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STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
The 1,687 girls in 16 counties
in South Carolina, enrolled as
members of the girls' canning
clubs, put up 190,203 cans of tomatoes
in 1913, according to a
ntatistical renort which hns hppn
prepared by Miss Edith Parrott,
State agent for the girls' tomato
club work.
The Anderson Y. M. C. A. will
soon begin the publication of a
monthly magazine for the mill
people of that city. The magazine
will be printed by an Anderson
printery and will be sent
free to mill people who desire it.
A handsome silver loving cup,
gold lined, was an Friday sent to
Dr. Eleanor B. Sanders, woman
physician at the State hospital,
by women of Columbia, as a
token of their admiration for her
ability, their confidence in her as
a woman, their faith in her integrity
of purpose and her unselfish
devotion to duty.
Farmers in various sections of
the State have addressed letters
recently to the State department
of agriculture asking for information
as to prizes for corn this
year. The general assembly did
not make provision for prizes,
but it is said that a Columbia
insurance company will offer
several prizes for the best yields.
The Citadel cadets are to encamp
at Orangeburg for one
week, April 11 to 18. The
Orangeburg city council has appropriated
$100 for entertainment,
business men contributed
$200 and the Citadel alumni $200
to be used in entertainment.
Robert Taylor, the 15-year-old
son of William Taylor, a planter
of the Halsellville section of
Chester county who was struck
on the head with an axe Friday
afternoon near his home by a
negro, Walter Beaty, alias Walter
Brice, is still in a serious
condition. The negro is in jail
at Chester.
The general assembly just
ended provided that the insurance
on all public buildings
must be carried by the sinking
fund commission arid placed
through them. This is the first
time this has been done and
Comptroller General Jones said
that he believed it would save a
nice little sum to the State in
premiums.
James L. Sims, of Orangeburg,
Monday took the oath of office
as United States marshal for the
eastern district of South Carolina.
He succeeds J. Duncan
Adams, whose resignation was
tendered several months ago,
but who has discharged the
duties of the office since that
time, pending the appointment
and confirmation of his successor.
Frank Must Die April 17.
Leo M. Frank was resentenced
to death in Atlanta Saturday for
the murder of Mary Phagan. a
factory girl. His execution was
ket for April 17.
The date set for the execution
is the prisoner's thirtieth birthday.
This fact was not known
until sentence was pronounced,
when Frank, turning to a friend,
remarked that the seventeenth
would be his birth anniversary.
Frank was born in Paris, Tex.,
on April 17. 1884.
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Care For the Birds.
The robins will soon be hopping
arouhd in the city. Do not
let the boys kill them. They
will not stay Ions: with us, but
they will destroy worms and
insects which injure plants. You
ought to have a dozen or more
house martins with a comfortable
house or swinging gourds on a
pole near the garden. They are
worth providing for. If a small
house is prepared for them a
colony or two may come in and
make themselves at home. The
blue bird is an attractive, gentle
little fellow, the friend of the
plowman, for he will jump into
the furrow as soon as it is made
and pick up stiay insects by the
score. This bird needs a nesting
place. In former days they
nested and raised their young in
holes in partly decayed stumps.
But they have no such places
now. If small boxes are made
in which there is room for a nest,
I they may go to housekeeping in I
it. The woodpecker family is a
great friend to the farmer. They
do not have a lazy bone under
their feathers. They wish to
make their nest in places in decayed
pine trees which they can
easily hollow out. It might be
that they could be persuaded to
nest in properly prepared boxes
fastened to the side of a tree 15
to 20 feet from the ground.
The most attractive of all the
small birds is the wrenn. Watch
them when the mornings get
warm and you will hear the
; sweet notes about well house or
corn crib and sometimes in a
favorite tree. A gourd or a
small box makes a good nesting
i place for them and gets them in
the habit of staying with you.
Then there are a few red birds
i and other varieties left. Do not
laf t Via oKiMrcn an t ho farm
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break up their nests. Take care
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II, S. C., March 7, 1914.
id to canvass the final
n Contest, after carefulmd
that the contestants
er of votes and entitled
as follows:
rize. No. Vote*.
ano 1,160,700
old Watch 1,021,650
749,090
case. Mr. Long is very hopeful
of the ultimate success of this
branch of the demonstration
work, and fully realizes the
necessity of proceeding slowly.
Destructive Fire in Charlotte.
Perhaps the most complete
loss to a large stock of goods
that Charlotte has known in
years was that entailed by the
destructive fire that visited the
establishment of J. W. Bullard
and Company, 17-19 West Trade
street, during the early hours of
Sunday morning. The loss, however,
was as thoroughly covered
by insurance as it could almost
be, Mr. R. M. Vernon, secretary
and treasurer of the company,
stating that the insurance percentage
would approximate 80
per cent, of the value of the
stock and fixtures. These were
estimated to approximate in
value $115,000 which would bring
the insurance to something in the
neighborhood of $85,000.
ed) J. J. 15alies,
A. R. McElhaney,
T. B. Spratt,
Judges.
