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The Watchman and Sd*thfos tStttered at the Postoffk? at Sum far, Sv C ?8 Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Mr. C. M. Holt, of Charlotte. N. C.. is ? visiting' his sister, Mrs. J. W. Carroll. ' Mr. C. W.* McGrew, Jr., has heeB transferred to Orangeburg as re itet operator-manager -by the Wes- j tern Union Telegraph Co. ? *j ? ? Mr. Hughson "Green is at home for the week-end. Frank S. Reed'of Montreal, Can* j ada, agent of Herrmann the; Great Co.." is registered at thei Claremont Hotel. Judge F. P? McGowan, of Laa-| ; rens, who is holding-court here this week, is the guest of his ;bTFOthe# ^in-law, Mr. J. A: Calhoun, andi W family. Mr. John R. Haynsworth of Clemson College -is spending ^ few, days with his-mother. Mr. Aiva Green left Friday-night j for Atlanta, Ga., for a few days1^ stay. S Sheriff. C. . M. Hurst -spent Friday!] in Columbia. Miss Mary Wilson has returned] frbm^ew Yorki Mrs. Rosa* Mayers ^ has- returned ^ to the city after a ? visit- of -severi-r j weeks to. friends. and irelatives m": Savannah, Ga, - Mrs. .Afec ^Reynolds;, of Savah-j nah; Ga-,: is the .-guest ??- Mrs. R. E. Wilder onvW.?Liberty- St. * \ - Mr. Ed-Lang of Asfcevirie, NrC, is visiting her sister, * Mrs. Abe. Ryttenbergs.- ? > Rev. J{ -P.- Jgarioa weht' to CO* ! lumbia this- morning- to - attend ? j meeting; o%the board of trustees of] , Cbia>ra: College, Mrs;; E. Mi?er -and Mrs; L> J. Muldrowi went to Columbia today. Mr. .and Mrs.- White, of Edenton, N.C> are -visiting ?Mr. jand' Mrs; | Samuel Sanders.- Mrs. White is a] sister of < Mrs. Sanders. Judge Thos? B". Fr?ser returned j to-Columbia this morning, i Mrs.- T.v P: Rhame; is visitiag fcerij grandmother* Mrsv A.- J. Llde. J. J.' C?fitey;-- Esq., ?f Sammer-j ton, is in the city attending court.) Made as to Coal; Inrestigation^-Assistance is ^Pit?nised Washington;'' ^"??t. 2^.?A com mittee representing the United Mine Workers of America, has filed! witii the United States'Coal Com mission investigating "thev industry j a- report eontaimn^r comment ?hd suggestions.- The document, madej public today, is siigned^ by ^Hlis i Se?rles. editor of the union's mag- j ?Satae; John - Moore," *its legislative j representative, and . Thomas Ken- | sadey, of the organization, and j ?*eks to lay before the commission ^e- union's idea of-^how it should conduct its- investigation and the ?rttf^eUVes^ to be attained. " Absentee * ownership of coali mining areas, the intrusion of j .prbfft^falSjBg middlemen in m?r-j keting; -regulation- of coal ? produc-; tion^ and k the survey of transpor tation and storage' facilities a^vail- j able for coal ""distribution, the re port emphasized, should be inves tigated. On ^some subjects about 1 whicH^ rlie commission asked views, tbe^csmmittee 'withheld cdxhrnent,] asking further time for study,! but gave assurance that all available information would be presented, when called for. 'The commission, through its own ** venues, should investigate the extent to which ^kb?fentee own ership prevails in the coal indus try," the report said. "We believe this is an evil that has much to j do -With: the strained relations and unfertunate conditions whieh exist in ffter industry. ' -" "^" j "Wre believe that the commis- J won should ascertain 'tvTry- it'Is that ^te price of coal to the domes- j tic "?sobtfeujuer is always -higher ] than :the price to railroads and other-large purchasers. We believe tbis Kne couid be deveIopedf if ? the commission would inquire into rail road coal Contracts and the meth ods by which such contrats are made."*-- - ?> ^ o In seeking production cost fig ures, the report suggested the com mission should f?Tc6 up~*the Ques tion hrve^ment to see whether "capitalization is water upon which the coal consumer is required to pay interest and dividends, as well as wages. "The commission should ascertain the actual mine cost of product tion," it added, "and3"-then compare j that cost tttth HhV- price the con sumer pays and find out who gets the money represented by those two figures." On the pe|nt of larger costs; the committee asks-'the commission to ? eonsider tfir? account of representa tive of mines in all sections of the "country and to refrain from "giv ing conclusive consideration, to the. rate of wages -of the mine worker per day, 8bt cdnsider'the amount of his annual earnings." Irregularity of production, waste of coal in mining' operations and transportation methods, it was de clared, pht he?vy' --'charges' against coal production and deserve atten tion. * RECAPTUREt) Rev. J. C. IVotter Taken in Colorado McAlestef,'Okla.