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>1 " ? \ The Fort Mill Times. Established in 189^ FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12,1913. ~ v BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS E THROUGHOUT THE STATE Senator Tilman is spending a : few days at his home in Trenton, j f having come down from Wash- ' ington the last week to attend . the commencements at Winthrop , and Clemson. 0 Frank P. Colcock has been 8 confirmed by the Senate as col- s lector of the port of Beaufort to t succeed Robert Smalls. This c ends a long fillibuster conducted s by Republican senators in behalf * of Smalls. - j c They are bragging in the lower part of the State about the raising I of an onion that weighed 26 1 ounces. Mr. Louis Roth, of ? Yorkville, is exhibiting an onion v of his own raising that weighs 34 ( ounces. ? i James Harvey Dingle, 13 year- c old son of City Engineer J. H. Dingle, of Charleston, was shot f and killed a few mornings ago j by a parlor rifle in the hands of * his friend, William Humme, 15 1 years of age. fc J. Frank Fooshe, who was editor of the Winnsboro Herald r and News for several years, has r accepted the position of general { representative and assistant t manager of the Progressive 1 Farmer at Raleigh, N. C. t . t At Manning last week Sam 1 Dukes, a negro 25 years old, was tried and convicted of the murder last February of Policeman Barwick, at Pinewood, and sen- \ tenced to electrocution on the t 27th of June. y i Congressman Whaley, of the v First district, has endorsed S. s I) L. Johnson for postmaster at L & George and Herman H. Brad- j J I--' v ham for postmaster at Manning. C r Both of the recommendations are f satisfactory to? Senators Tillman 1t and Smith. 11 s ? 1 J. J. Jones, the Branchville at-- * torney who was convicted of the c killing of Abe Pearlstine and | c sentenced to a term in the State j penitentiary, has been taken to S1 the Orangeburg couuty farm and a will be kept at the poor house. Iv ; Jones is sutfering from tubercu-1 8 losis in an advanced stage. Jf1- A general shake-up in the r personnel of the staff of employees at the State Hospital for * the Insane is predicted when the board of regents meets at noon \ on July 1-to fill the positions for u a term of two years. That many . changes will be made is not at all 1 1 1 A * improoanie. a resolution asking for the resignation of the staff is said to have been passed by the board. t ' v In resigning the editorship of 1 the Clinton Gazette, W. J. Den- ? dy wrote: "I am too honest to * steal, too proud to beg, always, P for advertising patronage abso- P [ lutely requisite to support me in my effort to conquer the fates; therefore, without further notice, ^ I hereby tender my resignation a as editor of the Clinton Gazette, (1 I one among the oldest and most | ^ ] frequently quoted weekly news- * papers of our State " n s In a letter to President Wilson ? Monday Governor Blease urged 11 him to instruct the Commissioner 0 of Internal Revenue not to issue any more licenses to retail liquor - dealers in South Carolina, and a ^ thus help in enforcing the laws !11 B against whiskey selling. The c B Governor thinks the withdrawal a I of Internal Revenue licenses ? would stamp out the "social" 3 club evil. a Death Monday claimed Rev. 2 Whiteford M. Duncan, presiding c elder of the Columbia district of j ? the Methodist Church, and one of , the best-known ministers of that * denomination in the State. | The late Doctor Duncan was a e native of North Carolina but for ? the greater part of his life lived | in this State. He filled charges j in various parts of South Carolina C I and was widely known and be- h loved by the people without re- J I gard to denominational bound- & | aries. 11 IRYAN WILL MAKE ADDRESS AT KING'S MOUNTAIN, N. C, Preparations are under way or the proper celebration of the >ne hundred and thirty-third >attle of Kinp's Mountain, to be leld at Kinp's Mountain, N. C., ?n the 7th of next October, says i dispatch to the Charlotte Oberver. The committee that reurned from Washinpton a few lays apo feel sure that, unless omethinp unforeseen happens hat Secretary of State William lenninps Bryan, will be present >nd deliver the address: In addition to the address of dr. Bryan there will possibly >e a short address by Assistant secretary of War Breckenridpe, ir V>n 10 n ^ 1 ^ 1 tiu 10 a Ulicvt uc&ueiiuaui OI Colonel Campbell, one of the tctive participants of this famous mgagement between the Ameri:an patriots and British forces. The program for the day, in iddition to the address, will nclude music by one of the very )est bands of the United States Army, a monster parade, with loats representing the 13original States and a band concert and ireworks display at night. Other attractions will be anlounced as the plans more fully nature, but of one thing the lublic can rest assured, the Bat;le of King's Mountain Memorial Association is