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VEN ARE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK Ha^eriFrers Scalded to Dfeath When Train *' Si$es\\iped Switch Engine VRy the Associated Press I.^OUsttr, Texas. Dec. 14.?Seven per?ms ?were sca.laed.-to death by steam /vdhen a Knust?-?n. East and West T?xas Railway passenger train skl^swiped a switch engine at. Humble last night. Thirty-five j were injuVecl. -The- switch engine, unattended, "drifted" down a side : track, thel cylinders heads of the ! .**xr>- locomotives hitting squarely. A two-'imth, steam pipe crashed through a-i window of the negro coach. Tvoo whites are among the dead. j Death:-? in the railroad wreck at Humble numbers' . fourteen, rail road investigators .announced at noon. Four} were white. THIRTEEN HIS LUCKY NUMBER Clerk cf -Court Scarborough Will Have No Other Auto License Number Columbia. Dec. 14.?There is one man in South, Carolina who holds that the. 13th, even if it ?comer: on Friday, is a luck day, according to the state highway department. It is E . L. Scarbor ough, clerk or court of Sumter county. Mr. Scarborough has on his automobile license piate No. 13.- and ' the highway . commission offices cd vised today- that they have received request from Mr. t^arborough for plate Xo. 13 for nexi'-'yt-ar. - And he requests further that the plate be mailed to him on 2TK day. so as to reach him on Jan-} uary T3. Friday is the 12th, and the highway department has an nj?imced- that they* will comply with his~request. I^ast year Mr. Scarborough ask ?>d for plate No. 13, and it wa*5 ?hipped to him on u Thursday, and reached him on Friday, January 13. This year and last Mr. Scar-, borough > wrote his letter .request ing the plate on December 13th He_says no oth^r- -number but 13.| w?jh-'^set well" on his old Buick. jL 'H. Thomas, secretary of the state highway department, stated today that if the new bridge be tween Sumter and Richland coun ties, over the V/ateree, .is com pleted and put into service by that time, he will drive to the Sumter: line and present Mr. Scarborough with his plate," the "good luck" 13. ? ? ? ? It is estimated very few of las? New Year's resolutions are un broken. The most serious mistake on earth is being too serious. Only a few mor?? months until the first signs of spring. Art .. --: '?" p. " *>>*?.? m m ? n Here is one of the beautiful Ma rion Mermen dancers posing in a recent tableau at the Fine Arts ^uildini;. San rVirie.sto. SHIPPING BILL BEFORE _SENATE Discussion Goes on as Rural Credits Meas ure is Not in Sight Washington. Dec. 13.?The ad ministration shipping bill was held up before the senate today as a measure "for the benefit of the j American farmer, the American business man and the American nation," and on the other hand as "a direct raid on the treasury to pay some people to do what they ought to do without payment." The measure was before the sen ate for more than four hours and during that time was praised by Senator Jones of Washington, chairman of the commerce com mittee, and was attacked by Sen ator Fletcher of Florida, ranking Democratic member of the same committee. While the discussion proceeded on the floor, foes of the measure and advocates of rural credits legislation further cement ed their alliance designed to dis place the ship bill in favor of the farm measure. Indications became increasignly apparent however, that this move could not be made in the near future, as no rural credit bill possessing any consid erable degree of support appeared in sight in the senate committee rooms. Senator Jones in concluding his opening statement on behalf of the shipping bill, which he began yes terday, appealed for support by the farmers and by labor. He empha sized the national defense possibili ties of a firmly established Ameri can merchant marine and declar ed the German merchant marine ;von the war for the allies. When senators expressed surprise at the declaration he presented figures to si # x that German ships which were seized in American ports' carried 600,000 American soldiers to France, whereas American ships transported only 248,000 troops. "Why senators," he exclaimed, "if ^ve had gotten only about 240,000 troops overseas, the result of the world war would have been different." Senator Fletcher, who charged the bill was "a direct raid on the treasury." quoted Chairman Lask er of the shipping board as having said that "it is pure bunk" to charge that the cost of operating American ships was increased ma terially by the La Follette sea men's act. He asserted that his' investigation convinced him there was no particular difference in the cost of operating vessels under the American flag as compared with those under foreign flags and in sisted that higher wage scales could not be used as an argument for government aid for#American shipping. v i The Florida senator declared the shipping board had conducted "obnoxious" propaganda in behalf of the legislation and said thaC speakers sent out by the board had "resorted to opinion in support of this bill without dealing with the fundamental facts regarding it.'