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President Huerta has been
told he must resign the presidency
of Mexico without loss of
time and that he must not leave
as his successor Gen. Aureliano
Blajiquet, his minister of war.
or any other member of his
official family or of the unofficial
coterie whom he might be ex
pected to control. This ulti- matum
from Washington was
conveyed Monday to President
Huerta thitough his private secretary,
Senor Rabago, by Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, the American
charge d'alFaires. acting under
instructions^ lTgm the State department.
Senor Rabago late Sunday
presented the memorandum to
his chief but up to Monday
evening President Huerta had
returned no answer, and as far
as could be learned had guarded
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official and intimate counsellors.
Those who learned of the
Washington note regard Gen.
Huerta's position as one in
which he would be forced to give
one of two answers?point blank
refusal to comply with the demand,
possibly going so far as to
hand the diplomatic representative
his passports, or the official
elimination of himself.
Those most intimate with the
president insist that the latter
course will not be taken for
many reasons, chief among
which is that such action would
be tantamount to submission to
the rebels. Official Mexico no
longer is in doubt that the
Washington administration favors
the constitutionalist cause,
and is convinced that this is the
means adopted by President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan to assist
Carranza to win.
No Sale of Court House.
Owing to the fact that no one
cared to invest the upset price
of $16,000 in the property, there
was no sale of the old court
house and lot in Yorkville Monday,
although the sale as formerly
advertised attracted a large
crowd to the premises when the
property was offered for sale at
12 o'clock, noon, by J. W. Fer^
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&uaim, ui /\LuuiLa. ine sice was
first offered in separate lots and
tht amounts bi I in this manner
aggregated a total of only $13,225,
with $500 for the building.
The property was then offered
as a whole ahd after much talk
by the auctioneer the price was
worked up to $14,500, but as
this was $1,500 short of the
upset price, the sale svas declared
off. The last and highest
bid was by Dr. D. B. Johnson,
of Rock Hill.
Immediately after the sale the
commissioners held a meeting
in which it was debided to build
the new court house on the present
site. The designing architect
was notified of this action
of the commissioners and as
soon as the plans are perfected
work will begin on the removal
of the old building and erection
of the new $75,000 structure.
New Stamp Books.
Postmaster General Burleson
is the author of what is expected
to prove one of the "six best
sellers" among the books of the
coming season. Announcement
was made that it was off the
press and soon could be had at
\ thousands of postoffices and subpostoffices
throughout the country.
The book, its attractive
title being 24, lc-2c, is embellished
with beautilul engravings
and will sell for the
nominal sum of 73 cents. The
demand for such a book was
recognized by those who approved
of that other sterling
little volume issued by the
government and which con
tained twelve 2c stamps, the
V price of which was 25 cents.
\ The new volume is to contain
twenty-four 2c and an equal
v number of lc stamps.
' \ The department has issued
instructions to the postmasters
throughout the country concern
ing the issue of the new stamp
book.
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MILEAGE ARRANGEMENT
UPHELD GY COMMISSION.
The sale of interchangeable
mileage books with the requirement
that the coupons be exchanged
for tickets before a
journey is begun Friday was
held by the interstate commerce
commission to be neither discriminatory
nor in violation of
the law.
The decision was reached in a ;
proceeding prompted by a com- ;
plaint of the railroad commission ,
| of South Carolina directed
; against the practice of the)
, Southern railway and other |
roads operating in the South. |
which requires that mileage'
1 shall be exchanged for tickets
instead of being used directly J
jfor checking of baggage or for!
I transportation upon trains.
The Legislature of South Caro- ;
Una passed an act requiring I
railroads operating in this State
to receive coupons from mileage
books on trains for transportation
and for checking ot bag-1
gage. A similar act passed by
the Georgia Legislature was
vetoed by the governor. The1
railroads tHereupon adopted a
regulation that coupons from
mileage books would not be accepted
in exchange for a ticket
for a journey wholly within the
State of South Carolina. A new
form of mileage book was issued
lor intrastate travel in this State.
