Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I SHOWER DUNKIRK K; |Wiif Kaiser's Areop'anes Make Aerial B / Attack On French Seaport n / Doing Much Damage w/ BUILDINGS WERE WRECKED BP- Fifteen Citizens Killed In Siege?All Aerial Assailants Made Escape St From French Guns r... H*;-/ / London.?Pour German aeroplanes Hp> .' have flown several times over the city M0p> . of Dunkirk recently, dropping bombs a^ they went. Soldiers in the streets ' fired on the machines and one Taube seemed to be hit, but all got safely It t ?* The official returns of the casualties show that fifteen persons were killed ; * and thirty-two wounded. The bombs were filled with shrapnel. For half an hour the whole city H crackled with rifle shots and bombs, which threw up dense clouds of black *'- smoke. No sooner did one aeroplane ?. seem to depart than another arrived. iV - Buildings in all parts of the city were wrecked,\ The first bomb fell on the fortifica? tions, two, more near the railway statlon and many others in different parts <jf the town and in the suburb of Rosendaell and the districts of Coude& kerque and Furnes. One child had an arm blown off and an. old woman was killed outright. Iuuruyittua iniumiieu no ocuI the town ready to attack e allies' aeroplanes that : to repel the air assailants. AN8 FILE PROTEST nlster At Washington Files t With United States Against Germany ton.?The Belgian minister the state department a pro* t the requisitioning by Gertry authorities in Belgium adise worth about &7.000,He asserted that the Gerr means "the ruin of inBelgium." est set forth that the goods ;aken for use of Germany, nsequently the seizure was i of the fourth Hkgue con'ha Belgian minister issued jJj^p^BHstatement: "The German authori"H^k&ve put Into requisition against a single receipt and without mentiontag the value of the same, the following merchandise, to be awarded to H Gennany- and which belongs to prl^HHrcT&te parties: In Antwerp, cotton for the value of 13,000,000 francs; rubber, JBHx 2,506,000; woolen, 6,000,000, and leath. er000,000 francs. In Ghent, cotton HB;n$& liar and other raw materials, 8, 500,00 francs. In Charlerol, copper, SH 1,500,600; tool machine, 12,000,000 H^^Afraiififl. In Duffel, nickel, 1,000,000 Ljar^V In Malines, canned goods, $2,I l^ese raeasuers are in opposition articles 46 and 52 of the ^BHgUn ventlon of The Hague, in acM^Rwith which private property nfflTbe respected and requisition canHQBfnoi be claimed otherwise than for mBBg the needs of the army of occupation. These measures involve the ruin of the industry in Belgium. area shipping bill report m -? JWjlH" Secretary Redfleld Recommends MerV? chant Shipping Bill Be Pushed ?K Through Washington.?Initiating the aggresgive fight to be waged in congress for passage of the government ship KV purchase bill, to free American comtnerce from European war. limitations, H majority members of the senate comMBTmeroe committee filed a report recWommendlng the measure In vigorous BffBfterms and transmitting a commendatory letter from Secretary of Comr.merce Red field. Tho committee report, filed by Aot Ing Chairman Fletcher, quoted the re j^H' port submitted by Secretaries McAdoo EM and Redfleld, showing enormous in|SH creases in ocean transportation rates nl since the war began and attendant ' f^^ng off of ocean tonnage facilities. r3^e, C<T^rnittee predicted that enact'ment of. the ship--purchase bill would j go far to relieve that situation. France's New Aerial Fleet New "?ork.?