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NEW TRIAL , OF BIGHAM UNDER WAY Solicitor Opens Case to Prove That Letters of Defense Are Forgeries. Morning Consumed with Arguments by Attorneys of Bigham Columbia, June 9?Arguments for a new trial for Edniund*;Big har>. are under way in the" court in Florence, today. During the af ternoon Solicitor Gasque wilf ar gue that the letter which Bigham recently'produced, and on the basis of which the n#w trial is asked, the letter purporting to be signed by Smiley Bigham and to have de clared that the writer was planning to kill the^members of his family and himself, is a forgery, and-affi davits tending to support this claim were introduced by the- solicitor tcQay. The morning period of the court was consumed with argu ment^ by A. L. King, attorney tor Bigham. MISSING IN LAURENS Whereabouts of Insurance Man Not Known Xaurens. June S.?Arthur' D. Cheek, industrial insurance agent, has been missing from his home here since last Friday. He left here for a business trip to Walter horo. Thyere he is said'7,to have engaged a transfer to drive /h?m to Greenwood- The driver said' *Mr. Cheek said he was going to Greenwood to take a. New York train. The receipt book is said to have been received through the-mail by the home office in Greenville. There is nothing wrong with Mr. Cheek's business afiairs, and< there is much speculation as to his disappear ance. - The matter was reported to the officers, who have made efforts to locate "him without result. ?> Mr. Cheek is from North Caro lina, he having moved here from Georgia a few months ago. Offi cers believe that he is looking for another job, and has thus failed to notify his family, which consists of ju wife and a little girl 1-about seven years old. Mr. Cheek is about 35 years old. RUSSIANS ROB THE CEMETERIES Story of Cannibalism, Vouch ed For By Relief Workers London, June S (By the Associat ed Press).--A shocking story of despair, death and cannibalism in Russia was narrated to the As sociated Press todaT~"br>~~W?iiam Shafroth, son of former Governor Shafroth of Colorado", who has ar rived in London after a year"s.woriv with the American relief adminis tration in the Russian famine re7 gions. The desperate pebple*are eating human beings, diseased /horses, dogs and cats, he said. Cemeter ies are being dug up and . long buried bodies snatched as food. In their hunger madness the popula tion are stealing -bodies,-.from morgues and hospitals to eat as food. ... Mr. Shafroth, whq^had charge of -58^0.00 Russians working for the relief administration in the Samara district, is lean and emaciated af -*er his arduous work among the "starving, dying* and shelterless Russians. But he gave ample prpof that the famine sufferers did not try to seize him for culinary purposes, as had been reported wh?e. he was in Russia. He de clared, however, that a Russiai member of the American relief ad .minisrration who died d>i. typhus was disinterred at night and eaten by crazed inhabitants- This gave rise to the report that Mr. Sha froth had been devoured. - In some respects the young -^American's narrative is unequalled even by the tragic pictures in Dan iel Defoe's journal of thejplagu< year. "I know one instance," said Shafroth, "where a . distracted mother of five children" killed the youngest in order to appease the Jpangs of the rest of her youngsters, but the oldest, a boy. cried bit terly when he saw his mother sever his little brother's head and place the body in a pot. He refus ed to- eat the flesh." ' In spite of these lamentable con ditions in isolated districts* Mr. Shafroth said, the general'sltuation throughout Russia has heen: great ly ameliorated as a result of the charity enterprise of the American people. The health, moral and spirit of the population were.much -better, he said, since the American relief administration arrived ten months ago. "America is a holy name in Russia and Americans are re? garded as superbeings," :<ud MrT ?Shafroth. "People fall on their knees and kiss the earth upon .which the relief workers walk. ..The United States can have a sol emn feeling of pride in saving the Russian race from extinction." Mr. Shafroth said he believed the soviet government with all its faults had come to stay. WORLD BANKERS ADJOURN Paris, June 10.?The internation al bankers' commktee held a .final meeting today, and adjourned rine die, after adopting a report to the reparations commission. The commission has called a special session for this afternoon to receive the report. J. P. Morgan left for London immediately after the adjournment and is expected to sail for America early next week. All the clowns are not with a circus. federation of - woman's clubs National Convention to Be Held in Chattanooga, Ten nessee j The National Federation of i Business and Professional Wo | men's Clubs convenes in the j south for the first time in its his Story on July 10-15; Chattanooga, in I beautiful Tennessee, will be hostess j to this organization, which consists