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ft**"**" SECOND SECTION NUMBER 36. Chronicle SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916. ?? ' . build wo row for F<>rt Btor?y ?*j Capo H??ry. \ I ,k jKv, U>.-The breaking of! tor Fort Htoroy at OapoHan ?n? for the nucoeaa of peace iade by O'ermany and her al tabling of ? resolution favoring Ihutlon of the South'* negro miionir the other States and I n# bv Secreafy W. B. Wtttfon J diriment of labor were ffca r t?xlay'? activities of tbe South nuen-lal congreas here, j- (fremonleM marked the dedl 0f the nlt? for the ?rettt lau<1 the government proposea to e* . (be protection of Hampton Baltimore and Washington, irt of Virginia turned the flrst etrtb. tn the day the National As u of Commissioners of Agri , met and discussed cotton Ivepiflcatlon, conservation of the resources and a letter system ipg Home speakers hailed il farm loan act as a means ig]ug tbe South'* agricultural enabling tenant farmers to br owner*. mant lo have the congreaa to as favoring the loca,tion ? proposed government Qltrate ?t Muscle Shoals. Ala., was d ?t tbe first meeting of the 1*8 auxiliary of ther congress iilenxxxi. Mrs.^fl. H. Matl.es ibana anted the adoption of a |tk>n which the Alabama delega te to offer. resolutions committee nnnomic t the negro distribution reHolu fered by Judge Francis D, Win Windsor, N. C., had been Jatd' table. The committee torthrtit ? completed consideration of ottl* itters before It but It was exjJefljt* report tomorrow. i's relation to international re Ion wan the subjoct of an ad* .. Col. liarvie Jordan, president Southern Ootton Growers' con kers tonight besides Secretary lMuded President I* BJ. Johri tbe Norfolk and Western rall \ V. Stephens .of New York and {table of Nprfolk. r a spirited debate tonight the Kotlons committee voted to report Jrably a resolution urging that the ate plant be located at Muscle als. Opposition to naming of I particular site was offered by the committeemen from Florida and South Carolina, while the committee from Washington opposed tho congress lug OQ record In the matter at all.' A resolution asking tho congress to declare tor equal suffrage was laid on the tahJe, hut the committee approved one by Hear Admiral Dillingham, ' IJ, S. N., retired, urging that the i*ersou nol of tjio navy l>e Immediately itioreas ed by 6(1,000 to man fully tl\e present ships of the navy. Lee County News. Miss Lula Terrln, of Blshopville, Atld Mr. Ilarry R. Caiunltz, of Dan ville, Ky., were married l>ec. 41, 1010. The ceremony wan performed by the Itev. L. L. I^gters, pastor of the bride, and 'Wan witnessed by a few Intimate friends. Mrs. OamuiU is the charming daughter of County Treasurer T. C. Perrtu, She was formerly a student (It Wlnthrop College and has been en gaged In teaching for the past fow. years. Mr. Capmltz was the i)opular pilot Of the local club in the Pee Dee league for the past season. When the .tteaaou cleaed he was selected as the oeotetary of tho Lee County Fair As sociation. Mr. and Mrs. Camnltz will oontluue to make their home at this place, m?('h to the delight of their many Bin. Susana Holloman, wife of J. T. Holloman dled at her home near Hick ory Hill Dee. 7 about 11 o'clock p. m. She was found speechless In the stove room lying on the floor. Her sou In law Mr. Howell Baker and , her son, Adam, broke In at tho door as she had all the house locked up, she was there by her self, her husband having gone to Blshopville that afternoon on ijmtftaas. She was about 62 -years old. HUe. 'was the daughter of Nathanial Knotts, who dlod February 23, 1012. . remains was laid to rest at Ce Creek cemetery last .Saturday at iiVqtefock. The funeral service was held by her Pastor Kev. Boughten. On Dec. 10th, 1010 Miss Bertha Skinner, daughter of Mr. Alex Skinner of MayesvUle and a grand daughter of Mr. Wesley Stuckey. of Blshopville was married to Mr. W. Lee Mathis, a prom inent young farmer of the MayesvUle section. The murringe took place at the Method 1st Parsonage in Sumter, Itm?. ^rhesdriie officiating. . Mri. Abie Shaw announces the en gagement of her daughter, Eulalie to Thomas Benjamin McLendon of Bae- 1 ford, N. C. The marriage will be sol- 1 emnized the latter part of December. ? Blshopville Vindicator. FLOOD TIME OF PROSPERITY South Continue* to Htiow Big Gain *" Industrial Kntcrprlse* Aii investment of $l ,000,000 for cut ting timber and manufacturing lumber in Louisiana, $1,000,000 for a plant to refine and otherwise handle petroleum lu Ml**ourl, $?50,000 for Improvements to a shipbuilding plant lu Virginia, $800,000 for doubling the capacity of and generally Improving and oil re finery In Texas, a 128, 000 aero