-France is building two ^BH^'great fleets of. aircraft, armed with M^B^'cannon, darts and bombs, with which B to invade Germany in the spring, according to Pedro Chapa, a Mexican jfrviator, who arrived here from EuB^M^Arope on the Cunard liner Carpathia. nP^^Tfundreds of armored biplanes, each Carrying a small , cannon and bombs, numerous monoplanes, equipped HMtt'wiili bombs and steel darts, will be to-sweep across the German 901/ frontier when winter past, Chapa Hfnp Grants Fifty-Five Pardons B" Coluinbiii, S. C.?Governor Blease granted clemency to fifty-five state ^^ B'TOlsoners. .Twenty-eight were serving ferms for homicide, seventeen having RByHthA^n Sentenced originally to life im j^^BBlprlsonment:. Sixteen full pardons, HSjR|wenty-four paroles and fifteen com H^ffiprautations are included in the list. The EHreJease of the forty men pardoned 01 HBHflK paroled reduces the number of priS' oners in the state penitentiary here the state farms, and in the count; ^H^^Hgonvtct camps to 149. Governor Blease KLw has exercised clemency to 1,544 American Cotton Shipment Hj^H^Vtrhe Haccue.?The American steamei HH[; A. Raven, whidh arrived at Rotter from Wilmington, N. C., with 6, bales of cotton, was the first ves H Km to reach a Dutch port since the E^^Ol^Btbreafc of the war with a cotton con jflHO^^Miment tor Germany. The steamei DHBHb 'hetd up twenty-four hours in the 8^^HH|feilsh channel by British warships BMBKBg^-examination of her papers. The nUKkt charges for the Raven's cargc K E re $10 a bale> which is five time? HHflfcnormal rate. This increase is due D9h9^ groat v? ar risks. ^^SSSr \ vUhBH^K ' * PjeyHB^' ^RSHRSBKXR WOODROW WILSON?380^ President Wilson has warned Gre. Britain and the Allies in a vigorou note to the British nation that th rights of Atnerican shipping on th nign seas must not oe moicrftca i n president's message has caused th greatest sensation in England sine the receipt of President Cleveland' famous Venezuelan message twent years ago. BRITISH RAID ON ZEPPELIN! SEVEN BRITISH NAVAL SE/i PLANES-MAKE ATTACK ON GERMAN NAVAL BASE Britons Lose One Man And Thre Planes In An Attempt To Dig Out German Fleet London.?Airmen of warring coui tries spent a busy Christmas bolidaj While a solitary German flew ove the Thames estuary and dropped _* 1 1 V VI.V A ?A?t<9nrn single uumu, wmuu itsu tu u. ivauwa and did uo damage, a convoy of seve British navy seaplanes visited th German naval base at Cnxhaven an dropped bombs on ships and the ga works. All bat one of the British al] men returned safely to the ship which convoyed them. Similar actii lty was displayed along the battl front, German airmen paying a sui prise visit to Nancy; French aviator to Metz; British to Brussels and ott er Belgian towns occupied by the Gei mans and German airmen to Polls cities. ) ' Assisted by light cruisers, destroj ers and submarines, seven British n? val airmen, piloting seaplanes, made daring attack Christmas Day on th German naval base at Cuxhaven, a the mouth of the Elbe. Six of th airmen returned safely, but the sei entb, Commander Hewlett, it is fearec has been lost. The enterprise of the British nav In thus attempting to "dig out" th German fleet brought about a battl between the most modern of war ms chines. The British Squadron, incluc Ing the light cruisers Arethusa am mVifAk Koon ontro tra uuuauutcu, " ux^u ua?c vu0v>0v In previous exploits on the Germai coast, were attacked by Zeppellnt Beaplanes and submarines. By raid maneuvering the ship were able to avoid the submarine! while the Zeppelins found the Are o tiie cruisers too dangerous for ther to keep up the fight. The Germa: Beaplanes dropped bombs, which, a< cording to the British account, fel harmlessly into the sea. The Gei mans, however, claim to have hit tw destroyers and their convoy WILSON "MAKES APPEAL President Urges Honest Shipments, S \ Contraband Problem Will Not Be Complicated Washington.?President Wilson ha appealed to American shippers of nor contraband not to permit contraban articles to be mixed with their ca] goes. He said the United States coul deal confidently with the problem c British detention of American ship only if supported by honest manifesto The president's statement followed discussion with his cabinet of the ger eral shipping situation and of the pr( test sent to Great Britain against pre longed detention of American cargoe and other Interference with America: trade. President Wilson Celebrates Birthda Washington.?President Wilson ce! ebrated his fifty-eighth birthday D< cember 28. Congratulatory message poured in from all parts of the Unii ed States and from