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afo'. V Established in 1891. THE NEWS IN RRIFF FROM OVER lilt STATE W, B. Southerland of Hickory, N. C., has beeu appointed as agent of the freight station at Rock . Hill, succeeding H. VV. McMillan, transferred to Johnston. The change will become effective on December 1. Railways in South Carolina will not be allowed to pull more mileage than is equivalent to the cash fare under an order to he issued by the Railroad Commission, in accordance with an opinion from the Attorney General. At Greenville Thursday Con ^ICOOlUClll UC VVTI uut cl statement in which he declared he is not in the race for the United States senate and it is not his intention to run; however, he may change his decision if circumstances demand it. Governor Blease characterized as a lie the report sent out from Washington, and published in several South Carolina newspapers to the effect that the governor would not be a candidate for the United States senate, but would seek a third term as governor. The colored Baptist church and school hoi>*o of Bowling Green, York county, were completely destroyed bv fire Sunday night. Lighted cigarette stumps carelessly thrown about is supposed to have caused the fire. The buildings were insured for $,1000. Denial of a combination with JJULgise Jt'orces. or any other combinations, was made Thursday night by John G. Richards. Jr., who is a candidate for governor. He says that he feels that the candidates for the United States senate are amply able to take care of themselves without interference on his part. H. C. O'Shields, cashier of the Deposit Bank of Fort Lawn, j Chester county, committed suicide Saturday morning by shooting himself twice in the region of the heart. Death was instantaneous. Mr. O'Shields left ; two notes, one stating that he could not keep an appointment with a friend at the bank, and another the contents of which are unknown. Four men, W. R. Belcher, Jesse Wolfe, Bob Wilson and Robert Ward, were presented last Thursday by the grand jury of Spartanburg county charged with being members of the mob that attempted to dynamite the county jail last August in an effort to lynch the negro, Wili Fair, who was charged with criminal assault but afterwards acquitted. Beginning at Spartanburg Friday and ending at Rock Hill December 8, there will be a Sunday school campaign touching 10 of the principal cities of the State, Spartanburg, Greenville, Newberry, Union, Columbia, Charleston, Sumter, Florence. Conway and Rock Hill. This campaign is being conducted under the direction of the South Carolina Sunday School Association, and is the first tour of the kind ever inaugurated in the State. Ducks Plentiful on Catawba. Parties living in the vicinity of the Catawba dam say that some fine sport is being had in shooting ducks along Catawba river. The fowl is said to be plentiful, and especially so in the backwater above the dam. The season for shooting ducks in South Carolina opened last Thursday and since that date several successful hunting trips to Catawba have been reported. HE P ! PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL By Supt. J. P. Coats. A pupil must mate an average of 95 per cent on his studies. 95 per cent, on deportment, and 95 per cent, on attendance for his name to be on the honor roll of the Fort Mill graded school. The following have the honor for November: First Grade?Marion Jones, John McKee Spratt, Effie Ritch, Kate McLaughlin, Edith Parks, Louise Patterson, James Ferguson, 1). C. Patterson. Second Grade?Elizabeth Ardrey, Lawrence Armstrong, William llafner, Mary Kimbrell, Katherine Massey. Margaret McElhaney, Clyde Mclntyre, Mary Moore, Bertha Moore, Stephen Parks. Third Grade Frank Jones, M ae Thompson. Fourth Grade? Elma Bradford, Annie Parks, Marian Parks, Arthur Young. Fifth tirade ?Atmar Adcock, Blanche Moser. Sixth Grade Beatrice Parks, Melvin Blackmon, William Grier, Grace Erwin. Eighth Grade?Mar jorie Mills, Mary McLaughlin, John A. Boyd. Ninth Grade?Ernest Tatterson. Fred Patterson. Tenth Grade Sadie Yongue, Francis Smith, Margaret Spratt, Esther Meacham, James Young. Zenas Grier. Wade Springs Marriage. Interest this week centers in the wedding at high noon Saturday of Mrs. Lena Jones Wade, laughterof Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meriwether Jones of Pulaski, Tenn.. to Colonel Leroy Springs of Lancaster, S. C., which is to take place at the home of the parents of the bride-to-be. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Scott and Mrs. George Jordan of Charlotte wili he among those present at the wedding. The affair will he very quiet with only the relatives and a few intimate friends present. Immediately after the ceremony, there will he a luncheon given in honor of the wedding party, after which the bridal couple will leave for the North on their honeymoon. Enroute to their home in Lancaster, they will stop otT in Charlotte for several days to he the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Wade is pleasantly remembered in Charlotte by reason of her for - ? inti icaiucncc nere, wnue a member of the faculty of Queens College. Colonel Springs is one of the most influential and wealthy cotton manufacturers in the South. -Charlotte Observer. Can't Sell Cap Pistols. The sale of caps and cap pistols in South Carolina is a violation of a State law, according to a statement from the attorney general's office a few days ago. Section 512 of the criminal