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The Watchman aad Soithron Entered at the Postomce at Sum ter, S. C, as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. - Mr. Arthur Knight went to Co lumbia Friday morning on business. Mrs. A. E. Gregg, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Susie and sister. Miss Nell Gregg, leaves Fri day afternoon for Norfolk, Va., to ' visit her brother, Mr. N. L. Gregg. Mr. Nelson Bradley left Friday morning for Sullivan's Island to , visit his mother, Mrs. Gordon Brad ley. M. L. Smith, Esq., of Cam den is in the city attending court, / Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Beaty and children have, returned from Char lotte, after a pleasant visit of sev eral days to the formers mother. Messrs. Hubert Osteen, Myers " Skinner, and William Smith of Co lumbia, motored from Myrtle Beach to attend the dance here Thursday evening. ? Mr..Henry McKagen of Augusta attended the dance Thursday. Mr. J. J. Brennan went to Co lumbia Friday morning on business. Mr. H. S. Waddell has return ed to the city after having spent some time in the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Logan Allen, Jr., has return ed from Richmond, Va., where she has been visiting relatives for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bostic have gone to Georgetown to spend sev eral days. .Miss Maude Waddell has gone to. Kingstree to visit friends for several days. Mr. Bert DeLorme has returned from Sullivan's Island, where he enjoyed a visit of several days. Judge R. O. Purdy and Mr. O; H. Folley went to Charleston Friday morning on business, Mrs. S. H. Edmunds, with son, Frederick, went to Columbia Fri day afternoon to visit her daugh ter, Mrs. James E. Hunter, Jr. Miss Marie McGee and little sis ter, Edwine, of Knoxville, Ga., are visiting their aunts, the Misses White on Washington street. Miss Geprgie. Townsand of Char leston and Miss Izlar of Orange-, burg attended the dance Thursday evening with their hostess, Miss Elizabeth McKagen. Mr. Robert Fowler of Orange bnrg, was the guest of Mr. Henry G. McKagen, Jr., both of whom Attended the dance Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Brunsen, of Marion, are spending a few days in the city. Mrs. C. W. Cofield left Saturday morning for Raleigh, N. C, to join her husband on a trip to Chicago. ? Misses May Willis Osteen . and Susie Osteen, leave today for Darl ington to join an automobile party for a trip to Asheville and Black Mountain, N. C. Mr. Marion Ard left Friday for Camp Brevard, N. C, to spend sev eral days. " Mr. Alken Kennedy will leave Saturday night for Columbia" to spend several days. . Misses Coleen and Catherine McKagen and Messrs. Roy Cannon air! Bert Jones will motor Sunday f<5 J?yHle Beach to visit friends, f or several days, v Bound for Sullivan's Island Sat Wday nuight: Messrs. Harold Whilden, Sam Dinkins, R. L. Row land, H. F. Dick, Herman Grief and James Bradley. * Miss Hattie Gibson will leave Saturday night for Bishopville to visit her sister and will also visit 'friends and relatives in Timmons ville. Miss Carrie Cain will leave Sun day for Laurens to visit friends. Mr. Porter Rivers leaves Satur day night for Orangeburg to visit friends. Miss Ruth Allen will leave Sat urday night for Greenville to spend several days witti friends. Misses Bateman and Alleen Car roll and Messrs. Frank Sholar and Harold Moise will motor to Paw ley's Island Sunday to be guests at house party of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Moses. Mr. T. B. Caudle and daughter. Sara, leave for Sullivan's Island Saturday night to spend several days. 1 Mr. George Stone left Friday fo Sullivan's to spend sometime. Mr. Bordeau R. Green leaves fo Atlanta Saturday anight to spend several days. Miss Vivian Fender of Valdosta, Ga., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Skinner, . Mr. Harvey Randall will leave Saturday night for Atlanta to spend several days. . Mr. and Mrs. McKiever leave Saturday night for Mt. Pleasant to spend some time. Mr. Johnnie Jordan leaves for Atlanta Saturday night to spend several days. Miss Sallie Hoy will leave Satur day night for Savannah to spend several days with friends. Misses Edith and Lourine Cura mings will leave Saturday night for Sulphur Springs to spend their summer vacation. Mr. Frank Butler leaves Satur day night for Savannah to spend several days. Miss Frances Beasley will leave Saturday afternoon for Murrell's Inlet to be a guest at a house part} given by Miss Wilma Bates. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Courtwright accompanied by the latter's sister and Miss Florence Hurst who has been their guest for some time have returned from Savannah Ga. Miss Molly Bowman leaves Sat urday night for Raleigh, N. C. to visit Mrs. Lewis Wooten, formerly Miss Edith Williams of this city. Miss May Blanding and Mrs. Parham and two daughter**. Misses Cathleen and Bessie, will leave for Sullivan's Island Saturday night to spend several days. Mrs. SL Benton and two sons. Jean and William will leave Sat urday afternoon for Salisbury to speed several days. Mrs. J. S. Ferry, of Groeleyville. on route for Atlanta to virft her daughter, spent Saturday in the city with her son, Mr. J. E. Ferry. Mrs. B. N. . Stewart and Miss Edna Epps have returned to the city after spending several days with the former's brother in Olan ta, Mrs. Hayward Burris has gone to Wedgef eild to visit friends for several days. Messrs. Stanley Weinberg, Ans ley Brunsen, Henry Shelor, Francis Branson, Dudley Hodge, Carlton Whilden and Shelton Reynolds have returned from a two weeks stay at Pawley's Island. Miss Linderberg., of Petersburg, Va., who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Skinner, went to Hen derson ville Saturday morning to spend several days. Major R. D. Epps went to Ben nettsville Saturday morning on business. Mr. Eugene E. Aycock. of Wedge field, passed through the city Sat urday morning returning to his home. .i Mr. Heyward Brockington, grad uate manager of athletics .of the University of South Carolina, left for. Bishopville Saturday morning, having spent Friday in the. city. Dr.. S. H. Edmunds went to Co lunxbia Saturday morning to at tend a committee :?%eeting of the State Board of Education. Miss Ethel Bynum went to Ben hettsville Saturday morning to visit friends for several days. Mrs. S. J. Harvin, accompanied by Miss Mary Jones, went to Abbe- ? ville Saturday morning to spend several days with the latter. ^ Miss Alice Bynum left Friday for Conway to visit friends for some time. Mrs. E. R. Rawls" with daughter, Miss Francis, left Saturday morn ing for Strother,' Fairfield County, to visit relatives for several days. Mr. F. E. Renfrow left Monday morning for Sullivan's Island to ?spend sjeveral days. Mr. Alien Smith has returned to Charlotte, IST. C,, after spending his vacation in the city. . Misses Jessielyn and Gene vie ve Smith are visiting friends in Char lotte. Mr. James K. Wilson of St. -Charles spent Sunday in the city with friends. ? Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kinard, of .Westfielcl, Mass., are visiting Mr. KinarcPs mother, Mrs. E. C. Kin ard. ' Mr. Samuel Pierson went to Elliotts Monday morning to visit ! friends for the day. Miss Minnie Ortman of Charles ton is visiting Mrs. S.. Ml Pierson. Mr. M. M. Levy of Bishopville passed through the city Monday morning from Columbia returning to .his home. . Mr. Shake McFaH went to Harts vill.e Monday morning on business. Miss Juanita Pierson has re turned from Charleston after an extended visit to friends. Miss Priscilla Ketchin of Winns boro, having spent two. weeks at Pawley's Island passed through the city Monday morning en route, to her home,; - - - , > ? ? - ? Mr. M. D/ Munn of Rocky [Mount, N. C, oassed through Sum t ter Monday morning en route to j Bishopville to visit relatives, j Mr. L. D. Ivy went to Clio Mon (day. morning to visit friends and j relatives. ^ Mr. C. E. Harris left Sunday for Pensaloca, Fla., to spend some time He will also go to the Gulf of Mexico while aw?y. v Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jackson and little daughter left for Macbeth Monday morning. Mr. Leon LeGrand, of Beach ani and LeGrand^ architects, re turned to Greenville Monday morning after spending several days in the city.^ Mr. C. E. Crombe left Monday morning for Isle ?f Palms to spend ! several days. Mr .Henry . Spann, Sr., went to j Columbia Monday morning on bus ; iness. Judge John S. Wilson of Man ! nlng returned to the city Monday j morning after a short rest at his home>V_ . Mr. W. H. Strickland left Sun day for New York on a business j trip in the interests of his new ! store. Mr. Wm. Bultman returned ! Sunday after spending several days ! in New. York and Boston at the shoe exposition.. ........ I Miss Eva Sires left for Summer ; ville and Charleston Monday morri ! ing to visit relatives for some time. Dr. J. P. Marion will be absent j from the city Tuesday and Wed I nesday attending the annual meet ing of the board of trustees of Chicora College. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bland and son have returned from a two j weeks* stay at Wrig^tsville Beach. Mr. Robert L. Wright has re ! turned from an extended visit to ! Myrtle Beach. I The State Campaign Meeting The state campaign meeting was ! held at the Court House Monday, .' beginning at 10 o'clock. All the j announced candidates f*r state of i rices were present and spoke, ex j cept W. H. Coleman. of Union ; count}', one of the six candidates ! for governor. The meeting was i well attended, the crowd being estimated at approximately one j thousand. It was good tempered ; throughout, and all the speakers received an attentive hearing. Few j people being advised that J. J. j Cantey. of Suinrncrton. one of the j candidates for govrnor, who has j not attended previous meetings. Iwas present and would speak, the i - crowd began to disperse at the con I elusion of the speech of Cole I.. j Blease, who was the last speaker on the regular prog?'am. When quiet was restored about half of the .crowd resumed their seats and re j mained to the conclusion of Mr. j Cantey's speech. The meeting ad ; journed at 3:15. Funny thiings happen. We know .'i farmer who is making money. j Xew York brags she convicts i more criminals. Look at her I chances. I-__ i Statesville, N. C, July 13.?C. B. Pennington, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of States ville. late tonight fired a bullet I through his head in his home here j and died forty-five minutes later. I The tragedy follows announcement j today of a shortage of approximate ly $85,000 in the accounts of Cash ier John W. Guy, Sr. Valdosta, Ga., July 14.?What of i ficers declare a wholesale defiance ! of the state cattle dipping .law took j place last night in- Lowndes coun i ty when twelve dipping vats were i destroyed. I Tifton, Ga., July 14.?A verdict j of guilty, with recommendation to life imprisonment, was returned by j the jury in the case of Sims Law horn, charged with the murder of S. S. Monk, aged 70, his landlord, in a dispute over money matters a month ago. Canton, July 14.?Two Stand ard Oil barges, ?Aying American flags were fired upon on the river two miles from here by troops of Yip Kue, the opponent of Sun Yat Sen. About a hundred shots were fired, but the barges were not dam aged. , ? ? r? Richmond, July 14.?Several per sons were injured and property loss, estimated at half a million dollars, resulted from a heavy rain which last night sent Shockoe Creek here over banks and inun dated East Main street. Washington, July 14.?The sen ate returned to the dye embargo provision of the tariff bill today, putting aside the cotton schedule with prospects of a vigorous fight before embargo section is. finally settled. Under announced plans it will be held before the senate continuously until it is disposed of. Chicago, July 14.?A deputy sheriff today- shot and seriously wounded one of a crowd of men attempting to prevent workers from entering the Burnsjde shops of the Illinois Central Railroad. j .New York, July 3 4.?The failure i of the stock brokerage firm of ! Nast and Company, of Chicago, j was announced on the New York ! Stock exchange today. Samuel j Nast is the board member of the ] firm. ' ? . Chicago, July. 14.7-rThe assets of f.Nast & Company are estimated to be between three and six millions, with liabilities a few hundred thousand dollars more, according to the firm's attorney, William Will hardt. _ \ Washington, July 14.?It became definitely ? known today that John j L. Lewis _and other officials of the I United H^ne Workers are prepar ing to recommend to their asso ciates in union control that the government's, plan of arbitration to settle the coal strike will be re jected. York, July 13.?Guilty of mur der with a recommendation to the mercy of the court was the verdict rendered at 9 o'clock tonight, aftei two hours and ten minutes of de liberation by the jury trying the case of Albert Zimmerman, charg ed with the murder of J. Pink Huggins, small storekeeper of jYork. November 7, 1921. Defend ant's counsel immediately made-a i motion for a new trial and the mo jtion will be argued at 9:30 o'clock ?tomorrow morning. ' Washington, July 15?The inau j guration of the use of motor trucks j to transport mails, due to the in ability of the railroads on account of the shopmen's strike was an nounced today by Postmaster Gen eral Work, who said it has been determined to use motor transpor tation between Bedford and Switz City, Ind., where trains have been j annulled. Reports to the postof fice department said that at Tole do, O., all depot employees are reported on strike, and additional mail clerks were asked for. Vilna, July 15, (By Jewish Tele ! graphic Agency.)