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- Msrr?LCUSecond Claas Mauer.
PERSONAL.
v Miss* Mary Wilson- accompan
ied by Mies Elizabeth Graham and
Thomas Leramon, leave this even
ing for New York where they will
spend two-weeks^-'
Mr. O. W. Dudley. Jr., of the
Sumter Leaf Tobacco Co., left
Tuesday for Danville, Va., for a
ten-day stay.
The friends of Mrs. Pringle
Brunson will regret to learn that
she is. quite sick at her home on
Washington St.
Mr. and Mrs. C P. Korn lest last
night for Cincinnati, O.
Presiding Eider McCoy, Rev. J.
W. "Daniel and Rev. J: Y. Fergu
son left this momixig vfor Marion
to attendNthe annual conference of
the Methodist church.
Mr. J. S. Shingler of Ashburn,
Ca., is visiting his sister, Mrs. D.
W. Cuttino. - -
Dr. C. ? J. Lemmon has returned
from Philadelphia, where he spent
four weeks- auendi ng surgical c I in- ?
icsf in the hospitals of that city .
Mrs. S. C. Baker has- returned
from Washington. -D. C> where sh?i
visited her sister, Mrs. H. D..Ged
dings. .; ?
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Folley, Mr.
a*d Mrs. A.'T; Heath, ' Mr. anil
Mrs. J. IL Guthrie and Mr. and
Mrs. M?ck Boykin left this morn
ing for MurrelTs Inlet to spend
several days.- *
Dr. Carl B. Epps has announced
:hai' in future his practice will* be
limited' to' general surgery. Dr.
Epps served about five years as as
sistant "surgeon on the staff of the
Tuorney Hospital, and has been
operative surgeon for the. past five
years, having- succeeded the late
Dr. S. C : Baker.
cMr. and Mrs. Hugh Fr?ser and
d?highter Miss Nan will arrive to
night to sitend a few days with1
Mr. and' Mrs. 3. M. Dick.
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Annual Meeting of Sumter
Dfetriee Sunday 1
The annual convention of the
Sumter District Christian Endeav
or Union met-at the . Presbyterian
church on Sunday, November 26th.
The meeting proved quite an en
thusiastic one, delegates number
ing about 87. The following, pro
gram was- rendered: v '"V
11:3 0?Song - service.
/11:49-Devotional, led by Dr.
J? P. Marion of Sumter. ?
1 f ? 50?Special - music.
12WO?.Address; Dr. J. P. Ma
rion.
-12:20?Song.
12:35?Announcements, and ap
pointments of committees. 1 v
12?40-^A<ijo?rn for lunch.
2:00-^Soag service.
.2:10?Called to prayer, S. W.
Dendy. ' (
2:20?Primary and Junior rally.
2:45?Song. *
^2:50?Address, "The Challenge1
of C E. to the young people o$ our]
district," by Mr. McDonald of Sum
ter. . . ... j
2:10?Foreign Missions, S. C. E.,
of Sumter. i
3:30?Conference work of com
mittees, .led by S. W. Dendy. \
?3:40 ? Report of committees, \
election and installation of district;
officers. j
3:38?Address, Decision Service,
Si W. Dendy. . j
4:15?Adjourn.
One of the most enjoyable fea
tures of the program was the ad
dress by the. Field Secretary, S.
W. Dendy of Columbia. His win- j
ning personabfy and earnest, inter- j
esting talks were appreciated by i
:ill present. j
?*The new district officers elected |
are as follows:
President, S. W. Shaw, of Sum- j
ter. t ? - j
- *Vice President, Stephen Harvin, I
of Manning. ???
Secretary, Miss Eugenia Miller,'
of Sumter.
Treasurer. Robert Reeves, ofj
New Harmony.
Chairman Junior Department. '?
Mrs. Mallard of Sumter.
Chairman Intermediate Depart- \
ment, Mrs. Marion Wilson, of Sum
ter. ' -
^Press reporter. Miss -Alice Wil
son, of Manning.
Paris WiH Consider
Barring" Prize Fighting.
