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< iT: . \ Established in 1891. RETAIN NATIONAL 4 GUARD ON BORDER . SOLDIERS WILL CONTINUE TO DO DUTY ON MEXICAN BOUNDARY LINE. CREATING TRAINED RESERVE Secretary Baker Answers Numerous Inquiries. Declaring That the Militia on thr Border is "Winning Bloodless Victories Daily." Washington.?The National Guard will be retained on the Mexican border until It can be withdrawn without again endangering American lives and property. Secretary Baker so declared the administration's policy in answering a score of letters from many parts of the country explaining that the state troops were being held in service after the emergency for which they were called out apparently had passd. In general the complainants alleged financially on militiamen and hardships on their families. By its presence on the border, he j wrote to one, the guard is "winning bloodless victories daily." He declared thnt Americans resident along the international line were enjoying a peace and security they could not know without the protection of military forces. He added the presence of the militia on the Mexican border has restored order and given a higher degree of safety and security to the lives of our people in that troubled country than they have hail for a long time. Referring to the elaborate and extensive training the militiamen are receiving under supervision of regular army officers, the secretary expressed the opinion that it would fit them to act in time of war or other emergency as a supporting arm. or second line for the regular army, furnishing an asset to National preparedness that could not have been obtained otherwise. "Clearly so soon as a restored state of order on the border Justifies It, the troops will be returned . to their A- homes," he wrote. "In the meantime, it Is 'not possible for the department to say how soon such a situation will arise, although the Mexican situation Is one of Increasing hopefulness." JAPAN BELIEVED TO BE AFTER FOOTHOLD AT CANAL MOUTH. Secretary Lansing Orders Investigation of Reports of 60.000 Acre Land Concession Being Sought. Washington.?Investigation of reports from Panama that a GO.OOft-acre land concession at the Atlantic end of the canal is being sought by a Spanlard named Fernandez, presumably for Japanese interests, was ordered by Secretary Lansing. Mr*. Lansing refused to discuss the report in detail but the action was considered significant. Rlimnra nf n olmiioi- 1 ? UIIIOI 11(11111 U IIUVU been common ever since the canal was well under way. Several months ago it was commonly believed in diplomatic circles that private Japanese shipping interests were seeking land through Spanish intermediaries to establish a base for storing coal at lower rates than could he had from the American Government monopoly base. So far as known noth? lg definite came of that plan. The present roports are that Fernandez is seeking or has already se cured a 60,000-aere land concession through the activity of Raymon Valdez, whose recent election to the presidency of Panama may possibly be disputed by the United States because of alleged frauds and coercion. 8 DEAD AND 16 HURT; 3 BOILERS EXPLODE ^ Jackson, Tenn.?Fight persons were killed and 10 injured here when three boilers at the plant of the Harlan Morris Stave Manufacturing Company eploded, wrecking the building and scattering debris over a radius of sev terai hundred yards. It is believed that all of the Injured will recovor. RUMANIA TO JOIN ALLIES SAY REPORTS IN GERMANY The opening of the Allied offensive at Salonlkl has been the signal for renewed reports that Ilumlnia Is at last about to throw In her lot with the Entonto These reports are more circumstantial than before and German press comments indicate that they have foundation. One Rerlln newspaper declares that Ruminia already has Joined the Allies and thaf plans are being laid for the march of a Russian army through Rumania. 60 BANDITS DEFEAT CARRANZA SOLDIERS El Paso. Texas -A force of C.O Villa bandits cngnged and defeated a lar ger command of government troops In the vicinity of Santa Ysabe, Chlliua hua. Friday. August IS. according to private dispatches here. The do facto command approximated 100 men and lost 20, while the outlaws, under J. Pomlnguez. lost but 12. The gov ernment troops were commanded by Colonel Carlos Carranza, a nephew of the first chief. t". " " T The TWO BIG CRUISERS SUNK IN NORTH SEA BRITISH LOSE TWO CRUISERS BY TEUTONIC SUBMARINE ATTACKS. ONE SUBMARINE DESTROYED Kaiser's High Seas Fleet Come Out But was Put Back Quickly.?One German Submarine Rammed By Another, 39 Fatalities Are Result. London.?Two British light cruisers, the Nottingham and Falmouuth, were sunk in Noth Sea by German submarines while the vessels were seaching for the German high seas fleet, according to an official announcement by