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er Sa 9KN I?$i&* Aianversary to Be Cel at Richmond, Indiana TT ^Sicht^ ->?4, Ind., Aug. 14.?The JOOth ap: ?rsary of the founding . ?f- Indian _ Yearly Meeting of Friends, the largest body of Quak ers; m the world, will'be commem ?ffated-here tomorrow. Cj^The Indiana meeting was or ganized in Richmond in a log e&ureh on October $,?.1821. Only &ve .; sectional associations of . Quakers in North America are old-* ??Sr.... All o? the present 15 will take part-in the Indiana centennial. 5*~jCearly meetings" Organized be <Qre .Indiana's were New England i^?^.Baltimore 1672, Philadelphia IJSSX. New York. 1695, North Car ;<?m*t 16&* and Ohio I SI 2. ? t (Quaker, bodies organized since are Western Indiana 1858/-Iowa 1863, Canada 1S67, Kansas 1872, ' .^pKington in Ohio 1892, Oregon | ?, Colorado 1895, and Nebras _JtS07.- * ' i JThe historical background of In- ; Yearly Meeting contribution .the Quaker church, and . its ef r^ soeaal reform wiH be pre at a session in the rma East Main Street Frionds ~ehurch. S^&mothy Nicholson, at 92 years "grand old man the Quaker rerch," is the outstf^dir.g ngure the celebratioa. ? ? ?? Behts and XtoHara. the Manufacturers Record.) "^" Not many days ago wine of th Sfosemost bankers cf eil Europe j 3?&et in private conft^er.ce in Paris. /^gFe.are authoritatively informed ';^hat the -ccmierence came to this inclusion; "Europe can never pay It would be madness for sr to try. to pay it. The %slate will 7|fcave to be wiped clean. There will -be an orgy of cancellation.- No need 5? worry about the United States.' viS&e; moral sense cf mankind will j -induce her also to cancel the debts 3tae her fre^i Europe when she ^sees the example the other nations r*re setting." ^ We are not so pessimistic, but we :<d?o say, and any sane economist will j Unction iCthat repudiation is, as ^Sirtain as is the coming of darkness tar tne falling of the tide if the mad s?tess of attempting to drive prices .3?d wage 'labor, down tc the pre- i ~war levels is ? persevered in. The ^r^ebts cannot be paid in pre-war Never in all history has jre oean^a great war that the" level did not permanently rise. :??miy now has the foremost [ organ - financial authority of the world through the exercise of its ??bweg?-to undermine natjjal :|?^bjiomie laws. Tor have we* found in all the except America, any set of j it bankers whos thought ipnwasT.acure for the world's - imanciaSMaess. Only in this coun try, dco^jant in world finance, was it, consj^pred statesmanship to T^ynamite all values, prohibit pro duction, pay taxes out of losses ?and double the national debt by -arbitrary edict. Gentlemen with in vested fuhdsr who are set on having their interest return buy twice as much aa it did should take thought ;-'^'^tO'what will be the value of their . securities if all interest stops. Read the-JfefeT.rf? the colossi of industry whieh already this year have pass e^^elr"'dividends. i ^?^^i^^^-"onesty only, pays debts. Debts are paid honestly, as Tihcoln said when they in the same terms of value under which they were contracted. 4? ? * a ^ The United States Civil Service t&nimission. announces an open competitive examination for rail way-mail clerk on September i'7, lSZX' at Sumter S. C, at which ex- ( aminatjoii is requested in applica- j ?ton reeeived in time to mail ex amination papers. Vacancies in the railway mail service in the states, for' which this examination* is held, \ at-the entrance salary of $1,600 a year, and in positions requiring slmtlar- ossifications in other teaaiches of - the service, at this or '&gher or lower salaries, will be fHied from this examination unless ?it .is found in the interest of the s%?vlee to fill by reinstatement, twoosfer or promotion. - o m_m :***Women want war" declares Con gresswoman Robertson. Yes as a 'rule, out now and then one prefers to remain single.?Provi dence-Tribune. Country School Child Disadvantages Compared with City Trained Child ?v New York, "Aug. 14.?Disadvan tages of the country school child in comparison with the city trained child are pointed out by Professor Mabel Carney of Columbia Univer sity, following a series of confer ences with country school superin tendents from all over the nation. ?'Almost.half the school children of the United States, that is 8,000, 000, atend one and two teacher rural schools in buildings of the I box-car type," Prof. Carney said. "Many of these buildings are neg lected beyond description. 