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W NEWS NOTES ? WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING WEEK THROUGHOUT COUNTRY AND ABROAD ) y> EVENTS OMMPORTANCE ?mwB From All Farts Of The Oiote And Told In 8hort Paragraphs Foreign The French representatives In the peace conference are urging the delegates from the United States to delay their departure for home until the ; protocol is signed for putting into ef-1 xect tbe peace treaty with Germany. December 1 was the date wot for the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty, no definite news was at )|pnd regarding the intention of the GwSpn government. Sfr Horace Plunkett, who is chairman of the Dublin convention, and who has generally kept aloof from Irish politics during his long career of public service, has issued a warning that the announcement that hunger strikers will not be released from the i Jails in Ireland hereafter, if it is in- | landed to break the spirit of the Sinn ; i Fein, will have the opposite effect, j A All advices from Ireland eay that k\ conditions are most disquieting. W\ The new minister of the interior of ^ithe Kolchak government has been in- ! instructed to organize a cabinet with 'jkVbe greatest possible Socialistic ten-1 Iv tsncies compatible with Kolchak's Ik stand against Bolshevism. Representatives of France, EngItaly, Belgium, Switzerland, Hoil ^^h1, Sweden. Uorway, Portugal, Po^^Hd, Greece, China and Japan will In Brussels on December 1 to | Hlscuss the adoption of the measures Hid suggestions for the establishment and functioning of the league nations. Notwithstanding opposition by the ^Bmbers of the German National par^Bthe national assembly has passed ,jH property levy bill through its KHd reading. IB? French occupational troops have jHntered Marash, Aintab and Curia, the nprlncipal centers of the Aleppo disJ^trlct. In Turkey. ( Lady Aetor, American bora wife ?C Viscount Astor, was elected to par?*.JI*ment from the Sutton division of njmuuui, cingiana, in tne balloting Of November 15. Qen. Felipe Angeles, Mexican revolutionary leader and famed throughout fbc world as a military genius, was executed by a Carranza firing squad here, following his conviction with two companions on charges of rebellion against the Mexican government. King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, will come to the United States next sum| mar. and also will visit South AmcrL lea. especially the republics of Brazil, ^^Uraguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru, unless the political situation prevents 71 from carrying out his desire. , ? be ready to fight the Italians. I Dispatches confirming reports from I Geneva that the situation ulong the Iastern shore of the Adriatic is critiH psl, are issued by the Jugo-Slav bu^Lreau in Paris. semi-oficlal communication receivV?d in Belgrade, says that a signifi ^"\nt movement has been noted among |u|pc Italians in the northern occupied TB'Oa. An Italian legion has been Jnned at Sebenico. It is composed l^Hlpprly arived troops equipped with ^^ KltuniUon and other supplies by tho y^^^Ban army. fiPTBhe British government expects the Vj|^kl of former Emperor William of OL ^^roany to begin in London early in new year, and is completing all BBnecessary arrangements, says the w^Bdon Daily Mail. ^^^Be withdrawal of the American B^^Bs from Coblenz, Germany, is not flJJRdered in American peace confer |a|IMI circles as necessary. It is conMfttded that the United States is still W an# of the alied and associated powf on, and that the postponement of the final action on the treaty does not chance its relation to either the associated powers or to Germany. Washington Another American murdered in Mexico, close on the imprisonment of Consular Agent Jenkins, coupled with reports of revolution in Mexico City, with Carranza in flight to Queretaro. though these reports were denied, are adding complexities that seem to forcn the already tense Mexican situation " toward the long expected breaking point. The state department has given out this statemnet anent the murder of James Wallace: "The department has peen informed us a result in' an in VOSllgauuu iuu.i ?1 iiiuih uu wuicn Wallace was riuing to the plate of his employment shied at a machine gun, overturning the gun. The soldier immediately shot Wallace, the bullet striking him in the neck and killing him instantly." Thanksgiving Day was observed generally in Washington with government departments closed and many Officials absent. The international labor conference provided for equal representation by the European countries and the new countries on a commission