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| AN OFFER IS MADE | TO INTERN KAISER HOLLAND ANXIOUS TO COMPLY WITH ANY REQUE8T THAT COMPORT8 WITH DIGNITY. ;-i DOORN IS CITY SELECTED 1 1 Situation Singularly Advantageous, Being Remote From Any Large \ Cities, Place Easily Guarded. 1 The Hague.?The latest allied note to Holland with regard to extradition of the former German emDeror re verses the original demand for his sur\ render and only asks hie Internment, \ -with the suggestion that the former monarch be sent, perhaps, to one of the Dutch islands in the East Indies, ' it became known. It is learned ou excellent authority that the Dutch government has alTeady determined to reply with an ofJhr for actually to Intern Wilhelm at VflA wKDoorn. Holland would accept the full Wwes pons thill ty of preventing him from B wkidangerlng the peace of the world. VjB Establishing a guard over him and a ifr. Sflfrct censorship. gSRolland, it 1r pointed out in dlplocircles, is anxious to meet any of the allies which is compatiHF^wlth her own dignity and does Sljd^Kttnflict with the nation's laws and of long standing. More Bra^^^ftrtlilng else, as far as can be fei^njfejphe desires to bring to a aH^BHMseues over the presence of I thflHitiU' emperor, which has been a side since the Hohenxoir^Brwftt^ht refuge here in 1918. "ex-ruler is undoubtedly wlllM^fb apend the rest of his life In Dootin Is the belief in official circles, whepe it is also believed that the al^Jteil'^rJll accept the proposal to place upon Holland's shoulders the responr nihility for keeping him there. They pofnt to Doorn as being a particularly advantageous place to intern him, as the village is not near any large city and the house which the ex-emperoj has bought is so placed as to be easily guarded. CAROLINA. CLINCHFIELD AND .mitEGURES A GUARANTEE ?The railroad admina contract providing *or miim annual compensation to thd oBHHKciinchfleld & Ohio rail road wfipg^jQvernment control. AMERt^M^BL,ON IN favor 0*WBBLL*?*y train|nq WaahlnfiU^HBbonus -tor ex-ser vice men wflflBNftkpulBory military training wej%3HH|bced as the principal aims ^jjHIuMidlfttive committee-of the AraH|)^^Lpgion. members of which wore wirefor a series of conferences with congressmen. GEORGIA FARMER PRODUCE8 COTTON WITH GREEN FIBRE. DaKon. On.?<3. P. O'Brlant, a farmer residing in the Pleasant Grove district of this county, claims to have produced cotton the staple of which Is n pronounced green. The samples of this "Vlrldescent cotton" is of beautiful grpen color and of very fine texture and fibre, resembling lambs wool. $32,350 600 WAS OFFERED FOR 21 OF 34 HUN VESSELS. Washington.?The morning session t of the auction of 84 seised German ships closed with a total of $32,350.000 offered for 21 vessels. The individual ton bids were $14,050 000 by the International Mercantile Mnrine for nine ships for service to the United Kingdom and northern continental ports; n bid of $13,100,000 by the same cornorntion for six vessels for service to Hamburg and Bremen; $4 500.000 offered bv Moore and ^McCormack for five ships for 3outft?fl|jterican service. ANOTHER AM^BH^APTURFn by band wjjpfefcw brigands Wa?ihlnirt<m.?wiUttJI Welsh Adams, flo - American, has ho4$Hfijjg|ppd by ban ditn fn Zscnt?ca?. is be Itr held for 60 000 y6K^$*nsorn, th* state dorw-tment w8BMh||M. The Amcr'crin repl*aittl*tlves ai finltlUo and MontornH^H9ft0Portin| the incident, said thn in Zacatecns were endcnMsfflM^tp learn tVrt of AdaHjj^Hnis cap tors and that three colf|ffif||^Mexi can| troops had been seaHfl|^H strike op mainten*HHHi way men OFF inp<bwlv Detroit.?The strike of 3o6,OPfli mom hers of the Brotherhood of [ Mafntenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers was indefinitely postponed by A. E, Baker. Internationa] president of the union, in accordance trlth the.jwquest of President Wilson that -action be delayed until after ths aenetsl conference of railway union commttte men on February the 23rd. Notice of the decision was commaok*ted to Dtrsatof General Hiees. D3ES NOT MEAN REAL WEALTH | Country Can bo Enriched by 81m-1 sly Raising Prices on Its Own Productions, Sold to Own