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T&a.-W&tch&tsa arid Southron fSstaped at thePost office at Swn tis, a?. C, as Seeon? CLiss Matter, 1FERSONAU '!r. and Mrs.. P. O. "Leak, o{ Wi?>*ton-Salem. N. C. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W, R. Phil :; on Church' Street. 7>r. TV. E. Thayer, pastor of-the "First Baptist church is attending ioe State Baptist convention in "Roc.k Hill. Mr. Seamon Richardson. of fanning spent Tuesday in town. Miss Eleanor Richardson has ,*--:rmed home from Houston. Texas where che has been spend-1 ing some time with. her brother, j Mr. Henry B. Richardson, who-is. cr^a^ed in the cotton business ?here, j Miss Lelia and Jennie Barnett, " rave returned from Richmond. Va., v.h^re. they have been visiting for, soroe time. Mr. and Mrs. C F. Korn have; r?r>:rned from Cincinnati. ;-."r. R. F. Joye. formerly with ( S>hwartz Eros., now with Miller-; Rhodes, Richmond. Va-, spent to-, day In the ?city. ] Mr. .lack Bailey, of Blaney. was' tri the city Wednesday. Mrs: T. A. Helms of Mannirg,; sj^nz Wednesday in town. Stfr. M. D. Weaver, forraerly of j ir.f Shiloh section, but now a resi- j deVit^bf Darlington county, spent: ? Thursday ivt the- city. Missv Marion Kirk, a graduate of the Tduiney Hospital Training schoo] for Nurses, has passed the! . .sn-.te Boar$ of examination and; ? br.s received a Ecease to practice her profession. .Mr."-W. T. Hartwell, of the Mitch ell Motor- Co., Racine. Wis., is speeding the week with Mr. S. K. Rowland, state distributer for th'i M:tc?i-;T1. cars. Mrs: A. Lee Jones, of Colum bia, left Wednesday _ night after . pending a few' days *as the guest oj MjV. Fred Bradweli. j Mr: Steve D. Shore,' who is en-j gage* in. the fertilizer business in ? . Plant C3ty, Fla.i is on a visit to bisj Old ;ha:i:e town, combining >busi-f hees with pleasure. Messrs. G. L. Ricker, Grenvllle j ?>.-.Lorme, G. C. Probst. Dick For-| ester, Ceo. D. Levy and Lawrence! EaruRson were among those who left ] for Charleston Wednesday night to] ? attend ihe -annual convention of j the Sfcr-iners.. ' ; ] >?rs. Anderson Gives Bridge Party. ,Mc& C. S. Anderson gave a bridge party on Tuesday after-; noon. There, were six tables of j -rn-.husiastic players and after sev- ! era! ..exciting games Mrs. Wanren Burgess was awarded the prize, a lovely ? bowl, and to Mrs. Moses ' fell the consolation, a corsage bou-, ; quet of violets. ' Following the games * a salad I curse was served. Those present? wert-: Mrs. Janie Ben ton, Mrs. j Perry M?sts, Mrs. Warren Bur-! " gess; Mrs. Leon Scott, Mrs. Felix Moires; Mrs. Gus Sanders. Mrs. J. ? .Morse; Mrs. Jos. Guthrie. Mrs. Gr?haaa Mcses, Mrs. J. W. Brun-j -or. Mn,. W. O. Courtright; Mrs.! ' Mitchell Lcvi, Mrs. Hal Harby.j Mr*. Baker and Mrs. Wendell Levi. i ?.. ? . i . -m~m~*- - Max-rial Needs of the Sumter j Schools. _ J When considering any buildings for our school system at this time, J the question naturaHy arises. Can' We afford it? Is not another ques- ] t:en perhaps at least equally, as; ^pertinent, Can - we afford not to do')'? ft is certain that at this time we ?siri with no degree of sincer m ity ^rge families to move to Sum fer, because in so doing we should' do them the injustice of .. .i -ing their children in schools al ready crowded. Basse the . schools been respon-I .. -'Mf. +o an^ extent for Sumter's j growth.?. If so, . will not this j liwjsitt be seriously checked and' ? fetstihgly impeded by the^. belief I that Sumter has no room in its i schools for any new-comers? A nycne who has given the matter 1 ? ; ;us thought must feel that the! I est way to increase Sumter'c cili- ' zenship by desirable additions is to j be able- to induce people to come ! i? .^i.'mter on account of its edu- '? carnal advantages: for the ques tion uppermost in the minds and purposes of parents is properly to 'educate all of their children. From a purely material and sei- I r-sh view-point every business will tered and every property *ov. ?: r benefited by having our pop d.r'o: increased by desirable ad - "-? Adding to our school buildings at this time v.-ill give a < ' .-j:r5 zest to the spirit of Sum-! :*-r b-. evidencing a firm faith in Si-mrf-r's future, and jnst as in! ??, it will give employment' to n.::vy. who- otherwise may be j force^to leave the city, because! :he^- nothing here for them to ?