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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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WILL SEIZE TAMPICO
AND VERACRUZ PORTS
Following the flat refusal of
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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
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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
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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.
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HOMES OF 1
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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.
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? A bequest of $100 for the
care of her canary bird is provided
for in the will of Mrs. Minerva
Strong, in Lake Oscawanna.
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? 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."
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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
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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.
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?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