?Terror stricken ! Jews are fleeing from Radin and nearby towns, following a raid by a hundred armed horsemen, pre sumably Lithunians. New York, July 15?That Presi i dent Lyon E. F. Grable, president i ?f the Brotherhood of Maintenance j Employees has issued a strike order ! to his union "at any hour", was j made public today by William ; Parker, president of the Union's j Association of Eastren Chairmen. Washington, July 15.?The sen I ate rejected. 3G to 32, the provision ' of the tariff bill proposing to con | tinue the existing dye embargo for j one year from the passage of the j bill. i ? ; Dublin. July 15?Chairman T. j Duane, of Swinford. County Mayo, ^district council was shot dead on the , street in Killinagh. by irregulars [yesterday. His brother officers in j the free state army, were seriously j wounded. London. July 15.?A serious food shortage threatens -the civilian population in the areas occupied by the Irish republican military ! forces, according to a statement 'from Free State sources. London. July 15.?For the first time sinee its organization the ? council of the league of nations is j to meet in London. The sessions j which air expected to last ten ? days will he held in St. James Palace, beginning next Monday. iThe meeting will be attended by an unusually impressive array of ministers and diplomats. Washington, July 15.?The policy committee of the United Mine 1 Worker:-, numbering one hundred i twenty-six members, .Representing loca* and district organizations throughout the country. Gathered here today to authorize a reply to President Harding's offer of arbi tration to settle the coal strike. There is every indication that it will be a refusal to accept the pres ident's offer. . Scranton, Pa., July 15.?One man was shot and slightly injured in connection with shopmen's strike at Carbondaie, near here, early today. H. Joseph. Walker, a citizen, was on his way home, it is alleged, when he was fired upon by new workmen quartered in the foun dry of the Delaware & Hudson railroad. An hour later a crowd attempted to break into the state armory to get guns, but were dis persed by the police. Washington, July. 15?Hearings I will be held soon by the senate in terstate commerce commission to initiate the revision of the trans portation act and to .deal with the problems developed by the present strike, .Chairman Cummins stated today. Washington, July 15.?A con ference of senators from coal pro ducing states has been arranged for this afternoon with Secretary Hoo ver. Manning, July 14. ? Manning business men decided this after noon that they will have a ware house for the sale of unpledged to bacco. A committee was appoint ed to close contracts and do every thing necessary to get the ware house ready for opening day, Aug ust 1st. Washington, July 17.?rOver night discussions of the bituminous coal operators who met here in response to President Harding's of fer of arbitration as a means of setting the coal strike developed a -great diversity of conclusions. It appeared likely, however,, .that there would be in the hands of the president before night an accept ance of the arbitration proposal practically with the condition- that the majority *>f employers would join in its support. The Hague, July 17.?A com munication fi;om the Russian dele gation today held out a prospect that the conference on Russian j affairs here which seemed on the I verge of a final breakdown, might {be resumed. New Yprk, July 15.?Ignaze Jan P.adarewski, who deserted the con cert stage in 1917 to take a hand in world politics, finally becoming premier of Poland, will return to the piano next fall, touring the United States and Canada. This announcement was made today when the, pianist sailed on the steamship La Savoie to rest in his chalet on the shores of Lake Geneva. London, July 17.?A special British mission will arrive in the United States early in September in connection with negotiations for the funding of the British debt