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T f m \ Established in 1891. G.O.P.WINS IN MAINE ' 8Y SAFEPLURftLITlES OEMOCRATS LOSE GOVERNOR SHIP, TWO SENATORS AND CONGRESSIONAL SEATS. ENDS HOTTEST CAMPAIGN Reunion of Republican and Progressive Parties Marked.?State Legislature Falls Wholly Under Control of thRepublicans. ? Portland. Maine.?Indications are that the Republicans have, won the state election by safe pluralities. If the ratio of the Republican marKin Is maintained. Carl R. Killikin will be elected governor by about 11,000 plurality. Bert M. Feniald, Republican, seems to have been elected for the short term in the United States Senate and the same ratio of gain would Kive him a plurality of 9,600. United States Senator Charles F. Johnson. Democrat, apparently has been defeated by Frederick Hale, by an indicated plurality of 7.500 If the Republican congressional candidates hold the lead they, had at latest report, three. Louis B. Goodall, in the First District. Congressman John A. Peters in the Third, and Ira G. Ilerzy in the Fourth are elected. Congressman Daniel J. McGillicuddy, Democrat, appeared to have been defeated in the Second district by Wallace II. White, but this ficht was close. The total vote may prove to have been the largest ever cast In the state. The election was the culmination , of one of the hottest debts ever waged 1n the state and marked the reunion of the Republican and Progressive parties, whose differences in 1U12 gave the electoral vote of Maine to President Wilson and two years later resulted in the election of Governor Oakley C. Curtis, a Democrat, by a plurality of 3.189. Tonight's figures indicate that the larger percentage of the Progressive vote which two years a~o was 1S.22G. was cast for the Republi^ can ticket. Throughout the campaign in which a great number of men from all parts of the country and drawn from Republican. I>emocrats and Progressives participated. National issues were kept to the forefront. The interest aroused together with perfect election weather, brought out one of the biggest votes ever east in the state and possibly greater than has been known before. CONFEREES TAKE NOTE OF CONTROL CARRANZA SHOWS Mexican Commissioners Present Information as to De Facto Government's Authority in Southern Republic. New I/ondon. Conn.?With the border situation set aside tempore v. the American-Mexican joint eotr^iission. un*w?ru u; u-'i ?-i in 111111 ^ ill** *'A* tent of the control exercised In Mexico by the do facto government, the information being supplied by the Mexican commissioners at the request of their American conferees. It was stated informally that upon the showing made by the Oarranzn government rested the possibility that lie Wash1ngon government would revoke its warning to Americans to stay out of Mexico and would encourage their return to their properties there. It was exnlained that the question of transportaion was vial to any resuinntion of lndustrv in Mexico and to show nresent conditions, the Mexican commissioners presented figures , from which the following conclusion was drawn in a formal statement Issued hv Secretary Lane: "The data presented hv the Mexican commissioners, indicates that the government roads now are being operated with a large degree of '-egularltv and that the roads owned hv private companies are being turned ov>r to treso companies, the onlv exceptions at the present limp being a lino in the district, one in the State of TTidnlro and the United Railways of Yucatan. 11 DEAD IN PLACING LAST SPAN OF BRIDGE Quebec.?With the loss of 11 lives the second attempt to brides the St. I/awrence river here resulted in a failure wVn the massive center span, weighing .1100 tons, suddenly collapsed and fell into the river. Of the x !W> men caught on the span when it began to sway all were rescued except 11 and of these only four bodies have been found. The span was being raised from pontoons and was about 15 feot above the water. CAN USE MAIL ONLY FOR MILITARY NEED?LANSING Washington.?A declaraaion by Secretary Lansing that he considered information secured by censors from the mails should be used only for military purposes was believed to fore cast injection of thnt Issue Into the negotiations with Great Ttrifaln ovemall seizures. While no Inquiry ha* been s?nt regardng the statement in Parliament that information gleaned | by the censors properly could be put to "any public or national use." ' A-.'. f % The s*. iTEUlDNIG ALLIES : | TAKE FORTRESS BULGARIAN AND GERMAN FORCES CAPTURE OLD FORTRESS SILISTRAI ON DANUBE. 