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. - ' w ' br> ' ;,; WlHHgMg . Or t. > Established in 1891. PEACE CONFERENCE Alin THEN I FtlillF I??ir IIIBII kalal IWWk GREATER PROBLEMS MUST BE GIVEN PRECEDENCE OVER LEAGUE OF NATION8. DEATH EECREED THE KAISER Repudiation of Germany's War Debt and Payment of Entire Cost of War by Germany Demanded. Washington.?Speeches advocating postponement of consideration of the league of nations proposal until after the peace conference were made in the senate by Senators Sterling, of South Dakota,, Republican, and Myers, of Montana. Democrat. Both Insisted that problems of the peace conference should not be complicated by this plan. Senator Sterling contended that existing relations between America. Great Britain. France and Italy made a league of nations to enforce peace unnecessary. Senator Myers advocated establishing a restricted league later, without impairing the sovereignty of /its members, and with the central powers barred at least for this generation. Death for the former kaiser, life Imprisonment of Von BernstorfT and others, Senator Myers said, should be provisions of the final peace treaty. He also argued for repudiation of Germany's war debt and payment of the entire cost cf the war bv the Germans; for confiscation of the kaiser's personal fortune and retention by the victors of both the war and merchant marine fleets of Germany. MORE THAN $200,000,000 OF AMERICAN PROPERTY SEIZED ChriBtianla.?More than $200,000,000 worth of American property was seised by the German government. This is the estimate of John Henry Cooney, manager and custodian of all the properties of the International Harvester Comnany In Germany during the war. "It was a year ago," he said, "that the imperial German government served notice on him that it would begin "supervision" of the I. H. C. factories and offices. On Januarv 4. 1918. the properties were formallv confiscated, and on July 2 the 22 office workers in the Hamburg central branch were notified they must leave the offices, and stay away. "No attempt to take our properties was made until the American government began seizure of enemy alien properties in America. It anneared mm irmn urae in Time me uerman icovernment wan endpavortnr to match ench movp of the American government as a reprisal. TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUOR ... INTO DRY STATES ILLEGAL Washington ? Statutes of "dry* Rtates permitting persons to imporl or personally bring In limited amount? of intoxicants for their own use were In effect nullified by the so-called Reed "bone dry" amendment enacted by Congress, the supreme court held In revorstng the federal court for the southern district o1 West- Virginia Justice McReynolds, in a dissent Ing opinion In which Justice Clarke concurred, held that the Reed amend ment was not an interstate commerce regulatory measure, bnt a direct med dllng with state affairs SENATOR LODGE TO DELIVER EULOGY ON COL. ROOSEVELT Washington.?Senator I^odge, ol Massachusetts, will deliver the eulogy at the Joint congressional memorial services for Theodore Roosevelt tc be held on February 9. The Republi can leader in the senate, who foi many years was a close personal friend of the former president, was elected by unanimous vote of the senate and house committees appointed to ar range for the services and he will be the only speaker. NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROAD OPERATIONS NAMED Washington.?W. T. Tyler was up pointed by Dli x*tor General Hlnes as I director of the division of operations of the railroad administration to succeed Carl R. Gray. Mr. Tyler has been Mr. Gray's assistant. Mr. Tyler began his railroad career in 1883. His first executive postllon was with the St. Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern. In 1917 he was elected i assistant to the first vice president of the Northern Pacific railway. EXCURSIONS ON RHINE FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS Coblens.?Two Grrman river steamers to be used for excursions un and down the Rhine by officers and men of the third army. The trips are to be part of the recreation program for the army of occupation. The excursions will Include trips beyond Cologne down the river and beyond Mayence up the stream. Under the present arrangements, the excur stonlsts will not be allowed to land during the trips. '"immv ' - V * V . * * ;;v. . > ; . ' t m The DR. ANNA I. SHOLLY Dr. Anna I. Sholly of Fluahing, L. I., who, with two other woman phyaiciana, Dr. S. E. Finley and Dr. Mary Lee Edward of New York, waa decorated by the French government for excellent aurgical work performed under heavy bombardment In Franco, and received a lieutenant'a commla alon In the French army. REVOLUTIONISTS REPULSED Thouands of Government Troops Are Still Entering Capital; Public Buildings Occupied. Copenhagen. ? Serious Spartacus riots are going on at Dresden. Bruns1 wick, Dusseldorf. Essen and Dortmund. according to the Munich correspondent of The