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m k k 1 am ^" 9 FROM OVER THE STATE ^HHHvesti&ents this year of fire ^^^Hlife insurance companies in ^J^Hth Carolina State, county and ^^^Hiicipal bonds and first mortI Ke real estate bonds aggre^He approximately $11,000,000, Rording to the fignres given by Insurance Commissioner H. McMaster. (The South Carolina Methodist ^^Bnferenpe, in session at Rock ^^Hill lasti week, will meet next |^^Rar at Sumter. The last matter ^^^Kore the conference was the QHAe of Rev. S. A. Nettles, who fodiid guilty of conduct unbecoming a minister and was suspended . from preaching for three months. "The largest a..d best poultry shQw ever held inv South Carolina came to a close at Darlintr ton with a record-breaking- attendance. This show was held by the Eastern Carolina Poultry Association, of that city, and there were more than 1,200 birds entered. Among the prisoners paroled by Governor Blease' in his ' Thanksgiving list was one who . has been dead for 19 months. This was Jack Scruggs who was convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy at Spartanbnrg in July, 1907, and sentenced to life.impri onnient in the State s^^eflifenuary. He died on April 1, 1912. \ \ \-? The aniiuil South Carolina State \Bapti^t Convention, representing thirty-eight different associations ^n this State, with a total membership of approximately \l40,000 people, will this year be held in Bennettsville. The meeting will convene in the Baptist\bnrch of that city on Tuesday morning, December 9th, at 10 o'clock. BeauforS is having a wonder r' ful orange\crop this year. On every hand trees can be seen loaded down with this fruit, which is grown so successfully there. One of the local gardens has produced 1,500 for the first crop. These are being handled by one of the fruiters of the town and are very much in demand on account of their sweetness. *J A warning has been issued to the station agents of the Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Railway to be on the lookout for yeggman who blew open the safe at the Mount Holly station 4on Thursday night and escaped With a small amount of money and checks. It is the opinion of Interurban officials that an organized band of yeggmen are operating in this section. Mrs. 0. 0. Williams, who was injured in the 1 .ancaster & Chester railway's Hooper's creek wreck on July 30, died Saturday night at her home at Corpus Christi, Texas. Her death runs . the list of fatalities up to five. Mrs. Williams was one of the most painfully injured members of the catastrophe and that she survived as long as she did was a surprise to many. Burning of his barn with several head of stock and all feed stuffs, being bitten on the leg by a vicious mule, which he sought to aid after the animal had fallen into a bridge, and the loss of five bales of cotton, along with a wagon, by fire?all these things would serve to influence l many a man to leave the farm. P They happened to W. Frank r McLees of Anderson County, and he decided to rent out his place " and return to town to be connected with the Anderson Hardware Company. n 1 . 1- " V HE F Annual Conference of Methodists. The annual conference of the South Carolina Methodists began it3 sessiohs in Rock Hill last Wednesday morning at 9:30. The conference was opened with the administration of the Holy communion, Bishop Wilson being i assisted by Bishop Denny and Kev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding elder of the Rock Hill district. Dr. E. O. Watson was reelected secretary and Rev. S. L. Watt and A. - E. Holler were elected assistants to the secreI tary. I Rev. Bethea olfered resolutions commending the bishops of the | Methodist church for their attitude toward Vanderbilt University in relation to the church. Rev. C. B. Smith, presiding elder of the Anderson district, made a verbal report of the several changes of the Anderson i district, from which it was ! learned that the district had made a good showing during the year. The committee appointed some j time during the year to investigate charges preferred against Rev. S. A. Nettles reported that they had favored no trial necessary. The conference asked for a new committee and Bishop ! Wilson appointed R. E. Turnip! seed, E. T. liodges, J. S. Beasley. At the reading Monday of the ministers' Mnnnintmont-o ... w wa ?? %* J-? VIII VIII I WO X \J & 1/ I 1 C year 1914, the following were named as pastors for the churches i comprising the Rock Hill district: R. L. Holyroyd, presiding elder; Blacksburg, to be supplied; Blackstock, VV. M. Hardin; Chester. J. L. Daniel; Chester circuit, , W. T. Duncan; Clover, J. N. 1 Isom; East Chester, J. V. Davis; | supply Lancaster, VV. C. Kelly; i Fort Mill, J. P. Patten; Hickory , Grove, H. B. Hardy; Lancaster, E. T. Hodges; Lancaster circuit, , C. W. Burgess; North Rock Hill and City mission. J. A. White, ! B. R. Ulmer; supply Richburg, W. S. Goodwin; Rock Hill, St. John's, P. B. Wells; Rock Hill circuit, J. I. Spinks; Van Wyck, J. H. Montgomery; Winnsboro, J. B. Tray wick; Yorkville, H, Stokes. Clean Your Poultryhouse. If you have not already done so, clean your poultryhouse. The best of stock cannot give you that big, winter egg production in a filthy house. Begin at the top, brush down the ceilings i and wa'.ls, takeout all the fittings i possible, then clean the floor and dust again. Cement arid board ; floors should be thoroughly j cleaned. Dirt floors should be 1 removed to the depth of three or four inches, and in case the (pen or house has been overcrowded, it may be necessary to reniave even more. Refill with clean loam or sand after disinfecting the building with whitewash, a mixture of kerosene and carbolic acid, or some other good disinfecting agent. Don't Kill These Birds. While this is the open season for quail and some other birds in this and other Southern States, hunters should not forget that a Federal law imposes a perpetual closed season on the following migratory insectivorous birds, which feed entirely or chiefly on insects: Bobolinks, catbirds, orioles, chickadees, cuckoos, flickers (yellow hammers), humming i birds, fly-catchers, goosbeaks, i martins, kinglets, meadow larks, knight hawks or bullbats, nut| hatches, robins, shrikes, swallows, swifts, titmice, thrushes, veroes, warblers, waxings, whipporwills, wood peckers and Jenny | wrens. Not a Candidate. I Editor Fort Mill Times: I Relative to the suggestion in last week's issue of The Times in which my name occurred: I am not a candidate for school trustee and would not serve if 1 were elected. W. R. Bradford. Fort Mill, Dec. 1. jfc* i, / ORT ; FORT MILL, S. C., THTJRS BLEASEISM THE MAIN ISSUE IN NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN It is thought by many observers of things political in this State that there is going to be a sharp Drawing of the line next summer on the question of Bleasism, says a Columbia dispatch to the Charlotte Observer. The term as understood in politics means simply advocacy of the present administration and while many employ it to give a reproachful tinge to a characterization of Governor Blease and his methods, this is not the accepted political definition. There are wise ones who say j that Governor Blease himself has helped to make an issue of Bleaseism in the approaching campaign in two ways: first by his attack on the candidacy of Richard I. Manning of Sumter, who is running for Governor; and second, by his statement that as between a Blease man and an anti-Blease man in the second race, or as between two men. tine verv linfiiuni-uKlo the administration and one neither against nor for the administration now, he would support the Blease or neutral can- 1 didate. Some folks are saying that the campaign next summer is not going to be as warm as the one last year, but if the issue of ' Bleaseism is made this time, it is going to be warmer. Governor Blease has also announced that he would take no hand in the first primary in the gubernatorial race unless some candidate is attacked by reason of that can- j didate's friendliness to Governor i Blease. So much for the Gov! ernor's attitude and his part in i this cauie. It is only fair to Governor Blease to say that, unless his acts made the issue, he himself ; was not responsible for the i making of the issue of Blease- i ism last campaign when things I waxed so hot in this State. The recollection of the writer is that a remark dropped by a correspondent in one of the newspapers was the first intimation that there existed such a thing as Bleaseism. As the Governor's term in office advanced, the idea was further taken up until during the heated campaign of 1912, that term was a by-word in the political vocabulary. "Blease" and "Anti-Blease," and "Bleaseism" are terms used thousands of times in the recent i political history in this State. A Toast to Missouri. An exchange thus grows elo- , quent about the products of Missouri: If all the wheat in Missouri were one grain, the only place to plant it would be the Grand Canon of Arizona, the only hole in the earth big enough lo hold it. If all the corn raised in Missouri were one ear, the only way to shell it would he by steam stump pullers extracting one grain at a time from tne cob. If all the cattle in Missouri were one cow, she would browse the herbage of the tropics, whisk the icycles of the north pole with her tail and supply milk enough to fill a canal reaching from Kansas City to the gulf on which to ship the boat loads of < her butter and cheese. If all the chickens in Missouri were ( one rooster he could stand at Colossus and crpw until he shook j the rings off the planet Saturn. 