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The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1916. $1.25 per Year. . GERMAN SUBMI NINE SHIPS, 1 OFF NEW El c SHIPS AT SEA RAGE FOR THE THREE-MILE LIMIT hour British. One Dutch and One Norwegian Ships Sent to Bottom or Left Crippled Derelicts off Nantucket. AMERICAN SHIPS GO TO RESCUE PASSENGERS So Far as is Known There Was No Loss of Life.?Hold Up American Steamer Kansan, But Upon Establishing Identity She Is Allowed to Proceed.?Shock Given Shipping. Newport, R. I.?The executive offioer of the destroyer Ericsson, returning from the scene of the German submarine activities off Nantucket, reported that nine ships had been sunk and that three submarines were operating off the coast. This information, he said, he had on the authority of the captain of the Nantucket Shoals LlahtshiD. Newport, R. I.?Four destroyers of the American flotilla came Into harbor here bringing 216 persons rescued from the ships sunk off Nantucket Sunday by a German submarine. The Ericsson, one of the destroyers to arrive, brought 8, the Drayton 68; the Benham 36 and the Jenkins 31. Thirtyfive women and ten children are among those on the Ericsson. This Information came by wireless in advance of the actual docking of the destroyere. Boston.?A submarlno of the Imperial German Navy, ravaged shipping off the eastern coast of the United States Sunday. Four British, one Dutch and one Norwegian steamer were sent to the bottom or left crippled derelicts off Nantucket Shoals. All night under the light of the hunters moon the destroyer tlotlla of the United States Atlantic fleet was picking: up passengers and crews of the destroyed vessels and bringing them into Newport, Rhode Island. So far sa known there was no loss of life although at a late hour the crew of the British steamer Kingston had not been accounted for. A submarine held up the American steamer Kansan, bound from New York for Genoa with steel for the Italian Government, but later on establishing her identity allowed the Ameri Pflfl tin nrnnnml ?v |..?/wwu. i uu nau.*ia? i dlUC Into Boston harbor late at night for her usual call here. The submarine is believed to be the U-63, which paid a call to Newport and disappeared at sunsot. Some naval men. however, declared that nt least two submarines are operating close to the American shore though outside tlio three-mile limit. Record of Warfare. Th? record of submarine warfare as brought to land by wireless dis patches follows: The Stratluleno, British freighter torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoallightship and later removed to Newport by torpedo boat destroyers. Th' Strathdene left New York for Bor denux and was attacked at f> a. m. Tho West Point. British freighter torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket Crow abandoned ihe ship in smal boats after a warning shot from tin submarine's guns. Officers and men were taken aboard a destroyer. The vessel was attacked at 10:4.r? a. m She was bound from London for Newport News. The Stephano, British passenger liner, plying regularly betwot n New York. Halifax and St. John. N. F.. torpedoed southeast of Nantucket while hound for New York Reported still afloat late at night. Passengers and crew, numbering about I4n were picked up by the destroyer ^ Raich and transferred to the destroy er Jenkins. Tho attack was made at 4:30 p. m. The Kingston, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk southeast of Nantucket. Crew missing and destroyer searching for them. This vessel 13 nfifr n< /?Aiinin.I tr\w In ' tors, and may bo tho Kingatonlun. The attack occurred at C p. in. Bloomerskijk. Dutch ferlghter, torpe >oed and sunk south of Nantucket C .?w taken aboard a destroyer. Tho steamer was bound from New York for Rottordam. The Christian Kundson. Norwegian freighter, torpedoed and sunk were the Bloomeradijk wont down. The crew picked up by destroyers. The vessel sailed from New York for London. IRINES SINK I WO NEUTRAL, MGLAND COAST Shock Follows Sensation. Tho sensation created when the U-53 quietly slipped Into Newport harbor and as quietly slipped away three hours later, was Ie?? ihnn tho in shipping circles when wireless ro- ' ports of submarine attacks began to come into the naval radio stations. : Within a few minutes the air was literally charged with electricity as wireless messages of warnings were broadcasted along the coast. The ! submarine or submarines had taken a position directly in the steamer lanes, where