Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WstcJainan and Southron Eatesred at the Postoffice' at Sam ?er, "STci as Second Class Matter. B Miss Edna Boney,/who is attend ? ing Queen College, Charlotte, X. C, has arrived at home for the Christmas, hqltidays Miss Allen? Carroll is at home .. froni Converse College for the holi days^ Mrs. T. W. Sessions, of Lynch hurg spent Tuesday in town. Ooybrner-elect" Thos. G: Mc Le&i spent yesterday in the city. ! Mrs. H. E: Dreyenstedt is visit- i in gher. parents, Mr: and Mrs. E. j Os Haynaworth. ^ . j 'Mr. Eh Wells, of Oakland, Ca!., | is -spending the holidays in the; city with relatives, Mr. Wells is a Sumter boy. who went west a num berox years ago and has prospered in his adopted home. Clifford Cawford is at home convalescing from a case-of the ^flu/' He expects to be out in a few", day*, aiiii start to enjoying the holidays-witij?fiis home folks before going, back "to school at Davidson; College. -' , ' Mrs. Q/T. Dotson and family of j Qceah yiewvVa:. are here to spend j the> holidays with Mrs. Dotson'sl parents; Mr* and Mrs. T. R; Evans, \ Sr.V on ? F? Bartiette St. Mr: W. C. Wolfe is speeding the = hbiidays with his family at the cor- j jser of ChurchOstreet -and Hampton avenue. - I *|fr. W.:-H- Peter* of Columbia wast in the city Tuesday. Mr. Thomas McAtfpin Stubbs. whn. is attending the law depart ment of Harvard -Urrltrersity, is at home to spend the holidays with : his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. j Stubbs* - Mr. John E. Bowers and son, J.I J: Bowers, of I^ncaster, spent part) &f laat week with Mr. and Mrs. E. S?. McManus. .Many friends of Mrs. E. S. Mc Manus will be glad to know that she is able to be out again after i an.-illness.of .four weeks. The following.who are pursuing! th.eir> . studies " at the Presbyterian College -of Soath Carolina have re turned home f or the holidays: John Shaw,; Robert - Edmunds, Donald ? flarvin/. James Raffield, Frank Clarke, -DeSauesure Edrrfunds, Hen- t rj/%cI>durin,.Harrell Whilden, Mar ion fexworthv Eddie McCaskill and ? ;^'^bss:^ -|jf??thy;.Sh^w .has return e4? ^ome^for.- the Christmas holi days. ..- / -'.../ TMrs.;.William;Q. Peterkin, Mrs. Julia n ?^ennig, Mrs. Mortimer . .^arechy,: ~ M Lss" .ElUaibeth : Barnes, ar^;, Messrs. John A. Crawford, John Ml Go^wyn,:.Philip Assey, fatter,. Oolz, .Frank ? E- Sims,. and Daniel' Reed,' memb^rjB of. the Co-! l?mb"ia.Stage Society who present-j ^-^Enter 'Madame' *ai the opera spuse Tuesday night, returned to | Cclnmbia ?Wednesday'.mbrning. | -/Missies ? Bessie Mears and Nancy Carroll ? left' the 'Jcixy Wednesday' morning, MisS Clears to Columbia,! and Miss GairolLto Chester, where' they will spend the holidays. .^.-Mr. Alva. Spann, who Is attend-j - ?ng; iTrfhity- College, Durham, N. j ist at home *or the holidays. I ;Mr* Hughson Green returned to' Columbia Wednesday morning. j "* Mr. DuPre Rhame, attending; Fiirman University, v is spending the. holidays at- home. Misses . Agnes and Josephifte Hatmah/and Miss M. S. McCauley ] left Tuesday for Their home in i Virginia^ jvhere they will spend the \ hottdaysu- . ' * Miss Carrie- Roddy left Wednes- j day morning for her home in Rock j Hill. i Miss Bertha Creighton will spend] the holidays at home in North ] Augusta,. S. C. I The. following other teachers1 have* left the city to spend the I holidays at their homes: Miss j Eunice Long 'to Prosperity: Miss | Issbelle Williams to Cordelle, Ga.; j Mi.=s Ruth Harrington to Cheraw: ! Miss Bertha Hasty to Calhoun, i Ga.; Miss I. H. McNally to Union; j Mr. B. L. Williams, to Andrews, j and Mr. H. F.'Duncan to Cheraw. i \ Miss. Katherine Platt who has { been attending St. Mary's School inj Raleigh; N. C, is visiting her sis- 'j ter, Mrs. E. T. "Broadwell. Mr. W. H. Dargan, principal of j the Boys' High School, leaves to-! night for Little Rock. S. C, where j he will spend the holidays. ? Mrs. * _dWard Wright and son ofj Smithfield, N. C, are visiting Mrs. Wright's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.' J. Bland. -Mrs. C W. Smith and daughter] Alice left Wednesday morning fori Woodruff, Si C, to spend the holi- i x Mrs. C. W. Cofield, of Atlanta,! 