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The Stunter Watchman was found?
ed in ia?0 and the True Southron In
1100. The Watchman and Southron
new hae the combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
aad hi manifestly the best advertising
medium in Suinter.
ItAlMlO \l> (it UtlNTKlJs."
The fact that some of the railroads
not making money, since the bus
i slump began, has led to a good
of loose talk about the "railroad
grantee." Many people still seem
believe that the government Is un?
ter obligation to pay the railroads
whatever amount is necessary tc
then profits up to 6 per cent,
is not true. The government's
|jr amahclal obligation to the rail
la Is left over from the war period
10 government is now out of the
nil road business entirely, except fo?
ouch supervision rs Is exerted auto
mattenUt by the Interstate Commerce
Vommnation. The situation Is well
described by the New York World:
"The railroads have not been guar
10004 anything in the way of traffic
earning* or profit*. They havt
permitted to charge uniform
calculated, on the basis of a
tried of normal traffic, to yield
?unte equal to coata of operation
epkeep and ? per cent on th
?raised value of the properties
ten three ratea yield more than C
cent the money goes back into the
as for the benefit of the service as
whole to 4 he public and oherc it Is
toot needed. When truffle falls shor
tho roads have to bear the loss them
eereee."
They cannot even pass the los?
around among each other. The Ne*
ingland lines, which are In th>> wore,
dlght, would like to have some o
more prosperous lines furthe;
dlvrde up their profits for th*
iOW Englanders' benefit. Insisting tha
te appraisal baa been unfair to them
>re may possibly be some rrvbrioi
sti suchten out demonstrable injus
where they e'tat. but it will *tll
up to every railroad to make gooo
A Ha own effort. And that is thi
thing for the railroads them
Iveo in the long run, Just aa it i:
le h**t thing for the public.
TIIF. MKNACE OF THlf PA I IKS
Hnry one-quarter of 1 per cent of
area of continental I'nited States
given over to national parks and
monuments, explains the executive
committee of the New England Con
ference for Protection of National
Paras, in a statement demanding tin
defeat of the Smith and Walsh bilk
and tavorlng the Jones bill, all three
of which are now pending in congress
The llrst two inlln would gvant cer
tat a apparently harmless concession,
for th* ( instruction by private inter
eats of a dam and storage reservoir
within the Yellowstone Park. Inves?
tigation baa proved that this wou.r:
actually deetr?y i.AOO acres of hltbei ?
to ui.explored wondevland, abounding
P?m beautiful fats and cascades tump?
ing sites and graxlng land
The Jones b II. on the other hand,
would remove control of waltrpower
concession* from the Federal Water
p'Wfr commission, which is compos?
ed of but three members and su'ajeot
to a frequent change of personnel,
und give it to congress.
With all tho domestic und foreign
policies which ore now troubling of
beuis and pub k allk . the protection
of the parks may seem to be a mat?
ter of small rnportunce. Thr men?
ace lies in Just that fact, tor gen?
uinely destructive inroad* upon then
Integrity may he made irrevocably
wb?e the public la concerned with
other things. Hlnce 99 3 4 per cent
of Use are?i ol the nation is not fie
aside for patng, but Is open to rom
morrul development and utilisation,
the otto r quart* i p? i <mit might he
apai * d.
?' !1 ? ? -S
\ \sf POWFIt FltOM W ATI'It.
\V iterpower develops** S)| hi this
invoiMng an Invootmont of
ll.iOO.OOO.o ? and producing 1 J.
roa.ooii hOfOepOWSr i* In p'ospe' t is
a result ??r the Federal Water Ps/woi
act passed by congress last spring,
Requests for permits to atari work
on reservoirs and dnma have been
received from 119 applicant! in 11
slates, including Alaska und the Dsf>
iru t of i'olumbli The projootg
r from a small ton 'horsepower
plant for a colony of sumnnr cot?
?a in Wyoming to a huse atorage
?ivotr in the upper Colorado river
which would develop over lfAttt
000 horsepower by usin*; thCSS wa?
ters thmugh a total dtop of 2.6.S0
feet.