The State authorities complained
to the commiision that
South Carolina was being discriminated
against. In its de-'
cision, however, the commission
holds that the complaint "was
based upon a desire to secure
discriminatory advantages." In
the belief of the commission and
Commissioner Marble, who prepared
the opinion, such inconveniences
as are caused to
travelers by the use of the exchange
nuleagt* books can be
removed easily by increased
efficiency in station operation.
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Bieaseites Hold Conterenee.
Columbia dispatches of Thursday
told of a conference in that
I city Wednesday evening at which
j more than 200 followers of
Governor Blease were present-'
IA number of the governor's
I strongest supporters from different
parts of the State were!
; present ana made talks. GovI
ernor Blease was lauded when
he declared that he would light
IR. 1. Manning in his race for
governor, bitterly opposed restricting
the primary and announced,
"We are going to control
the next State convention i
no matter what the cost." He!
charged that the Jones people
last summer committed fraud
and that his majority was really
20,000 and that Manning helped
to collect the campaign fund,
which he said was used in an
effort to defeat him.
"I tope no Blease man will
disgrace himself by voting for
him for governor," said Governor
Blease amid yells of delight.
S. J. Nichols, Representatives
Sawyer and Sapp talked "hot
stuff," and preached .Bleaseism
and called for the nomination of
an out and out Blease man to run ,
for governor.
Successful With Alfalfa.
That alfalfa is a better moneycrop
than cotton has been proven 1
this year by Mr. Edgar Jones, a
well known farmer of the township,
on his plantation one mile
west of town. Last fall Mr.
Jones put in one and one-half
acres of alfalfa and from this;
acreage has this year cut and
aoiu seven tons or tnecrop. The 1
price received was $21) per ton
or a total of $140. The alfalfa
was cat five times, averaging at
each cutting a ton to the acre.
Mr. Jones is so well pleased with
his experiment with alfalfa that
this fall he has 'sown 16 additional
acres and says that next
fall he expects to further enlarge
his crop by putting in 20
acres more.
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Matters of L
Death of an Infant.
The infant daughter of Mr
and Mrs. J. A. Fite died TuedSay
at the home of its parents in this
city and was buried Wednesday
in the city cemetery.
Will Build Warehouse.
Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick has arranged
for the erection of a
warehouse near his home on J
Booth street, the size of the:
building to be 26x75 feet. The j
house will be used principally
as cotton storage room.
Won $10 in (iold.
Miss Vena Patterson, daughter
of Mr. June Patterson 'of Pleasant
Valley, was the winner of
810 in gold given away by E. W.
Kimbrell compaifli" Saturday
night, the winning number being
1881. Miss Patterson is a
pupil in the local graded school.
Fort Mill Juror#.
The following Fort Mill men
have been drawn as jurors for
the first week of the term of;
York court which convenes Mon- j
uay, XNOveniDer Z4: 1>. C. Fer-1
guson, J. E. Armstrong, V. B.;
Blanker.ship, A. B. Sheppard, B.
S. Giles.
Has Moved to Town.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Merritt, |
well known residents of the
township, have moved from the;
Gold Hill community to Fort
MiH and are occupying the cot-!
tage on Church street bought
some time ago by Mr. Merritt.
Is Seriously III.
Mrs. Wm. Gulp, of upper Fort
Mill township, has been dangerously
il! at her home for several
days. Mrs. Culp's son, who
was printully injured some days
ago by tailing Irom a horse while
on his way to Fort Mill to summon
a physician, has about recovered
from his injuries.
City Tnxc.i Due.
In accordance with the law,
City Treasurer Parks several
days ago opened his books for
the collection of city taxes for
the year 1913. Contrary to j
general expectations that the
levy would be increased this,
year, the property owners are i
paying the same as last year?
three mills on the dollar.
Checks Sent Prize Winners.
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pic ted its work of sending out
clucks to prize winners at the
recent Yoik county fair.' In the
event that an error lias been
made in sending the amount due,
the committee requests that it be ,
notified at once 01 the mistake in
order that same may be corrected.
Every etFort has been made !
to correctly compile the list of
prizes, which fact accounts largely
for the time taken in making
up the lists and sending out the
checks.
