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The Watchman and Southron Published Wexhaesday ?od Satur day by Osteea Publishing Company, Stimter, S. C. Terms; $2.00 per annum?in adv&ncp. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion _. .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made ?' at" reduced rates. All communications which sub serve private interests will-^e charged for as advertisements. Obituariea and tributes of re-" spect will be charged for. The Sumter ? Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron ir> 1866. The Watchman and Sowhron now has the com bined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. TIMBER IS A CROP Timber used to be regarded as a "natural resource." Thus it was classified with coal, oil" and ore supplied by. nature to be drawn upon by man until exhausted. That view was largely responsible for the rapid depletion of forests. ?': Xow there is a wholly different view, welf expressed by Secretary Wallace in a recent address. Tim ber is a "resource" only in the sense that wheat or corn cr c< .>? :?? is a resource. 'timber is a crop; one of our i ? ???? . . '.. . . - most important crops. It grows,: ripens and becomes Teady for.the aalest; just an other agriculttrra.1 ciops do. It should be'harvested t'rl season and "another crop gfowfl for the use of future generations/* "As fcr the methods ?f crop cnl ii'-aaon: "It must be protected from fires, from plant diseases, from iasect pests, just as other agricul tural crops are .protected- That requires4the services *of the horti culturist, of the entomologist, of the plant pathologist and of the forest specialist, all of these men being trained in "thejir own lines, working together with the closest es-operation." Let this "crop" idea once find firm lodgement in the public mind; and there will be no further diffi culty about ourrtlmber/sirpply. fa."WYERS AXtt PBEVENTIOX JCn. jone state a society "ror. the prevention of crime issued a circu lar Carrying the following state ment: :"ICsAlieal science has; accomplish ed wonders in the-prevention of pisgue, sickness arid premature death. Why could not the legal profession do likewise In the pre vention of crime?" The answer is that the legal pro-, fession has already turned''some of its attention toward the work of prevention. In crimes of violence it cannot work alorie? for th* right sort of education, discipline, health and other factors Quite outside of the lawyer\s control are factors in crime prevention. The school, the home, the church and the medical profession ehare in this responsi bifitv. V When the reduction of litigation and legal tangles ." is considered, however, the legal profession as a whole should be credited wfth gen-, enyus activity. Most good lawyets would like to see legal procedure simplified and would be glad to have the public sufficiently Inform ed and intelligent about its own ?ff-: . fsirs to keep out of serious legal disputes. Here the public itself must share the responsibility. ?s many lawyers' have observed, a large proportion of men and women postpone-seeking a lawyer until their affairs are in as bad shape as possible. They go" to the lawyer as a last resort instead of seeking him for the early advice and' wise suggestion which might have pre vented trouble. * Just as medical men have found that their preventive efforts are not destroying: their job, but are simply altering it from curing ef fects to preventing causes, so law yers should find, as fhey seek the reduction of crime and unnecessary litigation, that constructive pre vention will keep them busy. UVIXG WAOE IN DETROIT To the majority of the Railway Labor Board, the "living wage" idea is^-an abstraction ana an ab surdity, according to a recent state ment. To Edsel Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company and one of the; biggest employers of labor in the, cta?nfry. it is a definite," prac tical and commendable thing. And in view. of The success the Ford family has had in a highly com peutive business, possibly, the?young man knows what he . is talking about^ According to the Ford idea, every workman cught to have his own home and have a garden and a Lank account and be able'to give I his children a good education, and in order to accomplish this he ought to have a ?wage of not less 'than $5 a day. The city of Detroit seems' to agree. On November l a minimum wage of $5 for an eight hour day went into effect on one of the -municipal street railway lines, with a view to extending it' to all the other lines if it succeeds. ? M?st people, whether theoretical experts or actual employers, will hardly put the minimum so high as this. Yet it is:'^surprising how many people not on the Railway Labor Board believe that