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THe Watchman and Southron mf nicrrsl at the Post ogle* at Sam "tve, H, C, ss SccihjmI i la-N M?ller. PFKSONM, Mrs \:n \ Salomons left several Osr* ago for New York 10 spend the holidays before leaving for Rurope on a ftve months roar ;lth %h?r sister Mm. Oeorgia Davis, of Berkeley. Col. Mise Mtrt* Way, who ha* heen attending *? hool at Brevard I mal? tose- Broirard. X. C. In now nt ?r the Chrissmna holiday*. Mr I,* Roy Donr spent o *h >rt white In town while on bin may to ? hin home Hi Oeorgotown from Ctemeon College. Among the Student? of Clem*nn Collegia arriving in Humter to > h'iMl th< Chrtaimoo vacation at ""their honv*s In the city ore Messrs. John If. Hayswworm Clinton We '.rsew. Charte* IIavnswortIi. Hum? an! Well.* arnt Robert MeNSftO, Messrs. Aooley Hurst. J C. Fate. W I Wh"*h?sd and I ?r L M I'.irkr left vestferday for Coluin - oIm where lh?y attended a M.i.hoi i< *?o*th>* of the Columbia . ouu il at whleh meeting the lira Ml II lumtrinsM Master of the Or hi Ll'saineil ws? prsOom ami pveshled. Mr. Prank K?>ll> who hns be IHeacMasj school at K tagst reO Wt at BOO home far the Christmas snj ? Iron I. McLcod nnd I 1 ; Bogneii spent rdaj Iri Cotum bln on buniness Misa fcklrth Wheeler of Baltimore is spending the Christmas holiday* In Kttnuer aba h< r ulster. Miss Helen IVheeh>r, local secretary of the Red < fans i feme Sei VI Mr. Rutpl rioweSB Im at home trgta Teeh for thr holi? day*. ? M fhl<Me> fr manager of the Shunter I*eaf Tobareo Co., left today for hi* home In Oanvllle. Va . ro spend the holiday*. % Mesers. Leier?! Henry and Oe? Haunaure Kalma ads an hi home for tb? holiday from the Prcsbyter I illegi at < llnton, s \' Mjr. Hurgess Butt man of the Catholic ITnhrershy, Washington, is St hit horn.- in Surnfer for the vaca? tion. Messrs. shehon Reynolds and jkfhtTry Rytfonherg of Oeorgia Tech. are at th r homes for the <urlet eaas holidays. Mr. Marry Price of Oavldson .College Is upending the Christmas vacation with Dr. Fl. L. ftnaw on CAcrth street. tlr. Jack Wright, of Washington* gad Lee CniversRy. hag arrived In > ?r to spend the Christum* vi oatlon st bis home. Mise Priseflla Hbsw Is at home from Agnes S? ott college to spell I the holiday Mr. James ganders, who Is at? tending the Charleston Medical Col we. H tit home for the holhl - Mr. Hsmptebaii of Jamacia U sprading the holidays with Cnh W. % Welle. Jr MUnt Hophin Wells Is at borne for the holidays from Winthrop Col kens* vjiss K ite lllnoon, mho In teach? ing la the M.t'oll graded school, is banat for the holiday s. MISS) Lucile Hvfti nt?*rg of NOW York City la vi?itlng b?r hroilier, Mi v Hyttenl>er?. on North Church InV Mmss Alice O'Lesrry is vlaitlng Mrs L v RgtteglM i r Master Leo M Waehtel of Sa? vannah i< \ iaitlug his aunt. Mr*. Aho ItyiteiikH iK Mr and Mrs. Robert W. Booty and ? hihVr- n have Kone to Char? lotte. Hi C to speiel ChriHlmus at their ok hm . Mrs. M M Meadoea, of Hovan- , nah. On . Is spending the rhristmas holidays with Mr and Mis. W. H, Hhell\. 3n Wright St XIr and Mrs < , IMers^n CHek. of * Charlotte. N. P., are spending the hoMday with Mr ind Mr- D. M gMfjL Mr. and Mrs. Il-uh IV Fenton of Ooldsboro. N C have been the guests of Mr.* and Mrs w r MkJdleton. Before hef marriage Mrs. Fenton an Miss Ruth Mid oieton wsa s freaneai rkthor hi re has many friends In Sumter Loubse Queries left this ing to spend Christmas at her h/.n??? in Ridae HprlagS, H r il of t'olnn Ua SI his home for the holidays. Miks Sue Stell left this moi nin? ?\ ? ml ChrUtmas at her home In 9 K.ncstreo. JWra W II. Ingrtm is spending rhrkftmao In Charleston. Mrsora gsnnley Welnherg), Al? bert l"helpa. Alrx Tlsdale. Rsndelph Outhrie and James Bsonding have o aed fr< m i hi I itadel to npeml UM rbrlstmaa holidays nt their ?MMiirx in the SSTJ Mtsssrs R R. FunVr and John I>. * Friller passed throu?ti BMstOf tbiM v ntomknK while on their I home In Lauren* from the CfltBoV I Mr. Ooorge Caulder returned Ik .morning from a visit in rbnrlesion pg c Mr. V. Rawllnoon left this mom Ins for Cohifnhlu. Mr aud Kr .sk N M? I.? -?d and < hikeri a left this morning for I opt Ht. J/?bn In Iterkeley county g n?re they aye to spend the Christ? mas hondaya Mi kid. Huek is at his borne frc ?j st hooi f >r ?hf kssnssi Mrasre. sVnest Friar and Jack Chandler of Ck-Uisoii College are at Ihoiar to enjoy their ? I? Soli ^Uevs. Mr I. C Molse is spending I'brsstnMWi m Nvwherry. Mrs. T K. Itroedon and small guuuhter. astrakj, left foe Coisjasnei Una moroimi where they will spend Chrbnams wUh Mrn.