Twelve million horsepower mean*
little tt ti e average mind. A bulle?
tin issued by the Federal Water Pow?
er Commission translates the figure?
into terms which are more under?
standable and Impressive.
If properly applied, it would fur
nish sufficient power for L'O cities the
also of Chicago It is 40 per cen
more than the total present watei
power development in the Fnitet
States. It is a third more th.Mt the
total water power capable of being
developed In the entire area o,
France, and ."?(> per cent of the de?
veloped water power of the whole
world.
Kleetrie power generated from wa?
ter and transmitted under modern
conditions, sa>s the bulletin. Is the
only effective present substitute for
the power generated by burning
coal. There is no need to review the
slowly increasing scarcity of coal 01
the costliness of its production. Ihr
Initial work in utilising all this avail?
able water power calls foi labor. Af?
ter the conatruction work is done it
is largely independent of labor, and
It Is wholly independent of fuel sup?
ply and rail or water transportation.
60 long as permits are granted
only bj legitimate projects which
will not infringe on public rights 01
react favorably to limited selfbjh in?
terests to the disadvantage of the
.vhole people, the only wish of the
iatlon iu this regard is for the tulles
>osalble use of ibis scarcely tcuche:
tource of power.
PANICKY IJCOISLATIOX.
Legislation proceeds slowly in con- 1
ffress ir sp"e of the seal with which
the members have tackled the pro?
gram before them. Measures which
pass the x>u?e are held up in the sen?
ate, or vice versa, and one bill has
been passed with full knowledge that
it will an all probability be vetoed by
the preside nt. Thia delay Is irksomo
to the individuals and o>*guniz<4? :>ns
hoping for immediate relief from their
personal difficulties, but It is good for
ths nation at large.
The country Just .now is suffering
rom fear Nothing very terrible has
happened to any class us yet. but ev
??ry class Is timid and Jealous of ev
?ry other. As a result many meas?
ures arg being pressed upon congress
-vhlch are of doubtful wisdom or lair- !
r.ess where the country us a whole is
concerned. There is grave danger |
that relief measures hurried through
under this pressure may prove later to
have done little but relieve the cltiaen
of more of his dwindling cash and
plunge the nation into deeper diffi?
culties.
There are no starving people- There
a no large number of people in any
langer of more than temporary
.Inhnctal embarrassment. It Is far
better that pending bills should he
subjected to thorough discussion than
.hat pernicious measures should be?
come laws through frantic haste
f_
. as.iii..iux. ji .
THE DIPLOMATS SAKYHY.
Phy the American diplomut abroad,
ills lot is frequently a hard one. Not
only Is he houseless, but the depre?
ciation of foroigu currency is fat
worse for him than the Inflated val?
ue of the American dollar is for citi
aens at home.
A comparatively ancient law. en?
acted when the present condition Of
international ttnance could not be
'oreseen. provides that diplomatic and
jonsumr officers shall utilize their fed
collections in paying their salaries
gad running expenses of their )fllces,
and remit to the government whatev?
er excess there is in American gold
or its equivalent.
This is how the arrangement
works. Tho normal salary of an
agent In France may be $3,000. At
normal exchange rates that would
amount |ej about 15,000 francs. To
lay the same $1,000 Is worth more
nearly 4."?.00u francs. A: American
tourist in France would onjov that
idvantage. Hut the diplomat must
Mtdl pay himself his normal salary of
l&.OOo frSMCS only, worth $1,00) in
the United Stat?s, and any collections
over ii.at am >unt must revert to the
govst unr t.
If It .vere not for the legal techni?
cality, the banks provide gg internat?
ional medium lor paying such an
agent his full salary of fvi.OOO at the
current rate of exchange.
I'nless this condition is remedied
soon, it Is plain to be seen that .1 gen?
eral disinclination to serve in sin h
positions may develop, resulting in
. real loss to the nation through im?
pairment of its diplomatic service.
PROHIBITION OF STRIKES.
A time will come, in all probahll
ilv, when strikes on Amerhnn rail
raads and in other public utilities
win be forbidden by law, when thai
is done, however, it will come eusll)
and naturally as a result of Industrial
evolution which has hardly gone far
enough yri to warrant such step.
