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The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913. 11.25 Par v*ar
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ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED
IN LEXIN6T0N COUNTY!
A Little Mountain special to!
The State Sunday reported the I
discovery of six bodies in a half
burned farm house two miles
from Peak, disclosing: what seems
to have been wholesale murder
committed late Friday night or
early Saturday morning. The
family of John D. Jacobs, a well
known farmer, has been wiped
out. The husband, wife, and
four children lost their lives.
The dead are: John D. Jacobs,
49; Mrs. John D. Jacobs, 40;
* Miss Ellen Jacobs, 22; Lesslie
Jacobs, 18; Hugh Jacobs, 15;
Orin Jacobs, 12.
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ing neighbors saw the Jacobs'
home, in the Dutch Fork section
of Lexington county, in flames
and hurrying to the scene found
the home burning, but no sign of
the family. When the fire had
spent itself the six charred
bodies were found in the ashes
and debris.
Examination of the bodies disclosed
that the skulls of three
were crushed and in moving the
bodies blood was found under
and upon the murdered persons.
Mr. and Mrs, Jacobs, Miss Jacobs
and the youngest son were
found on the spring mattresses
of their beds, indicating that
they were murdered as they
slept and that the house was
subsequently fired. One of the
boys was found beside his mattress
and the other in the dining
room which adjoined the boys'
room.
Four gUns and an axe were
found in the house. One of the
guns had sheils in both barrels.
One shell had been fired while
the other was loaded.
r Magistrate Frick held an inquest.
at noon. A jury, of which
W. M. Wilson of Peak was foreman,
could reach no conclusion
^ other than that: "The deceased
came to their death at the hands
O ^ 1/\C ii r\ b M ^/\ U ? r.
ui |^ai lies uiinuuwii lu Wilis
? . jury."
Mr. Jacobs was a highly respected
farmer who had succeeded
in his life's work. Mrs.
Jacobs before marriage was Miss
Elizabeth Counts. The eldest
child, Miss Ellen Jacobs, was
graduated from Winthrop college
in the class of 1910 and for two
years had been assistant at *the i
Little Mountain high school, i
Leslie Jacobs, the 18-year-old
son, was a student in the Little
Mountain high schhol, as were
the two younger lads.
The home was situated in the
Dutch Fork section of Lexington
county, three miles from Peak
and seven miles from Little
Mountain.
Good News for the Firmer.
A market news service for
farmers and truck gardeners,
who raise perishable products,
may be established by the recently
created office of markets
of the national department of
agriculture. The feasibility of
such a service is to be studied
by a specialist of the office who
also will take up the best way of j
making statistics of demand and 1
supply useful to the farmer. 1
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xne prices received dv producers, !
the cost of transportation and
Storage, profits and other useful
elements will be investigated in
this connection. The service
would be invaluable to trucki
producers of the Atlantic Coast
States.
Other specialists, it was an-!
nounced, are to give attention to
cooperative organizations of producers
and consumers and will
assist in the formation of new
cooperative enterprises. An ex- j
pert in cooperative accounting
will assist such organizations to
keep their books and records
effectively, to establish cost
systems and follow-up methods
of handling goods.
Specialists in transportation
will assist producers to secure
equitable freight rates and will
discuss questions of extending
facilities, determination of rates, i
routing and other matters con-1
cerned with the speedy and
cheap moving of produce. The
milling, marketing and utilization
of cotton seed will be given
special attention.
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Court Decides Against Vaughn. ]
That T. U. Vaughn, former
superintendent of the Odd Fellows'
orphanage at Greenville,
who at his trial in Greenville confessed
to having criminally mistreated
youug girls under his d
care, and who was condemned h
to die by electrocution on De- l,
cember 30, but appealed his case J q
to the supreme court in a de- g
cision announced Monday after- |
noon by the supreme court will ,,
have to pay the supreme penalty J1
of the law. His case will be ~
remanded to Greenville for re- t
sentence. The opinion was <3
written by Chief Justice Eugene r
B. Gary and was concurred in f
by Associate Justices Hydrick, a
Watts and Fraser. The next g
term of the court of general
sessions for Greenville county u
will be held during the month v
of October. 8
a That the attorneys for Vaughn, c
in their exceptions, failed to show
that the presiding judge I ?
abused the discretion of the
court., and that the right to insist ^
upon the errors assigned was t
waived when the defendent ij
withdrew the plea of "not r
guilty," is the opinion of the
high court.
Concerning the penalty imposed
upon Vaugh, the opinion t
says that the same question has 1
been decided in the case of the ^
State against Malloy. The court S
refused to sustain this exception a
to the sentence providing for a
electrocution. a
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For the Protection of Birds. n
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Regulations for the protection a
of migratory birds in the United t
States have just been completed t
by the national Department of u
Agriculture and will become ^
effective October 1, or as soon s
thereafter as President Wilson
approves them. A bill to pro- s
tect such birds was passed f
March 4. ?
