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VOLUME 95—No. 247. Published Afternoons Except Sunday GREENVILLE, S. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 25, 1926. Entered as Mail of The Second Class PRICE FIVE [CENTS]

[headline, spans columns 1-8] FORECAST 17,454,000 BALES THIS SEASON

[subheadline and first paragraph span columns 1-2] This Exceeds All Previous Crop Records By A Million And Quarter, Report Shows

Washington, Oct. 25.—(AP)Predicting the largest cotton crop ever grown the Department of Agriculture today placed the indicated production at 17,454,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. That is 827,000 bales more than indicated on October 1, and exceeds the previous record crop bt more than a million and and quarter bales.

[column 1] Reports from all parts of the cotton belt showed that production this year is greater than had been expected and that the yield of line cotton per acre would be approximately 176.8 punds or 8.3 pounds more than indicated on October 1. The heavy yield combined with the largest acreage ever estimated resulted in the huge production.

Extensive defoliation of the cotton plants by the cotton worm, coupled with warm weather has advanced the maturing of the late boils and permitted rapid picking, the department said. Ginning to October 18 totalled 8,722,066 running bales compared with 9,518,946 bales to that date last year.

No Question Now There is no question now that the largest crop in the history off [of] the country has been grown, said the crop reporting board in commenting on their report. "On the other hand the low price and scarcity of pickers, especially in the western part of the belt, will probably result in the considerable quantity of the lower grades not being picked.

"The present estimate of 17,454,000 bales refers to the indicated total ginings for this season and is subject to some uncertainty with regard to how much of the crop produced will be harvested. Because of the low price of cotton, farmers are discouraged

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and may not be disposed to pick the last remnant of the crop, even if they can do so. In consequence of elements of uncertainty with regard to the picking of the entire production of cotton, the crop indicated on Octber 18, ginned and to be ginned may vary somewhat from the final figure."

The forecast was based upon data concerning condition probable [faded] ginnings and other factors as of October 18, which indicated a yield of approximately 176.7 pounds of [faded] cotton per acre. No condition [faded] was announced.

The previous report on indicated production based on October 1 condition, placed the crop at 16,627 [text faded] bales and the acre yield at [text faded] pounds. Last year's crop was [text faded] 103,679 bales and the acre yield [text faded] pounds.

The indicated production by states follow:

Virginia 45,000 bales; North Caroline [Carolina], 1,200,000, South Carolina, 1 [text faded] 000; Georgia 1,470,000, Florida, [text faded] MIssouri, 235,000, Tennessee, [text faded] Alabama, 1, 400, 000; Mississippi, 1,7 [text faded] 000; Louisiana, [?60,000], Texas, [text faded] 000; Oklahoma, 1,660,000; Arkansas, 1, 520, 000; New Mexico, 79,000, Arizo na, 105,000, California, 122,[text faded] All other states, 20,000. Lower California (Old Mexico) 80,000.

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MUST USE THAT RUBBER TIRE A LITTLE LONGER

Punctures Must Also Be Given Attention; Rubber Imports to Decrease

Washington, Oct. 15—(AP)—The punctured tire and blown inner rube must be repaired again and use a litle while longer. And this defense measure on the part of United States rubber consumers must be followed successfully, the commerce department reported today, against government control which has been established over the production and marketing of eight other important commodities which must be purchased from abroad of a total more than 11,000,000 annually.

Coincidentally with the summary of the import situation E. G. Holt, chief of the department's rubber division, came the announcement from London that the Stephenson system of restricting rubber exports from Ceylon and Malava will continue for at least another year from November 1, next, in an endeavor to maintain prices. Under regulations, however, it seems probable that the coming three months will see a reduction of the exportable rubber allowance from the present 100 per cent to 80 per cent. The average price for the current quarter up to October 20, was 20.149 pence, and the average must exceedd 21 pence to justify continuance of the 100 per cent standards of exports. Following the great success achieved by the British rubber monopoly, Holt said in his summary, foreign governments have sought to raise the price of long staple cotton, camphor, coffee, iodine, nitrates, potash, mercury and Sisal, most of which are essential to American industrial activity. The United States is the largest single national consumer of all these.

SHAH OF PERSIA HAS VERY NARROW ESCAPE

Teheran, Persia, Oct. 25.—(AP)—The Shah of Persia today escape uninjured when an automobile which was escorting him on a tour of the province of Manzandaran was blown up near Namavend. Several officers were killed and two injured.

The automobile blown up was carrying arms, ammunition and bombs. The cause of the explosion was not apparent. The Shah continued on his tour.

[Headline, subheadline, and first paragraph of article span columns 1-2] Hampton Avenue Man Best Football Prognosticator

G. W. Pitchford Gets the Ten Dollar Prize Offered By The Piedmont; James C. Moreland Was Second, But He Gets No Prize

A check for $10 has been mailed to C. W. Pitchford, 6 Hampton avenue, who made the nearest correct predictions in The Piedmont's football scores forecasting contest. Mr. Pitchford missed the correct scores in all games by a total of 28 points.

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Mr. Pitchford's predictions were as follows:

Furman 13; P. C. 7. Davidson 0; Wake Forest 7. Wofford 0; Citadel 14. Ga. Tech 21; Wash. Lee. 14. Harvard 14; Dartmouth 10.

Correct scores in the five games were as follows: Furman 13; P. C. 7. Davidson 3; Wake Forest 3. Wofford 0; Citadel 6. Ga. Tech 19; Wash. Lee 7. Harvard 16; Dartmouth 12.

The second nearest correct predictions were made by James C. Moreland who predicted within 31 points of the correct scores. Robert Fowles and Paul G. Mullinax were next in

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the following persons named the four winning teams: W. W. Fleming, G. W. Foster, Allan Goodlett, J. R. Reed, W. E. Curry, George Wells, James Mann, J. H. Young, Deny Alexander, Willie P. Putman, C. M. Furman, Jr. B. F. Goodlett, Jr., Charles Wells, Fred B. Stewart, J. W. Kay, Preston Woodside, W. E. Payne, J. Roy Davis, C. A. Cunningham, Bernard Blythe, J. R. Wilson, James Jones, William Cox, J. W. Polland, J. E. McManaway, Jr., J. L. Shearer, Tryphena S. Kelley, John W. Dickson. C. Y. Cox and A. J. Furman. Several predictions were received thru the mail too late to be included in the contest so it is considered ad-

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Cotton Made Slight Drop

Altho the Forecast Was More Than Expected, [illegible, ink spot] Values Hold Well

New Orleans, Oct. 23—(AP)— The government forecast of production of 17,454, 00 sales and the total ginnings of 8,723,066 bales on October 1, released today, were both larger than the trade looked for by a considerable margin but the [text faded] response of prices was surprisingly small.

December dropped from 1240 the pre-bureau bid, to 1215 only 25 points down down. January lost 23 points and March only 2[text faded] points It was expected, however that the market would work [text faded] when the totals became[text faded] generally known in the Interior.

New York, Oct. 25—(AP)— Cotton prices [text faded] ly $1.50 a bale to the lowest [text faded] since 1921 today as the New York market was thrown into [text faded] sion by the government's [text faded] of the largest crop on record— 17,454,000 bales.

8,722,066 BALES GINNED OCT. 18TH

Washington, Oct 25.—(AP)—Cotton of this year's crop ginned prior to October 18 amounted to 8,722,066 running bales including 258,109 [text faded] bales counted as half bales and excluding [illegible] the census bureau announced today.

The ginning by states follows: Alabama, 903, 688; Arizona, 37,6 [text faded] Arkansas, 738,904. California, 42,034 Florida, 21, 973; Georgia, 919 520, Louisiana, 512, 609; Mississippi [text faded] 036 392; Missoui, 78,135, New Mexico 12,773; North Carolina, 491, 101; Oklahoma, 335,426, South Carolina 544, 986; Tennessee, 183,733; Texas, 2,811, 331; Virgnia, 9,636; all other states 3,725.

BEAUMONT OIL FIRE KILLS TWO PERSONS Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 25—(AP)— Two men are dead, another is missing and ten were in a hospital here today following a tank farm fire at the new Sour Lake Oil field, 25 miles west of here, which raged for 14 hours yesterday causing damage estimated at $500,000. Two if the injured are believed to have been fatally burned.

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COOLIDGE TAKES HAND IN POLITICS OF THE BAY STATE

Writes Letter of Endorsement For Butler and Fuller, G. O. P. Candidates

Washington, Oct. 25—(AP)— The political waters of the capital rippled today in ever widening circles from the impact of the latest element cast into their midst—endorsing of President Coolidge of Senator William A. ident Coolidge of Senator William A. [line of text is duplicated] national committee, who is opposed in the November elections in Massachusetts by former Senator David I. Walsh.

The pronouncement, the president's first utterance on behalf of any Republican candidate for office in the upcominh elections, was contained in a letter from the chief executive which was made public by the Massachusetts state committee. It also praised Governor Alvan T. Fuller, a candidate for relection on the Republican ticket and drew immediate fire from Democratic leaders in the form of a prediction by Chairman Oldfield of the party's congressional campaign committee, that the letter would [text faded] against both cadidates. He charged Mr. Coolidge with repudi ating his previous stand and "interferance". Apparently the President, Chairman Oldfield declared, "very very much frightened at the prospect of the defeat of Senator Butler and Governor Fuller. When President Wilson wrote a similar letter in 1918, the Republicans were very much horrified." The letter replied to a telegram asking whether the President indented to cast his vote in his home city of Northampton. The chief executive wrote that he and Mrs. Coolidge planed to make the trup, but he had requested to have absentee ballots sent [text faded] for use in the event that he could not return to Massachusetts to vote in person. "Of course, I want to vote for Senator Butler." the president wrote. He is my friend. I know how faithful he is. It was to him that I turned to intrust the great and delicate tack of conducting my presidential campaign will long stand as a model of wisdom, efficency and honest efforts. It left him the natural choice for senator. He represents Massachusetts ideals. . . .

ACCIDENTS TAKE BIG DEATH TOLL

Fifty-One Killed and 260 Injured in South During Past Week

(By the Associated Press)

Fifty-one persons lost their lives and 260 were injured in traffic accidents in eleven southern states during the week ending October 23, according to a compilation by the Associated Press. Ten of these were killed in North Carolina which led in deaths. Twenty-three were reported injuries. Mississippi and Arkansas [illegible] the minimum each state reporting but one death resulting from traffic accidents.

Louisiana reported the highest number of injured with 40, while Alabama, which had four deaths, was low in the injured column with 12. A [illegible] eleven states follow.

State	Dead	Injured
North Carolina	10	23
Kentucky	8	16
Tennessee	6	25
Georgia	6	25
Louisiana	5	40
Florida	4	32
Virginia	4	21
Alabama	4	13
South Carolina	2	14
Mississippi	1	33

MRS. McPHERSON WILL PUT UP "FOOT PRINT" WITNESS AT TRIAL

Los Angeles, Oct, 25.—(AP)—Two new defense witnesses were to attempt to identify tracks in a Northern Mexico desert as those of Almee Semple McPherson as the evangelists' preliminary hearing on conspiracy charges, entered its fifth week. The witnesses who arrived here yesterday from Douglas, Arizona, are O. A. Ash, constable, and M. E. Irwin, photographer, Defense attorney W. I. Gilbert, indicated that the testimony of Ash and Irwin would lay the foundation for evidence tending to definitely located the shack from which Mrs. McPherson says she escaped after being kidnapped at Ocean Park, Cal., last May.

Superior Judge Carlos Hardy also was to continue his testimony relative to his dealings with the late R. A. McKinley, blind attorney of Long Beach, with whom the states charges Mrs. McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, conspired to produce mythical kidnapers to support the evangelists abduction story.

SEVERE STORM HITS NATION'S CAPITAL

Washington, Oct. 25—(AP)—The nation's capital had a taste of almost hurricane weather and today was counting one dead and twelve injured as the result of high winds and heavy rainfall thruout Sunday, that culminated shortly before midnight in a downpour that approached a cloudburst intensity.

Streets were flooded to a depth of between one and seven feet; street car service was hampered, automobiles functioned like steamboats and trees were uprooted. An unidentified man about 55 years of age was killed as an indirect result of the storm

[column 4] HOME, ELEVATOR OF NATION, SAYS ATLANTA PASTOR

As Goes Up Or Down, So Does the Nation, Rev. Haughton Says

Atlanta, Oct. 25—(AP)—"The home is the elevator of the nation. As it goes up or down, so goes the nation." said the Rev. Will R. Houghton, pastor of the Baptist tabernacle here last evening addressing his congregation assembled for the last of a series of sermons on "love, marriage, and the home."— There once was a time when children knelt at their mothers' knees to pray but now about [text faded] they get there is a a lesson in anatomy." he continued. Decrying the large number of divorces and the small number of births in modern days, the tabernacle pastor said "what we need to do is chloroform the poodle dog and have children." Stating that 80 per cent of modern divorces were uncontested and many obtained thru fraud he declared "the crying need of America today is uniform divorce laws."

The pastor listed "ten helps for the home" in his sermon.

