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TEACHERS DECIDE ueOLuuDIl
TWO THOUSAND EXPECTED FOR
MARCH MEETING.
Exccutivc Committee Of state Assoc
cAation Has Plans for Great Con-
vcntion--N0 Date Selected.

Columbia. Oct. 2s.--Coiumbla was
selected yesterday as the next conven-
ton city Of the state Teachers asso-
citation. The executive committee
meeting at the Jerome hotel. accept
cd an invitation extended by e. 8.
Drshsr. superintendent OF the public
schools. on behalf Of the Chamber of
Commerce and the educational insti-
tutions Of the city.
Two thousand for the Columbia
meeting h the slogan that has been
adopted. Last year when the conven-
ton was held here. there were 1900
teachers In attendance.
Educators Of national reputation
will be on the programme. rhin is a
feature which will be emphasized
NJ this convention.
The date for the convention was not
Get by the executive committee last
night but II will be some time in
March. Those present last night we're:
William G. Bynum. Georgetown. pres
ident; r. c. Burts, Rock HILL. secre-
tary: W. F. Black. Lexington. t-eas-
urer. and w. w. Nickels. Greenwood,
member Of executive committee.
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TRY TO BURN STORES.

San Antonio. Texas. Oct. a7.--wha,
u believed by some army officials to
have been an attempt to destroy 80
car loads Of supplies awaiting ship
msnt from Jusrex for use OF tho
American expeditionary force IN
Mexico resulted In the burning Of four
cars Of scrap iron In the railroad
yards at Juarex last night. The sup
plies Of Gen. Pershing's command
we're not damaged. Gen. Bell. COM
handing at FL Paso. reported on the
incident In a me@agc to Southern de-
psrtment headquarters today.
Gen. Bell also transmitted the in
formation that vnnstas are reported
to he moving TO cut the railroad line
OFFENDING southwark from Chihuahua
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to Saltillo. A report that such a plan
was contemplated by Villa was for
warded to headquarters earlier In the
day by Gen. Pershing.
10 PROVIDE QUARTERS.

San Antonio. Tex. Oct. 27.-More
than 100000 has been made aavil-
able by the war department for ex-
penditure in providing winter quar-
tors for troops stationed on the bor-
der. Southern department headQuar-
tiers was advised to this effect today
and ordered to proceed with the work
at once.
Cantonments are to be erected for
trops OF the regular army engaged
! n border duty end provision has been
made for flaming and flooring the
tents of National Guard troops.
In authorizing this expenditure the
war department acted on recommcn.
cations submitted by Gen. Funston.
The expenditure provided for by the
appropriation. a~ssresating $1.140. 200,
Is as follows: Cantonments for regu-
lar troops, $50. 900; framing and
flooring tents for militia. $246,55O;
BARRACKS and quarters. $S2.45O; Ell
Closing mess shelters for militia and
regulars. $123.600; hot water bathing
for regulars and militia,
$4,000.
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II. kemper COvington announces
nat ne Is going to move in a few
Gays to Sumter, where he will farm
on a plantation owned by Mrs. Cow
'ington. He will leave his sons in
charge of his fine plantation three
miles east Of Bennettsville. Mr..
CoNingtOn Is one Of Marlboro's most
prominent citizens and progressive
armers, and his many friends will
regret his departure from this coun-
", which. it is hoped, will only be
tempOrary.-Pee Dee Advocate.
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HEARING ON RATE SITUATION,

Fire Insurance Men to Confer With
Manning-Discuss Remedial Legis-
latiOn.
Columbia, Oct. 30.-It is very prob
able that the fire insurance agents of
South Carolina will this week lay
their plans for the settlement of the
fire insurance trouble before Gov.
Manning. The date tor the hearing
mas not been announced. The agents
met in Columbia recently and adopt
ed resolutions, containing recon-
mendations looking to remedial legis-
latiOn. The suggestions have been
Endorsed by F. II. McMaster, insur-
ance commissioner.
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Prohibition Rules for All Practical
Purposes With Almost All Saloons
Closed.
Richmond, Oct. 29.-For all prac-
teal purposes Virginia will be dry"
before tomorrow night although the
State does not legally enter the ranks
Of prohibition commonwealth until
midnight. Tuesday. Many saloons
closed their doors permanently Satur-
day night.
State and municipal authorities are
planning for a strict observance Of
the law, which is believed to be vir-
tually court proof. The legislature
has passed a measure making authori-
ties liable to custer proceedings IL 1t
is not enforced.
Under the new law one quart of
whiskey. one gallon of wine or three
gallons Of beer may be brought into
that State each month by any man
over FL years old who is not OF in
temperate habits or a student, or by
a woman IL she is the head Of a
family. No malt liquor may be sold,
even II 1t shows no percentage of
alcohol. The only alcohol permitted
in beverages is in cider up to / per
cent.
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REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN FUND,
Hughes Manager Acknowledges tho
Receips Of si.ss7,ooo.

