New Pastor and Presiding Elder Named in Upper Methodist Conference
Rev. J. L. Daniel named as new pastor for the local Methodists by the Bishop. Daniel, born August 1868 in Seneca, graduated from Wooford College, served at Cokesbury Circuit and Lowndesville, most recently at Union. He and his wife Luis Smith have two children and will arrive midweek. Rev. W. J. Herbert becomes presiding elder of Cokesbury District, succeeding ill Meadors. District appointments read. no city changes in Spartanburg. London, Nov 26. policemen must wear lighted lanterns on their backs at night due to Zeppelin rules.
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JL. Daniel
Daniel
Seneca
Wofford College
Cokesbury
Lowndesville
Union
Luis Smith
J. Ry Smith
Laurens County
Woiford College
Methodist Church
W. J. Herbert
W. P. Meadors
Abbeville Station
Meadors
Herbert
South Carolina
J. L. Ley
Textile Industrial Institute
D. E. Camak
Denny
Spartanburg
London
Kern Elected Leader Again in Democratic Caucus
Washington dispatch reports Senator Kern re elected as Democratic caucus and floor leader with party members debating cloture rules. The house Ways and Means committee also met as vacancies and party rules were discussed amid a session of diverse local appointments listed from Greenwood and nearby districts.
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Kern
Senate
Democrats
House
Ways and Means Committee
More Active in the West
Berlin reports fair and cool weather aiding artillery and aerial operations along the Franco-Belgian front. A German statement notes lively artillery and aviator activity with an enemy aircraft forced to land and destroyed. 22 civilians killed and eight injured near Comines in the last fortnight.
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Berlin
London
St. Mihiel
Peace Talks in Berne Near
Berne November 29. The executive committee of the International Organization for Durable Peace will meet soon to set a program for a congress proposed by American members to be held in April. The American congress has received thus far three thousand.
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Berne
International Organization For Durable
Japan will not admit China to entente alliance
Ambassadors presented to the Japanese government a plan regarding including China in the entente to curb German activities in China. The aim is to reduce antagonism while maintaining restrictions on China and seeking other methods to achieve goals without full admission to the coalition.
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Tokio
China
Chevy Chase Road A Public Roads Concrete Road Test
Washington article describes the Chevy Chase Road as a nationwide open test by the Office of Public Roads. It explains multiple pavement types from bituminous to brick, with patrol data, costs per square yard, and maintenance figures across sections to compare durability and efficiency under varied climate and traffic.
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Washington
Chevy Chase
Office of Public Roads of the
United States
Congress
Ppcr
Office of Public Roads
Chevy Chase Road
England
American Highway Association
Sumter News Highlights From Mill Dispute To Sea Captain Smuggling
Jud son Mills operatives thank President Geer for November mill opening and pledge loyalty. Magistrate Ballenger orders former mill employees to vacate housing post strike, affecting many families. Rev W E Thayer donates a thousand dollars for a Sunday school room in Sumter. Sumter’s O Donnell Co store burned Thanksgiving Day, loss about ninety thousand dollars. Sixteen football deaths this season, mostly among high school and semi pro players. George D Brown organizes night schools in Spartanburg mill villages. Spartanburg has 27 mills, 24 with night schools. Orangeburg station robbed of three hundred dollars. axe used to break in. Confederate Infirmary veterans enjoy Thanksgiving turkey with a musical program. eighty five veterans, sixty two present. Winthrop College seeks one hundred thousand dollars for a women’s dormitory. six hundred girls turned away last year. AF of L backs six hour workday for unionized workers. Sailor captain from Bluefield arrested in New Orleans for smuggling three thousand dollars in egrette feathers.
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Judson Mills
Geer
Ballenger
George D. Brown
Spartan
Spartanburg
Columbia
Columbia College
Belgian relief official tours Poland reports worse Polish conditions
Ty Kellogg of the Belgian relief commission reports to Ambassador Gerard that Poles are in a worse condition than Belgians. He secured Kaiser pledge to ship food supplies not for the German army use. Germans have opened eighty one soup kitchens and are doing relief work.
