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TP 1 Established in 1891. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FROM OVER THE STATE # Sunday niirht the cotton house of S. tf. Stack, of Lancaster county, was destroyed by fire; with about 80 bales of cotton. Mr. Stack's custom is to save the bulk of his crop in the seed until after Christmas. The loss of Sunday was total as there was no insurance. Three Lancaster county ne- j groes, Bob Robinson, Ellison ; Threatt and Ernest White, while j returning Sunday night from a church in Chesterfield county became engaged in a difficulty on the Chesterfield side of the river near the Lancaster line, with the result that Ernest White was shot to death by Ellison Threatt. Governor Blease brought his | pardon record within seven of the j 909.,mark when *he Tuesday paroled Japes Brown, colored. ^ of Anderson, serving a sevenyear sentence for manslaughter, having been convicted in May I of this year; and Bud Garner, a white bov from Richland County, j wLl iiaa been sent to the In^ y .rial Home in Florence. mm \ pj\ % t Return,"jSfceps are being taken to form W V'\n j*e Arst rural credit bank in the IJ rrtatd-on the farm system of I r rural credits. The bank will be j 1/ loChted in Oconee County. Com' missioner Watson is assisting the promoters with all the information about the systems of rural credits in use in foreign N countries and especially in Ireland. That over 75 per cent of the drugs in drug stores throughout the State are below the standard required by the State l|iw is shown by those stores from which samples were taken and tested ^n the State Laboratory, Was the statement made Tuesday morning by Commissioner E. J. Watson in discussing the results of the enforcement of the pure food and drug act. Owing to a continued inability secure enough women to i operate the machines it hns been decided to move the Carhartt overall factory from Rock Hill to Atlanta. This factory. i*? a branch of the big one at Detroit. Mich., and was established in Rock Hill two years ago for the purpose of supplying the Southern trade. ; It is a big concern, with a weekly payroll of about $1,500, employ- j ing women almost exclusively. The John B. Hall scheme for opening left-over and halfripe cotton bolls was given a tryout on the Gonzales farm near Columbia and was pronounced to have been a fairly satisfactory test. The plan purports to take the left-over cotton bolls at the end of the season, where frost stops them from opening, and to open these and get out the cot ton unimpaired and thus save millions of dollars to cotton producers. A resolution passed by the Railroad Commission Thursday evening provides for separate compartments on Interurban trains for whites and negroes. This does not affect cars that are exclusively used for one or the other race. Six months time is f^ven to comply with the order, t is understood the Piedmont & Northern Lines in the up-country already have made this provision. The only other Interurban system in the State at this time is the Aiken-North Augusta Line. Resigns Police Job. J. M. Gamble has resigned his position as officer on the police force, the resignation taking place Thursday night. Frank Strait, has been appointed in, Mr. Gamble's place and entered on his duties this morning. During Mr. Gamble's time on the force he made many friends who will regret his resigning. He has taken the Cherry place on Route 6 and moved his family there today.?Rock Hill Herald. WANTED?The young ladies to watch for a very interesting announcement to be made in The Times of January 1,1914. % - . ~ .r . '~?J * HE F CITIZENS TO OFFER $5,000 FOR NEW COTTON MILL Acting on the suggestion made in The Times some weeks ago that a new cotton mill probably could be secured for Fort Mill if r>ror>er pffort" was mnrlo onrl ir>_ ducements offered, a subscription list was circulated Saturday among the business men of the town and approximately $2,500 was subscribed. This list is still being circulated and it is believed that within a week the $5,000 mark will have been reached. The amounts subscribed are not to be taken as stock should the mill be built, but are given merely as an inducement to. some manufacturer to locate a mill here. It is generally understood that the money is contributed to buy a site and offer this free, but among those who gave the money it is immaterial as to what the fund is used for. Following the circulation of the subscription list Saturday a meeting of a majority of the contributors was held at the office of the Savings bank Monday afternoon for the purpose of forming a temporary organization to push the proposition. W. B. Meacham