'Their school term averages 137 days a year as against 187 days a jear for city children. The aver age daily attendance for city school children is 80 per cent, while for country children it is 65 per cent. "All this is greatly complicated by the Question of child labor on the' farm. It is estimated that one j million and a half of country chil dren are engaged in farm labor to their detriment and kept out of school. For this reason illiteracy is +wice as great in rural as in ur ban territory. "The country boy or girl is get- j ting only about one-half the teach ing ability, less than half the j supervision and not quite half the ' efficient administration of school i affairs that is everywhere accord- I ed the more fortunate city child, i "That country children prosper! as well as they do is due . more largely to the wholesome influence of the average country home thaii i to any advantage gained in the one- ! teacher school. The one-teacher j school is an archaic institution and ; should be abandoned and replaced j by consolidation as quickly as possible. The wisest and most direct so- ? lution of our national country life ] problem is to be attained through j proper attention to the rural! schools of the country." ? ? ? Paxyile Items. oMiss Daisy and Carrie Rhame, Mrs. S. E. Curtis and daughters, Misses Jessie and Vivian have re turned from Lake Junuluska, where they spent several days. | Mrs. Sid "Wise returned to her. hom,e at Hyman on Monday after a weeks' visit at the home of her" sister Mrs. T. R. Owens. Miss Eliabeth Griffin of Pine-i wood is spending"awhile at the, home of her brother Mr. C. L. ] Griffin and with Miss Iva Geddings.' Misses Ethel and Daisy Corbett.j returned Saturday from a visit to , their sister Mrs. G. E. Beatson at* ?Wilson Mill. j Miss Belle Bagnal of Sumter is visiting her sister Mrs. W. C. Pack, and friends in the commun ity. Mrs. J. W. Mims, Jr., and chil dren have returned, from avhlt'j with Mrs. B. B. Ferguson, at Sha-. ron. Miss Ethel Corbett who has been j teaching a young peoples' mission i class of the Methodist ?hurch en- i titled "Serving the Neighbor-1 hood", gave the concluding chap- ? ter on last Monday afternoon, at the home of a member,* Miss Vivian Curtis. After the study, a social was enjoyed by the class and con tests furnished amusement for the .party, and iced tea with assorted cakes were served on the lawn, with tables, seats, swings, and out flowers, also potted plants. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Geddings, of Clemson are visiting at tue home of Mrs. Mary A. McLeod. Miss Ruby Quick, of Statesville, N. C, visited friends here last we'ek. Miss Pearl Broadway entertained a few of her friends on last Fri day evening at her home near town. Miss Annie Bradham and little Cecile Weinberg went to Mullins on Monday to spend a while at the home v? Mr. P. C. Bradham. Mr. L. H. Hatfield, of Sumter has j recently purchased building lots j here and has now in course of erection two. modern brick build ings for store purposes. They add much to the improvement of the i town. ? ? ? ^aris, Aug. 25 (By the Associat ed Press).?Peter Cooper Hewitt*. American scientist and electrical inventor, died in the American hos- : pital here at 7:15 o'clock tonight. Mrs. Hewitt and his sisters were at the bedside. Soviet Mission in Turkey In Interview With Press Rep resentative, Talks of Aim and Plans of Bolsheviki Angora, July 25.?(The Associat ed Press>?The Bolshevik mission at Angora, headed by Serge Nat zarenouss as plenipotentiary, is just as much an object of curiosity as it would be in Washington. There are but few Russian Bolsheviki in Turkey and the Turkish population observes them closely, to see if they wear red clothes and horns, and massacre people before or after breakfast. The Bolshevik mission, which ar rived from Moscow in late June, composed of a half dozen men and a dozen or more women secretaries and typists, is established in a res idence "just under the walls of the ancient city. Over it flies a red flag bearing the insignia of Soviet Russia, Stretched across the street is a huge red banner on which is j inscribed in Turkish letters: "Down , with Imperialism and Capitalism." j In an adjoining house are a j few Bolsheviki soldiers, but other- I wise there is no pretence at at tracting attention. Natzarenouss is a-former lawyer of Saratov, who says his socialistic tendencies caused the government of the Czar to deport him in 1911 for a six months' imprisonment in Siberia. At different periods in the past three years he was command er of the Bolshevik forces on the Archanglel front. He is a short alert, polite man, neatly dressed, and a smoker of initialed cigarettes contained in a highly ornamented gold case. "I am here because of our treaty with the Turks", he explain ed. "There is no secret treaty. The only one is that drawn March 16 in Moscow. By it Kars goes to the Turks and they now occupy it, de- j spite reports to the contrary7. ? The treaty is founded on our common j revolutionary interests, and both of j us are bound not to recognize any j international treaty imposted on the j other against its will. "By it we also recognize the right I of the Turks to Constantinople and j it is nonsense to say we are trying to capture that city. It is also pro- j vided that a future conference of' interested nations shall reguate' the