* Senator Fletcher will continue his discussion of the measure tomor row and probably will be followed by Senator La Follette (Republi can) of Wisconsin, who will in augurate the onslaught of the new progressive bloc on the legislation. DEATH RATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA Annual Report of Dr. L. A. Riser Contains Valuable Information Columbia. Dec. 14. ? If the death rate in South Carolina is to be materially reduced, the secret lies in the rural districts, accord ing to Dr. L. A. Riser, head of the department of rural sanitation of the state board of heaith, who says in his annual report, made public today, that "if vre are to reduce our death rate, we must, direct our energies to the people in the rural districts." During the year. Dr. Riser's re port shows, the department of ru ral sanitation has concentrated its efforts on eighteen counties, seven of which have full-time health de partments. The report says that the death rate from disease is lower in these seven counties than in those where there is no full time health organization at work. Defective teeth has been found to be a serious problem in the ru ral health work, and the legisla ture which convenes in January is asked to appropriate $2.500 for the establishment of a traveling dental clinic. An increased ap propriation is also asked for the health motion picture unit, which during the year has shown its pic tures to 16,623 people in S4 aud iences. The rural districts. Dr. Riser re ports, are clamoring for toxin ? antitoxin treatment for diphthe ria. During the year the rural^ sanitation department forces have immunized 5,100 children under ten years of age. This treatment is a vaccination against small pox. I Xow that college cheer leaders [are idle they might get a job j cheering a board of directors' I meetings. j Next year starts out with a. bet | ter outlook than this year did and jthis year wasn't so very bad. A girl tells us none of her fel llows will make a date with her (because Christmas is so hear. ? ? ? (Jetting a $4o bill i* unlucky j because the government doesn't [issue- 540 tills. AMERICAN ARGUES WITH ? TURKLEADER Ambassador Child Had Long Confer ence With Ism et Pasha Urging Hu mane Treatment of Greeks Lausanne. Dec. 13 (By the As sociated Press). ? Ambassador Child had a long conference with Ismet Pasha this afternoon and urged him on humane grounds to make liberal concessions for the protection of the Armenians, Greeks and other minorities re maining .in Turkey. Mr. Child em phasized the good feeling Turkey could inspire in the outside world by making ample provision for the protection of foreigners living in Turkey and explained to Ismet the great interest Americans of all classes have in seeing the dis lodged populations propely cared for and in having guarantees set up that there shall be no further dislodgmeiits. He expressed American disap proval of' the Turkish plans for exchange of. populations in Turk ey and Greece and explained to Ismet that the people of the Unit ed States were willing to help the miserable victims of the war but were anxious to know that their funds would be used to establish the unhappy refugees of the Near East in permanent homes, where they might settle down and enjoy permanent peace. Tomorrow Ismet Pasha will'ap pear before the subcommission on minorities and make a further statement regarding Turkey's coun ter-proposals concerning the allied scheme for protecting the minori ties in Turkish territory. Lord Curz?n, Ambassador Child and the heads of the other delegations will attend this' session as interest is great in the forthcoming statement and Lord Curzon has promised that the principal members would give consideration to what the Turks have to say. While the conference is badly 3trained by Ismet Pasha's fiat re fusal to consider, the allied plans for the administration of the af fairs of minorities in Turkey there are many private conferences go ing on between the delegates, and the indications are that some com promise plan may be worked out whereby the Turks wiU be accord ed such a large voice in the