Paris. Oct. 22.?A motion asking
ttye Prefect of Police to bar box-!
infr forever from Parisian rings I
has been introduced and will come'
up for discussion in the< Paris Mti*1
nicipal Council. Alderman Luquet
is*spensor- for the measure and;
among his arguments in favor of
his'proposed by-law is the follow
ing:
"Why should a duel with fist*
^>e permitted when duels'- with
swords or pistols are forbidden?"
Mr. Luquet kindly refrains from
adding that many boxing matches
held in Paris lately have caused
nrore damage to the participants
than the majority of the duels.
Carpentier had ten chances to one
of coming through a duel with
pistols tmscathed.- A little prick
frvm the tip of a. disinfected sword
would have caused the referee to
call the fight,-in the event of a
meeting on the field of honor. * \
^Another point which Mr. Luquet
makes is that the school children
of Paris, owing to the publicity
given to pugilistic encounters, all
imagine that when they reach
twenty years of age they will be
champions of France and Navarre,
with the result that they are de
voting more time to flattening the
noses and cauliflowering the ears
of their comrades than to the
study of the classics or modern
sciences.
Many Cases Appear
ing on Court Docket
Indicate Activity of
Officers, Says Judge
Watkins to Grand
Jufy -T:; :""
Anderson. S.-C- Nov. 28.?Ven
turing the assertion that "traffic of
ii^uor. is going to- be broken up
because it is -wrong; or at least in
South Carolina, and without long
delay." Federal Judge H. H. Watv
kins, presiding at the fall term of
Federal Court for the Western dis
trict of South Carolina which con
vened-this morning for-a session
in Anderson of two- weeks, deliv
ered a powerful charge to the
grand jury, when he referred to
the> many violations of the liquor
laws but asserted that the numer- j
bus liquor eases* appearing on the1
federal docket does not indicate
that- the law was being violated to
any: extent, but the greater activ- j
ity of officers in curbing the traffic |
of liquor.' ?? -
At the outset Judge Watkins
charged the grand jury concerning
the technical features of -the na
tional prohibition law as well as
dwelling upon several cases ^of vio
lations -of another nature which
were also .handed to the-body for
action during this term of court
"It is-a significant fact," began
Judge Watkins, "that during the
year ending July 1922, this court
dk#osed of-more than 500 cases,:
most of them being violations of.
the- liquor laws. From expressions^
pro and -con, in public print to be:
found In other sections ? m?re so
than in this, one would infer that|
the ? prohibition - act-is' on trial j
rather- than the violators of the
lawi. "Under our system." con
tinued Judge Watkins, ""public
opinion has its rights and the slo
gan1 of free speech and thought had
been the- watchword of the people.;
So- jealous are the American people
of these rights and of any restric
tion that we often mistake license
df-speech- for liberty of speech,
which permits the criticism of the
people and of the-law. The coun
try should* not be impatient with
just criticism for there are imper
fections in our system that must
be eliminated and there are dan
gers 'which must be guarded
against.
"Bootleggers are encouraged by
the. criticism of leading citizens.
Prohibition is designed to put down
one of the great evils of today and
I will ? venture the assertion, -t you
may say what you will; think what
you will, -but this traffic is going
to be broken- up because it is wrong
or at least in South Carolina and
without long delay. I have that
faith in my people.
Judge- Watkins intimated that in;
his opinion a great stride and one
of telhng effect has been taken
toward the abolition -of liquor traf- j
fie. The fact that the many cases!
On the- docket does not indicate:
tl?tt there are more violations ofj
the Taw-but that officers are' more {
actrVe ^nd> alert." Those who are j
engaging in the business are not f
finding- it profitable, Judge Wat
kins said. In concluding his charge
Judge Watkins declared in sub
stance that violations of the liquor
law and trials for these violations
have resulted in practical bank- j
rtiptcy: of many individuals!
Study Agricultural Finance For!
_ Amendments.
. Chicago, Nov. 15 (By the Asso-!
ciated Press)?Study ?of agricultur-?
al finance, with the view of recom- i
mending amendments to existing
laws to Jnclude a system of short j
time credits for the American i
farmer, will be taken u?> at thej
annual convention of the Southern!
Commercial ^Congress, to convene;
here November 20.