it is pos sible to'fix'a W?ge min mum to in sure decent living according to American standards, and that em ployers should recognize such a minimum when it is established and"-would profit by doing so in the end. m ? * A SKY-SCRAPER CHTTRCH. - -? - The first sky-scraper church in the-world is to be erected in Chica go. The cornerstone has just been laid. The towering building, situ ated in the heart of the business district was referred to by a speak er as "a symbol of how rehgion should vitalize and; permeate all our affairs."" The lower part of the building will be devoted to church purposes, the Upper stories to" offices for all sorts of church, welfare and-chari table "enterprises. The structure is directly a Methodist venture,'but is to act as a Center- for furthering Christian activities generally . Chicago "is very proud' of this new chUrclf which will rse in the midst of commerce and throw its shadow across the -city hall and administrative offices; It may be that the citizens htink it is really something new in church location. jBut how''many small communities I have the same thing?the churches bordering on the "central village green, their slender spires pointing to "the skies and their shadows fall ing across the town hall'and the general store? ? "The sky-scraper may fit the needs and ^ ideals of a great city. It is hoped' it will have as potent an in fluence upon the temporal affairs of Chicago as the little church in Its/similar strategic situation has hand for generations in smaller towns. ? i? ? o ??t "Hohehzollera " weather" , they -call' it, on the ex-Kaiser's wed ding day, when it dawned clear and bright. And they were right, j for s?on if turned dark and a chilli rain began to fall. HOT AIR COtJGHS The hot air cough- is with us r again, according to a" prominent j } physician who conducts a news paper health column. This is the cough which attacks those persons; who clihg to register or radiator or] stove from'the-earliest signs of win- I ter to its final departure. They not. prily * keen their rooms or houses tob warm, but they Wep themselves continually in an' atmosphere too dry and devoid of good oxygen. An j observant1 person might notice foTj himself that he is chillier in an artificial dry heat of 75 degrees? than a moist heat of 65 or 75 de grees. The mucus membrance of the} breathing passages is irritated by the dry heat arid bronchitis and winter coughs "result. The best medicine for this condi tion, says the' doctor, is "two miles of oxygen on the hoof three times a day" regardless of weather. A "person wholly unaccustomed to much walking would have to work up to that six-mile dose by easy) stages. But for the sedentary worker or the house-bound it is well worth the effort CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK -~ j Schools and libraries and book I concerns will make the most of Children's Book Week?November 12 to 18. Home interest should not be lacking. The world is full of good things, old and new, for children to read. A very little study of the subject will put elders in a position to di rect the reading wisely. Some of the stuff written expressly for children is poor judged by the standards of j literature; interest and suitability. 'Some ot it is' good. Some of the j books written for adults are belov jed by young readers. The business j of selection will help to establish good reading standards among eld ers as well as among the ehildren. Children's Book Week can be of great value in stimulating general interest in reading in the home. It would be a good time to start read Ialoud as part, of the family life for the winter evenings. Children never forget such even ing. A love of good books, the memory of the ones read and the happy, harmonious atmosphere in j which the reading is done stay [with them as a wholesome influ ence in their own lives1 and a prec ious heritage to be ' passed on to their children. AX ALASKAN FISH RESERVE A government fisheries reserva tion has been set aside in Alaska by executive order. The action was necessary to prevent the destruc tion of 'the salmon fisheries. The reservation will be continued, with [its wholesome check upon fishing I in the areas covered, until perma nent legislation can be secured to control the situation. In these rich salmon fields a food [supply valued at $35,000,000 a year j is produced. ' Properly safeguard ed, it will hold its own indefinite i ly. With the indiscriminate fishing now practised it mght be wiped Out in a. few years. BOOZE IX WASHIXGTOX From circumstantial evidence, the national capital must be almost swimming in booze. In two days recently the district of Columbia had 101 arrests for intoxication, five for drunken driving and 18 for other miscellaneous