^, Itiogdon h parents Mr. T F. IRsssso and family are ?V* nOtng Christmas in KlgSJgtros Mr. J. Cralg Hurst im at home f..r the holiday* from AshevllU WRorr be bus Ih-. h working for ?veral weeks. Misa Marie Teoafue of Ranford, Flo., paased through Sumter this i ..innig while on h? r w ?v to Iain . in, 0L C. " Mr sod Mrs JtsaamtS Hunter of gsbingtoa ars Bgsadlaj Christinas with Dr. ami Mit s. I I. Kdmunds OH ('alhouu St root. Miss Kstelle IMwins is spending Christmas in oriiiiKt'lHirB. mi ami Mm w. n. Party *>t Monncau are spending a nhort while in Sumtei . Mis S. W Stuhb*. Mis* Kittie Stuhhs ami Muster Wilbur Stubbs urv spending Christmas with Mr. ..ml Mrs Ci U Stubbs at their home In th?- i it\ Mr. Noble Dle,<. who in nttend biK the Charleston Medi< College at Charleston is in Sumter to spend Christmas at lus bOUlO on Hroud m i ret. Consul Hazel II Dirk, who Is now with tbe State Department in Washing-ton; D. C, la expected to arrive in Sumter this afterneot. to spend the Christmas holidays with his pa-cuts. Dr. and Mrs. Ceo W Dick Mr Hasel Dick will NOVO to return to Washington or Mendaj. Death of infam The nix weeks old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. h. II. Johns died ut mum Saturday at residence of Mr. .lohn* at 2o Levi Strait, Toe ffj to ral services will be held at I ' o'clock tomorrow morning at the City cemetery. The friends of this faintly express Dear sym? pathy fei- them in the loss of hoar little baby. Six Negro House* Is t oll of I al ly tire Ma ni Ktfi residences were burned to the around Saturday morning by tc v which is said to have been begun at al out 1:3*? o'clock. The bouses were situah-u just out of tie city limits on a short lane known as Foxworth Mtreet. which is jsj a southwesterly direction i from the end of Manning avenue, lour of the houses, which were M rnod ?fOfi all single story three "dm house*, and SjrefO lOSJ proper? ty of a negro named Melvln Thomp? son, one of the oth??r houses de st "oyetl wan the property of Peter Jamea. colored, and the other house was the property of Dan Hills, col? ored. Melvin Thompson has lieOg lixing in Columbia up until a short titae ngo when he moved here and was occup;. rig one of his four Ik uses. It Is stated that the hie l>e<an in the house situated in the western corner of the property. A light west wind was blowing at the time the hous.? caught and this wind was the means of spreading the flames from Louse to house until the row of six bouses was aflame. The lire department was sent for but no assistance was ren de . (| by them owing to the houses > . ng outside of the city limits, tin 1 no water supply in reach. Tho ho.ises were all a total loss. Much of the furniture was burned in the houses wich first caught aflame but moat of the f trniture in the Inst houses was saved. Home in suiance was carried on the house*. Died in Texas. '.Aw Jack rt. TVsll died in ffous 101 , Texas, nftc- an illness of sever? al months. He was reared in Ma? rlon. 8. (\, where he hadVmany f i lends and ti lathes who will re? gret to barn of his death. He was thirty-five year* of age. Mr. Wall before leaving Marion was in business with his brother, W. B. Wall.w ho preceded him to his grave three years ago. After basing Marlon he traveled exten? siv d\. and later entered service in tio Failed States army, where his trouble was aggravated and hi tiled r Camp I.ogan. Texas. His body is expected to reach Marion Sun da mortui g where it will he taken to the family plot for burial. His mother. MfS\ I K. Wall, of Ma? iden, who Is making lo r home with he ? daughter in Sumter survives, also Mis. Jno. R. McAlpine, of HsrlMVllle; Mm D A Sale. Colum? bia Mis I:. M. ftrown, Manning; Mm F M. Flemmlng. Sumter and IW> brothers. C. II. Wal'. Andrews an I J. II. W. II, Sumte-', aci otnpan led the I,od \ to M a i ion. Xear*Kaht Itelief. I h aded by tiov. Robert A. Coop? er of South Carolina, sixteen state . \?( ufl\es who attended the ret cut Cfovcrnors' Conference at Charles? ton haes w ritt e , Christmas time appeal* |0 th" HO >plo of their states in behalf of the work of the Near Bf a Relbf, according to advices ?read Colutnbla from New York and announced by Congress m.> l A. F l.e\er. honorary state chairman. . I : ? ortling to Mr Lever, this is the sst'Ohd time the governors of the country have recognized the Mei |t i of the Mear Rant Relief In mjt ?Oftng the \ Minis Of Turkish b.n b.i i n ?. end hatred for Christian? ity, ihe cofifeFanee in Harris byi g, Pa., laat \ eat th. \ p ussfd a resolution of i ndoreement, but this .