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The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. AMERICANS ABOARD TORPEDOED SHIPS CAROLINIANS ABOARD MARINA AND ROWANMORE SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. GRAVEST SINCETHE SUSSEX 8tate Department Will Not Form an Opinion Until Complete Official Reports are Received?Seventy of the Crew of 104 Are Reported Missing. Washington.?Preliminary reports of the sinking by German submarines of the British steamers Marina and Rowanmore, partly manned by Americans, Including four Carolinians, wcro too Incomplete to enable officials at the state department to form an opin ion as to whether there had been a violation of neutral rights or of pledges given the United States by Germany. The Carolinians reported aboard the Marina were J. G. Ralrd, Jr.. of Charlotte; Geo. F. 9edberry, Fayetteville. N. C.; F. C. Davis, of Wake Forest, N .C? and Thomas J. Brannigan, of Charleston, S. C. Secretary Lansing declined to comment further than to admit that he reports appeared more serious than the usual routine dispatches announe, Ing the destruction of belligerent merchantmen and that full Information would be awaited with interest. In its face, the case of the Marina, reported hy Consul Frost at Queentown, presents the gravest situation that has arisen since the sinking of O.. Vl-U W1V- > linillim lillDI OUMWl, WHICH brought the American and German governments to the verge of a break. Although he cautioned that his Information was purely "provisional," the consul cabled that tho Marina, a "horse transport with a mixed crew of British and Americans," was reported sunk without warning by Germans west of Capo Clear, and that 70 of the crew of 104 were missing. Another message from Mr. Frost said members of tho crew of the Kowanmore, including Americans, had been shelled In their boats while abandoning the ship after being chased by a submarine for 50 minutes. There w, were no casualties. According to tho Newport News agents of the Marina's owners, the Donaldson Line, the vessel, with some BO American horse herders aboard, was not under charter to the British government as a transport, but was engaged in her regular trade as a freighter and carried horses for the Allies as part of her general cargo. Under such circumstances she would be entitled to all the immunities of any other belligerent-owned merchantman and an enemy destroying her and her contraband cargo would be required to make due provision for safety of the ship's company unless she was sunk in act of attempting to escape. FAI RBAN K'S MOTHER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY. Aged Parent of Republioan Vice Presidential Candidate Fatally Stricken Shortly After Taking Motor Ride. Indianapolis, Ind.?Mrs. Mary Fairbanks. mother of Charles W. Fair hanks, died unexpectedly here at his home. Mrs. Fairbanks, who was 87 years old, had been In good health and took a long motor ride In the afternoon. Late at night she became suddenly 111 and died within a few minutes. Mrs. Fairbanks bad a home at San Diego, Ca? but divided her time with her son here. She Is survived bv four sons and a daughter, Charles Warren Fairbanks of this city, W. D. Fairhanks and Luther M. Fairbanks of Louisville. Newton Fairbanks and Mrs. M. L. Milllgan of Sprlngflold, O. $32,000 PAY CAR BANDIT LEADER PLEADS GUILTY Detroit, Mich.?James Walton, confessed leader of the gang that held up and robbed a pay car of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company of $32,000 here August 24. pleaded guilty In re corder's court and was remanded to jail to await sentence. DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP TO BE RECOMMISSIONED Charleston. S. C.?The historic cruiser -O) ympla, Dewey's flagship In the battle of Manila Hay. which has been lyinR out of commission at the Charleston Xnvy Yard for three or four years. \>*is reeommissloned for active service with ('apt. R. B. Rierer commanding. The Olympia will be the P flagship of Hi - > ruiser squadron in San Dominican waters, supplanting the transport Prairie now used by Roar Admiral Pond. 175.000 MEN RESTORING PEACE, GARCIA DECLARES New York.?An army of 175.000 loyal uian, wen equipped, provisioned and clothed, Is now under command of