violations of the liquor Taws. A New York paper suggests, not altogether fairly, that before the government undertakes to dry up foreign shipping it might try dry ing up the District of Columbia. The figures given above really seem to indicate an effort in that , direction. If there were no arrests ..v. if ? [being made, there would be good ground for criticism. But it may be that there is ample room for more drastic enforcement of the laws. From all accounts, Washington is one of the wettest spots in the tfnited States. For moral effect on the nation and on foreign nations, it should be the driest. How can I foreign governments be expected tc take American prohibition seri ously, at sea or anywhere else, . ifil their representatives at Washing ton see proof all around them that our seat of government does not take It seriously? HYDRO-'' ELECTRIC TAX BILL Effort to Enact Law Levying Tax on Water Powers to Be Renewed i ??????? Columbia, Nov. 13.?Prediction of the success in the general as sembly of 1923 of the hydro-elec tric tax bill was made today by Senator H. H. Gross !of Dorchester county, Avho, as chairman of the state finance committee and there fore member of the state budget commission, is in Columbia at tending hearings conducted by the commission on requests of various departments of government for 1923 appropriations. Cenator Gross stated today that he has studied careft^JIy the make up of the new legislature, from the election results, and he feels, judg ing from the personnel of the new assembly, that there will be a ma jority in favor of the hydro-elec-i trie tax plan. The hydro-electric bill was in troduced in the 1922 general as sembly and passed the house. In the senate it was laid away by in difference of the finance committee at first, but later it was re vived in new edition, and was the 'subject of long and heated debate, after lengthy hearings had been conducted by the finance committ tee. It was killed, however, a warm fight against it being waged by the hydro-electric corporations of the state. Senator Gross predicts that the e'ection of numerous new mem bers of the general assembly, many of whom are said to be in favor of tax reform and inclined to favor taxation of . hydroelectric power, will result in enactment of the tax measure in .1923. Senator Gross states that he believes the general assembly will be inclined to continue the tax re form work started by the 1922 leg islature. The proposed program would lighten the tax burden rest ing on. real property, and would make the payment easier. New sources of revenue will likely be proposed before the next assembly. Senator Gross returned to the capital Saturday from Clemson College, where he conferred with J officials. He finds that Clemson j will likely need larger appropria tions next year, due to the fact that the- sale of tobacco tax tags, proceeds of which go to the sup port -of Clemson, has heen lighter than in past years. However, the budget of Clemson College has not been presented to the budget com-! mission as yet. nor have tlie budgets of the Citadel, of Win throp, of the department of educa tion, of the University and several other large departments of state government. The senator states that there is no way of knowing as yet how the .state\s lirj:> budget j will compare with past years. The electric light wares and arc lights are being removed from th^ White Way section of Mahl and Lib erty streets. The poles will come clown next, and it is hoped that the telephone and telegraph poles will quickly follow suit. Fuel hint: Porch furniture bum-1 iufekiy and a hot fire. ARMISTICE DAY What It Is?And What It is Not- Suggestions^ For Next Year Editor Daily Item: I wonder if I alone, perhaps, am afflicted with a grouch, or if there are others who feel with me that our Armistice -Day exercises are not what they should he? The ex ercises that we have had for the past two years have >been more than good of their kind. I am not complaining of the songs sung, nor of the talks made, nor of the addresses delivered; as a whole they were away above the average, in the main they have excelled. To my notion, however, Armistice Day in 1921 and 1922 was poorly observed in Sumter. I notice that Columbia had no celebration at all, and I care little; I do not know how Camden nor Darlington treated it; I am not con cerned with the events df the 11th in Portland, Oregon nor Portland, Maine; I am anxious that Sumter should observe this anniversary as such an anniversary .should fit tingly be observed. Why Armistice Day? Why the American Legion? Thanksgiving Day should be to us a day. of sol emn meaning. Is it? It .is a day of football games, of gunning, of large and heavy meals, .F.hall Ar mistice Day so degenerate? Will