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Two: J^onstratioaAg?***,, > For Sumtes County Foaui 93lj The>Ssmte<* County - Legislative delegatioa-r-Senator-D. D.' Moise and Representatives E. W. Dabbs, Jr., John B. Duffie and S. K . Nash ?held'a meeting in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at which Mrs. S. O. Plowden, District Home Demonstration Agent and a com mlftee representing the Sumter County Women's Council, and a committee representing/, the . Young ^Ten's Business League and the Rotary Club were present. Mrs. . Plowden and the Committee of the Women's Council presented a re quest that the appropriation for tii? Sumter County Home Demon stration be continued for the year I $23. The Home .Demonstration) w3wk in Snmter county was discuss-j e$-;at length. This discussion took place before Representative Nash shrived, but the other members ef the delegation ; unanimously de efi?fed to continue: the necessary ap PtfOpriatio.n of $1,303 for this-work. T$j?* committees from the Young 3$&nr& Business League and Rotary ?l?h presented- the request origi na?fy fOrmulafed by the Young 3$*n's Bhsines? League, and en dorsed by the Rotary Club, that a sufficient sum be appropriated to maintain twe> full time demonstra t5o?%agents in Sumter county. The federal "appropriation- for this pur5- j pose is $1,500 for each county, and j W employ two full time agents, ae-< cording to the estimate of Dr. W. W." Long, State Director of Farm | E> tension Work, the minimum sum cf $6,000 per year will be required, ti'us necessitating ? the appropria tfcfca by Sumter cotmty of not. less j tfcan $4,500^- to> 'supplement the] federal appropriation. Tlfere was a -f?ll and - free disVjussJon ? of the jrrdjwjsitio? by -.the committees and >fce members of the delegation, ?f t?r vhich" the delegation went into executive session. It is stated that a decision was, reached that the aptfrojariation be made for the two lull time agents: - o ? ? ?-? Mrs. W. D. Boy kin Entertains j Thursday" afternoon," December ltthi .Mrs. W. D: B?ykih was the charming hostess at her home on . Calhoun Street-to celebrate her first wedding anniversary. Seven tables we*e> placed for bridge-in the re ception room, whose attractiveness was' accentuated .by vases of cut flowers- and pot plants. After- a number of games a. salad course with ho tcoffee was enjoyed. ? set of tea napkins was present ed'^ Mrs. Rilev Bradham as tOp4 -score prize, a vanity case to Mrs, | Pfetsoh Dick as consolation, and j Jfh? M. S. Bovkin received- the j . booby, a handsome" handkerchief, j ?fefer Helen Childs, of Henderson- { ^7$tfct N: d;, who is spending the{ WtntP>--Swnter. presented t With a lovely box of handker-? Chiefs. Mrs. Boykin was assisted, in en tertaining by Mesdames Edward MbCallum, Robert Plowden, Miss Teresa Chandler and little Miss G.ussie Williams. Death. ,Mr.<Geo. H.^ewis died Monday night at his home in the Singleton aaiffhborhood, near this city, aged al??ut sixty-six years. He is sur vived by his wife, who was before marriage Miss Carrie Singleton, and - several children. The fun eral was held at 3 o'clock Tues day afternoon from his late resi- j dence. Death. Miss Mary Daugherty died thisj morning at 2:15. Aged seventy nine years. The interment will be at the Sumter cemetery at eleven o*-ck>ck Wednesday morning. Rela tive's and friends are invited to at tend. She is an aunt of Mr. M. D. Daugherty of this city. <t> <ii' Party for Bride-Elect. Monday afternoon Mrs. W. M. j Turner and Mrs. A. A. Howell en tertained a number of guests at the home of the latter on Broad street, j complimenting Miss Jumelle Wil- j Itams/ whose -marriage to Mr. Pel- j ham Bradford will take place dur ing the holidays. The rooms were! ?>eautifuny decorated with holly, j southern smilax and Christmas ber- j rfes." I 'The merriment began when each i guest was asked to cut a pattern j for the bride's use. Miss McCau ley proved to be the most skillful \ a?d received a box of handkerchiefs which she presented to the guest of j honor. Miss Williams also receiv- i ed a pretty piece of hand made lingerie. Next, with the letters of her name in acrostic form, each; one wrote a page of advice to the bride-elect. Then a fortune game was played, each one being blind folded and finding her'fortune in a large heart, where she touched her~arrow. When the ^bride's turn came the door leading to the Land of Happiness was opened. As she crossed the threshold two little fairies of happiness, little ? Misses Maude Minter Turner and Ida Wil low- Howell. took her hands and.Jed her to another room. When the blindfold was removed the bride's gaze fell upon a display of nu merous and beautiful gifts from her friends. After the gifts had been viewed by all. the hostesses assist ed by Mrs. E. M. Staley, and Master Avery Howell, served block cream, iced cake and mints-. The Christ mas colors were used in the deco rations, games and refreshments. If many of our day dreams came true they would be