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Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C.f THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1916. $1.25 Per Year.
v WILSON OUTLINES
PEACE SUGGESTIONS
U. 3. IS EAGER TO TAKE PART,
BUT ASKS FOR NOTHING
MATERIAL.
ONLY FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
<5ettle Forever Contention Which Has
Been Keynote of All Diplomatic Discussions
With Germany and Great
Britain.?Want Virtual Guarantee of
Territorial Integrity and Political
Independence.
Washington.?President Wilson declared
here before the League to Enforce
Peace, that the United States
was ready to Join In any feasible association
of nations to preserve the
peace of the world against "political
ambition and selfish hostlity" and in
service of "a common order, a common
Justico, and a common neace."
He expressed the hope that the
terms of peace which end the war
would Include such an arrangement.
Absolute Freedom of the Seas.
Outlining suggestions for peace,
which the President said he hoped
the United States would make if it
had opportunity to do so, he included
provision for absolute freedom of the
fleas, a contention which has been the
keystone of all the diplomatic discussions
with Germany and Greut Britain;
and virtual guarantees of territorial
integrity and political independence.
Officials interpreted the President's
address as a preliminary feeler for
P3ace in Ruropo. He outlined the
conditions on which the United States
would move If It made a formnl mediatory
offer with the idea, it was un
derstood, of learning how bucIi suggestions
would be received abroad.
"1 am sure," said the President,
"that the people of the United States
wouid wish their government to move
along these lines:
ffc Peace Only, and Its Future Guarantees.
"First, such a settlement with regard
to their own immediate inter
ests as the belligerents may agree
upon. We have nothing material of
any kind to ask for ourselves, and
are quite aware that we are in no
sense or degree parties to the present
quarrel. Our interests is only In
peace, and Its future guarantees.
Universal Association of Nations.
"Second, an universal association
of the nations to maintain the inviolate
security of the highway of the
seas for the common and unhindered
use of all the nations of the world
and to prevent any war begun either
contrary to treaty covenants or with
out warning and full submission of
the causes to the opinion of the
world?a virtual guarantee of territorial
integrity and politcal independence."
The Fundamentals of a Lasting Peace.
The fundanietals of a lasting
peace. President Wilson said he believed
were:
"First, that every people has a
right to chose the sovereignty under
which they shall live. Like other
Nations," the President said, "we
have ourselves no doubt once and
again offended against that principle
which for a little while controlled by
selfish passion, as our franker historians
have been honorable enough to
admit; but it has become more and
more our rule of life and action.
"Second, that the small states of
the world have a right to enjoy the
same respect for their sovereignty and
for their territorial integrity that
great and powerful nations expect and
Insist upon.
"And. third, that the world has a
right to be free from every disturb
ance of its peace and that its origin
In aggression and disregard of the
rights of people and nations."
Principle of Public Right Must Take
Precedence.
"If this war has accomplished nothing
else for the benefit of the world."
he said, "it has at least disclosed a
great moral necessity and set forward
the thinking of the statesmen
of the world by a whole age. Repeated
utterances of the leading statesmen
of most of the great nations now
engAgod in war, have made it plain
that their thought has come to this,
that the principle of public right must
henceforth tako precedence over the
jp, Individual interests of particular Na
tions, and that the Nations of the
world must in some* way band themselves
together to see that right prevails
as ngninst any sore of selfish ag
gression.
Inviolable Rights of Mankind.
"That henceforth all alliance must
not he Sftt lir? npulnut nlllonro iiiwlnr.
standing against understanding, but
ihat there must be a common agreement
for a common object, and that
at the heart of that common object
must lie the Inviolable rights of pco
pies and mankind.
United States Eager to Participate.
"So sincerely do we believe In these
things," said the President in oonclu
eion, "that I am sure that I speak the
mind and wish of the people of Amcr
tea when I say that the United Statejts
willing to become a partner in any
feasible association of Nations form
ed in order to realize these objects
and make them secure against viola
tlon."
rtfUk*H 11 ) n ati'lii t.