2iaa arrive% in the city, having been' called op account of the illness ofj ?er brother Mr. Mott Lawrence,! who has been very ill for several i days. . . j Mr. T. L. Tarborough of this] c*ty was operated on Monday night j at the Tourney Hospital. Mrs. Ferd,- Levi returned fromj >?e.w York on. Tuesday. The many friends of Mrs. Fantl, \ Mrs. I^evi's sister, will be glad to 3cam that she is now convalescent, i Mr. "Burgess Bui ?man has re turred home from Catholic Uni versity, in -Washmgton, to spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. Eugene Moses, who has k been attending Georgetown Uni- i ? versity, arrived in the-city Th?rs-j ? day for the holidays. ft _ Mr. Perry Moses has returned; ?from a business trip to New York.j B Misses Blanche Spann and Em-j Wmie Osteen, who ' are attending; f Chicora College. returned homei f Wednesday-afternoon for the holi-j f days. Miss Lois Shirer is home from' Winthrop College for the holidays/ Miss Mary Alice Haigler will spend Friday with Mrs. J. D. Shir-j e? on her way from Southport, N.| C, to h^r 'home in Cameron. S. C. j Mrs.' !. A. -Ryttenbenr. who Wt] for Atlanta- Sunday, will join her daughter, Lydia, Thursday, going on] to Chicago where they will join Mr. Ryttenberg to spend the Christ mas holidays. ' Misses Harriet and><5ara Lucius passed through the city Wednesday from Chicora College, going home to spend the holidays. Miss Isabel Jennings, attending Randolph-Macon, has . returned, home for the holidays. Miss Marie Nash, who is con nected with Montreal Normal j school, returned Thursday morn-j ing for the holidays. Messrs. Charles Cuttino, Joel; Hodge, Robert Bland, and Marion Curtis, and Turner Davis have re turned from Furman University for the holidays. Mr. Noble Dick, who Is attend-j ing Charleston; Medical College, has returned home for the holi days. Ex-Governor Manning was a vis itor in the city 'Thursday. The following young ladies, who are attending Winthrop College} ! have re-turned home for the holi day^ Misses Annie Laurie Booth, Eleanor Wallace, Margaret Ed munds, Lizzie Brogdon, Lucy Burns, Toxie Turner, Katherine McKagen, Daisy China, Nancy Booth, Cather ine Timmerman, Kate Campbell, Ida Cuttino, Irene Dick. May Wil-j Iis Osteen, Sophie ^ Wells, "Laurai Mellette, Elizabeth Baker, Doris McCollum. Mamie McCollum, Eve lyn Shirer. Ethel Bateman, Mamie Wells, Clara Wells. Miss Harriett Temple is the visitor of Miss Irene Dick for the day. Mr. Frank Sholar has returned from the University of South Car olina to spend the holidays at home Mr. Marion DuRant, who is a student of Columbia Theological Seminary, was in the city Thurs day'on his way to his home inj Alcolu, where he will spend thej holidays. Messrs. George Wray. Henry She lor, and Blanding Upshur have re turned from North Carolina State College to enjoy the holidays at home. Mrs. M.. Pauline Cordes left, Thursday for Charleston to spend the holidays. 1 Mrs. Hugh Fr?ser has returned j to Charleston after spending sever al weeks with her brother, Mr. J. M. Dick. Mr. D. Jameson Cain left yester day for Asheville, where he and Miss Mollie Bowman will be mar ried todays Mrs. R. H. Robinson and chil-j dren have gone to Baltimore to] spend the holidays with relatives, j Miss Sarah Pratt Lapsley, of New; York, is visiting' Mrs. Rcmert San- j ders on Church St. Fourth Annual Road Instittue. . The Fourth Annual Road Insti- j tute, under the auspices of thej School of Engineering of the j University of South Carolina and: the State Highway department, j will be held at LeConte College, [ University of South Carolina, on j Tuesday. Wednesday, and Th?rs-1 dav, January 3.0. 31, and February! 1, "1023. J Program. xThe program will include morn-j ing, afternoon and evening ses- j sions. Eminent speakers will be | represented at every session and, those attending * cannot afford to; miss a single session, as every e'f-} fort has been made to make thej entire program valuable^ interest- j ing and instructive. j Registration. . Registration will take place at: LeConte College Tuesdcy, January; 30, 1923,. from 9:30 a. m. to 11:00 j a. m. Register promptly and bej ready for the regular program! which begins at 11:00 a. mi imme diately after registration: Special Features This Year. One evening session will be giv-! en over entirely to a radio concert, i Thofe in attendance will hear the! musical programs sent out from the! broadcasting stations of Pittsburgh, I Schenectady, Newark, and other, stations which may be selected. An inspection trip will be made) over the hard surfaced roads con- j structed by Richland county. Au- j tomobiies will be furnished and all j who desire to make the trjp will, be given an opportunity to ride many miles over some of the best ??and most up-to-date highways in' America. The complete program in detail! will be announced later. j Walter E. Rowe. Director of Institute. Name for New Creamery. The new creamery established j by the Sumter Ice & Fuel Co.. which i will begin operations Januarv 1st has been named "The Standard Creamery" and the butter that will be produced will be marketed un der the brand "Gold Band." The Su.mter Ice & Fuel Company offered a- prize of $7.50 for. thej most appropriate name for the creamery and a prize of the same; amount for the most suitable name1 for the butter. The suggestion for the name for the creamery was submitted by Mrs. F. Leon Scott. 