they could hardly miss 1 anything bound in for New York or ; bound east from that port. Vessels of the Entente Allied Na- ; tions and neutral bottoms carrying | contraband of war scurried to get I within the three-mile limit of the American shore. Several that were following the outside course shifted j and made for the Inside lane. The Stepliano. of the lted Cross line, however. was caught outside the neutral zone. The destruction of this vessel was perhaps the biggest prize of the day. The craft had been sold to the Russian Government and would have been used as an icebreaker after her present trip. Throughout the day and up to late at night, none of the patrolling fleet maintained by the British and French to protect their own shipping and , American ships carrying munitions of war had been sighted. Frantic appeals were sent to Halifax. Stirs Up Halifax. "All steps possible in the circumstances are being taken to deal with the situation." This message was received by the Associated Press from the commanderin-chief of the British North Atlantic squadron at Halifax. N. S. It was In reply to a request for a statement by him. Tho work of the patrolling fleets was directed from Halifax and ever since the war began cruisers and auxiliary vessols of the British and French navies have moved up and down the coast. Tho passengers and crews of destroyed vessels who were being brought into Newport were not expected to reach there until after midnight. Prepa rat ions to care for them had been made by Roar Admiral Knight, commandant of the Narfanganaett Bay naval station, and Rear Admiral (.leaves, commander of the destroyer flotilla now at Newport. I^nter reports gavo further details vn ui?- tv-i-a* i*?. i ric jsiepnano mot a submarine six miles southeast of Nantucket lightship and was attacked by gunfire and a torpedo. She remained afloat until 10:05 o'clock. The West Point went down 10 miles south of the Nantucket lightship. The Strathdeno was attacked "off lightship" the reports stated and the lUoomersjidk was sunk three miles south of the lightship. She remained afloat some time going down at 8:05. The American steamer Kans&n was held up three metis east of Nantucket lightship. West Point Gave Warning. Tho flrst wireless warning of the presence of a hostile submarine in the steamship lane was given in the dis' ress signals of the West Point which reported that she had been torpedoed 10 miles southeast of Nantucket light. I This message apparently was picked lp by every vessel having a wireless quipment within range for within a ery short time press dispatches from 't. Johns. N. P.. and Halifax, N. S., ndicated that the patrolling warships had received the alarm. The Ilritish ensorship. however, prevented the lisclosure of the movements of tho patrolling vessels. Booming of Guns Heard. The booming of the submarine's guns, apparently fired In warning, was distinctly lieart at Nantucket. It was plain that the submarine had placed herself in the lane of passen:er and freight traffic and terrorized shipping along the coast. In a flash after tho flrst distress signals of the West Point were sent, wireless messages of warning were sent broadcast. Kvery vessel was warned to make for the three-mile scono and the commanders of merchant vessels of the V.ntento Allies lost no time la shift- , ing their course Those that were following what is known as the outside courso turned to tho inside courso that would bring them closer to American land. Th? passenger stoat,irr Stephano, | which plies regularly between New York atitl St. Johns. N*. 1\. was hound west and was due off Nantucket Monday morning. When her Iiritish com mander received his warning, ho was said to have shifted his courso to bring his vessel within the inside lane. Hritish consular officers along the New England Coast, who had been ; advised by the Iiritish Emhassay to ! warn Iiritish shipping against tho U 53 upon her appearance at Newport, | renewed their caution on loarnlng that the submarine had gone Into action. A WAR VIRTUALLY BROUGHT TO SHORES OF THE 1 UNITED STATES. The European war virtually has been brought to the shores . of the United States. In the vicinity of Nantucket, off the Massachusetts coast, a German <> submarine ? or possibly more than one?Sunday sent to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at 11 least four British steamers and | two neutral vessels?one Dutch " i and the other Norwegian. !! I The sunken boats were the i Stephano, Strathdene, West