4 nncoiitio oiirf rn nin i non nuooiHNO ourrcn did luoo . I I Rumanians Advance Against Austrians?Russians Fail in Attmpt to Break Through Austrian Lines Southeast of Lemburg. I/ondon.?Continuing their advance in Western Dobrudja, the German and Bulgarian forces have captured the old j Bulgarian fortress of Silistrai, which lies on the Eastern bank of the Dan-1 Ube about 25 miles east of Bucharest, I the capital of Rumania and about an j equal distance south of ConstanzaBurharest railway line. The capture j of the fortress is announced by the i Berlin war office which asserts that i the Rumanians and Russians fighting in Dobrudja apparently have suffered very considerable losses during the last few days. In the Banat.North of Orsova. however, the Rumanians advanced against the Austrians compelled the i Austrian right wing after It had pushj ed them back two and a half miles, to withdraw to its former noRitlnn motor . a strong counter-nttack. Attempts by i the Rumanians to advance against heights West of Csik Szeroda were repulsed. In Southern Bukowina near ! the junction of the Hungarian and Ituj nuinian borders the Germans are In contact with the Rumanians. Attempts by the Russians to break * through the Austrian limn Southeast i of Romberg, near Halicza. failed ac- J I cording to Vienna with heavy losses. The Vienna statement mentions the J gallantry of the Turkish forces fight- j ! ing with the Austrians in this region. \ GEN. BLISS TO ASSIST BORDER COMMISSION Secretary Baker Grants Request to Permit Army Officers to Explain Military Conditions. Washington?Secretary Baker granted the request of the Amcrican-Mexi; can comisslon to have Maj. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss, assistant chief of staff, go , to New Ivondon. Conn., to give the commissioners information that he has j gathered first-hand concerning the military situation along the Interna: tlonal border. The general is regarded as one of the j army's most, competent authorities ; 011 Mexican questions. As assistant chief of staff he has more to do with the administration of military opera| tions along the border than any other officer except Major General Punston i and recently he completed a personal ' inspection of all the border patrol militia camp. Pressure from political and business quarters is being brought to bear upon QAffPftt U ? V Il'llfAS ? - - -' ' i #csv ?~i mm iiiitiiiiusiruiion officials generally to withdraw NaI tional Guard organizations from the l>order. Members of Congress, busl| ness houses and friends and relatives I of guardsmen have deluged the department the last few days with requests for the release of the militia. GERMAN CASUALTIES THUS FAR 3.375,000 Ijondon.?German casualties in the 1 war during the month of August according to a compilation here from the ' German casualty lists, totaled 240.900. This brings the German total since the beginning of the war. aq compiled from the same sources to 3.375.000. I These figures include all the German | nationalities, but do not include the i naval n*'d colonial casualties. The detailed figures for the month , of August follows: Killed. 42 100; prisoners. 1.800; missing. 42.000; wounded. 153.500; total 240.900. Detailed figures for the period of the war to the end of August. 1910; Killed 832 000; prisoners. 105.000; missing. 234.000; wounded. 2.144,000. Total 3.375.000. I BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGEO IN HEAVIEST OF FIGHTING T>ondon.?British troops have hecn ! engaged In the heaviest kind of flght, Ing along a 3 1-2 mile front on the j Somme. expending from High wood to ' Leuze wood and have captiired Ginchy, wiui-ii hps aiixins! directly north of fombles, and all the ground between Oinchy and T,euze wood. On a front of more than a quarter milo the nrltIsfi gained 300 yards oast of High wood and northeast of Pozieres raptured 600 yards of German trenches. FARMERS ARE URGED TO HOLD THEIR COTTON Ft. Worth. Texas.?Henry X. Pope, head of the Association of farmers* Union presidents, issued n s*nt< ment iiT:r>" aP farmers to hold their cotton for twenty rents, d 'daring that this ! prlre would he reached before he pre-:. : ert rron is picked. If a general holding ! plan is put In pra< tice hv South' rn farmers. President Pope flatly denied recent press reports stating that the association fixed 12 cents per pound as the minimum price of cotton. v * ? " : *** r , For FORT MIL GOOSE F \ V^ilT \~*r - VOvC ^P^Lk v v sft* * __\>,- ]r y y A**1 ro ^TY\ f -rtu. ffaj ; ? iCopyr.glit. > CONGRESS ENDS SESSION EMERGENCY REVENUE BILL CONFERENCE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED. Purchase of Danish West Indies For $2,000,000 Was Ratified by Senate ?Both Houses Hold Protracted Night Session. Washington,?Congress adjourned Friday morning at 10 o'clock. -After nine months devoted to legislation I, .........r. W^l.l . : ?