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" _^Yj \ *"* N j The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. CANO AND BANDITS ENGAGE IN BATTLE DISPOSES OF RUMOR THAT COL ONEL CANO HAD DESERTED TO VILLA. KILLS LEADER OF THE BAND That Some Supplies and Forage is Being Obtained "Off the Country" by U. S. Cavalry is Encouraging. Washington.?Evidence of co-operation by Carraftza troops with American ' forces hunting Villa, apparently disposing finally of rumors that Colonel Canu Las deserted to Villa came to the war department from General Pershing. He reported an engagement n? March 29, presumably near Geueneru, between Cano's troops and one of the bands into which Colonel Dodd scattered the main Villa force. As this clash, in which Manuel Boco, loader of the outlaws, is said to have been killed, occurred the same day that Colonel Dodd struck the Villa army, officials were convinced the Carranza columns were actively co-operating with the Americans. "This seems to dispose finally of the rumors of disloyalty on the part of Colonel Cano," Secretary Baker said in a formal statement. Previous reports had caused officials to doubt Cano's loyalty, and General Pershing's dispatch was received with great satisfaction. The fact that three days elapsed after the 48-hour-old report of Colonel Dodd's engagement, before news came of the Cano fight renewed hopes that important subsequent events have not yet been reported to headquarters. That some supplies and forage for the cavalry, even If of poor quality, ware being obtained -off the country" by General Pershing's forces was another encouraging feature of the latest report. The general said corn of Hoi iui ijuumy was pienurui ana tn.at beef cattle In sufficient quantity had been secured. , The state department officially denied a reffdM' fliht Inquiry had been made of General Carranza regarding troop movements in northern Mexico. Neither the state nor the navy department had disquieting information of any kind. PROMPT REPLY PROMISED. German Government Promises Gerard Prftmnf P*?lu ? Washington. ? American ambassador Gerard at Berlin cabled that the German government had promlsde him a prompt reply to his inquiry regarding destruction of the British steamer Sussex and other vessels on which Americans were endangered. The foreign office. Ambassador Gerard stated, had referred his inquiry to the admiralty. While no definite time was given by the German officials within which a response would be made. Mr. Gerard stated that he hat! assurances It would be forthcoming as soon as possible. The American ambassador's dispatch indicated that Instead of waiting for the German suh marine commanders to report the admiralty office would send out Inquiries to the submarine bases. Naval Committee Hearings End. Washington.?The house naval comImlttee brought to an end prolonged hearings on the 1917 naval appropriation bill. Secretary Daniels closed a tliree-day statement before the committee with a final appeal in support of the administration's five year building program. A sub-committee immediately will begin framing the bill. It became known that a determined effort would be made to provide for six capital ships, two drendnaughts and four battle cruisers, as a compromise between the recommendations of the secretary and of the naval general beard. Wilson May Visit West. Lima, Ohio.?President Woodrow Wilson Secretary of War Raker and "United States Senator Atlee Pomerene have agreed to hold open the date of April 13 to visit Lima. Ohio. Says Villa is Not Woundd. K1 Paso. Texas?Francisco Villa, unbounded and accompanied by only eight men. was at Satevo. 50 miles south of Chihuahua City, two days ago, according to information from Mexican sources usually reliable. If this Information is correct, it bears H? out previous reports that the bandit chief is headed toward Rarral and is leading his American pursuers by at least 60 miles. The nearest to Satevo American troops are known to have reached is San Antonio. 