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1 4 ' % K ' % np, ' / ii- . Established in 1891. STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Two new candidates arc spoken of for attorney general, either one of whom would make a good one?Julius E. Boggs, of Anderson, and A. G. Brice, of Chester. J as. A. McKee, said to be the last survivor in this State of the Palmetto regiment of the Mexican war of 1846-47, died at his home in Pickens county, aged 00 years. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Christy of Norway. Orangeburg county, got hold of some water with fly-paper poison in it Thursday and drank it. and died a few hours later. ur. damson Williams, a well known young dentist of Wagener, Aiken county, has been bound over to the circuit court on a charge of slandering Miss Emma Garvin, assistant postmaster at Wagener. Two blcoded horses, the property of J. N. Kirven, of Darlington county, were struck and killed by lightning Friday. The horses had won many blue ribbons at the State fairs. Joshua W. Ashley, member of the house of representatives from Anderson county, has suffered a third stroke of paralysis and is seriously ill as a result. Mr. Ashley- some weeks ago announced his intention to run for the State senate. At the annual meeting of the York County Rural Carriers' > * association held at Yorkville Saturday, officers were elected for the ensuing: year and deleprates named to the State convention, which meets in Spartanburg:, July 4. According: to the best information available it is understood that the street car line in Rock Hill will be extended down Elm avenue to Clinton institute. An official of the company stated that extension would shortly be made, but he could not tell just what section of the city would be benefitted. W. U. Mund.v, of Abbeville, succumbed to a stroke of paralysis Thursday night as he was being carried home in an automobile. Mr. Mundy was a Confederate veteran attending the reunion at Anderson. His death was the only one among the veterans. Because of the continued drouth and the excessive amount of water being used for sprinkling. etc.. Mayor Rarringer. of Florence, has issued - a notice calling on the citizens to conserve the snnnlv n? mnrli n? possible. "We are pumping night and day and can hardly keep enough water on hand for fire purposes." states the notice. Work of erecting the stables, barns and storehouses for the city of Orangeburg is progressing rapidly and as soon as this work is completed plans will go iorwarci tor remodeling the present city hall. The office of the city clerk will be on the first floor for the convenience of the public. Meeks Griffin, Thomas Griffin, Nelson Brice and John Crosby, negroes, must pay the death penalty at some date, to be fixed by the Chester county court, for the murder of John Q. Lewis, who was killed in his home 10 miles from Chester in April of 101 J?. The supreme court, in a decision by Chief Justice Gary, affirmed the sentence of death imposed by the Chester court. HE F< * Abstract of New R I for Voting The State Democrati< clared existing rolls of and void. Democrats must reenr hook of the club district in order to vote in the p White Democrats. 21 ; ^ whr will reach that age oral election) who have lina for two years, in th before the general elec. district C>0 days before t tion are entitled to eni r??IL The book of en roll met 4 ic club in the State will ? rotary of the club on < Tuesday in dune, I'd 14. Democrats who wish vote in the primary eh themselves in person t 4 sign the roll, giving the i oostotfice address, and s of their house where the In case he is unahle t for enrollment must ni hook of the club district and the secretary will | ^ hook. Notice will be given of the names of the sec ? where books of enrol In The books of enrollm filed with the clerks < i Tuesday in July. Mr. J. C. Hughes Dead. Mr. .). Charlton Hughes, a well known resident of Fort Mill, died Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at his home on Confederate street, after an illness extending over several years. The an- j nouncement of the death of Mr. I Hughes came as a great shock j to his friends, few of whom' knew that his illness had reached the critical stage. The burial j was made Monday morning in! the family plot in New Unity' cemetery, this city, after services at the home by the Rev. W. A. Hafner. Mr. Hughes was 47 years of age and is survived by his mother. Mrs. Rebecca Mills, a sister. Miss Loma Hughes, and a brother. Mr. T. M. Hughes of Lancaster. Resides these, the deceased is survived by a large number of