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I jh * - ' ~ ' " . , - ^?^3 The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19? 1916. $1.25 Per Year. * t / BRITISH ARTILLERY ji r MAKE BIG ADVANCE ON THE MACEDONIAN FRONT j | BRITISH REACH THE VILLAGE OF BURSUK. RUMANIANS CLAIM VICTORY I ? ? Big Guns on Both Sides of Somme I I Front Feature the Acitivities From West of Lutsk.?Neither Side Able to Gain. I-ondou.?While both Vienna and Berlin war offices announce nerely a continuation of fighting on the Tran- < sylvania front hot ween the AustroUermans and Rumanians, tlie Rumanians, the Rumanian Army headquart- i era reports that in the Alt River region the troops of King Ferdinand have i occupied several positions held by the Teutonic Allies. Along the other sec- : tors of this front, according to Bucha- i i mi, Iiuui nn ?cii3 i u|>uincu uy mo I Rumanians, except In the Hurzen Valley, where the Rumanians were compelled to withdraw slightly farther south. i Hard fighting is going on from tho west of Lutsk, through Galicia to tho t Carpathian Mountains. In Volhynia, | despite fierce attacks by both sides ; there seemingly ie a stalemate. Pe- | trograd reports that neither the Austro-Germans nor the Russians have been able to gain an advantage in j Galicia, where battles have taken place along the Tarnopol-Krasne Rail- j way east of Lemberg and to the north of Stanishlau. On the Macedonian front the British troops have reached the village of Bursuk, eight miles southwest of Deniir-Ilissar. Along the Cerna Riv- ; er and north of Nidje Mountain, forces of the Entente Allied troops attacked j the Teutonic Allies, but were re- l pulsed. WATSON ISSUES CALL TO MEET IN WASHINGTON. South Carolina Commissioner of AflrL culture Notifies National Association in Hurry Call. Columbia, S. C.?E. J. .V'atson, pres^ ident of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture issued a call for the executive committee of the association to meet in Washington, D. C? on the morning of Oct. 28. "For some months." said President Watson In explaining the purpose of his call, "certain conditions have been developing in many of the states that are not making for the fullest development of the agricultural sources of the nation and there has been an increasing demand that steps be taken j to cure mere conditions. "It is probable that after discus- ' sing these matters fully in Washington the members of the committee will proceed to Shadow Lawn to discuss them from the national standpoint with President Wilson." Mr. Watson declined to say to what conditions his call referred. Mr. Watson declared the "apparent lack of co-operation between federal agents In the states and state officials" in handling the Smith-Lever cotton act would bo tho subject discussed. RAILROAD SHOPMEN *RE DEMANDING SHORTER DAY. Kansas City, Mo.?A wago Increase oi tnree cents an nour ana a aemanu for eight hour day throughout the six allied crafts of railroad shopmen of 17 western railroads was agreed upon at a conference of the shopment here. The crafts prepared an ultimatum outlining thoir demands which will he presented immediately to the rail- : roads interested. TWO INCHES OF SNOW FALL IN MICHIGAN Calumet, Mich.?The heaviest snowstorm of any Autumn in the last 10 years prevailed in this section of the copper country. At noon two inches I had fallon. Lake Superior shipping was forced to seek shelter. VILLA BANDITS DEFEAT CARRANZA'S SOLDIERS El Paso, Texas.?Passengers arriving at Juarez from Chihunhua said a report was curent hero that a force of a. thousand Carranza soldiers left their una*: in on.mi ibbubi oiiiuruay u> opi'rate against Villa, only to meet serious revres at the hands of the bandits on 4? the road to San Andres Arrivals here over the Mexico Northwestern Rail- j way say Villa's men are in possession of Namiquipa. DEDICATION OF BIG DAM AT ELEPHANT BUTTE El Paso/Texas.?At the opening session of the twenty-third Irrigation Confress convention. President Richard F. Purges of El Paso read a message from President Wilson expressing "deep and constant interest in the important work In which the congress is engaged." The dedication of the dam at Elephant Butte, N. M., took place Thursday. October 19, having been postponed from