\ Oct. 30.?Rev. J. C. Trotter.- a former pastor at the ^sieyvitle Methodist church and financial secretary to the Brooks Institute - at Hartshorne, who escaped jail last month while awaiting trial on a charge of em bezzling church money and funds of the institute has been arrested at Aiamosa, Colorado, according to announcement made here today. AT GLASGOW Andrew Bonar Law Given Great Ovation Wheii He Speaks in I M&tropolis of Scot land : Glasgow,,pet. 26 (By the Asso ciate^ *Press).-??A rousing ovation Was given Prime Minister Bon?r Lav when he rose to address . an audience of 1,0 fOv persons in St. Andrew's hall tonight and set forth theprineiples upon which-his party Stood. "He devoted the opening of his speech to an explanation of how, he_ came to-resume "the lead ership of his party. ' This" came about said the prime minister, when.it was realized that the coalition was-losing,ground and % split in the party; was inevitable, not through intrigues, but owing t? ^d^sconte'ht- in" the- constituencies -?broughout the -eoiihtry, which were -clearly* determined- tcr terminate the es?^t?hg: parhamefct andStart afresh under different conditions. - -Bohar* law said he believed it would have added to the strength <6*f. labor 'to have set up a party', -ote'the one-hand, ^presenting opin ions -Opposed to 21abor' and, on the ??rt?er, a party representing labor alone"; ? - * -" ?Bona*, Law's*speech- largely cov ered the same grounds as his after noon speechand mVelection man ifesto. 'He emphasized the urgency of a' Near JBa^erh settlement and the necessity of showing an inten tion1 to be equally fair , to both Turks and Greeks. - He ? believed there was no danger of-either Tur key or Greece declining to accept ttre decision of the peace confer ence: The rM difficulty in foreign af fairs was the reparations question', but -he did not despair of its- solu tion i he could not agree that Ger many was unable' to p?v anything. There was bo difference In aims as between England and France in this Question, but only difference in the means- of attaining them. In gen eral European interest England and Prance must remain together. Again insisting on the import ance of1 maintaining good relations with the United States and bring ing the United States into the league of nations, thereby strength ening the league, lie is?id the gby u-erhment did not desire - to ' make "?allipoli a second Gibraltar and ex pressed the hope that the treaty with Turkey would enable England tofbring her troops home. - He then turned to internal -pr Oet terns and promised" that he would olJ%?we- patience while the Irish g?verniB:e?t was trying to caftf out the Anglo-Irish treaty. He beHeved further economies^ wO?ld be effected by read justing the work of the government departments and it was his purpose to abolish the ministry of pensions. ^ Generally1 spe?|angv the preirtier advocated minimum legislation and more or less leaving things alone. In conclusion he reminded his hearers "that whatever government was ? returned there1 were bound to be disappointments, rbut ft--: his party came into power they woutd do their best to face the inevitable problems. ^London. Oct. 26 (By *the^ Asso ciated1 Pressf.?The kihg- at San urfngham today signed ? proclaim tion dissolving parliament, which had lived four of its constitu tional five years, and -summoning the new parliament to meet No vember 20. The country is now without a parliament, but has plenty of candidates for the next ?one:" The only notable event Of the day was the issuance'of Premier I Bonar Law's manifesto. This con tained" no remarkable surprise,." and !the greater'part of it was devoted j to enlargement of his policies eout :lined at the Unionist .meeting' j which elected himleader. : H? pro- ; ; pdses t? abolish Ihe^ cabinet secret ! I tariat, which has been criticized as expensive and unconstitutional \ by the opponents of the late gov ernment, and to transfer British Representation at the league of na tions to the* foreign' office; He intends to ratify" the Irish treaty and call the British doming! ions to-a conference to develop em pire affairs: There was no "state jmentof policy in the management jof British affairs in the Near East and that is likely to be demanded I by Bonar Law's campaigning ' critics. 