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YORK'S TEACHERS ASK
FOR COMPULSORY LAW
At the county meeting in Rock j
Hill Saturd.iv of the York Teach- !
ers' association, a resolution was i
adopted placing the association
on record as favoring a compulsory
school law for South
Carolina. There was little discussion
on the subject, everyone
who spoke expressing themselves
as heartily in favor of the proposed
law. The resolutition, introduced
by Miss Leila Russell
and unanimously adopted, was as
follows:
4To the members of the York
county delegation in the General
Assembly:
4The York County Teachers'
association hereby places itself
on record as favoring a compulsory
attendance law that will
prevent the inexcusable absence
from school of children between
the ages of six and fourteen, and
it hereby requests the York
county delegation in the General
Assembly to use its influence for
the enactment of a compulsory
education law for South Carolina."
Upwards of seventy-five teachers
of the county attended Saturday's
meeting, among the
number being the following from
Fort Mill: Prof, and Mrs. F. W.
Moore, Prof. J. A. Boyd, Mrs.
0. N. Atwater and Misses Susie
White, Helen Ardrey, Robbie
Spratt, Isabel Grier and Minnie
Garrison.
Hopes for Harmonious Session.
Representative J. R. Haile, of
Fort Mill, has given the Columbia
Record his opinion that the
present session of the Legislature
will be harmonious, substantiating
his reasoning with the
following words: "There seems
to be a reason to believe that the
thinking members of the legislature
realize that the people are
in the saddle, and if the voiee r?f
these members is heard the work
of the session promises to be
harmonious. In the campaign
last August the people showed
their disapproval of the turmoil
and strife which marked the
proceedings of the last session
by refusing to reelect many of
those responsible for it. If
similar conditions exist this year
like results may be expected in
the elections next year for the
offending members. There is no
doubt that the conditions I have
referred to wore chiefly responsible
for the delay in announcing
the results of the primary for
State officers last year."
Oranges Going Way Up.
Reports from California of the
damage to the orange crop from
the recent freeze have already
begun to make their effect felt
and local dealers believe that
oranges will soon increase $1 to
$1.50 per box. That means that
the Indian river variety, which
is such a favorite among lovers
of the luscious fruit, will sell at
wholesale at about $4 25 per box
and the cheapest will be at least
$3 per box.
It is not believed that the effect
will be felt right at once on account
of the large crop of Florida
oranges produced this season and
the fact that locally oranges are
not keeping well in the hot
weather. When the season advances
and the time comes for
California oranges to come the
jump in price is due to come. In
the meantime owners of Florida
groves are patting themselves
on the back, for with their unusually
large crops, the loss to
growers in far away California
means a rich harvest to them.
High School Conference.
A conference of high school
teachers from all parts of the
State will convene in Columbia
on Friday. January 17, at 11
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lie and private high school
teachers, most, if not all, the
colleges will be represented. A
large number of the high schools
have been directed by the local
boards to close in order to give
the teachers an opportunity to
attend. This is strictly a working
conference in which live
high school questions are discussed
in an informal way. The
[meetings will be presided over
by the State school inspector.
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GOVERHOR'S MESSAGE TO
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
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Blease featured the opening session
of the South Carolina Legislature
Tuesday. The Governor,
according to a Columbia dispatch,
attacked the Comptroller Get eral
for refusing warrants for
pay of special detectives; the,
cotton mill merger, terming it
the "cotton mill trust;" the Carolina
Public Service corporation
as the "ice trust," and a Columbia
power company as the "power
trust," and asked legislation
dissolving them.
Among other things, the Governor
recomended the passage of
a two-cent railway rate bill and
the levying of a one mill tax lor
public schools, warning the legislators
that unless this is done
he would veto ail appropriations
for State colleges. He asked the
repeal of the law forbidding the
carrying of concealed weapons
and recommended a law to allow
all persons desiring to carry
pistols to be granted 30-day
licenses, a list of such persons to
be kept by the clerks of court, 1
and asked the passage of a law
| making it a misdemeanor for a
I newspaper reporter to misquote
a public speaker. He recommended
that a resolution be
passed calling for the election on
a constitutional amendment providing
for the election of judges
; by the people.
The Governor's message was J
several thousand words in length. !
Prosperity Smiled on Fort Mill.
Generally speaking the last
year was one of prosperity for
Fort Mill and this immediate
section. Within the town growth
is evidenced by the new store
houses that h:tuf crnnti nr? frK,&
t new residences built and the old
| ones remodeled, as well as the
' great improvement to the streets. !
| The paving of Main street at a
l cost of slightly more than $4,000,
i perhaps added more to the town
than any one thing. Iri all directions
in the country can be
seen better farms, better farm
houses and better stock, all of
which mean better farmers and
better crops.
