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WATCH HP w Ycur Label I jjg _ and Keep I Sj " Paid Up. JL i VOL. 11, No. 38, SEMI BAPTISTS MEET IN SPARTANBURG; new i. k>. Hurts, I). D? Again Elected President. 1 BUSY SUMTER SESSION 5 I1 One Hundred and Fifty I)ele- j gates in Attendance at -j Twentieth Annual Con- ( vention. < Suniter, Feb. 1(>.?This after- j 1 noon's session of the Baptist J1 Young People's Union was fea- j i tured by the election of officers 11 for the ensuing year and the j i selection of the First Baptist j? church, Spartanburg, as the j1 place for the 21st annual meet-,; mp next year, which will be r Weld on Tuesday, Wednesday and j j Thursday after the second Sunday in February. The officers chosen for the ( year are: President, the Rev. C. j E. Burts. I). D.. Columbia, who . was reelected for his fourth,' year; vice presidents, the Rev. v T. A. Davison. Camden; P?. W. ( Patterson, Spartanburg; P?. E. i WoodrufT, Darlington; general secretary, the Rev. Thos. J. Watts. Columbia; recording i:e-;. cretary. .T. C. Allen. Lntt.a: treasurer. S. D. Preston, Columbia; xecutive committee. A. P? Kennedy. chairman; Miss Maude 1 Dusenburv. Conway: Cleo M. Ward. Darlington : T. C. DcVore. ' Ninety-Six; the Rev. .T. A. Ans-r. ley, Manning; Miss Leila McKinnon. Columbia; George Tisdale, j Sumter; the Rev. A. C. Sher- ' wood. Bennettsville; Leroy Crox- . ton. Cheraw; Miss Ruth Jackson.! Dillon, and all of the officers of < the organization. The renort of' the nominations committee was' made by the Rev. T. J. Watts. 11 Columbia, chairman, and that of \ the time and nlace committee bv the Rov J. TT. Mitchell, Colum- ks bin. chairman. More than 100 delegates had ( ^ arrived up to last night and to- j day delegates continued to coma in, making the number tGtal up < to more than 150 delegates and visitors from other places hero I for the convention. Tncommotrains were met today and the delegates accommodated unon tneir arrival by the reception committee, places ha vine* been ' provided for them in the homes 1 of citizens. The meetings have t been wefl attended and ruicb ;n- i terest manifested in the con- * vention work. 1 The real work of the conven- f tion began with this morning's I c session, when the roll call of 11 delegates was prepared and ad-1 > opted. The committee on time 11 and place, J. W. Hill. Miss I Maude Dusenbury, Miss Mary H. i Welborn and Vernon Pettison;' on nominations, the Rev. T. J. I Watts, the P?">v. Benj. Sorgee. jJ Herbert H. King, J. E McManr-jl way, G. C. Epps. Miss Ora Belli Burnett, Miss Willie Lewis; on! resolution- . M'?- Rtith Allen the Rev. A. EL Kennedy, X s? iTevnice Pass. C ('. Norri? W. ^ W Goldsmith; on awarding ban- * pei lo onion doing '.K"-~t work, j the Rev. J. A. Davison, J. A. \ Brown, T. C. DeVore, the Rev < Wlliiam Haynsworth, Miss Efl> |f Bounds, were then appointed. A talk was made to the class ( on R. Y. P. TT. methods by Frank H. Leavell of Atlanta and thoi Rev. John A. Davison of Camden i <<r> ij._ ? ii- * wii aeLTuits mr me Army of Conquest," a talk which was I rull of instructive and interest- ; ing points. The First Baptist ji church of Columbia pave a dem- t onstration of a B. Y. P. U. de-1 c votional meeting. This afternoon's session was \ given over to a meetincr of com- c mittees and hearing their re- \ ports, which we?*e adopted, as I already stated. Delegates from 11 various places rmve a demon-:r strntion of a P. Y. P. U. mission-! ? ary meeting. Forty-two union; \ made one *minute reports on 1 T their organization and work dur-1 * ing the year. \ . . Upon adjournment of the bus?