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f III Bitabllshad ia 1891. * I PRESIDENT VISITS LAFAYETTE'S GRAVE HOLDS A BRIEF CONFERENCE, ) WITH PREMIER CLEMENCEAU ' Y v AND WITH COL. HOU8E. HE ALSO ATTENDS CHURCH' R?>ta lo Evening in Preparation for 8trenuous Week After Brief Call on President Polncare. , Paris.?President Wilson spent bis Bret Sunday in Paris by going twice to churcb, laying a wre&tb on the tomb of LaFayette and baring a brief conference with Premier Clemenceau and another with Col. F. M. House. In the evening h* rested in preparation for the coming strenuous week of preliminary conferences. Liunug iu? tuiernuun me rresiueni made a short call on President and Madame Polncare at the palace ot the Elysee. In the morning, the President, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Admiral Grayson and by secret service men, went to the American Presbyterian church in the Rue De Berri. His coming was known to only a few of the American colony who had guessed that the President, being a consistent churchgoer, would choose a church of his own denomination. The President visited the tomb of LaFayette in the Picpus cemetery, in the southeastern section of Paris, while returning hoitfk after the morning church service. No ceremony had been arranged at the cemetery and the President was accompanied only by Brigadier Oeneral Harts, a secret service operative, and a French officer assigned to him as a personal aide. The President, removing his hat. entered the tomb carrying a large floral As the placed on the tomb, he boWetT h& head stood silent before the resting place of the famous Frenchman who helped America in her tight for liberty. He made no speech whatsoever. He then returned to the Murat residence, u ARMISTICE TO GERMANY IS EXTENDED TO JANUARY 17 Copenhagen.?The German armis tlce has been extended until live o'clock on the morning of January 17, 'according to a dispatch from Treves. The messages state thut the following conditions have been added on the armistice agreement of November 11: "The supreme command of the allies reserve the right should it consider this advisable and in order to obtain fresh guarantees, to occupy the .f A neutral zone on the right bank of the i., Rhine north of the Cologne bridgehead and as far as the Dutch frontier. Notice of this occupation will be given six days previously." DOCTOR PAES, PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL, SHOT AND KILLED London.?Dr. Sidorlo Paes, president of Portugal, was shot and killed by an assassin shortly before midnight Saturday while he was in a railway station at Lisbon waiting for a train to Porto Rico. Advices from Lisbon reporting the assassination say that he was struck by three bullets. President Paes died within a few minutes after he was shot. The president's assailant, named Jeetne, was killed by the crowd. Dr. Sldorio Paes was formally proclaimed president of Portugal on last f June 9. He headed a revolt in Portugal lu December, 1917. k GERMAN PAPER8 PLEADING 1 THAT THEY WERE DECEIVED Berlin.?Dispatches reporting the arrival of President Wilson in Paris are displayed prominently by the Berlin newspapers. The President's utterances are being scanned carefully. Newspapers which formerly were foremost in attacking the President's policies now plead that they wore deceived. SOLDIERS TO RETAIN THEIR OVERCOATS AND UNIFORMS Washington. ? Secretary Raker informed Chairman Dent, of the house military commtitee, that the war da partment had decided discharged soldiers may permanently retain the unij form and overcoat they wear when ^ mustered out. Mr. Pent prepared a bill embodying the authority. Previously the department had planned to have the clothing returned to government three months after a soldiers' discharge. CONSTRUCTION WORK AT ALL TENT CAMPS IS ABANDONED Washington.?Abandonment at all construction work in progress or pro Jected at so-called "tent camps," wa? ordered by the war department. The campe affected by the new abandonment orders are Wheeler Ga.; Hancock, Oa.; Wadsworth, S. C.; Sevier, 8 .C.; Greene. N. C.; McClel Jan, 'Ala.; Sheridan. Ala.; Logan, Tex.; Bowie, Texas Beaure;gard. La.; Cody, ff. M.; Doniphan, Okla.; Fremont, Cal., and Kearney, Cal. Il l ~ PETER A. MORTENSON f^-yrti V Peter A. Morten son, the new ?? gerlntendeni of Chicago achoole. BENEFITS TO FUTURE AGES LLOYD GEORGE 8AY8 THAT ACT CREATING CONSCRIPTION !