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RECORD OF i Events of the Year li Review. MEXICO AND CHINA UPSET Miscellaneous Affairs, Gaines am Race?', and Items of Personal In terest?The Aviation Field?Losse by Accidents and Explosions, Fir and Storuia?A Classified Summary TwLmCAirANrPER^NAL | FEBRTTART. 7. John Graham Hope Horsley Beresfort! Lord Decies. married Helen Vlvlei Gould, daughter of George J Gould. 1: New Fork. 9. The Arizona constitution adopted b popular vote. UARCH. L Senate vote. 46 to 40. declared Willlnr Lorimer of Illinois duly elected 7. President Taft accepted re.-ignation o Richard A. Balllnger as secretary o the Interior; Walter L. Fisher of Chi cago appointed. 13. United States supreme court "N, affirmed consti- f; tutionality of D' the corporation ^ 11. James Aloyslas V O'Gorm an. su- ^^ n e s e commercial treaty rati- Champ Clark, fled. 14. President accepted resignation of Di ^ David Jayne Hill, ambassador to Ger I many. 28. Taft's proposed Anglo-American arbl tratlon treaty unanimously ratified li the Guildhall. London MAT. 8. Cabinet form of government adopts In China, with Prince Cha.g, premier 9. First court of King Georgo V. held a Buckingham palace. 12. King George and Queen Mary opene< festival of empire at Crystal palace London, their first public ceremony am first of coronation festivities. 15. United States supreme court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil eompan: within six months, declaring It to be ; combination in restraint of trade with In meaning of the anti-trust law. 2L Peaoe agreement between the Mexlcai government and insurrectos 6lgned. 22. Henry L. Stimson took oath as secre tary of war. succeeding Jacob M. Dick lnson. who resigned on the 12th. 23. House of representatives voted to ad mlt Arizona and New Mexico to state bood. 26. Porfirio Diaz resigned as president o Mexico. 26. Dla* left Mexico secretly and em barked at Vera Crux for 8paln. 29. Supreme court found American Tobac co company guilty of violating Sher man anti-trust act and ordered corpo ration to dissolve unless reorganized ? JUNH. i. Francisco 1. Madero. director of Mex lean revolt, entered Mexico City, popu lace showering him with riowers. 12. Senate passed resolution for electloi * of senators; 64 to 2+. 4 19. President and Mrs. Taft enter tame* on silver wedding anniversary. , United States recognized republic of For tugal. 20. King George gave state banquet Shakespeare ball In Albert hall, Lon don. 2L Judge Lanning, United States circui court, ordered Du Pont "powder trust' dissolved. 22. King George V. crowned in Westmln ster abbey; John Hays Hammond rep resented United States as special am bassndor. Si Imposing international naval reviet in honor of the king at Portsmouth. JTTX.Y. 12. Edward, eldest son of King George V. installed as Prince of Wales. Tablet to "Founder" William Perm un veiled In Church of All Hallows. Lon don. 14. Great Britain and Japan signed nes treaty of slliance for 10 years. 26. President signed bill for reclprodt; with Canada. AUOUflT. 1 A njlo-American and FTanoo-American arbiti-atlon treaties signed by Prestden Taft. i Admiral Helhachlrc Togo, who led Ja pan's victorious fleet in the Rusao-Jap anese war, landed at New York. & Admiral Togo visited oongresa, boil houses taking recess to receive him. John G. A. Leiahman appointed Amertcai ambassador at Berlin to tuooeed Di Hill. 10. The British bouse of lords passed th famous "veto bill." virtually surren derlng to the house of commona 18. Senate passed resolution to admit Art sona and New Mexico Into the Union. 26. Judge Harvey M. Trimble of Bllnol elected commander In chief of tbs G A. R. SEPT EM HER. 8. The kaiser reviewed 99 German war ships at Kiel. 9 Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss Made leine Talmadge Force married at New port by Rev. Dr Joseph Lambert o Providence. 21. Canada rejected reciprocity with th TTnited States at its annual election. IS Italy declared war on Turkey. OCTCBKR. 