to consider regulations for workers migrating from one state to another and the protection of Interests of wage-earners residing outside of their native state. A wage increase of 14 per cent for *ii mine workers, maintenance of government control over coal prices, and no increase in prices at this time were the conclusions of Fuel Administrator Garfield, announced to the operators and miners wage scale committees. in the departmental reports that are helng made to the president apropos ' ot hia message to the regular session of the Sixty-sixth congress, there is not one more significant than that of develops the remarkable that shrd the comptroller of the currency. The itinerary of General Pershing's inspection tour of cantonments and posts. Issued at Washington, dhows the trip will cover completely theimangf maturing and training macCin er? I 4Ioded during the months of war ^^pport ot the American cxp< dJiw^>^| ! Counties of Southern states releaa- A| ed from the federal quarantine ro- |al trictions against the spread of cattle y[ fever tick and tick fever which by order of the department of agriculture were freed December 1, are announced by the bureau of animal Industry. The American relief administration will return to the United States government approximately $88,750,000 of yp the $100,000,000 appointed by ri ngress for relief in Europe. Another note to the Mexican government relating to the arrest and imprisonment of William O. Jenkins, consular agent at I'uebla, has been sent . by the state department to the em- nfl bassy at Mexico City for presentation to Carranza. War experience plainly shows that there is necessity for fundamental re- ?' organization of the army and of the II war department itself. Secretary linker declares in his annual report. He recommends that the emergency organization be made permanent, and * approves the general staff bill for a mo: regulur establishment "adequate in Sl|p size to be the nucleus of any great enp military mobilization the country may ' be called upon to make," backed up 'es5 by a system of universal training. to, Although a new effort for compro and mise ratification of the peace treaty mai is expected to follow elosely the re- rep convening 01 congress, discussion q among returning senators reveals lit- ^ja] tie optimism that the question will be rps, brought to a decisive stage for sev- ,on eral weeks. w.if Secretary Lane, at a Thanksgiving ion Day service here, spoke for a pledge ^if), to Americanism and counseled taking i ^i01 "the American way at each turn of | ?ow the road." he Five conventions brought before the ' pov international labor conference by the j it, drafting committee have been adopted ,"aji and will be submitted to the various governments represented. -;pr j Indications that large numbers of ? < Liberty bond-holders are trading their ?Pr j government securities for stock in ; ^nn fraudulent ventures prompted See re- i |jos tary Glass to renew his recent warning to bond holders against being per- j suaded into such exchanges. ja| Domestic ti^T The second five billion dollar con- bloi j gross of ordinary peaco times faded i into the past when Secretary Glass, g-j-^ j presenting the annual estimates, proposed appropriations of five billion | dollars for conducting the peace time activities of the government during ^ ; the fiscal year 1020. *y Railroads, under federal control, made a net profit of eleven million dollars during the month of October. One thousand soldiers under the *?^ command of Villa fell upon the eightieth regiment of the federal army 21 r>ar miles north Santa Rosalia, Chihua 5m hua, Mexico, 24 boars after the Cha- ate pultepec officer. General Angeles, ^ac had been shot down by a firing squad. K'v and massacred all but two members *bc of the squad. vob Under the permanent chairmanshif 1 of Secretary of Labor Wilson, anothei sta attempt to harmonize relations be arr tween capital and labor has begun ; Pa] with the opening of the second indus- | ed trial conference call by President Wil j mil ! son. Herbert Hoover was elected per ! pei j manent vice chairman. ! pre Unlike its predecessor, the second . nia I industrial conierence negan netiina em | closed doors. Newspaper men were ' asked to leave. Some of the dole gates opposed this move. Wartime restrictions on the nation'! use of coal, more stringent even than ' those applied during the war, were or- j I ; dered into effect to stave off a cruel , cot t famine. Moved by reports of dimin ! ma | inhing coal stock and growing danger j f>p | of distress in numerous sections, the [ pei I government sought no compromise tiig j