nightmares. Our idea of a good time would be to get a dog and name him Tariff and tie a can tc his tail. * EXTER MADAME^ This Pleasing Play Wett Presented at Ojpera House Tuesday Even ing. '?Eriter Madame'' :was' yery ac ceptably presented at the Opera rjouse Tuesday evening by. talent representing the Stage Society of Colombia, This play portrays in dramatic form the - problems and. perplexities of divorce, ?' Situation that .fortunately does nor *serious ly concern South'CaroKnians. - The r ?lay is dependent" for its interest almost* entirely upon the proper porlrayal of character. Un less this is well done; the; play has very little interest for an- aud> ience. Happily, those who 'took part last evening ^had an- appreciative ccnceptibn of the characters that they represented, andMhey acted so well as: to hold the interest ofj the audience from 1 beginning to end. While the - characters were' all portrayed with varying degrees of excellence and while it may be said that the Stage Society of Columbia is to be-* cordially " congratulated upon the-inanherin-which this play was presented, still the outstand ing character of the pfciy was Madame, as presented by Mrs. W. G. Peterkin.- Mrs. Peterkin was formerly Miss Julia Mood, a daugh ter Of Br. J. A.- Mood of-this* city. Mrs.- Peterkin "unquestionably has genuine "dramatic:"?? ability, and, while the-- character; that ehe .por trayed T?as aH*ery difficult; one, she executed this role . with the high-] est degre of effectiveness. Her acting was unusual and -of a high degree of excellence."- A- Sumter audience felt very-proud of one of Sumter^ former daughters. ? A Very appreciate audience evi dently fe^ grateful, to the Asso ciated Charities and . to the High School Athletic Association for bringing such an excellent play-to Sumter.. ? - ? i ' * mfc ? ? ?^?. _ Mamag license 7. . :? ; White: - F. Pelham TBradford and Ju nelle Wilhams of Sumter. Colored: . Geo. W. Powell of Washington and Magnolia L. Cohen of Rem bert, a C. Faris Butler and Adrianna Mont gomery of Sumter. William Phillips and Flora E. Brunsen-of Sumter. ?> ?; Christmas Community Singing. Community singing will be held in the parks -at ^ o'clock p. m. Monday ? Christmas Day. Mr.: Moore- will- lead the singing and! an orchestra will assist, t All who' have heretofore' participated - in the community singing have been asked to join the chorus Christmas j Bay, and all others- are-cordially! Invited to take part. The public! generally is urged to attend, par ticipate in and enjoy this celebra tion of Christmas. > ? \ The Job' of two full time farm demonstration agents - who will j work in" Sumter 'county next year.! wiH. be to promote,^ encourage and i direct the development of the dairy-j ing industry, as well-as; to lead the! fight against the boll weevil andl assist the farmers in finding meth-j ods to.^produce cotton at a profit | under" boll .-weevil conditions. The! most effective method ?f beating the boll weevil ts the development of a successful system of diversified | fanning, including dairying, c?b-! tie, hog and poultry raising; fruit and truck growing, so that cotton iw?i be-a surplus; and not the sole money crop- of the farm. This can i be done in Sumter county and the [ farm demonstration agents are the leadere entrusted for the campaign to- restore .prosperity. . - ? ? ? ' Columbia, Dec. 21.?An interest ing two-corner -controversy has arisen regarding the" amount of in come taxes collected and collectible in South Carolina* last year; with W. R. Bradley,, of the state tax commission, and' Internal Revenue Collector Jones, of Columbia, tak ing one -position, and members of j the Greenville legislative delega tion and. Internal Revenue Collec tor D.-R. Blair, of' Washington, taking the other, v ? - " Mr. Bradley and Mr. Jones have made" statements- to the effect-that the federal government collected in federal-Jricome taxes, due on last I year's mComes, during 1921, a to j.tal of'hetweeh three and four mil lion dollars,: and that the State's income tax, 'being one^tftfed of the federal7 - tax, should net - around a million. Mr. ? Bradley says that the collections already made or fn sight .win total "around a million", and he expresses satisfaction with the result. Senator "Bonham, Representative [Foster McKlssick of Greenville and Mr. Blair, of the Washington reve nue office, have stated that the to tal federal income tax collections in South Carolina last year total-/ ed $11,?84.7?5, and that this shows that rhe state income tax collec tions are far short. Mir. Bradley and Mr. Jones, here contend that these collections include income taxes due and unpaid for 1318, 1919; 1920 and 192*1, and Mr. Blair has j wired Washington for authority j to publish the exact figures show ing thesa collections. The'outcome of the dispute is watched with (statewide interest. ?-; ? Correct this sentence: "Our j cook isn't good/' said Mrs. New jrich at the party;***and it's all I can do to ' keep from going into the kitchen to do it myself.