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The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. WAR CENTER AGAIN , SHIFTS TO RUMANIA . FRANCO-SERBIAN CAMPAIGN RE- 1 SULTS IN CAPTURE OF MONASTIR B YGERMANS. ALLIES WIN IN MACEDONIA - ^ On the Danube Front in Dobrudja Artillery Engagements Are in Progress.?German Artillerv Busv in th? Somme Region. London.?With the end of the first stage of the Frunco-Serbian campaign, which resulted In the capitulation of Monastir by the Bulgars and Germans, | and a dimunition of hostilities in the Somme region of France, except for bombardments and isolated infantry actions. Rumania again has become the center of interest. Driving eastward through western -j Wallachia, the Austro-German forces ! now are reaching out for Craiova, ly- ? ing on the railroad midway between the Danube town of Orsova, Hungary, and Bucharest. This maneuver apparently places a menace in the rear to the retreat of the Rumanians fighting in the north on Hungarian soil ^ and disputing with the Austro-Gerinuns the passage of the Transylvanian Alps leading to the plains of Wallachia. In the Jiul Valley region the retirement of the Rumanians continues, and f in the Campulung sector I'etrograd reports that further Rumanian attacks against the Teutonic Allies have been unsuccessful On the Danube front in Dobrudja artlllerv ennace ments are In progress from Sillstrla to Olttna. The fighting in Macedonia from the Cerna River to Lake l'resha has ended in a complete victory for the Entente Allied troops, says the Paris War Office. The Serbs have not yet entered Monastir, the town having been virtually destroyed, according to unofficial accounts. The Entente forces have occupied villages to the north of the town and are declared to bo still in pursuit of the Germans and Bulgarians. The German artillery on the Somme front near Beaumont-Hamel and Guedecourt and on the Verdun sectro, near Douaumont, have heavily shelled British and French positions. RESERVE BOARD COUNCIL REPORTS BUSINESS GOOD. Advisory Council of Federal Reserve Board Holds Quarterly Conference. Washington. ? Prominent hankers from nearly every section of the country, composing the advisory council of the Federal Reserve Board met here for the council's quarterly conference. They discussed foreign credit, discount rates, the gold situation and business conditions generally and submitted recommendation at a joint conference with the Reserve Board. At a preliminary session W. P. G. Harding.^ governor of the Reserve Board, outlined what the hoard is doing and said the board's reports show business conditions to he good generally throughout the country. After the joint session, the council met in executive session. There was talk about means of absorbing Europe's extension of credit to South America and other coun- ) tries. Federal reserve officials say that to maintain a position as one of | the world hnnkers, the United States ( must expect to he -ailed upon abroad ] to render a good deal of the service , performed largely by England In the past In extending short term credits necessary In the production and transportation of goods of all kinds In the world trade. NO CHANGES YET SEEN IN CALIFORNIA COUNT. I Sacremento, Cal.? Unofficial returns from four counties were rendered official by the canvass conduct- 1 ed In the office of Secretary Frank C. Jordan, leaving only 12 counties to bo heard from. No errors in the count of votes for presidential elecctors 1 have been found. AGREE WITH MEXICAN MINE 1 OWNERS ON TAX RATES. . f Atlantic City. N. J.?Luis Cabrera, Minister of Finance, announced here that at a conference in New York he had reached an agreement with representatives of a large group of mine owners on a new schedule of taxes which tho mine owners admitted would enable them to reopen their properties. On the gold and silver ore the reduction was from 10 to 8 per cent and on bullion from 8 to 5 per cent. ?3,WU miLL UKtHA I UKS TO GET WAGE ADVANCE. 