*?.?? Iiuuorn IKIU |>iiiiiuiru M'hblUIIH Thursday night to wind up their offairs by approving tho conference agreement on tlje emergency revenue bill to raise approximately $200,000.1000. desired by the Administration to ] meet tlie extraordinary appropriations for national defense and the Mexican emergency. The last apropriation measure, the general deficiency bill, was adopted by both houses while waiting for the conference report on the revenue bill, and the senate ratified the Danish treaty to provide for purchase of the Danish West Indies for $25,000,000. [ The Owen corrupt practices bill to limit campaign expenditures and the immigration bill which President Wllsin had announced he would veto if passed, were put aside and will bbe tuken up and pressed to a vote early in the December session. The revenue bill as it went to President Wilson for approval contained drastic provisions empowering the President to retaliate against foreign interference with American commerce, creates a non-partisan tariff commission, increases the duties on d.vestuffs to encourage their manufacture in tho United States, provides means to prevent dumping of cheap foreign-made goods into American markets after the war and provides for income, inheritance, munitions, corporation stock, liquor and miscel i laneous internal revenue taxes. I GOMPERS AND BURLESON ATTACKED BY SHERMAN. Senator in Bitter Partisan Speech Wages Political War on Labor Chief and Postmaster General. Washington.?Senator Sherman renewed his attack on President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, during debate on the Owen />rrupt practice bill In the senate, declaring the labor leader and Postmaster General Burleson were the two most prominent figures on ! the Democratic side of the Presiden| tial campaign. Mr. Gompers. he said, ; was to deliver the 2,000,000 labor votes to the Democrats while Mr. Burleson used the postmasters of the country "to fry fat" for it. Senator Sherman quoted from a Texas newspaper of 1009 to show that Mr. Burleson then was part owner of a ranch where hundreds of convict laborers wore employed. In 1911, he said, the foreman of the ranch was tried for causing the death of a negro convict who had been whipped, but was acquitted and in 1913 was appointed postmaster at Longview, Texas. AUSTRIANS, MENACED BY RUMANIANS. WITHDRAW. Vienna, via London. ? Austrian troops have withdrawn before threatening Rumanian envelopment to the heights west of Olah Toplitza, south of Dorna Watra ami 20 miles west of the Rumanian border, says the official statement issued at the AustroHungarian headquarters. On the , Russian front the Austrian troops between the Zlota Llpa and the Dnister River also have been withdrawn. HENRY FORD SUES PAPER FOR $1,000,000 DAMAGES. | Chi ago.?Suit for $1,000,000 was filed by Ilenry Ford, the Detroit manufac'.urer, against The Chicago Tribune in I'nited States District Court hticj. Mr. Ford asks for personal dart iges as compensation for an ?>ditori? 1 in The Tribune, which, it is eh ?rgod, t ailed Ford an "anarchist." The bill charges that The Tribune "sought to bring the plaintiff into public hatred, contempt, ridicule and financial Injury," by the editorial. ' ' ' ' * 49 T Ml L, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTE: "T'TTT"" -,T IMPLES i sKf > v r, FRENCH MAKE BIG GAiNS DRIVE MEN FURTHER INTO GERMAN LINE ALONG SOMME RIVER. Berlin Admits Loss of Clery?In Galacia Russians Have Taken About 5,000 Prisoners?Fighting Near Lemberg. T^nnrlftii Whiln tholr i>nm?\QtrlA?u were busy north of the Somme warding off German counter-attacks or encaged in artillery duels, the French, south of the River, drove their men farther into the German linos for noteworthy gains. In stubborn fighting over a front of four miles below Vermandovillers and Chilly the Germans have been forced to give up the northern portion of Vermandovillers; while the French have occupied the outskirts of the railway junction town of Chaulttes to Rove, between Chaulttes and Chilly. To the north, operations of the French with Rarloux, and ultimately Peronne as their objective, also met with success. Southeast of Belloyen-Santerre further German trenches ] were captured and most of the village J to Herny-en-Santerre fell Into French hands. Paris says th.e number of prisoners taken apparently was large. Berlin admits the loss of Clery which lies a short distance northwest of Peronne In Galicia on the front of the Zlota | Lipa and Dniester Rivers the Rusi shins have driven the Teutonic Allies , from fortified positions and have taken 4,f>00 prisoners, among them about 2,Q?H) Germans. Horlin concedes a victory to the Russians in this region. Violent fighting continues around Brzeany, southeast of Lemberg, but here Rerlln says the Russians have suffered heavy losses and have made no advance. Russian attacks near Sborow, northern Galicia, and in Vol- i liynia. also failed, according to Berlin. SUFFRAGE BODY WII.L CONTINUE DUAL CAMPAIGN Vote Support in Seeking Both National and State Legislation. Atlantic City, N. J.?The National Woman Suffrage Association by an overwhelming vote decided to con: tinue Its present policy of working for equnl rights through both National and State legislation. The voto was taken after a long debate and no soon- j er had the applause that greeted the ! announcement of the action taken ! ceased than a resolution was present- ' *'d which threatens to open again the : whole