Saturday, October 14 ALLIES INSIST ON l| SEARCHING MAILS LATEST REPLY TO AMERICAN PROTESTS REITERATES CLAIM TO RIGHT. U. S. DOES NOT ADMIT THIS Promise to Remedy Any Faults, I Abuses of Serious Mistakes in Censorship That May Be Brought to Attention of Allied Governments. Washington.?In their last reply to American protests against interferences with neutral mails just made public, by the State Department, the Allied governments reiterate their right to Intercept and search all genuine mail found on neutral vessels on the high seas or In allied ports but they promise to remedy "any faults. , abuses or serious mistakes" in con- | sorsbip that may be brought to their attention. They declare unjustified by facts the American charge that illegal , juridustion has been gained by diver ton of neutral ships from the high seas into the territorial waters of the Allies. The next move of the American Government has not been determined. The note, transmitted jointly by I the British and French governments was delivered to the State Department by the embassies several days ago has just been made public by agreement of the governments concerned. It makes reply to Secretary Lansing's memorandum of May 24 in ' which the United States declared the ' Allies had been guilty of "lawless 1 practices" in their mail censorship ' methods and that "only a radical ' change, restoring to the United : States its full rights as a neutral now- 1 er will satisfy this government." The Allies maintain they are "sin- ( cerely endeavoring to avoid any encroachment on the legitimate exer- 1 rise of the rights of Inoffensive neu- ! tral commerce" and suggest that the 1 Hague convention quoted in the 1 American memorandum is not binding because it has not been ratifled ' by several belligerent powers, though ( the allied policy has been guided by ' the intention it expresses. The note Is nearly 5,000 words in ' length. It argues that the United 1 States and the Allies agree that the 1 postal union convention does not ap- ' ply and that postal packages may be examined to see if they contain contraband. AMERICA ALWAYS READY TO FIGHT FOB THINGS AMERICAN Pennsylvania Democrats Hear President Wilson at Shadow Lawn. Long Branch, N. J.?In a speech before a large delegation of Penn sylvania Democrats who came here with hands playing and banners flying. President Wilson declared that while he is for peace, "America is always ready ro fight for things that are American." He summed up his idea of the issues of the present campaign in these words: "America knows that it is faced with this choice: Peace, the continuance of the development of business along the lines which it has now established and developed and the maintenance of well known progressive lines of action, on the one hand: or, on the other ,a disturbance of policy all along the line, new conditions. new adjustments, undefined alterations of policy and back of it all invisible government." VOTE FOR HUGHES DOES NOT MEAN A VOTE FOR WAR Lincoln, N'eb. ? Charles Evans Hughes characterized as "preposler ous" the declaration that a vote for him meant a vote for war. "I am a man of peace." Mr. Hughes said in a Nebraska speech. "Who wants war? I don't want war." Correct policies. Mr. Hughes said, would keep America out of war. "That sort of thing we have been having will not keep us out of war." he said. "It will embroil us in difficulty." In the six addresses which marked the opening day of his presidential campaign in Nebraska the Republican nominee discussed nearly all the issues of the campaign. He characterized as "temporary and abnormal" the present prosperity of the country and urged support of the Republican party so that a protective tariff might be enacted to fortify American enterprise in post helium days against unequal competition. "The country was living." he said, "on the stimulant" of the Furonean war and would no! long have the stim ulant. STEPHANO CAPTAIN SAYS SHIP FIRED ON WITHOUT WARNING. Washington.?The liritis steamer Stephano, sunk by the German submarine lT.