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The Watchman and Southron Entered at the Postoffice at Sum ter, S. C, as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. * :Mr. D. D. Moise has returned to the city from a duck hunt in the lowerv part of; the state hear Creorgetown. . ? Mr. YZz D. Fraser has moved his residence from Eroad street to his old home in the country near Du Bose's Cross Roads. s - * Dr. E. S. Booth is spending a few days in Charleston attending the Shrine ceremonial meeting which is, being held there. V -The friends of Mr. J. H. Strong are! regretful at hearing that he lias been carried to Richmond, Va., where he is to undergo an opera tion. Mrs. Strong and "son, Hazel,j j> left for Richmond last night to join him there. A speedy recovery for lir. Strong is the wish of his triends. \ ilr. C. S. Hutchinson and Super . intendent of Education J. H. Haynsworth spent a short while Pinewood yesterday on scnool .;,*3soatters, r I- Messrs.' H. C. Folsom and R. H. Rembert returned Friday from a-'hunting and fishing trip to Horse Shoe Lake on the Wateree River. ? ; Mr. Robert Beaumont returned this morning to Florence after hav ing been a visitor in Sumter for a ? Csj&ort while Mr. L.. E. Kirven left this morn ing for a short stay in Columbia, on business. :-.*Mr. Frank Brunson returned this morning from the lower part of the state, near Georgetown where he reports having enjoyed a very suc cessful duck hunt. Mr. and Mrs. K. P. ,/Beach are w%ek-end visitors in Columbia. ?Dr. E. S. Bocth Returned this morning from Charleston where he attended the Shrine ceremonial. Miss Sadie McElveen of Lake City is the week-end visitor of Miss Mary Belle Burgess at .her home in. the, city. ?. Mr. J. T. Hooker left this morn ing -for Camden after a short visit /- in the city. Miss Marion Knight is. spending the week-end in Columbia. Mr. Stephen Shore is back in the city from a big duck hunt near Georgetown. Mr. Ray Abrams,. of Columbia, *|>ent.the week-end in the city. Misses Sadie and Lillie McElveen of Lake City have returned to their homes after having been the visi tors of Miss Mary. Belle Burgess. . Mr. R. J. Bland left thi<* morn ing for Laurens where he will spend several'days on business. \Mr. DuRant McElveen has re turned to Columbia iafter spending the week-end in Sumter. ^ Mr. Frank- Jeppi has returned to Sumter after having spent several ' weeks in Mississippi and in New Orleans on business. . Miss Janie. B. ' ?ioore passed - through the . city today while re turning to her home in Dalzeil from a Yisit to her sister,. Mrs. B. TV. Begars, at Fort Ogden, Fla. Miss Allene Carroll returned to i her~home in the city on Saturday from Spartanburg where she is at school at Converse College. Mr. Fred G. Aul? of Eastover is spending the day in the city on business. Messrs. H. B. Gunter and T. D. Blair of the Southern Life and T/rust Company spent Thursday and Friday m Sumter meeting with the Sumter branch office of this com pany. ? . Mr. Harmon D. Moise has return ed to Sumter from Atlanta, Ga., where he has been on important business. " Mr. W. T. Hall, of Kershaw, a former resident of Sumter, is in the city for a visit of several days. Mr. and/Mrs. Hall Nelson have returned to Sumter from a week end visit in Summerton. . Mr. Ray Stuckey of Stateburg is spending the day in the city. . Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Richardson and children, of Manning, spent Sunday in Sumter with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burgess of Manning passed through Sumter yesterday while on their way to Stateburg where they spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. James Simmons. ? Mr.-Marion Hurst spent yester day in Columbia. Mr. W. T. McLeod of Lynchburg, was in town Monday on business. Miss Kate Moseley, of Columbia, was the attractive week-end guest of Misses Leilah and Lilah Smith. Mr. Richard S. Hood, Jr., has arrived in Sumter to attend the wedding of his sister. Miss Bessie Hood. M. Richard Hood is con nected with the American Car Co.. of St. Louis, Mo. Miss Emma Reynolds has re turned to Sumter from a several weeks visit in Charleston, S. C. Mr. W. C. Boykin, of Boykins. is a visitor in Sumter. Mr. Campbell Laney has return ed to the University of South Caro lina" after having spent the week end in Sumter. ? Mr. J. W. Watson, of Atlanta, was' a visitor in Sumter for the week-end. : Mrs. Joe Muuk and little daugh ter have returned to their home in Raleigh after spending several days with her friend. Mrs. O. V. Player. ? Miss Novel WTheelcr. after spend ing several days-with her sister. Mrs. O. V. Player, has returned to her home in Florence. -m + m l)ea\h. Miss Mary M. Rhame. aged f)5 years, died at 6:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ed Alien at 336 West Liberty Street, after having been in declining health for several years due to the infirmities of old age. Miss Rhame was born in Clarendon county and was the daughter of Mr. Able