People. Washington. ? Warning that the D| prosperity and activity indicated by )anking figures may become artificial tni deceptive was given by John 3kelton Williams in his annual report is comptroller of the currency. Remarking that In 1919 there was aot a national bank failure involving R ose to depositors and that the banking power of the country has In:reased 900 per cent in the last thirty rears. Mr. Williams added: "A large volume of money cannot mean increase of production and :here !s decrease of production and the accumulation and movement of lecurities and currency represent abaormally inflated values put on dimin- ca Ished supplies of essentials. Jfl1 "It is clear that no country can be :id enriched by merely increasing prices jln af products produced and consumed no by its own people. | pr All the gold in the world, aside Qu .'rom $3,135,000,000 held by this coun- th try, was estimated by the comptroller at $6,000,000,000 or only about 40 per all sent of the credit balance of this Ui sountry in the last six years. to ll< OIL PRODUCTION HERE IN 1919 ou WAS 368.255,611 BARREL!. to Oil City, Pa.?Oil production in the United States during 1919 was 366,- m 255,611 barrels, an increase of more sa than 24,000,000 barrels over the pre- 'n rious year, according to the annual an review of The Oil City Derrick. Pi CONSIDERABLE RAISE IN THE WAGE OF CHICAGO TEACHERS. Chicago, III.?Teachers in the Chi- no eago elementary Bchools obtained a jci alary increase of >450 a year and d< high school teachers an increase of $400 under a decision by the board vi of -education. NO CHANGES ARE TO BE MADE .. IN QUEBEC PROHIBITION LAW. ly ?*? to: Quebec.?The present legislature su will not change the Quebec prohibition law. which allows the sale of zi light wines and beers, Walter Mitchell, provincial treasurer, told a delegation which called upon him. an IDAHO 18 THIRTIETH STATE ha TO RATIFY EQUAL SUFFRAGE, de za Boise, Idaho.?Idaho's legislature in to special session ratified the woman's surrrage amendment to the national c< constitution by large majorities in both houses. Idaho is the 30th state to ratify. ? ? m< ALASKA ORGANIZES RANGER8 wl FOR FIGHT WITH BOLSHEVIST8 a CO Washington.?The formation of a ag body of constabulary in Alaska, to be known as the Alaska Rangers, whose |KI duty it will be to protect Alaskans against bolshevism, is one of the legislative measures Governor Thomas Rtgga. Jr., of that territory, is in of Washington to urge. de m STRONG EFFORT TO BE MADE ta TO GET FIVE PER CENT BEER hfc Ai , Washington.?First definite declaration of an effort to amend the Vol- 01 stead act, which limits the alcoholic content of beverages to one-half of one per cent, was made in the house by Representative Vare, Pennsyl- th vanla, who announced that at the next w ; session of Congress he would Intro- m duce a bill providing for sale of Ave wl per cent beer. Ri m rtrm Aim LI ISI ? k/tmniiu nuiutiidunu ncl/au3t \] OF ATROCITIES PERMITTED pc i w! London.?The German press as quot- r, ed In a dispatch to the Exchange Tel-; egraph Company from Copenhagen, de- h clares that Field Marshal von Hindenhurg's surrender Is demanded by the allies not only because he is alleged to have said "the most cruel war Is ve the most humane, because it lends to p* an end," but also because of his re- en sponsibllity for the destruction of prop- sa erty during the German retreat. wi WOULD CLOSE CHURCHES OF L< ENGLAND FOR SIX MONTHS. London.?The Rev. W. E. H. Morris, vicar of All Saints' church, Southport, de thinks that "it might not be a bad re | thing for England if the church were wl to close down for six months." p? ' "This country, he said, "has been ye I brought up in the lap of ecclesiastl- j th I cal luxury and is gospel burdened. ;T1 There aro few towns in this country i Wi that are not over-churched. Religion i8( Is so easily to be obtained that we ta do not appreciate it It is too cheap." de WILSON MAY PRE8I0E OVER T! NEXT MEETING OF CABINET. Washington.?The next meeting of the cabinet probably will be called and presided over by the President i Secretary Lansing, who has been is-' suing the calls for the meetings for na I several