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) % r c Established in 1891. BIBCOCK QUITS ASYLUM; OR. STRAITJIETS PUCE As a sequel to the recent asy- j lum investigation, Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the institution, Friday sent his resignation to Governor Blease. The governor accepted the resignation and appointed Dr. T. J. j Strait of Lancaster, to the place. Dr. Babcock became superintendent of the asylum August 31, 1891, by appointment of Governor Tillman. Dr. Strait, the new superintendent, is State senator from Lancaster county, succeeding Yancey Williams in the upper house in 1910. He succeeded John J. Hemphill as representa tive of the Fifth district in congress and served there six i years, being defeated by D. E. Finley, the present representative from the Fifth district. He taught school in Chester, York and Lancaster counties in , the '70s and early '80s and was | graduated rronr the South Carolina Medical college in 1885. He served in the Confederate army in the War Between the Sections, being attached to the Sixth and Twenty-fourth South Carolina regiments. He was , mustered out at the close of the i war with the rank of third ser- ( geant. , He is 68 years years of age j and has lived in Lancaster since < 1881. Dr. J. L.? Thompson, the first assistant physician at the asy- i lum, will have temporary charge until Dr. Strait qualifies as superintendent. Dr. Eleanora B. Saunders, woman physician at the State ; Hospital for the Insane, will ( leave the institution also, it was stated. ; Did Not Ask for Resignatiois. The threatened removal or i ^ resignation of Dr. James W. < Babcock, as superintendent of ] the State Hospital for the insane and the resignation of Dr. Eleanora B. Saunders, did not i come at the meeting of the board j of regents Thursday. The board i held a practically all-day session, the meeting adjourning in a love feast fashion Thursday evening. Governor Blease attended the < afternoon session, after making ( a statement to the board at the morning session in which he indicated that he would give the regents and the superintendent until the afternoon session to "get-together." Dr. Babcock wrote a letter to Governor Blease in which he stated he was perfectly willing to cooperate with the regents. The question of the resignation of Dr. Saunders did not come up at all, stated one of the regents Thursday night. WHEN OUT OF SORTS START YOUR LIVER WORKING No Matter What Ail* You, Dodton'* Liver Tone ie Usually a Big Help in Getting Well. Avoid Calomel. Nine times out of ten, when you are ill or out of sorts, your liver is out of order and getting it in order again will make you feel better. When your liver is olnrvrrioh o n/1 f Arrttrl on/1 ttAtt n?*n ulu66i011 nuu bvi |/iu uuu ,y wu aiu constipated and bilious, it is impossible to feel well. There was a time when a great number of people took calomel when so troubled. But this is not true today. It has become widely known that calomel often has bad after-effects and is even dangerous to many. The use of Dodson's Liver Tone instead of calomel has spread wonderfully because it has proved so beneficial in so many households. , The Dodson Medicine Co. and Ardrey's Drug store recommend and guarantee Dodson's Liver ^ Tone instead of calomel and guarantee to refund purchase price (50c) to you instantly without question if you are not perfectly pleased with the way in which it relieves you from constipation, sick headache, biliousness, etc. It "livens the liver" and is a pleasant-tasting, vegetable liquid, easy to take and causes no pain, no gripe, no bad results no change from your regular duties and habits. To test Dodson's Liver Tone is a sensible matter because you get your money back if you are not satisfied. The * * ' 1 T .' .11 \1 Fort Mill Nan Weds. Invitations were issued Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Flowers, of Rock Hill, to the marriage 01 tneir daughter, Miss Mary Orr Flowers, to Mr. Clarence Stewart McMurray, the event to take place at the home of the bride this (Wednesday) evening at 7 o'clock. Miss Flowers is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Flowers and is well known in Fort Mill, having frequently visited the family of her aunt, Mrs. Alice Harris, in this city. She is a young woman who is much beloved by a wide circle of friends. Mr. McMurray is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McMurray, of Fort Mill. For several years he has been connected with the J. L. Phillips Drug Company, of Rock Hill, and is held in high esteem, both in business and social circles. As to Unused Railroad Tickets. Of interest to the public generally is a decision handed down Saturday by the Interstate Commerce commission in which it was held that mislaid, lost, unused or stolen railroad tickets, in whole or in any part, are not reaeemaDie oy tne selling railroad unless requests for the redemption are accompanied by the tickets themselves. The principle was laid down in the case of an Atlantic Coast Line passenger who sought to recover the cost of a portion of a ticket from Albany, Ga., to Philadelphia, which was lost and never presented by anybody. Refuses Banks* Claims. Assistant Attorney General Dominick has prepared the answers of Treasurer Neil in the cases of the National Union Bank and