1. Monarchist uprising In Portugal Francisco I. Madero elected president o Mexico 9. California voted to adopt the initiative the referendum, the recall and ?qua suffrage U. Anti-Manchu revolt broke out in China SO. The Chinese throne yielded to nations assembly's demand for constitutions gov era men t. NOVEUBER. L President Taft arrived in Washlngto at the close of his western trip. 6. Madero was inaugurated president o Mexico. 12. Yuan Shlh Kal bocame premier c China. 28. Russia sent an ultimatum demandin the dismissal of the Persian treasure general. W. M. Shuster, and indemnlt for war movements within 48 hours. DBCXXBEB. 4 First regular session of the CM ooo gress opened. 34 The fur seal treaty- lietroa the Unite States. Japes. Boms and Greet EMI in ?ant Into effect. ST. Beer Admiral Richard Tfalnwrtfhft E ft N., placed on the retired U*% # . i i -a-f_JAMOART. 7. M?et at 8nn Francisco. IS. Kugene U Ely, Curtiss aviator, flew from the San Francisco aviation field ' 13 miles to the deck of the United States cruiser J'hti.tdelphia and back to the starting point. 22. Philip O. Par ma Jot with n Wright biplane broke tne endurance record by remaining aloft 3 nours 39 minutes 49 seconds at the San Francisco meet. MARCH 5. Lieut. Hague of trance flew over Mediterranean from Arttlbes. 15 miles j from Nice, to island of (Jorgona. off Italy, 125 miles, record to date for over" sea flight. B 16. First aero war rr>e- age delivered at 8an Antonio. Tex . b> Lieut. Ben. D. ? ' Foulois. I/'. S. A. who flew 52 miles In 48 minutes 23. Louis Breguet carried U passengers 3 n m les in monoplane In France, breakIn; record to date. \ 24. Roger Sommer. French blplantst, broke ( Bieguet s "aerobus" record by carryI Ins 12 passengers. APRIL. i 12. Pierre Prler reached Paris after 290 ^ m:les monoplane trip from London n without stop; time 236 minutes, then fastest time between those points. ) MAT. la Lieut. G E. M. Kelly, United States signal corps, killed at San Antonio, n Tex. 15. Sfeed records with and without a past senger twice beaten In monoplane t flights at Rheims. Henry Weymann. American flew 99.5 mfles an hour and Lieut Fequant. French. 101 miles an hour 19 Great Britain's first "naval" airship launched 21. Henri Maurice Berteaux. French minister of war. killed and A. E. E. Monls, premier, hurt when monoplane plunged , Into crowd at Issy-les-Mollneux, France. 25. Lieut. Menard. French aviator, set J mark by living with passenger 373 miles ! In 9 hours 15 minutes in France. 26. Pierre Vedrlnes finished first in the | Paris to Madrid race, winning 330.000 in prizes rrwB. 18. Capt. Princetau, M. Le Martin and M. Leudron. French aviators, killed and 2 Injured in Paris to London race JL'LT. 11. Harry N At wood reached Washing- ; ton. having flown from Boston. 568 miles, winning a New York Times tro- | pliy and establishing a leng distance Artnrtpan ra.?Art1 17. Ol'eslagers. Belgian aviator, made a n world's record of an uninterrupted flight of 3^8 milts at Brussels. Prevlcus record held by Tabuteau, 962 ml lee 11 27. St. Croix Johnstone stayed la air 4 hours 1 minute and a fraction, break- ] 1 Ins American record to date. ACCOST. 9. Ju es Vedrinea flew 496 miles, breaking a single long distance flight record to > dale, at Paris, j 12. International meet at Chicago. y 15. W. R. Badger of Pittsburgh and St a Croix Johnstone of Chicago killed at Chicago meet. 2S. Atwood completed 1,265 mile aeroplane n trij) from St. Louis to New York, landing at Governors Island after 2S hours SI minutes actual flying. . 28. M. Helles. French aviator, broke the record for a single long dlstanoe flight by covering 746 miles In 15 hours at Mourraelon, France. SEPTEMBER t 1 Alexander Fourny. French aviator, made the record nonstop flight of 447.3 miles In 11 hours at Paris. 8. M. Helles, French aviator, flew 776.86 miles at Etampee In 14 hours 7 minutes - 80. Cromwell Dixon. American aviator, I flew over the Rocky mountains, starting from Helena. Mont., winning a 110.000 local prize. OCTOBER. 