214 West Cal-j he?un street, and the name for the; butter was made by Mr. W. J. Crow- i son. Sr., 130 Broad St. j Much attention is being attracted by the Ford locomotive and big ? guns, constructed entirely of Ford j parts, which are being displayed at ! H. C. Bland Motor Company. Their ; uniqueness is the outstanding fea- j ture. and yet they markedly resem- j hie a real train and a real cannon. Many children have peeped in with a pleasing expression of admiration on their faces, and hoping that Santa Claus has such a construc tive mind. Some people welcome the arrival of real winter and are hoping for' a White Christina.-;. These folks should move to Catada. Refrigerator cars are handling Christmas mail so try to ]<??<??> cool ?mt<; your packages conic. Once your friends put you hep but now they put you hip. MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR NEW WARSHIPS Scrapping of Battle ships Does Not Seem to Have Accomplish ed Much Toward .Limitation of Naval Armament - Washington, Dec. 20 (By the As sociated Press)?Relative fight ing efficiency of British and American battleships, particularly at long: range, were understood today to have been called sharply to the.attention of the senate naval committee in consideration of the pending naval appropriation bill. Naval officers are known to be greatly concerned on the. point, as the British have virtually complet ed post-war modernization of their 3 5 inch, gun ships, and no start on similar work has yet been made in the American navy. The effect of the British post war improvement, it was said today in naval circles, was to give the entire main British fleet a range of 30,000 yards against a maximum of about 20,000 yards for all American battleships, but the Ten nessee, California, Maryland, Colo rado and West Virginia, in addi tion as permitted under the Wash ington treaty, the British ships have been equipped with "blister" anti-torpedo construction and their decks armored, against airplane bombs and. high angle fire. A rough estimate of the cost of modernizing American ships in the same way, so far as increasing gun elevations, and strengthening decks is concerned, is approximately $60, 000,000. In the British program as much as $4,000,000 is said to have been expended on a single ship. When naval estimates were under consideration in the budget bureau and- later before the house ap propriations subcommittee, it was said, funds were asked by navy of ficials for a limited program begin ning this year on making battle ships to be retained under the trea ty. The items presented called for conversion of coal burning battle ships of the 14 inch gup type to j oil burners and the^ installation of five inch anti-aircraft batteries "to replace all present three inch guns j on'the big ships: The items wenij out both before the budget bureau | and. subcommittee, but there are indications that more urgent re-! presentations are being made to the! senate.. Change from coal to oil fuel is of vital importance in widening the' effective, radius of action of the j ships, it was explained by naval of-j ficers, while substitution of five inch : anti-aircraft batteries means using shells with a 50 yard burst instead , of the 25 yard area covered by three inch projectile. In other words, it was said, a curtain of fire against aircraft with five inch guns would need one-half the number of guns, in action to make it effective. The most striking point to. which attention is.being directed, however, is that of long range big gun fire, Opposed to modernized British fleet today naval officers have stated the bulk of the American fleet would face the necessity of closing in five; miles under salvo fire before they | could bring their own guns toj bear. As the British ships are also! faster, it is said, the possibility ofj bringing the entire fleet into ac- j tion would be negligible. Older! American battleships as well as