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7.,7-^ . WW ' * ' . I V, "." < . "J ;*- ' T ' - jj The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1913. *1 9fi v^o.. BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ? The Charleston police depart- ' ment has started another crusade 1 against the owners and users of slot machines, raiding these 1 places and confiscating the mach- ; ines. J. C. Bovkin, a farmer of Or- | angeburg county, has disap-!1 peared and foul play is suspect- ; ed. Mr, Boy kin has been missing since May 15 and so far no ' trace has been found. I The South Carolina Spartan, much the oldest newspaper in Spartanburg County, having been published continuously as a weekly since 1844. has been merged with The Spartanburg Journal. - At the request of Senator Smith of South Carolina, the department of agriculture ordered that a specialist be sent to St. Matthews at once to co-operate with the iarmers ot that community in checking the ravages of the caterpillar, which is said to be devastating crops there. ?Hugh Long, member of the Legislature from Aiken county, mayor of the town of Wagner and a newspaper editor, is this 1 week being tried at Aiken on the charge of the murder of Pickens N. Gunter, president of the bank of Wagner, last fall. Following an extensive survey ' and careful consideration on the the subject from every phase, Maj. G. P. Howell has made an unfavorable report to the Wash mgton aumonues in regaru 10 | the pioposition of developing the Edisto River from Orangeburg to Charleston. Petitions which have been circulated t hroughoutJasper county are now in hand, having re- 1 f'k* ceived the required number of names of qualified electors to be ' presented to the county super- I visor, in order that he may order an election to be held in August for the purpose of voting for or ' against the continuance of the 1 dispensary in Jasper county. While looking through an old book belonging to his father, 1 Governor Cole. L. Blease ran across six slips of paper on which were written the names of six j ^ Newberrians of two decades and T more ago. the six slips evidently forming the jury list in a case in the court of Magistrate Henry H. Blease, the governor's father. The handwriting was that of Mr. P. F. Baxter, who was at one time constible for Magistrate j Blease. ? _ . The cotton mills of South Caro- j Ilina will oe assessed ior taxation during 1913 on a spindle basis, instead of on the market value , of their capital stock, as has been the case during past years. The State board of equalization adopted the spindle basis of valuation on the recommendation j of its cotton mill committee at a meeting on May 7. At the meet- \ ing the board refused to rescind i this action and return to capital 1 stock as a basis for valuation. Condition of the Cotton Crop. The newly planted cotton crop 1 of the United States showed a! condition on May 25 of 79.1 per 1 cent of a normal, the United j States department of agriculture crop reporting board announced t at noon Monday in the first con[ dition report of the season which | always is looked forward to with I great interest by cotton growers, I textile manufacturers and cotton I dealers. This condition, compiled I 1 from the report of the corres- I 1 pondents and agents of the del partment's bureau of statistics, l compares with a condition of I 78.9 per cent on May 25 last || year, 87.8 per cent on the cor-; A responding date in 1911, 82.0 per -v^'cent in 1910, and 79.9 per cent \ the average condition for the 1 past ten years on May 25. The l generally favorable growing con\ ditions throughout the cotton I belt since the planting of the 1 crop had caused much speculation las to the condition of the plants land resulted in unofficial estimates ranging from 19.8 per fcent to as high as 85 per cent. I For a "Split-Log Drag" Day. Plans are under way for a "split-log drag" day in Rock Hill in the near iuture. President; John T. RodUey of the chamber of commerce recently read in a farm paper of the "split-log drag" day to be held in an Iowa j town, and he immediately de- i cided that it would be a good i idea to set aside a "split-log drag" day for Rock Hill and the , surrounding community. The plan as proposed by Tir. j Roddey lias been heartily en- j dorsed by a number of farmers I and a number of persons of the 1 city have volunteered to con- j tribute tnwnrfls I Ku nri7oc ih-it .. %? V.W V4.X, K* Vlli4V ! will be given. As soon as the details can be worked out the day of the event j wi 1 be decided upon and made | puolic. The object in holding a split log day is to encourage the people of the country in using ihis device in improving the j roads. On this day every farmer j in the country who has a team will be expected to ride into town on a "split-log drag." Prizes will be offered to the one wno gets to town first, the distance from the city being considered. The contestants will drive into town on their "split- j log drags" report at the cham-| ber of commerce giving the hour | of their arrival, and the distance they traveled in coming from | home. Talks on good roads will be made during the day by several speakers of note and every effort will be made to encourage the good roads movement. McLaurin After Blease's Seat? That John L. McLaurin, formerly United States Senator from South Carolina and now 1 representing Marlboro county in the State Senate, will be in the race for governor in 1914 to succeed Governor Cole L. Blease is very generally believed in Columbia and formal announcement of his candidacy would not surprise those in touch with the political situation. It is understood that W. P. |L?n !?