SENATE PASSES
$43,000,000 BILL
RIVERS AND HARDORS BILL
PASSES BY CLOSE MARGIN OF
THREE VOTES.
SUBSTITUTE IS DEFEATED
Thirty Million Dollar Substitute Rejected
By One Vote.?Kenyon
Denounces it Bitterly.
Washington.?The senate has passed
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill carrying approximately $43,1
000,000 by a vote of 35 to 32 after
adding many amendments.
The bill will now go to a conference
of the two houses. The light
against it, begun by Senator Kenyon,
of Iowa, and Senator Sherman of Illi
' nois, gained strength until a iinal effort
to displace it with a substitu*'
appropriating a lump sum of $30,000,000
was defeated by only one vote.
Senators Ashurst, Gore, Mollis, Husting,
Lane, Newlands, Pittman, Pomerene,
'.Taggart, Thomas and Thompson,
all Democrats, voted with the
Uepublicans to send the bill back to
the committee.
Just before the iinal vote was taken
Senator Kenyon predicted it would
i be the last of its kind to pass an
American Congress.
"You are voting at least $20,000,000
into this bill that is absolutely unjus
tillable," said Senator Kenyon. "You
are dumping thousands of dollars in
streams where commerce is rapidly
disappearing and into streams with
less titan a foot of water in them and
i into streams that you could not recognize
as such when you crossed
I them.
Mino o.wl .>.11
| can Senators voted against the bill,
j They were:
Democrats: Ashurst, Gore, Hollis,
; Hunting, Newlands, Pomerene, Shai
froth, Taggart and Thompson.
I Republicans: Borah, Brady, Clark,
! Wyoming; Cummings, Curtis, Dilling
I ham, Fall, Gallinger, Harding, Jones,
Kenyon, LaFollette, Lippitt, Lodge,
Norris, Page, Smoot, Sutherland,
Townsend. Wndsworth, Warren,
Weeks, and Works.
Senators Tillman, Thomas, Democrats,
sought to cast negative votes,
but could not transfer their pairs.
Sevon Republicans voting for the
hill were Senators Brandegee, McLean,
Nelson, Oliver, Poindexter,
Smith of Michigan, and Sterling.
McADOO ASKS FOR A
MORE ADEQUATE FORCE
Wants More Men in Field To investigate
Federal Tax Returns.
Washington ?Secretary McAdoo has
informed Chairman Lobeck of the
house committee on expenditures in
tha treasury department, that the de:
partment is enforcing the income tax
, law "with all the vigor which the
small force authorized hv comri-e^>j win
permit" but that an adequate office
and Held force for the inestigation of
returns must be provided if the government
is to get nil it is entitled to
under the law.
Mr. McAdoo's letter which replies
to the Keating resolutions regarding
alleged income tax frauds and evasions,
expressed regret that Congress
authorized only half of the one million
dollar inchea.se asked for to provide
an adequate method of collecting
the income tax. and says it is hoped
that the remainder may yet be granted.
lie denies a report that the government
was losing $320,000,000 annually
by income tax frauds explaining
that this estimate was based on the as
sumption that the annual national in
come is $40,000,000,000.
BRITISH CONTINUE TO
CARRY OFF U. S. MAIL
New York.?The Norwegian-Ameri
I can line steamer Kristianiafjord. which
1 arrived from Bergen, called at Kirk
waJl in accordance with direction
| from officers of the line. The captain
reported that the British authoritie
took from the stramer at Kirkwall
I 794 sucks of mail.
J. J. HILL, RAILROAD
BUILDER IS DEAD
| St. Paul. Minn.?James J. Hill, rail
j road builder, capitalist and most wide
i ly known figure of the northwest, died
j at his Summitt avenue residence a-;
the result of an affection due to bowel
trouble. Mr. Hill was unconscious for
nearly 12 hours before he died. l)r
Herman M. Biggs of New York and Dr.
Stanley Seager of Rochester, Minn.,
together with members of the imme
diate Hill family, were at the bedside
vhen the end came.
Cucumber 8tew.