f Point and Kinaston. flvlna th* t i British flag and the Bloom- ! * ersjidk, Dutch, and Christian T I Knudsen, Norwegian. So far as j known, there were no fatalities, t t The Stephano carried 83 pas t sengers, all of whom were J saved. | t MANY AMERICAN PASSENGERS SEE THE STEPHANO SUNK Newport Society Set Proffers Help to Shipwrecked Rescued by U. S. Naval Vessels.?Vessel's Cargo Not Heavy. Newport. It. I.?The British steamer Stephano, bound front St. Johns, N. F., to New York, carrying nearly 100 first and second cabin passengers, including many American tourists, was sunk off Nantucket lightship at 4:30 >. to Sunday presumably by the German submarine U-63. The United States torpedo l?oat destroyer Bairn reported the loss of the liner by radio to the naval station here, stating that the ship hud been torpedoed. The message from the destroyer said that the crew was safe aboard the Ilalch, but made no mention of the passengers. who. it was thought here, also \ were taken care of. Confirmation of the rescue of the ; passengers by the Balch was con- ' tained in a later message sent by the destroyer to the naval station here. It i was said that she had picked up the passengers and later had transferred the Americans to tho destroyer Jenkins. Rear Admiral Knight, commandant v>f the Narrangansett naval district ?aid that the passengers who desired fo do so would he allowed to remain on tho warship until morning and that every effort would he made hy officers i and men to make them as comfortable as possible. At the same time, ho j said, if any of those picked op wanted to he set ashore their wishes would he complied with as promptly as jkisslblo. Society Offers Aid. : Members of the so called Newport eociety set were prompt to extend proffers of help to shipwrecked ixassengers through Admiral Knight. Mrs. Hobert i.,. neeKman, wife of Govornor lleekman and Mrs. French Vanderbilt, volunteered to take care of as many ret'u- j frees as possltde. Many of the pas- | sengers on the Stephano are residents of New York. At this time of the year | the vessel carries a fairly heavy pas- ! senger list made tip of summer tourists who spend their summer sin New FVninland and In the Canadian marlI time provinces. The cargo loss of the Stephano, It was expected, would not he very heavy a* on her westbound voyage she usually carried little freight. This made up largely, as a rule of flsli oil and other fish products. The vessel was In the regular service of the Red Cross Line. The sale of the Stepliano to the I Russian govrnment which had planned 1 to use her as an Ice breaker, was rej contlv announced. Her sister ship, the Florlzel of the same line also had been sold to Russia for ice work. Stephano Stoutly Built. The Stephano was of stout conI ittruction, built especially for the I heavy Ice conditions encountered 1n winter sailings on the New Foundland coast. It was expected in marine j circles that this was intended as one of the last regular sailings of the Stephano prior to her sailing for tie White Sea to work with a large fleet engaged by Russia to keep her northernmost port of Archangel open for tke receipt of war supplies. The liner was in command of Capt. Smith, who it is thought had taken I the outside conrsp inrounding Nantucket lightship and had fallen into the grip of the undersea raider. COMPLICATIONS NOT FEARED BY UNITED STATE OFFICIALS ' Washington.?Submarine warfare at the very doors of the United States : does not necessarily portend further complications with Germany so long j as It is carried on within the limitatons of international Ijiw. That is the view of official Wash ingcton on the record of one day's oper- j ~Mons in which nnno of the ships dostroyod appears to have been attacked without warning: or without proper measures having: been taken for safe- j ty of those aboard. While in international law an Allied ship tl 'stroyod by a German submarine just outside the three-mile I mtt | at d In siRht of American shores, is no 'Afferent than a ship destroyed In tho /vrctic Ocean, provided its destruction is accomplished In accordance with the laws of nations and humanity, the presence of a German submarine flotilla near American territorial waters, officials fear, may raise perplexing: questions of neutrality and in fact a most serious issue would he raised if operations of submersible* were carried on so near American porta to constitute a blockade. GERMAN SUBMARINE VISITS U. S. HARBOR DARING NAVAL EXPLOIT ACCOMPLISHED?U 53 