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T Established in 1891. a. BUYER OF "BLIND TIGER" AS GUILTY AS THE SELLER In South Carolina the buyer' of whiskey from a blind tiger is' guilty of a violation of the law j and is punishable just as is the seller, according to a decree1 handed down the past week by Circuit Judge Shipp in dismiss- 1 ing several appeals from the re- [ corder's court of Anderson. The defendants convicted in the re- j corder's court of the charge of transporting contraband liquors, appealed on the grounds that they were acting as ager.ts for purchasers and that the whiskev was not contraband, because it J was to be used for a lawful pur pose. The defendants stated that they secured the whiskey from a blind tiger, naming the man, and that they merely carried the whiskey from the tiger to the purchaser. Judge Shipp stated that the defendants knew the whiskey was contraband when it was in the hand of the blind tjger and that its character did not change when it passed into the hands of the defendants, although it may have been obtained by them for a lawful purpose. The cases will probably be carried to the State supreme court. Should that tribunal affirm Judge Shipp's order in dismissing the appeal and affirming the judgments of the recorder's court, the blind ticer business in South Carolina will be dealt a staggering blow. House Takes Recess. The House of Representatives recessed Friday evening until Wednesday in order to give the Senate time to consider .the appropriations bill. Usually it is the Senate that has to mark time and wait on the House, but this time the reverse is true. In v order to recess for three days the consent of the Senate had to be obtained. The Senate is still debating the Lawson-McCravey local option compulsory education bill, and determined efforts are being made by the opponents of the L Ml 4 - * ?l 1 ' uni co caiK me measure to death. 1 Last Week of Bird Season. Next Saturday, March 1, marks the close of the 1912-'13 bird | season in South Carolina. The season opened November 15, two and a half months ago, and this is a somewhat longer period than is allowed in some of the States for killing the partridges. In Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, for instance, the hunters have only forty days in which to engage lawfully in the sport. The season which is now on the verge of closing has not been a profitable one to the hunters of this immediate section. Before Christmas there were very few days cool enough for hunting, and since the holidays the weather has been either too warm or rainy. There also has been few out-of-State hunters to visit Fort Mill, and the close of the season probably will leave a greater number of birds in the fields in this section than for quite a number of years. ^ Tho RalL.1T i mktiol 1 M n mmi orfA iuv vwr.k uiiuwiwi naiiKig;. A marriage of interest to a wide circle of relatives and friends in this section was that last Thursday evening at o'clock of Miss Leila Mamie Belk and Mr. Charles Sargent Kimbrell. The marriage took place at the Booth street home of Mr. and Mrs. F.. W. Kimbrell and was witnessed by a large party of the relatives and friends of the bride and groom. The ceremony was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Glennan of the Fort Mill Methodist church. The bridal couple were the recipients of many costly and useful presents. The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. C. Belk, of lower Fort Mill, and is a young lady of many graces and is deservedly popular in the community. Mr. Kimbrell is a mail carrier on a local rural route and is universally popular. Mr. and Mrs. Kimbrell on Friday began housekeeping in the Stephenson cottage near the i local Baptist church. HE F< Drug Firm Changes Hands. j A business change of con- I siderable local interest will take place Saturday, March 1, when 1 11 * ? " " ? inessrs. j. rvi. Massey and B. F. 1 Massey, Jr., will assume charge i < of the well known Main street ( drug business of the Parks Drug 1 company. The business will be continued under the firm name i of the Massey Drug Store and 1 will be under the personal super- < vision of Mr. B. F. Massey, Jr. ] The Messrs. Massey are sons i of Mr. B. Frank Massey, of lower 1 Fort Mill, and Mr. B. F. Massev. < Jr., is an experienced drug man, ' having engaged in the business \ at Clinton, Rock Hill, Charlotte j ] and other places for a period of i more than ten years. He is at; 5 present with Bowen'sdrug store, 11 Charlotte. Mr. Massey is well j ' known and popular and doubtless ' will receive a hearty share of j J the drug trade of Fort Mill and ,( vicinity. i' The Parks Drug company dur-1 j ingthe five years of its existence i' has enjoyed a liberal patronage ' 1 and it is a long list of satisfied .' customers which it surrenders to the new Massey firm. Mr. iS. VV. Parks, proprietor of the Parks Drug company has not 1 stated in what business he will engage in the future. 