1 New Bedford, Mans.?The cotton manufacture ' association of this city voted to grant a 10 par cent increase In pay to their 83.000 operatives to be effevtlve for a period of si* months beginning December 4 The increase, the third within this calendar . year, brings the total advance within that time to 27 1-2 per cent, and will increase the tottat annual payroll of the mills from about $17,800,000 to approximately $10,000,000. HUGH M.DORSEY "he Newly elected Democratic Governor of Georgia. JEUTSCHLAND RAMS TUG JNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT OCCURS AT MOUTH OF THE HARBOR. Seturn Trip of Deutschland Not to Be Delayed by Investigation In Which Several Witnesses. Including Captain Koenig, Have Testified. New London. Conn.?The collision vhich caused the merchantman deutschland to abandon her return royage to Germany almost at its outlet when a < onvoying tug. the T. A. Scott, Jr., was sunk with a crew of lve men, was the subject of Federal nvestigation. The United States intpectors of steam vessels heard hrough witnesses of the conditions unler which the submarine, slipping out )f the harbor In the darkness so that *he might submerge in neutral waters lefore daybreak, ran down the tug which was acting as l.er protector, off lace Rock, just outside this port. The estimony came from Captain Paul Keonig of the Deutschland; from P. W. Krapohl, his chief officer, and from Hans Kleese, his chief engineer. It was givjn In secret, but it became known through statements outside the hnnfher that the collision was an ac ident. Survivojs who would discuss the matter were agreed hat it was due to i combination of swift currents, which arried the tuff off its course and across the bow of the submarine and Ihe darkness which was to be the Deutschland's medium of safety, but which instead prevented ready observation of the danger ahead. Captain Keonig would soy only to questioners: "It's a terrible thing to lose those sood men. I feel it deeply. You must >xcuse me." The Deutschland's return will be lelayed only a few days by the damigos which she sustained and not at ill by the fact that inquiry is being made. Examination of her bow showed that ttyree plates had been stove-in '.o a degree described by some "as a Hole." and others as "a dent." The men of the T. A. Scott, Jr., lad no chance for their lives. They went down imprisoned in the pilot tiouse, engine room and galley and unioubtedly were drowned at their [>osts. Their bodies have not been recovered. TU ? .4 -1 i ur (it'<111 are . Captain John Gurney. Wilham A. Catoa, engineer. Edward Stone, fireman. Clarence B. Davison, cook. Eugene Duzant, deckhand. 10,000 MARCH TO WHITE HOUSE TO CHEER WILSON. President Accorded Remarkable Demonstration by Washington, Maryland and Virginia People. Washington.?The people of Washington and of nearby sections of Maryland and Virginia gave President iVilson an enthusiastic home-coming welcome in honor of his re-election. More than 10,000 strong, they marchMi from the Capitol to the White douse to the music of many hands and waving red lights whil% varied-colored >ombs hurst overhead. When they >ad passed a chorus of 300 voices sere. laded the President with the "Star Spangled Banner," "Dixie" and other patriotic melodies. The celebration was participated in >y both men and women members of Democratic organizations, Governnent clerks, suffragists, representaives of union labor and citizens generally. LIGHTING ON ANCRE LESS VIOLENT, NO FRESH GAINS. London.?In the Ancre region of Prance, where for several days the British have made notable gains over he Germans, the fighting apparently ias lessened greatly in violence, the atest British communication roportng only bombardment by the Germans >f their newly-won front to the north )f the stream. An additional six officers and 297 men have been made prisoner by the British in this region luring the last 2f hours. FOREIGN SITUATION GRIEF STODY NOW INTERNATIONAL ISSUES BEFORE PRESIDENT BOTH COMPLICATED AND PRESSING. MUST DECIDE VERY SOON From Now on President Expects to Deal With All Foreign Questions Without Embarrassment and Without Delay. Wahslngton. ? A portentous and complicated international situation now faces President Wilson and for the next few weeks will engage his attention and that