Today the notion is nol ready to
(tolerate anything go drastic. A ma?
jority <?f the employing und profes
[atonal elaoaoi may favor it. but an
overwhelming majority of tic wuge?
earners arc against it. Xo real re?
form or lasting progress oan bo made
by trying to coerce that wage, earn-;
er's majority by hostile legislation, i
Heal progress is to be made only by
winning their minds ? persuading
them that such a law is right an I i
consonant with American liberty.
In the mind of any union work?
man, and almost any non-union work?
man for that matter, there is a feel?
ing that however justifiable strike pro?
hibition may h>- in theory, in practice
it mcuns abolishing H natural right,
the right to use the only weapon he
regards as really effective to protect
his interests?the right to unit work?
ing by general agreement when his
welfare is threatened, and to stay
away from his work long enough to
forco recognition of his claims.
it is natural for workmen to think
I in this wuy because the machinery of
arbitration Is so new and because
there is not yet established a system
of peaceful adjudication which com?
mands their confidence. It the Wtrike
lOSJsj age is ever to be reached, it will
be through strengthening such
agencies and showing that they ar
worthy of confidence Then, in time,
it may be possible to forbid strikes
without doing violence to popular '
sentiment, though it will hardly be
necessary then except- to suppress
""outlaw" strikers.
Till: lUSlNI.SS Si l t ATION
The controlling ami outstanding
factor today Is the relatively small
movement of raw materials and man?
ufactured goods even at reduced
prices. This is because stocks of
goods in the hands -of retailers are
sufficient to meet the needs ot a some?
what lessened demand of the con?
suming public. Consumers are re?
stricting their btiyins .n part because
of some curtailment of their purchas?
ing power, but even more because of
a willingness to wait until retail
prices reflect the lower I vels of pri?
mary prices.
Improvement of business activity
awaits adjustment of retail prices to
a level satisfactory to the public. It
is clour4 that farmers, for example,
who constitute the largest single
class of customers and who have al?
ready experienced a BUl >sta ntial re?
duction in the prices of their products
will not renew their buying on any?
thing other than a hand-to-mouth
scale until the price of what they
l?uy bears a closer relation to the
price of what they have to sell. This
necessary readjustment of prices to
consutm i s is now under way and will
he expected to make more rapid pro?
gress In the future. Its progress will
be hastened by the coming into the
market of goods which are already
being produced on lower cost levels
for labor and material.
The fundamental relationship of
banking and business now becomes
Clearly* ni*futrent. Uoth are concern?
ed in the present situation; and the
interests of both demand that the re?
adjustment be gone through with in
orderly fashion, so that business ac?
tivity may be resumed on a sound ba?
sis.
Sentiment respecting forward con?
ditions, which until lately had been
almost uniformly depressed, is now
noticeably !iuprov:ng in many direc?
tions. This better feeling does not
go to the point of optimism, but
then* is evident a degre of confidence
which was previously lacking, in the
ability of commerce and industry' to
meet the future successfully and to
conduct business with reasonable
profit,
What is now required is oourage
and respect for fundamental econom?
ic principles. Artificial palliatives
Which are being urged with a view to
obviating the difficulties of the ad*
justmcnt?particularly proposals in?
volving further inllation and cheap
ning of credit? must be avoided, Such
measures. If adopted, could only re?
sult in the Impairment of the
strength Of the credit structure and In
prolonging and increasing the dif?
ficulties Of an adjustment which
world-wide conditions have made
Inevitable.?National Hank of Com?
merce.
j too Mien CREDIT, PERHAPS.
Credit mc;1ns Inflation, It usually
means higher prices, it is true, but
prices based not on actual, but on
! fictitious values. We might remember
j that, In our present demand for cred?
it to hold crops. What good will it
I do us to Store UP thO crops of 1930
for a higher price, with another crop
doming on In 1911? what we need
now is a market -a way to distribute
jour stuff. We have listened to the
?advice of those* .Who told us to hold
our wheat for three dollars a bush
el, and now we find that they advlaed
us badly. Perhaps those who Insist
on unlimited credit so thai we may
hold back for two-dollar corn and
dollar oats are advising us badly. We
are, In fact, beginning to suspect the
soundness of their economic theories.