1 Cromwell Dixon, first to fly over the l Rockies, killed In flight at Spokane, i Wash. I 1 1 T. Lieut Hans Gerlcke, piloting the Ger- , "man balloon Berlin II., won the Ben- j nett trophy by covering 468 milesKansas City to Ladysmltb. Wis. - 19, H. W. Gill made a new endurance record bv remaining in the air 4 hours 16 mlrutes and 35 seconds at St. Louis, t Eugene B. Ely. noted airman, killed In flight at Macon. Ga. *OVKMBUL Lteut^Gavot-^ fliglrt of 1.2D c. P. Roleere. miles anl " mailing a world's croes oour try record. He started from Mew Tork Bapt IT at a 4:21 J*, m. kirch. X British Columbia steamer sunk la gale i s off Vancouver Island; 28 lost. ^ APRIL. 10. Steamer Iroquois foundered off Coal Island. British Columbia; 20 lives lost. - 17. Spa:il?h steamer San Fernand sank off Flnnlsterre. Spain; 21 drowned. JULT. " 7. The Pacific Coast liner Santa Robs stranded near Point Arguello. CaL; 30 loot. * AT70U8T. k French steamer Emir foundered off | Tarlfa. Spain; 88 lives i09t. "JOVEMBEBL The French steamer DlolJbah foundered eft the Canary Islands; 24 persons i drov.ned. *{ 6. The Greek steamer Lord as Byron founj dered In the English channel; 22 lives lost ^ 18. Russian stet.mer Herrman Lercbe. tn . i the North sea; 2? Lives lost J DECEMBER. T. Belgian steamer Van Dyck wrecked oft the Cornish coast; 14 sailors drowned. D * r rEBRUART. y 20. C M. Daniels lowered 200 meter swim ming mars ai i urn jtuueuc ciuo; time 2 minutes 2SV4 saoonda. r { mjluch. ! 16. Capable oca beat Vldmar to ?| A I garni* at San Sebastian, winning first f | prt? tn the International abets match. I St Cambridge won tnterrarelty shorts at L Queen's club, London, be&ttof Oxford . ' ? to l point*. . . jatcart. I The United flutes supreme court decided ;ne Panama libel suit against the New York World la favor of the publishers. T. The Carnegie Trust company of New York, Holding deposits of nearly $9,000.000. was closed by the state banking authorities. MARCH. t. 19,000 United States soldiers. 15 vessels i nnd 9 (1IY1 marines ordered to the Me* lean border and gulf coast for mimic i warfare. ZL Battleship Texas, of Santiago bay j fame, sunk by high explosive projec tiles In test. 8L Otto Rlngllng. circus man, died In New York city; aged 61 \ APRIL. Id United States court of appeals re- " versed the decision fining the boycotters In the celebrated Danbury hat < casa 14 President Taft warned the Mexicans j that they must not endanger the lives i of Americans by fighting on the border W. Mrs. Phoebe Wooley Palmiter, daugh- . ter of a Continental soldier In the Rev- j olutlon, died at Brookfield, N. Y.; aged i O I Continued on page 7. 2' * Legal iNouces ; ! * '4, Notice of Sale. Under and in pursuanceofa Warrant of Attachment of date November 8, 1911. issued urito me by H O Britton, I'lerk of the Court of Williamsburg County, in an action pending in the Court of Common Pleas of said county, wherein J W McClam is the plaintiff, and Needham W Williamson is the defendant, I will sell, at pub ic outcry, on the 18day of January. 19!2, at 12 o'clock M, for cash, to the highest bidder, on the premises occupied by the said defendant during the year 1911, in said county, the following crops herein-below mentioned, and in the quantities stated; the same having been raised and cultivated by the said Needham W Williamson as a tenant oh the said premises rented by him from the said J W McCiam, and now sold under the said Warrant of Attachment to extinguish a lien thereon of One Huhdred and SeventyNine and 75-100 ($179.75) Dollars, incurred for rent, and advances made for the year 1911. Two bales of cotton, two bales of cotton seed, about 85 bushels of corn, i two bushels of peas, 1000 pounds of fodder. George J Graham. l-4-2t Sheriff of Williamsburg County. Auditor's Notice. I will be at the following places, on dates named below, for the purpose of taking tax returns for 1912: January. Greelyville, 10 and !l Gourains, 12 Suttons, 13 Andrews. 