60 miles north west. Spectacular Fire in New York. New York.?A section of the business district in the lower part of the city was threatened by a spectacular Are which burned two five-story build ings at 16 and 18 Reekman street, occupied by paper dealers. The loss was estimated at $100,000. For a while, the flames which swept rapidly through the inflammable materials in the buildings. Imperilled several skyscrapers on both sides of the narrow thoroughfare, and on Nassau street. Several floors of the 14-story Mcrse ulldlng were damaged. JEFF: M'LEMORE Congressman-at-Large McLemore of ] Texas is the man whose resolution warning Americans from armed liners ] was defeated In the house at the be- \ \ hest of President Wilson. Mr. Mc- . Lemore's first name is Jeff:?not Jef- ] ferson or even Jeff. He always uses i the colon, explaining it is a boyhood fancv *n \A/hirh h * hne rliiM/1 I-* - ? -- ? ?? > ? born on .a Tennessee farm and has been a cowboy, prospector and news- ) paper man in Mexico, Colorado and < Texas. He is a Democrat and resides < in Houston. GERMANS HELD UP^CREW 1 i < TOOK POSSESSION OF SHIP MOTOPPO SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK. 1 - Compelled Commander to Land Him j in Delaware Breakwater Where , He Was Later Arrested. i Lewes, Del.?How a lone German < stowaway held up the captain and 5f> ' members of the _crew of the British 1 steamer Matoppo, compelling them at I the point of a revolver to change the < course of the vessel and land him at J tl*e Delaware Breakwater after he I had rifled the ship's safe and taken 1 their valuables was told here by Cap- 1 tain Bergner. master of the Matoppo. j The stowaway who says his name is 11 Ernest Schiller and that he hud lived j I in Hoboken, N. J., for the past eight , 1 inontns, is now locked up in the jail! 1 here awaiting the arrival of the Unit- i ed States district attorney from Wil- < mington. Del., and the British Consul 1 General from Philadelphia. i The hold-up took place outside the three-mile limit and Federal authorities say this government probably will have nothing to do with the matter. Schiller, they say, will he 1 returned to the Matoppo and turned J over to British officials at St. Lucia, where, the vessel will stop for coal. ' The Matoppo sniled from New York for Vladivostok with a cargo consisting chiefly of barbed-wire and farm implements. She passed out of ( Sandy Hook at C o'clock and two . I hours later, upon entering his cabin, ! J Captain Bergner says he was con- j ! fronted by a young man with a revol- ( 1 ver in each hand. "Hands up and ( | not a sound if you value your life." ; | wns the command. The captain was ] j then bound hand and foot and locked ( I in his cabin, promising, under penalty of death, not to raise an alarm. BURNETT BILL PASSES.. Original Literacy Test and Asiatic 1 Exclusion Provisions Unchanged. >1 Washington. The Iiuruett immigra 1 tion bill with its literacy test and Asiatic exclusion provisions unchangI ed. passed the house, by a vote of 308 j ; to 87. It now goes to the senate where I favorable action is regarded as as- ' i ! sured. < Tito literacy test, about which1 the !J \ light against tlte bill lias centered. ' i was sustained. 284 to 107. This pro- '> i vision has been the cause of vetoes 1 of similar immigration bills by Presi- * i dents Cleveland. Taft and Wilson. The j house passed the bill over the Cleve- j land veto, but it failed in the senate. | Motions to over ride the vetoes of i . President Taft and Wilson were lost ' in the house by narrow margins. I Representative Burnett, chairman of f the immigration committee, predicted s that there was sufficient strength to repass the bill in the event of another i veto. The president has not indicated .1 his purpose to the house leaders. f Majority Leader KItchin voted for t the literacy test and for 'he bill. Mi ,' nority Leader Mann voted against the 1 i literacy test and then for the bill. Russians End Offensive. London.?Fighting is still going on , between the British and Germans j ! j along the British end of the French ' line, particularly near St. Eloi, where t German grenade throwers have sue- j* reeded in reaching a portion of a mine !? crater held hy the British. Near Bo is- < inghe the British put down an attempt- ' ed attack by the Germans. s Strong forces of Austrians and Ital- j' inns are aligned against each other in * the Gorzia sector of the Austro-Itallan ' front. On the heights of Soils spirit-/ ed fighting is taking place. * AIRSHIPS RAID ENGLISH GOASIS TEUTONIC AIR FLEETS KILL SIXTEEN AND INJURED ONE HUNDRED. BOMBS WREAK DESTRUCTICN Spread Out on Scottish and Northern and Southern Coasts of England and Play Havoc. London.?The coast of Scotland and Lhe northern and southeastern counties of England were attacked by Zeppelins Sunday night, according to an Dfficial announcement by the secretary jf war. The announcement says: "A Zeppelin 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 'tilled and about 100 others injured t>y the explosion of bombs dropped in mother raid of Zeppelin dirigible baloons over the northeast coast of Engand Saturday night. The official version of the raid jays: "Two airships approached the northeast coast Saturday night. Only nne crossed the coast. The other tumid back. "For the present we know that 16 persons were killed and about 100 lnlured. "Eight dwelling houses were demolished and a sprlnns