Rhame of that section. For about forty years of her life Miss Rhame was a faithful school and music teacher. Miss Rhame is survived by one niece. Mrs. Allen of Sumter, and One nephew, Mr> Frank Rhame of Silver. Besides these she leaves a number of grand nieces and nephews aiid greatgrand nieces and nephews. $50,000,000 For Farm Loans I War Finance Corporation Pre ! pared tc Extend Credit To ! Farmers ! Messrs. C. G. Rowland. L. D. Jennings. Earle Rowland, R. L. Ed munds, R. C. Bradham, Jamison Cain, and R. A. Bradham attended a joint meeting held in Columbia Friday night of Group 7 of South Carolina Bankers' association and \ the board of the South Carolina agency of the war finance corpora tion. j Mr. R. A. Bradham stated that methods and system used by the war finance corporation to aid and assist the farmers and the agricul tural interest of South Carolina and other southern states is prob ably the most remarkable system of finance and credit ever irfsiitut ed in the history of this country. Mr. Bradham was very high in his praise of the work done by Mr. J. P. Mathews, president of the Palmetto National Bank of Colum bia, Ex-Governor Manning and oth er officials in having the agency of the war finance corporation estab lished in Columbia. Mr. Mathews who has worked untiringly for the last year to have this agency es tablished in Columbia stated to Mr. Bradham that the agency could command a credit of fifty million dollars to be loaned through the banks of this state to the farmers and allied interests. The credit, however, is not intended to be abus ed, but to be properly used in re establishing confidence, credit Und prosperity. . The tone that rang through the meeting by Mr. J. P. Mathews, chairman of the Columbia agency and other officials was that they want to help the general situation in every way possible. This valu able assistance comes at a time when It is most urgently needed and with the assistance and co-op eration of, the various banks the benefits to this county and state will truly be great. Mr. R. A. Bradham was ap pointed a committee of one to fa miliarize himself with the workiiigs of the board in Columbia, so that he might render assistance to ev eryone in Sumter county who is in terested in this remarkable system of finance and credit. Party For Miss Bessie Howl. Miss Bessie Hood, much enter tained bride-elect, was honored at a lovely party given by Mrs. Ed ward McCallum, at her home on Broad street Thursday afternoon. The rooms of the house were ar tistically decorated with ferns and baskets of yellow and white chysan themums, and about were many tables arranged, for playing "Put and . Take". Following a number of "Put and Take" was an attrac tive contest, in which Mrs. W. D. Boykin was the most successful. She was presented with a work bag which she in turn presented . to the guest of honor. The bride elect was given by her hostess a lovely piece of lingerie. i A delicious salad course, with tea, was served by Mesdames A. A. "?Well. G. C. Propst and R. C. Williams. I Mrs. McCaTlum's guests included Misses Hood, ' Grace Reynolds, T.ouise a?d Martha Williams. I Fannie White, Teresa Chandler, I and Mesdames Edward Wright, G. ! C. Propst, A. A. Howeii, Dave Mc Callum, C. J. Lemmon, W. E. Mims. 1 R. S. Hood, John Green, W. D. ' Boykin, Earle Rowland. C. G. Row ! land, Harry Parker. J. A. Mc Knight. H. M. Stuckey, George Ricker, A. Weinburg, R. C. Wil ! Hams, Deward Bultman, M. S. j Boykin. E. P. Pitts. Cecil Wilson. ! Raymond Schwartz. -* ? ? Hair-Burress A marriage of unusual interest I was solemnized Thursday evening, j December Sth at No. 20g N. Harvin I St., when Mr. G. Heyward Burress I and Miss Leila Hair were joined ? in wedlock by Rev. J. W. Daniel, j pastor Trinity M. E. church. Many \ friends and relatives gathered to j witness the culmination of a court j ship begun in childhood and to j wish this happy couple all the joys ! that may he crowded in a long j and useful married life. Shortly af j ter the ceremony they left on a ; southern tour of undetermined du ! ration. ! The bride is the charming and ; accomplished daughter of Mr. and : Mrs. W. 1;. Hair of this city and ' the groom a prosperous merchant ' and farmer of Wedgefield, S. C. ! Revolution Re ported in Peru Washington. Dec. 12.?Reports j have been received from Buenos i Aires of a revolution in Peru but thus far without confirmation from state department agents. China's open door seems to have let the cat in. ? <s> o The early bird gets the worm. So docs the early chestnut. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Ystdya Open Hish Low Close cioae ?-n |7"S IfiQS I7.m 17.70 March _ -I7.95 18.12 16.95 17.13 17.70 Way .. .17.73 17.96 IG.75 17.00 ?7.50 July ?7.35 17.50 16.30 16.56 17.0.'? Oct 16.75 16.3? 15.95 ?6.00 16.42 Dec. . ?3.00 18.22 17.25 17.40 I7.?0 T<?ue barely steady. Spots ."??> down. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Ystdys Arv?n TTlr-h T-nw Clciso Pw Jan _ 17.15 ?7.40 16.02 16.46 17.04 March . 