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VOL. 9, NO. 31, SKM l-W TCEKLY. THE LANCASTER NKU'S. I'l; 11 ?A~V. .1 AM' A I.' V It;. i;n |. ?l .0 IM- If VI'AI? " 11 III AMI Mi > I - - I ' I NFS ANWST PL President Takes Committer Into His Confidence. LAWMAKERS APPROVE I Nation's Chief Indicates His 1 That legislation Be Enact* Before Jnne. Washington, Jr.n. 14.?Pro Wilson took into his confidence on the subject of Democratic trust reform. Democratic mei of the Senate committee on int commerce and a sub-committee House Judiciary committee, these committee, which will t charge of anti-trust legislation, t President spent several hours re his forthcoming message and po out the general lines along wh! believes trust legislation shot: framed. From the conference tl of the wagon escaped uninjurt Prohibition of interlocking tor.ites In banks, trust compani* allied Industrial corporation. Elimination of uncertainty ; what constitutes L restraint of under the Shorman law throug ctllc definition of monopolies trust, gd that there can be no sonr-.ble" res*r. int of trade. Removal of all possibility of riirlty baths" for offouding 001 tions or individuals. Establishment of an inte trade commission, which woulc over bureaus of corporations se an auxiliary to the Courts and d ment fo justice, and act as a b of Information, to which the bus world could direct inquiries but >uld have :.o power of grantir I'Mi'.ty or of regulation. Provosions in every case for t'es based on Individual respo ty .and personal guilt. DETAILS LEFT TO COMMH The President today did m > the talking, with occasional int tions from his vl.-ltorc. Details left to the commlttfe themselv work out in eo-oporatlon wltt President the department of j Y and tiie department of eoinnmro Presid'nt emphasized the dcr.lr the task be approached in a fr ratnor than a ho. tile spirit to the business world, and express* hope tor a common agreement i leaders in Congress who have b? tlve in pressing anti-trust men Although Senators and meml the House would not discuss tl t.ils of the message there was eral expression o\ approval of it ? tents. We just had a discussion o general subject with the Presi said Chairman Clayton, of the committee. "He read us his m and we entered into a c.iscussi terwards of the problem of int" ing directorates. We did not fli and will have other conferences Mr. Clayton and committee i ers said they were in hearty i with the President's views. Earlier in the day similar c sions came from Chairman Ne\ and members of the Senate com committee. Some of them sal President's ideas tsruck at the 1 existing evil. Urging legislation would not be destructive, but rather to upbuild business. DESIRES PROMPT ACTIC The President Indicated his that the subjject sound be pro though carefuly considered an posed of, If possible by the mid June. The day's development made tain that the tenfative bills a prepared by the trust sub-oom of the House Judiciary com would be framed particularly elude provision for an interstate commission, which the sub-corn had not embodied in its plan, committees have determine/ to head with the work drafting th eliminating hearings as tbVy co enough information on the subj ready is at their disposal. The opinion was expressed b eral Senators and Represent that the interstate trade comm would be created, but with 1 powers. There arc pending In Congres eral hills providing for a trade mission. All would provide for i partisan board appointed by the dent with the consent of the S The present idea is that the pre board should be an aid to the d ment of justice bu tusholdu ment of justice but should in nc ner conflict with the Jurlsdictk that department. One feature of a trade comm that is considered concerns the of carrying out a deree of the ( against a corporation for violat the