*" "Exposure," says an: Artie ex plorer, "develops one." Hello, short Skirts. ?' ? " **' School Savings Fund Bank pf Sumter to Inaugurate System in School The National Bank of Sumter has started "a -movement that-will prove one of the best ways to help beat the boll weevil to it. This bank will early in 1923 inaugu rate rh every white school of the eity of Sumter the "School Savings System1-* which is the beginning of a campaign of thrift education among the thousands of pupils. E. I. Reardon, secretary of the ; Sumter Chamber of Commerce has interviewed W. J. Crowson. Jr., cashier of the National Bank of Sumter and reports the following interesting information about this savings system. Mr. Crowson explained that in each-of these schools there will be installed by his hank an automatic receiving, teller in the shape of a. machine which will contain sav ings stamps somewhat similar to the thrift stamp of the denomina tions- of. one cent, five cents, ten cents and twentyrfive cents. When the pupil pushed the automatic machine after depositing his or her money a~-stamp of whatever de nomination is paid for will be thrown- out;- Every pupil will be supplied- by this bank- with a fold er in which to paste the thrift stamps. When one or more dol lars, in stamps is-accumulated this folder is' taken to the bank and the stamps deposited in the reg ular savings department and the pupil is given a savings depart ment pass book. The pupil is then enrolled' as a regular depositor of the-bank.? Even though the amount is small thei Officers of the bank, accord ing to. Mr. Crowson's statement, will take as much interest in the small tleposit-as though it were one of the large amounts deposited. The pupil . will then be a real as* set tvr the bank and: to the com munity. ???? Mr. Crowson said that for two or three years he has been investi gating the field and looking for a pradtioai school savings system. This plan of stimulating-the habits of thrift about to be inaugurated was' submitted to Dr.-Samuel H. Edmunds, superintendent of Sum ter city schools and'he! is very en thusiastic over the plan and be lieves that the pupils will be only too glad to take advantage of this opportunity offered them. ? ? / In order to create Interest in this -proposition Dr. Edmunds. had Mr. R.- D. Epps and Mr. W. J. Crowson, Jr., to-talk to the pupils of the' Boys' high- school and the Girls" high school, and on the day the machines or automatic receivr ing tellers are installed- additional talks will be made. The National Bank of Simitar- has-the; approval and co-operation ' Of toher ? Sumter banks in this movement - to en courage the pupils te- save their money: Nothing, ? from an eco nomic standpoint- could be done towards teaching boys and girls'the value of being thrifty and saving tfeefe* money or^at least a good;part thereof than this -convenient and templing hidthod . of saving - pre sented -at conjsiderable cost by this bank. - ? ? It-during the formative period of their lives the boys and girls eorr tract the habit of putting aside, a portion of their money or/ earn ings they will in later-years be im pressed with> the value of* the cus tom fronv practical experience in savings and in banking experience. This school savings system- makes a depositor of every pupil?makes them more or less ."business men" and "business women" doing busi ness with a regular bank - and drawing interest on their - savings deposits annually,. - That . the community and the county will greatly benefit in the years to come bj? the education of thousands of youngsters along lines of conservative economy is a foregone conclusion. The. Nation al Bank of Sumter and the Sum ter city schools' are to be con gratulated an'd commended f on this adrairaDle installation of a ? plan that means so much to the thou sands of pupils of today and the years to come. . . . m* m> A.C. L. Train Wreck Forty Persons Hurt in Derail ment of Train 83 . JesUp.^Ga., Dec. 20.?Forty per-] sons were injured, none seriously, ! when seVen Pullman cars of pas Isenger train No. S3, southbound, on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, turned over between Allehhurst and Mclntosh about 10 o'clock to night. Dr. Branch of Lirzowici, who was the first to respond to the call for physicians, found that there is ortiy one -person in the group of injured who will have to "go to a hospital. He said' that she was -from New York state, accompanied by herj husband' and nephew, en route to ; Florida. He did not take her name. He said that he rendered only first aid to the Injured. This woman and all of the other passengers on the Pullman were brought here, only the rear portion of the train being derailed. The in jured were then taken to Jackson ville, Fla.