question. i Virtually all the speakers declared for strict neutrality in the presidential I campaign and to continue the nonpartisan efforts of the association to bring about equal suffrage throughout : the United States. Women from every state in the j Union are attending Urn forty-eighth 1 annual convention of the association which was called two months in ad- j vnum ui us regular meeting because of the national political campaign. COFFIN GIVES CLUE TO WRECKED ZEPPELIN Ix>ndon.?The number of the Zeppelin wrecked in the recent aerial attack on Ix>n<lon was disclosed for the first time at the funeral of the victim in the inscription on the coffin contain- : ing tho body of the commander. The : airship was the L-21. The only coffin marked was that of ; J the commander and It bore these ' ; words: "An unknown German officer | : killed while commanding the L-21, | September 2, 1918." i MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS MEET. Xew York.?Tho formal opening of j the discussion of the relations between Mexico and the United States by commit- loners appointed by each j Government, br e lit an exchange of ' or dentlals. a general talk over the situation and a recess until Friday j to permit Luis Cabrera, head of the Mexican party, to attend to personal business in Boston. Secretary Lane was host to the party aboard the j presidential yacht. i I ? V LL T MBER 14, 1916. CONGRESSMEN ALL | HASTEN FOR HOME i ANXIOUS FOR REST OR PART IN THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN WORK. PRESIDFNTS STATFMFNT Gives Notice Remainder of Railroad Program Will Be Pressed Next Session.?Three Other Important Measures Go Over. Washington. Adjournment of Congress was quickly followed by a general exodus of members hastening homeward for rest or the national political campaign. While '.he rinsing saw the administration legislative program mainly completed some things wait to be "ontinued at the winter session notably the remainder of the president's program of railroad legislation which vras partially enacted to prevent the threatened strike, in a formal statement , President Wilson speaking of the work of Congress, gave notice that the remainder of the railroad program would l>e pressed at the new session. The president's statement was as follows: "A very remarkable session of Con gross has just closed, full, as all re cont sessions of the Congress have been of helpful and humane legislation which constitutes contributions of capital importance to the defense, the economic progress and the wholesome life of the country. "It is to he regretted that the session could not have continued long enough to complete the program recently project oil with regard to the accommod'tiMon of lal>or disputes lw?tween the railways and the employ s, but it was not feasible in the circumstances to continue the session any longer and therefore only the most immediately pressing narts of the program could be completed. "The rest, it is agreed, has merely been postponed until it can lie more nvatnre'y deliberated and perfected. 1 I have every reason to believe that it is the purpose of the leaders of tho two houses immediately upon the re- ' assembling of Congress to undertake tliis additional legislation. It is evident that the country should be relieved of the anxiety which must have been created by recent events with regard to the future accommodation of such disputes." The immigration bill, the corrupt practices bill and the bill to permit 1 . uiiMMiiiuiiii - in .Mii'M irau fxiMirit'i s 10 meet foreign competition abroad wont over|. The closing hours of Con gross were remarkably ouiet. Only the presence 1 of the president in his room, near the i Senate chamber, served to attract in- ! terest to what otlterwi.se would have been an uneventful ending of an eventful Congrss. RUSSORUMANIAN FORCES IN GREAT BATTLE WITt^ FOE Latest Country to Enter European War Scene of Chief Conflict Now Raping. London.?Rumania , which entered the European war less than two weeks ago. now ia the scene of a great battle between Russo-Runtanlan forces I and armies of the Central rowers. The soutren part of Dobrudja or eastern Rumania, has become a fighting ground and the onnc ing armies are engaged from the Black Sea to the Danube along a front of at>out 70 miles. Bulgarian and Turkish troops arriving along the Black Sea coast have occupied Baltiik and two other seaports. Sofia reports, and the fortress of Dobritch or Bazardjik, .r>0 miles ; southeast of Bucharest, has been taken ! by a combined Btilgar-Oorman force, j The Rumanians continue their offensive in eastern Transylvania and also have occupied th> imj>ortant j town of Orsova on the Danube, ah-ovo i the Iron (late. Advancing from Csik j Szereda in Thansvlvanla north of Kronstadt, the Rumanians are drir- ! ing westward and Vienna admits the withdrawal of Austrian forces before ] attacks against Horgitta. BAKERS WOULD QUIT MAKING 5-CENT LOAF Ohlrapo.?Recommendations