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*$' v / Established in 1891. .. ' j ' SUMMARY OF W1 IN THE TROUBI Thursday. Information reached Washington that the Constitutionalists rand lluertistas at Tampico had united to oppose American operations. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American charge, left Mexico City for i Vera Cruz by special train. Gen. Gustavo Maas, former Mexican commander at Vera Cruz, reported to be moving against that city with strong reinforcements from Puebla. Four thousand Mexicans enlisted at a secret recruiting station at San Diego, Cal., for service below the border. The torpedo boat destroyer flotilla arrived at Tampico. Plans were made for the seizure at an early date of the railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico k City. Navy department issued state-1 ment showing that 05 battleships | f and 29,473 men were ready for ur> nffoptf nn Mpyirn Friday. First army movement in the Mexican Crisis was the departure from Galveston for Vera Cruz of ltOOOO soldiers forming the Fifth brigade of the First division. A refugee train carrying 150 Americans, 100 Germans and flOO Spaniards arrived at Vera Cruz from Mexico City. Orders to hold up all shipments of arms across the Mexican border were sent by the treasury department to all collectors of customs. Mobs in Mexico City trampled under foot the American Hag and threatened American residents of the city. Saturday. Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican city just across the border from Laredo, Texas, was dynamited and burned by Mexican Federal soldiers. Two Mexicans were killed in a skirmish between American and Mexican Federals. American marines occupied a radius of five miles around the city of Vera Cruz, in which normal conditions had been virtually restored. One hundred and twenty-six Mexicans had been killed since; the Americans landed at Vera Cruz. Americans dead, 17. Information from Vera Cruz to the effect that seven Americans ; were held prisoners at Cordoba, | and that four of the number were threatened with execution, j Francisco Villa, Rebel leader, ofntori fViof- Ko itifAii]/) nnt iicrhf i ovuvv U VMUI/ liv T? 1/U1VI nvv ( the United States. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, with his family arrived safely at Vera Cruz from Mexico City. Sunday. Administration receives and ac-1 cepts proposal of Chile, lira'/.il I and Argentina to mediate for a settl ementof American and Mexican differences. Admiral Fletcher issued orders that every man found carrying arms in Vera Cruz shall he shot. More than 100 American women and children taken from train by Mexican Federal soldiers between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and their fate unknown. Americans at interior points in great danger. Vera Cruz newspaper prints a despatch from Mexico City, telling of the execution there of four Americans. Citizens of Arizona appeal to war department for immediate despatch of soldiers to the Arizona border. Engineering officer goes from .^Washington to Vera Cruz to direct work for intended advance on Mexico City. Huerta refuses all protection ?' A 1 11 I 1 io Americans, allowing wnoiesaie looting at Cordoba. Three American railroad men ^ reported executed at Boledad, a station on the Mexican railway. War department has ready a eall for volunteers, including the National Guard, to be completed t as soon as the number of men is determined and the document is signed by the president. Zapata, a new Rebel chieftain, reported at Chapultepec with 20,000 solei<3rs ready to fight the United States. Monday. Spanish Ambassador Riano announced In Washington that he * J A I* . > *?' ?*.' * * The i ' Tif Hi -- -? EEK'S EVENTS r witu mcyim ^JU TT 1111 lTILi/\iW had received advices that Gen. Hucrta would accept the ofTer of Chile, Brazil an<l Argentina to use their good offices to bring about a settlement of the Mexican troubles. An outpost of Mexican Federals eight miles from Vera Cruz refused to permit the repairing of the telegraph lino from Vera Cruz to Mexico city. The line was repaired Sunday night. however. Reports stated that the west coast of Mexico whs quiet. After having, apparently, exhausted every other means of keeping order. Admiral Fletcher declared the city of Vera Cruz under martial law. Reports from the Mexican border were encouraging-, no antiAmerican demonstrations having been shown in the territory occupied by the Rebels. Secretary Garrison will not reveal the orders to the troops en route to Vera Cruz until their arrival in the city. Admiral Badger issued instructions that all American non-combatants leave the city of Vera Cruz by steamers then in the harbor. Tuesday. The tenseness of the Mexican situation was distinctly relieved Monday when the representatives of Argentina, Chile and Brazil, supported by the foremost powers of Europe, concentrated their efforts toward a pacific adjustment of the crisis. Huerta was reported as ready to accept the tender of good offices and was drafting a formal acceptance. The American Hag was raised in Vera Cruz at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon with formal ceremonies. Order prevailed in the city throughout the day. The note of peace sounded in the mediation negotiations proposed by the South