with the striking mine workers whose I ' walk-out forced the emergency, hut I I asked for national determination tc j | endure privation and discomfort until 1 coal mining was resumed on its terms Persistent rumors of the hatching of i a plot by Villa elements in the State pa; of Chihuahua, following the execution j thf of Gen. Felipe Angeles, noted rebel j Sti leader at Chihuahua City, reached the am border. Thanksgiving in New Orleans, La., GO was decidedly "wet," with many of the former saloons selling the strong drinks of anti-prohibition days, follow ing the granting of an injunction by 1 Rufus E. Foster, judge of the United pf>' ! States district court, restraining fed 1 *'a eral officials from preventing the sale In of liquors on the ground that the re tio cent prohibition act of congress was th< unconstitutional, because the war had ended. NC The 65,000 American dead in France must be left in the graven they now occupy until tho French are ready to I 1 exhume their own dead, which, it is , sit hoped, will he before January 1, 1922 I nn The foreign office had promised to BOi consider the last request of the I,'nit j an, ed States government for the return ! (|(. of its fallen soldiers, but later decided that the alies who fell together for ; ( the same cause should remain together I in death until circumstances permit of J the returning of the bodies to the i families for whom they sacrificed themselves. rH' Revised estimates of the loss caused by the fire which wrecked three of CC the group of buildings in the center of Baltimore formerly occupied by Johns Houki'i. university and damag- 1 ed about a score of residences and mf stores in the vicinity placed the up< amount at approximately seven hun- Ptg dred tno\isund dollars. The loss lo tho university alone may reach five hun- ^ dred thouearc dollars. pv Dr. Aaron E. Ballard, president and j one of the founders of the Ocean un Grove Camp Meeting association, died Jr at Anbury Bark, N. J., after a long illness. He was 98 years old. an The unprecedented increase in the number of major and minor crimes in Chicago over the week end was caused by curtailment of street lighting due to the efforts of tho municipal ^ lighting plant to conserve on coal, according to the opinion of the Chicago me chief of police. no' Chicago is Infested with murderers. ',RI robbers, safeblowers and automobile '*** thieves, and the police force is direct- PPI ing Its attention to their apprehension. ^Aledical reports indicate that tho m? t ^^^Kfrere men are found most heal- *>ei *s*thrM?gh tho confer of the ERMAN BLOCKADE Gt MAY BE RENEWED GENT SUMMONS IS SENT TO UN FIELD MARSHAL WILSON TO I CONSULT WITH FOCH. D ENOUGH FINGER-WAGGING RIC mar Law Says Allies Can and Will The f Necessary, Force German Rati- 1 flcation of Versailles Treaty. .ondon.?There was a persistent ru- C r in the stock exchange that the red rerne council of the peace confer- con e had threatened Germany that un- divi 1 i the final peace terms ware agreed ary allied troops would occupy Essen 1 Frankfurt. Up to this time the ^er rket has not been affected by the ^j10 ort. _ r official announcement that Field ^92 rshal Wilson has gone to Paris in ponse to "an urgent summons to ^ior suit Marshal Foch in connection ^he h the peace treaty," is regarded by pai1 le morning newspapers as of con- her ruble significance, it is printed an(] ngside the address made in Glas- COn r by Andrew Bonar Law. in which Cai said he believed the allies had the soc . er, and if necessary, will exercise mai to insure ratification of the Ver Ies treaty by Germany. It is sug- ( tod that steps to exert pressure In ' , ' con manv mav be imminent. tic There has been enough solemn fin- cau wagging at the Germans, who have ie to believe it safe to defy the al- cru says the Daily Mail, in comment- ajd on the situation. "A wise and rciful course would be to tell them Inly that if within a fixed time they , not comply with the allied condi- ' is and fulfill the treaty terms, the- ni? ckade will be renewed." fat tur ^TE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED j wh( JENKINS HAS BEEN RELEASED. I Hij Washington.?The American embas- ( at Mexico City notified the state lartinent that American Consular Rp,, ?nt William O. Jenkins, at Puehla, coll xico, had been released from eus- | ma y- the t was announced at the state do- : ^he tment that the advices from the jrUj bassy said Jenkins had been liber- ; d from the penitentiary where ho I been pending trial on charges of ing false information regarding his ^ luction by Mexican bandits in Oc-! ,e . sho er. ary "he embassy's dispatch reached