free passage of the Dardanelles . straits and the commerce of the i Black Sea, and in such manner as j not. to infringe on the absolute sov- j ereingty and security of the Turks , at Constantinople. "Article four recognizes the sim- ! ilarity of the; struggle of the I peoples of the Orient for national ! freedom with the struggle of the i workers of Russia for a new social j order and to both the right to gov- j ern themselves as they wish.v "The Turks are equally afraid of\ ourselves and the Allies and are , trying to prevent any infringement j on their independent by either." j Asked why at the present time, there was so much fear in Europe j of a new Soviet invasion of Poland J and Rumania, he answered; "That; is the result of propaganda against us. So far as I know, we have no such intentions. We wish to be ! friendly with all nations. Wre are trying to establish a responsible government that can reopen com mercial relations, especially are we anxious to do so with the United ; States. "We realize that with a responsible government we can get long credits and rebuild Russia. "We should like to see the long line of ships repar-sing the Dar danelles, carrying freight to and from South Russia, as in pre-war j days.* "It is not easy for us to form a stable, responsible government un der present conditions, with armed bands plundering in the country districts, yet if we can once get people back to work, as would be the case if import and export bus- j iness started, the task will be far j easier." 66G Cures a Cold Quickly. ?' ? ? Population of Sweden Increases! Stockholm, Aug. 3.?Sweden's total population at the end of 1920 amounted to over 5,904,000, ac cording to the Central Statistical Bureau's preliminary figures just published. This is an increase dur ing 1920 of over 57,000 and a record increase since 1861. ?66 Cures Chills and Fever. Gussman in Jail On Peoria Charge Accused Man Claims He Has Never Been in Illinois City Birmingham, Aug. 25?Piedro Gussman arrested today at the re quest of Peoria, 111., authorities in connection with the murder of a woman there last November, was transferred to the county jail late today on a warrant charging him with being a fugitive from justice following service of habeas corpus papers on Police Chief Shirley re quiring him to show tomorrow why Gussman should not be given his liberty. Horace Alford attorney for Guss man. announced tonight that he would seek a writ of injunction to restrain the sheriff from permitting the removal of Gussman from the county. Maintaining his innocence, Guss man declares that he has never been in Peoria. He .'-ays he was | born in Porto Rico, coming to the i United States at the close of the Spanish-American war. He mar ried ten years ago a Birmingham won.an who died in Nashville, offi cers quote him as saying. Gussman's marriage to Miss Ruth Stephenson here on August 11, was followed by the shooting to death of Father James E. Coyle, Catholic priest, who performed the ceremony, by the Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson, Methodist minister and father of Mrs. Gussman. -g> ? A Mountain Crumbling A Geological Freak is Report- j ed from Vienna Vienna. Aug. 6.?The geological freak of a great mountain disinte-' \ grating so fast that is is discernible day by day?a thing that ordinarily takes thousands of years?is occur ring in the Aussse region. The Aussee Sandling, rising over 5,000 .feet,'is simply collapsing. Its great cones and pinnacles of rock are crashing and tumbing as if un dermined by gnomes, the forests that clothed the slopes lie flat or move slowly and steadily down ward piling into the valleys and the turf carpet moves with them,. Over three and three-quarter miles of territory are involved in the movement and hundreds of j sightseers view the convulsions j from opposite slopes. The phenomenon has- been in progress for nearly a year with gradually increasing acceleration. * One scientific explanation is the j presence of an abnormal quantity j of water in the chalky limestone j core of the mountain causing the collapse of great caverns and the i slipping of strata. GREENWOOD^HERIFF AFTER STILL THIEF;' Greenwood. Aug. 24.?The big j still taken from the Greenwood county court house where it was { placed after having been captured i by the sheriff has not been located | nor have the thieves been found, | but Sheriff White and his force are | red hot on their trail and they will' likely be brought to trial before j long. Nothing has happened here I recently that has so aroused the in dignation of Greenwood people and the sheriff is especially warm over the matter. He is scarcely able to brook the insult which he feels has j been put to him ahd his force by lawless set who entered the temple of justice and committed this out- | rage. c <?? Teacher Arrested I Spartanburg, Aug.? 24.?Miss | Ernestine Leatherwood, rural j school teacher in this county, was | arrested yesterday afternoon on the j charge of cruelly whipping a young ! boy pupil of her school. She wiU be given a preliminary hearing be fore a local magistrate next Wed nesday. Nearly all the pupils in the school have been summoned as witnesses in the case. ? ?? o Chicago, Auguust 20?The rules governing the payment of over time rates promulgated by the Uni ter States railway labor board were rejected as "unjustified" by the re gional executive board of railway employees department of the Am erican Federation of Labor. NITRATE OF SODA Purchased now, for Winter and Spring Arrival, will certainly prove profitable to you. Likewise? Acid Phosphate Kainit Manure Salts Muriate of Potash Fish Scrap Blood Tankage And our High Grade Ammoniated Fertilizers Come in and get quotations, and let us talk it over with you. HARBY & COMPANY 9 West Liberty Street . i < SUMTER, S. C. ^* <" ' ?y ? - ' . * ? ' . Remedy Suggested For Unemployment Federal and State Government Agencies Can Do Much To Believe Situation Atlantic City, X. J., Aug. 25.? The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor today called upon the federal and state government forces to aid in the relief of the unemployment situa tion by "immediately concerning themselves with putting into ope ration processes of production for public improvement of buildings, roads, etc.. anil to use the credit of the country fur the encouragement of productive processes." The council's proclamation also called upon the organized and un organized wage earners "to resist attempts at the wage reductions and urge ail the people to join in the demand that our processes of production be stabilized and that the well organized and concerted ei'fort of the exploiters of our land for the further reduction of wages of men who even today, can not live in decency and comfort, shall come to an immediate end." Want Woman Deputy Proposition Being Considered in Charleston Charleston, Aug. 25.?A novel idea is being considered by the Civic club of this city in a proposi tion to have a woman deputy sher iff appointed. The matter is now" in the hands of a committee which is to souund public sentiment, and consider ways and means. There is no appropriation available from the county funds to pay the salary of such a woman official. SWINDLING TRUST NEARLY BROKE BANKS Chicago. Aug. 26?Forty-eight banking institutions in the middle west would have collapsed had all operations of arch swindlers been carried to a successful conclusion authorities say, appropos to the arrest of Charles French and John Worthingtom alleged heads of "the swindling trust." BAPTIST EVANGELIST COMMITS SUICIDE Asheville. August 26?The Rev. J. H. Dew. Baptist evangelist, com mitted suicide last night, cutting his throat with a razor on account of ill health. WHITE CARD SYSTEM INAUGURATED The City Board of Health has decided to award each grocery stcre, nuat market, restaurant and sodo fount that conforms to ail the rules and regulations and keep their places of business in a thor oughly sanitary condition, with a white card stating this to be a fact along with the date of the inspection and the signature of the person making the inspection. A merchant not having a card does not mean that he is llagrantly violating any of the public health rules, but some merchants are a little remiss on screening their places of business properly, and it will also take time to visit and is sue cards to all of the merchants handling food stuffs. BROWN'S SLAYER NEAR CHAPIN, TOO That the negro who may have killed Officer Frank Brown of the Columbia police force last week, is believed surrounded in a swamp, about six miles from Chapin, in Lexington county was indicated in a report received from Chapin at o o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The report came in connection with the search and finding of the negro who shot Noah F. Frick the Chapin farmer Tuesday after noon. It was stated that a negro was surrounded in the swamps who was believed to be the slayer of the Columbia policeman and that or ders was given to hold the posse until officers could arrive at the scene. Irish Officials Appointed. Belfast, Ireland. Aug. 4.?A Scotsman has been chosen as head of the Educational Depa/tment of the Ulster government which is probably one of the most thorny apppintments at Sir James Craig's disposal, as the Catholic.hierarchy is keenly watching the develop ments in this direction. Two Irishmen, both highly quali fied, will organize the new Agricul ture Department. Generally no time is being lost in nanv" ; tin- Executive so that those interested in Irish recon struction will be faced with a gov ernment already functioning. Seaboard to Discontinue Local Pas senger Train. According to announcement made Monday at the local Sea board office the regular passenger train between iiartsville and Sum ter will be discontinued after this week. The mixed train will con tinue to