the Admiralty. One German submarine was destroyed by the British, while another was rammed and possibly sunk, according to the Admiral statement which follows: "Reports from our lookout squad rons and other units showed there was considerable activity on the part of the euemy in the North Sea on Saturday. The German high sea fleet came out, but learning from their scouts that the British forces were in considerable strngth, the enemy avoided an engagement and returned to port. "In searching for the enemy we lost two cruisers by submarine attacks?H. M. S. Nottingham, Captain C. B. Miller, and H. M. S. Falmouth, Captuin John Edwards. All the officers of the former were saved, but 38 of the crew are missing. All the officers and men of the Falmouth were saved, but one stoker, Norman Fry. died of injuries. PRESIDENT WILSON URGES THAT PLAN BE ACCEPTED. If Strike Comes Responsibility Will Not Rest Upon Him. Washington.?President Wilson upI pealed to the railroad officials to aban1 don their insistance on arbitration of I tho dispute threatening a nation-wide strike and to accept his plan of settlement. arleady agreed to by the employes, because In his opinion the railI roads are contending for a principle which it seemingly is impossible to apply to the present situation. In one of the most dramatic scenes known to the White House in recent years, the President declared to the heads of five billion dollars worth of properties, assembbled at his summons: "If a strike comes, the public will know where the responsibility rests. It will not be upon me." A few minutes later he issued a statement saying, "The public has the right to expect" acceptance of his plan. Refusing acceptance for the present. but not gicing a final answer. Halo Holden, president of the Burlington roads, and spokesman for the 33 railroad officials, urged the President to uphold the principle of arbitration, and declared his plan would "place in peril all that has been accomplished in the (peaceful adjust" ment of labor controversies by methods of arbitration." FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED BY A FLORIDA MOB C<li> eiun nonrPAim \jrniucnviiiof ria. ? ??? u?5i wwo, three men and two women, were taken from the Jail at Newberry, Fla., and handed by a mob and another negro was shot and killed by deputy sheriffs near Jonesville, Fla., as the result of the killing of Constable S. G. Wynne 1 and the shooting of Dr. I. G. Harris by ! Boisey hong, a negro. The lynched negroes were accused of aiding Ix>ng to escape. Dispatches from Newberry said that \ the mob, which lynched the five nei groes. was composed of about 200 men and worked quietly and rapidly. Af| ter gaining entrance to the jail they j took the victims to a point about a mile fjrom town and hanged all to one large oak tree. Not a shot was fired. TROPICAL STORM IN TEXAS DID MILLIONS IN DAMAGE O/irpus Christi, Texas.?The loss of ( life from the tropical storm which struck Corpus Christi and 10 adjacent Texas counties was placed at 12, including nine members of the crew of the small freighter Pilot Boy, which founderod off Arkansas Pass. The total damage in this section of which Corpus Christi bore the heaviest part J was estimated at $2,000,000. This in I cludos devastation of a large portion of the lower coast's cotton crop. HUNDRED SHOTS ARE EXCHANGED ON BORDER Naeo, Ariz. Over a hundred shots were exchanged across the International line about a mile west of here l>e'ween patrols belonging to the negro National Guard front the District of Columbia and a party on the Mexican side. The soldiers said they halted some Mexicans who attempted | to cross the line, in answer to the ; challenge the Mexicans tired. In the fusilade that followed the only casual1 ty was ono Mexican wounded. 0 % FOR' FORT I IT'S THE LITTLE THING y- ^^i//Lrr't^ (.KitM** \ (PjT]T ^ is-> *4^7/ *"""* 0,0 T i*p (Wowl^f\ ^Copyright.) EXPERTS PLANNING FIGHT1 VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Resolutions Adopted at Meeting.?Express No Alarm That Epedemic Might Become Countrywide, Prepare | Against Widespread Outbreak. Washington.?Plans for a more vigorous campaign to prevent further spread of infantile paralysis were made here nt a conference of health authorities of most of the states with officials of the Federal Public Health Service. Resolutions were ndopted by the conference in which eminent plague experts, scientists and bacteriologists are participating outlined different proposals for checking dissemination of the disease. Uniformity of regulations for travel on railroad trains, steamships and other carriers, was urged by Secretary McAdfo of the Treasury Department in opening the conference and while several speakers held that general quarantine again passengers from the Eastern infected areas was unnecessary, the conference probably will recommend a system