University of South Carolina Libraries
' ? ' '/ ; . ..- '? ? ' , % T' jr' r H ' * * \ . . * 4 J ' % \ > V. J1 The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. ALLIES NOT READY ! . TO DISCUS PEACE EARL GREY, BRITISH SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, IN ADDRESS TO PRESS. ALL ALLIES REPRESENTED Gave No Indications of What Their Terms of Peace Might Be, But Weloomed Efforts of Neutral Countries to Prevent Future Wars. London.?Another important contribution to the discussions on peace was made by Viscount Grey, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, at a lunch given by the Foreign Press Association at which the diplomatic representatives of all the Allried countries were present. The foreign secretary made it plain that the Allies were not prepared to discusB peace terms and gave no indication of what their terms might be, but welcomed any efforts by neutral countries for a combination to prevent future wars. "I would liko to talk, not, indeed, about actuul conditions of peace, which can only be stated and formulated by the Allies together, and not by any one of them separately, but about the general objects which the Allies must secure in this war." said the Secretary. "And to do that. 1 would ask you to recall that we must never forget how the war came about. If we are to approach peace in a proper spirit is can only be by recol- 1 lectlng and recalling, and never for a moment forgetting what was the real cause of the war. "Some people say: " 'Oh. we need not go back over that old ground now; everybody knows it. "You cannot go back to it too often; it affects the conditions of peace. Germany talks of peace; her states men talk of peace today. They say: | " 'Germany must have guarantees ; against being attacked again.' "If this war had been forced upon j Germany that would he a logical statement. It Is precisely because it was not forced upon Germany, hut was forced by Germany upon Europe ^ that it is the Allies who must have guarantees for future peace. "In July, 1914, 110 one thought of attacking Germany. It is said that | Russia was the first to mobilize. That. ! I understand, is what is represented In Germany aB justification for the ' statement thnt the war was not an aggressive war on Germany's part, hut was forced upon her. ivuHsiu never maun ine moniuzatlon of which Germany has complained. until aftor Germany refused a conference and never mnde it until after the report appeared in Germany that Germany had ordered mobiliza tioa and that report had been tele- j graphed to Petrograd. MORE THAN 100 MEXICAN LEADERS FORM NEW PARTY. Objects of Generals and Other Revolutionary Chiefs Are to Unify All Elements and Support Carranza. Mexico City.?More than a hundred of the most prominent generals ami other leaders who have been actively associated in the revolution, many ot whom came from long distances, met at the home of Generul Gonzales, and formed a political party, the objects of which, it is stated, are to unify nl. elements of the constitutional uartv i anil support the candidacy of Genera Carrai.zu for the presidency. Auionj those who attended were General.Obregou, Gonzales, Benjamin llill Aguilar, Casarlo Castro and Francisco Goss. The project of the party, which wa*made known by General Gonzales wa. enthusiasti-nlly accepted by all pree cut. The meeting wan originally call , ed to select a successor to Genera j Gonzales as commander of the divis 1 Ion of the cast but opposition to hi: , giving up the command caused thi: ' plan to be abandoned at least tempo rarlly. CIVILIAN WINS FIRST PLACE IN RIFLE MATCH Jacksonville, Fla.?W. H. Spencer | a civilian of St. Louis, won first placi I In a Held of 929 competitors in th< individual ritle match under the au. j pices of the Nationul Board of Promt tion of Ritle Practice on the Florid, range here, scorinir 274 nnint* possible 300. First Sergeant F. L Manon, of the FlrHt Delaware Infantrj took second place with 271 points, am j Sergeant Raymond Lecuyer, Unite( State Marine Corps, was third. GERMAN EMPEROR AND CHANCELLOR CONFER. Berlin, via London.?The Emperor who is paying a brief visit to Berlin conferred with the Imporlal Chancel lor. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, am' will continue the discussions on th? general situation, concerning which the Chancellor and the Foreign Sec rotary, Herr von Jagow, last week visited Great Headquarters. It Is un derstood that there has been nc change in the situation with respect to the United States. AUSTRIAN PREMIER IS ASSASSINATE! DR. FRIEDRICH ADLER, SUPEF RADICAL SOCIALIST KILLED COUNT STUERGKH. POLITICS WAS THE CAUS Shot When He Refused to Conver Parliament.?Special Meeting : Cabinet Held After Killing?Adl? Was Newspaper Man. Vienna, via Berlin.?The Austria premier, Count Stuergkh, who was a sassinated, while at dinner by Arthi Adler, a publisher, was shot thre times. Count Stuergkh was diinin at a hotel when the publisher attaeke him. Three shots were fired, all < which took effect, the premier dyin instantly. The assassination of the Austria premier, Count Karl Stuergkh, wi purely political and was induced b his refusal to convene parliament, a cording to the admission of Dr. Friei Ich Adler, his assailant, shortly aft< his arrest. Dr. Adler is an eccentric an super-radical Socialist sometirat known as the "Liebknecht of Au tria." He is editor of Deer Kemp At first he declined to reveal his m fives hilt nftnr hoi n cr looUo.1 .... V broko down and declared the Prer ler's political policies had led him 1 do the deed. Doctor Adler's arrest was not a complished without the wounding i two men who leaped at him after 1 had fired on Count-Stuergkh. He di charged the two remaining chambe: of his revolver at these men befoi Austrian and German officers, wil drawn sabres .overpowered him. Count Stuergkh was at lunchec with Baron Aehrenthal, Count To genburg. Governor of the Tyrol, ar two others when a man unknown 1 the Premier arrived and took a sei three tables away. He ate lunchec and paid for the meal and linger* at the table. Shortly after 3 o'clock the me arose, advanced quickly toward tl Premier and fired three shots. Tl first missed. The next two struc the Premier in the head. Withoi a word, Count Stuergkh fell back lif less in his chair. Baron Aehrenth sprang toward Adler. The he? waiter ran up from behind the a sassin and grasped the hand that he the revolver. 221 DROWNED AS STEAMER GOES DOWN IN LAKE ERII Wreck Revealed When Captain, So Survivor, is Picked Up Off Life Raft. Cleveland, O.?Twenty-one membe of the crew of the steamer James ] Colgate were drowned in Lake Er when the Colgate bound from Buffa to Fort William. Ont., with coal, wei aown in a storm ort Erie, Pennsj vania. The tragedy became know when Capt. Walter Grashaw of Clev land, sole survivor, was pick"'1 up by car ferry and taken to Ccnioai Ohio, after being afloat 24 hovrs on life raft. Captain Grashaw, who was masti of the Colgate for only two week became unconscious soon after beii picked up but was able to tell part i the story of the disaster. Nineteen of the crew, he said, wei drowned when the big whale bac vessel founded and two others, Se ond Engineer Harry Ossman of Clev land and an unnamed coal passe were washed from the life raft aft< exposure and exhaustion had rende ed them helpless. EARTH SHOCKS FELT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNL Fresno. Cal.?According to repor received here two earth shocks thi were felt throughout southern Califo nia were severe at Barkersfleld and : the oil fields in that district. Power lines between Bakersfle and Los Angeles were said to hai ifuoii uuiiihki'u huh 11 was report? that a Santa Fe Railroad ticket c flee at Tehaclmpi was wrecked. LLOYDS ANNOUNCE LOSS OF 3 LIVES AND 5 SHIP Ixindon.?The sinking of Ave stcar ships, two Rritish and three of ne tral nationality, with the loss of i least eight lives, is announced t Lloyds. The Rritish steamers sun were the Huguenot of Newcastle, an the Marchioness, of Glasgow. Tli crews of both steamers a.