*o. Sumter simply cannot afford to! tee a backward step in its edu- j ? ? >I development. Other towns] are going rapidly ahead, and for us ? ? falter now will mean ultimate . tluj e and disaster. Bs? the real reason for, goms ? ". is the knowledge that we are working for our boys and girls. ,'>..?? boys and girls deserve th*> ? ? >t. and it is our duty to give it to them. cordially submitted. S. H. EDMUNDS. j Superintendent. ?_ _ T?je Permanent Highway Com-; mi.^+ion held its regular monthly. f?e#C5Ug Thursday. There was great j Meal of routine business to be dis-j j?o-->d of, and there were also a numbeV of citizens to be heard re ; ting location of roads, claims! for compensation for rights of way,! rion of roads, etc. Just when people are feeling ? >??? toward Germany she begins: exporting musical instruments. ! Would Amend Consti tution So That Pres ident May Be Elect I ed by Popular Vote Washington, Dec. 5.?Members of the new progressive bioc in con gress got into action today but at! the very outset ran into White j House opposition. Led by Senator j Norris (Republican) of the Nebras- j ka bloc members sitting on.the sen ate agriculture committee obtained; a favorable report from that com mittee for a constitutional amend ment providing abolition of the electoral college' ar.O,^ for direct election of president and vice pres idert awd fo: aholiUon of the long period of time usually elapsing be tween a congressional election and the regular meeting of the new j congress. Such an amendment \ forms one of the planks " in the | platfcrm adopted by the bloc at its organization meeting last week. Opposition cn the part of Presi dent Harding to any such change :.n the constitution was expressed by a White House spokesman soon after , the senates agriculture com mittee resolution was laid before the senate and assigned to a place j on the calendar of the senate. Some administration leaders in J the senate likewise voiced their: disapproval of the amendment and I tonight it appeared that any ef- j forts by the bloc to press the pro- i posal might bring on a fight which j would test the power of the pro-j gressive faction. The* proposed amendment would j provide specifically that "the choice of each state for president, and vice president has been determin ed at a general election of the qualified voters to cast their bal lots directly for president and vice president. The vote would be canvassed by the cerate and house meeting in joint session, each state being given as many votes for this purpose as it has senators, and rep- j r.csentatives. . J?f such a canvass by states should j disclose lack of a majority then] the president would be chosen by a ) majority vote of the house "fromj the persons having the highest number not exceeding three, on the] list of those voted for as p.vesi- i dent." The vote for vice president would j be canvassed in a similar manner, except that in event of no choice by a majority of the voters the ( senate would select that official as; between the two persons receiving the largest number of. votes. The committee in reporting the amendment resolution through its j chairman. Senator Norris. pointed: out that the proposed system might | result in the election of a presj- ? dent and vice president from differ- j ent parties?"a matter of funda- ' mental justice which ought to be! protected by law * '* * should we.' desire to do it." The amendment would further; provide that the term's of senators j and representatives should begins the first Monday in January follow- j ing the bi-enniaj election and that, congress should meet each year I on that date. This would wipej out the session of the old congress, ?fter the biennial election. Another amendment would; change the date of inauguration of; the president from March 4 to the] third Monday in January. White House officials in present- i jing President Harding's views on j I the proposal represented the exe-! jcutive as feeling that constant changes in the constitution were urnecessary and in some cases un wise. Mr. Harding, it was said, re garded the present procedure under, the constitution whereby a new congress does not meet for more tha? *i year after its election as one of the wisest steps taken by the; nation's founding fathers, as