foreign countriei No special observance of the annlvei sary was planned, and the preslden spent the day quietly with his familj President Wilson, it became knowi plans to make several addresses on hi return trip from the San Francisc exposition next spring, and his friend expect him to reply to attacks on hi Mexican and other policies. Destroyer Hits Rocks St. Andrews, Scotland.?A Britis s torpedo bo^t destroyer went ashore o tho r>r>not nf Vincohnrnc civ mils southeast of St. Andrews. Her cre^ was saved by lifeboits. The destroy er, steaming south from Aberdeen, t the Firth of Forth, in the darknesi and without shore lights, lost her bea ings. After the'rescue of a portion c her crew one of the lifeboats wa stove in by the heavy sea and the ri mainder of the crew were saved by second lifeboat only after consider; ble difficulty. Miss Genevieve Clark To Wed Washington.?Speaker Champ Clar and Mrs. Clark announce the engagi " ment- of their daughter, Miss Geni vieve, to James M. Thompson, editc ^ of the New Orleans Item. The wei . dins will take place in the soring c i early summer at the Clark home i ! Bowling Green. Miss Clark met M s Thomson in Baltimore during trie 191 Democratic convention, in which li i was one of the leaders of the figl i to nominate the speaker for pres dent. i i.v' United " jliilliipim-ii m ' 171 " n>H?in^ AMERICAN NOTE ALARMS BfllTISI English People and Press Greatly h\ tated Over Official Note Of 1 United States, THINK FRICMMAY ENS1 President Wilson's Message Of Wai ing Causes Greatest Sensation In England In Years London.?The American note pi testing againat the British treatme of American commerce and insistL of an early improvement came ati \ complete suprise to the British pi ! lie; as there had been virtually intimation that any friction had ar a en between the two governments. Placards posted by the evening ]; pers were given over exclusively the American note and the papc gave it e largest headlines they ha given any news during the pa month. Consequently the British pe pie regard this as one of the most 1 portant occurrences of the whole ws British Public Alarmed The first impression oif the pubi is that the note may create frietl< and perhaps some unfriendly feelii " although the newspapers point o I* that it specifically states that t] ) representations were made In friendly spirit. The situation comparable to that which arose att] time of the South African war, whi neutral shippers began to send ce goes intended for the Transvaal i e public t the neutral port of Delagi Bay. Even the ^war news was allotted secondary place to the note in t] newa columns of the papers, althoui l" that coining from the Russian fro r* was highly gratifying to the allies, r The Washington note could not ha a been dealt with had it arrived earl as 'Sir Edward Grey, secretary for f< eign affairs, who has been away f D the Christmas holidays, was not y ? home when it came. d The foreign office, however, has cc 3 stantly reiterated its regret at the c r' lay to American ships, and high oi 8 cials have expressed a desire to exi r" dite examination of American cargo 6 as mach as possible under the exlstil r* trying conditions. 8 * , Biggest Sensation in Years '* Nothing of the kind since Preside r" Cleveland's Venezuelan message h h produced such a sensation. ' SLAVS CHECK A08TRIANS I a Russian* Again Win Victories In Ai 6 trla?French And British x Make Gains e London.?There lias been a slack r* ing bt the fighting in northern Polal '? between the lower Vistula and Pill rivers, where the Russians have ca Y 0a*ma n nr m q n trnn^Vinn nrler bUtCU OUU1C UCiiUCVU Vi CUVUQOf ^i'OVi 6 ers and guns?an indication, it is t e lieved here, that the German front l" attack on the army: guarding Warsa I has been definitely checked. v ^ In southern Poland the Russia d also record some successes, while a Galicia they apparently have Inflict '? a defeat on the Austriaus almost serious as that which Emperor Fra 8 cis Joseph's troops suffered in S< ' via. II Ot the fighting in the west the G< D man and