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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
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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*
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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..*-^
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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.
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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.
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