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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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HANDSOME VALU
JUST THE THING
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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
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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.
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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
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