/ 1 .rL/\ /-I on r* r? rv m/J u^aiu, >?iiu u^uiru <13 <2(1 dl UClll supporter of the present Governor in the race last summer, is "feeling out" the sentiment throughout South Carolina in reference to Mr. McLaurin's, chances, should he enter the race for governor. This was first heard of in Columbia during the meeting of the State Legislature in January. Further grounds for this belief was added when , it became known that Mr. j Mcl.aurin and Mr. Beard met in Rock Hill on Memorial Day, where the Senator made an address. Militia Encampments This Summer. Of especial interest to the militiamen of the State was the order issued Saturday by Governor Blease, as commander-inchief of the National Guard, to the effect that the First regiment would encamp this summer at Aiken, the Third regiment at Anderson, and the Second regiment at the State rifle range near Columbia, if the men of the Second want to go. but advised them not to go as he doesn't tninK it win oe nealthy at the rifle range this summer, there not being time to drain it and put it in sanitary condition. The adjutant general had intended to have all the regiments encamp on the State rifle range near Columbia and arrangements had been made to that end. The Code gives the governor the right to order the places for the regiments to encamp. Embraced a Snake. One day last week Miss Addie Sowell, daughter of Mr. J. E. Sowell, Sr., in cleaning off the yard around their residence, picked up an arm full of Shingles with the intention of carrying them from one portion of the yard to another. On glancing at the bundle of shingles on her arm. Miss Sowell noticed a snake staring her in the face ready to strike. With a truly feminine shriek she threw the snake and shingles on the ground and fled into the house. When killed the reptile proved to be a rattlesnake of the largest variety, measuring about three feet long and had one rattle and a button. ? Cheraw Chronicle. SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. * I Mr. and Mrs. Still, of Greenwood, are guests of their son, Supt. W. H. Still, in this city. I Robt. F. Grior, Jr., a student of a Philadelphia textile school, retu ned to his home in this city Friday mr rning. Mrs. W. E. Taylor returned to Lancaster Monday after a visit) to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ! A. A. Bradford, in this city. Mr. A. H. Merritt, Sr., of Gold Hill, attended the reunion of the Confederate veterans at Chattanorga, Tenn., last week.' Mayor A. R. McElhnney has instructed the police officers of the town to rigidly enforce the ordinance prohibiting the running at large of vicious dogs. Mr. A. A. Bradford, the well known Fort Mill contractor, has L P 1 i 1 * % ueen connect 10 nis nome on i^ast Booth street for several days by illness. The many Fort Mill friends of Monroe White, who has been in a Philadelphia hospital for several weeks, will be pleased to know that he is steadily regaining his health. Mr. White returned to his home in the township Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Young and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Lee and daughter, Miss Fair Lee, left Wednesday morning for Greenville to attend the commencement of Furman# University, from which Mr. Robt. G. Lee has just graduated. Mr. W. B. Meacham during the last week bought a Maxwell automobile of the runabout type, and he is now well supplied with "buzz buggies," having several months ago purchased a handsome Maxwell touring car. Sarah Johnson, a well known colored woman of Fort Mill, is suffering with a fractured arm and a badly lacerated leg as the result of being attacked Friday by a bulldog at the home of Mr. T. A Mills, on Booth street. The dog has since been killed. The Times is in receipt of a newsy letter fiom Steel Creek, but is unable to nublish the com munication owing to the late hour at which it reached this office. The Stewart - Jones Construction company, of Rock Hill, has been awarded the contract to construct the Falls Wave viaduct in Baltimore. The contract calls for an expenditure of something like $200,000. The State railroad commission has ordered that the C. & N. W. railroad operate a double daily first-class passenger train service between Bowling Green and Chester, effective July 1, next. Announcement is made of the approaching marriage of Mr. Samuel Johnson, of Yorkvile, and Miss Jerusha Mitchell, a popular young lady of Rock