17.26 17.53 ?6.20 ?6.60 17.17 May I7.J5 i7.40 16.10 16.50 17.08 July " ?6.77 !6.9:> 15.50 :?.I2 10.70 Oct. IS.20 IS.20 15.15 I5.4j 15.92 t>ec. .. . .17.10 17.21 ?6.10 16.39 16.93 Tone quiet; unchanged. Spots 17.00. LIVEPOOL COTTON. January. . March . May ............ . July . October . December Sales T.iio:); [receipts 24.000. 11.IS : *.t....<! Mi<Iuiiri!? 1! :?> . . 10.48 .... 10.44 10.30 ... 10.22 ... 9.64 .. 10.44 Middling THE GOLDEN HOUR Following is a paper read by [Mrs. JL M. Stnckey. chairman of I the State Federation of Woman's Music Clubs, at an educational meeting held at. noon Friday at the Girls' High School. The paner was of such merit that a motion was j made and carried at this meeting ! that the paper receive publication I in at least two of the newspapers ; of the county: There has recently been inaugu rated in ...-musical, educational and religious circles a campaign for the : Golden Hour. The greatest service ': I can do you today is to explain I the purpose o-' the plan, and to rec j ommend that you adopt it in your schools and homes. I shall condense the best editor ; Sals on the subject of the Golden j Hour, and tell you what our great j est musicians, educators and clergy men think of it. "America is now confronting a menace which thinking men and women witness with the greatest gravity. Whether it is known as graft, profiteering, embezzlement, homicide, taking a chance and get ting away with it. or by the real names, stealing, lying, murder and treason, it makes but little differ ence. America is undergoing an era of criminal deeds altogether unparalleled. In the city of Chi cago last year, for instance, there were more homicides than in all England and Wales ? including London, which has three times the population of Chicago. Our cataract of crime, from petty bribing to the most horrible and brutal offenses, has astounded the country. It is easy to attribute this to the war?to the ?times.' to prohibition ?to undesirable aliens, etc. We Americans have a very comfortable way of excusing our own short comings. However much other factors may have contributed, the truth remains, that our menace is largely of home manufacture. We I are responsible, and we must roal [ ize that responsibility, if we are to ! provide a remedy for future genera I tions. ? There are 5S,000,000 persons in I the boundaries of the United States who are not in any church, Protes tant, Jewish or Catholic. The pro i cess of evangelizing such a multi tude would take a life-time. Mean while, what is happening in the way of building up a proper con ception of right and wrong, justice or injustice, service or injury among i the children of such a group? With I the flickering of the spiritual can j dies, the world is but a step from ! moral chaos; in Russia it exists this i moment." . . ! "Xo fault can be found with the ! thoroughness with which reading. 'ritin' and 'rithmetic have been ' taught in the public schools, yet the i system is unquestionably weak in j the most significant of all factors I in education?Character building." I "The great fact that truth and i honor must rise supreme in the conscience of man with his contact [with all his fellow men. is the (Outstanding essential in the system ! of human education. Unless a child j is taught this fact, so that it re j mains as a lifetime guide, not only ! is his other schooling worthless, but other knowledge may actually be dangerous to the state that ed ucates him. There are thousand? of criminals who read remarkably well in several languages." "But book learning will never take the place of ethical training, 'and aesthetic, inspirational devcl ! opmcnt?especially in these days ; when, countless families have sev | ered their relations with thr ; church. Therefore, ethical training j hi the solemn duty of all religions, j Every child born in this land should have a careful drilling 'in : cultivating his sense of duty to his ; intellect, his health, his parents, his I friends ? to every person with j whom he is likely to have any in j tercourse. Parables and precepts 1 from the Scriptures, the strong fortress of our spkndid past. have, because of difference of opinion ?upon the use of the Bible in public schools, become the subject ol I abuse in many American localities, ; Where Bible reading has be en dls 'continued, little attempt has beer /made to supply the great inspir ational need." "Of course, the first obligations ol rearing the children should rest j upon the parents, and there should : be no effort upon the part of anj i other agency to usurp their righi ! in this respect. Xor should the;, be relieved of any of their respon sibility. "Put the nation has an im terest in the boys and girls \vh< tomorrow are to constitute irs eir. izenship, and it is a national dutj ; to werk in conjunction with th< i parents to cee that the. morals o: i the children rest upon a soli< foundation. Here, then, is the op portunity for helpful service through tin- schools, and the ob servance of the Golden Hour offer; glorious opportunities." "While music in itself does no build character, its stimulating ennobling influence, its power t? serve as a unifying fore? in all as semblies, its effect in training tin mind to exceedingly rapid and ac curate action, make i: an indis pensible background for the mor< direct character-forming activities Musi'- is the one medium throng! which this highest development o mind, body and soul may be mos quickly and most surely reached Its rythm brings coordination o mind and muscle.'