the te department coincident with the iv?l at the white house of Senators anf II and Hitchcock, who were instructby the senate foreign relation comttee to discuss with the president id ing resolutions proposing that tho ^ isident be requested to sever diplo- ^eu tic relations witli the Carranza gov- ] Uti iment. ex^ can wei USIN OF ROOSEVELT MAKES hyc DEBUT ON STAGE AT PARIS rur 1 ma \aris. ? Miss Hilda Roosevelt, ising of the late Colonel Roosevelt, ! ^ de her first appearance at tho era Comique in "Manon." N'ewspa- qljr * critics praise her operatic debut abr ;hlv. ge* . gai SSENGER TRAIN SERVICE TO BE CURTAILED IN SOUTH /hl bor 1 sua Atlanta. (Ja. General curtailment of ssenger train service throughout I ( ? aouiiHT" region or the United ites railroad administration was nounced at headquarters here. ?* ?L'< IVERNMENT BEGINS ITS PROBE AT INDIANAPOLIS ja I Ca Indianapolis.--?Henry S. Mitchell, I niii *cTal assistant to Attorney General i cer Imer. arrived in Indianapolis to aid the federal grand Jury investiga- J Th n of charges of alleged violation of j bid ? Lever act and anti-trust laws. *n( th< )THING FOR PUBLICATION JN CABINET PROCEEDINGS Washington. The Mexican and caol " nations and othei niatters worn dis- ?IVI ised at a meeting of President Wil- ^ Vs cabinet which continued for two j P?' d a half hours, but none of the ' ?d partmental heads would make a itement. | e Secretary I/ansing. wh oralled the ision, said there was nothing to he ^ ren out. but conceded that fho ^ >xican problem had occupied the. hinot's attention part of the time. UNCIL DECIDES COERCION ONLY IMPRESSIVE ARGUMENT an Paris.?"Coercion is the only argu- ^ >nt likely to make an impression on on the Germans and Induce them to j ;n the 'protocol of the peace treaty. mi Is said this conclusion was reached mj the secret session of the. council of ^h< e when Marshal Foeh was present de It is represented that Marshal FV>ch ab dertook to execute the plan he be ifted last June, the mere threat o? jn| ilch brought German plenipoteitf* bu es to Versailles. th< Beauty. > tnlmnls living in nature are every- An ere beautiful; hut It Is only among wli n thnt ugliness flourishes. Savages f'lf lrly everywhere nre gracious and am rmonlous; It Is only among the civil- Sti d thnt harshness and discord are for mltted to prevail. If the eugenic th? wis thnt nre now floating before th? n's eyes never lead us to any hai ?yen at nil, hut merely discourage ter us the generation if^iuman vt ^ *re.s below the level of decent sol f^ery, thfcy will serve their tar?*? tlx 1TT0N MILLS PAY S LARGE DIVIDENDS EXAMPLED PROSPERITY 18 fC SHOWN IN REPORT OF THE WOODSIDE MILLS. iHMOND GETS CONVENTION SI : Convention of the Cotton Minu- d? Facturors Association at Greenville Was Largely Attended. ireenville.?At a meeting of the di tors of the Woodside Cotton Mill* lpany here, a 20 per cent stock * idend on all common stock of rec- ; jn December 15, and payable Janu- ; va 1 was declared. In addition to regular semi-annual dividend of 5 m cent on the common, and 3% on ^ preferred stock. ' jg tichmond, Va., was chosen for the th 0 annual convention of the Amer- of 1 Cotton Manufacturers Associa- in t at a larcrelv attended meetiner of board of governors of that or- bu lization held at the Poinsett club in e. Gen. L. D. Tyson of Knoxville ti< I the chairman of the executive ta imittee and president of the South S[ olina Cotton Manufacturers' As- of iution also met with the American nufaeturers. 151 I T1 lharleston.?John Young, a freight ductor of this city for the AtlanC'oast Line, lost his life when ght between a flat car and a tank the Standard Oil works. He was shed fatally, dying befortf medical could reach him. th or leath Springs.?Leslie Horton, the ai fht little 10-year-old son of Post- fr ster A. P. Horton here, was seri- fQ y injured when he fell from his ca her's horse. He sustained a frac- sj, ed skull and was still unconscious ay en carried to a hospital in Rock 1 on the evening train. th Jaflfney.? A number of those who e been charged with exceeding the ed limit on the highways of the nty, were before one of the local P* gistrates in Gaffncy and were fined minimum of $20 in cases where 'n y submitted, and entered pleas of U1 lty. ce ar m 'olumbia.?Mose H. Mobley, countreasurer, said that he intended to a statement with the supervisor wing the income derived from sal- aT and fees, in accordance with the jj, ommendation of the grand jury. is keeping a record in his office re 1 will turn over his statement at cr close of the year. of 'hester.?At the request of the in tdquarters of the Southern Public hi lities Company