han dling of the minorities that they wiU not regard the cooperation of representatives of the great pow ers in this work a; an infringe ment of Turkey's sovereignty. Ismet is firm in refusing to have the league of nations undertake this administration and also insists that Turkey Will not accept any sort of foreign board, but there are many rumors of trades in the air and experienced conference hands do not predict a break and expect to hear of compromises be ing made within the next few days on both the straits control and the clauses for protection of minorities. At the afternoon session of the subcommission devoted to the studj' of the exchange of populations the Turks showed a more conciliatory attitude during discussions of the future status o?f the Greek colony in Constantinople. Turkey is wil ling for the Greeks to stay there but wants definite conditions set up. *The question of deporting (he Greek patriarch, who is the su preme head of the Greek Orthodox church, was/avoided at the deliber ations today. This is the most important condition of all. and be fore trying to settle his delicate "question the allies are striving to come to ah agreement with the Turks on other points. The Turks originally insisted on sending away all the patriarchal institutions from Constantinople but today they compromised on this point and agreed that all Greek churches and hospitals couid remain. 3fed also the schools, provided they did not adopt an anti-patriotic attitude towards Turkey. The Turks also took ;i conciliatory attitude on the pro posed deportation of Greek politi cal associations. These associa tions will be disbanded, but the mem bets will not be expelled. Another compromise effected had to do with the deportation of Greeks who are not of Constanti nople origin. It was decided to ex pel only those Greek immigrants who had settled in. Constantinople since October 30. 1918. Further more, an accord in principle was reached that individuals would be indemnified for losses suffered by change of residence, whether they were Greeks or Turks. The conclusion drawn from the meeting was that the Greeks ac tually forced to leave Constanti nople will be few. STANDARD OIL OF NEW JERSEY INQUIRY Washington. Dec. 14.?Wahrt C. Teagle. president of the Stand ard Oil Company of New Jersey, told the senate manufacturers' committee today his company had to abide by the decision of the supreme court in ordering a dis solution. The committee resumed their inquiry into gasoline and oil prices: Teagle told the committee thai John 1>. Rockefeller, Jr.. owns eleven per cent of the stock, and Iiis father none. Clemeneeau says he favors a law prohibiting long skirts. We are against it because that would make ihem wear long skirts. j $ A committee of Italian artists ?norina Rita GuarinI as the most be TURKEY WOULD JOIN LEAGUE _ _ j Shows Willingness to Co-op erate With European Nations Lausanne. Dec. 14.?Turkey will join the league of nations as soon as peace is signed. Ismct -Pasha announced at the >Tear East con-, ference today. As the league ex j ercises a general supervision over all minority populations the an nouncement was taker, to mean that Turkey will accept the league's supervision over Christians in Turkey. Ismet Pasha said that Turkey was ready to accord the same treatment to minorities as provided in the. treaties between European countries. That they I accepted the granting of a general i amnesty to political prisoners. JThey declined to establish a na tional home for Armenians. 1ALL DOGS MAY I BE INOCULATED Health Board Plans to Start Fight on Rabies j Columbia, Dec. 12.?Compulsory ; inoculation of all dogs in south I Carolina as a step toward the erad ication of rabies was approved byj the state board of health here to day, and announcement was made! that a bill covering this require- j ' ment would be prepared for intro-! iduction at the next meeting of the! i general assembly. j Decision of the board was taken I ? following a report by Director H. |H. Smith of the state laboratory, j j who declared: ! "The rabies situation in South j 1 Carolina never improves. It is] j growing worse. The number of; j rabid animals and the number of! ; human beings bitten are increas?*?? ; every year." j Asserting that the killing of! dogs known to be suffering from the malady, and the muzzling and" I quarantining of other dogs were ;preventative measures that have failed to check the spread of this diseasn. Dr. Smith added: "The only sensible, practicable j method for the eradication of rabies j would appear to be the compulsory I prophylactic inoculation of all j dojrs once year by a single in jection of rabies vaccine at the j owner's expense. i The report said that this method I bad been successfully employed in [ Japan, and directed attention to the compulsory inoculation require ment in Connecticut. Three persons have died of rabies ; so far this year in South Carolina, j according to the report. which states that 7_.