going to do everyhing within its power to make his celebration one long to be emembered. Johnson G-'ts One Year. Jack Johnson, negro heavyveight champion, has been senenced to one year and one day n the State penitentiary at foliet, HI., and lined $1,000 for dotation of the Mann "white ilave" act. Sentence was pronounced on ohnson after Federal Judge Carpenter had denied a motion or a new trial. Johnson obained two weeks' time in which o prepare a writ of error and he bond for $30,000 on which he las been at liberty since his onviction was allowed to stand. Half-a dozen deputy United States marshals, who had grouped hemselves about Johnson in mticipation of his resistance, vhen the prison sentence was fiven, left the room when Judge Carpenter announced that the ighter would continue tempoarily at liberty. The sentence to the State ?enitentiary is owing to the . * .-i- 1 iuvvucu tuiiuiuun (H uie r ecierai trison at Leavenworth. Johnon left the courtroom declaring le would not give up his tight or liberty. Alfalfa Club for Yorkville. The Yorkville Alfalfa associaion was formed last Wednesday vith about 30 charter members. ?ach member pledges himself to ilant an acre in alfalfa this fall, 'rot'. A. G. Smith of the de>artment of agriculture was resent and addressed the meetrig ?n alfalfa cultivation. N. S. Black was elected presilent; J. M. Brice, vice president, nd S. M. Grist, secretery and reasurer of the association. C. I. Inman, J. B. Scott and W. B. Cellar were appointed a comnittee to investigate prices of eed and supplies.* The forming f this organization is due to the nitiative of the Yorkville Board f Trade. rpi n it x nt: ooutnern railway tor the ccommodation of its patrons has naugurated a diner and parlor ar service between Columbia nd Charlotte. The car leaves Columbia on passenger train No. 6 every morning at 5:35 o'clock, rriving in Charlotte at 9:35 a. m. jeaving Charlotte on train No. 7 at 4:35 in the afternoon, the ar arrives in Columbia at :45 p. m. Wonderful Skin Salve. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is known verywhere as the best remedy made Dr all diseases of the skin, and also for urns, bruises and boils. Reduces inanimation and is soothing and healing. . T. Sossaman, publisher of News, of lornelius, N. C., writes that one box elped his serious skin ailment after ther remedies failed. Only 25 cents. Lecommended by Fort Mill Drug Co., laasey's Drug Store and Ardreys >rug Store. MONDAY THE COLDEST DAY H N ON RECORD FOR JUNE 9 The coldest weather ever recorded in June in the Middle Atlantic and New England i States, the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes region was reported i Monday to the National weather bureau. The Gulf States were the only ones east of the Rockies to escape an unseasonable drop. A "high barometirc pressure of great magnitude" is the official reason. Frosts were reported in Vermont, central New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. The present coo! weather is, ! of course, causing great anxiety among the farmers of this sec-1 tion, and they do not hesitate to express their alarm. Just how disastrous the cool spell will be to the cotton crop can not be told until a change comes in weather conditions. It now seems certain that the crop will be greatly retarded by the cold rains of the last few days. In many places the cotton has not been thinned out and the grass has made as much progress as the infantile stalks. However, if the cool spell is followed by warm nights and sunshine, weather conducive to rapid stirring of the ground, the injury to the crop may be offset to some degree. Whiskey Men on the Alert. The recent decision of the State supreme court, followed by the action of Governor Blease in removing all State constables from office, has emboldened the various liquor houses of the country to 1 wage an effective campaign for j business, and it is the custom nowadays for the average citizen to find in his morning's mail ! a large, fat envelope, stuffed ; with all kinds of attractive lithoj graphs and missives extolling I the virtue of some particular ! hranH nf whiulrrnr But the limit in this line was reached when a prominent pen- , tleman, noted for his sobriety and other virtues, exhibited to a reporter a letter from a leading Louisville whiskey house. Accompanying the letter, in the! same envelope, was a circular, I flaming scare-head type, with the following for a starter: "The j supreme court of South Carolina 1 1 has decided and ruled you can . order and get your whiskey. Order now," etc. And still another enclosure in i this letter is a printed statement | in facsimile of a newspaper clipping, under an Anderson date line announcing: "Gov. Blease Discharges All State Constables. ? Anderson Mail. Rock Hill's Alfalfa Club. Rock Hill is being placed on the map in a new way, says The I State. It has an Alfalfa Grow- 5 trs association and farmers by the score