Politiken. Several towns in the Ruhr distrcict are in ?.he hands of the Spartacans. Government troops have occupied i all the public buildings in Berlin, and thousands of government troops are i still entering the capital. The Berlin corresponded of The Berllngske Tledmende, who sends this information, declares that the Spartacans have been beaten, and that quiet was partly restored. Bloody fighting occu.red at the Anhalt railroad station when Spartacan groups tried to occupy the building, according to Berlin advices received t bv way of Frankfort. They were repulsed by government troops, who inflicted heavy losses on them, i There was lively shooting at many points, including the Brandenburg gate, which the government forces had captured during the night. Sevi eral person's were killed or wounded. ROOSEVELT ESTATE AMOUNTS TO NOT MORE THAN $500,000 Oyster Bay. ? Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's will, made in 1912, was read to members of th3 family at Sagamore Hill. Although the value of the former President's estate was not made known, it was understood to amount t iu noi more man t&uu.uuu. According i to Attorney George C. Cobble, of New i York, who read the will, the document I provides that the entire estate, with 1 | the exception of the family silver and I | plate, shall be held in trust for the I i widow during her life, and gives her f power to dispose of it by will as she sees fit. In the event she leaves no - "will, the estate is to be divided In > equal parts among the children. The silver and family plate, Mr. * Cobbe said, are to be divided ilmong " the children, as is a $60,000 trust fund left to Colonel Roosevelt by his father. AGRFEMENT TO TAKE OVER GERMAN PASSENGER TONNAGE r London.?The United States. Great I Britain and Italy have agreed upon a , plan for taking over German passenger tonnage. The plan will be laid before the German and allied arniis| tlce commissions next Monday. | France is not included in the plan, | as she got the bulk of th.? Austrian . passenger tonnage and Is willing that i the other three bid for the German shipping. Duusncvmi I U1C V I L W A, i DRIVING OUT POLISH TROOP8 Warsaw.?Vilna has fallen Into the hands of the bolshevik army, seevrnl thousand strong, 'which drove out the Polish militia. A massacre <if cvillians began at once, partly because the Poles had offered resistance and had arrested or shot the members of the local bolshevik committees. The Polish trons, who had no cannon and only a few cartridges to the ' rifle and were under command of General Veitko, retired to I>angovarova. ALL RFSTRICTIONS REMOVED ON IMPORT OF CORN AND RICE Washington?All restrictions on the Importation of corn and rice were removed by the war trade board. At the same time the board announced that it would consider favorably applications for the export of rice and for licenses for the shpiment of jute and Jute products, except yarns and ntirate bags, to all destinations Argentina is the chief country affected by the removal of the embargo on importations of enrn *. FOR' FORT MILL. S. 1TTRRNFY RFNFR1I Ill I UIII1L.I ULI1LIHIL , 6RE60Ry_RESIGNS ANOTHER MEMBER OF WILSON'S OFFICIAL FAMILY FINDS JOB IS TOO POORLY PAID. HIS RETIREMENT NOT HASTY Successor Will Probably Be F. L. Polk, Acting Secretary of State or Sen. ator Jas. H. Lewis of Illinois. Washington.?Thomas Watt Gregory, attorney general of the United State since 1914, has resigned because of "pecuniary responsibilities" and will return to the practice of law. President Wilson has agreed to his retirement next March 4. Mr. Gregory's letter of resignation dated January 9, and the President's reply, cabled from Pari.s the next day, were made public at the White House. The attorney geLeral's letter disclosed that he had long considered retiring from office and had discussed the matter with the President before Mr. Wilson went abroad. Mr. Gregory's successor has not been appointed, and there has been no ufTicial intimation as to who he will be. In speculation the . name sof Frank L. Polk, counselor of the state department and acting secretary while Mr. Lansing is in Europe, and Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, were mentioned. Mr. Gregory is the second cabinet officer to resign recently on account of personal financial considerations, William G. McAdoo having retired last month as secretary of the treasury because he could not support his family on the cabinet member's salary of $12,000 a year. Mr. Gregory is the fifth man to leave the cabinet during the six years of President Wilson's administration. Others were Secretary of State Bryan. Secretary of War Garrison, Attorney General McReynoldo, Mr. Gregory's predecessor, who was appointed to the supreme court, and Mr. McAdoo. BOLSHEVIKI MAY BE ALLOWED TO STATE THEIR GRIEVANCES London.?The British government. The Sunday Express understands, has proposed that all the different parties in Russia, including thl bolshevlki, should present their programs to the peace congress in