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oi PAT HUNTLEY, MURDERER,
6ETS 30 YEARS IN PEN.
Pat Huntley, colored, who was
* put on trial in Mecklenburg
superior court Monday morning
charged with the mtfrder of his
wife, Mary Huntley, near Pineville,
last December, was Tuesday
sentenced to 30 years at
hard labor in the State penitentiary
after his attorneys had
submitted to second degree murder
for him. On the advice of
Judge Webb and considering
the strong circumstantial evidence
against their client, the
attorneys for Huntley, L. J.
Hunter, C. W. Tillett, and L. W.
Humphrey, submitted to the
charge of murder in the second
degree. Huntley maintained to
the end that he was not guilty of
the murder of his wife, although
the circumstances pointing toward
him as the guilty man were
very strong.
Huntley, throughout the hearing
manifested most remarkable
unconcern, apparently not realizing
the seriousness of the charge
against him. The body of his
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wiie was iouna ouriea near rineville
on a Friday afternoon in
December after she had been
missing since the previous Sunday
morning. He denied any
knowledge of how she came to
her death, but claimed that two
other colored women told him
shortly after his wife's body was
found that they had killed her, a
statement which they of course
deny ever making.
Storehouse Narrowly Escapes Fire.
Mr. W. D. Kimbrell, a farmer
whose home is about two miles
east of Fort Mill and who conducts
a mercantile business in
connection with his farm, came
near losing bis store house and
contents by fire early Friday
morning:. Mr. Kimbrell was
awakened about 4 o'clock by a
bright light shining in the window
of his bed room, and on in4
vestigating found that the store
building was on fire. However,'
with the aid of his brothers,
Messrs. J. S. and Harvey Kimbrell,
and several water buckets
the fire was soon extinguished
and the damage was only slight.
The fire originated in a box of
ashes whi? h Mr. Kimbrell had
taken from his stove the previous
day. and, unintentionally, had
left in the store over night.
Mr. Peeples for Governor.
Attorney General Peeples has
announced his candidaev fur th*?
office of Governor. He will begin
at once the campaign for the
election which comes next year.
Governor Blease having decided
to oppose United States
Senator E. D. Smith for reelection,
the lists of the governorship
are wide open and it is
expected that Mr. Peeples will
have a plenty of opponents.
Makes Methodists liberal Offer.
A few weeks ago the Methodists
of Fort Mill lost their
parsonage by fire, and had no
insurance. Now, Mr. S. S.
McNinch. of the Charlotte Brick
company, has come forward and
offered to furnish sufficient brick
* for a new home, free of cost.
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Living in a small town has no inl
(There are big opportunities for j
If you were offered a good busin
the outlay of a sum of money, wo?
Sooner or later that opening wil
who carry opportunity in their poc
young man with a bank occount.
thrifty, and can be trusted.
^ We extend you a cordial invitati
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Asylum and School Bills Pass.
The lower house of the State
Legislature Monday night by an
overwhelming vote passed to
third reading a bill introduced by
the Way^ and Means Committee
as a substitute bill providing for|
a levy of an additional one mill
tax for the public schools of the
State.
The bill providing for the sale
of the present asylum property
in Columbia and transferring it
to the State Park, passed the
Senate Monday night and was
sent to the House. The Sinking
Fund Commission has charge of
the sale, the upset price being
fixed at $1,000,000.
Farm Products Lower in Prices.
"The high cost of living," j
judging from figures published
by the department of agriculture,
apparently is solving itself as
the result of lower prices for
agricultural products. The de
partment announces that on
February 1 the prices paid for
staple crops averaged nearly 20 (
per cent, lower than on the same j
date last year, 6 per cent, lower
than in 1911 and nearly 19 per
cent, below those paid in February.
1910. Prices have increased,
however, 1 5 per c ?nt. between
the first of the year and the first
of the present month.
Corn, wheat, potatoes and
eggs and a number of other commodities
are lower, although
chickens are commanding a j
somewhat higher price than at 1
this time last vear. The increase i
extends virtually to all meats,
pork, beef, veal, mutton and
lamb, all commanding: higher
prices. The prices of staple
vegetables have fallen.
