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I 1 The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C? THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913. S1.25 P?r VMr * BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS THROUGHOUT THE STATE A statement tor April, issued; by Dispensary Auditor Mitciium, shows the whiskey sales in eight counties to have been $217,571.57 and the operating expenses $11,-! 281.24. -W _ H. H. Martin, of Edgefield County, was fined $20 by a inag- | istrate for violating the game laws by seigning in Turkey ; creek on a day prohibited by law. Others are to be tried for the same offense. The annual address before the South Carolina Bankers' association, to be held at Toxaway sometime during: the summer, j will be made by James Hamilton Lewis, the newly-elected senator of Illinois. Governor Blease Saturday appointed Dr. D. W. Pressley of Clover, and Dr. John Lyon of Greenwood, members of the State board of medical examiners. They were appointed on the recommendation of the South Carolida Medical association. A visitor from Yorkville today said that city was in the grip of an epidemic of German measles. One man has already died. An attempt was made to check it, but it is now beyond control.? Chester Lantern. ?? ? The postmistress at Manning has been asked to send in her, resignation for not personally at- j tending to the duties of the of- j r* _ ri?l 1 ? . nee. 1 nis is in Keeping witn the poliey recently announced by the postmaster general that postmasters must give their personal attention to the offices. Pleas Gordon, a young white man, was killed at Paeolet early Sunday morning by a blow which broke his neck, and Howard Pridetnore, with whom he had been quarreling, has been placed in jail, charged with the crime. After shouting for about five minutes Sunday afternoon durI ing services at a "holiness" church near Paris Mountain, in / Greenville county, Mrs. Millson Bryant, a white lady about 35 years old, fell to the floor in a swoon and died. ? ? Eighty-five new members have been add d to the roll of the Second Rantist clinreh of Arulor. son as rhe resuit of a revival meeting which has been in progress there during the past two weeks, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. N. Sanders. Fifty were received into the church by baptism and 35 by letter. ? J. H. Witherspoon, of Lancaster, while out driving Friday afternoon with his little son and nephew, at the mill village was passing another vehicle when he ran into a post. He was thrown out and was thought seriously injured, but the attending physicians say in all probability his injuries are not serious. The children escaped injury. Negroes in Pullman Cars. While riding in a Pullman car on the Southern Railway a few days ago, Railroad Commissioner John G. Richards saw a negro man, also a passenger, enter the ladies' dressing room to complete his toilet. The negro had bought a ticket at Washington for Savannah. Upon reaching Columbia Commissioner Richards * I J. I .1. * 14- I repvrteu me iiiitiier lo Attorney General Peeples and asked whether, in his opinion, it is a violation of the "separate coach" law. The Attorney General decided that as it was an interstate journey he is powerless to prosecute the Pullman Car company for the alleged violation. He suggested that Mr. Richards take the matter up with the members of Congress from this State in an effort to secure the passage of legislation that will prevent negroes riding in Pullman cars in South Carolina. In another column is found the advertisement of Clemson College. The examination for the $100 scholarships will be held at the court house July 11th. L -* . i DEATH FINALLY GAME TO YOUNG MACGN BANKER After quietly facing: for a week the inevitable result <>f his mistake in taking: bichloride of mercury, thinking: it headache tablets, B Sanders Walker, a prominent young: banker of Macon, Ga,, died Thursday morning a| l:'Jo o'clock. Members of thrc lamiiy had gathered at the bed side several days before whet the doctors announced there was no hope for him, and to then Mr. Walker gave no sign of r tremor, but went to his death with a resignation that has ren dered the case more than usually interesting throughout the coun try. During the last day he was under the influence of opiates most of the time, hut in conscious intervals gave evidence that h< was not suffering. Scores of sympathetic mes sages were received by the fami ly and many of them were in tht nature of inquiries as to th< treatment being given Mr. Walk er. It was, however, impossibU to find out definitely what course the physicians took, as they refused to talk, except to hrieflv state the progress of the poison's slow but deadly work. Austin Captured in Georgia. Press dispatches Tuesday evening stated that Richard Henrj Austin, the negro who killed Dr. S. C. Moore, Magistrate Edenfiekl and Victor Bowers in Hampton County, South