-o report? to have been landed. The neutri steamers sunk are the Athens an Haudrot, of Norwegian registry, an the Swedish steamer Alfhild. CARRANZA'S WIFE AND DAUGHTERS VISIT U. I Lar/?do, Tax.?Mrs. Dona Virglnl Carranza, wife of General Carranz. accompanied by her two daughter: and Mrs. Alvaro Obregon. wife of th do facto government's minister of wa arrived at Nuevo I^aredo on a specii train. Tho party left for San Antont< Alonzo Fl. Garrett. United States Coi sul at Neuvo Laredo, has been ii structed by the State Department t show the party every courtesy. | AFTER A CANDIDATI 3f (covyngiu. g S RUMANIANS ON OFFENSIVE iy cd AU3TRO-GERM AN FORCES ARE JI" FIERCELY FIGHTING IN MOUN1(1 TAIN PASSES. ?B 8- " Great Russian Front Battle Continues. ?French Troops Make Fresh Progn. ress South of Somme.?German Atto tacks Are Repulsed. c- London.?Having held the Teutonic of Allies in the mountain passes on the le Transylvania-Rumania border for sev8 oral days, the Rumanians have taken rs the offensive at various points and re now are declared to be pushing back th their adversaries, who are leaving prisoners and guns in the hands of >n the Rumaninas. Berlin, however, g- controverts this statement by the asul sertlon that the Austro-Gerinans are to engaged in successful fighting in the at mountain pusses. ^ ?n Generally speaking there is no ?d change in the situation in Macedonia, although both the Entente and Teu in tonic Allies make claim to minor suc10 cesses on various sectors. The Bulle garians in the vlcfnlty of Monastlr k are bringing up reinforcements and a nt large number of trench mortars, e- Except on Mount Pasubio, in the ai Trentino region, where the Austrians id in violent attacks recaptured positions s- taken Tuesday by the Italians, only Id to be driven out again, artillery duels are taking place in the Austro-Italian theater. In the fighting south of the River Somme in France, according fo Paris the French troops have made fresh ,e progress between La Maisonette. North of the Somme a German attack oti the French lines north and rs east of Sailly-Saillisel was repulsed, says the French War Office. Berlin says that in their attacks on '? the Rars-Morval front the British capnt tured German positions, which later were retaken, by the Teutons. Heavy 11 rains fell Thursday on the British e' front and except for a slight gain (I 1 v v f *1 TV ? i * ? * - uj mo unvian at tiutte rte Warlen" court and the repulse of a German a counter-attack there. comparative quiet prevailed. er SIX ENTOMBED, 9 MISSING IN W. VA. MINE EXPLOSION. of Rescuers, Working With Feverish ' Haste.?Coal Dust Cause of Disaster That Wrecks Plant. Fairmont, W. Va.?Six men are e~ known to have been entombed and ! ' nine others are missing as a result of r an explosion of coal dust in mine No. r" 7. of the Jamison Coal & Coke Co., at Barrackville, near here. The interior of the mine as well as the tipple and other buildings were wrecked by the blast 200 men are working desperately to clear away 19 the debris. at The work of removing the wreckr" age wns superintended by R. H. Jami'n son of Pittsburg, general manager of the company, who happened to be in '(1 Rairmont. A rescue car from the Pittsburg station of the Buronu of Mines is here. About 250 men are ordinarly employed in the mine, but owing to a shortage in oars, were not working. S. NO STATEMENT ON U-BOAT ACTION BY U. S. NOW. n u- Washington.?The United States it will not feel called upon to make >y public any statement on the raid of ,k the U-53 or the suhamrine situation id in general, it was learned authoritnie tively, as a consequence of the state d ment in parliament by Viscount Grey il that his government would not make id any official representations to this !d country until such announcement is made here. EPISCOPALIANS REJECT 3. DIVISION ON RACIAL LINES. St. Louis, Mo.?Rejection by the Houso of* Bishops of a proposal to divide the Episcopal Church along a, racial lines and a clash between milie tarist and pacificist in a debate on r, prayer in the House of Deputies were il outstanding features of the general y. convention here of the Protostanti Kpiscopal church. The House of Deputies concurred in the upper o house's action in refusing 10 provide negro dioceses under negro bishops. E PASSED THROUGH ^ [| I HURRICANE VISITS SOUTH QULF COAST IS LASHED BY STORM.? BIG PROPERTY DAMAGE. Roofs Blown From Houses and Traffic Suspended as Wind Sweeps Over Country at Velocity of 114 Miles Per Hour.?Two Lives Lost. Charlotte.?The south was swept by 1 a storm and rocked by an earthquake Wednesday. A hurricane drove across the middle Gulf States, taking a toll of two lives and causing property