1 John W. NcElhaney Dead. Magistrate John W. McEl-!' hatiey, one of the best known 1 and most popular citizens of Eastern York county, died sud- : denly at his home on Confederate : street, this city, Saturday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. McElhaney had not been previously sick, ex- j1 cept for a slight cold. Saturday 1 morning he arose at the usual hour and a short lime afterward was seized with a violent spell of coughing which continued for several moments when he fell j back bh the bed and expired be- ;< fore medical aid could be sum- 1 moned. It was thought that 1 during the coughing spell a blood vessel of the head had been 1 ruptured, causing an overflow of 1 the brain and death. 1 John W. McElhaney came to : Fort Mill from the Clay Hill 1 section of York about 25 years 1 ago and eagaged in the livery ! business. Alter residing here ' for a year or two he was appoint- ' ed magistrate of Fort Mill town- J ship, succeeding the late J. A. ( Withers. Mr. McElhaney has 1 heid this position continuously since with the exception of one 1 year, in winch lie served the! town of Fort Will as mayor. In 1 the position of magistrate he made an excellent officer. Several ; times he has had opposition for * the position, but always won out J without difficulty. He was al- ' ways ready and willing to furnish his triends with legal ad- 1 vices, and many cases which ( would have resulted in the ] breaking of former friendships ! have been amicably settled 1 through his constant desire for 1 peace between his fellowmen. * He was universally liked and his 5 death has been the cause for 5 regret by the entire citizenship ! of this section. Mr. McElhaney was 55 years 1 of age. He was married about 5 35 years ago to Miss Addie 1 Saville, by whom, with two sons ' and a daughter, Messrs. A. R. 11 McElhaney and J. C. McElhaney , 1 and Miss Nannie McElhaney, all ' of Fort Mill, he is survived. The funeral service was con- J ducted from the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Revs. J W. A. Hafner and S. P. Hair. The burial was made with ! Masonic honors in the new ad- 1 dition to the city cemetery, in j the presence of a large assem- 1 blage of people. Among the { number of people from out of j town who attended the funeral1 were noticed County Treasurer |' Harry Neil, County Supervisor 1 T. W. Boyd, Deputy Sheriff ( Quinn, W. S. Nicholson, of Rock ( Hill, and John Kennett, of Mooresville, N. C. * I i Bob Hart, colored, while on a 1 drunken spree at his home in ( the eastern section of the town ! Friday, attempted to exterminate I his household by the use of a < pocketknil'e. In the melee Hart's 1 wife and grown daughter were i painfully carved about the hands, < arms and faces. The negro im- I mediately thtrjafter left for i parts unknown and is still at I large. j ORT FORT MILL, S. C., THUB M EXICO. Many questions are being asked M?? --?*. -a a;, i.; 1UUUI H1CA1V.U JUSl ilt U11S time. \ few pertinent facts about that :ountry will, therefore, be of in:erest. It would make 29 States the ?ize of South Carolina. The population a few years ago was 11,514,913. The boundary line be:ween it and the United States s about 1,400 miles long. The Rio Grande river forms the hnnn lary for about half the distance. ' Its length from Central Arner- j co to the northwestern limits is 1,990 miles, its greatest breadth s 750 miles; at Vera Cruz it is ibout 540 miles and at the narrowest point it is 140 miles. It tias 6,086 miles of sea coast. It iies between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific ocean. A range }f mountaing extends through the whole territory. They are nearer the Pacific than the Gulf. There are a dozen mountain peaks 10,000 to 17,000 feet high. There are a half dozen active volcanoes. According to the message of President Madero to Congress last September the national army was composed of 107 generals, 5,236 officers und 49,332 men. the budget calls for an expenditure of S?55 OOO OOO on inoroooo ? ? ? ywy ?/wi v?W| ft ft ft ft IV A VCftiJC of nearly $3,000,000 over the previous year. A $10,000,000 loan was negotiated early last year and another was about to be asked when the present uprising began. During last year 1,000 miles of new railroad were under construction at a cost of $14,000,000, but work was suspended because of the expense on the new $18,000,000 capitol and the new $12,000,000 national theater. Mexico has every variety of climate from tropical heat the year round to mountains always covered with snow. Silver and gold mines are rich and many Americans have gone down there to operate the mines. The mineral wealth includes also gold, iron, tin, zinc, mercury, lead. About 100,000 men are employed in the mining and smelting establishments. There is in sight j a low-grade coal supply estimat ed at 300.000,000 tons, and in ' the petrolium deposits on the j gulf there'is a supply of fuel oil j n incalculable value. Much, if j not all, of the capital used in the ievelopment of these resources s American and British. The history of Mexico goes jack to the seventh