15 Trio, 16 d.?22 UCIJ9UI1, Bloomingvale, 23 MorrisviTle, 24 R D Gamble's store, 25 W C Wilson's store, 26 Cades, 27 J L Gowdy's store, 30 Mouzone, 31 February. Salters, 1 Walter Poston's store, 10 Church, 12 Rome, 13 Lambert, 14 Ard's X Roads, 15 Johnsonville, 16 Vox, 17 Kingstree from January 1 to February 20, inclusive, except on above dates. All males between the ages of 21 and 60 years,not exempted by law,are liable to poll and commutation road tax and j must return same. All transfers of real j estate should be reported by both seller and purchaser. All parties making returns should bear in mind that number or name of school district as well as township in which they reside or property being returned, must be given. Parties liable to Income tax will return same while other returns are made. A penalty of 50 per cent will be added to all returns made after February 20, 1912. J J B Montgomery, l2-7-t2-15 County Auditor. Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Re* iatration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident othe State for two years, and of tb? county one year, and of the polling pre cinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, si* months before, any poll tax then du? and payable, and who can both reai and write any section of the constitn tion of 1895 submitted to him b) th? Supervisors of Registration, or wb can show that lie owns, and has pai' f all taxes collectable on during topresent year, pioperty in this Stai assessed at three hundred dollars > more. J. Y.McGILL. f.lerk of Boar.: Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Auditing Board will meet in their office the the first Thursday after the first Monday in January, 1912. All persons holding any demands against the county are hereby notified and required to present the same to the board on or before the fiscal year commencing January 1. 1912. Special attention of all those holding pauper certificates is requested. J N Hammett, County Commissioner, December 11. 1911. vz-14-n Notice to CreditorsNotice is hereby given that letters of j administration have been granted to me j on the estate of W E Wheeler,deceased. J and all persons who are indebted to said estate will make payment to me, and that all persons who have any claims against said estate will present same, duly attested, to the undersigned, H A WHEELEB, Administrator of Estate W E Wheeler. 12-21-4t EL C M. Daniels pet new wbrld's swlramfng record, 'i minutes 36 seconds, for 200 meters. In tank at Pittsburgh. JO. Bob Burman drove autocar 20 miles In 13 minutes 11.92 seconds (31.06 miles an hour, a record) at Pablo Bench. fHa 31. Louis Dlsbrow at Pablo Beach. F*Ia.. made world auto marks: 50 miles, 37 minutes 23.90 seconds: 200 miles. 2 hours 34 minutes 12 seconds; 250 miles (no previous time for this straightaway recorded), 3 hours 14 minutes 56 seconds. APRIL. L Oxford won 6Sth annual boat race from Cambridge, breaking OxfordCambridge regatta records. 1& William Queal ran 10 miles In 51 minutes 65 2-5 seconds In New York, newworld's Indoor record. 23. Bob Burman did mile In 25.40 seconds, lowering own world's record. 26.12. made day previous, at Daytona Beach. Fla. He also beat Barney Oldf.eld'a * mile record on same course: time 51.28 seconds ** A T 15. H. W. Fltzpatrlck, president Southern association of A. A. U., walked 75 , yards In 11 4-6 seconds, a world's rec- j ord, at New Orleans. 7J. J. P. Jones, Cornell distance runner, broke world's amateur mile record; time 4 minutes 16 C-6 seconds, at Cam- j bridge. 28. Martin J. Sheridan threw discus 141 feet 4\ Inches, beating his 1910 record nearly 2 feet. 30. Dan Ahearn added 1SH Inches to his world's record In hop. step and lump and hung up 61 foot record for leap In New York. 21. Sunstar won the English Derby JUNK 9. American players won second and decisive International polo match at Meadow Brook. N Y , defeating Eng- J llsh team 4V* to IT. Martin J. Sheridan hurled the discus 1 141 feet H1* Inches, beating nls May : record by nearly 2 feet, at Paterson. N J. JULT 4. Ad Wolgast knocked out Owen Moran In San Francisco in 12> rounds. august lL Uhlan trotted a half mile to wagon In 0:5*H at Cleveland, breaking the world's record of 1 minute made by Major Delmar In 19W SEPTEMBER. 