laws. In this connection members proposed that the enter a decree al its disceretion It to the commission with in tlon to take evidence and rep the Court as to the method o solution or reorganization thi commission might consider best to carry out the decree. The co ston also would inquire into thf ganization after it is in effect a port to the Court its judgement whether the reorganization harr ? with the decree. ALL RESCUED FROM AD ANS WRECKOF COBEQUID emen Saving of 108 Lives Probably ^ Due to Wireless Telegraph. DEA STEAMERS RACE TO All). HO iesire liesrue One of 7 Most Notable Kver 9<1 Accomplished on the Atlantic Ocean, aldent Yarmouth. N. S Jon w .?Bmi.t. today ed from what seemed almost certain onti- death, passengers and crew of the tlu, mbera Royal Mall packet Cobequld are snug llnf orsate to-night in Yarmouth habor. chn of the Wireless appeals for assistance, t With wpich she had first made thiry-slx >e in hours before, were answered late to- g j ading ,<,ay R8 doomed steamer was being ^ , lnting" rac^ed to pieces on Trinity Rock, six cli ho miles ofT Port Maitland. The rescue ild be will go down in shipping annul as ty le fol- one of t|ie mosi notablo ever accom- ~ ? )Q, ^Pil direc- on Atlantic coast. c ?s and | The Cobequld had begun to break ( i up under the cannonading of thoter- ^ as to rjflC 8eilSt that had been merciless t., * r 1 f i h~ spo- I *rom ^e ^me vessel struck early j, and yesterday. Quanities of cargo cov- j rea- ered the waters as the lifeboats rang- nm led alongside. The costal steamers tha West-port and John L. Cann were sus rpora- i r ?iIO first to get their small boats into the 1 rstate water, and they were followed soon | 1 take hy boats of the Government steamer, ^ r-\- rt Landsdowne and the steamer Rap- paj ureau pahannock. As the work of rescue sen iner.ss progressed the seas subsided, and no Wi which mishap married the trlunip over the pa'( ig 1m- ' rou B waves. Bej penal- WIND AND ROUGH SEA. | poi ustMl Capt McKinnon, of the Westport, ma found the liner on Trinity Ledge at rTEE. 14.20 o'clock this afternoon. At the yol R- of time there was a high wind and rough i,U} e*were 8Pa" took 'n t^iroe lifeboats hot os to seventy-two persons, including all pas J1 j11 i the sengers the purser several, deck of- ^ uatice doers and part of the crew. j e Mia? ^ie Westport stood by until 6.15 sul iend'ly o'clock when the John L. Cann came fr<> wards up. The latter took off twenty-four ((r" ed -lie men ns the Westport was leaving for no( imOng ... rr.1? ion ms luiiutiuiii. i nw nipuuii am <?ievn \vn r, ures. mon of crew decided to remain riS( lors of on l-'io sbip until morning, and the ast he do- Qovernment stounn r Landsdowno re- tio a gen- nialned by with them. is s con- The estport arrived at Yarmouth me at 9 I'. M. and the John L. Cann fol- (,"t f the 'OWO(i ilor i?- wo dent " ('?i"Miuid'r stem was not mil House i)r?i<Gn> !IS "rst reported according to inc , the account given by Ctpa. MoKinnon. tor on 'tf- ^:icl *'u' !l^or Part was highest onl rlock- ou* ?' ",0 water. The Cobequld was hu iish it bnd,y 'ced ,io; soon ' ^bo one bun(ired an(i eiJSht passen- cd. iiemb- K?rs on ,bo Cobequld included twelve accord drst cabin passengers and an equal roc 1 number in the second class. Mrs. W. sui res- ^?ii?r ail<i ber child were the first lea viands K? ovor Hie side. Then followed hei imerce ^'i8ses Marguerite and Dorothy Id tln>"*aim>s' daughters of the late It. II. pr< -oot of ,ame8? mayor of St George's. Uer- wit that mu<la' ano two sisters pr Charity. tor tend 'TO CAKE . FOR SHIPWRECKED. ?P< { Preparations had been made here to care for the shipwrecked ones and ' ,,p?