ANCHORS AT NEWPORT. BRINGS LETTER TO EMBASSY Tarries Only Three Hours and Asks For No Provisions, Water, Fuel or Repairs.?Had Mounted Guns Fore and Aft. Newport. It. I.? Seventeen days from Wilhelmshaven .the Imperial German submarine U-53 dropped anchor in Newport harbor. Almost before the officers of the American fleet of warships through which the stranger had nosed her way. had recovered from their astonishment, the undersea lighter had delivered a message for the German Ambassador, and, weighing anchor turned Brenton's reef lightship and disappeared beneath the waves just outside the three-mile limit. She flew tho black and white colors of the German Navy, a gun was mounted on the forward deck and another aft, while eight torpedoes were plainly visible under the forward deck. Lieut.-Captain Hans Hose, commanding the 11-53, said that he had called at Newport simply to mail a letter to Count von Bernstorff. He required neither provisions nor fuel and would be 011 his way, he said, long before the 24 hours during which u belligerent ship may remain within a neutral harbor had expired. The submarine was In American waters a little more than three hours, assuming that she continued to sea after submerging. Within that time the German commander paid offical visits to Rear Admiral Knight commandant of the second naval district, and Roar Admiral Claves. commander of the destroyer force of the Atlantic fleet, who was on board the flagship, the scout cruiser Birmingham. Roth American officers returned the brief call promptly. While these formalities were being exchanged wireless messages wore carrying to the ships of the Rritisli and French patrol fleet off the coast and warning that a hostile submarine had slipped through their cordon and might be expected in the open sea soon. At the forts and the naval sta tion the fleet of Captain Hans Rose was the one subject of conversation, and there was much speculation as to her mission. The first question asked by Captain Rose when a motor boat came alongside was: "Have you heard from the fireman?" "When h(v was told that there was no news of fhe missing craft his face became grave but he made no comment. To the naval men generally, the most interesting fact disclosed by Captain Rose was that he had been nt sea 17 days and still had provisions for three months, abundant fuel and needed no repairs. Not so much as a bottle of water was taken aboard and the ship was spick and span. The U-53 had made her way through the fleet of 37 United States warships, including destroyers and nuuiuui men, iu mi tiiii'iiui H^?*. * up* tain Rose tolrl the correspondent that he had come In to mall a letter to fount, von Bernstorff and asked for the newspaper man's credentials. The latter exhibited an Associated Tress badge and was intrusted with the correspondence for the Ambassador. "Please forward this letter to fount Rornstorff," said the captain, "and report my arrival. They will be glad to hear It." NEW TYPE AEROPLANE IS WRECKED IN TEST Combination Land and Sea Flier Goes Head First Into Water. Newport News. The Curtlss combination land and water machine being tested hdre for the 1'nited States flovernmnt was totally wrcked when Pilot Victor Vernon went crashing nose first into the water while attempting a landing. U. S. LAND BANK BOARD GUARDS AGAINST FRAUD Washington. Because of numerous complaints that fraud has been practiced in the organization of Joint stock lan d banks under the new rural credits law. the farm loan board announced that no charter would he granted to any joint stock land hank in the organ lzntion of which there had hrcn any fxppnsp for promotion, and that tho consideration of charters would ho deferred until tho completion of tho organization of tho sy.-t"tn CRITICISM OF MILITIA ADMITTED DY OFFICER Richmond. Va. -Malor Henry S. Rarrett of tho Fourth Maryland Regiment National Guard, on trial hofore a court martini hero on ehnrpes of making utterances prejudicial to the service and of conduct unbecoming an officer, went on the stand in his own dofenae. Barrett admitted having made the remarks attributed to him in an Interview published In a Baltimore paper, but denied that he waa talking for publication. BAIO WAS WORK OF LONE SOBMARINE1 I I . KNOWN LIST OF VICTIMS IS SIX ?THREE OTHERS REPORTED SENT DOWN. CREW OF ONE SHIP MISSING Raider, Supposedly U-53, Disappears and Leaves No Trace of Us Course After Wholesale Raid Off Nantucket Lighthouse. Newport. It. I.?The wholesale raid on foreign