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—. -r&ksvuF**' 1 TH* PSOPLX, BARHWELL, 8. 0. ELABORATE movement under W AV TO CONNECT UP EVERY COUNTY SEAT IN STATE. Miches Fncomu Do Report of Conmit Diroctoe.^ - ' Director Bam L. Roger of the hn- reau of the ceneus, department of com merce, announoee the preliminary re port cfr cotton ginned by counties in n 3t and Happening* .That Mark th « Progress of South Carolina Peo- P*e. Gathered Arouhd the- State Capital.- Columbia. CarolmTT 1601 18 Under war in South Ihw auth f eCUre the P a « 8a «« ot a authoring a statewide referen- Ooo .no " 1)011(1 5 ^ ue ^ *20,- 000.000 or $26,000 000 for the r con- ^ urtio.i of a system of state high ways connecting every county seat. vf tlirect jon of a proposed *tate highway commlssoin to be com posed of one member from each of e Seve n congresional districts, with power to emolov ita -- acre uy L Kirkpatrick* who is th o asso ciate of ( arl J. Baer in the Communi ty Development company. Mr. Kirk patrick said he and Mr. Baer had been Patrick is here to spend the holidays. iIfi 841(1 the leading men of the state, among them R. G Rhett. of ( harleston. S. C.. former president of the 1 ni'ed States chamber of com merce and the South Carolina Auto mobile association, are among the pro moters of the movement. • It is pro- THE OF COOPER South Carolina, for and 1917. the crops of 1918 Quantities are > in running bales. counting round as half bales. Lintels are not included: 4 .County - 1918 . 1317.-“- Abbeville 18.695 « 18.149 Aiken 45,278 • 37.200 Anderson 51,666 51,679 Bamberg • 29,837': 24,531 Barnwell 57,983 "53 152 Beaufort 6,842 5,034 eBrkeley ...i.... - 12,386 10,008 Calhoun^ ^ - 34.634 26,389 Charleston 8,255 ’*,687 Cherokee 11,755 8,606 Chester 24,373 18,727 Chesterfield 26.916 '*• 20,102 Clarendon ■ -33.869 31.915 Colleton 19 237 17,326 . Darlington 35.046 29,404 Dillon 29,503 26,953 Dorchester ...... . 16,739 14,071 Edgefield 25,218 23,680 Fairfield 20,218 15,355 Florence ! 20,366 31,055 ' Georgetown 3,366 \ 3.741 Greenville 31.605 25,80:) Greenwood 29,916 26 200 , Hampton 20.969 20.101 j Horry %...... 6,260 6.541,. Jasper • 5.506 4.844 • Kershaw '... * 26.485 14,578 Lancaster 18 595 13,191 Laurens 33.167 31.69* Lee - 36,714 29,145 Lexington .... 31.261 25.100 McCormack 13 853 12,030 Marion r. 14,939 12,961 i Marlboro 58,472 47,269 Newberry 30.822 29.959 ; Oconee 19,002 15,236 . Orangeburg 89.644 74,722 i Pickens 16,103 12.133 ; Richland ........ 22,246 16,629 Saluda 23.359 23,912 Spartanbufg 53;944 43 233 Sumter 44,877 24,993 Union ~. . .. 15,574 13,046 Willfamsburg .... 25.303 . 23,584 Governor-Elect Will Make Edt^aiion Keynote of Inaugural Address o i •* Before General Asaembly. _ v Columb^.—Improvement In > edaca^ tioriel facilities, a minimum school term of seven ^months and increased pay for teachers and county superin tendents of education, with adequate appropriations for education, will be the keynote of the inaugural address of Robert A. Cooper, governor-elect o. South Carolina, who "will be inductee iato office on January 21, unless sick- neas or some other unforeseen cauae prevents. The governor-elect, bearing out the STATE ITEMS OR INTERJUT TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA REORLtt. Chester-r-Dr. S.- W. Pryoi 1 , owner of the Pryor hospital ( here, is seriously ill with lobar pneumonia at his home. Columbia.—Knowlton Kaiser; a resi dent of the Kooh Road, was badly bruised about the body but notv seri ously hurt when an automobile crash ed into the wagon he was driving. i *' ’ • V.' ■ • St. George.