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voL. xxviii. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1916. NO.14 FIRST GLASH l VILLA BANITS COLONEL DODD AND POUR HUN. DRED TROOPERS ROUT VILLA. VILLA WOUNDED, 31 KI.LED Cot. Dodd's Me iode All Night and Took Bandits by Surprise.-Think Chase Near End. El Paso. Texas.-Four hundred American cavalrymen under the com mand of Col. George A. Dodd, galep ing down from the granite slopes of the great continental divide, have fal len on the main body of Francisco Villa's bandits at the San Geronimo ranch. scattering therm in many direc tions and driving the bandit chief, wounded and crippled to seek a hiding place in the mountains. Villa was hurried from danger in a carriage. The battle opened at 6 o'clock in the morning of March 29 and continued for several hours. The news of the exploit was flashed Into Juarez and sent a thrill along the border. For 17 hours the veteran Colonel with his picked troopers of the Seventh and Tenth Cavalry, drove down the valley of the Santa Maria river. At the end of the 55-mile ride they fell upon the unsuspecting Villa camp where 500 bandits were cele brating the massacre of 172 Carranza soldiers two days previously at Guer rero. Villa, shot through the leg and with one hip shattered, was hurried from the scene barely in time to es .cape the onslaught of the Americans. The bandits made a brief but hopeless stand before a charge of Colonel Dodd and his troopers. Then they broke and fled leaving 31 dead on the field including their commander General Eliseo Hernand Two machine guns, a number of ho es, rifles, ammunition, and equipment fell into the hands of the Americans. Among the known wounded Is Pab 1 Lopez, Villa's lieutenant in the Co iumbus raid. The American casual ties were four privates wounded. The American soldiers did not lin ger on the field of victory. For five hours they drove the enemy before them into the wilderness of mountain peak, desert and conyon, where roads or even trails are .unknown and where a. mis-step means death to horse and rider. They halted only . after the chase had led them 10 miles and the fugutives were scattered into little bands of half a dozen men each. Villa's career has ended; his power has been broken. His death or cap. ture is only a question of days, per haps only hours. Such Is the inevit able conclusion reached here as little by little th'e details of "Dodd's ride" reach the border. It seems impossi ble that the crippled bandit can long rema hidden, even in the mountain ous wastes in which he has sought refuge SGERMANS SHIFT TO EAST. Succeeded in Enteripg French Line of Trenches-Driven Out. London.--Having captured the vil lage of Malancourt, the Germans now have shifted their offensive eastward 4to the sector around the famous Le Mort Homme. With heavy forces the Teutons have attacked the French line between Hill 295 and Le Mort Homme and succeeded In entering French first line trenches. A vigorous counter-at tack by thg French. however, almost Immediately expelled the Invaders and another attack by the Teutons deliv ered a little later Is declared by Paris to have been put down completely. The Germans have made no attempt to debouch from Malancourt since their occupation of the village. 'Grand Jury indicts Waite. New York.-The grand jury return ed an indictment charging murder In the first degree against Dr. Arthug Warren Waite, accusing him of poison ing his father-in-law, John E. Peck, millionaire drug manufacturer of Gran millionaire drug manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich. Plot to Rescue.Schlloer. Lewes, Del-Fearing that attempts -would be made to rescue Ernest Schil 1er, the young German stowaway who single-handed captured the British steamer Matoppo and terrorized her crew of 56 men on the high seas, de tectives took Schiller from his ell in the town jail and hurried him by auto mobile to Harrington from where he will be taken by train to New York. The detectives declared that they had received positive information that at tempts would be inade to rscne the . grlsoner. . Ex-Governor Smith of S. C. Dead. Baltimore.-Former Governor Chas. A. Smith of South Carolina, died at the John Hopkins Hcspital after a long Illness, erysipelas developing af ter many months. Buffering from heart-trouble was the direct cause of death. Mr. Smith had been at the hospital two months. He was about 56 years old. The former governor's home was in Timmonsville, S. C. He was president of a Timmonsville bank and was prominently known In Bap tist aduti~tonal circles. Rememb AIRSHIPS RAID ENBUSH COASTS TEUTONIC AIR FLEETS KILL SIX TEEN AND INJURED ONE HUNDRED. BOMBS WREAK DESTRUCTION Spread Out on Scottish and Northern and Southern Coasts of England and Play Havoc. London.