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f A UY" TlH A LIVE TOWN iL J 68TH YEAR. NO. 26. SEMI-WEI GOVERNOR COOPER , TAKES OATH OFFICE t Near Inaugural Exercises Tuesday y " /"*U .1 1 n rk v iuii <u ierizeu ny democratic Simplicity. Londc Rooseve % ' navy, a HE SPEAKS OF EDUCATION mlral SI lization ropean Stands for Administration of All that W|( Laws of the State in Spirit of 000 mel Their Enactment and in Ac- l)P out ,c ruary 1 cord With Constitution. Whn there w _ In Euro Columbia, S. C.. Jan. 23.?At four are app minutes after 1 o'clock Tuesday af tjlollHan ternoon Robert A. Cooper, of Lau ? France rens. succeeded Richard I. Manning . . sent hoi of Sumter, as governor of South one Carolina. , _ ? the waj In conformity with Governor p ( Cooper's desires, the inaugural exer- mnny f cIsob were characterized by demo- nu0t cratic simplicity. The oath of office (j,ors hr was administered by his lifelong friend and former fellow towns . be man man, Associate Justice R. C. Watts, An)erjra of the supreme court of South CaroUna. n-n! the prayer was offered by ^ (j his pastor. Rev. A. H. Teinpleman ()(. D. I).. of Eaurens. England Following the administering of! \ssjs( the oath of office Governor Cooper) ' w, dellvere I his inaugural address, j (.nrn hJ. which v as generally commended as| being constructive in its recom I mendations and conducive to a spirit LAYVi of political harmony and general co- |0Q operation of endeavor among all the people of the state The keynote of the addre; ? was ? durational advance- * oroner ment and 'he admit istration of all Wat the laws of he stat's in the spirit of their enactment and in accord with the Intent of the constitution and the statutes. of the executive committor of the ported board of truatees in Ftale?*h leaf t revolutl Tuesday. Saturday niRht hla condl- officers tlon became critical and *rew ateadi- have b< ly worse, until the laat. j In whir > L _ WII 111 He said that he would deal with coroner the legislative department with per- rontjnU( feet candor, and it would find him | rjrrump as rendy to receive as to offer aug- ter p ^ gestlons. lie said that the program fon which he outlined would entail addi- . . bodv wi tional appropriations, and that his . CPHR ST T* educational program would probably ^ call for the largest amount ever exwere e< ponded in one year for the public ..... ... little II schools, hut that when the taxpayers cause o recr'verl adequate returns upon their , , , ... of foul investment, and the future citizen-,. ibeen m ship of the sfte was at stake, that , ed at it was a matter of largest publi , are dee duty, as well as of economv. .. Itheorv Ciovornnr Cooper spoke for near-;.. , 'the law ly an hour and was liberally ap- (jown plattded by an assemblage which re- , I while i! presented every walk of life in South; over tin Carolina and every section of th . . .. ' himself state. , side of In beginning his address he refer- ^ red .to the righteous ending of the war, and said that no legisiatura which had ever assembled in this etate was confronted with greater opportunities or graver responsihili- Paris ties than those which face us today. trans-A Ho recommended an act providing ' ar k to for a minimum school form of soven th's qu< months and a statewide compulsory two cal school attendance law of all chll- ter Ore dren between the ages of eight and war by 14 years during the minimum Fev.al, I sehool term. ' Adequate pay for! The teachers and school officials was Creat I1 stressed in this connection. j the oth He outlined at sotne length h*s In roni j position upon the question of taxa-J lines tc i tlnti fftonmnninHln. or. -- ' ....... ....... r. < ii u?u lid ii?sc hurtF*>t similar to that in force In'lotted. Vire'nln. the total imnnnf to he ap-I portioned to the various counties ac-| Kfrrpp eordine to taxable wealth. i i*\|r The Inaugural exercises departed i l( from the usual procedure, in tha they were held on the front porf*c?? pn of the state eapitol. In prevtoim IIP t?lH years the pnvernors-elert took oath copsists of office hefore the general assembly I '< in the hall of the house of represen-l : Amerlcf ^ tat Ives. j war ma DF.W STWV r??