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V> Call-at L. J. Massey T j *> * * %. Established in 1891>. ^ JHE NEWS IN BRIEF . FROM OVER THE STATE ^ " In the first recall election to be held in South Carolina, Orangeburg has retained in office Mayor R. F. Bryant and Councilman Henry Von Ohsen by large I -majorities. \ . Secretary of State R. M. Mcv Cown in his annual report shows \ that 442 new enterprises^'Nvere \ chartered in South Carolina \ during 1913, with an aggregate \ capital of $10,482,000. Charles\ toy.heads the list with 60 new \ concerhs with an aggregate capi^ta\bribout $1,500,000. jv^ It;U probable that it will be at vJntlstP^ix months before a final ^OSVision is secured from the ?$JAitefl States Supreme court lit jlHe case of Thurston U. Valaghn, former superintendent ^ Fellows Orphanage ^^(weenville who was sentenced death penalty. ^^^Qpieasure to provide for State , ttLlUll ell J Ci cXll ft 1111 Hell J^TOKrfipon motor vehicles operated *;Wj55puth Carolina will be introductd at the 1914 session of the i'V -^wferal assembly by J. T. Lyles, J ^^?*eaiber of the house from 1 Orangeburg county. The fees collected under the measure will <be used to maintain a system of r? i patrol. Gbvfernor Blease -closed the year l&j; by granting five paroles and one full p;frdon, making 953 the total "number of convicts he has freed since entering upon his duties as chief executive of this State three years ago. Of this number, 689 were paroled, the majority of them upon conL, dition that they be of good behavior, and 26q were given full pardons. ^ Henry Thompson and Albert * Cantey, two Charleston negroes, ft were electrocuted at the State's prison Saturday at noon for the murder of a prominent white merchant of Charleston. Thompson was the first to go and he was quickly followed by Canted in the death chair, it requiring only three minutes to put both negroes to death. Both protested their innocence, but Cantey admitted in his last statement that he had been in bad company. Nay Run for Congress. Considerable interest is felt in this section over the announcement that Victor S. Bryant Of Durham, N. C., probably will be a candidate in the Democratic primary next summer in the Fifth North Carolina congressional district to succeed Representative Stedman of Greensboro. Mr. Bryant is well known in Fort Mill, having been raised just across the line in North Carolina from this place. He is now one of the leading members of the North Carolina bar and for several years has been considered a likely candidate for congress. Four years ago he received a flattering vote in the congressional convention of his district without solicitation on his part. He is a brother of "Bob" Bryant, who lives near here, and of H. E. C. Bryant Washington correspondent of a string of Southern dailies. May Hove School to Anderson. Of interest to a great people of Fort Mill and vicinity is the announcement in the last issue of the Anderson Intelligencer that Prof. A. R. Banks will probably move his preparatory school, the Banks High School, from Hyatt Park, Columbia, to Anderson in the near future. The Intelligencer says that it is Prof. Banks' wish to conduct a school which will give manual training in the study of agriculture and mechanics as well as )) in the classical branches. He has prepared for college over 800 boys and now has a class of about 40. Mr. Banks states that he nay associate with himself an Anderson county young man who has had several years tra;n * ing as commandant of a military school. The piedmont country of South Carolina is in his opinion the ideal section for training schools for boys. v * .r, ,v k '* ' r-K # " >w< 's Store and See the he f Former Fort Million Weds. The Barnwell People in its last issue carries the announcement of the marriage in that city of Monday evening, December 29th, of Mr. Frank H. Huggins and Miss Marie Rifchftrtfton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Richardson. of Barnwell. The marriage took place in the Barnwell Baptist church, the Rev. J. D. Huggins, father of the groom pronouncing the ceremony, during which Schuman's "Slumber Song" was played very softly by Miss Woodward. Mr. and N^rs. Huggins left Barnwell immediately after the ceremony for a trip to Florida. Upon their return they will reside in Barnwell. Mr. Huggins is well known in Fort Mill and many friends here will wish for him future happiness and prosperity. He was a resident nf Mill wA V mm 1 \JL CJ IIUIII" ber of years, following the brief residence here of his father. Rev. Mr. Huggins, who was at the time pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist church. A Business Change. A business change of considerable moment to the people of Fort Mill and vicinity was that made Friday whereby Mr. S. W. Parks took over the stock, fixtures and good will of the