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REBEL DELEGATE 1 TO BE AI NIAGARA BOTH HUERTA'S AND WILSON'S ? MEN WILL THAT CARRAN2A BE REPRESENTED. CARRANZA SENDS MESSAGE Has Been Received, But Will Not Be Made Public Until the Mediators See Fit. Washington. ? Mexican mediation was discussed at the Cabinet meeting and the Administration took a posi tion that the communication forward ed to the mediators at Niagara Falls by General Carranza, chief of the Constitutionalists forces, should be received. President Wilson announced to the Cabinet that General Carranza had addressed a note to the mediation conference seeking representation. Details of the Carranza message were not discussed but it later was de clared the Administration took the view that the Constitutionalist chief should not be ignored. While the Cabinet was in session word came from Niagara Falls that' ihere was some doubt whether Juan Urpuidi, agent of Carranza, who went from Washington with the message, would be received. Later it was learned the Administration had di rected the American representatives at the peace conference to urge that Carranza's message be accepted. When word came later that the mediators had agreed to receive Car ranza's communication, Government officials expressed the opinion that this would lead ultimately to Consti tutional participation in the media tion proceedings. On just what terms the Constitutionalists might be re ceived Administration leaders refused to say. Representatives of Carranza here announced that the nature of the communication wouia not De maae public until the mediators had passed on its contents. Secretary Bryan, af ter being informed of the mediators' decision, conferred with C. A. Doug lass, an attorney representing Car ranza, and John Lind. Douglass and Lind have been negotiating with Car ran za's representatives and the Sec retary of State for several days and the sending of Urquidi to Niagara Falls was a result of these delibera tions, it was said. Secretary Bryan said the Navy De partment was seeking to get more in formation concerning the reported landing of arms by the German steam ers Ypiranga and Bavaria. He also discussed with the Japanese Ambas sador unofficial reports. With relation to the German ship ments it developed that the United States may be called on to pay com pensation for delay in delivery of the Ypiranga's cargo. Claims for demur rage date back to the actual seizure of Vera Cruz. The American Govern ment is understood to have suggested Uo nrllHnimom tn rellavo t>m shinnsrs erf financial loss In delay of delivery. Of the reported shipments landed on the west coast, the Japanese Am bassador assured Secretary Bryan that he had no knowledge. t 1 EDUCATION BOARD. S Of South Is Subject to Reorganization at Next Session. New York.?The Southern Educa tion Board whose field work has been assumed on its own request by the General Education Board, decided to continue only as the executive board of the conference for education in the south subject to reorganization at the next session of the conference. The board made' an appropriation of $9,000 for the expenses of the con ference. Members present were Frank R. j Chambers, New York, chairman; A. .. ' P. Bourland, Tennessee, secretary; Sidney J. Bowie, Alabama; J. H. iDllard, Louisiana; G. S. DiAermon, Connecticut; H. B. Frissell, Virginia; J. M. Glenn, New York; Bruce Payne, Tennesse. J. "Y. Joyner, North Carolina, was? elected a member. Polyflamy Practiced No More. Washington.?A petition from citl tens of West Durham, N. C., protest ing against the reported existence of polygamy in Utah was read in the sen ite by Senator Overman. It drew from Senator Sutherland a denial that the Mormons of his state now practiced plural marriages. "Polygamy," said 3enator Sutherland, "'has been abso lutely abandoned in Utah and has not fceen practiced for many years. There ire still some old people who entered that relation many years ago, who still maintain their households. Found Not Guilty. Kansas City.?"Not guilty," was the verdict a jury returned in the case of Dr. W. T. Elam, a prominent phy sician of St. Joseph, Mo., charged with *he murder of W. Putnam Cramer, a Chicago magazine solicitor, in a hotel uere November 18 last. The jury de liberated two and a half hours. Cramer was killed last November in his room in a Kansas City hotel, where he and Dr. Elam had gone to discuss Cra mer's relations with Mrs. Elam, dur ing a scuffle which Elam says was started by Cramer. They Oppose War. Mohonk Lake, N. Y. ? Delegates ?ent to the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration by the Vnited States ChamDer of Commerce, the National Association of Manufac turers and other business organiza tions agreed on resolutions opposing waj and presented their conclusion to the