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1 . The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. APPOINTMENTS FOR ' WILSON ARRANGED PRESIDENT WILL GO ON FOUR SPEAKING TRIPS DURING THE MONTH. TRtP TO CINCINNATI OCT. 26 Disomgscs Politics With Chairman MoCormick, Henry Ford and Secretary McAdoo. ? Picks Shipping Board Members. '<?MS Branch, N. J.?President Wilsob's campaign program up to elect ion day partly was completed at a conference that he held with. Chairman Vance C. McCormick. The Proaldent also discussed politics with Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer. asid peace advocate, and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. Arrangements were completed for a trip of the President to Cincinnati, making four visits that he will pay to tho Middle West, lie will speak in ttneinnati on October 26. under the auspices of the City Club. Ttio President's speaking program incJndcs the following engagements: Omaha. Neb.. October 5; Shadow ii, v/i;iuum i iiumiiiiiHnin, v_mtobor 12; Pennsylvania Day at Shadow Dawn. October 14; St. Louis and Ohio Day at Shadow Lawn, October 17; Chicago, October 19; Farmer's Day at Shndow Lawn, October 21; Cincinnati, October 2G. in addition to those speaking engagements the President will deliver in address at Shadow Lawn, October 28, and will pay two visits to New York State on dates not yet selected. Mr. ldcCormick said that this program will carry the President up to eioctlon day and that few if any additions would he made. Henry Ford remained with the President four hours and assured Mr. Wilson that he was willing to do everything possible to bring about his selection. Ho said he bad made no plans for contributing to the Democratic rajnpaign fund because he did not believe in such a course. "I think the # office should seek the man. not the man tho office," declared Mr. Ford. Secretary McAdoo who hud planned to mako several political speeches, probably will not carry out his plans because of public business. Tho President has almost completed tho selecting of the shipping iKwvrd and the board created by Congross to observe tho workings of tho eight-hour law for railroad employes. Two of the members of the shipping board probably will be Bernard linker of Baltimore and William I>en iab of San Francisco. NEUTRALITY OF SWEDEN IS NOW ATTRACTING ATTENTION. tr aiIiab oi~:? e it 1 inwo uuiiin ouiinu i ruiviiin Country Not So Loyal and Impartial as It Should Be. London.?The relations between Swndon and the Entente Powers nre attracting unusual attention here and there Is every indication that the situation threatens to become some) what tense. With the dispute as to mall seizures still unsettled there now has arisen the charge by the EnI tento Allies that the neutrality of . ' Sweden Is not so loyal and impartial i* ii should be. This has drawn from Stockholm a reply as tart and crisp as some of the notes in the mail ontrovorsy which were characterized by Viscount Grey as containing words not usually found in diplomatic correspondence. Tim new point of contact with Sweden is the outgrowth of tho practice of belligerent shipping in using Swedish territorial waters for all Haltie traffic. Within tho safety of this ai mi rn iuiu) mini, I'.lll' lilllU illlll other Entente Nations have sailed defiantly in and out of the Baltic paying not the slightest hoed to the German fleet looking on from the eater waters. Similarly German merchant ships have sailed up and down the west roast of Sweden, heavily laden with foodstuffs and iron ores, whilo Russian destroyers in the northem reaches of the Baltic have been important to act. MEXICAN MINING INTERESTS FIGHT NEW TAX SYSTEM Atlantic City, N. J.?A committee rorprosontlng 50 mining and smelting oncerns operating in Mexico protested to the American members of the Mexican-American Joint Oommisakra a-galnsl what they called "confis* swtory degrees" in that country and nrged tho return to the old methods nt taxation. It wns the first time that wHnajejfts have annnnrA^ v? the American or Mexican commissionJOCFRE COMMENDS ARMIES ON SOMME Faris.?General Joflfre. under dato of Serptemher 29, oent the following order of the day to the armies of the NVwth: "The general commander-in-chief