Hill. Mr. Johnston holds the position of secretary to Congressman D. E. Finley. Of especial interest to Fort ict;ii 4-i 1 -4? ? mill m liic ciiaii^u oi running time of the night train from Yorkville to Rock Hill on the Southern's Charleston division. The Yorkville train now reaches Rock Hill in ample time for connection with northbound train No. 32, due at Fort Mill at 9:27 p. m., and enables the people of i this section to make the trip by j rail to Yorkville and return the same day without the necessity of returning by Chester, as formerly. An event of interest to a large number of Fort Mill people will! be the marriage this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock of Miss Carr e Parris, daughter of Mr. W. H. Parks, and Rev. James R. McKittrick, of Saluda. The marriage will take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Culp, in this city, the ceremony to be performed by the Rev. S. P. Hair of the local Baptist church. Rev. Mr. McKittrick and bride will leave Fort Mill on the afternoon train for Saluda, their future home. GOV. BLEASE ISSUES DEFI TO WAR DEPARTMENT "You can simply say to Mr. Mills that the sooner he withdraws the control of the United States government over the volunteer militia of South Carolina, the better it will be for South Carolina, and all the people of the United States," said Governor Blease in a letter to Adj'. Gen. Moore, refusing to muster out some of the militia companies of this State. The letter of the governor to the adjutant general follows: "Your letter of May 27 received, with enclosures from Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills. "You ask me to inform you of my decision at an early date. I take pleasure in doing so immediately. "In the first place, I have recently expressed my opinion of the 'Dick law,' and repeat that I think that it was a great mistitkp nn the nnrf r?f ,?!?? ? ?/.?..i.? v.. vuv pui b vi vui |jcvytic to go into it. That covers Section 3 of his letter. "As to Section 4, in which he states 'It is not the policy of the war department to foster the maintenance of organizations,' etc. You can simply say to Mi' Mills that, in my opinion, thei sooner he withdraws the control of the United States government over tho volunteer militia of South Carolina the better it will be for South Carolina, and all the people of the Southern States, and that this would meet with my hearty approval as governor and commander-in-chief of the South Carolina volunteer militia. "As to Section 5, in which he says 'it would appear that the only way to remedy existing conditions would be to muster the organizatines out of the ser- j vice.' As governor and commander-in-chief 1 do not propose to do any such thing. His letter i was a waste of time and material." The News of Gold Hill. Fort Mill Times Correspondence. His many friends here and elsewhere will regret to learn of the death Thursday of another of our veterans of the war of Secession, Mr. Z. T. Bailes, who has been in a hospital in Charlotte for some time. Mr. Bailes j was buried in the Flint Hill cemetery. His son, Rev. P. M. Bailes, of Indiana, and his daughter, Mrs. C. G. Faris, of pit tsvlpw A lo U'Prj) at- Kio V-mrl side for some time before his! death. Rev. Mr. Bailes filled the pulpit of the pastor at Flint Hill last Sunday, the pastor being in the lower part of the State investigating a call received from j that seciion some time ago. Miss Eva Re! e Wil. o.i h is returned from Concord, N. C.. where she has been attending school at Sunderland Hall. Constable W. F Windle, with the help of his brother, H. O. Windle, rounded up four negroes and landed them in jail last Sunday atternoon. The negroes had engaged themselves in a shooting scrap near the upper incorporate limit of Fort Mill. Miss Maye Colt harp, who has been teaching music near Columbia, is at 1 ome now. The condition of Mrs. R. C. Windle, whose illness was reported last week, is unchanged, j Miss Jennie Wolfe, of Monroe, a cousin of the sick one, arrived at her bedside last Saturday. Miss Cammie Crook and little Miss Johnnie Crook, of Georgia, are visiting at the home of Mr. W. H. Crook. All those who wete pre e.it at the ice crearrf supper at Philadelphia last Saturday express themselves as being highly pleased with it. It was a very enjoyable occasion and a neat sum of money was the reward. G. T. W. Gold Hill, June 2. Constipation Cured. Dr. King's New Life Pills will relieve constipation promptly and get your bowels in healthy condition again. John Supsic, of Sanhury, Pa., says: "They are the best pills I ever used, and I advise everyone to use them for constipation, indigestion and liver comSlaint." Will help you. .Price 25c. lecommended by Port Mill Drug Co., Massey's Drug Store, and Ardrey's DrugS tore. Next Reunion in Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Fla., was on Friday awarded the honor of entertaing the 24ih annual United Confederate reunion and Bennett H. Young of Louisville, Ky., commander-in-chief, with iris three departmental commanders, were