Won Prize for Hand-Painting.
Miss Edna Ferguson, of Charlotte,
was the winner of the first
prize at ;he recent Mecklenburg j
fair upon her exhibit of handpainted
pictures. Miss Ferguson,
who is a daughter of Mrs. Jennie
Ferguson of Fort Mill, has made
a study of painting for several
years and has become quite an
expert, which was evidenced in
the recent contest in which she
was awarded first honors over a
number of contestants.
York'* Cotton-Ginning Record.
Joseph M. Taylor, special
agent for York county of the
U. S. census bureau has sent
The Tirres a report of the bulletin
issued Monday by the department
by which it is shown that
up to October 18th there had
been ginned in this county
lfi 417 Uulnu nf nnlfni. ..."
. ukivu wi vubiun, as tunipared
wilh 15,164 bales to the
same date last year.
Big Trade Last Week.
Saturday night, last, closed
what was said by close observers
to have been the best trade week
in the history of Fort Mill, the
dry goods and clothing stores
claiming the larger portion ol
the business. People Irom a
radius of probably ten miles
were attracted to the town by
the several special sales put on
by as many of the local merchants,
and goods by the buggy
and wagon load were carried
out of town. Wednesday was
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ocal Interest.
the banner business day, one of
the merchants declaring: that the
trade of that day was more than
twice as heavy as the ordinary
week-end sales on Saturdays.
Tax Receipts Normal.
Despite the fact that the people
as a rule are this fall in better
circumstances financially than
for several' years, Treasurer
Harry Neil reported the collection
of taxes from residents
of this city and community as
being about the same in round
figures as that collected on his
former visits here. A large
number of taxpayers called upon I
the Treasurer for the purpose of
learning the amounts of their
assessment, prel'ering to put off
until a later day the paying of
their taxes. The levy i'or^he
portion of Fort Mill forming
school district No. 28 is approximately
one-fourth higher than
that of 1912. owing to the issuance
of $75,000 of court house
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for school purposes.
An Inglorious Defeat.
The Fort Mill foot ball (socalled)
team broke all records
for the Winnsboro gridiron Friday
when.it allowed the Winnsboro
eleven to pile up a grand
total of 71 points, while the Fort
Milliards were unable to make
even one point. The hoys say
it was all on account of the
much larger boys of the Winnsboro
team and the small practice
and very limited knowledge
of the game by some members of
the Fort Mill eleven. The excuses
are acceptable to all, but it
is to be hoped that no further I
attempts will be made to win
honors from a real foot ball
team until our home boys take
on additional tlesh, practice and
knowledge of the game.
A Pleasant'Valley Marriage.
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One of the most notable events
in the social affairs of Pleasant
Valley section took place last
Wednesday evening when Miss
Inez Gulp, one of Pleasant Valley's
most popular young ladies,
became the bride of Mr. Frank
P. Stephenson of Marvin.
The wedding took place at the j
home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. M. L. Davidson. The
ceremony was performed by the
Kev. VV. F. Mcilwain, of Charlotte.
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To the strains of Mendelssohns
wedding marched, played by
Miss Sarah Stephenson, a sister
oi' the gruom, the bridal party
entered. Preceding the bride
and groom entered little Miss
Sarah Pressly t ulp and Master
Frank Henegan Gulp, carrying
a basket of flowers, and following,
the bride and groom entered
and took their places under an
arch, very artistically decorated
in white and green, where the
marriage vows were spoken.
The bride was very charming
in a gown of cream charmeuse
trimmed in pearls and real lace
with gloves to match, carrying
a bouquet of bride's roses.
Immediately following the
ceremony a reception was tendered
the bride and groom by
the bride's mother. A goodly
number of guests were present
at the reception, which was
crowned with brilliancy and attended
with high social interest.
The bride and groom are both
very popular among their many
friends and the people of Pleasant
Valley will gladly hold them
in their midst.
In the Race for Governor.