They follow:

1— Don't reserve your good manners for company. Your family enjoy politeness too. 2— Do not quarrel in public. What is the home for anyway? 3—A mother has no union to protect her from overwork and love is her only only wage. 4—Teach your children obedience in home so we can close some prisons. 5—Remember, if you wife has all the religion, she will get all the heaven. 6—Do not make mole-hill understandings into mountains, for mountains are hard to climb. 7—If you want happiness, sell your card table and buy a [illegible] 8—Do not expect too much of your children. No doubt they take after pa and ma. 9—Throw away your scrap book and get a Bible—and read it every day. 10—No home ever was defeated that had a mutual love, mutual thrift, mutual loyalty, mutual trust and Christ.

ALLEDGED "KEY WITNESS" IN MELLETT MURDER IS CAUGHT BY DETECTIVES

Canton, Ohio, Oct. 25.—(AP)—For three months while he was sought the country over us the man having full knowledge of the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, on July 16, Patrick Eugene McDermott lived in luxury in Cleveland.

Then his desire to see his mother led him homeward and into the hands of the law. Last night he was lodged in the Stark county jail, the last of the trio indicted for the murder to be taken into custody. The other two, Ben Rudnet of Massillon, Ohio, and Louis Mazer of Canton, are awaiting trial. Mazer goes on trial November 8 and Rudnet December 6. McDermott was taken into custody yesterday morning at Twin Rock [illegible] by Ora Stater, Cincinnati detective, and P. B. McClintock, Stark county prosecutor. He was captured in a trap laid by his brothers, Tom and Bernard who long ago promised Slater and Mc Clintock that they would try to locate him so he could tell his story, whatever it might be. Mellet publisher of the Canton News, was killed July 16. He had received numerous threats against his life because of his vigorous campaign against vice and lawlessness in Canton; and had attacked the Canton police derpartment making charges of unrestrained bootlegging and crime. He was fired upon from ambush as he put his car into the garage in the rear of his home. Only one of the three shots fired struck him. It entered his brain and he fell dead.

PROSECUTOR AND GRAND JURY NOT IN ACCORD

Somerville, N. J., Oct. 25—(AP)— Open warfare existed today between the September grand jury of Somerset county and State Senator Alexander Simpson special prosecutor of the Hall-Mills case. The jury will begin consideration of evidence against persons charged by the state with being accessories to the double slaying and then was ordered by the prosecutor to postpone indefinitely the resumption of the proceedings scheduled for tomorrow, last ight took matters into its own hands, and announced that it would meet despite Simpson's wishes to the contrary. Simpson gave as his reason for the postponement, his inability to reach several witnesses.

ALLEDGED SLAYER OF FIVE IS ON TRIAL

Meridian, Miss., Oct. 25. —(AP)— Kinnie Wagner, notorious trick shot expert and alleged slayer of five men, was placed on trial in circuit court here today on a charge of murdering Murdock McIntosh, a Greene county deputy sheriff.

The defendent entered as plea of not guilty before being granted a change of venue when arraigned for trial in ciruit court in Leakeville last moth. He had contended that he could not obtain a fair trial in Greene county. The state was expected to contend that Wagner shot and fatally wounded McIntosh December 24, 1924, when the officer attempted to remove him from a house where he had hidden in an effort to elude his would-be capturers.

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MAN WHO FOUGHT HATTERS' UNION IN LAST BATTLE

D. E. Loewe is Nearly Blind and Almost Broke, Says The World

New York, Oct. 25—(AP)—Dietrich E. Loewe, the Hatter of Danbury, Conn., who became famous twenty years ago, when he fought in the courts, labor unions that boycotted his goods because he would not unionize his shops, is wagining his last fight, the New York World says today. "Old Man Loewe," as he is known to his fellow townspeople is 74 years old, nearly blind and broke. His last battle is to keep from creditorship his factory, now bare, but which used to employ 250 men and his home. Both are heavily mortgaged. When Mr. Loewe staged his finish fight with the unions more than 20 years ago he won a $240,000 verdict against the Hatters' Union and the American Federation of Labor which was upheld by the United States supreme court. He collected every penny of it, because of a boycott.

To get his money Mr. Loewe levied attachments against the homes and bank accounts of his former employes. He was much criticized at the time, but the American Federation of Labor took up collections thruout the country and the workmen's homes were saved. The hatter has never regretted his step, and the workment learned to respect him as a man and a fighter.

Last April, Mr. Loewe's business reached the point where bankruptcy seemed the only eway out. Thre friends, forming a creditors committee raised $90,000 among themselves and made a settlement at 10 cents on the dollar. All but one creditor agreed and he was paid off at a higher price. The three men, Charles D. Parkes, Charles A. Mallory and Arthur Tweedy are still out their $90,000, but believe they will be reimbursed. They are again trying to assist their old friend.

ATTORNEY KILLS FIVE OF FAMILY

The Commits Suicide; Was Formerly U. S. District Attorney

Marion, Ills., Oct. 25—(AP)—Worry over financial reverses, ill health and the loss of his position as United States district attorney four months ago are ascribed as the reasons for a sudden fit of insanity late Saturday night that drove W. O. Potter, 56, porminent Southern Illinois attorney to kill five of his family and then end his own life.

After his victims had retired, Potter crushed the skull of each, one of them a baby three weeks old, with a furnace shaker, and then ended his own life by hurling himself into a cistern at the rear of his home.

The bodies were found by a son, Morris Potter, 26, who returned several hours later from a trip to a neighboring town.

Testimony before a coroner's jury, which yesterday returned a verdict of murder and suicide brought out that Potter, who served part of his term as United States district attorney at East St. Louis under Federal Judge English, now facing impeachement proceedings, brooded under the belief that his official actions were under investigation as well as those of the judge.

NEWBERRY COLLEGE TO GET ATTENTION

Richmond, Va., Oct. 25—(AP)—Details of a two year survey of Lutheran colleges to be undertaken immediately by a commission of the board of education of the church were given the fifth biennial convention of the United Lutheran church in America today in the report of the board.

Dr. Robert J. Leornard and Dr. Edward S. Eveden both professors of education in teachers college Columbia University, New York, have been appointed as joint directors of the survery. Together with a commission appointed by the board they will make a detailed study of the history, location, equipment, finances, administration and curicular of the twentynine junior colleges and academies of the church and will work out a unified educational program for the future developent of higher educational institutions.

The board also reported the merger of Summerland college and Newberry College in South Carolian under a single board of trustees. Attention will be concentrated on Newberry College but certain courses for young women will be continued at Summerland. Site for a Lutheran College for Women, which has long been under consideration has been selected in the [suburbs] of Washington, the board stated to secure funds for the establishment of the school. Adoption of a definite program of religious education was recommended to the convention in the report of the Parish and church school board.

FAMOUS COWBOY, ARTIST SUCCUMBS IN MONTANA Great Falls, Mont., Oct. 25—(AP)— Charles M. Russell, famous "cowboy artist" died suddenly at his home here last night. His death was due to heart trouble.

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SAYS MURDER MAY RESULT FROM CAR CAUSING A DEATH

Judge Shipp Defines Difference Between Manslaughter and Murder in Addressing County Grand Jury

A person who takes the life of a fellow man thru the reckless use of an automobile may be found guilty of murder on account of his flagrant disregard of the rights of others on the highway, Circuit Judge S. W. G. Shipp of Florence, said in the October term of General Sessions Court which convened here Monday morning for a three weeks term.

Judge Shipp was at that time explaining to members of the grand jury the meaning of the various charges submitted them in bills of indictment handed out by Solicitor J. G. Leatherwood.

"In driving an automobile on a public highway," Judge Shipp said, "one must always recognize the rights of others to be on the highway. The automobile is a very dangerous thing and, when a man drives his automobile so recklessly as to show that he utterly disregards the rights of others, the court and the jury have the right to infer that his mind was malicious, he had that wicked intent which is necessary to sustain a charge of premeditated murder. When such is the case the driver of the car is guilty of murder.

"If, one the other hand, the driver of an automobile which takes a life is simply grossly careless and not reckless, he is then guilty of criminal negligence and therefore, in the eyes of the law, guilty of manslaughter."

Judge Shipp— complimented the grand jury upon the expedition with which it executed the work before it at the last term of court and said that he thought it unnecessary to deliver the legal meanings of the charges set forth on the indictments handed out by the solicitor and instructed the jury to retire to the offices in the court house.

SEVEN CONVICTS HURT IN BATTLE

They Had Attempted to Escape From the Missouri State Prison

Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 25—(AP)— Seven convicts, two of whom are believed to be dying, were in the prison hospital here today suffering from buckshot wounds and three guards and a negro trusty were recovering from minor injuries received when the prisoners attempted to escape from Missouri state penitentiary yesterday.

Armed with knives, the prisoners attacked and overpowered J. T. Wynes, and A. C. Wekenborg, cell house guards and after securing a pistol from Wynes, leaped thru a window to a corridor leading to the tuberculosis hospital. Here they attacked L.T. Freeman, another guard who was stabbed in the shoulder before the covicts obtained his pistol. A negro trusty who tried to aid Freeman was stabbed after he knocked one of the men down with a chair.

The prisoners then opened fire on other guards, and trusties who appeared in the corridor and ran to the South stockade, where two of them were shot down by wall guards using riot guns loaded with buckshot. The rest were sprinkled with shot as they retreated to a shirt factory. The five convicts were taken from the factory building after a two hour siege in which tear gas was used without effect.

Flashes (By The Associted Press) Marrakech, Morocco—Thousands of mounted sheiks in white silk robes are here for a wedding and have brought presents valued at 15,000,000 francs. After the heir to the Sultan is perfumed by slaves Wednesday, he will be married to the daughter of El Glaowi pasha of Marrakech, and will see the bride's face for the first time.

Yonkers, N. Y.— James H. Hocking each birthday hikes a mile for each year of his age. His latest walk was 71 miles.

New York—Doris Kenyon's honeymoon has been interrupted by influ-enza, which caused her wedding to Milton Sills to be postponed. She is in a sanitarium but hopes to leave for sunny Hollywood before the week is out.

Oklahoma City — Radium thrown into an ash can by a nurse in a physician's office, has been recovered in the five acre city dumping ground by use of an electroscope. It was valued at $4,000.

Washington — A mineral that explodes has been discovered. It acted like dynamite when found in northern Mexico. Samples have been brought to the Smithsonian Institute.

100 LIVES LOST OFF BERMUDA IN HURRICANE

Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 25.—(AP) —Approximately 100 lives were lost at sea off Bermuda on Friday, morning when the hurricane which swept Cuba struck this region.

The British naval sloop Valerian.

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[column 7] NIGHT RAINBOW AND SNOW IN N. C. TOWN Franklin, N. C., Oct. 25.,—(AP) —Snow and freezing weather today followed the rare phenomenon of a rainbow at night witnessed here last night. A perfect arch was seen across the western sky about 10 o'clock. The colors of the spectrum were not as clear as is usual in rainbows seen during the day. The mercury stood at 32 this morning and a light snow fell.

"MISSISSIPPI" WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER

Queen Marie Could Not Pronounce It; Leaves On Western Tour

New York, Oct. 25—(AP)—Queen Marie, of Rumania, today was aboard the rolling palace of ten special rail way cars that will be her home for the two months of her western tour.

Leaving New York at 7:50 a. m. she is due at Buffalo at 8 p. m., she will make a radio talk here from station WGR, and will leave Buffalo for Niagra Falls early tomorrow morning. Her itinerary today called for two, ten minute stops, one at Albany at 1:20 p. m. and the other at Syracuse at 4:30 p. m.

Queen Marie, with her children, Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana, and her retinue boared the train at Grand Central station at midnight after attending a benefit performance at the Metropolitan opera house of an interpretation of the "Lilly of Life" a fairy tale written by the queen.

Forty-eight women, one from each state in the union have received greetings from the queen in her own handwriting for the citizens of their states.

Queen Marie presented the greetings at a luncheon given by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris at the Biltmore.

She had difficulty in [pronouncing] the names of the some of the states as she gave out the tributes. She attempted "Mississippi" several times then gave up, saying "too many double letters. They always give me trouble."

NEW YORK WATER SUPPLY IS LOW

New York, Oc. 25.—(AP)—The York city water supply is seriously threatened by the subterranean cracks which are slowly draining the $160, 000,000 Ashokan reservoir in the Catskill mountains, the New York Tribune says today. The reservoir is 12 miles long and three miles wide. A recent survey, it says, supports the theory that millions of gallons from the huge basin are seeping away thru the veins, and thence to the surface again in the adjacent water courses. The reservoir, described as rivaling the Panama Canal as an engineering achievement, is virtually empty. There has been no lack of rain, however, and feed streams are flush bank to bank. The water supply in the reservoir is low at present; in spots flowers are growing.

REED SAYS INDIANA G. O. P. CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN "DISCREDITED"

Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25—(AP)— Chairman Reed of the Senate funds committee declared here today that the investigation of Indiana politics "prove conclusively that the chairman of the Republican state committee put out a deliverate falsehood and he was fully discredited."

He said that the state was flooded with money. Senator Reed added but the money turned out to be a lot of cheap pamphlets. "That gentleman and his stories were left suspended in the air."

Senator Reed's statement about the Indiana Republican chairman, Clyde A. Walb was made after he had denied he had stated at Indianapolis last Friday that the Indiana inquiry was furnishing only "chaff." He was quoted by the Indianapolis News as having made such a statement.