months, said he had written . is cabinet officers that there would be | fr< no more sessions of the president's All official family tor the present He In would offer no explanation, bnt It waa m understood that his letter was writ- a : ten by direction of Mr. Wilson. hli 'RESIDENT IS NOT AT All SATISFIED SAQREE8 STRONGLY IN THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF ADRIATIC QUE8TION. * EPLY TO KOTE IS DRAFTED | lother Delay in the Adriatic Settlement aa Result of the Incident Foreseen in French Circles. i i Paris.?Hugh C. Wallace, the AmerL 1 ambassador, delivered to the for-j sn office a memorandum from Pres-1 ent Wilson, according to The Temps, i1 which the president said he could'1 t approve of Premier Lloyd George's 1 oposed settlement of the Adriatic estion which has been submitted to e Jugo-Slavs. 1 The Temps says President Wilson lowed it to he understood that the aited States would find it impossible' continue in conference if the al-j, ss settle the Adriatic uestlon with-; t consulting the United States. The premiers have drafted a reply President Wilson's note on the I Jriatic question, which will be trans- ; itted through the American ambas-j dors at London and Paris, accordg to a member of Premier Miller- ( id's staff. *EMIER LLOYD GEORGE IS NOT TO COME TO AMERICA 1 London.?Premier Lloyd George Is it contemplating any trip to Amera, it was stated, authoritatively in >wnlng Street. i SCOUNT GREV 53 TO BE SUCCEEDED BY EARL READING ' London?Viscount Grey has definitedecided not to return to Washingn as British ambassador, but will be 1 cceeded by Earl Reading. MSTVO REGIME RECOGNIED BY RUSSIAN ORGANIZATIONS ( Berlin.?Severe weather, blizzards, ' d snow storms in the last few days ive crippled outdoor revolutionary, monstratlon. All government organitions are acclaiming their allegiance ' the Zemstvo regime. 5MBINATION OF LUMBERMEN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRICES < Memphis. Tenn.?The government Dved to lower the price of lumber hen the department of Justice filed petition In the United States district urt here asking for an injunction ;ain?t 333 southern lumbermen. EY TO OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF LORD MAYOR IS RETURNED London.?The ?arge key of the door the Mansion house, official resiince of the lord mayor, which was Issed last Bummer after an enterinment given to American sailors, >s just been restored througn tho nerican embassy. ME SON OF THE EX-KAfSER HA8 NOW TWO LIVING WIVES New York.?Oscar, the fifth son of e ex-kaiser of Germany, has two Ives. In July, 1914, his morganatic arriage to Mile. Ina Maria BaaseIt, who took the title of Countess of jppln, was announced. In 1916 he arried Princess Marie Auguste of nhalt. And it has never been reirted either that his first marriage , is annulled or that the Countess of lpppln was dead. ANGMAN OF LINCOLN MURDER SUSPECTS DIES IN MICHIGAN Jackson. Mich.?Christian Rath, teran of the Confederate war and ecut'oner of tho alleged conspirators nvioted of being involved in the assslnatton of Lincoln, dl^d here He as born In Freldenstadt, Germany. 3NDON PAPERS TAUNT US ON "PRESIDENTIAL ABSOLUTISM." | London.?"President Wilson evlntly Intends to take np again the gns or government in a sp'r't that 11 hrook no oppos'tlon." Bald Thn ill Mall Gazetto. "He hns another ar in office and the Indications are at It Is going to he a lively one." le newsnaner referred In bant^rine iv to "President Wilson's solenrt'd station " Some of the newsoanors unt the United States for its "preslntial absolutism." HE LEAGUE OF NATIONS WON IN RECENT MISSOURI CONTEST Kansas City. Mo.?What Is regarded a complete victory for President , llson in his fight for the league of .tions covenant and the peace treaty seen here when Incomplete returns >m the third Missouri congressional strict show that the democratic nom- ] ae for the vacancy made by the prostlon of Joihua W. Alexander, has majority of approximately 1,600 over i republican opponent. I1 POST FLATLY CONTRADICTED "Wilful, Deliberate, Shameless, Venomous Perversion of Truth," Some of the Adjectives Used. Washington.?In The Washington Post, Albert W. Fox