order to ascertain if it is possible to come to any understanding with any responsible author uy in r.ussia. The paner adis: "The French government is not hostile to this suggestion. There is no difference of opinion bebween the British and the French governments I and there has been no idea on the | part of the British government to invited delegates from Russia to attend the peace conference." SUPREME COUNCIL OF PEACE CONFERENCE HOLDS SESSION Paris.?The supreme council of the peace congress, consisting of President Wilson and the premiers and foreign ministers of the four great powers. Great Britain, France, the Uhtted States and Italy, met at the French foreign office for the first formal exchange of views and to make arrangements for the procedure of the conference tomorrow, at which I delegations will ho nr?o?r.? The meeting was chiefly Interesting In Its personal aspects?bringing together for the first time in contact of the world's best known statesmen, who are now the guiding figures of the congress. The scene as they assembled was one of unusual activity. The meeting was an extended one. It was mainly for the purpose of set- j tling new terms for prolonging the | armistice, wh'ch expires January 17 and for determining the number and composition of the delegations of the various countries for the sessions of the peace congress which is about to open. : ASSASSIN ATTEMPTS TO TAKE PADEREWSKI'S LIFE London.?Ignace Jan Paderewskl. the polish leader, has been slightly wounded by an assassin who entered the room of his hotel at Warsaw and fired one shot at him. Several bolshevik! implicated in the plot to kill him have been arrested. Mr. Paderewskl has been in War-' saw for several days conferring with Polish political leaders in an attempt to form a government representative of all parties. INSURRECTION SEEMS TO BE DECREASING IN POWER Paris.?Semi-official advices from Berlin indicate that the insurrection ' er seems doubtful that the Ebert-' is decreasing in power and it no longer seems doubtful that the Ebert ocneiaemann government has been maintained by the loyal troops whose discipliae has been strengthened by the presence in the city of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. The spartacans appear to have tv&ntferred tip [ struggle to the provinces. x 1 f ; i' - / ? v' W . B % r Mr ? V * 0., THURSDAY. JANUARY 1 C H A R L ES^^ ^ Sggmn i MgB ] SHk*?59M i ? *.- iu iMHH K?w?4p?r U*)<?*, 1 Premier Clemenceau has appointed 1 Charles Jonnart as governor general of Algeria. This post now ranks i with the vlceroyalty of India. Mr. i Jonnart, who is the son-in-law of the colossally wealthy Lyons banker, Ed- | juard Aynard, the regent of the Bank if France, was high commissioner of , :he entente powers to Athens last ] year. 91 nnn ddicmiedc hoc tivcm UI,UUU I lllUUIVLIi J Ml IL IHALN Armored Trains Included In Captures, Together with Large Quantities of War Material and Supplies. Washington.?Loyal Russian troops operating under the authority of the Omsk government have defeated large bolshevik army, capturing 31,000 prisoners and large quantities of war material, according to a telegram from, the Omsk authorities to the Russian minister at Stockholm. The message as printed in the Swedish press ? The telegram said the third bolshevik army of 10 regiments had heen shattered and that the loyal troops had advanced beyond Kama and Noet and pursuing the enemy toward Glassov. Booty captured included armored trains as well as large quantities of war materials and reserve suppfesi, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA STAND FIRST AND SECOND Washington..?Final statistics of the American cotton crop of 1917, announced by the census bureau, placed production at 11,248,242 running bales equivalent to 11.302,375 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, and worth $1,532,690,000 to the growers. Production of cottonseed amounting to 5.040,000 tons worts $33,550,000. For the "cotton vear" ended July 31, 1918, consumption amounted to 6,566,489 bales, exclusive of linters; exports amounted to 4,288,420 bales; net imports 217,381 bales; stocks on hand at beginning of year 2,720,173 bales and at the end of the year 3,450,188 bales. For the entire world the production of lint cotton destined for factory use was 17,410.000 and the mill consumption 17,701,000 bales of 500 pound net weight. Maaaoohiianlla of 111 oof olna ? ? premacy in cotton manufacturing, the report announced, with a mill consumption during the cotton year of 1,493,1113 bales, including linters Next in order were North Carolin with 1,186,314 bales, South Carolina wtih 892,532 bales and Georgia with 880,395. The mill consumption of those four states alone represents nearly threefifths of the total for the country. c PRESIDENT'S RETURN TO PARIS HASTENS MATTERS Paris. ? Many important questions concerning the arrangement of the program for the peace conference, which have been in process of solution, probably will soon be adjusted as a result of President