|ro they were given every comfort the. " mptly city afforded. <1 dis- Trlnty Rock, 011 which the Cobe- *; Idle of duid was transfixed at 5,A. M. yesterday morning Is a pinnacle of granite it cer-1 rlBtnK abruptly from the sea halflreadylwajr between this port and Rrier Is-| mlttee ,anri where tlie steamer was at first mitte* thought to have struck. The famous \ to in- ' ?uroher Shoal, which is Indicated by * tnufle a "Rhtship lies ten miles outside j iriiuee Trinity Rock, while the course up ! Roth ^be Ray of Fundy takes vessels still Cei go a- 'ar^her off shore, e bills The bay was swept by a typical nsider western blizzard as the Cobequid ! ect al- hound from the tropics began to feel her way toward St John. The last of v sev- *be ebb tide was running and the flu' atlves w''id was strong from the west?con- cer fission (""ons which tended to drive the bal Imited sfpatner closer to the eastern slion *'ig her skipper anticipated. tor da^ ss sev> com- 1'SCliK SAM NOW IIAS (*?04M) IS- {'^J a non- t ^ ( presi- Population Is 10.000.000 and Their 3 j. enate. Commerce Exceeds ijldOO,OOO.OOO. wa >posed lrio opart- Washington. Jan. 14.?TTnolo Sam Vj hetaoi now lias uiulor possession exactly ? man- 8,000 islands, supporting a population jr, >n of of 10,000,000, or more than the entire pm United States a century ago, accord- jM,, dsslon ing to a report recievod by the Natiomoans nn! Geographic society. It tolls the nu ""ourts story of the remarkable development ( ion of of those islands since the American foer some flag was unfurled over them. wa court The report shows their commerce i refer exceeds $300,000,000 or more than istruc- that of the United States in any year p<*t ort to prior to 18f>0; American capital in- tor ?f dls- vested in them aggregates npproxiin- an< at the ately $400,000,000; they ship to the tht fitted United States $100,000,000 of their jn mmis- products every year and take in ex- 19 > reor- change products of about equal 16 nd re- value. t as to The feature of the report is the de- sti nonlz- velopment of Porto Rico, Hawaii nnd 12 the Alaskan islands. 84 IMIT SHOOTING JJV11LT0N HUE rgunous and Mrs. Hite Plead Guilty. TH ESCAPE WITH FINES. mnn, However, Must I/enve the State?Knys Her Husband Will Follow Her. .exingtou, Special to Columbia te Jan. 13.?Walter E. Gurganous, young Southern Bell Telephone tntan, and Mrs. Ella Belle Hlte, rged with the shooting of J. 1111Hlte, a young business man of esburg, on the night of December ast, today entered a plea of guilty the chargo of assult and battery h Intent to kill and carrying conled weapons In the Eexlngton coun court of general sessions. Judge Lin passed sentence upon the prists. In Gurganous he laid a sentence of months at hard labor or a fine of 16. Ella Hite was sentenced to lmBonment "at such labor as she may able to perform" for these months 1 to pay a fine of $100, provided t the prison sentence should be ponded upon the prisoner paying fine and leaving the State of South rolina and remaining away. PAY THEIR FINES, doth Gurganous and Mrs. Hite d their fines phomptly. Before tonce was passed Col. J. Brooks ngard of cousel for the defense, i: "It is agreed by the solicitor and insel for Mr. Gurangous, that counshall have the opportunity at this nt in behalf of Mr. Gurangous to ke a short statement and to have i same incorporated In the record this case. Mr. Gurganous is quite a mg man engaged in the laudable dness of earning an honest liveli>d by his own labors. His present fortunate stituation has Impressed a as perhaps nothing else could. me mci tiiHL some time or ler all men arc or may be >jeot to inluetices that too quently eausothem to lapse 111 the path of urightness and right ing. lie is conscious even now, of : having committed any legal ring which could justify or give b to the offense now pending agailiim. He fully realizes the indisere lis of his past associations; but he willing to enter this plea, and to et this obligation ratherd than to or into an investigation