and marine losses, while earth tremors drove frightened thousands from homes and offices in Alabama and Georgia, but did no material damage. Pensacola and Mobile were the ( chief sufferers in the hurricane. One person was killed at each place and buildings were unroofed, telephone and telegraph damaged and ships sunk and beached. At Pensacola the wind velocity reached a maximum of 114 miles an hour with 110 miles at Mobile, but in neither city did the property loss approach that caused by the hurricane of last July. Mobile city suffered little real damage but in the liaibor two small vessels were sunk and four beached. At Pensacola one small steamer went down, another vessel is missing, three fishing boats went ashore and two larger vessels were dan.uged when mey came togetuer during the blow. Telephone and telegrr.ph wires were prostrated for many hours, the city being cut off entirely from the outside world for aeveral hours. Although its intensity lessened as the storm swept inland. Southern Alabama suffered materially. Torrential rains accompanied the blow, 10.88 inches falling at Burrwood. La., and the fall being heavy throughout southern Mississippi, Alabama and in i arts of Georgia, the State Camp at Macon being damaged by wind and rain While two distinct earth shocks were felt as far north as Kentucky. C?a., they were of greater intensity at Birmingham. Ala., than elsewhere. There office buildings and homes were rocked and thousands rushed into the streets. The material damage was limited to falling chimneys. FRENCH MARINES MARCH NEAR GREEK KING'S PALACE. Athena, via London.?Three hundred French marines were transferred from the Zappelon Exposition buildiiiK 1 within 400 yards of the King's Palace. They inarched through the ' streets with bayonets fixed and trumpets blowing, accompanied by motion . picture apparatus. The front of the large palace structure is occupied by Prince Andrew and Princess Alice Mindway on their march the j French contlgent met throe companies | of sailors from the former Greek fleet. When the squads mot the Greeks | turned down another street. WOMEN REFUSED EQUAL RIGHTS BY EPISCOPAL BODY. St. Louis. Mo.?Women were denied equal rights with men in two ( actions taken bv the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal General Convention In session here. A proposal to permit women to sit as ueiegajes m me genera! convention < was rejected while a reouest from j the lit. Uev. Logan II. Hoots, bishop ] of ilankow. to be allowed to permit \ women to membership in his advisory j council was denounced. MEXICAN ELECTION I EARLY PART NEXT YEAR. Mexico City.? It became known that the elections for the presidency ? of the Mexican Republic will he. call- j ed late next January or early in Feb- s ruary. At the same time elections j for members of congress will he held, j The holding of presidential and con- . gresaional elections at the beginning ( of 1917 would mean that the Presi- j dent would he seated before the sue- . cessful American peridental candi- c date takes office. < MEXICANS IN CLASH WITH U. S. SOLDIERS ERICAN AND MEXICANS EXCHANGE SHOTS NEAR SAN JOSE ON RIO GRANDE. IN A 45-MINyTE ENCOUNTER Firing Skirmish Formation From Covered Positions in Big Bend County. No Casualties Are Reported.?Will Investigate. San Antonio, Tex.?American troops ind Mexicans clashed near San Jose In the Big Bend country, according to a report received by General Funston from Col. Joseph Gaston, commander the district. The fight lasted for 45 minutes. No losses were suffered by the Americans and information is lacking regarding lens among the Mexicans. Colonel Gaston's report said that a band of about 30 Mexicans opened fire on a detachment composed of 23 men of the Sixth Cavalry and Texas National Guard Cavalry squadron engaged In patrol duty betwoen Presidio and Ruidosa. Lieutenant Gudington. of the Texas squadron, commanding the troops, ordered his men to return the fire. A vigorous exchange of shots continued for a period of 45 minutes, the Americans and Mexicans firing in skirmish formation from covered positions on either side of the Rio Grande. Information from Colonel Gaston did not indicate tlint the United States troops crossed in pursuit of the