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* T&e Watchman and Southron Elate*?? at the Postoffice at Snm , ter, =>. C? a? Second Class Matter. PERSON AjL. Mrs. Amelia Steines of Saratoga ? Springs. N. Y., is. visiting Mrs. W. E. Aikinson of this city. . AI rs. S. H. Edmunds ? has re turaedl from Columbia- after a ? v. f k s stay "with her daughter. rsi James Hunter. Mr. J. Q. Ross of Pinewood was m town Friday. Mr. John * W. Montgomery of i ^visville is in town. Mrs. R. B. Furman of Bethels spending some time in Jackson ? vBie, Fla. Mrs. L.T. Parrott. who has been visiting relatives in Kansas and Ne ; ? Ska for the past two months - returned home Wednesday. Mr. W..L. Marshall, of Colum - spent Saturday* in town with friends and relatives. -Mr. V. H. Phelps. of Miami, Fla., isi ip the city. His many friends in Sthe old home town--are glad to see him again. PLEA IS MADE FOR JEFFORDS ' * ? .* j Washington Attorney Before Chief Justice Taft .-;- j W ashington. Dec. 10.?In an ef-| fort to have the United States su-j preme court review the conviction j . in the South Carolina state courts; -<>f Frank M. Jeffords for,the mur-| de? of J. C. Arnette. at Columbia ksst spring. - Jesse B. Adams, a Washington attorney, presented a Tiioiiov. for a writ of error to Chief ! Justice Taft tonight at the latteFs home here.' M r. Adams spent one hour and a Salt presenting arguments in be - half of his client, who has been ; sentenced to die in the electric cnclr on December 22. The chief! jusree indicated he would an-! ? settee- his decision tomorrow and rr^-cr.while would study papers and r:o,ur> records left with him by< Mr. Aadams. Jeffords, the chief justice was toid. did not have the fair trial guaranteed to him by the state and foci oral constitutions. J?x tie Change in: Harrison. i Colombia.- Dec. 10.?BHtle change was noiM today in the condition of Ira Harrison, convicted of the mur der of J. C; Arnette, who was^ yes terday brought into the Richland county court house on a stretcher to receive the death sentence. Penitentiary -officials said that Harrison was visited by his ntother today, s and she reported that her 2><m would pay no attention to her. An attendant at the hospital where Koxrison is confined said that the prisoner spoke a few words during the day. Once during the day he a?Jfed for a glass of water. Phy sicians said the prisoner was in the s/vrne condition.; as he was when sentenced yesterday by Judge Maul din, . ? Frank M Jeffords and; Ira Harri son have j5fily 11 more days be :< r: a hey pay the death penalty for the killing of J. C. Arnette in Co lumbia last . May unless the gov ernor, or the .courts - intervene in their behalf. The two men have h-< r sentenced to die between the h aurs of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. cn Friday, December. 22. AFFORDS MU?T DIE DECEMBER 22ND Washington.- Dec. 11.?Supreme court today declined to review the conviction of Frank M.. Jeffords of rdumbSa of the murder of J. C. Arnette. and sentenced to be elec trocuted December 22.. ATTORNEYS FOR HARRISON PLAN ANOTHER APPEAL Columbia,. Dec. 11.?The case of Tro. Harrison convicted with Frank M. Jeffords of the Arnette murder wi?>--again be appealed to the su preme court, his attorneys an r>ot:-c.ced today. The plan of ap wili be that sentence was im posed while Harrison Jay apparent ly unconscious on b. stretcher in the court room. ? ? ? Harrison and Jeffords to Die De cember 22nd. * Columbia. Dec. 9.?Ira Harri ses, one of the trio convicted of murder ? of J. C. Arnette. was re sentenced here today to die in the eJeecric chair on December L'2nd. ihe sj'.me day as that set for execu tion of F. M. Jeffords. Harrison .v;:h t.rought to th<? court room on a stretcher and lay on a table, as . hough dead, when doom was ! r< rounced. Three prominent Columbia phy :>;.;:-is teetified that he -was feint rn.sr.-and Judge Mauldin overruled a potion .for a continuance until ' r -on could be treated. COTTON MARKET HEW YO.TK CO Trow Open High Low Clo?<? CI03? Jan;. 2:>.fO 21.15 74.?? 24.S9 ?4.?*2 ?a?C& 25.30 25.34 25.05 25.06 75.12 hJxy 25.20 25 30 25.06 25 06 25.05 jyly 2490 24.94 24.71 24.72 24.7.1 Oct 23.44 23.50 23.25 23.25 23.25 ?rc - 25.0C 25.0?? 24.85 24.85 24.88 Si mchan^cd. 25.10. NEW ORLEANS COTTON Otw?T| HlPh j-?w ClORA ?1o!Mt / * 74.75 74.?*; 74 R0 74 *m.r.?5 MiJtfi 74.?? 