operate but the schedule has been changed as follows: The train from Sumter will teave here a; :'.! I o'clock in tin- morning and returning from Kartsville will leave Bishopville in tin- afternoon. These changes will become effective on Sunday. August 28, ami means that passengers will be carried from here on the Seaboard only one way each day -? ?? ? Fine feathers make sad birds when the bills comes in. Charge of Larceny Against Young Man Clyde Gregory Held in Gaff ney Jail in Default of Thou sand Dollar Eond - - Gaffney, Avg. 25?A cattle dealer named Joe Lee had a warrant is : sued yesteday for a young white ' man named Clyde Gregory, charg i ing him with larceny from the per son and with violating the prohi | bition law. Lee claims that Greg : ory invited him to take a ride in a car which was being driven by three ' women Wednesday night and when they got to Blacksburg that he and Gregory alighted from the car and that Gregory abstracted $65 from Lee's pockets. Gregory was also charged with violating the prohibi tion law. According to Lee's state- i I ment he had the custody of a half j I gallon of whiskey in a fruit jar. At I the hearing of the cases, two wit- j nesses testified that they had seen Lee have $45 just before night, and one of the witnesses testified I that he saw the jar with whiskey in it. The names of the two women j could not be learned as the de ! feudant and the others testified [ that they had never seen them be fore and that they immediately left Gaffney after the robbery. They were traveling in a very expensive car, and told people here that they were from Charleston. The magis trate held Gregory for trial at j court on both charges, and in de- ( fault of bond in the sum of 11,000 1 I he was committeed to jail. ? o ? Irish Leaders Forward Reply Agreed Joint Communique Will Be Issued?No Men tion Made of Republic Dublin, Aug. 25 (By the Associa ted Press).?The Dail Eireann cab inet has replied to the letter which j Premier Lloyd George sent to Eam onn de Valera, the Irish Republican ! leader, on August 13. It was in this letter that the British prime min ister informed Mr. de Valera that there could be no compromise on I the question of the right of Ireland to sececde and also attempted to make clear the conditions of the proposed peace settlement. While the text of the Republican cabinet letter will not be published j until an agreed joint commission ! is issued, it is underustodd that it makes no mention of a republic but enunciates the principles of inde pendence and expresses aversion to a resumption of warfare. Thus, it is considered there still is a wide j I opening for a continuation of the i I peace negotiations, a fact which ! jhas caused widespread satisfaction! 'and a general feeling of optimism. I At a public meeting of the Dail Eireann tomorrow Mr. de Valera j will explain the motives which led j the deputies to take the decision j they have. Publication of Jie joint communique both at London and I Dublin, also is looked for tomorrow. At the same meeting, the Dail Eireann being a new one, all office holders, including the cabinet, will, automatically go out of office and j wall be reelected. After this formali- j ty the peace negotiations will be brought up, and any members will be free to bring business before the chamber. It is believed probable the parliament will not be proro gued until the peace negotiations are concluded. ? ? ? Find Largest Still i -? Officers Make Successful Raid in Cherokee Gaffney. Aug. 25.?State Con stables C. T. Allison. L. H. Allison, D. M. Moore and C. G. Phillips cap tured the largest copper distillery yesterday ever found in Cherokee county.. The plant was located i about 15 miles from Gaffney, and was of more than 100 gallon ca pacity, according to the officers. The complete outfit was taken w?th the exception of the worm, and four barrels of beer which was about ready to be distilled was poured out. The still, according to the statement of the officers, had every appearance of having been recently operated, but there was no one near at the time of the cap ture. ? o o Had Narrow Escape Four Young Women Caught by Undertow Charleston, Aug. 25.?Four young women, all of Charleston, who were in Sullivan's island surf j yesterday, had a narrow escape! from a strong undertow, it became known here today, and were res-1 [cued just in time. They were enjoy ing the breakers when they found ) themselves unable to maintain aj footing, and but for a timely alarm i given by a beach resident might I have been swept out to sea. AllI were revived, after being brought! ashore, although they were exhaust- j ed by their struggle with the waves, j Rub-My-Tism Cures Sores. Berlin, August 2?'