of uniform inspection, issuance of health certificates and co-operation between Fedreals and State health and railroad authorities toward safeguarding travel. Medical representatives of a dozen large trunk lines urged the conference to assist in securing uniform traffic rules. A national survey presented by the 38 states reporting, Inccluding cases since January 1. Following is a summary of conditions in Southern States. North Carolina?Dr. W. S. Rankin 20 cases; two deaths; conditions not unusual, except flvo cases in one town in last three weeks. Only two cases traceable to New York. Seventern deaths last year. No quarantine against Eastern States. South Carolina?Dr. J. E. Hayno 18 cases in July and 37 in August with none before. Developing in Wagner and Springfield districts. No state quarantine but rigid intrastate travel regulations. Virginia?Dr. E. G. Williams, 10 cases in June and 19 in July; only one attributable to importation. Local but not state quarantine. More cases in 1915 and sporadic since every j month. SENATORS URGE U. S. BOND ISSUE OF $130,000,000 Unexpected Recommendation In Congress to Meet Mexican Expenditures. Washington.?A bond issue of $130,000.000 to meet extraordinary government expenditures due to the Mexican situation was unexpectedly recommended to Congress by majority members of the Senate finance committee with the concurrence of the treasury department. The bond issue Is urged in the report of the finance committee Democrats filed in the Senate late today on the $206,000,000 revenue bill. In addition to the proposed issue and the revenue bill the finance committee asserts I that a further appropriation of $86,000,000 will be necessary to defray the expense of operations in the Mexican emergency if conditions on the border continue as they are now after December 31 1916. Tho $130,000,000 to be provided by the proposed bond issue the report says, will meet Mexican expenditures only until the end of this | calendar year. BUFFALO WINS NEXT tftULtS' CONVENTION Savannah.*?Rox B. Gooduell, San Bernardino, Oal., was chosen grand ; worthy president and Buffalo, N. Y.. I was awarded the 1017 convention at j the eighteen annual meeting of the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of i Ragles here. Harry J. Lono ke. Sagl nnw, Mich., was chosen grand worthy | chaplain over Harry E. MclTrgh, ('in cinnati. J. S. Perry. San Francisco, was chosen grand secretary. LMl HILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUC V" S IN LIFE THAT COUNT mki ~'**sgr" fS&jfa A lotlc BAD /? Wfh * ^ \ i?. I M 1^ Tmte of'im-A ? ADVANCE BY TRIPLE BLOW ?.. . , FRENCH AND BRITISH STRIKE WITH TERRIFIC FORCE ON SOMME FRONT. Teutons Are Driven Back 300 to 500 Yards.?Allies Are Now Near the Pig Railroad Town of Combles. Quiet on Other Fronts. London.?The French and British striking with terrific force in three directions on the Somrne front, have stormed nearly three miles of Gertyan trences, driving forward at points to , a depth of 300 to 500 yads. The most Important gains were made by the British and French troops striking north from the point where the Allied lines meet. Muure-, pas and C.lery, two of tho most important points held by the Germans in this sector, have been flanked on both | sides. The road has also been reached be ; I tween Maurei>as and Guillemont, the | latter town being the immediate obj Jective of the British. This advance, if maintained, brings the Allies directly in front of the large railroad town | of Sombles. South of the Somme, the French ! stormed German trenches over a length of about three-quarters of a i mile, driving forward in a southerly direction from Belloy-on Santerre. Pans rejHirts that u considerable number of prisoners wore taken in these operations. For the first time in many (lays no important action is rej>orted from the Russian front and the same dearth of news prevails in regard to the Italian operations. The most important item of news regarding the Italian advance against Triest is contained in a news dispatch from Milan, which says that German troops are to be employed in the defense of the big Austrian port. If corroborated, this means that Italy and Germany will at. last enter into an active state of war. VIRGINIA SOLDIER SLAIN; MEXICAN GIRL SHOT. Dead Man Attacked as He Responded to Call For Help From Girl. Brownsville, Texas.?Corporal Jas. : Clement, C Company. Second Virginia 1 Regiment, was shot nnd killed here and Sofia Valdez, a Mexican girl, was probably fatally wounded by another corporal assigned to the quartermas ! ter's corps of the regular army. A I corporal who gave his name as Hunches was pursued by a posse two miles , | and his trail lost. Later he appeared i at the county jail and surrendered. | Corporal Clement, who was 28 years {of age, came from Warrenton, Va., and is survived by his widow. GARARD