Pare and slice ono pint of fresh
cucumbers. put m Kettle with just water
to cover them. Cook till tender
Pepper, salt and piece of butter. Add
milk for as much as you want Km
with crackers like oyster stew.
Sweet Pepper Salad.
Talto a lettuco heart, cut a preen
sweet pepper into straw-shaped
lengths, arrange on the lettuce, sprln
kle with walnuts broken In smai:
pieces and musk with inayonnais<
dressing.
'JukhJaHiaKffir&Mt.
GEN. LUIS GUTIERREZ
-w.i. i_uls Gutierrez It commander
of the Carranza forces in the state of
Chihuahua.
SIGNS COMPULSION BILL
DOES SO IN FACE OF A VOLUNTARY
ENLISTMENT OF 5,041,000
MEN.
Deemed Necessary to Enroll Every
Abie-Bodied Man Between the
Ages of 18 and 41.
London.?The signature of King
George has been Affixed in ?> ? n.iu.
tary service bill recently passed by
i Parliament.
i In giving the royal sanotion to the
i bill. King George issued the following
message to the nation:
"To enable our couptry to organize
more effectively its military resources
in the present great struggle
for the cause of civilization. I have,
acting on the advice of my ministers,
deemed it necessary to enroll every
able-bodied man between the ages of
18 and 41.
'I desire to take this opportunity of
expressing to my people my recognition
and appreciation of the splendid
patriotism and self-sacrifice they
displayed in raising by voluntary enlistment
since the commencement of
the war no less than 5.041,000 men?
an effect far surpassing that of any
other nation in similar circumstances
recorded in history and one which will
bo a lasting source of pride to future
generations.
"I am confident the magnificent
spirit which has hitherto sustnlnoii mv
people through the trials of this terrible
war will inspire them, and that
it will, with God's help, lead us and
our Allies to a victory which shall
achieve the liberation of Europe."
WOULD HAVE PRESIDENT
ASK FOR NATIONAL TRUCE.
Senate Resolution Provides That
United States Undertake
Mediation.
Washington.?A resolution requesting
the President, unless incompatible
with the public interest to suggest to
warring Nations in Europe that the
! United States undertake mediation,
I was introduced in t^e Senate by Senator
Lewis, to lie on the table for discussion
later.
The resolution would authorize the
President to proposo that the beligerents
declare a truce and that each
i of them snlnrt n nenti-ol *?
] its representative on a board of arbii
tration thus created; each selected
neutral would name one member of
the board over which the President
1 or his representative would preside
as referee, tinder the plan each belligerent
would present its demands or
claims to the board which would be
authorized to arrive at an equitable
! adjournment.
The resolution recites that it is sug
gested as an expression of the desire
for world peace and not of favoritism
for any of the belligerents.
EVELYN NESBIT THAW
MARRIES JACK CLIFFORD.
New York.?Evelyn Nesblt Thaw,
i divorced by Harry K. Thaw last
month, and Jack Clifford, her dancing
1 partner, returned here after a hasty
trip to Baltimore and announced that
| they had been married in Maryland.
FIRST MOTORCYCLE COMPANY
IN UNITED STATES ARMY
! - - T
r?i raso, i exas organization or
the first motorcycle company In tho
i United States army has begun at Fort
Bliss here.
GREAT BRITAIN EXPORTS
MUCH COTTON CLOTH
New York.?Despite the war Great
Britain (hiring tho first four months
of 1910. according to a bulletin just issued
by the National City Bank, ox
ported more cotton cloth to South
America than she did In the same
months of 1914. Tho total exports to
Argentina. Brazil, Uruguay, Chile
Peru, Venezuela and Colombia in the
first four months of 191f>. were
125.000.000 yards against 65,000.000
yards in tho tamo months last year
serbian army is
now at mm
NEW ARMY OF 100,000 REORGANIZED
ON THE ISLAND OF
CORFU.
TO CO-OPERATE WITH ALLIES
Remnants of Old Armies Are Supplied
With New Riflen and rinthlnn r?nrl
Are at Full Strength.