it al-j lows passions to coo!. The agricultural committee inj its report, however, took an op-j posite view, declaring "the presenti condition of affairs is not only un- : fair to the citizenship at large who have expressed th^ir will as to.what legislation they desire but it is likewise unfair to their servants! whom they have elected to carry out. their will." With respect to abolition of the electoral college the committee de- j ciored its amendment would make! it possible for n'\ independent o^n- i didate to run for president without establishing an elaborate political! machine in every state which means! the expenditure of a vast sum of money. When the amendment and re port were laid before the senate some members informally expressed ] surprise at such a resolution be-1 ing reported out by tho agriculture conn mittee but committee members! said they regarded the course as proper inasmuch as the resolution : was a substitute for ono recently i Offered in tb<? senate by Senator! Caraway (Democrat) of Arkansas.' Th^ Caraway resolution would I have declared the sense of con gress that defeated members should ' m'.? vote on other than routine leg islation at the session following .vn election and was referred to the agriculture committee by re tntest of its author who said ref-i erence to a;?y other committee would bring about its death. At the same time the agriculturej committee war: in session a ju- \ iciary subcommittee heard an in dorsement from William Lowell Putnam of Boston; representing the] American Bar association i'r>r the t pending Ashursl resolution amend ing the constitution so that the terms of president and congress j hould begin soon after the clec :or.-<, OCK T?RKS Troops Take Posses sion of Custom House at Constanti nople to Protect Ar menian Refugees Constantinople, Bee. 5 (By the Associated Press).?Following- the action of the Kemalist police in confiscating the passports of 100 Armenians as they were about to board ship, British troops today took possession of the customs house and, armed with machine guns, protected the embarkations of t)?e refugees. The Turkish police today pre vented the embarkation of refu gees on a French steamship at Pamsun. on the Black sea coast of Asia Minor, despite permission granted by the Italian authorities there. Kafet Pasha, the military govern or, had a four hours' conference with the allied high commissioners and generals and a provisional agreement was reached permitting the embarkation of all. presenting themselves until this evening but the question of principle was not settled, and further meetings have been arranged. Rafet Pasha takes the attitude that the allies are not in occupation of Constantinople and refuses to recognize the right of the allies to interfere between him and native Christians. The Turks' refusal to permit Greek vessels to embark additional Christian refugees from Asia Mi ner has created keen disappoint ment in American relief circles here.' All preparations had been completed for the use of American destroyers to facilitate the trans fer of refugees to the relief ships a? was doiie at Smyrna. Four large Greek vessels, under the direction of A. K. Jennings, ar rived yesterday from Piraeus ready to proceed to the Black Sea. Mr. Jennings is the \\ M. C. A. sec retary who eapned the title "Ad miral of the Refugee Fleet," at the time of the Smyrna disaster by mobilizing a ?fleet of SO ships! and rescuing 300.O?O persons. He had six addition.'11 ships ready in Greek ports for his present task, these, together with the four arriving here, giving a. total carry ing capacity of 00.000 persons. Refueal of tiie Aurora govern ment, to -'permit further embark ations was received at Samsun by Commander. Halsey Powell, of the American destroyer Kdsall, who; forwarded the news to -Constant!