24.93 24.65 24.71 24.67 Way .24.70 24.85 24.57 24.61 24.57 ?4 46 74 ?3 24. <5 74.37 74.32 0;( 23.00 22.10 22.95 27.95 ?2.?5 Dec 24.66 24.80 24.64 24.64 -24.55 Spofcl 25 ud. 25.00. LIVERPOOL COTTON j '/".:->. 14.00 JVJarch . 13.80 May . . J3.64 J?Jy . 13.44 Cct&ber ._ _ . 12.90 December._ _ U.09 *?ll*ts. 5 <><>??: sales 4 t?o??: Muktua^. I-, kr; Good Middling. 14.58. BRITAIN AND FRANCE ABOUT TO BREAK Difference of Opinion as to German Repa rations Has Reach ed the Point Where Split Seems Inevi table London, Dec. 10.?The possibil ity of the four premiers reaching ?an agreement which will enable the Brussels conference to as semble with any prospect of suc cess seems tonight to hang on an extreme tenuous thread. As with all previous attempts to solve the reparations problem, the main dif ficulty lies in French determina tion to secure penalties or guar antees of a military character for the fulfillment of German obliga tions. The new British government is considered more favorable- toward France than the previous admin ; istraticn. but Mr. Bonar Law, in the [-present corference. has shown {himself to be as warmly opposed ! to any occupation of the "Ruhr as 'was his predecessor, while the j Italian premier. Signer Mussolini, 'still an unknown influence in Eu ropean conferences, also opposed I anything except what he terms ! economic and productive guaran tees. Premier Poincare asserted today that France would-demnad the oc cupation of the Ruhr as a funda mental guarantee for any morator ium and the stiffening . of the French premier's attitude changed the hopeful, view of the French delegation to one of gloom. M. Poincare reasserted.his demand for thp Ruhr after receipt of advices j from Paris that his attitude in Lon t don had been iterpreted in the Chamber of Deputies and a portion of the press as a weakening in the face of Mr. Bonar Lav;. M. Poincare went to the pre miers' meeting today in a deter mined mood and informed the oth ers that France flatly rejected J Chancellor Cuno's. n^w proposals, i Mr. Bonar Law. on the other hand, [told M. Poincare he thought the [ German proposals were at least i worth discussing at greater length, j but M. Poincare insisted they were j vague and were intended as a ma I neuver to forestall action by the t allies rather than a serious pro j posal for settlement, adding that f Germany had made . a . similar J move at nearly all previous allied . meetings dealing with reparation, j The chances of a settlement j w'^re anything but bright tonight, \ since the British prime minister J with emphasis equal to that of the , French premier, said that the oc cupation of tlu Ruhr and Saar, the j exploitation of the Rhineland. j would be penalties and "not eco j nomic guarantees" as tb,e latter j contended. England could not consent to the imposition of such > penalties, and Mr. Bonar Law urg j ed that some other way must be j found toward allied unity. Belgium in the meantime has ? again assumed the role of media | tor. having in mind her success ! of last August in preventing an j allied break over reparations. Prc ! mier Theunis and Foreign Minister '.Jasper spent most of the day with j their experts trying to discover new economic guarantees which j might obviate the occupation of : the Pcuhr or the taking over of the < administration xof the Rhineland. The Belgians think this could be [arranged by * a plan of participa j tion in German industry with a ! provision permitting the Germans j eventually to get back that part j taken over by the allies. ! German mines would be rented jat a low. amount and exploited for ! reparations purposes. It became increasingly cTear to night that France is alone in her demands for radical guarantees. ! Mussolini favors guarantees of a j much milder character. while j Belgium opposes any guarantees of ja military nature. 