American powers did not interfere with the preparations in Washington to send additional troops to Mexico. A refugee train which reached Vera Cruz early Monday carried many British. German and French residents, but only five Americans. Clement Declared Guilty. After having been out less than two hours the jury in the case of Clyde C. Clement and Miss Fleda Pendleton, who had been on trial at Spartanburg since late last week for the drowning of a baby, Monday night found Clement guilty of murder with a recommendation io ine mercy ot the court. Miss Pendletoti was found not guilty. A recommendation to mercy in this State means a sentence to life imprisonment. The baby, alleged to have been the daughter of the two defendants. was found in a millpond January el. Kach of the defendants accused the other of having thrown the child into the pond the night before from a bridge. They admitted having gone to the bridge together with the baby but each professed ignorance of the intention o^ the other. Loans on Real Estate. Announcement comes from Washington that all national banks, members of the new financial system, may legally make loans secured by real > estate, provided such real estate security is improved farm land ! I J I i uiieiicumutreu oy a prior nen. The property must be located in the same Federal reserve district as the bank making the loan; the loan must not exceed 50 per cent of the actual value of the property and be for s period not longer than five years. Death or an Infant. Leonidas, the infant son ol Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Spratt. whose illness of pneumonia was notec in The Times of last Thursday, died at the home of its parents ir Spratlville Wednesday afternoor at 4 ::t0 o'clock. The little one wai buried in the family plot in Nev Unity cemetery Thursday ai noon after services at the home by Rev. W. A. Hafner. Fori . FORT MILL I LOCAL DEMOCRATS READY I FOR COMING CAMPAIGN The Fort Mill Democratic club ! met Saturday afternoon at 4 o'- t clock in the town hall for the I purpose of electing officers for 1 the ensuing two years and dele- 5; pates to the approaching county ] convention. The meeting was t called to order by .1. II. Sutton ( and an election of officers was ^ entered into resulting as follows: j President, S. II. Fpps, Sr.. sec- ( retary-treasurer. S. W. Parks; ^ vice president. .1. H. Sutton. T. ' | S. Kirkpatriek, C. P. Blankenship and J. H. Sutton were ap- ! i pointed a nominating committee ( to recommend delegates and al- , ! ternates to the county convention | and reported as follows, the elec- j tion being by ballot: < Delegatos Alternates j P. (i. Kimbrell F. Nims I * Joe Lee Boyoe Bennett i 1 I William White Sam White ' J ' .1. L. Kimhrell Dallas, Kimbrell j Murray Mark Ira (i Sniythe i . Itob't Harris Thus. I.ytle B. C. Ferguson It. L. McKibben I W. Lee Hall C. S. Link ] 1 A. A. Bradford .1. H. Patterson | , S. W. Parks J. Lee Spratt i J. It. Haile W. H. Jones ' J. H. Sutton A. C. Sutton I : I r? c t> .? .. . v.- I . rence sang in a most effective manner "The Jacket of Gray." M iss Mary Williams, third vice i president of the State organizaI tion then introduced the State president. Miss Alice If. Earle, who delivered an address. Her | theme was co-operation. Nr. Hamilton a Candidate. . Of interest to many people in this section is the announcement, made through the Char' lotte Chronicle Monday, that Prof. Jackson Hamilton, princi? pal of the Pineville school, will 1 make the race for county super' intendent of education for; Mecklenburg county. Prof. Hamilton has not yet formally F announced his candidacy, but it * is stated that he and his friends i are actively engaged in working , in his behalf. i Prof. Hamilton is one of the t best known educators in this * section. He has taught in a r number of the best schools in t this section, including the Gold i Hill school, and his success as a teacher is well known. ... i . im'iiih'i i iH'ii iNivcns 1 W. (). Huiles .James Garrison ] C. I'. Biankenship W. I). Therrell | . W. H. Windle . S. L. Coltharp | S. H. Epps, Sr. J. G. Smith J. M. Armstrong Leo Armstrong 1 t For member of the York county Democratic executive committee, C. P. Blankenship was elected. S. H. Epps, Sr.. was recommended as a delegate to the State convention. The meeting ad- j journed without .instructions to members to the county convention. Of the f>0 or more present, administration men were largely j 1 in the majority. j | District Meet of the U. D. C. i Fort Mill was given over Thursday to the entertainment i of delegates representing the ' several chapters constituting the 1 Iiidge District of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Delegates from the 12 chapters < Degan to arrive Wednesday night I< and were entertained in the' homes of the members of the local chapter. The delegates with a number of out-of-town members paid a visit to Confederate Park in the '< morning for an inspection of the monuments there. Later they were given a reception in the 1 Masonic hall. At 1 o'clock the assemblage was ushered into the armory where a five-course lunch eon was served by the local chapter. The business session was called to order at 2 o'clock and opened ' with prayer, which was followed by an address of welcome to the town by