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' >^-?T .'H =*'! * \ ' / * v >;'%.%-. i '.'*?>. . L \ * : * & ' V.' V" ,. V ' * - .<' ?. . ' ' " V ' ' 'V * ' / * * ' / ? * * . . - ' .*? - . ~ . * .?>v - . - >" t. %{> ',' ' ' ' The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUUST 7, 1913. $1.25 Per Year. i in71 " ? p BITS OF INTERESTING NEWS THROUGHOUT THE STATE Columbia is to have a business show. That was the unanimous decision of the representatives of nine firms and individuals dealing in office appliances. The Herald says that Spartanburg's only flour mill is running day and night, as a result of that county having produced probably the largest crop of small grain ever grown in the county. H. P. Matthews, a young man held in the Greenville county > jail on .the charge of passing bogus checks, has admitted his guilt to interviewers, though he says he is not the only man involved in these transactions. "There are other fellows work ing the same game around here now," he declared. Four thousand five hundred and eighty-eight pupils attended the schools of Columbia and environs during the past session, according to County Supt. of Educay tion Clarkson's annual report. Governor Hooper, of Tennessee, has written to Governor Blease withdrawing the requisition which he issued about a year ago for the return to Tennessee of W. J. Massee, a rich Georgian, wanted in Tennessee, and who was arrested while passing through Spartanburg in this State. f A "Welfare Conference" for the common good of the people of Soutli, Carolina is being held this week in Columbia. Men and * women in all walks of life, from the farm, store, from business and church organizations, from charitable and uplift associations, . men and women prominent in educational ranks, factory owner i e i i a i ? _ ana iaoiory employe, are initing part in the conference. The recent arrival of a negro woman in Charleston from Liberia is pathetic. Fifteen years ago, she, her husband and daughter went to Liberia to settle in the woods and try simple African life. The husband and daughter died and she returned to Charleston to spend her few remaining years. James Allen, Jr.. of Charleston, for the past two years a student of the law school of the University of South Carolina and iiolder of the degree of L. L. B. x>f that institution, has been awarded the Romanville scholarship to Harvard university in the department of law by his alma mater. Davidson college of North Carolina. Arrangements have just been made with the Young Aeroplane company, of Kansas City, to have Ralph E. McMillen, one of the world's greatest aviators, make a number of flights at Rock Hill during the York county fair period. October 16 and 17. A Reduction in Express Rates. Reductions in express rates, Which will cost the companies fully $26,000,000^ a year?or approximately 16 per cent, of their gross revenue, were ordered by the interstate commerce comM/vn/lnir r\ Iti ?/?Am /i fT /^/it IU1SSIUII lTlimuaj iu u<.a,i'iiic cm.v.v ive on or before October 19, 1913. Notable reforms in practices also were ordered. The most important change prescribed by the order is by way of modification of the present schedule of parcel rates. One hundred pound rates for short distances either have been left unchanged or slightly reduced; for longer distances they have ^ been lowered; for 50 pounds or oil *">foo havo liooii r?rflf>ti/>allu V, I/1V/UII J s more ? more ;s than ites are parcel i 3,00(1 ctically i ? Off to Rifle Contest. Six Fort Mill men, members of, Company K, First regiment, left | Tuesday morning for Camp Wylie Jones, near Columbia, to attend the tryout for the State rifle team which will shoot at Camp Perry for the national trophy. The men are: Lieut S. VV. Parks, ! Privates Wm. Orr, B. Wright, G. Hoagland, Carl Griffin and Herbert Harris. Lieut. Parks has represented Company K at' the last six tryouts in this State, j .1 ?C ?.U1?I clUU l? UIIC U1 i-IIC Ut'Sl SIHHS 111 ; the First regiment. Capt. Geo. ; W. Potts of the ordnance department, also of Fort Mill, accompanied tlj,e team to Columbia. Last year in the tryouts in Charleston. Company lv won the championship cup given for the best company score in the State, and also figured largely in the winning of the battalion and regimental trophies. The team was further distinguished by having Geo. W. Potts, the best all-around shot in the State, and W. Belk, the best shot at 200 yards. This year, out of a membership : of 60 men in the company, 26 have already qualified as marks; men by scoring 08 out of a possible 150. Mr. Gamble Wins Suit. The State supreme court the last week affirmed the finding of ' the lower court in the case of James M. Gamble against the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, the case having been carried up on appeal from the fall term, 1012, of the common pleas court of York county. The action was a suit on a policy of insurance for $500 on the life of Mrs. Maggie Gamble, wife of the plaintitV, in which . policy the plaintitV was named as beneficiary. The application was dated February 10. 