-. ir hare gone further and made ? lud \ iduai gpaeala i i iddh Ion to I loeernor ('oopt r, the following date executives have signed appeals for the Near Fast Relief this y< .n ? Loht. D. Cary of ( Wymnlng. Wm. C. Sproul t?f l'ei ;isvl\.mla. Thos. H. Kilby of A In bam i, I ktu srd I. Bdwords of I Wed Virginia. j M. Dixon of Man? i.iii.t, Henry j Alisa to* Kansas, Ch IS B Mab. v of Utah, Thos b, (?,ii ipb. 11 of An o.na. I B. a Roh? Iortaan of ohlahonia, Nathan i.. Mil er to* N'. w Vork. Bvorott J. Lake of Count client and Jas. Hart? USUS of Vermont. Tim felet ? Bast rtellt I has uadt i tal.cn to raise llOO.i.u Stash Carolina before June :;?? next, to carry on its child-saving work in Armenia, Osoisjai and other fam? ine and Tui k-rithion states in Trais Cnusaeln. Syiin. Pa lent Ins end Mosopotamia. The palmetto Slate i* taking tare of 1.bb7 chil? dren tfhOSS parents were murdered ha i'niki ft?r reining to reaounes Chi *t and become Moh i mno du n T ? hi eak ti i old take t,i',?i. Ad v.rtlsetnent. i Anybody ess sweat off smoking after Christmas cigars. It i . nroa Bitte i Fever,?Adver tla%nnwut. Tuberculosis Bond! Sold Now I filial 1*80.00. Why not make it MWt.007 Buy a bond today, Bool noli will bo published later. Hunks. citv National Bank.ito.00 Bumter Trust Co. 10.00 National Pank of Sumte, .. II?.(Kl First National Bank 10.00 The Peoples' Pank. 10.00 ?The Notional l eak of S. i'. Ul.l'ii Commercial Pank a Trust Co. 5.no Clubs, Bumt?r Bkrlno Club $10.00 Masonic LodgS . 10.00 Drug Stores. neuron's Pharmacy..* . $5.00 DeLartno'l Drug Store .... 5.00 i City Drug Store. 5 .n n Harry Mi tropol. 5.00 pfOfS*r| Stores. Nina's Kash a Kerry - - ~ 5.00 Harper's Grocery. 5.00 i\ y a Moses. 5.00 ! keeker & Bull man . p.oo i Irosswell & Co. 5.00 Tile Peoples' ? rot-cry _ 5.00 Bakery. Basis-Bits Bakery . .. 5.00 11 a ill ware. Lie. Booth & M< Lood. 5.00 Ruins & Sons. 5.00 DuRant's Hardware. ... .. ."?.??<> dew cli yj id. C. Cooper. 5.00 F in niture. W. II. Shelly * Son .. 5.00 law Firms. Lee & Molos..._ 5.00 I Manufactories. Sumter Leaf Tobacco Co, 5.00 Wttherapoon Bros. Co, .. ri.no Southern Cotton Oil Co. . . 5.00 .1. P. Commander. 5.00 Men's Clothing Stores. Prynn'.* Clothing Store ,.. _ _ 5.00 D. .1. Chandler Co. 5.00 ?tUbbS Pros. 5.00 Sumter Clothing Co. 5.00 J. M. Chandler. 5.00 Dry C?mh1s. Ftc. MoCollum Bros. _ 5.00 Shaw & McCollum .. .. 5.00 Sumter Dry Qoodl. 5.00 If. D. Parneti. 5.00 Lev! Pros. f..0 0 Lady's Shop._ 6.00 Kind s Deportment store .. 5.00 M. Ooldherg. .'..(ii) Heal Fstate Ji Insurance. Pilcv & Co. ."..'Ml MeCallum Realty Co. 5.00 Henry P. Moses Co. 5.00 Palmetto Firs Ins. Co. 5.00 Bottling (os. Coca-Cola Co.. 5.00 Chero-Coln Co. 5.00 Restaurants. Palmetto Restaurant _ 5.00 Imperial Restaurant 5.00 Lumber Companies. Avery Lumber Co. redo, Forester I.umher Co. 5.00 William M. Lloyd Co. 5.00 o. L. Williams Veneer Co, 5.0Q Mr. roHey._ 5.00 The Kara Co. 5.00 Motor Co.. Ktc. Williams Motor Co. 5.00 pmek Motor ?!o. , - -. _ 5.(JO j. c Brown, Willsrd Battery tCompany -. 5.00 PeiauratL Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. llarhy $25.mi Dr. F.. R. Wilson. 5,00 j Miss Teresa Chandler_ 5.00 If, L. Scarborough. 5.00 - Total. MS0.00 Three White Men Pat on Chain {?ang. Jack Raasoll, S. J. Kennedy and Frank H. Hill, three White men Hentern ed by the city court to terms at hard labor, are now wear? ing the StripOS and shackles and are being regularly saoictsod in what work they are able to do on the public works of the county. The names of Kennedy and Rus? sell are easily connected with the i.ontkagsjeri fraudulent scheme at? tempted bi the city <>f shunter only a few days ago. and lor the two | whiskey charges to which tiny both plead guilty when on trial in the city court, they were each given a sixty day sentence. Frank Hill is serving a thirty day sentence as a result of hjn oonvlc lloa on a drunk and disorderly charge. The precedent of working white men on the Sumter county ( bain gang hai n"W been established with the putting to work of this trio. So far no provision had been made for working of white convicts. I he men sleep in the county jail each night and tin- work done by them In tile day time .serves as a good health measure and toward keeping the men in a good condition. Prank Hill bus done time before on a gang in Florence county BO tin* experi? ence is not new with him. lite Dm? Ria tea Masrlaae License. On December 12. whon the Clerk Of COUll was issuing a mar? riage license to o colored couple applying to the Clerk's office for same, it occurred to him to make ,i i ompnrati\s study of the mar? riage license records of this year and Of h?st year. The numb, r of marriage licenses issued for this /ear among the colored populace was found, according lo a failhfill record, to Imb I wo hundred a nd one, Colncldentolly us it was, the number bf llconses Issued on the colored record ol lasl year was the ? \a< i number of licenses two hun? dred ami one. \\hiie \ei pausing at this rather singular fact, the Clerk was Jus! then called