Financing of the exportation;
of the surplus farm crops of Afhcr- j
iea, as well as discussion of the;
extension of credits, will be brought j
before the meetings, according to j
Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president j
of the congress. This will be in j
furtherance of the work of the j
congress in pushing the enactment j
of the federal farm loan system,!
which Dr. GHvens characterizes as j
the greatest achievement of the
congress since its organizatino in
By a resolution passed at the
convention at Nashville in 1912, the|
congress assembled a commission !
directed to investigate agricultural j
organization and cooperation in!
eighteen countries of Europe. Va- i
rious state laws resulted, including j
the marketing law of California,!
and the Short Time Credits law ofl
New York, and the Federal Farm j
Loan Act, under which there were j
established twelve great banks, and j
more than four thousand farm loan j
associations, with loans to date ag- i
gregating more than $800,000,000. j
"It was this Law, without any
further federal legislation, that car
ried America through the World
War, furnished the margin of fin
ance . for Amer:<-.?n agriculture
whereby we produced the food for
our army and navy, for our coun
try, and, to a large extent, lor our
allies," said Dr. Owens/
"The benefits that have accrued
to America are being carried to
other countries of the western
hemisphere and the movement now
is act:velv on that will, in a large
measrre. regenerate the agricul
tural life of the Americas and will
react in value to the industrial
and commercial life of these na
tions." -
What sounds worse than a phon
ograph almost run down?
GLOOM
I Executions of Greek
; "Ministers Causes
Great Excitement
By the Associated Press
Lausanne,' Nov. 29.?The execu
tion of the former Greek ministers
has caused great excitement in the
jNear East peace conference, and
I has generally cast a gloom over
the delegations.
'Lausanne Peace
I Conference
. ?
I Greek Delegates Attend Meet
j ' ihg of Committee Despite
! v Athens Executions
By the Associated Press
Lausanne. Nov. 29.?The Greek
delegates today attended the meet
ing of the peace committee on
Turkish economic affairs, in spite
of the international complications
growing out of the execution of
former Premier Gounaris and his
associates^ Although the British
minister has left Greece this does
not constitute. a diplomatic break,
it is said here, and the British will
'continue to participate in the cotr
fference with the Greek delegates.
! - f?ir*?'
I Proposed Treaty
i With Turkey
? - -
j Ismet Pasha Wants to Make
i Agreement With United
^ -States !
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I Lausanne, Nov. 2S (By the As
sociated Press).?Turkey will be
' glad to make a general treaty with
I the United States and will he hap
py- to begin negotiations at any
[time, Ismet Pasha informed the
Associated Press tonight.
The representative .of the Kem
alist government has not yet be
gun any treaty pourparlers with
Ambassador Child, but said he
stood ready to inaugurate an ex
change of views at the first avail
able moment. Ismet showed live
ly interest in the reports that a
treaty of amity and commerce
would probably be an outcome of
the Lausanne conference, and
asked for information as to wheth
er the American people wanted to
develop their friendly relations with
his country. -
"We should have a new treaty
dealing with commercial and con
sular matters," he continued. "I
hope, above all, that Americans will
not worry about the future of ed
ucational and philanthropic insti- j
tutions in Turkey. We want them j
to stay and have no intention ofi
adopting laws which would embar-?
rass the continuance of the admir
able American altruistic work'
among our people." '
Ismet seemed anxious about the j
American official attitude towardsi
the Turkish demands for abolition
Of the capitulations, saying:
"We wish to establish our own i
courts and try all cases. Foreign- 1
ers may be assured that they will
get a fair trial. We have heard J
that Americans and others object;
to our courts, as founded on the j
religious tenets of Mohammed.
This is not true. Religion is one
thing in our country, laws another, j
and the law will be fairly and hon
estly administered."
Reverting to the treaty, Ismet de
clared that its negotiation- would
be a splendid thing for Turco
American relations, which the Turk
ish people especially desired to cul-j
tivate. He saw no necessity, of in- \
serting clauses concerning the
treatment of American missionary
institutions in the suggested treaty.
? ? <
To Stimulate Southern Library Ao>
tivitj\
Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 15.?
More than one thousand librarians;
and trustees of public, college, j
school and other libraries are ex-t
pected to attend the annual confer- I
ence of the American Library as- j
sociation, which is to be held here j
th* last week in April, next year.
