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rv * \ v" * \ The Fort Mill Times. Establighed in 1891. FORT MILL. S. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 17 1913 ?' i =====t ? SI.25 Per Year * BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS THROUGHOUT THE STATE Hon. B. Frank Kelley, ar attorney of Bishopville, has announced that he is a candidate for Lieutenant Goveraor in the Democratic primary in 1914. He is well known throughout the State, having served in the House of Representatives for twc years, and the State Senate for four years from Lee County. Records in the office of the secretary of State show that IE "social clubs" have been chartered in the State this year. These clubs are organized primarily for the illicit sale ol whiskey, yet the charter gives the right to do educational, religious and all kinds of uplift work. Under the law the secretary of State is forced to grant charters to such organizations, even though he knows they are virtual blind tigers. Anderson county must pay Miss Virginia Latimer of Lowndesville $1,000 for injuries caused by an automobile, in which she was riding, running into a rope Btretched across a public high way. The verdict of the Anderson court was affirmed Saturday by the supreme court. The destructive fall army worm has already made its appearance in this State, according to Mr. Luginbill, entomologist from the national department of agriculture with offices in the University of South Carolina. Specimens from the asylum farms have been positively identified as the army worm. No other sections of the State have been heard from with reference to the presence of the pest. Warnings have been issued from the office of the State commissioner of agriculture that -? moulded cornmeal is being received in South Carolina from t.hp nnm Hislrinl r\f t-l-io .. u.v>w* v t v VIIV VJ^IIVI Cll States. The commissioner directed agents of the agricultural department to seize and destroy eight consignments of dangerous cornmeal. Mr. Yarborough, of th^ S-cond Regiment band, proposes a triState band contest to be held in Anderson this fall. He believes that bands will be attracted from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and does not believe those in charge of the contest would have any trouble in securing prizes of some size. A sanitary league, which shall have for its purpose the thorough cleaning up of everything unsanitary in Charleston, not by the work of a small body but by enlisting the cooperation of everyone, white and colored, is likely to be formed within the next month or so, if not earlier. Plans are on foot lor the formation of a central body which shall map out the proposed work. South Carolinians were not as thirsty during the month of June as they were during May, according to a report of the State dispensary auditor. The June Bales in the eight counties having dispensaries werf $3,016.39 less than the sales during the preceding month. Thursday the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting at Asheville, affirmed judgment below for the defense in the case of the Carolina Glass company against W. J. Murray, John McSween and others, according to a telegram received in Columbia by W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, who is of counsel for the defense in the case. Ap= proximately $20,000 is involved. Sinrp nnnniirn>innr o font ^^ ~ u i^n uajra ago that he would be a candidate for reelection in 1914, Senator E. ; D. Smith Saturday told a corres. pondent of the Columbia Record that he was not only a candidate for another term, but that he will be elected over Cole Blease by a splendid majority. "The farmers of the State know me and my record in the senate. I know I will come back to the senate and by a good majority, too." the senator said. Nilitia to Anderson July 23. Capt. T. B. Spratt, of the Fort ; Mill military oruanization, has received official information that the First regiment of the State 1 National Guard will go into [ camp at Anderson on Wednesday, ; July 23. It was previously ordered ; that the companies would go into \ camp on July 21, but on account ; of a shortage of money for camp5 ing purposes the term of the \ encampment was cut from ten to eight days and begins two days later. Capt. Spratt expects a large per cent, of his : company will attend the encamp- 1 > ment, and as the people of ' Anderson have been making preparations for the entertain i , c i i 1 ~ meni 01 tne troops tne men of Company K anticipate a big time. Company K has on every encampment had the reputation of being one of the best and the same reputation will be upheld at this time. Executive Clemency. During the last week Governor ' Blease issued pardons and pa[ roles to 18 prisoners, seven of the number being whites and ; eleven negroes. Clemency in 1 each case was recommended by the State pardon board. Of the ! number given liberty, two were from York county, as follows: Benjamin