conference. The resolution assert ed that the business men of the coun try realize that upon them will rest a large part of continuing financial bur dens created by armed conflict. Starr J. Murphy fa the personal counsel for the Rockefeller* and Is assisting and advising John D. Rocke feller, Jr., in the troubles that have arisen over the Colorado mine strike. PEACE CONFERENCE ; lifnoi/uin DMnmui v vvunmiiuGiTiuuiiiLi ADVANCES BEING MADE TOWARD AN AGREEMENT ON ALL PHASES OF SITUATION. TAKE UP AGRARIAN PROBLEM Question Has Arisen Whether This Subject Can Be Discussed at th? Meeting of the Mediators. Niagara Falls, Ont.?Smooth pro- : an oirMomont fltl all 6i coo lunaiu au agt w^uvub w** phases of the Mexican problem is be ing made by the mediators and the American and Mexican delegates. ' This was stated with emphasis by the mediators after a day of conferences principally with the Mexican dele gates. The three South Aemrican diplo mats made it plain that every aspect of the Mexican situation, both inter nal and international, had been laid before the delegates, no formal basis had been reached for the treatment in any specified order of the issues involved, nor has the relative import- . ance of the main issues been defined. The discussion thus far has been ' general. The mediators have taken ! the position that they are essentially ] counsellors. They will not suggest , names for the provisional presidency, nor will they recommend any form of , Government. From the Mexican delegates them- , selves must originate proposals con cerning the internal affairs of their country and these suggestions will be transmitted by the mediators to the American delegates. The theory under which the inter- ( nal questions are being brought into the discussion is that the United States has a right to say whom it , wjll recognize as provisional president ot) Mexico and therefore, can indicate J in advance who will be acceptable. On the agrarian problem too, sug gestions must originate from the Mexican delegates/ Thus far the question has been whether Mexico's 1 land problem could properly be dis- : cussed in any international tribunal. 1 The Mexican delegates regard it as a I purely internal question. 1 i 1 IRISH HOME RULE 18 LAW. Measure Is Passed By House of Com- , mom; Vote 351 to 274. ( t/vY>rtr?n?Hnmp rule for Ireland be- , came practically certain, it was believ ed by supporters of the measure. The House of Commons this afternoon, on division, passed the measure by a vote of 351 to 274. John E. Redmond, the Irish Nation alist leader, in a statement, said that the action of the Commons, was equiv alent to the passage of the bill into ft law. For the Reserve Board. Washington.?E. C. Simmons, of St. Louis is being considered for the ^lace on the Federal Reserve Board I declined by Harry A. Wheeler. It was said in official circles that Mr. Sim mons had been offered the position and was expected to accept. Support ers of W. P. G. Harding, of Birming ham, Ala., for governor of the board have been told it is said, that he would be given one of the long-term appointments and that the governor would get a short term. George E. Roberts was brough forward again. Looking For a Million. San Francisco.?It was announced from the offices of the California c Railroad Commission that an investi- i gation would be begun this week to c determine what disposition actually r was made of $1,096,000 withdrawn by c Patrick Calhoun from the funds of s the United Railroads of San Francis- 1 co, ostensibly for investment in the s Solar Irrigated Farms Projects. The ] commission said the investigation < would be extended to other financial c operations of the company during the 1 presidency of Calhoun. t Hours of Telegraph Operators Stand. Washington.?The New York hours of service law, limiting the hours of i service of a telegraph operator to c eight hours in 24, was annulled by the I Bupreme court. The court held the I statute in conflict with a Federal law 1 limiting hours of service to nine in 24. The supreme court held that inasmuch " as Congress had passed a law regulat- T ing the hours of service it excluded all c states from legislating in regard to I the service of those engaged in inter- \ state commerce- a BRYAN IS MUCH SURPRISED WHEN HE READS DISPATCH JO THAT EFFECT. FROM A GERMAN VESSEL United States Could Not Prevent it Under the Agreement of tho Exist ing Armistice. Washington.?Ammunition consign ed to the Huerta Government in Mexi co which had been kept in the hold of the German steamship Yipranga since the American occupation of Vera Cruz, was reported to have been landed at Puerto, Mexico. Consul Canada at Vera Cruz cabled this information to the State Department. It was report ed from other sources that arms con signed to Huerta had been landed at Puerto, Mexico from