A closed season of almost five c
years, until September 1, 1918, ?
has been established on certain n
game birds, "which have been
hunted beyond the margin of n
safety." Migratory insectivorous ( t
birds, incuding the robin, lark,
reed birds and rice birds, already
protected in many States, may .
not be killed, except reed and t
rice birds in Delaware, Virginia,
South Carolina and the District
of Columbia from September 1 to
November 1.
Hearings will be heid, if asked ^
for, before the regulations go t
into effect. Dr. T. S. Palmer of
the biological survey, was chairman
of the committee which '
prepared the rules.
Morgan Money Estimated. t
The whole of the.T P Mnman _
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estate has a value of about j,
$100,000,000, according to an un- official
report credited to Thcmas
E< Rush, counsel to State Comptroller
Sohmer, who has been in
Europe the past month examining ii
the books of the Morgan houses [
in London and Paris to determine 0
the value of the late financier's (
holdings. j
The European assets are found ^
to approximate $15,000,000. If ^
the $100,000,000 estimate%'or the v
whole estate is correct it is said v
this will be the biggest estate to t
pay an inheritance . tax in
America. New York State will i
be enriched nearly $4,000,000 q
it is estimated, by a tax of 4 per t
cent on a greater part of* the t
estate. 0
Short Items of Local interest.
The Rev. S. P. Hair, of the r
local Baptist church, spent Satur-; r
day in Chester in attendance g
upon the meeting of the Chester c
Baptist Sunday School associa- ii
tion. Mr. Hair delivered a b
vigorous message before the a
association upon 'The Sunday k
School and Soul Saving." S
Just three Fort Mill soldiers, r
so far as The Times is able to ?
learn, are attending the celebra- i J]
tion this week in Gettysburg, Pa.
These are J. W. Ardrey. James
Potts and J. P. A. Davidson.
An end is in sight to the hot
I L-? ?
wave umi nas neia sway over 8
the Central and Southern States C
for several days. In its weekly C
bulletin the national weather bu- fi
reau predicted that the extreme l<
heat wave would be broken in \
the Plain State3 Monday or Tues- 1
day and that a cool wave then p
would move slowly eastward. | v
Little Change During
As Regards the St
Following a conference Satur- .f
lay of the State's miltia heads, r
leld in the governor's office, a t
engthy statement.was issued by
reneral Wylie Jones, brigadier
:eneral, and Colonels Lewis, ?
Jpscomb and Cogswell, the of- ^
icers upheld Governor Blease in J
he controversy brought about "
?y the war department with- ?
[rawing its support of the State \
nilitia because the governor re- ?
used to muster out 13 companies 1
s recommended by the adjutant c
:eneral. I
The officers say they think it {
infair, unjust and illegal for the *
var department to withdraw its (
linnnrf fmm 97 PAmnonino I t
?.rrv. v vviupuiuco UC- I
ause 13 companies failed to 1
neasure up to the standard re- J
luired. *
General Jones and Colonel
Cogswell will go to Washington *
o confer with the South Caro- *
ina congressmen relative to the T
nilitary situation.
In a statement issued Saturday c
.earing upon the military situa- t
ion, Governor Blease says he is \
billing for the adjutant general, \
lecretary of War Garrison, or :
nybody else in authority to set
. limit, say 90 days or six months, ^
nd give the military companies
hat were recommended to be
nustered out time to put them- I
elves in thorough condition, and 1
t the end of that time for them j i
o go through the proper inspec-1
ion, and if they fail to measure
ip to the standard required, that
hey then be mustered out of the "
ervice.
In his statement the governor t
ays that one reason why he re- t
used to muster out the 13 com- t
anies, as recommended, was beause
they are located in the T
'black belt," where armed white i
len are needed.
In a paragraph of his state- :
lent. Governor Blease assails t
he Dick military law.
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Governor Blease has accepted,
'without regrets," the resignaion
nf -I F. Rnc?;oll
v. ?.. i^vuTfvu, mot ucuenant,
U. S. A., as aide-de- t
amp. Governor's staff, with 1
ank of lieutenant colonel. The c
;overnor in his letter to Lieuten- \
nt Boswell said he was satisfied 1
hat the lieutenant has been in a \
neasure tesponsible for the re- 1:
luest that a large number of the r
ompanies in the State be mus- *
ered out. 1
Lieutenant Boswell was at- t
ached to the adjutant general's s
ffice in December as inspector- ?
nstructor. He has been relieved 1
Ed Caton Again Faces Court.