Wylie, white, convicted at the April, 1913, term 1 of court for York county of as1 sault and battery with intent to kill and sentenced to five months upon the public works or pay a fine of $75. Sentence commuted to a fine of $40 or five months' 1 labor on the public works. Paroled during good behavior, : Alexander Patton, colored, who 1 was convicted of arson in York county and sentenced to serve ten years. The negro had served eight years and nearly three months of his sentence. Miss Nary Ritch Dead. Miss Mary Ritch, whose illness was noted recently in The J Times, died last Wednesday at the State hospital, in Columbia, where she had been under treatment for several weeks. The remains were shipped to Fort Mill Wednesday afternoon and t.ht* intprmnnf u".io in ?;? .. ...?w w If uo 111 tuc LHJ I cemetery. Miss Ritch was about 32 years of age and was greatly beloved , by a wide circle of friends. She 1 was stricken with pellagra about! 1 a year ago and remained at the I ' home af her brother, Mr. J. Ij Ritch, in this city, until a few 1 | weeks ago when it was decided to have her treated at the State hospital. This treatment did not I prove beneficial, however, and her death occurred on the day mentioned above. Miss Ritch ? was a member of the Fort Mill Methodist church. West Point Vacancy. ; A vacant scholarship for South > Carolina at the United States ' Military academy. West Point, , has been announced through Senator B. R. Tillman. Any bona fide white resident of the ; State possessing other necessary i qualifications, is eligible. Those who are to take the examination ! should be proficient in arithmetic algehra, geometry. United States history, general history, political and physical geography, spell- < ing, grammar, literature, com position and rhetoric. Any graduate of a standard high i school or the average college j student should have no difficuly ' , in passing the test. The examination is to be in ; T T ? : - * " university 01 ooum Carolina, i{ Friday, August 8. All inquiries should be addressed to the State , superintendent of education. I, Improved Roads Enhance Values. Improvement of county roads has enhanced the value of property bordering on such roads so that the cost of improvement is equalized, if not exceeded, says the department of agriculture in i a bulletin issued last week. The department has gathered a mass , i of data through the office of public roads, which is making a I special study of the economic effect of road improvement. Ac- I cording to the information land values not only have increased J but farm values as well show 11 marked advances as a result of i road improvement. BLEASE BERATES BRYAN, THEN TOUCHES TILLMAN > ! A special from Hendersonville, ! N. C., to the Columbia Record [ j says in an interview Monday Governor Elease attacked William Jennings Bryan who lec-1 turod there Sunday, for going into chautauqua work while secretary of State. The governor said he did not' believe the drawing of a double . salary was right, and that Bryan _i 11 - - 1 snouiu resign irom the cabinet ! if he found, as the secretary of ( State indicated in an intervipw published there, that he could not live 011 the salary of the office. The governor further stated that Bryan's going about the country lecturing reminded him of a cheap circus horse rider operating under the crack of a whip. Governor Blease stated that Senator Tillman had ruined himself with the people of South Carolina in just the same manner when he went about lecturing instead of remaining in Washington and attending to the business of the senate. Just as the governor alighted from his train Monday he met Bryan and the two shook hands. The governor was on his way to Glenn Springs for a brief rest. Senator Smith in the Race. The definite announcement has come down from Washington that Senator F.. D. Smith will be a candidate for re-election to the United States senate. He is busy in Washington with several measures of importance to farmers and will deliver few addresses in South Carolina until the campaign opens. In a recent interview he announced that he ' would offer for re-e'ection on his record as a member of the senate. Tnose who know the record of Senator Smith know that Wall otvnaf ti./M.I'l I ' -" * ? L: ^ li tv. iy nuuiu ni\t: hj see 111m eliminated from the upper branch. He has introduced too much legislation to benefit the masses and too much striking at the money kings. The governor will also be a candidate for the senate and he says that he expects to win. Next May W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, will announce as to whether he will be a candidate for the senate. Rheigley Not Guilty. At Chester late Saturday af- i ternoon Richard Rheigley was found not guilty of murder on the ground of insanity. In March of the present year Rheigley shot to death F. A. Wright, an employe of the Republic Mills, at Great Falls. The defense set up in the case was that of insanity, it being established that Rheigley had been suffering for some months with a bad case of pellagra. Wright was also, shown to have interfered for some time with the happiness of Rheigley's home, j so the plea of the higher law and ' of insanity were strongly urged before the jury. Rheigley's heallh is now badiy broken and 1 he was a pitiful looking man as IJ he sat in the crowded Chester ; court room. The form of the verdict means that Rheigley will ' HuVP Ku onnfin?