—-Sheriff O. B. Lfme- house and his deputy, J. L. Platt, hare made recently a number of raids and captured a few stills. Some five or more negroes and white men have list SOUTH MM CJSIMLTIES V Caiualtlea Among South Carolina Troops Overseas, as Shown by Recent Army Reporta e Killed in Action—Corp. W. J. West, Kershaw;2j. D. Herrlott, Providence; D. M. Miller, Tucapaw; F. O. Gaskins, Chesterfield; H. P. iTerriH. rCheraw; E. B. Coward. McBee rerrill, rC ; H . Gi 1 nmmi fm ihe curs UNDILUTED DEMOCRACY MUCH IM EVIDENCE AT HOSTESS HOUSE, CAMP JACKSON. Howtll, principles, enunciated in his variom ' ^ught up .for illicit distilling, campaigns, d3sires to make hfs ad | ministration stand out aa the educa I Columbia.—On Incident in the White tional administration In the hiaX4wr> | Gift service at the First Presbyterian of. the state. i v ! church was the presentation to Thom- • Mr. Cooper believea,. and he wlU s< | M s - Bryan of a gold headed ebony | Trio; W. S. Smith. Chappels; Sergt. J. announce his belief in hts inaugural walking cane by the Sabbath school q. Kirby, Greenville; Corps. W. J. Bur-, address, that the future prosperil) commemorating hia 50 years of service gess. Manning; H. K. Brown, Saluda; j and proifreaj of South CaroMna d® ‘ ** Die school. Swansea; Wagoner C. W. Bullman, Spartanburg; Sergt. H. F. Bremer, Charleston; Privates C. Orvin, Bon- .. ■ ■ - * jJ™ v toeau; B. W. Henson, Campbbello; T. J. Langley, Lancaster; C. T). Tram mell, Whittier; R. M. Wilson, Great Falls; Corp. L. W. Hammons, MoColl; Sergt. H. F. Bremer. Charleston; Pri vates Ch. Graham. Seneca; Rt. Brock, Chesterfield; C. W. Altman. George town; D. H. Shearer, Anderson; E. D. Woodward, Abbeville; F. C. McDade, Tucapau; A. B. Owens, Westminster; H. E.-Bryant, Salem; W. P. Hamlin. HEUTU CONOITIOIIS ME iOOO Christmas' Was Celebrated at Camp Sevier with s Very Interesting Program of Seng.. • , Damp Jackson.—If any one doubts that this is an army of democracy they should visit Camp Jackses and take a look at' the bread line in the Hoetese House cafeteria almost nay day during the midday lunch hour. pend on an Improved educational sys tea. He will contend for n statewide Here may be observed meg and we- Elmer Butle^Buffalo; W. R. Childers, of msny nations and of many re ligious beliefs, soldiers of *U ranks from private up,. They all mix and > ‘ ^ * j Greenville; W. B. Edwards. Dillon; , Wsshtngton.—The following nomt- 1 J- D. White, Blopmrille; Claud Moore, UP ’- 1 . compulsory attendance law. without 1 Nations of South Carolina postmasters ! Bishopville; Eugene. H.^ Koester, together like one great family the present local option features, u'] have been confirmed by the senate: , Charltston; L. T. Dixon, Great Falls; , ^_ 4 P f 0 ^ le wKh ** affect children between the nges o | Marie V. Keel, AUendale; Fred MUhoe* J- M. Lynn, Rock Hill; J. C. Sprouse,| 8 and 16 years, with proper machm Greeleyville; William T: Reynolds, Jr., Lowndsville; G. G. Davis, Greer; ery for enforcement. He will urge i Mount Pleasant; Ine* H. Whitlock, "Lieut. W. O. £tevenscn, Abbeville; more efficient school organisation fow 1 Ridgeway; Arthur R. Garner, Tim^ Privates L. C. Cusack, Georgetown; the 45 counties, increased pay for th» monsville. low-salaried teachers and county s& perintendents, and adequate facilitier ; ' . for the education of adult. illiterates ! Laurens.-HMemorial services in hon- either. by night schools or other organ isations. •„ " * or of the late Liedt. Claude Stokes Garret of the aero service, who was L. W. Varner, Mohcks Corner. Died of Wounds—Privates H. F. Griffin, Cleora; J. N. Hehsdn; Campo- bello; John Johnson, Springfield; M. Lindley, Williamston;. C. H, Sloop, The governor-elect will stress in hi* Inaugural address a revision of th« tax laws of the state, by the substi tution of a budget system and the elimination of the present state levy. The revenue for the state government w ’ # 7 ! Mooresville; Billie King. Lancaster; killed in action on the Western front. 1 ' , .. , _ . _ to w ■.