espressos great satisfaction to thb troops who have been fighting unceas- i jngly on the Somme for nearly three month*. Ry their valor and peraevor- j ance they have given blows to the enemy '.'rom which he has difficulty in reoevetlnc. i GIANT ZIPPELINS I ! PAID ON LONDON ?.? GREAT CROWDS CHEER AS BIG I AIRSHIP FALLS A MASS OF FLAMES. A FEW BOMBS ARE DROPPED i German Air Raider Descends in Flames Within London District \A/ :*i- r* a /M ??ivii urcai. oiare wnicn is Visible For Many Miles. London. ? Another Zeppelin raid against London and the east coast of England was very spectacular. An airship wan brought down in flames north of London, according to the official statement. The statement reads: "A number of hostile airships crossed the east coast between 9 o'clock and midnight. A few bombs were dropped near the coast, but no damage is yet reported. "An airship is reported brought down in flames north of London." A later dispatch conveyed this information : "Great crows cheered the speci tacle of the burning Zeppelin as it fell in the London district. The great flare from the burning aircraft was visible for a long distance. Graphic accounts of the manner in which ^the Zeppelin?the fourth to be brought down on the English soil ?fell a victim to Great ltritain's anti! aircraft defenses, have been received from London's suburbs. Although the Zeppelin crashed to earth almost duo nnrtti i\f I nnH.... the spectacle was witnessed by thousands of Londoners. CARSANZA'S FAILURE TO RUN DOWN VILLA IS EM BARRISSING. In Negotiations of U. S. and Mexican Commission Relative to Improved Border Conditions. Atlantic City. N. J. Representatives of the more important American mining Interests in Mexico are ex; pected to appear before the American members of the Mexican-American Joint Commission here in support of a memorandum already submitted regarding conditions in Mexico. Before they are received, the commissioners will hold their first joint session here In continuation of the discussions begun at New London four weeks ago. Consideration of nlnns for thn maintenance of peace along the Mexican-American border will be resumed. but reports which continue* to arrive of Villa's activity in Chihauhua may serve as a further delay to agreement. The commissioners make no secret of the fact that failure of General Carranza's forces to run 1 down Villa lias proved embarrassing to them in considering means for improving border conditions. It was considered probable that General Carranza's latest electornl decree would be discussed. A copy of the decree has reac hed the American commissioners from Washington and while the details of the document have not been revealed, it is said to stipulate that none of those connectovnn rnmr?tr?lv witli lltn 1 Inorio Administration shall have the right to vote at the coming presidential j election. SENATOR CLARKE. PRESIDENT U. S. SENATE, IS DEAD Little Rock. Ark.- Senator James P. j Clarke of Arkansas, president pro tempore of the United States senate, died at his homo hero. He snfTered I ; n stroke of ajioplexy the day before and never regained consciousness. Senator Clarke was horn at Yazoo City, Miss.. August 18. 1854. Tie was educated in the schools of his native state and in 1878 was graduated from the law department of the 1'niversltv of Virginia. He began the practice of ! law in Helena, Ark., in 1S70 he serv-od peroral terms in the Arkansas legislature and later was elected attorney 1 general of the state and governor. In 1008 ho was elected United States senator and re-elected last year ' for his third term. P.HiNF SF-A MFRIC A TJ PI PPT TO ENTER WILMINGTON Washington. Organization of the Chinese-American Kx -liange Company, a shipping corporation which proposes to Inaugurate a generaJ mercantile trade between China and American polls on the Pacific, Gulf and South Atlantic. was announced here. If is | headed hv Dr. Clarence J. Owens, 1 managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, and is understood to have the active backing of that organization ! NEW U. 6. DESTROYER MAKES NEARLY 30 AN HOUR Rockland. Maine.?With the exception of a six-hour run at 25 knot speed which is yet to take place, the torpedo boat destroyer Wilkes has met