1?>The prime -minister mad<e his first ^cahipa'ign ' speech today at; Glatsg?w, where, being of Scotch extraction, he had an enthusiastic welcome. He reaffirmed the points of his manifesto. The fbrmer premier, Lloyd George did not waste his day. He spoke before a large audience of non-conformftrts in Whitfield tab ernacle in London, where there was plenty of cheering.' Lloyd George was in his breeziest form. Earlier in the day he and Lord Birken head w*?re guests at the annual oyster feast given by the Colches? ter municipality. Although it was ! supposed to be a non-partisan so cial affair, Lord Birkenhead made a defense of the Conservative members of the cabinet who stuck by Lloyd George. The former pre mier hiade a few remarks without bringing in politics." - Death. The friends of Mr. Frank ODon i nell. formerly of Sumter, will rejs ! gret to learn of the death of his j wife -wheh cocurred at their home in Charleston ni October 26th. Mrs. O'Domieil was before mar riage, Mary T. Qumiivan, of Char leston. HARKS WEWS ON ARMY SIZE President Sends Let ter to. Secretary of War Weeks?Army Not to Be Further Reduced Washington, OcL 26.?President Harding's belief that the regular army at its present strength? 12,000 officers and 125.0,00,?is '.'as small as should 'be contemplated unless there should be a decided change in military conditions throughout the world,*" is stated in a letter to Secretary Weeks made public today by the war de partment in order to correct any misapprehension as to the size of the army asked for in budget es timates for 192.3. .. The letter wars written in reply to a. communication from Secretary Weeks, September 21, explaining.! to the president that while esti mates for 12,000 officers and 125,- \ 000 - men were being submitted, the opinion of military leaders, regular, national guard, or reserve: was unchanged, and that the min imum force to carry out the nation al defense act of 1920 was 13,000 officers and 150,000 men. ? In reply the president said that! while he did not believe the gov ernment would be justified in ex ceeding its resources for the coniing I year, "there are limits in reduc-i tion beyond which we can not go, j even ;in r the praiseworthy cause of economy, without destroying the excellent foundation now laid " for our national 'defense and forfeit ing tije accrued benefits of world war. experience. Secretary. Weeks' letter of Sep tember 214 and the president's re ply dated October 21, follow: ? "Dear Mr. President: I have this day transmitted to the director of the bureau of the budget the budg et' requirements of the war depart ment for the fiscal year, 1924, and feel thatf I would be neglecting my! duty if I did not present to you certain salient facts in connection therewith. "The estimate submitted for 125,000 enlisted men and 12,000 officers now authorized by law does not-express the military require ments in order to carry out the spirit and object of the national de tens? act. In my opinion, and the opinion of military leaders of the regular army, national guard arid organized reserves,- the minimum number required to carry out the .provision of that act are 150.000 enlisted' men and 13;O0O officers. '?' "Within the limiting figure al lowed to the war department by the bureau of the budget, namely, $312,923,309, it is not possible to meet the absolute requirements of the existing military organizations which are authorized by law. How ever, advantage has been taken of the authority of the bureau of the budget' to submit as supplemental estimates those need's of the war department which were considered absolutely essential and which could' not be included within the fimiting figure of $312.932,3091 The f?tal Of the'regular estimate and the supplemental estimate has, however, been kept below the cur rent appliations. "The resulting figures have been submitted solely on the basis of al lowing the material plant of the army to' run down temporarily, in the interests of immediate economy, with a full knowledge that this means a greater expenditure in future years to recover from ac celerated deterioration. Such a policy could only be supported in the conviction of the absolute ne cessity for immediate economy. The budget is submitted with this idea in mind, and should be con sidered now and in the years to come in the light of these remarks. "Respectfully yours. (Signed) "John W. Weeks." "My Dear Mr. Secretary: "I have had under advisement