re-elected at the last important business session of veterans during the reunion last week at Chattanooga. The next reunion went to Jacksonville after more than an ! hour's deliberation, in which the hospitality and fame of that city, Nashville, Tenn., Houston, Texas, and Tulsa, Okla., had been proclaimed by eloquent orators. When a vote was taken Jacksonville received 1,528 votes. Nashville, the nearest opponent, received 405. The selection of the j Florida city then was made unanimous. Nob Mutilates Austin's Body. The body of Richard Henry Austin, which was brought from Georgia at 2 o'clock Thursday mnpniti"' 1 1 * . ii/i mug ksj uuicca WHO IlitU SIIOl him in Georgia, was taken from them at Hampton, S. C., and mutilated by a mob which had assembled with the purpose of burning the body after it became known that the negro had died while enroute to Hampton. The body was taken trom the officers who brought it, and the head and fingers and toes were cut off. Members of the mob took the bits of Mesh for mementoes. After this the body was singed and then was hanged from a tree in front of the court house. The cotton acreage for the season of 1913, as determined by | 1,907 special correspondents of. the New York Journal of Commerce, shows an increase of 4.8! per cent over last year. Based upon the revised estimate of the! Government of 34,756,000 acres for 1912, the area planted for 1913 would be 36,435,000. The! percentage condition of an average date of May 20 is 80.5 as compared with 76.9 a year ago. and 79 for the 10-year average. In 1911 percentage condition was 83. Figures for North and South Caro'ina are incomplete, owing to late planting and to the fact that a large proportion of the cotton is not. yet up. 1V ALU HANDSOME VALU JUST THE THING ? n *f i T"* rg* rreuy iviesn na^s, OUC to g|( Leather Baprs at 50 cer Bar Pins only 25 '#'< Beautv Pins W WhiteVv 5E Ladies' pretty Collars, 25c to New assortment Jabot! &\ Beautiful Barrette: ^ Pearl Cuff !New shipment of best Silk H Black. White and Tan < The best Steel Sob All colors I). at the sj All colors Pretty Buttons, 10c Emb. Edprinjr, special, Nice Bureau Scarf: Children's Silk Childre Children's Fancy Plaid Socks ? The host White Ivory ( Talcum Powder, 1( ^ Toilet Soap, s 115c and 25 Good Bath Rups at only 5c e? Extra good Hair Net Pretty Bandeai Etxra v E. W. Kin "The Place Where u OStSSlrwrTtoKTvTi. ml A V A A VCftA i SCOURGE OF THE SOUTH ~~ CAUSED BY IMPURE WATER Pellagra, the mysterious skin disease, prevalent in si mi-tropical climates, which has baffled medical authorities for nearly 200 years, is caused by infected water, according to professors of the institute of hygiene in Rome, Italy. The scourge has long been ascribed to the consumption of bad corn, but according to the professors' announcement, they have found that in the districts of Italy where the disease is most prevalent the water is infected with Hint stone in colloidal solution. The professors declare that ine Liieory 01 me maize ptomaine is altogether groundless. They are endeavoring to induce the authorities to proceed with a thorough examination of all the waters of the infected districts and rid Italy of a plague which claims 50.000 cases annually. The professors have found that the infected water may easily be made safe for drinking purposes by putting into it a quantity of carbonated chalk. In the United States, a commission whose work has been made possible by a gift of $15,000 from Col. Robt. M. Thompson, of New York, and .lohn H. McFadden, of Philadelphia, has been at work for over a year in a study of the cases of pellagra in the Southern States. The commission's linal report is yet to be Issued. The commission at one time met in Columbia. Gas System for Fort Mill? Kuemmerle & Co., of Baltimore. who we**e a few days ago granted a 35-year franchise to erect a gas plant in Rock Hill, have announced their intention to ask for franchise in Yorkville, Fort Mill and possibly Chester, serving these places from Rock Hill, putting in a pipe line to these places, it being proven that it is cheaper to connect tha various cities by pipe line than to have separate plants in each place. Up to this time the Baltimore concern has made no application for a franchise to enter Fort Mill with its line. ES J ES AT SPECIAL PRICES jg S YOU ARE NEEDING jjjjj its to $2.00. :> ; c and 50 cents. ,Cr , 10c and 25c set. <*5 leltinp: at 15c the belt. hite and Black Silk Gloves $1 .$1.00. ; 25c and 50c. 5$ s. 10 cts to $1.00. 5jp Buttons. 25c the pair. er Cuff Buttons, 25c the pair. 25 ose in only 50c and $1 vsu ?sors, 25c and 50c. 25 1. C. Embroidery Thread jg| .ecial price of three for 10c. 6(yds. for 12 1 -2c. s at 25c each. ? Socks at 25c the pair. n's Lisle Socks, 25c the pair. 58B , 10c, 15c. yombs, only 25c. S )c, 15c and 20 cents. special, at 15c the box. c Tooth Brushes, only 10 cts. SB s at only 5c each. ? is at 50c to $2.25 each. fit alue Hair Switches, $2 to $3. |S abrell Co., |j 5 Quality Counts." 9| vcsXxBfmXxvSWiflu miwSTrfUWllmMjcflw ' /