New York. Oct. decentralization
to the Republican campaign fund to-
tai n million. six hundred and six
ty-seven thousand dollars. It was an
nounced today. The Democrats had
previously announced that their con-
trtbetions total one million and six
thousand. Over twenty-five thousand
persons have contributed to the Re-
publican fund,
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AUTO RUNS DOWN CHIC
UNKNOWN NEGROES INJUN
PAUL KERR, TEN.
Negro Physician Owning Machine a
sfsts In Search for Missing DRIVER

Columbia, Oct. 28.-A Ford tour4
car. driven at reckless speed, stru
and badly injured Paul Kerr. 10 yse
old son Of Lee Kerr, near his home
College Place about 4:30 o'clock ~
terday afternoon. Then the .
which contained two negroes, :
about 800 yards. and in attempting
turn q corner without reducing spo,
turned three somersaults and y
completely wrecked. Hardly q WIN
piece of the car was left, even I
spark plugs being strewn about l
roadway, and the fact that the
groes escaped with their lives ID az!
Ing short Of a miracle. However, 8
did escape and up to q late hoArA]
night had not been captured.
Young Kerr was taken to the
fist hospital Immediately sitter
accident and the attending sur
said last night that the injuries wej
probably no prove serious.
Paul vas playing on the street -
several other children when they&
the car coming. A little dog belQpef
to n Of the children started Acf;
the road and Paul reached out t6J
1t when he was struck. ThSgsJ
groes, thinking perhaps thexft
killed the boy. kept on at the q
speed until the car was wrecked
Considerable excitement was III
ed when a report was received
Sheriff McCain's office to the
that two negroes had killed q "a
College Place and escaped.
Sheriff Heise and Chiof OF
Richardson went to the scene
bloodhounds and although
searched the surrounding to&
|thex found no trace Of the nssr
The car belongs to E. A. Huf
q negro physician Of Columtls
II Is said that his. chaufker ~
ing i AZ the time OF the acciAe93
Asggtpss was sasslsting
>SH1fE(f166txk SanRfS6 "a.
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GERMANS CLAIM BIG VICTORY,


Amsterdam. Oct. 28.-Fifteen allied
ships, including three British de-
stroyers were sunk IN the German
raid on the English channel and five
others, including two destroyers. were
damaged. II was stated in a dispatch
from Berlin today. The German ad-
miralty reiterated the assertion, the
dispatch states, that all German de-
stroycrs nave returned to their base.
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'PUGH EIlEorED rREsIDENr.
UnanimCusly Chosen Head OF Colun.
bia College.

Columbia, Oct. 27.--Grifith 4.
Pugh was unanimously elected prssi-
dent Of Columbia college yesterday,
Mt a meeting OF the trustees held Gin
the office Of F. H. Hyatt. Columbia.
DR.. Pugh has been acting president
since the resignation last June of, the
Rev.. w. w. Daniel. now pastor oftthe
Methodist church at Latta. Connect-
ed with the college for II years, DIR.
Pugh Is intimately associated with
the institution and the school has
thriven under his management. The
school is under the direction Of the
two Methodist conferences in South
Carolina.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Oct. 80.
Defeat OF CONSUMPTION in the refer.
endum election in Australia today was
attributed to the women vote. Despite
an appeal to the women issued by
the premier the vote against conscrip-
ton n overwhelming,
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SUNK WITHOUT WARMING.
British Frcightcr Summarized on
Irish Coast.

London, Oct. 30.-The British
steamer Marina. fifty-two hundred
tons. has been sunk off the Irish coast
by a German submarine. 1t is report.
ed that Americans were aboard. Only
thirty-four Of the crew Of one hun
dred and four have been landed. The
survivors declare the vessel was not
warned.
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District Christian EndeavOr Officers.
The officers elected for the Sumter
Christian Endeavor Society at
tine recent meeting in Manning are:
MISS Claudia Fraser, Of Sumter, pres
'ident; John Dinkins, Of Manning.
vice president; Miss Lena Bradley, of
secretary-treasurer.
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ALMOST GOT KAISER,

Allied Aviator Dropped Bomb ON En-.
perOr's Train.
Paris, Oct. 28.-A Zurich dispatch
reports hat an allied aviator dropped
a bomb on the train on which the
kaiser was riding, killing the engi-
neer
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A OF LIES.
Breckenridge DenOunces the Cam.
paign Lie Circulated by Senator
Lodge.