upon to till out an additional marriage license for s eolored couple, This made tin- number of licenses issued at this dale only one. more license than the number of licenses Issued up to the same date of the year IS20. The number of white couples ap? plying for licenses this year is slightly under the number apply? ing al a similar time last year, 101 curt I Malarial Po\ er. Ad 11 11 laemsnt, Wav? ross. o,a . Dec. 23, Three nt ?? roes \n ? i <? burned to deal t> here last nigh I in a ncgru hob I in . Ruh-M\ TiMiu lot Rheumatism Advertisement. As far mi we can see, Ihey have quit rolling their atuckinga. Survey of the Feeble-M hided Staff of Experts Complete Work in State i Collimubla Dec. 13.? A thorough survey of the state in the t'iehl of fcehle-mindcdness has just been completed by the staff of mental hygiene experts who have hern at work under commission of Gov? ernor Cooper for many months.1 Announcement of the completion of the survey is made today by Dr. Frank .1. O'Brien, who has his of? fice at Harper College, on tho I Unlvorsttj campus. Borne startling facts arc revealed by the survey, States Dr. O'Brien, I The mental survey of tho state was started last January. No COSt j to the state has been involved in this survey. Dr. O'Brien stated that a bill will he introduced in tho ' 1\>22 legislature. Starting in Jan-1 uary, to provide (banges and im? provements in the state's system of denting with Its dependents, fifty per rent of whom, he says the sur- j vey shows, are dependent because of mental hat kvvardm RS, The survey shows thai there are approximately ten thousand feeble? minded people in the state. The home for the feeble-minded, at Clinton, is the state's only insti- . tUtlon for their care now. Its capacity is 100, Tbe present enroll? ment is over that number, and the Institution i? crowded. with a waiting list of over 1"". Dr. O'Brien states that the sur? vey shows that from two to four per cent of the seven thousand school children <?f the state are feeble-minded. Only three cities in the state have schools for specially training these children. The report of a special survey committee, headed by Dr. Fatter son Ward law, of the University 1 faculty, will be submitted to the forthcoming legislature. Strong recommendations are to be math-. it is intimated. \ Most Remarkable Raw. News and Courier. To the Editor of The News and Courier: The arrest of Willie snvpe ami his Incarceration men? tioned In this morning's issue has probably saved this City, and per? haps the entire fleet of United States destroyers at anchor here, from a terrible epidemic of pto? maine poisoning. It has also most < happily called attention to a here- I toforo Unknown city ordinance which, it not Immediately recog? nised, may lead to widespread dis? aster. The ex.aet wording of this remarkable ami most beneficent law, if rightly given in yesterday's Evening Poet and this morning's Xews and Courier, is as follows: Roc, 4 provides that any person proved guilty of selling, bavin- in possession, keeping, handling or of? fering for sale, giving away or hi any manner whatsoever disposing of within tho(limits of the city of Charleston the meat of any ani? mal not slaughtered, at a slaughter pen constructed according as the plans and specifications hereinbe? fore provided, shall, upon convic? tion, be subject to a penalty of $100 or imprisonment 'not exceeding thirty days for each and e very of? fense." it must he conceded that the legal mind which produced that ! article has woven a verbal net j through the meshes of a'hlch a blow-fly could not crawl, its com? prehensiveness is absolute and com? plete, und If conscientiously carried out at this joyous Christmas sea? son will produce most marvelous consequences, "The meat of any animal." That covers every kind and soit of fowl or tpwidruped. &o chicken, duck, pigeon or turkey ! may be eaten unless caught alive, brought into the city and slaugh? tered ''according to Hoyle." When the n**Xt cold spell brings a hog killing in the country and head cheeses, sausages, puddings, spare ribs, etc., are brought as at present by parcel post as gifts to city friends, express companies, United states parcel deliverers, servants who receive, COOkfl Who prepare and everybody who cats thereof must (I i to jail or pay I 1 <>H "a bite," so to speak. Hunters (prior to Jan? uary i) must delve the antlered quarry u> the office of the food in? spector or take him to the abattoir to be made game of. And so must it be for ever and ever. But shall it T Civis. Charleston, B. C? Dec. SI. Fl,IV MR Lew MeCall says that motorists who come through Columbus en route to Kansas City have about the following conversation when they stop at the filling station here: If it's a Cadillac, the driver says: "How far is it to Kansas City?" "One hundred and forty miles." is the reply, "Olmmo twenty gallons oi gas and n g ihm of oil," says the driver. Then comes a Bulck and the ehnuffer says: ' How far is it to Kansas t ity'..One hundred and forty mihs," "Oimme ten gal? lons of gas and a half-gallon of oil," and he drives on. Along c omes a UJvver ami the driver un< ranks himself, gets out and stretches, and ask>: "How far is it to Kansas Pity?" "oh. about one hundred and forty mihs" "Is that all? tlimme two uuorts ot water und n bottle of litre.