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THREE GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK Big Naval Engagement Takes Place In Soutb Atlantic Ocean Off Falkland Islands HEAVY LOSS FOR TEUTONS Great Rejoicing Heard . In London \/:_* A nt_. In vvcr viubvijr ninvo wum France?Warsaw Threatened London.?A British squadron, under Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee, chief of the war staff, engaged a Ger man squadron under Admiral Count Von Spee, off the Falkland islands, in the South Atlantic, and won a victory which is being acclaimed throughout all England. The armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the protected crui ser Leipzig, three of the German war -U v. n /3 ?v> aw n + O Vl 1 TV. binps, uiat nau iiiciiavcu ui ut^ii uu?>/ ping and part of the squadron ihat sank the British cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth in the Pacific on No vember 1, were destroyed, while the cruisers Dresden and Number, the two other vessels comprising the Ger man squadron, made off, and, accord ing to latest accounts, are being pur sued. Two colliers were captured. Details Of Battle The official announcement follows: 'At 7:30 a. m., on December 8, the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Nurnberg, Leipzig and Dresden were sighted near the Falkland islands by a British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee. "An action followed, in the course of which the Scharnhorst, flying the flag of Admiral Count Von Spee; the Gneisenau and the Leipzig were sunk. The Dresden and Nurnberg made off /luHncr tho nrtlon and are beine Dur sued. "Two colliers also were captured. "The vice admiral reports that the British casualties are very few in number. "Some survivors have been rescued from the Gneisenau and the Leipzig." The statement makes reference to survivors rescued from the Gneisenau and the Leipzig, but no mention is made of any of the crew of the Scharnhorst, flagship of the German admiral, being saved, and it is pre sumed that Count Von Spee, his offi cers and men went down fighting. The British casualties were light, but beyond the fact that the British squadron was commanded by Vice Admiral Sturdee, no information is vouchsafed regarding the ships?en gaged, and newspapers are enjoined not to speculate as "other combina tions may be effected." Rejoicing In London The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in London over the victory and the general impression is that it will be completed, as the admiralty would not be likely to send ships that could not overtake the Dresden and Nurnberg, which are slow and also at a disad vantage because of their small coal capacity. The British squadron left England without the knowledge of the general public and until his name was men tioned it was believed that Vice Ad mirai sturaee whs seiviug m uumc waters. The fact that he was taken from the post of chief of the war staff is indicative of the determination of the British government to clear the Pacific and South Atlantic of German warships. It is believed, therefore, that the British commander is at the head of a formidable squadron. Allies Gains In France London.?Withdrawal of German troops from the west to strengthen their armies in the east has enabled the allies to resume the initiative along the front reaching from the Swiss border to the North sea, and while they have not made any mark ed advance they have been able, ac cording to official announcement, to organize and consolidate positions won from the Germans who claim to have inflicted heavy losses, par ticularly in the Argonne and north of Nancy. Flanders now is consider ed fairly safe from German attacks, which, when they do materialize, it is believed here, will be directed more at the French soldiers. It is apparent from the various official reports that there are con verging German movements on War saw from the north and the center, Kaiser Critically III ~ Berlin.?The latest bulletin issued says Emperor William's condition is nn/1 Ka Via c Soon unohlo tn UUCIidU^tJU anu iic lino -/V.V. ^ UWMW.W VW leave his bed. His fever has not de creased. The emperor received a re port of the military situation, but was too weak to give any instructions. Em peror William is suffering from pneu monia, which is combined with nerv ous depression, due to overexertion, according to the telegrams from Ber lin, forwarded by the Amsterdam cor respondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. British Overpower Turks London.?It is officially announced that Subhi Bey, late governor of Bas ra, Asiatic Turkey, commander of the Turkish forces at Kurna, has sur rendered unconditionally with his troops to the Indian expeditionary force which is operating at the head of the Persian gulf. Kurma subse quently was occupied by the British, who are now in complete control of the country from the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to the sea and of the richest part of the fer tile delta. Herrick Is Decorated New York.?The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor is on its way from the president of France to Myron T. Herrick in recognition of Mr. Herrick's servie?