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NATIONAL SONG HOUR God, in the victory for righteous ness, has given us occasion for great joy, and because joy is an emotion that can be best expressed in. song, and because singing is one of xhe greatest unifying and nat ionalizing influences, and because Armistice Day, November 11th at S; ? o'clock, has been designated as The National Song Hour by the Rational Council of Women of the United States?an hour when the I whole nation will unite as a mighty chorus to sing the songs we love?j it is deemed appropriate at this time to suggest that all clubs, schools churches lodges and other organizations join in the singing - of such songs as will express our 3oy? awaken a love for God and eotmtryi. stimulate a true spirit of devotion and loyalty, unite us in pirr civic interest and develop that spirit- of brotherhood which will make ns a better people and a greater nation, for the carrying for ward cf God's plans. 1 This call is to all who believe in America and American ideals and invites all to joint earnestly in the observance of this significant event. Suggested Program. ""The song that nerves a. nation's heart is in Itself a deed."?Tenny son. ' v~ Be|ls. or chimes to be rung at 8 o'clock. ? - 1.?"Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flew." > 2. Orchestra or Organ Solo. 3. ?Invocation. j 4. ?"Oome Thou Almighty JCing'' -rAHyrnn. 5. ?A Reading?"The New Song" ^Written by. Nancy Fullwood. . 6.?Quartet?("The Recessional" >-<_By Reginald De Koven. (Pub lished by John Church Co., New York). 7 ?Address?'The Power of Mu \ S.?Chorus?"Land of Mine"? ?By James J. McDermid. (Pub hshed by J. Foster Pub. Co., Chi cago). 9.?Solo??'Our Fia??;?By Wil liam J. Guard. (Published by Carl "Fisher, New York). ... lO.-^uartet?"Our America"? TTith illustrations for the screen, by Harrison-Stetson. (Published by G. Schirmer, New York). * 11. ?Chorus?"Ring out Sweet Bells"?By Cara-^oma. (Publish ed by J. Witmark & Son,. New York). 12. ?Universal Anthem (Song of Phophesy)?By Caroline Stratton Curtiss (Published by Luck hard t . ^bid Beider, New/York). ' This program will be broadcast ed Iroia various stations. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Chairman,- Music Department. "Recommended by the State CStttfrman of Music, S. F. W. C. . Mijs. H.;M. Stuckey. ?' ? ? - ? Hagood News- and Views Rerabert, Nov. 3.?Wheat is pouring in at the flour mill at Dinkins, coming from beyond Dal zeU, from below Wedgefield from Camden and beyond. You can get your flour in graham, In unmixed ?r in self-risiing flour. Folks think the bread made from it quite superior to any other. G. H. Lenoir is a busy man these days, seeding rye, red clover, vetch, etc. He intends to patronize the creamery. He wiH put in a! mill to grind velvet beans, and I then our community can feed] cows, have milk and butter in abundance and cream too. Mr. Andrews, the same man who built the academy at Hagood, is remodeling his house. Mrs. Frank Armstrong, of Pick ens, S. C, is visiting relatives and friends, in our community. Was out at Hagood yesterday. Everything there looks natural, even to "Cousin" Bob Moody, the fat. agent at the v station and Ben Myers. We were sorry to learn that Mrs. Corbitte, mentioned before in your colu raais, was not improving.^ ? News comes that Miss Emma Allen is not doing as well as her many freinds could wish. Evidently there will be an in crease in the acreage of small j grain here and an effort to raise j one's own hog and hominy. We are waiting for some good! neighbor to send us some spare-} rbis and fresh sausage with the; first heavy frost you may look out. T . Some years ago a prize was of fered by some piagazine on How to Keep Husband in a Good Humor, and the winner just wrote three words, "Feed the Brute." "Amen" we fellows exclaim. "Hagood" Bethea. / ? Fire at Timmonsvilie. Timmonsville, Nov. 3.?Wednes day night home of Adolph Wind- ! ham, who lives- on the outskirts of Timmonville, was completely destroyed by fire, only a few pieces of furniture and wearing apparel being saved. The fire had made such a headway when discovered that it was with difficulty that two of the children were rescued. The house was owned by W. B. Hug gins and was valued at $1,000 with $400 insurance. Mr. Windham's j loss was claimed to be more than ' $1,000, with only $400 or $500 in- j surance. The origin of the fire is [ not known. ? ? ??? All of the lamp posts for the white way on Main and Liberty streets are in place except three or "four, which were broken in shipment. New posts to replace those thus broken have been or dered, and as soon as they arrive j the white way will be completed, j Mowrer says the German debt! worries France. Germany should \ worry. . j ? *1 O?NTY