French reports are in dire a conflict. The French claim to ha 5" occupied the village of St. Georg< 11 which is on the main road betwe r" Nleuport and Bruges and two mil 0 from the former town. On the oth band the German report says: ""V have gained some ground near Nie port." v TJ Cki tttt flchfincr 4a f aVInty nln nr% uauuuo rna buniug piavc 0 the Argonne and on the heights of t: Meuse. The French reports apparent refers to later events than those i s corded in Berlin, for Paris tells of ? i- recapture of a trench which the Gk d man communication mentions as he Ing been captured by the Germar d The French are investing Steinba >f in upper Alsace. s News from Gerraany is com}: 3. slowly, as cable communication 1 a tween England and Holland is dis! i- cated by the storm and telegraph wtr > between Holland and Germany ha > been wrecked in many places. 8 ^ith the close of the holidays t! d recruiting boom has recommenced England. Large numbers enlisted. y ? Wilton Pushes His Program 1- Washington.?President Wilson c } pects his legislative program, tiie ehi s ping, Philippine, conservation and f t- propriation bills to be passed at t 3. present session of congress, and wll !" out an extra session. He has told ca t ers that other proposed legislation h r. been met with predictions that ?, would be impossible to pass. T s president said he expected the incot o of the government to exceed the < s penditures during the fiscal year. .1 s said he was taking no personal pa in the fight over the immigration bi Create Tariff Commission h Washington.?Bills to create a ti n iff board were introduced by Repi s sentative Mann of Illinois (Rep.) a: w Moss of Indiana (Dem.). They a 7- practically alike. Norm?.n E. Ma< o former chairman of the Democratic i s, tional committee and now member 1 r- his state, commenting on the plan >f Representative Mann, minority lead ^ in the house, for a congressional t; 5- iff commission, made the stateme a that '"the Democrats should go ev i- further and name a tariff commissi to take the tariff out of politics." To Push Philippine Bill k Washington.?Neither President W e. son nor congressional leaders consid e recent disturbances in the Philippic of sufficient importance to influen >r action on the pending Jones bill < tending the Filipinos a greater mes ? ure 01 sen-governineixt una xiearin a on the measure to be resumed by t r. senate Philippine committee will L2 hastened with a view to ft favoral ie report by the middle of January, it is stated.that the disorders will not li- permitted to impede progress of t Jones bill. ' wi . " I , . .. - ' .v :;fr -A . &,. SENATOR J. W. STONE j mSt!aSSBSS^S^^m^^^^r ' 1UH 1m mmam^k^MU ?B?8B?fl8flI BiK teMPTflMra'gfrfcy/: ?///&. K-gy>M H HBrITllIliffK*^: . ^ . e9H?V t?> jfl^H ITT^T rt^in^HH IHBBI^HMM9!^:'3&&i^Ml ro- HHn^lBl'i l| n|pn . ^hbim^b .1 " i^m^HIHeik WwlHv^i be It Is rumoreif in Washington tnat a 8enator Stone ijf fMissouri Is soon to 1b succeed William J. Bryan as secretary, be of state. an ' : i | M'ADOO SUMMONS BANKERS [ , I tt SECRETARY OF TREA8URY CALLS CONFERENCE OF PAN-AMIER-., gtl ICAN FINANCIERS nt. - ' President Wilson And Secretary Bryirt ve Backing The Plan Which Will [yti Bring Americas Closer ?r- ~ or WaBhlnicton.?-The United States has et invited alii Central and South Amerl'' can nations to send their ministers of finance and leading bankers to Wash- 1 (ifjo4nrt f/M? o nAnfflrnnnfl nr4f"V? frfioamnr 'JJ. 1U5WU ~ AVI W VVUlVtVilVW nivu UVMWU. )fr. department officials and financiers of j es tils country on financial and commerag clal problems confronting the two Americas its a result of the European i war. Several of the countries already nt have accepted and the conference aB iProbably will be held next spring. Jpr.ltadons were sent formally through the embassies and legations here. The plan originated with. Secretary McAdoo, bui: Secretary Erj'Bk and 1#. President Wilson have taken ail active Interest: In It It has been suggested that congress be asked for an appro,n. priation to defray expenses, but whethqcI er