1910, the policy was da*ed February 10, 1910, and Mrs. Gamble died .June 14, 1910. The defendant company set up the claim that Mrs. Gamble was unwell at the time application for policy was made and following her death refused payment j of the policy. Mr. Gamble entered suit and a York jury awarded a verdict for the full amount of the policy, whereupon the insurance company appealed. Fort Kill Boy Scouts. The Fort Mill company of Boy Scouts, twenty-six in number, and iii charge of Chief Scout Master W. M. Carothers and Assistant Scout Master Murray s Mack, spent last night in their camp on the eastern outskirts of Yorkville, says The Enquirer of Tuesday. The Boy Scouts arc on a two week s tramp into the mountains of western Noith Carolina, and will make Chimney Rock the terminus of their jour; ney. The scouts have two covered wagons and full camp| ing paraphernalia with them. They left Fort Mill yesterday morning shortly after 10 o'clock and arrived at their camping ground yesterday evening about 7 o'clock. All the boys were evidently in good physical condition, although a great many of them had walked nearly all the way from Fori Mill, 'ihe Fort Mill company of Boy Scouts was organized last spring and is the only organization ot its kind in York county and one of the very tew companies in South Carolina. The ages of the scouts run from 12 to 17, and all are enthusiastic over the movement. The scouts left Yorkville this morning for King's Mountain battleground where they will spend today. Bethesda Convention. The Bethesda township Sunday school convention will, be held tomorrow at Bethesda church. A fine program has been arranged lor the meeting and a large attendance is expected. Some of the leading Sunday school workers of the county will be present. Bethesda township has one of the livest Sunday 1 school organizations in the county and the conventions are alj ways of great interest. L., FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE ! HEAR CANDIDATES TALK Four thousand citizens of York and adjoining counties who \ gathered at Filbert Friday for ! the annual picnic, heard spirited 1 speeches by seven men promi- . nent in South Carolina politics of i1 the present and immediate fu- ] ture, says a dispatch to the Charlotte Observor. The logical star of the day, Gov. Cole L. Blease, placed last on the pro- ' gram in order to hold the crowd. ' snoke less than five minutes, his address being terminated by the approach of a threatening rainstorm. In the course of his remarks ' he said that the selection of a governor is a matter for the peoI pie and he would not attempt any dictation in that regard, but I he intimated in effect that if any j ! other man than a good Bleasite were elected to that position the speaker would pardon so many | prisoners during the balance of his own term that the new governor would have little left to do j to occupy his time. He had the ' full sympathy of his audience. A plethora of candidates featured the Filbert picnic. The 1 speakers included Congressman j I). E. Finley, former Senator .John L. McLaurin, who is expected by many to be a candidate for governor: Representative George R. Rembert, Hon. John G. Richards, Hon. Charles A. Smith, Hon. M. L. Smith, avowed candidates for governor and Governor Blease, who is a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Hon. E. I). Smith. Senator Smith was unable to be present, stating that he believed it his duty to remain in Washington at this critical time. Despite the fact that this is an "oil"' year in politics, in view of the fact that the linos are already being drawn for next year, it was expected that some sharp clashes which would make politi#.oi i...? .1? ?_??! uiLiiui,* ?v/uivi utvur, uui iney did not materialize. Tlie occasion was deemed propitous for ; a showdown, and from one end of the Palmetto State to the other attention was directed i there. Filbert may not (and does not) Command long primer type in any standard atlas of the | world, hut there are times when | it looms very large indeed on the political map of South Carolina! since it won from its neighbor Tirzah the honor of staging South Carolina's political field day. But the picnic of 1913 has i passed into history and Governor Blease has not yet designated the man whom he would prefer to be ; his successor. There were those w ho believed that former Senator McJ.aurin would throw down the gauntlet Friday and commit his cause to the people; there is reason to believe that he went n r\n\r a on/1 4*.