NEWS PERMANENT ROAD COMMISSION _? Minutes of Monthly Meeting Held November 2 The regular meeting of the Sumter County Permanent Road Commission, was held the 2nd day of November, 1922, at Chamber of Commerce offices. Present: Commissioners S. A. Harvin, G. A. Lemmon, L M. Tru luck, J. P. Booth, Stanyarne Bur rows, J. F. Bland, J. B. Britton, E. E. Rembert; /absent, ? Ii. D. Jen nings. (Secretary advised board Chairman Jennings wa3. engaged in court, but expected to be present during the morning). On motion of Commissioner Booth, duly seconded, Commis sioner G. A. Lemmon was elected temporary chairman. Commissioner Truluek advised the Board a delegation of citizens from the Shiloh section was pres ent, and wanted to discuss with the .board matter of ? building the Shiloh road on to Hudson's bridge over Lynch's river in the Shiloh section. Mr. B. A. Smith, representative of this delegation, advised the board his delegation felt they should have their just proportion of hard surfaced roads; called atten tion to a mass meeting* held some time ago afr Chamber of Commerce when his delegation was promised a prorata share of .all roadways built. Called particular attention to the fact this was the logical time to extend this roadway as there is a tramroad available within 25 yards which would enable road contractors to secure their sup plies at a convenient point. Commissioner Truluek wanted to know something definite about Mr. Smith s remarks in - regard to agreement of the Board referred to at a mass meeting, inasmuch as the Board has no record of it. Mr. E. I. Reardon, secretary Sumter Chamber of Commerce read extracts from minutes of a mass meeting held at Chamber of Commerce on May 25th, .1920, but it developed, this mass meeting was not a meeting of the Sumter County Permanent Road Commission; but a called mass meeting of the citi zens of "Sumter county held in the interest of good roads. Chairman stated it was the inten tion of the board to give every re quest its most careful considera tion; that it welcomes and appre ciates the visit of this delegation from the Shiloh section, but just at. present there is nothing the} board can do with this hard-sur faced road. Mr. H. D. Tindal appeared be fore the board outlining very ably a logical route for the construc tion of the road in his section proposing a location midway be tween the Paxville road and up per road to Manning, which was re ceived as information. Commissioner Bland brought to the board's attention the continued delay in completion of bridges on the Mayesville road; matter was fully discussed both by engineers and contractor, with result that the contractor promised to immediate ly put on additionall forces and push this work to completion. Board then took up condemna tion proceedings of lands of Messrs. S. F. Moore, W. ,H. Hudson and Mrs. Augusta , Jackson, advising these parties their various request^ would receive most careful con sideration, and they would be in formed in due course of decisions reached in their respective cases. Monthly bills totalling $101,219. 84 were read and ordered" paid. Chairman Jennings reported at meeting 2 p.' m. Explained to board result of negotiations with the A. C: L. railroad in regard to construction of overhead bridge at Swifton Siding, which was agree ab'e/in every way to the board. At 3:15 p. m. the meeting ad journed, j J. J. Brennan, Secty. 4 ? ? COMMON PLEAS JURY Petit Jury For Second Week Regular Term Court of Common Pleas The jury list for the second week of the court of common pleas, No vember 20th, is as follows: W. D. Carnes, R. L. Jones, P. C. Kirk, N. W. McNiell, F. Leon Scott, A. H. Dibble, C. H. Haynsworth, E. E. Seale, A. F. Neyle, E. G. Myers, A. W. Weldon, F. J. Geddings, G. R. Phillips. ; C. P. .Proctor, J. A. Seale? J. F. Hopkins, R. H. Ramsey, B. F. Wilder! J. E. McDaniel, W. O. Cain, Jr. R. A. Calder, L. W. Scott, E. E. Doby, J. D. Blanding, J. H. Myers, E. James Shaw, J. M. Edens, J. H. Seale, J. W. Weldon, J. B. Stone. Jake Harvin, J. A. Wilder, S. Cherry, P. E. Brunson, H. C. Strange, Leon Stuckey, CROOKED AGENTS ARE JXPOSED State Insurance Com missioner Attacks Rate Cutters and Unscrupulous Fire Insurance Agents Columbia, Nov. 5.?General rate cutting in special cases and vari ous other irregular practices to se cure business is charged against in surance companies operating in South Carolina by Insurance Com missioner John J. McMahan in a statement given out yesterday. ".Rate cutting," Mr. McMahan finds, "has become so common as to threaten chaos in the matter of uniform rates for the same risks." This practice of secret llegal rate cutting, Mr. McMahan points out, can be stopped by penalizing the company and agent when they are detected in their effort to vio late the insurance