the German steamer Bavaria. Both steamers be long to the Hamburg-American Line. "United States officials made no ef fort to prevent the delivery of the ammunition as Puerto Mexico is an open port and the United States agreed to a suspension - of hostilities luring the Niagara Palls mediation. , xne aiaie uepariment maue n. plain that the only way for the Uni ted States to have prevented the de liver}' would have been to seize the custom house at Puerto, Mexico as was done at Vera Cruz which would have violated the armstice. Robert Lansing, Counselor of the State Department, made public the reports concerning the delivery of the ammunition Secretary Bryan being absent.' When Mr. Bryan returned to the Department later in the day he was informed of the messages. "What," he said, showing some sur prise, "already landed the arms?" Mr. Bryan then read the dispatches but declined to make further com ment. riiiHn? the riav John Lind and C. A.. Douglass, an attorney representing the Mexican Constitutionalists, called on Secretary Bryan to discuss nego tiations which might lead to repre sentation by agents of General Car ranza at the peace conference. Mr. Bryan was engaged at the time and another conference was arranged for. ) OIL MEN ACQUITTED. Oklahoma and Associates Found Not Guilty of Charges of FraiM. Oklahoma City.?H. H. Tucker of Kansas City, president of the Uncle Sam Oil Company and nine other de fendants who were charged with hav ing attempted to defraud the Govern ment in connection with Osage oil (and passes, were found not guilty. The trial of Tucker and his associates In the United States District Court here occupied more than a month. The jury was out 23 minutes. The iirdictme'nt. returned . by the Federal grand jury at Lawton, Okla., In October, 1913, charged a con spiracy to secure by fraud the appro val of the Secretary of the Interior to leases to approximately 800,00)0 acres of Osage lands for less than the leasing value, without competitive bidding or cash bonus, and upoh terms and conditions hostile to the best in terests of the Osage Indians. Wish to Expand Foreign Trade. Washingtoh.?Five hundred manu facturers and representatives of com mercial organizations launched the 0rst National foreign trade convention tiere. At a banquet Secretary Bryan DUtlined the Administration's attitude :oward the campaign for industrial re lations with other countries. ' "So far as it is possible to do so," :ne secretary saia, 11 is our uesne to obtain for Americans equality of jpportunlty in the markets of the world. But while this Government Irishes to expand its foreign trade and to encourage those who seek in for 3ign lands a field for American cap tal and labor, it cannot assume re jponsibility for or guarantee the finan cial standing of Americans who en gage in commercial or industrial en :erprises beyond the boundary of the United States." Vice President Back In Capital. Atlanta, G-a.?Thomas R. Marshall, rice preeident of the United States, eturned to Washington afer deliver ing a brief address to members ot the graduating class of Agnes Scott Col ege near here. Mr. Marshall came to Ulanta to participate in celebration >f the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ounding of that instiution. He made he DrinciDal address in connection vith that event at night. Senator ioke Smith of Georgia also spoke at he graduation exercises. For Competent Young Women. Chicago.?Young women with good lispositions, average attractiveness md with no slit skirts, low-cut necks >r flat curls gummed on their cheeks leed never lack employment in Chi :ago provided that they possess a rea sonable degree of competency. This was the result of a discussion on the subject hee it was announced by em ?layment heads of a numbe* of large iepartment store sand mail order con :erns and experts from the Women's rrade Union L.ague and several civic >odies. Militants Losing Ground. New York.?England has stood all t can from the militant suffragettes, leclared Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British anthor, upon his arrival here, le said he anticipated a "wholesale ynching bee." "The British government," he said, 'follows public opinion and thus far )ublic opinion has not demanded the mtire suppression of the suffragettes. But it is on the point of doing so and vhen the English mob is thoroughly iroused it is not a respector of sex." / Brig. Gen. M.. M. Macomb, recently relieved from command of Hawaii, has arrived In Washington and assumed his duties a* president of the army war college, succeeding General Lig gett, who was sent to Texas. A DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN AND FOR FORTY YEARS IN PUBLIC LIFE. nrnurr in Tlir 11 LI IAII inMV ] i ] ] i 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 i 1 otnvtu m mc umun nmm i