Philadelphia .\. w v..tu Dec. Id, ?National Thlrfl \s ? < u committee, with the coopera? tion ..." ihe Pavings Division uf Ihs Dnlted Hintes treasury department and thirl) seven other organisutionH, alll i.??' own your home" expo elti< iih in pmiii) large idtics through out ib< eouiilr) during Ihe week of Jet iur> 17 In S3, next, in aid In solv? ing] Ihe ho mlns problem, according to aniioiiiM ? niei.i in ni> balu) bj Adolph Lt hM?hn, < hair man, i The Am ii m hndltuti of Archl let' bus approved mitlonnl conipe lion With pri/a-s totaling M.'?.ioni for host plans ot email, economically greet! ii houses and bungalow.'. ?>a Thurodny January tt, "own youi own hone d-i " of the fourth national Ihrlft we. k, n concentrated effort will be m.ob in urns seen ol small means ami ihe foreign-worn to build and own horneoi ?s n practical American* i/..it?"ii feature of the program. New Volk and Chicago Will con? duct "own v.- . home" ex|MMi|llona la? ter on a |a ge ? ale, The t 'hie ign eaposhlor will h< to hi March 111 April 5, I hat In New \ ok, April I'? to 10, Hie hp It o. Doc. 17 So? i ? inry i'iiii.\ mil part) ar.? expected to i?r? i i \ ? k i? M??ii lay, according D? it wi ? ? -. gi mew ige received today. \\ ? hltiglou, 11 ? |7 I" hlcnl Wllgon has pur. Iii-. i| a resilience In 11 fot i horns after ifcniitot llard> in? s m.im;oi>iiion. it |? understood] I Li I pi a c pokj was H.It, I FAIRLY ASSESSED? Do Land Owners Pay More Than Their Share of Taxes, as Mr. Dabbs Asserts Editor Burnt) i 1 toll) Item: Judging by letter a I have receded nnd others In ihr papers, and ouitoi' Inl warning lu the legislature, th ? sub Jnet nf tnxutton Ii the biggest luestioii ia (he people of the state today. The. ? ere n??l a lew who would "nv furtht v i'unii us on agriculture to sa"e ms< Ivcs. There is no question that there should be equalisation as among the ussesameiil of farm lands; but ss a 'hiss of proport) land Is now bear i v. . lore than Its jnst share of the i burden 1 t 1- K< s- i know property " a M v ll-i ma n d on which It will t. . from ? i per cent to -,s> por cent the m'"^s income to pay th state an . county taxes now. What will ii In' When Ihr hard surfaced roa I bonds are sold ." What will it be it the loans that have been published I to levy $10,000,000 ll put ovbr? The i last legislature was working on n 4ev [to $1.00 per pound cotton, and a 20e to $1.00 per pound tobacco basis with the coot of high living in proportion. Tor two years prices were advancing. As l predicted last January, the pro? gram of the fcdi ral reserve hoard means thai the debts of the country: National, state, rounty, municipal, and I.school district bonds, and nil priv.it" i debts contracted In this era of cx [panslon will require to pay them off and to pay Interest on them, two to I fdnr times us man;, pounds of cottun. I wool, I.f, pork, tobacco, Iron,, steel, etc, two to lour times a;; many bush? els Of wheat. oatS, o, i n. etc., as lip? money which those debts represent purchased for the govern nn n1 an I the people; that It would work untold hardships upon labor and the produc? ers bf ran com modifies. Whether you admit that the federal reserve board s I policy, and the league pf nations' de? flation poMcj Is responsible, or Just thai under the abounding prosperity of a year aog and the stimulation ot high prices the people simply pro [dueed too much, the fart Is that it I takes even more than four times the Commodity In some lines to procure a I dollar than It did a year ago, in the face of these facts, that are so plain thai 'a wayfaring man nl [though u foot" can not help seeing [them, it is seriously proposed bj the [heads of the state government to levj r>0 per cent more taxes in 1921 than I in I sip, (lovernor Cooper is quoted < ar* sosing that 'In hopes for an in IcreaHeHl appropriation and will lend : his efforts to this end." I wonder J if Clover nor (*ooper is so blind as t" I real conditions among the farmers land farm tenents and lahorers of tht state, as to suppose for one minute thai they can stand even Ihe tuxeff [levied last March? it he Is so Ignor? ant of conditions and ran not sit thai ;w are confronted by tin- most drastic I out m Income over experienced i>> any J people, then I am not surprised at the j position he is quoted as taking?hul II do pay, nnd l my it In sorrow, he I shows his total unlit ness for the great |ofHe< which the people paid lilin ihe I compliment of tendering him uiiaui I mon sly j h then are conservative men in the state Who think as I do about thin crisis thai H upon us, ami who be* I iiovi as I do that the governor and Uhr legislature should have the lu in - | id of our counsel, I irusl all such [will Join me in calling a tax-puyur'i [convention to meet In Columbia on I the da) the legislature convenes, and I to sta\ |n srssion Until We have thor? oughly canvassed the mods of tht [taxpayers of ihe state; und when w? [have reached the proper conclusions, > I to appoint a com milt ?? to stay with the leglalaluro until we get the relic I we need, B \V. DABBS. WIN DOW WASHER'S I N ION j Chlongo, I tec, II.- Practically all [the windows of t'hicugo'u skyscrapeni i:i?t cleaned by a small body of men - who are members of the Chi [cage window washers' union, accord* tng to William McDade, business j agent for the organization. The mo.i [work on a weekly InisIs, eight houm constituting n day's work, When [conditions make outside work Impos? sible, the men are employed on the ! Inside, j Tlie contract for cleaning the win . nit v These rompuniei bid on the woi k luows is given lo contracting compa and i hen the bids are accepted they im nish Hu men from ihr union, i'l * also furnlan all matrelald used In washing the windows, such as working harness t'<n- the washers, palls, sponges, chamois, ote. in fact they supply everything except thr water. Kvery poaslblo Hafet) devise known to Ihe trade Is employed by the union to protect \*.n men from a. - rldenia j Tht! number of men killed doing I th.kind oi work has been greatly [lessened through the efforts of the Union, Mi McDade said. The con [ tractors also have done muoh to safo |guard the pedestrians below, in the I past year llusl.-:j Vgcnt MoDude [said tin- union losl oul) ono man l.?> [doathi wl .:' the number of accidents [to it? ne misers has .shown u big de ? crt ase, The uveragi union washer will clenu about loo windows a day tin i i knese ngent .aid. as this Is whal thr contracting companies llgure on when 'giving their estimate on ti> j work, ; The membership of the union Is [made U| of nbout 40 per rem Amer ' l< ii ns, 10 per cent Polish whlh tin other l" p. r cent is divided among Imembers of other nationalities, \.'i I McDade said About two-third* ol the members of the union are mar* i rled men. Detroit, l o, I r Th< locu I police [are searching tin deserted summer [cottages on Island* hi Detroit river for Ml ? Mar\ T ('ablWi'il, \vho:< glove, with u note, -I'pii the aas being ?al l n v\ it) bj four men In bo >t was found n?*ni the river, Tin girl who is eighteen years' old came lure from the south, REUNION AT DARLINGTON Members of Brand Family Gather and Have Pleasant Time i Darlington, Dec. lie?A family re-j union of iiinisii.'il interest took place there Monday nl the home of C. SV. , Hewitt, one of the town's nu at successful business men. Thoee at Itending tin reunion, which wjaa of the Brand family, wore: It, A. Brand, vlce l president of tin Atlantic Coast Line [Kallroud; J. x. Brunei, assistant gen? eral manuger of the Atlantic Coasi I Line; c. x. Brand, superintendent of [the Darlington-Bumter division of thi Atlantic Coust Line; Major and Mrs. w. s Brand, Major Brand being for? mer superintendent of the ?eorglu | Railroad, and during tlm world war having hud charge of railroad con? struction in Fiance, aim later in Po , land: Mrs. Taylor, wife of .Major Tay? lor, of the Cnltod states army, now stationed at Columbus, Ca.. the Dev. and Mrs. Me Murray, Mr McMurray ? keine; pastor of the First Presby? terian church of Fayottevllle, N. C, Dr. and Airs. J. s. Garner, Mr. ami Mm i". W. Hewitt, of Darlington, and Mrs. Duffle, John Duffle and Miss Coqp Duffle of Sumier. J, x. Brand and \ K. A. Brand, both high officials of the Atlantic Coast Line, came to Dar? lington In i heir private cars. COXCHKTK STKAMKlt DESKltTED. ttockland, .Me.. Dec 16.?The con ? crete steamer Pol ins appears likely to remain a monument on the Maine I coasi to o.c of the war Innovation? in marine architecture. The freight? er Is secure!