*? have been given the Pasteur treatment. -? ?? - iGOV. HARVEY WILL NOT GRANT CLEM ENCY TO JEFFORDS Columbia, Dec. 14.?Governor Harvey today addressed to F. M. Jeffords in the death house at the I penitentiary, where he will remain ! until December 22. when he will die in the electric chair for the ! murder of .1. C. Arnette. a letter in iwhich In- advised that he could not j grant the petition of Jeffords for i executive clemency. The governor stated in making the letter public, that nothing could persuade him j to act in Jeffords' behalf, as he felt the law's course was being taken. Jeffords yesterday Hied a petition jwitb the governor in which he asked that he might be allowed ! live in order to be an example t-< ! ot her young men. In Wabash; Ind., things are being clos??d on Sunday the first time so they have the VVabasb Blues. A secret is what you tell some one no? to tell because vou prom ! ised not to tri] it yourself. Watches are handy, Looking at one may mean you either have to go or can stay a few minutes more. Beauty Queen and sculptors recently selected Sij lutiful girl in Rome. "Enter Madame" The People of Sumter Urged to Remember the Evening of December 19th "Enter Madam" was presented in Columbia on five different occa sions. This play ga*v-e the people of Columbia so much pleasure that it had to be' repeatedly ..presented, before the people's desires could be met. There will ;be only one presentation in Sumter, on the evening of December 19th at 8:15. The Opera House should be crowd ed on that occasion. . The play is given in Sumter un d*V the auspices of the .Associated Charities and the Sumter High School. Athletic Association. Ail who go to this -play will not only get full value for money spent, but at the same time -they.. will be helping two very worthy causes. Those who buy tickets down stairs, or these for the .first three rows in the balcony may have seats reserved at any time on Tues day at the usuai place. Fall in BrazHfan Exchange Harms American Exports. / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oct. 29.? Representatives of American ex port houses in this city and else where in Brazil are seriously con cerned because of the recent de clines in the exchange value of the milreis. At a time when importers had reconciled themselves to -the fifty percent reduction in the pur chase power of the milreis, as com pared to the normal, which pre vailed at the close of the world war. and were placing orders for merchandise with increasing con fidence, there came the slump in the exchange market. From a trifle more than seven milreis to the dollar, the rate dropped in less than a month to a about nine. Many suspensions of orders with American exporters, and ,some can cellations are being reported, with a complete paralyzation of further buying. American exporters, who maintained offices hree for nearly three years in the expectation that a trade revival sooner or later would come, are facing new dis couragement. Two or three com panies have decided to close their Brazilian blanches at least tempor arily, and it is reported that oth ers are considering-similar action. In the meantime, consular re ports on ships' manifests show that competitors of American exporters are making desperate efforts to re gain their former foothold in the Brazilian markets?and with pro nounced success. British exporters of steel, textiles and some lines of hardware, are making big and reg u'ar shipment and are taking in creasing orders for immediate or j quick delivery. The Belgians and Germans also are making headway I in the resumption of trade, al Ithough the Germans are reported to be having difficulty in their delrv I erics. There are many explanations for the tall in exchange, nearly every interested individual has his pet 'theory, but the representatives of American export houses are more interested in si^ns or* recovery*, be j cause, until such recovery comes, business will remain in its present 'state of stagnation. In the meantime the pessimists predict future gloom, while the optimists are declaring that the slump is only temporary: that Bra zil's resources are great, and that that recovery is certain. Oregon professor says teach ers should know 4.000 words and the small boys say "Study this at home" should hot he among them. 11 takes a train only one second o v. in the decision over an auto. <>n?