of his advisers to the practical exclusion of all but the uiu.h uifi?ui ui uumesuc suojects. In the last days of the campaign Secretary of State Lansing frequently spoke of the necessity of postponing action on the more delicate international questions because the uncertainty of the outcome of the political contest had a direct bearing on the success or failure of some of the administration policies. From now on the President expects to deal with all foreign questions without embarrassment and he is receiving from his advisers a summary of the outstanding issues so i essential to taking stock of the basic situation which must be met now that international relations have returned to their place of prime importance. While it is not evident that there will he any fundamental change in policy, freedom from fear that any move at all would be misinterpreted as inspired by an internal political struggle has been removed. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing feel themselves able to act with a single eye to the international situation and their immediate conferences on the President's return to Washington, indicate how pressing they feel the situation to be. The President must decide how the United States shall meet the German submarine question on that one hand, the Entente Allied trade restrictions on the other, whether the retalitory legislation shall be enforced, whether the traditional theory of isolation shall be abandoned for concerted neutral action, and whether the coun I iry snail nave an aggreselve or a passive policy toward the peace conference; the war after the war, and the Permanent League to Enforce Peace which the President has accepted in theory, and, during the rest of | the war shall America's att'.ude be governed by a decidd benevolence in the interpretation of international law according to its own best interests or shall it be strictly legalistic, regardless of whom it affects? SEC. LANE IS TOLD TO END BORDER PLAN CONFERENCE. I Diplomatic Settlement of Disputes Arising is Remote Unless Commission Agrees on Arrangement Already Submitted. Washington.?Armed with Presi dent .Wilson's complete approval of his course, Secretary Lane returned to Atlantic City Monday determined to being the session of the AmericanMexican Joint Commission to an early conclusion. He is still hopeful that an agreement as to the border situation can be reached but it was clearly indicated in official circles that the joint conference in entering on its final pl ' se. agreement or no agreement. * If the commissioners find it impossible to formulate a plan the view taken here will be that the prospect of settling border disputes through diplomacy will be remote. Secretary Lane is understood to have found President Wilson, Secretary Lansing and Secretary linker in full accord with him on every point when he laid before thrm in a three-hour conference at the White House a review of the efforts the American commissioners had made to reach a settlement. Mr. Lane said he was well pleased with the results of the White House | conference but would not otherwise comment. I SECOND INAGURATION OF WILSON SIMPLE. Washington. ? President Wilson's second inaguratlon probably will be a comparatively sumple affair. He is known to desire that there should be little ceremony. It Is accepted as certain by officials tbat there will be no i inaugural ball in spite of the hope of ' Washington citizens for such an event The recent death of the President's sister. Mrs. Anne Howe, the fact that March 4 falls on Sunday next year, are reasons for simplicity. GIRL BREAKS AIR DISTANCE RECORDS BY LONG FLIGHT. * Rlnghampton. N. Y.?Attempting a non-stop flight from Chicago to New York. Miss Ruth Law. guiding a Curtiss biplane of the military scout type, shattered all American long-disance aviation records for a single flight i last Sunday, when she flew from Chica1 go to Hornell. N. Y. a distance by railroad of about 660 miles, bettering by about 100 miles the record made by Vlcctor Carlstrom ou November 2. FRANK 0. LOWDEN The Newiy Elected RepuDUcan Governor of Illinois. WIRELESS TO FAR EAST PRESIDENT WILSON AND EMPEROR YOSHIHITO EXCHANGE MESSAGES. First Commercial Trans-Pacific Service?Many Mesages Are Sent.? President Sends Greetings to Far East Nation. San Francisco.?Commercial transpacific wireless service via Honolulu to Japan wer inaugurated by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, with messages sent by President Wilson and other prominent men from Holinas Ridge, near here, to the Kmperor of Japan and other dignitaries I ? R n * ?