} Ibdged on Old Cllley , ^Lcdgc, mar the southwestern en? trance to Penobscol bay, where she was stranded In a storm last Febru? ary, resulting in the loss oi eleven of : her crew. I Depeated efforts to lloal the vessel, which cos the government $960,000 In construct, have finally keen aban? doned ami wrecking gear has keen removed. Tin Polias still rests on an even keel, giving her the appearance t-t' being afloat, but with every tldt 'she HI hi with water pouring through holes punched in the hull b ythe Jag? ged rocks, Her position has not changed since she struck Ihe lodge while bound from Sea report for Norfolk, after completing Ihe third trip since her launching. Xo trace has ever been found of the bodies of the eleven gea > m< n who put off In a l>oat without the master's permission. h is suo poscd the boat was smashed against ilthe side of the steamer. Captain ; Cogbland and the other l'n members of the crew wefe rescued the next ? da\ by coast gusrdsmcn. TU VDINl. I ADI.STDll S FOD DDI AD Vienna. Dec. 15.?-When by pur ? chase, gilt and inheritance the house i of Hapaburg acquired the !'0? or more ? tapestries comprising the most superb I collection In the world Its memlxti iI hard 1> foresaw thai some day they would Ihj pa win,i tu im\ bread for u . succeeding republic. The reparations commission having i gi\?ii its const nt dm government Is now trying to raise enough money on [ I these tapestries to purchase 50,000 tons "i flour against the imminent ex? haustion "I the supply Of hand. The i i bread ration has keen reduced to per cenl of ikon- content, with 50 per cent com meal and 30 per cent ?'rye. Tiie best thill can be said of the 11 resulting bread Is that s very hungry ? pt rson run cat u little of It. It Is understood that a movement i lie on foot for the organisation of an ! international syndicate to advance the required amount v?f cash. The plan contemplates that the tapestries pledged will be carefutry selected from the VariOUS Schools represented IIn the collection and these in part or 1 j in whole will be put on exhibition it* M the m eat cities of ISuropc and Amcr 1 i lea. ] i-'or some months the llncst of these weaves have I.n on exhibition In the ' Belvedere Pulace here, exposed for the 1 l lirsi time to the public. Always thej .have bee: kept either in Die Hofburg or Kchoenbruit palaces, brought out on rare stale occasions in the days of the monarchy to decorate tHc great Batons. The largest of them barely Und space on Ihe sidewalks Of the vast apartments In the Belvedere, where daily hundreds of persons pay the small admission fee to feast on tin* [wealth of color, while in every room, .artists at easels copy them. < LAID ; \ DON COUNTY KOADS. , ( .Manning Times) A contract was let on Saturday by I the count) highway commission for the building of all the bridges be Itween Manning and Turbevllle and between Manning and Pnxvlllc. These bridges are to bo of creosotcd timbers land Austin Bros, of Atlanta, ware the I Successful bidders. , in conversation wtHi Maj. Lee. who I Is the civil engineer of the Clarendon higbwa) commission, he assured us I thai there would be enough money of I Cli bond issue to build the road from Turbevllle to .Manning, then to Sum morton, from Plnewood to the Wil llumsburg line, and from .Manning to Ihe Rumter line. Also that ho hoped lo concrete from Manning to Alcolu. I v'e report that Ihe money would so,,a be exhausted was an error. The com? mission expects to let two more con? tracts next month, thus building Ihre* 'oads nl ;i time. Washil gton, Dec, 17. Hearings on the hotisi bill proposing adjustment of compensation for former service men k.is been completed by the .sen ate llnaiu'e committee, and the chair? man announced the committee will meet tomorrow t" determlon what ac tloii should be laken on the mensuro. With oni ? *e< ptlon 'ill witness, s dc I flu red ' hem el i es for u cash t onn . (ieiieva, I h c. 17??Albania was tn dg> eleeted a iii! !l|lli i' nl lk> ? i Mil oi n itc'ii.