<? to the French people while ambassador to France. Mr. Herrick was decorated with a red ribbon, em blematic of the cross, by the captain of the steamship Rochambeau, acting on wireless orders from the French ambassador at Washington, who said he was acting under instructions ol President PoLncare. witnessed the efforts of a lifetime swept away by flames which reduced his seven million dollar plant at s West Orange, N. J., to complete ru- ? in. Insurance will probably reduce s the loss to about five million dollars. r Although nearing seventy years, Mr. Edison says he will start again "at r his beginning and rebuild with 1 worn-out tools." EDISON PLANT IS IN RUINS ELECTRIC WIZARD LOSES MAM MOTH .PLANT AT WEST OR ANGE IN BIG FIRE Loss Amounts to $7,000,000?Edison Watched It Burn And Said He Would Start Again West Orange, N. J.?Fire destroyed virtually the entire main plant of the Edison company here, causing damage estimated at nearly seven million dol lar, with insurance that it is expect ed will reduce the loss to approxi mately 15,000,000. An entire square block of modern reinforced concrete buildings, which were supposed to be fireproof, was buried out by the flames. The only building saved in the block was the laboratory building, containing valua ble scientific machinery, under the immediate superintendence of the in ventor, Thomas A. Edison. Especial efforts made to save tnis structure were successful. It is estimated that 3,000 men and women will be temporarily thrown out of work because of the fire. In all about 7,000 persons were employed at the plant, but as the storage battery building across the street from the main plant was saved with other build ings nearby, it will be possible to keep something more than half the force employed. Four firemen were injured fighting the blaze and were taken to a hospi tal. , "I'll Start Over," Says Edison "Although I am more than 67 years of age, I'll start all over again," said Mr. Edison. "I am pretty well burn ed out, but there will be a mobilization here and the debris will be cleared away if it is cooled sufficiently, and I will go right to work to reconstruct the plant." The inventor expressed himself thus as he stood watching the fiames lick up building after building of his ' mammoth electrical plant, started, it is thought probable by an explosion in the inspection building, one of the smaller frame structures. This build- t * A nnf A# florrvoe ortH V 1I1?) Wctb d Luaoo UL liouuvo nuu I. the Are spread rapidly to other struc- ? turea. Chemicals in some of the build- e ings made the fire fighting extremely I difficult. All employees at work in \ the various buildings escaped. t Men and women marched out in per- f feet order when the fire drill bell e sounded. t In all eleven buildings in the main p plant were destroyed. The buildings t destroyed included those occupied by t the New Diamond Disc company, the t one occupied by the Kinetophone com pany, and the building which housed the Bates numbering machines, to gether with the Edison primary bat- i tery building, the talking machine ] building and the administration build-, i ing. a Trade Commission Starts Washington.?President Wilson, it became known, is to have the new i trade commission begin its work as 1 soon as possible and plans to send i nominations of its members to the sen- f ate in the near future. Pie has a long l list of names before him. In addition to j Joseph Davies, commissioner of cor- t porations, who is said in official cir- < cles to be certr.in of one of the five t places, two of the men most seriously i considered, it is understood, are A. L. ( Thurman, solicitor of the department < of commerce, and Edward N. Hurley. < Japan May Keep Kiaochow Washington.?The statement by Baron Kato, Japanese foreign minis- 1 ter, that Japan had made no promise ( to any country to return Kiaochow to ! 1 China attracts much interest in offl- I cial circles here. When Japan deliv- 1 ered her ultimatum to Germany de- ( manding the evacuation of Kiaochow 1 the statement was published that the I territory would be returned to China. < 1 That, it was pointed out later, was i upon the supposition that Germany i would comply with the terms of the i ultimatum. < Taft Deplores States' Rights Somerville, Mass.?Assumption by congress authority to prevent states 1 from violating United States treaties would do more to prevent war be 1 tween this nation and another than : t increasing the army and navy, former l President Taft declared, in an ad- < dress before the Heptorean club. "The ' i only real possibility of a war that I can i I foresee is the wanton, reckless, wick- 1 ed willingness on the part of a narrow I section of the country to gratify racial prejudice and class hatred by flagrant ] breach of treaty