code, 1912, reads in part as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, in this State, to sell, keep for sale or offer for sale, or give away, any toy pistol in which caps or cartridges are used, or any caps or cartridges for suph toy pistois. Evely person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, he fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned (in the case of an individual) lor a term not to exceed if. :..i i Linrty uays." Court House Offer Rejected. Certain citizens of Yorkville have dug down in their old jeans and fished out $16,000 which they have put up for the purpose of buying the old court house lot and building, rather than see the present structure torn down. The Commissioners, after due consideration, refused to re-open this question of a re-sale, and it is understood the matter is definitely settled that the new court house will be built on the site of the present one. L Jfeft . - r . _-v~ ~ .*? * ORT ; FORT MILL, S. C., THURS THANKSGIVING CLEMENCY | FOR 100 STATE PRISONERS ? Ninety-nine paroles and one pardon were announced Saturday by Governor Blease as his Thanksgiving gift to prisoners I in the State Penitentiary and on ! the public works in the several counties of South Carolina, says a dispatch to the Charlotte Observer. This is undoubtedly a record for executive clemency. A hurried compilation gives j the following as the nature of the various crimes for which the prisoners were serving senj tences: Murder, 28; manslaughter, 2(5; bigamy, 1; violating dispensary 1 law, 3; burglary and larceny, 7; assault and battery with intent to kill, 10; assault and battery of high and aggravated nature, 4; housebreaking and larceny, 5; ! highway robbery and larceny, 1; larceny of livestock, 1; obtaining goods under false pretenses, 2; i gambling, disorderly conduct j and petit larceny, 1; rape, 3; breach of trust, 1; breach of trust, fraudulent intent, 1; man! slaughter and carrying concealed weapons, 2; larceny of bicycle, 1; grand larceny, 1; safe cracking, 1; larceny and forgery, 1; total 100. With the issuing of the large batch of Thanksgiving pardons and p..roles, Governor Bleuse's clemency record approaches the j 800 mark. The records in the Secretary of Slate's ollice show that up to Saturday he had issued 257 pardons and commutations anil 525 paroles, making a grand total ot 782 pa'dons, commutations and paroles. rictiiO(:ist Conference This Week. Tnc South Carolina conference of the .Methodist Episcopal church. South, convened this: (Wednesday) morning for its annual session, and will con- i tinue through December 1. The business deliberations of the body are being held in the Methodist church at Rock Hill. The annual conference is only ; one of the five conferences that go to make up the system of church government with the | Methodist people. Their five conferences are the general conj ference, the annual conference, j the district conference, thecjuarI terlv confereni'.p nrwl - conference, making a most democratic system, thoroughly . representative in every detail. Sunday School Convention. One of the most largely at- j tended and most enthusiastic conventions in the history of Sunday school promotion ami de1 velopment in York county was brought to a close Thursday night in the Methodist church oi Yorkvilie, when the concluding address of the convention was delivered by Honorable Martin F. Ansel of Greenville. Mr. Ansel spoke on 'The Sunday School and Citizenship," and his address was a masterly one; at the conclusion of which he was i tendered a vote of appreciation and "thanks by the convention i for his presence and inspiring i words. About one hundred delegates I and visitors were present at the i convention, which convened j Wednesday evening, and many j of the people of Yorkville attended the sessions, the Methodist church edifice being filled at all the meetings. The convention was an inspiration to all who j were interested in Sunday schools and was a source of edification to the people of the city who availed themselves of the opporj tunity of attending its sessions. Will Move Next Week. Announcement is made that Mills & Young company will on next Monday begin the removal of its clothing, dry goods and grocery stock to its new stores two doors north of the firm's present quarters. Ar k m m Mi LL DAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1913. SOME POLITICAL GOSSIP FROM THE STATE CAPITAL Joe Sparks, the Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, sends] his] paper the following political dope: Administration correspondents are circulating the story about Lieut. Gov. C. A. Smith and the governor. Neither will fight the other, according to the reporters in the confidence of the governor. There will be a merry scramble for places on the railroad commission. The term of Banks L. Caughman will expire, and he will not ask for re-election. C. L). Fortner, of Spartanburg, member of the House, and John F. Bolt, of Laurens, are the only announced candidates. Mr. Bolt is one of the leading citizens ol Laurens county. Charles C. Simms, of Barnwell, seems to be the leading administration candidate, al, though an overnight conference ; would entirely switch the situation. It is said that the leaders of the governor's forces are "looking out" for another man, They may fight on John G. Richards, Jr., because he is the most I receptive man in the race foi > governor. i "I believe that John L. McLaurin will yet be a