the Legion permit such? Is^he ex-service man interested in his dead? Where were the ex-ser vice men this morning? There may have been fifty at the exer cises, but I doubt if there -were thirty. Where was our, people? There should have been five thou sand gathered in solemn assem blage; yet the theatre was not fill ed. Why were the songs only by the school chorus? Every -soldier and sailor, even' man and woman in the audience should have given voice to the songs of 1917. and 1018. I hope the Legion will note on its calendar pad for 1923 to start early in October preparations for November 11th. I hope the next Armistice Day exercises will be held in Memorial Park. I hope that the ex-service men by that ? time all members of the Legion will con duct the services, will make the ad dresses, will sing the songs. I hope the people, of Sumter county will attend en masse. Then will the *day be fittingly observed; then will the memory of '17 and '18 be kept alive; then will their .story be,im pressed upon the minds of the growing and developing generation; then v/ill be carried back ever green to us those sentiments des tined to make of each of us a bet ter PATRIOT. Sumter. Nov. 11th, 1922. -; m ? ^ ; ? Automobile Tax Puzzles Sheriff Owners of Nearly One Thou sand Autos Delinquent Charleston^ Nov. ? lu?Sheriff J. M. Poulnot has a pecial problem to solve, due to a lofty stack of tax executions resulting from the an nual usual action on the part t>f the county treasurer in turning over to him. the collection of delinquent taxes, to the total amount of over $140,000, and that problem.is how to persuade the owners of 957 auto mobiles in this -county; to come across with amounts owed the coun ty and state under 1921 levies. Nearly L000 automobiles have been listed under tax executions and the sheriff/has ordered* 1,000 red seals for special application to these ma chines in case their owners fail to settle with the authorities; .that is, souare themselves on the county tax books through the sheriff's Of fice. It is announced that the delin quent automobile owners will be given due warning and notice that if they fail to.get right on the books in the near future they will.be sub ject to teome inconvenience, not to say embarrassment because deputy sheriffs will be spread out to gather in these tax owing. motor vehicles, which will be formally disposed of under the auctioneer's hammer, the sheriff officiating, in order that the county may realize in cash collect ible. Meanwhile,, the sheriff's tax checking staff is completing formal ities leading to steps for collecting taxes due and in -some cases rather long overdue on real estate, and will shortly publish a list of delin quent property owners up to 1920 and before. BUSSES TO BE USED Spartanburg, Nov. 10?Following a conference with a committee -of officials from the South Carolina Gas and Electric Company today a r^a^orty* of city council announced their willingness for the company to secure several busses to be sub stituted for street cars on local traction lines. The busses will be used merely as an experiment, fu ture action of council to depend entirely upon the success of the experiment. The company request ed permission to experiment with busses on both its city and suburb an lines. Strex-t cars were taken off lines on which busses operate in order to determine the comparative character of service. It is under stood that the experiment will be made on several lines, but on only one line at a time. Dane Transfers Autos into Fire Kugine?. Copenhagen; Oct. .4?John Elle hammer, a Danish electrical engi nere, has invented a device which will turn a motorcar into a fire engine at a minute's notice. The attachment, which is not rnurh bigger than an ordinary alarm clock, will throw water to a height of 60 feet. .Mr. lillehammer belW?*? his in vention will solve the problem of a?letiuatr protection against fire in village and mansions at a mini mum ccst. SILENCE First Remarks He Has Made on Public Questions Since He Was Stricken on the League of Nations' T o u r of Western States Washington, Nov. . 