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/ y r \ Established ig-1891. STATE MEWS ARRAMED I FOR QUICK READIR6. J. A. Hunter, of Bamberg:, has entered the race for lieutenant governor. The grand lodge, Knights of rythias, will meet at Chester on May 26 and 27. Special trains will be operated and excursion rates have been granted by the railroads. O. H. Winges, a planter of St. Matthews, has just sold his last year's cotton crop of 533 bales, averaging 473 pounds each, for $32,939.40, to an Augusta firm. Three companies of State mililitia failed to pass at the recent inspection, namely: Company B, First infantry; company K. Third infantry, and the second company, coast artillery. Physicians of Florence state that the mortality rate among infants in that city has been decreased 50 per cent, on account of the pnilk and food inspection. Judge Prince has refused to mandamus Comptroller Jones in the friendly suit brought by The State company to require the payment of printing bills against tpe state 01 south Carolina. Senator Smith has secured a favorable report on the amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill, setting aside $100,000 for the placing of standard grading systems at local cotton markets. The Second regiment, National Guard of South Carolina, is ready for service in mexico, if war is declared, according to a letter addressed to Governor Blease as commander-in-chief by A. E. Legare, colonel. "We will be ready at any time," wrote Col. Legare. Truck farmers in the vicinity of Greenville are in a high state of expectancy over prospects for a big business this spring. They will be'irarketing peas and berries in a few weeks, while lettuce. onions, cabbage, and other vegetables are already reaching that market from suburban districts. Every one of the nine colleges in the State composing the South Carolina Intercollegiate Contest association will be represented at the annual contest to be held in Rock Hill Friday, April 24th. ?: The express companies doing business in this State have been instructed to furnish copies of their proposed revision of rates to become effective in South Carolina, the same to be passed upon by the railroad commission and various commercial organizations which will meet In joint session on May 3rd. An election has been ordered in Jasper county on the first ^ -? / Tuesday in May upon the question of issuing $40,000 in bonds for the erection of a court house and jail. Jasper is the baby county in the State. ^Atlantic Coast Line is calling for bids on a large round house to be erected at Florence. The plans call or the largest round house in the South, which means that Florence will continue to be the terminal point of the A. C. L. lihes. / m m -m Columbians are taking much interest in the municipal election May 5th, at which a mayor and two members of city council are to be elected. Mayor Uibbes is standing for reelection and is opposed by Councilman F. S. Earle ^ and Dr. L. A. Griffith. According to a statement made State Superintendent J. R. OTrearingen, about $20,000 will ,Ka available this year for aiding ties to erect new school L . jHSBwpaiKn of 1914 may be % aaiWpBff* opened. Candidates for jMnar have been announcing SHHhtforms in the public printafeXfl^BU general activity oloitff jBBHfcal ^nes seems tc have l3&d- At least foui ?f thsefl^Hfe8 f?r governoi have giveiflNHHf *r formal platforms, and^ftBte^xpected thai others will ancl stat< the issum they wil ask the votes this summer.' nrn The mikin ?tara? a* j? aa * rauiu . IVUULHR'i yuflE uyvfr: LOSES THE ENCAMPMENT "Blease is not coming down, and he did not come down before," said Gov. Cole L. Blease, in a letter Sunday morning to Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison, replying to the latter's ultimatum over the maneuver camp. "At the request of cer> tain parties, I ask you to allow the encampment to be held within the State of South Carolina but at what point I have no suggestion to make. If this is satisfactory to you. all well and good; if it is not, the encampment will have to be held elsewhere," says the Governor. Governor Blease insists that he was treated discourteously by the Secretary of War in the arrangements for the maneuver encampment and refuses to withdraw that statement and says that he can place it only upon the ground that he had been maliciously misrepresented to the Secretary of War. Speaking of the statement attributed to Mr. Garrison that the Governor "mustcome down" the letter of Governor Blease says: "Blease is not coming down, and he did not come down before as the records show, and I can hardly believe, sir, that a man holding the high position that you do would have used this slang attributed to you, and I must believe that you have been misrepresented by the reporter who sent out this statement." The Governor denies that he has ever objected to the encampment being held in this State or that he stated that he did not propose to have troops of other States brought into South Carolina without his being consulted. He says that the only possible construction of that portion of his letter was that the South Carolina troops could not attend the encampment without his permission. > The Governor declines to select any site in the State for the encampment, only asking that it come ro South Carolina. The letter lays emphasis on the statement that