are growing alfalfa. One grower, J. M. Cherry, has 68 acres and holds the distinc. tion of being the largest alfalfa grower in South "Carolina. He 1 is Drenarinf ti? nl^nt- 7ft 1 ! more this lall and incidentally he is president of the association. The alfalfa association was organized December 7, 1912, and has 90 members, all of whom have an acre or more of alfalfa growing, or have agreed to plant this fall. The association has lor its object the promotion of ! alfalfa growing around Hock Hill. It purposes to accomplish this by teaching the farmers how to grow it, to cooperate in buy, ing ground limestone and seed and when more than the local demand lor hay is supplied, to organize a selling agency which j will dispose of the hay for its members. Thank Their Friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coltharp i request The Times to extend ! their thanks to the friends who ! GA 1/i r?rJ " ? J * * 1 i niuui; uiucu mem during tne , recent illness and death of their I infant daughter. The addition to the Ancor.a ' Mills, (formerly York Cotton Mills) will be 75x300 feet. The mill will be changed from steam to electric drive. It is now owned by J. W. Cannon and sons I of Concord, N. C. SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bailes, a daughter. Saturday was one of the best < trade days Fort Mill has had for several months, according to the statement of one of the merchants. Dr. S. E. Massey, of Bramwell, W. Va., arrived Saturday morning for a visit to his parents, I ivir. ana Mrs. B. Henry Massey, in this city. Miss Julia Boyd has returned to her home in Fort Mill, after spending several months with her sister, Mrs. Helen Stewart, at Mocksville, N' C. Miss Minnie Yarborough, of Columbia, formerly a teacher in the Fort Mill High School, was a guest the last week of Mrs. W. B. Ardrey in this city. Catawba Lodge No. 56, A. F. M., will hold its regular monthly meeting in the lodge room this (Thursday) evening at the usual hour. Work in the third degree will be dispensed with. Mrs. Jennie Spratt and two daughters, Misses Margaret and Mary, arrived the last week from Thorsbv, Ala., for a visit to relatives in the city and vicinity. The fruit crop in Fort Mill and vicinity is well nigh a failure this year. There are some apples, peaches, etc., but the fruit is small and unsound and little is being brought to the local market. The little 6-months-old daughter of Policeman and Mrs. J. J. Coltharp died at the home of its I pat ents in Sprattville, and was' buried Saturday at Flint Ilill cemetery, after services hv Rev. S. P. Hair of the local Kaptist church. The teachers' scholarships in i the University of South Carolina, worth $100 in money and exemption from fees, ofTer a fine chance for the young: men of this county. See the advertisement on another page of this j paper. Parties liable to road duty, should not overlook the fact that > the time for the payment of commutation tax expires on July 1. Those who fail to pay the tax on or before that date will serve ; five days on the roads. Friends of Capt. J. A. Allison, the popular Southern Railway conductor, will be interested to know that he has resumed his "run" between Cearlotte and Columbia, after having been in Sanfofd, Fla.,- sine*1 last fall, re- l covering from the effects of an accident he had on the road. Captain Allison has been on the Charlotte-Columbia run for 36 vears. Report has it that in the event Judge Geo. W. Gage, of Chester, is elected by the Legislature to , succeed Justice C. A. Woods, who i has been appointed United States ! judge, the nan e of C. W. F. ! Spencer, of Rock Hill, will be j put forward by his friends as j Judge Gage's successor. Mr. \ Spencer is a son of C. E. Spencer, of Yorkville, and one of the county's best known young at- i torneys. i An exchange points out the i fact that under the Webb law if j the Legislature will pass the re- i quisitelaws we can hav^ mighty | near sure enough pfrohbition. j The construction of the Webb j law is that if the Legislature chooses it may enact a law which \ will prohibit the shipment of \ whiskov from nthor I ,, - . W.?. ?'VI?V? UlttlCD I I I * J prohibition counties sof South Carolina. i Edgar Jones, of Fort Mill, I narrowly escaped what might | have been a serious accident a \ few eveuings ago wlien one of i the front wheels of his auto- j mobile ran ulT the axle at a point just this side of the Charlotte 5 incorporate limit. The machine j was running at a low rate of j speed when the accident occurred j and the only damage was to the j axle, which plowed along in the road for several yards. 