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TU&diSAX, JUi\Xj J.U, WINTHROP CLASS GIVEN DIPLOMAS Rock Hill, June 4.?The 24th session of Winthrop College at Rock Hill came to a close Tuesday night when graduating exercises were held in the college auditorium. Diplomas and certificates were presented to 258 graduates and students pursuing special courses. This is the largest graduating class in the history of the college. . The address before the graduating class was delivered by P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Claxton, who is an eloquent speaker, holding the close attention of his audience throughout his address, set forth a few of the present-day needs in education. He declared that the body should be trained as well as the mind and quoted statistics showing how the failure of such a large number of men under draft age to qualify physically for military service might have meant the downfall of this nation had the enemy outnumbered the American soldiers to a greater extent, wnne tne uuu^ should be built up, the muscles developed and a high physical standard maintained in order to successfully cope with the tasks of life, the careful cultivation of the mind should not be neglected, the speaker stated. Physical training and mental training should go hand in hand. Each is handicapped without the other. THE PEACE COUNCIL CONSIDERS APPEAL OF GERMAN DELEGATES There is a probability that Germany may secure as a result of her strong counterproposals some lessening in the severity of the peace terms of the allied and associated powers. Germany's pleas that it will be impossible to fulfill the financial require ments of the allies and her protests against certain territorial relinquishments have been heeded and are being discussed by the Council of four. Viavo if filiat in certain r <11 13 UUf v *v - . quarters of the peace conference the German viewpoint is receiving strong support A full discussion of the German counterproposals especially concerning reparations and other economic features of the peace treaty has been held by President Wilson and the staff of American experts of the American peace delegation. Great Britain is said to favor a number of concessions to Germany, but France continues firm in her stand not to waver from the original terms. On the other hand, the Americans are declared not to be averse to minor concessions, but are not in favor of going to the extent that the British propose. The German government is incensed over the formation of a Rhenish L,!- T* flip arrest repuunc. ii uas uiuwvo of Dr. Dorden, the president of the republic, and also protested to the peace conference and the armistice commission at Spa against the behaviour of the French authorities in \ 1 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv < V V BUY YOUR CREAM V V from V V MRS. D. A. ROGERS. V V Phono No. 1. V V 5-6-tf. V VUVVVVVVWVSVUS SAVE TIRES I do not ruin tires if jfroperly rep Let us examine and advise casings. Tube repairing, 25c. up; C MARTIN ai At City | OUR NE HAS JUST BEEN EQUIP WITH MACHINERY FOR . . -KINDS OF MACHINE WC Weathers OLDSMOBILE and CHAN 525 Broad St. I j the occupied Rhineland. The supreme council has been re; quested by the Lithuanian delegation to the peace conference to have an allied comimssion investigate alleged j pogroms and other illegal acts by the Poles in occupied Lithuania. An unconfirmed report has reachj ed Copenhagen that Petrograd has. "been captured by Finnish and Es-j 1 thonian troops. the empire ana compiaium^ ?i , ned Hinot's threats and action at I Wiesbaden. The note concludes this! action on the part of the French occupation authorities is in sharpest protest against this behavior. In response to Dr. Dorden's notifi! cation of the proclamation of a republic, the German chancellor, Philip Scheidemann, has ordered the prosecution of Dorden and the other members of his government for high treason and declared all the official acts of the new government void. RUSSIAN REDS IN LATEST BOMB PLOT Pittsburg, June 4.?Evidence that anarchists responsible for bomb ex-j plosions at the homes of Judge W. H.! S. Thompson, of the United States' district court, and W. W. Sibray, chief inspector of the bureau of immigration, Monday night, were operating under orders from Russian radicals' headquarters in New York was in the hands of the police here today. According to Superintendent R. J. Akierdice, of the bureau of police, John Johnson, president of the local I. W. W. organization, who was I arrested yesterday, came to Pitts burg from New York two weeks ago j at the instance of "Number 1001." | William Haygood, president of the national I. W. W. according to Mr. Alderdice, bears the pass number 1001. Johnson was held in jail today with a score of other alleged anarchists who were arrested yesterday and alst night. In a partial confession, Johnson is said to have named a Cleveland man as the maker of the bombs, exploded here and his arrest is expected within twentyfour hours. immiff the imnortant suspects ar rested last night was Mike Bielesta, said by the police to be a delegate from the Petrograd council of workmen and peasants, sent to this country to spread Bolshevik propaganda. SAVE MONEY ? a laireo. you before throwing away your asings, 50c. up. nd PENNAL. Garage. WSHOP PFD ANT AC TAnm nonppc ALL GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION & Gerrard DLER SERVICE STATION Augusta,Ga j The head of the Austrian pea^ 1 has deoarted from St.; | UCICgttwvii __A j Germain for Innsbruck, carrying! I with him the allied peace treaty. Counter revolutions are reported from numerous towns in Western Hungary. Hundreds of refugees are arriving at the Austrian frontier seeking safety. I Sweden and Denmark have come into line with Switzerland and Norway in declining to join a blockade against Germany in case Germany refuses to sign the treaty. Like Switzerland and Norway, the plea is! made that such action would be violation of their neutrality. Big strikees have begun in Paris, I Lille and other cities in France. 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