The association has in its mem- j
bership" more than 0,000 librarians!
and library trustees in almost ev- j
ery section of the country. It has j
for its purpose the advancement |
of the library profession and tb<>J
establishment and development of!
libraries everywhere.
? Next year's meeting is being |
planned at the request of many j
southern members of the associa-'
tlon who feel that the publicity re- |
suiting from such a meeting wiil
help to forward the library move
ment in that section of the coun- !
try. Many personsxin the south |
who have not attended meetings':
because of the distnee from home.
Plan to journey to Hot Springs to'
Lake part in the program of de-j
liberations, officials announce.
Work on the program already]
j has been started by George 1J. j
i Utley. librarian of the New berry j
library, Chicago, and president of I
j the association. Members of the!
[executive board are: Julia Ideson.
ifouston: cjiiilm^rs Hadley. Den
ver: Josephine A. Rath bone,
i Brooklyn: Malcolm G. Wyer, Lin
jcoln, Nebr.; Edward D. Tweedell,
ichicago; H. II. 1',. Meyer. Washing
jton: William W. Bishop, Ann Ar
! bor; Gratia A. Countryman. Min
neapolis; George s. Godard; Hart
ford: Carl B. Roden; Chicago;
James I. Wyer. Albany.
* ? *
I Three of our most beautiful
j words are "Dinner is ready."
i Airplanes are going so high and
j fast now it takes two nven to see
j one.
Washington, Nov. 28.?Senator
Cummins announced today he had
decided to withhold: the proposed
bill amending the transportation
act until next congress.
Meadville, Penn., Nov. 28.?Bish
op James M. Thoburn, of the Meth
odist-Episcopal' church died here'
today after a lingering illness.
Mexico City, - -Nov.- 28.?Sixteen
Americans, representing the South
ern Commercial congress, arrived
here tonight on a, to?r to promote
better trade relations between the
United States and Mexico; The
committee is headed by Clarence'
J. Owens, president of the Com
mercial Congress.
Columbia, Nov. 27.?Mrs. W. H.
Kelly. 63, died at a local hospital'
this afternoon shortly after being'
struck by an automobile .on the
Two Notch road, just out of Co
lumbia. The accident occurred as
Mrs. Kelly was attempting to pre- i
vent a child from being run down,
it is understood. Mrs. M. F. Harri
son, of Edgewood, and Mrs. A. D.
Daniels, were in the automobile,
according to a report to Coroner J.
H. Scott.
Columbia, Nov. 28.?Frank M.
Jeffords was sentenced yesterday to
die December 22 for the murder of,
his partner, J: C. Arnett. He will
carry an appeal to the United
States supreme court.
Washington, Nov. 28.?When
Republican leaders sought to bring
the Dyer anti-lynching bill before
the senate, opposition bordering on
a filibuster developed. Senators
Harrison, Smith of South Carolina
and Underwood, threw the pro
ceedings into a, parliamentary
tangle and insisted that all routin'e
for each session be taken up in
regular order and forced a read
ing of the Journal and roll "calls.
J?rnen Voters
Propose Legislation
Chairman of Committee of
League Preparing Strong :
Report for Legislature
Columbia, Nov. 27;?i-The legisla
tive committee of the South Caro
lina League of Women Voters will
have strong recommendations for
new legislation to' make to the
South Carolina General; Assembly
which meets in January. 2 Mrs.
T. Reamer ise chairman of the
committee, and? she states that she
will probably have the report ?fei
her committee completed during
the next few weeks. ?
The committee will probably
meet this week with Governor
Harvey, to confer regarding certain
proposed and needed .legislation ?<
The women will again this tinvt"
ask for enactment of the Simonhoff
bill, to require men to undergo
physical examinations before be
ing granted marriage licenses. Th*s
bill, introduced by Representative
Harry Simonhoff, of ? Charleston,
has been in two legislative sess'ons
already. In the 1921 session it
found itself in a pigeon hole when
the solons had all gone home. It
was revived at the 1922 se*;'}n
and came close to enactment, but]
was brutally slain after a* hard
fight was fought over it. In its I
original form it provided for ex
aminations of both men and wo
men, Later the application to wo
men was eliminated and it vas in
tended only for the male party to
the ciarriage contract. However, j
opposition to it was strongly fos- j
tored, and the bill breathed its last j
late in the session, after a manly i
struggle for life. j
The women also want-a law to
require feminine voters to pay poll!
tax. They say they have the rights!
of citizenship, and they should be
required, as are the men, to help j
in paying the bills. !