11.?Wood row Wilson told a host of friends and admirers who made an Armis-. tioe day visit i to his ; home here today, that world peace could be brought about only by "active co operation for justice" and "not by amiable phrases." America al ways has stood- for justice, he de clared, adding that the "puny per sons" now standing -in the way would find presently that "their weakness is no match for the strengtb-.of a moving Providence." The. former president, epoke standing , on- the portico of his S street residence and without man uscript or notes. His remarks con sumed, about five minutes. They j were the first he had made on I public questions since he- was stricken, on his league of nations j tour , of the West three years ago. i This was his third public ap | pearance since he left the-White j House on March 4, 1921. j The appearance of Mr. Wilson ! who. was. assisted to . the portico by a negro servant,, was the signal for prolonged cheers from the crowd that packed the street and over flowed on nearby lawns and a va cant field. The war time, presi dent responded; with a smile and a raising of his conventional, silk hat. Mrs. Wilson did not accompany him, but as she appeared to asssjt him back indoors at the conclu sion pf his. address, she, ? too, re ceived* an ovation. V, ' Mr. Wilson's address was in re sponse to one to him by Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador, to Turkey, who declared that ? the ! principles enunciated by Mr. Wil son during- the 'war .would prevail and that on last. Tuesday it, had been demonstrated that ."the peo ple of .America, are escaping from materialism and .selfishness and are preparing again to recognize their solemn and inexorable, duty 'to wards their fellow nations in Eu rope." ^ This reference to the elections brought a smile and a low cry of "Hear, hear," from the former chief executive. .-.In :his remarks Mr. j Wilson. spoke clearly and distinct I ly and with much of his -old- time ; rapidity. Necessarily, however, i there was lacking the once char-1 acteristic vigor of delivery and his voice, carried only -slightly., beyond1 the inner ideges of the. crowd. ; -The text of his remarks follows: j "I am very much moved by the |wonderful exhibition of your friend ship and approval; and I have been I reflecting today that Armistiee-,dav1 [has- a particular . - significance fori i the. United States .because, the! 'Unitde States.-has remained con-1 j tented with the armistice and has j not. moved forward to peace. "Jjt, is a very serious .reflection jthat the United States, the great ; originative nation, should remain i eorttontecL with ; a negatic n. Ar- j mistice is a negation* it is a stand-, [still, of arms; it. is ,a cessation- of j fighting, and we are so bent- on a j cessation, of fighting that we are! even, throwing- Qur arms awa,y - { "It is a. singular circumstance to! which .Mr. Mergenthau has in part adverted that while, we prescribed the .conditions .of.the Armistice: we did not concur in the establishment of permanent . peace. That' ofj course was brought about hy a I group in .the United States senate j who preferred .personal partisan j motives to the honor of their coun-l try and the peace of the world. ' "They do not represent the j United States, because, the'United i States, is moving forward?and -they i are slipping .. backward. Where their slipping will end.; God only will determine. "And I have also been reflecting upon the radical difference be tween armistice and peace. Ar mistice, as I have, said, is a mere negation; it is the refraining from force. Eut peace is a very posi-j I tiye and constructive thing, as the! world stands nowadays, because it J must be brought about by the sys-1 tematic maintenance of a common understanding and by cultivation, I not .by amiable phrases but the ac itive cooperation for .justice,, and justice is a greater thing than any kind of expediency. "America has always stood for justice and always will stand for jit. Puny persons who are nov. [standing in .the way will presently I find that their weakness, is not j match for the strength of a mov ing Providence. If you -will par don an invalid for putting on his hat, I will promise not to talk through it. "I think then we may renew to day our faith in the future though we are celebrating the past. The future is in our hands and if we are not equal to it the shame j will be ours and none others. Ij thank you from a very full heart, j my friends, for this demonstra tion of kindness by you and bid you and the nation Godspeed." The singing of Southern melodies' ! by a chorus opened the program and .Mr. Wilson then appeared. He I was presented with baskets of [flowers from Virginia, his native I slate; New Jersy, his home state, j and the District of Columbia. The former president shook hands with [each of the little flower girls and j thanked them. Statistics show Ford made while you were reading this. I Thousands Move in Panicky F 1 i g h i ?Afraid of Mas sacre j Constantinople,~,Noy. 12 (By the I Associated Press).?rReports reach ing Constantinople, show that the entire Christian population of Siavas Angora,- Gesaresa, Konia and other large centers in Asia Minor fare-in .panicky flight towards the '. shores of the Mediterranean and Blaek Sea. *r-. ? Samsun, in the vilayet of Treb izond, .on .the Black sea, has 16,000 of its own-refugees and 40,000 oth ers are reported - headed for that port in, quest of ships to take them out of the country. Along every road and in every mountain pass are long winding, serpentine col umns.of men, women.and children, goading along - sleepy oxen pulling wagon loads^ of their-worldly goods. People are abandoning . their homesi farms and everything in ??heir eagerness to put the-greatest possible distance between - them selves and their mortal- enemies? the Turks. :?? ? The difficulties and hardships of this, wholesale evacuation. .have been increased by inclement weath er, which -iS' bringing sickness = of deaths to thousands. James Grutch er df Tuscaloosa, Ala.,- of -the American Near East relief, notified Constantinople by courier-; today that the water, at Samsun was crowded with nervous-or-terrorized refugees waiting for boats. Mr. Crutcher stated that the available ships will only embark 2,000- per Isons. He believes net exceeding one-third of refugees will be able I to leave the country within the pe jriod set for them to -do so by the Turks. He therefore is making ef forts to induce the-Angora govern iment to extend the time limit, i Reports from other places in Asia Minor say the Turkish mili tary is withholding permission of males 18 to 55 years -of age to leave the country and is allowing only women and children to de part. Deprived- 'of their^bread win ners, these refugees present a-prob lem beyond the efforts of the Amer ican relief agencies. - Rear Admiral Bristol, command er of the American naval forces in Turkish- waters, -is concerned over the Angora government's order that all Christians must leave the country and is. striving - to have the Nationalists modify this atti tuder By - winter there > is expected^to be-a million or more of the evicted [inhabitants of Asia Minor -en the i bleak, shelterless coast of the Black 1 sea, begging to be rescued. No one nation has the. facilities for this 'task of. expatriation and it is.ad mitted it is. tar too great for the I limited means, of-the league of na tions. If in addition to^ the mil lion and a half-Christians in the interior and Constantinople the 450,000 Greeks, Armenians and oth er foreigners are foreedvout. of the [country, it is believed there will be I a stampede of tremendous propor tions, entailing endless misery and confusion. Already the best ele ments of the British, -French, -AJTiericari and other nationals ties have left Constantinople and the paralysis in business daily- is in creasing. The Near East relief today sent the steamship Belgravian -to Sam sun to bring the - embarkation of 7,500 Greeks t and Armenian or phans who are fleeing from the country on the *order: of the Angora government--for the evacuation of Anatolia in the 30 days. The steamer is carrying a cargo of're lief supplies. Relief ships also are being dispatched to Mersina and Beirut,: which have become the two other extremities of the main lines of flight in.Asia.Minor. ? - Lausanne, Nov. 13.?The Turk ish . Nationalist delegates have come to the peace conference as, visitors. Their mood is wholly different from that of the sultan's repre sentatives at Severes three years ago,, when they, begged for mercy. Ismet Pasha,- the leader of the delegation, .boasts of having the support of Russian Soviets, and speaks of the uncertainty of allied solidarity. .The Turkish legation, is outspoken in.criticism of the post ponement of the. conference. <? ? ?? Naturalized Americans Still Missing , in Russia. Moscow, Sept. 25.?Scattered about Russia are about 46 "lost" persons whose relatives claim for them American citizenship, and for whom search is. being made by representatives of the American Relief Administration. Since the A, R. A. entered Rus sia a year ago, one of the condi tions being that all American citi zens who desired to quit the. coun try should be permitted to do so, 214 persons who had established their. American citizenship have left, most of them for the United States. Late in September there were about 100 other persons awaiting completion of the neces varv repatriation operations. In many cases these require weeks, and often months, owing to various routine matters connected with passport requirements. Simply Killing Sing a song of liquor ?Prices very high Four-and-twenty jailbirds .Selling rotten rye! When the rye was opened. When the hootch was tried, Four-and-twenty customers Took a drink and died. ?D. W. Hayden in the Atlanta Constitution. THOUSAND OF Catastrophe Along Western Coast of Chile of*Greater Magnitude T h a n First Expected Santiago, Chile, Nov. 12 (By the Associated Press)-.?