law. The power to enforce the penalities provided by the state law lies in the insur ance commssioiner's hands and the law, it is indicated, hereafter will, be strictly enforced. "We must get rid of the unscrupulous agents and the unscrupulous companies," Mr. McMahan says. -? "The companies," ' Mr. Mc Mahan says in this statement, "are allowed to fix their own rates but their rates must be free from dis crimination and favoritism, and in case they are excessive the law provides a mode for having the rate reviewed and corrected by, state authority. The law is strict j against rebating and rate cutting." It contemplates that the patrons shall .be treated alike and allowed ] different rates only in accordance ^ with differences in risk. "Secret concessions to get busi ness are unfair to the general pub-! lie who do not share in these favors 7f a class of risk can bear a lower rate, this lower rate should be granted to all concerned and not in a discriminatory way to enter prising and influential who have been able to invoke sharp competi tion in the nature of bids in defi ance of the scientific principles of i rate making and . in repudiation of the public profession of promul gated rates to all alike in the samej class. Must Be Filed. "The law requires that a rate to be put in operation by a company must be first filed with the insur ance department ten days. While] each company is given the privilege j of making and filing its own rate, j the law permits and contemplates j that the companies shall cooperate j in maintaining a? rate making agency which shall file its rates] with the insurance department, all of its member companies, having poitfied the department that theyi will observe the rates so filed un til modfiied by the rate making! agency or by. a company acting: individually, as required by law.: Most of the companies use the! rates of the 'South Carolina Rating j bureau' and when a policy isj written it ia sent to\this bureau to] be checked up and approved or disapproved. ? Deviation from the; rates by over charge or by a cuti for favoritism is thus guarded; against. "But I find that policies return ed" by the rating bureau for cor rection of rate are in very many cases not so corrected. The bu xeau has been unable to enforce its! instructions. Rate cutting has be- j come so common as to threaten chaos ip the matter of uniform rates for the same risks. "Hundreds of disapproved poli cies have been left in suspense un der orders of correction but with little prospect of correction. Months pass without action. Sometimes a year thus passes and a new policy is written, the old policy having been allowed to hold on and serve its purpose at a cut rate. Hold on to Business. "Even when the company and agent confrom to the order of the rating bureau to correct the policy from a cut rate to the legal rate, they usually suceeed in holding the business though they may havej first gotten it in competition by a secret cut rate. The assured ap preciates the effort that was made to obtain for him a special favor and if it turns out that he must in the end pay the legal rate he prefers to pay it to the company and agent who have to 'get by' for him with an illegal rate. "Manifestly, the practice of se cret illegal rate cutting can be stopped by penalizing the. company and the agent when the wrong do ing is detected, instead of allow ing them to profit by their wrong. The law provides that the insur ance commissioners may revoke the license of the company and agent who violate the rate law. If this penalty is too drastic to be resort ed to in case of an offender not habitual and flagrant, it may be necessary to enforce a milder pen alty, to wit. that the company and ! the agent be debarred from hold ing the business or writing insur ance upon a property on which they had written a cut rate policy unless the cut rate is shown to have been the result of unintention al error. "It is contended on behalf of a cut rate in some instances that the agent felt forced to it in self de fense because *he knew he was up against a secret bid at a cut rate by an unscrupulous competitor. "There is a remedy provided by law for such cases. One illegal practice must not be met by an other. We must get rid of the un scrupulous agents and the un scrupulous companies/' CONTRACTS WILL BE ENFORCED j Members of Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association to Be Made to Know That Contract is Not Just a Scrap of Paper Columbia, Nov. 4.?Every mem ber of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association, who sells cotton outside of the as sociation will be proceeded against in the courts of the state and forced to pay liquidation; damages of 5 cents a pound f'f/or every pound sold outside of the associa