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, 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.
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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
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