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?stf?fed at tb? Postogiee at Sura wt ?? Second das? Matter. PE3RS.OXAL. J&'ra. W., X>. Shupe and children are visiting at the home of her parents, iXr. and Urs. Carr. ?i'SSrs. A. A. .Team stnd daughter, are in the city,-at ? hex; parent's itpnie -^.jB^^pian^^C.'ll Mr. S^.H; iIcL,ean,- Division Pas >? ?enger Agent of the Southern Rail' road, spent FridaV in tCAYtii - iXxss"Helen 31cLeod of ^Augusta. ? is% yisi-UngV Mrs. J'Rsbex* ganders. _v Mr. W. H. Bradford, Jr.. who has been visiting his father anil.mother of this city left Thursday to re turn to bis home in Baltimore.; Dr. S. j>. JPoag. the new pastor of Salem Baptist churcn, and Mrs. Poag. arrived in the^city Saturday morning and f wttL take _up his: work tomjenrpw.. > Mr. and Mrs. -Fred Converse of Florence sp*nt.;Suiifte.in-the city. . ' .? w m ??' War Sayings Stamps, _ , War Savmgs.-Stanaps.,of the series of [y 9 JrS-becnsne due and are pay able to ihe.amount ip< $62-5,000,00.0; Holders of these st?nn^rdesiring prompt payment or exchange, at ?i^tu^ty.'must make their .arrange. % rnents through Jban ks and. postof iices prior :to January 1st andvsave themselves possible delay: and con fusion. On l ajid after ... November. 15, 1522; .owners, may -.apply . to ex change the' whole : or .part *>f their 19.1 S. War Savings Certificates, at' maturity, value for Treasury 'Say-' [ ihgs 'Certificates to- be dated Jan uary 1,1923, with .the difference either way to be paid in cash', or they/may arrange for*.full cash''? payment to be inaile at maturity. Immediate payment will be. made: in cash of any, difference due the holder if . he takes the largest pos sible amount of Treasury, Savings Certificates in the exchange. An opportunity is offered for the renewal of the in^Kestmeht.. on a; most attractive basis. Holders of ^ 125 in War Savings Stamps can nose obtain a, $2 5 Treasury Savings Certificate and $4.50 -in cash. $100 in War Savings Stamp*will be ex [ changed for a $100 Treasury- Say-. ings Certificate and $18. in cash. An. owner, of $1,000 in War Savings -Stamps, >can get a ?1,000 Treasurjr? Savings Certificate and two 3100 Treasury Savings Certificates and $26. in cash. Banks will, ^cooperate with tbe^ post'offices. in effecting the cash re demption or exchange of War Sav ings Certificates, it is important that aH holders, see their baniker ! or postmaster aj? soon, as possible if:: . Htsf ^dGBre.,prompt settlement.. -??' .'* * ? Postal H. Q. Expects Increased Christmas Business. 1 iV^hington, Nov. ^?^~Post of-' Jfice b&ciais are expecting a heavy; business at the Christmas period' this year, possibly _-heavier than ever before. Mail was flowing \:: heavily as early as November 1, it was pointed' .but; and' when . the: rush starts so early it is "taken as' ^ a sign of'a big rush of holiday mat!.; ' The department, began- in Octo-; ber. the usual preparations for. the1 . heyday, increase and by December ready.; ' O'tlBcials see that **xnaflpearly" cam paigns, are having their effect cm] the mailing public, resulting in the! unprecedented early start.. of Christmas business. It is estimated that the. increase in. postal receipts during December over a normal month is $$.0O0,vQ0. About 51,000,000 is spent for ex tra space . on trains to transport ?tthe mails', the motor vehicle ser-: vice .spends approximately $500.-; 000^ above. Its regul?r service, and; : another $1,000.000 goes for addi tional clerk hire in the various; T>o?offices to sort mail. , Another item is $350,000 for ac?; f ditiosal jcarriers. Added to "these! itcjm* are the mlroons of inoneyj order blanks, more, millions of: stamps, nilles of twine to re-bundle' j poorly tied packages, Tind thousands of souare feet of emergency ware^ house space! wCncle. Sam's total bill for Christ mas is about as discouraging as dad's," the "Department' declares. "Deliver ah Christmas mail by noon Decesiber 25," is the watch word of the service as the day*, drawns ncar, apd it. is very seldom * vhot the goal is missed. However, a bad storm may de * lay deliveries, and adds terrifically to the "bill. A~ storm In New York * last Christmas cost the Post Of lice Department $300.000 extra for motor vehicle transport alone. The ^postal service does not xrish for I a "white ChrBthias".'' # OTTON MARKET me* rwm. carte* Mm Open Scli Low Oos? Ctos? i j?mmL. - - 25.32 25.32 24.89 25^5 25.5S March _ - 2&5? 