1I>lgium* how lever, is in a peculiar position. Her finances and economic advisers are all against th*- French program, but the government is committed I to assist France, if sh<- invades the Ruhr. There is already talk of calling 'another conference before the I Brussels conference, if called at jail, will not be held until early ; next year. M. Poincare tonight made I known his views in detail on the j German proposals, which he term j ed "treacherous." It is reported i that Karl Bergmann, the German j expert, had c?mmuni',atod the pro ! posal of his government to the j I'nited States Senator Med ill Mr j Cormiek last night before present ing thorn to the British foreign ofhoo. This khv rise t<> the im pression that America approved them in principal, but Senator Mc Cornaick denied this today, declar ing be had learned of the pro posals only indirectly. According to the German plan the internal loan, which it is pro j posed to float, would be as large as possible and to this end, cer i tain inducements will be offered to Germans t<> subscribe. Chief j Hinont: these would be amnesty for I those who have violated the law [by sendinc capita] abroad. This I would encourage the return of this i money. If the loan raised amounted t?> i three billion ^<?!d marks a two years' moratorium would be grant ed, and for every billion over that figure another year would be added to the moratorium. Half the pro ! ceeds would be retained by Ger many for stabilization purposes, and the remainder handed to the , reparations commission. 'iUff loan i would bo exempt from tax? s. T?RKS ARE AFRAID OF RUSSIANS 'Sentiment o f Dele-! gates at Lausanne! j More Favorable To j ward the Allies Than the Russian Soviet Lausanne. Dec. 10 (By the As sociated Press).?Ismet Pasha is not worried over the attempts of George Tchitcherin. the Soviet for eign minister, to turn Turkey away from Europe and America and plunge her into the arms of So viet Russia. Ke refused to influ i ence T 11 r k i s h correspondents {against sending to their home jrewspapers full accounts of Tchit itcherin's structures of yesterday that Turkey by opening up the Dardanelles was exposing both Turkey and Russia to future de ; emotion by the great powers. A leading Turkish publicist, ca bling to Consrantinople. introduced his narrative of Tchitcherin's warnings to Turkey by relating the story of the grand vizier, who when in doubt as to .how to rule his realm invariably decided upon a policy the reverse of that desired by Russia. "The grand vizier was right," declared the Turkish correspondent "because Russia is our hereditary enemy.. Tchitcherin prates about I affinity and community of interest? {between the Russians and Turks, jbut we are not forgetting that j there are today in Russian Turke jstan thirty million Turks who, if I they dwelt formerly under the op | pression of czarism are today ruled j by an iron hand under the blighi ! of Bolshevism." j The closing of lire fourth week j of the conference has been marked ! by a distinct disposition on the part of the Turks to accept occi- i dental oppression and reject Rus- J sian policies, particularly as re- j gards the straits problem. This was due in a considerable measure i to the tact and wisdom shown by j Ambassador Child. M. Barrere and J Lord Curzon. who have tried to j make the Turkish leaders sec that jthey could trust the Occident, j The American delegation is keep I ing in the background, carefully j avoiding any attempt to thrust ; American policies on Europe and I restricting its effort to statements j of the position of the United States ?eubjects which arise in which the {United States is justifiably interes j ted. Eut as the conference pro igresses there are indications that j the Turkish leaders are. leanfng more and more on America for guidance, believing America will strive to give the largest possible sovereignty over Turkish affairs j and Turkish territory without vex S?tious control from without. Difficulties are being met in the !.laying dov.n of the status of for eigners but it was said today that ' there were good prospects for set i tling the extra territorial problems, {particularly those involving special courts for foreigners, j The Turks are holding out ] strongly for all sovereignty pre j rogatives and have given the oth^r j delegates to understand that hence I forth they will' refuse to foreign ers the right to own land in j Turkey. As this law would not be j retroactive it would not affect j property in the possession of [.American missionary a:id phi Ian-1 j thropic institutions. ! This policy as to property places j Turkey in the same category as iJapan where foreigners are still j without the privilege of owning {property in fee simple, j Another project accredited to the j Angora,, statesmen. which will probably come to light this week j at Lausanne relates to refusal to [issue permits to foreign lawyers or I doctors to practice within the con j fines of Turkey. The proposed irnea-ure of prohibition will not j apply to American missionary phy jsicians serving philahthropically ; in clinics. It is understood that the Amer ican delegation will make no spe cial demands concerning the num i ber of American warships author ized to pass through the Darda nelles, but will probably adhere to [the general plan fixed by the^ con ference as Europe's requirements in this-respect are certain to sat isfy America. Ismet Pasha'.