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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3 keg nice, fat Macker
0 eating Sweet and Iri
g more cases 15c Toma
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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.
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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
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Vhere Quality Reign
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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.
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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,?
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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.
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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
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ral barrels extra fine Ijj
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p-uuieu xiums. few g!
Tea at 50c pound. jj
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