Wilsons' return here. The president has personal knowledge of the views of some of the premiers on these subjects and he has supplemented it by his observations during his trip to Italy. KIDNAPED MINISTERS ARE DISCOVERED AND RELEASED Warsaw.?The kidnaped Polish min isters have all been discovered in de tention in a physical culture college. They were immediately freed by the ofTlcers who had been dispatched to find them. Youths belonging to the armed anti-socialist militia, who were vilOtsHIniv fKo mlnia?oea tttonA /v?.l nuni Ultip, UIU liiiiuoiCi n, TTCi C UIUCI i:u to deliver up their arms, and did so promptly. Most of those detained had taken their detention quietly. GOMPERS, RUSSELL AND OTHERS SAIL FOR EUROPE New York.?With the Japanese peace mission, Samuel Gompers. head of the American Federation of I^abor, Charles Edward Russell, chairman of the Social Democratic league, among her passengers, the Cunard liner Carmania sailed for Liverpool. While Mr. Gompers' mlalon Is* to internationalise the labor movement, Mr. Russell, accprdtiupto his statement ? U jcolq^ abroadb $o fight bolAevlsm, 'open1 or secret* V * V LL T 18, 1919 3 TO 10 CARLOADS j MAIL UNDELIVERED, ouuuiEH MAIL IN FRANCE TO BE 1 RESHIPPED TO DEAD LETTER OFFICE HERE. 3LAME THE WAR DEPARTMENT' To Improve Condition* a Force of Experienced Mail Clerk* May Be Sent to Make Deliveries. Washington.?From eight t oten caroads of mail for American soldiers are undelivered in France. Second Assistint Postmaster General Praeger told the senate postofTice committee, and 'thousands and probably millions" of letters addressed to the men overseas will arrive in New York soon to be sent to the dead letter office where an attempt will be made to return them to the writers. Blame for the failure to deliver this mail was placed on the war department by Mr. Praeger. who again explained that the army authorities handle all soldiers' wail in France, the postofTce department delivering outgoing mail at Hoboken and receiving returning mail at the French ports. Mr. Praeger said one way to improve conditions overseas would be to send a force of experienced mail clerks to France to deliver the mail to the soldiers. Mr. Praeger told the committee that one reason for the confusion in the delivery of mail to soldiers was the failure of the war department to keep up its index system. This same cause, he declared, also 'was responsible for the department's delay in sending out allotments to soldiers and in reporting casualties. THIRTIETH DIVISION TO SAIL FOR HOME JANUARY 20 TO 25 Washington?From eight to ten carsail from Brest between January 20 and 25 and will reach America in seven to ten days, barring mishap. While the war department is not ready to make official anouncement, it is stated that the division will land at Uoboken, N .J., rather than Norfolk. The entire division will be rusher directly into various camps about New York, including Camp Dix, Camp Totten and others about Governor's Island. The men will be kept in camp eight days to two 'weeks, under observation or quarantine, and will then be sent to one of the Southern camps, presumably Camp Sevier or Camp Gordon and there will be mustered out. They will be given new clothing and back pay on leaving New York. OLD WAY GOOD ENOUGH FOR SECYS GLASS AND BURLESON Kashington?Secretary of the Treasury Glass and Postmaster General Burleson prefer the time-honored horsedrawn vehicle to the automobile and in deference to their wishes the house appropriations committee amended the legislative bill so as to provide carriages for their personal use instead of automobiles which will be furnished other members ot the cabinet. W. J. BRYAN IN CONFERENCE WITH WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS Raleigh. ? WHh William Jennings Bryan as the special guest, the North Carolina suffrage league was in special conference and agreed upon a program of legislation to seek at the hands of this general assembly, elected officers for th& next year, and joined a great crowd at the city auditorium where the great commoner was the speaker and suffrage his special theme. The legislative agreement reached by the suffragists was to ask of this legislature simply the enactment of a provision that will give the women the right to vote in the party primaries, so that they may have a voice at least in the selection of the candidates for th# offices of the state and county. Mr. Bryan first discussed national prohibition as an accomplished fact and the great part democracy has had in its accomplishment. TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF MINORITY NATIONALITIES Paris.?Presdent Wilson Is giving considerable attention to the problem of safeguarding the rights of minority nationalities in the peace treaty. The territories in question are occupied by mixed races. The race having an evident majority will, in principle, determine the future of the regions in question, but when that is done the peace settlement. It is held, must also include