or not this Is done the visitors will ca come as the guests of the United Lp. States. The state department has a ,4, contingent fund available for such a' )e. purpose, #1 Officials of the state, treasury and lw commerce departments expect the conference to prove an Important step ns toward bringing the two Ameilcan conjn tlnents into closer commercial rslae(j tloiaship.. They believe thai; in the ' a8 Pan-American movement lies the hope lQ_ of South America for financial inder.rtifi rt# PitwAnn mnvvflal JJ?. ^>cuucuvi; v* JUUI auu 0U65C01. ;uu possibility of New York becoming at ' 3r. leant a serious competitor with LanlC|. don for uupremacy as a world's finanve clal center. en FRANK GAINS POINT 68 ??? er Juafifce Lamar Has'Certified To Writ ye Of Leo Frank iPlacing Ciise On m. ; Calendar Atlanta?If the Supreme court in grants the appeal of Leo M. Frank he from the denial of the writ of habeas ;ly corpus submitted to Ju?ge Newman, re- which was certified by Justice Lamar he of the Supreme bench, a long and tear dious fight will again be launched for tv- the life of the doomed man?this time is. In the federal courts. ch Justice Lamar has given hia certificate to the appeal. The case has now Qg become a part of the calendar of the )e- nation's hilghest tribunal., and it is an. lo ticlpated will be argued within two es months or ileus. This action of the ve Supreme court justice has created widespread speculation and interest he among the thousands who have folin lowed the legal) ramifications of the j Frank case. V Few War Changes Noted , . >x. London. ? The battle lines In the |p. east and west have undergone few ip. changes In the past few days. P'rencli he and German reports agree that the th- Germans have captured a section of kll. trenches near Hojlebreke, souti of ad Ypres. The French assert that the it Germans gave up trenches on the first he line to the extent of about 800 or 900, ne yards In'the Lens region, farther east, ix- while unsuccessful demonstrations 3,3 have been made from both sides at irt various polatB along the extended 111. line?s; Uncle Sam's Newspaper ir- Washington.?To promote the forre eign commerce of the United States nd the government will go into the news- 1 ,re paper business, when the first num- 1 :k, ber of the Daily Commercial Report < ia- will be Issued by the department of i [or commerce. In it will be carried all 1 of important commercial cablegrams re- < ler ceived from the attaches at the vari- 1 ar- ous embassies abroad and from con- < silt sular offices throughout the world. It 1 en also will contain brief abstracts of the ] cn findings of investigators of the de- 1 partmerit in American enterprise. Mexican Political Situation ril- Washington.?Dispatches from the ' ler Brazilian minister in Mexico City, de- t ies scribed the political situation a,3 full < ice of uncertainties. The minister refer- < ;x- red to the lack of harmony between ] as- the several chiefs, but indicated that i igs nothing alarming had developed and . he that good order was being preserved. 1 be From its own agents also the state ( ale department vast advised that friction i It existed between the Zapata and the t be Gutierrez-Villa factions, chiefly over | he Zapata's desire to execute nany offi- j cers who had served with thtj federals, jr ||gII H? . /:) ' ' U 'Z'1 . ' * BATTLESHIP SUNK ENGLAND MOURNS L08S OF LiVEfc OF CREW MORE THAN SHIP, WHICH WAS 15 YSARS OLO. A/AS WORTH FIVE-MILLION 'art of Crew Picked Up and Brouhgt Ashore.