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Recent Census of Greenville City churches Sh Small Percentage of People Attend On Th

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"Do the people of Greenville attend church?" was the subject of a sermon delivered Sunday night by Rev. H. O. Chambersm pastor of Triune Methodist church.

Mr. Chambers' subject followed a recent census of the churches of the city in which it was found that only a small percentage of Greenvillians attend church—or attended church when the census was taken. A census was

[article continued in column 8] taken on a recent [Sunday] that night and also on mid-week prayer service Churches taking part had a total of 13,567 percentage of [attendance] Sunday morning service cent; for the Sunday was $1 per cent, [while] week prayer service it cent. The tabulation [follows]

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Denomination	Members	A. M.	P. M.
Presbyterian	2274	1356	479
Baptist	5581	3259	2723
Methodist	4737	1204	965
Episcopal	1920	566	88
Lutheran	155	100	65
Total	13867	6475	4320

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[headline spans columns 7 and 8] [the right side of column 8 is cut of and the headline is incomplete] Peden Asks $500 Dam Saying Use of Graham Hurts Adjoining Pro

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Furman [University] Greenville [Baseball] citation Named ants in Suit [Filed]

Damages in the [suit] are asked by J. R. [President] of Thurston suit filed Monday which Furman [University] the Greenville [Baseball] tion are named as Mr. Peden alleges th erty has been dam use of Graham Field ball park, [because] have been batted on erty, shingles have his buildings and h wise suffered injury liation because of t of the baseball fiel his property. Mr. Peden in his c asks that the defendan ed from using Graham athletic events.

W. G. Sirrine is att plaintiff, while Furman represented by the worth and Haynesworth Price and Pong represe ville Baseball [association]

Furman University, complaint, makes a ge the charges as brought ant. A denial is mad that baseball is a [nuissance] a crowd of persons co that section to witness a constitute a nuissance

The plaintiff alleges which is owned by [Furman] and in turn is leased to Athletic Corporation and [Greenville] Baseball [Association] for the purposes for wh The plaintiff states th number of baseballs wh batted onto his lot.

The plaintiff also al [Furman] University, in re turn another party, goes powers granted to it issued the college, co the renting of the park do 'with the cause of e

Complains About

Complaint is also mad [plaintiff] of the alleged act Furman students. It i on a September [afternoon] a number of Furman in football practice kicking the ball over [plaintiff's] property. One o went on the plaintiff's cover the ball and wa it was charged. It wa that on the following came to the house du [plaintiff's] absence and told son, who was blind th better keep on friendly University students or would return and find but the busher. The p leges that when he p University he is frequ with jeers and deisive that he has been annoy ated. He also claims t pealed to the sheriff a of police with out rue

The eigth [allgegation] tiff is that Furman [University] Graham Field for trac similar purposes and of the institution pass attired only in one hu a short pair of trunks cloth and extending bu tance below the waist. alleges that this expos is contrary to the city state laws, and offend his family and others [neighborhood].

Defendants Mak The defendant adm dents of Furman [University] field at certain times fo poses, but deny that it used to constitute a defendant also states tiff operates a matt his premises and that congregate upon the P it must be with the per plaintiff or some of employees.

Having answered the defendant in conclusion complaint be dismissed.

It is considered as trial of the case may at the November term of Common Pleas.

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[headline spans columns 1 and 2] Announce Complete Schedule Of Textile Exposition Week

[column 1] Many Events On Program Each Day of Week ; Hundreds of Visitors Expected to Attend Show

The complete schedule of events for Textile Exposition week was made public this morning by the committee which has drawn up the program. Something interesting is scheduled for each day of the exposition beginning Monday and continuing thru Saturday.

The schedule for the entire week as announced Monday morning for the first time follows:

Monday. 11 a. m. to 10 p. m. — Hall open for visitors.

11 a. m. — Music by Goforth's orchestra in auditorium, Textile Hall.

Formal opening of Exposition. Address of welcome by W. E. Beattie, president of the Chamber of Commerce.

Tuesday. 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.— Textile Hall open for visitors.

1. 30 p. m.— Luncheon Rotary Lions Clubs in main dining room of Poinsett hotel, to which all visiting Rotarians and Lions are invited.

10 a. m.— Cotton ball at Poinsett hotel. Sponsored by Red Cross Volunteer Service. Admission by card only.

Wednesday. 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.—Textile Hall open for visitors.

1 to 3 p. m.— Barbecue. Admission by card only.

Thursday. 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.— Textile Hall open for visitors.

10 a. m. to 11 a. m. — American Society Mechanical Engineers register at headquarters, Textile Gall.

2 p. m. — Luncheon Kiwanis Civitan clubs in main dining room of Poinsett hotel, to which all visiting Ki wanians and Civitans are invited.

6 p. m. — A. S. M. E. meeting and banquet in club dining room of Poinsett hotel, featured by address of George S. Harris, president Exposition cotton mills, Atlanta, Ga., on the subject of the Cotton Textile Institute.

10 p. m. — Dance in ball room of Poinsett hotel. Merrimakers orchetra.

Admission by card

Friday. 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.— Textile Hall open for visitors.

10 a. m. — Southern Textile Association "Better Equipment Meeting" in ball room of Poinsett hotel, featured by address of Mr. E. Kent Swift, treasurer of the Whitin Machine Works, Whitinsville, Mass.,

Discussions of the advantages of well-kept textile machinery will be participated in by the following:

Pickers: J. Marion Davis, superintendent, Newberry, S. C., cotton mills.

Cards: J. R. Wikle, superintendent, Ella Division, Consolidated Textile Corporation, Shelby, N. C.

Spinning: George F. Brietz, superintendent, Selma, N. C., cotton mills

Spooling and Warping: Frank S. Dennis, division manager, Union division, Consolidated Textile Corporation, Lafayette, Ga.

Weaving: H. K. Hallett, manager, Thrift mills of Kendall mills, inc., Paw Creek, N. C.

12. 30 p. m. S. T. A. luncheon in main dining room of Poinsett hotel.

Admission by card.

Saturday. College and school day. 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. — Textile Hall open for visitors.

3 p. m. — Football game at Manly Field, Furman University vs. Mercer.

Admission $ 2.00

9. 30 p. m. — Ten O' Clock Club dance at Greenville Country Club

Admission by card only.

TEMPERATURE TUMBLES SHARLY IN FLORIDA

Tampa, Fla., Oct 25.—(AP) Sudden drops in temperature caused shivers thruout Florida today. Walter J. Bennett, government meteorologist here, described the weather as "un usual" in South Florida, but stated the cool spell would probably be of short duration. "The biggest drop in the mercury at Orlando where weather bureau records indicated a descent from 92 degress to 52 dewithin the last 24 hours. At Tampa, the temperature slumped from 84 to 59, producing the coolest weather here [line illegible]

The coldest point in the state to day, Mr. Bennett said was Pensacola with a mark of 46.

PILES GO QUICK Without Salves or Cutting.

Thousands who have piles have not learned that quick and permanent relief can only be accomplished with internal medicine. Neither cutting nor any amount of treatment with ointments and suppositories will remove the cause.

Bad circulation causes piles. There is a complete stagnation of blood in the lower bowel and weakening of the parts. Dr. J. S. Leonhardt was first to find the remedy and called his prescription HEM-ROID. Dr. Leonhardt tried it in 1000 cases with the marvelous record of success in 98 per cent and then decided it should be sold by druggists everywhere under a rigid money-back guarantee.

Don't waste any more time with outside applications. Get a package of HEM-ROID from Bruce & Doster today. It has given safe and lasting relief to thousands and will do the same for you.—(Adv.)

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CHURCHMEN FAVOR STYLES OF YOUTH

Bobbed Hair and Short Skirts Very Sensible, Bishop DuBose Tells Gastonia, N. C., Assembly

Gastonia, Oct. 25. — Two stalwart leaders of Southern Methodism rose in defense of the maligned youth of the generation before an assembly of ministers gathered today for the Epworth League anniversary program of the Western North Carolina conference, in session here.

Leading the defense was Rev. J. M. Rowland, of Richmond, editor of The Christian Advocate and orator of note, who called upon the clergy to abandon condemnation of the flaming youth, discard the lethargy of another stay and strive to keep pace with the rising ride of the present day and the modern generation.

Bishop H. M. DuBose, Winston Salem dignitary, in an exhortation that followed, heralded bobbed hair and short skirts, as "an evangel of moral sensibility."

Not Atheistic Mr. Rowland resented the prevalent opinion that a race of atheists is in the making.

"The so-called wave of atheism did not originate in the hearts of our youth." he said, but "in the minds of bald-headed pesimists.

"Their cries of despair would have us to believe that none of our boys are following in the footsteps of their fathers and that our girls are following a trail that some of their mothers led.

"Don't believe it.

"We must instill a certain faith in ourselves before we may lead them.

No Compromise "We must recognize the trend of the times. There is no compromise with our sons and daughters. They don't want it.

"We must be human in our dwellings with them and allow them to be human. The great trouble with our age is not on our youth, but in the fact that we are trying to de-humanize that youth.

"We don't want them to be either angels or devils, we want them to be human. The greatest thing God ever made was a human being, and we need to preach humanity instead of pessimism and reform.

"Let's let none of the monstrosities of the age demoralize and dehumanize the younger generation. Bring out from the pulpit the heroism that they hae manifested.

"Don't judge them by what they do but by the loyalty with which they have done with that with which God has endowed them."

Wonderful Age The speaker, in tracing the developments of the generation, commented on the reported inroads of the radio on congregations. The situation he declared, offers no real hazard.

"This is a wonderful age of Inventions," he said, "nd the radio sermon is one of its products. I've tuned in on Presbyterian serices in Philadelphia and Methodist services in Chicago within the space of one hour.

"The only radio addict that threatens the church is the man who takes to the air to avoid the collection plate and who seeks the satisfaction of knowing that in case he goes to sleep no one will know it."

Bishop DuBose submitted that he had heard youth slandered until he was "tired" of it.

"The Epworth League as a representative group of the so-called modern generation, is the invocation of intense loyalty and spiritual development," he said.

Sensible Dress "Bobbed hair and the costumes of the day are unjustly condemned," he continued. "Both are sensible and wholesome to the physical woman. Her dress is an evangel of moral sensibility.

"The style of hair, dresses and the trend of clothing among American femininity of the younger generation exists in sensible relationship to bodily comfort.

"The Epworth League, both boys and girls, is founded in faith and bears a history of honor. It stands today as to set the glory of youth and life before the eyes of the world."

SOUTH CAROLINA CASE IS DECIDED IN COURT Washington, Oct. 25.—(AP)—The right of the state to invalidate insurance on property not placed thru authorized resident agents was sustained today by the supreme court in five cases from Ohio, Maine and Wisconsin. The suits all arose over the placing of fire and theft insurance by the Chrysler Sales Corporation with the Palmetto Fire Insurance company of South Carolina, upon all automibles sold on the deferred payment or installment plan.

The Chrysler company placed the insurance without regard to the wishes of the purchasers for the protection of the distributors or dealers and the banks or commercial companies which financed the purchase of the machines.

The state courts having sustained the law requiring insurance to be placed insurance at Detroit with the Chrysler company, the latter entered the federal courts, seeking injunctions and attacking the validity of the state laws. In this they failed, and appealed to the supreme court which today upheld the laws as valid and constitutional.

The Michigan Department of Conservation clarifies arbutus pickers with fishermen, campers, tourists and hunters as being responsible for most of the forest and brush fires

Barron strain large type purebred White Leghorn baby chicks, $10.50 hundred. Everylay strain Brown Leghorns, $11.50 hundred. Sheppard strain single comb Anconas, $14, hundred. Owen and Donaldson strain Rhode Island Reds, $14.85 hundred. Thompson strain Barred Rocks, $14.85 hundred. White Rocks. $16 hundred. All good, healthy, strong purebred guaranteed. We pay postage charges and guarantees live arrival on all baby chicks. Pullets of any breed listed, $1.50 each. Cockerels good size, $3 each. Poultry book on feeding and raising chicks and pullets, $3.00 postpaid. The Fulghum Hatchery. Due West, South Carolina

[column 3] YOUNG TROTSKY [photograph of infant] Winner of the first baby show held in Moscow since the war was Alexis Trotsky, grandson of the Bolshevik leader. Now this picture has taken a prominent place in Red propaganda as an example of what bolshevism does for babies.

WILLIMON TELLS HOW STORM BEAT GASOLINE FOLKS

He was in Florida at the Time and Went 70 Miles With Wind's Aid

W. Marvin Willimon of this city, returned recently from Florida and Monday morning told an interesting story of being caught in the most recent Florida storm.

Mr. Willimon said that he and members of his family were driving from Vero to Indian city along the coast. The storm was gathering and the wind was becoming stronger and stronger. He said they hardly realized how strong it was until they stopped at a filling station for some gasoline. Mr. Willimon alighted and as he did the wind blew. The car starting moving forward before the wind. Mr. Willimon, he said tried to stop the machine with the brakes but could not from the position he was in. He jumped back into the car and put it in gear. The wind became stronger. Mr. Willimon decided then not to stop for gasoline. He proceeded on. The wind was behind him and pushed the car along. Water came down in sheets and at low points the highway was flooded. In normal times an automobile would not have been able to go thru these washes, he said, but when the carburator would act choked up with water the wind would keep the machine going. This was the case thruout the 10 mile trip and the machine never did get stuck Mr. Willimon made the trip in almost four hours, he said. He said that it was all a very frightful experience, one that he would not like to have again.