-) by ihe as-, mbly. BIG FIRE AT TIMMONSVILLE Two Houses and Furnishings Are Tola I Loss Timmonsville, Dee. 10?This murtir Ina al 2:10 o'clock, 'he rcHiclence oC .). L, Hewitt, on Smith street was discovered to be In names, tlm fa mil) awakening only just before the roof fell In. Tin- Are company tried to then sav th nai*by ????nage of Mack Anderson, but was unsuccessful. Practically all <>i* the clothing and | furniture in both houses was totally destroyed and even Chrlstmaa tur? key and coop of chickens were burnt to a crisp. The cottages were valued; j at about $4,600 and very little Insur? ance was carried, FAMILY T THIKTY-FOUIt. Washington. X. C, Dec. 14.? Por |many years Representative Small of North Carolina has by agreement been presenting to R. C. Bland, a Car? olins farmer and one of bis constit? uents, a new suit oi clothes tor each additional child In his family. Hav | ing presented thirteen suits, and be* ' Lng recently notified to send the fourteenth. Keprecentative Small has informed Bland that the contract will be "Oft" With Mr. Small's retirement from congress on March 3. Small and Bland made their com? pact a number of years ago, when Small was making a campaign speech I at Rohersonville, m ar lu re. Bland i then had twenty children; he now has; ; i hirty-four. Twenty-six of th?- thirty-four Bland children are living, and the present Airs. Bland, Brand's second wife, is the mother of nineteen, nine of whom Were horn during the last ten year-, including one set of twins. Eighteen cnildren still live at home, but Mrs. Bland declares she gets lonsome some? times "because so many have gone I away." / j Mr. and Mrs. Bland recently had a group photograph taken of the* family still remaining on the Bland farm, while iho photographer was working a bussard cast its shadow on the ground. Bland was asked If he was supers! it lous. "Nu," he mid, "I*m not afraid of busgurds, but at Brat I thought the blame tiling was a story." In calling the children together for the photograph, Bland simply cup j ped his hands and In B stentorian voice crl d "Children." Results were [immediate. Children appeared from every direction, Borne oft the "chil? dren" were grown men and women: I others won- barely able i" toddte I forth, ami one still was being carried in arms. Bland sayi it Is no more trouble to bring up fifty children than it is j to raise ten. j "After ?'0U pass ten," he says, "the [older ones are a big help." The children were not unusually noisy, Bland said, although "they made considerable racket When four? teen were taken down together with whooping COUghu" The Claud gro ' eery bill Is equivalent to about a 1 $150 a week, although Bland pro? duces n Igrge pari of his food. On one occasion ho says he spent most of. cue night computing the cost of keeping his family comfortable, but that the figures reached sOch alarm? ing proportions ho gave up the Job, Bland is ?jr, j ears old. FIND TI LAC EH OF DANIEL BOOXE _, Huntington, w. Va., Dec. io.?That Daniel Boonc, famed Kentucky hunter made an expedition into Wayne and Lincoln county, W. Va., during his career Is the belief of a party of lumber jacks, who recently discover? ed the name 'P. Doom " chlsled In a ; i largo rock at the mouth of a cave on Pond Pork of Four Mile Creek, Lin? coln county, near the Wayne line. The forms of the letter are said to correspond with the name of Boonc [which Is found carved In the rocks of Kentucky. The rock hearing the nam1' I In Lincoln counts is located in a re . mote and wild sect ion. i:i i;; n m\<. wa, i :i <.i??. lN.ni? . Nov. 2 4?The hassador, Kobrrt I ndei son, who has returned CH (.. the IMavc. lsonzo and of ih?' Italian war Irorfl ing much of I 1m- devastated! declares thai the Italians arc 1 sin^,r well in t Ii? i! < It ..i ts to maw war ;ii.as again lit for hahitattt I doubt whether any other fl o| the war would make a i>*-?tor sH of recuperation." said Mr. Jew son i , tin Associated I'ress corresl pondent. "In Ai?i il I s.tw Ihr <i? \ astatocl re\ glons of Prance from Chateau