-With partial reestablishment of communication. Chile's earthquake catastrophe is revealed, in even greater magnitude than first reports indicated. It jsi estimated that at least 1,000 arej dead and many thousands are in j distress,-needing food and shelter. In addition to heavy casualties of dead and injured at Copiapo. and Coquimbo, it was reported today 500 were killed at Vallenar and the surrounding district. V2jienarj was virtually destroyed and the sur rivors are in a critical condition. ' It seems certain that there have been casualties in other towns and villages around Copiapo, . to the j south, concerning which no news is; yet available j Already .2.4 bodies have been re covered at Coquimbo, where it is known there are 100 or more dead. At Chaparal a number were killed by falling houses. ^ It was earthquake and tidal wave combined .that accounted for the vast destruction in the provinces of. Antofagasta, Atacama and .Co quimbo. . The movement of the ocean is described. as phenomenal. It gave evidence of .a terrific dis turbance -in the bed of the Pacific itself.; There must have been such j a tearing at the bottom of the sea [ that, immense quantities of .water! were sucked through, causing a tre mendous recession of the.waters! along the Chilean coast. j - Several times the ocean swept outward and came ' back in . the j shape of a great wave* flooding the j j seaports and in some instances sweeping away the waterfront.- The J j violent .effects of the tidal waves j .were -felt from Antofagasta on the north to -Valdivia on ? the south, covering about 16 degrees of lati tude, or more than 1,200 miles. . All types .of .-craft lying, in- the various -harbors - were swept on shore, wrecked, or-, left high' and dry, ? and at scores of small ports, wharves and .quays were destroyed. Chilean, naval vessels in the har bor at Talcahuano, about 300 j. miles south of Valparaiso, when Ihey: felt the force of the water, clipped their cables and proceeded out to open sea. " : President Alessandri has ordered the various government depart- ! i mehts.to take steps for the relief 6f1 j the sufferers in the stricken dis tricts, .-those most sorely affected lying between Coquimbo and .Co piapo. - . ... EI/ECTTON RKSri/TS. Fulmer Received Xearly All ? The. Votes Cast in Sumter County. , . - - VFu Imer Etheridge Ward 1 .. .. f.._74 ? ; 1 Ward 2 _i 212 - 1 Ward 3_ 100 2; Ward 4_ 56 1 Stateburg 9 0 1 Providence .1_ 22 2 {Rafting.-Creek. . _ 46 10 Oswego *../_- _ .0, 0 jMayesville_ 8 0 iShiloh . 51 0 j Concord. 37 1 J Privateer. 37 2 jWedgefield _ 58 2 jBloomhitl. 8 3 DuBose - -_ 18 0 Fulton-.__ 35 0 Calvary.C 12 0 Total_.783 25 j "Work or Fight" was the war I slogan and now we are doing both. CHILE IS MOBILIZING RELIEF FORCES Extent of Earthquake Disaster Not Y e t . Fully Known as Communication i s CutOff * ' Santiago, Nov. 13.*?Relief forces to aid the thousands made home less by the earthquake throughout Chile, were being mobilized today. The death toll will probably be at least one thousand. The propeT^" loss runs into millions. Several towns were almost entirely wiped out.; . ; ; . , The exteht of the casualties and damage and distress was known' ! only in a "general way;: as many 1 munication lines are broken. -^Five hundred are reported killed in and * ; about Vallnar. There are one. hun \ dred knowri1 dead at Coquimbo. Along the seacoast.-. ships were* swept ashore, many being left high and, dry. The tidal waves follow ing the earthquakes indicated a gi gantic disturbance beneath the Pa-": cific Ocean. Some observers esti mated the tidal wave at fifty met " ers*~; ? . -. < vi&'H Three Hu ndred Sixty 3Kffled by Earthqiiake Town Destroyed and Popula tion Without Food Santiago, Nov. 43.-*-Th? gradual op<9ning.of telegraph lines is-bring ing earthquake details from Ata I cama. province.- The town of Val-. } lenar was -wrecked. Three hnn ? ded: and ?ixty were, killed^ six hun ! dred hurt and the entire popula tion is without food.: The shocks continued yesterday at Coquimbo. The tidal'wave at Chanaral rswept^ away the /business district. . Ten bodies.were recovered. Antofagasta reports all wire? are still dowu there. ? Girls play football at -Peabody College and bo:c at ? University -.-.-of \ Illinois. < Two . tew courses--in Do mestic Science. Dresses-wiU lie short again beA ' cause the long <mes don't come up to their expectations. -:-? ' -It is spring? soatitr- of Jthe.equator, now, but we don't know it it is next stpring or. last-spring WANTED^?Hardwood Togs; We pay highest cash price for choice Ash, Poplar, -Cypress and White Oak logs of istandard specifica tions,- deiivere i':tb "Su'mter by fail or truck. We buy logs twelve months in th? year and give preference to loggers equipped to , bring in a steady supply. What ; have you to* offer? Sumter Hardwobd Co.. Su'mter,'S. C ?' -? .... \ .,: .-??' 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