century, when the Toltecs were in possesion. After 500 years they were succeeded by the Aztecs and :heir dynasty ceased with the Spanish invasion under Cortez in 1519. When the Spaniards came to Mexico they discovered ruins )f immense buildings which apjeared to be very ancient. After Vlontezuma yielded to the Spanards, for more than three centuries the country existed in a semi-barbaric way. After a long struggle, the territory of Texas secured its independence in 1838; then came the War with Mexico toao a .i ? - ii ioio. rtiler inai aate Mexico has been torn by internal dissen- j dons and suffered from anarchy J jntil the present time. However, an orderly and progressive government could hardly be expected when 5,000,000 of the population are full-blooded InJians; 3,000,000 iMestizoes, or pall'-casles; 1,500.000 CreoleWhites; 50,000 Spaniards; 10,000 i negroes, 100,000 Americans and j Europeans. It would be impossible to bring such a mixed popilation up to that point of virtue and civilization necessary for j aesi cuizensnip and good gov- j Brnment. The Spaniards are , :he ruling class. Many of the Indians are mixed race and are field in a state of slavery. That ivill always be the condition of aJ :ountry where there is such a diversity of population. ? Exc. The Savings Bank of Fort Mill s making notable improvements to its banking office and rooms. Carpenters are engaged in enarging the banking rooms, putting in new fixtures, etc., and u ?i? ?- s- ?..* wucii me worn is compieiea tne bank will have one of the handsomest places of business in this section. It is probable that in the near future further improvement to the bank's quarters will be made by putting a glass front in the building. t Mill ISDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913 FOUR OUT FOR GOVERNOR AND OTHERS MENTIONED Following close upon the announcement last week that Attorney General Peeples would enter the governor's race next year came the report from Columbia that three other men had declared themselves candidates for the governorship in 1914. Railroad Commissioner J. G. Richards, a resident of Liberty TT:il T r \ nm, in iversnaw county, has an- j nounced his candidacy for the; position of chief executive. Mr. Kichards was reelected to his present position last summer and prior to that time served in the House. Speaker Mendel L. Smith of the house of representatives and a resident of Camden, has affirmed the report that he would make the race for governor in 1914. Speaker Smith has served ! as presiding officer of the house j for several years. He was formerly a noted baseball player and is prominent in K. of P. circles Lieutenant Governor Chas. A. Smith also will be in the govern or's race next year. Mr. Smith is serving his second term as lieutenant governor of the State, having been reelected last summer without opposition. His home is at Timmonsville. Representative Geo. R. Rembert, of Richland, has been mentioned as a probable candidate for governor, as has also Mr. Richard I. Manning, of Sumter. Mr. Manning was in the race for governor in 1006 and in a second race was defeated by Mr. i Ansel by a very close vote. Another possible candidate, so rumor goes, is Mr. Arch B. Calvert, of Spartanburg. Mr. Calvert is well known throughout the State and especially in the; Piedmont, the great voting region. Meeting of York Teachers. The third meeting of the York County Teachers' Association will be held at Winthrop College on Saturday, March 1, beginning at 10:30 a. m. There will be a session in the morning and one in the afternoon. Corn clubs, playgrounds, language in the primary grades and the teaching of English grammar will be discussed. A full attendance is earnestly desired. F. W. Moore. See'y. Quitfi a number of Fort Mill people went up to Pineville Sun-1 day to view the wreck of a freight train in the northern edge of the town. JOHN WANAMAKER In the year 1889. at the age of 49 years, insured his life for $20,000.00 in the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The annual premium charged on his policy was $901.80. Last year the Union Central Life Insurance Company offered him a dividend on this policy amounting to $588.40, which reduced his last year's premium to $217.40. Mr. Wanamaker is now about 72 years old, and the cost of his insurance last year averaged in the Union Central policy only $10.87 per $1,000.00. The total amount of dividends otlen d j to Mr. Wanamaker since 18891 amount to $8,017.61. During these 23 years he has enjoyed ntf* ct>mirit\r in Via UWUIIVJ 111 I.IIC ^;i uirction of his estate to the amount of $20,000.00. Had Mr. Wanamaker taken a policy in a non-participating company, his premium would have been about $720.00 per annum and he would have been required to pay this amount?no more, no less ?every year for the* last 23 years, and so lonp: as he lives. A little simple arithmetic will show you what he has saved by choosing the Union Central. Profit by the example of Mr. Wanamaker and let us prove to you that the Union Central