Fort Mill Drug Company, at the corner of Main and Confederate streets. The trade had been pending for several days, but the fact was unknown to only a few people and the change came as a surprise. The Fort Mill Drug company has been successfully conducted for the last four years by Mr. J. R. Haile, who has had associated with him the greater part of that time his son, Mr. C. C. Haile. The business was prior to the association of the Messrs. Haile conducted by the TV- m n w * iaic ur. i. l>. ivieacnam. it is well established and its location at the corner of two of the town's principal streets is ?considered ideal for a drug establishment. It is understood that the elder Mr. Haile will, upon his return from the 1914 session of the Legislature, of which he is a member of the lower House from York county, devote his time to his farm east of Fort Mill. Mr. S. W. Parks, the new owner of the Fort Mill Drug company^ is not without experience in the drug business. About seven years ago he established what was afterward known as the Parks Dcqg company, and quite successfully ran the business until last March when it was taken over by Mr. B. F. Massey, Jr. Mr. Parks informs The Times that he will make a number of improvements to both the interior and exterior of the building in which his newly acquired business is located. Among the improvements to be made at once is the erection of a glass front, and the probable installation a iittle later of a modern fonntairt and other fixtures. Watson-Patterson Nuptials. M iss Sammie Watson and Mr. } John M. Patterson were married Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock, j at the home of the bride's i mother Mrs. T. Watson, 19 North i Long street. The ceremony was j performed by Rev. L. R. Pruett, i pastor of Ninth Auprmo I m ? ? v??viv i^opi/iot I church. The parlor was ar-1 ranged with potted plants and holiday decorations. Mrs..L. R. I Pruett rendered Mendelssohn's wedding march. There were no ! attendants. Immediately after the cere-; mony Mr. and Mrs. Patterson left for Fort Mill, S. C., to visit relatives of Mr. Patterson.? Charlotte Observer. The books of registration of j ti.e town of .Fort Mi.l were closed on last Saturday, the 3rd, and a total of 135 voters of the town have qualified to vote in the approaching municipal election or other elections which may be called during 1914-15. The number of voters enrolled on the books at present exceeds by x score or more the largest number ever enrolled before and hespeaks the interest which the citizens are manifesting in the town's alfairs. * ? ' v 'v.. Beautiful Palmer Gi ORT FORT MILL, S. C., THUR6 SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY HAS 600 CASES PELLAGRA Pellagra, unknown in the I United States seven years agoj but now pronounced a greater menace than leprosy, which it closely resembles, has proven such a baffling problem to the public health service that Secre-, tary of the Treasury McAdoo will probably ask the present 1 congress to appropriate a sum to establish a hospital for the study of this new menace. , This announcement was made by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Newton, ile said there are now GOO rases in a single county of South Carolina, and if a research hospitaj is established it will probably tye located in that part of the coun^jy.^. Since the first ca'ses&f pellagra in iiius country were discovered in Alabama in 1907 there have been 00,000 persons stricken, 35 per cent, of whom have died ; and many of whom are insane. Would Save Old Court House. The following petition is being j circulated in different sections of i the county and will be presented [to tjie.York delegation in the GenefJI Assembly: the undersigned citizens of York county, most earnestly | protest against the ruthless J destruction of the present York county court house without due ; compensation to the taxpayers, and wo herewith petition you to amend existing statutes on the subject so as to require the court house commission to erect the proposed new building either on some site that can be obtained as a free donation or in exchange for present site and an adequate difference in cash, the cash difference to be paid to the county." The petition has not, so far as The Times is able to learn, been circulated in Fort Mill or the township, and there is little likelihood that any considerable number of voters would sign the petition were it circulated hereabouts. ,i PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Hv Sunt -1 P I 1' A pupil must make an average : of 95 per cent on his studies, j 95 per cent, on deportment, and j 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 December: First Grade?Marion Jones, Kate McLoughlin, Juanita Parks, Alva Fennell, Tom Harris, Midas Link, Larence Wright, Margaret Creighton, Virginia McCorkle, Edith Parks, Louise Patterson, D. C. Patterson, James Ferguson. Second Grade?Margaret McElhaney, Katherine Massey, Edward Kimbrell, William Hafner, Lawrence Armstrong, Stephen Parks, Mary Moore, Ernest Wagner. Third Grade?Ella Mae McElhaney, Frank Jones. Fourth Grade?Harriet Crawford, Billy Mack, Annie Parks, Allen Parks, Marion Parks, Arthur Young. Fifth Grade?Atmar Adcock. Sixth Grade?William Grier, Melvin Blackmon. Eighth Grade?Marjorie Mills, Robert Erwin. Ninth Grade?Kathleen Armstrong, Bloeker Patterson, Ernest Patterson. Fred Part^r?