The two banking institutions
of the town held their annual
meetings the last week, as did
i also several mercantile corpora!
tions, and declared dividends on
I their capital stocks.
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the Savings Bank, the
former directors were reelected.
The semi-annual dividend of
; 4 per <ent., declared la.-t month.
! was distributed to the stockholders,
and a substantial amount
was added to the bank's surplus
fund.
The last year was also a pros!
perous one for the First National
j Bank. This institution is just
I turn vpnro Knf ,,.^11
. ? ,r U Uiu, uufa w u 11 CSlclUlished,
and in its meeting the
last week an annual dividend of
8 per cent, was declared.
The mercantile firm of E. W.
Kimbrell company held its annual
meeting on Tuesday of last
week and declared a dividend of
10 per cent. The following officers
were reelected for the
year 1913: VV. B. Meacham,
i president; VV. H. Belk, vice- I
| president; E. VV. Kimbrell, secretary
and treasurer.
Must Pull Mileage in Georgia.
I j^fter an hour's discussion the
Georgia railroad commission on
Friday morning decided not to
grant the petition of the railroads
asking that the order of the com- ,
I mission, which becomes effective !
February 1, directing the "pull- j
ing" of interchangeable mileage ,
in Georgia be suspend(d until
after the interstate commerce
commission has made a decision
upon a similar ruling by the State ,
railroad commission of South
Carolina.
The traveling men's organizations,
which were largely instrumental
in having the Georgia
commission issue the order, opposed
the petition of the railroads
vigorously on the ground that
the roads were merely fighting
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^WlflTE 1/EGH ORN EGGS-I have
for sale for hatching purposes pure
WycolT strain White Leghorn Errs at
$1.00 for 15. D. A. LEE, Fort Mill,
S. C.
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WAR ON THt HOOKWORM
BEGAN LAST TUESDAY
The hookworm campaign in
York county, conducted by the
South Carolina board of health,
began in Rock Hill Tuesday, and
continues until February 25.
Dr. J. T. Howell is in charge of!
the campaign, which promises to
be productive of much good.
During the campaingfive dis-:
pensaries will be established in |
the county, with Rock Hill as
general headquarters. During
the six weeks the campaign is on
Dr.*Howell w m spend a day each
week at eacn of the dispensaries
as follows:
Tuesdays, at Rock Hill; Wednesdays.
at Foi l Alill; Thursdays,
at Hickory Grove; Fridays, at
Clover; Saturdajs, at Yorkville.
At eacn dispensary free examination
and iree treatment will
be given to all who apply. The
county has agreed to purchase
the medicine for the dispensaries,
the State board of health agreeing
to make free examinations
and fill the proper prescriptions
to secure a cure.
In discussing the disease to a
reporter for the Rock Hill Herald.
Dr. Howell said in part:
Hookworm disease is caused
by a small, round worm which
measures about half an inch in
length and has the thickness of
an ordinary hairpin. It enters
the body in a stage at which it is
invisible to the naked eye usually
through the skin, thereby producing
ground-;tch, and makes
its way to the intestine, and becomes
full grown. The parasite
then feeds, noon the hlond nt' thi?
host, causes bleeding places in
the intestine, and in all probability
has poisons which get into
the system and may destroy the
blood of the pet son. Each hookworm
lives lrora 10 to 15 years
alter entering the body. Outside,
the body they live in the soil, i
And in turn they get into the soil j
only through soil cont.au ination ;
with the bowel discharges oi a
human being. There!ore, we
have the vu ions circle, from soil
to tile person, and lrom person
to the soil. it the human excreta
were properly provided for
and disposed of, the disease
would soon be stamped out.
The disease is found at all ages,
in both sexes, in all classes and
in both races.
It does not require over four
treatments, given one week
apart, to etfect a cure.
Astor's (?) Farewell Message.
A story going the rounds of
the press and bearing a Gulfport.
Miss., date line is to the
effect that the captain of the
British steamship' Florentia recently
picked up off Cape Verde
Islands a piece of deck chair
having scratched on it a message
from John Jacob Astor, American
millionaire, who was one of
the 1,600 victims of the foundering
of the steamship Titanic.
The piece of chair was picked up
by a sea fisherman and handed
the captain of the Florentia as
the boat was passing the island
of Teneriffe, one of the Canaries.
The piece of wood became enI
tangled in the fisherman's line
and the writing being noticed
was handed to the captain who
made out the following message
scratched in the wood with a
knife.