it was a proper courtesy for the Secretary of War to have consulted the Governor in the matter and says he was ignored by everybody connected with it, the United States Senators, Congressmen, Secretary of War, Chief Division Militia Affairs. He assures the Secretary of War that the people of the State would be pleased to have the encampment here but, "I do not believe there is one who would want it at a sacrifice of the dignity of the Governor of the State," he says. He declines to withdraw the statement-that he was treated discourteously until Mr. Garrison disclaims any such intention towards him. The Governor says that he can only draw the conclusion that political enemies of his are endeavoring to persuade the Secretary of War to take the encampment to some other State in order that they might say it was his fault and thereby injure him politically. Information from Washington Monday was to the effect that the maneuver camp next summer for regular troops and the militia of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida will be located outside of South Carolina because of Governor Blease's failure to comply with demands made' by Secretary Garrison. The secretary had driven Blease until Monday morning to disavow all previous statements on the subject and to invite the war department to have the maneuvers on the Isle of Palms, but instead of such compliance Mr. Garrison received a telegram from Governor Blease saying he was sending a special , delivery letter on the subject. , Mr. Garrison's announcement ' that the camp would go to one , of the other three states fob 'r lowed. 1 Card of Thanks. I wish to return thanks to ni> friends and neighbors who wer< so kind to me and my family J during the illness and death o1 j my beloved wife. I trust thai 1 God's richest blessings may resl i on each and every one of them. E. S. Parks. For FORT MIL! Primary Teachers Elected. A meeting of the board of trustees of the Port Mill schools was held on Wednesday night of , last week at which the following 1 teachers for the primary grades were reelected for the 1914-15 term: First grade, Miss Minnie Garrison; second grade, Miss Susie White; third grade, Mrs. J. N. Atwater; fourth grade, I Miss Isabel Grier: fifth crade. i 1 Miss Gwineth Bratton. These teachers have not as yet notified the board as to whether they will accept the places, but it is expected that such notice will be forthcoming within a few days. Teachers for the higher grades will be named at a meeting of the board to be held later. As stated in these columns last | week. Professor Coats has aci cepted the superintendency of the school for another term. A matter which is causing grave concern with the board of trustees is a shortage of funds with which to run the school. The special two-mill levy for this purpose does not bring in a large amount as was expected and at present, it is said, there is a deficit of several hundred dollars in the school fund. VV. B. Meacham, secretary of the board, was in Yorkville a few days ago investigating the matter through the books of the pnnn Hr anrlifnw if ici V>nn/>/l I wvaiitjr nuuibUl ailU It 1*3 IIUJJCU that some means of supplying additional money for the school will be discovered. Uncle Sam's Fighting Force. The regular United States army has available for immediate service about 65,000 men of all arms. This does not include the 20,000 members of the coast artillery nor the soldiers on duty in the Philippines, Hawaii and the Canal Zone. Within a month after hostilities were I declared this force probably could be increased by recruits and drafts upon coast artillery to 80,000 without any impairment of efficiency. In addition lo the regular army there are something like 120,000 members of the National Guard of the various States, all equipped and ready for service, who could if necessary be landed on Mexican soil within two weeks. This would give the United States a fighting force of something like 200,000 men, without calling for volunteers from its citizenship. There are at present 10,000 infantrymen at Texas City and Galveston, and they will provide the first army of invasion, if war ! is declared. One day's notice 1 would see them on transports i bound for Vera Cruz, and the | same notice would see every sol j dier on the continent en route to j the border. Holds McLanrin Responsible. i While in Columbia Saturday, Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, candidate for governor, said that I it was not he but another candi-; date, John L. McLaurin, of I Bennettsville, who had injected j into the gubernatorial race the issue of "Bleaseism." Mr. | ' Manning quoted from an inter-j ; view of Mr. McLaurin's, pub| lished a few days ago. in which the Marlboro candidate said Mr. j Manning had drawn the factional lines. Mr. Manning said he had taken the position that he would not resognize factional lines unless forced to do so. Weather for the Week. The national weather bureau at Washington Sunday night issued a bulletin in which it was J forecasted that the Atlantic j States would experience fair weather principally during the present week. Cool weather was the forecast for the first ! lew days, with warmer weather i by the middle of the week. For 1 the South Atlantic States the '; forecast was for fair weather j | after Monday. Mrs. P. C. Nicholson Dead. JI The Rock Hill Herald of J Thursday contained the information of the death in that city Thursday of Mrs. P. C. Nichol' son, who, with her husband formerly resided in this city. Mrs. Nicholson had been unwell r for several days, but her death I* was unexpected and was a great t shock to members of her family I and friends. She is survived by her husband and six small children. v7 miii, ui w - . >. A M r Mi 1 'nr?. - ===== IKC.