<?n I Tenth Grade?Margaret Spratt, Francis Smith, Esther Meacham, Sadie Yongue, James Young, Zenas Grier. Dime in Chicken's Craw. Mrs. Nannie Phillips, wife of Mr. E. H. Pnillips who lives at the old Spratt homestead ea&t of town, was surprised a few days ago while dressing a hying-size chicken to extract from the fowl's craw a silver ten-centj piece. The chicken had evidently eaten the coin several weeks before it was killed, as the coin was very thin and the opinion ot those to whom it was shown was that had it remained in ihe Ciiicken's craw it would have been entirely assimilated within a snort time. i .; ' '''1V4.' . , rand Piano that The Mill DAY, JANUARY 8, 1914 WELLJHEY'RE OFF NOW, SURE LIST OF COffifESTANTS IN THE TIMES' PRIZE CONTEST BEGINS TODAY. "Booster Period" Begins Today, January 8, and Those Who Have b?en 1 hinking of Entering the Contest Should Do So At Once. "Well, they're ofT." The first list of candidates in ^he Fort Mill Times' Groat Piano voting contest is published today. Everybody was anxious to know | who t>e candidates are. Now it behooves the candidates to make ih*. best of the few short weeks they havO' to win the valuable prizes. It is none" j too late for jk v contestants. Li?t of Contestants. Miss Frances Smith, Miss Lessyo Epps, Mrs. S. P. Wilson, Miss Mable Smith, Miss Emma Epps, Miss Myrtle Patterson, Mrs. W. S Darnall, Mrs. J. | J. Bailes, Mrs. W. W. Patterson, Mrs. R. P. Harris, Miss Marjorie Mills. Miss j Sarah Culp, Mrs. Fred Harris, Mrs. S. I P. Hair, MUs Mary McLaughlin, Miss | Annie Patterson, Mrs. W. J. Steele, | Mrs. Fred Rogers, Mrs. A. B. Sheppard, Miss Blanche Moser, Miss Grace Erwin, Miss Mary Carothers, Miss Bertie Coltharp, Miss Ola Crayton, Miss Daisy Robinson, Miss Bessie Armstrong, Mrs. .1. C. Bayne, Mrs. Thos. Bailey, Mrs. M. .1. Adcock, Miss Beatrice Parks, Miss Edna Ferguson, Miss Ocie Hood, Mrs. Thos. Lytle, Miss Nannie McElhaney, Mrs. C. W. McNealy, Mrs. Sargent Kimbrell, Miss Sadie Rogers, Mrs. Elhe Thompson, Miss Eula Patterson, Mrs. G. W. Wilkerson, Miss Blackwelder, R. No. 2., Miss Nannie Stroup. "Boo?ter Period." Today marks the beginning of the o T:? ?v/^vv . I vuvu III * uc I III It.-r* L'UIItest, which means that friends of the contestants in the great race can "boost" for their favorite by subscribing for tlie paper, or if already a subscriber, by paying one or two years' subscription and secure for them more votes now than at any other time in the contest. "Booster" period means ! that it positively is the best |>eriod in ! the contest for readers of The Times to subscribe and pay their subscriptions ami "boost" their favorite. "Booster" j period means that every yearly subscription turned in by January 24th Vill count 5,000 votes. This means 1 that a subscriber who pays a yearly subscription during this period will count a total of 5,000 votes for some contestant in the race or some person who wishes to enter. A two years' ' subscription will count 12,000 votes and a three, four or five years' subscription will count for votes as indicated by the scale of votes printed below. From this it will be seen that it is to the advantage of every candidate to insist upon their friends giving them a twoyear subscription or more now, while it counts so much. Remember that the "Booster" Period ends Saturday, January 24th, and that never again during the entire contest will so many votes be given on a single subscription, , Below is given the scale of votes that will prevail during the "Booster" Period for subscriptions to The Times: For 1 yearn" subscription 1 6.000 votea " 2 " " 12.000 " j " 3 " lX.OUt " " 4 " " 25.000 " " 5 " 30,(MI0 " Now is Your Time. It will require a little time and energy to secure one of the prizes, but think of the fine reward if you enter today and do win one of the prizes. It is not so had to secure a prize just by asking your friends to subscribe to the Fort Mill Times or to give you the free voting coupons. Their votes will put . you at the head of the list if you neg lect none of your opportunities, but ap- j peal to each one, who may take an in- : terest in your success. Many are ready to subscribe or renew their subseri|i- | tions at this time, and thev would Had ly give you the benefit of their votes for the mere asking. Enter the Contest Now. Look