- q ness session this afternoon ? many of the delegates enjoyed j another side of the convent1 > pleasures by attending a recep- t tion given in their honor at the 3 IE L [- WEEKLY. WILL SAVE STATE $25,000 PER YEAF The Sinking Fund Commissior Gives Contract for Refunding Brown Consol Debt. Columbia, Feb. 16.?Specia :o The News and Courier: Thi unking fund commission late tc light announced that it hac iwarded the contract for refund ng the Brown consol debt of th< state to a syndicate composet if Towsend, Scott & Son, ol Baltimore; Stacy & Draugn, o1 STew York, and the Palmetto Na tional Bank, of Columbia. This lid was for the entire outstand ng issue of Brown consol bonds imounting to $4,800,000, at par A'ith accrued interest to date ind a premium of $20,010 There were about fifteen bids lilt this was the most favorabh me and it secured the issue. The sinking fund commissior ipened bids at noon today anc ivas in session all the afternor ind until late tonight, goinj arefully over each bid. The sue essful bid is considered a mos1 alvantageous one in every re meet. The bonds are refunded un ler an Act passed by the Legisature in 1012. The new bond...;n i '-i ' * * Mil iH-;tr interest at me rate ol I ner cent annually instead ol ) 1-2 per cent, which rate th< Irown consols carried. This wil nean a saving of $25,000 fear in interest alone and undei he terms of the hid. which se ured the bonds, interest will b( laid from 1912. The sinking fund commissior s composed of Governor Man ung, Attorney General Peeples ^tate Treasurer Carter, Comp Toiler General Sawyer, Chair nan Liles, of the House ways ind means committee, ant Chairman Christensen, of th< Senate finance committee. A! six of the members voted to ae ept the bid of the syndicate lamed above. BANNING CLUBS FORMED Vliss Creiirhton Gives Inst rue lions al Fltrin and Pleasant Hill. Meetings of the Girls' Can ling Clubs of the Elgin aiu feasant Hill schools were heli his week. The girls were giver nstmctions in the selection ol i plot, the preparation of a hoi red, and the planting of th( seed. Plans- for Field Day wen liscussed and the club song.ind yells were rehearsed, aftei vhich an election of officers wa. leld, as follows: Clgin Club: President?Theresa Caskey. Vice president?Annie Pel lagins. Secretary?Ellen Harper, feasant Hill: President?Iva Robertson. Vice president?Ruth Mar .fnll. Secretary?Clara Rutledare. Much interest and enthusiism was manifested, and the irJo nvrrnof fn /1A +VIA5*? KrvnF 4/\ va|/vvv iu \iw i urn iw vard making Lancaster county >no of the best counties of the "t ^te, ?n this work. Martha O. Creigbfon. Home Demonstration A^t esidence of Mr. and Mrs. J. W r?e!<?on t'hrsitian Endeavo** ^nr <17 worth lec.gue members of lcA societies were also present at his time to meet and welcome he delegates of their sister sorety. Two interesting addresses vere made at tonight's session, >ne by Dr. E. V. Raldy of Hartsdlle and the other by Frank H, (poVelI of Atlanta. Dr. Faldv ook as his subject "Prermredless," which ho expanded in a troncr and forceful argument on lohalf of Christian work. Mr, >eavpll snoke or, "The Heart of he Ti. Y. P. U.," showing the jij'h aims desif 1 by the or:anization. ' Thursday will bo tho bijar day if the convention and a number f interesting feat tires will hold he attention of the delegates at very session. ANCAS LANCASTER, S. C. FEBR . SLAVS CAPTURE SENA ARMENIAN CITY 1 Russians Take Erzerum After McCul Attacks Declared to He "II n preceden ted" 1 TRENCH FIGHTING IN WESTERN ZONE Refus* Hritivh fin/1 f.nw-L ? ?.... UIIU i iciiv.il oinvin^ i With Germans for Possessf i ion of Ground in Bel- The f gium and Cham- its apr | lough * l Erzerum, Turkey's chief for- jority " tress in Armenia, is in the by its * hands of the Russians. Heavy The vc ' assaults by the Russians against fused , the long line of detached forts | words, . protecting the city lasting over a! passe(i period of five days and described . [ by Grand Duke Nicholas, the Ke ( ' Russian commander in chief, as 'v'herel 1 "unprecedented." have resulted may b , in the capture of the fortress. pon < UnoT'cia' reports early in the dows, nresent month said the German main f r field marshal, von Der Goltz, been ; , n-ith SO.000 men was bes'eged <n tain o! 1 the eity with provisions for only fied fo a fortnight. came I The capture of Erzerum ; raises considered of' gre^t strategic im- ' I vea nortance. From it vadiato lead- Xo 1 1 ing in all directions. Over tbn--*.