^THIJBSDiAY, APRIL ii i?i>i i ' ? WILL SEIZE TAMPICO AND VERACRUZ PORTS Following the flat refusal of r> r> :j ? a tt 1. a._ x ivviaiuuai rrcaiueui nuerut lu properly apologize for the arrest of American marines at Tampico recently, the United States will immediately take charge of the customs houses at Tampico and Vera Cruz on the east coast of Mexico. This was the decision reached by President Wilson Monday night al ter a meeting of his cabinet in the afternoon and a joint session of Congress Monday night. When the president was asked if he considered the plans for seizure of Tampico and Vera Cruz an act of war he replied he did not and referred to the Greytown precedent in which that Nicaraguan town was destroyed as an act of reprisal by British warship. It is believed that the naval force now in Mexican waters is sufficient to effect the seizure of the ports, but should resistence be given by the Mexicans, the American boats will be rein forced by the arrival there on \X7 n Atrial A ?? 4-U\ t-lnMii/t y* y-% w? cuucauoj ui IIIC ntiamiv; iicci, which has been en route for several days. No orders have been issued to the army to move toward Mexico, but arrangements are complete for such a movement and the regular troops of the nation would be on their way withfn 24 hours, should such an order be given. That a war may follow the seizure of the Mexican ports is admitted in administration circles, but the hope is expressed that matters can be brought to an amicable settlement between the two governments. Estimates by the war department put the armed forces of the Huerta government at 40.000, scattered throughout the country. Death of Estimable Woman. Mrs. Mary Mangrum Parks died at her home on Clebourn street Thursday night at 9:30 o'clock, afte^ an illness extending more than two years. She was in her 33rd year. Mrs. ParksJ'was the wife of Mr. E. Springs Parks, a well known merchant of Fort Mill. She was an earnest and consistent member of St. Johns Methodist church, and a woman of most lovable character and influence. The funeral, conducted by the Rev. W. A. Hafner. assisted by Rev. S. P. Hair, was held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late home of the deceased, after which the interment! was made in New Unity cemetery. Mrs. Parks was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Mangrum. of Rock Hill. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. Misses Beulah and Ruth. There are also surviving a number of sisters and a brother. Mrs. Parks had been in ill health for many months and during the last ten days her condition became critical. Her death, therefore, was not unexpected. Governor Volunteers for War. j Governor Blease Sunday night wired President Wilson offering : the services of the entire National Guard of South Carolina and as many other men as are needed for service in Mexico or any where that the President may desire to send them. The Governor says when the call comes to go to war he will head the troops in person. White House Wedding Hay 7. President and Mrs. Wilson an| nounced Friday that the wedding 1 of their youngest daughter. Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, and I IITMIJ 1?- * .1 VY Mliam iVlCAUOO WOUia taK place on Thursday, May 7. The announcement from the White House giving: the date of the wedding also said: "In accordance with . the wishes of Miss Wilson and Mr. McAdoo, the wedding will be very small. Only the vice president and Mrs. Marshall, the cabinet and the | immediate fnembers of the twc families are to be present." Don't forget the precinct meet ing of Fort Mill Democrats Saturday afternoon in the town hall. LL 1 33,1B14. HOMES OF 1 4?<?st^HRnK * Residence of A. L. Pai SOME ODD INCIDENTS IN THE WEEK'S NEWS. ? While attempting to crimp her hair with a hot iron, Evelyn J Bergen, aged 5, of Ossining, set fire to the home of her aunt, 1 Mrs. Elmer Calkins, and was probably fatally burned. ? Despite the fact that half of one of its sides was blown off. the torpedo boat Aylwin was towed safely into port at Norfolk, Va., without losing a man. ? Fearing his pet cat would explode after it had licked up a quantity of turpentine in New York, Adolf Grotta shot and killed it. ?"All persons who complain of sickness should be sent to jail, because they have com- J mitted a breach of the laws of nature," declared Charles Mun ler in a neaun lecture in rsoston. i ? Charles F. Weston, an an amateur actor in Washington, , D. C., was almost killed while ' rehearsing a "hanging" when ' invisible wires on the gallows that supported his weight broke. Weston's neck was badly j bruised. ? Declaring in a note that he ; lacked business daring, Christ Wolf, a wealthy Ch'cago mer- 1 chant, ended his life. "I have l had a yellow streak all my life," ! he wrote. "Cremate my worth- : less body and scatter the ashes 1 to the breezes." ? Because his wife served stew beef for weeks at a time, Henry C. Bolz sued for a separation in New York. The couple have been married 22 years. ? A lease held by a "quick 1 lunch" room in New York has blocked the erection of a 20-story : $4,000,000 skyscraper until 101S. ? Felix Grigatis, a steel worker, was arrested in Gary, Ind., because he was trying to force 1 his wife to join him in drinking whiskey from a bottle that also contained two young snakes. falsBsasasasHSHSgsgsagHSHsas I Smart It can't be hidden. Sli Cj uncomfortable. All our 1 ru men and Children are mo u]| comfortable, and we alwa 3 comfortable fit. ml Inspect our array of SB m Styles, brimming full of S I Ml] 131 Why pay two prices fo i Jjj| the same hat for one-half | IS Spring Hat. She will be ml taste and can save you so |r!