-'he coast of Scotland and the northern and southeastern coun ties of England were attacked by Zep pelins Sunday night, according to an official announcement by the secretary of war. The announcement says: "A Zep pelin raid took place Sunday night when the coast of Scotland and the northern and southeaster counties of England were attacked." London.-At least 16 persons were killed and about 100 others injured by the explosion of bombs dropped In another raid of Zeppelin dirigible bal loons over the northeast coast of Eng land Saturday night. - The official version of the raid says: "Two airships approached the northeast coast Saturday night. Only one crossed the coast. The other turn 'ed back. "For the present we know that 16 persons were killed and about 100 In jured. "Eight dwelling houses were de molished and a serious fire was caus ed in a French polishing shop. SEARCH MOUNTAINS FOR VILLA. Nothing Has Been Heard of His Opera. tions Since Battle. San Antonio, Texas.--Unless Fran cisco Villa Is definitely located within the next day or two, It is believed here that General Pershing will begin a search of the mountains west and south of Guerrero. Since the defeat of Villa's forces March 29 in and near Guerrero, lightly equipped detach ments of cavalry have been sweeping In whirlwind fashion through the dis trict about head waters of the Santa Maria River trying to locate the elus ive bandit, reported to have gone in that direction afteP being desperately wounded. General Pershing did not get a re port through to General Eunston dur ing the day, but his chief of staff did, indicating that the line of communica tion was maintained. No mention of news of Villa was made. There Is In creasing belief that General Pershing may have been deceived as to the di rection taken by Villa and even con cerning his injuries. Garard Will Stick Through War. Berlin, via London.--James W. Ga rard, the American ambassador, has ssued a statement through the Wolff Bureau regarding the report telegraph ed here from the United States that he intends to resign, return to America and becomne a candidate for governor of New York. The statement says: "The ambassador regards It his duty not to leave the Important post at Berlin during the war, especially as any possible successor would rot easi ly work into the difficult and often complicated matter of British Inter ests entrusted, such as those of civil and military prisoners. He hopes to remain In Berlin at least until the end of the great war." Germans Take Thousand Yards. Berlin, via London.-The Germans'I official statement announces that Teu ton troops have cleared 1,000 yards of French trenches northeast of Harcourt in addition to the positions taken March 30. Enraged Mob Storms JaIl. Petersburg, Va.-A mob of 1,000 peo pe, made up largely of enraged citi ens from Nottoway and Dinwiddie counties, surrounded the Petersburg jail in which Is confined John Wil liams, a negro, who was arrested for an alleged criminal assault on a young women, 19, at her home near Black stone. Asks Wilson to Demand Reparation. Pars.-Prof. Jamez Mark Bald win of Baltimore whose daughter was seriously injured In the explosion of Ithe cross channel steamer Sussex, gave out a copy of a cablegram de-! spatched to Preisdent Wilson. It reads: A woman traveling where her rIght was, carrying an American passport, stricken on the Sussex, hovering be tween life and death, demands that reparation -for assault on American lfe and liberty be exacted. (Signed) "idark Baldwin." U.S.-Marines Land In China. Vekng.-MIarines from the United States gunboat Wilmington went ashore at Swatow, where the Chinese troops have declared their independ ence of the central government. The detachment reconnr'itered and found city quiet. A Chinese gunboat also Is anchored off Swatow, .which is a seaport -f Kwang Tung province, 120 miles south of Amoy. Chang Chow Fu. a city of about 900.000 inhabitanis, and one of the largest In China, M-~s de clared its independence of t' 3 gov ernment of Yuan .Shi Ka. er Clarendon' METZTS I ASKS GOVERNOR TO CONVENE ASSEMBLY McLAURIN SAYS TIME HAS COME FOR EXTRA SESSION TO PRO VIDE INSURANCE. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capitol. Columbia. "I am convinced that the situation has reached a point where it is nec essary that you call the legislature to gether to provide for state insurance" says John L. McLaurin, state ware house commissioner, in a long official communication which he addressed to Governor Manning. Gov. Manning said that at present he had nothing to say for publication in regard to McLaurin's letter. Other developments in the situation arising out of the enactment and ap proval of the Laney-Odom measure rel ative to fire insurance were as fol lows: Committeemen representing trade bodies met In Columbia and decided to engage counsel and bring an action in the original jurisdiction of the sa preme court to test the constitution ality of the Laney-Odom act. A farmers' mutual fire insurance company, to operate in Clarendon. Lee and Sumter counties, was char tered; this being the third such en terprise launched since the approval of the Laney-Odom act. Commissioner McLaurin furnished to the press copies of his extensive letter to Gov. Manning. Will Test Laney-Odom Act. Commercial bodies of South Caro lina through their executive commit tee have decided to employ attorneys to test the constitutionality of the Laney-Odom anti-compact law in the original jurisdiction of the supreme court. All agencies, it is thought, will use their efforts in bringing the case to the supreme court in the near fu ture so that the situation caused by the withdrawal of practically all the fire insurance companies from the state will be clarified. This decision was reached by the committee in a session which com menced at noon and was continued in the- afternoon. Fits Hugh McMaster, Insurance commissioner, and James A. Cathcart, president of the South Carolina Fire Underwriters' Associa tion, appeared before the committee at its request. All members of the com mittee were present. Thy are: Wil liam M. Otis of Columbia, chairman; Rawley W. Holcombe of Columbia, secretary; B. F. McLeod of Charleston. eorge H. Edwards of Darlington and . E. Child of Whitmire. The meet ing was held In the rooms of the hamber of commerce. Through the assistance of members f the committee. Mr. Otis will appoint ounty chairmen. who will be dele gated with authority to c-all mass meetings of business men, farmers, in surance agents and legislative dole gatons. Should the law be found onstitutional. it is pointed out that further steps by the ecommercial in terests of the state will be available 1 through the concerted action of these1 ounty agencies. 1 Ward for Tubercular Women. Members of the state board of : health, meeting In Columbia. awardedJ a contract for constructing a ward for , women at the state tuberculosis camp': near State Park. to the Taylor-Waters Construction Company of Columbia. The contract price is $4.500.1 The bids for the' construction of the new unit have been opened and work is to begin as soon as possible. A fund of $5,000 was appropriated by the last general assembly to add an additional ward at thle state camp- The ward for men has been in: use for a year. The new ward, which will be con structed of brick and wood, will ac commodate 20 patient: a~i will b--:: vided with every modern convenience. Manning Approves Textile Acts. Gov. Manning approved two acts of Importance to the textile industry in South Carolina. One of the acts provides for a week ly pay roll in all textile concerns and the other Is the 60 hours a week law. The fine for violation of the weekly pay act is not less than $100 nor more than.S200. This act will go into ef fet July 1. It was brought out at the hearing! before the governor that the weekly pay act will affe" ab ut 50 per cent' of the textile plan 4.h state. Gymnasium Almost Completed. 'The gymnasium which will cost about $60.000 is almost completed and it will be one of the finest in the South." said D. W. McLaurin. who re turned to Columbia after attending a meeting of the board of trustees of Winthrop College at Rock Hilil. He said only routintu matters were con sidered. Mr. McIaurin said the fac ulty was expecting a large attendance for the summer eshool for teachers. "Rock~ Hill is m:4king great prepara tions for the meeting of the veteran4 next montth," said Mr. McLaurin. s Big Celebra AND from C County Prisoners A;o inspected. The secretary and the assistant sec retary of the state board of charities and corrections since August 4, 1915, ha-e visited every county penal and charitable institution in South Caro lina except about 12 chaingangs. Re ports on these inspections have been made to the board and, except in the counties