a special writer, had a report of the Sims hearing, which was branded by Representative Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, before the house as "a wilful, deliberate, shameless, venomous, malicious, Incorrigible perversion of the truth and tl e facts." Reading the hcadlinea?"Attack of DanlolB answered by Sims;admiral indicates secretary's policy as defeatist; Is cheered at hearing; vigorously denies charge that he Is pro-Bruisu; upheld by Senator Glass, etc." Representative Kitchin saijl: "I read carefully accounts of the hearing in other newspapers. Not one of the correspondents of these newspapers sustain in the least these statements in The Washington Posl; but every single one of them say that Messrs. Glass and Byrnes flatly contradicted Admiral Sims, which they did, and that Senator Glass confirmed the statements of Mr. Byrnes. "In tnreo of the newsi-apers the correspondents agree with my opinion that Senator Glass went further in his contradiction of Admiral Sims than did Representative Byrnes." GENERAL DIEGUEZ APPOINTED MEXICAN SECRETARY OF WAR. El Paso.?Gen. Manuel L. Dlegues, commander of operations in the north crats. H.tchcock's action In presenting "impossible" proposals ha3 put the treaty hack where It was last November, leading senators of the Lodge group >a'fl. fhev declared he struggle has been greatlv lengthened MEMBERS OF M'FSIONS ARE TOO WELL FED IN GERMANY Berlin?Members of missions from allied countries are tco well fed by (><*-im?n hotel keepers and consequently get a wrong impression of food and ly get a wrong Impression of food conditions in Germany, the off'cial organ of the German Hotel Koenert.' Orran ization d^clafs in a s gned article. The German people suffer as a result, the article points out, as the members return with the impress . i l .?. Germany has a plent'ful suoply of food. ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON TO 8UCCEED PAGE IN ROME Washington. ? Robert Underwood Johnson, of New York, author and editor and one of the 'ni"' < League to Enforec Peace, has been selected by President Wilson as ambassador to Rome. Mr. Johnson was originator of the m^morls' to ? '? * 1 Rome, originator and chairman of the American poets' ambulance in Italy in 1917, and author of Italian Rbeosody and other poems %t Italy i f,SlS&Ij i rn ^ne#of Mexico, has been appointed secretary of war and inarino, according to El Heraldo of Chihuahua City. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND STAGE STRIKE IN ITALY. Milan, Italy.?.Two hundred thousand men employed In chemical factories, Including CO.000 workmen in pharmaceutical plants, weLt on strike for higher wages and a week's annual vacation. CINCINNATI 18 THE FIRST CITY TO COMPLETE CENSUS. Washington. ? Cincinnati was the first city to complete its fourteenth decennial census enumeration, it was announced at the census bureau. The last portfolio was turned in February 9. AN EMBARGO ON CORN FROM MEXICO BEING CONSIDERED. Washington.?To prevent the entry of boll weevil into this country in cottonseed mixed with corn imported from Mexico, the department of agri culture is considering the prohibition of limitation of corn imports from that country. INVESTIGATION OF RECENT MURDERS BEGUN BY TURKEY Constantinople.?Investigation of the reported murder of James Perry and '''rank S. Johnson, representatives of the American Y. M. C. A., by Turkish brigands near Aintab, Syria, has been begun by the Turkish government. U. 6.-MEXICO CONFERENCE 18 OPENED IN CIT/ OF MEXICO Mexico City.?Two hundred delegates were in attendance when the first United States-Mexico trade con ference opened here. Delegates to the conference included 121 American representatives and 75 executives of Mexican commercial and industrial firms. SENATORS SEE LITTLE HOPE OF RATIFYING THE TREATY Washington. .? Supporters of the Lodge reservations have rejected the Lodge reservations have rejected the two proposals for compromise on Article 10 submitted to them by Senator F'tehcock an<l signed by 28 demo LANSING ABRUPTLY LEAVESJIS P0S1 RE8IQNED BECAUSE OF BEING CHARGED BY WIL80N WITH USURPING POWERS. \ RELIEVED OF EMBARRASSMENT Secretary