* NOW OBSOLETE LAW. Decision by Pending Peace Conference Will Leave Mark Upon World, Not to Be Erased. Ivondon.?Premier Lloyd George, i speaking at Bristol. said the English military service act was passed in order to meet a great emergency. "When that emergency was passed the n^ed was passed and the act would lapse. He added there was no intention to renew it. Whether Great Britain would require conscription in the future In any shape or form, Mr. Lla^-d George said, depended not upon the opinion which he now expressed but upon the peace terms which were made. Continuing, the prime minister said: tfflk^at drove us to conscription wan ^H^^Astence of conscript armies on ^^^^^^kient that inevitably rushed th^^^^^Mnto war. They could not have grflR^nilitary machines there without temptn^g the men at the head of them tc try tyieir luck with those machines. The Germans always fc.lt mere was notning to resist their perfect military machine. ! Mr. Lloyd George declared that the decision which will be taken in the next few months in the peace conference was going to leave a mark upon the world. The ages to come, he said, would be able to reap the fruits of it. I GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTROL ROADS FIVE YEAR PERIOD. Washington.?Continuance of government control of railroads for five years, 01 until January 1, 1924, was recuiumenaeu oy uirecior McAdoo in a letter to the chairman of the senate and house interstate commerce committees. This would permit a fair trial of government operation, said Mr. McAdoo, and eliminate the unsettled condition uuder which the railroads must be operated during the next year or two if their status is not changed materially by legislation. This recommendation is not made in support of any theories concerning the best nltimate policy of running the railroads. Mr. McAdoo explained. FRENCH OFFER US THEIR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. Washington.?Andre Tardlen, high commission of France-American affairs, has cabled Secretary Baker from Paris offering to place the educational resources and facilities of | the French government at the disposal of the American soldiers in the arAy of occupation and those who will be delayed in returning home through the natural difficulties of transportation. Special opportunities would be given American olloge students with the army, and opportunity to learn French would be afforded all American soldiers. Secretary Baker has not yet replied to the offer. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IS I BY NO MEANS AT AN END Washington.?Warning to the country that the influenza epidemic is by no means ended and that all possihle - precautions against the disease should be taken, waa issued by Surgeon General Blue, of the public health service, k I Reports received by the service show a recrudescence of the disease practically from one end of the country ts another. Our main reliance ' must still be precaution* by individuals. ' PRE8IDENT MAY SPEAK TO I SOLDIERS ON GERMAN SOIL [ Paris.?The address which Froeidont Wilson will make to the American i troops ie expected to he one of the j most important delivered during' his stay fti Europe, and is being looked II forward to by Europeans. The President, It is announced, will . visit devastated districts in France, and. although the present plans are tentative, all depending npon his personal wishes, the trip may take hhn Into former German territory. ? _?_?I?^ ^ ' FORT MILL, S . C ? ' >' ' ' 1 r PRESIDENT WILSON WARMLY6REETED LANDING WAS A REMARKABLE SPECTACLE WITH NOTABLE NAVAL PAGEANT. WAR SHIPS ROARED SALUTES Mr. Wilson Was Latt to Coma Ashore, Hia Face Wreathed in the Uow World Famous 8<nile. f Brest.?President Wilson landed in Oranee amid a demonstration of popular enthusiasm and national sympathy such as rareiy, It ever, iwa beeu accorded the head of a foreign government visiting France. The phesident left Brest at 4 o'clock for Paris where the heart of France will acclaim him as the nation's guest. The guest landing of the president has not only a remarkable spectacle, with a notable naval pageant for its background, but it also marked tbe first entry of an American president into personal contact with Europe and its affairs. Vast crowds watched the trip ashore and the fleets of warships roared a salute as the last stage of the journey was accomplished. On the harbor boat going ashore the president was seen standing on the upper deck with Jules J. Jusserand Vrpnrh nnihnnanrinr tn thn IlnltAi) States. As the boat touched the pier the French and American guards of honor presented arms and the strains of the Star Spangled Banner mingled with the cheers of the great multitude. Mrs. Wilson came up the gangplank with General Pershing. She carried a large bouquet and as she passed the American army nurses they handed her an American flag which she bore proudly. The president was the last to come ashore, amid great applause. He held his silk hat in his hand; his face was wreathed with smiles and he -bowed his acknowledgments to those about and to the masses of people on the rising walls and terraces of the city. Stephen Pichon. the French foreign minister and George Leygues, minister of marine. Joined the president ae he step ped ashore and conducted him to a beautifully decorated pavilion. Here the first formal welcome were given President Wilson as the guest of the French nation. RIXING OF COTTON PRICE BY CONGRESS NO LONGER FEARED Washington.?All government regulations