the First Trust and Savings Bank, of Rock Hill, and the Loan and Savings Bank, of Yorkville, against Treasurer Neil to recover certain taxes paid under protest on bonds supposed to have been non taxable. The answers in all cases are practically the same, and claim that the banks have been taxed in accordance with law, and that no rebates are due to any of the banks. It is denied that any nontaxable bonds have been taxed in any case, and it is claimed that the whole matter complained of is fully adjucated and settled in the decree of Judge Prince rendered last September. No Ground Hogs in Arizona? The Times would not venture the assertion that there are no ground hogs in the State of Arizona, but if there are, the entire family from granddaddy to baby groundhog must have been visiting in this section along or about the 2nd day of February 1914. Read the following it - 1 1 iL. .? lniurinauon aooui me weamer out in that State as told by a card from Mr. C. C. Haile to a Fort Mill friend a few days ago. Phoenix, Ariz., Mch. 6. "I sympathize with you folks 'back East' on account of your severe cold weather. Am out on the ranch with my sleeves rolled up and collar turned down. Haven't had my coat on for a week. Had my first experience irrigating and killing gophers few days ago?interesting work. "With kindest regards "C. C. Haile." How to Get Rural Routes. Some readers wish to know how to go about getting rural free delivery started in their communities. The first thing to do is to write the fourth assistant postmaster general, Washington, D. C., for information and for a free copy of the required form of petition ready for the signatures of the signers. No neighborhood where it is possible to get rural mail delivery should be content to get along without this service. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the many friends, one and all, of Pleasant Valley and the surrounding country for their many words and deeds of loving kindness extended to us in the sad bereavement we have experienced in the sickness and death of our beloved son and brother, Erskine Hood. May the Heavenly Father richly reward each and every one. A. K. Hood and Family. -V" " 1 - ?? V ?- 4 * ~ , I ^ ft For'; f OET MIIil FUND FOR THE SCHOOLS PLEASES STATE SUPT. State Superintendent J. E. Swearinj^en has addressed to the the various county superintendents of education a letter dealing with the financial condition of the public school system of the State. He says in part: "The general assembly made liberal provisions for the free public schools. The six appropriations include: ! "High schools, $60,000. "Rural graded schools, $60,000. Weak schools for term ex-j tensions, $60,000. "Libraries, $5,000. | "Public school buildiugs under the act of 1910, to be disbursed in order ol applications filed $20,000. "Contingent fund to be expended by the county boards of education under the regulations provided by the State super ntendent of education for especially needy rural school districts, $45,000. "These lunds guarantee the continuance and extension of the educational activities that have brought more efficient schools to scores of communities during recent years. State aid based on local taxation should provide in every district a school term of at least seven months, an up-to-date building and a body of competent teachers. If the people of any community will cooperate with public school authorities, they may easily secure State aid for a better building, a longer term and the establishment of a rural graded school." Winthrop Twice Honored. In the choice of twenty-five teachers to be stnt by the United States Government to Munich, Germany, for special study of methods, Winthrop college has been highly honored by having two representatives. Miss Mary Frances Wickliffe, head of the manual training department of Winthrop, is one, and Miss Marie Craig, of Lancaster, a Winthrop graduate of two or three years since, is the other. These representative teachers, of whom only six or eight are women, will sail about April 1, will be in Germany three months. Governor Paroles J. J. Jones. John J. Jones, who has served a short period of a 10-year sentence for manslaughter, having been convicted of killing Abe Pearlstine at Eranchville, was on Monday released on parole by Governor Blease from the Orangeburg county chaingang on condition that he leave the State within 24 hours and never return. It was understood that Jones had planned to go West. Jones, while practicing law at Branchville, shot and killed Abe Pearlstine one day when they met in the postoffice at that place. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years and one day, and had served a little over two years. Memorial Day Falls on Sunday. As Confederate Memorial day. May 10, falls on Sunday this year there has been much concern among the various chapters, U. D. C. throughout the State as to whether the date will be moved up or pushed back and the celebration carried out on Saturday or Monday. Miss Earle, State president U. D. C., has announced that as there can be no possible impropriety in holding the memorial services on Sunday?the day only adding to the solemnity of ' the observance and giving more people the opportunity to attend the regular day will be celei brated as usual. She urges all I I _ 1_ A A t ? t ? cnapiers 10 noid tneir exercises, therefore, on Sunday afternoon, May 10. Elopement Neais Prison Term. A drastic bill providing a i penitentiary sentence upon every man convicted of eloping with a j girl whose parents object to their marriage, has been introduced in the Kentucky legislature. The house passed the bill by a vote of 63 to 4 and it is expected to come up before the senate this week. The purpose of the bill, according to its author, is to prevent men of mature age persuading girls of tender years to elope with them. " > y " * >* r Mi ;; S C., THURSDAY, MARCH FORT MILL YOtlNQ MAN, A FARM DEMONSTRATOR Mr. Claude B. Faris, who has been appointed County Demonstration agent for Greenwood County arrived yesterday and is ready to begin work. In fact he is already at work. Mr. Faris met the Agricultural Committee of the Chamber ol Commerce and went over a number of important matters in connection with his work. In talking with an Index representative yesterday Mr. Faris said that he expected to use a motorcycle in his work and intended to devote his entire time and best efforts to the work of building up the farming interests of the county. Mr. Faris said he wanted to be of service right now in the matter of fertilizers. He had five years service as a fertilizer inspector and is entirely at home in discussing formulas, etc. He said that he wanted to see soils before making recommendation as to what fertilizers to use and suggested that the farmers in the same communities get together and agree on a date for him to visit them right away to ?nii. . " idtiv uver liiis question. Me can cover more territory in this way.?Greenwood Index, Thursday. Mr. Claude Faris is a son of Mr. Baxter M. Faris and grew to manhood in the Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township.? Ed. The Times. Salaries to be Increased. The pay of the rural mail carriers working from the Fort Mill postoffice will be increased on July 1st according to a bill passed by congress recently raising the salaries of all the carriers in the postal service. A standard route is 24 or more miles in length, and according to the bill every carrier having a standard route will receive $1,200 annually instead of $1,100, their present salary. There are four rural routes out from the Fort Mill postoffice, all of which are standard. Fort Mill's rural carriers are as follows: No. 1, T. A. Mills; No. 2, C. S. Kimbrell; No. 3, Alex Barber; No. 4, Edward White. State Naps Distributed. Copies of the official map of South Carolina were received yesterday at the State department of-agriculture and will be distributed by Commissioner Watson upon request. The maps were made by a New York publishing house. The public highway system in this State is shown in green on the map. South Carolina is one ?i* . 1 n?i n, . . ui me nrst oiaies 10 issue a map of the highway system. The map contains data on the tobacco crop, corn crop, textile manufacturing, farm values, small maps showing the judicial circuits including the Thirteenth; congressional districts, precipitation and climate. Advantagesof Charleston as a port are strikingly illustrated by a series of charts. The map of the highway system is based on surveys made by representatives of the department.?The State, Tuesday. First Signs of Spring. Yesterday a bluejay broke forth 1 into his discordant song, and were it not for the fact that they are the real prophets of spring, there ought to be a law passed to have all of them sent to the place where they are said to go on Fridays, and which is a name L - . " * uiui can ue mentioned Irom the pulpit on rare occasions but ought not not to be said in polite society. Did you ever think of it? You never see a jaybird on Friday. There isn't much music in a jaybird's reportoire; but he has some fine feathers and he looks good, since he is about the first arrival after winter. In a little while the bluebirds and robbins will arrive and the first swallow. The old bluejay or "jaybird" as he is most frequently called is always welcome, for there won't be much bad weather after he gets here.?Charlotte Chronicle. Extension of parcel post rates to seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and various kinds of plants became effective Saturday by an order issued by Postmaster General Burleson. LL 1 : 19.1914. . HOMES OF . Residence of S. W. Pa Famous Inventor Dead. George Westinghouse, a foremost figure in the engineering world and inventor of the air brake that bears his name, died late Thursday at his residence in New York City. Heart disease manifested itself about 15 months ago and the end came a few hours after it became publicly known that Mr. Westinghouse was seriously ill. He was in his sixr.y-eigncn year. Westinghouse became an inventor at the age of 15. when he produced a rotary engine. Four years later he constructed a device for replacing derailed steam cars. Then, when 21 years old, he sought the financial backing of the late Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, for his now famous air-brake, perfected after three years ol: labor. Confident of Smith's Election. Declaring the Lord has revealed to him the sin of Adam and Eve and has given him the power to prophecy, Arthur Ross, negro preacher of this city, has come forward with the dogmatic statement that Senator Smith will defeat Governor Blease for the senate. Ross says his Maker has explained to him the much-debated question, "Is There a Burning Hell?" The negro pastor says further that the Lord has revealed to him the fact that National prohibition will ultimately triumph and that the world will not come to an end next October as Pastor Russell of Brooklyn has predicted. Ross says by spiritual counsel he learned in 1904 that Roosevelt would be elected and again last March he was given the power to prophesy the election of Woodrow Wilson.?Greenville News. t?M ?