Mexicans. After the fight Lieutenant Cudington returned to Ruidosa with his command. Whether the Mexicans were de facto Government troops or members of a bandit band was not know by General Funston. COMPANY OWNING BREMEN REfiARDQ QllnUADHIC L Great Anxiety Prevails Among Families of Crew?Difficulty In Obtaining Sailors For Other Vessels Feared. London.?An Exchange Telegraph Company dispatch from Amsterdam says a telegraph received there from Bremen confirms the report that the German Ocean Navigation Company has received no news from the commercial submarine Bremen and that she is regarded as lost. Great anxiety prevails among the families of the crew virtually all of whom reside in Bremen and it is expected difficulty will be experienced in obtaining crews for other commercial submarines which may undertake trans-Atlantic voyages. According to this information the sailing of the Deutschland on another voyage across the Atlantic has been cancelled. Baltimore.?Paul G. L. Milken, American manager of the company owninn the German submmarines. admitted that the Bremen was a month overdue, that he feared an accident had happened to her machinery and that she had been lost with all her crew. PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR U. C. V. REUNION BEGUN. Washington.?Preliminary plans for the 1017 reunion of tUn r> ? - ?? ^??v v-miru Vvlillfederate Veterans?their first gathering in Washington?were discussed here at a meeting of the finance committee of the general reunion committee. The exact date for the gathering has not been determined, but members of the committee said it probably would be held in May or June, the plans being to have the entertainment of the veterans spread over a week, with e*cursions to Gettysburg and other nearby battlefields. 4 KILLED, 1 NEAR DEATH, AS TRAIN STRIKES AUTO. Altoona. Pa.?A woman and three girls were instantly killed here and the woman's son probably fatally injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad train struck an automobile in which they were riding. EDISON GETS DOCTOR'S DEGREE BY TELEPHONE. Albany. N. Y.?A degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon Thomas \. Kdison over the telephone by Dr. John H. Finley. president of the University of the state of Now York. Mr Edison was in his laboratory at Orange, N. J., while Dr. Finley was In the auditorium of the New York ivuiRnuuiini DiuiuiiiK nere. Kl ght liundred persons, using as many telephonos, heard Dr. Finley confer the !ogr?-e and Mr. Edison accept. INFANTILFE PARALYSIS IS STILL DISEASE MYSTERY. Milwaukee. Wis--Infantile paralyds still remains a mysterious disease o the medical profession, particularly is to its origin and to a great degree n its transmission, according to medcal men who discussed the subject it a meeting of the American Assoclaion for Study and Prevention of Inant Mortality. Dr. Wade 11. Frost. ?ast assistant surgeon of the United Hates Height Service, was the prin Ipal speakers. TO STUDY VITAL PROBLEMS; Southern Commercial Congress Is Called to Meet In Na-folk December 11-14, by E. J. WatoOn. Columbia.?E. J. Watson, president | of the National Association of ComI missioners of Agriculture, has called [ a general conference of the members . to be held in Norfolk. December 11- | I 14. during the convention of the I Southern Commercial congress. Mr. Watson, in making the call, said to the members: "I have the pleasure to announce to you that the Southern Commercial 1 congress, which is to hold its eighth | annual convention in the city of Nor? ?? * -- - - * kum, ? ?., uii nBcemner n-14, nas suggested to our association tho advisaI bility of holding a conference of the j members of our association at Norfolk during this convention. "It is the purpose of the gathering in Norfolk to devote its sessions to the practical consideration of vital I questions relating to agriculture and education, and the industries, to commerce, and most particularly to an interpretation of the relation of the United States economically to international reconstruction and readjustment, following the close of the world war. It is the general purpose to review existing conditions as brought about by the yrorld war situation and to endeavor to outline a program