Poultry for Profit
Right now is the season of the
I year when tho average housewife
[devotes an extra share of time
to her chickens preparatory to
the raising of early friers for
market and table. A little advice
along the line, as gleaned
from a leading poultry journal
will, therefore, not be amiss:
In changing from the old
I "speckleu hen," and "dominecker
rooster," to pure-bred business
hens, get the best breeding stock
j obtainable. This does not mean
! prize winners from poultry
! shows, but buy from reliable
unci trustworthy utility breeders.
It you want to specialize on eggs,
there are a number of breeds
that will serve your purpose. If
you want flesh, there are several
breeds that you can buy that
will produce early roasters or
fryer. But, bear in mind, get
only the "est for your foundation
stock.
The department of agriculture,
Washington, D. C., will forward
upon request free of charge, all
the necessary information as to
housing and feeding one needs.
They publish in booklet form,
much beneficial information and
it is easily understood and positively
dependable, and any one
who will follow the instructions
set forth can not help but be
successful if they start with
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Mr. W. A. Still has resigned
the superintendency of the Chadwick-Hoskin
mill at Pineville, to
accept a similar place with the
Millfort mill of this city.
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aid you have to turn it down.
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LEGISLATURE CLOSES FRIDAY;
WORK OF THE LAST WEEK
(The State, Monday.)
There is every reason to believe
that the General Assembly
will adjourn sine die on next
Friday, allowing the members to
celebrate Washington's birthday
at home. With the appropriation
bill, the supply bill and other
"omnibus" measures sent to the
Senate, the House will probably
take its ease this week, spending
the time in debating bills which
even if they are passed, have no
chance of going through the
Senate this late in the session.
The consideration of veto messages
will of course occupy part
of the time of the House.
During the last week the House
passed the McCravey compulsory
school attendance bill, the bill establishing
the Dr. John de la
Howe Instrial School and Home
for Destitute Children in Abbeville
county, the fire insurance
rating bill and the bill to provide
for the participation of South
South Carolina in the PanamaPacific
exposition in San Francisco.
Two of the big measures affecting
life insurance have been
continsed until next session.
They are the State life insurance
fund bill and the compulsory investment
bill, both of which will
appear on the calendar next session
and will probably be either
passed or killed then.
The Senate begins the last
week of the prosent session of
the General Assembly Monday
night at 8 o'clock. What has
gone before has been in preparation
for this week. The Senate
has been sitting in its chamber,
iow hot and now cold, and always
with an atmosphere too
close for comfort, slowly making
way for the several State-wide
measures that must be conisdered
this week or passed up until
next session.
The Earle bill to provide a flat
rate of two cents on the railroads
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w ouuui v^uruuiia is ti special i
reading for Monday night after)
third reading bills, and if taken
up it is safe to say that little:
else will be done than to con- j
sider it, although it is on the i
calendar reported unfavorably.
This hill has been on the calendar
since the early part of the
session and was held back two
or three weeks by the committee
in order to give the railroads a
hearing.
Other hills on the calendar of
Senate are: The Rittenbcrg bill
to give Charleston high license,
a special order for Tuesday after
third reading bills, the Denis
bill to tax timber, the LawsonMcCravey
compulsory education
bill, the Clifton State highway
bill, the Strait pension bill, the
Nicholson primary law bill, the
Mars bill to abolish the hosiery
mill at the penitentiary, the
Weston bill to establish a system
of medical examination of school
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cnuuren, trie .Nicholson bill to |
create a State board of examiners
of teachers, the Weston bill to
establish the office of railroad
inspector for the railroad commission,
the appropriation bill,
and the Laney-Banks-Beamguard
bill to transfer the State Hos- j
pital for the Insane to the State
park property and to dispose of
the present plant and lands. Numerous
other contested bills are
on the Senate calendar.
There is reason to believe that
the compulsory education bill will
pass because the Senate passed
the Carlisle bill to give Spartan- i
burg county compulsory attend-;
ance.
The Weston medical examination
bill may pass with numerous
counties exempted. Senator
Weston has. requested that it be
passed for Richland county if for
no other. The Richland sena-1
tor's bill to provide a railroad
inspector will probably pass the 1
upper branch.