1' LAW IS DISCRIMINATORY SAYS JAP REJOINDER Japan's rejoinder to the United States reply to her protest against the California anti-alien land law, delivered personally by Ambassador Chin da to Secretary Bryan, Thursday sets out why the Tokio government continues to regard the Webb law as discriminatory against Japanese in derogation of the qualities of treatment prescribed by inter national law and a violation of the treaty of 1911. The Japanese note was very long and iis nature entirely augmentative. Secretary Bryan and Ambassador Chinda were in accord that no good purpose could he served at this time by a discussion of the question and therefore both officials gave notice that any attempt to publish what might purport to be even the substance of the three communications which now have passed between the governments j must be based entirely upon I speculation. It is known, how- j ever, that the whole tone of the! rejoinder is that of a dignified and orderly presentation of I Japan's view on the case, concluding with an invitation toj further negotiations. Nothing in the nature of an ultimatum is contained in the note. The Baseball "Fan." If you are interested in thei popular American game of base- ' ball no doubt you have read many | columns of "dope" about the star j players. But there is one individual, or rather a class of indi-j viduals, you seldom hear about that are very necessary to the i success of the game from a pro-1 fessional standpoint. These are the "fans" who help to make the game interesting for the spectator and often miserable for the players. On another page of thi* issue you will find a good story of "fans" as they have been ob-j 1 U-- IT.. i. n T-. .. oci\cu ity nupn s. rimerton, (lie well-known baseball writer in his travels around ti e hip league circuits. Whether you are a "bup" or just a lover of clean sports, you'll ft id this story worth while read in p. mwmmmmmmimm .O; I FOR JUNE 8 ? WE C P The following SPECIAL ] rg- est and coolest fabrics. I our stock of these pretty ] Sf3 hausted. Buy today and aa 15c Fipured Lawns, the yard, &? 6c Fipured Lawns, the yard, ig 18c and 20c White Striped Fli ag 25c best French Ginpham, sp Bip assortment White Suitinp lw. See our counter of Colored Si The he?t Wt-?it^ .. If! vv * IMA'MI VIII V ? ICJood 5c Ginprham, splendid v Larpre assortment Checked M EXTRA SPECIAL Cotton V White Linens, beautiful qua Pretty Silk-Finished Foulards NAINSOOK?Special value, t JUST AR! New shipment of those supci very newest shapes. They proof and Wear-proof. Don' j? Only a lew Ladies' Hats le i Watch our center counters July and August?something | E.W. Kin ^ "The Place Where m. *i.xo rer Year. NEW PARCEL POST LAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE JULY 1 The "C. O. I). '' feature of the parcel post goes into effect July 1. next. Instructions thereon are now being mailed to postmasters. It is believed that this feature will popularize parcel post. A farmer from his home can fill an order, say, for potatoes, mailed to him by the city housekeeper. The post service will transport and deliver the produce in the city, collect for it and hand the remittance to the shipper. The city merchant can (ill the order of the farmer for a pair of shoes. The post service will ship and deliver the goods, collect the bill and put the remittance in the hands of the merchant, thus putting in position those merchants in the city who advertise to do cash business with the country districts and putting in position those producers in the country who advertise to do cash business with city housewives and dealers. This "C. O. D." is put into effect by the post office department order No. 0888, dated February 27, 1913. Dark Horse for Governor? The Columbia Record savs that from submerged political sources there comes the information that a "dark horse" from the Piedmont will be in the race for governor in 11)14 whose political influence is considered great and far-reaching. He is a man who catne into political life and prominence during the Tillman upheaval in 181)0 and has been a recognized figure in the public life of the State since the days of the "reform movement" that placed K R. Tillman in the governor's chair. He has continuously held public offices of trust .and power since that on morable political epoch. The man himself has made no public announcement of bis candidacy, but it is understood that he will piobably be in the race. His influence and political alignment is such that he will be a formidable opponent. The first watermelons of the season here were offered for sale on Tuesday. SHOPPERS 1 IFFER ? l BARGAINS in the dainti- Lg It these SPECIAL prices w? patterns will soon be ex- US get the choicest. S8 , only ... 10c now only 31-2c axon at 15c wl ecial price, 15c 10c, 15c, 25c litinjrs at _ 10c, 15c, 25c gfcg 15c, 17 1 -2c. 25c >?;. alue, the yard,.. 312c arquisette, yard. 12 1 2c Ira 'oiles, now only. 15c, 25c lity, 30c, 50c ra ? at 25c he y<.rd, only 12 l-2c ^ RIVED- I ior Warner Corsets in the are all Rust-proof, Water- 33 t foil r\ t ? ? ^ C * 1 v ion ivy vi .y vyiit; ui LlltlStJ. HJii It. Going at Half Price. |j for bargains during June, new almost every day. ibrell Co., 1 i Quality Counts." ^ n?* wRu? ^T>f5CB2 Uwitwi?vkTR