all standardization tests without mishap. according to n statement made by the board of inspection and survey. The destroyer had her four-hour endurance run In a choppy sea averaging 29.55 knots. The contract required an j nroratce of 29 50. THE VERDICT ? Up>l > VILLA BANDITS EXECUTED I HEAVY CASUALTIES WERE ALSO SUFFERED BY THE CARRANZA FORCES. Important Mining Center Southwest of Chihuahua City.?Baulelio Uribe, Villa Leader, Was Originator of the New Idea. Chihuahua City, Mexico. ? More than 100 Villa followers were killed, tho bandit lender Itaudelio ITribe, was taken prisoner and heavy casu- j cities were suffered by Carranzn : forces in a terrific light at Cusihuiri- j achic, an important mining center ! about 50 miles southwest of Chihuahua City, according to a message received by General Trevino from Gen. Matins Ramos, who was himself slightly wounded. Details of tho fight wore few and were appended to the request of j General Ramos for surgeons and medical supplies. A hospital corps d tachment was accordingly rushed to tin; scene by train. It is stated that the garrison at Cushihuiriachic co-operated with tho forces of Ramos hut whether they wore attacked or had been the aggressors does not appear. ilanudelio ITribe, leader of the band and Villa's chief lieutenant, was the originator of the idea of cutting oft the ears of captured Government sol- I (tiers. Many others of his command are reported to have been made prisoners. News of the fight was niso rei-eivod here from the telegraph operator at Santa Isabel who added nothing to the report of General Ramos. The general's official report was sent by way of that town to which the hospital train has been dispatched. Santa Isabel is 33 miles by train from Chihuahua. The Mexico Northwest em Railway makes a loop to Cusihuiriachic front Santa Isabel, while the direct distance between the two towns is about 35 miles. CHEMISTS FIND IN ALCOHOL LIKELY GAS SUBSTITUTE. Exoert Declares 10.0ftn.0nn Tnne ! Material Available for Manufacture Each Year. Now York.?Increased industrial value of alcohol and the possibility of lis substitution for gasoline in the i near future were discussed here by I chemists attending the National Kx- j position of Chemical industries. "The only fuel in sight which prom- ' isos to take the place or hold down the price of gasoline, is alchohol," said Dr. Arthur D. Little of Boston, who presided at the conference. Doctor Little declared that benzol, which had been suggested as a substitute for gasoline, in engines, is not ! sufficiently plentiful to keep the 3,000,000 automobiles in this country going for two days. Kerosene, he added, was out of the question. Doctor Little said that in the yellow pine district alono there is enough material wasted to make 000,000 gallons of alcohol a day. "There are 10.000.000 tons of material available every year in this country from which alcohol can be made." lie declared. CHINESE MINISTER TO UNITED STATES RESIGNS. Poking Hr. VI Kyuln Wellington Koo. Minister to llio United States has sont his resignation to the For cign Office. Riving ill-health as the reason. The resignation has not yet heen accepted by the President Doctor Koo's resignation has created surprise in Peking. SPACE BASIS TO GOVERN MAIL PAY FOR RAILWAYS Washington.?The space basis for compensating railroads for transportation of mails will be put into effect November 1 throughout 90 per cent of I the service, the postoffice department announced under a provision of the last postoffice bill which authorized partial installation of the system to : test its possibilities. Final decision as to whether it shall be made permanent Is left by the bill to the interstate commerce commission. 