which uld disclose a st it nation which ght lie construed by some as hear: too hardly upon other who are inested in this case, and could result ly in procduring a sense of deep iniIiati<>ii on the part of all pars interested in the issues involvMrs. Ilite appeared in the court ini neatly attired In a becoming t of blue. She did not appear the ni iici vuun until tin* unit- t.iiin* iui r to sigu the plea. As soon as the sentence had been rnounced she left the court room th the sheriff. Her escort her at'ney, K. L. Asblll did not make any F>n plea for his client, but he and ? solicitor conferred with Judge ain before the sentence was prounced. A few feet distant, on the posite side of the room, sat Walter Gurganous, Mrs. Hit's eyes were ite>red on the judge and she did not nice in the direction of her bused. 3TT0N CONSUMED DURING DECEMBER nsu.s Bureau Places the Amount at -1812,11)8 Hales?Good Stock on Hand. Washington, Jan. 14.?Cotton conned in the United States in I)enln.r umnnntaH In IS1) 1 U fi nn n n in a Ins, including 13,206 bales of forn cotton and 22,114 bales of lins, the census bureau announced tov. Cotton on hand December 31 in .nufacturing establishments amoun 1 to 1,801,285 bales including 50,6 bales of foreign cotton and 73,2 bales of linters; in independent rehouses 3,371,363 bales, includ: 2,04 7 bales of foreign cotton and ,4 00 bales of linters. December imports of cotton were ,812 bales of 500 ponds each, exrts of domestic cotton for Decem were 1,230,830 running bales. Active spindles during December m be red 31.001.364. Df the cotton consumed in Decem' that used in cotton growing States s 240,886 bales and in ail other itos 232.363 bales. The cotton held In manufacturing ahlishments December 31, in coti growing States was 955,914 bales 1 in all otber states 845,371 bales; it held in Independent warehouses cotton growing States was 3,208,5 bajes and in all other states 163,8 bales. Active spindles in cotton growing ites during Decemner numbered ,153,899; in all other States 18,7,765. JUDICIAL ELECTION HELDYESTER Circuit Judge Cage Elected sociate Justice. LANCASTRIAN HONOI Ernest Moore, Our Towns Elected .Judge tinge's Succes<s?r. Special to The News. Columbia, Jan. IB.?The eh of Judges by the legislature hai taken place. Chief Justice E B. Gary was re-elected withoc position for the term of ten yea To fill the unexpired term of elate Justice, C. A. Woods, wt signed to accept the Judgeship < United States circuit court. wore four candidates, Judges ! DeVore and Gage and Represen George S. Mower of New Judge Gage was elected ou th ond ballot. Judge Bow ma I Orangeburg was elected wlthoi ; position to succeed himself as ! of the first circuit. So was | Rice of the second circuit and son of the third and Spain < fourth and Frank B. Gary < eighth. For judge of the sixth circ succeed Associate Justice Gage ator Beamguard of York nom Qeorge W. 8. Hart of Yorkvllld ator Ketchin of Fairfield nom Glenn W. Ragsdale of Wltinsbor j Creech of Barnwell nominate licitor J. K. Henry of Chestei Mr. Sapp of Lancaster nom Ernest Moore of Lancaster. ] The first ballot resulted: Moore 82, Hart 44, Henry Ragsdale f>. Total 1G2. Neeoss a choice 82. i Ernest Moore of Lancaster w cordingly declared elected jud the sixth circuit. I NOTED CONTRALTO TO GIVE CONC. Madame Schiiinann-IIeink to ] tain Winthrop Students on X of February 14. Special to The News. Winthrop College, Jan. 15 are all delighted that Pre Johnson, after a great deal of has arranged for Madame Sehu llcink, the greatest living ran to give a concert at Winthrop i , night of February 1 1. For two , we have been anticipating M | Schumann'! leink'B visit and v , indeed rejoiced that she is so s sing for us. President John arranging to have the Southeri . way run special trains to Roe on the day of the