-, where the passengers will receive further medical atten tion. "None of the wounds are seri ous," said Dr. Branch. "They are lacerations and bruises. The Pullmans were turned over on their sides and men, women and . children were thrown on to a tang I led mass inside the cars. That j there were no limbs broken seems almost miraculous." Traffic will be tied up for some time on the Savannah division of jthe Atlantic Coast Line. The cause of the wreck has not been determ ined. Daughter is unfailingly thought ful, and she now is selecting the nice things Dad Is to give her for 1 Christmas. The Real Christmas Spirit at the Schools ?:';U \ ';,* ? The rtp8s:,Lean^ That, It is More ?tessl-M ^ to Receive On the eve of the closing of the city schools'for the Christmas hol idays, the pupils seem to be thor oughly imbued with the real Christ mas spirit, whieh is the spirit of doing for others. * This makes Christmas a period of genuine joy because it is only by giving, happi ness to others ^that we can ever hope to be happy ourselves. At the Girls* High School Build ing a beautifully decorated tree had been placed on the rostrum .of the auditorium. The tree was hot only beautifully decorated but sug gestive of: joy and happiness. It was hot a Christmas tree from which those who were present were . to receive, but by which they were to give joy, happiness, and com fort to others. Among the contributions for the tree were clothing; toys; grocenesr, fruit, books and farm produce. .In addition to these things, an offer ing of $6/50- was contributed from the school. There was a special offering from Mr. Metropol of a hex of oranges and ten pounds of candy. The tree was given through .the Junior Red Cross organization. In connection with the tree a Junior Red Cross program was given/by the members of the high school; The president of the organization stated that for five years a member ship of one hundred per cent had existed in the Girls* High School. She called np?n the members to renew their pledge of service. This was done; the whole school stand ing1 at attention, while the words of the pledge were repeated. All of the things contribnted will gc toward* making a happy Christ mas time for those less fortunate ones in our country. The same spirithas manifested itself to a remarkable degree in the ; other buildings. A class of girls has donated boxes of home-made candy and boxes" of nutsto be sent f to the base hospital to those who were wounded in France or h&ve contracted tuberculosis'. One class of boys has a family for whom they : have made a' beautlfiil Christmas tiee, and this family is expected t? c?ine to the tree. A class .of; girls has 4 a Chrjstttias tree ior a llille girl, Svfco is" expected to come and see it -Another class of girls has a tree, and they expect Sant? C'aus to gp with; them to;,^e?vei? the gifts- on '(^Tp^^eye/^^h s^me class has an offering of' $6.00 with which to huy groceries. "v aM of the classes in the Hampton School ; haye contributed wood, fruit, clothing, canned goods, anil chickens to - make other people; happy. In the Washington School, there stood in th? hall, a beautifully^deo orated Christmas tree with; nmny colored lights. Around the^foot of this tree were place4 fruit, clothing and canned goods. Be sides these, things, this school has ah' offering of $T5.00. -: All these little folks will be ' happier on Christmas because they have- made happiness for others by their gifts. At the Boys* School they' are at all times active through the -Red Cross in helping in every way that they can. This morning theyrsent fruit and other substantial gifts. The Daugherty Gase i i ? s Judiciary Stfll > , SirqggHng With B?^cj?neiii > Whitewash , . Washington, Dec.' 1 ^.--Hearings on the Daugherty impeachment case were resumed today by the house judiciary comrnfttee. The j committee is trying to reconstruct the hearing on its own initative since- Representative Keller, who made the charges, declined to conr tlnue. Hepreseptative Woodruff, who last April preferred - charges that attorney general had failed to prosecute" war frauds testified that conditions had-changed.. Questioned about the reports that he had been shadowed by a justiee-department detective, Rep resentative'Woodruff told the com mittee 'he had reason to believe the reports were true. He said'he be lieved his mail 'had been interfered with and his- office entered: The only evidence was circumstantial he said. .. ? .'.* ' Making tiood in Mission Work. ?-^-r-^ Richwood, W: -Va:, TJee. 20.?A farewell party was given in'vhonbr of James McDowell Dick Saturday night at the L. H. J?ergen's home on West Main street. Twenty of! the city's most prominent - young Christian workers were present and a very pleasant evening was spent. Mr; Dick has won a ? warm.