to America, Premier Lloyd George announced in the house of com mons this afternoon. Detroit, July 17.?Members of tjhe Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways employes who engaged in an [unauthorized strike will not be ex i pelled from the union "for the j moment," but union organizers will \ be sent to interview the strikers and attempt to persuade them to remain at work pending the final decision as to the national strike, President Grable, of the unions, said today. Cincinnati, Ju|y 17.?Notices an nouncing the cancellation of all contracts for handling freight in freight houses here as soon as can legally be done were posted throughout the Big Four railroad sytem, it was announced today. Dallas, Texas, July 16?Blood i hounds have been placed on the j trail of men who atte mpted to ; wreck Texas & Pacific passenger ; train No. 21, from New Orleans j west bound for El Paso, this morn j ing, J. L. Lancaster, receiver for j the Texas & Pacific lines, declared j tonight. St. Louis, Julv 17. ? Federal Jpdge Trieber announced today he would impose a jail and pen itentiary sentence and not fines on j strikers who violated the federal i court injunctions. KILLED WITH ! ICEPICK i Jacksonville. Fla., July 16.?An I ice pick wielded by his father-in ' law today brought an end to the j domestic squalls of William Oope i land, 32, according to the story re j latcd by the father-in-law, Marion A. Rice. GS. Carol. .Montgomery county farmer, who is held in the county jail on a charge of murder. ? Rice says he stabbed Copeland ten ! times with the ice pick when the ; latter advanced on his wife with a carving knife as she lay ill abed. He hail been summoned to the : home of his daughter last week. ! he said, because of her brutal treatment at the hands of her hus ; band. Last night, according to Rice, he ; was seated at a table in a room adjoining the sick room and turn ed to see Copeland advancing to his wife's bed with an upraised I knife. He grabbed the ice pick and clinched with the man. Cope I land finally fell fatally wounded I but managed to crawl into an other room. Rice calmly shut the idoor behind him and did not know that Copeland had died until neigh bors informed him. The couple has four small children. SHERIFF AND TEN DEPUTIES j ARE KILLED I - Fighting at Richland Mines Early This Morning. State Po lice and Deputies on Way to the Scene of Trouble Wheeling, W. Va., July . 17.? Sheriff H. H. Duvall, of Brooke county, and several of his deputies were killed this morning' in a fight at the Richland mines near Wells burg, according to information re ceived here. Governor Morgan has ordered Sheriff Clouse, of Ohio county, to take charge of the sit uation. State police and all of Ohio county deputies are enroute to the scene. Dead Are Brought Tri WeiteB?tg Wellsburg, W. Va., July 17.? Sheriff H. H. Duvall, and eight men are known to have been killed I and a large number wounded in the fight at the Clifton mine of the Richland Coal Co., near the Pennsylvania state line. The dead were brought t? Wellsburg, and the wounded taken to Wheeling. Trouble Started in Pennsylvania By Miners Wellsburg, W. Va.. July 17.? I Police headquarters today report ied its information from the Rich ; land mines wa3 that ten men in I eluding the sheriff met death in a j fight this morning. The chief clerk j in the police department said the i trouble started about 5 o'clock ' when striking miners were said to I have marched from across the \ Pennsylvania state line and fired I a tipple. v I Washington, July 15.?President S Harding personally intervened to day in the railroad strike situation, but the results of his efforts to remedy conditions now admitted r^eiierally by government officials I to be serious will remain ur.de ! termined until nearly next week when the officers of the United ' Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers meet in Detroit. ; The. president for two hours dls [ cussed the strike situation with j E. F. Giable, chief of the main tenance of way employes' organi sation, who came to Washington from Chicago for the conference, and with Fred L. Feick, executive representative of the same organ ization. The results of this, conference as announced in a White House statement were that the president received for the first time direct in formation as to the workers' side of the controversy and was af forded for the .first time an oppor tunity to present direct