WHAT PRICE QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA?

A Ruler Every Inch, It Would Appear, At So Much Per

BY GILBERT SWAIN NEA Service Writer

New York, Octo. 25., As Broadway would put it, "the queen is certainly springing a royal line."

Broadway, which for years has lived according to its lights, has learned suddenly that the Balkans have a gay white way of putting things over.

Those who penned "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" did their walking before bobbed hair came in vogue.

Anyone who can turn blue blood in to red headlines gets the immediate respect and applause of the hardbodied highway. And surely Queen Marie has given the famous thorofare lessons in showmanship that will not ever be forgotten. Perhaps when he two months in America have ended they will concede that she is the greatest showman of them all.

All the advertising methods that Broadway ever learned have already been employed to the queen's taste.

Broadway lights tell of "that school girl complexion". Pshaw! The queen posed for "beauty cream" months ago.

Her signature over special newspaper articles goes for a queenly sum.

Every inch a queen, it seems, but at so much per inch.

Her arrangements begin at the at the le nation, but end to a considerable ex tent in the hands of a famous profes hional dancer of yesterday.

She bring a ballet in her trunk— all ready for presentation.

Her every entrance and exit is staged with consummate skill— gold braid, blare of trumpets, business of walking on stage with a careless regalness, touched just properly with pomp. A careful studied bit that any Broadway actress would love to be able to imitate.

With such prefatory hints, the ballyhoo boys were quick to realize that here was a visitor worthy of their steal.

And so wherever there was an axe to grind, wherever the mills of advertising and publicity ground, the smart young advertising men sent their noses to the grindstones.

Queen Marie was presented with flowers from Blanks; her shoes were fashioned by Blanks; gowns designed by Blank, the French couturier, music furnished by Blank's band; automo biles of the exclusive Blank make.

She rode across the sea on a deck furnished by a big steamship company —for the advertising. An exclusive hotel provided a royal floor—for the advertising. The furniture, perfect in period, came from Blanks—for advertising. The chef that serves her meals will become eminently eminent. A railroad will provide a special royal car—quite free, and darn good advertising.

The movies offer her $25,000 a scene—but, what awell advertising whether she takes it or no! Theatres fight to give her a box—her presence would pack the house. And what if she said she liked the show?

Bon bons come to her suite from Blanks and the sleeps on "the mattress of comfort."

For "selling" is the keynote of the day. Everybody's doing it in one way or another. The Prince of Wales wasn't so bad at it, as America learned.

And a queen who gives her market what it's looking for— well, she can hang her crown on any Broadway lamppost she wishes.

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Miss Venus May Get Stout! Campaign to Have Girls Eat Proper Food is Being Waged By Domestic Science Department of Greenville High School; Many Girls Contend They Do Not Eat Breakfast Regularly

[column 4 continued] Greenville girls are likely to lose some of their sylph-like forms and gain good health instead for a campaign to get girls at Greenville High school to eat the proper food is being waged by Miss Ida McAllister, of the domestic science faculty who says that the young women of today are not eating enough wholesome food to supply their bodies with the necessary nourishment to maintain good health.

Miss McAllister in speaking to a class of girls Monday morning, said: "Weight is not the only factor in judging normal conditions. Generally food will be used to support the needs of growth and if there is an insufficient amount for both growth and health, health will suffer. Young ladies, no breakfast, or breakfast composed on white bread and coffee will not support your body needs and bring you out of High school a well nourished and properly developed young woman. Robust boys and girls do not grow strong muscles, bone, rosy cheeks, eyes beaming with health's charm on the present day schedule for them with empty stomachs, I observed five young girls a few days ago, eating a piece of five cent candy, and I heard them say that they had eaten no breakfast and that it would be 3 o' clock before they would get home to lunch. Lunch boxes may be out of

[article continued in column 5] style but girls, have sense and until the time comes when you may have a lunch served you, eat a good breakfast and if necessary bring a small lunch with you."

At each class Miss McAllister asks which girls have eaten breakfast, and each time she has a number to respond that they "didn't have time". Her aim is to induce all girls to eat breakfast and nourishing foods.

In connection with this aim inspection tours of all plants in the city which manufacture foods is being planned in order that the young women may be acquainted with every process of food work.

It is not an aim of the department to induce the young women to eat fattening foods and thus lose their stylish slender beauty, but to eat enough nourishing food to keep their bodies in good health, so that they may be able to do their best work.

"At the rate that some of the high school girls are now eating, they will be nervous wrecks at the end of the four years in high school, and will be unable to continue their education further" said Miss McAlister.

The cooking department of the high school has an enrollment of 135 students and the sewing department of 204 students, making a total of 341 young women who are being trained to be good home makers.

The sewing classes are under the direction of Miss Augusta Williams

"Whether or not you learn anything about ocoking, you should know the proper use of food and the proper amount to be taken into the body" the Monday morning class was told.

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Witness

[photo of woman in bonnet]

Mrs. James W. Morrison, president of the Illinois League of Women Voters is expected to appear before the Reed Senate primary investigating committee at its hearings in Chicago.

PITMANS' TIME UP NEXT FRIDAY

That is Unless the Governor Intervenes; More Petition Signers

Alexander and Holland Pittman, father and son of Glassy Mountain township and alleged slayers of State Constable J. H. Howard, have less than 96 hours to live unless Governor T. G. McLeod intervenes in their behalf for they are scheduled to die in the electric chair of South Carolina Friday of this week.

On Friday morning the two weeks reprieve granted by the Governor October 14 will have expired and unless the governor grants clemency to them they will be electrocuted.

Rumors in all probability not based upon authoritative information hold that the governor is now planning to grant clemency to the younger Pittman, Holland, and allow the elder to be executed. It will be remembered that the supreme court opinion in the case recommended clemency for the younger Pittman.

W. E. Bowen of the firm of Bowen and Bryson, defense counsel for the Pittmans, said that approximately 1,750 additional names had been signed to the petition asking Governor McLeod to extend clemency to the Pittmans. This makes Mr. Bowen said a total of about 6,730 names signed to the peitions which have been forwarded to the governor.

PAUL C. BAKAR IS LAID TO REST HERE

Funeral services for Paul Christ Bakar, who died as the result of an automobile accident last Monday night were conducted from the James F. Mackey and Sons' chapel at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon by the Rev Vasillinos Papnlkas, of the Green Orthodox church, of Charleston.

Chaplain Frank P. Gaines, of the local post of the American Legion, conducted the services at the grave side, held at 3 o'clock in Springwood cemetery. The American Legion comrades of Mr. Bakar joined in paying final tribue to the fellow veteran. Past and present officers of the legion post were pallbearers and taps was sounded by the post bugler as the body was lowered into its grave.

Mr. Bakar is survived by his aged father and a number of more distant relatives, all of whom live in Greece. Mr. Bakar, who served in the American army during the war, was active in the legion organization, being sargeant at arms of the local post at the time of his death.

Discusses Church Ads Chicago, Oct. 25.—(AP)—In advertising the church the same principles of psychology must be used that the business man employs in selling goods, Charles Steizle of New York told the eighth annual conference on church publicity here today.

"On general principles it is safe to assume that the public know nothing whatever about church," said Mr. Steizle who is chairman of church advertising department of the International Advertising Association

"In advertising the church it should be plain that it is not a reform organization, a forum, a social service league, a political party nor are its preachers supposed to be economic experts.

"The church has been a sure cure for sin but judging by the publicity," he said "it is not very excited about offering this sure cure to the people."

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FLORIDA PEOPLE EXTEND THANKS Grateful For Assistance Given Following Recent Storm

A letter of appreciation for the gifts of Greenville people to the Florida storm relief fund, amounting to $109.50 has been received by T. M. Norris, chairman of the Greenville chapter American Red Cross from J. Arthur Jeffers, assistant to the vice chairman.

The letter is as follows:

Dear Mr. Norris: It is a pleasure to acknowledge your check of $109.50 as a contribution toward the Florida storm relief fund.

Latest reports from the disaster area indicate that the work of rehabilitation is progressing rapidly and in good order. Individual consideration is given to each person and family in need for the purpose of helping them on their feet again. Your contribution will be used in its entirety for direct relief work. The entire administrative cost being [illegible] by the national Red Cross. This is made possible of course by the membership character of the American Red Cross and the quota which arrive to the national oganization from each membership. Won't you explain this and aim the distinction between any contribution for the storm sufferers recevied in your community and the regular membership campaign to be held next month.

Very sincrely yours, (signed) J. ARTHUR JEFFERS Assistant to the Vice Chairman.

TARIFF CUT HERE NOT AID EUROPE

Mellon Says Proposals in Economic Manifesto Not Applicable Here

Washington, Oct. 25.—(AP)—Application to the United States of the proposals contained in the economic manifesto signed by some American and European bankers for the lowering of tariffs in the interest of trade would reduce rather than increase American purchases abroad in the opinion of Secretary Mellon of the treasury.

Serving formal notice on behalf of the administration that the manifesto would bring about no change in the present tariff policy, he approved its application to European states on the ground that it would effect there a condition similar to that existing here —free trade among the states of the union. Any reduction in the American tariff would act, not as a stimulus, but as a boomerang to Europe's export trade to the United States he contended because it would occassion unemployment and reduce out purchasing power, will diminish the country's constumption of commodities and cause large surpluses of the world's principal products," and would not "help certain foreign nations to recover from losses occasioned by the war, but would retard such recovery.

"The trend of trade during the past few years," he continued, "convinciingly confirm the contention that the volume of imports is controlled by the purchasing power of the nation rather than the rate of imports duties assessed."

GREENVILLE BOYS WIN TWO MEDALS

Robert McCarter and Alvin Hawkins Win District Honors at State Fair

Greenville county boys won two of the three medals offered to owners of calves at the recent State Fair in Columbia according to W. R. Gray, county demonstration agent.

Robert McCarter won the silver medal offered by the American Jersey Calf club. Alvin Hawkins won the bronze medal. The gold medal, representing first place was the only one not won by Greenville county boys.

The three medals were given to boys showing their calves to best advantage.

In the senior calf class Alvin Hawkins won 3rd place; Huff Campbell won 4th place and Gordan Moon won 5th place.

In the junior calf class Robert McCarter won 2nd place and D. L. Bramlett, Jr., won 5th place.

KING'S AUNT DEAD. Rome, Oct. 25.—(AP).—Princess Laetitia Napoleon Bonaparte, widow of the first duke of Acoata, died today at the Chateau Confalleri near Turin. She would have been sixty years old in December. The princess was an aunt of King Victor Emmauel.

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SHEIKS DOUBLE [profile photograph of a young man]

As an obviously perfect double for the late Rudolph Valentino, this Hungarian tableman discovered in Vienna, aspries to gain the screen fame that was Rudy's. His name is Tibor Mindszents Divizn at Mindszent.

RETURN VERDICT IN BAKAR INQUEST

Coroner's Jury Finds That Bakar Met Death By Automobile Accident, Car Being Drive By Frank Poe

"Paul Christ Bakar came to his death from an accident in an automobile driven by Frank Poe."

This was the verdict returned by a coroner's jury Monday in the inquest into the death of Bakar, who succumbed early Saturday morning to injuries received earlier in the week. The inquest was held in the establishment of James F. Mackey and Sons, funeral directors by Coroner John L. Parks.

C. H. Cothran was foreman of the jury which returned the verdict.

Several persons testified at the inquest, including Mrs. E. D. Honour and Mrs. Helda Robertson, occupants of the car in which Bakar rode prior to his death. Mr. Poe, driver of the car, was not present at the inquest.

P. A. Bonham, of the firm Bonham, Price, and Poag, appeared at the inquest and assisted in the cross examination of witnesses. Others who testafied were R. T. Chewning, who told of having worked on the brakes of the car in which Bakar met his death. Dr. L. W. Boggs, who told of the injuries sustained by Bakar, and James Petroupolis, proprietor of the establishment where Bakar was employed.

That all of those in the party had been drinking except herself was the testimony given by Mrs. Honour. Mr. Poe had been drunk but had sobered up some at the time of the mishap Mrs. Honour testified.

It was brought out that the brakes of the car were not working properly and that witnesses knew this when she went on the trip. The witness said that the car was going at a speed of about 35 miles an hour when the accident occurred. Mrs. Robertson and Bakar were sitting on the little back seat of the Chryslet roaster and Mrs. Honour and Mr. Poe were sitting in the front seat, the former driving. The accident occurred at a curve in the road. The witness told of picking up Bakar and crarrying him to the hospital. That was on Tuesday night of last week. The party was returning from out the Hunt's Bridge road, having danced until almost 11 o'clock before heading for the car. It was on the return trip that the mishap occurred in which Bakar was hurt.

Mrs. Robertson's testimony was virtually the same as that of Mrs. Honour, saying that the party was returning from out the Hunt's Bridge road when the mishap occurred. Both the witness and Bakar were thrown out of the car. She thought the car was making about 35 miles an hour at the time.