25.55 24.90 25.13 25.? Way _ - 25.33 253? 244? 2543 23.57 jttfy . .. ? 25. l(S 25.? 2435 24.75 25.25 ?Oct.... - . 23.33 .2337 23.W 23.03 23.31 De?. . - 25.45 25>45 24.8? 2535 25.52 Spots 43 ,off,- 25.2^. - : ? - ... MEW ORLCAMS COYVO* TestoT* 6ora His* Low Close Close Urn . ? 2532 2533 24.4f 24.57 25.30 r ?aw? .. .. 23.2? 2531 2431 2437 25.34 May. 2335 2535 243? 2437 25.20 J-rfy. - ? 243? 24.72 24.22 24.3? 2432 Oet^J - 2337 2337 22.79 2230 2335 Dec. .. 2535-2&.35- 24.52 24.63 23.25 Spots 12. off* 23.30., LrvntPoot coTToa JtMsry . .. -. M.00 ?Htrclt .- . 1332 *sy-. 13.69 ? Mrr;._. is.4Q October. .12.7S December. 14.10 B"ceh?ts 14?00r'Saies. ? 000; MitWlinz. H.91: ?o?d MkMlioc. 133J. ? ? ? - The rcastrn some men leave home is/because tbey can't pay the taxes. How time does fly. Baseball teamK are claiming next year's pen nant. { - BETjaER COTTON Results of Some P4suit-t6-Row j Cotton feeding Work ! (W. R. Gray, Clarendon . County j Demonstration Agent), Mr. E. E. Hall.- extension plant j breeding specialist.' and I. in co-j operation with Mr. D. L. Tindal.pf near Pine wood this year ^carried j on a plant-to-row cotton breeding j test. It is generally, recognized; that on wilt free lands of this sec tion that'Cleveland Big Boll is the best short staple cotton we have The test was therefore made with this variety of cotton. : ? The purpose of the test was to de termine the highest gelding strain of strains of Cleveland under our conditions. The test "consisted of twenty rows, all grown under j, the ".same conditions as nearly as j possible. 1 may say here that this i [ test patch was planted rather late j land in a-comparatively low place: j the yields' are therefore lower j [than "would have been the case -if j: 'the conditions had not been so ad I'verse. \ However.; we were chiefly ? interested in the comparative yields jof the different strains, as already {-stated." . . !".' The .results of this work are very i j interesting and clearly demonstrate [the value of careful seed selection jahd breeding. I will not attempt to ( give the'yields of ..every row, but ] only eno?ug!i to sijow the variation 5 that there is in seed of the same variety grown under the same con ditions. . The' cotton" from , these frows was all picked at one time iknd rcarefully weighed by Mr. HaH] [and m3*self, and.from,this the yield j per acre was." calculated, "Notes I'were kept on earliness. type- of plant, length of staple, etc. The highest yielding row in..the,' lplot produced at the rate .of S92 [pounds per acre. The lowest yield j ing row. produced at the rate of 4?4 pounds per acre making a dif ference in money value of $43.74 per " acre.. Seed were saved ..from the five highest yielding rows and the balance discarded. The aver age yield of these five highest rows was 856 pounds. The aver age of the rows not saved was ?49 j Ipcunds. Lint cotton from rows * saved for. seed averages $20.70 more per acre than that from those : rows which .were not saved. This work will be. carried on from year to year. We will have [aufiicieht seed from the. five highest yielding rows to plant good, sized j increased plots on Mr. . . Tindal's j farm next year. Seed from certain I of the highest yielding plants of 'most.-desirable type will be'plant-J ed in another plant-to-row. test in} 1923. In this way we can in aj short. time develop high ^yielding' strains of cotton. "These high yielding seed will j then be sold, to other _ farmers in the community at a. .moderate] price, with a view tp getting a s?