- j nople by wireless. - The Turks de-J clare that not only would they i prohibit further departures on] G;e'.;k ships but would deport to! the interior all Christians who re mained in the Black sea coastal towns a'fter the next few days. Officials at the American embas-1 sy declined to comment upon this ruling, but made no attempt to hide their surprise at the Kemal- ! Ists* attitude. They explained; they had asked nothing more ofj the Nationalists than their sane-; tion for the use of American naval I officers as intermediaries between} the local officials in the Black sea i ports and the officers of the Greek refugee vessels. The Turks' failure to meet the American proposals raises doubts as to the safety of 5'?.000 persons, who made their way to the sea with hope of leaving the country. It is believed they will undoubted ly be deported to the interior un less the allies or the United States make representations to Angora. Lausanne. Dec. G (By the Asso ciated Press).?The treaty makers at Lausanne devoted themselves to day to an attempt to -harmonize the divergent, views of the various del egations', everybody seemed to realize that a few more hectic ses sions like that of yesterday would break down the conference, and postpone Near Eastern peace in definitely. The allied leaders held long con sultations to frame a common pro ject for dealing with the Darda nelles and reported to have suc ceeded in drafting a proposal per mitting warships to use the straits! under international control. The indications tonight are that the .'trails discussion will be re sumed tomorrow when the. entente countries will fall in with the Turkish suggestion and set forth their wishes.. The allies seem de termined to ignore the Russian attempt to speak for Turkey and are determined also to Convince I};" Russian representatives that Belsheviki Russia is not dominat ing the straits discussion. The fact that. Ismo! Pasha conferred with the allied leaders helped to strengthen the impression that if the conference is not yet out of dajhger it at least is not yet on the! rocks. Another feature of the day was the. pope*3 intervention in behalf o. the Christians in Constantinople. -? ?.? Samuel Reuben McKnight suf fered a serious and painful injury Wednesday morning when \hf truck he was driving for Powell Con struction company ran off the ce ment road into a plowed field and turned over: Mr. McKnight suf fered several broken ribs and was seriously injured, tie was rushed to the hospital where be* is report - d as doing well; The accident took place near Myers store on the Stateburg road. Cil'hons knocked out Ashc in I seconds at Detroit. Report that some left uuimg the light is untrue What is worse than learning you hunted all dav with blnlnk shells".' t Charlotte, Dor. 5.?Qoveror Mor rison left here today for New Bern to personally investigate the conditions there where three thou sand were left homeless by last week's fire. Before leaving he is sued an appeal to the state for aid. asking that funds be sent direct to Mayor Edward Clark. Adju tant General Meets told the gov ernor over the telephone that the situation is more serious than at firs', thought. Washington, Dec. 5.?The senate agricultural committee today fa vorably reported on the resolution to amend the constitution to pro vide a direct election of the pres ident and the vice president, which also would change the inaugura tion from March fourth to third Monday in January. London, Dec. 5. ? The Irish Free State comes into being at midnight without ceremony. The administration han already been turned over to the provisional gov ernment. British troops will all be gone by December 18th. Tim othy Healy, who will be governor general conferred with colonial officials today. Healy is the first unfitted person ever to be govern- i or general of a British dominion. Oxford. Miss.. Dec. 5.?The de murrer of Governor Lee M. Rus sell, asking that the petition of Miss Frances Birkhead. who sued j him for $100.000. charging breach of promise, be dismissed, was over ruled in the federal court here to lay. Governor 'Russell alleged that the charges' were without merit. Judge Holmes set the trial for tomorrow morning. Washington. Dec. 4.?Among the nominations which expired with the special session ending this morn ing was that of Joseph W. Tolbert to be United States marshal for the Western district of South Carolina. There is no doubt that the president will renew the nom ination early in the present regu lar session, and in the meanwhile Tolbert will be kept in the office by recess appointment. Los Angeles, Dec. 5.?Clara Phil-, lips escaped from county jail here, today. She was under a sentence of from ten years to life for kill ing Mrs. Alberta Meadows. It is believed she had outside aid. Washington, Dec. 5.?Former Premier Georges Clemenceau to day called on President Harding-. He was presented by French Amhacjador Jusserand. A small crowd applauded as he arrived. He will call on former President Wilson late tomorrow. Washington. Dec. 4.?South Car olina has 3.225 miles of roads which may be brought within the. federal aid system under the new Highway Act. according to a'n of ficial statement from the departr n.ent of agriculture today. 