The women voters will also prob- j
ably ask the legislature, as they j
have asked in past years, for a j
woman's building constructed along j
proper lines, in the, state peniten
tiary. Governor Hervey has en
dorsed .this, and lie will probably
discuss the matter with the wo
men's legislative committee.
The women voters platform is
also likely to contain a plank for
education, with a plea for liberal
appropriations for the schools, es
pecially the rural schools. Liberal
support of Winthrop College and
the woman's building at the Uni
versity are possible planks, though
no definite announcement regard
ing these has as yet been made
by the committee.
Osaka Celebrates Bi-centenary of
'?Shakespeare of Japan."
Osaka,, Japan, Nov. 24.?Osaka
celebrated the bi-centenary of
Chikamatsu Monzaemon, poet and
playwright, railed the Shakespeare
of Japan, his life and works being
closely identified with this town.
One of his best works, entitled
"Tenno Amijiina". was staged at
th<- Nakaza Theatre by Nakamura
Ganjiro. the best exponent of Chik
amatsu's drama.
Chikamatsu Monzaemon was born
in the seventeenth century, in
Choshu province, southern Japan,
of a samurai family. After having
served as a public servant he retir
ed from official life and spent the
rest of his days in Osaka and Kyo
to, devoting himself to literary
works. His plays number more
than <>n?? hundred, many of which
depict the life of the merchant
class of Osaka. Nearly all of his
dramas have been staged.
? Platinum-wedding rings are tak
ing the place of gold wedding rings
but don't seem to hold as well.
.Collection For Year
Nearly Billion and
Half Less Than Last
Year
Washington, Nov. 26.?Federal
tax collections during the fiscal
year ended June 30. 2922, fell off
jalmost $1,400,000,00.0, or 30 per
cent, as compared with the pre
vious year, according to the annual
report of the internal revenue bu
reau, issued tonight by Commis
sioner Blair. Income and profits
taxes collected during the year
showed a decrease of $1,141,000,
000, or 35 per cent.
Total tax collections for the year
aggregated $3,197,451,083, com
pared with $4,595,357,061 for 1921,
while income and profits taxes for
[r922 amounted to $2.080;91S,464,
-against $3,228.137.673, the previous
year.
Miscellaneous collections arising
from; taxation other than that on
incomes and profits amounted to
$1,110,532.618 for 1922, a decrease
of $256,686,770 or 19 per cent.
This slump, Mr. Blair declared, was
accounted for mostly by the re
peal or reduction in rates of va
rious taxes provided for in the rev
enue act of 1921, effective January
1, 1922.
The next expenditure- for col
lecting taxes for 1922 was $34.286,
651, which was equivalent to $1.07
for each. $100 collected-as compar
ed with 72 cents for each $100 the
previous year.
"The difference in the relative
r cost ? of collection for the fiscal
years 1921 and 1922," Mr. Blair
said, "is due mainly to the large
reduction in the revenues of 1922,
'incident to the shrinkage in busi
ness and incomes, the repeal of cer
tain micellaneous war taxes and
various provisions of the. law as the
increase in individual exceptions
contained in the revenue act of
1921; with the consequent reduc
tion in the income tax liability ?of
corporations and individuals.''
Of the various revenues, tobacco
and fermented liquor taxes only
showed increases over 1921. Col
lections, other than income and
'profits taxes, for 1922, as compar
ed with the preceding fiscal year
were: Distilled spirits, including
wines, $45,563,000. against $82*
538,000; fermented liquors, $46,
000 against $25,000; tobacco man
ufacturers. $270,759,000 against
$255,219,000; oleomargarine, $2,
121,000 against $2,986,000; capital
stock tax, including other special
taxes. $90.544,000 against $91,281,
000; miscellaneous, including war
excise taxes since 1917, $686,881^*
000 against $914.227,000, and sales
of internal revenue stamps by post
masters. $14.616,000 against $20,
880,000-. ?