-52 off the Now England coast, was tired on wiwthout warning, her coraman-.ter. Captain Smith, reported In an affidavit received by the State Department. Captain Smith declared three solid shots were used, the first of which hit tlio Stephano's bow. No ev dence corroborating his statement has been received by the Department. [ HIS MAJESTY THE -i ^ i ?iyy i REICASTAG LAUDS GREEK SUBMARINE QUESTION NOT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN OPEN SESSION. Mational Liberal Leader Emphasises Entente's Pressure on Neutral Powers and Effort to Force Hellenic People Into the Great War. Rprlin ?Thn most notnhln inoidpnt it the opening of today's Reichstag session was supplied by Major BesserfTian, leader of the National Liberals, in his report from the budget committee that although it had been unlble to reach a decision on the submarine question it had voted. 24 to 4, igainst a discussion of the subject in jpen session. Herr Basserman ran through a short report of the general international situation emphasizing particularly the ihitonte's pressure on neutral powers ind its efforts to force Greece into the war. in connection with which he expressed admiration for the attitude if King's Constantino. He then read :he committee's recommendations. "The committee occupied itself with x thorough discussion of the question if submarine warfare," the report read, "the members of all parties and the representatives of the government participating. All the naval, technical, military, economic and polltcal as? pects were thoroughly investigated and weighed. "An agreement could not be reached in the committee, which therefore refrained from making a decision. The committee recommends that the Reichstag in its deliberations abstain from a discussion of submarine warfare. It bases this attitude upon the standpont that a thorough discussion of the naval, technical, military, economic and political details is impossible without injury to the interests of the Fatherland, but, on the other hand, that without such thorough discussion the subject could not bo completely The speaker pleaded for the abolition of the censorship. He said the committee had received the impression that the "military situation everywhere was satisfatorcy and hopeful." LINER WITH 353 PASSENGERS AND BIG CARGO DEFIES U-BOAT White Star Liner With All Light* Out Follows Two Freighters Out of New York Harbor. New York.?With all lights extinguished the steamship Adriatic of the White Star Line, carrying 353 passengers and 18.000 tons of war munitions was speeding south from this port, well without the three mile-mile zone of safety. Her announced destination is Liveri?ool and her course to that city would lead ca*?t from Sandy Hook. She apparently followed In the wake of the freight-laden Pannonia and Mlnneahoha. The Danish vessel Delist Olav. more venturesome than the H?-iti?h steamers, took the easterly course after clearing the bar. They were the first vessels to leave New York fpr European ports since the submarine raid. The Adriatic left her dock, but after reaching Sandy Hook dropped anchor outside the bar. As night fell, no lights flashed aboard the liner. SPECIAL MEMOR'AL HELD FOR KIFFEN ROCKWELL Paris A special memorial service has been h?1d in tho French Protestant Church for Kiffon Rockwell, of Atlanta. fla.. and formerly of Asheville, N. C.. the young American aviator who as a member of the French air corps, was killed recently in battle with the Germans. U. S. RECEIVES ALLIES' MAIL SEIZURE PROMISES \Va liinRton ?Identic memorandum from the British and French fcovorn ments replying to the American protest against seizure of neutral mallx were delivered to the state denarfment by the embassies here. The text was not made public but the Allies) are understood to Rive renewed promises that every effort will he made to minimize delay and anoyance caused by examination. but to insist upon certain le gal rights in regard to mails. AMERICAN CITIZEN > - i mm m > ? mm m ? ? T>t lP BRITISH FEAR U - BOATS =Air.,_!5!?'j !