- in one ami hold Ihi. son of ,i gun until I get in." Columbus (Mo.) Advocate, Ruh-.M y-TIsm, a pain killer.? Advei i Isement, Moke*. Read and Heed "Mama," said little Jam-, "do men ever gel to heaven?" "Why, oi course, my dear. What makes you ask?" "Because I never see any pic? ture: of angels with whiskers." ? Weil. ? said moiher tholighfully, eine no n do go to heaven, but the> only gel there by a close 1 shave." To prevent a cold tuko 6?6 ? ; Advertisement. Binderin: An I: x i it* Fairyland. Washington; D. e. Oeo, 20?"If Madeira hi to m the Bt. m. lens of tli" former Kmperor Charles and Empress Zita. as dispatches state, thai exiled pair have achieved r good fortune beyond any other fallen monarch from Napoleon to Wilhelm," says a bulletin from the Waehington, l?. C, headquar? ters of the National Geographic So? ciety. "Here is an island where h is nearly always summer, yet sledges are used all the year round; Which is far from the madding crowd, yet, before the war turned all shipping topsy lurvy one might sil in many I a Madeiran garden and see vessels from four continents riding at an? chor. The island is peopled three . times as densely as Connecticut, yet some nf its trailers arc- all hut; unexplored. The banana treo ot the tropics ami the oak of the temperate one grow up together. ?Vehicles Go on Ummers "The vehicles of Punchal, capi? tal of Madeira, ^<> on runners in? stead of on w heels, l ccause of Its steep and precipitous streets. These often are fitted out as luxuriously . as a troika of Moscpw ??>? Petro? grad, hut they are drawn by oxen Instead of horse s. The ? har?u ter Istic carrier of I'um hal. 'lOWVVtr, is a low. cushion-seated sied, in in which a passenger sits and Slides to the bOttOm Of the Si".;. streets. The runners are hauled across s grease bei; by two :t tendants before the passenger Is started cm a humpy ride ov?r cob? bled pavements. "Made ira is the chief island of the Made ira group, which lie- about Pin RslleS west of Morocco. Of the aggregate area of the group, about 315 square miles, nil save- 11r. miles is comprised in the main island, ami practically all oi the- I 70,000 inhabitants reside there. The islaml is accounted one of j,hc most beautiful volcano-formed peaks in any ocean, and its scenery Is on a magnificent scale out of Propor? tion to the sixe of the tract. One I ridge rises to more than 8,500 feet, > one- valley especially. Uurral das Kreiras. has the luxuriance and charm more to be expected up< i Tahiti or the Marquesas. Steep, rugged cliffs mark the greater par; of the coast; ami tiny towns huddle at the foot of some of these sin er helghta The inhabitants thereol hare learned the tut of terrace gar? dening. Wine Still Staple Product "The* wine that made Madeira famous still constitutes its staple Industry but the annual output has shrunk to a fourth its former bulk. Once it was in demand at fabulous prices and tales still are told of how American clippers carried it around the Horn and back again to nae it. In th 1 fifties of th" past century a vine disease wrought havoc before it was checked, then physicians ch e lure d that madeira was poeuliur arly conducive t?> nout, the war pr.n lically CUt one of the w arid'g most cosmopolitan island ports from communication, and the Eighteenth HMendmenl robbed Moderip of an important market. Visitors still may see the native gl carrying this wine to cellars in In go skirjs slung over their shoulders,! and the primitive wine preS'l is j used in :ts making. "Sugar plantations surround Punchal. Cactus Is jrrown fcr renr Ing the tiny Insect from which cochineal is made for dyestuff. in recent years the popularity of the Island as a health resort has cue- ' ated an Industry that bids fair jpj thrive' more vigorously as stearitshl > lines resume their normal ft hed llle S." A Card of Thanks. To the Voters of Sumter County:' Gentlemen: I want to thank ev ery one of my friends for their sup? port in my be half for the' senate and also to thank all tho.se who could lied Vote- for me on account of being disfranchised in the last few years, l want everyone to feel that I appreciate everything that they have done fbr me. Hurrah for Shiloh! Three cheers fi ?r I hem for t hey did mor ? t*?'i' me than any other candidate in the race. They gave me every vote that was cart in tin* township which Is more than any other candidate c an say. Shiloh has ever stoetd by me and words cannoi e xpress my gratitude, and 1 hope some elay I may he aid.