General Oarranza and satisfactory progress la being made toward a restoration of ponce in Mexico by the breaking up and exterminating1 of . the different "bandit" organizations, ac^i cording to Andres CJ. Garcia, inspector general of consulates for tho do facto government of Mexico who arrived here from El Paso. I RUMANIANS FALL BACK FROM DANUBE TEUTONIC ALLIES CROSSING DANUBE ON MANY PONTOON BRIDGES. FRENCH GAINING IN SOMME On the Transylvania Front the Russians and Rumanians Are ApparentI.. At " ... i ij v^jci c? 11 ny ouccessTuity Against the Teutonic Allies. London.?Aside from the continued progress of the Teutonic Allies In the Dobrudja region of Rumania and fresh gains by the Frenoh and British In the Somme region of France, there is little If any change La the situation in | any of the various theaters of the war. The Rumanians and Russians in Debmdja are still in retreat before ; the German, Bulgarian and Turkish I troops who are now endeavoring to | make their way across the Danube at j various points on pontoon bridges, ac1 cording to the Sofia War Oiffce. On the Transylvania front the Russians and Rumanians apparently are operating successfully against the Teoutonic Allies near the Junction of Bukowina, Transylvania uuu Rumania, and to the south near Campulung and in the Jiup VHlley have gained successes over them. In the fighting in the Jiul Valley the Rumanians are I uw iarea ny Mucuarest to have captured two Howitzor batteries which latter were turned aganiat the Aus tro-Germans. According to Berlin t the Teutons have made additional gains south of Kronstadt and in the direction of Campulung. Following up their advantage of Saturday the British captured anoth! er German trench Sunday northeast : of Les Boeufs in the Somme region. BORDER CONTROL CHARGES DENIED; INCIDENT CLOSED. Administration Officials Relieved to Receive News; Alleged Author of Criticism Says He Did Not Authorize Statement. Washington.?What promised to be a new source of serious friction between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico apparently was cleared away through formal ; repudiation by Ellseo Arredondo, Mex! iran Ambassador designate, of a statoment issued here under the name of j Luis Cabrera, assailing the American ' government for permitting aid tio I reach Villa and other bandits from I its side of the border. Mr. Arredondo went to the state department with the explanation that the statement was put out by an employe of the Mexican news bureau, the d? facto government's semi-offi; cial publicity agency, without the 1 knowledge of consent of either the ! P.mhnnuv or \f? f1?*K ,pu:" ? ? - , W. .... . V ui'iciu. J Ilia Wiia accepted by the department and the incident was closed. INVASION OF BRITISH ISLES IS POSSIBLE. London.?Field Marshal Viscount French, commander-in-chief of the armies in the United Kingdom, addressing the volunteers at Derby, said that an invasion of the British isles ! was not a mere supposition, but a possibility. This they must be perpared to moot. PROMINENT RAILROAD FINANCIER DEAD. Chicago.?Charles Wilcox Hotchkiss well known in financial and railroad ' circles is dead at Battle Creek. Mich., i of organic heart disease. Ho was 53 years old. He was chairman of the ; board of directors of the Virginian i Railroad. NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRYMAN KILLED. El Paso, Texas.?Private Lee Furtic of Troop A North Carolina Cavalry, ; , was Kiueti in nts tent while writing a letter, by the accidental discharge of his pictol. He enlisted at Mount Island, N. C. M. E. CHURCH SOUTH NOT TO BARGAIN AWAY INHERITANCES. Atlanta.?Tho Bishops of Southern Methodist Episcopal church, in "view of some things that have been said and repeated on public platforms and public prints." issued statement setting forth position of the church on question of uniting with two otiier Methodist bodies, in which it declared that "we are not ready to bargain away any of the great inheritances and glorious memories of other years : for any consideration." KOERQER TO SUCCEED AS AUSTRIAN PREMIER. Vienna, via London.? It may be ac ; eepted as certain that I)r. von Koerber, now Austrian Hungarian minister of finance, will succeed the late Count Karl Stuergkh as premier. Dr. von Koerber was recoived