-i I perior strain of one variety genrj era!ly used in ? community. This} I will make it easier , to keep the) jseed pure and. up to standard. j j_. I failed to state that this .cotton i pwas all dusted with calcium arse S nate. ahd the entire plot .average 700 pounds per acre. ' These rows were checked, and the' seed planted by hand, in, order to get the same number of plants r.per row* and. the.same ^distance be [t-ween plants. if.. * Sidles of Suits Many Cantonments Invoked, j Including Camp Jackson | Washington. N"ov. 24?The gov-j ? ernment plans a series of suits to! recover money spent on construc tion of war cantonments as the next step in the alleged war fraud cam paign. It was indicated a dozen or i more suits" involving seventy-five i million dollars would be filed. First j j cases arc expected to involve Gamps t Jackson, at Columbia* Upton at [ Tap Hank, N. Y.,, Sherman, Chillo ! cothe. Ohio, and Funs ton at Fort 1 Riley, Kansas. The Camp Upton I suit involves six.vmilliOns, Jackson I sis millions five hundred, thousand, j I Sherman five millions and Funstoni ' lour millions. The complaints in "the canton j ment suits allege fraud, gross neg- i j hgence,. inefficiency and wasteful- | j ness on the part of ^contractors and j j their agents. ' x , . ,? ..... j Killed by Automobile. ; Greenville,. Nov. 2.6.?T. G. Bat i son, 63, well known merchant of j Gantt,-.a . suburb,., who was struck ? by an automobile on River street \ here Saturday afternoon, died at I 5 o'clock this niorning at a Green j viUe hospital from his injuries. His | j skull was fractured, j The inquest has been set forj Tuesday morning and Browning! I Marshall of this city, driver of the ; automobile, has been released on j I $3,000 bond by Judge T. P. Cothran, | 1 pending the inquest. Funeral ser-j i vices of Mr. Ba^sop wjlj be held to- t j morrow, , v., . , - . \ ,.r m* m* m* \ Cotton Mill Strike Ended. L Manchester. N. H? Nov. 26:? j [ The strike in the Amoskeag. mills, i I whose units, comprise the largest; ^textile plants in the world, was de-! clared off tonight. The action wasi taken following the tabulation of, the votes of 22 local unions of thej United Textile Workers of America! on the recommendations of the1 j international organizations' repre sentatives that the operatives return jto the mills under protest. Seven l iy-five per cent of the voters fa-j [ vored the recommendation, union; j leaders announced tonight. j The report that Mr. Jack Demp-j [sey offers to 'play, the AU-American I football team is untrue. When the small boy voluntarily studies his lessons it is a sure sign Christmas is coming. CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING Cotton Association Proves To Be a stabilizing Influence Columbia. Nov. -4?Cooperative Marketing, of cotton is the greatest constructive force now working, for the- development of southern pros perity, in the opinion of Carl Wil liams, president of the American Cotton Grower's Exchange. Mr. Williams has been in Columbia for two days in conference with the Board of Directors and manage-, meht-of the South Carolina Cotton Grower's Association. ?'The orderly marketing program Hollowed by the Cotton Cooperatives i?f the South, is generally acknowl edged to be a great stabilizing force [>n cotton prices," said Mr. Wil iams. "This year it has assured the southern -farmer of the good price for "cotton during the period when farmers themselves had cotton to ?eil. This same result has "been ex perienced by other cojnmodity co operative Associations in the Unit ed States. . T^eSe agricultural sec tions, which -have- profited* for the longest -period by this system of marketing, are today first in the United* States, in per capita bank ?eposits and among farmers, first in per capita trade in stores, first in good roads, first in quality of rural schools, first in salaries for country teachers, first in number and size of country churches, first in salaries of rural preachers and first in rural recreation. 