Mayor A. R. McElhaney. A speech of welcome on behalf of the Sons of Veterans was delivered by W. R. Ardrey. which was followed by one on behalf' of the Daughters of the American Revolution delivered bv Mrs. Mary Mack Ardrey. Mrs. Nan! Thornwell Roach of Rock Hill, a member of Florence Thornwell , Chapter, welcomed the visitors on behalf of the local chapter. Answering these speeches of welcome. Miss Agnes Bryan of Winthrop College, respopded for for the district in a charming and well-delivered speech, following which Miss Blanche Law * . r Mi , S. C? THURSDAY, APRIL 5arris0n, "pug-nosed yankee," says blease Before an audience of 2.000 on he court house lawn at Spartan>urg Thursday night, Gov< rnor 31ease i!i a speech denounced secretary Garrison as a "little >ug-nosed Yankee." and de-1 lared he would never conin uni-' ate with him again until Mr. jarrison admitted he had treated I lim discourteously. The Gov-! rr.nr also paid his respects to j Mcrotary Daniels, saying he had proven him a "liar." Mr. Blease denied strongly, however, that lie was lighting he National Administration at Washington. The crowd hogged Governor Blease to name his choice for his successor. The Governor dedined to do so. but appealed to lis hearers to elect a Bleasite. So far as issues were concerned, Mr. Blease paid especial attention :o the proposed medical inspection of school children, comoulsory education and the moveiient to restrict, the use of the ballot in primary elections. He strongly opposed all three proposals. He advocated the Fortner hill to keep white teachers nit of negro schools. The crowd vigorously cheered :he Governor. New System of Cotton Culture. A onm ooctnultnw/* rv lit? ^Yoit iu \/i tuituii tiutui u, which lessens the danger of injury from the boll weevil, has been developed by the Bureau of Plant Industry which is In charge of cotton breeding. By the system it has been made possible to control the formation of the branches and to shorten the season required for the setting of the crop. The formation of the branches is controlled by an improved method of thinning. By leaving the plants closer together during the early stages the production of vegetative branches is avoided and larger numbers of bolls are developed on the lower fruiting branches of the main stalk of the plant. The method of later and more gradual thinning makes it possibe to leave more plants in the rows than is now customary, and yet injurious crowding is avoided because the vegetative branches are suppressed, instead of being allowed to grow up and smother the lower fruiting nvonnVinc urlmra norlir flrvu'Prc and bolls are produced. Earlier planting is a means of securing larger yields in regions where the period of crop production is limited either by short seasons or by the presence of the boll weevil. (Ireatly increased yields have been secured in this, even as high as 50 per cent. The Rureau of Plant Industry will supply free to cotton growers on application it* circular which describes this new system. Election of Teachers Completed. In a meeting Friday evening of the trustees of the Fort Mill schools, teachers for the intermediate and higher grades of the school were elected, completing the corps of teachers for the 1011-15 term. The board also found it necessary to elect a teacher for the third grade, the place having been made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. J. N. Atwater, who has accepted a position in the industrial school at Spartanburg. The names of the newly elected teachers will not be announced until acceptance from each has been re ceived by the board. VV. B. Meacham, secretary of the hoard, made report, after investigation by him, that the financial affairs of the school were in better shape than had been reported, and that when certain corrections had been made the finances would be in very good condition. An effort has been made by certain patrons to have the board add the eleventh grade, but no action was taken in this matter. Our Population. Continental United States now has a population of more than 98.000,000 people, while the country with its possessions is peopled with more than 109,000,000 persons, the census bureau announced Monday. % ? 4 T T 1 30, 1914. HOMES OF Hi'sidi'nrc of ('. S. Burglarized a Store. Entering the front door through an opening made by shattering a large plate glass, thieves Monday night burglarized the store of the Parks Drug company, corner of Main and Confederate streets. That the store was entered sometime between midnight and morning, is known from the fact that an employee of the firm had occasion to enter the house shortly after 11 o'clock Monday night and at that timel | everything inside remained as it was at the close of the day's business. The thieves opened the cash register and from this secured about two dollars in small change. An attempt to open the safe in the rear of the) building was made, but in this! the burglars were unsuccessful. A number of tools were taken from a nearby drawer and with these the combination dial on the safe was twisted and battered in such a manner that the lock refused to work when tried Tuesday morning by employees of the store. It is believed that the parties who committed the crime are Fort Mill people, since, it is pointed out, that