- suggestion that squadrons passing through the straits be limited to light ships is based on the American idea that the Black Sea should be k"pt oper J for peaceful commerce. -? ?? j Texas Town Joins in Man Hunt j Entire Population? Joins Posse j in Hunt For Negro Assail ant of White Girl ; Fairfield. Texas. Dec. 11.?The business district at Streetman. 20 miles from hei*e was closed today while owners ;?n<l employees joined posses in seeking a negro reported the assailant of .?? white jJirl. The j-county in which Streetman is ln Jcated was the scene of three jlynchings recently. Coriscana re Iports that bloodhounds are ix-mg rushed from the Huntsville peni :tentiary to assist in th<- man hunt, j The negro suspected of attack ling the girl at Stireetman b.-is }><??.p. ^captured. The Kiii failed posi tively '<? identify him. Hundreds j of persons :n-" hurrying toward Streetman and feeling is running ? hrgli. America's Christmas saving clubs saved $180,00f?,000. Christ ? mas cards, however.- are going to i save mere. Astoria. Oregon, Dec. 8.?Fire today destroyed th?? business dis trict here, sixteen blocks burning. The damage is estimtaed at ten to fifteen million dollars. One man is reported dead and one missing. Washington. Dec. 8.?A radio broadcasting relay station was rig ged up in the house chamber today for broadcasting the address of President Harding to congresss shortly'after noon today. This was the first time persons at a dis tance have been given the chance to listen to congress proceedings. Los Angeles, Dec. 8.?Officials are without trace of Mrs. Clara Phillips. the hammer murderess who escaped from jail here Tues day. They said they hardly knew which way to look. Washington. Dec. 8.-?The Red Cross lias appropriated thirty-five thousand dollars to aid the New Pern. N. C, fire sufferers. ? London. Dec. I).?Firebugs today! were blamed by officials for the i twelve million dollar fire here yes- | ierday. Local radicals are sus- i pected. Twenty-four blocks were I burned and twenty-five hundred persons are homeless. The ruins are still smouldering today. The j relief committee announced thatf food and clothing are needed at; once. Portland is sending a special? -rain with supplies. Soldiers are; aiding the police as guards. f Washington. Dec. 9.?The, presi- j dent today returned to the sen- j ate the nomination of Joseph W.! To'bert to be- a federal marshali ? in the western district of South j Carolina. London. Dec. 9.?Premier. Poin-] care toward the close of the first session of the premier's confer-, ence is understood to have said j Fra nce would consent to a two-year j moratorium for Germany if certain, guarantees were given. Oxford. Miss.. Dec. 9.?The de-* fense at noon rested in the trial df . Miss Frances Birkhead's damage! ^uit against.Gov. Lee M. Russell in' federal court here. A. F?. Schaub-' er. the governor's campaign man-'] ager in 1919. testified he once gave' Miss' Birkhead $90 to leave Jack-] son. ? I London. De?-. 8.?The Irish Re publicans have issued a manifesto calling Governor General Timothy Healy, a life long enemy of the na tion, says a Dublin dispatch to [The Evening Standard. "The fight' j will go on as long as there is*a I man in Ireland." says the mam-" jfesto. "It is war to the death." ! Philadelphia. Dec. 9.?Georges Clemoneeau. speaking here today] ; Urged Amerjca to come back to j Europe and - help spread inde-j pendence throughout the world. He! was given an ovation as he op-J ppared on the platiorm at the; Academy of Music. j London, Dec. 9.?Allied pie ! miers conferred here for two hours j today. Heads of British, French, j Italian and Belgian delegations: ) spoke. Premier Poincare wu-s re"-* ported to have failed to.reach the! ? point of a definite proposal, but it | i was reported he declared the rep- ! tiratious question had arrived at ai stage where something raditiij must be done. I