R. T. Chewning told of having had the Poe car in the garage because Mr. Poe had been having trouble with the brakes. He explained the manner in which the brakes were supposed to work; saying that sometimes they had been rubbing instead of releasing the axles.

Dr. Hobes who treated Bakar, said that death was due to pneumonia following the injury, which was the primary cause of death.

NIGHT CLASSES IN PARKER DISTRICT

A total of 50 classes for the adults of Parker district will be held under the direction if Loul Greet until recently of the Georgia School of Technology, being started at once is connection with the vocational training department of Parker High School.

Valuable instruction is being offered the adults of nine communities. Teacher have been secured. It is thought that the enrollment will be about 200. Classes will be held at night, either in the mill or at the grammar schools.

Classes will be given in mill calculation, loom fixing, designing, machine shop work, and mechanical drawing.

SHEALEY BEING TRIED 3RD TIME FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF HIS WIFE

Edgefield, S. C., Oct. 25—(AP)— Carroll Shealy was placed on trial here today in the court of general sesssions on a charge of murder in connection with the death of his wife which occurred at their home in Saluda country in 1921.

Witnesses for the state had testified and the fifth witness was on the stand when the recess was taken for for dinner. Juries have failed to agree in two former trials, the first being heard at Saluda and the second at Edgefiled last July; after a change of venue had been granted.

Those testafying this morning were Mrs. Riller Miller, E. C. Snellgrove, Pope Shealy, Pat Shealy, and a Mr. Bush who was on the stand at the recess hour. They were called into the room after the killing and testified as to the location, the room, and other conditions of the house.

Solicitor T. C. Callison being assisted by Crouch and Ramage of Saluda in the prosecution. The attorneys for the defense include; George Bell Timmerman, F. P. Asbill, and McKenzie Barre of Lexington, J. D. Griffith and H. B. Hare of Edgefield and T. B. Grebecker and F. M. Smith of Edgefield. Judge M. L. Bonham is presiding. The jury is being kept together in custody of two constables.

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Markets N. Y. COTTON

New York, Oct. 25—(AP)—Cotton futures opened barely steady. Dec. 12.20 Jan. 12. 27 Mar. 12.55 May 12. 25 July 12.00

The cotton market opened barely steady today at decline of 5 to 15 points. January selling off to 12.25 and most active positions making new low ground for the movement and season under southern selling and renewed liquidation promoted by relatively every Liverpool cables.

Offerings were comparatively light however while there was some covering promoted by reports of front at in few points in the southern part of the belt, and in disposition to even up in advance of the government report.

January rallied to 12.38 on demand of the character and was holding around 12.30 at the end of the first hour, when the general market was about 12 or 14 points net lower.

The government report was above expectations and was followed by a good deal of liquidation, southern and local selling.

Heavy trade buying was reported on scale down [illegible], however with a good deal of covering. After selling off to 12.10 for January or 23 points net lower, and about 41 points below the levels of last week, prices [illegible] led. At midday January was ruling around 12.27 of 7 points up from [illegible] lower. The government crop figures were nearly half a million bales above the [illegible] average of private reports but the ginning of 8,722,644 bales reported to October 18, were below the forecast.

By R. M. McCrarey- Mar 12.70 May 12.23, July 12.19 Dec. 19.35 Jan 12.46 Spots 12.60.

N. O. COTTON New Orleans, Oct 25.—(AP)—Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 12.24 Dec 12.35, Jan 12.29 Mar. 12.47 May 12.44

The cotton market opened weak today owing to lower Liverpool cables and to last [illegible] liquidation and selling in advance of the government report issued this morning. [illegible] trades showed [illegible] of 13 points on active months and altho prices and varied 1 to 4 points after the call they soon [illegible] off until December traded at 12.73, January at 12.27 and March at 12.45 or 15 to 17 points below Saturday's close. At the end og the first half hour the market was easy and near the lows. (By R. M. McCrarey—Mar. 13.66 May 12.89, July 13.05; Dec. 12.47, Jan 12.50

N. Y. STOCKS New York. Oct. 25—(AP)—Stock prices moved within narrow and irregular limits at the opening of today's market that the main tendency appeared to be upward. Brooklyn, Manhattan tansit and Fox Film opened a point or to higher with Ledlum Steel and Willys Overland prefferred sank to new low levels for the year.

Price movements were extremely confused during early trading, the run of selling pressue against several of the motor farm implement and independent steel shares being offset bu the moderate demand for the merchandising, and public utilities. Money renewed at 4 1/2 per cent. Despite the large deficit in reserve shown in last Saturday's clearing house statement, professional traders again dominated trading with bear selling encouraged by reports of a slackening in several lines of industry. Halls were supported on revived rumors of an early announcement of the revised Nickel Plate merger plan. Foreign exchanges opened irregular, demand Sterling rolling around $4.84 1-15 and French francs just below 3.05 cents.

LIVERPOOL COTTON. Liverpoll, Oct. 25—(AP)—Cotton sped good business done prices easier. American strict good middling 7.59 good middling 7.24; strict middling 6.23, middling 6.61 strict low middling 6.34 low middling 5.74 strict godd ordinary 5.19 good ordinary 4.54 sales reciept 100 bales, all American; futures closed sready. Oct, 6.41, Dec. 6.[illegible] Jan, 6.55, Mar. 6.65, May 6.78 July 6.861, Sept. 6.23

CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago, Oct. 25—(AP)—Wheat deceloped notable firmness early today in the face of a sharp downturn in Liverpool quotations. Speculative buying was based more or less on assertions that the domestic surplus will disappear and may run into decreased acreage for 1927. Opening quarter to off the Chicago wheat market soon scared gains. Corn, cain and provisions were also [illegible] corn starting 1/4 to 1/2 cent off but then rising well above Saturday's finish.

The close: Wheat—Dec. 1.43, May 1.48. Corn—Dec 77 1/2 May 84 1/2 Oats—Dec 44 1/2, May 48 1/8 Rye—Dec 1.01 1/2 May, 1.08 Lard—Nov. 15.77 Jan. 13.10 Ribs—Nov. 13.00 Jan 12.95 Bellies—Nov. 13.80

CASH GRAIN. Chicago, Oct. 25—(AP)—Cash wheatNo. 2 red 1.44; No. 2 hard 1.44 5/8 [illegible] 1.45 1/2; Corn No. 2 mixed 86 1/2 [illegible] 78, No. 78. No. 2 yellow 77 3/4 [illegible] 78 1/2 ; Oats No. 2 white 46 1/2 [illegible] 47; No. 3 white 43 [illegible] 45 3/4; rye No. 2 101 3/4; barley 6 [illegible] 74. Timothy 5.00 [illegible] 5.75; clover seed 28.75 [illegible] 35.00, lard 13.80, ribs 14.00.

MEYER IS ASSISTING ALABAMA COTTON MEN

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 25—(AP)— The formation of a finance corporation with a capital of $1,000,00 to be put up by Alabama banks which could secure $10,000,000 additional from the federal farm loan board, was the suggestion made for financing Alabama's surplus cotton by Eugene Meyer, chairman of President Coolidge's cotton committee at a meeting with leading bankers, farmers and business men here today.

The cooperation of banks in cutting down the acreage 25 per cent next year was also a part of the plan outlined by Mr. Meyer. The suggestion was made that the finance corporation should lend ten cents a pound on cotton but Mr. Meyer stated that would have to be decided by the corporations in the several states. It was announced however, that loans would be either 8, 9 or 10 cents a pound.

REVIEW DENIED Washington, Oct. 25—(AP)— The children of Richard Croker, the one time leader of Tammany Hall, today were denied a supreme court review of their unsuccessful effort to over throw the settlement of their father's estate.

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[headline spands columns 7 and 8] T. E. Griffin, Charged With Criminal Assault, Is Placed On Trial In Court Today

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Case of Hesters and Others Is Postponed Until a Later Date

The case of T. E. Griffin, aged about 18 years, called "Little Tommy Griffin" charged with criminal assault upon a girl below the age of 15 years was the first called by solicitor J. G. Leatherwood at the opening of the October term of General Sessions court Monday morning and the state rested its case before adjournment for the dinner hour. Just before adjournmentfor the noon recess a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty was made by defense counsel but the motion was overruled by Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of Florence, presiding.

At the opening of the October term Solicitor Leatherwood handed out 30 bills of indictment to the grand jury. He has 13 more new bills of indictment which were not handed out because of the absence of some witnesses. After the batch of 30 bills, which included four charging defendants with murder, had been been handed out, the solicitor made several announcements. One was that the case arained J. C. Tinsely charged with murder in connection with the death of Rev. Milton F. Daniels, of Savannah, Ga., which occured March 23, 1924, would be continued. Likewise the trial of the murder charged against Jerry, Charlie and Claude Hester alledged slayers of J. Ed Thackston, Montague merchant, will not be tried at this time. The solicitor announced a continuance of the case. Cases against Homer Burns and Baylis Harrison will likewise be continued, the solicitor said. Speaking of the Harrison case Judge Shipp said "I notice this case has been on the docket for 10 terms. It ought to be tried." The solicitor said that Harrison was now serving time. "Then it should be put on the contingent docket." the judge replied. The solicitor then explained that this should not be done as he intended to call the cases for trial at a subsequent term. Several other cases, however, were ordered to the contingent docket.

The solicitor announced that the case of Elsie Gosnell Turner, charged with murder in connection with the death of W. G. Turner, former chief of police of West Greenville, was available for trial during this term.

The charges of murder in the indcitments handed out Monday by the solicitor named Ray Wilkie, alleged slayer of Deputy Sheriff George Myers. F. E. Sims, alleged to have been responsible for the deaths of Lee Davenport and Irvin Harvey, killed in an automobile accident; Robery Lloyd, colored, alleged to have killed John Williams, also colored, and Marion Davis, colored, alledged to have killed Lula Davis, his wife, by a blow with an axe.

In the Griffin trial the little 14year-old girl was the first called to the stand. She testified that on the night of July 3, 1926, she and a girl companion, aged 12, got off from work at a small lunch rom on Pendleton street at about 10 o'clock. The girl testified that she walked down to catch a street car home. She stopped at a filling station and got into an automobile to get a street car ticket out of her shoe. While she was in the car C. M. Stansell came up. She testified that she and her companion got into a Ford coupe with Stansell and rode around. Later they came back to the filling station and picked up Sam Tannery. The four of them rode out the camp road and stopped at a house near the edge of the city. She testified that Tannery produced a key to the house, which was apparently untennated, and opened the door. Together they went up stairs. After some time Stansell went away and came back with Griffin. She testified that the alleged deed was committed there. She testified that she got home about 5.30 o'clock on the morning of July 4.

The mother of the girl, who testified that she was the mother of ten, was paced on the stand record. She brought with her the family Bible which showed a record of a birth of the prosecutrix in March of 1912. Dr. W. C. [illegible], Deputy sheriff Ben F. Parris and Deputy Sheriff John R. Rhodes were also placed on the stand.

Solicitor Leatherwood is being assisted in the prosecution by Capt. Oscar K. Mauldin.

Attorneys for the defense are making a stiff legal fight in the case. First efforts to quash the indictment were made, but failed. Then at the completion of the state's case a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty was made, but this was likewise overruled.

GIRLS CHORAL CLUB The Girls Choral club, under the direction of Mrs. F. K. Poole, of University Ridge, will meet Monday night at 7 o' clock at the home of Mrs. William Laval on Howe street.

A number of young women have joined the club and all others living in the community who wish to join are invited to do so. A number of concerts and entertainments will be given by the club during the winter months.

The Prince of Wales has taken more strongly than ever to golf. Observers of his progress agree that it has been considerable.

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THE PIEDMONT, GREENVILLE, S. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1926 TH [right side of column 8 cut off]

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CHERRY By ANNE AUSTIN (Copyright, 1926, The Piedmont)

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CHAPTER XXVI.

It was just before two o' clock when the telephone called Faith from her task of preparing an egg not for her mother.

"It's me, Faith" Cherry's excitement thrilled voice came over the wire. "I've just picked out the most gorgeous wallpaper you ever saw! At Park and Sons! They're going to send it out special this afternoon—"

"At Park's!" Faith echoed, dismayed. "Why Cherry, how in the world could you afford to buy even one roll there" They're the swankiest place in town—"

"Hold your horses," Cherry laughed. "I had lunch with Mr. Cluny and when I told him I had to go shopping for wallpaper, he insisted on coming along, and he had it charged to him. Isn't he a ducky darling? He's standing right here by me now, looking as pleased as punch with himself."

"Oh, Cherry" Faith wailed despairingly. "You know you shouldn't accept things from him."

"Why not?" Cherry asked pertly. "Don't grouch, darling. Won't we have a peach of a time sloshing paste about? They're sending enough cheesecloth, I thought we ought to rip off all those layers of old paper and do the job up right. Don't you think so?"

"I suppose so," Faith said helplessly. "I'll do all I can this afternoon, but I promised Aunt Hattie I'd help her with her black and white voite stack to be here at two. "Oh. Here she is now. Good-bye."