that will meet the demands of the future. , "The suggestion having appealed to me most strongly, particularly in view o fthe fact that present day conditions are thoroughly abnormal, and reudI justments will be forced. I have deemed it wise and timely that such an informal conference be held. While ( this is not intended to call a regular meeting of our association, I do thereby call a general conference of the members of our association, for tha purpose of discussing these things among ourselves, and participating in the general sessions dealing with the general subject. In doing so. I wish io earnestly impress tlie linpo that eaeh one of you v/ill make every possible endeavor to be in Norfolk in attendance upon this general conference, which will bo held 011 the afternoon 1 of December 11. and also of participating in the general sessions covering the four day period indicated above." I i State College Loses Building. Orangeburg.?The main dormitory at the State Colored college, known as Morrill hall, was destroyed by tire. The building was of wooden t onstruction and five stories in height. It was the last wooden building at the college, the others having been destroyed by fire. Three buildings have been burned in the last four years. Last year the college suffered a heavy loss by fire and two brick dormitories have just been completed to replace burned buildings. The buildings burned were the auditorium, the chemical laboratory, most of the class rooms and 150 rooms for students. N0110 of tin- students was injured. Some of the furniture was saved and many of the students , escaped with a portion of their personal effects. It is thought that the firo was of incendiury origin. It started in an unused room on the Fifth floor where there were no electric fixtures or radiator. The building was valued at $:t0.000 with $15,000 insurance. I'ntil recently the buikling was insured in the aunt of $25,000, but as it was the only remaining wooden building in the college plant the insurance companies some time ago declined to reinsure it for more than $15,000. Can Keep All Liquor Bought. Charleston.?An interesting point came up in the court of general sessions when Judge Itice. In a liquor case, reversed his former ruling on the quantity of liquor a nerson could keep in his own home, legally received and for legal purposes, by declaring that the law waa a person could, under the gallon-amontli act. keep as much aa he might buy legally, so long as the liquor was for ligitiinate use. This decision upholds the recent opinion published by Attornov General Peebles. In the Mappus case Judge Rice ruled that one of the particulars i in which tho defendant violated the j conditions of his suspended sentence was that he had in his possession at one and the same time more than a gallon of alcoholic liquor. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Enterprises having an aggregate of capital stock of S27S.OOO were author Ized by the secretary of state one day last week. The campaign in Spartanburg ?o ; raise $5,000 for WofTonl college resulted in $14,341 being raised the first day. The 100th anniversary of the Co Minima r.iinc society, organized simul taneously with the American Bible society, was celebrated October 22<1 i In the nuditorlum of the First Baptist I church At a very enthusiastic good roads meeting held In McCormick the:# i were gathered about 200 men. repress I anting the bankers, the merchants and | the farmers of the county. Twenty-one farmers of Privateer 1 township, have organized a Farm Loan Association and will make appll- j cation for $91,000. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce, ' through the efforts of Congressman A. F Lever has Anally succeeded In securing an expert and disinterested government cotton grader for the Sumtnr cotton market for a part of the 1)16 cotton selling season. FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS CONFER OUTLINE REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THEY WILL SEEK WHEN ASSEMBLY MEETS. McMASTER IS CONSULTED Proposals Will Be Laid Before Governor Manning During the Week.? Details Are Withheld. Columbia.?Recommendations looking to legislation remedial of the fire insurance trouble In South Cfcroliua