of 350 clubs, 38 state organiza ! tions and 35,000 members. We call ' upon the members of the South i Carolina Federation to show their [appreciation ot this distinction by Isending as many delegates, if not j more, than any other southern state. We must show that we are proud of our affiliation with the ! national organization and also of {the fact that Charleston, S. C, 'boasts one of the first business women in the country, a woman who owned and operated a print ing press in 1733. We should send representatives from all sections of our state to join with leading, wo men from all over the country and Hawaiian Islands, for we must real ize the need of looking beyond the borders of our own state for new impressions and inspiration. Information, cooperation and co ordination are the watchwords; let us learn their pwoer. Columbia, Spartanburg, Green ville, Chester, Rock Hill. Anderson, Union, Sumter, Florence and all you other cities, how many dele gates will you send? We issue herewith an invitation to every business woman in South Carolina to come to the convention, whether she belongs to a club or not, and take- advantage of the opportun ity to learn the solving of our prpb lenfe through the experience of wo men from other parts of the south, east, north and west. Our purpose is to promote the 'interest of business and profession |al women; to encourage greater cooperation among them, to ele vate standards, to extend oppor tunities and to create good fellow ship; let South Carolina then take j the lead in 'southern representa ) tion, to show the nation at large ithat we understand the purpose j and have learned the lesson. ; Tour chairman of publicity is ivery anxious to obtain the names J of every woman who will go to the j convention in Chattanooga. For information in connection ! with railroads, rates, a'ctommoda ? tions, etc., write to Kittye Steel ; Walker, general transportation j manager,*Chattanooga, Tenn. Gertrude A. Mordecai, Chairman of Publicity. Ibequestto j carolina Columbia, June 9.?The bequest lof $5,000 left the University of j South Carolina under the will of i A. Tracy Hardin, vice president of ! the New York Central railroad, ; who died recently, will be used to ! endow a scholarship, according to iDr. W. S. Currell, president of the ! university. j Mr. Hardin was a graduate of j the university in the class of 1894 !and during his life took an active i interest in the institution. I The terms of the scholarship j have yet to be worked out, Dr. Currell said, and will not be taken j up by the university faculty until I the bequest is made available some I time this summer. The scholar ship will bear the name of Mr. i Hardin. [hits inspector with iron pd?e Greenville, June 8.?James H. j Bramlett, sixty-year-old car in ; spector for the Piedmont and j Northern Railway, is in a critical ; condition as result of a blow al j leged to have been inflicted by j Barney F. Cleveland, assistant shop * foreman' of the P. and N. shops J here, this morning following an i alleged altercation between the j men. Cleveland is held in jail 1 pending the outcome of the wound | ed man's injuries and has retained I counsel. When seen tonight Cleve j land said he was sorry that the ; difficulty had occurred but declin | ed to make any further comment (on the affair. The blow was in i flicted with a piece of iron pipe. I abbeville j , .man missing Abbeville. June 8.?ll E. Cul breth left his home here last Friday j morning and has not returned, nor * have the members of his family heared anything from him. .He. was seen on the streets here about ] 12 o'clock Friday but since then j nothing has been heard of him. i His brothers and friends have j searched the swamps and woods j within five miles of Abbeville, but j can find no trace of him. Mr. j Culbreth is a carpenter. 48 years * old. of slight build, has blue eyes i and dark hair, slightly gray. His j wife and children will be grateful i to any one who can assist tfiem in locating him. & ? o + I Fifty-Six Violators j of Narcotic Law j Atlanta. June 10.?Fifty-six war ; ranis charging violation of the j Harrison narcotic law has been is j sued/in connection with the inves tigation of ihe alleged ' dope ring" at the Atlanta Federal prison. Fed i eral Attorney Hagar stated today. 