_ ?IJ I Il_jIM I IN ALUU W - | ING SHIPS TO LEAVE ATLANTIC COAST. Still Presumbaly in Position to Strike Effective Blows at Enemy Vessels on High Seas, While on Way to Base at Helgoland. New York.?Although there was no news to indicate that the Gorman submarine U-53 still was lurking in. the Atlnntrc Sea lanes and while some shipping interests believed she has headed for Helgoland, there was evidence that the British Admiralty , will proceed with caution in allowing I British ships to depart from Atlantic. Coast ports. There was a strong tendency In naval circles to believe that the U-53 unless that craft has received fresh fuel supplies on this side of the Atlantic, h; s hauled off shore and is headed for her base at Helgoland. This belie;' is founded on the knowledge that the cruising radius of the 11-53 class boats does not exceed 7,000 miles, or just sufficient to permit making a voyage out from Helgoland, via the north of Scotland to Newport and return. It is considered possible, however, that sufficient extra fuel was carried to permit of a couple of days stay on the operating ground. By every precedent in commerce destroying work, experts said, the U-53 might be expected to have abandoned the Nantuket shoajs locality after Suuday. Merchant ships, it was pointed out. would give the Nantucket lightship a wide berth as soon as appraised of the presence of a submarine. One report that has not been verified was to the effect that the U-53 took on board crude oil from the I Christian Knudsen before sinking that craft. In the event that the U-53 has not been able to replenish her fuel tanks, the view was expressed that the logical course for her to take would bo to follow the line of the Gulf stream to the "corner" as it is known to navigators. The -""Corner" is the turning point in the North Atlantic where traffic between the United Kingdom and the United States either heads up for the English Channel or shapes away for various porta on the American seaboard. ALLLIES DEMAND GREEKS -rr\ ciiDDCKinco c i cctc London.?Vice-Admiral Dartige du Fournet, commander of the AngloFrench fleet In the Mediterranean, has presented an ultimatum to Greece demanding that Greece hand over the entire Greek fleet, except the armored crulsr Averoff and the battleships Lemnos and Kilkis, to the Entente Allies. according to Reuter'a Athens correspondent. Demand also is made for the control of the Piraeus-Larissa railway. j "The minister of marine," the correspondent continues, "says vice admral Fournet's demands will be complied with and that the fleet will be handed over before the prescribed time. "The demands were made a3 a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of the Allies' fleet." It is explained that the dispatch of artillery and ammimiton to the ] interior. the movements of Greek J ships and the ontlnued activity of he reservist ! .i^u >s have aroused fears of a disturbance of order at points whore the Allies' war vessels arc anchored and also endanger tho security of the Allied troops on the , Balkan front. GERARD DENIES COMING U IN OU .VI O/AM !I>I li Ml SSI UN "cw York.- James \V. Gerard, United States nmhu ador to Germany, i who returned here on his flrst vacation in nearly 'h-eo y*ars, Issued a i formal statement : ? which he denied that his honoeoming had been caused ; by the need of warning the administrui tlon at Wa Oiington of Germany's in diserimiate nuhmarine warfare against - neutral as woll as hostile shipping | across the Atlantic. REPORT SUBMARINE! OFF NEW ENGLAND! i l ENTIRE DESTROYER FLOTIILA , OF AT i_/. jITIC FLEET ON NEU 1 1 TRALITY DUTY. , ' < I BRITISH CRUISERS ARE NEAR . i English War Vessels Lurk Near Am- i erlcan Waters?Neutrality Patrol Searching For Possible Hidden Supply Base or Wireless Station. 1 Huston. ? An million! iflnrl eiihmar. inc off the New Engtgtid Coast was reported by the steamship novtc at a time when the steamship lane to Europe was dotted with munition J laden ships just released worn th* embargo placed on their movements after the German submarine raid off Nantucket. The reports of the strange submarine were coincident with announcements that a tleet of British cruisers and destroyers was off the j coast and thai virtually the entire , available destroyed flotilla of the I Atlantic fleet of the United States j Navy was on neutrality duty. That i the American destroyers were con- ! ducting an active investigation of stories of secret submnrine bases on this [ coast was indicated in a dispatch from Bar Iinrbor. Maine, which said the destroyer Paulding, sent out from the ; Newport uavai base, made as exhaustive search of the coast between Bar Harbor and Rockland. There