1 -"10Y RIDERS" ? _ff.v r A SjI ^ f - p IS NO GENERAL TIE UP NEW YORK'S INDUSTRIES NOT AFFECTED VERY MUCH BY THE STRIKE. ' ! Police Declare Union Leaders Claims ' of 125,000 Workers Idle Not Borne; Out By Their Reports.?Few At- I tempts of Violence. Now York.?Although labor loaders insisted thut the general strike of j trades unionists in the Greater City in aid of the carmen who quit their places September G. eventually would \ involve at least 500.000 workers, | there were no surface Indications of ; a tie-up of the city's industries, as threatened, after announcement was made that the strike had begun. While the union leaders claimed that 125.000 workers in various trades already had joined the movement with twice as many more ready to "walk out," the police said they had received no reports to substantiate any such estimates. The actual situation, it was said, was confused bee ause of Jewish holidays, which are being celebrated here by more than 100,000 union workers. Leaders of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway employes, whose members are on strike, were encouraged over the possibility of the Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers coming to their aid. Officials of that organization notified the Public Service Com mission during the day that Theodore P. Shouts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, bad refused to see them and discuss alleged grievances of motormen in the employ of the Interborough who are members of that hrotherhood. Mr. Shouts declared, however, that there were no differences between the niotormon and the company. BORDER BOARD TO END CONFERENCE EARLY IN MONTH. Both Sides Express Satsfaction at Progress Already Made by MexicanJoint Commission in Adjusting Differences. New London, Conn.?The MexicanAmerican Joint Commission expects to conclude its conference not later than October 15. P.oth sides expresspfl Hyfiift ion o# #?><* ~ " * . . ...... ... IIIU |ill>KII!3a ill ? ready made. Except for a bare outline, neither side eared to discuss the character of the conference. It was stated that border conditions were discussed ^ind that some consideration was giveu to the hanking question. It had been announced that there would be placed before the Mexican commission a memorandum of conditions prepared by mining men in Mexico hut its presentation was deferred. The Mexican commissioners ex plained to the Americans that the departure for Mexico of Kliseo Arre dondo. Mexican Ambassador designate. was in 110 way connected with the negotiations. The Mexican rep rcsontatives were the guests of honor at a dinner given by Franklin K. Lane, head of the American representation. I WUMtlN 5j I L> K IV! MEETING AND FORM WILSON CLUB. Spokane. Wash.?More ' than 100 women affiliated with the Democrath party Btormed a meeting under th< auspices of the Woman's party and after heckling the speakers obtained control of the meeting. A Woman's Non-Partisan Club fo ' Wilson was formed in the meeting j room and officers were chosen. ARRENDONDO EN ROUTE TO , CONFER WITH CARRANZA Wsahington.?Eliseo Arrodondo, the Mexican ambassador designate, now on his \yay to Mexico City, is expected bv personal conferences to Kive General Cnrranza a clearer understanding of the American view of differences be tween the two countries and state de partment officials hope he may be able to convince the first chief of the necessity of consenting to ful consider i atlon of all issues by the Joint commis- . slot) I ENGLAND IS BITTER j AND TENACIOUS FOE; GERMAN CHANCELLOR MAKES EXTENDED SPEECH WHEN REICHSTAG OPENS. nEVIEWS military status Says Rumania Seeks "Share When Robbery of Dead Body" Begins. Says She Has Followed Policy of Piracy Depending Upon Situation. Berlin, via Sayville.?In an extend ed speech on the occasion of the opening of the Ileichstag liyre. Chancellor von Bethmann-ltollweg reviewed the military situation confronting Germany and refrred to England as "our most egoistic, our most hitter and our most tenacious enemy," according to the semi-official report of the Overseas News Agency "A German statesman who, would refrain from using against this enemy every proper means of warfare which is apt to shorten the war deserves to be hanged." is one of the statements attributed to the Chancellor. The Chancellor began by reviewing at length the entry of Rumania into the war and said that the Russian offensive this spring had made Premier Hratiano believe lie saw the breaking down of the Central Powers. "Accordingly." the speaker said, "he decided to obtnin a share when the robbery of the dead body began. "Since the beginning of world war Rumania has followed a policy of piracy. depending upon the general war situation. Rumania's military capitulation will prove as mistaken as her political capitulation to her Entente friends, which already has been proved to have been wrong. They must have hoped earnestly that Rumania's participation in the war would cause the defection of Bulgaria and Turkey, but Bulgaria and Turkey are not the same as Rumania and Italy. Firm and inviolable stands their faithful ........ t? r? UUICK, UIKI lllt'.V liaVU WOU glorious victories in Dobrudla." EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN MEAT PRICES SHOWN. More Than 4 Per Cent Increase in Cost of Live Stock is Noted in Quotations. Washington.- Prices of meat anininls?hogs, cattle, sheep and chickens?increased 4.1 per cent from August 15 to September 15. compared with an average increase of 0.9 pit ci-in in ine same period tlie last six years. The department of agrh ulture announced that the index figure of prices paid to producers for those meat animals was about 23.7 per cent higher than last year. 10.r? per cent higher than two years ago and 22.f> per cent higher than the average of the last six years on September 15. The price of hogs on September 15 averaged $0 22 per 100 pounds, an increase of 01 cents from the previous month. $2.23 over a year ago. and $1.94 over the average September 15 price of the last six years. Reef cattle average $0.55 per hundred pounds, an increase of four cents from the previous month, 49 cents over a year ago and $1.09 over the six year average. FRESH EVIDENCE OF BREMEN'S APPROACH TO AMERICA. Westerly. R. I.?A fisherman at Pleasant View, near Watch Hill. overlooking Long Island Sound, reported that he had seen with his marine glasses a large submarine proceeding in the direction of New London, where the German submarine Bremen has been expected for more than a week. She was then 25 miles east of New London and showed on her mast a bright white light above a green light. These lights, according to the obsorver, were the ones be had been tod by Captain Robinson of the tug Westerly, would bo carried bv the German submarine for which the tug some days ago had been ordered to look. ESCAPED U. S. CONVICT ARRESTED IN NEW YORK New York After a search by federal secret service agents which has I extended over the entire country Wil"nm Knobloch. who escape 1 from the | '"ederal penitentiary at Atlanta on Vugust 2'i with "Lieutenant" Rol>ert. 'ry. confessed bomb plotter, was ar"est d hero. He professed Ignorance f the present whereabouts of Fay nd declared thev had no outside -is. i -tanco in making their escape. ONE KILLED AND TWO HURT IN ELECTRICAL STORM Newport News. Va.?Benjamin P. Tohnson was killed ami his two brothers. Thomas and Marvin Johnson seriously injured when lightning struck a :arn at Fox Hill near Old l'oint In vhlch the m n took refuse from the vero electrical and rainstorm which wept over tin* Virginia peninsula. Relatives <1! overed the ham afire, found the two injured men in a <tnnncd condition 20 feel from the '.turning structure. VO RESTORE OLD STATE ROAD I Federal Engineers Regard Project to Rehabilitate Famous Old Highway as Entirely Feasible. Columbia Kfforts that have been under way for some time to reconstruct and reopen the direct line from Oolumbla to Charleston, known as the Old State road, took definite shape In Columbia at a conference held at the offices of the department of agriculture, commerce and industries. Much enthusiasm was muni- 1 festad. and the next ten days will tell the tale as to whether or not a proper main highway will be opened from the city of Charleston in time for the fall and winter traffic. The conference was called by Commissioner Watson, who has been co-operating with the central committee formed at a meeting some weeks ago at Holly Hill for the pur pose of going over the entire sit nation and seeing whether it was considered wortli while to attenpt to do with the old state road what was accomplished Inst season with the Appalachian highway. There was present at the conference: James O'Hear; Held Whitford, secretary and engineer of the Charleston sanitary and drainage commission; Jenkins Robinson; \V. K. McDowell and William llurgeson, the highway committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston; William Prampton, representing Samuel (J. Stoney, president of the South Carolina Agricultural society of Charleston; John It. Wiggins and A. it. Heunett of Holly 11111. representing the midsection organization; John W. Lillard and William Otis of Columbia. representing the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and others. Commissioner Watson, in outlining the purpose of the conference, stated that United States Highway Engineer Scales and United States Drainage Engineer Kuson had completed their surveys and examinations of the territory and had presented gratifying reports indicating that the road could be rehabilitated and put' in ex cellent all the year round condition at the cost of only a few thousand i dollars. It was manifest, he said, that the only way that any highway could bo , established connecting the most important and attractive city in the Miiin? >viin iin* capital mui tiii- interior, possibly for years to come, was. through the means of u combined effort on the part of the people of the towns and cities concerned and tho people living along the line; that the people had been waiting for years I for something to he done, and there was not a single connection worthy I of the name of highway between the coast, the capital and the interior, i The people around Holly Hill and In ! that section had already manifested an absorbing interest, had raised considerable money an '. had pledged contributions of teams and labor, and it was simply now a question as to whether or not those who would benefit from the repotting of the highway and the turning of the tide of traffic in that direction w; hod to pull together in one general move ment to push tin thine through Clarendon Fair Nov. 15-17. Manning.?The Clarendon County Fair Association lots derided t<> hold its second annual fair at Manning November 15 to 17 inclusive The fir t fair, held las>t fall, was such a -ignnl success that every one is stimulated to strive for a still greater success this fall. At a recent meeting of the association reports were received from ! the various sections of the county and definite plans were adopted for the successful holding of the next fair. Much interest is being manifested and j the indications are that the live stock, poultry, grain, cover -vop, vegetable and fruit departments will be well i represented. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Lieut. Edward. Smith, of Marion, has gone to Columbus. N. M , where he is stationed in the Second regiment under his friend, Capt. Walker, whose acquaintance he made two years ago at West Point, Mrs. Cora Sons, wife of Edward i Sons, a farmer of Eredonia, died in ia hospital in Columbia from injuries sustained at Iveesville when a Southern train crashed into a w o in which she. her husband and their three small children were riding. ! Miss Olive Dukes of Rowosville, recently appointed assistant to the home demonstration ncent. Mi s Oracle Patrick, for Orangeburg county, took up active work In this department on October 1 Miss Duke< is a Whvthrop graduate and is eminently qualified. County eommi doners of Ardor on have organized drainage district to dredge Six and I'wcr m Creek I miles and secure against overflow 1.159 acres of arable lands. Construction of a tj.70.0b0 steel reinforced. fireproof hofel at fJaffney will begin soon. The South Carolina Mayors Asso- j elation will meet in Columbia October 23 and 24 Cannon & Co., cotton manufacturers 1 of York, have lot the contract for the construction of f>0 cottages to cost about $50,000. A meeting will soon be held in Orangeburg for the purpose of organ lzing a co-operative creamery. The qualified electors of CIrconvllb- I city voted to Issue $65,000 for stroet and sidewalk work. $25,000 for sewe extension and $60,000 for hospital pur poses. The vote was small, hut th majority decisive. Ill n t ii rmnnnrn w.u.i.u. uttuuats STATE OFFICERS MRS. SPROTT OF MANNING 18 AGAIN ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR A YEAR. ALL DELEGATES ARE NAMED Resolution Adopted by Convention At Sumter Objects to Amendment of The Prohibition Law. Sumtor. With enthusiastic and well attended meetings the state convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union ended Its sessions here. A feature of the meeting was the adoption of a resolution protesting against any amendment of the prohibition law of South Carolina. Officers were elected with Mrs. Joseph Sprott of Manning re-elected president. > Invitations were given from tho lloor for the state convention In 1917 from Miss BurUh liter of Aiken. Mrs. K O. Dixon of Hlshopvllle. Mrs. J. L. Davis of Mulllns anil Mrs. J. N. llallum of Piclions. As tho rosult of tho election of offloors, lho following wore ohosen to load tho whito ribl>on host for South Carolina for lfllf. 