"Love to all. Will meet you
in Heaven. The finder will
receive a thousand dollars for
delivering this message. John
Jacob Astor."
Short Items of Interest.
The aggregate amount of fines
turned over to the county treasurer
by the magistrates during
the past three months is only
$917.20. It is the remark of the
magistrates generally, that there
has been less disorder and petty
crime during the holiday season
this year than they have ever
known.?Yorkville Enquirer.
Mr. John E. Carroll assumed
office as superintendent of education
on January 1. He had
been discharging the duties of
the office for Mr. J. W. Quinn, j
the retiring superintendent, for I
ov>mc wccnn previous. messrs.
J. VV. Smith and VV. VV. Jackson
were sworn in as county commissioners
on Inst Wednesday.?
Yorkville Enquirer. i
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SDAY. JANUARY 16. 1913.
STATE'S LAW-MAKERS
ARE AGAIN IN SESSION
The General Assembly of South
Carolina convened in regular session
Tuesday, as provided by the
State constitution, the sessions
to extend over a period of 40
days. Of the 44 members of the
Senate, 28 of them, including
the hold-over Senators and those
reelected, were in the upper
house during the last term. In
the House of Representatives 90
new members, elected last November,
have been seated, with
the 84 reelected then.
During the present term and
nrobablv within n ilnv r>r- tun
the General Assembly will elect
two circuit judges, a superintendent
of the penitentiary mid
three members of the penitentiary's
board of trustees. Judge
R. E. Copes of the First circuit
has resigned and the term of
Judge T. S. Sease has expired.
It is understood that P. T. Hildebrand,
of Orangeburg, solicitor
of the First circuit, M. S. Connor,
of St. George, member of
the Dorchester county bar, and
Octavius Cohen, of Monck's Corner,
are seeking to succeed Judge
Copes. So far as is known, Judge
Sease will be unopposed for reelection.
Marriage in Flint Hill.
Miss Maltie Bailes and Mr.
Carl Paris were married Wednesday
at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. T.
Bailes, of the Flint Hill section.
Rev. S. P. Hair, of the Flint Hill
church, performed the ceremony.
The marriage was a quiet home
affair, with only a few friends
and relatives present.
After the ceremony the young
couple left for Pittsview, Ala.,
where they will reside at the
home of the groom's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter M. Paris.
Campaign ?n Evangelism.
Southern Presbyterians have
started a great campaign on
evangelism and stewardship
throughout the whole assembly.
The object is evident from the
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the church, and second, to eidist
all that are now m the church to
an adequate support of the
beneficent work of the church.
To discuss and plan methods for
attaining1 these objects, lYesbyterial
conferences are being held
all over the South from Virginia
to Texas, and Florida to Oklahoma.
Sixty-three of these will
be held in January and early
February. For the South Carolina
presbytery the conference
is to be held at Greenwood on
January 30-31.
Soaring Food Prices.
Soaring prices of foodstuffs
are pictured in a new set of
figures compiled by the United
States Department of Commerce
and Labor from its investigation
of the cost of living in 30 American
cities.
Between August 1.911, and
August, 1912, only two things
decreased in price?potatoes and
sugar. Meanwhile, everything
else advanced.
The figures showing the advance
in prices during the last
10 years show the following increases:
Sugar fi per cent; butter 34;
milk 35: flour 34*
eggs 47; lard 57; hens 59, sirloin
steak 62; ham 63; rib roast 63;
cornmeal 64, round steak 86;
smoked bacon 100, and pork
chops 105.
Some Vast A??emblngr?.
Apropos of vast audiences. The Ernest
Gamble Concert Party, which will
appear here Tuesday, .January 21, at
the auditorium, have had some of the
largest audiences ever assembled in the
United States. The Gamble Party appeared
before Lord and Lady Aberdeen
and twelve thousand listeners on Dominion
Dav at Chatuuqua, N. Y. The
largest musical assemblage ever in C< lumbus,
Ohio, was the All-Star program
with the Arion Club by Ernest
Gamble, Ysaye, Gernrdy and Pugno,
when close to six thousand people
tilled the mammoth Auditorium. The
largest choir in the world is the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake
City. The Gamble Party appeared as
soloists with this organization before
five thousand persons. Then, too, Mr.
Gamble has sung in the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York City, and in
most ot the largest theatres and auditoriums
of this country.?Adv.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
For December, 1912.
First Grade.