Washington. Dec. 11.?Derno ! crats today attacked the shipping I bill. Senators Fletcher and Pome j rene assailing the Republicans for I hastening its action. j ! " ' ? ! London. Dec. 11.?Allied pre i miers today adjourned the confer j ence until January 2nd. < - Oxford. Miss.. Dec. 11.?Argu ments began at noon today in the suit of Miss Frances Birkhead iasrainst Governor Russell for a ; hundred thousand dollars based on j icharges of seduction. - York, Dec. 11.?A stay of exe- i I cutioh today was granted to Wil- | j liam C. Fairies by Judge Peurifoy j j pending a renewal of motion for a I I new t rial. Faries was convicted of j ?the murder of Newton Taylor at I ? Clover last September, and wasi j under sentence to die in the elec-! jtric chair December 29th. London. Dec. 11.?Premier Bo nar Law announced in the house of commons today that the govern ment had decided to begin the con struction of two now battleships allowed under the Washington na val treaty. j Washington. Dec. 11. ? South I Carolina. labor was kept busy dur ing November, according to the! monthly review of employment j conditions, issued by the labor de j partment. Lumber, cotton and : fertilizer mills were active. Farm labor was in demand, but work '; fliininjsbing. "America knows nothing of des titution." says a European' Still ii ever we go in for it. we'll prob ably via ?!)?? international cham 1 piouship. Will Lorenzo of New Jersey Istruck a matc h f.. see if be bad j any gas so now Bill has no rar. People smoke so mach now it is j hard t<> tell when to call the fire i men. The famous singer saying she ran hardly keep the wolf away from h?*r door should sin? ;? little louder. In these days of sex-equality, the patriotic husband will regret j as war approaches that he has but one wife 10 give to his country. S IN BRIEF I Rome. Dec. 11.?The pope to day cidated eight new cardinals. In his address he announced that lie would urge the forthcoming Brussels conference to consider a remedy for the sad condition of many of the world people. ''Unhooking the Hookworm*' "If persistent echoes of wars dis turb one's peace of mind it is a wholesome antidote to turn atten tion occasionally to another, sort of world struggle, a beneficent war ?the war against disease." says a bulletin from the Washington. D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society based on a communication to The Society from William Joseph Showalter. "In all the stirring history of man's effort to make himself mas ter of his environment, there is no more thrilling chapter than" that which tells of the bitter battles he has waged for the conquest of con tagion, and of the ground he has won in his struggle with Iiis re lentless and innumerable, though invisible foes," says the bulletin. Three News Items . "Three announcements of almost unprecedented import to mankind are expected to be made at no dis tant date. "The first of. these, chronologi cally, at least, will be that yellow fever'has at least been banished from the face of the earth, and that the germ which causes it ha.3 become extinct, along with the dinosaur, the dodo, the great auk, and the passenger pigeon. "The next' in order will probably be that hookworm disease, which has been called 'a handmaiden of poverty, an associate of crime and degeneracy, a destroyer" of energy and vitality, a menace and an ob stacle to all that makes for civili zation,* and which is endemic in a zone that embraces half of the earth's population, can be driven from any community which has the will to get rid of it. "Last will come the statement that, large-scale demonstrations have proved that malaria can be eradicated from almost any com munity that, has enough vital force left to push a thorough, though in expensive, campaign for its ex tirpation. Virginia Early Campaign Center "Richmond County. Virginia, where the war on the hookworm as a world-wide fight> had its incep tion, stands out as an example of what may .be accomplished and as at* evidence that it can be accom plished with' much less difficulty than was formerly supposed. "When the work began there, about thirteen j-ears ago, 82 per cent of the people had the disease. A few years later a resurvey show ed that this had been reduced to 35 per cent. A more recent re survey reduced it to 2 per cent, and in 1922 it can be announced that there is not a single person in the entire