livestock farm development enterprise In Geor* Kin and $223,000 corporation for mining Kiaphlt in Alabama are amoiiK the most important of the Houthcrn'dovelopmon till enterprise announced during the past week. Th^se developments and many others are detailed in the last issue of the Manufacturer'** Itecord, which also presenta other interesting and timely information regarding the South's natural resources! and their ti tllir.ation in manufacturing and tiny va rious other avenues of industrial ac tivity. The reports of the work cover almost every avenue of Industrial prog? ress, calling for the expenditure of' many million* of dollam throughout the South. increasing demands for ship con struction ami. repairs is the reason for the Virginia shipyards company having decided upon the $850,000 ex pendlture mentione<l. Thin is the Jfew port News,(Va.) Shipbuilding A uky dork Co., and itp betterment* will be, undertaken next year to incltido con structing additional buildings and in stalling new machinery, with the prob ability qt'buildiug another ways. The Louisiana timber and lumber proposi tion is the undtrtaking of the Peavy | Wilson lumber Qt?., of Ixsosville which has organized with a capital of $1. 000,000 to cut the timber on 50,000 acres of land and to build a oiHl with a dally capacity of 150,000 feet of lumber. The $300,000 oil refinery improvements in Texas constitute the plan of the Pierce Oil Corporation of St. Louis for Jts plant at Texas City. The $225,000 graphltc-mlnlng enter prise is the May Bros. Graphite Co., which has Incorporated with offices at Ashland, Ala., The Eagle Graphite Co. also of Ashland, has beeji ineori>oratcd with $100,000 capital to develop graph it** properties. ? W eirtm r>\V1 i ~~ ca pit aTIsts of Virginia, North Carolina and Geor gia are determining details for the 128, 000 acre Georgia livestock farm. The Georgia Land & Livestock Co. Is the title of their company with offices at Townsend, Ga., where a 2,000 acre farm FKKM'll AKMY STIUKICS IIAKO. Over Scvwi Thousand (leniiuii Prison pn? Were Taken. l?ondon, I >ec. 17.- Am If determined to give Franco's answer to (loriiiany's offer of peace, the French \Terdun army today struck one of the Harvest and most successful blows yot recorded a uainst the forces of the Herman throne heir. Seven thousand live hundred prison ers were taken and the Teuton lines on the right hank of the Meuse and the Woe v re rivers wore rlpi>cd wide o|h**i. A ?a|> six miles long and two tulles deep, was cut Into the potvorfully for tified i>oslt Ion of the crown prince. The sudden French onslaught, which 'ncldentally comes upon the heels of the reorganisation of the French high command, had been heralded hy a drum tire of more than i!4 hours. It had tKKin foreshadowed In yesterday's ami today's official accounts from Berlin. Indeed, a (Jerman war office bulletin issued late tonight made the slgnlfi cant admission that the French, since this morning, had launched strong at tacks on the east hank of the Mouse and had "succeeded In obtaining ad vantages in tho direction of Ixnive mont and llardaumont" The state ment adde<l that the lighting (.till was in progress, A furious hattle evident ly rajros along the whole front east of the Mouse. Tho French drive netted the attack ers several heavy guns, which indi cates that the Teutons had not expect ed there was any chance for success in a hostile advance, for otherwfdfc the hig artillery pieces undoubtedly would have l>ecn removed. On the west hank of the river throe strohg French attacks against Hill 804 wore repulse*, according to the Ber lin war office statement issued this afternoon. V The Columbia city council on Tues day gave 1). I*. Charter of Cavce, $0 with which to buy a new pair of trou- 1 sers. Ho asked the council to remu- j nerate him for a pair of trousers he tore on a fence around n sidewalk lawn In Columbia. Is being established to gTQW nrtnHnftn fnr. "cattle fo^L Its lands Includdp. 20 1 miles of deep-water front on the At lantic Ocean, with 5,000,000 feet of standing timber, 4,500,000 ^osstles and 500 crops of turpentine, it is the intention to graze 20,000 head of cat tle and 10,000 head of shoe]). Two Youths Ask For Karly IW>atli. Shin Sing, N. Y.? lkv. 17.' ? TwO youths xuntoucad to bo executed at Slug Sing prison this Wflflft have vol* untarlly shortened their lives by at least three days ho that tho nrlef of their relatives may ho dulled us mnoh us poaslhlo 1>y Chrlsma>, It wj?h an nounced hero tonight. ThOV are Stanley MllMt^, TO years! old, of Iftloa, who killed a polhv.man, ami Charles Kuuirow, 20. who killed a tugboat captain In HufTahx They wore to have l?een sent to the electric chair Friday