i Ran Away From Home to Enter Into the Struggle of the Civil War at the Age of 14. ( Washington.?William O. Bradley ] United States Senator from Kentucky, died here at 9:45 p. m. after a linger-' ing illness aggravated by a fall. i Senator Bradley was one of the ] most distinguished Republican leaders i of Kentucky in his generation. An orator of unusual ability, for 40 yeaTS he had been prominent before the .] people of his state and the nation. j Born in 1847^ he was only 14 years i of age when War Between the States i was declared. Twice he ran away ] from home to join the Union army, ' only to be taken from the ranks by i his father because of his extreme youth. As a page of the lower house of the Kentucky Legislature he at- i tracted such attention that at the age i of 18 a special act was passed by the Legislature, enabling him to practice law, if he proved his qualifications be fore an examining committee. He satisfied the committee of his quali fications and made law his profession. Faced with, a strong Democratic majority in his state Mr. Bradley often suffered defeat for office. Twice he was defeated for Congress and four times for United States Senator after receiving the nomination of his party. I In 1895 Senator Bradley was elect ed Governor of Kentucky. Victory again settled on his banner in 1903, { when a Democratic Legislature by eight votes, after a deadlock finally j elected him to the Senate. Tis term would have expired March 3, 1915. His last speech was delivered on ' May 6, when he spoke against the repeal of the Panama Canal toll ex- ' emption law. METHODIST HAVE ADJOURNED. In Session 18 Day* the Quadrennial Annual Conference Closes. Oklahoma City, Okla.?After being ' in session for 18 days the.quadrenijal | general conference of the Methodist j Episcopal Church, South, formally ad- ' journed. The selection of the place 1 for holding the next conference has been entrusted to a special commit tee named lor that purpose, it is gen erally believed that either Richmond, Va? or Atlanta, Ga., will be chosen, - both cities having extended pressing ^ Invitations. Detectives Assert Innocence. Atlanta, Ga.?Declaring their only crime "his been possibly the public ] announcement of our belief In Leo Frank's innocence," Daniel S. Lehon, 1 Southern manager for William J. ' Burns, the detective, issued a state- 1 ment here defending himself and fel low operatives of the charge of using J improper methods in obtaining affidav its which were used in an effort to ob- 1 tain a new trial for the factory super- ' intendent. Mr. Lehon was indicted 8 for subordination of perjury in connec tion with the case of Frank. ] Roosevelt is Resting. Oyster Bay, N. Y.?To all appear ances Theodore Roosevelt has recov- 1 ered entirely from the effects of his < trip Into the South American -jungles. < Four days at Sagamore Hill have 1 brought back his full measure of I strength. As he sat on the broad ' veranda of his home he appeared to '< be as fit physically as before he went t away. The colonel held a long coun- t cil of war with a few political asso- ( elates. The political outlook in New 1 York and Ohio was taken up. ( Cornell Wins With the Oars. Ithaca, N. Y.?Cornell 'Varsity and freshman eights clearely demonstrat ed their superiority over the Princeton and Yale crews here by capturing both two mile events. The 'varsity race, which was started first, was delayed until almost nightfall by the choppy condition of tlie Cayuga Lake course. In this event Cornell got the jump, but at 100 feet Princeton pressed into the lead. At the one mile point Cor-1 nell drew ahead of the Tigers, leav ing Princeton and Yale to fight It out for second place. ? DEVELPMENTS AT NIAGARA CON FERENCE LAID BEFORE CAB INET SESSION. HUERTA WILLING TO SUBMIT Personnel of New Government Has Been Discussed.?Consider Agra rian Question. Washington. ? Cabinet members were nftor nrs OYhntiRt1v? review of all communications that have, passed between President Wil son and the American commissioners to the Niagara Falls Mexican medi tion conference. It was declared that negotiations had progressed so far that a prelimi nary basis for peaceful solution of international difficulties had been reached. This, it was said, soon would take the form of a protocal which probably would be signed by agents of General Huerta's Government and the United States. No one would dis close what would be the terms of Buch a protocol. When the Cabinet met the Presi dent laid before it developments that have come day by day in the ex changes between the American com missioners and the mediators and the situations thus jfar proposed to the South American'envoys by the repre senatives of General Huerta. Among the messages received from the seat of the peace conference was one confirmatory of press dispatches tnat