of Charlotte the w iibition window lights of the mer- of tile establishments of Chester th re not used in an effort to aid this Iro-electric company conserve all rent possible that the textile mills y run on full time. w R saluda.?Mary Timmorman, 12 * irs old, daughter of Mrs. Maggie jr nmerman, was painfully bruised >ut the body when the steering q( ir of an automobile driven by Le e Gunter broke, the car swerving m the road and knocking her down, e little girl suffered no broken les and it is believed she did not stain any internal injuries. S 'lemson College.? Farmers of Lat- o made a successful co-operative sale w hogs through the aid of the county Ir ?nt and the agent in marketing. e< 'ty hogs ranging in weight from ti ) to 200 pounds were gathered at tta and sold to W. W. Love for the V rolina Packing Company of Wilngton, N. C., at an average of l'-fc F its above what would have been tl ilized on the Richmond market, tl is was accomplished by means of n Is from the outside and the pros- ? :e of buyers brought to Latta for f> i occasion. ti Oil Painted Agitator. G Anderson.?H. T. Lawson. said to a textile union organizer, who ar- ii ed here from Atlanta, was seized c a party of unidentified men, whip- o d, divested of his clothes and pnint- v from head to foot with heavy lead y , according: to reports brought t ro. n Lawson then was placed in an au- t mobile, it was said, and taken to ? neca where he caught a train for lanta. Me left his baggage and * crcoat here as well as a quantity 11 union literature. a Chaster la Law-Ablding. T Chester.?All of Chester's stores d manufacturing enterprises care- F lly observed the fuel administrator's t rlers regarding light and heat. ('apt. ^ Baxter Westhrook, mayor of the 8 inicipality, who is local fuel ad- 8 nistrator, had cards printed stating c p national fuel administrator's or- 1 rs and these cards were placed all * out the city so that no one would * ignorant of the orders, wbich he * ;ends to enforce to the letter. The , * siness people here have accepted F e orders in % philosophical manner. | * No Peddling In Uniform. E 3umter.~ The Sumter poHt of the lerican Legion has filed a petition 1 th the mayor and city council to re- t le licenses to all vendors, hawkers v >1 peddlers wearing the United ' ites uniform. The petition sets 11 th that during the recent fair here " ire were five or six men wearing * uniform peddling Duttons and f Iges at fictitious prices. This mat- 8 1 of commercialising the uniform t k very distasteful to the discharged ( dier^l^Msailors of the courSty, ( TH?11p604'0'- ? * TATE BIRTH RATE INCREASING FAST >TAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN TEN MONTHS GREATLY IN EXCESS OF DEATH8. 'ARTANBURG'S CONTRIBUTION >ath Rate Among Civilian* for 1919 I* 14.2 Per Thousand of Population: Birth Rate Is 25.4. Columbia. Births in South Carolina in the first n months of 1919 exceeded death* in ratio of almost two to one, accordg to figures contained in the adince sheets of the annual report of a state board of health. The total imber of births is reported as 34,16 and the total number of deaths 1,992, all of which would indicate ut there is no danger of a dearth young manhood and womanhood South Carolina in the coming year. More babies were born in Spartanirg in 1919 than any other county the state. Spartanburg's contribu>n to the babyhood of the state toled 1,946. The number of deaths in mrtanburg during the same period time was 983. The death rate among civilians for 19 was 14.1 per 1,000 population, le birth rate for the year was 26.4. ,000.000 Cotton Bank. Meeting in Columbia the South Carina Cotton Association voted to esblish a cotton bank and export cor>ration with a proposed capital ook of $2.000.000. The obiect of c organization as unnounced is not ily to finance the farmers and en>le them to withhold distress cotton om the market, but also to establish reign correspondents and to take ,re of the foreign shipments of the aple so as to enable buyers from >road to deal directly with the proicers. In attempting to raise the stock for ie proposed hank, the state will be vided into four sections and the oek will be allocated according tc e cotton production of each section ohahly on a basis of #1.75 a bale cotton. The stock will be divided two series, one of 60 per cent and ie other of 40 per cent. The 60 per nt allotment is for the producer id tho 40 per cent for the banker, erchant and others. invention of College Editors. The first formal session of the 11th inual convention of the South Carona College Press Association was Id at Columbia College with a full presentation