concert so th people of f'amden. Kershaw, 1. tor U'lnnil.o.A flw.. . - l"- - Union. Oafl'iiey, Yorkville and towns near here may not miss t portunity to hear tins won singer. The special trains will , after the concert. Tickets f< | concert may he secured now h> . ing to Winthrop College, ltocl S. C. Knowing how thoroughly I, ter people appreciate the best we shall expect to see a large , sentation from "home" amor many visitors who will come t Madame Schumann-lleink. After the Christmas holiday; , throp girls began regular wor . urday, January 3. Only a very , number of girls failed to be h< the opening exercises and ei these was excused by a phys certificate or had some exc.ellei 'son for not returning on time, dent Johnson gave a talk, welf | us back and congratulated us < prompt return, also expressii , gratification at the excellency reports for first term. Of eigh dred and fifteen reports, very all of them were unusually u the best, on the whole, ever m Wl., ?. '* I11H11U|I. The Yoiiiir Women's Christli soriation of Winthrop Collegi six delegates, chaperoned b\ McCrorey, our general secreta the Student Volunteer oonvt which recently met In Kansas They returned January 7. repoi pleasant and highly profitable At the recent meeting ol American Historical Assoclati Charleston. Pr. J. E. Walmsley of the department or history al throp, read a paper on "The I of John C. Calhoun to the Sen 1845." The members of the elation are the greatest hlstoriai educators of today and we feel proud that a member of our f was so conspicuously honored. All the Lancaster girls, wit . exception of Miss Ruth McDow waa unavoidably detained at returned to Winthrop on the of January 2 and began win earnest. Misses Perry Hell Bennett Ruth MoDow were marshals of IJterarv Soeiety for the mon Heeemher. Miss Mary Massey, presldei Curry Soeiety, has appointed Mary Lindsey and Naomi r marshals for this month. ! The members of the Wade 1 ton Literary Soeiety presented Adventurers of Lady Ursula' large audience on Monday January 12. nJ| COUNTY NEWS flSUtf OAl 11UFOHD. j j Special to The News. Buford, Jan. 15.?Buford school Many resumed its duties Monday morning, after several days of vacation. The pupils were there on time Mondav *EI). morning with greater efforts than ever before for training the minds THE for higher and nobler things in life. snwn Miss Lillie Usher has been verv Blck. Wo, as pupils, are very sorry Nunit>er to hear it, but hope she will soon be at her duties again. Jkno Mr. Yancey Caskey spent Monday night with Mr. W. A. Rowell. action Mr. J. E. Rowell spent several davs Tokic r Just |n North Carolina. night o ugene Mrs. P. J. Taylor have been very Japan b it op- B|ck, bue we are glad to learn that eral fea n' she is better. The t asso- Mr. Leslie Taylor Bpent Saturday ered wl 10 re- night with Mr. L. Walters of the under d of the Tabernacle section. number there Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Usher visited known. Sease, nixie Saturday night. Any tative Mr. F. S. Parker has been visiting culde a berry, relatives in the Antloch section. drowue e sec- Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Usher visited I safety. n Mr. R. W. Parker Tuesday night. j Kago at op- Mr. Elmore MoManus visited town ol judge Pageland last week. The Judge Mr. H. D. Thompson has been gradual 1 Wjl- j hauling logs to the saw mill. The if the i idttle Miss Rosa Parker has been area of )f the ' Vpry sick, but we are glad to know ered w ' that she is better. depth, uit to j Miss Lillie Usher has been very | pron , Sen- sick, but we are glad to know that eruptio Inated 8i,e |s hotter. acute Sen- Misses Bessie and Eunice Flynn probabl Inated visited Miss Marybell Thompson last QV,,n ,n o, Mr. Thursday. At K d So- i Mr. T. M. Noill of Unitv snn..t r, and day with Mr. P. C. Nellf. .r'riv"V inated Misses Myrtle and Kate Thompson I spent Sunday night with Mr. Allen f?roa ' Walters. ; m 'i Mr. Klnle Snipes spent Sundav ,,, ." ary to wlth Miss Ella Adams. ' ^7^ Mr. I.oyd Taylor spent Saturday "|s. ,as ac* night with Mr. Goodman Snipes. I , '"1 Ige of The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. s,ls '* Wesley Carnes passed away Monday ' and was laid to rest at Spring Hill ?