.' "The Greeks w< re right in tin Golden Hour of the Arts when the] grouped all education around mu sic: Goethe insisted that the be Vinning of education should be ii semgr: P-i musicians insist that lyrical literature be sung, and no Coldly recited: and that it find it motor satisfaction- in marching am movement." '?Music, as education.' must In used, not merely hoard?must h> lievod with as a ?hing real as air. o water, or food: must be given to llv children as a language, at a time h life when language is acquire through the ear first, drinking in :; spirit?then the body and mind reversing the usual process/' "The cultural power of the <'.u\i] en Hour is thoroughly sound, am I a gospel that fits the need of (he i hour." { "Dr. Elli?r. president emeritus of I Harvard, said: 'Music: rightly taught is the best mind trainer or, the list.' More than this, in no other art is the soul from youth to old age so refreshed and edified. Every child '-. should have the opportunity of learning to play an instrument. A European writer has called atten tion to the fact that of all the ' studies, music is one which the av I erage person will meet the mot :n : later life in the hours spent aj.art I from business?every day in his home, at church and at theater, he ! will feel the ennobling influence of ! music." j By now you are asking, "What is j the Golden Hour?" It is an ideal I offered as a remedy for our coun ; try's greatest peril?the lack of : training in character-building. This . staggering national eondi I tion makes the day school the only I present manner in which all the i children may be reached, every day , in the week. The Golden Hour is a non-sectarian, non-organization, non-partisan ideal of devoting one I hour each day in the public schools ; to the development of character building, good citizenship, and j Americanization, with a back | ground of music and literature, i How can it be made of practical [working value? In some of the ; following ways. Let there he daily I ?not weekly?assemblies of groups of children in the school auditor ium. Let the exercises begin with musical numbers on piano or music ?reproducing machine or class or chestra, followed by suitable sing j ing to inspire all children. Select j two children to illustrate orally ' some ethical truth taken from ev 1 every-day life newspaper.- or books, i etc. Let selections from the best literature fo the world, religious or otherwise, but always non-sectar , ian. readings from realty inspired j books, reciting examples of recti j tude and honor, be presented to ; the children or read by them. Let I prominent men and women of fine ! character step aside from their daily work to give a few inspiring i words to the next generation. Let the whole program be so interest ;i ing that the dullest child will enjoy every moment of it. j Let there be,.by means of play lets and moving pictures, represen j tations of heroic moments in j American history. Let there he terse sentences of I ethical significance taken from the [writings of great Americans.? Washington. Franklin, Jefferson, j Lincoln and others,?presented to ! the group daily, to be memorized ?; as texts in Americanisms and car . ried home. There are fine passages, ; in the works of Frances Hopkins, Thomas Pain, Irving'. Bryant and ; Longfellow, to say nothing of more recent writers. There can be no ;; better way to make good Ameri : cans than through the study of ! j American literature: Let this be the most important . lesson o. the entire day. ? ; Let the children return to their . : studies singing, inspired, invigora ted, alert and happy, ready for the i ; other work of the day. "Let the . spirit of the Golden Rule, the finest ? ethical principle of the ages, il lumine every heart?work of orgari . ? izal ion. ; 'l Who will do the planning? Who ? will, do the organizing for such a daily period ? Fortunately much ' J of the work has been done already, i The songs exist, literature, pictures ? j and playlets exist. What is need Jed at the outstart is co-operation . I on the part of clergymen willing ; -to rise above all sectarianism, to . I achieve a common end, editors who j i feel their responsibility of serving ; the public, superintendents with large vision, clubs, supervisors, i music teachers and others to settle i the dctaih:. If music merely sup j ; piled the inspiration which made .! the child look toward nobler things, t : its place in the public school sys . ; tern would be justified. 