right* WESTERN NATIONS WARN EUROPE Pan-Americai Republics Formally Express Disapproval of (evasion of Western Waters IMPORTANT COUNCIL HELD Secretary of State Bryan Presided As Chairman Ex-Officio Over Ambassadors Washington.?Twenty nations of the western hemisphere expressed their iisapproval of the effects of operations >t the European belligerents in the wa .ers of the two Americas, and appoint id a commission of diplomats to for nulate practical steps contemplating i more vigorous assertion of the rights >f neutrals. Gathered around an oval table in he magnificent Pan-American Union' juilding the diplomatic representa ives of the American republics, most )f them under specific instructions rom their governments, urged united iction by the nations of this bemi jphere to restore trade and remove iome of the burdens placed on com nerce by the European war. It was he first international conference of leutral nations which had assembled n any part of the globe since the En opean war began and irrespective of ts possible accomplishments during he present conflict, was regarded as he birth of a new movement in inter lational law for the definition of the ight of the neutral as opposed to the ieht of the belligerent. Underlying the several speeches aade by the diplomats was a note >f warning that the presence of bel Igerent warships in the western hemi phere already had produced grave duplications between American na ions and European powers, demon trating the vital need of Pan-Ameri :an solidarity. Secretary Bryan made the opening ipeech, pointing out that the United states sympathized deeply with the light of its neighboring republics and leclaring the innocent nations should lot be forced to suffer for the acts >f the belligerents. BRITAIN'S FLEET SUPERIOR Admiral Fletcher Tells Congress The Navy Superior To American Is That Of England Washington.?The ability of the American navy to successfully meet he war fleet of any nation except Jreat Britain was asserted by Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander-in-chief >f the Atlanta fleet, before the house laval affairs committee. The possi )ility of conflict with Great Britain vas so remote,- the admiral said, that le did not believe in a naval policy lesigned to control the oceans against hat country. Admiral Fletcher was under exami rntion all day by the committee at the irst public hearing on a naval appro bation bill held in many years. He vas plied with many questions about he condition of the navy, judged by essons of the European war. Although Confidently declaring the American navy was overmatched only jy that of England, he added, that if his country continued to build only wo battleships a year, Germany, on he basis of her present construction >rogram, soon would be far in the ead. England And Portugal London.?An arbitration treaty be ween Great Britain and Portugal has >een signed in London. The special iignificance of the pact, which is for > r\f fl-cA T7DOr? 4a cmnho n the preamble in the following vords:? "Being desirous of confirming >y a further solemn agreement the riendship alliance which, happily, has lubsisted for so long a period between hem, and of eliminating, so far as >ossible from their relations, every hing whifch might impair or weaken hat friendship, the alliance has agreed o submission of questions in dispute." Parisian Capital Restored Paris.?President Poincare and Pre nier Viviani arrived in Paris from Bordeaux. Foreign Minister Delcasse ind members of the diplomatic corps vere to follow them later. Galician Struggle Increases Vienna.?An official communication ssued by the Austrian war office says: 'The battles in West Galicia increase n severity. Austrian troops attacking 'rom the west drove the enemy from lis positions at Dobezyce and Wielic :ka. More than 5,000 prisoners, among hem twenty-seven officers, weretak ;n. In Poland renewed Russian at acks southwest of Piotrkow have been -epulsed by German troops. In the Carpathians nothing of importance has occurred at the time this report was sent out." Boer General Shot Johannesburg.?Brig. Gen. Chris Jan Frederick Beyers, one of the lead ers of the rebellion in the Union of South Africa, has been shot, it is of ficially announced, and is believed to be dead. General Beyers formerly was commandant general of the defense forces of the Union of South Africa, but resigned last September, because :>f his disapproval of British action igainst Germans in Africa. He join ed with Gen. Christian De Wet in a rebellion, but his forces met with sev eral defeats. Colorado Strike Ended Denver.?The Colorado coal strike lias been called off. This action was taken by district No. 15 of the United Mine Workers of America by unani mous vote after an all-day session, and ratifies the report of the international executive board, recommending the termination of the strike. The exec utive committee recommended ending the strike on the ground that this would strengthen the union's position in view