?Mathias Erz-j berger, former vice premier and minister of Finance was murdered today. ? ? ? Rub-My-Tism Cures Pains. Washington, Aug. 26.?The im- ; mediate disposition of the iiquor seized under the national prohibi- : tion act on which storage charges are accruing was ordered today by prohibition commissioner Haynes. When we get back to normal, we'll show how normal we are by . complaining about normalcy. ?! Washington Tost. U(iO Cures Dengue Fever. Argentina Wel comes Immigrants South American Country: Seeking to Populate Waste Places - Buenos Aires, July 25.?While the United States is decreasing- the i number of immigrants admitted in to the country, Argentina, with thousands of fertile acres that have never felt a plow, is welcoming them with open arms, and is even feeding i d lodging them while helping them to find employmnt. After si tting foot in Argentina! the immigrant is welcomed into a spotless, comfortable hotel where, j in addition to being supplied free : of charge with every personal ne- 1 cessity and convenience, he is taught by means of motion pictures j and lectures something of the new land in which he is to make his ! home and is aided, when possible, to find employment. On deciding upon his destination within- the country, the immigrant is supplied with free transportation to that place. "While the majority of immigrants arriving in the country are Spani ards ?nd Italians, Germans are now arriving, together with some from other countries. Although the Germans come here third-class on account of the low value of the mark, many of them are skilled workers and even professional men. They bring with them quantities of machinery and equipment with which to start their new life. ?-? ? New Sciences A Paris Doctor Identifies Criminals by Pores of the Skin Paris, July 30.?Poroscopy and Graphometry are two new "sci ences" i; tended to make the way of the transgressor harder than it is. Poroscopy is the science of measuring the pores of the body. Graphometry is the science of form and relative proportion of letters in handwriting. Dr. Fdmond Locard, head of the i Lyons police laboratory of identi fication, has elaborated these new methods of crime detection to a point where the results have been accepted in the Lyons courts and are said to have been proved ef fective. In poroscopy, Dr. Locard holds the number, form and position of body pores remain the same throughout life. The impression cf the pores, in Dr. Locard's sys tem is colored by chemical vapors or very fine powders to they may be photographed under a micros cope. Dr. Locard tells of several suc cessful prosecutions supported by his new sciences. In one case a burglar wore gloves but l?ft an impression of a small surface of forearm. That trace convicted him. Another burglar, perspiring freely, left the impression of pore surfaces through his gloves and went to j? "1. Graphometry, as termed by .Dr. Locard, consisted primarily in the theory that handwriting shows always a certain relation in size between letters and unmistakable characteristics in form, particular ly of loops. Ir. addition to these principles, Dr. Locard. of course, utilizes generally accepted meth ods of detecting forgeries.. He Loved Birds But the La'w Would Not Let Him Have His Pets j Dubuquo. la., Aug. 20.?Bereft of his wild bird pets, F. H. Rhom berg,-Dubuque's nature loving her mit, is a changed man. For more than a score of years he has surrounded himself in his home on rolling bottom land of trie Mississippi river with song birds that learned to love their captivity But as the years ran on the state law makers forbade caging song birds, and recently the old man was arrested, fined, and the birds set free. In one cage larger than the rest a brilliant Kentucky Cardinal ling ered, when a recent visitor called. Its door was open. "He will never go," s d the old man wiping his brow wii 1 a band ana as he gazed upon tfc row of empty cages. "He is the ne friend I have lei'', because c7 law tells me that I am abusing i iy friends the birds, for whom I ; ve always labored and loved. "There you see." and \$ ing to the window that overlook orchard, meadow anu strip of . ling hills, he pointed to a host o rd houses and natural bathing p >o "If that is abusing things 1 love." he said, "then I ; : guilty." Squ'.rels. rabbits wi. . young, ! cats that refuse to bother the | birds, and. two great mastiffs, held in leash by heavy log chains, com- j pleted the life of the little farm home. The birds were his dearest pos session. Hundreds more of them built in the vicinity of his home. Fearful of the law yet with a de- J sire to aid the creatures he has ministered to so long, the old man still prep; res food for the so:.g- ! sters and watches them lovingly as they fly to him for the deliea cies he always has. He does not fondle or caress them now. He is afraid of the law. ; Rub-My-Tisni for Rheumatism, j -? ? o Xow watch the * ye speceialists kick againss longer dresses. -? ?? o 6G6 Cures Bilious Fever. Xow that we have learned to tell : a good cantaloupe the season is over. -? ? ? Rub-My-Tism Cures Infection. 