Thier; ry to Rhems, an awful sight whirl may be commended io those who arol willing to lake the risk of another^ gH at war. Save for a few barracks and isolated places of repair littlo' had been done to rebuild. "Today in the midst of equal de? vastation, there is hardly s town im Italy in which 20 per cent of tbe> houses have not been renewed or re paired for occupancy, and tin propor? tion is usually from 50 to 65 per cent. The refugees, most of them still lie* Ing in the government barracas. are hard at work. New houses on hand? some Italian models are going up ever) week. The second story may have been destroyed, but if the first has walls it is roofed and made lia bitable for the time. ?'Tho courage and resourcefulness; of war time was not greater than is that of peace, and both call for the [admiration of the world. This needs* i to be accentuated because Italy has had so much to contend with, iirst in '.the failure of this year's crops of wluat and corn: next, from the cloud j bursts and Hoods; and. third from the disturbing industrial conditions. Fortunately, the se ason has been goodt foi building and that every man il> Priule seems to have Income a car? penter or mason. Still, this region, with all the aid to reconstruction: that the government can give, faces a winter of hardship and severe cold. Tiie people of Tri? ste are not only brave and industrious, but gentle and courteous, and like most Italians, they [respond to treatment. We saw no ev? idence of current violence, which in? deed is not directed against travel? ers, hut is either industrial or polifi ; col, and is local. The machinery for silk and cotton manufacture was all carried olT by the AustCans. Most of the inhabitants have had to begin at the bottom, but tney are used, io the conflict of nattire. and with fairly normal conditions, and a good harvest or two, the region will he well rest ored. Ambassador Johnson compared the Italian battlefield on the Csrao, with the Melds of famous battles of the American civil war. and declared that nothing at Cettysburg or Hloody Angle .was more difficult than the a-* IttUll by which the Italians won Podgora, the precipice, too feet high, winch commander Corizia, and with it that important town. "The Devil's Den on the Union left t Gettysburg is not to be mention i with these 'Rad Lands' that form so strong a defense Of Trieste." he added. "Let it not be forgotten that the Italians held a front of 420 milC3, that tiny lost half a million killed and a million and a half wounded and thai they held a million and a half of Austrians from reinforcing the western line." i New Brunswick, N. J.. Dec. 16.? ! Bobbers who entered the jewelry store of O. O. stillman here learned j that the theory of three card monie ; may he applied to burglary insm - I a nee. Stillman keeps three safes so that burglars will have to guess which j is worth c racking. The two-to-one I chance against them proved too much. I for the recent intruders, who opened j one of the empty two. and then quit the game, leaving that with the val i uables intact. Marlon, Dec. IT?William Jennings Bryan conferred with Senator Hard? ing today on the association of na? tions. Bryan is Bret formr otiiciai of the democratic administration SUSS I moned to Kardina/s coundi table. O. Ii. YATE8. Cashier liaincd t apital Most Dependable. "Come easy, Go easy" is an expres? sion that is appliable to a great many. The fellow who inherits money a? S rule "Blowjs It In" whereas the fellow who has to "Dig Down" for it has formed habits in thrift and economy, by which he will succeed when the Other fellow fails. We prefer doing business with the thrifty fellow who knows the vaiue of a dollar. We have many such ac? counts in our Savings Department but we have room for some more. If you are not already one of our de? positors, you could not select a better time. The First "ntional Bank The National Bank of South Carolina of ttumter. 0. C. Resource* $1,600,000. Ntroag and IVogresslTe The M.mi ratnmagtug sVKRVlCB pith OODKTWT u? the riresnre of Herriag YOI7 The Bank of the Rank; and File t ROWLAND, tYoatdeni BARLS ROWLAND, Cashier