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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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3H COST OF LIVING i
VILLA AGAIN IS MANACE
SKIRMISHING BETWEEN BANDIT'S
ADVANCE TROOPS AND GARRISON
SOLDIERS.
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Reported That Chihuahua City Has
Fallen.?Carranza Consul Denies Report.?8,000
Men Are Sent to Reinwr-m.
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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
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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.