one or Huerta's own envoys naa declared that the agrarian question would not be permitted to disrupt the international effort to avert war be tween the United States and Mexico and to insure the ultimate restoration of peace to all Mexico. While none of the Cabinet members would talk of details disclosed con cerning the progress of mediation, all conveyed the impression that nothing had occurred to cloud the horlzone of peace. Secretary Bryan was in an unusually optimistic frame of mind. Secretary Daniels, too, was the per sonification of hopefulness. The Sec retary of War, Mr. Garrison, betrayed no evidence of apprehension. Failure thus far of the Constitu tionalists to indicate willingness to participate formally in the conference again was a subject of discussion In official circles. Some of the Carranza agents in Washington had expected to hear from their chief during the day. These agents regarded it as probable that some representative eventually would be sent to Niagara Falls. The purpose of the Constitutional lats, it was made plain, was to keep out of preliminary negotiations, which would in any way check the march of their forces toward the Capital. They believe it will not be many weeks before the Government at Mexico City will be in their hands. When that is accomplished, friends of Car ranza say he will be ready for the good of all Mexico to send represen tatives to the mediation conference. DETECTIVE FINED $100. Burns' Manager Charged With Violat ing Atlanta Ordinance. Atlanta, Ga. ? Daniel L. Lehon, southern manager for William J. Burns, the detective, was fined $100 h?ro in thp rftrnrrtfir's rnnrt And bound over to the state courts because of alleged violation of the city ordinances and state laws in connection with an investigation of the case of Leo M. Frank. It was understood that an appeal would be taken and that the consti tutionality of the city ordinances gov srning the activities of outside detec tives would be attacked. It was charged against the detective that he failed to report first to the local po lice authorities when he began work. Similar cases are pending against five other detectives. Bill For Summer White House. Washington.?A bill to convert the weather stajtion at Mount Weather, Bluemont, Va., into a Summer White House was introduced in the Senate by Senator Swanson of Virginia. Breaks Speed Limit. Indianapolis, Ind.?J[ules Goux, win aer of the 500-mile race here last rear, broke the record for one lap at the Indianapolis motor speedway when he circled the 2 1-2 mile course In 1:31.71, a speed of approximately )8 1-2 miles an hour. This beat the records set earlier in the day by reddy Tetzlaff and Joe Dawson. In lis first trial in the elimination laps :he Frenchman sent his car down the itrafo'Vitwnvo at s anpprf PsMmatPfl at L18 miles an hour, the fastest that las ever been seen here. Kaiser's Son to Marry. Potsdam, Germany.?The engage nent of Prince Oskar, fifth son of the jerman Emperor and Empress, to Countess Ina Marie Von Bassewitz j Lexetzow, maid of honor to the Em press was announced. The Prince is 26 years old. Lively comment' was iroused by the announcement owing o the fact that the marriage will be J he first morganatic union in the Hoh- | mzollern family since 1S53 when i Prince Albrecht of Prussia married Countess Rosalie Von Hohenau. Ancient Japanese Rite. Kyoto, Japan.?With ancient rite he coffin containing the body of the ate Empress Dowager Haruko was )laced in a grave at the imperial nausoieum of Monoyama. The burial >lace is near that of Emperor Mutsu lito. Many thousands knelt in prayer luring the ceremony. Fulfilling 1m >erial tradition four clay figures rep resenting guardian warriors were >uried with the coffin, one at each corner. They are the spirits who will ;uard the body of Her Majesty. BIG GOOD ROADS MEETING Commissioner of Agriculture Discusser Camden-Charlotte Branch of Na tional Highway. Kershaw.?One of the most ?nthus< eia^tlc meetings was held in the town of Kershaw recently of its ^history, when delegates from Lancaster, Cam den, Heath Springs, Kershaw and oth er towns and villages on and near the Camden-Charlotte highway met in a good roads meeting. Kershaw and Lancaster counties' most prominent men turned out en mass to hear E. J. Watson on the subject of good roads and national highways, the object of the meeting ueius lu uiscufis piauD iui yctibiuuiug, the national government to make the Camden-Charlotte highway a branch of the national highway from Wash ington to Atlanta. The meeting was presided over by E. D. Blakeney, president of the Ker shaw Chamber of Commerce, who stated the object of the meeting and Introduced E. J. Watson as the speak er of the evening. Mr. Watson opened his address with the remark that it was gratifying to him to see such an enthusiastic good