- to show them by deed my high appreciation for their kindness. My friends that know me h?-st VOl e for l.,e t lie mCSt. Ami I stand by my platform; lower taxes and more economy in County and state Government, which will prevail sooner or later. Again thanking my friends for their loyal support, 1 beg to remain, JOHN K. M BI..VEEN. obi Lady Forgets Kante of Her Bos tess. A very elderly lady gol off the early morning train from Columbia Saturday morning ami after looking around for some lime rather blank? ly at the many passengers gathered I at tlie A. C. L. depot, sin- found Po? lice Oflicer Barksdnle and imme? diately told he r tab- of woe to him. She told him that her name was Mrs. Mall and that she had come to Sumter from Columbia t<> visit a friend here. The name of this friend had completely left her memory and with it the name of tin- street in Sumter upon which her friend resided. All that she could remember ami all the Infor? mation 'hat she was able to give ; Officer Uurksdale was that her frlond was a widow woman and had a son about sixteen years old. She stated that sin- had visited this friend here in Sumter before' but that now sic was absolute!) unable to remember anything other than she had told i mice r Etarksdale named over his stoe u of ladles in ib.- t??w i). tilling ibis meager de? scription, but none of them were right. Finally at the request of the edd lady she was placed on Main No, 52 and weni hack t?? her home in Columbia again. Meeting at Pinewood Farmers Plan Organization For Crop Diversification Mr. x. ].. Broughton, of Pine wood, was in gu niter Friday and notified Secretary Reardon thai the cittsens of Pinewood and Calvary and Fulton townships will hold a big meeting at Pinewood school , auditorium ul 11 o'clock, nexi Wednesday morning. December l's. for tin- purpose of discussing tin- organisation ??i" the farmers for growing and marketing truck and general crop diversification to meet lioll weevil conditions. The Bumter County Committee of' Progress, Chamber of Common e and tlie Young Men's Business League of Bumter will assist in Iv? ory possible way that the) arc re? quested by thess enterprising farm? ers in Kitting our good friends of! I hose townships organised. Pine wood ami the ninety-five square1 miles of territory recently annexed 10 Bumter county ate voluntarily working for ( ion diversiftcatloii, and livestock raising, and have no lifled the organisations above men? tioned that tin- new and progres? sive section of Bumter county only .wants to he told just how to co? operate with tin- rest of Bumter county in tin- important eh-tails of helping to restore the county to normal pro.- pel by. Chairman A. C. PhelpS of the Committee of Progress and County Agent .1. Frunk W illiams have ac? cepted invitations to talk at mxt \\ ednesday's mcci ing. -S? ? ?? McDowell Music < I ul* The McDowell Music Club had it-; monthly meeting at the studio of Miss Btlen Hlddall, Wednesday, December 21st. The house was prettily decorated with holly. Selections were render? ed by tin- following: Misses Hannah ami Mary Hugh J'Ya ser. ' Annie Rowland. * Mamie Ti< eher, Prances Mi ( 'ollum, Rkhel Kennedy, Augusta Jennings, Loretta Phifer, .Tanle Bland, Mildred McCollum, Adell Kdwardsw Grace Tinker, Bdna Mae McDonald, Catherine Lupo, Irene Broughton, Rmmie ustoen, vocal solo, Ltu ile Turner. Mi. William Protightonf Margaret McCollum. Afterwards we were served with delightful refreshments, The club will possibly accept an Invitation t<> federate witii tile State Club as a Junior Organisation. A Wreath for Tomb of K<* mir 1? Pudapost, Nov. 28.?After the sitting of the National Assembly at which the dethronement of the ilapsburgs was pronounced, the members of the small farmers and agrarian party went to the Kerepeji cemetery win re Louis Kossuth is buried and the leade r of the party, Sxaho, Minister of Agriculture, placed a magnificent wreath on the I tomb, with an inscription on the 'ribbon. "Kossuth, Thou has con? quered." In a short speech the Minister recalled how tin- hero *?f tin- war for Hungarian independence pre - nounced the dethronement of the Hapab.urga in ixpj. Misfortune of Being n King. Sofia. Nov. 1th?Kin*r Boris III. of Bulgaria has seem a possible in? heritance of great proportions, fade from bis horlson, Kite? Boris