E. C. Caton was Monday mornng
tried before Magistrate J. i
^andrum Brown upon the charge 1
if retailing, according to the ?
charlotte Observer of Tuesday,
udgment was withheld in order c
hat an important witness might s
>e brought before the court, ?
yhose testimony it was thought \
voujd have great bearing upon v
he case. J
Much interest is manifested in ^
his case because of the fact that t
'aton has been in the peniten- l
iary once; from which institu- ^
ion he was pardoned by Govern- I
r Kitchin after serving about 8
hree months of an 18-months' c
erm. As a pardoned convict is
egarded as a prisoner unon nn
ole, infraction of the law is rearded
as sufficient reason to
ause him to complete the orig- c
lal sentence should the offence
e serious enough. The citizens f
rose en masse against him the f
ist time, and appeared before t
uperior court to complin.' He I
an, but was later captured. A \
ock-fight which was raided at
is place was the cause of his f
ownfall last time.
Leiture at Kethodist Church. *
Friday evening, July 1th, at t
o'clock at the Methodist church f
)apt. Herbert Young of the a
Charlotte branch of the Salvation t
Lrmy will give an illustrated t
ecture on the life work of Gen. i
V. Booth. An admission fee of
0 cents will be collected, the
roceeds to be used for charity I
vork by the Salvationists. I
[ the Last Week
ate Militia Muddle.
1
rom duty s;nce the war departnent
has withdrawn all aid from
he State militia.
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In discussing the withdrawal
>f FedeVal support from the 1
State militia, Governor Blease J
lad the following, in part, to
say:
"I am satisfied that the Wilson 1
idministration, through the inluence
of its Cuban leader in
South Carolina, is now and has
)een since the fourth of March,
loing evervthinir within its
jower to injure my administraion
in order to try to defeat me
'or the United States senate be;ause
I was not a Wilson man in 1
;he last May convention, and
jecause I was against his nomi- 1
lation for the presidency of the
Jnited States.
"I think the people of South '
Carolina can clearly see the
talian hand behind this movenent,
as well as the Cuban in- ;
luence, and I am willing to
eave it to them whether this is a !
novement for the best interests
>f the State, or whether it is a
>olitical scheme headed by cerain
people in Columbia and in |
Washington in order to try to
njure me politically.
"As to that matter, I am will- i
ng to take my chances, as I have ! i
lone heretofore, before the peo- (
)le of this State. I have no ;
ipology to make to Yankee ,
General Mills, to Secretary of |
War Garrison, to the adjutant |
general, or to anybody else. I ,
im pleased with the matter as it i
itands, and under no conditions .
>r circumstances will I alter my I,
lecision. I would not muster not i
hose companies and reflect upon
hose young men without giving !
hem an opportunity to be heard,
ind to prove themselves, as I ,
mow them to be. true Caro- (
inians, for all of the money in he
United States treasury, for ;
f they are given the opportunity j j
hey will meet all the military ,
equirements and all the special
>rders of the adjutant general.
11
A Washington dispatch says ;
hat members of the South Caro-1
ina delegation in Congress, ac- j ;
cm pai lied by Brigadier General ;
Vylie Jones of the South Caro-j
ina militia, Monday went to the :
var department to talk with 1
Secretary Garrison about a re- 1
tewal of Federal aid for the or- I
ranized militia of this State, i
The secretary informed his call- j
?rs that if Governor Blease him- j
ielf would make application lor
i continuance of Fee era 1 support
le would consider it. 11
Regular Stamps on Parcel Post.
Special parcel post stamps are
to longer required. Beginning
Tuesday, July 1, the regular and
ipecial stamps became inter- '
changeable, and with the dispo- !
lition of the special parcel post
itamps now in the hands of the '
tostmasters, the regular stamps ! i
vill be used entirely. The C. O. j
J. service went into effect on | j
Tuesday, as did also the regula- ;
ion reducing the insurance on a':
tackage of not more than $25, i
ralue from 10 cents to 5 cents. j
Jackages of the value of $25 to: \
150 will pay an insurance of 10
ents, which amount was formerly
charged for $25 value.
The Court House Bonds. j
The Enquirer, Friday: The !
ourt house commissioners met i
m yesterday for the purpose of i
urther considering the resale of I
he court house bonds, and final- I
y agreed to a proposition from j
dr. C* L. Cobb to this effect: j
'Let me have the matter in hand
or thirty days, during which '
ime I will undertake to get all !
he offers I can, which offers I i
vill submit to you. If you ac- j
ept one of these offers, then all j
he compensation I will ask will
>e that you deposit the entire 1
um in the Peoples National hank 1
o be checked out as needed, and i
he bank will pay you 4 per cent, i
nterest on average balances."
Miss Annie Lou White, of
Tarleyville. is a guest of Miss
-ula Haile in this city.