'Regulations of Campaign Contributions Washington, June 10.?Sweeping; I regulations for publicity campaign j contributions was provided in a bill I introduced in the house today. The seat of our gpvernment is i f?ways being sat upon. PLANS FOR NEW ROADS State Highway Department Has Several New Projects Under Consideration Columbia. June 10.?Several road and bridge projects are being plan ned by the state highway depart ment in conjunction with the coun ties and bids are to be ask'ed with in a short time. Charleston county is planning an extension of King street coming out of the city toward Columbia to connect with the main Charleton Columbia road. This extension will run from the city limits to a point about three miles out to connect with the Meeting street road. It will give another outlet from Char leston to the main mountain and sea highway. Federal aid will like ly be applied to the project, which will include an overhead bridge over a number of railroad tracks out of Charleston. Pickens county is. pfenning a con tinuation of the mountain road from Reedy Cove to the north Charleston line to connect with Brevarti and other Tarheel points. Bids are to be asked for within a short time. The stretch of road will be about seven miles long and will be heavy construction. Greenville county is working to have the Jones Gap highway con structed within a short time. The highway department is making plans for this road now. It will run from Travelers Rest via Caesar's Head toward the North Carolina line, being 10.2 miles long. This road will give Greenville county another outlet into the mountainous resort country of North Carolina. * The highway department, in co operation with the Charleston san itary and drainage commission, is designing plans for a bridge over the Ashley river out of Charleston. The proposed structure will cost in the neighborhood of $"?00.000. It will connect Charleston with the road to the Savannah river bridge. ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC CLUB Working For Wise Transpor tation Policies Chicago, June 9.?Freight rates and railroad wages will be dealt with from the point ,of view of shippers and carriers by the newly organized Associated Traffic Club of America, in an effort to in fluence public opinion and policies, according to an outline of its ob jects made by the officers here to day. Those who have promoted the organization say that its work will be much the same as that con templated in recent proposals of a national transportation institute, supported by both shippers and carriers, "for the education of the public and the support of wise transportation policies. They an nounce that the organization hopes to impress upon the president and congress "the kind of men that should be appointed to the Inter state Commerce Commission" though it will refrain from rec ommending individuals. . Some of the questions to be con sidered will probably relate to the value of the United States Railroad Labor Board; proposals to amend the rate-making section of the transportation act so that "there shall not be a mandate to the in terstate commerce commission to make the level of rates such that the carriers will earn an adequate revenue; restoration of power of the state policy in respect to a merchant marine; the proposed St. Lawrence canal. It is estimated that there are twenyt-five or more "industrial" traffic clubs in which shippers but not carriers are represented. The association.. which was organized at a meeting attended by fifty rep resentatives of twenty-five of the seventy-five or eighty traffic clubs in which both carriers and ship pers are represented, will seek-to induce the industrial clubs to be come eligible to membership in the association by admitting represen tatives of carriers. News Briefs of Columbia Columbia. June 0.?Members of the state railroad commission left Columbia Thursday afternoon for Charleston, where they are Fri day inspecting the Ashley river railroad bridge. This bridge is used for both railroad trains and highway travel, and the inspection Friday is with a view to a possible elimination of the highway travel . feature. The commission is to make an inspection, at an early date of the Isle of Palms Railroad. However, another trip will be made for this, possibly within the next month. The members of the commission who are in Charleston are Messrs. Pearman. Ellerbe and Wade. Columbia. June 0.?Ed C. Mann, former congressman, who was de feated for reelection two years ago by H. P. Fulmer. will probably run for the seat this year, according to a report from Orangeburg. Mr. Mann's home town. HOPE RENEWED FOR PEACE IN IRELAND London. June 10.? After today's meeting of the British signatories of the Anglo-Irish treaty, it was stated that Arthur Griffith, presi dent of the Dail Eireann, would me?:t Lloyd George this afternoon, and that it is likely that a settle ment of the questions at issue would result. Paris. June 10.?The impossibil ity of an international loan to Ger many at the present time is rec ognized by the international com mittee of bankers in formal report submitted this afternoon to the reparations commission British Troops Occupy Belleek Republican Tri-Color is Hau]-1 ed Down?Infantry Fired on From Free State Terri | tory While in Ulster Belfast. June 8.?Belleek and its famous fort which are in Free ] State territory, were occupied this j I afternoon by British troops and j j the British ensign has displaced! the Republican tri-color which had j flown from the walls of the fort since it wax occupied some time ago by Irish irregular forces. The British troops moved to j within two miles of Beelleek on j the south shore of Lough-Erne and ! I started operations. The artillery