5 Thomas A. Edison says: "The j Golden Hour has struck a keynote that, if heeded, would work a revo i lution in morality and home life." The H??n. Philander Claxton, C. - j S. Commission of Music, says: "I am thoroughly convinced of the ne . cessity of such teaching and train , ing as the Golden Hour will give. . It will result in higher moral ideals, stronger moral character and more consistent moral practice. I agree * j with the principle of the Greek ed ' ucators that music is the most im ? portant factor in education, and everything should rise from the i return to music." 7 ! "Harmony wich all its intricacies " stirs to activity all the latent forces " of the mind, while melody puts the > soul in tune with the infinite." "j Tlic civilization of the future is f < !-ying out to us today to give the ; youth a safer compass and chart ? of life by which t:> set their course ' to escape the maelstroms of the " present day. Go to your pastor and enlist his \ ? inter* st. See your school superin * I tendent, your supervisor, your teachers, who perhaps haw felt 1 the need of this stimulating plan, j and who will be the first to recog > nize the splendid possibilities of tue - j Golden Hour. Ask the editor ol ? j your pap< r to discuss it and give it - frequent publicity. Ask your clu! - leaders t<> take it up in their club 2 work?there is no more important ? j subject they have for discussion. l Bring it up in groups a* a SUb t Lject for serious conversation?in t this way a country-wide realization of the great need will surley come, f Mosi of all, work in your own community at once to see that the . schools adopt some such plan as i- j soon as possible. Tie- Golden Hour should be the . forerunner of the Golden Hra. ! Suggested Program. 1 1. Music ? school sinyir.^. or i chestra. graphophone, etc. SJ 2. Ethical Exampk?The ehil I dren are given practical problems in right aiel wrong to work out before the class. :t. Music-?group singing. .- 4. Inspirational talk* by some ,. one whose character is worthy ol , emulation, j Patriotic music, s ,:- Reading, declamation, dia logue, play or moving picture; 7. I nsoli atii>n;i i music. n. Golden text. .\ line taker I from great religious writers of past or from great Americans, Washing \ ton, Franklin, Jefferson, Irving, ; Beecher, Van Dyke, Holmes, Cardi '?? nal Gibbons, Dr. Kranskopff, Ralph j Waldo Trine, Edwin Markham, I Emerson, Roosevelt, etc., this line to be memorized and repeated at j next Golden Hour, j 0. Music, bright and lively (not drawly tunes) which will make a j child tingle with enthusiasm. Mrs. H. M. STUCKEY, ? State Chairman of Music, Sumter, S. C. ? ? ? Timor Last of Portugal's East India Empire Washington, Nov. 28.?"Timor, i which is the only territory of a considerable area which Portugal owns cast of India, and which with the four-square-mile port of Macao constitutes Portugal's possessions in what is generally known as the Far East, is a sort of Haiti-San Dominga of the East Indies," says one of the bulletins of the National Geographic Society in re gard to the far eastern lands of the countries represented at the Wash ington Conference. 'Across its middle," continues the bulletin, "runs a surveyed line i dividing it roughly into halves, one I controlled by Portugal and the j other by Hollapd. The similarity ! with Haiti is heightened by the fact that the natives of Timor, un like those of most of the islands to the west of it. are largely of negro origin, due it is believed, to an influx of blood from the black, woolly-haired natives of New Guinea. Long Center of Turbulence. "And like its West Indian double, Timor has been a center of turbu lence. For nearly two centuries ; the Portuguese and Dutch fought j at frequent intervals back and forth ! across the imaginary line that sep j arates their territory. In 1859 the 1 line was fixed definitely and the treaty as since amended has re lieved friction. It is provided that any subsequent disputes shall be settled by arbitration. "An examination of a map brings ? out strikingly what a small fraction I Timor is of the vast land area I of the East Indies, once entirely un ! der Portuguese dominion. But the ? island is not so small as it at first : appears to be. With the huge bulk ! of Australia a short distance to the j south, and three of the largest is ! lands in the world grouped about it ! the .north, east and west, Timor ,f seems an insignifica.pt speck. Its ! area, however, is' 12,450 square [.miles?almost four times as great I as that of Porto Rico and about I equal to that of Massachusetts and Connecticut together. The Portu i guese territory has twice the area i of Porto Rico. A Victim of Australia ! "Neither the Portuguese nor the uDutch portions of Timor have been i developed to any considerable ex? ''? tent, though both of the nations have been represented on the island 1 for more than 300 years. This