> advantage in wearing a dcr by is nobody wants to steal it. V'.u don't see many pictures of girls going hunting because girls don't hunt in bathing suiis. The man with a fake cure for rheumatism will pull your leg. \ Hard Coal Exports in Face of Famine Unite? States Shipped Out More Anthracite in October, 1922, Ignoring Embargo Plan Washington. Oec. 11.?"It is an important civilization and an in adequate government which lacks the genius and the courage to guard against such a menace to public welfare as we experienced last summer," said President Hard ing to congress Friday with ref erence to the coal and railroad strikes for which the general pub lic is now paying the piper. That is unquestionably true; though the president did not him self "display much genius or strength in dealing , with the men ace when it arose/and therefore set a rather uninspiring example to the civilization and government of which he is the chief executive. Admitting, however, that it re quires genius and courage to deal with the strikes which tie up the j country's essential industries, and I which seem in the coal fields to have become an annual affair, we may well inquire what excuse there is for letting quantities of .anthra cite coal be exported from the United States when we cannot sup ply enough of that commodity for our own households. The continued exportation of anthracite is right now a menace which cannot be concealed and which there is no excuse for ig noring. It requires no genius to stop it and calls for no particu lar intrepidity. All congress has to do is to declare an embargo on anthracite exports until the domes' tic crisis is relieved. That crisis exists as long as the householders of the United States cannot get enough anthracite at any price to j meet their current needs, and as j long as they have to pay for what ' they do get a price higher than ?they had to pay at the peak of the j war period. Statistics of the department of commerce published within the past few days show that 405,000 tons of anthracite were exported in the month of October, 1922", when the people of this country were first feeling the necessity of winter fuel, and when the stock of anthracite was so depleted that ev erybody knew it could not reach two-thirds of their normal re quirements during the winter. At least 30 per cent more anthracite coal was allowed to be shipped out of the United States in October, I 1922, than was exported in the isame month of 1921, when the do I mestic supply was normal. \ The figures for November are ! not yet available, but whatever j they may be. they will show that hard coal is still going out in lagre quantities when our own people cannot get what they need, and have to pay extortionate prices for what they get, and still more ex tortionate prices for by-products j with which they are forced* to eke ! out the deficiency. Suppose President Harding had suggested to congress to stop this ! exportation of anthracite until our own necessities should be met in reasonable quantity at a reason able charge. There would have been sucu an outburst of public approval that congress would not have dared to refuse. It already j has the bills before it, but there jis no present indication that it? has any idea of passing them. Un j less it passes them soon, it will I be too late to do any good. One of the bills before congress calling for embargo on exports of j hard coal until the. present crisis i is over was introduced by Repre jsentative Rogers of Massachusetts, ! whose people are suffering sorely j from the existing fuel famine con idition and who manifested their j displeasure at the November elec tions. Has Mr. Rogers been able !to get any attention paid to his I bill? Not that you could notice. ? A synica? observer in the press j gallery remarked when the bill was , introduced. "That will probably not pass at ? all. If it. does pass, it will be ! about April 1, when the next coal 'strike starts.'