visited very recently, detail ed accounts of the findings aid rec ommendations of the agents of the board have been sent to thre officivais who have these institutions in charge and to other interested perso.s. Having gotten for the board t charities and corrections a firsthand view of the administration, physical equipment and method of treating >risoners, convicts and paupers in practically every county institution in the state that cares for these classes, the secretary of the board and his as sistant will undertake the important work of fixing standards.for these in stitutions and getting them introduced through the co-operation of county of cials who are in 'charge of them. [n fixing the standards for county penal and charitable institutions, the agents of the board will be governed. by the standards in force in other states in county jair. almshouses and chaingangs, and by what th:- have seen in the best of these institutions an South Carolina. During the coming months the agents of the board will undertake a sstematic study of the cost of main taining penal and charitable institu Lions in counties in different parts of the state. Whether or not the county ,haingang system of road building Is excessively expensive has been a wide ,y discussed question in the state of ate. It is expected that the investi rations of the agents of the board will ielp materially in deciding this matter. Need Repairs at Cedar Springs. Mandamus proceedings will be brought in the supreme court to force the comptroller general to pa: a i' f $10.000 for repairs at the Cedar Springs institute for the deaf, dumb and blind. An error in the general appropriation bill caused the attorney general to rule that the comptroller ;eneral had no right to pay out the rund without a court order. Solicitor : ill of Spartanburg will represent the school at the hearing. The comptrol der general will be represented by the I attorney general. The petition for the writ of mandamus will be filed with the court early next week. Want Home for Feeble-Minded. Lecturing to the Associated Chari ties on "The Problem of Feeble-mind edness." Albert S. Johnstone, secre tary of the state board of charities and corrections,. said that the board was trying to make the public realize that the problem of protecting the mentally deficient existed, that it had indertaken to catalogue as many of the white mentally deficients as pos sible. and that it intended to lay be- 3 ore the next general assembly the acts it'had gathered with a view to aving the state establish an institu :ion in which feeble-minded white peo ple could be cared for permanntly. Dispensary S'ocks Are Sold. L. L. Bultman, former state dispen-1 ;ary auditor, said that practically all )f the surplus stocks held by the late. ounty dispensary systems had been lisposed of by the county boards r'he average price was about 50 per ~ent of the real value. eath Rate High, Birth Rate Low. ] Not only is the annual death rate 'or negroes In South Carolina larger han for white people but the annuali ,irth rate is smaller, according ,to fig-] ires completed by the bureau of vital tatistics. The death rates, based on -eturns for 1915, are: For whites, 2.6; for negroes. 17.4. The birth -ates are: For whites, 29.1; for ne ~roes, 26.7. One hundred and thirty Iine homicides were recorded. Of the 24,501 deaths occurring last rear in South Carolina, making an an iual death rate per 1,000 population f 15.2, 9,141 were white people, 15.350 v-ere negroes and 10 were Indians. Chere were 44,950 births, distributed is follows: White males, 11.015; hite females, 10.127; negro males, L2.110; negro females. 11,512; Indian nales, 2; Indian females, 184. The mnual birth rate for the state is 28. NJew Enterprises Are Authorized. H. A. Taylor, Inc., of Columbia has been commissioned with a capital of ~ 10.000. The petitioners are H. A. aylor and Emma D. -faylor. The Consolidated Garage of Char eston has been commissioned with a apital of $10,000. The petitioners are Hugo Jahnz and E. A. Jahnz, Jr. The Summerton Drug Company has been commissioned with a capital of 2,000. The petitioners are C. V. Du Bose and L. W. Carrigan. 1 A charter has been issued to the 'rood Hope Realty Corporation of harlston with a caital of $25,000. rhe officers are: J. J. Murray. presi lent, and Walter B. Wilbur, secretary and treasurer. The Pastime Amusement Company >f Lake City has been commissioned, with a capital of $2,000. The petition ers are: A. Weaver, J. P. Matthews, j1 . T. Hamer andA 3. M. Truluck. 