affecting raw cotton ended with the dissolution of the cotton distribution committee of the war industries board. ^ While there was no announcement either by Chairman Charles J. Brand, of the committee, or by Chairman Ba . UUV| v.. lud nui muuiines uoani. as to the considerations which led to the decision to abolish the committee, it was understood that officials no longer regarded it as necessary to control distribution now that the world markets have been reopened INFLUENZA GERMS ARE EATEN t AND BREATHED WITHOUT HARM Boston.?Experiments undertaken by the navy department at the navy public health service hospital on Gallops Island to ascertain the cause and spread of influenza have had merely negative results, according to a report given out. One hundred volunteers who have been under observation for several weeks bave had lain fluenza germs placed in their nostrils and throats and have eaten them with their food and some have been inoculated with serums, bnt no cases of the disease have developed thus far. Increased appeite and more vigorous health have been the only noticeable results of the experiment, acrf | cording to the physicians. The tosta will be continued. TV/O ENLISTED MEN KILLED; TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED Norfolk.?Two enlisted men were j instantly killed and two ensigns in1 Jured when a big hydro-airplane. | iiwiiii aa io-jo, speeaea head first Into the Willoughby club, near the Seventh street station on Willoughby spit, about 12 miles from the city. I The machine was completely wrecked I and the roof and veranda of the clubhouse torn away .The escape of the other men In the machine la considered little short of mlrcaulous. COUNT CZERNIN'S LETTER TO HIS EMPEROR MADE PUBLIC Vienna.?Count Czernin, former Austro-Huagarian foreign minister, gave tly? correspondent an opportunity to fead a copy of the letter which he sen/ to Kmperor Charles in 1917, in which the minister declared that the cqtulttlon of Austria was growing dess/rate. Count Czernin told the empert that he did not think another wiftfer campaign was possible and it warfneceeeary that peace negotiations sholid be began. r Mn I.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER IIHC6 - IIOTIM Itflf nCM 1 jnmuo hvdim iiil.ui.iio rJames Austin WlMsrs, chief ssa scout of the Boy Soovts of America. ?- ?"? ?? ...?? . wwihihw o|iuuoiuiiuioa UL pu.it* wtu cuuipru* tlon," the report says, "the bureau should be expanded substantially in every branch of service." SURRENDERED 8HIPS NEVER AGAIN TO FLY GERMAN FLAG London.?Archibald S. Hurd, the naval writer, in The Daily Telegraph says with reference to the idea said to be held by some Germans that the surrendered German warships would 1)6 returned tp Germany after peace was signed, that it points, of course, to a complete misapprehension of the intentions of the allies, "for it is certain that these ships will never again Cy ihe German ensign." Mr. Hurd says that the only course t-> adopt ie to distribute the German warships among the allies in accordance with the losses which they have suffered. Mr. Hurd suggests that German submarines be broken up and the parts used for other purposes. AMERICAN SHIPS CARRIED 46 V" PER CENT OF TROOPS ACROSS New York.?With the navy department's consent, the office of Admiral GUaves, commander of the cruiser and transport force, made public figures showing exactly the proportionate share of troops conveoyd to Prance fn AmAripan v^mhiaIq Clt thft on t i ro Army of 2,079,880 men taken over, the statistics show, 46*4 per cent were carried in American ships, 48V4 per cent in British, and the balance in French and Italian vessels. In actual numbers of men transported. 912,082 were carried in American naval transports and 40,499 in othFI" American ships; 1.006,987 were Serried in British bottoms and 68,246 in British leased Italian ships; and 62,000 by French and Italian ships. GERMAN OFFICIALS WaNT TO PREPARE FOR NEXT WAR Washington.?Decision of airplane manufacturers in Germany to turn their plants to making furniture has led to a protest from ofTicilas ot the German government, according to advices reaching Washington through official channels. The point was said to have been made that in order to be ready for the next war Germany must replace the airplanes which it is required to turn over to the associated nations under the armistice terms. GREAT FIRE DESTROYS BIG POWER PLANT AT NEWPORT Newport News. Va.?Fire which originated from an unknown cause destroyed the big power plant at the naval operating base on Hampton Roads, entailing a loss estimated at half million dolilars. The * burning plant illuminated Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding territory for many miles around and there were wild reports that the entire base had been rased by flames. " i .