shipping south of Nantucket Lightship was the work of one sub- 1 marine, according to reports of American naval officers. Rear Admiral j Albert Gleaves, commanding the torpedo-boat destroyer Hot ilia which did such remarkable speedy rescue work, said that the reports of all his officers agreed that to the best of their obser: vat ion one raider only was concerned, i This boat presumably was the Gerj man U-53, which called at Newport. Admiral Gleaves said he could easily understand the positive statements of ! the captain of the Nantucket lightship and of sailors of the torpedoed ves| sels that more than one submarine i was concerned. The U-boat he said | was very fast and appeared to have ; been handled cleverly. It was easy, he pointed out, for her to disappear j on one side of a ship and then show up unexpectedly at another spot. Doubtless, he believed, she had submerged and reappeared often enough to mislead any but a keen professional observer and to create the int ' i pression that more than one sea tor ' ror was operating. This opinion would seem to he borne out by the statements of many of the refugees that the submarine j had more business on hand than she i | could take care of at once and was obliged to request one steamer to wait her turn while another was being put out of commission. Lieuten it ii l * ommanuer Miner ot tne destroy! er Ericsson, who witnessed the do- j struetlon of tin* Stephano said he was j positive that only one submarine was i in the vicinity at the time. The raiding has ceased, at least ! for the moment. The known list of the victims of the U-boat's exploits remains at six. notwithstanding reports from the Nan- j tucket Lightship that three other i ships, the identity of which could not i be learned, were sent to the bottom. | There also was a persistent rumor, i j without verification that a British cruiser one of the Allied patrol fleet sent to the submarine zone, had been , attacked . STEAMER ANTILLA STILL BURNING IN HAMPTON ROADS. Coast Guard Cutter and Tugs Bring Ward Liner Into Pert With Fi^e Still Raging in Her Hold. i Norfolkk. Va.?Towiner the still burning steamer Antilla and the yacht Paclflque the roast. guard cutter OnI ondaga and the naval tug Sonoma arrived in Hampton Roads and at last reports were proceeding toward Newport News. The fire In the freight hold of the I Antilla where there is a large quantity of sugar was practically under control when the expedition passed i Tape Henry. The naval tug Sonoma | pumped water in the burning ship ! during the entire voyage of about 120 i miles of the Virginia capes, where the Antilla was picked up by the | Onondaga. The firo was raving fiercely when 1 the Sonoma reached the scene, but ; the powerful tug kept a steady stream of water pouring into her frieght hold and pract'cally had the fire under control. Tho Onondaga landed at Newport News. Captain Plarkadtler. his 12- , year-old daughter and his three mates, the < rew was taken to New York by the Morro Caatle. Several members o* the crew had their feet and hands t urned while fighting the flames but so far as learned no one was injured seriously. DANISH ISLANDERS FAVOR SALE TO U. S. St. Thomas. It \V. I Tim sale of the Danish Wost Indies by Denmark to tho 1'nitoil Staler was unanimously favored by acclamation at a meeting held here attended ehiofly by ! working men laborers and artl.-ans. This eourse was favored rather than the institution of reforms under tho j existing regime, the transfer being held to be tho only means of remedying existing unsatisfactory conditions on the island EASTERN BATTLE FRONTS HOLDING INTEREST ABROAD. London. On the battle fronts In Europe. Transylvania and Macedonia continue for tho moment the renters , ; of greatest Interest. According to j Berlin, tlie Rumanians in Transyl- ! vnnia are retreating along the whole line. Tho Teutonic Allies have recaptured the town of Toerzburg, lf> miles southwest of Kranstadt and within seven mllep of the Rumanian border. In the Danube, the Germans have occupied an Island. "GOTO-SUNDAY-SCKOOL"DAY South Carolina Association Designates February 11, 1917, Date For Great Attendance. Spartanburg. At a special meeting of tlm central committee of the South ] Carolina Sunday School Association, held in the office in the Chapman j building recently. February 11. 