1.37.1 miles of these being interstate and. and the rest intercounty. The tpr talj for Georgia and North Caro lina arc 5,6?2 and 1,104, respecr tively. Washington, Dec. 6.?President Harding in a letter urged the sen ate commerce committee to elimi nate the clause from the shipping! bill giving congress control over) the extension of government aid. I -? Oxford; Miss.. Dec. 6.?The Jury j was obtained today for the trial I of the suit of Frances C. Birk- j head, stenographer, for one hun-1 dred thousand dollars for breach j of promise against Governor Rus sell of Mississippi. Newport News. Dec. 6?Major L. Gearhart. of Leavenworth, Kapsas. Captain Benton A. Doyle, of St. Loins, staff sergeant Marie1: and Privates Leon Rolas. Thomas Jordan and Blunka were killed at; Langley Field near here today, when a Fokker airplane struck the J tail of a Martin bomber causing both to fall. Gearhart was piloting j the Fokker. Blunka and Jordan were killed by jumping, the others j were burned to death. Washington, Dec. 6.?Represen tative Ryan, Republican, of New Y'ork. introduced a resolution isr the investigation of the Ku Klux Klan in the house today. Washington. Dec. 6.?The senate has passed the Smith resolution in structing the agriculture and in terior departments to investigate the supply of white arsenic used in fighting the boll weevil. Burlington, Vermont. Dec. 7.? The jury today gave Mrs. Dorritt Stevens Woodhouse a four hundred and sixty-live thousand dollar ver dict against her parents-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Woodhouse. She asked for a million dollars for alienation of the afi^ctions of her h?sb?ndT Douglas Woodhouse. Washington. Deo. 7?The house appropriations committee today re ported a bill carrying $14.821.595 for the state department and $18. 360.550 for the justice department. Mexico City, !)????. 7.-The South ern Commercial Congress commis sion which has boon sruveyinjg buciness conditions in Mexico, loft j I'M- Washington today. President I Obregon received the mission. Dr. j Clarence .'. Owens, heading thei mission said that definite practical results had been achieved. !.<<s Angeles. Dec. 7.?The search for Mi*s. Clara Phillips, the es-; caped hammer murderess, who! broke j.-iii Tuesday, while under a] ten year sentence for killing MrsJ Alberta Meadows, today turned IS IN BRIEF j towards Tiajuana. in Lower Cali fornia. The posse planned to search the house of Ed. T. John son, a resort promoter. Johnson is being held by officials here and all trains through the west are be ing searched. "Washington, Dec. 7?James Cou sens of Detroit, took the oath to day as the Michigan senator suc ceeding Senator Newberry. Perry, Fla.. Dec. 7.?A posse is seeking a negro named Charlie Wright, who is wanted in con nection with the murder of Miss Ruby Henry today, has turned to ward Lake Park, according to a message from the sheriff. The posse spent last night searching near Thomasville and Valdosta, Ga., rocrossing the state line to day. Washington, Dec. 7.?Farmers should produce more of their own foodstuffs and buy less that must be hauled by railroad, according to j a survey of opinion among twenty- j five thousand farmers made public today by the agriculture depart- : ment. Nearly thirty per cent of the farmers' food is now brought j from a distance. Walterboro, S^ C, Dec. 7.?Fire destroyed the store and warehouse of E. V. Golding here today. The loss is estimated at twenty thou sand dollars. The fire "is believed to have been of incendiary origin. London, Dec. 7.?There is a possibility that King George may go to Ireland to formally open the new parliament. > It is believed he would surely go_ if intimations are received that his visit would be welcome.