- ' rtlK rUoLlbUnNtU WAI tnWflio MUST TAKE FUl ADVANTAGE OF AFTER-THE-WAR TRADE OPPORTUNITIES. Our Merchandise Export Trade In Last Fiscal Year Was $5,928,285,641; Imports of $2,946,059,403. Washington.?Expansion of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to enablo it to give effective aid to American manufacturers and merchants in taking full advantage of after-the-war world trade opportunities is the chief recommendation of Secretary Redflald in hia annual report. The secretary also reiterates his approval of the proposed development of a government-owned intracoaatal waterway to link up the lakes to the coast and down the Atlantic seaboard. Dealing with post-war trade and the part the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce can play, the report emphasises especially the need tor additional commercial attaches and trade commissioners. The balance of trade in favor of the United States for the fiscal year 1918 was $2,982,222,238; the total of the merchand'se export trade was $5,928,285,641 and of the import trade $2,946,059,403. "Measured by the economic needs of the country and by the grave re LL Tl 19, 1918 A RECOMMENDATION' MEANING MISCHIEF RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVES OF 92 PER CENT OF MILEAGE OF THE COUNTRY PROTEST. DEMORALIZATION IS CERTAIN Tim# Given Under Present Act Considered Ample in Which to Work Out Plan Just to All. Philadelphia.?Railroad executives representing 125 roads and 92 per cent of the mileage of the country gave out a formal statement in which they declared that Director General McAdoo's suggestion that the government retain pontrnl t\t thn ?-*tt T ? w. w?. V..V tiMki v?ua uuiu uuuuui ) , 1924, "-would simply lead to delay and confusion, demoralisation of the organization of the roads both on their corporate and operating side, and defer indefinitely a satisfactory settlement" of the railroad problem. Tho executives, the statement said, have reached the conclusion that "there is sufficient time under the term of the present act to fully consider the railroad situation in all its aspects and arrive at a plan that would be Just to the country." The statement was given out by Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, of the association of railway executives. The statement follows: "The standing committee of the association of railway executives have considered the letter of tho director general to the chairman of the interstate commerce committees of the senate and house, and have reached the conclusion that there is sufficient time under the terms of tho present act to fully consider the railroad situation in all its aspects and to arrive at a plan that would be just to the country as represented by its shippers and the public at large and on the other hand to the security holders and shareholders and employes of the railroads. DETERMINATION TO MAKE OUR NAVY SECOND TO NO OTHER "Washington.?Neither the end of hostilities nor proposals for a league nf natinna h?a nltoroH fKo ?v>H/*w the general board of the nary in re- | gard to making the American navy second to none in the world. Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, chairman ; of the executive committee of the board, told the house naval affairs committee that the navy should be equal to that of any other nation by 1925 and urged that sufficient appropriations to make this possible be made by Congress. "The general board believes that under the present world conditions and the conditions likely to obtain in the future," Admiral Badger said, "the United States navy should steadily continue to increase. "Navies must be the principal support of a league of nations, and the United States, from its wealth, influence and power, will be called upon to contribute a large share of the international police force to render such a league effective." UNABLE TO FORMULATE PLAN FOR FIGHTING, INFLUENZA . Chicago/?Unable to formulate a definite plan for lighting influenza because of divergent views, the American Public Health Association, before it adjourned, gave out copies of all the medical and scientific data presented during the four-day discussion with an explanation that different epidemics required separate treatments. "The various communities for which we are working will know that we have at hand the best available information science has yet dLscovnred concerning the disease." said Dr. < Charles J. Hastings, retiring presi- : Honf "Wa en nnnf Ptnopf o (\ rruw 11 n ! a different program for combatting influenza epidemics when we see so wide a divergence of opinion among medical authorities as has been shown here." SWEAR A' LFGIAWOE TO THE GERMAN REPUBLIC Stockholm. ? A Stockholm report says the presence of cavalry lifeguard regiments under General L/equlst star tioned at Potsdam had caused anxiety in Berlin until these troops entered the city and took oath to support tho present government until the national . assembly convened. General I^equist also swearing allegiance to the re- 1 public. The situation is thereby much improved, and apprehension .allayed. BRITISH ARMY HAS