MARSHALL CONVICTED OF ACCEPTING BRIBE. Girard, Ala.?City Marshall John Oakes of Girard was convicted at Seale, Ala., on charges of accepting bribes for the protection of liquor dealers here and on testimony given at the trial. Mayor Karl Morgan and City Clerk I. A. Weaver were later . isgrau uii muiiiar cnarges. They i were released under bonds of $2,500 I each. The GIrard city council voted to fa* illegal liquor venders In Girard $25 a month and instructed Oakes to collect this amount, according to ; testimony. Oakes testified that the I council instructed him to make these , | collections and he ndniitted receiving money under these instructions. Oakes was remanded to jail to await sentence. Conviction carries with it a penitentiary term of from | three to ton years. U. S. EXPLAINS DELAY IN NAMING 30RDER BOARD Mexico City. Foreign Minister | AguTlar received a communication from th?; American State Department explaining the dela> in the appoint ment of the* \n rican conferences t< the hit- rnation. 1 conference between M"*ico and the Cnited States. The communication explained that several men of high standing and position whom it had been desired to uppoini wore unable to accept because of other engagements. [ \ LL T JUST 24, 1916. SENATE PASSES ] NEW SHIPPING BILL WILSON ADMINISTRATION SUCCEEDS AFTER HARD LEGISLATIVE STRUGGLE. SENATE VOTE WAS 38 TO 21 Several Important Amendments Are Agreed to.?Bill Has Already Passed House and Will Very Likely Find no Opposition in House to Amendments. Washington.?The government shipping bill passed the Senate by a vote of 38 to 21. ending one of the most bitterly contested legislative struggles of the Wilson administration. In the last Congress the measure precipitated a Democratic revolt and a filibuster which forced postponement of : many important bills, but revised so as to minimize the government operation feature, received unanimous Democratic support and solid Republican opposition. It already had passed the House. The shipping bill provides for ere ation of a government shipping board to acquire and operate ships for rehabilitation of the American merchant marine and appropriates $50,000,000 for the purpose to be raised by the sale of Panama Canal l>onds. Several important amendments were agreed to just before the final vote, among them one which would reduce the salary of the shipping board members from $10,000 to $7,500 a year. Other amendments passed include one which would authorize the president to seek adjustment of foreign discrimination against American ship- 1 ping through diplomatic negotiations and to take retaliatory action if such negotiations fail. Another would authorize the treasury to withhold clearance from masters of vessels who deliberately refuse to accept freight from American citizens without satisfactory reasons. ALLIES GAIN ON GERMAN CENTER IN SOMME FRONT. Another Step Made In Anglo-French 1 Advance Toward Combles, London.?Assauults by British and French forces aguinst German posi- I tions north of the Somine in France have resulted in the gaining of additional ground by the attackers, according to the British and French War Office. The French nilvnnon ...CO in ami around Maurepas, the scone of much hanl fighting during the last few weeks, and the British gain was in tho direction of Ginchy and Guillemont, near the Southern end of their section of the Somme front. The Anglo-French attack London says, took place alory? tlie whoic line from | Pozieres to the Somme. The gains reported by Paris and London were in the center of the German positions on the Somme front and mark another step in the AngloFrench advance toward Combles. French troops gained more ground in the village of Maurepas. after the stopping of German counter-attacks near the village. Calvary hill, southeast of the village, was carried by assault and the French positions on the Maurepas-Clery road was also ex tended. WILSON VETOES ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. Washington.?The Army appropriation bill was unexpectedly vetoed by President Wilson because ho would i not accept certain provisions in the revision of the articles of war, forced into the bill by the House conferees and commonly said in army circles to be in the Interest of certain retired officers "at outs" with the army. DEUTSCHLAND REPORTED SAFE HOME AT BREMEN Geneva, via Paris.?A private telegram received from Berlin by tho Neue Zurieher Zeitung says the German submarine Deutschland arrived safely at Bremen from the United States. FINAL ACTION IN HOUSE ON THE PHILIPPINE BILL Washington.?Final action on the Philippine bill promising independence to the islands as soon as a stable government is established, was taken in the House when the conference report was adopted. Manuel Qeuzon. Philippine dele- | gate, told the House the bill was a "signal victory for the cause of human liberty and a very decisive step toward the complete emancipation of tho Filipino people." DECORATED FOR SINKING 100 SHIPS OF ALLIES Amsterdam, via London.?In recognition of his sinking of 100 vessels of the Knt'-nte Allies, ( aptain Lieutenant Wi' er J'orstmann, com uder of a C n:.