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Ty, Kellogg
Belgian Relief Commission
Poland
Gerard
Belgian Official's Sister Convicted as Spy in Brussels
A Belgium letter says Mlle Juliette Renkin sister of the Colonial Minister was tried as a spy in Brussels and convicted. Sentence had not been imposed when the letter was written.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
Mlle
Juliette Renkin
Brussels
Belief time for allies to define peace terms
The Post argues that the allies should define clear peace terms now to reduce negotiation risk. It contends that victory is likely if England can maintain the naval blockade without strain, and that pressure alone could secure victory without further concessions.
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London
Post
England
Report in Athens on Turkish ship sunk proved false
Berlin reports from Athens dated October 26 claiming the Turkish transport neck Carmen laden with munitions was sunk by a British submarine in the Marmora Sea are said by the Overseas agency to be a pure invention.
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Berlin
Sayville
Athens
Sea of Marmora
Cantey Leaves Abbeville After Two Years of Service
Reverend Cantey, who has served Abbeville’s Methodist Church for two years, is transferred from the Upper South Carolina Conference to the Lower South Carolina Conference. He will soon leave Abbeville for a new appointment assigned by the bishop. He leaves with the goodwill of his congregation and the community, praised for health energy youth and faithful service.
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Cantey
Methodist Church
Upper South Carolina
Lower South Carolina
Abbeville
Cieree
Hiim
New Fight Over Senator Smoot In Washington Letter
Washington Navy letters from 28 signed by C. G. Patterson of Salt Lake City protest Reed Smoot of Utah granting his Senate seat. The claim alleges Smoot represents the Idaho and Sugar Company.
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Washington
Navy
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate
Idaho and Sugar Company
United States
C. G.patterson
Salt Lake City
Russians and Italians Clash as War Updates Keep Pressure
Vienna reports no major events in Russian theater while Italian actions on the Isonzo continue. Italian regiments attack the Gorizia bridgehead and near Monte San Michele. numerous assaults fail amid heavy losses. Northern Isonzo fights persist with attacks north of Talmina. Austro-Hungarian forces push toward the Metalka ridge. Bulgarians pursue near Frisrend.
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London
Isonzo
Gorizia
Oslavia
Podgora
Agin
Monte San Michele
San Martino
Egerland Landstorm
Talmina
Montenegro
Metalka
Pridoj
Frisrend
Monastirs Fate Still Uncertain Amid Balkan Warfare
London reports mixed readings on Monastir with Serbian forces potentially still holding the city or having lost it. Western fronts show lull due to bad weather as Italy presses on Gorizia and Carso plateau, while Russia planned to support offensives with Anglo French troops in Serbia.
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Serbia
Russia
Monastir
Saloniki
Balkans
Gorizia
Oslavia
Romere
Carac
Weather delays action on Franco British front amid Balkan retreat
Weather hampers operations as reports say Serbians retreat from Katchanik toward Albania via Scutari Durazzo and San Quarita routes. German Austrian and Bulgarian forces control the corridor from Uskup to Mitrovitza.
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Berlin
London
Katchanik
Albania
Scutari
Durazzo
Santi Quararita
Uskup
Mitrovitza
German Emperor Visits Vienna Amid War Tensions
Emperor William arrived in Vienna and met Archduke Charles Francis and other heirs at Schoenbrunn. A huge crowd greeted him as decorations filled the city and the leaders shared a cordial, emotional exchange after years apart since the war began. In Balkans news, German reports claim 502 Serb cannons captured and over 1,500 Serbs taken prisoner, with continued progress in the Servian campaign.
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Sayville
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Archduke Charles Francis
Franz Salvatore
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Balkan
Governor averts lynching in Bailey incident near Easley
In Columbia on November 2 Governor Manning halted a planned lynching by promising a special term of court to try a black man accused of an attempted assault on a prominent Easley woman. A crowd gathered early, then dispersed after the promise. Sheriff Roark moved toward Columbia to place the suspect in state custody for safety.
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Bailey
Easley
Selephons
Roark
State Penitentiary
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