by the emperor 1 and went to Budapest to confer with Count Tisza. Should Dr. von Koerber accept, his aucccssor in the financial minisfy probably will be Dr. von SpitzraueiiC".T.vnow minister of commerce *N^ Vw \ 1 EFFECT OF THE HU (Copyright.) COTTON GINNING REPORT . GOVERNMENT REPORT PLACES THE AMOUNT AT 7,291,733 BALES. Census Bureau's Cotton Statistics Show More Than 1915 But Less Than 1914.?Texas Shows Increase. Report of 1915 and 1916. Washington.?Cotton ginned prior to October 18 was 7,291.733 hales, i compared with 5,708,730 for 1915 and 7,619,747, the Census Bureau announced. Round bales included were 133,659 and Sea Island 64,931. The number of bales ginned, by States, and last year's ginning to the j same date, follow: knatc. lillO ltMb Alabama 202,815 566.086 Arkansas 660,827 283,423 California 6.S52 4,272 I Florida 32.845 32.165 I Georgia 1,216,762 1,178.045 Louisiana 320.082 223.063 Mississippi 446.171 421,663 North Carolina .. 253.523 264.035 Oklahoma 4S9.782 66,255 South Carolina... 508,589 581,667 Tennessee 172,216 79,353! Texas 2,845.440 2,001.416 All other states.. 36,829 16,387 RUMANIANS BLOW UP BIG BRIDGE OVER DANUBE RIVER. London.?Except for the announcement that the Rumanians before their retreat from Tchernavoda hlew up the big bridge spanning the Danube River, thereby placing an obstacle in the way of the advance of the Teutonic Allies from Dobrudia into old Rumania, little fresh knowledge of the real situation In that sector of the war has been vouchsafed by any of the war chancellories. Petrograd asserts the force of the violent blows which Field Marshal von Mackensen had been delivered in his rapid drive northward in Dobrudja has slackened somewhat although Berlin says the Teutonic Allies still are making progress against the Rumanians and Russians. Along the Transylvania front the Rumanians and Austro-Qermans are still engaged in hard fighting. Berlin reports that in the Trotus Valley, south of Paroltuz and on the roads to Sinaya and Campulung, the Central Powers have met with further successes. On the other hand. Bucharest asserts that the Austro-Germana hahve been driven from the entire western front of Moldavia, northern Rumania, suffering? heavy casualties and that in the Uzul and Oltuz Valleys the Rumanians arms also have been successful. NEUTRALITY BREACH BY U. S. WARSHIPS HINTED BY BRITISH. London.?Some utterances of the feeling that tne activity of Aifierican arships In rescuing passengers from tho vessels sunk by the German submarine U-53 off the American coast amounted to a breach of neutrality were made in the House of Lords by Raron Reresford and Raron Sydenham. Lord Reresford is recognized as the spokesman for the Navy in the House of Lords and Lord Sydenham's varied activities has Included tho authorship of hooks on naval affairs. Similar ! opinions have been expressed by ' some of the newspapers and public ; men as well as by naval officers and ' the matter was brought up for discussion by requests for information from Foreign Secretary Grey, regarding the American policy and possible action by the British Government. i... ... NU HAHtH 5HORIAUE REPORTED IN GERMANY AT PRESENT. Rerlln.?Tho threatened paper famino which months ngo caused cries of distress amoiiK tho publishers, appears now to be a thing of tho past. Claiming a shortage of labor and high wages the manufacturers have sharply advanced prices since the outbreak of the war and the publishers sevoral months ago reduced the number of pages to save expenses. The government inaugurated a propaganda for the economical use of paper. ii 3H COST OF LIVING i VILLA AGAIN IS MANACE SKIRMISHING BETWEEN BANDIT'S ADVANCE TROOPS AND GARRISON SOLDIERS. i I Reported That Chihuahua City Has Fallen.?Carranza Consul Denies Report.?8,000 Men Are Sent to Reinwr-m. ? U _ 1 vi vo uio vmn tBon, San Antonio, Texas.?Porsistent reports of the fall of Chihuahua City to ' the Villa forces, which have been current here, have not been confirmed in advices to Southern department headquarters of the United States Army. Major General Funston, questioned regardin gthe reports, said that so far as he knew they were not true. Washington.?Mexican Consul Gardia at El Paso, Texas, telegraphed the Mexican Embassy hero that he had been advised