Faith felt as if her feet were weighted with lead. As if her heart had turned to stone in her breast, as she walked slowly into the dining room where her aunts voice was raised in stecato greeting of her sister-in-law. Where was Cherry's headstrong determination to marry a rich old man leading her and the whole Lane family?

Any fool could prophesy that she would not content herself with the love of an old man, no matter how rich he was. What were they all thinking of to allow her to do it? Faith stood in the doorway for a minute, her [illegible] brown eyes fixed upon her mother, seated at the window, her complaining sighing voice droning on [illegible] of her ailments. The girl felt for a moment that she hated her mother — the woman who for years but done nothing for her family but rule them with the tyranny of tears and the [illegible] of death by heart failure. Then pity for her mother rose up in her throat, and she was ashamed. After all, who could blame her mother for loving Cherry with an idolatrous worship. Wasn't Cherry the spice of her dull, discontented sickness ridden life?

"Hello, Faith! Pity you can't speak to a [illegible]" Aunt Hattie deposited her packages with a [illegible] open the dining table. "What's this I hear about you saving that nice Pruitt fellow the gate"

"I don't know, Aunt Hattie," Faith smiled affectionately at her said "What did you hear?"

[illegible - text faded] told the kids at school and that little Curtis Lee told me that [illegible - text faded] turned him down [illegible - text faded] ain't no fool like a young fool [illegible - text faded] in for a [illegible - text faded] you're in for a [illegible - text faded] Turned him over to Cherry, I reckon. Just like you [illegible - text faded]

Faith made facial gestures to silence her aunt, frowning forward her mother to indicate that she had to let her [illegible - text faded] of Cherry's engagement

"I don't believe all your hear, Hattie. Mrs.[illegible - text faded] her head dolefully "if Cherry's been engaged to any body she'd told her own mother, I reckon."

"Of course she would. Mother" Faith breathed a quick sigh of relief.

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"She's just telephoned me that she's sending out some wallpaper for the living room and dining room. Do you know how to make wallpaper paste, Aunt Hattie?"

"Think I was born yesterday?" Aunt Hattie sniffed disdainfully. "I'll mix the stuff and get it on to boil, while you peel them walls. But it looks to me like this brown oatmeal's good enough for anybody."

Her head bound in towel, her dress almost hidden under a soiled old bungalow apron. Faith was slashing at the living room walls with a paring knife when the doorbell rang. Without descending from the step-ladder she shouted a "Come In!" expecting to see the delivery man from Park and Sons' Interior Decorating Company.

"You look like the goddess of wrath" George Pruitt's voice laughed at her from the doorway, "What's the idea?"

"Good heavens, George! This is a fine time of day to make a call!" Faith flushed with annoyance and embarrassment. "We're papering—or getting ready to."

"I'm the best little paper hanger in twelve countries." George Pruitt grinned at her. "I papered my studio in New York, and it was the talk of the town—absolutely! The cubists used to gather there and wrangle over the motifs. Where's an apron? You look abdorable, darling—positively edible dust and all."

He helped her descend the ladder then, without wraning, flung his arms about her and held her hard and fast against the breast, "Faith honey— oh, Faith."

Because she was so grateful for the tiny flicker of a thith that quivered along her nerves—a—, ghost of a thrill that somehow made her decision to accept him seem a little less wrong — Faith hold an arm around his neck and did not flinch when he tilted her face to his.

"Faith there ain't half enough liqur —oh, excuse me! Good Lord! Don't break the clinch just because I butted in!" Aunt Hattie chuckled wickedly.

"Well, young man, for a rejected suit or, I must say, you're lookin' pretty chipper. Personally, I like a chap that won't take no for an answer."

Faith withdrew herself from George's arms with a slight, embarrassed laugh then turned her face away from Aunt Hattie's. For Faith knew that there was no glory of love in her own eyes.

"I haven't said 'yes' yet, Aunt Hattie. George'll run over to the store and get some [illegible - text faded]. Won't you George? And that must be the wall paper man! You go to the door, Aunt Hattie. I look a sight." To herself she was praying a frantic little prayer: "Oh, Lord, I can't, I can't! Show me some other way to help Cherry, dear Jesus. I can't, I can't! (To Be Continued) Copyright, 1926, NEN Service, Inc)

COLORISTS WILL HOLD MEETING IN CHARLOTTE

Greenville will be visited by the members attending the convention of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists to be held in Charlotte [illegible - text faded] Trips to [illegible - text faded] and Salisbury will also be as well as to [illegible - text faded] and [Spartanburg] [illegible - text faded]

The [illegible] banquet will be held at Hotel [illegible - text faded] on Saturday evening, the final day of the meeting. This will be one of the high spots of the entire convention. Among the speakers to be heard at the convention will be Edwin F [illegible - text faded] Greene, of [illegible - text faded] H. A. Mets of New Yor, Prof. D. W. Daniels of Clemson College and others.

A large number of persons from Greenville and the Piedmont section of South Carolina will attend the convention.

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BEAUTY WHO WAS BEATEN

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Kathryn Ray "America's Most Beautiful Girl" was mercilessly beaten by fists in the New York apartment of Norma Terris, with whom she once played in "A Night in Paris". With them at the time was George Price, actor. Attorneys, close mouthed about the imbroglio, intimate court action will ensue.

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Johannesburg is South Aftica's Boom Town

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"Johannesburg, South Africa's "City of Gold" bids fair to annex another enviable title" says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. For 'Joburg', as it is [illegible - text faded] iarly known to its citizens is fast acting as to an influx of [illegible - text faded] [illegible - text faded] cause by diamond finds in her [illegible - text faded].

"Johannesburg is [illegible - text faded] in booms and rushes," continues the bulletin. "Kimberley, which has dominated the diamond mining industry for years, may have a live competiion. Last April exports that $50,000 worth of diamonds were [illegible - text faded] the city [illegible - text faded] stampede of [illegible - text faded] and more thousands [illegible - text faded] the iresistable call of the [illegible - text faded] stone a few days [illegible - text faded] with news of a new find was circulated throughout the Union.

Owes Its Existence to Boom. [illegible - text faded] the latter part of the last century, the [illegible - text faded] South [illegible - text faded] little known to the [illegible - text faded] world. It [illegible - text faded] usual region and [illegible - text faded] [8 lines of text are illegible due to the text being faded] rush of English, French, Poruguese, Germans and Americans into the country in search of wealth. Out of that rush, Johannesburg was [illegible - text faded] is [illegible - text faed] the world's record breaking city it [illegible - text faded] breakings records in years [illegible - text faded] when some in [illegible - text faded] bleakest [illegible - text faded] of the Rand. The passing of another year saw [illegible - text faded] hundreds of [illegible - text faded] the [illegible - text faded] which the [illegible - text faded] [illegible - text faded] mining camp.

As Large as Toledeo, Ohio. Pioneers of the [illegible - text faded] settlement would have a population equal to that of Toldeao, Ohio [illegible - text faded] over an area approximately that of St. Louis. They [illegible - text faded] would be 800 miles of well paved streets over which 80 miles of street car tracks are built [illegible - text faded]

[article continues in column 4] modern citites the streets run checkerboard fashion and tracks are numerous. The shanties have gradually given way to the [illegible - text faded] of progress with which Johannesburg is keeping step and wide throughfares, tall handsome buildings, schools, churches and [illegible - text faded] give it the apperance of a bustling New England. city. It's location in the hills, with these dumps on all sides sometimes [illegible - text faded] in the city, when heavy winds blow clouds of dust from these dumps, covering everything in their path. Trees and grass will not grow on the dumps and the only relief from the nuisance is the rain which falls heavily during March and April. Immediately following these months Johannesburg is at its best clear, [illegible - text faded]

A City of Hospitality Since the founding of Johannesburg, it has been [illegible - text faded] melting pot for it is an [illegible - text faded] of health hunters, pleasure seekers, and adventurers in South Aftica. It is the most populated city of the [illegible - text faded] that established [illegible - text faded] a large [3 lines of text illegible due to the text being faded] keeping with [illegible - text faded] the metropolis is [illegible - text faded] The citizens have established [illegible - text faded] facilities for [illegible - text faded] the favorite [illegible - text faded] may be seen everywhere. Many pretty plans [illegible - text faded] and [illegible - text faded] motor drives [illegible - text faded] Cosmopolitan [illegible - text faded] theaters seem more European than African.

World's Greatest Gold Producing Region.

The Transvaal District, in which Johannesburg is situated, for many [illegible - text faded] gold pro[illegible - text faded] More gold was produced from [illegible - text faded] last for [illegible - text faded] than was mined in California and Arizona during the whole year of 1924. Gold is the chief export of the district, with coal [illegible - text faded] on and export increasing each year. The silver and tin mining industries thrive. Iron [illegible - dark line through line of text] account of the restrictions of the South African [illegible - text faded] the mining of this ore has [illegible - text faded] been heavily developed.

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SCOUTING

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Troop No. 4 The Scouts of Troop 4 had their regular meeting Friday evening, Oct. 15th, outside the First Baptist church. Our scoutmaster had the key, but he was not in town and so we had our meeting outside.

Mr. Boswell came down and called the meeting to order he told us some things concerning the jamboree.

When we had to leave Stribling Barton, senior patrol leader, took charge. He put the motion before the the troop to increase the dues to ten cents per week. After some discussion we decided to wait and talk it over with Mr. Calhoun when he came back. All the main business was carried over until next Friday.

After the meeting, we played a game or two before adjournment.

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Troop No. 5 The meeting was held at 7:30 in the scout room at the Triune Methodist church. Twenty-eight boys were present. Twenty one were scouts, four were recruits and three visitors. Every scout and to recruits answered with a law and reported good turns. After the roll call we recited the Scout Oath and Pledge to the flag. Mr. Riddle had a few announcements, and then we decided to form a troop library.

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Sam H. Hale was elected to act as librarian. We deiced on a set of rules that would govern the distribution of books.

Several books have been placed in

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the library, and the boys promised to bring several more books and magazines by next meet. And we hope this library will increase instead of decrease as to the number of books.

Troop No. 11 Troop 11 held its regular meeting Friday night at 7:30. The meeting was called to order by the Senior Patrol Leader. The roll call followed with each scout answering with the scout laws. Each Patrol had its meeting. The meeting was cut short. We went out on the lawn and played some games.

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ATLANTA MAN IS HELD ON MAIL THEFT CHARGE Atlanta, Oct. 23 — Henry B. Davis, 23, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Ledbetter today following his arrest yesterday on charges of stealing approximately $100,000 in check from mail consigned to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta during the last few months. Davis was arrested when he attempted to cash an altered $1,000 federal reserve bank check. He led officers to a cache near Atlanta where he had concealed checks ranging in amounts from $41,123.22 to $500 and which he said had been stolen from mall consignments to the federal reserve bank.

Davis told officers he waited in the lobby of the local postoffice while a representative of the federal reserve bank called for mail. Several letters usually fell to the floor, he said, while the messenger transferred the mail from the box to the mail pouch and he managed to make away with several of these before the man completed his task.

Post office inspectors said they had trailed Davis to California and back before he was arrested here. Davis is alleged to have cashed stolen and altered checks for $1,000 and $6000 at banks in Knoxville, Tenn., the only two stolen checks which he cashed.

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HUGE SUM PAID OUT IN INSURANCE

By Life Insurance Companies On Policies In Force Less Than One Year

The Insurance Press has received from 144 life insurance policies paid during the year 1925 that had been in force less than a single year. In other words, the holders of these policies died before their second annual premiums became due. In some cases only one quarterly premium had been paid, in other one sent an nual premium; in others a full annual premium.

Policies that ran for such short periods totaled, approximately, 100, 960 in 1925.

And life insurance companies paid their families or estates approximately $60,439,200.

Thus, eveery week in 1925, more than 2,000 died-first-year-premium policies were paid—about 340 every business day—by all life insurance companies.

And on these died-first premiumyear cases, the life insurance companies paid during every week of 1925 an amount exceeding $260,000 every business day.

It is needless to say that in comparison with the scores of millions paid to beneficiaries the life insurance companies received trivial sums in premiums. The most frequent causes of the sudden deaths were accidents, pneumonia and apprendicitis in the order named.

The sudden deaths reveal that life insurance, always a sound investment, was, in those cases, particularly fortunate and highly profitable investment.

Sudden death cases last year furnish such examples as these —$30,000 of insurance, paid two months after the policy was taken, for a premium invesment of $435, $2,000 in 19 days for a $33 premium. $125,987 of insurance paid about 9 months after the insured drew his check for a premium of $5,571.

These are three illustrations selected at random and are typical of the others.

Altho an "expectation of life" is figured by the actuaries for every age, no person had a certainty of life expect for one day, and that is today. He cannot foresee, nor foretell whether he will be alive or dead tomorrow.

Sudden Deaths by Age Groups

In the age group 20-29 the expectation of life according to life insurance mathematics, is 42.2 years at age 20, declining to 36.03 at age 29. Reports to the Insurance Press show that about 19 per cent of the scores of thousands of insured persons who die before their policies are one year old, are in this age group.

For the age group 30 to 39, the life expectation is 35.55 years at age 30 28.9 years at age 39. About 22 per cent of the persons who die before their second annual premium is due are in this physically vigorous life period.

