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T * Established in 1891. \ L. STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Pete Hamilton, a negro, is in the penitentiary for safe keeping, charged with criminal assault upon a white woman, in Pickens county. Governor Manning has com-! missioned W. C. Cathcart, former ' chief of police of Columbia, as a special constable, to act for the Southern railway in Columbia. The Brogon cotton mills of Anderson has resumed operations after remaining idle for eleven weeks, due to a strike among j the help. About 575 operatives | are again employed at the mill. ; Aaron P. Prioleau, a negro, ; who for 16 years has contested all elections to congress from j the Charleston district, Monday | filed a contest against the se. t ing of Richard C. Whaley. Senator E. D. Smith has asked President Wilson to have the government assist in getting potash from Germany for Southern farmers for use in fertilizer. The president said the state de- j partment would do everything possible. Gov. Manning has ordered a special term of court for Picker.s county to try Pete Hamilton, a negro held in the State penitentiary on the charge of attempted assault. The trial will begin December 27. In the sessions court at Spar-1 tanburg John Horr and Leila Horn entered pleas of guilty to Q n inrll/.l ?nnn( nknv/vinrv cnr\t .lir uii uiuivviiiciii v,uai ^in>; ing cigarettes and tobacco to minors. They were sentenced to serve four months or $50 fine and three months or $25 fine. Schools in South Carolina showing the gieatest improvement during the year will be awarded cash prizes worth $2,300 at a meeting of the South Carolina School Improvement association, to be held in Columbia December 16. Fifty persons were arrested in Anderson last week on the charge of selling liquor. A num ber of them plead guilty. The cases were worked up by detectives of a national detective agency who were brought to Anderson by the mayor of that city. Secretary William McAdoo has accepted an invitation to address the Southern Commercial congress at Charleston, December 16. The secretary probably will choose this occasion for his first discussion of the new administration merchant marine bill before a representative body of business men. House Officials Named. The appointments for the house of representatives for the 1916 session of the General Assembly | have been announced by the | speaKer, -James a. Hoyt, as follows: Secretary to the speaker, Miss Kate Cantwell, Columbia. General desk clerk, Ralph Arnold, Spartanburg. Journal clerk, R. E. Carwile, ! Columbia. Bill clerk, John A. Kaminer, Columbia. Pages, James T. Bacon Sharpton, Edgefield; Lindsay Odom, Chesterfield; John Radcliflfe, Columbia; Ernest Gary Sharpe, Lexington. Doorkeepers, W. N. Austin, ! Greenville; J. W. McCreight, Columbia; B. G. Hoover. Orangeburg* lH --V HE F SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS CONVENED ON MONDAY The Sixty-Fourth U. S. congress assembled and organized ' Monday for the session which is expected to be the greatest with- J in the memory of the present generation. Four hours' work in the House saw Speaker Clark returned to the chair; Representative Mann returned to the leadership of the Republican minority; the introduction of 2,MO bills and resolutions, many of them proposing measures of National defense and many more in opposition; the reappearance of constitutional amendments to enfranchise women and a miniature rules fight. In the Senate practically nothing was done except the election of Senator Clarke of Arkansas as president pro tempore. Vice President Marshall was absent because of the illness of his wife. Both houses then after sending a joint committee to the White House to give official notice of the opening of Congress adjourned until Tuesday, when the real business began with President Wilson's address to a joint session in the hall of the House a" '2:30 o'clock. The greatest budget of expenditures ever placed before any American Congress in times of peace was brought in from the various branches of the Government, the total being more than $1,000,000,000, or $170,000,000 more than was asked for last year. The great part of the proposed increased expenditure is for the enlarged army arid navy programs, and aside from working out the problem of national defense it will be the business of congress to raise the revenue to pay for it. Enters Grocery Business. On January 1 Rock Hill will have another wholesale grocery store. V. B. Blankenship and C. Albert Johnston have entered into a partnership