by Genoral Trevlno of the arrival at Chihuahua of troop I trains bringing about S.000 men under General Maycotte to reinforce the garrison. An earlier message from the Consul said he had just received information from General Trevino denying that he intended to evacuate Chihuahua and declaring ho did not fea ran attack. Chihuahua City, Mexico.?Skirmishing between General Garlos Ozuna's advanced forces and those of Francisco Villa continued, although the general engagement is being delayed by General Trevino until all of his troops have been placed in stategic positions in Western Chihuahua. The excitement caused by the approach of the Villa forces has been quieted and the concentration of 8.000 Irnnnn hnrn Viuq ro?inr?il ?! >? < ing of security among the inhabitants. Two military trains carrying n part 1 of General Maycotte's command from < Torreon arrived here. ' General Trevino authorized the As- 1 sociated Press to make an official de- 1 nlal of the rumors that he was prepar- 1 ing to evacuate the city. He character- i ized these rumors as "malicious inven- < tions." General Trevino stated that the sit- | nation in the field and in Chihuahua City was entirely satisfactory. "Any fear that Chihuahua City will bo captured by bandits is simply absurd," he said. TWO BATTLESHIP8 EXPECTED TO BE BUILT IN SOUTH. Navy Department Opens Bids For Constructing Colorado, Maryland, Washington and West Virginia. Washington.?Bids for the four new battleships Colorado. Maryland. Washington and West Virginia were opened at the Navy Department and indlca | tions ware that the construction of two would be awarded to the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.. and that the other two would be built f by the Fore Shipbuilding Company, of j Quincy, Mans. 1 While all of the tenders show the < heavy lncreaseo in prices during the f abnormal conditions rf the shipbuild- t ing industry, they were within the I)e , partment's limit of cost, and it is virt- \ ually certain that the Government itself will not construct any of these > craft or of the 20 destroyers for which offers also were received. NEW $300,000 000 LOAN TO BRITISH ANNOUNCED, f _______ c Now York. Official announcement r was made by J IV ?Monran & Co., that t a new British loan hv \merlenn hank- c era. aggregating S iOO.neO.OOO bad l??on \ arranged. It will h.-.ir interest at f 5 1-2 per cent crd i payable in two t installments, one of throe years and 1 one of five years. r ALLIES DOMINATE HAW 5 MATERIALS ESSENTIAL IN U. S. Washington nomination bv the r Allied Nations of the world's raw ma- ,( terials which are esential to American \ manufactures has been proved con- t clusivoly to off Id;/s here by the com- ji pletion of a comprehensive summary f of British trade policies as to Imports a into this country. As a result the f recent Paris Economic Conference of e the Entente Powers is regarded here j; with far greater disquiet than before. { SINK II STEAMERS IN ENGLISH CHANNEL GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON STAGE RAID.?DO MUCH I DAMAGE. RETURN SAFELY TO BASE Flotilla Reaches German Waters After a Raid Through the Straits of Dover in the Line Folkestone, Boulogne in English Channel. Berlin, via London.?At least 11 out- ' post steamers and two or three tor- ' pedo boat destroyers or torpedo-boats ! were sunk or damaged by a Gorman torpedo-boat sciundron In the English , Channel between Folkestone and Hon- ' longne. according to an official communication issued here. The communication says: "Parts of our torpedo forces moved Trom a German bay Thursday night, I through the straits of Dover and Calais to the line of Folkestone-lloulogne, ! In the English Channel. "According to the report of Commander Michaelscn at least 11 outpost steamers and two or three destroyers or torpedo-boats were sunk, patrially or totally, near hostile ports. Some members of the crews who | were saved were captured. "Several other guarding vessels ana I at least two destroyers were heavily i damaged by torpedoes and artillery fire. Also the F.nglish post steamer ; Queen was sunk south of Folkestone, the crew having time to leave the ship. "In the channel near the Farnel Lightship there was a striking active traffic by hospital ships. "Our torpedo-boats