fli-o orna r-ana. In a French polishing shop. SEARCH MOUNTAINS FOR VILLA. Nothing Hat Been Heard of His Operations Since Battle. San Antonio. Texas.?Unless Francisco Villa is definitely located within the next day or two. It is believed here that General Pershing will begin a learch of the mountains west and *outh of Guerrero. Since the defeat nf Villa's forces March 29 in and near Suerrero. lightly equipped detachments of cavalry have been sweeping in whirlwind fashion through the district al>out head waters of the Santa Maria River trying to locate the elusive bandit, reported to have gone in that direction after being desperately wounded. General Pershing did not get a report through to General Funston during the day, but his chief of staff did, indicating that the line of communication was maintained. No mention of news of Villa was made. There is increasing belief that General Pershing may have been deceived as to the di rection taken by Villa and even concerning his injuries. Garard Will Stick Through War. Berlin, via London.?James \V. Garard. the American ambassador, has Issued a statement through the Wolff Bureau regarding the report telegraphed here from the United States that he Intends to resign, return to America ;ind become a candidate for governor :>f 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 not easily work into the difficult and often complicated matter of British interests entrusted, such as those of civil ind military prisoners. He hopes to remain in Berlin at least until the and of the great war." Germans Take Thousand Yards. Berlin, via London.?The Germans' official statement announces that Teuton troops have cleared 1.000 yards of French trenches northeast of Hareourt in addition to the positions taken March .10. Enraged Mob Storms Jail. Petersburg. Va.?A mob of 1.000 people, made up largely of enraged citizens from Nottoway and Dinwiddle ounties, surrounded the Petersburg |ail in which is confined John Wiliams a negro, who was arrested for ?n e"'eged criminal assault on a young women. 10. at her home near Blackstone. Asks Wilson to Demand Reparation. Paris.? Prof .Tnme? Morlr 0..1.1 1 .vin of Baltimore whose daughter was ' terlously injured in the explosion of he cross channel steamer Sussex. ?ave out a copy of a cablegram de(patched to Preisdent Wilson. It reads: 'A woman traveling where her right ivas. carrying an American passport, stricken on the Sussex, hovering heween life and death, demands that 1 eparation for assault on American ife and liberty he exacted. (Signed) "rlark Baldwin." U. S. Marines Land in China. Peking. Marines from the United i States gunboat Wilmington went isliore at Swatow. where the Chinese roops have declared their independ- 1 >nce of the central government. The 1 letachment reconnoitered and found ' dty quiet. A Chinese s anchored off Swatow, which is a ' leaport of Kwang Tung province, 120 1 nilcs south of Amoy. Chang Chow Fu. 1 i city of about 900.000 Inhabitants, and >ne of the largest in China, has de- j 1 lared it.s Independence of the gov- j :rnment of Yuan Shi Ka. GEN. FRANCISCO VILLA Villa Is badly wounded and his men routed, barely escapes from Colonel Dodd's men. His capture is moment arily expected. GRANTS USE OF RAILROAD PROMPTLY GIVES HIS PERMIS SION UPON RENEWED REQUEST OF U. S. Mexican Northwestern Railway Removes the Necessity of Maintaining 200 Mile Motor Line. Washington.? One of the army'f most serious problems in hunting Villa was solved when General Car ranza promptly granted the renewed request of the state department foi permission to use the Mexican North western railroad in carrying out th? pursuit. General Carranza received the nev. request in the morning; his answei was in Washington before dark. II was contained in a brief message frnm TnKn f -1 ?1? ? 4 ..wM uv/uii ij, fvuugrin, sp^t'lUl of the United States at Queretaro saying the head of the de facto gov ernment agreed to the commercial use of the line. Officials here assum ed he would be equally prompt in notifying his officers on the bordei and that General Funston might be gin shipment at once. Although the army will proceed tc use the railroad on a commercial basis, which is construed here as meaning that all service shall be paid for at regular rates, the stato depart raent will negotiate further with Car ranza to bring about a more definite understanding. The response is re garded as being satisfactory in a measure, but in order to assure the delivery of supplies along the line General Funston will desire to place guards on the trains. War department officials were greatly relieved by the removal of the necessity for maintaining a motor truck supply line over desert roads for a distance of more than 200 miles A cloudburst or great storm might render the roads impassable for a considerable time, cutting off the troops from their source of supplies at the border. While the physical condition of the Mexican Northwestern is not good, HUM.