of President's Wilson's ap pointment of a permanent commission to consider further differences. Alarming reports com? from Berlin of the grave illness of the kaiser, whose condition is not unchanged. The emperor is suffering from pneu monia, combined with nervous de pression due to overtaxation of war cares. He received military reports in bed, but was too weak to give any instructions. The^court physi cians have ordered him not to return to the front. TURN GUNS ON MEXICANS PRESIDENT WILSON ORDERS THE AMERICAN GUNS TO ANSWER MEXICAN BULLETS Insists That Firing Across Border Chall IT kllflh*e bVWWIIVUVO New Precedent Washington.?If the contending Mexican forces opposite Naco, Ariz., do not cease firing into American ter ritory, the three batteries of field ar tillery sent to the international line will be ordered to returp the fire. This is the United States government's determination, it became known, after a full discussion of the situation by President Wilson and his cabinet. No specific orders have been given, but while Brigadier General Tasber H. Bliss, who was directed to proceed to Naco with the field artillery, ia en route there, officials expect an answer to the sharp warning given to Mexi can factions battling across the bor der that bullets and shells must not fall on American soil. Defense, Not Aggression No act of ^'aggression" is contem plated, a statement issued by the white house said, but officials draw a dis tinction between aggressive and de fensive action. For cavalry or field artillery to cross the Mexican line or open fire at first, would constitute an act of aggression, but to remain on American soil and return the fire of the Mexicans is, in the opinion of high officials, a measure of defense fully justified and not an act of war or in vasion. ' \ The white house statement issued by Secretary Tumulty, after a confer ence with the president, was as fol lows: "It has been ihought wise to strengthen the forces at' Naco because of the reckless carelessness of the contending factions there in failing to control the direction of their flre. Of course no aggressive action is con templated." It was explained at the war depart ment that the artillery ordered to Naco could flre over the Mexican town into the lines of the Mexican faction which insisted on firing into Ameri can territory. This is the plan should warnings prove futile. The general ex pectation, however, is that no such contingency will arise. Rafale Zubarian Capmany, Carranza ing the Maytorena garrison at Naco witn responsiDiiuy ior nring across the border and challenging Governor Maytorena, on behalf ojf General Hill, the Carranza commander, to with draw into the interior of Mexico for a pitched battle. He made public a telegram from General Hill declaring the American military authorities at Naco, Aria., were discriminating in favor of Maytorena's troops. "Bullets from our enemy are con stantly causing damage to the Ameri can town, but we are held responsible for it, due to the discrimination," the message said. Two More Battleships Washington.?The nation's military and naval expenses during the next fiscal year, not including certain fixed expenses, would amount to $256,421, 357, compared with $251,284,167 dur ing the current year, under plans of the administration as embodied in estimates submitted to congress. The tentative administration naval build ing program for the next fiscal year, as indicated in the estimates, is for two battleships, six torpedo boat de stroyers, and "eight or more subma rines." Aerial Attack On London Geneva.?Germany is slowly but steadily preparing to make her threat ened aerial attack on London, and on the eastern coast of England, even without the aid of the German navy, in the judgment of observers of the At /I aP 4-1,? UUlltui ucu ttv,u*uj vi tut? works at Friedrichshafen. The Ger man staff and Count Zeppelin are un derstood to hold the opinion that 18 to 20 Zeppelins of the latest type are necessary for a successful attack on London, and this number is expected to be read early next year. Say Carranza Gave Bribe Washington.?An effort by Senator Robinson of Arkansas to launch an in vestigation of a published report that the Carranza government in Mexico had appropriated $75,000 to obtain the influence of two United States sena tors in bringing about the early with drawal of American troops then at Vera Cruz, precipitated a brief discus sion in the senate, but resulted in no action. Senators Stone, Gallinger, Pen rose and Smoot urged that the dignity of the senate would be lowered by its adoption. INCOME TAX REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC i r-'ORTY-FOUR PEOPLE WITH NET ANNUAL INCOMES OF MIL LION OR MORE. fHE BIG WEALTH CENTERS New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boa ton, Detroit, Wealthiest Cities of The Nation. Washington.?The. first complete compilation of returns upder the in come tax law was made public in the annual report of commissioner of in