rbads meeting in the state of South Carolina, the, only meeting, he said, that he has attended in this state, wheTe so many interacts ware repre sented. He spoke of the present and future undertakings of the National Good Roads association, of which he is vice president He presented some of Senator Bankhead's ideas on the subject of good roads. He stated that about 140-odd measures were taken on good roads and from those was de veloped a composite bill, known as the Shakieford measure, this bill to carry an appropriation of something like $25,000,000 for the development of national highways, throughout the United States. Raise Their Own Hay. Clemson College.?"The days are numbered whe na dealer can sell shipped hay In Sumter county." In these words County Demonstration Agent J. Frank Williams of Sumter DOin auiiouuces iu? uiueycuucu^ ui bis fellow farmers along one line of agriculture and heralds the conver sion of Sumter's husbandmen to the saving doctrine of winter cover crops. In his latest weekly. report to Clem son college, Mr. Williams says: "R. I. Manning met me recently and inquired of me if I knew of any farmer in the county who wanted to buy hay. He said that this was the first year In Sumter county that he ( had ever had hay to sell and had been unable to find a purchaser locally at this season of the year. I answered Mr. Manning by telling him that there were about 500 planters in Sumter county who planted oats and vetch last fall and who are now cutting two and three and four tons per acre of 1 the very best hay." j Rogers Mayor of Mullins. Mullins.?One of the most hotly j jontested municipal elections ever < held in Mullinscame to a close with i the second primary, when L. L. Rog- i ers was nominated for mayor of Mul- I lins. The first candidate to announce 1 for the office was Ed L. Smith, wh'o j came out about two months ago and ] was followed by three other candi- i dates, E. 6. Carmichael, T. *Lide i Smith ,L. L. Rogers. Mr. Carmichael i withdrew from the race, leaving L. L. Rogers, Ed L. Smith and T. Lide Bmith. 0 Suffering For Rain. Dillon.?The crops are beginning to suffer for rain. The oat crop is al most a failure throughout the county. In sections of the county there has been no rain for over 30 days. All who planted cotton early have good stands and the cotton is doing well. Others that failed to plant early have poor stands and there are a number of acres in the county not up at all. Corn crop is standing the drought rainy wen, uui uuicao ioiu wu?? very soon will suffer. The farmers have been ploughing steadily. Corley Mayor of Edgefield. , Edgefield.?The municipal election passed off quietly. Of the 192 bal lots cast for mayor, Dr. A. H. Corley received 110 and W. P. Calhoun 82. The following wardens were elected: R. C. Padgett, C. M. Thomas, L. L. Clippard, George W. Adams, C. H. Key and R. L. Dunovant. A. E. Padgett was re-elected a member of the board of public works. Inspect Navy Yard. Charleston.?Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan, until recently paymaster of the Atlantic fleet, and Paymaster David Vincent Chadwick of* the bu reau of supplies and accounts, report ed at the Charleston navy yard re cently for temporary duty in connec tion with the accounting department of the yard. They are making a tour of the tiflvv vards of the United States and came to Charleston frotn Norfolk ' navy yard. Pay Inspector McGowan 1 was detached recently. Honor to Gaillard. Charleston.?In the historic French Huguenot church, the only congrega tion of its kind in the United States, ^ the Huguenot Society of South Caro lina and the Huguenot Church Aid So- 1 ciety have placed a marble tablet to the memory of Col. David Dubose 1 Gailard, corps of engineers, United 1 States army .conqueror of Culebra in 1 the Panama canal zone. The tablet ' bears ia suitable inscription. It is near 1 tablets to the memory of Martha Washington, Matthew Fontaine, Mau- 1 ry and Gen. W. H. F. Lee . ( Spartans Won'fc Vote. Spartanburg.?Taking the ground ^ that there is an insufficient number of ( signatures on the petitions, D. M. i Miles, supervisor of Spartanburg 1 county refused to call an election for 1 the ^establishment of the dispensary i system in the county. The books of * registration show over 14.000 names ' and the petitions only contained some- 1 thing over 2,500 signatures. There was < a mass meeting in the court house at I which arguments on both sides of the ; I auestion wer? heard. > PLAN FOR YORK FAIR THE OFFICERS ARE ARRANGING FOR BIG ROCK HILL EX HIBITION. SELECT MOST SUTIBLE SITE \ * . Vi, Either One of the Three Sites Noted Would Be Excellent?Officers and,;''". ? Committees Named. Rock Hill.?The officers of the Yorji County Fair association are busily engaged in making plans for the fair which is to be held here