county in whose body the worms are numerous enough to produce any of the symptoms of the malady. "There are two kinds of hook worms that invade the human body, an Old World species known as Ancylostoma duodenale and the 'New World' form known as Neca to amoricanus. The New World Species. "The New World species of hookworm is a small parasitic creature** about ?s thick as an ordi nary pin and half as long. The adult female worm, inhabiting the small intestine, lays thousands of eggs daily. After these pass out of the body they hatch within one or two days. They are micro scopic in size when hatched and never grow larger as long as they remain in the ground. "Then comes along a pair of bare feet or hands, or some other part of the body touches the in fected ground, and the little vil lains make the most of their op portunity. They promptly begin to bore their ,way through the skin, causing a severe irritation known as 'ground itch.' Once under the skin, they travel through the tis sues until they come to the lym phatic sj-stem, and thence into the blood. "Finally, after passing through the heart and lungs, they reach the throat and pass thence through the stomach", ultimately landing in the small intestine, to whose wall they fasten themselves, and for as much seen years if not disturbed by treatment, take their fill of the vic tim's blood and intestinal tissue. "They develop in their salivary glands a substance that has a marked power of inhibiting coag ulation of the blood. Attaching themselves to the surface of the intestinal wall, rasping and suck ing away the delicate inner cells on which they feed, they lay bare the deeper tissues, and the wound con tinues to bleed for a long time, even after the worm has deserted the spot to which it was attached. "But they go even further than that. By some method not, well understood, they cause the blood to undergo a change, reducing tho amount, of hemoglobin?the ele ment that makes tis red-blooded, and which cortstitutes the ingred ient that tends to render healthy blood an unfertile soil for the seeds of infection sown th^re through lack of sanitation. It has been found that in severe cases of hookworm infection as much as 90 per cent of the red coloring matter of the blood is destroyed, and that the number of red corpuscles?the hod carriers of the human system may be cut down .">(? per cent. "Yet, owing to the fact that its every stage is so well known, that the methods of combating it are so dramaticalfy effective, and that those who are cured so quickly bo gin to experience the joys of liv ing once more, it makes itself the1 most readily and successfully used of all diseases with which to point a community toward a goal of better health." DRUG SELLERS PLEAD GUILTY! and a long list of pleas of guilty | marked fhe program of the United! States District Court for the East en? District of South Carolina yes-j terday, James 'Clack, a navy yard employe, being convicted on one j eount of a two-count indictment of j cashing a treasury check which was not his own. and S. D. Barshay, | No. 3 Warren street being acquit- j ted on a charge of violating the na tional'prohibition laws. The pleas of guilty yesterday were mostly in national prohibition law cases. Pleas of guilty came in strong yesterday before Judge Smith, some of these being for alleged violations of the anti-drug act of December 17. 1914, but the great majority were in prohibition law eases. R. M. Tidmarsh of Colum bia, charged.with violating the drug act, entered a plea of guilty and drew a sentence of one year and a day in the Atlanta federal peniten tiary. Charles S. Kingsmore of iSumter pleaded guilty also to a violation to some degree of the Isamo law and sentence in the case was deferred. Charles Herriott and E: V. Keene. similarly charged, pleaded guilty and were given fines of $10') or one month each in coun ty jails. W. 6. Shulken, charged j with misuse of government proper I ty. was given a sentence of ten I days in the Florence county jail. j BAPTISTS CLOSE ANNUAL CONVENTION ! Rock Hill. Dec. 7.?The South j Carolina Baptist Convention ended tits 102d annual meeting here early I this afternoon after a crowded morning session that was featured by the election of officers and the transaction of much routine busi ness. J. J. Lawton was reelected pres ident while other officers were named as follows: Vice president, L. H. Hunt, New berry, and E. P. Vandiver, Ander son; recording and statistical sec retary, the Rev. W. C. Allen. Dil lon, and assistant recording secre tary, the Rev. .A. B. Kennedy, Co lumbia. The convention voted tmani j mously to send Dr. C. E. Burts as its delegate to the meeting of the j Baptist World Alliance in Stock jholm. next July. The next annual summer assem bly will be held at Greenville on the campus of Furman University on July 22, in accordance with the recommendation of the committee on assemblies, which was approv ed by the convention. Addresses were delivered this ! morning by Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of Furman ' University. Dr. Charles A. Jones, Dr. David 51. Ramsay, president of Greenville Woman's College; Major T. T'. Hyde, of Charleston; Dr. Graves L. Knight, Prof. J. C. Dunford, Prof. [C. E. Schiable, and Dr. W. E. jSikes. j The report of the commission of education touched upon the condi tions at Furman University, Green ville Woman's College, Anderson College, Coker College. Limestone College, Six-Mile Academy, Long Creek Academy, Edisto Academy. Spartan Academy, and North Greenville Academy. Resolutions were adopted ex pressing the appreciation of the convention for the entertainment afforded them by the First Baptist Church, of Rock Hill, and the people of the city. The enrolment, it was started, was 345 delegates, including many women and lay men. Have you heard about Scotch man hunting a reasonable post office? DOINGS OF THE DUFFS Charleston. Dec. 7. Two trials r BIRTHS DECREASE IN THE STATE Vital Statistics Report by Board of Health { Columbia. Dec. 8.?The number j of births in South Carolina this! year shows a decrease as compar- i ed with last year, a much larger \ decrease than the' decrease ' in'! deaths, according to report made I today by the state board of health,' from statistics gathered by C. M. Miller, of the state bureau of vital statistics. . For the first ten months of this ! year the births, decreased by, 2.- j 771, the deaths by 137. There were ! for the first ten months of the year 36.822 births and 16,411 deaths. For the same part of last year! there were 39.593 birth and 16.-1 548 deaths.. . j Influenza and grippe show - a large increase in the death rate, 91 deaths having resulted, from these PhamberlainM ) FOR THE RELIEF OF CoughsJColds. Croupl whooping cough. hoarseness I] BRONCHITIS: -solo EVERYWHERE J ? - LOCAL MERCHANTS HELP CHARITABLE WORK WITH DONA TIONS FOR SALES Two local businesses. W. vb| "* 1- Burns & Sons and Bryan's, IncJ have joined in helping ' the drive for funds-by the Su inter. CQTj?t?t... diseases in ten months of last year, Tllberculosis Association by of to 1.6 for the same period this fedng. one per cent of tlieir. to year For the whole year the?> { cash sa]es during the month olj proportionate increase will prob- DeCember. On the first of. the new ably be greater, due to the recent j y^^r this money will be turned-over to the cause. The workers increase in the number of cases of these diseases. Diseases of circulation exacted the heaviest toll in the state.. Kid ney diseases come second in the number of deaths, tuberculosis third and intestinal diseases fourth. Home helps: Having company drop in is an easy matter. All you have to do is need a shave. Easiest thing on earth, next to making a girl think she resembles a movie, star, is rolling off a log. cause. Tne worKers in ch arge are very grateful for. this' contribution which will no. doubt amount to quite a substantial sum; and it is; hoped that other mer chants, will see fit to extend this cooperation in the same generous*' spirit. Bryan's is also donatinjg. one per cent to the Civic ;Leagrae nurse fund, giving in all two per cent of cash sales during this month for the two worthy cause^r Jack Dempsey says he will fight any man in the world-on.short. A short street. car conductor, writes us Buffalo girls are tattooing r butterflies on their knees. Notice. We often ourselves. feel that way Women powder their noses in , It^snowed in Albany, Ga.. for the first time in seven years. The;-w?te" public, so why can't., men shave on-| does not say how many coal-deafi the street cars as they ride to work ?.'ers laughed themselves to death*' : EVERETT TRUE By Conde m lop ALL?U) pi<S To ?^eR KtN^UY^ ftOfcS THAN y<5U(^ t-fAU* OF^ TVrfS RjOA5> BY ALLMAN