to? gether with Prince Philip of Ltp|>e? Detmold, brother of lormer K'.ng Ferdinand! was named residuarv I legatee of the- estate <>f tin* bit ? Prince Philip of Baxe-CV?l.urg? I Gotha, conside red one of tue , wealthiest ggnen in F.urope. The estate, mostly Swis> real estate was valued at about 2,500,000X000 Swiss trams. Under the rules of the Bulgarian reigning house, no member e>i the reigning iamily may receive such an inheritance. The residue, there? fore, will go to Prii.ce Philip of Lippe-1 lei mold. ? ?? ? Divers Recover ?2H,(mmummi of Bul? lion. London, Dee*, 6,?Nearly *'JS, 000,000 worth Of bullion has be e n recovered from tin- liner Laurentie, winc h was sunk in January, I'M 7 off the north coast ed' Ireland by a Uerinan submarine. operations have- been suspended for the winter, but tin y will be re? sumed again in the spring whe n an effort will be- mode t ? recover the remaining $10,000,00(1 to 115, 1(100,000 worth eil bullion which is 1 Haid lei be' still ;:t the- bottom of the* Isen. ; Croat difficulties have been en? countered by the salvage- crew, tor alter three" years pounding by the Atlantic swells the liner has been transformed Into a heap of t wisted debris, ihr decks, which settled clown em the s<-a bottom, cover an area of several hundreds of feet, i The? wreqk w as practically covered ' wltn gravel and silt, as it is in a po? sition Which it le-eeive el the Hill force of t In- A t Ian tie gales. This obstruction had t?i in- re? moved, Ofl bar us post ible by i>e?w? r tuI pumps placed in position >b> tin* elive is. as the gold was at tin bottom of i lie huge- mass of wre< k agc. 666 cures chills ami Fevei,? Advert isement. Why worry? Only one' pe rson in 1,200 is murdered and less than that get into tin- movies. "Bluebeard" Landru may plead he was solving Frame's problem of ! surplus women. (Hit; quickly relieves ;? cold.? Adv< i t Isement. Eve invented ths nrst loose-leal ?ystsm. Conferences On Muscle Shoals Ford's Men Do Not Agri i With Government Repre? sentatives as to Cost Celebration Over Release of Debs Priendfl ot Socialist Leader Who Was Serving Time For Disloyalty Plans Demon Washingtnn, Dec St.?Two con? ferences wore he'd today by s? < re tary Weeks ?>f the war department at vhlch I bury Ford's offer to b ast- and purchase the govern* meat's nitrate and water power projects at Muncle Shoals, Ala., wan discussed. The fleet was attend? ed by Major General Beach and] Brigadier General Taylor, chief and assistant of army engineers, while the second held iat< this after aeon included I. vv. Worthlnaton and W. H. Mayo, repreaenttng Mr. Ford. At the nuetinKs. h sjssi sind, the eecretary attempted to reconcile difference! la cost eatlmatoe pre? pared by the two groups of engi? neers, army and civil, on construc? tion work necessary to complete dams 1 and 2. The difference be? tween the estimates was under* stood to be about 115.000,000, the Ford estimate being represent* d ss I SO, 000,000 and those ?.f the army 145,000,000 and up to 155,000,000, depending noon the amount of work to be done Ul improving navi? gation above tin- dams on tl e Tea* nessee river. I When the second meeting ad st ration Atlanta. Doe. 24- The friends of Eugene V. Di >as uro awaiting i . release from the penitentiary , on fhrtstmai day. He will so to ' his home i- Terre Haut*. Ind., wies- ! eel bration vvill l?e held. Bets wag MM Informed of b,ls re-, h ase until today Weekly Cotton Market Prices Hold Generally Steady Throughout Period Xew fork. Dee. 23.?rtusfsteai in the cotton market has l>een r? stsictod t'? some tslant by the usual p re-holiday considerations I hut pre es h.r. e held generally - pady, owing lo the continued ?d I vanoe of spot itresaatro and hope : of an Improving trade demand. The rally from the hew priced touched shortly after the publication of the go vi rnment's crop sstfsjiato on De? cember IS estesstea to lh.7<? for January rantracts og lost Tuesday, making to-d.cry of h?o ,100-1? journed Secretary Weeks announc- priOS touched by it sold at Hi 0? cd that no agreement had ai [1 s touched by 1 ***** that delivery since it sold at 16.08? I reached and that he would continue r;(| )v m November. Tho advance work on his letter to Mr. Ford In waa ehocke4 hy valuing, but which he would ask the Detroit menufacurer for additional infor? mation respecting the construction of the two dams. It was believed probable H at the communication would not bo in final shape until next week, probably not before Tuesday. Heath Penalty foe I mdgors. Russian Tax Otterings wen- uhsoibeu on CUSS* paratfvety moderate ntssctiesss, and' it is reported that small Mattering: lots of BO-called "Christinas cot? ton" have also been absorbed in