~ . cemetery Monday afternoon. Anui We are glad to know that the pa- nia wor ERT rents of Iluford school are tnking great interest in getting the ground J,1. Enter. rpatl>' for the agricultural farm at this ' 1 place. That shows that they have gc t JaPan 1 'K''* an interest in this school and the ni, n' ni pupils and teacher. That means that on a tr i they want their hoys and girls to sar>'We ^nrni a character in life while they Kag< ' , , . ar? young that will amount to some- damagt thing and not live a reckless life in not aPP this world. 1?** of roann- statesru tralto, j1Jlp 11|f an the PLEASANT PLAINS. 10 pen ' >'oars injured adame special to The New . great c ? :,r'' Pleasant Plains. Jan 15. Here 1 Kag< ?on to come again with a little men ly ers 1 * son i news. Praet colly every family in All t i Kail- the eonimun v he had thoni, exn pt- vicinit\ k Hill i?K ., f(.w, wli > kept in the back yard mission at the k,.|.p from taking them, and worse shlma. an< a - tli:in all. they are followed b> tile Tlie Mill, whooping cough. There are several realize, other cases of it around in the community, in tryii he op- 'c|1P sewing Circle met Saturday many v dertul afternoon with Miss Dessie Kolierts. eashon return There were 14 present who had a Tliic ir the p|0st enjoyable time. wirele? r writ- **?.?> t \ i->~???- -- ... iiuuitik iiim cnuuren Ofllci i Hill, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. \V. dated : V. Hinson, Sunday. sliroun aneas- laither L. Hong has returned tjon (,r music. (0 Charleston to resume his studies \n c repre- jn the College of Charleston. konojo ig the ^jr Ernest Roberts leaves today fmn D, o hear for the Union Mills. N. C. high school, into ei Mr. ('. A. Hove has accepted a po- the vir 4 Win- sition with the Moore Hardware ,\shes k Sat- Company at Kershaw. jn ,|10 small Misses Zelma Paulkenherr>' and 're for .Vellie Ritns visited Miss Ada Roberts nch of Sunday afternoon, who is right sick Rece ician's with the measles. Was it rea- ^tr. Thomas Hlackmon, son of Mr. Presi- an,| Mrs. Willis Hlackmon. died Sun- 01 , v<>1 oming day afternoon, the 11th, of measles in Was nil our ftn,j pneumonia. He leaves a widow dent a up his ?n<j several small children to mourn quests of the his untimely death, and one sist? r, ' t hun- the widow of the late Reroy Faile. " ' nearly j|js remains were laid to rest at Istratio ;ood? Pleasant Plains graveyard, funeral Cabi ade at services conducted by his pastor. Rev. and re T. A. Dabney. inent an As- The pr sent IIKATH SPRING. cabinet ' Miss' receivit r>'. to . m, x. .. Amerlc mtlon. Special to The News. wjth f] i City. Heath Spring, Jan. 15.?Though of tho ( tinp a the attendance upon the Week of picture ? trip. Prayer services of the Woman's. Mis- , f the sionary Union at the Baptist church Sp()he ; on in last week was not large, the thank ninnv v , head offering for China amounted to more j.jvo ' t Win- than twenty doll: rs. leturn Rev. J. B .Weldon, who suffered ate in an attack of acute indigestion Sunday give uj asso- night, is improving rapidly and will Flint I as and soon he out again. health. justly Mrs. N. K. Small spent Thursday in acuity Columbia, where she wont to consult an oculist. .h the Miss I.Idle Mobley was the guest Special . who of her sister-, Mrs. H B. Cauthen TMeai homo, and Mrs. J. C. Bowling, in Lancaster Ralph night last week. ham ar k in Hazel Crenshaw has been confined ing exp