Carolina, several weeks ago, was captured Tuesday night near the residence of Marvin Giles, seven miles north of Newington, Ga. The posse, headed by Sheriff Morris of Lincoln County, Georgia, after hunting all day for-the negro, came upon him suddenly about dusk. It is said Austin showed fight and that he was immediately shot. His wounds are considered dangerous, but he will be brought back to South Carolina as soon as he is able to travel. For a National "Jim Crow" Law. A Washington special of Monday to The State nays that Senator Smith of South Carolina has introduced a "Jimcrow" car law in the Senate, which, if passed, r 11 a - * * win operate to Keep negroes and whites from traveling in the same railway coaches hereafter, either ordinary day coaches ot sleepers. It is provided: "That within four months after the passage of this act each individual, firm or corporation doing an interstate transportation business and operating Pullman 01 sleeping cars through one 01 more States having laws requiring separate coaches or compartments for the races, shal provide separate and distinct accommodations for the conveyance of white and negno passengers in transit through saic States. "Provided, That the cars 01 compartments for each race shal be equal in all respects as to comfort and convenience. | "That any individual, firm, 01 corporation doing an interstate transportation business and oper ating Pullman or sleeping can ! in violation of the provisions ol ! this act, shall be liable to i j penalty of $500 for each anc I every violation thereof." D ?I X- n . * rusuuers Dacn 10 tounty jails. Governor Blease has ordere( all prisoners held in the State penitentiary for safe keeping t< be returned to those counties from which they came and b< i confined in the jails there. He bases his reason for this on the fact that their being kept in the penitentiarw is a reflection or I the law abiding people of the country. I He further decreed that those being held on suspicion may be carried back to stand trial ane those whose cases are on appea j must be carried back for re I sentences or new trials, as the supreme court decides. Letter ; to the sheriffs having prisoner i in the penitentiary to come an< j get them were sent out by the j governor Friday afternoon. * f > I ; SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST | . to TIMES READERS. Misses Nell and Julia Ligon, of Shelby, N. 0., are guests of Miss Frances Harris in this city. Miss Mary Ritch is dangerously . ill at the home of her brother, Mr. J. Landy Ritch, in the village ! of the F?rt Mill Mfg. company's " mill No. 1. [ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown. I and little sou. of Salisbury, N. C. | were guetts s< vera I davs durinir *1 the week of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. ' Young, in this city. 11 1 ,| Mrs. I, o \rmstrong and chil- I J drc-r. ol Spencer, N. C., are , visiting" at the home of Mr. J. H. Sutton, of the t )\vnship. < Announcement is made from ' * Wintlirop college that on ac. count of a lack of seats in the > new auditorium annex, the Fresh and sub-Fresh classes will be allowed to g<> to their homes, if they so desire, on next Friday. " The college commencement be gins on next Sunday. | Mr. Z. T. Bailes, of Flint Hill j is seriously ill at the Charlotte j J Sanatorium as the result of an ! operation performed several days ago. His son. Rev. P. M. Bailes. ' arrived Saturday from Louisville, ? Ky., to be at his bedside. The Times regrets to learn that Mr. A. S. White, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of the township, is | seriously ill at his home two 1 miles south of town. Reports ! yesterday morning from his 1 bedside were to the etrect that I his condition was unchanged. The Times is in receipt of an i invitation to attend the commencement exercises of the Thorn well College for Orphans, which will be held June 8, 9, 10 and 11th at Clinton. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. I). W. Brannen, D. D., of Milledgeville, Ga. Troop No. 1 of the Fort Mill Boy Scouts marched to Rock Hill Friday on one of the longest and most interesting hikes the troop has had this year. The distance is 12 miles, and it was covered j in me good lime of three and i . one-hall' hours, exclusive of the . dinner hour. While in Rock , Hill the scouts made the round | of all the moving picture shows. ! They returned to Fort Mill on I j the evening train. Mr. H. S. Trott, representing the Ferd Brenner Lumber com' pany, of Salisbury. N. C., has | ' been in Fort Mill and the town-! ^ ship for several days in quest of | oak, ash and other hardwood f timber. Mr. Trott offers cash for standing timber and those of " our landowners having this class " of timber for sale could profit ably dispose of it by dealing with Mr. Trott. Mary Carochers, the little 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Carothers, died I last Thursday morning