'These tilings have a direct rela tion to city and town business. The affect of the co-operatives has been to increase the percentage of the consumer's time, which the farm er receives, and thereby to increase his buying power #and raise his standard of living." The natural re-' mit is that all business is benefited proportionally. "I am -very much pleased with the progress of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' . Association, and squally well pleased with the sup port, which has been given the as sociation by farmers, business" men a.nd bankers of this state. The As sociation .has already ? passed the experimental stage and has become i permanent part of the , life of South Carolina. There is every in dication that it will handle more than twenty per cent , of the total cotton crop of South Carolina this year, and that it has become a iominant figure in. the cotton busi ness of this state. . "Eight other state organizations >f similar size, character and poli cies are working with the South Carolina Association. Their total membership is more than 175.000 cotton- farmers/*- - EDUCATION WEEK PLANS ? - ? ?.- ? ' Columbia. Nov. 25.?Cooperation to many parts of the state in the plans for observing "Education Week," is reported by the .com mittee in charge, and a great im petus for the...strengthening of the 3chooi system of the state is ex pected .to result, according to Powers. W. Bethea, of Columbia, secretary of the organization. Re ports., from r Spartanburg county, Greenyilie county. Calhoun, Wllr Liamsburg. Dorchester., Newberfy, and Horry counties are especially ec*oiiraging, 'Mr. Bethea sa-yc, ..... ? The committee is Saturday., is suing from the press a bulletin ex plaining the plans of education week, and making. suggestion* its observance in. the various com munities of the state. This is to be sent to business men, school trus tees and educational leaders of the 3ta.te, with a view to aiding in the local plans being made for the ed ucation week. The bulletin, was prepared by Mrs. B. L. Parkinson. Dr. Wilson Gee and Mr. Bethea. In most of the schools of the state Education Week will be ob served with special exercises. The committee has asked that ministers touch on education in their ser mons on December 3. In most of the school districts of the state an educational rally is to.be held, and in- each county seat on December fl a county mass meeting is planned, with, special speakers. Rural schools Tvill be the chief subject for ah of the rallies. The American Legion is co-operating heartily in the program of, "Education Week'* in South. Carolina. Since the legislature of 19-2 made certain reductions in appro priations for- education, a loud pro test has gone up all over the state, resulting in a state conference here recently, which launched the gen eral movement for the state-wide observance of "Education Week." It is the hope of the ^education leaders of the state that the im portance of education, especially in the rural sections, may be so stress ed by the special meetings, that public sentiment may develop to such an extent as to make limita tion of education appropriations again impossible State Superintendent of Educa tion J. E. Swearingen today is sued a statement in which he ap pealed to the public to stand by the schools of the state. "I hope to see the exercises and discussions of "Education Week"' crystalizc the educational sentiment of our people by insisting upon efficient schools, with adequate support," he says. "The compulsory at tendance law should 'he more uni formly and carefully enforced; the physical welfare of pupils and teachers should be better safe guarded: careful, competent, con scientious Christian t c a c h e r s should be put in every class room and should be paid a living wage. The course of study should be en riched and varied, so as letter lo meet the manifold needs, <>1 child hood. A minimum term of seven months lor the country schools should l>e provided. Tim campaign apf.iinst illteracy should proceed vigorously." . Columbia. Nov. 22,?Cotton win nings in Richiandjcounty are about J twenty-six per cent off, compared I with last year, according to a re-i ?port made today by James IV. \ Wesinger, of Ballentihe. in the county, who is the government's] agent for reporting ginnings. The; ginnings for the county to Novem- 1 ber 1 were 5,320. as compared with; 7,26C for the same..period of last year. . Gaylord, Mich., Nov. 23,?The price of potatoes fell to 18- cents, a bushel today at producing cen ters throughout Northern Michi-? gan. this being the lowest figure in years. . . : > London, Nov.: 24.