The age group 40 to 49 begins with a prospect of 28.18 more years of life at age 40 and 21.63 more years at age 49. The "prime of life" is still on during this decade, yet it furnishes 25 per cent of the first policy year deaths.

The age group 50 to 59 begins with an expectation of 20.01 years at age 50, declining to 14.74 at age 59. Twenty-three per cent of the first policy year deaths are found between these age limits, as shown by 1925 reports.

The age group 60 to 69 begins with a vision of 14.1 years to come, shrinking at age 69 to 8.97 years. And the 70 year old veteran, if he lives the average time beyond his attained age had 8.48 more years. Even the octogenarian may expect to live 4.3 years longer. About 11 per cent of the first policy year deaths occur among insured persons who purchase life insurance after age 60.

Age Group 40-49 Hardest Hit. Among the insured population above age 20 "sudden death" hits hardest in the age group 40-49. In every 1,000 policy holders who died in a single year after taking out their policies, 190 are found in age group 20-29, 320 in age group 30-39; 250 in age group 40-49; 230 in age group 50-59 and 335 among those who are 60 years of age or older.

Happily everybody who is in good health at this minute expects to go on living for, a long time. Yet, 109,360 life insurance policies about 5,166 every 30 days were matured by death last year within a period of less than 12 months after they were purchased.

In the experience last year of one of the oldest and largest New York companies, 60 policy holders of age group 20-30 died within a year after obtaining their policies, and 23 of them were less than 25 years old when they died.

The largest life insurance company states that 10 per cent of its total payments of death claims in 1925 were on policies in force less than one year. The amount was close to $8,000,000. So, on that basis 410 of every $100 paid by the big company, for death claims, go to beneficiaries under life insurance policies which have been in force somewhere between one day and 365 days.

CHURCH SCHOOL OF MISSIONS BE HELD AT PIEDMONT OCTOBER 31

The Piedmont Baptist church will open its annual Church School of Missions October 31, being the fifth Sunday.

Sunday morning program, 11:00 a m — A devotional service will be conducted by Rev. LeRoy Leppard, pastor of Welcome church. Along with Welcome will be delegates, including the pastors, one deacon, and president of the W. M. S.'s, of all the churches co-operating in the School of Missions.

Evening service, 7:30 p. m.—The evening service will be conducted by Dr. Chas. A. Jones, Secretary-Treasurer of the Baptist work of South Carolina. At this meeting a large delegation will be coming from all the churches co-operating.

Program from November 1 to November 5—Below is given a complete program of our Church School of Missions to be conducted from November 1 to November 5. The purpose prompting this program under the leadership of the W. M. U. and Sunday school is to enlist every member of the W. M. U, the Sunday School and church at large in at least one week of study on all phases of Missions as fostered by our denomination. This week should have the heartiest support of every member of this church. We extend a cordial invitation to all the pastors of Piedmont and their people as well as co-operating churches.

(1) W. M. S.—Subject: "Gospel Triumphs in Argentina and Chile." (In-)

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MEET MRS. "TEX" [photograph of woman identified as Miss Maxine Hodges]

The recent marraiage of Miss Maxine Hodges of New York was just another one of the successful promotion schemes of George I. "Tex" Rickard, who usually confines his activities to sports. Here is a picture of the bride.

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cluding W. M. S. and Senior Bible Class) Teacher: Mrs. J. C. Ownes, Greenville.

(2)Y. W. A.—Subject: "The Wander ing Jew in Brazil" (Including Y. W. A. Golden Rule Bible Class and all girls of the Young Folks Department) Teacher: Miss Carrie Kay, PIedmont

(3) Intermediate Department—Subject: "The Moffais" Teacher Mrs. LeRoy Leppard, Greenville

(4) Juniors—Subject: "Chinese Lan terns" Teacher: Miss Ellen Stone Piedmont.

(5) Beginner and Primary Departments—Subject: "The Children of Mis sion Lands." Teacher: Miss Lorena Kay, Piedmont.

(6)The Men's Class—Subject: "Stewawrdship and Missions" (Including boys of Young Folks Department Keystone Bible Class, and Men's Senior Bible Class). Teacher Mr. T. O. Lawton, Greenville.

Lecture Hour November 1 to Novem ber 5, 8:15 P. M.

Monday— Dr. W. J. McGlothlin Subject, "Stewardship in the Bible"

Tuesday—No Lecture Period.

Wednesday—Prof. R. N. Daniel Subject, "The Elements of Stewardship"

Thursday—Dr. D. M. Ramsay, Subject: "Stewardship as I have Seen it Work"

Friday—Dr. Z. T. Cody Subject: "Stewardship and the Tithe"

Educational And Social Program

Training class for general and Departmental officers—Time: November 15-19: Book: Sunday School Officers and Their Work, Teacher: B. G. Field.

Training class for cradel roll officers and visitors: Primary officers and teachers: Beginner officers and teach ers— Time: November 29 to December 3, 1926; Book: Plans and Programs for Cradel Roll. Beginner, and Primary Workers. Teachers: Miss Elizabeth Nuckles.

Class In Sunday School Manual —

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Time: January 24-29, 1927. For all officers and teachers who do not hold diplomas. Teacher to be supplied.

Training class for intermediates officers and teachers— Time: Week following second Sunday in March; Book: The Intermediate Department of the Sunday School. Teacher: State Intermediate Superintendent.

Class for Junior officers and teachers—Time: Week following second

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Sunday in March; Book: With Juniors Teacher: M Shumate.

Class for Young People's Department—Time: Last June; Book: Building the B Teacher: B. G. Field.

Class in Sunday School ail officers and teachers not diploma—Time: Third week ber Teacher: B. G. Field.

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PRAYER—O Lord, our God, Who is like unto Thee?

New Gasoline Record

SOME of the sharks of the motoring and petroleum industries have calculated that on Sunday, July 25, of this year a new record was made for all time in a single day's gasoline consumption. It was a day of almost universal good weather, following a period of extreme heat. According to reports from all parts of the continent, it presented all the elements of invitation to the motorist to get out on the country roads.

The statisticians estimate first that the average passenger car does from 50 to 100 per cent more mileages on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, provided the weather is favorable, than on other days. But, on the other side, a considerable amount of bus traffic is suspended on Sundays, and there is almost a complete suspension of trucking. But pleasure cars account for about 70 per cent of gasoline consumption, and therefore on a big day they more than make up for the reduced requirements of busses and trucks.

The daily average gasoline consumption for May of this year is placed at 760,000 barrels. The daily average for July is placed around 850,000 barrels. So it is concluded by the statistical experts that somewhere from 860, 000 to 1,000,000 barrels was consumed on this record Sunday, July 25.

It is not easy to visualize such a quantity as 850,000 barrels of gasoline. A suggestion of it is conveyed by the statement that in tank cars of 10,000 gallon capacity each it would make up a railroad train about 31 miles long —just a single day's supply.

In order to produce this amount of gasoline 2,400,000 barrels of petroleum must be taken from the earth and refined—the product of 301,000 oil wells, scattered throughout nineteen states all the way from New York to California and from Texas to Montana.

The most useless occupation we can think of right now is the job of marcelwaving in Zululand.

Why Not Make a Choice?

A MOVIE actress divorced her second husband recently. In her statements to the newspapers she said that her career called for the seperation; that she found it more important than married life.

When the same actress divorced her first husband she gave substantially the same reason—her career.

Wouldn't you think that pretty soon she'd find out which really was the more important to her and would stick to one or the other?

NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE

MORAL TURPITUDE MORAL turpitude is not exactly a disease, but it is closely allied to sex troubles. The expression came from New York where the meaning of the word "moral" don't count and [line of text is illegible due to a crease and rip] tupentine.

A man cannot moral turpitude alone, nor can a woman do so. It takes 2 or 3 and sometimes 4 to successfully moral turpitude. If a woman is married to a man and quits him and takes up with another man she is guilty of moral turpitude only when she pulls that stunt in some foreign country, and tries to come over here with her troubles.

It is all right to moral turpitude all you please just so long as you do so on your native soil, but beware of trying to broadcast it. The law will be on you when you try to land beyond your local shores, and deportment is the only thing a good judge can do for such a fallen character. (The end.)

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Banking UNFORTUNATELY for the country, the financial tornado of 1926, plus the boll weevil of 1921, and the thoughts of 1925-26 added, and some rascality here and there, many banks went broke. The directors of these banks have met from time to time and have done what they could to help the situation. And

Later on, the stockholders met and tried to nurse the defuncts back to normalcy with back-firing results, (they were assessed for the amount of their stock in these various crippled institutions, and had to pay up). And all of these efforts and hardships helped some. And

Then the depositors met, and cussed and discussed, the troubles from A to Z. (Their burdens were, indeed, heavy to bear. In fact, they had it almost as tough (in the neck) as the stockholders who had to double up. All these meetings were right and proper, and every state in the whole country had kindred troubles. But

Why don't the fellows who owe the banks have a meeting and adopt some plan to assist? You never heard a word from the guy who borrowed the money and won't pay it back. Looks like they ought to organize, and form some kind of association to pay up, and thus let everybody else get paid up. But they don't seem willing to organize for the relief of the country. (Finis).

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The Farmer EVERY sap-head from Dan to Beersheba is cussing and low-rating the framer because he worked like the dickens and made a crop. They actually blame him for doing what every other business in the world is trying to do, viz: increase production. They accuse him of laziness, unthriftiness, and indifference because he does not diversify. These durn diversifiers, remind me of the man who tried to get rid of a polecat's scent by cutting off his nose. The farmers can't make rain, nor can they peddle sunshine, but if they are favored with reasonable farming weather, fair prices for what they buy and sell nobody need feel concerned about him. The east and north will ship very little feedstuffs and need into the south this year as it

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Are We Democrats? —By FRANK P. GAINES—

WE have been changed, says F. P. Adams in the New York "World", into a nation of raving Rumaniacs.

As if to verify this statement, that same issue of the "World" gives to the royal party full thirteen columns of unparalelled publicity, three of them on the first page, and half a page of pictures.

I am reminded here of a cynical remark of one of our fellow-countrymen that of all nations America most proudly boasts democracy but most deeply loves autocracy.

A foreign prince visiting America gets a louder noise, a more numerous ovation than did our own armies returning victorious from the greatest war ever waged.

Frivolous girls that may dance with such a member of foreign royalty are conceited over the matter the rest of their lives and

"Dying mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue."

Rich Americans who go abroad desire above all things to be presented to court. Gentlemen get themselves short trousers, ladies acquire court dresses; in they go and bow the kneews before some jaded representative of a washed-out line of kings.

Great ambition this, to regard my life as utterly successful, as having filled its place in the divine plan, provided I may only once clutch the fingers of some poor earth-born companion dressed in the silly regalia of hereditary authority.

Bobbie Burns sized it all up years ago —if I may translate—

"You see that tea-hound called a lord, Who struts, and stares, and all that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a dumbbell for all that; For all that and all that, His riband, star, and all that; The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at all that."

But the caustic American critic may be wrong, for all that. Perhaps it is not that deep in our hearts we love royalty. It may be simply the Americans are blessed with keenest curiosity of all nations.

Detective or no detective, president's son or no president's son, Miss Trumbull, daughter of the Connecticut governor, bursts right out that she is too young to tie herself down. So there!

John Coolidge's Guard

WHEN President and Mrs. Coolidge stay at home or go out together, they have a secret service guard over them. When they go out separately, each has a secret service escort. So perhaps it isn't surprising that their son, young John Collidge, has a secret service guard at Amherst.

No, there wouldn't have been anything surprising about it agrees social Washington, if John had had a secret service guard at his heels from the time he first left the parental roof. But such wasn't the case. Evidently there was no worrying about him during his first year in college. Now, all at once, it transpires that Col. Edward W. Starling lives with him at Amherst and never lets him out of his sight except in his classroom.

"Why this sudden solitude?" asks social Washington.

Starling was given his assignment so unostentatiously, too! Directly after John's school year began, the question began to be asked around the White House, "What's become of Starling?" Nobody knew. When John was asked if he had a personal bodyguard at first he denied it. Is it a fair dedication that he didn't like it?

The "presidential spokesman." without vouchsafing further details, lets it be known that it was at John's father's request that Col. Starling is at Amherst.

"That's no news," comments social Washington—"Starling isn't there at John's request. That's certain."

Now we know what the jazz orchestra is for. It's to enliven the waiter when he's putting down the particulars.

Cities Maintain Schools In Great Variety

APPROXIMATELY one person in every five living in continental United States, in cities of 10,000 or more population, attends a public school, according to figures recently compiled by the Bureau of Education, Statistics of city school systems, 1923-24. The exact percentage of school enrollment during that year, was 19.4 per cent of population, based on the 1920 census.

In 773 cities of 10,000 or more population public day schools were in operation for an average of 185 days during the school year, and were attended by 8,742,969 pupils, of whom 81.4 per cent were in average daily attendance. Pupils ranged from kindergarten to collegiate grade, and were enrolled in day schools, including vocational schools, and schools for the deaf, blind, and other special classes; but these figures do not include pupils in continuation, night, and summer schools. An average of 36.3 pupils were enrolled per teacher employed. Operation of these schools necessistated employment of 256,020 principals, superintendents, and instructors, and the maintenance of 14,922 buildings, at a total expenditure of $907,807, 163, exclusive of payments on principal of school debts.