ternal reTenue. It showed returns for the collection year of 1913 by 357,598 Individuals as follows: Net " Number income returns. $1,000,000 and orer 44 !U>OftOO ir> S1 000.000 91 400,000 to 500,000 44 300,000 to 400,000 84 250,000 to 300,000 94 200,000 to 250,000 145 150,000 to 200,000 311 100,000 to 160,000 785 75,000 to 100, GOO 998 50,000 to 75,000 2,618 40,000 to 50,000, 2,427 30,000 to 40,000 4,553 25,000 to 30,000 4,164 20,000 to , 25KKM) 6,817 15,000 to 20,000 11,977 10,000 to 15,000 26,818 5,000 to ' 10,000 101,718 3,333 to 5,000 114,484 2,500 to 3,333 79,426 Returns were iriade by 278,835 mar ried persons, 55,212 single men and 25,551 single women. The normal tax .of 1 per cent on all taxable in comes produced $12,728,038. Incomes of more than $20,000 a year and subject to sur-tax produced $15,525, 4fT. Tb? Q Em re 8 show, that most of the individuals with large net incomes lire in districts near the cities of New York .Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Detroit More single women, as well as more single men paying the tax were found in New York than any where else. Married , women made separate returns in every collection district except in the FMfth North Carolina. THAW ENTERS COURT AGAIN. ^ Attorney! Fight Extradition on the Grounds That Insanity Was Proved. Washington?The request of the state of New York for extradition of Harry K Thaw from New Hampshire to answer an indictment charging conspiracy to obstruct justice hy es caping from Mattewan Asylum was taken under consideration by the Uni ted States Supreme Court after oral arguments. .Members of the court asked Thaw's attorneys many questions about va rious points in their contentions. They did not interrupt WiMiams Trarers Je rome, however, during his argument that Thaw was a fugitive from justice nor challenge the argument of Franklin Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General of New York that the law under which Thaw was committed to Mattewan after the killing of Sanford Whke was constitutional. Germans Close to Warsaw. London.?Of the five Austro-Germai columns which for some days appear ed te be making steady progress in their invasion of Poland, three hare suffered checks, according to official report from Russian headquarters. * The column making a downward stroke from Mlawa on the East Prus sian frontier, reported in one dispatch from Petrograd to be within 15 miles of Warsaw, was repulsed after an energetic offensive and under coun ter-attacks from the Russians was compelled to retire at some points. The attacks of the main German column which had its front on the line between Lodz and Lowicz and which came down diagonally from Thorn, were delivered with great force, but according to the Russian account were repulsed with heavy trt the invaders. Carnegie Visits White House. Washington.?Aiklrew Carnegie, a White House caller expressed decid ed opposition to a Christmas truce in the European war. It would be un christian-like and immoral he said to stop fighting and then resume it. He added he did not believe any nation which adopted such a suggestion was doing it sincerely. Mr. Carnegie gave it as his opinion that the military caste in Germany was responsible for the war and that at the time hostili ties broke out the Kaiser was ill and opposed to the war. "The Kaiser has told me that he took the greatest pride in the fact that he reigned tor many years without being involved in war," said Mr. Car negie. But, he was surrounded by a ring of militarists who were eager for war at any price." Mr. Carnegie said he hoped that the world would be so horrified over the war that perman ent peace would follow. Mr. Carnegie showed some interest in a suggestion that he might be called upon by the President to help bring about peace, wnen tne time came. "I will do any thing I possibly can," he said, "I be lieve Mr. Wilson desires peace." Discuss Air-Craft and Submarines Washington..?Although the Pacific Coast is not adequately protected for war, the Atiaalic fleet could be rusn ed through the Panama Canal while any hostile fleet would be de'ayed by the necessity of reducing Manila and1 Honolulu, in the opinion of Secretary Daniels, who continued his testimony before the House Naval Affairs Com mittee. In. the course of an all-daj examination the Secretary also dis cussed the difficulties of constructing satisfactory airships and submarines. MASONS CLOSE CONVENTION 138th Annual Session Ended?All Former Officers Are Re-elected*? 20 Districts. Charleston. ? The Masonic grand ?