is ; in large part due to the fact that ! Timor is relatively poor in natural j resources. The island is the victim j of its proximity to Australia. For ' manv months each year hot, dry j winds from the Australian deserts j blow over Timor parching its veg I etation and drying up its streams. : The only patcnes of forests to be found on the southern shores of the ! islands are in protected valleys. The ! northern half has a moister cli j mate and a -heavier growth of veg i etation. "Portuguese Timor has an area ! of 7.330' square miles and an esti ! mated population of nerly 400.000. Except for the port and capital of of Dilli. a place with some 3,000 inhabitants, Portugal has made lit I tie impression on the island. The ! people of the interior are in a more I or less savage state and are even : reported to still engage in head hunting. In the h'.ghlands near the ; coast a crude sort of agriculture i.-j j practiced. The country is capable ! of producing a superior grade of coffee but only a small quantity is j now raised. Naked Natives Rob Bees Wild bees are numerous, and in I the mild climate of Timor, build j their comb in the open on the un ? der side of the limbs of tall trees, i One of the picturesque though per ; haps painful industries is the col lection of the nests by nearly nak \ ed native tree climbers. The peo : pie feast on the honey and sell the ; wax which forms one of the chief , exports of the islands, j "Only 300 miles off the north coast of Australia. Timor is the j last link in an island chain sweep j ing from Singapore, the southeast j corner of Asia, to the big south I continent, and by virtue of this lo ' cation it may become an important I way station for aerial traffic be tween Australia and Asia and Europe. Sir Ross Smith. Australian airman, in his famous trail-blazinR flight from London to Australia in LS19. landed in Timor, and from there 'hopped off on the last ley of his inter-continental journey." NEW YORK MAIL ROBBER ARRESTED Jersey City, Dec. 12.?The first arrest in connection with the New York two million dollar mail roh bery became known when Frank Calabrise was ordered arraigned before the federal commissioner to day. TOM SLAUGHTER'S BURIED TREASURE Pinebluff, Ark.. Dec. 12. ? Buried in an automobile .tire somewhere in Texas is hundred thousand dollars' worth of*securities, Tom Slaughter's share of the loot, according to an agent of the Fidelity Guaranty Co. Aberdeen^ Wash., i>??(?. 12.?There ;n?- seven known dead in a train wreck at Melbourne as the result ot ?i landslide. Will End Before New Year j Arms Conference Expected to Complete Work Before End of Year Washington, Dec. 12.?The arms conference swung into the fifth week with delegates confident it I would see rapid strides towards the completion of the major tasks hoped for by the end of the year. PETROGRAD S THEATRES. Have Escaped the- Demoralization of Bolshevik Rule. Petrograd, Nov. 2.? (By a Staff Correspondent of The Associated ' Press).?Petrograd's government j theaters and opera have been spared the general demoralization \ j which has swept Russia, through | j the good judgment and organizing ; j power of Ivan Vassilievich Ekskuz ovich. Since 1917, he has been di-| j rector of the Academic Theater: ' and head of the theatrical organi I zation of Petrograd. He is a pro- i , fessional actor, but also an archi- i ; tect and mechanical engineer and j has no interest in party politics. ; When the theatrical organiza- < ? tion elected Ekskuzovich to he its j i head. Lunacharsky. the Minister of | : Education, recognized him as an ideal man to conserve and continue the theaters and opera. Actors, dancers and singers pledged them selves to keep out of politics and under Ekskuzovich the old organ- i izatiens have been held intact. The Academic Theater, on the j Xevski Prospekt, together with the dramatic school, the ballet school I and the theatrical museum and j library which adjoin it. stand forth j as an untouched island of old Rus i sia. Classes run on as usual in i j spite of limited food supplies and j j the lack of fuel. Davidoff. the veteran comedian | i who has been the idol of Russian ; audiences for over half a century, i lectures every day to the student ; actors on the traditions of the Rus | sian stage. Barbara Ivanova Lik hosherstova. the directress of the ; ballet school, has held the position I since 1834. The American Relief Administra ? tion is establishing a kitchen in the I dramatic school and will provide j dinners for the young people who I are in training to be future dircc ! tors, composers, singers, actors, j dancers and dramatists. Gregory i G. Issaienko, who has been in j charge for 33 terms, is director of the boys' school. Many efforts were made by po litical leaders to commandeer the ten thousand postumes owned by the dramatic academy organization, but Ekskuzovich has been able to keep the supplies intact, with the I assistance of Lunacharsky and the ! dramatic profession has won