* vesteri r to the southeast and south ;t mornii w?ll bn possible for the Russians considi ; J now to fight their way towards tion hi the compatriot operating against hour f * the Persians and Turks in north-! for vol west and west Persia or proceed sure, south towards Bagdad, to the re- tribe lief of the British bottled up in was: Kut-el-Amara. on the Tigris. Yea 11 southeast of Bagdad. vey. II ~1 The immediate effect of the Nickle ' Russian victory on the situation Ve**ne: in Persia and Mesopotamia is \Vi"iai problematical, however, for de- Na> ? spite the roads the country is Beattii ' mountainous and there still is CnrMsl X much ground to be covered? C. Epp something more than 200 miles Oro^s, before the T.ike Urumiah dis- Eaney trict of Persia is reached ami Mnllin more than 600 ivdos before a vett. 1 junction with the British at Ki't- k'or. ' . el- \mara couid bo lormed. and I). On the Western, battle line - Piibn rerorvs that the Ib'ti h |>?urif and French h we endeavored to v"?-aptare trench positions ta\ n Colli from them south of Ypres and Peurif - in Champa .arm near Tahure hut todav 1 that the attacks failed. Pan-- ccl1tlv 1 asserts on the contrary that near Cl)it. b i Tahure the French have re- \\r p f taken portions of their former rg( t trenches. vote c, j The [tritiuli mul floi-monn ? : 1 ^ - ' " * brand 1 are at deadly grip for possession bly. * of the trenches captured from Or. i* the British southeast of Ypres. iaWyei > artillery and hand grenades unsucc being employed in the fighting. ectiom London reports that the attack a^c 0f in which the British lost 600 aluj br 1 yards of a front line trench the ()f the I Germans attacked over a front of 1.000 yards, but were every- Betra> where repulsed with considerable losses except at the point the j \y trench was captured. Feb. 1 On the Russian front a driv- roport in>jr snow storm along the entire t;er 0f line has almost stopped opera- fje r0( 4 tions. leged The usual bombardments, in- Edith ' terspersed with infantry at- *<ocut 1 tacks, continue on the Austro- derma Italian line. Acc< Tn Albania the Austrian* and body < Bulgarians are said to h no been k formed a junction and are bat11- waH f0 ing for the capture of the im- beck, t . portant seaport of Durazzo. do- Qne m 1 fended by Essad Pasha's forces recogn of Albanians, Servians and Mon- yef ; tenegrins. jor Of Strumiza's Bulgaria, has been body 1; raided by 13 French aeroplanes man?s which dropped 158 bombs and refuse< i returned to their base unscratch- taken , ed. Several fires were started bv the bombs. ??? The ministers of the entente, tria H "powers have informed the Bel- ships i gian government that hostilities after 1 i| against the Teutons and their Lansin i allies will not he permitted to study end without Belgium having re- with r estabbshed its political and ccon questif omic -independence. They added anythi that the Belgian governmen orandu elso would be called upon to take chantn part in the peace negotiations, the asi The question of submarine many warfare still remains an open tions i one by reason of the announced liners intention of Germany and Au- passen : - i 4 TER Nl UARY 18, 1916. IE ENDORSES CHILD LABOR LAW """ "nr* Washington, Feb. lough Measure is Slightly ;,nnua! river and har Amended. priation bill as finally LIMIT IS It vISKI> 'n committee today et (503,110. of which all ?d to Strike Out Enacting O00 is for continuini ds hv Vnfp of n 11 ? - - - l" existing projects. The 'rovides Exemptions. . . , agreed to only two senate yesterday placed to the administration iroval upon the McCul- adding no new proj bill by a far greater ma- strong efforts were n than had been anticipated elude in the measure most ardent supporters, priation of $170,000 f ?te, whereby the senate re- ne' 1.000 feet wide a to strike out the enacting deep from Charleston was 31 to 11. The bill the sea and for other to third reading with no- provements. Notice v >f certain amendments that the fight for the: ly children whose labor would be carried to t e necessary for the sup- "'ingress. f indigent fn-v'lies or wi- The new projects vc maybe expected. The committee were $70 0 ijcht. however, has n'ready nrovomenl ,hp E,? !,:l ,h". ';i ,s NTew York and S3.nor passage .n