--? - ? ? y.v?v. rkv>vt tillVi |'l IIIIVU Ilir tlliy aitack which might he launched at him by the opposition, so that he might declare himself. No such opportunity presented itself. The ex-Senator, at the close of a general speech, threw down the bars and told "the | boys" that he would be heard from later in the day of personal politics if anybody desired it, but this challenge was not accepted. Parcel Post Extended. On and after August 15, the limit of weight of parcels of fourth class mail for delivery within first and second zones shall be increased from eleven pounds to twenty pounds. The rate in postage on parcels exceeding four ounces in weight shall be five cents lor the first pound and one cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof when intended lor local delivery and five cents for the first pound and one cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof intended for delivery at other offices within the first and second zones. i 3LEASE HURLS "LIE" AT , ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL r A vitrolic attack on the Army s ind Navy Journal for an article ^ t pfinted on the militia situation n South Carolina was made a!c few days a kg by Governor Blease , c n a letter he wrote to that ;1 oaper. The article stated that ;1 :he attitude of the governor had , h failed to receive any support c from his home and this the chief 1 executive bitterly and caustically j ^ controverts. His letter foliows: ' "Editor Army and Navy Journal; No. 20 Yesey street, New 1 York City?Sir: I very seldom 1 pay any attention to newspaper 1 articles, but your issue of July 10, on page 1,422 has such a ; malicious and palpable lie that I cannot overlook it. You state: 'Governor Blease failed to re- 1 ceive support from home for his ,J attitude toward the department J1 and protests came from every i section of the State against his * policy of rejecting the aid of the 1 Federal government for the! 1 militia.' M "To show you what a liar you ' ' are. the brigadier general of my State, and the three colonels, : met and passed resolutions and , had them published in the papers of this State, endorsing my j j course in toto. All of the mili- < tary men of the State have also j endorsed my course with the ex- i eeption of the adjutant general ; himself, and if you had noticed i the newspapers of this State, ; although they are very unfair to } me and are continuously lying | upon me like you have done in i this instance, still you would have seen that my position lias j 1 been thoroughly endorsed. The eleven companies which 1 was j | asken to muster out have not been mustered out. I have ; ?n.> |juiiu in liuil aim mc* military men oi' the State are ; delighted with my action in this matter and are pleased that i Secretary Garrison and my sell were able to come to amicable agreement. ' "It is a pity that a journal like yours would publish such a i cowardly lie without first obtain injr the true facts. "Please publish this letter, to ! show to the people what a liar i you are. i "Very respectfully, ! "Cole L. Blease, "Governor." * The News of Gold Hill. Fort Mill Times Correspondence. The farmers are through lay- 1 intf-by and their crops have been i greatly benefited by the recent i rains. Mr. David Epps, of TurnersV i 1 !r? T(>V i? VKllinir liio l?*nt li er, S. H. Epps, Sr., of this sec-1! tion We are pleased to note i that the condition of Mrs. VV. II. i Windie is slightly improved j Mr. and Mrs. John Epps and j daughter, Mis Helen, and grand : daughter, Miss Wilson, of Flor- > ida, are visiting relatives in this j community.. Misses Bessie and j Winnie Huffman have returned t to Palestine, Tex., after a visit ] to relatives in this section. j Mr. F. II. Wilson of this com- \ munitv canned eighty quarts of \ tomatoes Monday morning i Messrs. John Epps and Tom i Smith, of Hebron, were guests ] Monday of Mr. S. P. Wilson. The August meeting at Flint ) Hill church began Sunday, last, j and services are being held twice j daily, at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. i The public is cordially invited to j attend the services. Affirms Verdict in Magill Case. The verdict for $8. WO awarded ! by the York county court to i Samuel T. Magill against the i Southe.n railway was affirmed j a few days ago by the supreme j court in a decision by Associate | "j Justice Watts. This was an action brought in the court of common pleas for $20,000 dam-, ages for alleged personal in-' juries, the plaintiff sustaining the loss of a leg in a railroad accident at Grattan station about two years ago. t TCf-i 'w 'S ' "tSfc k Bad Wreck on L. & C. Going through a trestle and ailing 52 feet into Hooper's 'reek, between Knox and Orr, even miles east of