1 New York Traffic Conditions Owing to Delay in Handling Freight, is Described as "Sore Spot of the Nation" New York, Aug. 16.?Railroads entering New York pull a carload of freight 400 miles for the same money they charge to handle it on a barge or lighter in New York har bor, a distance of about ten miles, says J. J. Mantell of the Erie rail road. An explanation of this cost was given by Mr. Mantell recently to the members' council of the New York Merchant's' Association. He said that the great volume of freight-handling in the port of New York?50 per cent of the to tal import and export traffic of the United States,?requires the main tenance by the railroads of a vast amount of floating equipment, rep resenting an investment of $16, 000,000. Because New York's narrow piers were planned and built 45 or more years ago and were intended for ' the old type of sailing vessel or steamer, he said, barges and light ers require from seven to eight days to make deliveries. During the war, rom ten to fifteen days were re quired. "An Interstate Commerce Com missioner once described the New York traffic conditions," Mr. Man tell added, "as 'the sore spot' of the nation." The Cost of Government Clearly the most important mat ter for the United States, as indeed it is for all countries, is the discov ery of ways and means for making government cheaper for the people, observes "The Guaranty Survey*> issued by the Guaranty Trust Com pany of New York. It notes as a be ginning in thi sdirection the bud get system put in operation with General Dawes as Director, and President Harding's plans for an international conference to con sider disarmament and the question of the Pacific. If the budget and disarmament plans can be pros ecuted with the success which aU hope for them, it is predicted that great progress1 will have been made in the direction of cutting down government expediture. On the other hand, it is pointed out that taxation has received little or nsid^ration in this Congress, al although in view of present mal adjustment there is no reason why the question of taxation should await decreasing expenditure. Our present tax system is a burden which ought to be lightened through a lowerin gof rates. The question of the Government's rev enue, which affects so many ad versely at this time, should receive more active attention than has yet been given to it. redthrouv oweplanslaghoPrdgo n It should be remembered that governmental expeditures for 1920 exceeded those from 1791 to 1865 inclusive, a period of 72 years, and the financial problem confronting the Treasury?which means the. taxpayers?in the immediate future is so serious as practically to make impossible the assuming of any ad ditional burdens. Furthermore, it is imperative for the taxpayers of this country se riously to consider fact that obli gations arising out of the recent and earlier wars, together with the current expenses of the War and Navy departments, constituted 92.S per cent of the total appropriations for 1920. Congress has appropri ated for the military and naval es tablishments for the fiscal year 1921-2 the sum of $835,S37,939. If we take these appropriations as fairly representative of our annual military aftd naval expediture in I the future it will be seen that while Germany is paying $26,000,000,000 as interest and amortization of her present reparations obligation of 50,000,000,000 gold marks, the Uni ter States will have expended in the i same period $30,000,000,000 for military and naval purposes. Gemany, it is recalled, has prac tically been relieved of her army and navy under the provisions cf , the treaty. She can therefore, di- 1 vert revenues and labor that would otherwise be expended for arma ment into more productive chan nels. ? m ? British Trade Mission Gone to Mos cow London. July 29.?A British trade mission of 17 members, headed by R. M. Hodgson, formerly British consul at Vladivostok, has left Lon don for Moscow, where quarters have been secured to house them. They took with them six week^s food supply, ..nd large stores of of fice and household furniture in cluding tables, brooms, pails, dust ers and even pens and ink. "We don't know what may hap pen to us", said Mr. Hodgson to a reporter, "so we are gong pre pared. We are taking two cars, in case we find the railways on strike or the track blown up, but we are not carrying any arms." Marriage Licenses White: Ervin T. Griftin and Ida Marie Wells, Manning. Arechie Boyee, Mayesville and Cora Sue Boyce, Islliotts. Colored : George Carter, Sumter and Jes sie Green, Mayesville.' George Buckner ad Lottie Gat ling. Stateburg. Albertus Maples and Shelby Rosa Prince, Sumter. Lawrence Vaughn and Pearl Lewis, Sumter, Niles Truesdale and Viola Mc Leod, Shiloh. 666 Cures Malarial Fevere. Washington, Aug. 26.?This gov- 3 ernment loses a million dollars through the destruction of dirigible _^ ZR-2, the navy department con- 3j tract discloses. 666 Cures Biliousness.