Paris.?After crossing the Aegean
Sea without loss the Serbian army
in full strength now has been landed
at Saloniki, according to a dispatch
received here by wireless telegraphy,
Serbia's new army has been various
ly estimated to number between 80/
000 and 100,000 officers and men. It
was reorganized on the Island ol
Corfu, approximately 700 miles dis
tant from Saloniki.
The Serbian army totalled about
300.000 men at the outbreak of the
war, but this force was ereatlv de
pleted by typhus and by the engage
ments fought in an endeavor to check
the Austro-German and Bulgarian in
vasiou of Serbia and Montenegro. Th?
remnant of the original armies savetl
itself by retreating through the A1
banian mountains to the easterr
shores of the Adriatic.
On reaching the seacoast the Ser
bians were transported to Corfu
where they were supplied with new
rifles and clothing and efficientlj
equipped for further service on th?
Balkan battlefield.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL
IS LARGEST IN HISTORV
An Increase of About $49,000,000 Ovei
Last Year's Bill.
Washington.?The army appropria
tlon bill, unanimously ordered report
ed to the House, includes the appro
priatlons for carrying out the reorgan
ization provisions of the Hay-Cham
berlaln bill, and is the largest regulai
army supply bill In the history of con
gross. It is an increase of about $49,
000,000 over last year's bill.
The bill will be submitted to th<
House at once, but according t<
Chairman Hay will not come up foi
consideration until after the nationa
political conventtions.
The National Guard gets close t<
525.000,000 in the bill to carry tin
federalization plan into effect. Thi
increase of the regular army cause*
another notable Increase, while ?h<
creation of a council of executive In
formation for the co-ordination of In
dustries and resources for the Nation
al Security and Welfare carries ai
appropriation of 5200,000.
For purchases and repairs of air
ships, the bill provides $1,000,')0<
which is in addition to largo sums ap
proprlated for aviation in recent defi
ciency appropriation bills. The bll
appropriates 5150,000 to procure 1!
armored automobiles at $10,000 each
30 shielded motorcycles with side cari
at $700 each. 15 motorcycles side ca:
ammunition caissons at $400 each nn<
other accessories, along the line;
learned in European warfare. The wa
department is planning to experimen
with mounting a light field piece oi
these armored cars, after tryini
them ont with muniiiiin
Equipment of the Army and Na
tional Guard with a new type of auto
inatic machine gun is provided for
The army would get Jl.400,000 for 44'
of these guns, which cost approxl
matoly 53,000 apieco. For ordinar;
stores and ammunition 52.850,000 ii
appropriated, a reserve of 650 pound,
of ammunition per rifle.
UNITED STATES ENLISTED
MEN WHIP 20 BANDIT1
Washington. ? Further details re
garding the recent engage-ment nea
Cruces between seven men of thi
Seventeenth Infantry and an outlav
band of 20 under the notorious band!
leaders Cervantes and Bencomon, botl
of whom were killed by Private Geo
Hulett, were receiver at the war de
partment from General Pershing. Hi
message, dated from Namiquipa, Ma;
^6, was as follows:
"Detailed account of the fight yester
day showed splendid conduct on th?
part of a datachment of enlisted men
Without an officer and under I>anci
Corporals Davis Barksbury (who die*
from wounds) these men fough
against great odds. Drove off enemy
who charged them on horseback. Espf
clal credit Is due Private Hueltt, wh*
killed both Cervantes and Bencomoi
as they rode by him. Several of Vil
llata bandits were wounded as trai
of blood plainly indicated. Identifies
tion of Cervantes absolute. Death rn
garded by many people in this ^ icin
ity as fortunate."
Half Billion Dollars Revenue.
.Washington.?Half a billion dollar
will be the government's internal rove
nuo tax toll for the fiscal year endini
June 30 next, according to a state
ment just issued by Secretary McAdoc
This sum, which Mr. McAdoo sayi
exceeds by many millions all previou
estimates, will be made up. subs tan
tlally as follows:
Taxes on whiskey, beer, cigars. cIr
arettes and tobaccp $303,000,000
j Taxes on the Incomes of individual:
! and corporations $115.000,000. Kmer
! gency tax col ectlons, $33,000,000.