the' British ships now modernized Were designed and built before the pos sibilities of aircraft "spotting" were seen. Their-gtins had a range up to the limit of vision from the spot ting tops of the ships, which is 20, 000 yards under mast favorable conditions. Tests with aircraft, how however, have fully demonstrated both in American and British naval j opinion based on war lessons that | fire can be made effective against ships entirely out of sight over the horizon. The British are said to have acted on this knowledge in making the costly changes neces sary to raise turret guns to a 30 j degree firing elevation as compar ed to the old 11 or 12 degree ma'xi-| mum. The decision of Judge Memmin- ! ger in the case, involving the en-1 forcement of the law prohibiting the sale or having in possesison meat of any kind except such meat as is derived from animals slaught ered in the city abbattoir or feder ally inspected is printed in full to day. It will be of especial interest to residents of this city and citi zens of the county, in view of the j fact that the Sumter City Abattoir' will be in operation within a few ! weeks, and a law similar to that ef- i feetive in Charleston will be en- | forced here. When a man is talking to him- j self he belives everything he hears, j Some women' want housedresses for Christmas but movie tickets are! considered more useful. v. saving for a rainy day find Christmas an annual cloud burst. Eyeglasses are cheaper and now you don't have to look over the top so vou won' twear them out.! i i Have you a man friend you like? Give him a misujpd used ea r. Education increases your earn ing capacity unless you happen to ti? come .?!!! educator. 'I urkov refuses to pii?ce a limit ?i ii j- army v.hioh is she limit. 1 WORLD NEV ' Charleston, Dec, lft.?Vice Pres ident Coolidge will be the princi pal speaker here tonight at the annual New England society din ner. iHe arrived thisNmorning and spoke at the Charleston College and orphan home and then toured the city and harbor.' Washington, Dec. 19.?The ap popriation bills for the treasury and labor departments were sent to the president today by congress. Charleston, Dec. 19,?Six women and four men were injured today when a Seaboard passenger train hit a trolley car on the outskirts of the city. None was seriously hurt. Turin, Italy, Dec. 19.?Fighting has again broke out here between the Fascisti and Communists. Ten have been killed. Salt Lake City, Dec. 19^?Henry G. Boonstra, the missing airmail pilot, was found alive and well\at a ranch. His airplane was forced down by a blizzard while enroute to Rock Springs, Wyoming, accord ing to advices to officials here to day. . Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 19.? Federal prohibition officers today raided the exclusive Southern club here. They confiscated a small quantity of whiskey but nobody was arrested. % Washington, Dec. 19.?The fed eral council of the churches of Christ in America today asked hundred thousand congregations in America to observe December 24th as world peace Sunday. Denver, Dec. 19.?The police today admitted they had lost trace* of the three bandits who seized two hundred thousand dollars from guards at the mint here yesterday. Washington, Dec. 20.?The jusr tice department is preparing to. file suit against the Wright-Mar-, til? Aircraft Corporation to rer? cover a war claim for over three and half million dollars. Assistant Attorney General Seymour . told tile house judiciary committee at the hearing of impeachment charges, against Attorney General Daugh'-; erty. ^ Los Angeles, Dec. 20.?The, condition* f Wallace Reid, the ac tor, whose health broke down after he quit liquor and drugs, was re ported'improved today. Washington. Dec. 20.?Former Secretary of War Baker today apf? pea red . before/- the special .grand jury that is investigating war frauds. Charlotte, N. C? Dec. 20.?Hun dreds of textile mills in North and South Carolina today prepared to resume their normal schedule, fol-; lowing the power curtailment pro gram in force since November 2"L, Officials of the Southern Power company announced that the cur-, tailment would be formally an nulled today. . j New York, Dec. 20.?Twenty two civilian employes of the Brooklyn naval base, were arrested today. They were indicted several months ago by a federal grand jury in connection with alleged* thefts of more than *a million dol lars worth of government property. Department of justice agents made the arrests. Washington, Dec. 20.?The