^-The goveimr.' ment won the first division in the new house of commons today, by a majority of one hundred and three, over the laborites. -t ? i Dublin! N.ov. 24.?Erskine Child ,ers. chief lieutenant of .Earnmon De Valera. was executed here to day for. having an automatic .pistol, in his possession, when arrested .at Wicklpw November 10th. accord ing to an official bulletin issued jby; the national army. He was,con-, victed by a military *court Novem ber 17th. Boston. Nov. .24?TClemenceau] today lashed back at senate critics! in his first American interview, giv eh to the Associated Press, In an-j swering Hitchcock in demanding! he explain why France-uses, black j troops in Germany, he said the sen- ] ator had been misled by German, propaganda. All black troops have been removed he said. "Senator i Hitchcock -calls- me-, a., militarist," j said Clemenceau, "W*>11,. I'm glad to tell Mr. Hitchcock he is. in; the" senate, for only a. few days .more, j When he is free I. dare him. to go" to France and learn the facts.'.* .. -. ? ? ? - -?- ? ? -.1 j-:?'-s . Rome, 'Nov. 24.?Italy .today mourned the passing.of Baron S?n nio twice .premier and a foreign minister during the world war. He died last night after an apoplectic stroke earlier in the. day. Washington, Nov. 24.?The house j convened an hour early today , to give, more time for general debate on the shipping bill, whichrendV Monday when the measure 7riU.be taken up for amendment. Repre-j sentative Edmonds announces, that provisions giving the shipping,board jurisdiction over charges of inter-; state water carriers will be stricken out and hearings held on coast wise, rates questions. Columbia, Nov. 24.?The college press association convention.,will come to an end here tonight,, with a banquet at the Jefferson Hotel,; I Yesterday afternoon, . members of j various clubs of Columbia gave, the jdelegates a ride over the city. London, Nov. 24?-The announce ment of the ^execution of Childers Icame as a surprise to .Bnglan.il. It had helieved that the free-state .authorities would hesitate to exe cute him in ?view of. the possible aftermath. De Valera, several days ago made a threat that if Childers was executed blood would .flow. The question now asked nereis, whether the republicans will attempt re prisals and the/ :; situation is re 1 garded as having ugly possibilites. Greenville. Kov. 23_?The ".South Carolina Supreme Court will, be asked to pass upon the constitu tionality of the two-cent gasoline tax, and a' temporary, injunction to restrain the prosecution. of the law until it is decided, will be asked by the South. Carolina Oil Jobbers' Association, it was announced to night by J. V. Dodenhoff. local oil dealer, at,a meeting.of the Green ville Wholesalers' Bureau.. ... Washington, Nov. 24.?Senator Ransdeil of Louisiana , has an ! nounced that a determined fight j-will be made to prevent. the con; j firmation of W. L. Cohen, negro, 1 as comptroller of customs at New j Orleans. Washington, Nov. 25.?-Repre sentative Frear, Republican, of Wisconsin, opened the attack, today for the shipping bill opponents and asserted the measure was, the \ worst he ever saw. lie asserted I the subsidy would reach seventy [ five millions yearly. . He charged the Standard Oil company would reap the greatest benefit through being able to borrow moneyi from the government at two per cent, whlie the formers pay. seven to ten Boston. Nov. 25.?Georges Clem j enceau today went to New Haven I to see the Yale-Harvard football ) gauie. It was the first ever saw. . - York. Nov. 25.?Arguments have j been started in the case of William i C. Faries, charged with the mur {der at Clover last September of j Newton Taylor, and was expected j to go to the jury late today. The i case closed this morning after Mrs. j Fannie Bracken told of a quarrel ! between the mother of the dead bo,T and Mrs. Furies, in which she I said