* UI1UKCS Having Deeil destroyed (luring the years of revolution in Mexico, army engineers should have little difficulty In keeping It open. Other details of the protocol suggested by General Carranza, state department officials indicated, may not be completed until the expedition has accomplished its purpose and returned. It will serve, however, as the legal basis for the adjustment of all claims arising out of the use of American troops to pursue Villa. GERMANS MAKE ADVANCE. Gain More Than Mile of Front North of Malancourt. London.?The Germans to the northwest of Verdun in an infantrv attack launched with huge effectiveness have gained additional ground against the French north of Malancourt and have even penetrated the northwest corner of the village. Attempts of the Teutons to carry their advance farther, however, were stopped by the French Are, as also were three counter-attacks against the positions in the Avocourt wood, south of Malancourt, which had previously been taken from them by the French infantry attack. The German official communication says that the advance of the Germans north of Malancourt was over a front of more than a mile. Thirty Dead in Railroad Wreck. Cleveland, O. -With a toll of at least 150 persons dead and 40 or more injured, federal, state and railroad officials began an investigation into 'lit* cause mai ien to one of the most disastrous wrecks in the history of the New York Central system Three trains, including the Twentieth Century Limited, westbound, known as the New York Central's palatial t'yer, and two sections of No. 86. the fhloago-Plttflhurg Limited. west' ound. came together In collision near Amhoarst, O. FIRST GUSH WITH ] VILLA BANDITS: COLONEL DODD AND FOUR HUN DRED TROOPERS ROUT VILLA. VILLA WOUNDED. 31 KILLED Col. Dodd's Men Rode All Night and Took Bandits by Surprise.?Think Chase Near End. El Paso. Texas.?Four hundred American cavalrymen under the command of Col. George A. Dodd, gallop ing down from the granite slopes of the great continental divide, have fal Ion on thn L " ,v? w.i %aiv> luaui uuu > hi r runciHcn Villa's bandits at the San Geronlmo ranch, scattering them 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. 1 1 The battle opened at <5 o'clock in the j 1 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 i I 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 f>00 bandits were celebrating 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- j cape the onslaught of the Americans. 1 c ( The bnndits made a brief hut hopeless ; 1 r stand before a charge of Colonel Dodd 11 and his troopers. j ^ [ Then they broke and fled leaving . 31 dead on the field Including their j . commander General Eliseo Hernandez. v , Two machine guns, a number of hors- | es. rifles, ammunition, and equipment j , fell into the hands of the Americans. r i c Among the known wounded is Pah- a t lo Lopez. Villa's lieutenant in the Co- ^ , lumhus raid. The American casualtl.,u ?.??? ' ' - - [ | ii.i> uiui privates wounaoQ. j , . I The American soldiers did not lln- i nor on the field of victory. For five c I hours they drove the enemy before ] them into the wilderness of mountain | t i peak, desert and conyon, where roads t " or even trails are unknown and where \ a mis-stop means death to horse and ! e rider. They halted only after the t i chase had led them 10 miles and tho c I fugutives were scattered into little 1 hands of half a dozen men each. I Villa's career has ended; his power v has been broken. His death or cap- ! ture is only a question of days, per- e ' haps only hours. Such ?s tlie inevit- 11 able conclusion reached here as little 11 i by little the details of "Dodd's ride" 1' > reach the uorder. It seems impossi- l1 ' ble that the crippled bandit can long 0 ' remain hidden, even in the mountain- 8 our wastes in which lie has sought v i refuge. v d GERMANS SHIFT TO EAST. V j Succeeded in Entering French Line of Trenches?Driven Out. London.? Having captured the vll lage of Malancourt. the Germans now 1 have shifted their offensive eastward to the sector around the famous Le ' Mort Homme. With heavy forces the f Teutons have attacked the French line between Hill 2!)f> and Le Mort Ilonime 1 and succeeded in entering French first line trenches. A vigorous counter-at- : 1 tack hy the French, however, almost T immediately expelled the invaders and another attack by the Teutons deliv- ' ered a little later is declared by F'aris 1 to have been