- TI'K MiHT'l under f-tltOl.lV \ T" is OFIP T,1? Phnne) Hill. Jan. 23.?Prof. Mar j '"",s !,p< vin Hendrlx S?acv. dean of 'be eot-1':Mpsf'01 lege of I'tinn' arts the flri'vcrs'tv n *1 of North Cr'nllaa for 'he p<sf Pv>!,1!! arr voar? and cba'rmnn of the university '*m' faeulty with full powers and duties to ' of preo'deat sin"'1 'he death of the arrny o late P'-esblent Kdwwd K flraham, ^nnR w last Oe'eher. ''led at his home herei yesterday morning at 8 o'clock from influenza and complications. Tie he- fOl'VT mtiii' til white nttendfne n meet Im. A m.t IE LAN" EKLY. LANCASTE PLANS FOR DE- PAI RIQUA1 BILIZATION OF NAVY vUL DlJilUl t Secretary of Navy Says THE YANK] ly All of It Will Be Out of Europe Soon. Canada's Great A Seventy-two I >n, Jan. 23.?Franklin D Hinted L^por It. assistant secretary of the _____ fter a conference with Ad ins on plans for the demohi- ELLIOTT SI KIN of the American navy in Eu waters, said he was confident ( . * . . . .. L, . . t . Lancaster Aviator h the exception of about 3,n, the American navy would Americans Pick if Europe not later than Feb- Kishop for Wh; the armistice was signed His ^ ircus. ere 70,000 American sailors pean waters. Today there roximately 23,000. Several Thp followInK ?t< d are at aviation stations in the New York *:ven and Ireland, but are being uarj me as rapidly as possible. '8 difficult to of the present difficulties in b,ue eyed' blon,le' b r of complete demobilization oUler' weighing slif incertainty as to Just how 100 P?unds and onI> lerman passenger ships will ta"' wa8 *be tenor ted to carry American sol- *ith a price . .. . . nnci me victor or irae and as to when the ships delivered. These ships will 1 e8, ned and operated by the "lit German n navy that are left?can i navy is having little difflcul- ?' Lieut.-Col. Willia isposing of the vast amount ( anat'R s Premier a rial and supplies in France. York. I and Ireland. The young Canad tant Secretary Roosevelt is won but not worn th full authority to clear up gulshed Service Or ization details. focod*. the Cross < Honor first class, o ER'S CHARRED BODY Ghevaiier: Vr Guerre, with pain UND AT WILMINGTON Mm,?ry Medal of the Aero < . . . . . .a . the Medal of Gold < is IuiiiHring Into Death of of France, the Dist: ter I*. CiafTonl?There is Cross of the British uspicion of Foul Play. cial Medallion of th in it fee of Great Ml most coveted of ht ington. Jan 23.?Actlnf |Pss than three hut Kenneth Burgwyn will ^ conferred since its 0 his investigation into tho jng the Crimean \V tances of the death of Wal- Cross. lafford, well known Wilmlng- The score of F yer, whose dead and charred nrp George Guynf *s found in an office on Prin- j^ree before he wa eet, in proximity to a lighted Richthofen. Germ; ter. Only a few witnesses flghtPr wns credit tamined at the hearing and /but it is said ght was thrown upon the mpfhod of reckonim f death. There is suspicion on the mon not play but so far there has ,lown>. and Itichth ithing to substantiate adduc- WPSf ? Young Co the inquest. Circumstances mmh alivp afl(, ?nf,, ined such as to hear out a (o ofp(.ial count br. that after a late hour pait> enty-two planes in yer lighted the heater and lay yoar of au. nghtim 1 sleep, was asphyxiated, and ompPI.a is aaif| ,, inconscious threw hts arm ? - | o(|iml!o>l ttint recorci s top of the heater and so set | nfl1f,ln,iy credited. on fire. A bruise on th ... Almost an his head is largely the basis Col. Bishop is lite foul play idea. , flip American, as 1 raised at Owen Soi IO\ Oh H Tl ItK Oh reetly across Georgi GKItMAN (ABU-IS lt\ISFI> states, and has sp? . Jan. 23.?Are the German life here. He gra< tlantic entiles to he giv^n Royal Jlilitary Col i Germany? The Matin asks which compares v istion. It points out that the Point, receiving tht jles were cut four hours af- engineer, at Britain's declaration of Then along came a British cruiser close to early in 1915 he w< in the Azores. (he Second Hivlslc cables became prizes of war Panada. After sen Iritain taking one and France n,.,t unit he scut er. Great Britain used hers <rph the greatest unction with her own cable <or tjlf> ajr service, i Panada whtle France madej summer began trcii of the line which she was al-j Toward the end of sent to France as server. PfjANT WORKING FOR "That sort of TFD STATUS CJOVFKNMKNT days.'* says Col. B? iiiz. Jan 23.?The Krupp r.recarlons: the oh Kssen began working for the body's child.' He c States government Tuesday self, in most cases, k undertaken by the Krupp. was 'hot it was 'got of making parts for 72 in to tho work for al e cannon, rejected hy the succeeded in gottir in authorities as part of the when I was shot d terlal offered by the Germans j P-ance. After the the tennis of the armistice back to Kngland. le German commisston which wines and went /ej in in rter'in considering tho London dttrinp the 1 of tho he ivy guns turned, Alas, I never got a iv th?> American authorities| -ip |t,r. early s? ived Gohienz and ronor'cd, v ,f.n# m? as ? flRh||, 1 cannon have been shipped | . . . I Tininirsion as a leadouarters of the American . ??,? i wiving ''on if occttpetion to repia^e hit I , ... ........ . , mv first Moche I g h eh failed to meet require of thrii's at the M- rch 25 1 ' 1 7 nv< about f>: 30 o'clock RHPIjOTS AT HI-IMI-KHT nn(, , w|pgp? h,ni erdam, Jan. r3.?It Ir re )n ,j,p ?lr f(w there have been counter Went aft?r him. thi' nnfl'V demonstrations led hv jy feinting. Afl at Budapest and that thert> straight down for 8 sen conflicts with the police . h bloodshed resulted. (Continued on CASTEI !R, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 191! > LIKES AUTO ASSOCIATI EE FLIERS IS ORGANIZED I ce. Winner of Thomasson is Elected lattles, In- dent; Croxton, Vice-Pi i Three. dent and Craven Scret. [GS IN LIST LUNCHEON FOR MEN One of Three Forty-two Members Wei ed By Colonel rolled at Initial Meetin; at Was Called Wednesday Night i Court House. Dry appeared ii An enthusiastic meeting t Ins Sun of Jan- mobillsts was held in the coui Wednesday night for the pui believe that a organizing the Lancaster eardless 24-yea.-? Automobile association. The jhtly more than Izatioft begins with forty-tw r 6 feet 7 inches hers and a membership co of the Hun air- was appointed to secure nei set on his head hers from all parts of the cr seventy-two bat Officers were elected as f< J. T. Thomasson, presiden aviators?those E, M. Croxton. vice-presid< rerlfy the record Geo. R. Craven, secretai m Avery Rishop treasurer, ce, now visiting Executive committee? W. ner. E. M. Croxton. John M. ian's decorations R Walk up. Geo. R. Crave -are the D'stin- Committee on Ry-laws?1) der (twice con Williams. J. II WitPorspoon <f the Legion of Hire. .f whirl, ho is a Committee OP En'ertainm ench Croix do s n.,T.prr. K w Vtstore .) the Rritish - Spocial War _ a . ,litl f K . It nrtrinocl to tinvp a ! In tin P'vler Ruil'Mng. betw ?r the Aero ( lull ^ , .. , . , ... S'ir ! heater am' Robinson [nguished Plying ? compai v Thursd v night. Army, the Spe- ?. . , , 3 0. at : "veil o lock, and ll e Air Meet rum- , . , mittee on entertainment ritain, and that ... ... strnrted to make the neoe?