« Ellas Hasel, Georgetown L. G. Brun- October 10. were held at the First % ’ _ n Pv#Mhvt«triiin nhnrrh of whinh a0Dl * L*®©®; J* Moore^ Cheraw, G. a member f h h h ^ Rowle, Fort Mill; Arthur Savage. Flor- distinotion, save that of the uniform. *> In the long line a few days ago wag noticed a brigadier general, a colonel, two majors, several captains and Ural and second lieutenants*-several non* commisioned officers-and a number of privates. Each took his plaqe In the One ;the high commissioned officer, the private,soldier, the civilian meg sod women, sqme of whom belonged to the society'class; and others lo the rank and file of hnnaanlty. rf Bldfefleld.—8. McGowan Simkins Lieut. Oliver D.. Walker, formerly euce; T. Spives, Neeses; E. T. Smith, captain in the First Brigade, F. A. R. Batesburg; M. C. Stromah, Orange- D., is now commander of the camp burg; Wm. Woodward, Chester; Sergt. headquarters detachment, succeeding voteuhav»si>ir-t>f Tbg«dBr iiftBr i.■j l iwiingiOimiiiiwili||(||iT11*^iwaoMyttiiiiSPftbntifia.by,.xfUiwteudXfit hoard, jt , 3 end inslitu|iocuu under hie theory, 1 state<1 to his“friends here that he will John Jones. Fort Motte/, Wm. Caulder, Lieut. G. M. Wiley, should be apportioned among the * candidate for reading clerk of Cheqt^rfield; John Jones, Edgefield^, Lieutenant Wiley has been mustered ' Total .1.241.384 1,055,67C Mr. Cooper believes In co-operation with the other co-ordinate branches ol Mayesville.—Hazel Charlton Mayes j the government and with the heads i dled h 1 * home here In the 23rd year of his age of pneumohla, follow ing an attack of influenza. 1 the proposition will be put to a vote of the people. Propaganda issued on the subject i , ° : — states that to retire as much as $25,-' Profiteering Still Prohibited. [of the various state departments. It 000.000 of 4 1-2 per cent bonds serially j Partial demobilization • of the food i® his idea to hold frequent “cabinet" in 20 years would require about $1,800.-- admirris'-ration and the withdrawal, of meetings with the other state official! 000 annually An average annual li- many of its rules and regulations have * nd *t such conferences the needs and - ... „ _ _ . cense tax of $15 a car on 55.000 cars given the impresion In some quarters wants of the government and the Oswego has just received a letter. St. Matthews; Summle Humphrey*, which are now In the state would that all the activities of the food ad- problems encountered by all the da from his eldest son, J. W. Elkins, Jr., yield that sum. | ministration have ceased or are short- partments can be discussed around Fifth Division, now in Germany, ly to cease. This Is not the case. th« table amicably. “ j announcing his promotion to a cap taincy. W uulir, *111. u. j. u liott. ITT home in Seattle, Wash., where he will return to civil life. 7—r-'' : v According to the health report from Camp Jackson for the week there wag Have F ve Sons in Service. The act imposes upon the adminietra- Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Wilds of Eau tlon certain obligations which con- CUire 1 have five sons in the army tinue until presidential proclamation service, three of whom are in France. ‘ releases the"*food administration from Lieut, (’ol. R. H. Wilds is in com-1 the terms of the act and particularly Cotton Farmers Called to Moot. A meeting of the cotton farmers o4 South Carolina has been called to^be mand of Base Hospital 44 in France. ; the obligation to curb profiteering and . ® Columbia on Tuesday, January lace and assisting cast, at the opera Marion E. WiWs is in the same unit speculation in licensed food products. , ’ ^ ls ^ 1110 house. under his brother's command. Corp. This function must continue to be per- nau ff® ra Uon of new officers it James T. Wilds is in a machine gun formed and there is no intention of there will be a Igrge Newberry.—At a meeting 6f the company of the Thirtieth Division, relaxing in this direction, whch helped break the Hindenburg 1 It has been possible now that peace line and letter written attendance of farmers. Died of Disease—Privates . R.. E. Fowler, Anderson; Joe Days, James Island; G,. M. Holmes, Townville; W. ■ not a single case ef influensa at th# C. Chavis, North; H. G. Gilliard, Hem* cantonment. . ' Oswego.