The advioe Of those who say that it*
is a good plan to market n little every
month to move the stuff Off gradual?
ly while an honest effort is being
made to dnd o foreign market for our
surplus, sounds more reasonable. We
can't gel out Of our present pickle
by going further into debt.?Farm
Life.
Great Exhorted
"An old-fashioned preacher, you
Sa\ ???
"Ah! you should have heard him.
That man must he a power for got*l "
" Yes?"
"Ho gave us 16 minutes of fire and
brimstone without once stopping to
Ink< s drink of water or plear his
throat."? Birmingham Age-Herald,
NEW STYLE
FOOTBALL TACTICS
Ohio State University Develops
Aerial Attack to Greater Stage
cf Perfection Than Any
Other Team
Columbus, Doc. 30.---Aerial attack,
or Iii?? forward passing aiyle of play,
has been developed to u greater atage
of perfection by Ohio state Univer?
sity's football eleven than by any
team In the contry? according to foot?
ball experte, and it is on this form of
offensive that the Buckeyes w ill de
pend for victory when fhey face tin
ITniversity Of California team at the
tournament of roses at Paaodena, L'al.
New year's day.
Only one team In the middle west
Notre Dame -could !??? considered as
even a rival of OhioState in forward
]>ass plays and foal football experts
consider the Ohio passes superior to
even those of the late George Gipp,
Notre Dame's star hurler, primarily
because Ohio state is adept at every
type of pass?whether running, stand?
ing, double, triple or of the "screen"
type.
Two men form the nttcelui Of Ohio
State's aerial attack? H?ge Workman
10 year old Quarterback who last fall
played his first season on the team,
and "Pete" Stlnchomb, who made the
mythical lib American team.
Workman Is the most accurate pas?
ser seen in the middle west since the
overhead attack was made legal. He
throws from any positron and any dis?
tance and nearly always gets tho hall
within reaching distance of the re?
ceiving player, whether that man be
running or Standing Still.
Btinchcomb's greatest work Is In
receiving passes. He is the fastest
man on the team and gets many
yards down the field before Workman
in ready to throw. Btinchcomb takes
the ball while traveling at full speed
and If Workman's pass does happen
to be a little wide, Btinchcomb gen?
erally Is able to get to it before it
touches the ground. Once he has the
Lall .the little half back has bettei
than an even chance to ra long run,
for his dodging, twisting and side
stepping' make him on almost impos- I
stole aian to stop.
Nearly all Of the Ohio passes are
played from a punt formation, but
the team runs so many Other plays
from this formation that it is impos?
sible for the opponents to "lay" for
the passes. Line bucks, end runs and
off tackle dashes all may be started
trom a kicking arrangement.
Probably the most successful play
of the Ohio State team is the run?
ning pass, for in this play it is op?
tic rail with the passer to buck through
the line, circle end or pass the ball
Workmen, In the kicke r's position, re?
ceives the ball and with his backneld
as interference starts around end
Btinchcomb, through his great speed
(asiiy outdistances the- interference
and gets far ahead.
Then, with Stanchcomb, the other
two backs, and Workman, who trails
behind, cutting a wide circle around
end, the play is in Kill swing and it
depends on the Immediate circum?
stances whether it is a run or a pass.
If the chances are good to ra gain,
Workman continues with the ball. If
he is about to be tackled, the quar?
terback leaps high In the air throws
to Btinchcomb while s;il! on the run,
the latter receiving without Stopping,
or else turns completely around and
hurls o the other end. It is tho most
beautiful play in football and never
fails to bring cheers even from the
opposition grandstand when success?
ful.
The standing pass is somewhat dif?
ferent. From the Same kicking for?
mation, WO lit man receives the ball.
Stinchcomb circles end, but Workman
simply st i*s back toward his ow n
goal With the other two backs protec ?
ting him. With this Interference he
frequently waits many seconds before
passing. When he finally has picked
out a crevice, the ball is lined to
him. This play, however, is more
dangerous than the running pass, for
if no receiver is available1 Workman
is almost sure to be thrown for a ten
or fifteen yard loss unless he can
dodge? through for a few yards.