sen ate judiciary committee today heard witnesses called by Senator Dial to relate circumstances alleged to support charges that Joseph W. Tolbert of South Carolina, Repub lican national committeeman, had received financial offers for use of his influence. Considered charge that Tolbert, who has been nomi nated for United States marshal sold patronage. Tolbert appeared in his own behalf. The hearing was executive. Lausanne, Dec. 20.?Ism et Pasha today announced to the American correspondents the receipt of a message from Mustapha Kemal announcing that the American college at Smyrna could reopen. He said the nationalists were not opposed to American schools in Turkey. Warsaw, Dec. 20. ? Stanislas Wojciechowski today was elected president of Poland. Washington, Dec. 20.?Former Governor Cooper of South Carolina rallied satisfactorily- from a minor operation, performed last night at a local hospital, it was reported to day. He will be out in a few days. Washington, Dec. 20.?Cotton ginned prior to December 13th to taled 9.493,290 bales, included were 24,Gl 3 bales American Egyptian. 5,255 sea island, the cen sus bureau announced today. -The South Carolina crop was 502.394; North Carolina 832,305. Merrouge, La., Dec. 21?Divers today began a search of the bot tom of Lake LaFourche for the bodies of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards, who have been missing since five citizens were kidnapped, by masked men on August 24th.. A detachment of state troops assisted the divers and guarded them. State huthorities and detectives work ing on the case decline to either affirm or deny the reported finding of the bodies.' Marion. 111.. Dec. 21.?Two state witnesses today said that Hugh Willis, the miners* union official, was in the Herrin riot mob. They were uncertain about his identi fication, however, on c.ors exami IS IN BRU nation. Witnesses testified in the trial of the five men charged with murder in connection with the riots. Columbia, Dec. 21.?Freezing weather that has coated wires with ice was followed by a steady driz zle today which demoralized wire communications. The weather bu reau promises' better conditions to night. Greensboro. X. C, Dec. 21.? Basiii H. Hedge, former cashier of the Home Banking company, of High Point, was convicted today of making a false entry in the ac^ count of one of their customers. Washington, Dec. 21.?The navy f appropriation bill with the house | provision asking the president to call another disarmament confer ence and limit the building of war ships under ten thousand tons was reported to the senate today. Cotton Famine / is Predicted! Statement Issued by Harvie Jordan Washington. Dec. 16. ? Harvie Jordan of St. Matthews. S. C, nat ional secretary and treasurer of thej .American _Cotton association, sa-d | today, relative to the present and | future cotton situation: "The recent forecast of the fed- j era! crop reporting bureau indi cates the smallest cotton crop grown in the United States. since I 1903, with the exception of the dis astrously short crop of 1921. The heaviest reduction in production ^this year is in the old cotton grow ing states east of the Mississippi river. If better success is not had in 192J3 a world famine in raw cotton supplies is definitely assur ed. The most serious factor develop ing in connection with the cotton boll* weevil ^menace is found in the! steady and increasing exodus of thousands of negro and sraaU white tenant farmers from' the South Atlantic and Middle Giilf. cotton states. The white farmers, with their families, are moving to cotton mill centers. in the Caro linas -and Georgia, while the negro farmers are' migrating, to large in dustrial centers in the middle, eastern and western states. Due to the extreme hazards of growing cotton under .heavy weevil infesta tion and in the absence of usual credits from landlords, ?upply merchants or local banks, these people are becoming discouraged 'fcfnd ; forced to secure other employ ment to obtain a living wage for themselves and families. !? "Numbers of cotton plantations] are heing depopulated and this Condition presents a most serious agricultural economic situation in the sections affected. The negro farm laborers who have gone and who are leaving are - not likely ever to return. There have been ho young mules shipped into the '; old cotton states for farm purposes j since the spring of"*!920, and this shortage in mule'power, together; with hundreds of abandoned farms, gives a gloomy outlook for j cotton production in 1923. : "The American Cotton associa tion is making every effort, through the establishment of county dem onstration farms and boll weevil control measures, to overcome the disasters of the weevil in 1923. 