1 If all the hogs in Missouri were one hog, he could place his hind feet on the soil of Cuba, his fore feet on the Isthmus of Panama, and with one root of his snout dig a sea level canal from ocean to ocean. If all the mules raLed ( in Missouri were one mule, he , could plant one foot on the soil of Texas, the other in the forests * of Maine, and with his hind feet 1 kick the whiskers off the man in ! the moon. ' Mr. VV. L. Hall announces him- i j self a candidate for mayor in the ' i approaching town election. i' % V. . . ? 1 .. r * \ :y Mill DAY, DECEMBER 4. 1913. HARRISON IS NEW HEAD OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY Fairfax Harrison, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway company, was on Monday elected president of the Southern Railway cempany to succeed the late VV. W. Finley. Fairfax Harrison is 43 year3 old. When 34 years old he was appointed assistant to the president of the Southern. Three years later he became vice presi-1 dent of the road and tilled this ; otlice for nearly three years, resigning in 11)10 to assume the presidency of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville company, which is controlled by the Southern and L. & N. companies. Mr. Harrison is a native of New York eity. He is a son of Burton Harrison, of New York, and a brother of Francis Burton Harrison, governor General of the Phillippines. His home is at Belvoir, Fauquier county, Virginia. Mr. Harrison was graduated from Yale in 1890 and admitted ; to the bar of New York two ( years later. For four years he practiced law, and became solic nor of the Southern Railway in 1896 and assistant to the president in 1093. He is a director in a number of corporations. "Mr. Harrison was one of Mr. Fin ley's closest and trusted advisers," reads a statement given out by the Southern Railway, "and is thoroughly in sympathy with the policies which made Mr. Finley's administration so successful both lor the Southern Railway Company and the territory served by its lines," The Wade Springs Marriage. A dispatch Saturday from Pulaski, Tenn., says that Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, S. C., one of the best-known cotton mill men and capitalists of the South, was married today at noon to Mrs. Lena Jones Wade, daughter of Mr. Thomas M. Jones , of this place. The bride is a : descendant of the Jones and1 C :i;_- f it uuiviu 1 tnii11leu oi Virginia and one of the most beautiful ami attractive young women of the South. The wedding was solemized by 1 Rev. Marion S. Kennedy, I). D., of the Presbyterian church of i Pulaski and pastor of the bride. The maid of honor was Miss Lucy Buford, aunt of the bride. The best man was Mr. R. Austin Springs, of New York City, brother of the groom. The ushers were Elliot VV. SpringH, son of the groom, and Lawrence Jones, brother of the bride. Last night Mrs. Edward E. Eslick entertained at dinner to the bridal party and relatives and most intimate friends, covers being laid for d2. Colonel Springs came here for the wedding in the private car of Vice-President Culp, of the Southern Railway, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Scott, and Alva C. Springs, of Charlotte; T. Y. Williams, J. H. Witherspoon, R. E. Wylie and Elliott W. Springs, of Lancaster, S. C.; C. J. Shannon, Jr., [)t Camden; John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, and R Austin Springs, of New York City. The bride and groom leave tonight for New York and from ! thence for a week's stay in the Bermudas, after which they will be at home in Lancaster. Endorses Mr. Nims' Suggestion. ' ( The adoption of the suggestion :>f Mr. Fred Nims to require the wearing of uniforms by school ( children, would in our opinion, j go a long way toward increasing ( school attendance. Of course, I' we can see many possible ob-i! jections that may be raised; but ! nevertheless we are inclined to J think the idea is a good one.? i Yorkville Euquirer. j my *? -m ' ' \ 4 Timi November Weather. November weather has been rather unusual in a number of novo TU? G?- " * iiajoi i tie lirsi nun 01 trie month brought practically all of the cold and disagreeable weather and the latter half nothing but mild weather and moderate temperatures. The lowest temperature in ten years was recorded and the number of days with the full amount of sunshine has seldom been equalled or exceeded. 