was made chairman and Dr. J. L. Spratt secretarv and treasurer Thf rrvjffo* was given thorough discussion and a committee of three, consisting of T. S. Kirkpatrick, J. J. Bailes and J. L. Spratt, was appointed to solicit further subscriptions, and to arrange for securing options on the several sites in the totvn and vicinity. W. B. Meacham and T. S. Kirkpatrick were appointed a committee of two to present the town's offer to a number of the leading manufacturers of this section. An assessment of one per cent was made on the amounts subscribed for the purpose of defraying the expense of placing the proposition before the public. The members of the committees appointed pledged themselves to spare no efforts in furthering the proposition, and to report at a meeting of the organization to be held next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The following parties have contributed to the mill proposition: iM i i Is & Youi <g, $500 J. L. Spratt, _ 200 VV. B. Meacham, 200 J. J. Bailes, 200 T. S. Kirkpatrick 200 T R Snratt . . ... u,i.utv IVAI E. W. Kimbrell, 100 S. L. Meacham, 100 A. 0. Jones, 100 A. R. IVlcElhaney, 100 Mrs. E. M. Belk,__ 100 Os. Barber, 100 W. B. Hoke 50 B. F. Massey, 50 W. F. Harris, 50 E. S. Parks. 50 L. A. Harris, 50 S. A. Epps, _ 50 W. B. Ardrey, 50 E. R. Patterson, 50 Stewart & Culp, 50 J. N. Atwater, 25 H. D. Harkey 25 ' Total....' $2,550 EVERYONE SHOULD HELP. Every property owner and business man of Fort Mill and vicinity should contribute, if only a small amount, to the amount necessary to secure a new cotton mill in or near the town. Cotton mills are being built in all sections of the South, and a large majority of the towns in which they are being located have nothing on Fort Mill in the way of healthfulness, good schools, churches, low taxes, cheap power, and good help. We feel almost confident that if the proper efforts are put forth by the business element of the town and community a good, big cotton mill will be in course of construction in Fort Mill before the year 1314 is half gone. Our people have done handsomely in the way of contributions for the proposed mill; it might be worth while to see if a good bunch of stock cannot be disposed of locally and. this done, the mill will follow in short order. ORT FORT MILL. S. C., OTTOS COTTON CROP ESTIMATE IS 13,667,000 BALES A crop of 13,667,000 bales, or 6,542,850,000 pounds of cotton, not including linters, was produced in the United States during the season 1913-14, the department of agriculture announced Friday. This is the third in size, that of 1911, which amounted to 7,549,940,000 pounds, being the record, and that of last year, when 6,729,060,000 pounds were grown, being second. This year's crop probably will vbe the most valuable ever grown in the United States. At the J average farm value of cotton in November, which was 13 cents J a pound, it is worth $850,570,500 for the lint alone. To this about $125,000,000 probably will be added by the value of the seed and linters. The previous most valuable crop was that of 1910, which was valued at $820,320,00(1. All the States, with the exception of Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma, produced crops better than the i average of the past five years, while Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina produced their octuuu largest crops anu lexas its third largest. Shipping Christmas Packages. Parties who have holiday packages to ship will greatly facilitate the handling and safe delivery of the packages if they will observe the following simple rules pointed out by the express companies: All packages should be properly packed and care fully and | plainly marked as to street and number. This is important. Start a shipment right and it will go right. A receipt is issued for every package received and a receipt taken from consignee. Mon< v or valuables should not be shipped in a freight package. The wry to send money is to place it in a package to itself and ship it through the money department. Shipments by the Southen Express company go forward on | through waybills, in through cars; they have personal aiid individual attention, and there is a written record of them from time of receipt until delivery is ell'eeted. The company is responsible for the loss of or damage to every package entrusted i to its care. The value of every shipment | should be stated. Local Lodges Elect Officers. At recent meetings of the local Masonic and K. of P. lodges the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Masonic Lodge 0. S. Link, W. M.; W. P. Cray ton, S. W.; W. B. Meacham, Jr., Secy.; W. A. Roach, Treas.; W. M. Carothers, J. W.; F. E. Ardrey, S. D.; Joe Collins, J. D.; J. L. Lyles, Tyler; L. J. Massey, Stewart; L. S. Matthews, Steward. K. of P.