-:plaoe in the hearts of West Virginiana at \ this- city as well as Weston, Buck hannon and Sutton, where he has charge of missions for the1 St. Paul's Episcopal church,' making headquarters at Weston, W. Va. Mr. Dick, who is still a theo logical student, is making unusual success in his work: At the close of the services Sun day the Episcopalians. presented him with a number of gold coins as a token of remembrance just I before he leaves for Sumter, S. C, to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McDowell Dick, Sr. Says an agitator; "There are crooks in high places, but the man in the street is upright." Not if a flivverite sees him first. ' If there is any agreement be tween Germany and Russia, it is probably something in the nature of a suicide pact. * ? ? Over in Paris sealskin coats are being made of rabbit skins?much to the disgust of the rabbit*. GRATIFYING ATTENDANCE Some Remarkable Records in Attendance Just Before the' Christmas Holidays As has been the . custom for a good many years a campaign was waged again this- year for unusual attendance just before Christmas holidays. The girls and boys have always taken especial pride in this work. ; The attendance this yedr has been remarkable considering the amount of sickness that seems to be prevalent everywhere. On last Friday in-the high schools there were six sections that had one hun dred per cent attendance record. In the Girls' High School building in the early-part of the year one of the classes had a one hundred per cent record for twenty consecu tive .days, and recently there have been several daya when there- was one hundred per cent attendance on the part of 'several of the classes of1 thisr^building - In this same building another of the' Classes had a perfect jecord for more than one month. This same class recent ly has made some unusual records in -attendance. ? In the Callioun School for boys one of the grades, during the first month of the year; had a perfect" record of attendance, not a- single absentee or a boy :-who was tardy. ? This same class kept Its record throughout the- whole fall, and recently, has had five con secutive days of unbroken perfect attendance. . V In/this building there' has been a remarkable achievement by one of the classes. There has been on the part of this class an unbroken record of attendance for "the past eight days. This achievement will appear remarkable when -It' is re membered that there are in this class members from- * the country, and in order to keep their*'record perfect' they had to get 'up every morning at five 'o'clock. This' sort of spirit is worth -while and- will hate a desirable effect upori the w$Tk of the; whole class, in the Hfimpton school the' most remark able record was made by a group of girls wlio have had during this fall the following attendance record: For thirty-five days this class- had none absent nor tardy and for thjrty-four "days there was no t?rdies: This class has had only four tardies this year. In the Washington- School,- whH? the! attendance has been ? good, there has been more sickness among t|fe>e little f?ik3 than among - the o$er^ students." One class of'boys bad a record that was very good. - ' 1 " On the whole, the attendance has b%eh remarkable and tfce^people of Sumter should be filled with the Spirit, not of boastfulness; but of genuine gratitude, that their- boys and girls have been able to come to schOol in such large numbers. _ mm.*" . Wateree Bridge Celebration Secretary Heardon Going \ Ahead With Preliminary : < Anrangements i ? ?' /. The C?iumbi? Chamber ?rCom merce and the Columbia Kiwanis club have entered into the spirit of the celebration of the opening of the ? Wateree river bridge with much interest and enthusiasm and two former Sumter county citizens nave been named as members of the Columbia Chamber of Com merce committee that ? will work with a committee- from Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Sumter Kiwanis club-.Sumter Rotary club, Young Men's Business "League, Sumter Retail Merchants' "/ Asso ciation,'City Council, Sumter CoUn ty Board of Commissioners, and Sumter County Permanent Road Commission. President F.'Wm. Cappleman of the Columbia Chamber of Com* merce has named Mr. Eddie A. Jenkins .0 chairman of this Co lumbia committee, 'and Messrs'. R. I. Manning, F. H. Gibbes, repre senting the Auto Motive Trades Association, Councilman S. L. Sweeney who will represent -the Columbia city government and j Chamber of Commerce, and F. A. iPferson, secretary of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. President Cappleman has writ ten Secretary E. I. Reardon of the appointment of this committee and asks for suggestions as to the kind of celebration, date for earned etc.. to name a date tor conference of the two committees from Sum ter and Columbia. The Columbia Kiwanis club, ac cording to a letter received by Sec retary Reardon from Mr. E. A. Jenkins has " enthusiastically in dorsed this celebration and will name' a special committee to work with the Sumter Kiwanis club and other 'organizations of Columbia and Sumter to put this celebration over in great style. It was stated by Secretary Reardon today that inasmuch as the Sumter Chamber of Commerce had started the celebration idea and has lined up Columbia in great shape for same, that immediately following the Christmas holidays there will be held a mass meeting