Asbury Park, N. j., Oct. 3d.
Former Assistant Secretary Of War
Breckenridge today declared the story
that he had said President Wilson
tried to affx a pullifying postscript to
the Lusitania note was a tumble
Of false statements"
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yrsz - NEXT sxFEr.
xXanhl3ston, opt. H~secrstasy
ser wliskisgtsn. OH, se-

Nd tnsxisdsS that "a
On 'ths border or on American
49, n Mssico was hsins planned
ssemies OF shs sdministration's
teIicy toward Mexico.
n was learned. however, that the
suspscion was aroused here some days
- and that reports OF nm alleged
to1d conspiracy appearing In certain
American nswspapsrs wore transmit
~ - the border for Investigation.
Suggestions that the statement. was
- wordsd - to '~virtua, = charge
American political opponsn-s Of the
Standardization with conspi-ing with
The bandits caussd both Secretary
Baker and Secretary Lansing to re-
iesrats the iatter's statoms mt OF last
night that there was no Intention to
DO such q thing. Roth saAd u was
impossibls to conceive that uny Amer
scsA could be involved In such an en-
tstpriss and that Msxicata now In
the United States were respo nsible for
The plot.
The arrest Of some individual ac-
oussd Of complicity In the plct II wa.
seats1k probably would DO the pub
Hes next information on the rubject.
High army ofnciais have no doubt
OF the complete security Of American
forces In Mexico. Gen. Pershing has
nearly $4,000 men. Il Is understood.
There u every indication that attack.
ere would be pursued whether the
rsid wal directed against the troops
n Mexico or q border town.
The state department received word
today that the situation at chihuahua
City had been relieved by the arrival
Of carransa reinforcements from the
south. Confirmation also came of
Gen. T~revino's denial that he was
short Of ammunition.
Reports from Mexico City say quiet
has prevailed there and the departure
Of Gen. Carranxa for Queretaro has
Vol been ofhcially reported a. yet, al
though press dispatches have stated
that he left several days g
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q. w. Livingston OF Norfolk, Va,
fand Miss Catherine Cross Of Rich
|mOnd. Va, we're married I'm his office
PFriday Afternoon about 4 O'Clock by
'Clerk OF Court II. l.. Scarborough.
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Mr.. Irving A. Ryttenberg left FRI
hay morning for an extensive trip
through Florida In the interest Of
Dixie Texture Brick.
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SUMTER CADETS AT STATE FAIR

Two Military Units in Uniform Go
to Fair From High School.
Two military units from the Sum-
ter high school were brought to Co
yesterday for the State fair
by superintendent Edmunds and Com
mandant Long. More than so boys
were In the groups. Their blue coats
and caps with white trousers were
conspicuous in the crowd at the Car
fna-Clemson game.-The State.
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D~ESERTERS JOIN VILLA.
Carranza Soldiers Flock to villa
Standard Near Juarez,

Eel Paso, Oct. 30.-More assertions
from the Carranza forces to Villa are
reported today as Villa marches upon
Jiminez and Parral, following his n
opposed occupation Of Santa Rosalie.
Officials at Juarez stated today that
Gen. Trevino has sen out q strong
force from chihuahua t o attack Vii
las army.
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t3fE a - -tLA1ft-s ~. 49, Ft'~T" 49,
saen whleh Carolina won. % to Is.
The free acts again attracted, large
crowds and made favorable impress
stona. and last night the farewell
open air dance was given on Taylor
street.. The second performance of
Pains fireworks display was given
last night On the fair grounds: the
automobile c were held in. the at
ternoon. At II O'Clock the shows
closed the doors and the State fair
was at an end. Almost simultaneous
~ the band played Home Sweet
Home" at the dance and the Harvest
Jubilee was tover.
From every standpoint the COM
bined celebration-the 48th fair and
the second Harvest Jubilee was a
success.
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WEEKS ATTENDANCE LARGEST
IN FORTY EIGHT YEARS.
winthrop Girls Attendcd--AutomO.
0ilc Races and Football Divert Visi-
tors Remaining for Last Days
Events.