safely returned to German waters without uny loss." FORCE OF 11.000 TROOPS NOW GARRISON CHIHUAHUA CITY. Five Aeroplanes and Two Aviators Ready For Use Against Villa.? Railroad Bridges and Tracks Torn Up By Bandits. El Paso. Texas.?Chihuahua City is now garrisoned by a force of 11.000 men, according to a Carranza official who arrived here from that city. He nun viuucrm wiaycone recently arriv- j id at Chihuahua City from Torreon 1 bringing five aeroplanes, two English aviators and a force of Carranza troops for use against Villa. An ore train was burned, railroad bridges were destroyed and the track if the Mexican Central Railroad cut by bandits near Artis. The American also brought a report that Villa's troops were planning to attack Parral, Jimlnez, Santa Rosalia and Torreon soon. Bandits under the command of Villa are operating trains on the western division of the Mexico Northwestern Railroad, between Santa Ysnbel and*San Antonio, a report received . by government agents here 'stated. ' nila. according to the same source, j low has approximately 4.000 men, tome of whom are not armed. LETTERS MAY GO BY AIR, NEW YORK TO CHICAGO. | i>unmo, xn. r.? rne united states 1 \rmy, Nary and PostofTice Depart- | cents are vitally Interested In a pro- 1 josed non-stop mail-carrying flight between Chicago and New York to bo , ittempted by Victor Carlstorm, Amer- | can aerial pathfinder. The Army and Navy Departments svlll take official cognizance of the I light because Carlstrom will use a ^urtiss bip'a.ie like those boing tried >ut by thj Army aerial corps. -IQUOR AD9 IN PAPERS SOLD AGENTS FINED. Jackson, Miss.?Two local news igents, charged with selling coplos of i Chicago newspaper containing a iquor advertisement were fined $50 | taeh by the police Judge here, but tho ines were remitted on tho promise of he agent that in the future they vould delete such advertisements beore offering the papers for sale. /ILLA GETTING ARMS FROM U. S. IS CLAIM. Atlantic City, N. J. Reports that irms and ammunition had been sntuKtied into Mexico from the United Rates and inistanre of the Mexlca.v epresenkptives that the United Rates Government take step* to heck the assistance they i eclnre .'ilia and other bandits are reveivini? rom persons on this side of the hori tr featured the diseusslons of tho dexlcan-An:eriean Join Commission it the close of the month's conference. ,1.000.000 TO PREPARE TROOPS CAMPS IN WINTER. San Antonio, Texas.?More than a nilllon dollars has been made avalliblo by I he War Department for prodding winter quarters for troops on he border. Southern department i leadquarters was advised to this afoot and ordered to proceed with work : it once. Cantonments are to he \ >reetod for troops ol' the regular army (URuged in border duty and provision j las been made for framing and floorng the tents of national t-ocps . MAY MANUFACTURE PAPER1,1 Newspaper Men May Build Co-Opera- | tive Factory?Hold Conference In Columbia. Columbia.?At an informal confer- I ence of newspaper editors and publish- \ era held in Columbia, it was decided ; to call a meeting of the South Carolina S Press Association at which the shortage of news print paper will be considered. The meeting will be held November 10 at 2 p. m., the place of meeting to be announced. The situation concerning news print paper is ' j considered serious by the editors of the state and steps may be taken looking to relief. A committee was appointed at the 1 conference to confer with officials of the Coker paper mills at Hartsville ' and J. E. Kocher, veneer manufacturer of Columbia, to see if either might offer relief It was brought out that ^ a paper famine is expected. H. J. Mc- j Laurin of Sumter has been invited to s appear before the association and out- | line his plans for the establishment of , a paper mill in South Carolina. A mill . was recently opened in the state of i Louisiana. , O. K. Williams of Rock Hill, J. L. , Mims of Edgefield and W. J. Erwln t of Chester were named as members t of a committee to prepare a state- ! f raent as to conditions. The price of < paper has greatly increased in cost t and it was brought out that manufactu- t rers are declining contracts from sub- j stantial customers. t The editors gave consideration to t tho organization