.' . i Some of those who defend the [unrestricted exports of anthracite ; when our own people are suffering for it make the point that most of this precious fuel goes to Canada, j which is our next-door neighbor 'and needs the commodity very ' much. ! No' doubt: but if the family in j Massachusetts or New York is suf j fering for hard coal, is clamoring I to be allowed to buy it. why should ; it be sent to a similarly suffering j family in New Brunswick or Onta : rio instead? And Canada does not 1 hesitate to maintain against the ! United States an embargo on ex ; portation of Canadian wood pulp, ! which is a necessity of American industrial life. The Marines might believe that thi shard coal is being kept from j our own people and sent to Cana l da as a matter of charity. Others j will find the key to the situation ! in the fact that whever the short - i age is greatest and the cost most j biting, the highest price will be of ! fered, and there is nothing?not j even limelight or C. E. Spens?to j interfere with getting the highest ? tigures obtainable for hard coal : sent out of the United States. Stopping strikes is not simple or ! easy. Stopping exports of anthra : < ite is both simple and easy. And the latter is the immediate need. While plain duties like this are ig nored, all sorts of groups and blocs in congress are discussing all sorts ! of complexities which will not come I' to anything for years, if ever. - [ Minneapolis man was awarded j $100 for time lost getting wrong ! phone numbers. Most of us seem i to get them right away. - ? ? ? j Short skirts give freedom of i movement but it is much nicer to i guess if they are bowlegged or ; knockkneed. Japanese Beetle Means Real Threat One of Most Dangerous Insect Introductions Made in Country in Years Washington, Dec. 13.?A real Japanese invasion threatens the country in the form of the Japa j nese beetle. Dr. C. L. Marlatt. ! chairman of the federal horticul I tural board, announced today in I his annual report. He expressed i the belief that this is one of the j most dangerous insect introduc tions made into the country in many years, threatening large fu ture losses, particularly to fruit and forage crops. There is no question, he said, that in time it i will spread throughout the Unit ed States. Vigorous combat was given dur ing the year to insect pests that yearly do millions of dollars dam age to American crops. The work of eradicating the pink boll worm j is in better status now than even j before, substantial reduction In the I infested areas having been effect . ed. i ? m m School Attendance Decreases i . -. Legislature Emasculated Com pulsory School Attend ance Law ? Columbia, Dec. 14.?"There were 11,000 fewer pupils enrolled in the pubhc schools of South Carolina this year than were enrolled two years ago.'* said John E. Swear ingen state superintendent of ed ucation, when asked' yesterday to make some observations on com pulsory attendance law. -This de crease in attendance might be ac counted for, in part, he said, by the . migration of the negro. "My observation is that the com i pulsory attendance law was in the way of accomplishing what it was intended to do. It was doing a fine work." The compulsory school atend ance law is still on the statute books of South Carolina, but as no appropriation was made for the employment of attendance officers, ? the law is practically without ef fect.' '"No law will enforce itself," ! Mr. Swearingen said yesterday, 'j . "The increase in the attendance I of white and negro pupils when I the . law was ijn force was about j 30 per cent, otfer that.of. the year {previous," he said. "It put 89, | 000 children in school in the first [year of its operation and it gave ithem four months* schooling, thus paying for itself, for many, of these dhildren were taught a little at any rate and many of them doubtless 'continued their school work in after 1 years. It in that one year help f ed somewhat to remove the bur 'den of illiteracy. "The increase in attendance of pupils brought about by the com pulsory law was cared for in a (measure in^ the white schools, but Jnot so in the negro schools. The white schools, though, are even ? now overflowing. We need 1,000 more class rooms for the white children now, and for the negroes, the need is almost unlimited. "The compulsory attendance law likely had something to do with increasing the enrollment ? in the high schools. The high school en ?j rollment is twice as great as it was j and the colleges too are full, even j though this year is referred to as la 'hard* year. It is likely that af j ter pupils were kept in school a [year longer than they otherwise [ might have stayed, they had am J bitions aroused and thus were j brought to make up" their minds to continue their studies.. "I believe a compulsory attend ance law is a wise measure. It needs four things in South Caro lina to make it serviceable: they are improved and adequate accom I modations for white and black; I attendance officers to enforce it; a [ provision requiring the pupil to at I tend the school for the full term: } free text books to remove some j objections which are heard now. It will take several millions of dol lars I know to arrange for these i improvements." ? ? ? ? i County Superintendents Meet. Columbia. Dec. 14. ?