- . Oxford. Miss., Dec. 71?Miss Fran ces Birkhead, resumed the stand today in her breach of promise suit against Governor Russell. She ad mitted selling information about filing the suit to a New Orleans newspaper, but denied several al leged escapades when questioned. The court order barring standing thinned the spectators. Cork. Dec. 7.?Two hundred Irish rebels captured Ballymakera! barracks yesterday. They killed one man, .wounded fifteen and took ninety prisoners. Tne prisoners were later released, after being dis armed. . * MONEY TO FIGHT WEEVIL ['.. Columbia, Dec, 7.?A special ap tpropriation of $25,000 independent j of the usual Clemson college bud get, will be asked of the general assembly by Clemson for the co operative boll weevil research lab oratory which the United States repartment of agriculture propos es to establish at Florence, accord- | ing to plans outlined by W. M. J Riggs. president of Clemson; W..W. Long, director of the Clemson ex tension forces, and XL W. Barre director of agriculture research at Clemson, before the state budget! commission yesterday. j The plan as outlined yesterday' calls for the introduction early in.I the season of a joint resolution au thorizing the $25.000 appropriation "This," President Riggs says, "is not be confused with the usual lines of public work supported by the college in the past. As im portant as we believe it is it must stand alone." No increase will be asked for the usual work of the extension de partment, Mr. Riggs says, though it will be necessary for the first time to request an appropriation to supplement the reducel fertilizer tax. "The college," Mr. Riggs says, "can not continue ori the basis of the fertilizer/tax alone. If the tax in 1923 produces $150.000, an addi tional appropriation of $90.000 will be needed; if $200.000 is raised through the tax then $40,000 will make up the deficit." Plans for the special boll weevil j experiment station at Florence were i also discussed at an informal meet ing of the agricultural committee of the Clemson board of trustees at the Jefferson hotel yesterday af '%rnoon. Every arrangement for the establishment of the station will be made in advance of the meeting of the general assembly, Mr. Riggs said, so that there will be no delay in beginning work should the legislature approve of the establishment, of the station. President W. M. Riggs, Director W. W. Long and Director II. W. Barre were named as a special com- ! mittee to prepare all plans for the ! laboratory. Attending the informal | session of the agriculture commit- [ tee were: J. E. Wannamaker ot j St. Matthews, Richard I. Manning, j of Columbia. A. F. Lever of Co- ! lumbia and Alan Johhstone ofi Newberry. \ GUNNERY FOR IRISH LEADERS' Dublin. Dec. 7. ? -President Cos- j grove announced to the Irish par- ' liament this afternoon that Deputy \ Sean Hales had been shot and kill- j ed. and Deputy Patrick O'Maille.j deputy speaker of the house, had j been wounded while enroute to the I parliament session. In Oregon a foolish doctor got! sent to prison to study criminals i when there are more criminals out- i side. Fake money bought good booze in Highland. N. J., but it is usually just the other way around. Bryan's brother was e'ected gov ernor of Nebraska, but it doesn't run in the family. I TRIAL Efforts of Lawyers toj Save Jeffords andi Harrison from Elec tric Chair Fail - Columbia. Dec. 7.^?It is ex pected that F. M. Jeffords and Ira Harrison will not Irave many more days on earth, following the re fusal of Chief Justice Gary' yes terday to grant them writs of er ror, on which to base their ap penls to the United States supreme court. The state supreme court has already passed on their cases and dismissed their appeals, and. it is. not expected that the Unit ed States supreme court will grant them a new trial. They will, in this event, at an early date pay the death penalty for the inurder of J. C. A met. re. Columbia Idling sta tion proprietor, who' was beat to death in his place of business on Main street last May. With their cases finally disposed of by the state supreme court, the. only chance the two convicted men have of getting new trials is to go before a justice of the United States supreme court and apply for. a writ on which to appeal to that tribunal. . However, it is not generally expected that a United. States supreme justice would grant the writ. a;fter the refusal of the chief justice of the state su