la Glad to Give Up Place to One Whose Mind Is More Neariy Attuned to That of President. Washington.?Robert Lansing ended his career as secretary of state after President T.'ilson had accused him of usurping the powers of President by calling meetings of the cabinet during Mr. Wilson's illness. Mr. Lansing answered two days later?saying he had called the cabinet conferences because he and others of the President's official family "felt j that, in view of the fact that we were denied communication wnh vr?u, it was wise for us to confer info* t-?Uy together on matters as to whkV action could not be postponed until vour ' medical adviser permitted you to pass iupon them." The secretary concluded by saying | that if the President believed he had failed In his "loyalty" to him and if Mr. Wilson Xio iuugoT had confidence In him he was ready to "relieve you of any embarrassment by placing my resignation in your hands." The President replied that he was "much disappointed" by Mr. Lansing's (letter regarding "the so-called cabinet (meetings," and added that he "must frankly take advantage of your kind (suggestion" to resign. *1 must say," continued the Presi- , dent, "that it would relieve me of embarrassment, Mr. Secretary, the embarrassment of feeling your reluctance and divergence of Judgment, if you would give up your present office and afford me an opportunity to select someone else whose mind would more willingly go along with mine." THIRTEEN THOUSAND WORKMEN ON STRIKE AT TOKIO, JAPAN. Tokio.?Thirteen thousand workmen In the government iron foundry here went on strike without warning. NEWS OF KOLCHAK KILLING IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. ???? I London.?News of the execution of Admiral Kolchak, former head of the .All-Russian government, has been officially confirmed. DANISH MINISTER WANTS DENMARK IN THE LEAGUE. Copenhagen.?The Danish minister of foreign affairs has requested the assent of parliament to the proposal that Denmark Join the league of nations. , WILLIAM PHILLIPS IS TO BE MINISTER TO NETHERLANDS Washington.?President Wilson Is understood to have decided on the appointment of William Phillips, assistant secretary of state, as minister to the Netherlands. RED CROSS IS MOBILIZING ALL NURSES IN THE SOUTH. .? i Atlanta. Oa.?Mobilization of all Red | Cross nurses in the Southern dlvls- , I Ion was ordered at headquarters In an jefTort to combat Influenza which Is isald to be spreading rapidly in South Carolina and to a lesser degree in Tennessee and F'orlda. ARI70NA HAS RATIFIED WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Phoen'x. Ariz.?R">t?flcatlon of fbe woman sufTrnee amendment to the federal constitution hv a soeclil session cf the Ar'zona legislature, was eomol fed when the senate adonfd r^tlfy'nir resolution follow'ng s'm'lar action by the house. Arizona Is the 31st state to rat'fy. NEW NOTr ON PX-KAISER HAS PTEN FORWAROED TO HOLLAND IiOnrlon A now dIIIpH nnto tr\ 'ami r^gnrd'rg the extradition of "cnrdlne to The Evening Staadird. former Emperer William despta^hed Th? note, says the n'-wspapor, makes a strong appeal to the Dutch government "not to create greater diffirul'Vs in Europe by insisting on the r'ght >f asv'nm for the man characterird as the author of the world's present troubles." POINDEXTER VERY 8EVERE ON AMERICAN FEDERATION LABOR / lit lea. N. Y.?Charges that behind 'he announced plan of the American "Vderation of Labor to obtain the election of a congress and a president favorable to its policies existed a sinister movement of a small coterie of labor leaders who have grown powerful by the contributions they have levied upon labor to set up a "government within a government" were made here by United States Senator MUee I Poind ex ter. WINTHROP TRAINING COURSES Former Successful Assistant State and County Agents are to be Instructors During 8ession. Rock Hill,?The home tiemonatra y tlon department of Winthrop college has made plans to give two courses each year, spring and summer, in home demonstration work for tne purpose of training those who are interested in home demonstration work and enabling them to tAke positions I along this