such 1 c ?nfidence by its abstention from j j politics that both government and ; public will doubtless continue to j protect the organization which' has j continued its work with great loy i alty to art under most trying con ! ditions. --^> o ? I j Tartar Children Familiar With Mark Twain and Thos. Edison. Christopol. Tartar Republic, Rus ! sia, Nov. 11.?Mark Twain and I Thomas A. Edison were known to I the children of this inland town on the Kama River before the Ameri can Relief Administration found its way here and served the starving youngsters with white rolls made of Minneapolis flour. In appreciation of the American feeding the local youngsters pre sented the American manager of I the local feeding with a memorial !reading: "It is not only agreeable to eat ! the lovely American bread and : sugar, but it is pleasant to think [ they come from America. We like to read about America. We parti | cularly love Mark Twain and ; Thomas A. Edison. Tom Sawyer I and Huck Finn are friends of ours. We know that Edison made many ingenious inventions. We beg you to express our gratitude to the American people, especially the little Americans. Signed. Children j of Christopol." Most of the children in this area j are Tartars, but there is a generous i sprinkling of Kirghese, Kalmucks ' and other tribal folks who do not i even speak Russian. O O ??> Marry in haste and lose half the \ wedding presents. I Jazz music will not stop until j boiler making pays better. Ireland's national dance is the jig and it isn't up yet. ?? <> ? i j Nations will find there is no rest I in peace. i "Soak the rich" is what prohibi ? tion does. -? ? ? ,' Chicago. Dec. 12. ? Tom m y j O'Connor, the gunman and killer, j who was to have been hanged on Thursday for the murder of a po : liceman. is leading a combined I force of five thousand police and I deputies, who have been searching J for him since his sensational escape j from jail vesterday, a merry chase. -? : Stockings hold more rents than ( rent. _ -? ? m When your skirt comes back with j I buttons gone?there's the rub. About 15,000 are killed each year ! at railroad crossings. How would undertakers for flagmen do? 0 O v Before disarming, several kickers will have to be dislegged. Lots of men. who think they were fools when they married, haven't changed much. -? ?? ?? Goodwat r. Ala., Dec. 12.?An es timated loss of one hundred thou sand dollars resulted from a fire which p radical? y wiped out the businc:Ts st et ion last night. Delegates Ready to j French Railroads Leave Washington i wil Be Co^^i ' For Five French and British Represen-j Years by the Government.*' tatives Book Steamer Debt For Advances Can Passasre celled and Finances- j / ? ? j < ? 1 - Supplied . ?? Washington. Deo. 12. ? Rene! 'J'y Viviani. head of the French dele-i ? . gation has arranged to sail for \ Paris. Nov. 13.?France, m its home Wednesdav. The British del- i new railroad control law, makes the egation has hooked passage for ! railroads a present of advances, December 31. feeling that in the j Past? present and to come in the' main issue of the conference will | "ext five years, of an amount esti be over then. | mated at 10.000.000,000 francs. ? o~o ! These advances, however, are in Pisgah News and Views. j large part due to the former agree -. ment with the railroads, whereby Pisgah. Dec. 10.?The small I they had to transport millions of grain that has been planted is up to j troops and r.nllions of tons of a good stand and looks well. In supplies during the war at'a rate January more grain will be sown, j based on pre-war conditions. The Considerable work is being done on j sponge is passed over all these the farms towards killing out the j transactions. boll weevil. All trash and other The new law, to which the rail places, where they will winter, will 'roads have informally agreed', needs be burned. j formal acceptance by the corp?r? In the last few cold days many j tions but it is expected to become hogs have been killed. The larger effective early next^year. , ones will , wait until the weather The government Then will-have gets colder. Much meat was spoil-; general supervision of the roads ed last winter owing to the hot i through an executive board that weather. Generally, all farms here I will control operation and .order will raise enough meat and some ! improvements. The government to spare. : will control directly freight charges The annual moving has com-, so that cerain industries- may_ be menced with the colored people.; favored if desirable. , .. What some of them are going to The companies will have .rein_ do next year is a problem. Every i forced credit and during five years planter ought to_ look after theithe government will pay the inter welfare of his tenants and keep,'est on 6.000,000,000 francs of sectl them from going to other places.! rities the roads will issufe to im Good labor is always valuable and j prove the lines. I doubt if the south will ever get A cooperative pool of