your letter of September 21 where in ybu point out that budget re quirements or the next fiscal year have occasioned . the formulation of the war department estimate on a basis which cannot be justified except by the absolute necessity for ! immediate economy. "Although there has been some j increase in the limiting sum since the date of your letter, I under stand that there still must be a very appreciable curtailment in the military program for next year. Disappointing as such a course must be, I do not believe that wc are justified in exceeding the gov ernmental resource's for the coming year. Nevertheless there are lim its in reduction beyond which wc can not go, even in the praise worthy cause of economy, without destroying the excellent foundation now laid for our national defense j and forfeiting the accrued bene fits of World war experience. "It ifc intended to adhere to the purposes and provisions of the na tional defense act of 1920. Rec ommendations of our war-trice] military advisers as to the essen tial requirements for the effective and satisfy operation of that act can not be ignored. I believe thai the army is now as small as should be contemplated, unless there should be a. decided change in mil itary conditions throughout the world. (Signed) ?'Warren Harding." Marriage Licenses. Colored?Johnnie Brown. State burg and Eloise Pierson. Horatio. Elijah Davis, Sumter and Ahnit Wilson Sumter. Eddie Mills, Sumter ami Lora Ada Williams, Sumter. I world new Washington, Oct. 27?The re quirement that the transfer of Am erican vessels to a foreign flag shall he made only with the previous consent of the shipping hoard will be strictly enforced and the ap proval of transfers will be give*, only where conditions very strongly favor the applicant, Rear Admiral Eenson, the commander declared. \ London, Oct. 27?An understand ing is reported to have been reach ed in some districts whereby con servatives will not oppose coalition liberals under the Lloyd George banner if the candidates pledge general support to the Bonar Law ministry. This bargaining is refer red to as the breaking up of the co alition liberals, due to lack of lead ership of Lloyd George. Polgate,' Ohio, Oct. 27.?Two girls and three boys-were killed when an automobile was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio train at a cross ing near here last night. Washington, Oct. . 27?F. G." Boatwrjghti of Cordele, has been appointed by President Harding to be United States district attorney for the southern district of Geor gia. .j CharlestoWn. W. Va., Oct. 27? With the'two' years'" strike in Min go county called Off by national" of- . fleers. United Mine Workers District Secretary' Fred Mo?ney ; awaited further orders. Mooney said he pre sumed the strike had been aban doned because martial law made victory impossible: ~ New York, Oct. 27.?Another international peace conference in Washington for the discussion . of financial, commercial and industrial questions was suggested by Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation' in an ad- j dress at the session of the American Iron Steel Institute. ' \'~*':. Savannah, Oct. 27?"Peeping Tom" evidence in liquor cases* does not go into the federal courts,^Unit ed States Commissioner Richter held in rendering a decision in the case against .W. H. Haar, who. with Others was arrested for .violation of the dry law. Officers said.they' obtained evidence by lo?lcmg through a hole in a fence behind j which Haar and companions are al leged to have handled liquor. Rich ter dismissed the 'defendants. " ? ' Cleveland, Oct. 27.?The.'.shot which killed Thomas A. jO'Corinel, ? carnival promoter of New Haven. Conn., in a seuffle in a restaurant here last July was fired by^ Mrs. Mabel Champion now on trial for first degree murder, after ' her husband told her t,o shoot, WYK ConkHn,' a former night managet Of the restaurant, the state's star witness, testified today. 1.' ? ' Chicago, Oct. 27.