line. ' The first course yrill begin March 10 and will be open to any well qualified girl or woman who is desirous of ' fitting herself for a position in the home demonstration work. The course wat. especially designed for seniors at Winthrop college but it is open to any woman who has had practical experience in home economics ^ or a special desire to learn more con- 1 cerning the subject c This first course, beginning March * 10. will extend through the entire r spring and end the first of June. An- other course will be put on during thu I regular Winthrop summer school Former successful assistant state f and county agents will act as instruc- <tors and those who take and sucr-ess- v fully finish the spring term of work will he able to accept positions by c July. Workers are badly needed not * only in South Carolina but elsewhere c along this line. The field is very large 3 and the opportunity for service great. r I Columbia,?Bricklayers in C<4um- ^ bia have made a demand for a-.i Increase In wares from 85 cents to SI per hour according to re*vl estate ' men. r t Darlington.?R. L. Williamson has arm ed in Darlington from Mobile, ? Ala., where he went to get the Curtis i airplane which will oe operf-tcd by him as pilot for the foe Dee \ircroft f corporation. The trip home wt-sj made f In about eight hour*. Caffney,?It was imported in Gaf 1 fney on good autaority that the t Southern Power company hai pur i chased the plant of the Cherokee 1 Falls Manufacturing company which is siturated in Cherokee county on Broad river, about live xallss from ^ Gaffney. < Hartsville,?The Jacques Thibaud recital scheduled t-> be given at Cokei college has been jideflnltely postpon ed on account of the flu situation at Hartsville. So far no cases have been reported at the r.olluge, which is un- 1 der strict Quarantine. 1 Jordan,?The school hoards of this section of Clarendon county havn ordered all schools closed on account of influenza. There have baen several 1 cases reported, but no deaths, and it 1 is stated that the situation is nut at 1 all alarming &s it is In a very mild ' form. ( r Charleston/?Judge F. B Gary. In ^ the court of general sessions, reduced the fine of $10,000 Imposed by Judge Memminger on the Charleston Bridge ^ Co. "for obstructing traffic" to $3,000 ^ to be paid to the county tnrasurer, the ^ defendant company having appealed ^ to the rupreme court with the result ^ that a revision of the sentence was j ordered. Laurens,?With the Intention of j launching a big membership cam- ? paign and placing the organization on a more effective working basis, the Laurens chamber of commerce gave a banquet at which addresses werp ( made, mainly along the line of de- j veloplng a live commercial body with r a vision and a program of activities j well defined. Greenville.? Greenville has been a made the "shipping center" for army t recruits In South Carolina and L'eut. < Col. R. D. Bates, formerly In cl^nrge of 1 the Columbia office, transferred to \ t the Mountain City. Lieutenant Colonel Bates has been in charge of re crultlng In South Carolina for many j r months and has made Columbia head-1 ] ouarters. He is ass'stant to Col. J. E. I r, Wyke, recruiting officer for this die- c trict, with headquarters in Savannah, t Much Buildlnq Activity. Columbia.?W. J. Mav. city building Inspector. Issued perm'ts to pronerty d owners to er^rt eight frame dwollings r to COgt *17.000. f The Pacific mill w'U construct four F frame dweJl'nga on the 600 block of c Whalev street at a cost of $20,000. n T^e houses will contain six rooms t each. o The General Building company has f procured a permit to erect four frame C dwell'Tips to cost H7.000. t Jack Ulmer will build a frame f dwelling to cost $3,r>00. t Two Inquests Held. C Union,?Coroner W. D. Harris held an Inquest In the matter of the double t' tragedy which caused deaths of L.. W. p Woodruff and Frank L. Zernp, which t occurred. o An inquest was held In each case, t but the verdict was the same in both n and read - s follows: "That he came F to his death directly by belnq struck f< ''y train No. 41. engine No. 1321, F*eb o nary 11. Indirectly by whatever au- n horltles i.re responsible for maintain- s ng a crossing of kind where deceased v vaa killed which is a death tray." t, /' . . i UNUSUAL INCIDENTS AT CLOSE OF Ultl VIFE ON DEATH BED 18 MUOH $ I GRATIFIED THAT SHE AND ^ HUSBAND DIE TOGETHER. 