< anors (of which . . . , rangeinents. The secretary idred have been I . . . . <?triicted to see-are a sneaker foundation dur- . , ' occasion and it Is quite lik ar), the Victoria _ , _ ? . _ Curl J. Raor, of the Commu velopnient associatton. of ranees greatest wj]| be present and deliver mer, was fifty- on good roads and coi s killed. Raron building. iny's record air The following are the ed with eighty _ members of the association: by the German t. this was based !? N* Walkup. Geo. R. Cr, machines shot J- ?regory. Ira R Jones. .1 (ifen. too. "went " Wv,i'' J " Wltherspooi I R'shop. verv Harper. V. M. Croxton H. rat bed. according ,Mvlrr nrofl M:,x H-ittaii ought down scv- Lnno>'- T" A", r- W F less than one T'a,tn Hon(1- T"hn 1 Oilherl < and by fellow Kestar. W. C. IM.gti. J< a have almost Maf,ra Hu*h U M?-ehlsoi I in victories not ?rr E J Hinson. Dutes Oa Peece Williams. II Illnes Thomson. K. W. S'sf:<ve. Til American. ? .. , ,, _ ., ... & Davis, It. C. McManus. \V rally "next to he- . ... , ? ..... . orv. Jr.. Visblt & Wilson. A. ie was horn and , , ... . , ? lens Wnddv P. Thomson. R ind, Ontario, di- . W. H. Cox T?. P. Dahney an Rav from the _A , .. _ . ... Stewart. Paul Moore. T >nt much of his T . _ TI . ~ John P. Hunter, I.eroy Spi tluated from thei , ... , J Rlackmon. lege of Canada, nth our West | t degree of civil ATTITUDE OF I'OWFT TOWARD RUSSIA V the war. and nt overseas with >nal Cavalry of 1'raime and Italy Want I'n me service with , a . ,. ? ? . Intervent ion, (treat Hiatal ed permission? difficulty to en- vors Limited loterventl and late in the ling in Rngland. the year he was Par,B' Jan ~ Th? aM an aerial ob- 'he various powers toward* Is summed up by I/lnfo work in thos< which st: te? that the situatio shop, "was mos as follows: server was 'no- "Prance and Italy heretofi ouId not fly him l?een for intervention on < and if his pilot that the allies were unanin >d n'ght.' I stuck it. Oreaf Britain, through tout a year and l.lovd (Je rire. has expresse g a leg broken sire to st-e intervention limit* own in northern coasts of the Caspian sea, le hospital I wen' , Russia the adjustment of her arned to use my fairs in the interior. > chasing around "President Wilson seems air raids But. ,vith th? ia(U>r conception, a1 Zep! still hooin" to see the B< Nh >ring o' 1 * 17 I fi>e proeess of evolution, est pilot, with my regime less re-emhling an lienfear.t' in 'he ?n? Iopnn h s ' "* v s. I rpiri' ni(mm* f (mifiidpi thn posibllty Df him n?d a 1< f t?i* a't'nn sho his snmo tliuo. on k,'n 'n ^"??r'a." ?t* Ar'ft:;. It was ?? In fho ovonltm s,orJ In This P?|H?r. About '*,000 fppt Tho irsfallmont of tho sto; ppf flown and I Thhtfonth Commandment." 'kipp ho was on- odvortontly omitted from T !er I dropped neper Tho se'-nnd Inatnlln .000 foot niv on peara In this paprr and it pour In each Issue until tho ''axe Flight.) com plot od. r. New, i. SUBSC AM HOSA LUXEMBOURG ANI) p| "W DR. L1EBKNECHT KILLED W IERE Woman Ilcuteit, Thrown Into Cur j ami Then Shot?Liebknecht Presi KIIIt'll Trying to Escape. Ho resi trv. Merlin. Jan. 20.?Dr. Karl Liebk necht and Rosa Luxembourg hav been killed. When it became know i I HERS that Dr. Liebknecht anil Kosa Luxeinbourg were at the Hotel Eden. in the western part of the city, a crowd t4.? *e En- rapidly congregated and stormed ,, U?IJ Ihn hnlnl I...- V, 1.. .? 