tion. The officials of the associa tion feel that there is hb,alterna tive for them in this matter and they are determined to invoke ev ery provision of the law passed by [the general assembly protecting the association from violations of the contract, against every . member, who does violate it. Several members of the associa tion have been reported for violat ing the contract, probably about six in all. Rigid investigations are. being conducted in each case, and if the association finds that the con tract has been violated, and if the contract has really been violated, legal proceedings will follow.' Membe-s of the association are almost unanimous in demanding that all violators of the contract be proceeded against. They de clare that to permit anyone guilty of breaching the contract to escape would be to break the backbone of the organization and would cre ate a spirit of dissatisfaction among the members. "We propose to proceed' without fear or -favor against every man, who does not live fully up to the contract," says a statement by 'the association. 'Thus far there have been only about six alleged viola tions of the contract. We are in vestigating each one of these care fully, and will proceed in each case as the result of our investigation justifies. The members of the as sociation may rest assured that no guilty party will escape." DEMOCRATS SEND MESSAGE TO WILSON Telegram From West Virginia Pleasing to Former *' j . President i ? ? * .. ";, * " j Charlestown, W. Va., Nov; 5.?A message of good cheer sent to Woodrow Wilson last night by "the Democracy of Jefferson county" elicited a prompt reply from ths former president. '?* "The message from the Jefferson county Democrats has greatly heartened me,'r said Mr. Wilsoa'Jfc telegram made public tonight by William Campbell, chairman df^the; county committee/. "I share :the confidence that the near future will witness the triumph of our princi j pies and of our purposes on behalf Lof the country and mankind arid I rejoice that I shall have such com-, radeship in the day of triumph. My I heartfelt good wishes." The telegram to which the form !er president replied,, ^aid in part: [ "The Democrcy ,of. Jefferson, ibanner county of West Virginia, 'assembled in its historic court house [in the valley, which gave your great soul. and intellect to ? the I world,* sends you greetings and j thanks' for the inspiration your ad ! ministraiton of the nation's affairs ! has afforded in the campaign about I to be brought to a victorious close j * * * That you may be restored I to perfect health soon, to witness the fruition of your life's work for humanity, is the heartfelt wish of jthe men and women present here tonight." CAROLINA CITADEL GAME Record Breaking Crowd Ex pected in Oraneeburg. Columbia, Nov. 6.?As many as two thousand Columbians are ex pected to attend the Carolina-Cit adel football game in Orangeburg on November 1G. President W. D. Melton has advised the Orange burg fair association that he will attend the game, the contest be ing a part of the Orangeburg fair program. The people of Orangeburg, ac cording to advices reaching Co lumbia, are making elaborate plans for entertaining the two teams. A big dinner will be served to the prominent visitors to the city th^ day the two elevens clash. A large number of Columbia "fans" and students of the University are plan ? ning to see the contest in the Edisto City' WITHDRAW DEPOSITS Hohenzollerns Take Money Out of Swiss Banks Geneva, Nov. 5 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Former Emperor William of Germany and several members of the Hohenzollern fam ily are reported to have withdrawn their deposits from ?? Swiss banks and transferred ihem to Sweden and Holland. The transfer is de clared to have been made three weeks ago with a view to the pos sibility of a tax on capital. It is also reported that there have been additional withdrawals of money and its transfer to other places, notably the United States, for similar reasons. ? ? ? - Red Bluff, Calif., Nov. 6.?Five men are dead, another injured and j still another is held pending the filing of charges as a result of a fire which destroyed a rooming house j at West wood. The man arrested | caused the blaze when he inadvert- j ently set fire to his bed, the polict say. I Duncan Cooper Dies in Nashville Man Who Killed Senator Car mack and Escaped Gallows by Political Pull :-; Nashville, Nov. 5.?Funeral ser vices* for Col. Duncan B. Cooper, 79, convicted slayer of former United States Senator Edward Carmack on the streets of Nash ville, in the fall of 1908, will be held tomorrow morning at his old home in Ash wood, near Nashville. Colonel Cooper died last night fol lowing a "brief illness. The tragic death of Carmack at the hands of Colonel