of Sumter and Sumter county citi zens to take charge of the Sumter county end of the program. This meeting will be allowed to name the committees representing Sum ter county to cooperate with Co lumbia and Richland county. In the meantime every organiza tion in Sumter is requested to take this matter up for indorsement and cooperation and all citizens, men and women of Sumter coun ty are urged to give their hearty support to making this celebration the biggest thing ever pulled off in either Sumter or Richland counties. Every organization should appoint r? special commit tee to attend the mass meeting to be called one day next week. ? ? ? ? Buy two toy trains. One for the [kids and one for father. . tive Callson Govern meht Officials to Take Lead in Ob servance of Law ?. . .. Washington, Dec. 20.?High gov ernment officials, governors, judges and members of congress were ask ed today hy Representative Upshaw (Democrat) of Georgia, in a speech in the house, to emulate Marshal Foch, who "refused to touch'intoxicants while on Ameri can soil out of respect for the dry constitutiOn." . "No longer most the higher ups say *Go,"r shouted Mr. Upshaw. "They must say 'Come.' Anything less than this will be a farce and a scandal. Timorous souls have never inspired ' anybody. This is no time for pussyfooting utterr ahces and actions on the part of our state and national^leaders." Mr. Upshaw urged that the pres ident issue a "ringing Christmas proclamation' calling every citizen and especially every official' to to tal .abstinence, for the common good." Referring to the recent governor's conference, he said, "Let these governors; led by the pres ident and-vice prsidnt of the Unit ed States and "all the members of the-cabinet, walk out in the open and lift their ? hands before high heaven" and take a new oath of al legiance to the whole constitution and the American, flag." ?; ?"Let them sacredly declare," said Mr. Upshaw,; ".that, regardless of what 'their' tastes" and practices haVe been, they will never- again build up . a-' bootlegger's -barbarous ; business by drinking- any form ? or any amount of illicit liquors at any dinner; at any function or in any ballroom or any back alley." Let every member of congress and ev- I ery United States' senator follow j suit; let every state and federal i judge and every prosecuting " at torney- in = America stand up like patriotic men and declare they j will never again personally tram pie the constitution > which they have1 sworn- to ? obey and defend;"* - Declaring- the "plain (people" laUrh at high sounding pronUn ciamentos, because they believed that "many high officials believed in that 'hifalutin-' autocracy which Claims- the privilege of ? buying? and drinking illicit hquors themselves, While denying the privilege to the poor devils down among the masses who are foolish enough to want the j opportunity to buy and drink il-1 licit liquid damnation," Mr. Up-j shaw said that "if these govern-! ors who put their feet under thej presidents mahogany at the. White; House really wish to get anywhere in their conferences for law en forcement, let- them remember what1 the - beloved and immortal Sam Jones- said: ?"If you want to reform, the world, begin on yourself.'" ?Mr. Urehaw commended Com mander Alvin Dwsley of the Amer ican Legion, who, he said, had de clared he would not touch a drop of liquor While head of the legion, and then launched on an attack on Governor Parker of Louisiana, who he said; had asserted at the- re cent governors* conference at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.> that "prohibition is a failure." "I can not," he said, "close this honest, desperate Christmas ex hortation to the governors of Amer ica and all other high officials with out the inevitable observation that conferences of governors will be in a bad1 fi3::and "will;leave the pres ident and: his cabinet and the whole country in a bad fix if they are-all 'with the same complaint which afflicts that -visionary' hero bf windmills, the fantastic governor of Louisiana: . Hitherto holding him in high esteem, we have seen him .plunge from his high pedes tal of state and national confidence by rushing to the . nation's capital for -heln. to free his state, from the tumultous reign of "goblins'* and "wizards" when his own repre sentatives in both branches of congress, Protestant and Roman Catholic, rise' up to discount his flaming follies,' declaring that Louisiana is beautifully tranquil and grandly able to take care of her own police powers. And now Governor Parker comes forthwith the dismal -words to the governors' meeting on West Virginia soil that "prohibition is,a flat failure." Thus he indicts the majority of citizens of his state as lawbreakers and liars. I do not believe it. Shades of American heroism! Paraphras ing the words of the judge to the man who is going to be hung? may the Lord have mercy on his timorous soul! If prohibition is a failure in Louisiana or any other state it is