was , not a cove or rock inlet that escap- ! ed the sharp scrutiny of the destroy- er's crew. At dusk the Paulding put bark to Rockland and it was understood that she had discovered nothing suspicious. vniicr uc?iniyer? kiiuwii to oe on the roast ami believed to be engaged in much the same Work as the l'aulding are the McDougal, Fanning and Warrington. The McDougal. during the evening anchored at Fast port, in proximity to the Canadian border. The presence of these destroyers in Eastern Maine waters recalled rumors that have persisted for months that Teutonic sympathizers had a hidden wireless station somewhere in the vicinity of liar Harbor and that there was a suspicion also that they were establishing a secret submarine base on the Daine coast. Few places on the Atlantic shore line of the United States, shipping men say. offer better advantages for submarines having dosigns on allied supply ships. Submer slhles operating from one of the Innumerable Isolated roves on the j Maine coast, tt is pointed out. could i threaten both the steamship lane to Europe and the transport ships. KING CONST ATI N E FAVORS GREECE JOINING ALLIES Guarantee of Country's Integrity Nec- ; essary, However, Before Entry Into Hostilities. Athens, via London?King Constan- ' tine motored in from Tatio, his sum- j rner residence and presided at a meet- | ing of the crown council to which he j presented the report of Prince An* i drew, his brcther, who has just re- i turned from a visit to the Entente capitals. The king discussed the form wwhirh Greece's proposals to the Entente with a view of abandoning neutrality should take and declared his conyl^- ; tion that Greece's future depended utl o nher joining the Entente. He elpressed a readiness to do so. not demanding more than a guarantee of the integrity of Greece and such notorial assistance in equipping tllo army as would be essential to render Greece's participation in the war of real value to the Allies. Discussing a telegram from M. Romanos, the Greek Minister to j Franco on September 30, reporting a conversation with Premier IJriand, ; the sovereign pointed out that the i three compensations which the French Premier offeied informally did not include a guarantee of integ* I rity. and he expressed the opinion that Greece's entry into the hostilities was impossible without an offi- j cial pledge. FEELING TOWARD U. S. TROOPS IN MEXICO CHANGES. K1 I'pso. Texas Corilia! relation* between American punitive expedl| tlon and neighboring Carranza auth orities is the subject of an article In K1 Democrata. Carranza organ, pub1 lishcd in Chihuahua City, which la significant of a changed policy toward the United States, looking to a more extended co-operation against Villa. I It was this paner that brought first news of the agitation last Juno for th<? , retirrnioni 01 me punitive force. , SOAKED AND SHIVERING S. C. TROOPS END HIKE. El Paso, Texas. Soaked from hard rains of the last 21 hours and shiver inf? from the cold wind whleh pierced i their summer uniforms. 1P.OOO Nation al Guard troops of the tenth provV ional division reached this city aDer a hike of 80 miles which required 13 days to complete. General Morton, commanding the Tenth Division, reviewed the troops as they marched into the city In a drizzling rain. S READY FOR BOLL WEEVIL 3reat Live Stock Conference at Orangeburg First of Many to be Held in State Next Year. Orangeburg. ?The coming of the boll weevil will not find South Carolina unprepared. A definite program of preYareduess by diversification is being planned and before the conclusion of he live stock conference here a committee of five South Carolinaians was appointed to serve for one year, to jmke plans for the holding of other jimilar conferences in the state, promote the live stock industry, diversification of farm crops and kindred subjects. This committee consists of: M. 0. Dantzler. Orangeburg; 1). C. Hoyward. Columbia; it. L. Montague. Charleston; L. I. Guion, Lugoff; N. B Dial, Laurens. The Orangeburg packing house and the Orangeburg Farmers' Co-operative rroamery were indorsed and the farmers were urged at once to begin the growing of hogs and cattle and the establishing of dairies. The confer Bnoe also adopted ?t resolution in favor of