were adopted at an executive session held by 50 "full time" fire insurance agents, a committee from the meeting of the agents conferred with P. H. Mc Master .insurance commissioner, and he approved the recommendations. Tho resolutions as adopted will be presented to Gov. Manning, when he returns from St. Louis for consideration. The plan for legislation will be sent to the legislature for action by the agents. L. M. Plnckney of Charleston, August Kohn of Columbia. Sam M. Grist of York, James 11. Frazer of Georgetown and A. G. Furman of Greenville were named as members of a special committee to present the recommendations of the committee to Gov. Manning. Practically all agents attending the conference will return to Columbia for the hearing before the governor. "The meeting was very representative." said a member of the conference. "Between 45 and 50 'full time' fire insurance agents wore present. It was not an 'experience meeting,' but was called for the purpose * 1 . i. - i>i luriiiuiuiiiiK some aennite plan looking to the pascage of remedial legislation by the genorul assembly. The recommendations were laid before Insurance Commissioner McMastor and he indorsed them. Wo discussed the manner in which we should po about getting satisfactory lepislation. When the general assembly convenes we will have something definite to propose." Li. M. Pinckney of Charleston acted as chairman of the conference. II. Q. O'Neall of Charleston elected secretary. Among tho agents attending the session were: L>. B. Henderson of Charleston. A. G. Furman of Groenville, James A. Catheart of Columbia. J. R. League of North Augusta, William Goldsmith of Greenville. Sara M. Grist of York, A. S. Galllard of Columbia. W D. McCain of Anderson, John Laird of Aiken. H. R. Deal of Columbia. A. W. Fogle of fColumbla, W. I). Smith of Orangeburg. L. S. Trotti of Brookland, August Kohn of Columbia, J D. Dail of Columbia, F. M. Robertson of Charleston. George L. Dail of Columbia, J. T. ReeBO of Columbia, E. B. Shelby of Charlotte. L. M. Pinckney of Charleston, H. G. O'Neal of Charleston, H. Moses, D. M. "III,.!* U'i.1.1" 1 u ri n t? - ^ ? ....... .....ww .. .-ii-n. n. r>. i-innu, U. K. Henderson. nil of Sumter; L?. S. Ge6r, .T S. Foye, Ellison Capers of St. Matthews, J. II. Frazer of Georgetown. New Mill For Wlnnsboro. Wlnnsboro. An industrial ovent that presages much to the upbuilding of Wlnnsboro was consummated here when Lockwood, Greene A Co., a Arm of northern capitalists and owners of the Wlnnsboro Mills, purchased 68 acres of land adjoining their old property fo rthe purpose of erecting an additional mill. A corps of engineers will shortly survov the new slto and with their coming matters will take on a definite outline as to exact date of construction. Upland Rice In Florence. Florence. ? Reports from various sections of tho county are to the effect that there has been a great deal of upland rice raised here this year and that It is very fine Ono farmer, a negro of tho Poston section. William Hoat wright, has a crop of several acres that will yield about 60 bushels to the acre All alnnw 11?..k? railroads may he seen patches of rico well headed. It was on# crop that the floods did not seero to hurt. Unknown Auto Kills Woman. Greenville.?Mrs. L. C. Jarnigan, aged 7S years, was knocked down and killed hv a touring ear Just outside the city limits on Rutherford street. The driver of the machine did not stop nor even slacken his speed, state eye witnesses, hut came on Into the city, running without lights. The officers have only slight clues upon which to work, hut thev arc hnnofnl of tindlrnr the machine. Mrs. Jarnigan lived at l'ark Place. She had no family living in Greenville, but has a> son who holda a position in a Chicago bank. Rebuild Old State Road. Orangeburg.?Work has .started to rebuild the old state road into a highway. ThiH will be fjio highway between Charleston and Columbia, and is the route that is receiving much mbliclty of late. The work of reluilding this highway in Orangeburg and Ttorkoley counties is being superintended l>y John R. Wiggins of Holly Hill, who is an enthu elastic worker and promoter of this highway. A lot of free labor is being donated by farmers who live along this road.