to bis home with measles for sev- Mr. and eral days. the pas Curry W. J. Ilendrix and Broadus Vaughn Mr. tli of returned Wednesday night from a former business trip to Columbia. iMeasni nt of Held Horton has accepted a posi- them ii Misses lion with the Kershaw Telephone Mr. >errlck Company. trains i Mrs. Mary Evans of Kershaw spent Mr. (lamp- a part of last week with her daugh- visited "The ter Mrs. J. C. Beckham. this we ' to a Carv Crlminger has returned from Mr. ' night, Abbeville, to which place he acoom- preach panied Miss MeWhlrter, who had to next Sf ID OF SAKURA BURIED IN ASHES Corpses Burned Beneath Volcanic Matter. ERUPTION IS OVER. of Demi Will Never bo w 11?l'ro?iter?os Town of OO.OOO In in ltuins. >, Jan. 14.?Official reports tof the diB&Bter in southern rought out the following gen.tures. unnll island of Sakura is covth a layer of lava and ashes, vhich lie many comses whmin probably will never be estimate of the doad must in, large number of refugees U while trying to swim to shima, last week a prosperous T 60,000 is In ruins, eruption of Sakura-Jima Is lly subsiding. entire island of Kiushlu, an 3,000 square miles, is cov ith volcanic ash in varying linent scintists declared the n had served as a vent for an subterranean activity, and l.v had saved the country from ore disastrous earthquakes, umamoto, north of Kagoshijre than 1,000 refugees have . The authorities face the difjf housing and feeding the sufo, 500 miles from the volcanic ances has been swept lor the hours by miniature svclones, e the belief that the Capital ling some of the effects of the ns. The wind died down totals and birds south of Satsue suffering from abnormal uns for several itnwp - |/I I\/I WU lilt) ance at Kagoshitna. raminc in the northern part of fon tin lies to give t lie Governiiicli alarm and relief measures einendous scale will be neeesishima though it suffered great from the earthquakes, does ear to have sustained a servero life. 11. ljuni a Japanese inn who lives in Kagoshima, ormed the foreign olllce that ons have been killed, and HO there, lie also stated that onfusion prevailed in the city, lsliima is protected front lootpatrols of police and troops. \nn ricans who were in the are safe Several American inries were stationed at Kagopeople at flrst did not seem to their danger and were slow ig to escape. It is feared that iere killed before reaching the h atmosphere interfers with s reports. ial adlvce from Kumamoto, resterday, reported that place tied with ashes from the erupSakura-Jima. tfflcial dispatch from Mivasays that a volcano at Kirisliirtlienst r*f K noncliimo Kpnlrrt option January 12, throwing inity into complete darkness, fell to the depth of an inch surrounding district, ption (iiven l'Ol' Diplomats. hington, Jan. 12. Diplomats rv foreign nation represented hington were received by T'resi nd Mrs. Wilson tonight as of honor at the first official House reception of the admin>n. net members, many senators pesentatives and others promin official lift* were present, osident and members of his . who stood at his side at the lg line, wore the customary an evening dress, the contrast lie profusely gilded uniforms liplomats presenting a striking >ach diplomat the president i word of greeting, the cereras quietly formal and impres> her place as teacher in the tidge school on account of ill n.KAS ANT III I.I,. to The News. sunt Hill, Jan. IS.?Messrs Rechham and W. Perry Reck e in C.reen wood on a canvass ledition. I,. P. Roberts spent one day t week in Columbia. A. 11. Rlackmon and family, ly of Rich Mill, have moved to it Hill, We are glad to have a this community. M. L. Reckhani spent between in Lancaster Wednesday. R. P. Marshall of Kershaw his father, Mr. W. A. Marshall, ek. \\ . II. Quinn of Hue West will at the A. R. P. church here ibbath. 18th, at 11 a. m.