1 ^ liciu *"v "wvvi ,V#"W.T ,U.T ,,alu,ri <MI 1 H*""* I , Iloth wore spirited to a side entrance ( n e to the hotel hut the mob forestalled the attempt of the troops to save Fraulein Luxembourg. She was beaten into insensibility and then ( >f auto- Mirown tntn a automobile by the rt hous- f I Owd which intended to take her to pose of pr|son ( ounty ^ s down the street the oigan- ma,.j,tne was halted by a second mob o mem- an(j wjien tj,e presence of Fraulein mmittee |illXpnipourg became known, a ma t ^ w mem j,jnlp(Hi on the running board of the ?unty. (,.ir an(^ her through the head '^ jllows: rpyip tj0(jy was r|ragged from the an- \ it. tomobile and carried off It is supwe mt. posed it was thrown into the ,canal ry and , but it has not heen found ' , sch In the meantime, Dr Liehknech F Ha? was hurried into another automo orn Madra, bile by nfTion?-c and troops and the n car was headed for the moabit pi isfor ? , nn. While going through the tier- , i. !iPPi? t hr 11 i? g irten the machine was halted by a 1,11.11 > Kir I punctured tire Pr. Llebknecht was asked to g->t out by tlie officers who ' | intended to hnll another automohi' ? it eont'nue toward the prison ' r the I While waiting Dr. Liehkne^ht made uncheon j an attempt to escane and was shot,""' eon t' ?'j i,y yolil'ors <vhn had anticipator! Lathnn. jj^oh an effort on his part Januavj + 'in " ' ?H WONDERFUL FUTURE IS was i*'- 1 nor ?nry ;>r- IN STORE FOR AVIATION, sot was in- ?? bat for the elv thi' Hellish Inventor Declares Wliale ntty T>e Face of ft to World Will Ho ('lutitu- or Chlcayo, ?1?Aid to <'eminence. an ad- nf nmunlty ' <?d London. Jan. 'JO.- "The wonder j too rti,r ?f today in the air will be as naught o'e onipared with 'tie wonders of to i morrow," was the way J A. White- ta\ a von. V h "< I. the Inventor sntntned tip ti s sta r., Jonn i ^ y view of the future of aviation in an fhr ' ' ' ; address here. ren ll. IlliT | I T, I "The fine of the world " he d > ! of ' 'elated, "wiM t>e changed. (tor towns net II if* i *1'' 1*'"?* vvi" ',0 I,s different front -mm 1 >T '''w n s an't cities of today as thols'c j streets and houses of London are U" (liferent from 'he streets and btrld- ' ' rare it ^ ln?s destroyed by the great (ire. Our 01 methods of life will be changed. Our'tat otnasson , .... ... . ,. dens of speed will a.ter. We shall pri T Ot ec ^ ^ i be the people of the air age." ! ntr I He sa'd th :f Ktiglnnd's future as' of nation depended on-the question of ' *" the commercial use of aircraft, and trr HI'ton . n . j 'hiif 'h s country's task would he to ins m,IS' control the aerodromes of the world rr "They must bo planned and laid wa out." ho oontinuod, "by our own od ts | nnrkmen. Wo should develop, by Ha r , moans of airoraft. distant and undo-1 * 1 vojorod parts of tho >vorld and so- he cure international eo-onoration for re> anininiis ' development of romnioroial air- wi craft. j tin 11 ' ;l" "Tho snores? of tho businoss world Inn. l? o on hy snood Tho uso of tho air- on rdnne in tho dovoiopntont of tho in Tvr>r'd'? resource? is a mattor not of ittldo o -,'ono for tho oitv man and tho su- in' i Kussia burl an spo< -tutor. but for tho eov-j r mat ion c-nniont An exploration depart-n stands mf'nt to f,n(' ?,,f how otir surplus la- th< bnr and wealth can host bo oxpend- i;p' od for tbo cood of tho nation is not no >r?' nflVft .... only an idea? it is a dutv.' I '-r ondition I CO l,ri'(HV li FIT SIHHVC t TKNSII.S. fh< from tor j Washington. Jan. 'J Soeretarv pa 1 t th 'bi^or has d'rootod that enllstod mon to I nnon hoine di-fharpod from tho sor-.mi avinu to , n j vice ntav retain th" safety razor tin comb sbavlni.* hrush stoo' mirror th and towels issued to each man. to to ap-oo nd to he fj'?v lt''0(licr Dead. rf. eviki in Colombia, > C . J n '.'I fJov. Tt an abllsh a \ < op- w?nt to Ware Shoals In :>ri ana-eh [ < .. ....n-ood < ?i'v \Vp(lTi"silnv hp- [,;j > agreed |.. ,t'i of '-is brother p, fov pro r ..fpj.r s ('?opcr, who ?vpi r?