/l I.. ?U? I v VV wv VVIIIIIICU til LIIC Olilltl hospital for the insane. ^ Credit to Colonel Springs. < Lancastarians are finding the Southern Railway's new train service to and from Charlotte at mid-day a great convenience.,^ It r enables us to leave home aft a i convenient hour and also to ( leave Charlotte more convenient- < ly than heretofore. There, has ' been considerable demand for i this improved service lor some t time but it was given us more ( promptly than we would other- < otherwise have secured it, < through the efforts of our. enter- I prising townsman, Coi. Leroy < Springs, who always gets what i he goes after. Colonel Springs i made a special trip to Washing- 1 ton and after interviewing the < Southern Railway authorities 1 there and impressing them with < the urgent need for the ex- 1 tension, his request was grant- 1 ed within 10 days.- Lancaster I News. 11 New Quarantine Regulations. Quarantine regulation, effective Tuesday, for the control of < splenetic or Texas fever, has ] been issued by Ray M. Powers, \ State veterinarian, Clemson College. This regulation prohibits move- ) ment of cattle (except under certain restrictions) f?om any I portion of this Stat.; or the quarantined district o. any other t State, as defined ir regulations j pf the United Stat's department ( pf agriculture, ir cO that area of j South Carolin" included in the following ^ unties and parts of 2ounH' . ; v^conee, Pickens, Greenville, i Anderson, Spartanburg, Union, j Laurens, Greenwood, Cherokee, ( York, Marlboro. Darlington, that 1 portion of Abbeville county north of the Seaboard Air Line railway, that portion of Lancaster county ' north of Waxhaw creek, that ( portion of Chester county north 1 of the Lancaster & Cheraw rail- 1 way and west of the Southern 1 railway. Movement of cattle (except under certain restrictions) from < any portion of this State, except , counties and portions of counties above mentioned, or from the ( quarantined district of any other State, as defined in regulations of the United States department of agriculture, into the following ; counties and parts of counties is also prohibited: Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Florence, Lee, that portion of Abbeville county south of the Seaboard Air Line railway, that portion of Chester county south of Lancaster & Cheraw railway and east of the Southern railway.?The State. McLaurin is Yet Undecided. "I have not definitely decided 1 that I will make trie race either 1 for the office of governor or of ! United States senator in next summer's campaign. This is ' still a year in the future and circumstances arising in the meantime may aid in determining 1 whether I shall run for one of i the offices." This statement was * made a few days ago by John L. McLaurin, State senator from j. Marlboro county and former. ' United States senator, to a re- ' porter of the Columbia Record, j, Rumors that Senator McLaurin jf would enter the senate race have I * been current for some time and have not been denied by the sen- * ator. When asked for a definite * statement Mr. McLaurin smiled j and replied that he had been j j urged to run by friends through-. j out the State, by letter and oth- i wise, but he had reached no defi-1* nite conclusion. 1 R-.lL- it ? ueams in me lounty. i Miss Sallie Collins, daughter of Mr. knd Mrs. P. P. Collins, I died at the home of her parents J on Hagin street. Rock Hill. Sun-; < day morning at 6 o'clock of j tuberculosis. Her body was s buried in Laurelwood cemetery \ Monday morning at 10 o'clock, J funeral services being conducted ; by Rev. A. S. Rogers of the ) A. R. P. church. Miss Jessie Burton, daughter \ of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Burton of $ the Tirzah section died suddenly * Saturday night of heart failure, t There was a gentleman friend i \ at the home and he and the | jj young lady had just arisen from \ their seats, the young man ready { to leave, when the young lady * dropped dead. I Four Must Die in Electric Chair, j Meeks Griffin. John Crosby, ! ? rom Griffin and Nelson Brice, all \ negroes, were found guilty by a | Chester county jury- Saturday * ive'ning of the mUm^r on April J 23, last, of John Q. Lewis, a re- \ spectable Confederate veteran of r :hat county at his home near \ 3ornwell. The four negroes; * were sentenced to die in the i * Mectric chair at the State peni- f :entiary on September 26. Th?' conviction was secured princi- t f>ally through the evidence of * Monk Stevenson, who was a ! jj member