-?While .: 'Mrs. Tiliie Klimek and her;son, Joseph !Mitkewi2 were detained pending, an I investigation of her husband's^ Hl j hess, reported poisoned, Coroner j Hoffman took steps on exhumation ] of the bodies of the woman's three former husbands. Tokio, Oct. 27.?The Japanese evacuation of Vladivostok is. seen as the 'signal'of new war in fthat i territory, with the- .Manchurians | and Russian whites aligned. Little Rock, Oct. 27?William j Rawles and John Spurgeon, strik ing railroad men who were arrest ied Charged with the bombing of the home of W. J. Coombs, have con fessed, the police announced today. Rawles took the officers to his home where two bombs were found! buried in the garden with a quan- ' tity of dynamite. ?"" i Paris, Oct. 28.?A large fund reaching millions of francs was pledged by European wine inter ests for a campaign against pro hibition in the United States and other countries. ' St. Louis, Oct. 28.?Selwyn O Edgar, -71 years old and former president of the Zinc Co.. was found shot to death in the kitchen I of his home here. He left a note tb his wife from whom he is es tranged. Police express a suicide theory. St. Johns, Nf.. Oct. 28.?Two fishermen lost in Doris from ? Portuguese fishing vessel are reported saved by a French ship due to arrive here. Columbia, Oct. 28.?W: J. Mc Garrity, of Aiken, has been ap pointed by Governor Harvey as secretary of the state board of pub lic welfare, to succeed Rev. G. Croft Williams, who recently re signed to become an adjunct pro fessor at the University and also rector of St. John's Episcopal church. Announement of Mr. McOarrity's appointment was made this afternoon. Napa, Calif., Oct. 28?Max Tamii, a rancher, was drowned last night in a seven foot wine vat while stirring the wine. Dedeagatch. Thrace, Oct. 2R.? Ex hasted by their Slow and weary flight toward Macedonia, the vast swarms of refugees now crowding the- country roads face starvation and disease. Thousands arc be lieved to l>e certain to perish with in the next few weeks, despite the efforts of relief workers. The babies are the worst sufferers be cause of lack of milk. Fifty thou sand in one group traveling ten days, have little water and no food. Rome, Oct. 28.?The Italian cab inet, in proclamation. says the government has tried every means of conciliation to reestablish peace rs IN BRIEF I and settle the crisis brought on by what is described as seditious move ments, having as their object the interruption of the functions of the state's powers, and calls on the people to give their support to or derly government. Moscow, Miss.; Oct. 28.?While Sam Jcr.es, aged 70,. of Geiger, Ala., was leaning from an auto, driven by a son to see how far ahead ? ?af driven- by another son wa,s he lost his balance and fell into the'road near here last, night, Was run over and killed by a car driven by a third son which was following closely. New England, N? D., Oct. 30.? One hundred" farmers* ' families, yesterday knelt to give thanks to the divine favor that granted a bountiful harvest. A common pray- ' er service was- begu? - last' spring, after four years of ;crop failures. . Henrietta, Okla., Oct. 30.?Reeee Adkihs,-of Dewar, was shot to death and Thomas Bogues, a- con- . stable, was- wounded aeriously ? at Spelter City last night, when a band of masked men of . which Adkifts was^ a member, called Bogues from a? theatre and at tempted to* kidnap him. Another unidentified man is known to have been shot in the leg. Bogues fired his pistol when the band attempted to force him into an automobile. Statesboro, Ga., Oct.- 30.^-Fol lowing a conference of the members Of the family and attorneys, Rev. Elliott Padrick went to trial here charged with first degree' murder in ? connection with the killing last June of his wife and her mother. The conference decided that insan ity would- be the defense. Sixty nine witnesses have been called. ?Havre. Mont.. Oct. 30,?"While Mrs. Christler is accompanying the body of Rev. Leonard Christler, on the east bound train. Mrs. Joseph Pyle, the mother of Mrs. Margaret Carl ton, whose body was found beside that of Christler, is attempt ing to prove- that her daughter did not commit murder and suicide as the -coroner's jury -held Satur day. Mrs. Pyle is piecing- together bits of a tern letter found in a wastebasket to clear her daugh ter. Manila, Oct: 28.?A resolution has been introduced in the Philip pine house of representatives ask ing the United States to give rec ognition and right of the island's to independence. New York, Oct. 30.?J. A. Hop kips, chairman of the committee of forty-eight, has made public a letter to Harding asking a personal reply to the committee's demand that Attorney General Daugherty be suspended, pending the hearing of the impeachment charges brought by Representative Keller. ? ? ? SECRETARY OF WELFARE BOARD] Columbia, Oct. 30.r?W. J. Mc-j Garrity, the newly selected secre- j tary of the State Board of Public