FRED LYNCH
Fred Lynch of Minnesota, who has
; been widely discussed as the possible
successor of WiltUrr. 7. McCombs to
the chairmanship of the Democratic
national committee. Mr. McCombs
has announced that he will retire from
' politics to devote his time to his private
law practice after the convention
in St. Louis next June.
REJECTS PEACE RUMORS
i
SIR EDWARD GREY DECLARES
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IMPOS'r
SIBLE AT PRESENT.
r
i
War Might Have Been Prevented by
Conference, But Position of En,
tente Allies Has Changed.
r London.?Sir Edward Qrey, the
British foreign secretary, in a speech
in the House of Commons set aside
all ideas that peace negotiations were
possible at the present stage and
plainly relteratod that the position of
the Entente Allies was in no way
changed.
r Sir Edward declared that It was
. impossible to consider terms of peace
. without a previous agreement between
the Allies. Further, he expressed the
s decided opinion that the hositilities
j had not yet reached a stage where it
r was possible to talk of peace, especi1
ally as the German public was constantly
being "fed with lies" by their
} ministers.
9 Mr. Ponsonby's reference to the
a use of the American press as a "plata
form'" was the outgrowth of a recent
a interview with Sir Edward Grey. Sir
Edward in replying to this attack,
while admitting that important dis..
closures of policy ought first to be
i made to Parliament urged that a crisis
might arise during the war when con -
slderations of etiquette should not be
5 allowed to stand in the way. He coni
tended that since German statesmen
- constantly ?vere giving interviews and
1 statements to the American press it
2 would be mere pedantry which would
, hinder British statesmen from coun9
terlng these statements in the interr
ests of their own country.
1
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- StUMtlAHY OF WAR
r STUDIES PREPAREDNESS
t
1
; Expresses His Views for First Time
on Universal Military Service.
Washington.?Secretary Baker has
I- begun an exhaustive study of the Hay .
Chamberlain army bill with a view to
7 undertaking the authorized re-organi.
zatlon of the regular army^ind NationY
al Guard as soon as the measure is
n signed by the president,
s Re-organization of the militia will
be dealt with first. Chairman Chamberlain
of the senate military committee
conferred with Mr. Baker re5
garding administrative features of the
L new |ptri?lntlnn
r Secretary Baker, for the first time
a since ho became head of the war dev
partment, expressed his views on unit
versal military service.
8 "Every citizen is under obligation
to serve for the defense of his coun>.
try," he said. "In view of the unls
versallty of the obligation, I favor
y universal training through some system
of selection that will provide ade .
quale defense for the country."
B
BIG NAVAL BILL
e IS NOW EXPLAINED
J
t Washington.?An elaborate report.
ft explaining the 5241.000.000 naval approprlation
bill, has been submitted to
3 the house by the naval committee. At
-i the same time iKn
v....v ?.iio vc})u(jiicmi morn|.
bers of the committee Joinod In a mi1
nority report to be presented in a few
days attacking the measure as inadoi.
quate a.ul demanding that Congress
provide for a navy ranking second
among the world's lighting forces on
the sea.
9 CHILDREN WATCH FATHER
FALL 150 FEET TO HIS DEATH
I'ensacola. Fla. Lieut. James Vini_
cent Rockwell, a civil engineer in the
s United States navy, who was in train3
ing as an aviator here, was instantly
. killed when a navy aeroplane he was
piloting dived headforemost l,r>0 feet
.. in the ulf. A number of persons, ini
eluding his three little children, saw
, tho aviator fall. Lieutenant Rockwell,
?. who was 39 years old, was bom in
Indiana.
WILL NO LONGER |l
TOLERATE WRONGS
UNITED STATES SENDS NOTE TO (
GREAT BRITAIN AND
FRANCE.