-?Statement In Theatre of War. London^?The destruction of the 3ritish battleship Formidable in tbe 3ritish Channel by a mine or a subnarine boat, although one of those *yCULO .cjugiiBimieu uuw realize uiiiai 36 expected so long as the British tfavy Is compelled to keep the seas, las caused widespread grief. This is due not so much to the loss >f the ship, which was 15 years old ind cost about $5,000,000, as it is for he men?about 600 in nnmber?who vent down with her. So far as known raly 141 of the Formidable'* crevf of f50 were rescued. The British admiralty has not given the locality vhere the disaster occurred and declares it is unable to say whether the ihip struck a mine or was torpedoed )ut as the British fleet again has been ictive In shelling German positions on :h? Belgian coast and as German mbmarines have been more and more ising Zeebrugge as a base, the inclination here Is to believe that a subnarine again ..has been successful in in attack. \ Fighting*, In Flanders and Northern France has been confined largely to irtiliery engagements, except Be:hune, where the-^Germans claim they lave taken a Britsh trench. They adnit, however, the loss of St. Georges, i?ar thfl "RolHflT! roast. which the Ber lin official report says it was decided not to attempt to retake owing to, ligh water. In the Argonne region where the tattle has been almost continuous for areeks past, the Germans have made i little progress as an offset to which, however, the French declare they lave continued their advance in Upper AJsace. ' * ; i r \ . : : , ' 1 . ^ Newspaoer's View of Nole. London.?The Saturday Review deicribes President Wilson's note pro:esting against the British attitude toward American shipping as "a document from a candid friend who Just because he is a friend, can say things trhich between strangers would be regarded as having too rough an edge." Fhe Review doeB not think it should t>e impossible for two governments who have no wish to find causes for taking the offensive, to reconcile their points of view. The position of a bel liferent wiui rvsytzui tu wiuuiwiu vr the sea. savs this paper is different sven when neutral governments are friends. But tbis position is determined absolutely by the fact that England has that command of the sea and "cannot surrender her right to use It for defeat of the enemy by any law." Works In Orders President Qutlerrez. Washington.?General Villa, in a telegram dated in Mexico City to his agency here, denied he has questionad the amnesty, proclamations of Genjral Gutierrez. "I obey and respect :bo orders of President Guitierrez," 7iJla telegraphed. "I am his subordinate." Further details of fighting between troops of General Carranza and l/llla near Tampico were received in 'ifficial dispatches to the Carranza agency. "General Gonzales administered a decisive defeat to the VillaisLas at Rodriguez. Wants Coast Guard Bill Enacted. Washington. ? President Wilson arrcte to Democratic Leader Underwood and Chairman Adamson of the aouse commerce commitee urging prompt enactment of the pending :oast guard bill. "I hope you will not think I am uhduly burdening you," he wrote, "ii x wrue iu mvicds m/ ?</ / ?reat Interest In the bill passed by the senate and pending in the bouse for consolidation of tbe revenue cutter and life-saving services. Moral Decay Bred in Disrespect Albany, N. Y.?Warning of moral iecadence If the spirit of lawless In ill the American communities goes unchecked was a striking utterance in 3ov. Charles S. Whitman's addrefes recently. Ihcreases of crime, he said, lenerved the thoughtful attention of the legislature. "Disregard of law, mpa/tience with legal and moral *rejtraints, conteippt for the judicial and jxecutive1 ministers of justice are phenomena observable in all American communities and aU classes, he idded. i Prhobitlon Sudden Russia. Petrograd, via London.?The last ippeal againut Russia's prohibition lecree failed when the councils of Petrograd and Moscow rejected a pe:ition to authorize the recommencement of the sale of beer and light vines. The recent final order to dis2ontinue the sale of all alcholic drinks was issued with the reservation that the city councils should have the right :o appeal for an authorization of the recommencement of the sale of three per cent beer and light wines. Select Three Trade Commissioners. Washington.?President Wilson was inderstood to have decided tenta ;ively on three members of the- Federal Trade Commission. They are Joseph E. Davies, Commissioner of Corporations; Edward N. Hurley, presilent of the Illinois Manufacturers' \ssociation, and George Foster