—The Rev. J. W. Elkins of inxway; S. Cohen, Greer; H. Thomas, The number of emsee of communica ble dieeasee for the week wae as fob Spartanburg; E. C. Johnson, Man- lows: \ 4 ning; M. H. Riddle, Grey Count; Jos. pneumonia'.... 14 Carter, Summerton; David Burnett, no^giog gg SwJ(t*er; W. P.'Adams, Starr; J®** influenza ;; ;> . g Johnson, Charleston; S. Stroman, A moveemnt that will effect lOJJgg Cope; J. B. Godfrey, Gaftney; E. Good- soldiers began when many soldiers wyn, Parless; J. W. Hammond, Ruby; i eft £ 0f will bring then Wal- ! C- Stroman. Springfield; Wagoner W. within 160 miles of tkelr homes that H. Ellenburg. Calliston; Cook R. B. ^ diecJkrged. Special McMitchell, North; Private H. B,. wjll continue €o leave. Many Griffin, Cleora; Sergt. Me Shaw, Bol- of the outgoing soldiers are Vrunil ton; Corp. J. G. Murrlll, Charleston; Privates Fred Alston, Martins Point; Julius Cheeter.»“Percy Mackay’s masque, “The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call, was presented by Mrs. W. R for Camp Sherman, Ohio. A large force pf men are at laying a. six inch water main from • standing committee of the board of „ 8 . . T* 16 call comes from B. Harris, the trustees of Newberry College Decern- C. H. Jermigan, St. George, naw some severe fighting AIs assured, to cancel many require- newly elected State commissioner of ber Id. the resignation of the Rev. A. P©lot, Harpersville; F. W, Hmley. the main camp to the Remoont J)#pOL H.ten November 11 was re- ments for reports and many of the de- agriculture, and Capt. J. H. daffy of J. Bowers. D. D., of the chair of an- 80n ‘* S. Grubbs, Helda; L. Pitts, Moun distance out of the camp. Tfc* ^ * — nr ..mrnrn f MOP * - - - ■' ! cently received from him announcing tails of the regulations, but the profit Orangeburg, president of the State cient languages, was accepted and v 111 ©"* w - Ferguson, Liberty; new wa ter main is intended more lun hU safety and that with a French girl margins and rules have been for the Farmers’ Union. It is hoped at this Prof t E. O. Counts of the class of 1883 ***’ Drayton; Franz Prox,*Columbia, |j re pfotecti^ tlmn for any thing elstu on eac h arm he w^us parading a F.enoh most part retained, and will be en- meeting, to discuss matters of greaJ * was elected as his succe.*eof. ' j F - . L. Chambresv Charleston.; J 1 * The soldiers who do not live With*, town celebrating the signing of the forced by revocation of licenses and importance to the farmers for the other appropriate penalties. '4a armistice. The Rev L. T. Wills. Jr., and the | Rev. S. Hugh Wilds are engaged in Relative Condition in Schools. Army Y. M. C. A. service at Camp Jackson. Ready for Near-East Drive. . Columbia.—The state organization In charge of the campaign for the relief An array of statistics, both compre hensive and enlightening, has Jbeen prepared and embodied in the annual •report of John E. Swearingen, state coming year, in fact for the future, of agriculture in the State. Mr. Harris said that the cotton price fight will be. won. He warns, the farmers not to yield to the temptation to. sell on a rising market, for the b6ar* are just baiting the farmers along with, small .concessions. The superintendent of education. Possibly none of the figures thus time will come when the world, win in the near east, the ‘drive'’ for which presented gives a better index of the have t0 liave cotton and the price will will start January 12 and terminate relative Conditions in the schools of. have to be paid January IS. ia completed. The state the whites and blacks in the state Crocker, Blacksburg; J. S. Singleton, ^ 350 m j lea of ^ who Landrum.