candidate for governor. He might have entered the senatorial race it Senator Tillman had never elev livered his opinion." This is the statement made by a man higl in the confidence of tiie administration. It is not believed that the governor will lend his support to Senator McLaurin. Ira B. J one's, former chiel justice of South Carolina, set ; precedent when he resignei from otlice to offer for the governorship of the State. -There are many people in South Cam lina who are wondering if Join (}. Richards Jr., will follow the precedent by resigning from the oflice of railroad commissioner ir his race for governor. Mr. Richards has kept his mind closed on this point. Belair News. Correspondency Fort Mill Times. Miss Eva Collins has beer right sick for the past week, but is improving. Mr. Tillman Wilson, who it attending the high school in Rock Hill, spent Saturday and Sunda> with home folks. Belair school opened Monday, November 10th, with sixty-thret pupils on roll. This is the best 'attendance the school has evei known tor the beginning. Teachers and patrons are making ever> tlFort to make this the most successful year in the history ol the school. The oyster supper given by the Ladies' Aid Society was a success. A large crowd from Osceola Marvin, Pleasant Valley and surrounding community were prossent and enjoyed a pleasant time socially. X. Belair, Nov. 11). Suggested School Trustees. Editor Fort Mill Times: If I am not misinformed there is to he held in Port Mill a lew weeks hence an election for three trustees of the local school board. 1 presume thai the voters will want to select men for membership on the board who are interested in the success of the school and who can be depended upon tc do only that which will be beneficial thereto. I beg to suggest as men suitable to serve as trustees VV. B. Ardrey, YV. R. Bradford and E. S. Parks. School Patron. Fort Mill, Nov. 22. Fifth Ginning Report The fifth cotton ginning report of the census bureau for the season, issued at 10 o'clock Friday morning, announced that 10,434,387 bales ol cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1913 had been ginned prior to Friday, November 14. Timi bf BBBWlBBHWHWBBBr- MnDQHHnV^tnBMr J. J. BAIl.KS. ! who nnnouiK-os himself a candidate for Mayor of Fort Mill. Will Sledge Married. ! The Chester Lantern of Friday says that Mr. \V. L. Sledge " received a cablegram yesterday ' i frnm Monolnl" , - - w... ..v.iv/m.u umiv'uuv iii^; IIIU ' i marriage of his son, Mr. William P. Sledge to Miss Carolyn Ful" cher on Monday. Mr. Sledge has hundreds of friends in this city that wish him and his bride much happiness, j Mrs. Sledge is from Lookout, Cal., and has been teaching on ' the Island for the past few years ' where she and Mr. Sledge formed an acquaintanceship, which later *\ ripened into a love match. 1 Mr. Sledge holds a reponsiblc position with the I'nited States Government's electrical depart-: ment and has been rapidly pro. moted in recent years. l Retires trom Hotel liusiness. I Mr. W. M. Gulp, who for a number of years has conducted ; the Central hotel, has decided to retire from the hotel business ! and within a short time will , move with his family to the cot, tage on East Booth street which ; was purchased recently hy Mr. 1 Gulp from Mr. W. P. Norman. Whether the Central hotel will ' , be continued under new manage! ment could not he learned. _____________ mmmzmmsmm 1 \m :ii Tl A U ' m 1/ n r Are the Price ; || on Ail c ? ^3.11 I $$ j| Fall Mi I Many of thej Hats g< ACTUAL ( I Get Your; 1 E. W.Kin j || "Where Qu I m IS. 1 $1.25 Per Year. SIX COMPANIES DEFICIENT, SAYS WAR DEPARTMENT The war department the last week wrote Governor Blease a letter bearing on the recent in n ? i r>jjt*cLiuii ol oouin Carolina troop3 and while the department declined to make public the contents of the letter before it was sent to the governor, it was understood in Washington that in plain terms it called attention to the very unsatisfactory condition of the troops at the present time, according to a dispatch to The State. Lieut. Col. David C. Shanks of the army made the inspection of the troops in comI pliance with orders from the secretary of war between October 6 and 21. lblS. The object was to determine the condition of the twelve companies which had been inspected j and reported as unsatisfactory at an inspection made in March and j April, 1913. "I do not wish to make any recommendation in re! gard to these companies," says the report. "There may be comsiderations affecting them or important reasons for retaining I them that are not fullv known I to me." 1 The letter from the department goes on to say that the ! United States desires to encourage military instruction in every way and it does not want to I withdraw opportunity for military instruction in any case where it seems reasonable to to suppose that the goverment may receive even a fair return for the money invested or the efforts made. A Washington dispatch of Monday to the Columbia Record says that in a second report to Coventor Blease the war department recommends as totally inefficient and hopeless the companies ioned at Chesterfield, Bamberg, Barnwell, Bennettsviile, Conway and Lancaster. These companies will receive no more supplies and military assistance from the national government. Price of Cotton. The best price paid for cotton on tho local market yesterday was 10J cents. Seed sold for 40 cents. 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