Pea)ody, a New York banker. Two others are to be selected. The three nen chosen are all Democrats and if :hey are finally decided on, the other iwo will be Republicans or Progresses. ? v / y\ *' i ' I * ' * ui 1 .x\ . _ 1 ANOTHUR FACTORY BEGUN Piedmont Hardwood Manufacturing Company Latest of New Industries in Greenville. V I * Greenville.?Another factory of textile supplies has located In Greenville. This latest addition is the Piedmont Hardwood Manufacturing company, located on Hudson street in West End. This firm will make picker sticks, loom lays, all wooden parts of a loom, and a patented wooden lug strap. Some 18 or 25 persons will bo employed by this firm, which hopes to begin operations within a few weeks. , The officers are: J. Broadenax, president, who comes here from Rock Hill; W; W. Carter, secretary and treasurer, of* this city; L. L. McKenzie, who has been traveling for textile hardwood supplies for eight years, and has made Greenville his headquarters, is general manager. The firm occupies the building formerly occupied by the Hailman Lumber company. Within recent months three other marmiffti'tiirinfl' nlonto rtf lrlnrirari na. tore have been located here. The Norris Brothers plant was moved here recently. It makes t 'shutters. The Acme Loom, Harness and Reed company, opened about two mouths ago, is now running full time making loom* harness. J. P. Richardson, 0. W. Duncan and associates will open in the near future a plant for the manufacture of reeds. The commission for this firm .has been granted and now the machinery is awaited. This tendency on the part of manufacturers of textile supplies to locate in Greenville shows unmistakably that the city ifj recognised as a. central point for the textile business. Mr. McKenale, general manager of the newest firm, stated that Greenville was selected because of its importance aa a cotton mill point. The commission lor his firm to not yet In hand, but application for it win be made soon. The capital stock will be $5,000. The Piedmont Hardwood Manufacturing: company to the first plant of its kind to be located in this State. A similarphtut is at Hickory, N..C. The demand for textile hardwood supplies to so great in South Carolina that the men who are officials of the firm decided to locate here In the midst of the cotton mill business. In the manufacture of many of its articles, this firm will use second growth hickoty. Investigation .has been made and it to found that a quanity of this hickory, of the beBt grade, can be secured hereabout Fire Destroys 16 Automobiles. ' Darlington?Fire in Jackson's garage on Gargan street caused .the destruction of 1<T automobiles and damaged the building. By prompt and efficient work the fire was soon extinguished by the department. The main damage is confined to the building and the machines stored in it. Mr. Jackson,/ the proprietor of fhe garage, was trying-'to start his car and the gasoline, from. his carbuetor leaked on the floor. . When hla car started this gasoline was Ignited and i the whole bdilding burst in flames, i The building was fully Injured, but none of the-16 cars which were destroyed had any Insurance whatsoever. ! 1 -? Knits Socka For Belgians. Salem, Black Rivdr,?Some, cash and corn have been contributed for . the Belgian relief ship, and the South Carolina ship. One woman of 89 years, has knitted several pairs of socks and will contribute a pair that was knitted by her mother at 88, some 27 years ago. J t PALMETTO NEWS NOTES. The annual 'meeting of the county agents of the United. States farm demonstration wor? will be held at Clemson college, Janucuy 25. All counties in the State-wlU be represented- The meeting has bben called by W. W. Long, State agent. A negro, Ed Campbell, shot and killed Ed Burton on C. D. Mance's place near Cress HillJ Soon after the killing the negro that did the ^shooting escaped and Is still at large The Rev. Hope H. Lumpkin, of Columbia, has assumed the editorship of The Alaskan Churchman, published quarterly at, Fairbanks, Alaska, and copies were received