both made threats. ; Los Angeles. Nov. 25.?The Los Angeles Times today publishes a story staling that reports are cur rent in motion picture circles then- that Charles Ch;iplin. the comedian. ;tnd Pola Xegri, the tragedienne, were engaged to be married. Chaplin declined eFth'er to deny or affirm the report. Madame Xegri refused to talk. Washington. Nov. 25.? Represen tative Rainey, Democrat, of Illi nois, who yesterday introduced a resolution for an investigation of reports that the Ku Klux Kl;?n held an initiation ceremony under the capitol. announced today that lie ?S IN BRIEF 1 had asked William J. Burns to get the .facts for congress. Mr. Rain ney said he felt sure, the inquiry would he ordered. . Berlin. Nov. 25.?Dr. Herman Mueller, . minister of agriculture jand food controller. in the new German cabinet, resigned today, fol lowing, attacks, made by Reichtag Socialists. They accused him of actively.participating in the Rhine land separatist movement three years ago. Winnipeg, Nov. 25.?Two students t perished, and twenty were injur jed today when fire destroyed St. Boniface College. The famous i Jesuit library was also destroyed. Washington. Nov. 25.?The house faced. ;the last day o& general de bate on the shipping bill .when it convened today. Republican lead ers are. confident that the measure will pass when the final vote ;is taken next. Wednesday. The senate adjourned Until Monday when the final vote is to..be.taken on the five million dollar Liberian loan bill. j St. Joseph, Michigan. Nov. 27.:? j Twenty alleged Communists..party j leaders, including W. Z. Foster, leader of the l?li) steel strike, will [go on trial here today-charged^ with violating the Michigan ^anti-Syndi calist act. J IRUMOSSARE DENOUNCED S Seaboard President * Sees No i)anger of Receivership Washington,' Nov. 26.?In con nection, with the weakness in -the rail stocks, rumors .have been per sistent that Seaboard Air Line was in danger of a receivership. S. Davie.s,Warfield today characteriz ed these reports as malicious lies. He deck.red...the earnings for the last two weeks to be the highest in the history, of the road and that progress made with new and (rebuilt equipment has been great | er than on any other system in the ? United. States. He points out that [loadings for the first twenty-one jdays of.November show an aver age increase of 29.6 per cent with traffic on an increasing scale. The Seaboard is. just entering into the period of^ its greatest, traffic which ! extends through the , next four months,.. being increased by the winter traffic passenger and freight from the. northern states to Florida. .? < ? ? Strawberries For . t , Million aries ? ?? Plant City, Fla., Nov. 23.? Thanksgiving strawberries will come, .high this year, for buyers are paying $4.25 a quart for them de livered on the railroad platforms here. . Plant .City, center of the production area in Florida and one of the largest strawberry shipping points in the country', began, its shipping yesterday, the earliest date in seven years. The bidding opened at $1.25 a quart and the berries rapidly .went up to $4.25 while bids , went as high as $4.S0 with no berries in sight. One fanner received a check for $72.25 for a lot of 17 quarts, the I best actual sale price of the day. It was at the rate of $4.25 a quart j and represented the highest price ! ever recorded here. I Cne quart of berries was sold at [ auction today for $103> the bidding having started at $3. The seller sent the money to the children's ? home at Tampa as a Thanksgiving -gift, > j Thinking Ab?ut Roads . (Spartanburg Herald). In s practically every county in South Carolina the newspapers are discussing the question of . high ways from some point of view. There are still many points of view |as to the. solution :of this question, i pressing as it is for solution, in j South Carolina and other southern i states. The Wateree Messenger, of ! Camden. has recently expresed this i view: . "A state highway system work in I conjunction with the federal gov I ernment will be the only way to build so-called permanent