or Saturday. The youths scut Father CnHhln, the prison chaplain, to Warden Moyor to request that they be executed Tues day. To th|s, It was said, the warden assented, It being discretionary with him under the sentence of the court that merely stipulated the week In which the condemned youths were to |?e put to (loath. % Confederate Veteran Dead. The funeral of K. O. Sutton, who died at the soldier's homo Thursday, was held at Hluney beside the grave of hlH wife. Mr. Sutton passed away after an illness of about two weeks, which was due, it Is thought, to a fall he sustuUied some time axo but from which he was upivarently recovering. Mr. Sutton was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy, entering the cause In 1K02. He was a member of Comi>any (}. Seventh South Carolina regiment Hagood's brigade. He was well liked by his comrades at the home and those share tlie sorrow of his other frlendH In his death, lio was 01 years of ago, ? Friday's Columbia Record. Two Negroes Held. Chester, lbs*. 17. ? Cato and John Wright and Will Nelson, negroes, were arrested today on circumstantial evl Uence In connection with tho murder of Mrs. W. A, Wilkinson yesterday, Mrs. Wilkinson will be burled at Fort Mill tomorrow. The tragedy seems to been for the purpose of robbery ato a I sntchel und two purses were found j some distance from the house minus money A long bolt, similar to those used on railroad bridges, was likewise dls Cove ml in a thicket near the scene of the murder. It waft covered with hair- and- - Home strong' rtmnnr | stantlal evidence has been obtained It 1 is claimed. The ne&oos were carried to the State penitentiary tills after-"* noon. There was no disorder hero. (Ireat crowds from over tho county congreffated hero today but mainly out of curiosity. ? * LKTTKKM TO SANTA CLADN. Children Make Their Wants Known Through Thjj Chronicle. Dear Santa Claus: Will you please 'bring luu a nli-o range for my doll* iiikI a room suit. And my sinter ltulli says fur you to I to sure ami bring Iter Htt auto for her tlolly you left lam Christmas. My llttlti Bister lCssle Malil please bring her one of those big old dolls lit Kemp A DePass' window, wltli the blue apron on. Wo have u little wee sister too, Mr. tiauta that wasn't hero last t'hrlstmas. I'll hang up Iter stocking by utlue. 1 think she want* a go-earl and rattlo, and it real live rabbit. If Kite don't want the rabbit leave It anyway, I'll take it. Your same little friend at the same house, Annie Hello Watts. P. S. If you can't read this Mr. Santa Clans, ask your utauta to rea^l It for you. l>ear Santy : How do you do thin year? Please give xne some games aud a tittle stove and sweet, sweet Santa Claim wont you bring me a little fancy sewing hox and some clothes for my little dolly. Now Santa please brlug Dan a little jumping Jack and a fire wagon and a football and a drum aud a horn and a brush and comb und a Nweater, now Santa please give little sister a rag doll und a cloak and u little cap. Uood-bye from IjOuIc lAiuey. I?eoember 10, 1016. My Dear Suntn : Here I come to tell ymi what I want for Christmas 1 want you to bring W. 1%, a pair of mitten gloves, a drum, and a horn, some fircworjks and plenty of candiM and fruits. 1 wunt you to brlug Mtlwln the same thing that you bring W, 17. Now bring Kvelyn n little a^WfteKcdat and rubber doll that will Rquoal and dont forget her nuts and fruits. Ilrlng me sweater cotit, too, and a doll with hair. 1 will leave the rest to you. Don't forget nuts, candy and II reworks for us ull. good' Santa. How have you sj>eut the year, hope yon have had to nice time, . I niu ten years old this February, W. L: 1h ?, Edwin h 4 and ICvelyn In 2 years old. I hope you to have n Merry OhrifltmflB and HipW New Year. Qoodbye, lovingly Cornelia Atkinson. Rev. J. P. Knox, chaplain of the South Carolina Houap or Itapreoenta tivoHi died suddenly at^hls home in Oo lumhla Friday. \ : m i IB The Best Christmas Gift For Your Boy or Girl " ' * ? One or More Shares of Stock in Building & Loan 7 i r - Every young man and young woman should lay aside a portion of their income for that un mown future. The time to begin is right now. There is no better or safer investment that you ? J* - .. ' an make than our Building and Loan Association offers to you. a " '. 9 v <r ? ~:j '.Aa :-;L\?k; ~~- X < ' ?. i. *".0 TJ -v.-r? , =^S.vT OFFICERS AND ^ ? - ? '* $Er* **? - ?** '?HT T. NETTLES, President, JOHN S. LINDSAY, Secretary and Treae. E. P. TRUESDALE, Vice- Pre.. * .. L A. KIRKLAND, Attorney. , W**l\ & " i f+ jf K ' ;/? C% ' ? ' rUt <>'? ?'? ~ \ ? ? ? V"'. ? ite i P. Lewis, J. H. Clyburn, D. M. DcCaskill, G. L. BlackweH, W. D. Barrett, E. N. McDowell, H. L. ??