4 Frank Go^eh defeated George Hscken- ' sehmldt In world's championship wres- i tllng bout at Chicago, winning two j falls, tirs; In 14 minutes IS 1-6 seconds 1 on/j <t in s minutes 2_ 1-6 seconds I William A Lamed won the national 1 tennis championship, seventh time .inn | fifth successive, at Newport. H I John H. Moonejr, New ,York fireman. j reached Oakland. Cal ; having walked j from New York In 79 days, winning *10.009. 14 Harold H. Hilton, amateur golf champion of Great Britain, won the Ameri- j can title by defeating its holder. Fred- | erlck HerresholT. at Rye. N. Y. october. 11 De Oro won the three cushion carom : championship, beating John Daly, in New York; final score 150 to 146 fl. West Point football team defeated j Yale at West Point; score 6 to 0. | Brown beat Penn at Philadelphia; score 6 to a O. P. J. McDonald _ hurled the shot ;J If 38 feet 10 11-16 Inches at Long Island City, N. mii|iiih Y., scoring a roc- Jgrfw 26. Philadelphia L*> Athletics (Amer- \ lean league) won the world's baseball championship by defeating pwud^hul core 13 to t _ J. F. Baker the ' F Baker. star of the series. 29. Matt McGrath threw the hammer 187 feet 4 inches In New York, breaking John Flanagan's record by 3 feet. NOVEMBER. 4. Princeton won from Harvard at football at Princeton; score 8 to 8. Minnesota defeated Chicago at football at Chicago; score 30 to 0. Carlisle beat Pennsylvania at football in Philadelphia, 16 to 0. Michigan and Syracuse tied at football at Ann Arbor; score 6 to & & Beatty of Columbia university established a collegiate record by putting a 16 pound weight 48 feet 7.38 inches at New York. 11 Carlisle beat Harvard at football at Cambridge; boo re 18 to 15. Michigan lost to Cornell at football at Ithaca; score 6 to Oi K. J. Bouln made a new running record at Paris, covering 6 miles 60 yards (about) In half an hour. U. At football Princeton defeated Yale, 6 to 3. at New Haven. Harvard defeated Dartmouth. 6 to 1 at Cambridge. Chicago defeated Cornell, 6 to 0, at Chicago. Michigan defeated Pennsylvania. 11 to 9. at Ann Arbor. Minnesota and Wlsoonsln tied at Madison, Wis., to 4 & Yale and Harvard tied, 0 to 0, at Cambridge. Navy defeated Army, I to 0. at Philadelphia. Minnesota defeated Illinois, n to Ot at Champaign, 111 Chicago dsfsatsd Wlsoonsln. I to 4 at Chloaga M. Ralph K. Mulford won tha VanderbQt cup auto raca at Savannah, covering S9L88 miles la S hours M minutes. DBCEXBEa. H Indoor national athletic championship tournament for amateurs In New York. JAKCART. 4 Earthquake In Russian Turkestan wrecked two towns; loss of life estl- j mated at 16.060. APRIL. 11 Missouri. Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma storm swept; 40 killed, over 300 j Injured; loss In St Louis over $2,000,000. I JUWE. 7. Mexico shaken; deaths estimated from $00 to 1.600. JTTLT. L Beginning of a spell of Intense heat throughout the northern and eastern [ states. i New York's hottest day In 12 rears. 1 Thermometer 103 In New York. 106 in Topeka; hottest July 4th ever known In New York. ?3. Heat most oppressive In Paris in 25 I years; thermometer registered 104 In Berlin. 21 Typhoon and tidal wave destroyed 12,000 bouses and 500 lives In Japan. Aoouar. 4. Flood: Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; damage estimate exceeded $1,000,ooo. 28, Storm caused II deaths and $1,000,000 damage to property In Charleston. S. C. SEPTEMBER. 10 Rovtval of volcanic activity In Mooat Etna caused a loss of $2,000,000. MOVEMBEP. 11. U killed to a cyclone which swept over Rock county. Wis ; heavy damage to property 11 Cold ware developed to the middle west sortd eastward. 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