to a rec ognized representative of the em ployers the position of the govern ment. Another result, announced after the conference by Mr. Grable, con sists of a call for a meeting the first of next week in Detroit of the grand officers of the mainte nance of way brotherhood to de cide on a policy, presumably on whether that organization shall ! continue to withhold the a?thoriz [ ed strike order or whether it shall i allow its members t? join the i j striking shop craft workers, j Before leaving for Detroit Mr. i Grable said: ".Our primary reason for seeing the president was to impress upon I him the necessity for calling a con ! ference between Mr. Jewell and the j railroad executives in order to I stop the spread of the strike. We [feel that this is the only way to i ease the situation and I believe it j would be effective, j "The situation has become acute :all over the country and we laid before the president a lot of facts, j many of which he said had never I come to his attention. This was i the first direct protest we have j made to Mr. Harding with the ex jception of a visit I made to him {three months ago to discuss the j cutting of wages. The president censured us for not coming sooner ! and laying these facts before him." The chief executive did not in dicate whether such a conference j as that suggested would be called, j Mr. Grable said. The labor chief I tain said the president pointed to i the several times repeated policy of the administration, that, as a governmental body, the decisions of the railroad board would be sup ported by the government to the limit and that any change in the law as laid down by the board was up to congress. Chicago. July 17.?Peace nego tiation:-! in the railroad strike were temporarily at a standstill today. Rail executives, and strike leaders expected today's developments to indicate more clearly the ultimate outcome, however, much import ance is attached to the number of shopmen returning to work today as this day marked the time limit on many roads for retaining senior ity and other rights, Municipal Indebtedness of Koko hama. Yokohama. Japan. June 27.? The total municipal indebtedness of the city of Yokohama on March 31, was 28,921,400 yen, according to figures issued by the city office. Most of this money has been ex pended in harbor improvement, l oads, gas and water extension and in purchasing the tramway system. When daughter eats onions at supper father knows he can have the porch swing for once. Mayor of Raleigh Kicks t? Se?bo?rd Objects to Outside Men at the Railroad Shops and De mand Recall Special Police Raleigh, N. C, July 13.?Ten men ! imported by the Seaboard Air Line for special police duty at the Ral eigh shops during the strike of shop craftsmen were ordered back to Portsmouth, Va.. today after their presence here had given birth to a variety of rumors on the whplesaje importation of strike breakers and had aroused strikers and their sympathizers to the point where Mayor T.. B. Eldridgc of Raleigh, asked M. H. Cahill. vice president of the Seaboard at Ports mouth "to. withdraw them and to refrain from sending others." Mayor Elidridge's telegram to Mr. Cahill follows: "On representations that your company has sent strike-breakers to shops here, I beg you to with draw them and refrain from send ing, others. - City is giving protec tion to ^our property but there is grave reason to fear that presence of strike-breakers may precipitate an outbreak." In response Mr. Cahill tele graphed Mayor Eldridge this:? "We have not sent any strike breakers *to your city and we sin cerely hope-it will not be necessary. Mr. W. L. Stanley, our vice- presi dent in charge of public relations, |S, in Raleigh and we have re quested him to call on you with respect to this matter." , In. conference with the mayor, Mr. Stanley explained that-ten men brought in Wednesday 'night for special police duty had been sent away and that no workmen had been brought in. Later Mr. Stan ley iold newspapermen and gave assurance to the shopmen in a con ference in the afternoon, that full notice would be given should the Seaboard undertake to man the shops with new men. , HOTEL FOSE IN CAMDEN Camden, July 14-.?Camden had the extraordinary experience here this afternoon of two fires at the same time caused from lightning during a violent electrical storm. The north wing of the large Kirkwood tourist hotel was first struck and was soon in flames and