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The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUUST 7, 1913. $1.25 Per Year.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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L"The Place Whci
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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." ^
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