4T came here to attend the con vention of the National Coopera tive -Marketing associations, as a representative of the American Cotton association, which has ac tively aided in the organization of cooperative marketing associations throughout the cotton belt "For the last three years the American -Cotton association has waged a persistent fight for federal legislation for a comprehensive sys tem of intermediate agricultural banking credits. Officials of the j association have spent miich time in Washington and in appearing before the senate agricultural committee in advocacy of this im- j peratively needed legislation. Con- j ditions now appear satisfactory, and American farmers, I feel, can be assured of a solution of this matter in the near future, as both the present administration and the congress are definitely com mitted to the speedy enactment of an agricultural banking bill that will give necessary credits to farmers. The advocacy of this leg islation is among the principal rea sons of my presence in Washing ton, together with other officials of the American Cotton association." - Somehow, isolation doesn t seem quite so splendid when you re flect that a friendly word would pnice the other fellow on his feet. Christmas doesn't cost a bachelor as much but it isn't worth as much. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON Yettdyi Open High Low Close Close j.M.. .- .... 2o.o? 2a.// Zj.oO 2o.b8 2a./5 March _ .. 2S.88 26.08 25.8* 26.03 25.<>8 May .. .. 26.00 26.14 25.94 26.10 26.07 July . .. 25.75 25.92 25.75 25.85 2o.82 Oct. 24.17 24.26 24 15 24.23 24.26 Dec .25.70 25.78 25.55 25.65 25.84 .Spots 15 off. 25.90. NEW ORLEANS COTTON . " Yeetdre Open High Low Gose Close Jan. 2o.50 25.65 25.47 25.58 25.57 March .. 25.63 25.76 25.60 25.68 25.67 May .. . 25.66 25.77 25.61 25.68 25.68 July - . 25.47 25.57 25.41 25.50 25.49 Oct . .. 23.83 23.88 23.81 23 88 23.83 Dec . .23.57 25.78 25.50 25.73 25.55 Liverpool Cotton. ?--??~*v ?' "4 March . 14.19 M*y . 14.04 July ._. 13.84 Ociober . 13.03 December. 14.43 i:?-m?|pfs. 4.". "Od- ?les. 42 ?00; Middling. 14.08: Cood Middling, 13.0S. Trying to Push Ship Bill Aside Both Sides Struggle For Dom inance in Senate?Matter is Unsettled Washington, Dec. 18. ? Sup porters of the administration ship ping bill and members of an alli ance between opponents of the measure and proponents of the Norris agricultural financing bill struggled for . dominance in the senate today without definite re sult. The issue, which was before the senate throughout a six-hour Ses sion, was embodied in the motion of Senator Norris, of Nebraska, chairman of the agriculture com mittee, and a leader in the new progressive bloc, to lay aside the ship bill and to take up the sena tor's own measure to create a gov ernment capitalized agency to buy and sell farm products. The ques tion was the subject of numerous conferences and several speeches, including the maiden address of Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa. An attempt was made soon after the session began to obtain unan imous consent for a vote on the motion late tomorrow and appear ed on the point of success, but a wrangle over the detail blocked the way. Renewed efforts are to be made tomorrow with prospects fa voripg a vote before adjournment. Demand that the shipping bill be laid aside was made during the session by Senator Brookhart, Senator Borah, Republican. Ida ho, and Senator Fletcher, of Flor ida, leader of the Democratic op position to the measure. Senator Ransdell, .Democrat, Louisiana, in a four-hour speech, urged prompt passage of the legislation while Senator Jones, Republican, Wash ington, in charge of it, stood firm ly on his determination to keep the bill, before the seriate until rural credits legislation could be reported to the senate .by the banking and currency committee. Chairman McLean of this commit tee, announced during the day that such action might be expected early next-week. One senator?John Sharp Wil liams, Democrat,. Mississippi?an nounced he would not vote either way on the question, because he said he would feel himself "dis graced either way.