the complete eradication of the cattle tick from the 13 remaining counties under quarantine in this state at the earliest possible day and urged u|>on the people the necessity for full and active co-operation with the state and federal authorities having this work in charge. The high points of enthusiasm for the entire conference were aroused by two addresses, one by Mrs. G. 11. Mathis, representative of the Alabama State Hankers' Association, and H. B. Mobley, president of the Arkansas Farmers' Union, the largest attendance of the entire conference being the last session. And. while these two speakers were carrying the conference by storm, the time between their addresses was taken by experts from the United States department of agriculture. Clemson College, and farmers of South Carolina in giving the large audience of representative farmers beneficial and practical information upon the ordinary problems affecting the breeding, feeding and marketing of their stock This conference demonstrated that the farmers of South Carolina are earnestly and seriously studying the live stock situation with a vie A- toward changing, their methods of farming from the crop system to diversified farming. Twc Accidents Near -Same Spot. Clinton.?Two accidents occurred within one mile of T>over Junction here about three hours apart. A Seabaord train was wrecked resulting in injury to two passengers and the fireman. Three hours later a train on ilit* * oiumniu, .\mvncrry ?- l..aurons line struck an automobile containing nine passengers. One occupant of the car is believed to have been fatally injured. The accidents occurred almost at the same spot. York Farmers Wilt Borrow. York.?A farm loan association has been organized here. Much interest was shown. Fifteen members join ed and others will come In. More than $50,000 was represented. C. M. Inrnan was elected president, .T. C Wilborn secretary ann treasurer. The loan committee is composed of J. M. Brice, T. W. Ij. Pursley and John B Plaxlco. Jonesvllle Baptists to Build. Jonesville.?The congregation of the Jonesville Baptist church recently de elded to build a new house of worship, There was not a dissenting vote when the question was presented in confer ence. Immediately a larg amount ol the money was subscribed. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS / The management of the Judson Mill at flreenvile has worked out a plan for Insuring its ojwrntives, and within a short time this plan will he put into effect. The state board of education ad journod after a two days' session when appeals from tho decision relative tn scholarships in state institutions were heard. Routine matters were discussed About IRO.ftOrt will probably be ex ponded in replacing the Wateree bridge between Columbia and Camden The d.ftoa have been fixed and. defl nltely decided upon, and next month N'ovembor 20. 21. 22. 22. 24. 25 will see the Red Rose county enthusiastically holding its third annual fair. Two important derisions in rego'd to taxables were Tiled hv the supreme court en banc. One case came ur from York, the other from Richland Reductions claimed were in both cases denied. (Tov. Manning appointed J. 11 Mc Manus as coroner for Yor7 county t take effeyt November 1. viee Julian I/. Strait, resigned. Rife insurance men of South Caro Mna will be interested to knew thai Octiher 2a lias boon set as the definite date for the Hunual convention of the I.lfe Underwriters' as ociatlon in Co lumhia. Dr. W. O. Wrightson. one of the younger physicians of Spartanburg met with a singular and perhaps so rious accident when a pole of, the street railway company at Fast Main and Oakland av< mies, Spartanburg fell across his automobile, striking him in the head, rendering him tin conseious and causing the car to dash into the yard and into the (lower pit of F. T. Cantrell, who resides on the corner. Dr. Wrlghtson in an unoon sclous state, was hurried to a hospital whore he Is under '.he care of sur geont. LAWS ON LIQUORS STAND ACID TEST GALLON-A-MONTH ONLY AFFIRMED BY DECISION OF COURT EN BANC. WEBB KENYON BILL UPHELD Court Sustains Right of Peace Officers to Seize Liquor In Transit For Unlawful Purpose. Columbia.?The gailou-a-month act the Webb-Kenyan law are upheld in decisions of the