Columbia, Oct. 28.-"Goodbye."
They've said. but not farewell" For
|thsy all hope to be back for the
greater fair and Harvest Jubilee next
|year.
The 1916 festival has gone into his
tory, the place where all fairs, good
Bor bad, eventually go, but it enters
thts abiding place with the satisfac-
Etlon of knowing that 1t outdid all it's
kHDble ancestors and set a new high
mark for those fairs that are to come
1.-THE weeks attendance was the best
1ver recorded. The last day was a
Nttle off by comparison with 1915 but
Pc increase on other days more than
made up for this small deficiency
kssterday. The crowd fingered long,
I'd last night the streets were still in
gala mood. and there were plenty
merry makers to join in the last
.RePurs Of the great big week.
striking evidence of the volume
visitors that poured into Columbia
PM all sections Of the State is that
columbia street cars handled a.
passengers Thursday, and the
|plley line was only one of the ways
eettfng to and from the fair
pundA. About 1900 motor cars
re parked about the grounds at
oA Thursday.
Winthrop was yesterdays feature
tAction. The student body arrived
Pvt 10 o'clock on a special train.
~ were greeted by Gov. Manning
2 sock hands with each member
Ethe party. The return trip was
y at 6:45 o'clock yesterday af-
eon. D. b. Johnson. president of
Institution. was personally in
p4k6mObile races In the afternoon
Aasndrsds Of speed fans and
SFs ctl visitors attended the foot
bsxssn the ,carolina
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sUMTER, 8. Q, wEDNElnAY, NOVEMBER /, 1915.
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS Warned,
JOHN GARY EVANS CALLS ON
THEM no SUPPORT NOMI.
NEES OF PARTY.

Reminds Them OF RumOrs That
"Bleasc'' Tickets Are Being Sent
Out-WilsOn Has Done More for
South Than Any Other President,
He Says, and Should be Given Solid
Support Of All Democrats.
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NV fsfk, odt. ,Ss.-rhs fnterna.-
ioasi News ssrtic1 h today receiving
eontratuIationh OF another. big beat in
hrst reporting the naval battle in the
English channel. The International
was thirty mihutes to an hour ahead
of all competitors In giving the story
to the American papers.
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29

A wise girl never lets the young
man she has spotted for her own, see
her with herihair in curl papers until
after the parson has said his fatal
words.
The Twentieth Century Club will
meet with Mrs. John Keener in her
new home on Eagle Heights, on next
Thursday, May 4th.
Just word to the ladies. No
hesitation in the eligibility class this
year its the fox trot that gets the
husband.
Owing to the present price of
gasoline an auto does not have to run
very fast to run its owner into debt.
Misses Mary and Agnes Newman
came home from Crescent Collegelast
Saturday for an Easter visit.
The man who is telling what a
lot of good he would do if he had
money never has any,
Rev. O. H. Campbell will preach
at the Presbyterian church tomorrow,
morning and evening.
j. Frank Kelley, of the Arkansas
Democrat, spent yesterday in Harri-
son on business.
THE Republicans of Searcy county
cast 1924 votes in their primary on
the lSt.
SEARCY county has postponed her
Democratic primaries until July Sth,
THE Arkansas Penitentiary has
ll9l; 80 white, S2l negroes,
j. T, Tailor and wife left Monday
last for Rogers Ark
A REST in politics is now in order
until Nov. 9TH.
YELLvILLE has electric lights.
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29
Keep the Dollars
at Home by
Trading at Home

Green chaufeiuS make fat repair
shops,
DO not forget the Musicale, Tues
day, evening.
The stage is all right; it is the pub
lie that needs elevating.
The right kind of a girl doSen't
need to wait for leap year
Some things are bad, but the
worst has never yet occurred.
Men deliberately lie, while wo-
men merely suppress the truth.
Prof. H. P. Burney, of Green
Forest, is reported dangerously i'll.
A girl who parades the streets in
short skirts thinks other people think
she has shapely ankles.
Choice Of any ladies suit in the
house for $l065; values up to $3.50.
Walters Dry Goods Company.
We have a full line of PALMERs
TOILET WALTERS and PERFUMES %
SO and 75cents the bottle
The CITY DRUG STORE.
-Four stray pigs, weighing about
40 lbs, have been at my place all win1
ter. Owner may have same by PROV
ing property and paying charges.
Harrison, Ark. p. g. JOHNSON
See the new feed store lst door
east of jail, for good seed potatoes,
oats, cow peas, -four and feed Of all
kinds, prices right and satisfaction
guaranteed.
The receivership Of the Williams
Cooperage Co., at Leslie, has been
terminated, the business being taken
over by the Missouri Valley Trust Co..
of St. Louis. The total expenses of
the Receiver, and assistant Receiver,
attorneys fees, court costs, etc, will
approximate 100000
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29
Hill Ton Echoes.