MANY HORSES TO DISPOSE OF London.?The British army Is ahont to begin wtih the dispersal of threequarters of a million horses. The loss of horses in 1916 was 14 H P?r cent; in 1916, 14 per cent; In 1918, 27 per cent, an Increase due to heavy fighting and night bombing. As many horses as possible are to be sold in England. .Tho army has 10,000 mules la kingland. which tho people do not want, .baying mules being unpopular. uos urucreu an a. a. l . vi. units ue mobilized and discharged. This means that after the Christmas holidays Clemson College will go back to the former organization, in which authority is lodged with the prosidenl and faculty and not solely with the military representatives of the wai department. Clemson will maintain a military department but military duty and drill will be reduced to compara. tlvely small proportions and will nol Interfere with collegiate work. Examinations for the first term will be held December 13 to 20 and all students who expect to return will be required to take the examinations. It is hoped that the reserve officers' training corps may be re-established and if so Juniors and seniors who enter the advanced courses of the R. O. T. C .will get commutation for subsistence, 33 cents per day or more. To Release Christmas Money. Columbia. ? Two Columbia banks will distribute approximately $125,000 to members of savings clubs on or before December 16. The Bank of Columbia and the People National Bank have conducted popular Christinas savings clubs since last December and the time is near at hand for the an nual distribution of the accumulated funds. The Bank of Columbia will hand out about $75,000 tfl mixm-hAru nml tfia Peoples National Dank will distribute about $40,000 . Several thousands Columbians will share in the pleasure of the occasion and Christmas fill be enjoyed and hundreds made happy by the system of saving. Neither bank made any effort ot boost the business durini the past year on account of war activities and the amount on hand ready for distribution is the result of systematic saving on the part of club members. Cotton Holding Association. Newberry.?A cotton holding asso ; elation was organized at the court house here with the following otTi cers: Dr. George Y. Hunter, president; W. C. Brown and Thomas M. Keitt, ice presidents; Thomas M. Mills, secretary and treasurer. There was a pretty fair attendance' of farmers. The members pledge themselves not , to sell cotton under 35 cents a pound; to reduce their cotton acreage next year, if possible, 25 per cent, and to contribute half a cent a pound on the cotton raised this year to help finance the fight being made by the association for a fair price for the staple. The association adopted a reaoliv tioa urging the chairman of the board : of trustees in each school district to j go to work immediately to organize a cotton holding association in hit school district. Alfred Owens is Dead. Washington.?SpeciaJv?Alfred Ow ens, for many years identified with business interests at Williston, S. C., 1 ami Augusta, Ga., and father of Dr. i Clarence J. Owens, managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, died here at the aire of 7G years. , Mr. Owens, who retired ten years ago. served in the War Between the States and took an active part in the United Confederate Veterans' organization.. Land Given for Citadel. Ohtirleston.?City council passed a resolution to donate to the state of South Carolina a tract of 200 acres of land on the Aslhley river, in the city limits, a part of Hampton park area and valued at over $200,000. for uw of The Citadel, provided the state wifl eroet thereon suitable buildings and ocner equipment. This Is a necessary basis tor a place now on foot to secure a large appropriation from the legislature divided over a series of years to develop The Citadel adequately. Missionary Convention Closes. York.?The tenth annual convention 1 of the Women's Missionary Union, of . the Associated Reformed Presbyto rian church, which convened in the York A. R. P. church, has come to a close. Though the attendance was not as large as had been expected, from the standpoint of business transacted. comprehensive plans formulated for future work and enthusiasm manifested, the meeting was' ooe ol the most successful held in man) years. V; **- >. ; * 1 -V*,VvY 0 y \ 8 it! JP v J ? V . . v| , . [MES IS UNDER RI6ID QUARANTINE Situation In 8oartanburg Has Gona from Bad to Worse, Day to Day for Three Weeks Past. Spartanburg. ? Spartanburg was placed under a quarantine fully as rigid, and in some respects far more so, than the one which became operative on October 1. Moeting to consider the local health situation, which ha9 gone from baa to worse since November 11, the board of health by. and with the approcal of city council, imposed a quarantine which closes all churches, schools, colleges and shows and forbids all public gatherings of any kind. To Disband S A T ft. Clemson College.?Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson College, an nounces that, following orders from the war department, the student army training corps unit will be demobiliz ed by December 21. The S. A. T. C was a war measure and now that the necessity Is past, the war department t * $1.25 Per Year. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CAMPS DISCHARGING OF SOLDIERS AT CAMP JACKSON GOING FOR WARD RAPIDLY. GOLBOOKER NEW COMMANDER t Sevier Soon to be Abandoned as Camp. But Base Hospital to be Main* tained for Some Tim?. Camp Jackson.?A total of 5,072 ?n? listed men and 1,098 officers discharge recently, or a total of officers and men discharged of 6,170. lesterday 30 first and second lieutenants left Camp Jackson for Fort Sill, Okla., whero they will take lessons In the school of lire there. These lieutenants will remain in the regular army. It Is expected that the Forty-eighth Infantry will arrive here the first of next week from Camp Sevier. Ilrig. Gen. D. 11. Currie, who was to have succeeded lirig. Gen. R. M. I>anford us commanding officer at Camp Jackson, has been transferred to Fort Sill, Okla., where he will be commandant of the artillery school of fire. Col. P. W. Hooker, senior instructor in the field artillery replacement depot, will ho the commanding officer of the camp, temporarily at least. j General Danford will leave Columbia this week to go to Washington,-? where he will l>e one ot the assistants to the chief of field artillery. A systematic "stick to insurance" campaign has been organised throughout the camp under the direction of Capt. Milton It. Ldltle, the camp insurance officer. Kach personnel adjutant and one ofTicer from each organization throughout the camp have been instructed by the insurance officer and those officers give each man before he leaves the service a memorandum of information relative to compensation and conlinuauce of war risk insurance. The men are also given a talk, on the advisability of holding to tlelr government insurance policies raterr separation from the service. There is no greater asset than war risk policies and is a privilege and benefit that is given only to the man that has served in the military or naval forces of the United States. The First Regiment Hand, which iniiue buiji an enviaoie ropuiauon at Camp Jackson. Is soon to be disband?>d on account of a number of its members having received honorable jJiacharges. This was one of the best bands in camp and those who remain will be sorry to part with these band boys and their music. Prof. A. Besiat, head of the French classes which have been taught in camp under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., will commence a class in Spanish for beginners, in his office in the T. M. C. A. auditorium. He requests ail soldiers who are interested In Spanish to be on hand. Professor Bexiat understands Spanish as well as he understands French. Camp Sevier Demobilization is going on at o rapId rate at Camp Sevier. Men are being discharged from the service at the rate of several hundred per day, and arrangements are under way for the transfer of men who are not discharged here, to other camps, either for discbarge or for further military duty. Through recent discharges, the 156th depot brigade has been reduced to about 2.000 men or less, exclusive of the development battalions, which still number about 4.000 men. These are rapidly being sent home, however, nnder recent instructions. All indications are that the ramp Is Boon to be abandoned, but the baso hospital will probably be continued here for some time. A number of incaimcitated American soldiers am expected to he sent here soon to spend their perhnl of convalescence prior to discharge. Only ono has so far arrived. He is Corporal Itert Mash, of Othello, North Carolina, who lost hi* left leg at the second battle of the Marno. W. O. W. to Meet in Rock Hill. Laurens?C. A. Power, past head consul commander of South Carolina, now a member of the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, has been advised by W. A. Frazier, sovereign commander, that the regular meeting o( the head camp for this state will b? holf' fit llhn alii n/4 5 m o V. ? *1% I ? -1 Hi ?..u om?vou ? 111 n, me Lini u i u?raday In March, in Rock Hill. This statement is important from the fact that ft had bean decided not to hold the regular meeting while the war was going on. hut now peace negotiations are beginning. Brotherhood Budding Opened. Columbia.?The Taitheran Brother* tinn/t V--J - u.ruu uuiiuiur iinu nil *IIjipiClOU8 openIn^. The spacious auditorium was crowded to the door* and the exorcise* were enjoyed. The brotherhood has expended over $7,000 to prepare a comfortable community house for th? especial benefit of soldiers, sailors and their relatives. The accommodations at the home are exclusively lor their convenience. The purpose of the heme was explained by Judye C. J. Tflmball. chairman of the local exeo* at too com no ICt**. t