-Dr. J. B. Elliott, C. C.; O. T. Culp, V-C. ; W. A. Rouen, Prelate; L. J. Massey, K. of R. & S.; J. J. Bailes, M. at A.; Dr. J. L. Spratt, M. of E.; J. H. McMurray, M. of W.; Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick, I. G.; C. S. Link, O. G.; S. A. Epps and W. J. Stewart, Trustees. Confederate Reunion. April 29 and 30 and May 1 have been selected as dates for* the 1914 reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held in Jacksonville. Fla., according to announcement by Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander-in-chief of the organization. General Young v.as in Jacksonville to confer with committees in charge of arrangements for the reunion. Present plans, which were heartily indorsed by the commander-inchief, provide that all veterans be afforded accommodations in hotels, lodging houses and private rssidences, and that the customary tent camping grounds be abolished. Mr*. Fennell III. Mrs. J. Bratton Fennell has been seriously ill for some days at her home on Clebourn street. I Mill ID AY, DECEMBER 18, 1913. TO STQP~PISTOL "TOTING" BY FEDERAL AMENDMENT An amendment to the Federal constitution to permit Congress and the States to regulate the practice of "pistol toting." Vims been offered by Representative Frank Park, of Georgia. Judge Park predicted that the amendment would receive the overwhelming approval of congress and the States. He said his experience on the bench had convinced him that the evil of pistol toting was directly responsible for a large percentage ot' the grisly homicidal records of the United States. He has taken advantage of the first opportunity to remedy the evil. "The number of negroes walking the streets and country roads of Georgia armed with 'Colts' automatic revolvars would surprise you," said Judge Park. "Imagine even a peaceful negro with a revolver pressing against his person in one pocket and a flask of liquor in another, and you can predtct what will happen when he goes to a dance or engage in a card game in the woods, or is discharged from a job." COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Annual Meeting to be Held on January 8, IS 14. Yorkville, S. C., Dec.-9, 1914. I\ITnolT t vrn . ' pvj ivcmj i 10 law, as set lorth .1 * section 970 of the Civil Code, notice is hereby given to whom it may concern, that the ANNUAL MEETING of the county Board of Commissioners of York county, will be held in the office of the County Supervisor at Yorkville, on THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 11)14, commencing at It) o'clock, a. m. Under section 1)74 of the Civil Code, I nil claims against the county not previously presented, must be filed with the Clerk of the Board 011 or before January 1, 11)14, and holders of claims will take notice that if the same are not presented and tiled during the year they are contracted, or the year following, ouch claims will be forever barred. Ail claims against York county must be itemized, and they must be accompanied by affidavits of the claimants setting forth that the amounts claimed I are just, true, due ail;! owing and that no part thereof has bet*n jJJiid by discount or otherwise. All persons authorized by law to minister oaths, are required to probate claims against the county free of ?'hurge. By order of the Board. THOS. W. BOYD, Supervisor. Annie C. Wallace, C'erk. | - Xma! HI One of Our HI Une of Our ? One of Our rag These make e Hi to wear is alway I' Toys, T( I Our big Holit eries is bigger at have seen our b things. REMEMBERbill in half. I'E. W. I || Just a few more ol i ' * I Times. ' $1.25 Per Year. i I n ni n oania uiaus tias flrriveo AND AS IN THE LAST 30 YEARS Has again made headquarters at L. J. MASSEY'S, where you will find the best stock of Christmas Presents we have ever shown before, and all at New Tariff Prices, as we we waited until the new tariff law went into effect before * buying. jfj You will find here something for every member of the hj family as well as all your friends and sweethearts. f; S Our Watch and Jewelry department is especially attract- r H ive. Everything made by well known and reliable manu- I K facturers, and is guaranteed to be exactly as represented. k Call early and get first choice. | L. J. Massey. I 1 r j Want Good Bread 1 iini j(i Then try a Sack of our jjj| I Presto Flour j I At $2.90 the Sack. | jj Your neighbors say it's the best ? jj Flour they've used, and you'll say G | the same when you've tried it. g g - ===== PARKS GROCERY CO. 1 ru n) I * tL. S. 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