Cooper and his son, Robin, now dead, was the culmination of one of the bitterest political fights in the history of the state. At the time Carmack was editor of the Nashville Tennessean, fol lowing: his defeat in a Democratic primary by Malcolm R. Patterson of Memphis for the gubernatorial nomination. The Tennessean was waging a bitter editorial war on Governor Patterson after his in auguration and the name of Col onel Cooper, as one of the staunch friends and advisers of the govern or, had often appeared in the edi torial columns. Word was sent to Carmack by a mutual friend that Cooper would not'countenance further public use of his name, it was stated. On the following day an editorial para graph was written in which sar castic reference was made, to Coop ^The shooting of ^Carmack occur red on' the following day as he was approaching his apartments in the j city,. He was met by Duncan Cooper and his son, Robin, as he .was talking to a woman acquaint ance . on the streets. Shots were exchanged, Carmack falling with a fatal wound and Robin Cooper re ceiving a bullet in his chest, from which he recovered. Colonel Coop er was uninjured. The trial which followed was jone^of the bitterest in the annals of the state, resulting in a convic tion of both Coopers, the elder get ting-a-verdict of 20 years and his son a lesser terim An appeal was taken to. the supreme court. The court affirmed the verdict in the case of Colonel Cooper and gave the son a new trial. As soon as the decision of the court was anr nounced Governor Patterson' issued a pardon. t?>r..Duncan Cooper. Rob in Cooper ii^-case -'on ; retrial /was dismissed, for want -of a prosecutor. Though never ? candidate, for of fice. Colonel Coopet had been an atctive political force. He was at one time editor .-and .publisher of, the Nashville' American^ now ex tinct. ? : ? r ':?.?? ? ??? f. -. \ Robin -Cooper .met/- deaths under mysterious,, circumstances several ygacrs ago. His . body,- the > -skull crushed, was found" in a creek be- j side, which was found his; umbrella, \ the interior.-covered with blood- j stains. His slayers , were never .ap prehended. There was believed to i be no connection ?between the. mur- \ der i of rthe younger Cooper arid, the Carmack case, j . . . . .. | TRIES TO BARTER I CHILD FOR GOOSE Budapest, Nov. 5 (By the*Asso-j elated Press).-?A woman was ar I rested today in the poultry market here while trying to sell her six : months old baby. Evidently in the deepest of despair, she offered the child on h*er arm for the price of a goose. "Surely," exclaimed the woman, "someone will pay the price in poul try for a good, healthy child." A man was making an offer to the woman to relieve her of the j burdensome infant when the po ! lice interfered and took the woman j into custody. Her case was re ferred to the state charity organ ' ization, which found that extreme misery, due to lack of funds, was; the woman's motive for desiring to rid herself of her offspring. Turks Invite Trouble With AHies Constantinople, Nov. 6. ~ The Turkish Nationalists, after over throwing the sultan's government, declaring him bereft of all civil power, are now seeking fresh con quests in a manner likely to bring' trouble with the allies. After Na tionalists had demanded the allied! [withdrawal from city and ordering! j American and allied sailors not to j I land at Kemalist ports without j special permission, the allied com j missioners voted that they would (refuse all demands. The sultan's ; government has accepted its down fall although Mohammed VI still considers himself the lawful ruler of Turkey. HALL-MILLS CASE r New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 6.? | i Aside from the re-examination of j j several witnessed by detectives, no j I action is expected in the Hall-Mills j 'case until after the election to-j 'morrow. Attorney Mott said he; j would probably begin presenting j j the case to the grand jury Tnurs iday. Mrs. Hall, the widow of the | j slain rector, let it be known that ishe would insist that she be allow-) |ed to appear before the jury. The j prosecution, however, is exoejeed ! to exert efforts to prevent this. j Doorn, Nov. 6.?The former [German emperor and his bride be-j jgan their honeymoon today with j j no place to go. They were mar !ried yesterday at Wilhelm's exile j j home with twenty-eight guests who 'called the former kaiser, "His Maj festy" and the bride "Her serene j highness." Nine white men have lost their lives trying to film the Sahara Desert. Previous to this it has. been filmed in California. _ Plan to Collect Unpaid Income Tax Government Men to Make In ventories of St. John and Campbell Courtenay Greenville, Xo. 2.?Government agents today began the task of making inventories of the property of