—The drive to increase the Boxport; G. M. Epton. WoodsideMil a, gejlt other camps for demobilise, membership of the Red Crose here is Oscar Gardner, Camden; S. MCG y,- t j on not given a physical exami-s meeting with success. It is believed Barnwell; Ed Smith, Hagoo«, a • here, but are examined at th* that many will join and among the di®fto®. Dawson; Ben ca er * camp where they'are mustered OttL number some new members. Jos. Brown. Blythewood; Fjahk Merer, • > * Swansea; J®o_W. H«l, Kinards; J. Camp at : Ca»* St. George.—The Contract for t*ie H - Robinso ®’ Dacusville, G. L. Paint- 8evi€r celebrated Christmas with d*' new St. George Methodist church was er ' Landrum. . interesting program of songs. . Thw*> % , awarded to the Spencer Construction ' Missing.—Corp. W. E. Johnson, Oam-^ celebration was staged in front of the ' company of G&stonia. N. C. The build- den; Privates B. F. Lucas, Lancaster; headquarters bt&ilding, “ where ' three irig will cost $27,000, exclusive of the H. T. Trotter, Anderson; Sergt. M. A. - C edar Christmas trees, electrically iUn> Beardon, Westminster; Corp. W. Sk for the alleviation of Armenians, Sy- j ures by the two races and expendi- : Cothran’s Medal Bill, riana, Greeks. Persians and other pt»o- tures for school maintenance. Greenville.—Plans to introduce a pies of Asia Minor, nearly three mil- During the school year 194,687 white V 111 at the coming sesion of the gen- lions of which face starvation. The children were enrolled against 199 780 ©r®! assembly providing for a state nation at large is requested to con- negroes. ~ ~ 1 »©dal to be given to every South Car- tribute $30,000,000. Total expenditures for the school olina man who has been in the mtli- Wtlliam Banks Love, of Columbia, year were $3,905,244.19. Of this tary service of the United tSates,* secretary of state is chairman of the amount, $3,473,082 went to the white 'either in this country or overseas, dur- schools and $432,162.19 was .appor- ihg'the war ^wk-h" Germany, are being tioped to the negroes. White teachers made by T. P. Cothran, member of received $2,374,231.26 in salaries, and the house from Greenville county, dur- negroes were paid $384,433.99. The ! l®k the past term ' speaker of the ratio between the whites and blacks house. Mr. Cothran is giving the sub- was thus nearly eight to one. in favor of the whites, although the enroll ment in the negro schools was in ex cess of that of the whites. The aver age salary paid white teachers is $422.- South Carolina organization, with C^ L. Carlton, of Atlanta, as state direc- / i tor, working under the direction of the national committee. W. J. Car mack, of Columbia, is publicity direc tor and E. O. Black, of Columbia, is treasurer. Mrs. Christie Benet, of Columbia, is state chairman of the women’s or ganization. and Mrs. W. C. Cathcart* of Columbia, its secretary. Mrs. Benet and Mrs. Cathcart two organizing a women’s state wide division for the furniture. _ _ KdftruriJ, HI>|I I ll.IBHM—~ Gaffney.,— A marvelous recovery I from atrychnlne poisoning occurred in Gaffney when the little two year old child of O. A. Harrlll was sent home from the local hospital. The little fellow got hold of a bottle which con tained the poison and swallowed It while tha f&mily was out of the house, but recovered after a stay of two days in the hospita mutated, had been mam erected on a large ject careful study, with a view . to bringing the mattec i® considerable ietail before the members of the gen eral assembly. - arr. The P lan includes medals not only 46; awage for negroes. >127 76. 