17 Mrs. Joseph Sprott of Manning, president; Mrs. .1 1. Mlms of Kdgefield, vice president : Miss Cleo Attawny of Saluda, corresponding sot-rotary; Mrs. T. R. l>oiinv of Johnston, recording secretary; Mrs. Chas. I*. Robinson of Crapin, treasurer. Tho following snporintondonts wore npi>ointo(l in tho oxocutivo session: Unfermented wino. Mrs. J. U. Montgomery. Marion; solentlfle temperance instruction. Mrs. W. S Middleton, Meriwotltor; Sunday school work. Miss Zona I'ayno. Johnston; fairs and open air meet ings, Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman, Kdgefleld; temporanoe litera*tiro, Mrs W it. Cogburn. Kdgofield, modal contests, Mrs. I .en a O. Smith. L/opsville; social meetings nnd rod letter da> t. Mrs. A. 11. Uoso, Marion; sobllers and sailors. Mrs. 11. I., ltirihard. Sumter; flower mission. Miss Jessie Curtiss. Paxvllle; mothers* meetings and white ribbon recruits, Mrs 1*1. K. Williamson, Newberry; parliamentary usage and legislative and petition, Mrs. Alfred 1*1. Walte, Conway; anti-narootios. Miss Pearl Collier, Aiken; Christian citizenship. Mrs S C. Morris. Horry; co-operation with missionary societies. Mrs. R. It. Cannon. Scranton; circulation of official organs. Miss Cleo Attaway; musionl director, Mrs. ,T 1.. Wysong, Florence. I lolcirtl tCS in nniHnnol - ^ . ? kumkii *Tin?rn? tion arc: Mrs. A. .1' I.ewis, Johnston; Mrs I,, C. lUco. Denmark; altornatos. Miss Zona Payne. Johnston; Miss Jossir Curtis. Piixvlllo; Mrs. Godltold, Wagner The gold modal for oratory was won by Claude Corhott of llishc.pvillo and the silver modal for singing tiv Miss Nina Jonkinson of Sumter. Boll Weevil Moving Rapidly. firm <>n College. There is considerable speculation as' ro the advance of the Itoll weevil toward South Carolina Prof. A. F. Conradl said that the state crop pest com ni sion has kopt In close toxich with the boll weevil situation and that during the past two seasons tho pest had moved eastward at an unusual rate. There has been a continual eastward spread this season and according to the latest renort of the state entomologist of Georgia, which has Just been received, the weevil hits been found 4.1 iniles west of the South Carolina border. Ho thinks that in .all probability the pest will reach this state by the end of this Sanson. Prof. Conradi says tlint the fall dispersal season 'm approaching. The weevils scatter Ju.s>t before going into winter quarters. Victim of Auto Accident. Columbia Arthur Uunnolls Moore, brother to W. W. Moore, adjutant genoral, dlod In a Columbia hospital as the result of injuries received when an automobile in which he and several others were riding turned over near Barnwell last week. Pays Many Pure Bred Hogs. Orangeburg L. C. Maker, supervising agent of boys' corn club work In fills Ht.< w.;i i:i Orangeburg recent ly visiting boy corn club memh'Ts with the lo al farm demot tratlon agent, Lawrence S Wolfe. Mr Maker expressed him elf as being well piled with the work In Orangeburg eountj and throughout South Carolina and stated that over Jtl.nnn worth of pure bred hogs have been imported into South Carolina this year for use in the pig club work. Mr. Maker Is always welcomed to Oran?rehiir?r nrmnlw Private Lloyd Seriously Hurt. EI Paso. Texas.? Private George A? Lloyd of the First South f'arollna ini.. < ? 1 * ?~ ....... 7 <nt- uumi; niiKpirni mirroring from concussion of tho brain as a result of an attack by a noncommissioned officer near Fort Rliss. Private Lloyd was found unconscious about a mile north of the fort and upon regaining consciousness said a sergeant whoso name he did not know struck hint on the head with an axe. Lloyd's condition is critical. An Invest Igatlon is being niudo by military authorities.