| Just see us before you 1 E. W. 1 "v iBEgasBsasasBSBsasBsasasBj \ t 9 v3 ? ? A bequest of $100 for the care of her canary bird is provided for in the will of Mrs. Minerva Strong, in Lake Oscawanna. N. Y. ? The stork delayed a train enroute for Pittsburg 17 minutes. ? Dan'l Ferguson coming home late in Stony Point. N. Y.. took off his shoes so as not to awaken his wife. Climbing the stairs he ran a needle in his foot and now has blood poisoning. A Pittsburg man who has already been in jail four years for non-payment of alimony, is now threatened with a workhouse sentence unless he pays up. ? Dwight Phillips. 12, showing his mother how he could use a new bat and hall in Bardonia, N. Y., batted the hall into her face, breaking her nose and eyeglasses and knocking her unconscious. ? The best sleighing of the year is reported between Dexter and Guilford and Dover, Maine. There are two feet or more of snow on the level. ? Lightning ran down a chim-j ney and started a fire in the open I grate which George Jessup was j trying to light, in Collingswood. j N. J. Three members of the fam-' ily were shocked. Mrs Lena Israel is suing her. father. Isaac Goldman, in NewYork. to recover $5,001) damages for a whipping he gave her four! years ago, when she was single. Mrs. ,1. B. Brown asks for divorce in Chigao, alleging that her husband once became angry and spanked her. Rev. B. H. Fleming rode at the head of a fleet of automobiles in the village of May wood. 111., and, aided by a megaphone, : awakened sleepy voters and! urged them to vote early for the I "drys." asa sasa sasa 5H sasa srasasasra Summei Foi ppers that do not fit you pro Hew Spring and Summer Oxl'c ulded on natural loot-lasts, ys take special pains to see tl [art summer footwear ;nap. I I ITVTC ULill^l lli. r your Spring Hat. when wc c the price? Talk to our Misi glad to arrange your hat to s >me money, buy. Kimbrc yhere Quality Reign iasasSasBsasBsasasasasBSi $1.25 Per Tear. 1 ' m NEW PASSENGER RATES EFFECTIVE MAY FIRST Readjustment of the passenger rates on ail interstate rnilronde in the United States, in conform it.v with the lone and short-haul nrovision of the law, under orders of the interstate commerce commission, will become effective May 1. The tariffs filed hv 'he roads with the commission indicate a material fare reduction, particularly from imoortnrt terminals and rate-basing points" to intermediate points. Officials of the cnmmi?c:or\ after an analysis of the tariff-, estimate that "95 per cent, of the chancres in fares will he reductions" and five per cent, increases. In such advances as are | \ A % * maae me increases are where traffic to intermediate points is so great as to effect seriously the revenues of the roads. Soon after the enactment of the long and short-haul provision the commission ordered the carriers to readjust their passenger fares, but postponed the effective date ??f its order pending a supreme court decision in the Minnesota rate case and other cases involving the rights of States to fix rates. Later the supreme court upheld the authority of States to make rates, and the commission directed the roads to readjust their passenger fares bv Mav 1. Trains Change Schedule. There was a slight change in the running time of trains Nos. 113 and 114 on last Sunday. Under the new schedule train No. 113 leaves Charlotte at 11:!^. arriving Pineville at 11:46: FortNv Mill. 11:57: Rock Hill. 12:15. X Train No. 114 leaves Rock Hill at 11:10; arrive Fort Mill at 11:35; Pineville 11:46, and Charlotte at 12:20. Local Pletters Before County Board. At a meeting Thursday of the county board of assessors in session, in lorKviue, a motion, which carried, was made that the Catawba Power company's lines in Fort Mill township be assessed at .$500 per mile for a single line; that school district No. 39 be allowed six miles double lino, or $6,000, and that district No. 28 be allowed two miles single lino or $1,090, and the balance bo allowed to go to District No. 20. The county board sustained the Fort Mill board in their assessment of the property of Miss Mary O'Connell, in this city. Postmaster L. L. Downs, of Pineville, was among the visitors to Fort Mill Sunday. i5H5a5H5ii5H5gsa555B5gSasaB otwear | pcrly will always look |nj >rds for Ladies, Gentle- Jjjj making them perfectly nl lat you get a perfectly jj a jj ?the last word in Spring jj RY j D an very likely sell you jj s Coats about your new G uit your own individual jg ill Co., I s." 1 t ? riMRS. ^ORTMILI | rks, Faulkner street. ?Miss Sophronia Lowe. 65. who lost her voice following a heavy cold last Thanksgiving in Rockport, Mass.. saw a man in i her home and from that instant her sneeeh u-.-ts