from pr#tically everj liege in the state in attendance. The eeting was opened by the singing America by the audience and by ar vocation by Dr. Stokes of Colum a College followed by an address ol elcome by Miss Rosa MahafTey, alsc ' Columbia College and president ol ie association. lilroad Reincorporated. The Greenville & Northern Rail ay, locally known as the "Swamj abbit." running from Greenville foi distance of 25 miles to near Rivei alls, Greenville county, has been re icorporated. neral Moore in Washington. Hrig. Gen W. W. Moore, adjutan eneral, went to Washington to ap car before the senate committee oi lilitary affairs which has under con deration the bill to reorganize th< stional guard throughout the Unitei tates. General Moore is a membe f the reorganization committee an< as in Washington for the hearing: ist month, which had to be suspend rl because of debates on the peaci reaty. ir.it of Consul Haskell. Washington (Special).?Lewis H laskell of South Carolina who fo he last four years has represents lie United States as consul at Cie eva, is in Washington on leave o ?isence and he expects to remain her or about a week before visiting rela ives in South C'nrolina. reat Need for Nurses. South Carolina hospitals are fac ig a serious shortage in nurses, ac ording to officials of the South Car lina (iradunte Nurses' Associatior /ho are making a strong appeal fe oung women in the state to take u he profession. Nurses are comin nore and more to be depended upo o preserve the health of the stat nd many are needed. Never before has the professio tood so high and today the traine lurse is looked upon as a valuabl sset to any town, city or commur.it: oil of Tuberculosis. Despite the efforts which have bee mt forth to check the raavges t uberculosis in South Carolina, n ci j Kicnv j?ruKie?s ucun ma?H according to figures contained in th idvance sheets of the annual repoi >f the fctate board of health. In the first *en months of 1918, ti >erculosis claimed 1,476 victims i his state. In the same period of 191 he disease struck down 1,466. Whi vould have been the number had r ireventive measures been put into : ect it is of course impossible to ta; lad Week for Enlistments. Out of a total of 71 applicants ft he United States navy at the cei ral recruiting office here during til reek only nine were accepted. Th ras a big drop from previous enlls nents, but Is accounted for by tl acre rigid examinations. Of the nine accepted seven wei Irst enlistments, one wan a previoi ervloe enlistment and one was ransfer to the fleet naval rescrr Columbia furnished three of the me Charleston one, Anderson one, Bpe anburg three aijd Rock Hill one. ' i i i. i ? ... . i m?m< ?* Teachers' Meeting Cloeee. With the election ot officers (01 1920, the hearing ot reports ot various committees, the adoption ot resolutions having to do with the fetatus ot the teaching profession, the awarding of the attendance cup permanently to Dillon county, and the announcement that 1,078 teachers had been en- < rolled, the annual meeting of the South Carolina Teachers' association came to a close. : The meeting was characterized throughout by a spirit of earnestness and zeal that augurs well for the attainment of some of the Ideals out- ' lined in resolutions dealing with the status of the profession. With organizations of teachers were mention- ^ ed In resolutions adopted, the intention to strike to attain objectives was < disclaimed specifically, ' i Buyers Take Notice. { The director of sales announces that the quartermaster general of the l army haa issued instructions to the ? j superintendents of the 25 army quar- j i termaster retail stores now operating < i under his direction to decline to accept after December 10 any order for | goods carried by the army quartermas, ter retail stores which calls for delivery of goods by parcel post. The quartermaster general of the army has taken this action to relieve the mails, usually congested during | the Christmas season, of the additional burden entailed by transportation | of the stocks sold t>y the army stores on mail order. The army quartermaster stores will | continue to accept bulk orders placed by municipalities, municipal selling agencies, and community buying associations for commodities offered for sale through the retail stores. Such orders are delivered by freight ' Public to Pay Portion. Thri supreme court handed down an ; opinlnrn relieving the Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric company of payment of a large proportion of the expenses incurred by the public, ser1 vice commission of South Carolina in the recent investigation