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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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.