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. 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.