complete guarantees for the protection of minority races. TWENTY-SIX TONS IN8URANCE RECORDS ARE RECEIVED HERE Washington.?Twenty-six tons of insurance records from the Amercaln expeditionary forces were received in Washington by the bureau of war risk insurance of the treasury department. They represent $1,600,000,000 of government insurance written on American soldiers overseas. The records will be merged with the other records on file, representing a grand total of more than $38,000,000,000 of insurance. I IMES ORANGEBURG'S MAYOR QUITS Resignation Is Generally Regretted; Important Pressing Personal Business Assigned As Cause. Orangeburg.?Robert Lide, mayor ol Orangeburg, has tendered his resigna tion to take effect as soon as his sue cessor can be named and qualifies. Mr Lide has been mayor of Orangeburg a little more than a year and hat nearly three more years of his term The resignation was brought about by pressing personal business. Mr Lide has issued a long and interestint statement relative to the needs of tin city. He has done well as mayor ant the people here regret to hear of hli resignation. _ Autos Pay Big Revenue. Colnmbla.?Merchants, manufactur era, railroads, corporations, automo bile owners and all other business ot cupations in Columbia paid the cit; the Bum of $84,837.93 in 1918 for th< privilege of doing business last year The receipts exceeded the estimate* income specified in the budget by $13, 837.93. Owners and operators of nutomc biles paid the city $13,455 for transfe TV. ? M\,vuova. i tin vuj ucasuici iasuc< 897 tags at $15 each. Chauffeurs badges were issued to 959 applicants each man paying $1 for the metalli plate. Cheater's Good Cotton Year. Chester.?Federal ginners' statistic indicate that 26.233 bales of cotto were ginned in Chester county up t December 13, as against 20.121 bnle for the corresponding period las year. This year's crop Is much lai ger than any one anticipated. Muc cotton remains to be picked. It i thought this season Chester count will produce at least 28.000 bale which will come cIobc to the recor crop of 30,000 bales. On Pollock's Trail. Greenville.?Equal suffrage worker of Greenville have entered upon a d< termlned campaign to secure, if po sible. a definite statement from Seni tor W. P. Pollock of his postion i regard to the equal suffrage constiti ticnal amendment which is now befor the senate. A number of busines men of Greenville, at the suggestio of the suffrage workers, have recentl written Senator Pollock urging him t make a definite statement as to whetl er or not he will favor the amem ment. News From Clemson. Clemson College.?Clemson Colle* opened the second term of the se sion with an enrollment of betwee 600 and 700 students. On account ( the irreRularlties incident to the shif ing back to the former curricula froi the special work which was beln done under war conditions during th last term, it is not yet certain whi the enrollment will be. but there good prospect that at least 700 wi be registered within a week. Accused of Peonage. Greenville. ? According to stat ments from officials of the Unite States marshal's office here who hn\ investigated the case and brought th charges, Jesse Barnes, a planter ( Abbeville county, has been charge with peonage, was recently boun over for trial and will probably t tried at the February term of the coui in Greenwood. Two negro childre are involved in the case. It is allege that Barnes forcibly assumed custod of the children and put them to wor on his place after their parents, wh owed Barnes some money, had ru i away. Pythiana Will Celebrate. Pythian lodges throughout the si preme domain will celebrate the 65t anniversary of the founding of th j order February 19. The celebratlo ; this year will be In the nature of I victory jollification. Cruel warfar ; which has clouded the sky for for ! and a half years is ended. In thf | struggle the Pythians played an in ; nortant role by Riving money, me , and devoted loyalty. Columbia lodge usually hold jo*nt exercises and con mittees from Myrtle, Capital, Colun bia and Equality lodges will arrang an appropriate program. Sale of Guernsey Cattle. Hock Hill.?The York County Ourei ' sey Association, about the first of Di "ember, sent D. D. Elliott, dairyma specialist of Clemson College and th United States department of agrieu 'ure, to the northwest to personall select and buy a carload of registere luernsey heifers. Mr. Elliott su< "eeded in buying a very choice lot t bred and unbred heifers, about on< half of them being imported and on< half American bred. They have arrived and will he sol at Rock Hill, 33 in number. Chester County 8hows Gains. Chester.?Federal glnners' statistic *ndicate that 26,233 bales of cotto were ginned in Chester county up t Uecember 13. as against 20,125 hale 'or the corresponding period last yeai This year's crop is much larger tha tnyone anticipated. There was muc 'ate cotton, due to storms of the sun mer. and the late fall made the lat Haple a success. It is thought thl eason Ches'er county will produc >t least 118,000 hales, which will com "lose to a full crop, which is 80,00 bales. r' . " X 4 i \ ri 'W . /.' / . ' ? . r, $1.25 Per Tear. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE GAMPS [ GENERAL COLE BECOMES NEW COMANDER OF CAMP JACKSON BY RECENT ORDER. i ' SOON TO BECOME CITIZENS 5 i 1 Concrete Construction Work on Roadt 1 Being Pushed at Camp Sevier as Well as Other Work. Camp Jackson.?Brig. Gon. Thomai ?- H. Rocs, commander of Camp Jack >- son was called to Washington wher* - : he will become chief of engineers. f I General Rees will be succeeded ai e commander of Camp Jackson by Brig . Gen. W. E. Cole. General Pei? *??! 1 been the commander of the Twentieth . ! Brigade at Camp Jackson, coming tc ; this camp about the same time ai ^ General Rees. I Lieut. H. W. Bagnall, who was aid* ^ to General Rees, will remain as aid* , to General Cole. There are no other changes in thi '* personnel of the headquarters staff. c It was announced at camp headquar ters that a telegram had Just been ro ceived from the war department al Washington, stating that a number ol s overseas soldiers would be sent tc n Camp Jackson in a very short tiin? o and the war department .wanted to ? know how many overseas men could it be taken care of in Camp Jackson r- It is expected that a number of men h from overseas will arrive here within a a short time, hut just how many is y not known at this time. The indica s tions are that a large number of overd seas men will come, however, to this camp a little later on About 125 alien soldiers of Camp Jackson are soon to become American citizens by naturalization, having s proven themselves worthy of thla Fhonor and having expressed desires to s~ renounce their native lands and to a" swear allegiance to the Stars and n Stripes. A. C. Payne, naturalization commise sioner is here and will commence the ,s examination of these candidates for n American citizenship. The naturalizay tion will take place shortly after the ? examinations are completed, the exact date not yet having been determined whether or not the naturalization ceremonies will be held in Camp Jackson or in Columbia. Harry Hann, camp contractor, an> nounced that with favorable weather s- conditions all the new roads now ben ing built within the camp will be comif pleted within 30 or 40 days, t- | These roads are being built around in me ease uospuai, in me warenuuao g areas and flro roads. When these le i roads are completed the camp will it have a fine system of lateral and 1s longitudinal roads. In fact, as Mr. 11 llann stated. Camp Jackson will have the best system of roads of any camp in the country. Three water tanks with a capacity e- of 200.000 gallons each are being built id on the elevation near the base hos e pital. These tanks will "be used for Are protection purposes. It is expected that they will be completed soon. ,(j j The educational department of the (j Y. M. C. A. is assisting the men who ie | are soon to be discharged by preparrt i ing them for positions in civil life. n ; Among other things Secretary Z. L. I(j J Madden of the educational departy ment will give a series of 12 lectures ^ | on farming. Theso lectures will be () given at the various "Y" buildings and n will embrace every phase of agricultural pursuits. Camp Sevier. In spite of the fact that virtually all ^ new construction at Camp Sevier has ^ been held up, some important coni creto road construction is still being n pushed. Road forces are now prepara ing to complete the concrete road from the main camp highway to the base hospital, which was half finished a month or so ago Some minor " I work is still going on, mostly with a i view of guarding and protecting n against damago to buildings that have 3 ; not been finished Work has been defiv 1 nitely suspended on an underpass v which had been started to eliminate a ? grade crossing over the Southern Rail* way tracks Bitten by a Mad Dog. Rock Hill.?A fine Beagle pup belonging to W. B. Wilson, Jr., was hitr? l " ten by a our a few days ago and has R since developed hydrophobia and been '* killed by Mr. Wilson, not. however, bey fore biting a number of people here. d two little sons of Professor Coker were the first victims of the dog and later the little daughter and Mrs. Chris Walker and Jack Foster, son of 5" J .Harry Foster, were bitten. It Is reported that the little daughter o! d Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Pitts was also bit* ten by the dog. Minister to Cuba Returns. 3 Columbia?William Elliott Gonzales; n United States minister to Cuba, who ? has been In Columbia on a visit of 3 several weeks, left for Washington. r* whence he will go to New York to sail in about a week for Cuba. " John S. Reynolds, formerly news editor of The Columbia State and secretary of the Atlantic Coast Circuit Association of the Associated Press. ? die<> in France on October 10 from 6 wounds received in action, according ? to a message received here from thf war department.