Another type of pass used by t ihlo
state successfully is the "screen"
pass. In this play tho ball is not
thrown to any one player, but la sim?
ply tossed down the field and it is up
to some- one of a group of players who
are clashing in the direction in which
to pigskin Is to be hurled, to recover
it before it reaches the ground. This
I play also is from the kick formation
with Workman as the passer. As the
backneld players dash down the Held
the ball is thrown toward them. One
cries for it and the others Immediately
act as a screen, to prevent oppoeition
Iplayers from interfering with the
man who has been designated as the
receive;-, it is a fast play, for the
passer has no protection and must ge-t
the- ball away quickly.
A t'e\\ double and triple passes are
used by Ohio State, but primarily the
aerial attack depends on the running,
standing or screen pass. au pas* 8
vary In length, sometimes being only
a. few yards and at other times trav
eing hair the length of the Held.
Profiteers Intimidated
Bilbao, Dec. D.- The mere an?
nouncement by a shoe dealer here
(that he had made a contract with an
I American Arm to semi 35,000 pairs
of shot s tO Bllbon "a trial wilh a view
to further orders produced a panic
among the storekeepers ol this city.
The announcement stated the Ameri?
can shoes would be s?.id at half the
pn vailing price ot tin home-made ar?
ticles. Immediately afterward prices
I came dow n with n run.
The local newspapers advise other
lot alltles to follow tin' lead of the
northern city and thus put a. stop to
pi oflte? ring.
Nature is Kind.
??.My wife speaks sis different Ian
guegba."
^Unlucky men'"
? uh, it s all l i^ht. She can't speak
more than one at a time, forturtat?
1 ly.f?Boston Ti anscrlpt.
DENIES HOUS?
TON ESTIMATE
Thinks Bonus liill Would Cost
Only One Billion, Eight Hun?
dred .Million Dollars
Washington, Dec. 28.-?Testimony
i)\ Secretary Houston of the treasury
department before the senate Hnance
committee yesterday placing the cost
of carrying put thi pending adjusted
compensation or soldier bonus bill at'
12,800,000.000 was characterised by
P, \v. Galbraith, national commander
of the American Legion, In a st;:i.
ment tonight, as - a scuttle lish skir?
mish to muddy the waters so thai
the principle Involved can be clouded
Into figures thai mean nothing." Mr.
Galbraith estimated the maximum !
amount the bonus bill would cost the
government ;.t 11,878,800,000.
"Secretary Houston's whole presen?
tation of the matter," said the legion
commander, "was misleading and de?
signed to frighten the country into a
repudiation of Its obligation to ex
service mt n. The general impression
was conveyed by ids testimony that
the passage of the adjusted com?
pensation bill would entail the im?
mediate appropriation of billions of
dollars by the government and se?
riously cripple the Financial condition
of the treasury at the present time. I
The facts are that appropriations
necessary to carry out all features of
the bills except that of cash compen?
sation would he negligible for this
year and for several years to come.
and that i ppropriatlons for cash com?
pensation are not asked until July.
1821, and are to be spread over a
period of two years."
COTTON LETTER
(Furnished by Mae Do well ?fc Co.)
New Orleans. I >ec. 30, -17pen re?
flection, after enduring the most
drastic shrinkage in values during a
year of modern times, the country at
the close of the old year Is confident
as to th< future.
While general conditions -'?t home
and abroad are nut what could b< con?
sidered cheert'ur nevertheless sre
probably on the road to Improve?
ment, a development likely to be
slow but continuous as the new year
grows ??hier.
The low prices for commodities and
materials now a reality have made it
possible for a gradual revival In busi?
ness from new on.
During the long p< rlod Of deflation,
stocks Of goods have been greatly re?
duced and stocks of raw cotton in
spinners hands have been lowered
considerable, particularly as regards
holdings by Southern .Mills.
At the close of November northern
mills held a stock of raw cotton of
568,000 hales vs. 586,000 bales IsSt
year while Southern mill res< rves
were down only 558,000 against E
056,000 on*1 year ago.