Lowndes J. Browning, of
Union announced Thursday that
he would run for governor. He
was a member of the house three
terms and chairman of tho Wnuc
and Means Committee. He
lives at Sedalia in Union county.
His platform announces same
regulations for voting in primaries
as voting in the general
election which means requirement
of registration certificates.
Mayor Wade Hampton Gibbes
officially represented Columbia
at the Southern Commercial
Congress in Mobile and is also
representing it on the subsequent
trip to the Panama canal.
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DONE WITH POLITICS,
SAYS JOHN L. NI'LAURIN
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Former Senator John L. Mc!
Laurin announced his retirement
from* the gubernatorial race in
South Carolina Friday and says
he is done forever with politics,
says a Columbia dispatch to the
Charlotte Observer. He had!
been regarded a candidate for;
Governor, and by some people |
was thought to stand a good
chance of election.
Dramatically came his statement
that he would not enter'
the race, following the I>lease!
forces' conference held Wednesday
evening. At this conference
Senator McLaurin delivered a
strong speech review ng the
history ol Tlllmanism and Dleaseism
and stated that Bleaseisni is
the child of Tillmanism.
Charles Carroll Sinis, avowed
supporter of Governor Blease,
who announced his candidacy
for Governor Thursday night
said that Bleaseism was nobler
than Tillmanism. In his statement
issued Friday afternoon;
Senator McLaurin takes -issue
with Mr. Sims on that point.
"1 find myself out of smpathy
with the views expressed by the
other speakers," says Senator
McLaurin in his statement to The
Observer bureau. "1 do not I
think that Bleaseism is higher
and nobler than Tillmanism."
"It is the irony of fate," he i
adds "that I, who sutVered most
I injustice at the hands of Tillman j
| personally should now be the
only defender of Tillmanism."
In his speech Senator McLaurin
traced the tig lit in this State in
the early nineties and brought,
the matter up to the present date.
Alfalfa Association Meets.
The annual meeting of the
Rock Ilill Alfalfa Growers' association
was held Saturday
i afternoon at d o'clock in the
! Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Charles R. Weeks, the secretary,
made a report, which he stated
he would have printed andj
mailed to all members. The (
present officers, J. M. Cherry, j
president; Frank C. Whitner, :
vice-president, and Charles R. j
Weeks, secretary-treasurer, were 1
reelected.
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SEN. TILLMAN DISCUSSES H
M'LAURIN'S WITHDRAWAL
Speaking Sunday to The State's |
Washington correspondent in re- J
gard- to John L. McLaurin'a
recent withdrawal from South
Carolina politics, Senator B. R. 1 V
Tillman had the following, in
part, to say:
"I read in the South Carolina
papers this morning," said Senator
Tillman, "McLaurin's farewell
address or statement withdrawing
from the governor's 1
race and bidding adieu to politics
forever. It is a pathetic utterance
pathetic because it is the
swan song of a very brilliant - la
man, who failed to be a very 3 *
great man because he lacked the ;f j
moral fibre to always be true to
himself and bis conviction of
right rather than allow ambition
and selfishness to warp him. 1 ? ?
11 is life, in a way, is a sermon
which young men everywhere U
ought to take to heart. Nothing
in the State's history is more
lamentable. If he had only been
true to the Tillmanism to which
be says he was converted in 1890,
lie would be in the United States
st'nate now ana wouia be an
ornament to it. L..
"McLaurin says. 'It is the
irony of fate that I who sutFered j
most injustice from Tillman personally
should now be the sole r
defender of Tillmanism.'
"There are two things about
this statement upon which I desire
to comment. I never did
have any personal ill will towards *
John L. McLaurin, and have
none now. I denounced him in
the senate because I believed he /J?
was a traitor to the people of
the State who had sent him
there. The people were con- . JS
vinced that my charge was true 9
and have sustained it whenever
they had an opportunity.
"When he says he is 'the
sole defender of Tillmanism' he
means among those Bleaseites to t
whom he was speaking."
Appeal to the United States
supreme court will not be taken
in the mileage case, according
to a member of the railroad
commission. The Interstate
Commerce commission Saturday
issued an order in favor of the
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