iiphtlv.mod.p? thp r?,0l..?,0 ri rm from that n, Ahl Al.;7 fl , rom the house The b 1 <w] the ape limit from 12 to Wi, p ,hp C()? **8, ... i t i considered it lccessan nme was wasted m debm> (h ,,t lay. 1 he early hour of th. to RrookIvn IP session were piyen to Rpwps iration ol the awronrm- Sonth rarolina (hi I until 11:30 o clock, the th? char,Pston harh lxe<l th" pvceechnp inpht mont h ,, .eontheMeCullouphmeu- p The vote yesterday to ,.easons ,mt as ., , out the enactinp word: scheme of national def *. i ~ , . ? ? such a channel wool s?Earie Goodwin. Hnr- hatt1eshi t , [ughos Alan Johnstone, ,pston J, trSr A The major committee, however. u *i r? 1 to head ofT new proic 's?Banks, Ream"u-?rd. n e Black, Brice, R"ck, ' ' e. Chnstensen DuR;>0 F.. MAV ?E McNEEI/k is. R. O. Fpns. Evan*. Ginn * D. B. Johnson. Ketch in. Friends Sav Thai Des . Lee. Manning. McCovn. Clothing* and Artie s. Nicholson. O'Dell. P d Richardson. Sherard. Sin- Washington. Feb. spigner. Stm-key. Walker body of American C< , Reece Williams?31. Neely. of Monroe, N. the destruction of oy Is Judge of Fourteenth Persia. is believed to District. washed ashore near A imbia, Feb. 17.?James F according to a cable < oy. of Walterboro. was the State department t elected judge of the re- American Consul Gar created 14th Judicial Cir- *n! Garrels's telegram y a vote of 96 to 58. over "Body very decomp* Gruber, of Walterboro. ?d hp on Egyptan co; ceived a majority of the ?n clothes and watch ast of each of the two American origin. Rod les of the General Asem- onsul Robert N. Mc scription and marks c Peurifoy, a banker and which follow may so of Walterboro, was an entity wearer. Trousei essful candidate in the e1- black or blue, made b * Tuesday. He is a gradu- no coat, yellow-striped the Citadel of Charleston shirt. Black tie. greer other of Solicitor Peurifoy design. Black high sh Ninth Circuit. ed Royden. Leather r vi n ii i mrty-iour er of Miss Cavell Knickerbocker watch. Found Dead Works stamped Kni< nsterdam. Netherlands, Watch Company, New 5.?Further details are F. Cornioley, who is ed from the Belgian from- seller. Case mark" the assassination of V"' Watch Company, Elgii le, the Belgian who is a!- No. 2797860. Photogr; to have betrayed Miss nor in lid watch oblite Cavell, the English nurse ed at Brussels, to the Behoved to he McNec n authorities. ? Monroe. N. C., F irding to this story, the '.v o K's here of Robei )f a young man who had N(,ely, the American i illed by two revolver shots "a h." sinking ot th und in a street at Schaai- 7'*' bmight that the i suburb of Brussels early i'?ns ot wearing apr orning. He was at once ?*her articles found ized as de Rode, a man o <iv washed ashore 1 irs, son of a retired * * tally wth thosi the Belgian army. The other article: ay before the door of the had when he left here parents, but the father ^hoy feel confident [1 to receive it, and it was hody is that of MoNeel to the public mortuary. Kali River Fire boss is ungary to treat as war- Fi'l River. Mass., 1 ill armed merchantmen Estimates made by o February 29. Secretary rr:\ 1" p-operty and g is making a careful tors of stores in the of Germany's latest reply the business district eference to the Lusitania firt e i'!v n '--v h-u'r >n, to ascertain if there ! the loss would ho nnm ng in the German men:- two million dollars. / im concerning armed mer- 1 an'ldir.jrs, including : ion which conflicts with nent hotel and sevei surances given by Ger- 'nrgest retail store, in the Lusitania negotia- stroyed and many otl regarding the sinking of! badly damaged. The: and the safety of their o of life and no one gers. ed. jgjm w w y ! WEATHER \ ^k ^k # I Fair Friday and j ?^k M I Saturday, rising I temperature 9atJk W W ^ J \ urday. $1.50 A YEAH?. ,>... OPPONENTS OF Bill ? DELAY HOUSE VOTE 1 <*. tv, , bor appro 'bit ."Measure Aimed at Southr perfected eastern Tariff Association Finally Passed, irries $39.- _j but $703.