Mrs. VIM. Lemon of Fort Smith,
Ark, is here visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. W. ID. Lemon of this place.
An interesting program was render
ed by the children of the Hill Top
Union Sunday School at the Baptist
church house easter Sunday. About
two hundred people were in attend
ance.
r. p. Fisher and j. II. Butler have
each purchased a share of stock in
the Peoples Cooperative Telephone
Company and Mr.. Butler put in a
new phone at his residence last week
Collie Thorn started back to Dunk
lin, Co., Mo, but got into a job of
carrying the mail from Harrison to
Compton and will perhaps stay with
us for a while longer.
W. f. Erwin took a trip into New
ton County last week looking after
mining business,
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Local and Personal
Mrs. W. H. Lewis and children
spent Sunday at Batavia.

Mrs. W, III. Lewis and children
spent Sunday at Batavia,
Mrs. b. l.. Eoff of Bellefonte, was d
guest this week of Mrs. o. II. Capps
Mrs. Marvin Wagley is in Little
Rock attending the musical conven-
ton.
Judge B. B. HudginS has been
quite i'll the past week with heart
trouble.
-Ex-Congrcssman j. c. Floyd, of
Yellville, was a Harrison visitor last
Saturday.
Little Miss Helen Faulkner enter
tanned Miss Ruth Moore at dinner
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Knapp are
the parents of a new girl baby, born
Tuesday, April is.
Master Jack Faulkner spent East
er with his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Lauderbach, at Eureka Springs.
Miss Evanda Prince of Fayette-
vile is a guest this week of Mrs, R. L..
Crowdus, on North Vine street.
Mrs. jamie House has moved from
2221 North Willow street to 415 North
Vine street, the former Redus home. |
Miss Florence Sayres of Cincin4
matt, Ohio, is here, a guest of her
niece, Mrs. W. W. Larrimer on West
Ridge avenue.
The Mayso Rebekah's of Harri-
son went to Al pena Pass, Ark, to con-
fer degrees on new members on last
Monday evening,
Rue Porter, of A Alpena, the genial
young man who will represent Boone
county in the next legislature, spent
Monday in Harrison.
Harrison Odd Fellows celebrated
the 9th Anniversary of the order
with special services at the Baptist
Church Tuesday evening,
-MesSrs. Sam Moore ofSpringfeld,
Mo-, and R. T. Knight of Broken
Arrow, Okla, came down to attend
the funeral of c. NJ. Greene, Sr.
| Newt. Nicholson is building six
room bungalow on the corner of
Maple and Newman streets. As soon
as it is ready he will move to it.
Miss Veva Tyson who has been
visiting for several months at the
home of her uncle, Robt. NJ. Fellows,
left Tuesday for Hemit, California.
Misses Willard and Ruth Worth
ington, accompanied by Mrs. Frank
Kirby, left for Little Rock Monday,
where they are attending the Musical
Festival.
Ben Andrews has been in Little
Rock this week as a delegate to the
Republican State Convention, andin-
cidently attending the big symphony
concerts.
Darrell Shinn won in the Piano
Contest at Berryville last Saturday =
his selection being Hungarian Rhap.
sody No. 2, Hurrah for Darrell and
Harrison,
I Dick johnson and Sol Rothschild,
old travelling men out Of St. Louis
have been in Harrison this week and
have gone on to the mineral heldS OF
Newton county.
l. ID. Bell, of the Farmers Bank,
F. W. Maxwell, Of the Peoples, and
Jno. |. Worthington, of the Citizens
Bank, attended the State Bankers
meeting at Little Rock this week.
Burt Taylor, shot recently by
Berry Jones, has been quite i'll this
week, pneumonia having set up in the
lung on the wounded side. AS we 60
to press he is reported some better
7 j. NJ. Shinn is remodeling his
home by adding a second story, This
will give him ten rooms and make one
f Il. l., i l.
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29

Mrs. Bertha Cochran entertained
at O'Clock tea Thursday in honor Of
Mrs. Fannie Weber Kiefer, Those
present were Mesdames Kiefer, Rohr-
baugh, Chapman, Granger, Wise, and
Miss Williams.
Z The Red Foxmine, six miles north
of Bergman, has struck a fine run of
free ore and will commence hauling to
the railroad next Monday. Much ac-
tivity is reported from this section of
the field.
} Ed Minicus shipped last Saturday
from his Newton county mines, a car
of ore which brought him $S9.30 per
ton. The car netted over a thousand
dollars,
Harrison Knights Templar cele-
brated Easter with beautiful services
at the Episcopal church last Sunday.