1917. j was adopted as the state wide "Go-toSundav School Day." for South Caro- j Una. "Go-to-Sunday School Day" was or- I igniated by the Kentucky Sunday School Association a few years ago as at state-wide interdenominational J movement. Since that time, it has heen adopted by oilier state Sunday | School associations and some of the denominations. The purpose of the "Come-to-Sunday School Day" in South Carolina is to get as many peo pie as posible. not ordinarily in the habit of going to Sunday school, to come at least one Sunday; then make them welcome on this Sunday, inform them of the work, provide them with suitable classes and Competent teachers. and use every effort to enroll them as permanent members of the school. There are now enrolled in the white Sunday schools of South Carolina about 200.000 people. If all the Sunday schools will join In this cooperative campaign, it is believed that one-third of a million people will ho in attendance on February 11. An extensive plan of publicity will begin in December, and all needed supplies will be in the state Sunday school office rondy for distribution early in January. The central committee also took steps toward preparing for the next state convention, which is to ho held in Spartanburg May 1. 2. .1. l'.?17. It is the desire of the Spartanburg people to come up to the standard set by Charleston in May of this year, when 1,120 registered delegates were entertained hv the Charleston people at the thirty-ninth annual convention. Mad Dog Bites 12 at Anderson. Anderson. Ten of the 12 people bitten by a mad dog here went to Columbia. where the Pasteur treatment was administered. All of those bitten are white people, and range in age from L'n months to :i:i years. The dog was a French poodle, belonging to the family of J. II. Quarles. and was hut a few mouths old. The dog was killed and the head sent to Columbia for examination. A telegraph 1c communication was received, indicating that the animal was afflicted i.,.. A .1 - I.. .. v.. inuico. n. <K'K mill II WIIS M 111 I \\ II to have boon bitten l?y the Quarlcs puppy was killed. Those liitten were: (Mainline liar ton ii years old, Mellm May Held (5, Lucius Mayfleld 12, P. ?). Mayfleld 8. E. V. Thomas 88, Ethel Quartos 4, Elizabeth Quarles 8. J. llrookos Quarles, Jr . 20 months, and Mr. and Mrs. J 11. Quarles, Hubert Lee Croy and a ehihl of S. E. Kay. The people are all prominent in Anderson. Charleston Jury Fails to Agree. Charleston.?After being out nearly 24 hours the jury in the Urown ease, which opened in the court of general sessions, was discharged. Judge Rice ordering a mistrial. The jury retired Saturday at 7 p. m. with tho evidence in this first "election case." At 11:80 o'clock it had not reached agreement and was locked up to spend the night in tho court house. When It was soon Sunday afternoon that there was no hope of agreement Judge Rice ordered a mistrial. Men of both factions in municipal politics were on the Jury in about oquai proportions. Solicitor Henry would make public no inkling of his plans as to the other 12 election cases pending and which he came here specially to prosecute. It is probable, however, that failure to secure a verdict in the llrown case may mean a postponement of the others to another term. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Greenville will spend at once jr.T.ono on street paving and $25,000 on sewer extensions. Work has begun oti the $20,000 public school building which will lie erected in Olvnipia. The contractors are till. Cnliiml.lo C?.,. I -....I:? n Tho building is to bo finished by March 1. next. Eighty business men of Anderson, members of the Kiist Rnpti t churcli. have organized and started a movement to erect a tltird dormitory for , Anderson Collogp at a cost, of OnO. Schools are building in suburban textile communities at Spartanhu t as follows: Arkwright. $12,000; Pelhnm. $4,f>00; Drayton, $1,000. Columbia jK)stal receipts in Sept tuber were 2". per cent, in excess of receipt ; during the amo month <?f !a t year. A store and office buihiing of cream terra cotta and brii k to cot t $20,000 will soon be rr< < ted at Anderson. Every college in South Carolina has begun the year with an iricreasod enrollment. Improvenu nt on the Columbia union station are nearlng completion and it is thought that bv f;dr week tho ntire job will be finished. Kite prevention was strongly emphazed in the program for Fire Pre vantlon Day at Columbia. A new post office has been established at Hlue Itrlek. Marlon county, with Edward Cox as postmaster. Wilson & Sompnyrae, architects of Columbia, will design the new $150,000 packing house for Orangeburiz BIG HEALTH