at the home of her parents on Con. fenerate street after an illness j of only a few days. The funeral service was conducted from the home Friday by Rev. W. A. p Hafner and the interment was ; at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church, a few mil*** rw?rtv? , Fort Mill. f Plans have been completed * for the installation of modern ' glass fronts in the store rooms of the Ardrey Drug company and the E. W. Kimbrell company, the work to commence as early , as the necessary material can be \ assembled. Besides the glass 2 front in the Kimbrell store, the ] floor of the storeroom will be * lowered to the street level and 2 this will prove a great con2 venience in the moving of goods 2 in and out of the building. The 2 work it is understood is to be * done by a Charlotte contractor. Congressman Fin ley has intro5 duced bills for the erection of 5 federal buildings at the following 1 places in South Carolina: Cheraw, 1 Winnsboro and Yorkville. He - also desires the erection of a e monument at Cowpens battles ground, in Cherokee county, s commemerative of Gen. Daniel 1 Morgan and those who particie pated in the battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781. A BA NKER 'S PL A IN TA LK TO COTTON FARMERS. Below will be found a copy of a Tery interesting, unique and original communication from Mr. Wood Rainwater, president of the Rainwater Bank and Trust company, of Morrilton, Ark., to depositors of that bank and to farmers especially: "Corn planting time is here. Be a good citizen, be a man, be a self-sustaining:, progressive farmer; it's not hard to do. Raise your own corn, potatoes and peas, enough to do you and some to sell. That's all it takes. "Corn fed to cattle nets you $1.27 a bushel. Would you raise corn for $1.27 a bushel? You can raise it for approximately 23 sents a bushel. There is money in all kinds of farming except cotton. Five bales of cotton are worth as much as eight bales. Why will you farmers kill the price of cotton by raising more than can be used? Cut your cotton and increase corn, potatoes and peas. Cattle and hogs will never be cheap any more, never. At your door in Little Rock is the best cattle market in the United States for fat cattle. How many. $100 steers are you going to fatten? How much of corn, peas and potatoes arq you going to sell? You can't afford to pay some rich man to raise your living. When you buy corn, peas, potatoes and meat out of the State you are buying them from farmers who own automobiles at your expense. You would not pay your neighbor $100 a I month to raise your corn. Why will you pay it to the other fellow? We are the finest, best State in the Union and you don't know it. Somp timp inui fnv business, take stock of yourself and see what you are doing raising cotton. "Say you have farmed for 30 | years. Your boy has helped you five years?35 years' work. You own two mules worth $250, plow tools worth $25, a wagon worth $50, making a total of $325. Divide this by 35 years, making $9.33 a year, or two and threefourth cents a day that you have 1 made and saved. That's extra I fine to make farming (raising cotton). One cow will net you more than your work and youri child's work at cotton. Don't i get mad when the government is trying to help you. Help yourself to make a living by raising your own grub. Don't get mad when you figure and find out that one cow is worth more to the State of Arkansas and humanity than you are while raising cotton ?from a money calculation or food standpoint. Don't you think it's time to figure? "Take a full day, or a full month, or a full year to figure? 1 what am I making per year? What am I saving per year? Am I looking for fun and no money raising cotton? Twenty-six million farmers have to raise enough i cattle and corn and wheat to ieea IUU,UUO,UUO people. Are i you selling your part? If you I can't figure, I'll tell you what your figures are: All cotton is a poor man all your life regardless of how hard you work or how much you figure. "Raise cattle, hogs, corn, peas and potatoes and 1 guarantee you make money and better citizens; besides you are setting a good example for your children and Arkansas. It's pitiful to j see a drunkard or morphine eater. It is more pitiful to see a cotton farmer trying hard to raise enough cotton to buy horse feed for the next year. If judgment day don't come soon 1 I don't know what's to become of the white cotton farmer. For the Weak and Nervous. Tired-out, werk, nervous men and women would feel ambitious, energetic, full of life and always have a good appetite, if they would do the sensible thing for health ? take Electric Hitlers. ! Nothing better for the stomach. liv? r ! or kidneys. Thousands say they owe I their lives to this wonderful home 1 remedy. Mrs. O. Rhinevault, of Vestal I Center. N. Y..savs- "1 r?iornrri Bitters as one of the greatest Gf gifts. 