put down completely. The Germans have made no attempt 1 to debouch from Malancourt since ' their occupation of the village. urnna Jury indicts Waite. Now York.?The grand jury return- ' od an indictment charging murder in '' the first degree against Dr. Arthur '' Warren Watte, acc using him of poison- j ' ing his father-in-law. John E. Peck. a millionaire drug manufacturer of Gran ; 1 millionaire drug manufacturer of K Grand Itapids. Mich. j v Plot to Rescue Schiller. Lewes. Del. rearing that attempts would he made to rescue Ernest Schiller. the young German stowaway who '' single-handed captured the Ilritish steamer Matoppo and terrorized Iter ? crew of 56 men on the high seas, do- a tectives took Schiller from his ceil In '' the town jail and hurried him by auto- 11 mobile to Harrington from where ho will he taken by train to New York. K The detectives declared that they had >' received positive information that at- j '' tempts would be made to rscue the prisoner. j I Ex-Governor Smith of S. C. Dead. 31 Baltimore.?Former Governor Ohas. j ' A. Smith of South Carolina, dfed at 'he John Hopkins Hospital after n Ions illness, erysipelas developing af- o ter many months. Suffering from heart trouble was the direct cause of si death. Mr. Smith had been at the b hospital two months, lie was about 56 a vears old. The former governor's home was In Timmonsville, S. C He t' was president of a Timmonsville bank li and was prominently known In Bap- b tlst educational circle* c< MISS VIRGINIA SAUNDERS H|ffl[ gn LflB ^ ]j i wn?uw 1 diss Saunders is state sponsor South Carolina Division U. C. V. who hold thei1* annual reunion Ir. Rock Hill this year. tOUSES FOR MILL WORKERS ludson Management at Greenville Finds Convenient Plan.?Payment to Be Made in Six Years. Greenville.?Believing that home wnershlp is one of the essentials for he happiest citizenry, the Judson mill nanagement has dectsed a plan vhereby employes of that mill may ?uv residence lots at a very low figire and on easy payments. Having lought the lot. the mill management vill undertake to erect for the purchaser a house thereon, not to exceed 11,000 in cost, and to allow the pur haser as much as six years to make ill payments. The Interest rate will >e 7 per cent. A street has been laid off. though lot yet graded, and some SO lots. 60 ?y 150 feet, mapped out. Fourteen if these lots have been sold. The location of these lots is near he Piedmont & Northern line, coniguous to the present Judson mill dllage. Four houses have been erectid already. No house, under the conract, can cost less than $650. The ottages now erected are neat and lomelike. The mill management is seeking to Fork in conjunction with the cm)loyes toward the goal of home ownirship which will certainly mean uore happiness for all concerned, uore prosperity and stability in erailoyment. In addition to making this imposition in regard to the- purchase if lots and the erection of homes, Jud on mill is now employing two welfare trorkers, making arrangements for arious kinds of outdoor ports and oing other community work, all of rhich is of a co-operative nature. Prominent South Carolinian Dead. Charleston. ? Francis J. Poller, irobably the richest man in South 'arolina, died here a few days ago. lad he lived until April 0 lie would lave been 90 years of age. having >een horn in Charleston. April !?. 1S2*?. ie is survived by three sons and two laughters. Mr. Pelzer was among the first ;reat business m?n of the state to lartleipate actively in the phosphate nid cotton mill Industries in the state, 'or over f>0 years he was a prominent otton factor of Charleston. He was president of the Pelzertogers company operating a string of otton mills in upper South Carolina. Another Mutual Company. Columbia.?Farmers Mutual Proection association of Sumter. Clarenon and Lee counties. South Carolina, ias been commissioned by th? seereary of state to do a general fire insurnce business. This is the third muual fire Insurance company to be or ;ani/.ed since the anti-compact law cent into effect. iOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Five thousand people attended field ay exercises at Saluda. W. Ranks Rove, assistant sec retary ] f state, was operated on a few days go for appendic itis. I lis friends will e glad to learn that latest reports re that he is getting on very nic ely. Plans to beautify the state fair rounds at foluinhia. began several ears ago. have been carried on with ispatch this winter when much ahuhery, hedges and many young shade . roes were planted. mmui .