The Senate up to this time has
refused to consider the House;
resolution fixincr Friday. Fehru
ary 21, as the day for adjourning 1
sine die.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimbrell
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Montgomery, of Charlotte, were
quests Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Kimbrell of
lower Fort Mill.
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SPAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913.
WITH TAFT'S SIGNATURE
ANTI-SHIPMENT BILL IS LAW
Following is the full text of
the Webb anti-liquor shipment
bill, which passed the house of
a _ A ; ? *
cscuiaiives last weeK arid
which the Senate has adopted
as a substitute for the KenyonShepherd
bill, a similar measure.
The Webb bill, which restricts
the shipping of liquor into dry
States, will become a law if it is
signed by President Taft:
"An act to divest intoxicating
liquors of their interstate commerce
character in certain casts.
"Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives
of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, that the
shipment or transportation, in
any manner or by any means
whatsoever, of any spirituous,
vinous, malted, fermented, or
other intoxicating liquor of any
kind, from one State, territory,
or district of the United States,
or place non-contiguous to but
subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
into any other State, territory
or district of the United States.
or place non-contiguous to but
subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
or from any foreign country,
into any State, territorj or district
of the United States, or
place non-contiguous to but subject
to the jurisdiction thereof,
which said spirituous, vinous,
malted, fermented, or other intoxicating
liquor is intended, by
any person interested therein, to
be received, possessed, sold, or
in any manner used, either in
the original package or otherwise,
in violation of any law
of such State, territory or district
of the United States, or
place non-contiguous to but subject
to the jurisdiction thereof,
is hereby prohibited."
Another Big Prize Contest
The enterprising firm of Mills
& Young has this week inaugurated
the largest prize voting*
contest ever launched in Fort
Mill. The list of nrizes to be
given away by the firm em- 1
braces a number of useful and |
very costly articles, the amount |
of the lot aggregating something
like $1,000. The first grand
prize is a Hallett & Davis piano
valued at $100. The other prizes,
nine in number, consist of articles
the winning of %hich will
doubtless cause a warm contest
among the people of this section.
On page live of this issue Mills
& Young have a large display
advertisement telling of the eontest
and everyone interested
should read the advertisement.
Along with the giving of votes
by Mills & Young, The Times
will also give free votes in the
contest. New subscribers will
be given 125 votes, renewal subscribers
will be given 125 votes,
and for every dollar paid on discontinued
delinquent subscription
250 votes will be given. In
addition to this The Times will
each week during the contest
carry a coupon good for 25 votes
and these may be clipped from
the paper and presented at
either of the three stores of
Milis & Young and the votes
will be issued. All parties intending
to enter the contest
should make a start at once, as
the eariy beginner stands-a great
deal better chance of winning
one of the handsome prizes. The
contest at Mills & Young's will
close December 20, 1913, but. all
votfes must be turned in to the
tirm on or before December 15,
in order that they may be correctly
counted and the winners
announced on the 20th.
Burgess Nichols Dead.
The remains of Mr. Burgess
Nichols, who died suddenly "of
heart failure Monday in one of
the Charlotte mercantile establisnments,
were brought to Fort
Mill Tuesday morning and interred
in the city cemetery.
where Mr. .Nichols' wile, who!
died 20-odd years ago, is buried, j
Mr. Nichols was 70 years old,
and his wile was a Miss Gilson.
lie is survived by three children,
Mrs. VV. G. Johnson, of Pine-1
ville, and Miss Rebecca and John
Nichols, of Charlotte.
A large party of relatives and ,
friends from Charlotte and Pine-j
vilie accompanied the remains to1
Fort Mill.
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What Think You of This?
According to dispatches from
Palm Beach, Fla., the parents of
a child described as the wealthiest
in the world have adopted as a
foster brother for it a negro
baby of its own age. It will be
good for the child, it is said, to
have this little playmate, and
will serve to counteract the precociousness
that is apt to be de
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veiopea o.v constant association
with nurses, detectives and the
other grown-up members of its
retinue.