to all j bakers of the United States that the j a-cent loaf of bread be abandoned and the 10-oent loaf standardized. were made after considerable discussion at the closing session of the executive committee of the National Association of Master linkers. They urged that the , n-eommendations be put into effect im- I mediately. Economic waste incident | *o the manufacture of the 5-cent loaf was emphasized as a reason. MINORITY LEADER MANN PAYS TRIBUTE TO KITCHIN Washington. With the close of the nrvt o-sion of the Sixty-fourth Congee s RepresentsMve Kltchln roundcvt his fir ' ' p< I ?nce as floor le d < . Ho was i i vymcnted by Mir.o.iv Loader Mann in i sneeeh. '"It was .rural." a d Mr. Mann, "to r -o the Majority Lender d v? top and prow in hi?, position." Mr. Kitchln immediately after adjournm' nt stepped arrows he aisle and grasped the hand of Mr. Mann. IMES SUMMARY OF WORK OF 64TH CONGRESS ! RECORD OF CONSTRUCTIVE LEGISLATION BY CONCRESS IS GREATEST IN HISTORY. MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES Total of Appropriations $1,626,439,209 With Additional Contracts Amounting to $231.945,275.?Items Are Eneumeratcd.?Some Big Bills. Washington. 1). C.?A record of constructive legislation, improving tho advantages of the people all along the line is that of the 04th Congress which lias just ended. The total of the appropriations, specifically made, is $1,626.439,209.63. In addition to this congress has authorized contracts to be entered into obligating appropriations in the future of $231,945,275.20. These contracts include $225,266,325.20 for nn val and coast defense purposes, while the remainder. $6.67S.950 is for or- ; dinnrv objects of Government. The appropriations for military and naval purposes and for additional seacoast defenses alone amount to $685.709,823.09. This sum, with the iontracts authorized brines, tlie total for preparedness 11> $910,976,148.29. However. there is still more to be added to the preparedness. Congress has authorized 90 additional war vessels to he constructed in the'next throe years, which will cost $295,000,000 additional when they are completed and in commission. This brings the grand total for the preparedness legislation of this congress to $1,205,976,148.29. The appropriations tire distributed as follows for preparedness: Army appropriation act, 6no.io. Naval appropriation act. $313,300,555.84. Fortification appropriation act. $25, 747,550. Military Academy act. $1,235,043.57. Sundry civil appropriation act: Armories and arsenals. $4,083,405; military posts, $1,(516,000; military surveys, $35,000; Panama Canal for-' tiflcat ions. $4,535,000. Deficiency appropriations, military ami naval establishments $46,770.648.58; National (inard camps, $200.000; nitrate plant. $200,000,000. Investigations have been started to ascertain where the nitrate plants are to bo located. The plan contemplated when this provision was accepted by congress was to place the plants at convenient sections of the country where they would supply the needs of agriculture with fertilizer, easily dis *.ributc(l, ami also he ready for uuse In time of wor in tho manufacture of aiunitiniis. One of the plants will he in the south. New government activities will he looked upon in tho future among the rotable achiev?m?ints of the finest session of the sixty-fourth congress. For these a total of $73,719,700 is appropriated, to he used as follows: To encourage, develop and create a naval auxiliary and naval reserve end a merchant marine, $50,100,000; federal- aid in the construction of good roads, $6,000,000; establishment of federal farm loan hunks, $6,200.000; federal employes' compensation commission, $550,000; tariff commission, $300.((00; construction of railroads in Alaska to develop its coal fields. $8,247,620; expenses of collecting the Income tax. $1,828,000; federal trade commission, $444,080; eighthour day commission, $50,000. Included in the legislation of the session just closed are the following items; Reorganization of the army. Vast increases in the navy and fortifications. A government controlled merchant marine. Exclusion of products of < liild labor from Interstate commerce. A system of rural credits, assuring the farmer of liis ability to borrow j money upon his asset at ti per cent, j Adequate compensation Tor workmen Injured In government employment. A fuller measure of independence for the Philippines. An eight-hour day on the railroads. I Eighty five million dollars for good roads. Established official grain standards applicable to grain shipped Iti interstate or foreign commerce. A uniform system of hills of lading. Amended the federal reserve act to 1 make it more generally applicable A tariff commission, i/svies upon dyestuffs. Retaliation for unfair trade meth- ' ods by foreign countries. Government armor plate plant. Increased interest-bearing accounts . in postal savings bunks from $500 IO ?1,OUO. Created a sub-committee of the ; commerce committees