carefully again at the offer of prizes. While the contest is vet young is the most favorable time to send in your nomination. We want your name in our next published list of candidates. For your ownsake it is best that from the very start you should be known to be in the race. Those who would rather help you than anyone else might promise their assistance to the first candidate who approached them if they did not know that you were interested in winning one of the prizes. You want all acquaintances to realize from the first that you mean to win and that you count on them to help you to do so. Who May Enter. Any white man, woman, boy or girl, married or single, is eligible to compete j in the contest. Candidates may nominate themselves. It costs nothing to i enroll; it costs nothing to win. There i are no strings to the offer. It is not necessary that condidates be subscribers. The rules of the contest are situ- j pie and the work to get votes is not nurd. Get an earlv start and ask vnnr friends to help you. They will gludly do so. begin now. Beginning with last Sunday there was a slight change in the running time of the Southern's two through passenger trains. Nos. 31 and 32. Under the new schedule train No. 31, formerly '; due at Fort Mill at 5:35 a. m., now passes here at 6 a. m. No. 32. formerly due at Fort Mill at 9:27 p. rn.. is due lo arrive here at 9:07. Both of these trains stop at Fort Mill only ot tlag. A . ?_? f Times Will Give Av Timi Legislature Convenes Tuesday. For many reasons the next session of the General Assembly for South Carolina, which convenes Tuesday January 13, is regarded the most important' in recent years. Issues of vital importance to the State are to be met and questions of policy that mean much to the future welfare of the citizenship are to be settled. The personnel of the approaching Legislature is, therefore, a matter of m^re than passing interest. Those who will under- ' take to discuss and vote upon : the grave measures that are to .qome before them have the eyes *bf a State upon them and, in 'feome of the questions involved, j the eyes of the entirn nation. From the Senate not one of | ' the men who served last session i will be replaced at this s^s this session on account of death I or resignation, for all members of last year's upper branch, if nothing happens between now and January 13, will turn to Columbia to take their places in the Senate chamber. Lieut. Gov. Charles A. Smith of Timmonsville, by virtue of his office, is the presiding officer of the State Senate. This is the _____________________ I Many" | For your pati I the past yea to see you in ten this yea are always w< L. J. IV A HAPY y> /I with HE/ -/l CESS am Special New 1 In Ladies' ? Coats and Beautiful $12.50 Black Broadcl Beautiful $10.00 Black Broadcl Beautiful $15.00 Black Chinchi Beautiful $11.00 Black Chinchi Heavy Fancy Coats, were $12.1 Heavy Fancy Coats, were $11. Beautisul $18 and $15 Black PI Pretty $5 Coats, nicely trimme Childrens' Coats, $5 values, nc Childrens' Coats, $3 values, nc Childrens' $4.00 Reefers, now Childrens' pretty$4.00 and $3.f Special $22 and $20 Coat Suits, Beautiful $20 and $18 Suits noi Beautiful Suits worth $15 and Beautiful Suits worth $12.50 ai E. W. Kiii "Where Qua i ray Absolutely Free is. \? . - "I - - ??,? - - 4 J1.25 Per Tear. < 1 t. fourth session in the Opacity and will be his last except for the opening week of the 1815 session, when at tjfte IjwPguratbTO exercises he*%?lll 'tuTh^ttB ' " official position in* the Senate over to his successor. The Lieutenant Governor is a candidate for promotion. He is running for governor. V . The president pro tem of the \ Senate is Senator P. L. Hardin . \ of Chester, a legislator of many , \ years experience. He was also * \ named chairman of Finance \ Committee of the Senate, a position which vies with that of I the chairmanship of the Judiciary I Committee. By many it is regarded the most important committee chairmanship. ?^ David E. Messick and Miss Mamie Bailey, a young couple ! from Rock Hill, were married m : this city Monday evening by | Magistrate R. P. Harris. Mr. T. G. Moser is announced this week as a candidate for alderman-at-large. Mr. John Windle, of Yonkers, N. Y., has been a visitor for several days at the home of his brother, Mr. W. H. Windle, in Gold Hill. - ?> M? ? rhanks onage during r. We hope our store ofr, where ycu slcome. ' ;< I Jcu) Year to YOU 4LTH and SUC4 Peace of Mind, /oor Dmrrrninn icai udi&dlllb ind Misses' Coat Suits. loth Coats now $ 8.75 * oth Coats now 7.50 ilia Coats now 9.98 ilia Coats now 8.25 SO, now only... 8.75 00 and $10, now 6.98 ush Coats, now 9.75 :d, in black, now 3.25 )W only 3.48 ?w only 1.98 only 2.69 >0 coats, now only 2.69 now only 14.98 iV only 13.98 over, now only 10.98 nd over, now only 8.98 ? ?? m I irell Comp'y ility Reigns."