>,-fimf |ii-ii|iic iik iikihik (i?" | chool children attended Jasper conn ir's second annual tidd day at Hidgo tnd. Successful county field day exor ; ises at Lancaster were witnessed by ver 3.00ft people. A second fire at Augusta (la., do j troyed a biR warehouse and l.Ottn i ales of cotton resulting in a loss of 1 bout $70,00ft. Congressman Byrnes has announced ivo successful candidates for Annapos Murray Smith and C. B. Johnson, oth of Wllllston?as the result of recut examinations held In Aiken CATTLE SALES PROVE SUCCESS PROMOTERS ARE HIGHLY PLEASED WITH MARKETING OF CATTLE. MANY BUYERS ARE PRESENT Representatives of Well Known Concerns Make Good Bids?Railroads Play Important Part. lloek Hill. -Rock Hill's first cattle sale was a success. This was the opinion expressed by State Afent \V. \V. Long and his assistants and by a number of the buyers here for the sale. It guarantees that Rock Hill will base an annual cattle sale, said Mr. Hour. Ret ween 250 and 200 head of cattle were sold, the price per pound ranging from 5 to 7 3-4 cents. The average weight of the cattle was around Stio pounds. The sale netted the ownj ers of the cattle something over $16,[ 000. The cattie yards, in the fair grounds, were the scene of great activity throughout the entire morning. score of buyers were here to make bids, while a number of railroad officials were present. Hundreds of I people from all parts of this and adi Joining counties were here for the Hale and much Interest was tnken. Mr. Lour is of the opinion that the next cattle sale held hero will see more than 500 head of cattle offered, if not a thousand. The sale was conducted under the direction of the local chamber of i commerce and the extension division of CleniHou CoIIoro. co-operating with the United States department of agriculture. In active charge of the sale was E. Driver of E. Driver & , Co., commission merchants of Boltinlore. who hntidled nts end to perfection. Among the buyers here for the sale were Goorge Morris, head buyer for D. B. Martin & Co.. Baltimore; Charles McDonald, head buyer for Swift & Co.. New York; L. B. Lyman, New York, and New York Butchers Dressed Meat eompnay, represented by L. B. Lyman; David Regan, representing Sulzberger & Sons Co., New York; Belsford Racking company. Harrisburg. Ra.; Mr. Welckons. representing Welckens-Staats & Co., Wilmington. Del.; G. 11. Shaniberg. representing J. Shambcrg & Sons, Jersey City stock yards. N. J.; Mr. Dayvault, representing Day vault & Guffy. Concord. N. C.; W. R. Sanders, representing Carson Live Stuck company. Richmond, Va. Newspaper Men to Meet in York. Coluwibia.?York was selected as he l'.tlt! convention oil* by the executive committee of the South Carolina Press association, which held a long session in Columbia. Invitations were also received from Charleston and Greenville. The convention will he held June 12 to 15. York's fine invitation was extended by Watson Hell, editor of the York News; John R. Hart, former mayor, and Carl Hart, secretary of the York Chamber of Commerce. The homos of York will he thrown open for the entertainment of the editors and several pleasing features I are being arranged for their stay. The entertainment will include automobile trips to Charlotte ami Rock Hill and a community picnic at King's Mountain. The North Carolina Press association will hold its convention about the sum** time. Many of the North Carolina editors will Join the South Carolina editors at York. Sumter Nurses Have Home. Sumter. The Nurses' home an ad* junct of the Tourney hospital of this city, was informally opened a few days ago when the young women in the nurses training school moved from the hospital building to their new quarters in the nurses home, which was completed several months ago, hut for which the furniture has only recently arrived. Will Sell Florence Cattle. Florence. Since it was determined to call the cattle sale off in Florence a number of farmers have complained that they have nowhere to sell their cattle and were being victimized by buyers who offered very little for the stock. The Chamber of Commerce of Florence has gotten in touch wiUt some buyers who buy regularly on the Baltimore and Richmond markets and those farmers will he given a chance In anil Hioir * ? n,,.. r\ IIUIC 11 ' * A I WCeK. Buyers are expected here to take up several hundred cattle. Place Stock For Packing House. Orangeburg The special committee that Is working to place the stock of the Orangeburg parking house among the largest number of people reports that it has placed all the stock except about $10,000, which will be sold to farmers in Orangeburg county. When the mutter of a packing house was brought to the attention of the business men of Orangeburg in an amazingly short time $f?0,000 worth of stock was subscribed and gukrahteed. After details have been arranged erection will begin. i