- Approximately 1,250,000 income
tax returns are received in Wash
ington armuaUy, Mr. Blair reported.
During the last fiscal year 954,
731 income and excess profits re
turns were audited, of which 717>-v
897 were individual and partner
ship returns and 236,852 were cor
poration returns. On audit, with
out field examination, $22.726,000
additional tax was assessed on indi
vidual and partnership returns and
$56,943,000 on corporation re
turns. Revenue agents' reports on
24,868 individual and partnership
returns were, reviewed in Wash
ington during the year and $28.
885,000 in additional tax assessed,
while review of 14,088 corporation
resulted in an additional tax as
sessment of $J78.717,000.
Of 167,405 claims adjusted dur
ing the year, a total of 139,631
claims involving. $182,371,000 were
allowed and 27,774 involving
$150,107,000 were rejected. Dur
ing the preceding fiscal year 135,
637 claims involving $467,829,000
were received.
A complete ieorganization of the
activities of the prohibition unit,
was effected during the year, re
sulting in greater efficiency and
expedition in the handling of
work, Mr. Blair reported. A total
of 2.036 cases, covering violations
of the prohibition laws, was re
ported by the new force of general
agents, - and taxes amounting to
$19,716,000 were reported for as
sessment. The total payroll of the
prphibition unit for 1922 was $6.
000,000, an increase of $2.000,000
over the previous year.
Production of alcohol during the
year aggregated 79,906.00(1 gallons
a decrease of 5,000,000 gallons,
while withdrawals of distilled spir
its other than alcohol from bond
ed warehouses aggregated 2.724.000
gallons, a decrease of 6,000,000 gal
lons.
Summary of the income and pro
fits ta? receipt? during the year by
states showed Xew York far in the
lead in amount, with $527,095,
26S.7.">; Pennsylvania second, with
$240.7!>S,07S.S2 and Illinois third
with $l 79,633.?73.X1. Nevada was
low with $564,023.45 and New
Mexico next to low with $811,595.
St;. Other states included:
A la ba ma. $ 9.009.980.66.
Florida, $8.433.602.21.
Georgia, $ 1 4.270.049.82.
Louisiana, $1 .".477.S26.rjS.
M ississi p p i. $3.40-5.262.01.
North Carolina. $23,179,559.81.
South Carolina. $9,699,041.79.
Tennessee. SI 4.1 74.01*2.51.
Virginia, $18,577,380.51.
Budget director says V. S. will
live within its income next year.
But will it live within ours?
Enforcing the
Pi'bhibition Law
Greatest Obstacle to Enforce
ment is Big Prof its in Boot
legging Business
Washington, Nov. 27.?The law
enforcement arms of the govern
ment were said by high treasury
officials today to be without any j
plans, or. proposals looking to ai
more thorough enforcement of the
Volstead Act, although the subject
was gone over in detail at the
cabinet meeting with President
Handing Friday. Secretary Mellon J
I was represented as being unable to |
j offer any solution to the problem I
while the returns from the illicit!
traffic in liquor continued so large, j
Prohibition officials have made
and are making the best uses of
the tools they have in checking
the liquor traffic, according to the
view said to have been taken by
the treasury head. He was said
to have declined to express an
opinion as to whether a liberaliza- j
tion of the Volstead law would re-j
duce the- amount of "bootleg"
whiskey brought into the country
The treasury secretary was un-i
iderstood to believe that "complete" |
enforcement could not be expected j
under present conditions- The im- j
pressipn was given that he believed
it would take much more money^j
and a far greater, staff of enforce-j
ment officers than how were avail- j
able in order to throttle the im- !
portations and fraudulent with
drawals from bonded warehouses
as well as to defeat the sale of
liquor once it was in the hands of
dealers..
.Large profits seemed to be one
jof the most direct causes of heavy j
traffic in liquor in the. Secretary's j
view. But how to break up the-j
big profits proved another matter
which Mr. Mellon was said to have
declared presented, for the present,
an insoluble problem.