supreme court en onm- just nicd. i-j. j. Bremen or Columbia brought an action in the Richland circuit court to upset the gallona-month act atnl 011 losing there took an appeal. The Webb-lvenyon law was brought into question in action brought in Greenwood by the Charleston & Western Carolina railway against Reuben Gosnell, chief of the : county police, and others. The court en banc held that a discrimination complained of in the Hrennen case did exist under the dispensary system in force at the time the suit was begun, but that the state being "dry" now no discrimination ' existed. in the Gosnell case the court sustained the right of peace officers to seize liquors in trausit for unlawful ; purpose, without awaiting either actual or constructive delivery. The shipment in question was shipped "order notify" and on its being seized the railway sought to recover It un> dor claim and delivery proceedings. The court's opinion in the Brcnnen case, written by I). E. Hydrick, associate justice, was concurred in by Cl.loP l.iollnn I ~i > iiivl uuoiu v mui j , init *J u^lk-on I Fraser and Gage and Circuit Judges John S. Wilson, II. F. Rice, Mendel L. Smith, Ernest Moore. T. S. Seaso, James E. Peurifoy, It. W. Memiuinger, Frank B. Gary. A dissenting op' inion by It. C. Watts, associate jusrice, was concurred in by Circuit Judges George E. Prince and J. W. Devore. A separate dissenting opinion was liled by S. W. SUipp, circuit Judge. Chief Justice Gary wrote the majority opinion in the Gosnell caso. Associate Justice Gage concurring, with the following circuit judges: Ernest Moore, T. S. Seaso, H. F. ltlce, I. W. Bowman, F. B. Gary. John S. Wilson, James E. Ponrifoy and Mendel L. ! Smith. A concurring opinion was tiled by Associate Justices Hvdrick and Fraser. The minutes note dissent thereto on the part of Associate Justice Watts and Circ uit Judges George E. Prince, S. W. G. Shipp und J. W. Devore. i Appoints Railway Mall Clerks. Washington. The following: railway mail clerks have been appointed by the civil service commission in South Car olina: O. A. Neuffer, Jr.. Abbeville; E. L. McCants. Anderson; D. E. Tied j don. Greenville;; Dawrence Wannai maker, Orangeburg; T. K. Stribling, Jr., Ivn; J. K. Turboville, Columbia; ' j L. C. Shealey, Prosperity; Paul Fowl | or, Switzer; It. K. Furnian. Charleston; F. It. Trowbridge, Aiken; D. O. 1 j Sampson, Sumter; R. O. Sbealey, Columbia; C. P. Walker, Charleston; B. Plume. Columbia; O. R. Pinckney, Charleston; G. M. Swift. Spartanburg; J. H. Bevis. Jonesvillo; E. R. Sloan. | Elloree; W. II. flay. Kershaw; W. H. Dowdy, Columbia; C. W. Graham, Columbia; I). K. I/oitzey, Columbia and 1 J. R. Strother, Edgefield 1 i New Hotel for Gaffney. Gaffney.?Through the efforts of the i chamber of commerce and agriculture. i uannoy lias recently placed subscriptions to the amount of $r>0,000 for a now modern hotel which will be erected on a commodious lot near the i Southern railway station. At a meeting held in the chamber of commerce one night recently a hoard i of directors was elected as follows: 1 J. N. Lipscomb, president; TV C,. Phil- ' ' : lips, vice president; Ed TI. DeCamp, secretary; George G. Byers. treasurer. # ________ Young People Select Columbia. ' Greenville The State Federation of Lutheran Young People's Societies in session here, elected Charles P. Barro of Newberry, president; John !> Sotzi ler. Newberry, vice president; J B. 11 . ? I - ' ....... 1.1 I... ruif;, mnilllil^ tary; Mis; Ttosal.vn Hipp, Newberry, corresponding: -eeietary; ira ll<ltiwanper, Columbia, treasurer; Miss Caroline Voiyf Columbia, literary seeretary; Mips Willio Mae Wise, Proa perlty, a< li i vist. The federation selected Columbia as the next meefiny place. P!an Fcr Big Fair. Spartan bury.- Preparations for the county fair, which will be held Octo' ber 31, and November 1, 2. and 3 are 1 going steadily forward. This will be . the biggest fair the county has yet had ' offclals of the fair association say, ' and many new features are to be add' od. Thursday, November 2, will be j designated Governor's day, because imi niiii nay unvi;rnnr rticnara I. .Manaddress to those present. The mer chants of the city havo decided to > make that a holiday, when the morchants will observe Sunday hours.