and will have a concern with a $10,000 capital. The name of the new concern has not been definitely decided upon. The new wholesale store will be located on West Main street, the Smith-Fewell warehouses and basement having been leased. This property is admirably adapted to the wholesale business, being adjoining the railroad tmnto or%a _ V. UI1U 11(4 V I I I ^ space for storing several car loads of groceries. Messrs. Blankenship and Johnson will handle heavy and fancy groceries and produce of all descriptions. The basement will be devoted to the produce. Plans are in the making for other extensions and improvements, but no final decision has yet been reached. It need not be stated, however, that this concern will make every effort to have one of the most up-to-date wholesale houses to be seen in a city the | size of Rock Hill anywhere.? Rock Hill Herald. Breaking 'Squire Bailes' Record. Dr. Joe Cabell Davis rounded out his third year as Judge of Probate for Dillon last Tuesday and in looking over his records j "Doc" finds that during that1 time he has married 660 couples and issued 1332 marriage licenses. This record supasses that oi me laie squire Bailes so far that "Doc" deserves, and. we heraby confer upon him, the title of "The Marrying Judge." ? Dillon Herald. Only 13 more shopping days before Christmas. Buy it now, I ORT ] FOKT MILL, S. C., THU IMPORTANT PLACES FOR REPRESENTATIVES The South Carolina delegation fared exceptionally well in committee assignments this year, the list for the Sixty-fourth congress being made public Saturday. says a Washington special to The State. Representative Finley, dean of the delegetion. retains his place as ranking Democrat on the | powerful committee on postI offices and post roads. Mr. Lever retains his place as chairman of the committee on i agriculture. Mr. Aiken continues ranking ' Democrat on the committee of District of Columbia together , with places on the census and on ! pxnpnditnrps in tlio .-lo_ i i partment. Mr. P.yrnes retains his place : on the committee on roads and ' war claims and is made chair- j j man of the committee on mileage : and in addition is assigned to j the strong committee on merchant marine and fisheries, which is charged with handling the administration's important shipping bill. Mr. Ragsdale goes to the comj mittee on foreign affairs. Dis: trict of Columbia, and arts and 'expositions. His change from the banking and currency committee was made at his request. Mr. Whaley goes on the juuiciarv cummitiee. Mr. Nicholls goes on the military affairs committee, which will handle one end of the preparedness program. With two chairmanships and assignments for each member on influential working committees, the delegation starts the session with fine prospects for effective work. Will Wed December 18. President Wilson will be married to Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait on Saturday, December 18. The wedding date was made official j at the White House Saturday , jusl as me president started on his usual Saturday automobile ride into the country with his i fiancee. The statement said: "The marriage of Mrs. Gait and the president will take place on Saturday, the eighteenth of December. I "As previously stated, the ceremony will be performed at Mrs. Gait's home, No. 1308 Twentieth street, North West, this city. "The only guests will be Mrs. . Gait's mother, her brothers and sisters, the president's brother and sisters, his daughters and the members of his immediate | household. No invitations will ! be issued." Nr. Hair is Appreciative. We were kept busy the day before Thanksgiving preparing d:ui~ r*?r * iui uui uiuic vyumerence ana tne coming of our guests. About dark I heard Mrs. Hair say, "Where did all these packages come from?" The negro drayman replied, "Thays frum tha store, they blongs here." We counted twenty-seven packages 1 filled with good things for our i table. We were no longer con- | cerned about something for our ( conference speakers to eat. Only a few of the things u ere marked, but we want to thank every one 1 who had any part in giving us i such a pleasant surprise. I was i often on the street during the day, and can not understand how so many things were collected for us, without my finding 1 it out. Having been here six i years such a token of apprecia- i tion is a source of encourage- ( ment and delight. I am happy to work with such a thoughtful and considerate people. I S. P. Hair. ' Mill RSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 19 GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL. By