The two children are to be
dressed aliko; they will play
together and take their meals
together; what the one has the ;
other will have. This life is to'
continue till the children aro 15
years of age. Then the negro j
baby is to become the valet of
its white foster brother.
Eclipses for 1913.
In the >ear 1913 there will be
five eclipses, three of the sun
and two of the moon.
A total eclipse of the moon,
March 22nd, partly visible here,
the inoon setting eclipsed; the
beginning visible generally in
North America, western South
America, throughout the Pacific
ocean, Australia, and the eastern
border of Asia; the ending visible
generally in western North
America, the Pacific ocean. Aus
tralia, central and eastern Asia.
A partial eclipse of the sun,
April 6th, invisible here.
A partial eclipse of the sun,
August 31st, invisible here.
A total eclipse of the moon,
September 15th, the moon setting
here as the eclipse begins;
the beginning visible generally
in North America, excepting the
extreme northern portions, the
Pacific ocean, Australia, and
eastern Asia; the ending visible
generally in Alaska, the Pacific
ocean excepting the eastern portions,
Australia and Asia.
A partial eclipse of the sun.
September 29th, invisible here;
visible to the greater portion of
the Indian Ocean.
The Times is requested to extend
an invitation to the people
of Fort Mill, and the school
patrons in particular, to a public
exercise to be given Friday
afternoon at 1:15 o'clock by the
literary society of the Fort Mill
high school.
; Just ring us up. It makes n
right in town or in the country
attention and send them QUI*
quick deliveries. Phone us yc,
on time.
Specials for
We have just received a big
Gingham, in fancy stripe, plai
our display of these beautiful r
while it lasts, the yard, only
Muslin Ui
Our assortment of Muslin Ui
and prettier than ever before,
ties and Nainsooks, handsomel
vidual fancy.
Dainty Corset Covers, 21
Pretty Gowns, 50c, 75c,
Skirts, special values, at
Beautiful Princess Slips,
Pants, best values, 25c a
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LOCAL CHAPTER D. A. R.
TO GIVE ENTERTAINNENT
Kanawha chapter D. A. R. of
Fort Mill, will give an entertainment
next week, the proceeds of
which will be used to buy a
handsome granite marker for
the old Unity cemetery.
Kanawha chapter is very much
interested in the preservation of
history in and around Fort Mill,
and will this year, besides giving
its annual prize of a $5 troM
piece to the student in the graded
school making the highest average
in American history, place a
handsome granite at the old
Revolutionary cemetery north- *
east of town. The chapter also
will use the sum set aside for the
purpose of keeping the cemetery
in repair to the best advantage,
and the future generations will
have no cause for shame when
looking upon this historic spot.
This is a laudable work, and
should be encouraged by every
person in Fort Mill. How can
we say with pride, "The men of
South Carolina sulTered more
and dared more and achieved
more in the Revolution than the
men of any other State" when
our own Revolutionary heroes
lie buried in such a desolate spot.
This entertainment promises ^
an evening of pleasure to both
young and old, and it is hoped
that it will be well patronized.
Look for the advertisement next
week of "The Silver Tea" to be
given by Kanawha chapter, D.
A. R.
Hookworm Not Plentiful in York.
According to a report in the
papers, the hookworm campaign,
which is being conducted in this
county by Doctor Howell of the
State Board of Health, is resulting
quite favorably. Five dispensaries
have been established
in this county. Examinations
disclose the fact that there are
not near so many people in this
county afflicted with hookworm
as there are in many of the
other counties. However, a
steady campaign of education is
being inaugurated, which will be
kept up by the local physicians
with the State's aid.
7 Mail Orders
given
prompt attention.
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o difference whether you live
, we give your orders prompt
CK. We pride ourselves on
>ur orders and you'll get them
This Wfipk.
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shipment of 32-Inch Fairfield
ds and checks. Ask to see
atterns. Special value 10c
iderwear.
iderwear is this season larger
We have all sizes,, in Dimiy
trimmed to suit your indi
>c, 35c, 50c and 75c.
$1.00 and $2.00.
50c to $2.00 each.
$1.00 to $2.50.
nd 50c.
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