Welfare, is expected to assume his duties at the Columbia offices of the board at an early date. He will succeed Rey. G. Croft Williams, who resigned the secretaryship a few weeks ago to accept an adjunct professorship at the University of South Carolina and also to serve as rector of St. John's Episcopal . church of Columbia. Mr. McGarrity was selected by a special committee of the board of j public welfare, composed of W. B. : Wilbur, of. Charleston, and C. W. Coker of Hartsville, and their se lection was unanimously voted by the other members of the com mittee. - Mr. McGarrity has been princi pal of the Aiken Institute, of Aik en. He is a Wofford graduate-and was at one time member of the state board of health. He is con sidered an excellent executive and will make a strong successor to Dr. Williams, in the opinion of mem bers of the board. ? -?? ? Columbia, Oct. 30.?Numerous | state and governmental offices and position are to be filled by the legislature which convenes in Janu ary, and already there is a consider able amount of speculation indulg ed in as to the outcome of the sev eral races. One of the most interesting of fices to be filled is that of speaker of the house of representatives. The house is to select a successor to Speaker J. B. Atkinson, who did not uffer for re-election to the house from Spartanburg. The two names most prominently mention i ed for this office are those of Thos. S. McMillan, of Charleston, and Ed gar A. Brown of Baranwell. Both I will likely be nominated, and both, j it is expeted, will receive 'strong (votes. Mr. McMillan has been j speaker pro tern and has presided i over many sessions, j Two circuit judges are to be eleet j ed by the joint assembly, successors to the late Judge Edward Mclver. of Chcraw, and the late Judge j Earnest Moore, of Lancaster, both I of whom have died this year. ; A superintendent of the peniten ! tiary is to be elected, the term of I office expiring with lf?L'3. Col. A. ! K. Sanders, the present superin ' tehdent, will be a candidate for re election, ami his efficient adminis Itration will probably result in his re-electfon. it is stated. At the same time he has about a half dozen opponents, already announc ed. A railro.-id commissioner is to be elected, the term of Commissioner Cant-ler expiring; Mr. Cansler ami Major .lohn <;. Richards, of Ker shaw county, being candidate so fur unnouned for the oilice. Redfield Regrets Letters of Lane Thinks They Should Not Have Been Made Public? Contain "Half Truths" - ? New York, Oct. 26?William C. Redfield, former Secretary of Com merce, today expressed the opinion that the letters of the late Frank lin K. Lone, Secretary of Interior in President Wilson's cabinet, which have just.been published in book form, contain instances of half truths, which Mr. Lane him self would never have permitted to become public had he himself had the opportunity of editing- them. Mr. Redfield was a close friend of Mr. Lane and sat next to him at the cabinet table in war days. Mr. Redfield said the Lane let ters throw an- incorrect light on President Wilson and do not rep resent the mature judgment of Mr. Lane. ? - "To my mind," said Mr. Redfield, "it is : a grave misfortune to the memory of a good man that these letters should be published?if they are so?withou t ? any qua! i fying editing or that they should be printed in script so as to convey impressions that their author would perhaps disapprove. -: "If you were ill," he said, "and in -addition, - had worries on your mind, it would be unfair to you to" accept statements made. under such circumstances as represent ing your actual and well consid ered opinion. "That was the case with Lane.1 And so he wrote in private letters what he ?probably never would have written had he any idea they vvere to be published. ? "Mr. Wilson's attitude toward preparedness was, in my opinion, a medium between .two extremes, on one hand positive neglects and on the other obviously militaristic preparation. There were members of his cabinet who became impa tient with him,, and Lane, through a. singular temperament', was one of them. c* "I have -not read either, the book or the letters except so far as 'extracts from the- latter have appeared in the press.. My first thought is to recall that Mr.. Lane whom I counted as a dear friend, was a greatly overworked man. and, as the sad . event proved, a man suffering to some degree from illness. I do not think, therefore that the tenor and spirit of his notes represent the deliberate ma ture judgment of .the kindly man he was. "Some of these statements, are clearly incomplete and need qual ification. I have-read for:ncr Stc retary of the Navy. Daniels' com ments and concur with them.