St. John Courtenay and Camp bell Courtenay, in the efforts to ar rive at a decision as to just how the unpaid income taxes and pen alties assessed against the two prominent men is to be collected. Immediately after receiving sen tence from the judge H. H. Wat kins in federal court yesterday, where they pleaded guilty to charges of evading income tax law, Campbell, Ashmead and St. John Courtenay, and Henry Rutledge Buist, paid their respective fines with certified checks totalling $26, 000 and left immediately for their homes. Campbell and St. John Courtenay are still indebted to the government for their back taxes, while Ashmead Courtenay and Mr. Buist have paid their taxes, fed eral officials said. St. John Courtenay is the o/ily one who has as yet filed with \he government attorneys a statement of his total assets and liabilities. His sworn statement which how ever,' has not yet been accepted as a basis of adjustment by the government lists total gross as sets of about $127,000 with net as sets of $75,000. The government's assessment including to the 50 per cent penalty, amount to $184,134. 58. It is alleged that, Campbell Courtenay will file "a similar state ment, within a few days. His tax assessment including the penalty is $194,926.56. Government agents will make a careful survey of the statements submitted by the two Courtenays, and will make their own valuations of the property listed, according to J. H. Littleton, special assistant to the attorney general, who has chargre of the case. Mr. Littleton said i that "it has not yet been de termined whether the government will comr omise or will sell the property execution proceedings in order to collect "the taxea. Mr. Littleton declared that the government had no wish to entire ly strip the Courtenays of their property and leave them penniless, : but that unless the authorities at Washington: agreed to a compro mise .his would probably be the result of the steps now being tak en. It is the present plan of those handling the case for the govern ment to arrive at a compromise which will leave the two Courte nays about $10,000- each, Mr. Lit tleton indicated. This, however will depend upon the action at Washington when the property has been appraised by the government'agents it was said.j The statement filed by St. John Courtenay gave some inkling ? of the cost of the case to the four men concerned, listing attorneys fees to the amount Of approximate ly $ 1-0,000, and it is believed that the other three men probably paid out as much for counsel fees and accountants, if not mbre Among the liabilities listed by St. John Courtena^r were several personal accounts': Most of the other indebtedness is for notes due at various banks, and accounts with stock brokers [ and personal bills and accounts. In recommending the fixing of punishment of the four men yes terday, the government attorneys stated that the government did not desire to be vindictive in the prose cution. W. R. Belser, counsel for St. John Courtenay; told the court that his client had made a mistake in his income tax returns honest ly and that there was no intent to defraud the government. He said that Mr. Courtenay owed a great deal of money on the stocks he held and that at "the time the in come tax returns were being mad? he had no money and that the stocks were fluctuating in value so much from day to day that he did not consider that he had any in come from that source to return. He feared, Mr. Belser saijd, that a drop in the market would wipe out all apparent profit and that, as a matter of fact, the subsequent shrinkage had more than consum ed all of the apparent profit. He said that at the time Mr. Courtenay j had considered that all of his stock ; purchases'were part of one trans-j action inasmuch as his operations I had not been completed. Mr. Belser told the court that at the time of making out the re turn he thought he had a perfect right to disregard- the alleged pro fit on stocks but that he now real ized, on advice of attorneys, that he should have reported it. * The contract for construction of j the hard surface road to Bishop- j viile does not carry the paving to j the Lee county line, the construe- j tion stopping about two miles j short of the county line. It is a ; certain as anything can be that this road will be eventually paved to the county line, and it is rea- j sonable to conclude that the con- [ tractors who are now working on j this road can do the work now much cheaper than they possibly could after they move their outfit J from this section, and cheaper than I any other contractor could if he has j to assemble a paving plant and I working force to build the little} two mile stretch. What is the idea ' in giving out the road building con- j tracts in a piecemeal