while the firemen were fighting this blaze a barn to the rear of the residence, of H en r y Say age was struck and was a com plete loss. By good, work on the part of the firemen the main build ing o& the hotel located on Cam ! den Heights was saved. The fire was confined to the north wing. j The kitchen and servants' quar ters will be almost a complete loss. The Kirkwood is one of the show. placs eof the South and while the fire marred the beauty of the j building, to some extent, the front view was not damaged. The damage to the Kirkwood is estimated at $40,000. Camden officials called on Chief May of Columbia for help yester day afternoon at 4:45 o'clock. The Kirkwood inn was in flames and the Columbia chief was asked to send a piece of fire apparatus to the scene. William Sloan, assistant chief, communicated with Council man DuPre, who is in charge of the fire department, and he gave his consent fo'r the machine and men to leave the city. A second message from Camden brought tht news that the fire was under con trol and that outside aid was not needed. Elloree, July 16?Friday after non Mrs. Jane Irick, 75 years old, fell down the steps at the home of her neighbor, Sidney Rickenbacker, and broke her right leg near the hip. It was necessary to carry the aged woman home on a cot She is doing as well as could be expect ed of one of her age and feeble ness. D?INGS OF THE DUFFS rsKftpAFUN TO SP&WKLE sometimes! PAYMENT,. . IS DEMAN?ED Allied Commission Replies to German Request Paris, July 13.?The repara tions commission today notified the German government in reply to the demand for a moratorium for rep arations payments that it would give a definite answer only when it has in hand the full report of the committee on guarantees which went to Berlin a short time ago to supervise reforms to which the German government gave its as sent. The commission demands that the balance of the 32,000.000 gold marks of the payment due July 15, shall be paid. In its letter to the German gov ernment the commission says it does not consider payment of rep arations the-only cause for depre ciation in the value of the mark. It adds that stability of the mark can he reestablished only if the financial reforms it has demanded for a long time be put into force immediately and that it is informa tion from the committee on the guarantee regardin ? gapplication of those reforms that the commission requires before answering definite ly the demand of the German gov ernment. The commission hopes to be able to make a definite decision be fore July 15. SEABOARD . ? TRAINS T?m TAKEN OFg Discontinued to Conserve Mo{ tive Power for Handling Mail Raleigh, N. C., July 14.?Twelyi| passenger trains on the SeaboarT Air Linie will be discontihw Sunday on account of shortage coal and in order to conserve-n: tive power to protect Unit? States mail and handling of f< stuffs and perishables during th$ ! present emergency," the divisioa I passenger agent announced - tcf ! day. . .. -V,' - A The trains , to be discontinued temporarily are: Trains 19 -an? 20 between Raleigh and .Weldbi trains 285 and 282 between ham andw Henderson; trains" 4^ and 486 between Dickerson and:Oi?' ford; trains 330 and 331 betwe Franklinen and' Louisb?rg; train* 41 and 44 between Raleigh ai?? Hamlet;, trains 31 and 34 betwe?' Wilmington and Hamlet. ? Candidates Cards Camden, July ,15.?Twelve pav ing and contracting firms from six j states had representatives here to day to bid on the paving soon to be started in this city. The con tract was awarded to the Southern Paving Company of Chattanooga, Tenn., and the work is to be con structed of sheet asphalt on a con crete base. The Carolina Engineer ing Company, of Wilmington, N. C will supervise the construction. The work is expected to be under way within thirty days. FOR CONGRESS. T I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from ,tl?r Seventh Congressional District, fob?; ject to the rules of the Democratic party. I also wish to take this opv portunity to say that if elected j shall endeavor to faithfully dis charge the dutiesofthe office and to. merit the confidence and Rip port of the people. ANDRETf J. 3ETH35A, Candidate for Con&resi . a I* For House o? ReproseiitaiiTCg. I? I hereby announce that I am A candidate for the House of Rep"rfl| sentatives subject to the rules ^.tlp Democratic Party, . ' ? .......... E. W. DABBSjy' J^R. % EVERETT TRUE TMC3. gjpooefes xne House, BY ALLMANI