'M ^ the 8cutll Carollna men who have The numhter of. ; white teachers em- I ^ in ^ annJr but a medal . „k k , , ployed was 6.620 and the number of ,^ for wlTCT m<3therj o( ^ movement, with a chairman in each negroes 3 013. There were 4,923 whit* dian , or 8atlors who haye made ^ county. Improving State House Grounds. The commission on the State House grounds has just completed extensions of paving about the capitol. The funds with which the concrete was laid down were left from the an nual appropriation of $1,900 for the up-keep of the grounds. The amount was not sufficient to continue the paving to the opposite street, but the commision deemed it a wise expendi ture to construct the permanent walk ways to the front of the building, and oik)?: the remaining links to/be con tinued from year to year. Cut Off In Their Prime. A brief study of the vital statistics compiled by Dr. James A. Hayne. state hehKh officer, for the ten months end ing October 31, 1918, brings to light scxrhe startling figures as to the num- bec of deaths In South Carolina among people ranging in age from 20 to 30 years. In these ten months, -1,141 white males and 1,097 negro males between the ages of 20 and 30 passed the same age limit*. 486 white females tod 1,209 negro females died, making g total of 3.9S2. teachers, 2,357 negro women •upreme sacrifice. To Revioe^Gomo Laws Heavy Health Budget. Wade Hampton Gibbea. state gam* Columbia.-Aceording to the budget warden, will ask the legislature to bjr clty beaUb o(tl< . er Dr enact a statewide hunters license aw, Clarence Sm | t)l at , he LtneOM of applicable to entire state to supplant ^ clty board 0 f MrttJOh^cost of the present statute which applies to operetiag the cl(y heaUh " departDlent ° n w • 1 r..uJ 0f he .J 0 w C0U ”. 1 |! 9 'ii ,n 1919 W * 1 be <«.308, The budget Mr Gibbes would Lave the license soon , be aubmltted to c , ty tax fixed at >2.25 and the nOTrwii-. i n speaking of the budget Dr. Smith dent fee >1^25. .His recorntRendar I ^ that eyery ^ of aIpen3e t, hat tion is that 25 cents in each raee go couM be eliminated had been ^ to the salesman and the retnalnder pensed wiIh The expense, of“operat- the game protection fund. Violation^ tng the dppartment thi8 wU1 be under the proposed law, would be >25 ; greater thlul u>at of last owin t0 or 30 days’ Imprisonment. Educational* Division Wanted. The annual meeting of tfie Audubon Society of South Carolina was held at the University of South Carolina. - Dr A- C. Moore of the university, president of the societj. presided: " The by-laws of the society were re vised and a resolution passed to me- moralize the general assembly, re questing them to create an education- meat to co-operate with the state and national Audubon societies in their educational work. ihe steady growth of Columbia. State Baptist Convention. Columbia.—The. annual State Bap tist Convention will “be held in Co lumbia at the First Baptist church be finning January 13. Announcement to hot effect-was made by the execu- ive committee of the convention, af- ier a conference with pastors and lay- nen from afl qeotlons. of the state, teld in the Sunday school building of be First Baptist church. Columbia.—H. D. Luckett, division freight agent of the Southern Railway, with headquarters in Columbia, re ceived a telegram telling of the death In Alexandria, Va., cf his brother, John J. Luckett. Death was caused by pneumonia, superinduced by in fluenza. The young man had been dis charged from the army only ten days ago from Camp Johnson. Jacksonville, Fla. He was 26* years old and un married. Washington.—Secretary Glass sent a recommendation to congress asking that the sum of $39,500 be included in the sundry civil appropriation bill for the year 1920 for the completion of the public building at Clinton,, Marion.—A telegram was received In Marion announcing the death of James I Henry Richardson of this county and a resident of Britton’s Neck township i until about- ten years ago. In his j death there has passed another Con federate veteran, he having volun teered at the age of 18.* . •— > * Dillon—The Rev. Wf/C, Allen has accepted a call from the First Baptist church of Dillon and will move his family here from Manning about Jan uary 1. O. Williams, Easley; u. is. wngm, jQirhty-nioth infantry, 4iMl from tko Townrllle; L. W. Bowne. Ker,h»w; c0 ^ tebor batu ^ >0 .