preme court to grrant such a. basis for . appeal. No announcement has been made by attorneys for the two prisoners as to. what course they will follow, but it is not thought likely that even should a writ be granted, that the United States supreme courts will ? grant the two new trials. Unless a writ issues from the highest tribunal. Jeffords will , die on. December 22. He was recent ly sentenced the second time, to. death in the electric chair three days before Christmas. Harrison, unless the supreme court assumes jurisdiction in his appeal, will be re sentenced at the next term of criminal court in Columbia,; be ginning on January 8. Jeffords is represented by Jesse B. Adams, of Washington; Harrison is repre-. sented by B. B. Evans, of Colum bia. '. ' w , ? Two points are raised"" in their petition for writ on which to ap peal: first that a severance of the cases" should' have been grafited. and second, (hat the confessions of each of the two men'should not have been allowed "in evidence against the other. ^ ? ? ? COTTON MARKET NEW YORK Open Jan.. _ 24.48 March .. .. 24:58 May .. - :.24.54 Jtrty - _ 24.30 Oct. _ _ 22.88 Dec.: *.. - 24.52 Hljrh 24.78 24.93 24.88 24.57 23.95 24.72 Spots 10 up, 24.85. COTTON YeaWya Low- Close- ctoti*' 24.41 24.66 24.56 24.56 24.80 24.68 24.52 24.74 24.64 24.25- 24.42 24.37 22.81 22.97 22.99 24.35 24.64 24.53 NEW ORLEANS COTTON Yestdys Open Hljrh Low Close <:io?e . .24.00 24.45 24.00 24.34 24.15 . - 24.13 24.50 24.07 24.40 24.23 May. 24.07 24.40 24.01 24.32 24.16 July .. - . 23.91 24.20 23.90 24.13 23.96 Oct.... - .22.50 22.70 22.50 22.68 22.56 Dec.. = .- 23.95 24.39 23.93 24.23 24.18 Jan. March LIVERPOOL COTTON January .._ .. March . .'._ . May. JUly .;._ .;. October. December . Receipts. 2.000; Sales. 3.0C0; 14.17: Good Middling 14.27. . 13.60 . I3.A4 . 13.32 . 13.14 . 12.50 . 13.68 Middling. If we got everything we wanted! there wouldn't be room to put it. What this country needs is shoe] strings that last as long as shoes. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS HEP COMES J T?RKS YIELD TO FIRM STAND OF THE ALLIES _ i Complete. Change of Front Indicated by. Turks at; Laus?nne; Pejace Conference Lausanne. Dec. 6.?The allies today proposed to the Near East peace conference fhe appointment of ah irrternational commission to control the Dardanelles and the Bosphor?s. The great powers, in cluding the United States, Turkey, and Black sea countries to be represented. Lord Curzon pre sented the* plan. 1 H?rtBERL?lH TABLETS < FOR CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTION-, i Stomach ?SOLD EVERY W H ERE Birth Rate Declines Increase 4n Death'Rate- F?*; 1922 is Forecast Yvashington. Dec. 5 (By the '&s-' sociated Pres6>?A declining bu*th rate arid m ah iccreasing" death'. rate for 1922 as compared withs 1921 were forecast today by^t??/ forecast while the conference was meeting. The Turkish spokesman Nation on records for * the * -first outside the hall said Turkish p?si- j six months of the year for the r^g-; tion on i5ie straits control- will j istration are of the country,' - - probably hje nearer the allied plan] P rising about 82 per cent of than the Russian. The Turks ap- : population of the United S A changje of front by Turkey was' c-* ..?n. ?*?:? census bureau which based "Jts cal pear to ha-ve suddenly realized that centre*, by'., the Turkish warships would mean that Turkey will have, to build a j navy. " The Allied plan contains a ^scheme for limiting the number; an|d total tonnage of .war ships allowed and gives Turkey and Black 'Sea* countries the right to say how:" long warships may re main. . It ; also gives Turkey the right to search neutral merchant men durinjg the war. The meeting adjourned iintil Friday to give Tur key time' tio consider the plan. The birth rate for. the .fii months of this year was . 22:7 1,000 persons; while for the s period of 1921 the rate was j arid for the whole of last year North Carolina had the highest; for the half year, it being while .Virginia was second n 27.5. 'Vermont had the lowest ISA: ? ? * - The death rate -for., the months ending June "30, this yeaS;| was; 12.6 per 1,000 'population,f ( which for the same period of 132L/J i:h'e rate was 12, and for the wfco^et I ?f lasf year 11.6. 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