/\???? t im "? VUUM. A J. Almaro Sato, Japunese Ambassador to the United States, sent a message to George W. Guthrie, American Ambassador to Japan. From Uondon was flashed bv cahlo nml ? ?* ??.? new wireless route the congratulations of Gugleilmo Marconi, the inventor, to the director of post and telegraph of the Japan Government. A message from .Melville E. Stone, general manager of the Associated Press, to the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, said: "Geetings and sincere congratulations on this new bond of union between Japan and the United Sfates." Emperor Yoshihito of Japan replied by wireless to the message of President Wilson, relayed from Holinas. Cal. The Emperor's message said: "It affords me much pleasure that the first use of the installation of wireless telegraphy between Japan and the United States has been to transmit your cordial message. In return I send this expression of iny thanks for the good wishes exhibited towards me and my people and of the hearty desire entertained throughout Japan for the continued prosperity and welfare of the United States. "YOSHIHITO." The message from President Wil own ui iiic i-jiupt:i ui i can . "The Government and people of the United States of America send greetings to your Imperial Majesty and to the people of Japan and rejoice in this triumph of science which enables the voice of America from the Far West to cross the silent spaces of the world and speak to Japan in the Far East, hailing the dawn of a new day. May this wonderful event confirm the unbroken friendship of our two nations and give assurance of a never-ending interchange of messages of good will. May the day soon come when the voice of peace carried by these silent messengers shall go into all the world and its words to the end of the world. "WOODROW WILSON." CONTROL OF HOUSE STILL UNCERTAIN; G. O. P. LEAD Democratic Leaders Confidently Expect to Cut Down Opposition's Lead. Washington.?Incomplete canvasses of the vote In several close Congressional districts brought no changes in the (inofficial election results, which indicate that 217 Republicans, 212 Democrats and six of other parties have been elected to the Sixty-Fifth Congress. Representative Woods, Chairman of the Republican committee, insisted that the Republicans undoubtedly would control the organization of the House. A speaker to be elected must receive a majority of the House or 218 votes. Although the unofficial returns show the Republicans to be one short of a majority, they are counting on the Progressive elected in Minnesota the I'mcrpsxlvp llcnnhllpon In Louisiana. SUITS FILED ALL OVER U. S. IN ATTACK ON ADAMSON ACT Washington.?Suits by railroads attacking; the constitutionality of the eight-hour railroad law wore begun in many parts of the country and the Department of Justice laid plans to defend them. No offer has yet been made by the railroads to settle the question by one teet rase. Attorney General Gregory has made no such proposition to the railroads and the department is planning to contest each suit as it comes up for hearing. WILSON NOT TO REST BEFORE SESSION MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKEND TRIPS IN MAYFLOWER, HOWEVER. CONSIDERS APPOINTMENTS President to Give Time Preceding Convening of Congress on Important Administration Affairs.?Working on Annual Message. Washington.?President Wilson has decided not to take a vacation before Congress convenes, but may go on one or more week-end trips down the Potomac River on the naval yacht Mayflower. He was urged to go to a Virginia resort for a brief stay, but reached the conclusion that it would be impossible. The President has almost completed the