profits 'is any better labor than she now has. j instituted by the law. Railroad So it is best to hold on to what i earnings above a certain return to we now have. j stockholders and above interest Conference, changing the field j charges will be paid into a common for this section is not satisfactory j fuhd t0 be used to meet any deficit I understand. All are glad that j other lines. A company, howev er- Arant has come back, but his j cr tnat shows greater-than normal field of this year is split. Most of j efficiency in handling traffic ' or his churches next year will be near j otherwise, may retain additional Camden. Only McLeod's church is ; profits determined by a' sliding returned in the new circuit. Be- j scaje thesda church goes to another cir- j ^here also is provision for labor cuit. The parsonage at Rembert! participation in the various control i was built by McLeod's and Bethes- j ]iv? boards and opportunities |?r ' da churches and now Bethesda is \ 1)rofit_sharing. . . . , : out. I guess they will adjust all;* - differences according to the rules j -? ? * ' of conference. j Farmers Matching Skill for $10. After serving three years on the i 000 Pri7.e. j Rembert and St. John circuit Mr. Chicago Xov 25.?Thousands" of ? B. L. Knight goes to another field, j farmers Vf twentv-four states arid He is a fine preacher. ! half a dozen Canadian provinces The Kershaw Association will are matcbing skill for the $10.000 j have a union meeting of all the premium list offered by the Chicago I churches at Mt. Olivet church near j Board Qf'Trade for the best samples I Camden on 5th Sunday in this o? corn> wheat, oats, barley/rye, j month and Saturday before. There ; S(.eds and hay grown during "the j were two unions but thought best J current year. The decision will be I to consolidate. j rcat.hed &t the third Internatfatfal Mr. Luke Baker and Miss Mamie | Grain and Hay Show -which' opens Robertson were married quite re- here today.- ?? 1 <??* cently. The best wishes of all go j 1 Agricultural colleges,*crop asso to them. ciatious, experimental stations, the The ladies of Pisgah church Will] United States department of:'agri serve refreshments at the new j cu!iture and Canadian provincial de school house on Friday 'evening,j partments of agriculture, ar a repre December lGth for the ber fit of ,' sented by extensive exhibits show j their church. The public is cor-*ing the handiwork cf wizards of dially invited to attend. A good i the soil throughout' the prodoc 1 tive stretches of the continent ed. time is guaranteed to all. j ^~Purdue Uni RTRTTT PFmi?D RRAirirltt I versitv' superintendent of the ex ?lltin JaJCiLUlCU ?KUlY&JN j hibit, which is held in connection _ j with the International Livestock Mexico City, Dec. 12.?1 he news- ! Exposition declared that the ! paper Ei Universal publishes a re-i nuniber 01 sa^P^s had ipcreasea, i poit from Tampico that Senora E .-! *-*j0 s,,ncc iast :*ea;r', ? I % > jruquito Ruibo gave birth to eight! Sending sentinel at the^entraffce ? children, but none of them surviv- \ ot :h! -rain sJ?ow. * a ? ear- oi corn. To build this symbol ,? ? ? of the corn belt sixty bushels' of He Couldn't Swim. ! corn were "quired. This single _ ? freak ear, hog-raismg statisticians | Two horse thieves out West had! declare,.'would fatten from-six to i been captured and sentenced before I nme hogs^from 107 pounds e?ch to ! the court of ranchers to be lynched j 227 I>ounds eacn m ?^-six days. 1 forthwith. The handiest place to; ? *? ? ;?:?. ; execute the sentence of the court! a consuming ambition means j was a bridge over a river. j consuming taxes. The noose was adjusted on the ; y -.*?* fi ? neck of the first horse thief and he j Washington married': a widow? : was swung over the side of the j {hsl-s onc reason he was not able ! bridge. The knot was not properly j t0 teu a he. \ tied and he fell into the river. He ; ? ? ? , .. .. ] swam down it and escaped. I Chattanooga. Dec. 12.?H. Clay It came the turn of the second,' Evans, former pension-commission j man to meet his fate, and he turned ! er. was found dead in bed this' I to the executioner, saying: f morning. "Be sure of that knot now, I ? ? ??? I can't swim." j Langley Field. Va.,. Dec.\ 12.?A *> ? heavy fog and rain caused the pbst | A bird in the hand is worth sev- 1 ponement of the flight of "the diri : cral dollars. ' gible Roma to Washington. A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss. Neither does a rolling dollar. Interest is what you want, that Is what makes your Collar grow. Tou have probably saved money and have it Invested in ? good securities, if not you certainly should have it in the bank." Shot bag and stocking banking is unsafe. We not only ' take care of your money for you but pay you a liberal Interest - as well. Procrastination may mean a loss to you. It's far bette*'to* 1 be safe than sorry. - A Satisfied Customer is ocr Most Dependable Asset. 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