is writing insurance at a lower net cost today than any insurance | company in ttmencn. we Will he glad for you to call at our office over Ardrey's drug stdre, or 'phone No. 126. Bailes & Link, District Agents. Adv. TIM] SPECIAL. On Saturday, March 1, The Times will allow Five Votes in the McElhaney Piano Contest for each cent paid on new subscriptions, renewals or old accounts. fi e i.nc mill ui mi'iiinaney & Co. will on Saturday also 1 allow Five Votes for each cent purchase for cash from their stocks. Excited by Strange Light. A strange light has appeared in the mountains of North Carolina, according to a dispatch to the New York World, and the people of the section in which the light has appeared are greatly alarmed over the phenomena. The strange light has been seen in the Jonas Ridge neighborhood, and Col. Robert T. Clay well, representing the people of Jonas Rid ire has ninHp n u/..~u I _ I* VI i\t tv ?? d^uington to induce the government | to send an expert to North Carolina to see what's wrong. | "The light rises up to a height of 50 feet, and then settles down again," said Mr. Clay well to the director of the geological survey. "It hurts your eyes like the sun. We want to know what it is." I Through the efforts of Senator Simmons and Representative E. Y. Webb, Mr. Claywell got the consent of the government that a man visit Jonas Ridge and investigate the light. Jonas Ridge is in the vicinity of Ashevilie, N. C. No Migratory Birds. Someone has called The Times' attention to the absence during the month of February of the robins, which are usually here in large numbers at this season of the year. And now those who claim to be weather-wise say that the delayed coming of tbp hirde muoin; uavuiio mat oui lit; t'Atremely cold weather is yet to be had. The robins usually appear in this section two or three weeks ahead of this lime. Fort Mill is filled with large Chinaberry trees and during the month of February the robins usually flock to these trees to eat the berries. Send us ^ I ^ B Parcel Post ders. * Just ring us up. It makes i right in town or in the countr attention and send them QUI quick deliveries. Phone us y? on time. Specials for We have just received a hig Gingham, in fancy stripe, pla our display of these beautiful ] while it lasts, the yard, onlj Muslin U Our assortment of Muslin U and prettier than ever before, ties and Nainsooks, handsome vidual fanrv. Dainty Corset Covers, 2 Pretty Gowns, 50c, 75c, Skirts, special values, ai Beautiful Princess Slips Pants, best values, 25c ; E. W. Kimt "THE PLACE WHERE 1 WADE BAILEY NOT GUILTY, Jl SAYS MEGKLENBUR6 JURY The second trial of Wade H. * .!;J8 Bailey, a former Fort Mill man, charged with the murder of James W. Davis was concluded in Mecklenburg superior court at Charlotte , Thursday, the jury returning/a verdict of not guilty. Bailey's first trial upon the charge named took place several months ago and resulted in a mistrial, it being said at the time that 11 of the jurors were for acquittal and one for conviction. Bailey's attorneys claimed for" him self-defense, and this plea took well with the jury, the attorneys having planned their entire defense upon the evidence of abundant witnesses that the fatal shot that entered Davis* body was fired after the lattfer had made continued ndvnnr*?* upon Bailey with a rock. The acquittal ends a case that has been before the Mecklenburg court since last August. The difficulty which brought the charge of murder upon i Bailey occurrrd early one morning last August, when the defendant, returning from his duties as f-jA I night watchman at the Atherton / mill, ran upon Davis. The lat- * ; ter at once began to make charges and reflections against Bailey 1 and his wife, there having been bad blood between them for some time. Davis, it was shown in the evidence, reached down ! for a rock and after Bailey had I tried to evade the assaults th? dead man persisted in the trouble until Bailey pulled his pistol and fired the bullet inflicting a wound upon Davis from which he died a few hours later. Hope Smith Married. From the Rock Hill Herald it is learned that Hope Smith, a former resident of Fort Mill, and Miss Pearl Hunter, of Lancaster, were married on Thursday at Lancaster. Mr. Smith is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Smith, of Fort Mill, formerly of the Ebenezer section of the county. Miss Hunter is ja daughter of I. T. Hunter, of I Lancaster, and is well known I here, having frequently visited 1 friends in this city. ???? ??? ? Mail Orders nfiji i given i t%\ fl prompt at<0 tention. -' ; io difFerence whether you live {, we give your orders prompt CK. We pride ourselves on our orders and you'll get them This Week. shipment of 32-Inch Fairfield ids and checks. Ask to see patterns. Special value ioc ! C * nderwear. nderwear is this season larger We have all sizes, in Dimi- \ ly trimmed to suit your indii. 5c, 35c, 50c and 75c. $1.00 and $2.00. b 50c to $2.00 each. , $1.00 to $2.50. and 50c. a4 = __ >rell Comp'y : QUALITY COUNTS."