of gas rates in Columbia. Expenses approximated $3,000. Of this amount. $834.07 was : paid by the company as per diem and I personal expenses of the commission. ,|hut protested aboiA $2,300 In the bill rendered for the audit of the company's books hv expert accountants, 'stenographic work. etc. i Will 8ell Cheap Beef. I The war department surplus propI erty division is now offering for sale ' fresh frozen beef at Chicago quotations for medium steer. lowest range. , less one-fifth or 20 per cent of the ChiI cago market price on the day car Is delivered. ! This Is the best bargain the govern1 ment has to offer and sales will made to butchers, jobbers, municipalities. ' institutions, hotels and restaurants, without limit. r , Pershing on Inspection Tour. j Washington.? (Special). ? General Pershing's three month inspection of f the military facilities of the nation j will take him first to ('amp I.ee, Vlrf ginia, on December 4. the itinerary issued shows. He will visit Camp Bragg. N. on the fifth. Camp Jackson, S. C., December 6th. and Charles. jton. R. C., December 7th. > r Active In Road Building. r Vinp rmintlon in ?Snnth Pa ml Inn - have already applied for their full allotment of federal aid funds for highway construction and now are building roads out of county funds indet pendently of the state highway coin" mission, it was announced by the 1 highway commission. These counties are Greenville, * Cherokee. Spartanburg, Greenwood. ^ Laurens, Pickens. Chester, Union and r McConnick. J s . Baptist Drive a Success. e Scattering reports from all sections I of the state up until a late hour indljcate a sweeping victory for South I Carolina Baptists in their $7.1,000,000 _ campaign. From every association r and every church ho far heard from rj the allotment has been oversubscrlb. od with the exception of possibly two f churches. Mnny of the associations e reported oversubscriptions with from . ( 12 to 21 churches yet to hand In their figures. Some New Enterprises. . The City Merchandise Company of i- Florence was commissioned with a - proposed capital stock of $2,000. A ' i, dry goods and groce? business is; r contemplated. p The Farmers Co-operative Union of ? Walterboro, Colleton county, was n commissioned with a proposed capie tal stock of $5,000. The Lemmon & Britton Dry Gon4.? n Company of Sumter was conimissiond ed with a proposed capital stock of e $7,000. ePtitioners are John D. Lemmn? and Henry Britton. Keeping Fit Campaign. n The state hoard of health exhibit >f to young men and '>o<<? known e i^o l0 keep fit exhibit. Is being carried to Pf many of thp high schools and Y. M. C. le \.'s of the state. J..rn >s II Oral! . rt Held director of the campaign for the <-tnte board, reports that up to the i- present time over 1.100 men and hoys in have viewed the exhibit and read the yt literature. ?t The presentation of this effort for i* physical fitness among the boys and f- | young men of South Carolina is la the y. I care of I)r. C. V. Akin. Census Enumerators Wanted. >r Julian 8. Wolfe, supervisor of eend-Isiis of the seventh congressional didle tret, with olTiees at Orangeburg, has is Just received word from the departit ment of census that the pay for enule merators in the census work which j will start January 2. 1920, has been r* | greatly Increased, and will be nearly is double what the pay was in 1910. a Mr. Wolfe Is very anxious to secure e. applicants to the rural sections of n, Richland, Sumter and Lee counties. Persons Interested should write Mr. ' Wolfe at once. f jrfZk MPIOVtS UHIftM IfVTCKIIATtMUt H SbNMrscnooi f Lesson ? [By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. XX. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1>1?. Weetern Newpaper Union) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 14 1 AT THE TRIAL, CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JE8U8. LE8SON TEXTS-John 18:15-17; l?:S5-27? 10:1-10; 21: 15-10. GOLDEN TEXT?For Ood so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever belleveth In him should not perish, but have everlasting life.? John 8:18. Since the lessons of the quarter center In the lives of Peter and John it will be well to Include In the day's lesson the Incidents In their lives from the trial of Jesus to his resurrection. This will enable us to use the committee's alternative lesson, "The Prince of Peace," for a Christmas lesson next Sunday. I. Peter Denies the Lord (18:15-18. 25-27). 