roads." * * * We would hail with delight some legislation at the next ses sion of .the legislature looking to the building of permanent high ways under a well devised plan. If each. individual county is to build its own roads, then the sand-clay f roads are their only hope." j The Wateree Messenger is com j ing very near the truth. It is I thinking along the right line. White I South Caro'ina counties?and es jpecially the. wealthier counties? j have contributed to the state many j miles of highways carrying the traffic more comfortably and more j expeditiously than ever before, in j the history of the state, a system I of state highways will never be ; realized until they are built and ; maintained by the state and not ; by the several counties. Certain counties have contributed splendid i highways, other counties can never j do such a thing because they are I without the resources. ' Second to the question of taxa jtion in this state is the question lot" highways. The next legisla ture should determine upon a pol icy, and launch the state's road pro | gram that will yield results. We i are nm going backwards ?but for ward. Illinois cbngrcsswoman has four children so should pick up things quickly iji the House. j A baby srrand costs less than a [grand baby but doesn't last as long. Ku Klux Speaker in Charleston CoL J. Q. Nol?n Asserted That He Cante Only to Ex plain What the Klan Is Charleston. Nov. 23.?Col. J. Q. Nolan, -a representative of the Ku Klux Klan, from Atlanta, address ed a capacity audience at the Ar tillery , Hall last evening-. He styled himself as. the .national lec turer of the . Klan, and introduced himself to the audience, saying that he represented a secret order and that for a fellow Klansman to in troduce him would identify the lat ter as a member of the order. He stated that he was a personal rep resentative of William Joseph Sim mons of Atlanta; the Imperial Wiz ard of- the Knights of the Ku Klux KlanN There was disappointment that Mr. Theodore D. Jervey Was not given permission by Col. Nolan to reply to his Klan address. Mr. Jervey's position, as set forth in his advertisement in The News and Courier of yesterday attracted much attention in the community. Mr. Jervey attend ^d the meeting last night. He made this state ment yesterday afternoon: "At about 3 p., m. I was rung up at my residence by Col. Nolan, advertised to speak at Artillery Hall oh Thursday at 8 p. m. He ^aid he had seen my advertisement asking him if I could speak at the meeting and that as he would speak for -about , an hour and twenty minutes, he did hot think I should reply to him; but he was willing to have me speak before" him. This I told him I had not .requested permission for: but had requested the unknown head of the organization here, to permit me tp' reply: but that I had no idea , of thrusting myself on the meeting and if it did not suit, I was per fectly satisfied. He said there was no head here, that he had -come simply to explain the purpose of the Ku Klux and- if i followed him that I (night say something he would like to reply to and that would make the meeting too long. I said that that wa% perfectly sat isfactory to me and if it was not suitable for me to reply I would attend and hear his speech; that Charleston was too hospitable a place to interfere in any way with the privilege of a speaker to run his meeting the way it suited him. It was his meeting and I accepted his reasons for not having me re ply: but did not think there was any impropriety in requesting the reply which I understood him to agree with me and with -some pleasant Temarks the matter ended." , Col. Nolan gave as his reason for not permitting Mr. Theo. D. Jervey, who, m an, advertisement in The News and Courier yesterday morn ing, addressed to the unknown lo cal head of the Ku Klux Klan, asked permission to- reply to Mr. Nolan, that he had quite a lot to say to the audience and that if Mr. Jervey replied, he would be forced to. make, replies to the words of Mr. Jervey and that this would take entirely too much time. He said that he talked to Mr. Jervey