because the women made a mistake when they got married 'and the people made a nistake when they elected a govern or. Cost of Chicago Race Riots City Will Have to Pay More Than Half Million Chicago, Dec. 21.?The .1919. race riots will cost Chicago over half a-million dollars besides the cost of maintaining troops for nine days, it was estimated today. Eighteeriirdeath -claims were settled yesterday for eighty-one thou sand ddllars. Five claims were previously settled for ?20,800. Fifteen are still unsettled. The property damage was over half million. The man; who shoots the bull usually is a calf and easily cowed. ANOTHER ?PPIAI TO^ Attorney For Jeffords Makes Another Ef fort to Save Slayer of Arnette Columbia, Dec .21.?Efforts to save the life of Frank M. Jeffords, sentenced to die between the lio?rs of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. on Friday, December 22, continue as the hour for his execution draws nearer. ' No stone looking" to se curing the executive clemency is being left unturned by attorneys for the cjnief figure in the tragedy of last. May in which J. C. Arnette, business partner of Jeffords, was slam. Glenn Treece, alleged lookout-for Jeffords and Ira Harrison, the lat ter two convicted " of the actual slaying, is serving a life sentence. Ira Harrison, lying in an apparent state !of coma in the prison hos pital, secured- a stay of execution when his attorneys appealed from a decision by Justice Cothrap of the supreme court. Thus Jeffords, the alleged leader in the killing, WH1 be the first to meet his fate unless the governor acts: The latest effort of Jeffords* at torneys to prevail upon Governor Harvey to* change his decision not to interfere in the case; was to bring before the chief executive Clint F. Graydonj .Columbia at torney, and former legal adviser for I Jeffords in his business affairs, j The effort was to show Gov. Har vey that the killing had not been plotted two weeks before It oc- \ curred, as had been' charged, by | showing conversations' regarding business that Jeffords held with his I I attorney :?n the day of the killing.' Mrs. Julia C. Smith of Charles-! ton, a friend of the Jeffords fam- j j ily and also of the governor, has \ i been interesting herself- in the case. | The local attorney was before the I governor for sometime and after j he had concluded his statement "the j I governor gave out this statement: -j I "Mr." C. T. Graydon; called of his own volition on the Governor, act-; uated, he stated, in so doing by the; I newspaper publicities of this morn i ing. He presented papers showing j he was iegal adviser of Jeffords: i and" had for some ten days prior lib;! the murder, discussed with him:' matters concerning the dissolution, of the firm of Arnette and Jeffords! by reason of discord and dissension] existing between the parties ? aa??j that on the afternoon of the mur-j der that Jeffords had talked with' him (and not early in the night-of the murder'as stated by Jeffords) ! concerning primarily the matter of \ I judgments being served against the j I firm;: that as he '(Graydon) was. to j leave on the 5:40 train for Rich mond, it^was agreed between Jef fords and himself that Jeffords would call hack on his return from Richmond for him to give the mat ter the- necessary attention., ?'The point of Mr. Graydon*s statements was that Jeffords' agree ment In calling later to attend to the firm's* business might be taken by the governor ?s an indication: that there was no conspiracy of the murder up to that date. The governor heard Mr. -Graydon's state ment, actuating his visits and stated he would give the matter his con sideration along with other mat ters connected with the unfortunate' affair." ? Personnel of New-Legislature Columbia, Dec. 21.?There will be sixty-four legislators in the j South Carolina general assembly; i when that body convenes^on Janu iary 9 who served in that body during the two years just - ended.: Of these twenty-nine are in th> house of representatives and thirty- j five in the senate. The house of representatives, ac cording to a list of occupations recently compiled here, will have j I among its members 48 attorneys land 41 farmers. There will be 'seven merchants, three editors ?and publishers, two salesmen, two 'locomotive engineers, two doctors, itwo bankers, two insurance men. , two dentists and two capitalists. iThe bottlers, labor unions, lum j bermen, saw millers, field engi neers, realtors, railroad conduc tors each will have one represen i tative. The attorneys again will outnnm '< ber the farmers in the senate. This branch will have nineteen attorn j eys, sixteen farmers, three bank ers, two merchants, two physicians, I and one wholesaler, one editor and ione insurance agent. The legislature will not have j had time to get well under way j before the new governor, Thomas i G. McLeod will be sworn in. This ceremony will take place on Jan uary 16. The legislature will have a num ber of important matters before- it that are