> 11 1 ' upcannnnririririr""""'I The Selecl Is an easy matter good. The only diffi of good things. If it pay us a visit and le jjj from our assortment. 3 JUST ARRIVED? 0{ 3, 4 and 5-gallou siz< 3 keg nice, fat Macker 0 eating Sweet and Iri g more cases 15c Toma | SEEI 0 Our stock of Seeds jji package goods. Best 0! and the best varietie n |e. w. flMES FORT MILL. ,rks, Clebourn str?'i?t. York's Oldest Citizen Passes. Mr. Andrew Hafner, probably the oldest person in York county, died at the home of his son-inlaw, Dr. S. G. Miller, of Chester, Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the age of ninety-two years and four months. Mr. Hafner was born and reared in Catawba County, N. C., but came to this State when a young man, and spent seventy years of his life in this county. For twenty-one years he was a contractor and did an extensive work principally in York and Chester counties. Since then he has given his attention chiefly to farming. Mr. Hafner was married three times. His first wife was a Miss Gwinn of this county. To them were born two daughters, both of whom died when young women. His second wife was Miss Kezia Hard wick, also of this county. To them were born six children. The oldest child, Mrs. J. B. Patrick, died at White Oak, more than twenty years ago. The surviving children are R. R. and J. A. Hafner and Mrs. S. G. Miller, of Chester, B. W. Hafner, of Newport, Ark., and Rev. W. A. Hafner of Fort Mill. His third wife was Mrs. Sarah West, of Newport, Ark., who preceded him to the gnwe about twenty years ago. Mr. Hafner was for more than fifty years a deacon in the Bullock Creek Presbyterian church, where the funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. B. Swann, for more than twenty years his faithful pastor, and the body was laid to rest in the cemetery hard by his old church. Theodore Harris returned home Monday from Cincinnati, Ohio. WS tion of Good Thii when you visit our store for e culty is in choosing from such t is good in quality and taste, am what an infinite variety of Fresh car best Fat. Flour. ] js. Another barrel good N. i el, 5c each. Try them. Seve sh Potatoes. Nice lot country itoes at 10c can. Best blend )S, SEEDS,-Jui i is larger and better than cvei Seed Irish Potatoes, Cobbler, ] s of Onion Sets. Phone your ? Kimbre Vhere Quality Reign ^spasBsasBSBsasasasas; J .TMUfair W1 V $1.25 Per Tear. J STATE NEWS ARRANGED 1 FOR QUICK READING. I A sweeping investigation into freight rates in South Caiolina is contemplated by the railroad commission, which on Saturday ordered a conference on April 8 on the complaint of the State Freight Hate association against the 31 railroads of South Carolina alleging unfair and unjust discrimination in favor of North Carolina and against the shippers and people of lhi> State. At the instance of the Carolina National Hank of ( olumhia. a warrant was Thursday isstn d for Norman C. Creech, mcml er of the Legislature from Barnwell county, upon the allegation that a check for $10 said to have been drawn by Creech upon the Home Bank of Barnwell had been returned unpaid, bearing the notation "this party has i.o account with this bank." State Dispensary Auditor Mobley has announced the sales of liquors in the dispensary counties for the month of February. The aggregate sales were $305,081.36 and the operating ex penses were $16,610.42. Richland county, as usual, led the counties in the matter of sales, $72, 082 being the amount taken in at the dispensaries during February. Many prominent men of the State are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Great Council of Red Men for South Carolina, to be held at Rock Hill, Tuesday, April 14. Among the leading men of the State are included Governor Cole L. Blease, who is a past Great Sachem and is now a represeneative to the Great Council of the United States. s Thirty or more cases against Tom Harrison of Greenville on the charge of retailing were compromised the last week when Harrison through his attorney agreed to pay the city $1,400. Verdicts had already been secured against Harrison for more than $1,000. An elephant which escaped from a circus train said to have been wrecked on the Seaboard Air T .inf? wjjq Lrillo^t TV*m-o/Jo,? > ??? M?I?VU niui ouaj in the woods about six miles from Hartsville by a large party of men, who, in a long chase, used shotguns, rifles and axes in dispatching the beast. !5a5H5g5H5Hgg5a5H5a5H5agalB| ngs to Eat | verything we sell is Uj an immense variety [}J we have it. Just U{ meals you can have 'l' Jest Stone Jars, 1, 2, K 0. Molasses. Fresh Uj ral barrels extra fine Ijj ? 1 TT ? -I p-uuieu xiums. few g! Tea at 50c pound. jj >t In. jj U] r?both in bulk and K Bliss and Early Rose g! needs to No. 7. ft i >11 Co., s." I 11