John W. Patterson Dead.
Mr. John W. Patterson, a
brother of Mr. W. W. Patterson,
of Fort Mill, died at his home in
Charlotte Saturday morning after
an illness of a year or more. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock at Trinity
Methodist church, Charlotte, of
which deceased was a devoted
member. The interment was in
Elmwood cemetery.
Mr. Patterson was a member
of the order of Woodmen of the
World and was buried with
Woodmen honors. He is survived
by his wife and four children
and his mother, Mrs. M. E.
Patterson, of Charlotte, and the
following brothers and sisters:
Messrs. W. W. Patterson of
Fort Mill, S. M. Patterson, Mrs.
J. D. Potts and Mrs. Len Patterson,
all of Pleasant Valley;
Mrs. F. J. Skinner, Mrs. F. E.
Ferguson and Mrs. C. C. Harrison
of^Charloite.
For Better Live Stock.
P. H. Calvin of Clemson college.
one of the livestock norents
in the State, will start the
organization of a live stock association
in York county this
week, according to information
given out by W. W. Long, head
of the farm demonstration work
in South Carolina.
The State department for the
furthering of the interest of live
stock in this State are very careful
in interesting the farmers to
take up this business. The
agents go along with the farmers
and act in the capacity of-expert
counselor and adviser. Inasmuch
as live stock raising is
comparatively in its incipiency
in this State a great amount of
care is being taken to see that
the farmers get their just dues,
and a close consideration of the
farmer's ability and opportunities
to raise stock is given in each
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WANT TWO MORE TRAINS
NORTH FROM COLOMBIA.
An important meeting of commercial
secretaries and other
representatives of the cities between
Columbia and Charlotte
will be held in Columbia thb
month for the purpose of petitioning
the schedule committee
of the Southern Railway to operate
passenger trains Nos. 7 and
8 from Columbia to Charlotte,
savs the Columbia Record. These
trains are now operated between
Augusta and Columbia. The recent
change in the schedule has
been of great benefit to the people
between Columbia and Augusta,
allowing them to spend a
"shopping day" in the Capital
City. If the plans which the
commercial secretaries .have in
mind relrtive to improving the
service between Columbia and
Charlotte are acted on favorably
by the Southern's schedule committee,
residents of the towns
north of Columbia will be greatly
benefited, it is believed.
The chamber cf commerce of
Columbia has received notices
from Charlotte, Fort Mill, Rock
Hill, Chester and other towns
that representatives from these
places will be in Columbia to attend
the conference. The exact
date has not been agreed upon
but as soon as a time convenient
to all parties concerned has been
determined, another announcement
concerning this part of the
plans will be made public through
the press.
W. E. Sledge 111 of Paralysis.
A telephone message received
in Fort Mill Thursday afternoon
from Chester brought the sorrowful
intelligence that Mr.
W. E. Sledge, formerly a citizen
of this city, had suffered a stroke
of paralysis and that his condition
was very grave. Mr.
Sledge held the position of
manager of the Southern Power
company's sub-station at Chester
and was at the station when
stricken ill. A negro employee
soon found him and he was removed
at once to the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Harper R.
Woods. The entire left side was
effected by the paralytic stroke
and Mr. Sledge has since been
unable to speak.
Mr. Sledge is a native of the
Steel Creek section of Mecklenburg
county and made his home
in Fort Mill for a number of
years. He moved to Chester
from this city in 1897 to run the
electrical plant and when the
Southern Power company took
it over he joined their organization.
Legislature Adjourned Friday.
The General Assembly of South
Carolina adjourned sine die Friday
morning at 2:05 o'clock, after
being in session since January
13. The House adjourned at
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x .?.o v ciutK anu me oenaie 101lowed
suit at 2:05. The presiding
officers of the two bodies declared
them adjourned sine die
under the terms of the resolution
agreement to final adjournment
at 9 o'clock on last Wednesday
night which had not been rescinded.
The house notified the governor
at 1 o'clock that it was ready
to quit. The chief executive
sent the House a final message.
The House clerk then verbally
notified the the Senate that the
House was ready to adjonrn.
After he had responded to the
invitation to make a farewell
speech, Speaker Smith declared
the House dissolved.
After finishing the appropriation
bill, the Senate held to executive
sessions, presumably to
discuss appointments. President
Smith declared the Senate ad
juurneu sine cue ai z:uo o ciock
Friday morning.
Voting almost continuously at
the morning, afternoon and night
sessions Thursday, the House
Thursday night at 10:15 o'clock
finishedc onsideration of the appropriation
bill and sent it to the
Senate for final consideration by
that body.