Chester, last Vednesday afternoon about 5 'clock, three coaches of a Lanaster & Chester mixed freight tnd passenger train, carrying ibout 140 passengers, were smashed into kindling wood, a :olored brakeman was killed outight and 53 people more or less severely injured, two of whom lave since died. The dead are Elizah Heath, legro brakeman, V. H. Craft, in Anderson traveling salesman ind Roy Clifton, of Fort Lawn. The wreck was caused by a 'reight car jumping the track, creaking through and pulling the roaches with it. So great was ;he shock to the train that it ;eems miraculous that many nore were not killed outright. The uninjured immediately be?an the work of rescuing the njured and by the time the rescue train arrived had removed them all. The more seriously wounded were rushed to the hospital at Chester. Smith's Plan No Cheap Affair. Federal experts estimate that i loss of almost $108,000,(100 a year to cotton growers in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida would result from the adoption of the plan proposed recently by Senator Smith of South Carolina which contemplated the establishment of a belt in which the growth of cotton should be prohibited by law. in an effort to keep the cotton boll weevil from spreading eastward into the Atlantic Coast States. This conclusion has been reached by the department of agriculture, based on provision for the elimination of a strip about 100 miles wide down through Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. No figures were prepared to show how.this loss of $108,000,000 annually might be offset either in part or in full by the raising of other crops. (95 I Alvi H ' 1 Somethir | at Kirr In Summer Goods we 1 caK I.ong white and black Silk cgx per pair, now only 7 lo. Long white and black Sil Ks per pair, now only 50c. gjg Have you tried our SI.00 ag our Silk Hose say they give pairs they buy at $1.50. A?1 gj* whites just received. I Special for Frid We offer as a special for week all our 50c Silk and f i I all our 2oc Hose will at ' buy a dozen pairs at shis pri 'phone us and we will take many pairs as you may wan I We still have a few pieces don't tfet some of this today All Summer Dress Goods; And don't forget the barn on all Ladi? s' and Children'! Just rectived bi*r shipnru-n inch widih, and easily won! I EW.Kii L"The Place Whci mmmmmmm a MANY VALUABLE PRIZES FOR YORK COUNTY FAIR Secretary J. N. Benton, of the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce, spent a portion of Saturday in Fort Mill. Mr. Benton has charge of the publicity end i of the York County Fair and Home institute to be held on the rear campus ot Winthrop College ' on October 1G and 17. To The Times Mr. Benton stated that jconsiderable interest in the fair is being- taken in all sections of the county and the prospect at present is that York's first fair will prove a success. The premium list has been VVMII J.MV VVVI CI 1 I VI II Cell I.N in premiums will be awarded the various contestants. Everything that can be raised on the farm will be included in the premium list and the premium money is as large or larger than that given by many fairs which have been conducted for several years, The farmers are urged to prepare exhibits for the fair and all who will send their address to Secretary Benton will receive a copy of the premium list as soon . as it comes from the press. A contract has been made for a tlying machine, two flights ?o be given daily. This attraction of itself will be sufficient to draw the largest crowd ever assembled in the county. The machine will be in the grounds land the visitors can inspect the same at their leisure between llights. The first day of the fair will be Industrial Day and will open with a big parade of floats arranged by various industries. The second day will be Educational Day and will open with a parade of all the school children in the county. Various prizes will be olfered to those who contest in the parade, and prizes will also be awarded for school ' work. Miss Estelle Massey has returned to her home in this city from a month's visit to relatives at Waxhaw, N. C. Vo ?V5S? yiTf dH /ays I ig Special! ibrelfs. 1 ip.vc Bargains galore. X Gloves, regular price $1.00 k Gloves, regular price 75c i&l Silk Hose? Ladies who wear EA better satisfaction than manv rui big shipment of blacks and djs ay and Saturday, || Friday and Saturday of this I 8 sle Hose at 39c per pair, and S 8 19c per pair. You ought to tro ce. If you can't come, just *5$ pleasure in laying aside as SB j of that 10c Voile. If you j* , you'll be sorry. mS it a Tramendous Reduction, 1 ain prices already quoted you s Beady-to-wear Clothing. ? t of that 5c Bleaching, 36 i vy x?? Lenta, 'JM A nbrell Co., 1 re duality Counts." ^ ts?. tSS^USffJSSi JSP r? 2SH V*