manner? ? ? ? The city abattoir which is being built on the Green Swamp road, just beyond the Atlantic Coast Line tracks, is nearing completion. The | plant, including the lot of land, j will cost approximately $30,000. i A million is being spent filming the life of Abe Lincoln, but they will get some back when they sell the wood chopped. One beauty eecret is: frowns are wrinkles. TROUBLE IN REPUBLICAN PARTY Borah Sees Possibility of Third Party in Next Fight Spokane, Wash., Nov. 2.?United States Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, while in the city today, en route to Idaho points for a campaign speech, declared if the Republican party does, not bring about a change in the economic conditions of the country another party will. Senator Borah said, a third party will sweep the country in 1924 unless there is a com plete change by the Republican party, by the adoption of a liberal and constructive policy. He was asked if he expected to be a pres idential candidate in 1924, either in the Republican National conven tion or on a third party ticket. "Candidly. I haven't considered, either the. question of the presi dency or the question of being a candidate upon a third party tick-v et," he replied. "I have not sup posed for a moment that the geo graphical or political situation ne cessitated or justified the consid eration of this matter, hut aside from a personal outlook, I think that unless there is a complete change in program upon the part of the Republican party there will be a formidable third party move ment in 1924." "The situation in this country at present is quite different from what it was in 1912," he said. "The movement at the time was largely a personal movement, led by a man of tremendous personality, but the movement now.is the peo ple's movement. It's a mass move ment. It is not unakin to the ground swell which took place from 1852 to I860; so it's just a ques tion of- whether th e Republican party will recognize and lead, di rect and control or let some other party do it." PRODUCTION OF COTTON World Crop to Be Aiwmt the Same as Last Year Washington, Nov. 2.?The world production of all' kinds of com mercial cotton for the current year will approach 16,750,000 bales, ac cording to figures compiled by the census bureau and made public to day. From present indications, a statement by the bureau adds, the world crop will be about the same as last year. American production for this year has been figured by the department of agriculture at 10,135,000* bales. Consumption during the year, ending. July 31, aggregated 28^047, 000 - bales of the ? world's supply, according to the bureau's reports. The World stocks on hand on that date were given at 9,536,000 bales. The bureau's reports showed the disposition of the probable world stocks'JUly 31, as follows: In . American mills, 1,220,000 hales; in public storage and else where in the United States, 1, 612,000 bales; in British mills and ports, 1,201,000 bales'; at sea to Great Britain, 121,000 bales; in continental mills and ports, 1,528, 000 bales, at sea to the continent, 211,000 bales; at Bombay and Alexandria, 1,137,000 bales and Canada, Japan and other countries 2,506,000. DEATH CLAIMS DEWITT GUYLER Raliroad Leader is Found Dead in His Car Philadelphia, Nov. 2.?Too much hard* and continuous work is be lieved by friend3 to have been the chief factor that led to the sud den death of Thomas Dewitt Cuy ler, national railroad figure, who was found dead in a Pennsylvania railroad private car today. They had for some time warned him to "go slow" telling him for a man of his years?he was 68?he was working too hard. Mr. Cuyler, who was chairman of the Association of Railroad Ex ecutives and a director in the Pennsylvania, the Santa Fe and New Yoric, New Haven and Hart ford railroads, died as his car was coming into Philadelphia from Rochester where he spoke yester day on railroad matters. A report made to the coroner's office gave the cause of death as acute dilation of the heart. President Samuel Rea, of the Pennsylvania system in paying tribute to Mr. Cuyler, said his death was a loss, not only to the Pennsylvania railroad but to all the railroads of the country. No per sonal sacrifice was ever too great for him to make to advance the interests of the railroads, Mr. Rea said. Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvan ia said Mr. Cuyler "was a leader in all of the undertakings with which he was identified." "His services to the transporta tion interests of the country," the governor said "have been monu mental in the restoration of the railroad properties of America." Government Seed Distribution. The distribution of vegetable and flower seed will take place in a few weeks?, but the supply of each senator is limited. I will be glad to send a package to each person requesting seed if they will let me have their names and post- i office addresses. Please address me: Room 328. Senate Office Building. Washington, D. C. I would thank you to mention this matter in your paper if pos sible. Yours very truly. N. B. Dial. Skirts are longer and figures have started lying again. HALL-MILLS WITNESSES SUMMONED Beginning' of New Jersey Murder Trial at Last Under Way New Brunswick. Nov. 3.?AD per sons connectde with the Hall-Mills murder case with the exception of the rector's widow, were summon ed to the court house by Attorney Mott for checking up the evidence, to be submitted to the grand jury.* The statement made by Mrs. Hall in the interview with reporters will probably be taken as her story for the grand jury New Brunswick, Nov. 3.?Deputy Attorney Genera^ Mott has discov ered another woman witness of the Hall-Mills murder, according to reports. The identity of the; woman is kept secret by the au thorities. The case is said to be* almost completed. STATE CANAL , COMMISSION J. Ross Hannahan Agreed Upon as One Member of New Board ^ Columbia, Nov. 3.?J. Ross Hana-< han, of Charleston, has been agreed' : upon by the State Canal Commis sion as one member of the new x commission to take 'charge of .the ^ Columbia canal, in the event that, the litigation now pending in the United States supreme court is aJf firmed in favor of the state's own- / ership of the canal, already decided' by the state courts. Mr. Hanahan's name was agreed to by ^members of the present ca- . nal commission at a meeting in* Columbia today. Other members of the new toard will be selected la ter, all subject to confirmation by gubernatorial appointment COTTON MILL" PROSPERITY - Columbia, Nov. 4.?The schools of the state are filled; the people of the mill communities are the most prosperous and the hap piest in the state, according to W-.+ A. Shealy, who has made a report to the state department of educa tion of investigations of null schools during the past twowgeka. "All the school^ visited during the past two weeks are full; of ehXT dren," Mr. Shealy's report says.*' "No one 'who knows can truth fully charge that mill children will i not go. to school. The big prob lem is to provide- enougn rooms*, and teachers to properly care for them. Our mill people* are the happiest and most prosperous of all the people In the state. Condi tions under which, they Jive have*: been improved and" improved, until' they are entirely satisfactory in' most cases." Mr. Shealy comments on the* progress of the textile industry in the state. "The mill industry in South Carolina has made-marvel ous strides," he says "but is still* in its infancy. It is beginning to look as -if our state is destined to be the greatest cotton manufae-* turing state in the union. Our op erators are all native, and are be ing recognized as the best in the country. Our officials are almost all native, and are as wise and good and efficient as can be found anywhere, The multitudes of chil dren that are crowding into the. mill schools testify to the intelli gent attitude of our people and be speak a new people of a new gener-* ation." STATE WELFARE BOARD. "'??7* Columbia, Nov. 3.?Dr. Axftos W. Butler, 'of the board of public wel fare of Indiana, . will be a chief speaker before the South Carolina conference of Social Work, to be held in Charleston next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, according to announcement today by the state board of public welfare. He wilP speak on "Delinquency; It's Causes and Treatment" He is considered one of the outstanding sociological : workers of the country. 1 Dr. S/C. Mitchell, of Richmond, Va., former president of the Uni versity of South Carolina is also to be a speaker at this gathering. BOYS KILL OLD WOMAN Columbia. Nov. 3.?Two negro* boys, George Boyd, 15, and his brother, "J. C." Boyd, 13, are ia the Rich land county jail here, charged with murder, a coroner's* jury yesterday having found this verdict. The two boys yesterday killed an old negro woman: Ann Boyd, who lived at White Rock, near Peak, in the upper part of the county. The boys passed the old woman on the road and a hoop one of them was rolling brushed the womant skirt. She "gave the* boys some words, it was testified at the inquest, and the two lads began throwin grocks and sticks at her. Her skull was fractured.* When she fell the boys became frightened and ran for help and when a doctor came he found she' was dead. The call of the wild draws city people to the country and country people to the city. Who is responsible for the en-> forcement of the city ordinance against children under fifteen yearn old driving automobiles? A wise woman fools her husband into thinking he fools her.