4 The Rydemont _Company of Spar-|2 anburg has been chartered with a cap-iC tal of $3,000. The officers are: - 3.| 1 P. Robertson. president and treasurer, and . R. Robertsori, Jr., secretary. The secretary of state has issued a ( eommisson to the Commercial banki af Estill, with a capital of $25,000.I The petitioners arc: S. M. Clarke, M. 1 E. O'Neal, E. H. Wyman and W. E. f Peeples. jC tion to be hek :harleston wi CATTLE SAES PROVE SUCES PRCMCTERS ARE HIGHLY PLEA ED WITH MARKETING OF CATTLE. MANY BUYERS ARE PRESEN Representatives of Well Known Cc cerns Make Good Bids-Railroads Play Important Part. Rock Hill.-Rock Hill's first catt sale was a success. This was t) pinion expressed by State Afent I W. Long and his assistants and by number of the buyers here for t sale. Tt guarantees that Rock H will hr.ve an annual cattle sale, sa Sir. Lonv. Between 250 -nd 300 head of catt were sold, the price per pound ran [g from 5 to 7 3-4 cents. The av( ge weight of the cattle was aroui 60 pounds. The sale netted the ow rs of the cattle something over $1 )00. The cattle yards, in the ta rounds, were the scene of great a tivity throughout the entire mornin . score of buyers were here to mal bids, while a number of railroad cials' were present. Hundreds people from all parts of this and a joining counties were here for to sale and much interest was taken. 1N ong is of the opinion that the ne: :attle sale held here will see mo: than 500 head of cattle offered, lot a thousand. 'The sale was conducted under t lirection of the local *chamber :ommerce and the extension divisic >f Clemson College, co-operating wil :he United States department of a iculture. In active charge of t ;ale was E. Driver of E. Driver ,o., commission merchants of Bol nore, who handled nis end to perfe ion. Among the buyers here for the sa vere George Morris, head buyer f< ). B. Martin & Co., Baltimore; Cha es McDonald, head buyer for Swi i Co., New York; L. B. Lyman, Ne Fork, and New York Butchers Dres ad Meat compnay, represented by 3. Lyman; David Regan, representir ulzberger & Sons Co., New Yorl 3elsford Packing company, Harri )urg, Pa.; Mr. Welckens, representi Velckens-Staats & Co., Wilmingto )el.; G. H. Shamberg, representing Shamberg & Sons,. Jersey City sto< rards, N. J.; Mr. Dayvault, represer ng Dayvault & Guffy, Concord, N. C V. R. Sanders, representing Carsc ive Stock company, Richmond, Va. Another Mutual Company. Colrmbia.-Farmers Mutual Pr ection association of Sumter, Clare: Ion and Lee counties, South Carolin as been commissioned by the secr ary of state to do a general fire lasu nce business. This Is the third m :ual fire insurance company to be c ~anized since the anti-compact la vent into effect. The petitioners of the company arn C. Strauss of Sumter, H. C. Hayn vorth of Sumter, E. W. Dabbs Wayesville, Robert M. Cooper of Wi eky, NeiN O'Donnell of Sumter, 3. Phelps of Sumter, 3. al. Kolb sumter, G. A. Lemmon of Sumter, 3 5. Sanders of Sumter and C. J. Jac on of Toratio. F. H. McMaster, 1nsurance cor nissioner. said that 15 mutual fil nurance companies were already >peraton in the state. Four of ther nutuals are 'jocated in Charlesto: he total amount of insurance ca ied is about $17,000,000. The fir nutual fire insurance company outh Carolina was organized Thester county in 1S01 under an a f the legislature. W. B. Dove, no ssistant to the secretary of stat was one of the promoters. Chester Gains Population. Chester.-Chester county's total< iirths and deaths last year was ollows: Births, 824; deaths, 482, th iirth rate 28.2 per cent and the deat ate 16.1 per cent. Place 'Stock For Packing House. Orangeburg.-The special commi ee that is working to place the stoc f the Orangeburg packing hous mong the largest number of peopJ eports that it has placed all the stoc xcept about $10,000, which will 1: old to farmers in Orangeburg cou1 y. When the matter of a packin ouse was brought to the attentlo f the business men of Orangebur a an amazingly short time $50,00 orth of stock was subscribed an iarnteed. After details have bee .rraned erection will begin. Coal For South America. Spartanburg.-The development< he coal traffi: through the port< harleston is indicated by the at louncement that the Clinchfield Fui ompaily is to load at Charleston wit] 1 the next few days an 8,000 to teamer for a South American por any cargoes have been shippedt ~uba and to gulf ports through th cuth Carolina port since the cot iers were erected a few months ag< ut the presint announcement is th [rast of ccal going to a South Amer an country.. I in Mannir 11 Furnish l MISS VIRGINIA SAUNDERS . le t. a ie ill id le ,r C- Mist Saunders Is state sponsor South Carolina Division U. C. V. who hold their annual reunion in Rock Hill this year. * STATE SHOWS BIG GAIN t akes Considerable Advance in Manu *e factures and Also Shows An I Increase of Capital. Le Washington.