selection of members of che traiff commission and shipping board created by Congress last session and probably will make an announcement of the personnel of both before Congress meets. He has made but little progress, however, in the selection of members of the board to administer the workingmen's compensation act for Federal employes. One typewritten page of the annual message to Congress has been finished by the President and he is devoting all of his spare time to this work. PROCLAMATION ISSUED FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. President Sets Apart November 30 as Day of Praise For Blessings of Peace and Unbroken Prosperity. Washington.?President Wilson has formally by proclamation designed Thursday. November :10. as Thanksgiving Day. Here follows the President's procolamation: "It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful Autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us and the Nation. "The year that has elapsed since we last observed our day of thanksgiving has been rich in blessings to us as a people, but the whole face of the world has been darkened by war. in inu nimsi or our peace and happiness, our thoughts dwelt v ith painful disquiet upon the struggles and sufferings of the Nations at war and of thcv peoples upon whom war has brought disaster without choice or possibility of escape 011 their part. We cannot think of our own happiness without thinking of their pitiful distress. "Now. therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do appoint Thursday, the 30th of November, as a day of National thanksgiving and prayer, and urge and advise the people to resort to their several places of worship 011 that day to render thanks to Almighty God for the blessings of peace and unbroken prosperity which He has .lutcftiu'ttd tmn*? * wu upvu i/ui ut-iuvru ruuniry in such unstinted measure. "And I also urge and suggest our duty, in this our day of peace and abundance, to think in deep sympathy cf *he stricken peoples of the world upon whom the curse and terror of war has so pitilessly fallen, and means to the rcleaf of their sufferings. "Cur people could in no better way show their real attitude towards the present struggle of the Nations than by contributing out of their abundance to the relief of the suffering which war has brought in its train. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington, this 17th day of November in the year of Our Lork, 1916, and of the independence of the United States, the lfifst. "WOODROW WILSON, "Ry the President, Robert Lansing. Secretary of State." MUCH PROGRESS MADE BY W. C. T. U. REPORTS SHOW. Indianapolis, Ind.?Reports showing good progress in the forming of new branch organizations during the pnst year were made at the opening ses slon of the annual convention of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union here. Figures showed that fifiO new legions of the Loyal Temperance Legion branch had been organized, and that nine states had been awarded honorable mention for the number of new legions formed. BORDER CONFERENCE ADJOURNS DEADLOCKED Atlantic City. N. J.?The MexicanAmerican joint commission adjourned for a few days with the conference in what is regarded as a deadlock. When the meetings are resumed this week, it is expected the representatives of the two governments will be fully informed as to the wishes of their chiefs. Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican commission, successfully interferred with th eadoption of a plan for border contro* METHODIST APP ANNOUNCED i CONFERENCE < MANY CHANGES AMONG; nAPTfinn aim n nrnn THOIUnD HNU tLUtlw REV. R. E. TURN IPSEED BECOMES PRESIDING ELDER OF GREENVILLE DISTRICT. Rev. E. S. Jones Becomes Presiding Elder of Rock Hill District.?Presiding Elders of Other Four Districts Remain Same as Last Year. Greenville.? The Greenville District of the I'pper South Carolina Methodist 1 Conference. Rets a new presiding elder. as a result of the appointments read by Bishop W. A. Candler, just before the adjournment of the second annual session of the Upper Conference. llev. R. K. Turnipseed. during the past year pastor at