>dge brought its 128th annual session to a close, after re-electing and in stalling all officers and disposing of a mass of routine business. The most important work of the session was done, when the employ ment of the income from the fund for the building of a Masooic home and all other revenues coming to the trus tees of that fund were devoted under the administration of the trustees, to the relief of needy Masons, their wid ows and orphans where they may be found. i This does not mean that the project of a Masonic home has been abandoned. On the contrary, the most rigid safeguards were thrown about the corpus of the fund of $100, 000, which has been accumulating for the past eight or ten years for this object, and there is a strong senti ment in the grand lodge in faror of building the home. At the constitutional hour for elec tion of officers the ballot was spread, and the following, all now serving, were re-elected: Grand master, George T. Bryan, Greenville. Deputy grand master, R. A. Cooper, Tjinrani Senior grand warden, W. W. Wan j namaker, Orangeburg. Junior grand warden, W. A. Giles, GraniteTille. Grand treasurer, W. H. Prioleau, Charleston. Grand secretary, O. P. Hart, Colum bia. Grand chaplain, the Rev. W. P. Smith, Spartanburg. After these had been installed In due and ancient form, the appointive offlvers were announced and were in ducted into office, as follows: Sentoi grand deacon^, J. P. Duckett, Ander son, and J. Campbell Bissel, Charles I ton; grand marshal, T. W. Dantzler, St. Matthews; grand pursuivant, M, V. Miller, Charleston; grand tiler, M A. Winkler, Charleston; Junior grand deaoons, C. K. Chreitaberg, Rock Hill, | and A. J. Thackstqn, Orangeburg. Sumter Farmer* Quit Cotton. Sumter.?There ia no doubt that the farmers of this county are going to greatly increase their other than cotton acreage the coming season. On all sides one can hear determina tion expressed by the planters. It is peculiar, however, that the country dwellers of Sumter county will not give serious attention to egetablee poultry and meats as money bringers Sumter every day pays to the pro ducer of theee articlee from othei states, plus the freight, pins one 01 two middlemen. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITCMS. Following the hearing of several days ago, the railroad oommiseion. art its meeting issued an Order allowing the Charleston and Isle of Palms rail' way to increase its passenger rat? from 30 to 40 cents between Charles ton and the Isle of Palms. The ne* rate will become effective Decembei 24. , The Oconee County Teachers' Asso elation was organized at Walhalla under the supervision of Miss Annie McMahan, rural supervisor of Rich land. W. H. Gasaue, superintendent Walhalla high school was elected president Tbe governor has named John T Bnunlett as master in equity foi Greenville county to succeed J. W. Gray, deceased. Walter M. Scott was named judge of probate to succeed Mr. Bramlett The resolution of the Columbia board of health, looking to the enact ment of an ordinance requiring bread to be wrapped, was adopted by cRj council. ^ Tbe Cherokee County Teachers' As sociation was Organized for' the year at Gaifney by tbe election of J. Harvey Witherapoon as president and Dr. Lee Datis Lodge, first vice president; E. ** Mrwntcronor-r sAfwnd v1o.p> nrftfll dent; E. S. McKeown, secretary, and Mrs. L. B. Haynes, treasurer. An announcement of the plana ol the Soath Carolina committee ap pointed to supervise the loaning of the money subscribed for the Hbeneflt ol cotton growers under the wade plan is expected soon. R. Goodwyn Rhett of Charleston is chairman of the South Carolina, committee of bankers in charge of the Wade fund. JameB A. Hayne, M. D., state health officer, has returned from Florence, where he attended a meeting of the Pee Dee Medical association. White repairing his buggy prepara tory tc driving to Columtfi*, G. Lu cius Bouknight, 55 years old, died from heart failure recently at his home la the Dutch Fork section of RichlaBd county. The treasury department sit Wash ington'issued a charter to The Peo j pie's National Bank of Chester, capital stock 150,000; G. B. White, president; W. A. Corkill, cashier; conversion of the People's Bank of Chester. Sine! the first of the year the office of the secretary of state has received $22.29117 in charter fees. Thepassage of a special act by the new gneral assembly to provide for a reaaessmemt of property in Colum bia, e?ecially in the business district, is beds agitated. :In he. mayoralty election held at Conwy recently W. E. McCord, can didatefor mayor, defeated the incum bent, I. P. Little, by a vote of 122 to 81.! A. W. Barrett, J. B. Cox, W. R. LeMs, J. A. McDermott, J. M. Mc Heithn and E. J. Sherwood were ! Coltnbia Typographical Union, No. 3(4, at(.ts regular monthly meeting re c^ntlji contributed $24 to the Associ ated fharities relief fund. Recently the Jjssociated Charities outlined nlanslo gain the co-operation of the ttranries of the various unions of (Columbia, and the ^ift was a sympa thetic response to this appeal. 