-A gan of almost $30, )f ,000,000 or 17 per cent of capital in in vested in the state in.1914 over 1909 h indicated by figures 0f the 'United: !- States census bureau made public here te when statistics for South Carolina k were shown. :i- The population of South Carolina at c- the census of 1910 was 1,515,400 and it is estimated that it was 1,590,000 on le July 1, 1914. >r The summary shows that consider r- able increase at the census of 1914, as 't compared with that for 1909. In the w order of their im.portance, from a per s- centage standopint, the increases for .. the several items rank as follows: ,g -Materials, 37.2 per cent; primary ; horsepower, 23.1 per cent; value of s- products, 22.7 per cent; salaried em g .ployers, 21.7 per cent. a, The capital invested, sw-eported in J. 1914, was $203,211,000, a gain of $29, k 990,000, or 17.3 per cent, over $173, t. 331,000 in 1909. n Plan Big Event at Spartanburg. Spartanburg. - Prospects are very bright for the 22nd annual Spartanburg music festihal, which will be held May ,. 17,'18, 19. Annguncement is made 1. that Walter Damrosch, dean of Ameri 1. can conductors, and the New York s- Symphony society orchestra, which r. ranks second to none in the world, ,. have beeni secured for their eighth en r gagement In the premier musical Sevent in the Southern States, Some of the most noted stars on the oper .atic and concert stages have been en .gaged to sing. The Converse College ~Choral Society and the children's ~chorus' are larger than ever before, the Llater 200 voices, 550 In all. The roster of artists as announced 7 by Edmon Morris, dean of the school .of music of Converse College and di rector of the festival, follows: Miss a- Tilly Koenen, contralto; Miss Laura e Combs, soprano; Miss Anna Case, ncolature soprano; Mrs. Merle Tillot son, Alcock, contralto; John Camp ebell, tenor; Theodore Harrison, bai tone; Robert Maitland, bass. Face Losses Bravely. nLexington.-Facinlg a fire loss esti-. mate( t $100,000 or more, Lexington ,began to look to the future of the town. The burned district, It is as sured, will be rebuilt and Lexington people are hopeful that the new struc tures will be better than those which the flamez swept away. The loss is entirely a matter of estimates so far, s and it can not be accurately placed e until there is a final checking up. It is believed that the insurance will amount to about 40 per cent SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. k Congressman Byrnes has announced e two successful candidates for Annapo e lis-'Murray Smith and C. B. Johnson. k both of Williston-as the result of re e cent examinations held in Aiken. 1 IThe Benevolent and Protective Or g der of Elks will hold Its state conven tion in Spartanburg May 17, 18, 19, at the time of the Spartanburg music 0 festival. dThree fires have' occurred at Thorn I well orphanage within the past two .weeks. The jury in the case of Miss Louise Lowe vs. L. T. Lester, Jr., Tom fWright et nl., at Spartanburg, a suit ffor an automobile which Miss Lowe -claimed she won as a contestant, ren I dered a 'verdict in favor of the plain - tiff. L Congres~s has passed a bill authoriz .ing the naval militia of South Caro 0 ia to use the government Immigra-! e tion statiou.which was erected at . Charleston fcur years ago and which ,has neven 'een occupied since its com e pletini IThe state firemen will meet in Orangeourg June 20. 21 and 22. Ig---FIELD DA Ausic for the ROYAL' BAKING POWDER Absolutey purg No Alum-No Phosphate FIELD DAY Friday, April 14th, 1916, Beginning at 10:39 O'clock. Following the plan of last year. the county is d'vided into the following groups for the purpose of selecting rep; osentatives to take part in the Declamation contests; also for the atheleticcontests. p Pinewood group, consisting of Pinewood, Paxville, Big Branh Home Branch, Silver, Grange Hall and Pineland schools. Summerton group. consisting of Summerton. Davis Station-; Oak Grove, Cross Roads, Panola and Jordan schools. Sardinia group, consisting of Sardina, Enterprise, Harmony-: Oakda le, New Zion, (consolidated) Barrow, and New Harmony Schools. CZTurbeville group. consisting of Turbeville, Coker, Gamble=" Hicks. McFaddin, Barrineau, and