Chester, sueI coeds the Rev. M. L. Carlisle, as preI siding elder of the Greenville district. Bishop Candler delivered a very ini teresting talk just before reading the . appointments, addressing his remarks | to both the laymen and to the mini isters. He said he had had great difficulty making the appointments this } year. The appointments for the coming | year in the upper conference are as j follows: Anderson District. Presiding Rider. T C CVDnll Anderson, St. John's, M. L. Carlisle; Orrvllle, L. W. Johnson; Bethel. C. 1'. Carter; Antreville, \V. S. Martin; Cal' houn Falls. J. W. Bailey; Central. It. M. Hobortson; Clenison College, J. M. Stead man; llonea Path. T. W. Mininerlyn; Lowndesville. M. K. Meadors; j MeCormlck, J. G. Hoggin; Pe'.zer, J. ' H. Banner; Pendleton. W. M. Owings; j Seneca. N. G. B&llenger; Starr. J. E. Strickland; Walhalla. J. L. Stokes; ! Walhalla Circuit, W. T. Belvin; VVest minster, J. W. Lewis; Williemston 1 and Helton. S. 11. Booth; Corntnissionl er Washington City church. T. C. , O'Dell. Cokesbury District. j Presiding Elder. W. 1. Herbert. Abbeville Ct? J N. Isotn; Abbeville Station. J. L. Daniel; Butler. W. P. i Mea<* rs. Jr.; Cokesbury, It. E. Sharp; J Greenwood Main Street. L. P. MoGee; I Greenwood Mills. C. L. Harris; Green- ! wood Circuit. C . P. Clarkson; Klnards, W. II. Murray; McKendree, to be supplied; Newberry, Central. F. E. Dib ble; O'Neale Street. H L. Knieht* Newberry Circuit, W. It. Bouknight; Ninety Six. M. T. Wharton; Parksville, A. Q. Rice; Phoenix. John I. Spinks; Pomaria Circuit, W. A. Uiiekwortn; Princeton. J. II. Connelley; Prosperity and Zion. B. P. Taylor; Saluda, O. A. Jeffcoat; Waterloo. J. i M. Fridy; Whitmire, J. W. Shell; Lander College John O. Wilson. Presi I dent. Main St. Q. C.; Professor at | Lander College. R O Lawton. Main St. Q. C.; Assistant Sunday School Editor, L. P. Beaty. Main St. Q. C.; Commissioner Washington C i t y i church, W. I. Herbert. Columbia District. Presiding Elder. Jas. W. Kilgo. Aiken and Williston. A E. Driggers; i Aiken Circuit. J II. Montgomery; I Batesburg. \V. J. Snyder; Columbia. Brooklnnd. to be supplied by I). H. Attaway; Edgewood, R. II. Lupo; Green Street. L. E. Wiggins; Main : Street. B. R. Turnlpseed. Foster Speer. I ouyci imiiim-i-nry ; nnunuou. w. n. uar I rett, J. C. Chandler. Supernumerary; (Washington Street. A. N. Brunann; i Waverly, J. H. Mahaffey; Whaley Street. O. M. Abney. D. R. Roof. Super numerary; Edgefield, A. L. Gunter; j Fairfield, J. A. Bledsoe, E. W. Mason, Supernumerary; Gilbert, D. E, Jeffroat; Graniteville, J F. I,upo; Irmo, F. O. Whitlock; Johnston. J. II. Thacker; Cangley. J. E. Brown; Loesville. C. E. Peele; Leesvillo Circuit, to be supplied by M. A. Cleckley; Islington. J. G. Farr; North Augusta. Hamlin Etheredge; Richland, J. M. Meetzo; Ridgewav, T. A. Shealy; Swansea, J. VV. Neeley; Wagoner, to be supplied by W. T. Patrick; Commissioner Washington City Church. Jas. W. Kilgo. Greenville District. Presiding Elder, R. K. Turnipseed Clinton. Henry Stokes; F'.asloy. R. L Holroyd; Fountain Inn. R. F. Morris; Gray Court. G. G. llarley; Greenville. Bethel and Poe. J. I). Hollar; Brandon and Judson, A. M. DOKgett; Runcombe Street, P. F. Kllgo; Tamperdown. R. F. Cogburn; Dunean. S. C. Dunlnp; Hampton Avenue. E. R. Mason; St. Paul's, A. E. Holler; West Greenville, W. H. Lewis; Greenville Circuit. J. L. Singleton; Greer. L. I). Gillespie; Laurens. W. A. Fairy; Laurens Circuit, W. L. Mullikin; Liberty. G. H. Hodges; Pickens, E. T Hodges; Pickens Circuit, to be supplied by S. M. Jones; Piedmont, J. D. Griffn; South Kasley. G. T. Hughes; South Greer, J. P. Winningham; Travelers Rest. W. A. Lamar; Conference Missionary Secretary, R. E. Turnipseed; Commissioner Washington City Church. R. E. Turnipseed. MOTS H BISHOP AT ADJOURNMENT Rock Hill District. Presiding Elder. E. S. Jones. Blacksburg. J. B. Trnywick; Blackstork. S. B. White; Chester, Baldwin Mill, to be supplied; Bethel, C. C. Herbert; Chester Circuit, W. T. Duncan; Clover. 