Public schools in towns and villages of 2, 500 to 10,000 population were maintained at a total expenditure for the year of $195,668

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Piedmont Health Talks By WILLIAM BRADY, M. O.

CONSERVATION OF CONVICT HEALTH It might improve the morale of the higher court if that Nebraska jurdge who sentences bootleggers to bread and water fare for a reasonable portion of their jail sojourn were elevated on the bench. The object we have in maintaining prisons is to punish crime. The reformers have practically stopped the punishment of crime, by substituting for punishment a pleasant coddling. This has become a scandal, and the reform most needed in present prison practice is a reform of the reformers who have brought about the disgraceful condition.

Irrespective of the nature or enormity of the crime, every prison sentence should automatically provide hard labor thruout the term of imprisonment, and whatever "soft" jobs, clerical or executive, the running of a prison makes should be filled by members of the paid staff or qualified civil employees.

Several years ago I found a murderer acting as the one and only assistant for the prison physician, in a state's prison where the reformers were getting in their work. I do not remember whether this murderer attended the women prisoners in his capacity as assistant, but at the moment he was in full charge of all the unfortunate male prisoners, for the regular prison physicians had just been ousted on charges which the warden assured me were trumped up purely for political purposes. The warden further assured me that he himself (newly appointed) didn't know anything about prison management and didn't care a damn—he said he had taken the position merely for the sake of political patronage. I tell you I Have gone pretty straight since then, for prison life seemed a lot worse than the practice of medicine.

If a convinct has been accustomed to doing honest work outside it is a kindness to let him continue that mode of life in prison. If he has lived by his wise outside then it is likely to uplift and purify his soul, if he has any, to teach him the effect of honest labor, while he is in confinement.

It is a question apart, what should be done with the proceeds of convict labor. The proceeds might be divided among the state (the prisoner should certainly pay for his own maintenance), the dependents of the prisoner (if any such are deprived of support by his confinements and the victims who suffer from his crime. The old and now obsolete term "penal servitude" should be revived; the sentences should provide punishment at least to the extent of constant hard labor, and servitude to all who otherwise suffer in consequence of the convict's delinquency.

At present the theory of jurists as to the appropriate term of imprisonment for various classes of crimes and offenders is absurd—they assume that the "refined" (which, when analyzed, usually means the well to do) criminal suffers as much from a brief sentence as the vicious or brutal (that is to say, moneyless) one does from a long sentence, the gentleman crook having higher sensibilities, and all that sort of slop. All this sickening business grows out of the coddling of criminals. If every sentence carried hard labor as an inexorable condition, a condition not to be mollified by the whims of a judge or the appeals of morally anemic reformers, the prisoner's punishment might be fairly adjusted to satisfy the respective claims of the state, the convict's victim and the convict's innocent dependents.

Crime calls for punishment. If instead we give it only mauldin sympathy the criminal life takes on a romantic tint which is only too well carried out in interior jail decoration.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Truth and Poetry About Diet

I think you published a list of books some time ago, among them one entitled "What We Eat and What Happens to It." If that is correct, will you kindly name the author and publisher again? My son, aged 2 1/2 years has enlarged tonsils. HE is very well developed otherwise. Do you think his diety may have anything to do with it? Would it be advisable to give him cod liver oil? Is he too young to have his tonsils removed? (O. E. A.)

Answer—The book is by Dr. Philip R. Hawk, published by Harper & Bros. Although Dr. Hawk is not a physician (he is a professor of physiogical chemistry in Jefferson Medical college) this little book is one of the soundest books about food or diet. Too much stuff and nonsense about food and diet is published these days—any pretentious writer who is handy with the typewriter is capable of getting out a book about what one should or should not eat, and the grand old public seems still as eager as in Bar -num's day. It is a good rule to give every young child a course of plain cod liver oil, a spoonful daily more or less each fall or winter, for the purpose of maintaining or aiding the natural immunity against respiratory infections. The tonsils are normally large and prominent in the early years of childhood. A child can scarcely be too young to have enlarged tonsils or enlarged adenoid body removed if these are causing trouble.

Eat and Sleep

Is it harmful to eat between meals, and especially before going to bed? I like to take a glass of water and eat quite a little before retiring? (P. H.)

Answer—No. Anything from a snack or a light lunch to a square meal just before going to bed is not only harmless but rather healthful for persons who are not overnourished or underworked. It is natural to eat and then sleep or rest. Of course it isn't natural to indulge in excess of any kind or stimulants at sleeping time. People who believe eating at bed time is harmful are generally right, so far as their own experience goes for they are overfed or underworked and should go to bed sober. (Copyright John F. Dille company)

Dr. Brady's address is as follows: Dr. William Brady, 66 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, N. Y.

JUST FOR FUN

'TWAS MUTUAL UNCLE: You boys of today want too much. Do you know what I was getting when I married aunt? THEY: No, and I bet she didn't either—Ulk, Berlin.

THAT'S SAVING MAE: There's an econmical couple. They eloped to save themselves the cost of a wedding. SUE: Are they happy? MAE: No, but they are living together to save the cost of a divorce—Judge.

OH, TAKE A DOZEN He had been looking over the birthday cards on the counter for some time, when the saleswoman suggested: "Here's a lovely sentiment, To the only girl I ever loved"

"That's fine," he said brightening, "I'll take five or six of those."—Western Christian Advocate.

DIG HIM OUT COAL HEAVER: It's funny. We always get fortyfour sacks of coal into that cellar and today we were able to get in only forty-three. MAID: Good heavens! The master was down there when you began to shoot the coat into it!—Sondagsnisse Strix, Stockholm

WHY, SURE! "These chickens were hatched in an indubator?" "My goodness! They look just like real ones."— Meggendorfer Blaetteh, Munich

DISCOURAGING "Er, er, didn't I speak to you on the tram last night? "Oh, were you the person who said 'Fares, please'?"—Bulletin, Sydney

NOR WILL THERE "When we were married it was decided my wife should have the deriding voice in unimportant matters and I on the important affairs." "How'd that work?" "Fine, but there haven't been any important, matters yet"—Fliegende Blaetter, Munich

MAYBE A LONG TIME HE—I wonder how long I could live without any brain. SHE—Time will tell.—Answers.

HE'S PROFICIENT BAXTER—You misjudge me, dear. Lying isn't one of my failings. MRS. BAXTER—It certainly isn't. It's one of your pronounced successes.—Answers.

THE DOUBLE LIFE "I thought Monty had enough to last time a lifetime." "He did, but he led a double life."

HARSH OF HIM "I'm going to sell kisses at the charity bazaar to

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[column 4] QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THE New York Bureau of The Piedmont will answer questions of fact or information for readers. Write to Thompson Feature Syndicate 132 West 31st Street, New York. Medical, legal love and marriage advice cannot

Answers to Yesterday's K W I Z 1. The Louisiana Purchase cost the U. S. $15,440,000.

2. The U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeal consist of the District and Circuit Judges in the respective Circuits and a Jusice of the Supreme Court assigned to that District.

3. Two Presidents of the U. S. were tailors, Fillmore and Johnson.

4. The famous resort in West Virginia is White Sulphur Springs. It is popular socially and boasts a remarkable golf course.

5. Sir Richard Burton was a famous English explorer born in 1821. He wrote extensively and translated "The Thousand and One Nights"

6. The French exclamation "Bis" means encore; twice.

7. The Constitution originally consisted of a Preamble and seven articles.

8. The damson is a variety of the common plum from Damascus.

9. "Doge" was the title borne by the chief magistrate of the former Italian republics of Venice and Genoa.

10. Europe is the smallest of the great continents, when Australia is considered as an island.

New Questions 1. How large is Newfoundland? 2. What does "beau sabreur" mean? 3. What is the theme of "The Doll's House"? 4. What poem begins "Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands"? 5. Who was John Stuart Mills? 6. When did Tchaikovsky visit America? 7. How large is St. Helena? 8. What does R. N. mean? 9. Which is the most valuable piece of land for its size in the world? 10. How far is it from New York City to Boston?

Send Wireless Messages Over Printing Machine Bordeaux—The transmission of wire less messages over a printing machine has been done with success over a distance of 6000 miles.

The machine, which limits the work of the receving operator to a deft manipulation of scissors to make the telegram ready, is working between the radio station at Croix d'Hins, built by the American army during the war, and Madagascar.

The invention is conditional upon the complete elimination of parasites the presence of which has heretofore restricted radio transmission to the Morse code.

The new machine thus far has handled fifteen times the number of words transmitted by the Morse code between the Bordeaux and Tananarive stations, during given hours.

An Economic Discovery That something remarkable has happened in American economy these last five years is apparent. Is it temporrary, or has come to stay, provided we have the acumen to nail down as a permanency?

Henry Ford fancies he knows what the new thing is, and thinks, rightfully, probably that he has been no small contributor to the new, unexampled, and maybe abiding prosperity.

Garet Garrett, a writer on present day economy, who has tried to define the cause of it, proclaims the obsolesence of the old political economy, and believes that, economically speaking we have discovered and now held the philosopher's stone.

Mass production and standardized products have done the trick. Consumption is to be stimulated, in order to keep production going all the time and at accelerated pace. The explanation seemingly explains. But the skeptic still looks for the falacy.

Eugene G. Grace, of the Bethlehem Steel industry, to whom Charles Schwab long paid a salary of a million dollars a year, and held his services cheap at that figure, now presents his explanation in the [illegible, black line through text] Evening Post and to our mind Mr. Grace's explanation is the most credible because it is the most tangible and least ambitious.

Mr. Grace says that seasonable buying is abolished in the United States. Seasonable buying accounted for peaks in the load that cause periodical unemployment and minimu employment some months of every year.

No one thought to abolish or treform seasonable buying. It was an inheritance of the argicultural mind.

But in 1921, says Mr. Grace, began the system of buying no more than the needed immediate amount. This "hand-to-mouth buying" was necessitated by the depression. But the temporary expedient has become the orthodox rules. It's virtues reconmmend it.

Because of it, the Bethelhem Works, for example, operate at about the same capacity all the months of the year, the margin of unemployment is minimized, a standard wage is earned every week, the workmen's demand for supplies keeps up throughout the year, propriety is diffused and is uninterrupted—Minneapolis Journal

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Can They Get the Road OPened Up in Time?

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DEATH CRIER IN TURKEY AWAKENS CITY AT NIGHT

Constantinople, Oct. 25—(AP)—In remote districts of Turkey, quaint customs still linger despite Angora's vigilant modernizing arm.

One of the strangest is the distant village of Cesaree. Whenever a death occurs, a public crier shouts the news thru the streets. Even tho the death occurs in the depths of the night, the crier immediately shouts out the doleful tidings and wakes all the living villagers with his cries.

The post of Public Death Crier was established many years ago by the Evkaf, an official organization controlling religious affairs, which still continues to pay the crier a regular salary for the performance of his grisly duty.

Indian School Children Wrestle With Problem That Will Stagger White Pupils

Glacier Park, Mont—Somebody presented Chief Owen Heavy Breast of the Glacier National Park reservation with a drop a penny in the slot scale. After hauling the scale out to his ranch 30 miles from the railway station Owen discovered that he had only one copper coin in his purse. He and his squaw wanted to get weighed "for fun" so they both decided to get on the scale at the same time. The pointing hand on the dial of the scale swung rapidly around to 390. Owen, of course, knowing his own weight and that of his wife and papoose, took a pencil and figured that his wife weights 30 pounds more than the combined weight of himself and his papoose. The papoose he found, after much figuring, weights exactly 87 and 1/2 percent less than his father.

Chief Heavy Breast had some education at the urgency school where he developed into quite a wizard at figures. Ma was so impressed with what learning he secured from the agency teacher that when he grew up he founded the first free rural school for Indian children on the Glacier park reservation.

The foregoinging figures he produced after this first humorous experience with [illegible, black line through text] scale thinking it would be a novel problem in arithmatic for the 27 Indian pupils who attended his log school house in the footballs [foothills] of the Rockies. These copper colored boys and girls are now chewing their lead pencils and scratching their heads in a desperate contest to see which will be the first to find out the exact weight of each member of the Heavy Breast family.

The same "example" has been sent to one of the Montana rural schools that is attended exclusively by white boys and girls and a check will be made on results to get a comparative idea of the intelligence of the pale face and Indian school children. Chief Heavy Breast says it would be interesting ti find out just how quick the boys and girls of the big city schools could give the correct weight of himself, his wife and son.

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MR. PEIGLER WRITES OF QUEEN'S VSISIT [VISIT]

Mr. Editor: Dear Sir—

I see the many royal receptions accorded her majesty, Queen Marie of Roumania who was accorded the first royal banquet ever given in the white house.

It is to be regretted and no doubt is by all the officials of our government. that she will have to return to her own country with a little unpleasant memory of the discourtesy accorded her by the officials of the Souther Pacific Railroad in refusing her the customary rate usually granted to one of her rank and file. We are glad to say the Southern Pacific did not represent the sentiment of our government of the State of California who hwas looking forward with joyful anticipation of a visit [illegible, black line through text] by her majesty Queen Marie of Roumania.

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