Unfavorable comment was made
regards this weeks statement of Ihe
Lank of England which showed p<
serves In proportion to liabilities, re
ducd to 7.30 per cent vs. 7.70 p&r
cent last week, the lowest percentage
since 186S.
However, England i? progressiv?
when it comes to business, the Brit?
isher being a past master in the art
of finance- and commerce and the low i
reserve of the bank of feBnglaad is at?
tributed t<? England extending credits
to the more distressed countries of
Europe with the view of reviving
business. I
Meanwhile, the public must nor
expect too much in the trade inv
provement Immediately after (he New
Tear as business is not likely to be- |
come very much better until aext
spring.
In the meantime captains of in?
dustry and limine?' take a favorable
View Of the present situation and an?
ticipate better eventually, but for the
immediate future can only offer en?
couragement,
In conclusion we desire to keep be?
fore our readers the probability.of a
radical reduction in the cotton acre?
age at planting time and of Egypt's
decision already announced to cut the
acreage In that country one-third next
year. These developments will have
a bullish Influence ultimately.
NEW YOHK COT/ON
Month Open High Low Close Close
Jan. ... 1 1.60 H.To 14.Ot 14.10 14.62
Men. ...l4.oa 14.12 18.65 18.65 i?..S7
May ...14.05 14.17 13.75 18.75 13.01
July ... 14.18 1 1.25 1 :'.s<? 13.85 1 1 <>s
Oct. ...14.20 14.26 18.83 18.00 I4.lt
spots 40 off; middling 11.60.
NEW ORIJSAX8 COTTON
East
Month <tp?,n High Low close Close
Jan. . . . 13.13 13.2*J 12.89 12.01 13.13
Mch. 18.82 13.53 13.05 18.06 13.42
May ...13.58 i::.7."> 13.28 13.32 13.51
July ,..13.75 13.85 13.40 13.48 13.63
net . 13.95 1 S.95 18.51 13.73
Dec'. . . . 18.04
Spots unchanged; middling 13.50.
LITERPOOL COTTON.
Close
January. '?'?-,,?
February .,. ;,:;s
March .
April .i.. 0.
May .?
.1 une .
July . ?.81
Sepo mber . 0.83
October . '?'?s:{
November . 0.88
December . 0.38
?.t 7
Government Cotton Grader's Ofllce,
The following reports K?ve the
prices pall on the stated markets'on
December L*
S S
G S E E G
M M 84 M M O
Sumter 18% 13 12 10 s 6H
CoTbla IStt 18 i- 10 s 64
Man'ng 13 M Et 12 10 I ou
Bp'vllle EP- 13 12 io S 6'..
They started in yesterday t<> mn all
the crooks out of Ne w York. That
will probably ,M' one lonesome 'own
?W d.iy?* Oroonsboio N. C,
TO ACCEPT
REDUCTION
Six Textile Unions Vote in Mas?
sachusetts
Kali River, Mass.. I tec 2*.?The six
textile unioni of the American fed
erotion of Textile Opetnttvnn, *i
meet in ks tonight v<?t(,i to accept
wage reduction <>t' 21 1-2 per cent,
recently announced bj the manufac?
turers elective January S, 1911. The
action of the unions affects appnoxl*
mate'- 35,000 employeeM In 1H> cotton
'loth and yarn mills ii. the city.
The in.:<.ns of the loomfhtera and
the slasher tenders voted unanlmouu*
ly to accept the reduction and the
carders' ami weaverfc' unions accept
ed under protest. The spinners*
union Indicated thai iis members
thought the reduction ioo great. The
yarn tin iah era' union accepted by a
close vote. ?
FIREBUGS IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Unsuccessful Attempt Made to
Hum Hotel Near Tniontown
LTniontown, Pa., Dee. 2*.? Arnsedl
guards earl) today frustrated an at*
tempt to burn the hotel at Battr Junc?
tion, near here. They drove off t*v<>
nu n who had Bred a quantity of in
flammables placed in room of the
lirst Moor. Tin.- gueata who srero
u wakened by the shots joined in the
chase, buf the Incendiaries ??scaped.