the Southern spo' markets. The c< usus re,?ort showing 7.7ifs,4S0 bahs of cotton ginned up to De c< miter IS, or i:.'i,i?j2 bales for the first hah of the mouth was a shade under expectations, if any? thing, and was quite generally re Host off on Don, Russia, Nov. 3.? The death penalty is being inflicted garded as relieving any apprehen ln the Kuban and Don districts sion that the crop would exceed upon peasatds who attempt to the recent government estimate of evade the grain lax w hich the gov- M40.000 hales. The iigures of the eminent has instituted instead of department ol agriculture sstlsnat i money taxes. At Krasnodarsk a peasant and two officials whom he I bribed to assist him in dodging the grain levy were all shot, and radi ? cal steps are being taken throagh j ought South Russia, to ( heck tlte I banditry which the MOSCOW govern ! ment denounces as nothing more than an effort to escape taxation. General Budenny, the cavalry Ing the world's production of com? mercial cotton for HJ21-22 at 15. &93,00(1 bahs against 2u,ti5U,OOC the previous year were considered near? ly enough in line wtih previous es? timates of individual crops to < 1 < atO no fresh sentiment, but prob ably emphasized the falling off of production and prospects for a de crease In the world's carry ever. leader who Hau red so prominently I Bullish traders, however, are not I in the lighting against Generaligenerally claiming that there will* VVrangel and the Poles, has la en be any scarcity of cotton before made a member of the central the new crop begins to move, unless council in the Caucasus which is * it should be in the case of certain endeavoring to cheek movements grades of Ftaples, and apprehen against Moscow government aa- sions that further advances might Ihority. In a rec ent report he an- j meet increased offerings from the nouitced that the best re sults arc I south arc supposed to have checked obtained by taking hostages In the I fresh buying above the lSc levoi. various villages and forcing the |Trade advices from Liverpool have ! villagers themselves to capture the I reported a better tone in Lanca i bandit leaders and surrender UtSWb 1 shiTC but without indicating much Where the villagers have refused to actual Increase In the volume Of Im give U|l the bandits it has wine- mediate business. Reports from do ,! !., >- 1 en necessary to destroy the mestle goods trade, however, have villages as a warning to other of- reih ( ted a revival of the buying fenders. movement which had been inter -mmm- rupVd by the decline in raw ma William Hart married the first 1 terial. and this, week s sales at part 0*1 this month. His wife must? Fall River were estimated at Uoe,. call him ? Fall." I ??U pieces. After Dcmpscy's vaudeville act A prsoont in hand is worth two lots oi' peoph- want to tiuht him. ||n the mail. Congress Will adjourn for Christ- Trouble is easy to borrow; but mas. Wish every day was Christ- hard to pay back, mas. 0> ? ? 1 1 1 -?? a1 e? Ail a man gets by arguing with b Chewing ".um keeps a lot of use-j bis wife is in bad. things from being said. ? S The Chinese arc sending the spirit c?f a Ford with their dead and heaven won't be heaven long. Fast as the world gets better somebody invents something. Wouldn't made what it be grand we claim we if we do ? Lloyd Ceorge t^ays disarmament is ;i rainbow in the bky. Wonder all who will get the pof of gold? -0) 0) ? - - mtmt? 0)-:- There are 5,006 unemployed in People who buy oil Stock invest Washington, not counting many of and then investigate. those who have jobs. 1 . 1 Life is just one day after another. When WO* g? I a take better care of our old one. ol new year lot's it than we did Charity may cover a multitude I of sins- hut it covers more backs. One more trial and Fatty Artssje* lc will be Skinny Arbuckle. TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Let us suggest an answer to that all-important question "What shall I give the children?" A savings account in this Bank, where the young people's accounts are especially welcomed. An account may be opened for any amount de? sired?from 81.00 up. And there never was a gift that had greater possibilities for permanence and usefulness, Here's a gift that will be appreciated more and more every year-?give them a savings account. FIRST NATIONAL BANK SVMTLR, K. V. NHILL ODONM'Mi ARCHIE CHINA O. L. YATES President Vtos President Cashier *d*d*??*+d*ao)d*adMa+o)a?a* The National Hank of South Carolina OF SUMTER, S. CL The Most Painstaking KIlIIX K it with tX>t 1LTESY < aptrai SSoO.OOO Surplus and IV ftt* |Sa* sTItOM) ANI> PROGRESSIV? Give us the Pleasare of Serving \ OP The Hank With the Chinie Clock. t C. G. ROWLAND. Pres. KARLE ROWLAND, Cashier