16ES WERE 82 AN075 YEARs B| In Accordance with a Frequently Ex^.jHV pressed Wish of the Couple, a 9 Double Funeral wae Held. " TO Greenville,?Expressing on her J ,9 leath bed her gratification that her S fe and that of her husband had end* 9 id together, and that they would 1>e luried together, Mrs. L. C. Ziinrner- m nan, died at Greer, this county, just .a 14 hours after the death of her hus- ^ In accordance with the wish fre[uently expressed by the aged couple . iring their lifetime, a double funeral Mr. Zimmerman was 82 years of .-P ige, and Mrs. Zimmerman 76. The > utsband was a native of Orangeburg :ounty, but had lived in Greer for 19 years. Had he and Mrs. Ziinmernan lived a week longer, they would lave celebrated the llfty-thlrd annircrsary of their wedding. Their life had been an unusual case >f devotion und loyality to each other, ind theiir lifelong wish that they night come to the end of life's Jourley together, was frequently voicfed >y both during their last illneBB vhich has lasted for several weeks, ind which was due principally to the ntlrmities of age. Mr. Zimmerman was a Confederate koldier, and was buried in his Con* ederate uniform. Washington, (Special)?The foV owing South Carolina postmasters vere nominated: C. S. Rice, Dennark; Howard A. Littlejohn, Bel ton; Sdgar E. Poag. Rock Hill. Clinton,?The patrons of the Presjyterian college of South Carolina will be interested to know that the :ollege has been practically free from nfluenza up to the presont. Prosperity.?In an election held in Prosperity approval was given by the voters for a bond issue of $35,000 for h * pnntjfrni'iinn i\f nn nlnntrl/* nnvu^v wt mis vivvwi iv yunva lne and the Installation of electfic ights. || fl V:?| Gaffney,?Dr. W. C. Hamrlck Mid hat the $500,000 which he asked tor ,o build and equip the new $1,000,000 nlll for Gaffney had been largely jverscrlhod, and that offers to pur:hase stock were still coming In. rhese requests for stock are all ac;epted conditionally, as It is not conemplated to go beyond the million. Union,?Frank L. Zemp, of Ctmlen, a traveling salesman, and L?. W. Voodmff, part owner of a garage at Jnion, were killed about two miles mm Carlisle, when the automoblld In vhlch they were driving was struck >y a Southern railway passenger rain. Mr. Zemp was killed instantly and dr. Woodruff died about an hour ifter reaching a hospital. Chester,?The Methodists at Baldvln, a suburban textile village near "hester, have decided to erect a handsome new edifice which when o-Tt^'etcd will cost approximately 125.000. _ ' Rock Hill.?M'ss Jqanita Necly, vho has been the efficient homo lemonstration agent In Lanchcster ounty for several years past, has men apno'nted as home demonstraion agent for York county. A"derso.i.?Two of the Andonum "Mis. Rrngon and Fquleox. have emloyod nurses for influenza, pnetinonla. etc. Not that there Is ?o many ases there, but as a preventive ncasure. Another R-at E?*t?te Deal. - \ - nt^or 1 nrrro CAAI . . * r.vi 'i cnwtio leal wir closed h?re when the firm if S"'!"'"' f~ Shannon ">m Mrs. W. J. Bnrd?ll of Fort Dad?, 'la., the Burdell block on th? corner f'B'-nri'l ?nd Bnt1efl'?e stT"?e?<v For lanv yarw th's hes been the home of be Bank of Camden, and ste-o room rnm'ed for nearly 3ft ymrs by Inrlnrs and Shannon. The pe^v of "amden w'll movo In the nmr future o their now hu'ld'ng on Mn'n street nrmerly occupied by the First Na* lonal bank. lata on Legion Members. Beeofort?At the last meetlnpr of he Beaufort post, American Leerlon. lans were made to compile a d'st'ncIve service reonrH nt ?o??i m?n<w f the local post. The work of get* insr together the date for this per lanent record will be In charge of I. E. Lewis. "When compiled it will r>rm a part of the permanent records f the Legion. It will give the roan's ftme, organisation with which he erred, the various engagements to rhlcn he served, camp in which he rained. c >'. ' /'I, \jt. -'As j 5 i .