to investigate railway problems. Some important measures failed to pass. They will he disposed of at the next session. Among them are the following: Conservation hills, including those relating to o 1 lands, water power, and i onl lands. Women suffrage. Prohibition In the District of Co lumbia . Nationwide prohibition I ? " fTv ?.' r*4 '* ''-T? 1 7v^ U-. i' $1.25 Per Year. PRIZES OFFERED ~ RURAL SCHOOLS STATE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES r LLOTMENT. CONDITIONS ARE DEFINED Miss Madeline Spigener Is Head of Association Which Works to Improve School Plants. Columbia Miss Madeline Spigener, president of the South Carolina School Improvement Association, has made public the prizes to be awarded by the association during school year which began this month. The awards were decided upon at a meeting of the executive committee held in Columbia. The allotment is as follows: "Twenty-five prizes of ?40 each to be awarded to individual schools making the greatest improvement between January 1. 1U16 and March 1. 191". "Each school compoteing for this prize must file its application along with the official prise score card. The school improvement score card must tie signed by a representative of the local association and by a member of the local board of trustees and approved by the county superintendent of education. Photographs of now buildings arc usually helpful to the < oinniittee iti determining prize winning schools. "One prize of $10 to the local association in each county raisins from outside sources and depositing with the county treasurer the largest amount of money. "The 45 prizes in this class are intended to stimulate local school improvement work In the counties. "Due prize of $5 to each local association sending the county organizer reports for 12 regular monthly meetings lu twen March 1. 19lt? and March 1. 1917. "These reports must he signed by the president of the local school Imnrovotnent association and approved l?y the county organizer. " The tirsl prizes of $25 each and three second prizes of $15 each will he given to the live counties reporting the largest percentage of active, local school Smprovmenit associations in the rural schools of the county. - this report must be signed by the county organizer and approved by the county superintendent of education. "A certificate of award will be given to each school district adopting compulsory school attendance through the initiative ami < o-oporation of th? local school improvement association. "It is hoped tlint tihe list of these districts will constitute a roll of honor of the progressive districts of the state favoring compulsory attendance. The members present were: Miss Madeline Spigener, president; Miss Carolina Dickinson, Summerville, vice president: Miss Mary Kva liite. Aiken, recording secretary; Mrs. Harold A. lint to. Spartanburg, corresponding secretary; Miss Martha L. I>can. Greenville. treasurer; MIhs Sailie Srtibllng, Walhalla; Miss E. Julia Sclden, Spartanburg; Mrs. J N. Hargrove, Dillon* Miss liottie Cromer, Lexington. Incinerator for Orangeburg. Orangeburg.?At the meeting of the city council hold recently it was decided to purchase at once an incinerator for Orangeburg. The plant will be a modern one and of the same typo used bv the larger cities. This plant win be erected on the city lot located on Hull street. Orangeburg has needed an inclnorator for some time and the action of the city council will he well received by the people ol Orangeburg. Captain Horton to Visit Home. Washington Cffpt.. Jeter 11. Horton if the I'nited States Marine corps is n Washington lor a few days on his wedding trip. After remaining hero a short time ('apt. and Mrs. Horton will go to Williamston. From that .place they will go to Haiti where this popular South Carolinian is on duty as quartermaster and paymaster for the Haitian constabulary. Many Applicants to Clemson. Clemson College. ? The continued popularity of Clemson College and the growing demand for the work this in suiuuon is noing are shown dearly bv the largo number of student* applying for entrance. Registrar J. C. Littlejohn has received more than 1000 applications and still they come. About sr.O will bo accepted as usual. In this connection H is remarkable that so many ol l students return every year. Hetween 94 and 95 per cent of the students of last session will return, that, la. of the three lower classes. Orangeburg Has Big Fire. Ol-ingeburg.- A disastrous flr& occurred in Orangeburg, damaging property to the extent of about $30,000. About G:45 o'clock in the morning the alarm was rung in from the bus'ness centre of Orangeburg, the Siovillo * block being afire For an hour the fire was in the roof, i lost Ij confined in *he tin roofing. The lire lighters were cveroly handicapped in reaching the flames. The fire was hold in the roof and second story of the building, but the l/'isinoss establishments on the first were greatly damaged by water.