All bills and resolutions on the
calendar Thursday morning were
continued to the 1915 session.
Mr. C. W. Eason on Saturdaj
afternoon bought from Mr. P. L.
Wagner the handsome cottage
home of the latter on Clebouir
street. The purchase price was
not made public.
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Interest in Encampment.
I.ocal militiamen are much
interested in the information
carried in the press a few days
ago that the biennial encamp.
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menu ui une regular troops ana
the national guard of several of
the Southern States will be held
this year either at Greenville or
the Isle of Palms. The information
has not been given out
officially as yet, but it is expected
that the War department
will decide within the next few
days at which place the encampment
will be held. The
last biennial encampment and
manouversof the kind took place
at Anniston, Alabama, in 1912,
and for several years prior to
that at Chickamauga, Ga.
It is likely that troops will be
there from North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and maybe from Virginia.
One regiment is usually
designated from each State, although
more than one regiment
may go. It is usually the custom
not to have the whole force
in camp at one time, but to so
arrange it that several regiments
will be encamped in succession
to each other on the field.
While it is not known just
what States will be represented
at the encampment, it is likely
that the States named above
will be represented. The encampment
will probably last two
months and will likely take
place in the months of July and
August. There will be probably |
from 7,000 to 10,000 troops in
camp at the same time. The
regular troops at the encampment
will be probably from Fort
Oglethorpe, Fort McPherson or
other Southern army posts.
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Mrs. J. W. Wagner Dead.
On Tuesday night, March 3,
at 11-25 o'clock, Mrs. Chrissie
Wagner, wife of Mr. J. VV.
Wagner, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Kerns, in Charlotte. Mrs. Wagner
was in her 74th year having
been born in Davidson county,
N. C. on the 14th of December
1840. She was a daughter of
the late David and Susan Shoaf.
She was married on the 27th
day of November 1859 to J. W.
Wagner, who survives her, and
was the mother of three children.
She was the last of a
large family consisting of eight
girls and four boys. Her children
are P. L. Wagner of Fort
Mill, J. G. Wagner of North
Charlotte, and Mrs. Maggie
Kerns. The body was brought
to Fort Mill on Wednesday and
interred in Unity cemetery on
Thursday morning, after services
by Rev. W. A. Hafner.
She was a member of the Fort
Mill Methodist church; an affectionate
wife and a kind
mother.
Must Sip Lightly.
Fifty-four days from to-day
and thereafter consumers in
Mississippi will be limited to one
gallon of whiskey and one case,
of beer or other mild beverage
per month, and the consignee
I must certify that the shipment
is for personal use. Gov.
Brewer Friday approved the
May-Mott-Lewis liquor bill which
becomes effective May (>.
Several residents of the town
Saturday piorning reported having
felt a slight earthquake
shock Friday night at 8:20
o'clock. The shock lasted for
perhaps 30 seconds. No damage
therefrom was reported.
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FOOD PRICES CHEAPER
THAN ONE YEAR AGO.
Food prices in the United
States reached the highest level
in 24 years on November 15,
1913. Since that date there has
been a slight decline, though the
average still, is well above that
of a year a^o. The department
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report showing retail prices of
focal in 40 important industrial
cii it's of the country.
" fhroughout tlie whole of 1913
high priees'prevailod," said the
report, "while the last quarter
of the year was a period of decline
in the prices of 12 of the
15 articles of food observed."
It further points that the decline
was more than counterbalanced
by an advance in the price of
eggs to a level never before
reached.
For three of the articles, eggs,
cornmeal and milk, the highest
price was reached in November.
For the remaining 17 articles?
sugar, butter, hens, flour, sirloin
steak, round steak, rib
roast, bacon, ham and lard, pork
chops and potatoes?prices were
below the maximum quoted
earlier in the year.
Mrs. Edgar Jones Dead.
The hearts of Fort Mill people
generally were saddened Monday
morning when it became
known that Mrs. Cammie Crook
Jones had died Sunday night at
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west of Fort Mill. The death
of Mro. .Jones was particularly
sail hy reason of the fact that
her marriage to Mr. Edgar
Jones took place in Charlotte
only about three weeks ago.
Mrs. Jones had been a sufferer
for several years of gastritis
and, despite the efforts of her
physicians, the disease finally
overcame her.
Mrs. Jones was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Crook, of
Americus, (la. She was reared
in the Gold Hill section of Fort
Mill township, where the family
resided until about two years ago.
Mrs. Jones was a member of
Philadelphia Methodist church
and a regular attendant upon its
services during her residence in
the township. Besides her husband
and parents, she is survived
by several brothers and sisters,
residents of Georgia, and was a
niece of Mr. W. H. Crook, of
Gold Hill.
The interment took place
Wednesday morning in New
Unity cemetery, after the funeral
service at the home.
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