-a nbniarlne has been given the Ord. r <.f Pour le. Merite by the (lerhiati emperor, a Berlin dispau-h iec< I I > e. The ships -unk by him. , including war vessels, aggregated 200,000 tons and their value Is estimated at 30.ooo.0no pounds sterling the dia- ( patch adds. IMES^ LIVE STOCK CONFERENCE Meeting of Much Importance Will be Held in Orangeburg Week Beginnlng October 16th. Orangeburg.?Secretary \\\ A. Livingston of the Orangeburg chamber of j commerce announced that an arrangement bad been perfected for holding a state wide conference on live stock raising at Orangeburg during tho week beginning October 1?>. next. The conference will be held under the Joint ' auspices or the Southern settlement and development organization. which is conducting :i South-wide propaganda in the interest of live stock raising and diversified farming, the extension department of Clemson College, the state department of agriculture and the Orangeburg chamber ot* commerce. The conference will last two days. There will be an exhibit of South Carolina bred cattle and hogs, a nd the sessions will he devoted to practical discussions of the vital questions relating to animal husbandry, instead of too set speeches which too often characterize meetings of this kind. Experts in various lines of live stock raising and marketing from the federal government and from those sections of the country where live stock Is raised successfully will he iu attendance, and preparations are being made to handle the largest crowd of its kind ever assembled in this state. South Carolina Pays Least. Washington.?In 29 of the 4X states of the Union the excess of expenditures for governmental costs, including interest and outlays for permanent improvements, over revenues, during the fiscal year 1915 was 155.28-1.404. or 86 cents per capita. In the remaining 19 states the excess of revenues over expenditures amounted to $18,008,917, or 54 cents per capita. Taking the entire 48 statos as a whole, the excess of expenditures over revenues was $10,674,487. or 97 cents per capita. Those and other Important facts are nruuKni oui in a report. "Financial Statistics of States. 101.V' soon to be Issued by Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census, department of commerce. This report, which was compiled under the direction <*f Starke M. Grogan, chief statistician for statistics of states and cities, gives detailed data in respect to the revenues and expenditures, the assessments. the taxes and the indebtedness and assets of each of the 48 states of the Union. To Ask For More Money. Columbia.?High school applicaeiation* have been sent out by the I state superintendent of education. The state board of education will nieet in a few weeks and pass on thp petitions for the various high schools for state aid. The legislature has made a"! ap propriatlon of 135,000 for this work. "It will require $100,000 to take care of the situation next year and I will report the farts to the legislature." said J. E. Swcarlngen. state superintendent, discussing the needs of tho high schools of the state. The education board at its summer meeting will also pass on tho scholarships at state institutions. The fiscal agent of the state board ot charities and corrections is now making an Investigation of the financial condition of applicants for the state scholarships and will report to the education board. To Prevent Trouble. York.?As a preventive measure against a possible outbreak and spread of infantile paralysis, which malady has made Its appearance at several points in this county, the town council of York has adopted an ordinance making it unlawful for children under 16 years of age to visit the picture shows, attend Sunday school or other public gatherings or even to congregate in any considerable numbers on the streets or elsewhere in the limits of the town. Preparing Poultry Exhibit. Columbia. -Gold medals, purses, premiums and ribbons' will be awarded for the best poultry exhibits at the state fair to be held at Columbia October 2.3-27 The Inn cr lint nf on/ova., - the poultry department Includes sin gle specimens, breeding pens and display pens of practically every breed and variety of chickens, turkeys, geese. ducks, pheasants, pigeons, lain lama, games and eggs. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. New cotton has been sold on th? j Lexington market. The Appalachian, highway?TryonSaludn-Hendersonvllle end Is now In good shape and ready for tourist j travel. Dr. W. M. Ulggs, president of riorn son College, necompanied by Mrs. Riggs and Miss May Kiggs of Orange burg have gone to spend a vacation of two or three weeks in the North Carolina mountains, chiefly at Mowing Hock. Another case of infantile paralysis was. reported to the state hoard of health front Greenville county, which makes a total of 40 cases rei>ortod during the month of August. Illustrated pamphlet ; describing (Ingrowing and conditioning for market of peanut are bwng cir<ulnt> 1 by th i Surafer chant' -r of ? am.- ?-e .1:10 v farmers of Sun tor, Lee \nd Clanu ties. >e is ?;,< ertaincd of devclojdng a peanut industry at Sum ter, as n means ls>th of forestalling the l)oll weevil and of enriching ttye soli. $1.25 Per Year. NAMES CHAIRMEN ON FLOOD RELIEF CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE BOARD APPOINTS MANY LOCAL COMMITTEES. MORE MONEY BADLY NEEDED Federal Appropriation and FundB Privately Subscribed to Date Are Not Near Sufficient. Colunibia?.-?Pierre MazycK of Columbia. chairman of the state commission on llood relief, appointed some days ago by llov. Manning, has made public the names of local committeemen through whom his board will art in several of the counties most affected by the freshets of late July. The county supervisor is in each instance a member of the local commit "Much more money than Is available or in sight at this time can he used to advantage in the relief of actual distress directly consequent upon flood damage," said Mr. Mazyck. "The federal appropriation must he spread tlVOP tlir* vi-hiilo S4nut l> om/1 ihn fittwlvJ privately subscribed and placed in llie governor's hands are Inadequate Most of the money reaching us through this latter source came from Richmond, by the way." Local committeemen so far appointed are as follows: Cherokee: C. M. Smith. Gaffnoy, chairman; John M. Jenkins, Gaffney, supervisor. Spartanburg: H. A. Ligon. Spar tanburg, chairman; J. J. Vernon, Wellford, supervisor. York: Mr. Blankkenship, Fort Mill; J. M. Starr. York; T. W. Boyd, York, supervisor. Lancaster: K. M. Croxton, chair man; J. C. Cook. Taxahaw, Buperviaor. Chester: J. F. McKeown, McKeown; J. G. White. Chester, chairman; D. G. Anderson, Chester. sujiorvisor. Union: Roy Kant, Lockhart; J. T. Jeter. Santuc, supervisor. Laurens: H. K. Aiken. Laurens, chairman; R. L. Gray, Gray Court; H. IJ. Humbert, Laurens, supervisor. Charleston: W. H. Mlxson, Charleston. chairman; W P. Cantwell Charleston, supervisor. Georgetown: Olin W. Sawyer. Georgetown, chairman; M. L. Be thane. Camp Field, supervisor. IVirchewter: Dr. T. L. Johnson, St. George, chairman; J. 1). Wimberly, St. George, supervisor. Colleton: \V. W. Smoak, Walter horo. chairman; K. M. Jeffreys, Wal terboro, supervisor. Williamsburg: W. M. O'Brien. HHn man, chairman; George A. McKlvano. Kingstree; \V. C. Hammett, Kingstree annervtsnr. Orangeburg: W. L. Glover, Orange burs, chairman; M. Tlungerplller, Or angeburg. supervisor. Berkeley: T. W. Williams, Moncks Corner; W. K. Fishburne, Moncks Corner; Lewis W. Hill, Itidgeville, supervisor. Calhoun: J. F. Crcuch, Fort Motte; W. J. Wise. St Matthews, supervisor; Thomas A. Amakcr, St. Matthews, chairman. Horry: P. A. Spivey, Conway, chair man; Howard W. Itethea, Conway; A, C. Murrell. Conway, supervisor. Marlon: T. J. Moore, Marion, chair man; 0. C. Rodgers, Mullins, supervisor. Darlington: Bright Wllllnmaon, Darlington, chairman; O. W. Milling Darlington, supervisor. Florence: S. P. Poston, Poston, chairman; James n. McBryde, Florence, supervisor; C. 15. Commander Florence, chairman. Clarendon: C. M Mason, St. Paul, chairman; W. It Davis, Silver, super visor. Kershaw: H. O. Carrison, Jr., Camden, chairman; M. C. West, Camden, supervisor. Fairfield: T. K. Flllott, Wlnnshoro, chairman; D. It. Coleman, Jr., Winns l>oro, supervisor. Newberry: J. M Kinard. Newberry, chairman; George Y. Hunter, Prosperity; James C. Sample, Newberry, supervisor. Prepare for Boll Weevil. Columbia -In a recent interview w. \v i/nnu, state rarm demonstration agent. sfato<I tliat the boll weevil might reach Anderson county within tho next 12 months. Several dnys ago it was announcd that Clemson College will send a commission to the boll weevil territory in the South to study conditions. Gov. Manning will be a member of the commission. The commission will very probably make report to the legislature and urge the Passage of such laws to combat tho crop pest. Soldier Boys Will Vote. Columbia. Stationery needed in orHnr tfi Car/.Una "tinrrl- men engaged in the frontier i>atrol to participate in the state primary elec tion of August 1!9 was shipped hy < >.pr .-s to Kl I'n.'o hy Halcott B Tho.ea of Columbia, ictiiig secretary i) t}i. it I>t moeratic . \ecutlyo comm tte The e rotary, William C. Me( .hi. \ 1;:III i if on tlie li.ircler. being fi ' lieu'en.inr of the Second reglmeat machine gun company. About ' m I tn South ('i-nlina will do their voting at El Paso this yoar.