I took a position overlooking the { town and commanding a fine view i } of the fort, which is on high ground. I The official report of the military I authorities on the operations is a3 | tollows: "Orders were received to discov er whether forces from the Free State were still in occupation ^f Belleek. Strict orders were issued the Free State territory was not to he entered unless fire was openec. upon the troops while in Ulster, water transport was arranged, as i the stretch of road entering the j town from the south is in Free State territory. "The infantry divided into two i columns, one column on each side of Lough-Erne. Armored cars were sent ahead to reconnoiter. These were fired on from the Free State while still in Lister. The infantry then advanced under a brisk fire from the north. The artillery shelled the fort and also the ridge to the north, from which fire had betn directed on the northern col umn and Cliff House, the headquar ters of the forces occupying Bel leek. "Our fire was very accurate, and ithe. enemy retired. At 1 o'clock this afternoon our advance column entered Belleek. Our casualties were one man slightly wounded. The enemy's casualties are un known. "The fort was taken by a pla toon of the Lincolnshire regiment, which captured the tri-color flying from the main wall. The wall was badly damaged by six direct hits, out of twenty high explosive shells which were fired." ? ? ? ?. Telegraphers Not Included in Cut Their Wages May Not Be Re duced by Labor Board Chicago, June 9?The railroad telegraphers probably will not be included in the third wage reduc tion order of the railroad lab'v board according to rumors todav of the contemplated slash from railroad payrolls. The telegraph ers number approximately eighty one thousand. Although the board members make no direct statement on the next cut, the rumors per sisted in predicting a smaller cut for the clerk forces than those af fecting the shopmen. Washington, June 0?The inci dent created by a public discussion of the tariff questions by Italian ambassador Ricci, which brought forth criticism oh the floor of the senate, has been definitely closefd. so far as the American govern ment is concerned. Ambassador Ricci saw secretary of State Hughes late yesterday and it was learned today that the conference ended the matter. Reports Indicate j Good Crop Yields| Despite Small Acreage?Duej Principally to the Splendid j Growing Conditions This! Season j Washington. June 8.?Larger in dicated crop yields, due principal I ly tOk splendid growing conditions thus far this season, promise more ; abundant production this year than harvested in 1921 despite smaller [ acreages, especially in wheat and j oats. j The Department of Agriculture's I j June crop report, issued today, arid i I based on the condition of crop June j j,!. forecasts a winter wheat crop! j the fourth largest in the country's' I history with a total of 607,000,000 | j busheis. During May the indicated I jppoduction increased 22,000,000 i [bushels, of which 11,000.000 bush-! els was credited to Kansas, f The spring wheat crop will be 49.000,000 bushels larger than last year's, with a total of 247,000.000 bushels, placing the country's total wheat crop, winter and spring wheat combined, at about 855.000, 000 bushels, or 60,000,000 bushels more than was produced last year, i Production of oats is forecast at j 1.303,000,000 bushels, or 244.000. iOOO bushels more than last year's ! crop. Apples, peaches and pears are more abundant this year, last year's crops having been curtailed by frosts. The apple crop is almost double what it was last year but not so large as the 1920 crop. Peach production was estimated at 5.3.G29.000 bushels, and pear prospects were said to "indicate j about a normal crop of around ] 5, | 000,000 bushels." i Harding Approves Naval Oil Policy j President Sends Fall's Report to Senate in Special Mes | sage j Washington, Junfe 8.?President {Harding, in a special message to ? the senate today, -stated that the j.pblicy of the navy and interior de partments in dealing with the na Jval oil reserves, including private ! leases, has his full approval. ! The president transmitted a i voluminous report made to him by Secretary Fall regarding disposi tion of the naval reserves. Mr. Harding 'said the report was.not to ; be construed as a defense of the j administration policy, but to give jinformaiton to the senate in con i nection with the investigation re ! cently ordered by the senate, j The president added that it was only fair to state that the policy [ of the navy and interior depart - jraents dealing with the naval re < serves-was "submitted to me prior ("t? the adoption thereof, and the i policy decided upon and the subse jCiUent'acts have at all times had my entire approval." The presi ' dent's message and Secretary Fall's report were referred to the public lands committee, which today re ceived a truck load of papers con taining all correspondent for years back with respect to private leas ing on