now known. Among these are the election of four new cir cuit judges to fill three vacancies caused by death and one by the ; resignation of Judge James E. jPeurifoy of Walterboro. The I judges who died were Ernest j Moore, Edward Mclver and Frank ;B. Gary. j A superintendent for the state penitentiary also is to be elected, i a number of men already having j made application. mm* _. Difference between a henpecked man and one who isn't is one gives excuses and the other gives reasons. www Alcohol was distilled first in Arabia so maybe that it why those Arabian nights were so wonder ful. I Two Successful VJ& Pulled Off in One Los Angeles, Dee. IS. ? The o?thwesterri States bank'was rob-, bec'i of $1,000 tod>y by a young man with his hand drapped ip bandage who walked ? into the bank. He presented a cheek for >f#a? \ and a letter to B. R. Brundage, titp cashier; "You are looking into the barrel ? of a revolver 1n ^tAis bandage,^" id the letter. "I want, you io o. k. this check;, go to tfie,ipiay^ * teller with me and get;- the^aoutf^* Mr. Brundage stepped wi?jc*bja-. man to the paying teller and d? .' rected him to cash th<i ehecl:, ; hich he did. ' . "I want you to go with me,** the ndit then told Mr.: JitaBtsdai^ and he walked the fatten a trtoelc '; down the street,- passing three^ po> licemen who stood -charting 'on the comer. -< ? ?'Yotutan go now;** said the ban- ] dit. "and thank you^ yo^e beea. ^ awfully kind.** With $hs& he dis appeared around a><a*jimer; Los Angeles, Bee; Walnut State bank- at ? suburb, was robbed late three masked, men wba witfc. between $2,B00 and % currency. Two eftlxev?ien ed revolvers at the teilet* the thiitf'piekedp/up'? 'ti^ The hadnits escaped in - an; mobile. Stockholders of the-' were meeting fcV a back ixkh?-^EI : the building at the time, but kaew ing'of th^ robbery. '7 WEEK FOOTBAO* . ?? .:? ? ?. ? ornweilOrphanagea n $ Gaff ney Play Off Tie ^ Greenville Greenville, Dec. 18>-^~ip? fort to break the scoreless suiting from a game-played mud - at Chester- last Pi Thorawell Orphanage and -GalTnejr High school fbotbalf teatnsvnw?i here this afternoon at MaonV 3Ke!d;; Purman University^ a t hie tier gr.attnds.^ On the outcome -of tl?j' contest Hifeends the title of -* pions of ^tja? northern South Carolina and the play the Charleston Midgets fOrAtfeeV state championship. . .The contest will; be played feefe, because it is regarded by 'be?i teams as neutral ground. Gaffney authorities made the choice, it" having been left to tfaera by the; Thornwell authorities. 'Tborbweli: chose Chester as- the scene ^f lastf: Friday's game and for tltat rea son allowed Gatfney to choose the field today. SWIFT JUSTICE , f; INIRELAND Seyen Men Executed For int terfering With Trains - I ^Dublin, Dec1 Jf -?Seyen/ meny I who -were ednvteted Nrt?Sfc ?rteas: ferirg with; trains in- county: J Kildare, were executed today. $?oor r; ? were railway men and three Sa- - borers. * - I The men executed wer* "captared November ISth charged with- traiiv \ [ wrecking.. Their deatiw. maker 19 ^cecutions in a little over amonta, Circuit Gwafe I Chief Justice Assigns to Hold Court Columbia, Dec. 19.~Ass*gamehfcs 01* circuit judges for tHe tbjre^reg* ular sessions -of the circuit ccutis^ | for the year 1923, today were made- . i public by Chief ' Justice : Eugene ! Gary. The second session in each -: i circuit will be~ presided over by. I the judge of the circuit from ;he was elected. The judges for the first, session I will be . as foUows: -First ' ; judge of the eighth circuit; ; judge of the ninth; third* judge:, [the tenth; fourth, judge of the ; ! eleventh; fifth, judge of the !sixth, judge of thethirteen^'s i enth, judge of the fourteenth;; [eighth, judge of the first; ninth, ! judge of *he second; tenth, 'of the third; eleventh, judge of r j fourth; twelfth, judge of the : thirteenth, judge of the sixth; fourteenth, judge of the sevesat?x,, For the third session -fclfe -judges will be assigned as iFirst circuit, judge of the ; ; circuit; second, judge of the ; third, judge of the ninth; r"ourih, . judge of the tenth; ?fth. judge *>f |the eleventh; sixth, judge of the. .twelfth; seventh, judge of the thirteenth; eighth, judge ?f the j fourteenth; ninth, judge of the ; first; tenth, judge of the second;; I tenth, judge of the third; elevea?i; judge of the fourth; twelfth, judge ;of the fifth; thirteenth, judge of the sixth and fourteenth, judge of the i sixth circuit, ^mi^ji' Marriage Licenses. ? White: Etisha Hodge, Tindal '? and Mildred law, PaxviBe. Colored: John' -Jackson asd Maude Keilyr Wedgefield. Lary Hilton and Fannie - Single ion, Oswego. Willie D. Vaughan and Ceha Brogdon, Sumter. Benjamin Bradley and Grant, Dalzell. Robert McBride and Molly Car-' olina, Mayesville. James Williams and Lula ses, Sumter. ? ? ? jgf Our idea of a man who doesn't know where to go is one who Sits through a six-day bicycle race. In this age of freedom a wem? who lives in Owosso, Mich, is su ing both her husbands for divorce.