- wo FIURrSTER KEEPS VV X work on committee Two-Quarts-a-Mont h Measure .. (.oes to r ree Conference. exceptions Q(her House >|atters. i policy of ' iects, but Columbia, Feb. 17.?Special to vide to in- ' and Courier: The House tonight had a pretty litan appio- f\ii>)Ustor on the anti-conior a chan- pact bill, during the progress of nd 30 feet which Messrs. King. Johnstone, i, S. C., to: Fromberg and Searson cleverly ' used the personal privilege to de" j lay the vote. The rules make it /as given nios^ difficult for the minority *e projects j,? do much to del-m The House, he floor of bv a vote of 10 to refused to ' -Iril ^ ect the enacting words of tod hv tho ?n this question SneukHovt spread these reasons on 00 for !m-,thc jom..,nl. >t river v "J vote against the bill which tor work aimed to put the Southeastern at "V uma. Tariff Association out of the ; recent'y ctnto for the reason that T do ^resident not believe the measure will aci?mtt?e h comnlish that which it is sought Im < v. \C) accomplish, all time- "When ho was a member of yard. this House, the late lamented 'h'dev or M'illiam T.. Mauldin. of Oreene fight for --?Po. a statesman of fine purI* improve- ' noses nnd onnoiMnu >^"'1: _ n.KCIKII IlltCII >>ff ncp, a ed was 1101 safo man to follow, introduced, ommercial ?r?d the General Assembly nass)arf of the >d. a similar bill. A few years enso. since later, when he was a member of Id permit the senat<\ Dr Mauldin introducthe Char-1 ed. and the General Assembly necessary nassed. a bill repealing the foritv of the mer ^ct. Governor Mauldin stntopposed it ed that he had become convinc cts gener-1 ad that the first Act was not accomplishing the desired results. - Tlv's is. in mv iudcrment. likely S HODY t0 be the result now. ..... "There js in mv mind unouesf 'V- ? ^'onnhlv something wroncr with l,s* the insurance conditions in this ^ g T|,p Qtnto, but T have coninli !.? con)nsul Me- rulp,1(>e in the St-Me insurance C lost in commissioner ar>d believe that, the liner "rn kroner authority, wo have been >on ren^odv t ! >-? -;. eond'tio^v dexandriv Av1'thout leyislntion such as is lisp-itch to nvoPosed in th's moajp--p. Tt is odav from ,>0tt?r to have safe insurance rels Con- rho?n insurance which may i follows: nof ;,p leased wash- ^he merrv little fiHbn*tpv ist. Mark-! ,,n w'*h much amusement the i indicated nrincmiis heinor "\Tpecv,- T'm?y y possibly ^'ombery and Johnstone, who Neelv. De- were particularly clever. >n clothing t^o-opart-a-month htu rve to id- ~o?s to free eonferpnoe. with rs and vest Senators Carlisle Johnstone and y Wright: Q;nl--W and Representatives Manhatan Rovd. Season and Dantzler on i and pink the committee, oes. mark- The TTo"?-r refused coram epd none.v belt '""ain to adjourn. Then came ? sovereigns, rem nrire hie legislative somers. gold dial. milt The nyric"lturn1 committee ckerbocker wanted to withdraw the amendYork, and ,v?ept {riving the warehouse comprobably rmssioner authority to ncgoti (1 Illinois in<51ivirtf>p r>n oil /?lqof n, U. S. A f'nvnT nvonerfv. bof Mr. John. aph on pa- stone ohiectpd r?nrl the p.mendrated." ment was defeated, nil the "n it<5 Cavn'1 <v> ?*?!or t'OT*"* the OO lv's Body. ?n?orit^ of thp bill The filibuster 'eb. lfi.? -'ic Mil1 racing with no signs of *t Ney Me- abatement late tonight. consul lost le Persia, Bwnpd x*ino Killed descrip- Movie. Tov Feb. 17?Search >arel and of thr rein* of the o'd Mexii on the enpv House and " Hobum* near Alex structures was continued today p of cloth to awr f- in whetlru mow* s McNeely than nine rersons perishe when for Aden, the opera house collapsed last, that the. night. A pas explosion which ly. followed set fire to the ruins of the opera house and destroyed i $2000,000 number of other buildings. Nine bodies were recovered last night. Feb. 16.?- Property damage estimated at wners of from $75,000 to $100,000 was proprie- done. section of I swept by How The State firows, rated that Wesh'ngton. Feb. la. ? An im oximatelv rortant Mntemert was issued ^ score of h'*ro ve 1 dry by the census ui lpr *> bureau whFh shows how the al of th" state of South Carolina is grow wi.'nc The ronHation of the state lers were on July 1. 101', wa? 1.601.745; re \v,is ) > i-n Jpnuaiy 1, 1016, it was 1,was injur- 161.610, and. estimated July 1, 1016, it will be 1,625,475. ? | ,J