Sunny Side schools. Manning group, consisting of Manning, Alcolu, Trinity,$a vin, Foreston, Wilson, Baywood, Thigpen, Mission, Green Savan4 : Deep Creek, Bear Creek, and Line schools. Each school is entitled to send a boy and a girl representative; ? for each classification to the group contest event. Each school group is entitled to select from those contests : two representatives, a boy and a girl, for each classification tota e part in the Declamation contests at the Gene-al Field Day o The-teachers of the schools in the respective grotups are' pected to confer and arrange a date before the general field day-t "try out" their representatives, and thus select one boy and on, girl for each of the following divisions: Class A-Boys and girls fuder 12 years of age. Class B-Boys and girls fi om 12 to 15 years of age. Class C-Boys and girls from 15 to 18 year-s of age. In order for the schools not to lose time from the regular school work, it is suggested that a Saturday be used as a-try out: event. The various school groups may provide prizes for the;winner if they so decide. The winners at the General Field Day will be given appr priate prizes, some of which will coat of gold medais. It will be seen that the plan thisyear causes boys to -compet with boys, and girls with girls. ATHLETICS. The athletic sports will'take place immediately after the di ner hour. and will consist, for.the-Boys. of.Running'%igh RundifgBroad Jump, Standing Broad Jump, and racing. 'ts 50. 75, and 100 yards, .according to age as per the declamation contests For Girls there will be racing contests, and such other features as the committee may determine at the time. Prizes to be - awarded the winners. LITERARY FEATURES. - Written examiaations will be held at Manning on. Saturday April 8th., in which each school at large in the county will-be .en-i titled to or~c representative for each feature. Examination to beg gin~ at eleveu o'clock, and close at one o'clock. No pupil permitted to take more than one examination. No one permitted to enter aften z 12a o'clock. Spelling, 5th and 6th grades, 50 words from Hunt's Syere Book 2. Spelling, 7th grades and up, 50 or more words, selected mein y from Payne's Common Words Commonly Misspelled. Arithmetic-Common fractions. planned for 5th and 6t grades. Arithemnetic-To cover cornmon and decimal fractios .. planned for 7th an'd Sth grades. - Algebra-Up to factoring, planned for 7th and 8th grades. Algebra-Factoring and fractions above 8th grades. Gramm~ar-Kinard-Withers. Book i, planned for 5th grade < Gramamar-Kinard-Withers, Book 2, planned for 6th and 7th grades. No conitestant capable of the more advance work, permitted to compete in the lower subject. The contestants must actually be students in the books specificed. Composition work for the more advanced pupils on the ques~ tion of "Preparedness"-Way or why not should the United States provide a large army and navy? Each contestant can tike either side of the question. The best compositions, two from each schodol should be sent to die County Superintendent by April 1st. -The winners will be announced on Field Day, April 14th. Suitable prizes will be awarded. In case any school in the county has to close its session before - any of the dates specified, the teacher should plan to have thed school representented, and the contestan~-ts to attend the groupQ event. There will be no need for any school to be deprived of any the advantages offered. Baseball, Basketball, and other enjoyments to complete the day. Let all come prepared to get thxe most possible out of all, the features. For any additional information. Address the County Superin ent of Education. Romance. TeGnlmn They v -re at a tea on Morningside &afishdpouttegolma -she extremely pretty and engagingsemtodeerhigvyesly despite the fact that sh v~s buin tes lk h ae ftehb Teachers' college, and he an carr-caonyoebyeor.e sodf est student of the law. They had scr;btwaee i ttoh really gone quite far along the plea&as- o ons.fr omnee s ant road of~ romance. He inquired scal eueb itee fh civilly what degree she pursuied. "I a ont eakig h eto aspire to be an- M. R. S.,"~ she repliedgetea 5hepas.rottrtb Zz demurely. "I dare say it's hard," he nhsoceyadntIniswto answered absent-mindedly. Hours vru fhslann.bri hr~ afterward unlier the green-shadeddiaysclretonwthh. A&' light in his own room it all came thi laueh azitgv eey hi sddnt yseing ton -doerhng er aity; sociallyl 1 th 1916.ybit, vn fh Occasioaln.aios ih im thspesrehjadt iemr