of a co-operative pa- t per manufacturing company to supply , tho papers of the state. The plant j would cost about $70,000. it was esti- , mated and this amount, the proponents say, would bo saved in two - year?. f It. C. Wright of Columbia told of | his investigation into the paper situa- i tion. He said that the paper mills are j unable to fill their orders. s It is probable that it will be necessary to increase the subscription t rates of the county papers. A. B. Jor- , dan. editor of the Dillon Herald, in a i letter to the conference stated that it i would be necessary for him to in- i crease the price of his paper from $1 i to $1.50 a year. It may also be neccs- ? eary to increase the advertising rates, t Among the editors attending the ? conference were: Hubert Osteon of ? the Sumter Item. Ed H. DeCamp of f the Gaffney Ledger. W. J. Erwin of i the Chester Reporter. J. L. Minis of \ the Edgefield Advertiser, Wigfall I ( Cheatham of the Edgefield Chronicle, r J. H. Hamel of the Kershaw Era. liar- j old C. Booker of the Spartanburg Journal. F. C .Withers of The State, r R. C. Wright of the Columbia Record, < M. L. Farrell of the Lutheran Survey j and William Banks of the Columbia 1 Record. Present also was C. C. Mill- r ler of The State Company, Columbia, t president of the South Carolina Mas- 1 ter Printers' Association. \ New Buildings at Florence. f Florence.?The new buildings at the f fair grounds that are to take the place , i of the building that was burned are almost c/ilnnUtn ~...l ' wM.t'iirto nxrvv. ami LIIUI'C 1H I no doubt about their being complete t in time for the reception of the ex i liibits. Work has been rushed with all r speed hut not at the expense of Rood t work. The building will bo substan- t tial and well equipped wor their uses, c SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS The sixth annual Orangeburg county fair will be held in Orangeburg on a November 14, 15. 16, 17. The outlook jj for this fair is most encouraging and u it is thought that the attendance roc- ^ ord of all county fairs will be excelled ti this time. p At the conference of Charities and b Corrections to be held in Charleston j] November 14, 15 and 16, the general theme for dlscussoin will he "Orguni- n zation for Social Service In South ft Carolina." | ti Willie Ilethune. the Clarendon coun- t< ty negro who was to have been electrocuted last Friday, obtained a stay h of sentence through further court pro- v ceodlngs. Bethuue has been under y death sentence for somo time for the | Killing of a white man. The Mutual Securities corporation w of North Charleston lias been charter- p ed by the secretary of state with a fj capital of $75,000. The officers are: u W. H. Mlxson, president; James [, O'Hcar, vice president, and K. If. Winnings. secretary ar i treasurer. < Nearly 100 pri/.t a in the Held crop departments of th state fair we awarded to three .exhibitors. (1. N. Nickles of Due West held first rank p in the number of individual premium . he earning a total of .11 priz"*. (1. I! Wingard K Son of Lexington ?>< d second with 20. a'id 1J. If. Kleazcr of A Irmo third with 2S. (?. McDuffle Hampton, .1 Iin (I. Rich ards and Frank \V. Shealv, memln i .! of the railroad eotni ion. will go to i Washington early in November to a; i tend the annual meeting of the nation- al association of railroad controlssioners. > fa i?. j. waison, commissioner of ngrirulture, has gone to Shadow Lawn I till* wook to invito President Wilson to attend a conference* of thn eommis- <0 sioners of agriculture of the United w States at Norfolk early in Docember. A South Carolina Wesley liiblo Class T federation will me"t in Columbia with ] It Washington Street Metlultst Eplsco* ! A pal chureh. South, ahout April 1, 1917. E Work on the 2S foot channel up | d< the Cooper river to Charleston to the pi navy yard will start shortly, as a ?? big dredge belonging to the contract- o< ing company, has arrived to com- "< menco the digging tank. 1 it IE-ELECT KIRVEN FOR THIRD TERM ITATE FAIR SOCIETY HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTS OFFICERS. REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGING History of the Organization Has Been Compiled and Published.?Several Vacancies Filled. Columbia.?J. N. Kirvon, who