next autumn. The directors are engaged, first, with the business of purchasing a site for. . the fair grounds. Several sites have been offered, including the Spencer and Sturgis property near Highland . park, the T. L. Johnston property at the ball park, J. M. Cherry's property near Jhe Winthrop Training school, the Rock Hill Land & Townsite prop erty near the end of the car line, V. B. McFadden's property on west Main street and the Freidhelm prop erty near the Victoria cotton mill. Any one of these sites would be suit able, while some of them may possess more advantages than others for the ... purpose. The, directors will prob ably select a-site during the present week. : The directors of the association have appointed the following named, committees, to aid in planning and - making the fair a success: Committee on advertising?J. N,^ N Benton, J. S. White* Henry Neely*4?/.' Burton Massey, C. R. Weeks and A. A. McKeown. rf:,i Committee to.-secure amusements for the fair?J. 3. White, Dr. D. B. v Johnson, Henry Neely and C. R/ Weeks. Committee on organization?T. 0. - Flowers, W. B. Wilson and John T. Ro<Jdey. , Prof. C. R. Weeks of Winthrop col lege, who was elected president of the' fair association, is going right ahead with preparations to make the York , county fair one of the biggest and best In the South. His efTorts are be- * ing ably seconded by-the men selected % to act with him as directors of the association. IMPROVE COOPER RIVER. > 1; ' Dooper Channel Reported Recom. Vv. mended by the House of Repre sentative!. Charleston.?It is understood here ;hat the rivers and harbors committee -* ; 5f the national house of representa Lives has reported that the engineer^ * \. recommend the deepening of Cooper river channel to a depth of 26 feet, at low water, and the widening of the . :hannel to 300 feet. The estimated cost of the project is $14,000. Under : this plan the principal improvements jf the channel would consist of the ' slimination of certain bends in the '; 3tream, widening of: the. channel off the north end of Drum Island and the taking out of a lump off Clouter creek. 3ome time ago a report was made favoring a 30-foot channel up to the aavy yard, this depth being for naval needs. The improvements for needs Kf} of commerce were not recommnded. Aug vita Secures Camp. . Columbia.-rr-The South Carolina Na- 1 tional Guard received with interest the announcement that the Ninth divi sion Instruction is to be located at Augusta. The information was given In a special story from |Iew York to the Augusta Chronicle, from Thos. W. Loyless, the editor of the paper. The selection of the camp site has been under advisement since the order for & Lilt? Uttiuy tlx cue isi? ui raima woo ic voked by the secretary of war after a controversy with the governor of South Carolina. About 10,000 men will be sent to Augusta by the United ' States war department from North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Home From Tasmania. , ^ Fort Mill.?Ben H. Massey return ed to Fort Mill after a two-year stay In Hobart, Tasmania. Mr. Massey is the son of L. J. Massey of Fort Mill and in 1912 was engaged by the British .. : Westinghouse Company as an electri cal engineer to go to Hobart, Tas mania, to engage in the work of In stiling a hydro-electrfc power plant . Health Guard Resigns. Florence.?Dr. B. J. Fitzmaurice, for two years city health officer of Flor ence, has resigned and will accept on& of two positions that he has under advisemeat, ono In this state and one In Georgia. Both places are in cities; larger than Florence and much older. SMnrA T)r Fit7.mfl.nrir.A took charefr many very important changes hav^ been made in the health ordinances 3f the city. The npost conspicuous svent of his regime has been the de crease of 50 per cent in infant mortal ity. Building New Postoffice. Camden.?The contract for the new post office building for Camden,, which is to cost $38,000, has been awarded and the work of excavating for the foundations will be begun at once. The new postoffice is to be one of the finest in a city of Camden's size in the State, and will incorporate ill the features that the government, mw uses to facilitate the business of the department. There will be sepa rate sections for the city and rural larriers and many otner conveniences Goes to Virginia. Orangeburg.?Prof. W. W. Rivers,, 'or the past two years president of Orangeburg College, has accepted the residency of Roanoke Woman's Col ego at Danville, Va. Mrs. Rivers, vho was at the head of the art depart- , nent at the Orangeburg College, wilL >e at the head of the art department it Roanoke Woman's College. Mrs. Rivers will take a post-graduate :ourse in New York this summer. 3rof. Gaither of Kentucky is the new iresident of Orangeburg College and. vill take charge of the school sooa.