over the telephone during the day j (stating that he had called at the j former's office to see, him and i failed to find him in) and offered I to allow him to precede him, but that Mr. Jervey had declined this offer. j The meeting was, for the most I part, orderly, with the exception of j several periods during which ques j tions were hurled from the audi ence at the speaker, none of which I he answered directly, to those ask | ing the questions. During these brief periods, one of which threat ened to become boisterous, but was immediately, quieted following the removal from the hall of a man who apparently was the center of j the* storm, such questions as "What I is the Ku Klux?" "Why do you j wear masks?" and 'Tell us what i you are?" came from male mem ! bers of the assemblage^ Most of DOINGS OF THE DUFFS TOM, WHAT IM THE vs/ORlD. ARE SOO lytf LOOKING FOR? / YOU'VE EVERYTHING *\S ?y OUT OF THE C?P?OARD'/ At ;them were asked in a tone of de } fiance and the "speaker was almost J invariably . addressed as "Nolan." j During one. of the periods of excite ? rae.nt a lady in the front of the I audience fainted and had to be car ried from the hall. The man re moved .by the police was carried from the hal! -amid shouts of "Put him'otttv"sand "Out with him" and "Throw him out." The audience applauded, vigorously the removal. ?The questions were allowed from ieach questioner, as he first started.X j the audience seemingly interested in ! the question: but as no answer; came from the-stage; a nd the q>" ? tions began to fly; from all sides,} j the audience shouted them down and urged that the questioners \ye j j "thrown out." therefore little of :the substance of the questions ;could be..heardr,rhey were drown-jMcL^ f^pg atld Ife ed by the general commotion. } . . . "T? j ..,, m m m ,. /. ;. Appointed by Governor . .. , .. - .., -V Names Three lud? ? ?? ? .Ter Tram Kills Infant { Columbia. Nov. 23.?W. C. -" * " Vlx;in of Columbia, R. D/Epp^csf i Crushed by Passenger Loco-lsumter aild c...j. Ramage. of f- _ _ j .^-r ?uda were appointed special-juc moiive ana Cars by ^ governor yesterday upon tM Conway, .Nov. 23.?An infant son ] recommendation of Chief Jitt?? of "Kelly Jones, of the .Adrian sec- j Gary. jtiori of Horry..county, was fatally! \lr. McLain was named U>,-h^UL j crushed under a passenger.Strain f the court of common pleas -for 'Mar [yesterday. Engineman O'Neill re- i rion' county commencing.j&ece j ported that he noticed what ap- j ber 4'. jpeared to be a large piece of pa-j Mr. Epps was named^to;hol?h j per between the. tracks and that he ?special term of common pleas j watched it intently. As his loco- jfor Allendale county beginning* t'b motive was almost on it, the child]second Monday in December.; moved and Mr. vO'Neill brought his train to. .a stop}1 The infant was picked* up under the maii coach and rushed, to Doris for treatment, but died in'a few minutes.' At the -time of the. tragedy, . the infant's father was working in a nearby 'field. "?' *y'*-'"-' Mr. Ramage was named ..to -fe?td the court of general sessions ?for Spartanburg county commencing December 4. -v-' *> ^fc ? ' Columbia, Nov. 24.?Thailmuj^ nesh is: bringing a good price: ? ?T-? ; shown in a^ sale conducted^by" Columbia, Nov.. 24.?The .Colonia j large stock concern here y^eida^; Hotel, a-tourist hotel of this city, ]'when it'sold more than four"huh/-: was sold at. auction -yesterday andjdred mules at auction.^ The brought $j65;G0O. It was bought in ; price was $280.Attehding'^K by the .-mortgagees. It. was sold I sale were ' 150 " buyers. Ohe> fo under order -of bankruptcy against j them, D. E. Scarborough, of Nortp^ D.. C. Shaw, former .o.wner... Mr.jstated ?hat..he.believes the prices.o?' Shaw is a prominent Sumter man.l mules will continue to increase? " i_? . " ? : ? ? ' "-:' *s E\TS?ETTTR?E H*r*; rm?Tz-: i PLACES 5T5>v4*t, efrl i&eixf, iW&s on<s Tfpt<^ THAT 'CvWAT YOU :DOr4*T k.KCM [% CoiKia jo Hv&r ... ... BY ?LLM?H; l?MTHE?E.; utiGUESS I iH'FmD'lT FOR. fOU - COME IN - OH, LET IT. GO r^DOFF* 1 DON'T ^rVr "TO POT V?U TO SO MUCH K_ ^ROUBLE! m