a stranger would not have known where to find the tools with which the1 safe was attacked. There is. however, no clue as to the' thieves up to this time. Mr. Oldham's Mother Dead. Fort Mill friends of Mr. and Mrs. .lesse M. Oldham, of Cliar; lotte, will regret to learn of the A1- _ c w * /-vi n * i ueani 01 ivir. umnanv.s moinor, I Mrs. T. ?I. Oldham, which ocI curred Sunday night at her home I near Mebane, N. C. She was I 72 years of age and, although I she had been an invalid for several years, her condition did not become acute until a few days before her death. [B|5H5H5agB5a5a5H5B5H5a5H5a? FOI jfl Big shipment of the ne m have just received some < g marked at Special BARG Cj the choicest articles befo 1 Ladies' ar C{ We have these in all s C ty patterns, prices, 90c, i | Children's Rea Cj Some Special Values h jj from 2 to 14 years, do nc 1 We have a large assori I Gingham, only 50c, 96c, Never before has our s most any quality or size the very newest shades c Shepherd Plaids. New assortment Messa value for only $2.00. Also new shipment Gi E. W. "\ 1 iaiSB5a5B5HsesBSB5B5?sa^a PlMES. FORT MILL. . fc II?I .T I i I Link. Whitf ? ;i?rt. . Health Board Assumes Duty. The newly appointed local board of health the last week assumed its duties after organization by the election of Dr. .1. H. Klliott as president and Dr. A. Theo. Neely as secrrtary. Several sanitary rules were adopted and submitted to council which enacted same into ordinances and ordered them published in The Times. These ordinances appear in another column of this issue of the paper. The members of the new board are active and aggressive, and it is the belief that the sanitary condition of the town will be greatly improved under their direction. Hog Attacks Child. A horrible accident occurred about ten days ago in the Bethany section of York county, when .lames Mack and his wife loft their three-months-old child in their home and went to a nearby field to work. While the parents were away, a hog pushed the door open and went in the house, pulling the baby from the bed and chewing both hands oil* and one arm to the elbow. A passerby heard the screams and rushed to the rescue of the child. At last reports the child was in a very serious condition. For Raising War Revenue. Administration leaders have already laid plans for raising war revenue in case the army has to go to Mexico. The first measure planned would impose a stamp tax on checks and legal documents similar to that invoked timing the Spanish war; would tax sweet wine and j rectified brandies and probably beer. According to the estimate this measure would net the treasury about $1U>.000,000 a year. rasa sasa sasa H saga sasasasa * SA west and coolest wearing ap excellent values in Ready-to-w AIN P rices. Make your selcc re someone else beats you to tl id Misses' Hous< izes Ironi 34 to 44, both in Gir 51, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2. dy-to-Wear Dresses?Bo ere in Children's Dresses in Gi >t fade, prices only 25c, 50c. 65 tment of Boys' Wash Suits, a and $1.50. Ladies7 Skirts dock of Ladies' Skirts been mo you may want, in either Serge >f blue, also many beautifully Petticoats. iline Petticoats in melrose, blu ngham and Sateen Petticoats a Kimbre Vhere Quality Reign sgsBsasasasBsasBsagasasasi * jjL tl ^ Per Year. arranged READING. lieutenant ;cov, i nor litis suntntor. <- ?oA Lancaster*county woman has been lined ten dollars for alleged false statements concerning: tlie ago of a child whom she was puttiny: to work in a cotton mill. The Spartanburg Herald has raised a considerable fund for the defense of Fleda Pendleton, the young woman jointly charged with ('Iviln <' ('lomont tho murder of their infant. The encampment of the Southern militia, which was to have been held at Charleston, will be held at Atlanta, it is reported. At the request of Mayor Barringer, of Florence. Surgeon General Blue has issued an order detailing one of the experts of the public health service to conduct a medical inspection in that city for treachoma. tuberculosis, tonsilitis and adenoids. William 11. Townsend of the Columbia bar has been appointed State reporter by the supreme court for a term of four years. He will assume his duties May I. V. B. Cheshire, of Anderson, announces that he has decided not to make the race for Congress from the Third district. Upholding the board of trustees and the county and State boards of education, the supreme court of South Carolina has rendered a decision that three children of Marlboro, described as not being of pure Caucasian blood, should not be allowed to attend the white school of Dalcho district. Card of Thanks. In behalf of Florence Thornwell chapter, U. 1). C., 1 wish to thank the citi'/.ens of Fort Mill who so liberally and enthusiastic1 1 ir ooolot/^/l !%> K? ||||,V n.-inuncu 111 Ult' ClllCl IUIIIment of the Iiidge District conference. Mrs. R. F. Grier, President. LEM parol for Summer. We Jfl ear Goods which we have n] tions NOW. so as to get fj] hem. K e Dresses. lgham and Percale, dain- [} K p ys' Wash Suits. g ingham and Percale, sizes G ?c and $1.00. 11 sizes, in Galatea and 17 3 ru P n re complete. We have al- g s, Voiles or Poplins, in {] made by us in Black and [Q a a e, green, black, a $2.75 K B t Special Prices. j{J ill Co., 1 s" in ' J