RIGHTS AS NEUTRAL POWER i
Denounce* Interference With Mall* I
and Announces Only Radical
\A/ III ?-**-*
vnaiiiyc Mil! onuiTy.
Washington.?The United States,
denouncing interference with neutral I
mails, has notified Great Britain and i
France that it can no longer tolerate J
the wrongs which American citizens ]
have suffered and continue to suffer
through the "lawless practice" those 1 '
uients have indulged in, and
that only a radical change in policy, i
restoring the United States to Its tull 1
rights as a neutral power will be satisfactory.
This notification is given In tho
latest American communication to
the two governments, the text of 1
which has Just been made public by
the State Department. The time in
which the change must be effected
was not specified, but the United | <
States expects prompt action.
"Serious and vexatious" abuses
perpetrated by the British and French
governments In seizing and censoring
neutral mails are recited in the communication
and answers are made to
the legal arguments contained in the
reply of the Entente governments to
the first American note on the subject.
It is vigorously set forth that
not only have American commercial
interests been injured, but that the
rights of property have been violated
and the ruleB of lntemntinnoi io?
custom palpably disregarded. Notice
is served that the United States soon
will press claims against the British
and French governments for losses
already sustained.
The communication quotes the clos
ing paragraphs of the Joint note of
February 16 and says this government
does not admit, as asserted
therein, that parcel post matter is
subject to the exercise of the rights
of police supervision, visitation and
eventual seizure which belongs to the
belligerents as to all cargoes on the
high seas.. The three governments,
however, it is asserted, "appear to bo
in substantial agreement as to the
principle. The method of applying
the principle is the chief cause of
difference." Continuing the communication
says:
"Though giving assurances that
they consider genuine correspondence
to be inviolable and that they will,
'true to their engagements,' refrain
'on the high seas' from seizing and
confiscating such correspondence, the
Allied governments proceed to deprive
neutral governments of the hen
ofits of these assurances 1>> seizing
and confiscating mail from vessels in
port instead of at sea."
MEXICAN BANDITS MURDER
MORE THAN 200 CIVILIANS
Attack Train From Mexico City Filled
With Government Employees.
San Antonio. Texas.?More than 200
civilians were murdered between Mexico
City and Cuernavaca three weeks
ago, according to private advices re
ceived here. Rebels operating between
Cuernavaca and Mexico City
attacked a train on which government
employes were being sent to Cuernavaca
to assume the governmental
work in Cuernavaca. On the train
were many women, wives and daugh- !
ters of employes. Almost all of them
were reported to have been subjected
to indignities, after which a few of
them were killed.
The rebels attacked the train Bouth
of Tres Marias on a heavy grade,
overwhelming the little guard, and
poured into the cars a heavy tire.
Those who leaped from the doors
and windows were shot down as they J
attempted to escape. Only one man?
the express messenger?was left
alive.
The rebels obtained a consignment
of ammunition said to he 2,0uo,000
cartridges.
ENGLAND FLATLY REFUSES
TO PASS ANY DYESTUFF.
1
London.?Diaruasing with the Aaao
ciated Preas the requeat of the American
Government that Great Britain (
permit the export of dyeatuffa from '
i Germany to the United Statea, Lord
' Robert Cecil, Minister of War Trade, j
I pointed out that Great Britain had
, granted a permit for the exportation ;
of a certain amount of dyeatuffa in
April. 1915. but that advantage had
never been taken of the permit.
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SPECIAL FAST TRAINS TC
CARRY GEORGIA PEACHES. 1
\t1nntu Clo llfJ.U >._ .
no.? iv mi iihj ursi car oi
Georgia peaches expected to move, the
estimate of the crop for 1010 was placet
at 15..">00 cars at a meeting of 1
Transportation and traffic officials of
the Southern Railway, the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and the Georgia Fruit
| Fxrhnnge. at which arrangements
were perfected for handling the lusc ;
Ions Georgin product to the markets
of the east In special trains on fast
| passenger schedules.
STATE PRESS WEN
WILL 60 TO YORK
DPFIC-RS OF ASSOCIATION ARRANGE
FOR MOVEMENT OF
EDITORS WHO ATTEND.