1. Before the servant maid (w. 1518). Peter's first blunder was to at^ tempt to follow Jests at this time. Christ had told him that lie could not follow now (13:36). Presumptuous boldness oftentimes places one In an embarrassing position. In such caseg compromise or cowardly denial usually follows. Wisdom as to our weaknesses should move one to avoid unnecessary trials. John, seeing Peter Rtnndlng at the door. Introduced him to the house of the high priest. Hera under the taunt of a Jewish maid h? openly denied his Lord. 2. Before the servant and officers (v. 25). Peter hnd not only ventured where It was not necessary, but wag 1 warming himself at the enemies' fire. 1 Having quailed before the sarcastic ? impudence of a servant maid he open- til ly denied his relationship with the JM Lord when questioned by the officers * ll nnd servants at whose fire he was \ 1 warming himself. To have a clear and i Independent testimony, one should be ^ separnte from sinners (II Cor. 6:14-18). 3. Before the kinsman of Mulchne (vv. 26, 27). This man hnd seen Peter with Jesus In Olefhseinnno when Peter In his rashness smote off the ear of Mnlchus (see verse 10). Hearing Petpr's denial, this servnnt of the high priest put the question. "Did I not see thee In the garden with him?" When Peter uttered the third denlnl the cock crew, bringing to his attention the warning words of Jesus (Mark 14 :T2). This is an example of what a disciple of Jesus mny do in the hour of great temptation. II. Jesus Commits His Mother to John (19:25-27). Though suffering the indescribable anguish of the cross he tenderly remembered his grief-stricken mother and charged Jqhn to care for her. Mary . . had other sons who should have cared for her, but they were unbelievers till after Jesus' resurrection. lie knew that his mother would have oetter care at the hands of the beloved disciples than at the hands of her own children who did not believe in and love Jesus. Love to Jesus Is stronger than human affection. III. Peter and John at Jesus' Tomb 120:1-10). When Mnry came In breathless haste, announcing the fact of the empty tomb, Peter and John ran to Investigate. When John came to the tomb he gazed Into It, but when Peter enme he went In. John with holy reverence hesitated to enter, hut Peter through his Impulsiveness entered at once. The difference does not lie In the fact that one loves more than the other, but In their differ- ^ ent temperaments. One should not M expect tne same behavior from all. m' This Investigation was convincing (v. Sj, IV. Peter's Restoration and Com- ful mission (21 :15-19). i'eter had thrice denied the Lord, M so before lie again entered the service ^ he bad t irlce to confess his love for u Jesus. n this commission to Peter | Is set f th the motive and nnture of 1 service vhich is incumbent upon all Christian ministers and teachers. 1. His motive?love for Christ. Love t Is the supreme qualification for service for Christ; it Is the very spring from which all activity flows. It Is not learning and eloquence, hut love that makes a pastor. (1) "Feed my lambs." The word for "feed" as well as "lambs." signifies that the work here Is that of nurturing ine i?uh:? m v.nrisi. izj "Feed my sheep." The word her? nu-iinH to feed, guide. correct, and lead the mnturer class of Christiana. It carries with It not only the res|>onal' hillty of feeding, but correction and discipline, if this he attempted with" out love, failure will Inevitably ensue. (3) "Feed my sheep." This relates to the care of the aged Christiana. The word "feed" returns somewhat to the meaning In the first instance where he says, "feed my lambs," ho that the ministers' responsibility to care for the aged Is equivalent to that of the young. Christian'* Heavenly Home. lleaven Is a Home, because Christ Is there. It Is as when an arch is built and the keystone Is put Into place which hinds It all Into one. even so Jesus Christ hinds Into one the family of God In Heaven. Even as when the sun rises and lights with Its glory all the rooms of a palace, so Jesus Is the light and life of that house of many mansions. Jesus prayed In the hearing of his disciples. "Father, I will that they nleo, whom Thou hns given me. he with rue wh?*re I am." nnd to these same men he said, "In my Father's house are ninny mansions. I go to prepnre a place for you.'** x The Preacher's Message. Every minister of the Gospel feels at times as If the message he briny* were received hy moat people only with the hearing of the ear. He preaches the love of Ood and salvntlon j by Jeans Chrlat, and to so many It seem* to he only sound and nothing Jj|j more. Every teacher and preacher of M Cod's Word needs to pray earnestly ,.jg that the Holy Spirit will open hearts f and eyes as well as ears to the mew sag* which ha has to deliver. v i A v ~? .