DM FOR GREENVILLE MOUNTAIN CITY OBSERVES CON8ERVATION HOLIDAY IN GREAT ORDER. PARADE AND GOOD SPEAKING Public Health Celebration For County Made Up of Pageant and Speaking By Leading Orators. Greenville. ?With Congressman Adanisou of GeorRia. CottRressman Lover and Nteholls of South Carolina. First Assistant Secretary Newton of the treasury. Chief L. L. Lumsden of the Cnited States nubile health service It. A. Cooper of Laurens. Dr. J. Adams Hayne, head of the state health ?' partment .and Dr. J. W. Kerr, assl.,.ant surgeon of the United States, anions the guests of honor, Urectivllle county held a public health celebration which eclipsed anything of the kind ever before known here. A pageant was the feature of the day. -cores of tloats being in the parade. Two bands, one from Kasley and one front Pelzer. took part, and the coast artillery companies of Spartanburg and (Ireenviile also were in the parade. The celebration was held in connection with the work being done here by the United States department of public health and despite bad weather was a great success. At the opera house addresses were made by the guests of houor to a crowd of several hundred people. V nuuui^lMl WUH CllinUSlUS' tically applauded. Ills address was more humorous than serious. The features of the evening were the announcements by Congressman Lever that henceforth he was a vigorous friend to public health appropriations ami the statements of Dr. Lutusden that Greenville county has probably the highest sanitary index in the United States, that the city sanitary inesaures ho has found are the host in the United States so far as lie knows; tlint Greenville is the only city lie knows or that needs no suggestion along lines of sanitation, and that every mill village, exeept one, every incorporated town and every unincorporated town, as well as 18 per cent of the county's population at large, have complied and are complying willi the suggestions for sanitation made by the public health department in its sanitary survey of the county Tylipold fever, reduced by half this year, will lie practically eliminated in litis county, stated Dr. Lumsden. The one mill village not yet in line will do what hns been suggested. said Dr. Lumsden, as the president of that mill lutd npAmioo/i to do so. Assistant Secretary Newton stated ttiat the celebration was .a national event, and that what had been done in Greenville county will ho told of all over the land, with a view to getting other sections to do the same thing. In the sanitary survey more than 11.000 homes have been visited and thoroughly Inspected and recommendations for improvements made. The real work of cleaning up is Just beginning. The keynote of the day was conservation of human life; the floats preached this, the speakers talked of it. I'rizos awarded to the best floats were given as follows; First, health department of the city rit Greenville; second. Southeastern Life Insurance flftntivinv f li inl o/mol ,,,<S " * ........ . 1|?UI nulll IK'ill from Fonestoe mill Florence Schools Growing. Florence. The growth of the Florence schools is something appalling to those v.-lio have them to take care of. It was thou-'ht that when the new Park school was built thero would he plenty of room and the new teachers who had heen employed for this session were thought to have been a aufficlent number to taho care of the schools, hut he 1 ird found if would he -c :arv to employ two more, one for each school. Kills Brother Accidentally. Spartanburg A 12 year old ton of Jarm ; Pruitt ,i white man who lives In the Ininan ectlon of this county accidentally hot and killed his 11 year old brother with a she:, on The boy and hi brother wor playin ' with the Clin which they thought v.empty when it aeeidentally discharg ?'tl. Mo- t of the had took efprt to tlir> older boy's head. parts of which wore blown entirely away. Coroner J. S .Turner was ummonod but no coroner' inqiK-s1 was hold as it was not thought to be necessary. Suspend Health Law. Columbia Sko'towc it Pishburn, M. I?. city In ilth officer. was notified by J. Adams Hayne. M. D., state health oliner. of the suspension of the requirement that children under tlie aye of Ifi years submit health certlfi< rites to ticket scents of railroads when applying for transportation. The order has been In effect for sovoral months, as a precautionary measure to check the spread of infantile paralysis. The equldcmie seems now to have abated and it Is expected that it will be eliminated soon.