- County i superintendents of education who attended the meetings held in this city Tuesday and Tuesday night returned to their homes yesterday. At the meetings of the superin | tendents considerable attention was j given to discussions of finances, j During the meeting resolutions ? were adopted expressing the ap j preciation of the superintendents j for "the untiring and devoted ser | vices in the cause of education" i of .lohn E. Swearingen, state su ! perintendent of education. The association of superintend ! ents also adopted a resolution : pledging to J. H. Hope, state su ! perintendent-elect, its hearty co I operation and support in carrying ion educational work in South Car blina. The resolutions were sub j mitted by a committee composed of 'H. A. McCarley. M. F. Montgom j ery and A. M. Moody, j m A committee was, appointed to confer with Mr. Hope with regard I to certain amendments to the ; state law and to go over the i budget with him. This committee I c onsists of Superintendents Gasquc of Florence. McCarley of Charles ton. Barton of Greenville. Easter ling of ?Jarlboro. Aull of Newber ry, Eleazer of Richland and Eller be of Union. It will meet at the 'call of Mr. Hope. A good hunter lets his conscience be his guide. The City Drug Store has a com plete assortment of Christmas cards. See them before making your se lection. Cheek-to-cheek dancing has boosted the razor business. STUDY CENTER FOR TEACHERS Winthrop College Extension Course For Sumter County Teachers To Teachers of Sumter County The first session of the Sumter County Study Center will bei held'" at the Girls' High school, Sumter, next Saturday morning at th% hour sent you by Superintendent Haynsworth. The regulations of the State Board of Education under which the study centers are conducted require for the renewal of ^certi ficates both a course in subject matter and a course in methods.* We are exceedingly fortunate in securing Dr. S. H. Edmunds, superintendent of the Sumter city schools, for the subject matter course. For th? past twelve years, my work has b?en throughout the entire south, so that I am person ally acquainted with nearly all of our city superintendents. I know none more capable than Dr. Ed munds; m fact in my judgment he is one of trie three strongest men among the superintendents of the south. For the methods course, we are also fortuni. to i:i securing Dr. W. R. Bourne. , the principal of the Winthrop school: Dr. Bourne is a graduate of both the George Pea body College for Teachers and f& Vanderbllt University, studying af terwards in some of the leading universities of the north. Before, coming tp "Winthrop, -he was pro fessor of secondary educatrcn in the University^ .Vermont and la ter State High " school inspector in Tennessee, He-jias specialized in educational psychology'. It is his purpose 'to give-a practical course in fundamental' methods. at the Sumter Center.. It is his farther purpose from time to time to .-or ganize demonstrations . illustrating vital points in the series. ft is our ]$y?po$e. to focus ev erything -pe:$Wfcl& make the study center co'^rea'J^lpful to you; in ybi|fr work. ? believe that alf teachers and. ?ll' others interested; in educatioii *p.I find the center both interesting and profitable. We are sending you this state ment at the&efiiiest of your county superintendent^. I hope to have the'pleasure?^.-meeting you per sonally at. the center from time &> time. *;\ Sincerely yours, A. P. Bouriand. : Director Extension Division^Win throp' College.; \ MOTHER AND S?^ FINSD Greenville.'Dec. 13.?Mother anf son stood before, the bar of "hJt^? tice to&ay in the county court when Mrs. S.- E. Hartin and Lee Roy Hjfirtin-were sentenced by Judge _M. F. Ansel to serve fences of a year each without the alternative of a fine for violation of the prohibition Taws. The son was convicted in one case and pleaded guilty in another. The mother, pleaded guilty in two cases, and was sentenced to serve four months and eight months.in the penitentiary, while the son is to serve on the public works. The Rum Child ? /..V-r-r. This little Virgin Islafidar ? happy as long as the United State? j doesn't make strenuous efforts to enforce prohibition In our newest j possession. Such efforts haven** I been made as yet and the making of rum, chief industry In the Islands since colonial days, is still carried on. Here is a distiller's assistant carrying rum in a ban* ? too lufe . .-.?