*' Mr Daniels in his comment, re futed the interpretation, of Kr. Lane concerning the subject of convoyy for merchant ships .dur ing the wan COTTON ?1ARKET NEW YORK COTTOII V* ? Yeswjs Open Hijrh Low Close Close Jan ... 24.j5 24.29 23.91 23.93 23.90 March _ - 24.30 24.35 24.01 24.01 23.96 May - 24.20 ' 24.23 23.90 23.90 23.85 July - - -23.95 24.00 23.67 23.67 23.60 pec. 24.35 24.55 24.19 24.20 24.19 Spots uchanged, 24.30. ;y ^ iL UCW CRLEAKS C0TT6M Yestdys Opes High Low Close Close Jan. - -23.78 23.92 23.60 23.62 23,54 March .. - 23.82 23.94 2&60 23.63 23.56 May .. - . 23.70 23*80 23.50 23.53 23.46 July _ - ..23.50 23.66 23,37 23.40 2333 Dec... ?_ .23.75 23^4 23.60 23.62 23.56 Spots 37 up. 23.82. LIVERPOOL COTTOII January_._-? ? 13.7? Maren .- ... .. ._ -.~ . May .... _ _ ?._ 13.41 July. ?. ._? ~_, 13.20 October .?._ _. U:t7 December ..? _ ._._ ._ 13.93 Receipts. 2,000: Sales, 10,000; Middling, 14.46; Good Middling, 14.71. - ? ?? ? Philadelphia caught a robber stealing kisses. They say he had some w orth two or three ice cream sodas. D?IN GS OF THE D?FFS 6LAD TO JSEE YOU AU- A6A1M ! Gt&ZfW&t HAPPV? The Old Tavern Bell Mr. Horace Harby Presents an Interesting Curio to the Public Library - 1 Ho] ? : : . . ... . to the Public Library's Museum as an object of unusual interest the ; old bell that was used in front of! the. ancient inn that stood at the Icorner of Main and Liberty Sts. For many years that old bell j served as a faithful means-of com- I municatibn between the guests and ! the landlord; and, if its tongue j could tell its.secrets, it would have j many interesting- revelations to make. It Is certain that it re- ; JE x r y FORTHti REU EF(fa*; WHOOPING COUGH, ?SOL? ?VEI*YWHEffiE- S mmm?? 11 i mm The approaches to the concrete quires very little imagination to call { bridge at-White's Mill will be comi up the picture of ? the boarders. I pleted next /week and the many of whom had their places of j opened to traffic. This - cr< business at some distance, being j has b^en closed for several, w called to meals by the ringing of i and the long detour has-. serio the-bill. . Now the old bell is green with age, perhaps, with envy:, with age, inconvenienced -the, publics Tj?fe-. asphalt surfacing on ? the first aeja| tion of . the Bishopville road for many years have, slipped by; completed Friday and this section since it. called its boarders to their : of the road, from-the city limits, to meals; with envy, for it has i White's Mill is-now^ open to trat long realized that the hotels of to- I . I - ?: : : ? * day with their many modern ap- I TEACHERS' pliances have rendered useless thej- : jjJXAMJNA' fe of the old tavern bell. .[? All of Sumter's citizens will feel;, m interest in looking upon an old: . mrio that tells In its now ' silenti- applicants. for Primary, Eh^menf. mggestlveness of other days with t*3**' and -High School Certi?cajg their quaint and interesting cus- : win b<e he!d at Sumter on Nove*?^ t0ms. 3 and .4, beginning at 5 o'clock -? ieach morning. Two. days are The. regular fall - examination.. New York, Oct. 30.?Coroner J quired for the work. No one,:i Sno'wden has ordered an antopsy to 18 years of age will be determine how Daniel Cohen, aged! All teachers under contract ? |jp twenty-two and his bride of ., two I tea.ch.in the county this winter a*| months met death. Their bodies j requested, to.register, their;credejg: unclothed* were found in the bath ' tials in this 4 office , not later.thrfg room of their apartment in Yonk- -November 1/ No warrants for sa# ers: c Cohen.' lay on the floor and ary .can be approved un?l. this ^ his.wife under water'in the bath j.d?ne" 'A..- r/^i tub.. The murder theory is enter-f J: r0- ^AYNSWORTH^, tained. ' Superintendent* of Edhcati?|^ i ? ??? ? ?- 1 Years and4 years ago people gotj Girls college .has. a new married for keeps. - ??'--'-range. May be domestic* EVERETT TRUE W&j Am Of*$SeR Pfo Sc?hoT OUT to Twe House* If Yes; HR-..n-Rv^ ~ ^p?k ? ^HeR?T IS *S mm SAY, YOU CAW GET BUSY ^ N?U CAN'T <SO RteKT AWAV AND /AWAV AND IEAVE >RA?I ME ACO?PXE ( ON,l>4E >F CHECKS -voo WE^UKETHAT ^ m^cE AHO IEPT jj5 LIKE IT LMOSTEROKE* VE^AND'ttUGfc* 5TARX RIGHT 4H MAKE ME ^OME NEW.CUjniE&AN KATt