the three reserves. Washington, June 9.?Charges by Senator Heflin that the feder al reserve board had engaged in publicity propaganda was flatly de nied in a formal statement sent to the senate today by the board un der signature of W. P. G. Harding, governor. Greenville Finds Liquor and Stills Officers Capture Three Out fits and One Hundred Gal lons of Moonshine Greenville, June S.?Three stills ;md 100 gallons of moonshine were seized by county and federal offi cers this morning at Pott's cove in the upper section of the county. The raid, which is the largest made in many months, included the de struction of 1,5.00 gallons of mash. No arrests were made at the time, but officers found a hat. coat and a pair of overalls at separate points along a trail leading from the stills and:*believe they have ev idence that will lead to an arrest immediately. Forty gallons of the liquor were destroyed along the mountainside and CO gajlons were brought to the city. This afternoon the offi cer:-; started to pour out the 60 gal lons in Court street behind the sheriff's office: The liquor ran and filled the gutters and somebody threw a match into it, whereupon the liquid began to blaze all along the streets. A great crowd was present at the pouring out and an elevator boy washed his hands in the liquid, while another scooped the liquid up in his hands and drank as profusely as the oppor tunity would permit. A negro car ried off some of the escaping liquid in a shoe box, while others used various utensils to save some of the booze. DEFENDED BY HOOVER - Runaway Coal Market Stop ped, Says Secretary Washington, June 8.?Discus sion on the floor of the senate over the administration's efforts to keep bituminous coal prices from climb ing during the strike brought to night from Secretary Hoover the statement that the essential thing j about coal prices is that the run away market has been stopped." ! Except for "a small percentage of j the present producers who have re j fused to cooperate," he continued, j prices have receded trom the level reached on May 15 and the public i has been protected from a repeti tion of 1920 conditions. Precipitated by Senator Walsh, j Democrat; Massachusetts, who de clared that the public patience was being exhausted by coal operators j taking advantage of agreements reached with Mr. Hoover to boost j their pricjes to the retailers, dis cussion of the fuel situation be j came general in the senate today. I Senators suggested and offered the I practicability of the government j control of the mines as a solution J of the conditions. "Extortion is going on with ap i parent government approval," Sen I ator Walsh declared, explaining ; however, thai; he did not wish to criticize Mr. Hoover. The latter, j however, he?'. declared had been {"fooled" by the operators into ap j proving a maximum fair price of j $3.50 a ton for coal at the mines, j "Some of the. senators have been misinformed," Mr. Hoover said, "by misleading statements from a small group of retail dealers who object strenuously to any attempt to re strain prices." ; i Paris, June 9?The French finan cial mission that is going to the United States for consultation with the war debt funding commission there expects to sail on June 24th it was announced this afternoon. NIGHT RIDERS IN ANDERSON Masked Men Take Couple toi Woods and Give Themj Warning _ i - Anderson. June S.?Robett W. | Sullivan, prominent young business j man of this city, and Miss Ruby I Floyd were taken from an auto- j mobile in front of the young wo man's home tonight by masked and j white robed men and after being j I driven three or four miles in the' j country were warned not to be seen! j together in public again. The two were brought back i j within a few blocks of the young! j woman's home and put out about j i 45 minutes later. j Reports were current tonight! that a whipping had been! j administered to Mr. Sullivan, but j ; he denied that he had been thus j j dealr"with. He told police that he j i had been warned not to be seen j ! in company with the young woman j Lagain. , j. About ]0 o'clok two cars filled j with masked men drove up behind i the car of Mr. Sullivan in front of j the home of Mrs. Ada Floyd, the j young woman's mother, on east j Benson street. One group of men ; seized Mr. Sullivan while the oth ers took Miss Floyd in charge and j the two cars were then driven rap | idly away. Mr. Sullivan and Miss j Floyd say they were taken three j or four miles into the country ; where the warning was given. j Anderson, June S.?Robert TV. ! Sullivan, secretary of the Orr Cot j ion mills, f?id Miss Ruby Floyd j were kidnapped from an automo ! bile in front of the young woman's home here late tonight by a band of masked men- who "gave them a lecture," as they described it. The man was warned not to be seen in "Miss Floyd's company again, he told police, but he de i nied reports that had reached them ? that he had been beaten. He and j Miss Floyd and the latter's moth er, Mrs. Ada Floyd, informed