White House statements of last
Friday, according to Treasury offi- I
ein Is, represented only the gist of]
discussions at the cabinet meetings j
No methods for reaching the liquor
traffic by expanded facilities were I
"said to have been broached then j
nor since and it .was assumed that j
the treasury would not ask con
gress for a greater sum for en- j
forcement than was accorded in the
current year. Treasury^ officials
declined to say today whether thej
reported amount ? approximately
nine million dollars?would pro
j vide money with which they could
j expand enforcement operations.
] Railroad Wins Gase Against Mo
! torist. ?
? Pittsburgh Pa., Nov. 20.?The
; Pennsylvania system, which recent
I ly announced its determination to
\ file counter suits against motorists
seeking damages as a consequence
of collisions, -won. its initial case
in county court here today.
J On December 5, 1921, a Pennsyl
vania flyer hit an a'utomobile be- 1
J longing to C. J. Ramsey of Sewiek
j ley, ? near Dixmont. Ramsey *sued
[for $3,000 damages, claiming his
machine was wrecked. The rail
road countered with a claim for
for $^06.08. The jury returned a
j verdict for the defendant.
! The Pennsylvania offered testi
imony to show the crossing gates
[were down' and that Ramsey, un
iable to stop his machine, crashed
j through them. Damages were
'sought as follows: Shanty, $73.20;
j crossing gates, $10.02 ; danger sign,
$9.86; locomotive,. $21.40.
A statement issued by the
Pennsylvania road tonight declar
jed that thisspolicy will be vigorous
ly followed in the future, -when
ever investigation indicates that
an automobilist is responsible for
'damages resulting from a collision*
In these days of-robbers speed
1 ing away in autos it is relief .to
learn an Ohio thief escaped on a
cow.
Pork costs most aft'cr it is made
into chicken salad.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
Applications For Training
s iClose December 15th
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Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25.?Ar
warning has been issued to former:
service men and women throughout'
the United State by Joe Sparks, '
chairman of the national rehabili-;
tation committee of the American I
Legion, that all veterajs who de- j
sire vocational training and have j
not made application must do so!
under the present law before De- j
cember IG. 1922.
Those who wait until after this ]
Ndate will forfeit their right of re
ceiving this' government training.
There are several ways in which
this application can be made. The
claimant may make application by
FOR
CONSTOATK?l
BILIOUSNESS
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Stomach Trouble
- -SOLO EVERYWHERE- :
day on December 15. Applications
mailed later than this date will he
too late.
A'person who is in doubt as to
whether he has a valid application
on file should take steps infme
' writing a letter expressingva desire : diately to aseertain'his status from
to apply for vocational work to j one of the offices of the bureau..
[any one 6f the bureau offices locat
[ed^throughout the United States. It
The government is eager that all
former service men who are en
is necessary for the applicant to titled to the benefits of thte act
sign his name so that the bureau j should take advantage of this op
may consider the application ?s 1 portunity. All applications receiv
made by the man himself. It is ad- \ ed will.have the fullest cbnsidera
visable for the applicant to make ition and'if the facts presented are ?
his application in person at one j sufficient to meet the provisions of
of the district or sub-district of
fices of the U. S. Veterans' Bureau,
although this is not absolutely nec
essary.
Forms may be obtained at anV
the rehabilitation act, the claimant
will be awarded the benefits provid
ed under the law. .
The name of Mr.'J. H. McCoHum,
one of the bureau offices or from jthrough an error was omitted'in
? any- of the cooperating agencies jthe Ust of merchants who are
[such as the American Legion, The in? their plaG?s 0f business during
Red Cross and other veteran organ- the relisious meetings being; held
lizations. These forms should be ? ;n the city
filled out, signed and forwarded to m m r '
one of the veteran bureau offices. Loud advertimng - may not pay
if a person 1S so situated that he but count the uumher of peotHe-^
is unable to obtain one of these;tne next free for-all dog fight. - ?
forms, a letter will be accepted as ! . o ? cr
an application. j ..-rhe only thing some people ever
Where the post mark of such let- j do in their life woxth telling is their
ter .or the form shows that it was ? newspaper funeral notice,
made on or before December 15,1
jthe application will be considered j A human- being can overlook a
fas where the man enters the office jhoot owl or a howling cat, but no*,
before the close of the working a midnight phonograph musician.
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