1 can never forget what it has done for me." Get a bottle yourself and see what a difference it will make in your health. Only 50c and $1.00. Recommended by Fort Mill Drug Co., Massey's Drug Store and Ardrey's Drug Store. THE NEWS OF A WEEK IN GOLO HILL SETTLEMENT fort Mill Time* Correspondence. A large and appreciative congregation was present on last Sunday at Fint Hill to hear the Rev. S. P. Hair deliver another of his usually excellent sermons. He spoke on the theme of "How to Get. Back to God." and many were deeply touched as he poured forth his sentiments in his eloquent and forceful way. The ice cream supper on the Philadelphia church grounds, an-1 nouneed some days ago, was! postponed, but now arrangements | have been made to have the sup-1 ner on next Satnr.lav 'Ji ( A*?U4y ?_>X. Lunches will be served between the hours of 3:30 and 6 p. m., at 25 cents the plate, and from 6 to 0:30 ice cream will be served in one and five cent cones. For the convenience of those in town desiring to attend, three wagons will be run, one in the afternoon and two in the evening. The f public is cordially invited to be present. i We regret to say that the aged 1 mother of Mr. W. H. Windle is I quite sick at present. Our crops have been greatly benefited by the recent rains. G. T. W. Gold Hill, May 27. Negro Desperado Kills Another. Another has been added to the list of Richard Henry Austin's victims, according to a telegram Sunday to The State from I Screven county, Georgia, where I the negro is said to be surroundI ed. Sheriff Morris telegraphed , for a relief posse and at the same time news was received that Austin had killed another negro Saturday night. It seems that the negro was in a swamp and saw a negro returning from a fishing ttip, thought he was a member of the party pursuing him and proceeded to shoot and kill him. Members of Sheriff Morris' posse returning from the scene of the hunt say Austin is now surrounded and will surely be captured. In response to a request from the Barnwell sheriff nine citizens of Allendale armed them m ?s U ? How ?3J Do Your Shoes |FEEL? IOur Men's RALSTONS carries to comfort, we:ir and ways has a jolly, Rood smile wear anything else. And our IRVING DRE very best dressed ladies ever IRVING DREWS consists of styles. To appreciate these did values vmii miiut coo fti??r 1/gs Resides these two popti ||| dren's Oxfords is complete can't fit your boy or ^irl the '41 values in little Skuffers, Boy 4} Oxfords. If you are Koinp: to need soon, come in and j?et our p and Summer Oxfords are goi W. Kii "The Place Wher u ?v*iTJjXTcKI trJTOJlvtmJniluB <T , AND THE DICTAGRAPH NOW LANGS THOS. B, FELOER? Thos. B. Felder, an Atlanta attorney who was employed by i t lie old South Carolina State Dispensary Investigating Committee a few years ago to help unearth frauds and who figured in a bitter controversy with Gov. j Cole L. Blease about a year ago, is charged by friends of Chief of Police Beavers, of Atlanta, with endeavoring to use the mystery attaching to the murder of Mary Phagan as capital against the Atlanta police department. ! Felder since becoming connected I i, fK.v u- - > >> ilii ims urougnt out| side detectives to Atlanta to ; work on the case, and is charged with attempting to intluence public sentiment against Beavers land his men. Enemies of Felder | claim to have dictagraph records I of a conversation in which Felder is credited with making state; ments reflecting upon many of | the city otiicials and in which he ! claimed to be able to "fix" Mayor I Woodward, Gov. Brown and other prominent officials. Felder says he will reply and will rej veal a' state of affairs in the Atlanta detective department that will stagger the public. Good Rains Throughout State. Rain, which has fallen in large and satisfying quantities in the greater part of the State during the last few days, has made the outlook for the farmer brighter than it has been for some time. There are yet some dry spots which are suffering still from want of rain, but showers that count have fallen in the large majority of the counties, and almost every growing thing in field and garden has become greener. If the weather conditions continue as good, there is every reason to expect a good average cotton crot). This crnn will tinf be a bumper crop, according to the present indications, but for this very reason the price will be higher. selves and left Sunday morning in automobiles. The swamp where the negro is being guarded is 30 miles from Allendale. \ i have them all heat when it ^ price. Ask the man who al? he wears them and won't ag WS?these are worn by the gS ywhere. Our spring line of yg the prettiest and snappiest ?g handsome styles and splenlar sellers, our line of Chil- fja in every particular. If we S[ y can't be fitted. Excellent jSj Scouts, and Children's Dress B? a pair of nice Slippers right H >HceS. Manv of our Rnrinor ing at a big reduction. , nbrell Co., | e duality Counts." SSj m tlZttXtt+iWu *7U otJ iJSf*Tu XSVXT&YT&I^Ob v.