*Q >( HTmI Wagoner E. Goldsmith, Fountain Inn, appropriate songs. BaadNMlectkms Private Harvey Walker, Mount Airy ; were rendwed br th% fcigktriainth U- Corp. J. H. G. Younge, Blockstock; fantry Jind from the t l p ^ ^ Mechanic E. M. Granger, Nichols, B. building eight) buglers Hartley, Steedman, Wallace Driggers, rendered a Christmas fan fan Bennettsville; H. M. Williams, Gaines; XT K ^ . . Lieut. J. F. Lyles. Bennettsville. I’ **** » _. _ discharged at the local camp, although Died of f an ^ i 0th ^ Cau “** the soldier population i. still around Lieut. J. S. ^antt. innsboro, ( ^ the io.ooo mark, according to official ^vate T. Moon. Prospe y. t information. About 400 men were sent Severely Wounded.—Lieut. A. F. t0 Camp Ky<t to be discharged. Ruff, Rock Hill; Privates G. E. Bran- ^ n d about 600 more went to the seme jj^A^ Jonesrille; E. A. Scorboro, Sum- f OT a similar purpose. Seveaty- ter; wTfL Lee, Anderson; O. D. Pee- n | ne mea W9F9 to Comp GranL bles, Lucknow; Corp- C. K. Wingate, am j gg t 0 Camp Funston to be dia- Waynesville; Privates D. C. Phillips, cb arged. Greenville; G. W. Bridges, Gaffney; | ^ Two Hundred and Twentieth F ,Slaughter, Johnston; C. L. Rodgers, Bufinoera of the Twentieth Dlvleloa Marion; H. Warnecke, Aikin;„JF. bave ordered to Washington Bor- Wilkie, Converse; C. Grant, Bennetts- racks, Washington, D. C., and leave ville; J. L. Kersey, Dillon, Wagoner Christmas morning. S. D. Childress Laurens; Corp. J. H. Low©, Flngenrille; Privates D. Rabon, Coal Springs; 8. Johnson, Columbia; Expecting Depot Brigade. Washington,—-(Special) — Rumors L. Thompson, Rock Hill; C. H. Me- ^ the 0a6 Hundred and Fifty-sixth Bride. Blair; L. E. ^^f®* Coumbia, p e p 0t Brigade will be transferred E Devon, NofSray; X .E. Jamison, fr0fn Cainp Sevlar to Camp I si and ton; Winfield Wiilfams, Town- con ^ ^ ^ confirmed, although k* vill©;* Ed^lii^JIt Pl^a^.G.„.^^7^ „ ofricial ’ TOttrce f wer a Casselman, A*idrews; R. L. Moop, Rock Hill; V. Pollard, Greenville; Sergt. Frank jirown, 'Iva: Corp. C. Sr Prescott. St. Charles; Private Croff Grant, Renne^tsville; Corp - Jno. C. . Villepieue, Camden; G. M. Kilgore, Hartayille; Isjac Dumas, Bonneau; J. f Bes singer. Bam burg; B. H. Carter, Er- hardt; Corp. F. A. Wooten, Greenville. £1 n »een held at Darlington December til, inelasive, but waa postponed on ccount of the ififtuenxa sltuatioa. Governor Mannirig has appointed the following to sfirVe as game war dens: — J. J. Pringle Smith and Lawrence M. Pinckney, C^arle$ton; S. W. Mar- Conway; A. H. Stod^di^ Daufus- lerT ’N. Lowfiaiiymir Pinckney D.- Lomack. Grahville Way and William Wiggins. Ridgoviila. f , v -1.^ > r ^ " mode regarding them. The unofficial opnion, however, is that this will be done within the next few "days and that the members of this brigade will go from Greenville to Columbia. -—- The policy of the war department ie to dismantle and salvage many of the emaller comps of the country quickly. ' Discharging Many Soldiers. Camp Jackson.—“<'amp.xJackson is discharging as many men as any other camp,” said Captain Kuhn of the camp personnel office. Governor May Go Abroad. Columbia.—Governor Manning, after he goes out of office on January SI* may attend the peace conference at I Versailles. The goveippr has received The personnel office reported 219 ** invitation from thw League to Ita- commissioned officers as having been force Peace to be one of its deiegatee given honorable discharfeas recently, 1,0 the P©© 0 © conference. canhot and 326 enlisted men. Up to the pres- lea v e bafcre his successor, Robert A* ent time about 1,000 officers and about ^ 0 °P er » of Laur©®*. M iBaugurat*| ea IfiOO privates have been given honora- ^ #Jluar7 Bot\i officers and men ore being ex amined as rapidly as possible for hon orable discharges later on. So far he has made 96 % as to The acceptaaea of the inviUtie*. . , _ eammmvm