has men directing the leadership of the State Agricultural and Mechanical locloty Into progressive chanels durng the last two years, was unanlnously reelected president of this or;anlzatlon. A. B. Langley of Colunv )la. member of the executive commit' c from the Seventh congressional iistrlct, was made vice president to succeed Ben P. Taylor, who asked bat his name be not considered for bis office. S. J. Summers, M. D., of >t. Matthews was made a member of he executivo committee from the Seventh congressional district to fill he vacancy created by the promoion of Mr. Langley. The secretary ind treasurer will be elected by the 'xecutivo committee at its midyear ueefTng next February. The remainng six members of the exocutive comnittec were retained. These are: First district, Benjamin Mclnnis, V!. D? Charleston; Second, R. B. Wation. Ridge Spring; Third, T. J. \inard, Ninety-Six; Fourth. John D. .V. Watts, Laurens; Fifth. B. H. Boy tin, Boykin; Sixth. Bright Williamion, Darlington. At the outset Mr. Kirven explained hat the fair Just now was "in tho best ondition financially and otherwise it tad ever been." adding, "And we now tave on tho best fair we have ever lehl." In substantiation of his claims, i comparison of the attendance rolorda of one year ago with those of his season was made. "The attendtnee last year was the largest we >ver had. On Monday of the presenj air the tigures exceeded those of the orrespondlng ilay of last year by 28 ier cent; Tuesday they were 11 per out in excess of that day one year igo; while Wednesday they were 80 >er cent." Another interesting fenture of tho intiual meeting was the report of the ommittee.. appointed several years igo. to prepare and publish a complete listory of the society. W. A. Clnrk, hairninn of the committee, explained hat 800 copies of this 830 page history tad been issued from tho presses and vere now being distributed. Collabirators with Mr. Clark in the task of troviding a permanent record of the loeiaty wore W. O. llinson of James slant! and D. P. Duncan of Union. In assembling data necessary for he publicaion of the volume, the comnittee lias collected copies of able adlressos on agricultural subjects in inte-bellum days. Tho society desires o preserve those also and an approbation of $80 was ordered to defray lerlcal expenses in pressing this vork. Teachers 8elect Columbia. Oolumbia.?Columbia was selected .? the next convention city of the Itate Teachers' Association. The execlive, committee, meeting at Jerome otel, accepted an invitation extended y E. 8. Drehor, superintendent of thn ublic schools, on behalf of the Chanter of Commerce and the educational nstitutlons of the city. "Two thousand for the Columbia seating" is the slogan that has been dopted. I..ast year when the conven ion was neiu nere. mere were 1,600 arhers in attendance. Educators of national reputation will e on the program. This is a feature dilch will bo emphasized at this conention. The date for the convention was not ot by the executive committee, but it rill he some time in March. Those resent wore: William C!. Bynum, leorgetown, president; It. C. Hurts, ock Hill, secretary; W. E. Black, .exington, treasurer, and W. W. NickIs. On enwood, member of executive ommlttce. Bonds for School Building. Spartanburg.- At a meeting of the atrom of the Walker school district i thi county, which was held a short bile ago. it was vot'-d to erect a : no chool house In that district, t i ree? it mooting of the people of ie '! i l ie! .1 J{ of this city, of reil to piV the district several acres r land, provided good school lmibllie lid be ere d soon on it The tizeiis. who met >on after, voted to tue bonds for tlie erection of the hool. The vote was unanimously in ivor of floating bonds. Architects in Session. Columbia The South Carolina Asx-iation of Ar< hitects was merged ith the South Carolina chapter of tho meriean Institute of Architects, liis makes tho $nuth Carolina rhap r of the American Institute of rchiteets tho largest in the south. . I). Sompayrac was elected preslcnt; I). C. Ttarhot of Charleston, vice resident; N. f?. Walker of Rock 11 111. crctary-treasurer. nnd the executive immlttee will consist of these offi?rs nnd A. W. Todd of Charleston ud !)eorKC E. LeFayo of Columbia.