'The average temperature, exclusive of the 30th, was about 52 degress, this being an excess of about a degree and a half per) day. The month opened quite cool and at the close of the 12th a deficiency in ten perature amounting to 70 degrees, had been accumulated. Not a day thereafter was below the normal, and on the warmest day of the month, the 23rd, the temperature was 10 degrees above the normal lor that date. On this date, the highest temperature was 77 degrees, which is only three degrees short of the absolute highest November tern perature in 3;> years. The lowest temperature for the month 24 degrees, was an unusually low one for this month, being the coldest November day in ten years and the lowest temperature at such an early date in the month in a period of 35 years. The total precipitation for the month to date is exactly three inches, 2.7i) inches of which fell on the 8th. Only on two other dates has an amount of a hundredth of an inch or more been recorded. There were two light flurries of snow on the 8th and 10th. ? Charlotte News. Out for Governor. Those in the race for governor* at this time are: Chasles A. Smith, of Timmonsville; John G. Richards, of Kershaw; John G. Clinksealos, of Spartanburg; M. L. Smith, of Camdenf R. A. Cooper, of Laurens; C. C. Siinms, of Barnwell; John T. Duncan, of I Columbia, and Lowndes Browning, of Union. w A 1 -1 ? at ~1 /\ireauy Mere; .New Slnpmeat of the new, popular | Balkan Blou: Wo have just opened up ft 1 gu iranteed to give entire stn jis| cheap as the inferior kind. *yg Just arrived, a large nsserti ?5 dren?all styles and colors -a Among t'no new arrivals in < jm Notion department you will fi of Dainty Handkerchiefs, I Hair Pius, Pretty Collars, Co Pins, the very best Talcum P< m men-e assortment of Ribbons gj? Pretty Beits, Scarfs, Glovt ga Combs, and Hat Pins. These ?g day. Ask to see them. Se our fine selection of Holi gg We have just gotten in a beau ?|f Cups and Saucers, Cake Plat 9#5 Sugar Jinr] Cream Sets, Celery & BARGAIN. ' pi T;ike a look at our window < unlay. Everybody is wonderi ga our Millinery so cheap. Ss Don't forgot vie always ha\ jg* eat. New shipment of Grape: anjres, Banannas, Dates, Bri 30 Currants, Almonds and Fitfs. ^ that Rood, all-pork Sausage, I ;jit con, and many other delicioi jgx mention here. Just ring up N || Watch lor our Big Xi | E.W. Kim V "Where Qu ii * ?' - * " , V is: $1.25 Per Year. M'LAURIN IN THE RACE, SAYS COLUMBIA RECORD Senator John L. McLaurin, of Bennettsville, will run either for the United States senate or for governor, the chances favoring his being in the senatorial race. It was learned last evening that this is the case, although Senator McLaurin, who spent yesterday in the city, said that he had no statement to make at this time. He has intimated to some of his close friends that he is seriously considering entering the senatorial race against Governor Blease and E. D. Smith, the present junior senator who is seeking reelection. After the Blease forces' con ference here fair week Senator McLaurin announced his retirement from politics, but subsequent events, it is known, have led him to reconsider to the extent of a possibility of again going after gubernatorial honors, or, more probably, seeking the senatorial toga. Senator Tillman called upon Mr. McLaurin, in a public statement recently, to make the race against Governor Blease for the United Senate, but Senator McLaurin did not take up the suggestion at the time. Following his visit to this city yesterday, close friends of the senator admitted that Mr. McLaurin may get into the senatorial race.?Columbia Sunday Record. _ . ^ ^ $ Fort Mill Negroes Before Court. In the general sessions court at Yorkville the last week, Elizah Steele and John Davis, two Fort Mill negroes who several months ago were committed to jail on charges of cocaine sell ing, were tried and acquitted. Will Roddey, a Charlotte negro who was captured In thin township with a quantity of the drug on his person and who had been awaiting trial under a cash bond of $400, plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced to pay a line of $200 and serve one year on the ehaingang, the latter sentence being suspended during good behavior. se Sweaters g Only $2.25 in white, garnet, navy and grey. You'll want one of these. wH >ig lot of Ladies' Raincoats, S| tisfaction and they are as SB nefif of Wool Caps for Chil- ^ n excellent value. 0: >nr "Everything-You-Need" jnd a handsome assortment yuji land bags, Crochet Cotton, ^ mbs and Brushes. Reanr.v ?K nvders, Longerie Tapes, im- jjj?j ;, Chamois, Tooth Brushes, {jg| 'S, Veils, Barrettes, Side- fttiS are things you need every ^ day China and Cut Glass. ??, itilul lot of lion Bon Dishes, jS es. Salad Bowls, Pitchers, iw Dishes, Etc., every piece a {3$ )f Beautiful Millinery Sat- jfti rig how we manage to sell ig? re the verv best thine tn w? s, Apples, Grape Fruit, Or- jig ines, Cranberries, Raisins, E? Also another shipment of 3P foiled Ham, Breakfast Ba- Sjg us things too numerous to m nas Ad next week. j| ibrell Co., | J ity Reigns." 7$) ...