BAPTISTS II \ \ l: MADE
M i:i (U s iXcilEAgB
Nashville, TennM Doc 2y.?White
baptists *n tin South have increased
more than two and ? half times as
rapidly as th<- population of this sec
lion during the past twenty years, ac?
cord ng to information jusi compiled
by i?r. )?:. p. Alldredge secretary 'of
the department of survey, ita turtles
and information of the Baptist Sunday
school board. The EinpUat Increanein
theraliership since Li00 has been
14.1 per cent, while the gain in
population ror the south durtog that
time has bet n IJ per cent. The ?,ain
in annual contributions to missions
ami benevoh mas during the same
period has been m arly 1,000 per cent.
These tabulations are made up frossj
the annual reports of only those local
churches which co-operate with the
Southern Baptist convention.
r.. way of comparison, the report
shows thai In 1000 Southern Baptiata
had 7.;? associations while today
there arc ?25, representing a wain of
25.6 per conti In L9lo there won 18,
t?4:t local churches which number
has bei r increased to 25,291 today, a,
gain, of 32.1 per cent; there BfOPO 1 .
604,413 bona tide members in 1000
and L'.'.uil,:: IS in 1929, a gain of 84.1 *
per cent; 9 Til Sunday schoola twen?
ty years ago, and i ~.?;v?> toosty, an
[ncrease of ^2.1 per cent; 139,941 Sun?
day school pupils in itOO and 1.SS6,*
";;?? today, a gain of 1ST per cent. An*
nual gifts to missions and benovosstic
ea in 1990 were $Tui. 323.38 while this
sum has increax -d to $7,23 1,226.s ~.
today, an advance In 20 yean of 04",
.'! per (Suit; tQjtal contributions pec
year to all purpopeee in 1000 were
13,0*9,606.12, while l y ls2o they had
climbed to 121,327,444.67, an ad?
vance of 5St per cent; and the value
of local church property In 1994 was
|19t437,S2I, while m li?20 that val?
uation had ( limbed to $7U73,72S, an
Increase of -->2 par cent. ?
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Dead at 107 Years Old
Honolulu, Dec, Li,?A kingdom
now almost forgottOn was in the
making at the time of*birth of Mrs.
Kai.i Waiki. reputed to be the oldest
070man In Hawaii, who died here yes?
terday. !t has been established that.
Mrs. Waiki was more than seven years
old al the time of the landing of the
first missionaries on Hawaiian shores.
The centennial celebration of the ad?
vent of Chridtlan teachers was held
here last April. Mrs. YVaikai's aye
was given by relatives as 1ST years, y
months.
Kaineiiaineha. known as the Con?
queror, the greatest of the Hawaiian
kings, was completing his conquest
and consolidation of the Hawaiian Is
Inda when lira, Wialhal was born.
This kingdom remained under the
sway of Kanu bameha and his suc?
cessors until the establishment of the
(provisional government in ls'.^i. Mrs.
YVaikai was two years old when the
[tattle of Waterloo was fought in liel
gium shattering Napoleon's dream of
world dominion. A century later
when William of Germany attempted
;, like achievement with similar re?
sults. Mrs. WatkaI already was a cen?
tenarian. Mrs. Waikai had lived in
Honolulu for 79 ream, and retained
her faculties until death. She v*tk?
horn at Kona, Island of Hawaii.
Removing Bodies Of Soldiers l ion
dance
Paria, Dec I..?Exhumation of tin
bodies Of the American soldiers burie,
at Bony cemetery, all men of the 27th
(New York National Guard) and the
SOth (Wildcat, from Tennessee and
North and South Carolina) division*,
began today. Of 1,707 bodies In t*\2
cemetery about 900 will Ih? returns*.
[to the Cnlted States and the remain?
der will not bo disturbed. Bony is
[to be one of the four permanent cemo
lt Cries in Kranee. and other bodies will
be moved into the cemetery, but thl?
work will not start until the work of
sending bodies to America has been
com pbt ed.
It is the first big battlefield ceme?
tery to be reo dual b\ the army ex?
humation units. The district is so de?
vastated thsd there is no shelter for
the workers and n train had to be pro?
vided to make quarters for them. The
winter weather lut* also s- t in at
movable sheds have h
A |c< tmica
' Von vowed yo
at the altar!*
"Yes. but we