11. A. .Wliitten; East Lancaster, J. II. Manly; Fort Mill, W. S. Goodwin; Great Falls. J. B. Kilgore; Hickory Grove. H .C. Monzoa; Lancaster. I>. W. Keller; Lancaster Circuit. T. F. Gibson; North Hock Hill Circuit. W. M. Harden; Ilichburg. E. Z. James; Hock Hill. Manchester and Highland Park, Elzie Myers; St. John's. J. C. ltoper; West Main Street, W. II. Polk; Rock Hilt Circuit. P. K. Kilgo; Van Wyck, M. G. Latham; Winnsboro. H. B llarkev; Yorkville, J. E. Maliafl'ey; Missionery to Korea, L. Porter Anderson, Great Falls Q. C.; Commissioner Washington City Church, E. S. Jones. Spartanburg District. Presiding Elder, H. E. Stackhouse. Campobello. R. C. Boulware; Carlisle. II. L. Doggett; Cherokoe, J. II. Copeland; Cbesnee. W. W. McGehee; Clifton and Glendale, S. L. Rogers; Cross Anchor. J. F. Golightly; Enoree, J. T. Miller, J. K. Hollman. Supernumerary; GafTney. Buford Street. G. C. Leonard; Limestone Street, W. P. Gault; Gaffney Circuit, H. L. Keaton. A. li. Best, Supernumerary; Inman, M. M. Brooks; Jonesville, VV. B. Justus; Kelt on, W. C. Kelley; Pacolet, C. M. Peeler; Pacolet Mills, \V. H. C'ooley; Reidville, S. T. Blackmail; Spartanburg. Bethel, J. R. T. Major, M. B. Patrick. Junior Preacher; Central. J no. \V. Frazer; Duncan, B. H. Covington; N. Spartanburg. J. C. Cunningham; Union, Bethel, J. H. Brown; Buffalo, B. II. Harvey; Grace, J. W. Speake; Green Street and Unity, J. B. Chiek; Woodruff, S. T. Creech; Conference Evangelist, J. L. Harley; Central Q. ('.; Textile Industrial Institute, D. E. Carnack. President, Duncan Q. C.; Conference Secretary of Education J. It. T. Major; Commissioner Washington City Church, It. E. Stackhouse. T ransferred. To the South Carolina Conference: C. W. Burgess, Gobe Smith, B. G. Vaughan. ' To the Louisiana Conference: S. A. ; Steel. To the Florida Conference: W. B. j Duncan. Jr. To the Western North Carolina [ Conference: J. A. Cook. To the N'ortli Alabama Conference: IV B. Wells. The Upper South Carrolina Methodist conference selected Clinton as the place for the next session. Nine young men were received on trial, and admitted to the traveling connection of the conference. The following were received on trial: Anderson district, Wirron Wendell McGee; Cokeshury district. laioice ijcon narns; ? OiumDla district, Logan Emerson Brown and Waltqy Young Cooley; Cireenville district, James Foster Lupo; Rock Hill district. Raymond Lee Holroyd; Spartanburg district. Samuel Clarence Dunlap, Richard Furtnan Cogburn and James Pooser Clark. The officers of the legal conference were re-elected as follows: J. C. Roper, president; J. B. Tray wick and ('. C. Herbert, vice presidents; H. B. Carlisle, treasurer; J. VV. Boyd, W. M. Jones, J. B. Humbert, Cleorge W. Sullivan, board of managers. The Rev. J C. Cunningham was received on trail from the Methodist Episcopal church and the Rev. W. A. Lamar from the Protestant Methodist church. The following were elected to elders orders: the Rev. W. B. Garrett. the Rev. R. F\ Morris, the Rev. W. L. Mulliken. the Rev. John Davis Holler, the Rev. James B. Mnhaffey, the Rev. Tillman Aristotle ilealy. All the reports presented were encouraging. though they showed that the church must not relax its efforts for the advancement of the cause of Christ. Three thousand members have been added to the conference during the past year, the reports showed. The Rev. J. It. T. Major made an encouraging report on the education commissions from both conferences. They hope that the $.100,000 endowment will be collected in the near future. A resolution authorizing the appropriation of $1,800 toward the Washington city representative church, the adoption of the report of the committee on standing resolutions outlining the general organization and procedure of conference and the cousidera tion of a suggestion from the Anderson district to buy a publishing plant for The Southern Christian Advocate were among the most important matters of business transacted. The conference hoard with interest the annual report of the Rpworth orphanage of Columbia, which showed the progress of the institution during tho past year. The report expressed deep regret at the death of the superintendent. Rev. W. R. Wharton. The new superintendent, the Rev. H. Z. Nabors, was presented to the conference. /