J. D. Fulp. Supt. The following pupils have made an average on all studies of over 95 and are entitled to be placed on the honor roll: First Grade?Doane James, George Ross Garrison. James Massey, Ladson Merritt, Louis McKibben, Thomas Spratt, Roy Robinson, Baxter Parks. Frances Bradford, Omie Hood, Jack Baker. T. W. Kimbrell, Faulkner Parks, Harvey Pitt man, Arthur Steadman, Claude Gordon, Tom Thompson, Adelle Starnes. r>? J- iir-ii- ^ kj^?.unu uiaut >v line t>raaford, Elliott Bennett, Ida Louise Carothers, Elliott Gordon, Edw> rd Harris, Cora Massey, .John McLaughlin, Inez Wolfe. Third Grade?Edith Parks, Margie Bryant, John McKee Spratt, William Morton. Amidas Link, Marion Jones, Olin Hood. Fourth Grade?Elizabeth Ardrey, Lee Carothers, William Hafner, Katherine Massey. Bertha Moore. Stephen Starnes, Ernest Wagner. Fifth Grade ?Janie Bayne, Palmer Hudson. Frank Jones, Pearl McKibben, Elizabeth Mills, Anna Wolfe. Sixth Grade?Marion Parks. Annie Parks, Elma Bradford, Cleo Bailes, John Lester Crowder, Arthur Young, Seventh Grade?Elizabeth Hill, Blanche Moser. Ronhip I.inW Harvey Wagner, Hat tie Beiiv. Eighth Grade? Beatrice Parks. Ninth Grade ?Ruth McLaughlin, Ethel Hughes. Tenth Grade?Clarence Patterson, Marjorie Mills, Andrew Hafner, William Erwin. Total enrollment, 2G8. @6^3?????????? f!^ 1 Give C 1 That I Do your a Come, let u to-date Christi Old "f ,o tnk A vy tvy LA IV/ |} Christmas Go< I Mills & I li 0<900S000Q00<S0< Tim 15 FORD'S PEACE PARTY MOVED OFF PROMPTLY Henry Ford and more than 80 peace advocates sailed from New York Saturday on the steamer Oscar II for Christiana. Norway. The party was accompanied by 57 newspaper correspondents and photOErraDhcrs and mnro than on general assistants, secretaries and stenographers. The sailings of the Oscar II. scheduled for 2 o'clock Saturday, was delayed somewhat by the unexpected arrival of 15 persons who had been invited by Mr. Ford, but had not indicated their intended sailing. The examination of baggage, passports and tickets of the 15 late arrivals, as well as the final clearing of the ship of all but persons who held tickets took up considerable time. William .1. Bryan and Thomas A. Edison were at the dock an hour before the steamer sailed to bid Mr. Ford farewell. The steamer sailed at 3:15 o'clock nrip hour an/1 1 r; rnin..*-^ vt?V ilVMl (IHU in lllllllll.tr?* later than the scheduled sailing hour. Such delay, however, is not unusual and in this case it was caused largely by the late arrival of 15 members of the Ford party. New Mill for Clover. Announcement is made that plans have been completed for the building of a $200,000 cotton mill at Clover, in this county. Clover already has one cotton ; mill which is said to be very successful. Information coming here is that the new company has already been organized, that a well-known mill man of wide experience has been selected to have the active management of it, and that the machinery has already been ordered. 0@? ?? ?? hristma are Worth V iristmas shopping is show you son mas Goods. Santa ? Big, Busy Store :>ds." V , ' ioung v i the New Store 00000 00 0 00000 ES. SI.25 Per Year. POLITICS TO PLAY PART IN ISENHOWER TRIAL? A stall' correspondent of the Columbia Record writes that paper irorr. York under date of Tuesday as follows: The jury that will try Ernest Isenhower, indicted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Rawley Boulware, was completed at 12:15 this afternoon after the State had exhausted all of its challenges and the defense all but four. It was evident from the first that the political complexion of the veniremen were considered by both the State and the defense. It was authoritatively stated by counsel of both sides that ten of the jurors were Blease and two anti-Blease men. It seems as if the case will be fought from a political angle. The iurv is as fnllnwc* R R Brandon, farmer; Jesse M. Moore, farmer; J. E. Armstrong, farmer; S. A. Mitchell, farmer; J. T. McAhee, farmer; J. W. McSwain, farmer; J. F. Bookout, farmer; R. M. Mitchell, farmer; J. M. Poag, farmer; W. L. Baker, plumber; D. L. Moss, clerk: W. H. Jackson, blacksmith. The jury is evenly divided between young and middle aged men. To prevent any possible trouble 15 extra deputies were sworn in and stationed in and around the court room. Witnesses and spectators were searched for weapons before allowed to enter the courtroom. Judge Hayne F. Rice is presiding. The court adjourned at 12:40 o'clock until tomorrow morning. C fllf+O 1 o unto | l^hile. I early. ? le Real, Up- ? lays: 1 to buy your ? ^omp'y I