1 Ch:rles \\ Robertson, formerly a {rtate dptective under Gov. Mease, was 4hot ind instantly killed at Pendleton Ay S. H. Whitlock, chief of police of nhat >lace. Whitlock was brought to j^nderson and lodged in tue county [ecte aldermen. ANNUAL SESSIONS OF STATE BAPTISTS CHARLESTON 18 HOST?REPORTS SHOW IMPROVED CON ' DiTIONS. MEET HEXT AT GReWiLLE Financial Depression Cut Short Much Work. ? Many Interesting Ad dresses by Prominent Speaker*. Charleston.?The 49th annual ses sion of the Baptist state convention was opened at the Citadel Square Bap tist church. The convention began in ? MtUfaotnrv manner aiu) Mia large attendance is anticipating a very successful series of meetings. The following will again serve as officers of the Baptist state conven tion for the ensuing year: The Rev. Z. T. Cody, of GreemiOe, president; F. N. K. Bailey, U Greenwood, and T. T. Hyde, of Charleston, rice presi dents; C. A- Jones, of BennettaviUe, recording secretary; E. S. Reares, of Hemes. Path, assistant secretary; C. B. Bo bo, of Laurens, treasurer; J. A. Hoyt, of Columbia, auditor; W. B. Wllkins, of Greenville, was elected to fill the separate office of statisti cal secretary. The Rev. J. D. Crain presented th,e character and the needs of mountain mission work in very forcible manner and one which made a deep impres ' sion. He spoke on the lmport&nce of having evangelists of competing personality, one who understood-the field and could win the hearts and minds of their hearers, though the exhortations should not be of the W ?AW X Ai J , W1IU ^ UU bCDSAUVini &1UU. mou especially adapted to the work are 1 required. ' The Rev. George W. Quick of Greenville made a brief but compre hensive address on several forms of . mission work He said the pastor was not excused from going out and | winning souls, but that it wae true that special workers should be em [ ployed. He said this sort of work was hardly less needed in the cosmo> ' polltan city than in the country. The education board presented the names of the state colleges, Cofeer, Furman, Greenville Female College [ and Anderson. The name of the . Greenville Femaie College was chang , VU IU \JI CCU f MIC TTVUIHU 9 WUVgO. A campaign tor 1100,000 for Anderson college was authorised and the col lege was empowered to issue bonds for 175,000. I The 23rd annual report of the ; board of trustees of the Connie Mar- ^ - well orphanage was also distributed J . in pamphlet form, 0. B. Buel being , president oi the bo3rd. Owing to . financial conditions obtaining gener ally, this year for the first time the . response was not equal to the demand and a deficit faces the institution. . However, that the wort: would go oil with as little discouragement as poe , sible, was the declaration of A. T. Tumlun minaHnfATulMlt SJTvd tTCRSQ . rer, who spoke of the obligation and [ privilege of helping orphan children. The sum of $6,000 was recommend . ed for charity work next year. Greenville is the place of meeting . for 1815. i Next year convention convenes oa I Friday and adjourns Wednesday. 1 The Baptist summer assembly and . Bible conference is in Greenville next . July for Sunday school teachers, B. [ T. P. U., W. M. U. workers and the - pastors' conference, with G. W. Quick, president of the board of managers. . Convention's work nexjt year is on > basis of $194,500. A New Union Station. Spartanburg.?A contract for tbe excavation of dirt from property to i be occupied by Spartanburg's new union' passenger station and addition ' al trackage was let here recently by . Southern railway officials to tbe i Willard Boggs Construction Co. of ! this city. The work wiU begin Mon day. Ten thousand cubic yards of . dirt will be removed from property formerly a part of Magnolia cemetery,, the bodies having been disinterred under permission of relatives. Wants Antl-Tipping Law. Spartanburg. ? Tbe Spartanburg Post A of the Travelers' Protective association has united with the local council of the United Commercial Travelers in their campaign to abolish tipping in South Carolina by the enactment of an anti-tipping law. Letters are being forwarded to all poets in the state calling attention to the campaign and urging all membecs of the organization to get in touctt with their l_?,al representatives in the legislature. They ask that a specia/ committee be appointed. Many Preventable Fires. Columbia.?Report issued a few days ago by the insurance department shows that 252 fires reported to the department during November causeO a loss of $221,656.79. During the same month last jear 217 fires were' reported with a total loss of $109, 300.22. Thirty per cent ol all the fires were from a preventable cause. /"M These losses represent $79,148. There were 11 suspicious or incendiary fires during the month. '.'' arelessness I 32 fires. Rats and matche? started 13 fires. For Compulsory Education. Spartanburg.?"Resolved, That the state legislature be urged ,to enact a law requiring every normal child, be tween 8 and 14 years of age, to attend school for the entire puWic school session." This resolution adopted hy a >oint meeting of the teachers and school trustees of Spartanburg coun ty held here recently, may be safely accepted as the basis of the state-wide compulsory education law the leadws in that movement will fipht for before the next legislature. It was intro duced by Frajik Evans.