<l Tues jf(1 underta- n'ebt. ; lf>i horses of the *eoe*nl assem j ;vr Mv ndontel rerolutfors of eondol , SO( eoro, wM'h were so*'! to 'bo offlo i f jn ry. "Tip* of the hief executive. pn was in LnMier Cooper was -11 years ol< j,^ 'uosday' i 1 is <-"r\!ved V>v h!? widow an' rp; lent ap four ehfldren. H's death was inei |0 will an dent to cop phcntion of influenza atl story is The fnneral ? as held at Ware Shoal, this morning. . T S COTTON TODAY NO SPOTS SELLING RIPTION $2.00 A YEAR NERAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT RECESS use Refuses to Concur in Resolution to Adourn on Account of "Flue." NATOR NICHOLSON DEAD ighfOver Place of Demobilation of Thirtieth Division Pomes to End and Columbia Withdraws. 4 Columbia, S. Jan. 23.?After siderable sparring today between rubers, the house of representaes. by a vote of 6f> to 34, refused concur In the senate concurrent olutton. passed yesterday, ami ourn until the second Tuesday in ly, 1919, because of the prevaicy of Spanish influenza in the te. Various views on the situation re advanced hy the members. hp oi wnora inougnt mat it was a Pino to prevent the ?enate action the veto message of former Gov*, lor Manning in which he refused sanction the G. 1> Toole provision five cent car fares on the lines of i Columbia Railway, Gas an<l >ctric company lietv een Columbia 1 Camp Jackson, wli'ch was passover the veto by the house yesrlav. tftl to 3. and others were of > opinion that the adjournment tation was for the purpose of savthe state tax eommlssion. None these views was o'xmly indulged (luring the debate, however Thev re eireuitoV. tv circulated on the ir of the lont > and hinted at bv ne of the ni\*bers in their do- * \fter a deal of debate, the house s afternoon, on a ruling by Speak- . Cothran that it oou'.d not recess til Tuesday withou* tho consent the three-day limitation prcscribIn the rules, took an adjournnt until Monday night at 8 lock. The bill providing for a board of assessors in lieu o the present, to tax commission, which is on > house ca'endar " a second id!ng measure, occasioned a dr-'iT debate todav. without any Una? snorter nf 'ho ?f->* tar ininml"i" lifts boon dovo'i "cl In K. M. Npr nf Puniter. ho niado a irthv and telline ro irnmpnt in far of th t bodv this nf ernoon. The : roinntission fiirhi. r oni present respects. promises to bo ono of the ?st Interesting and hotly contested tho nnocont session. ,T K Davis, of Itarnunll, today intduood in tho house a hill provid7 for tho formation of tho new inty of Mlondalo. vhloh rooontly s votod hv tho pooplo to ho fornifroni parts of Tinrnwell and mnton oountios. A rosolntlon of sympathy for the roavomont of Josonh 'r Wfso rcp*entntivo from Charleston. whose fo diod it Charleston f ont the inonza. was adopted by tho hopso A rreat deal of renret was o\-i^vnd bv tho mombors of tho house tho death of Senator Nioholson. Kdtn field who passed away from I n on/.a today. The Senate. Tho senate really expected that. r> house would ooneur in its smr<tion of takfner a recess now until vt July, and at th" morning sestn so ha nod its wo k thaf this iiId have boon aecomplTshed ,wfftr ? least possible iar The house ssod the hill which was sent over the senate providing foi the three II tax levy. This hill canie from e wnvs and means committee of a house When the bill came over he senate Mr Christensen attested that it be onssod to third dine, and that it would he tended to take eaie of tl\e state d county lo\ ios as an emereencv 1. Ths vps 'lorn*, and then the* ?rito not its.If in roadlnes to ad lrn. as n mark of pspr^t to th'** e Senator H N'ioh' '-tor, who s >>o'<l in hi- h esteem hy his a.<-iat's in the senate, Tt was some no before the adiouinment resolun was reached in the house. and out 1 o'clock, the news was revc.-l that the house did not agree the recess idea whereupon Sonar (Tfton suggested that as the (Cont'nued on P?ge Eight ) % A