Hazel Carter, Earle Steele, Clarence
Vurnadore, Alma Lynn, Elbert Harkey,
Olin Hood, Ernest Wagner, Gertrude
Broom, Elizabeth Ardrev, Katherine
Massey, Mary Kimbrell, Mary Moore,
Bertha Moore, Clarence Miller, Willie
Morton, Edward Kimbrell, Philip Gordon,
William Hafner, Lee Carothers,
Stephen Parks. Larenee Armstrong, J.
B. Mills, Margaret McElhaney.
Second Grnde.
Willie Bennett, Mamie Carter, Olin
Dease, Beulah Epps. Edward Kpps,
Hope Harris, Bennett Hoaglnnd, Elbert
lrby, Frank Jones, Mary Jones, Meldah
Lynn. Ella Mae McElhaney, Elizabeth
Mills, Mattie Morton, Ernest Murray,
Luther Patterson, Lizzie B? lie
Sutton, Mae Thompson, Carrie Watford,
Anna Wolfe.
Third Grnde.
Marion Parks, John Lester Crowder.
Fourth Grade.
Hattie Bclk, Sophie Link, Blanche
i Moser.
Fifth Grade.
William Gricr, Melvin Black men,
! Harry Bradford, Grace Erwin, Beatrice
j Parks.
Sixth Grade.
I Btlth Met .MiKrklln
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Malcolm Link.
Seventh Grade.
John A. Boyd, Alfred Jones, Mary
McLaughlin, Marjorio Mills, Andrew
j Hafner, William Erwin, Jessie Baker.
Eighth Grade.
Pauline Erwin, Violet Culp, Mary
Armstrong, Cornelia Harris, Ocie Hood,
Alice Bradford, Kathleen Armstrong,
Alice Harris, Lillian Potts, Willie K.
Barber, Willie Rogers, Heath Belk.
Ninth Grade.
James Young, Frances Smith, Sadie
Yongue, Zenas Crier, Esther Meacham,
Jamf'K Gaston, Clarence Link, Willie
Nims, Mary Epps, Olive Harris.
Tenth Grade.
Roy Patterson, Price Culp, Florence
1 Bennett, Tom Hall, Ethel Armstrong,
j Shellie Sutton, Bessie Smith, Lila Hall,
Sarah Culp.
W. 0. W. Banquet.
White Oak camp No. 41, Woodmen
of the World, entertained a
I large throng of guests at a banI
quet in the armory Thursday
night. C;ipt. J. W. Ardrey and
i Rev. F. L. Glennan were the
speakers of the occasion.
The officers recently elected
by this camp are: S. W. Parks,
C. C.; E. H. Phillips. A. L.;
L.J. Massey. banker; A. R. McElhaney,
clerk; W. S. Moss. '
escort; R. L. Bennett, sentry; l
G. R. Wingate, watchman; I). G.
ivimoren, nmnajrer I or years.
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New Goods - Good
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PINEVILLE MAN AND WIFE M
BURIED IN SAME GRAVE
Fort Mill people generally read
with regret of the deaths Thursday
night of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Hicks at their home in the
vicinity of Pineville. Mr. Hicks
and family resided in Fort Mill
township up to a few years ago
and was well known in this city.
The death of Mr. Hicks Thursday
evening at 7 o'clock was the
rf?sillt nf n fllll frr?m o wrorrrsv. r.
few hours earlier. The death
of his wife at 7:10 resulted from
heart failure caused by the accident
to her husband.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Hicks
had loaded his wagon with wood
and started to Charlotte. He
had gone only a few hundred
yards when a standard on the
wagon snapped in twain, releasing
the wood a large portion of
I which fell to the ground. Mr.
Hicks was unable to retain his
seat on the wagon and in falling
was thrown under the wheels.
The vehicle, with its heavy load,
passed over his body and inflicted
injuries which he could not
survive. '
Mrs. Hicks suffered a stroke
of paralysis last spring and for
some time had been unable to
leave her room. Thursday when
the mangled body of her husband
was brought to the home she
fainted. A physician was summoned
and stated that Mr. Hicks
could not recover, although the
I injured man regained conscious
ness long enougn io explain now
the accident occurred. Mrs.
Hicks was given attention but
died without regaining consciousness.
T he bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks, who are survived by sevi
eral children, were interred Friday
in the burial ground at Ebenozer
church in Mecklenburg
county.
Inspection of York Militia.
Following are the dates for the
inspection of the military companies
in York county:
April 11, Fort Mill, Company
K, First infantry.
April 14, Rock Hill, Company
11, First infantry.
April 16, Yorkville, headquarters
First infantry; Company L,
First infantry.
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Styles - Big Values
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QUALITY COUNTS."
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