*' He said he had not thought "it was within the realm of human ingenuity to frame a bill worse than the ship subsidy bill "but that Senator Norris by his measure '.'had accomplished the impossible." Two Bankruptcy Petitions Filed. .'Charleston, Dec. 16.?An in voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States dis trict court here yesterday by cred itors against C. M. Davis, Son &~ Co., of *Summertqri, Clarendon county, Joseph E. Davis, Clarence N. Sprott and Francis CL Davis being named as the members qf the partnership, this being a hrahch store, it is stated. A ?imilar petition . was. filed hy other creditors against. X?. M. Davis, Son & .Co., of Davis'. Sta tion, Clarendon. county* Joseph E. Davis and Clarence N. Sprott being reputed to be the' co-partn ers composing this establishment, j :r-?? ? ? -H ? COTTON MILL STATISTICS Washington, -Dec. 19.?Spindle hours in American cotton mills ! during November numbered eight billion, seven hundred ten million, two hundred twenty-four - thou sand, seven hundred ninety-four, the census bureau announced, j This was four liwadred and* twen ty thousand more, than in October Spindles in place were thirty-sev en million, one hundred seventy five thousand and two hundred thirty-three, of which thirty-four million, six hundred sisty-four thousand, six hundred thirty were operated. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS MRS duff MAS HAD ME RATW worried too-she has BEEfJ 5PEniD?nG a GREAT DEAL of HER TIME in an^PSTAlf? room with the door locked - She keeps itlocked All of the Time ? <9 i Gaffney Weight Beats Thornwel! ?AHBERL?W5 T??LLTS U FOR CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS - Headache? INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble -SOLD EVERYWHERE- i ? ? : -vt MARTIAL LAW IN LOUISIANA Losers Scare Cherokee Lads With Passes?Cannot j Stop Big Backs Greenville, Dec. 19.?Utilizing straight football against forward-: passing by Thornwell, the Gaffney High school team won the upstate. championship here this afternoon j on Manley field by a score of 32 to f 14 in*a game which was jammed' full 'of scintillating plays and: which was up and'down enough to j keep the final outcome in doubt { from the very beginning. until the final play. Two distinct types of football were played. Gaffney resorted to line plays and end runs, while the Thornwell team," finding early in the first -quarter that they could do nothing with the Gaffney line, resorted to the second-story route and flipped thirteen' successful for ward passes during^ the contest out of sixty-three tries for a to tal yardage of .194. Their, passing game resulted in their two touch downs. Wilson, playing end, was a wonder at snagging the oval in the air, and with this weapon the J er, over telephone said he .ittv; Clintonites kept the Cherokeeans \ nothing except he had been ; constantly in doubt as to their next move. <When Gaffney took the bail there was no doubt as to what would be done, with one or two exceptions. These heavy lads sim ply crushed their way to victory. Butler, Clary and Cook wei*? the: report was that the troops stars in the backfield for the Gaf- i guard the court house during fney team. Clary made two beau-i ?Pen inquiry . into - the kidhappiSK Troop of National Guardsmen Ordered to Mer Rouge ? _ Monroe, La., Dec. 20.?TSixty-j National Guardsmen,' with!" officers, who lef there last nighigjpn a mysterious journey camped'?"*&*? Mer Rouge'today; Governor ker and state orhcials dechn^ state the reason for the trip, troops commander, Captain dered to go to Mer Rouge. lilga, generally believed the movement?|s connected with the situation gr ing out of the kidnapping of^ Mer Rouge Citizens last* Aug two of whom are still missing.. another, that the bodies of Daniels and Thomas Richards, tiful runs of twenty-seven and twenty yards and put the ball in scoring distance on both occasions.) missing men,.have been founds ? ? m ? ' the lake. State and county taxes are be ing paid slowly. The penalty of 1 per cent goes on after December] 1st. . * -? ? ? ?-^ Marriage License Colored: Murray Pinckhey Katy Smith of Dalzell. A pocketbook is a good gift but it will not be needed until a few} barber college, weeks after Christmas. * [shave. Chicago has a de?f ?fed Long -may; EVERETT TRUE ANxd Udck TH <z(*jS on TtrifiT ^<?<sV^i ?^BULLY *But MOW IT MtCHT HOlAjAsveR BY ALLMAN ?-~^ S BUSY \ f MOW YOU'lL^ TO WAIT * SEAT. EASE YOU SEE,THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN FOR. THE CAST THREE WEEKS;THAT SHE TOLD YOO ABOUT- I WANTED TO KEEP IT AS A CHRISTMAS 50RPR1SE FOR. HER " MA - HA HA-^ THAT'S A GOOD OME, l'USAV! 4