Fort Hill's Alfalfa Crop. |
Sam F. Massey, of Columbia,
who is in Fort Mill visiting relatives,
writes The State as follows:
The weather is hot enough to t
make cotton grow and there is t
enough moisture from recent r
rains. Most farmers have the ?
situation well in hand. Some f
cotton blooms have been found. 1
The weed in places is nearly I
Knee nigh, then it gradually lessens
down to the ground. 1
Fred Nims, two miles south of t
this place, has four acres of |
alfalfa (it is in York county) *
from which he has obtained 12 1
tons of hay at two cuttings; and (
he expects to cut it twice more. A
It was sown last fall. He is pre- 1
paring to sow more. His pea
sowing is extensive. On the
five or six horse farm he has 30 t
acres of cotton, which he says A
must bring a bale per acre to r
pay expenses. If the other two ^
cuttings of alfalfa yield well, *
there will be a product of be- j
tween five and six tons to the 1
acre. Five tons are worth $100. (
When well established one sowing
lasts for years.
Raise More Hogs. 3
In an effort to encourage ?.
Southern farmers to raise more ^
hogs, the Southern Railway, *r
through its Live Stock Depart- (
ment, has issued a booklet en- .
titled, "Hog Production and Con- '
ditions for Success in the South,"
a copy of which will be furnished
on request by F. L. Word, Live! i
Stock Agent, Atlanta, Ga. The \
booklet contains much practical <
and valuable information as to (
the care and feeding of hogs, t
selection of breeds, treatment of s
diseases, and cutting and curing f
meat. Chapters on each subject j
have been supplied by experts. l
That the South consumes more v
pork and raises less than any
other part of the United States
despite the fact that pork can be t
produced more cheaply in the ?.
South than in the North or West, <
is a well known fact and a con- ^
dition that greatly impedes the j
progress of the section. The ,
long open season and the great t
variety of food crops at his command
give the Southern farmer
the opportunity to make more IJ
monev raisinu- ho?rs thun ia i -
sible in any other territory. i
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I Has Ju
Fancy Handbags in all
match your dresses. Spec
25c and 50c each, in light
black, purple, in fact, mos
wish for. These are made
tassle, and you will be su
sight. If you can't come,
I will select one lor you.
SPEC
Ladies' Ready-made Ginghfl
$1 25. for this week only.
Boys' Wash Suits, regular pri
Special for Saturd
The best Turkish Bath Towel
Saturday and Monday onl
Good 15c Towels, two for
E. W. Kin
"The Place Whore
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JITS OF INTERESTING NEWS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
In an election held at Lancaa;er
the last week the voters of
;hat city decided by a decisive
najority .to issue bonds to the
imount of $70,000 for a complete
.ewerage and waterworks system
md street improvements.
The 39th annual meeting of
;he State Press association came
o a close Friday evening after a
,wo days' session at the Isle of
?alms. E. H. DeCamp, of Gaffley,
was elected president, suc:eeding
H. L. Watson, of Greenvood.
The association meets
lext summer at Chick Springs.
Mack Smith, assistant superinendent,
and W. L. Hames,
veave room boss, of Glendnlft
nills, Stfhrtanburg, were convicted
Saturday of working their
imployes longer each day than
he law permits and were sen.enced
to pay a fine of $50 each
>r serve 20 days.
Charles J. Purcell, postmaster
it Newberry for the past 11
fears, has been requested by
he postmaster general to resign.
No charges were made
igainst him. The reason of the
equest was that Mr. Purcell
lid not give sufficient personal
presence and attention to the
vork of the office.
S. H. Browne, one of the leadng
farmers of Anderson county,
lad the misfortune of losing his
sntire oat crop by fire. The
>ats were being threshed when
he oat straw caught fire from a
spark from the engine. The
lames spread so quickly that in
i few minutes the entire crop of
jetwcen 1.000 and 1,500 bushels
vere destroyed.
Chester is much interested in
he renewal of the rumor from
Spartanburg, that Col. Leroy
Springs may consider a proposition
to extend his railroad, the
juncaster and Chester, now runting
between Chester and Lan:aster,
to Spartanburg.
FOUND ?On the streets of Fort
dill bunch of keys with patent holder.
un si-iuri' name ny calling at
I'hc Times office and paying 25 cents
'or tliis advertisement.
mffimmmw&m&m
itest Fad I
st Arrivedi
tho different shades to
ial price, while they last, i 8
blue, navy blue, pink, t a
$t any color you could 5 ?
of Silk, with cord and t *
re to want one at first 3
just 'phono us and we 3
IAL I
im Drosses, regular price 1 !
each 75c 3
ce $1.00, now only 75c 9
ay and Monday, j
s, 22x24. a 25c value, for
y, each 19c
ibrell Co., I
Quality Counts." ?jjB
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