the i police that the men were dressed in regalia resembling that of the J Ku Klux Klan, and Miss Floyd as serted she was positive one of the i men was a negro. The couple said 1 they thought they would be unable j to identify any of their abductors. I Sullivan, who is about 31 years ,] of age and in addition to this bus ) iness connection is secretary and ? treasurer of the South Carolina I Cotton Manufacturers' association. J was recently taken in custody at I the home of Miss Floyd but no j charges were made. A charge of j "disorderly conduct'* was made I against her, however, as a result J of remarks attributed to her in a j conversation with a neighbor who had complained to the police. She is about IS* years old. ' The masked band came up to ! night in two automobiles and four ! men put Sullivan in one machine ! while three took Miss Floyd in the i other and rapidly left town. Po j lice were informed by Mrs. Floyd ? but the only clue they had untir j the couple returned was the marks j of struggle around the cars. They I were unable to ascertain which j way the cars went. I -^? I PIGEON RACING ! TO BALTIMORE Augusta, Oa., June 10.?A solid carload of homing pigeons ? which : arrived here from Baltimore will j be released today for a flight back ? to Baltimore. It is estimated that I over five thousand fliers ?re to i make the race. ANTI-TUBER CULOSIS WORK ???? Expenditures This Yea; to Exceed Those of Last by $15,850.00 Columbia. June 1?.?In spite d. the fact that South Carolina has. been passing through a period of* j financial depression and consequent? ! retrenchment in, expenditure \ or -' j pubic funds, rhere has 'been an increase of $15,850.00 over lasr: ' year in appropriations by the State, counties and cities for the fight' l against tuberculosis, according to % ! statement of the South Carolina j Tuberculosis Association. ! While the legislature cut the^ ' appropriation for maintenance at \ the State Senatorium I10.C49.95;; i an appropriation of $17,500.00 was j made for building and improve i ments, thus leaving a gain of $C,-* [ 550.00. The city of Charleston ap j propriated $3,000.00 to the Char , leston County Sanatorium which isr i in process of construction. Richk j land county increased its appro^: I priation $2,000.00 and the city or [Columbia added $1,000.00 to it3j? ( former appropriation to the Rich-; I land Anti-Tuberculosis Association^ j Other counties showed a gain ot $3,000.00. v I. This increase in appropriation? with funds from the Tuberculosis Christmas seals and contributions:" from charitable societies and i?? dividuals wil! increase the numbeV of available beds for the treatment, of the disease approximately 30j?-;.: beds. The number of beds ar? present available at the state*r county and private Sanatoriums hi; South Carolina is 17G. With the addition of 30 the number will bej raised to 205. While this increase";, is encouraging it represents only ? slight approach to the number p%c : beds needed for South Carolina ;Hf* the state is adequately to h?ndig, the tuberculosis problem. -Ther<?: should* be 3.000 beds available-in^ this state now. ? ''The importance of an intensive campaign has just been illustrate^ i by the results of the FraminghanV Massachusetts, experiment," salct? President Jv Nelson Frierson of thua State Association. In 7 years tfcn? the death rate has been cut twb# thirds. This would mean in Southv' j Carolina a saving of over l.Otf* lives every year. i j In Sumter. county the care of tuA j berculosis patients is provided To% i by Camp Alice. This institution* J is maintained at a cost of 'approxfc-'-. { mately, $9,000 a year. The fund% jfor maintenance are-derived froj?? j income from the endowment prc?. vided by.Mr^H. J. Harby, amoun^r ; ing to $125 per month and the baT: jance .of whatever amount is aeed ! ed, one-half "by the city of Sumter {and one-hairby the county of Siiin Iter. - - .. J ? '? 1 ? i No Loan-Now For Germany j ???' I Paris, June 10.?An important jconclusion arrived at by the j international" <;bmmittee of bahki | ers, as set forth in the final report, j of the reparations commission, is I that, although, a large internation i al loan to Germany cannot be ?c? omni ended at this time, the sub ject can be taken up later, and in ': the meanwhile ? a relatively smalt jloan to prevent financial collapse '. in Germany might be arranged. r A rumor is easier started tbjtS stopped. HERE'S A CALL TO ECONOMY TO YOU NO CHARGING NO DELIVERY NO APPROVALS THE GREAT COMPOSITION BRINGING PRICES DOWN TO BELOW NORMAL. at THE BATTERY 33 SOUTH MAIN STREET. SUM TER, a C. The greatest BARGAIN-GIVING event in a decade. Thousands of articles will be slaughtered away at any price. Over $40,000.00 worth of Shoes, Dry Goods, Hats, Ready-to-Wear and Notions to be liquidat ed under composition settlement. Strike it while i t is hot, come while the assortments are complete, SALE IS NOW OPEN AT THE BATTERY .v . ?' ' ? A' 33 SOUTH MAIN STREET SUMTE S. t -LOOK FOR THE YELLOW FRONT?ALL IN ONE STORE