of the gang and made a * confession after the detectives 5 had practically foretold the crime | >n him. The case attracted c wide-spread interest throughout :he State and especiclly in Ches- * Ler county, the triai being at- < tended by large crowds. \ Short Local Items. [ D. S. Warren and family of Columbia, are visiting at the home of Mr. Warren's grandfather, Mr. T. D. Faulkner. Warm and generally fair veather except for local showers s promised by the weather bureau for the present week. Mrs. Stephen P. Sutton, of ;he township, who has been ill for several weeks, was on Monlay taken to a Charlotte hospital for treatment. Mrs. S. B. Owen and little son ind Mrs. A. C. Birs and little son, all of Key West, Fla.. are quests at the home of W. H. Crook, in the Gold Hill community. E. A. Murray has resigned as , overseer of finishing at the Caraleigh Mills, Raleigh, N. C., 1 to accept a position with the 1 Carolina Light & Power Com- 1 pany at the same place.?Textile i Bulletin. 1 An event of much interest in ( the Gold Hill section will be the ' marriage this (Wednesday) evening of Miss Myrtle Blankenship, daughter of Mr. Stephen P. Blankenship, and Mr. J. E. j Norment of Darlington. The marriage will take place at ^ 8 o'clock at the home of the j bride's father and will be wit- ( nessed by a large party of rela- t tives and friends of the con- ( tracting parties. Mr. and Mrs. ( Norment will leave Fort Mill on . the late evening train for a bridal trip of several weeks. ( Late Garden Cultivation. ( Many make the mistake of J leaving off cultivation in the heat * of summer when the demand for moisture is greatest. Sometimes J one more cultivat on would have * been suflicient to conserve enough moisture to produce vegetables ' where a garden is burned up. i It may be that you need only to :ultivate once more to save your 1 garden. It is certain that if ; . ultivation be done properly it * will conserve considerable moist- J are and give the plants whatever ' id vantage there is in moisture * it this trying season. But eulti/ation should be carefully done. is it is an easy matter to injure y garden plants at this time. I I Great I For This We offer you the followi bargains during the next f< 49 C Men's $1.00 Dress Shirts in patterns. We are offering, handsome Shirts at a great sac SPECIAL -40-inch White V. the 25e quality, while it lasts, Prettiest Figured Lawns. 10 (?I Beautiful assortment Figure only 12 1-2 < . Infant's Wool Bands, 1 to 3 Gauze Vests, 1 Ask to see ou excellent 10c < Millir We have a small lot of pret price $4.00, while they last, at Pretty hats at only 00c each, of hot weather yet. Ask to these prices. I E. W.Kim m "The riacc Where t EVERYTHING AGAIN LOVELY IN MILITARY CIRCLES The receipt of a telegram Frilay morning at 10:05 o'clock by Governor Blease from L. M. larrison, secretary of war, lefinitely settles the question hat the encampments of the National Guard will be held on ime, and that Federal assistince to the organized militia of he State will be resumed, secretary Garrison says that he las directed Lieut. Cabaniss and ffapt. Greig. who were relieved Tom fnrther duties in this State >y a special order, dated June 25, ,o resume their former duties; that outstanding requisitions will )e filled at once; that requisitions tor funds and supplies, filed vith the division of militia affairs, will be honored, and that in inspector of infantry, in jlace of Lieut. Boswell, will be ietailed on receipt of a request liuiii liit; governor. School Children at York Fair. A most inspiring sight will be :he parade of some 10,000 school children on October 17, "Educational Day" at the York county fair. All the schools in the :ounty will be closed down for this occasion and the school children from all parts of the lounty will take part in the parade. County Superintendent J. E. Carroll, Superintendent Lueco Cunter and Miss Leila Russell, county supervisor of rural schools are arranging for this jvent. All the schools will be asked to prepare floats, if possible, and several prizes will offered forthe >est float, the best marching ine, the largest percentage of mrollment in the line of march. There will also be prizes for he best exhibit from any school, ilso for the best articles made >y the children, this being a ealure of the home institute, to >e conducted in connection with he fair. A large party of Fort Mill roung people spent yesterday >ienieing on Catawba river. V aiues 1 , \\r~~i~ - ng breezy and refreshing 8! jw hot and sultry days: ents I the prettiest stripes and for this week only, these gg rifice?only 49c each. ^ oile, e(iually as good as the ?? only 10c per yard. c quality, now only 7 1 2c. Qjg d Lawns, 15c (|ualiny, now raj years, only 25c each. tSg Gauze Vests. I piality, special price 5c. jg? lery. || ty Summer Hats, regular \ I only $1.48 each, and a few j i Almost four long months j see these pretty Hats at ft J ibrell Co., | duality Counts." ? %:<m? wgsffiaBffiMni