recently or tne first number of that, periodical compiled under his direction. Afulllns has just had three fires within a radius of two blocks. Copies of the year book for 1914 of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce have just been mailed. This organization is now 130 years old. The following are the grand jurors of Richland county for 1915: George W. Taylor, G. B>. Eleazer, J. N. Rawlinson, D. R. Innes, H. W. DesPortes, P. W. Sites, C. H. Suydam, A. S. Gaillard, J. R. Lever, George B. Eleazer, M. B. Brooks, J. E. McKinnon, J. D. j Cobb, Luther Monts, S. W. Mimms, Benson H. Slice, W. T. Sloan and D. B. Cotton. Connie Lewis, who will manage the 1915 Columbia baseball team, reached Columbia recently for a conference with President Piatt. Manager Lewis has been busy since his appointment as pilot and he has a number of prominent players signed foT trials in the spring. The Associated Charities of Columbia benefited in the sum of $164 by an offer from the Jas. L. Tapp company to donate to the organization 1 npr rent of the cross sales in the Tapp store during the ten days ending with Christmas Ere. John Copeland, while working in a cotton field of J. R. Hopkins, M. D., at Hopkins a few days ago, found a quaint British bronze coin the size of a silver half dollar, bearing the inscription: "Georgius III, Dei Gratia Ilex," and on the reverse side "Britannia 1789." The volume of the parcel post business done by the Columba postoffice during the week before Christmas was the largest in the history of the office. An extra force of clerks and carriers was employed to forward and deliver the mail. With the regular force they worked with dispatch j GOVERNOR BrANTS EXECUTIvfl CLEMENC? 44 CA8E6 YEoi l MANY LAYERS FREEi Eight Pardon* Id 36 Parroles teeued 1 ?Twenty-Thf of Those Freed 3 Had jtken Ufa. \ Columbia?Tijj governor has juH * granted pardon and paroles 1b; 44 cases. Practica' all the prisoners j were serving tap'la. the statejteni-; tentiary, on th^tate farms and the county chalngaii. Nine of the prls^ oners released re confined In the State penetenOr. 'Pardons *rere granted In seyi I leases to restore citizenship, palrf aJready having' been given. Slntiusuming office the governor has ejnded clemency in; 1,488 cases. 1 The crimes of|e prisoners releae- \ ed by the goven may be classified aa follows:^^^ '? fllN S 2 I ; ^vernor AiBKhfr Jai"r* M j ?f ' yea^ oSy 4 fim?Si?^B;?!dJ^le8 ?re: I county in manaiaugnierv-Q Thoma's Bi^Rr., convicted in p Orangeburg, 1910, murder, ; given life On Febuary | 17, 1914, the mMe was commuted f Thomas Ba^Hr., convicted In Orangeburg cWBjanuary, 1910, Waiter Jiime^fe^Ttnk^raefl, convicted in. AikSomity, Gotober, 1911, murder, giv? life term., , > Fred I; Staid. Sscted in Hony. county in Septemftl912, attempted, criminal a?sauH*K n seven years. Paroled on condltfl tat he leave the Walter William* vlcted in Greenwood county in AH T 1905, attempted criminal aaajK ?iven 30 years, in the State pemM aryCharles O'DayjLljrfcted in Lancas ai" (innnhr In iiirliioitfi Ifttft CTaCk* ' der, given a life In the penitentiary. . , S Robert Cbestiratjfconvicted In Orangeburg county ;i?eptemb?r, 1911, manslaughter, gftiilfr years in the^ penitentiary. He granted to ] Berry Hall, county In Octob&j9|H^^^HH battery with inteo^Hn^^H^^^B| 12 monthB and^^R^^^^^^^H New Charters Everybody's FuiH^H^^^^H Lancaster has beeJ^^^^H^BHj secretary of The derburk, president, Manus, secretary Other eaterp^^^^^^^BK commissioner were Chartered: Arlin^HH|^^^^H pany of Charleston, LSI.OOO. the officers i^^MH ???m beck, president; M. retary and treasurer^H^H|^^^H Chartered: lumbia, with a capifl^^BHHHH officers being: W. treasurer. the officers being: treasurer company the officers^^H^BlH^^H Lane, McLane, vice E. McLane, secret^J^^^H|HH| T. Newberry, with a the officers being: Commissioned: company of the petiti^J^HH^^^^H For the ence the pulsory education revision ' d t. Spartnn^^HHflHj^H^H by Frank ent the city Snyder, president J. W. State Federation John the advisory Carolina Equal' V* y