\ LETTER TO ALL MEMBERS
Meets June 7-10?Dr. T. W. Williams
of New York Principal Speaker.
Expect Large Attendance.
York.?Final arrangements are being
made for the annual meeting of
the South Carolina Press Association
at York, June 7 to 10. The principal
address will be delivered this year
by I)r. Taleott \V. Williams, dean of
the school of journalism, Columbia
University. New York. The largest
attendance in the history of the association
is expected at the York meeting.
The following notice has been sent
to every member of the State Press
Association with the request that the
officers of the association be Informed
at once of tho names of all members
who will attend the annual meeting:
"The annual meeting of the South
Carolina ProHs Association, to be held
at York, beginning June 7, promises
to be the most largely attended that
the association lias ever had.
"We -6 very anxious for every
member to attend. The hospitable
homes of York will be opened to all
newspaper editors, and their wives,
of course. It could not be a meeting
If the good ladies were not with us.
"As we must know at once whether
or not you are coining, you will please
acknowledge the receipt of the Inclosed.
This is necessary if you wish us
to obtain the railway transportation.
"Please give us the namea of the
members of your faini'y who are coming
so that the committee on arrangements
may find suitable homes for
you. We are looking for you. Fall not
"William Hanks, President,
"Joe Sparks. Secretary."
Members having annual passes will
not need transportation for themselves
over the Southern Railway.
York is at the intersection of the
Southern's lino between Rock Hill and
Blaeksburg and the Carolina A
Northwestern railway.
All editors attending the meeting
this year will he routed by way of Columbia
and Chester. Arrangements
have been made by the general committee
for a special train on the Caro
Una & Northwestern railway to meet
train No. HI over the Southern railway
at Chester on the arternoon of
June 7. The editors will arrive in
York in time for the first session on
Wednesday ovening.
Among the old guard to attend the
press convention will be N. G. Osteen
of Sumter, who will be present with
his daughter. Miss Monotta Osteen,
who has been a favorite ?.'*h the
members of the association. Mr. Osten
began the printing business in
Columbia half a century atro The n?.
teen family Is one of the best known
in newspaper circles in the South.
Bright Prospects for Winthrop.
Hock Hill.?The Indications are tha*
the Winthrop summer school have
this coming session the largest enrollment
in its history. A great number
of applications come in dally and
rooms are being reserved for men and
women. In addition to the great number
of courses offered the large faculty
and some of the most distinguished
educators of this country, the new
gvmar.isum will he an attractive feature.
This splendid building was informally
opened last night, showing
its spacious rooms and equipment unequalled
in tho South.
Miss Page Leaves Spartanburg.
Spartanburg At a meeting of the
honrd of trustees of the city schools
Miss Lula Page of North Carolina,
who for the pa^f two years has had
charge of the work of training tho
children's chorus for the Spartanburg
music festival, tendered her ro?i?mn.
Hon as musical director of the city
schools to take effect immediately.
Record Breaker at York.
Columbia.- The attendance upon
the South Carolina Press Association's
annual meeting promises to he record
breaking. William nanks, president
of the association. Issued a statement
In which he urges all members of the
association to notify himself or the
secretary, Joe Sparks, whether or not
they will attend and what transportation
will be required to get to York.
After arrival in York, there will bo
nothing required. Transportation will
be free on all the trolley lines in t.he
city as well as on the excursions.
LfXinnron W ~Tr-.ir.I~n Cn*?nr>1
Lexington.?Lexington 1* making tt
strong and eoneeried effort t<"? seouro
nn" of tlio vp ?<m. her trainiiiR schools
to he established by the state hoard
of education and maintained by tho
state under an net twined at *lie last
session of tli.- Rrnor.il assembly. Vrvnr
have tlio people of this or.mmunity
worked hard -r for any enterprise or
undertaking than thoy have to serum
one of these schools; and with the
showing tht.t Is to bo made before the
stnfce board. It Is believed that Lexington
will be suree?sful.