relatives in this com! munit.v and the county. He was j a life-long member of the Pres' byterian church and a wide circle of friends will regret to learn of his death. Militia May Not Take Part. Objection having been expressed by the governor Friday, it is probable that the three regiments of the National Guard of South Carolina will not participate in the instruction camp to be held this summer in Augusta. The objection was stated in a letter from the governor to W. W. Moore, adjutant general. Adjutant Gen. Moore received the following letter from the governor yesterday: "1 am in receipt of a communication from you. transmitting communication signed 'W. A. Simpson.' requesting information regarding the joint encampment <>i instruction to l>e held near Augusta, Ga.. for the I : troops of the Ninth militia I division from July 10 to August 12, 1914, inclusive. You request; me to advise you at once whether I it is my intention 'to have thej National Guard of this State participate in these instructions on I the dates mentioned.' "In reply, 1 beg to say that, in view of the present Mexican situation. 1 do not think the South Carolina troops should' leave the State to participate in! this encampment. If the ponce conference now being held should result satisfactorily, 1 will then take the matter up for further consideration. --The State. i / 1 ' . ' v.." " I ORT ] FOKT MILL, S. C., THU ; | equirements in the Primaries ? : convention has de- ? ( Democratic clubs null * ? t oil themselves on the ( in which they reside , rimary next August. I , years of agre (or those ( before the next jren lived in South Caro- j e county six months * tion and in the club ^ , he tirst primary elec ollment on the club 7 , * it for each Democrat he opened by the sec- + >r before the second ^ to enroll in order to * actions must present o the secretary and iv atre, occupation and + street and the number ^ \se desijyiations exist, o write, the applicant iake his mark on the in which he resides, nit his name on the + A by county chairman retaries of clubs and lent are to he opened, ent will he closed and if court on the last Seriously Injured in Fall. Edward Durham, an attache of the .Ino. R. Smith shows j which filled a week's engagement in this city the last week, was dangerously wounded Saturday night when he leaped from the top of a 75-foot ladder into a net below. Those who saw ' Durham make the leap stated that he apparently made the j descent in his usual manner, but when he attempted to rise from the net he was unable to move himself ffom the waist down ! The injured man soon lapsed into a semi-conscious condition and remained in this state until Sunday afternoon when he was taken to a Charlotte hospital for treatment. There was no improvement yesterday in the man's condition. Durham stated that his home was in Gaffney. Yorkville Elects New Mayor. In the municipal election at Yorkville Thursday J. C. Wilborn defeated W. M. McConnell for may by a vote of, 134 to 73. Aldermen elected in the same [ election were VY. S. Dickson, j ward 1: .J. G. Dickson, ward 2; i T. W. Speck, ward 3; A. T. ; Hart, wavd 4: S. S. Sandifer, ; ward 5; C. F. Sherrer, ward 6. The Evils of Whiskey. Dr. Henry Smith Williams, an eminent New York specialist in nervous and mental diseases, in summing; up his investigations concerning alcohol and its effects, says that it should Jet alone for the following reasons: "1. That you are tangibly threatening the physical structures of your stomach, your liver. your Kidneys, your heart, your blood vessels, your nerves, your brain: "2. That you are unequivocally decreasing your capacity for work in any field, be it physical, intellectual or artistic. 4\S. That you are in some measure lowering the grade of your mind, dulling your higher esthetic sense, and taking the finer edge off your morals; "4. That you are distinctly lessening your chances of maintaining health anil attaining long life; and. "f?. That you are entailing upon your descendants yet unborn a bond of incalculable misery " ' ' Mill BSDAY. 1914. WATERWORKS CONTRACT WENT TO GEORGIA MAN Frank Moore, of Cordele. Ca., { ivill lay the water mains for J Fort Mill's water system, while ^ the Chicago Bridge and Iron j jompany will erect the big ? storage tank. The awarding of ( hese contracts were made Fri- < lay at a meeting of the com- < nissioners of public works, when I [he bids of nine competing con- 1 tractors were opened. There 5 were no less than 25 representa- 1 lives of the nine contracting >firms on hand when the bids were 1 opened. The commission put in the entire afternoon and sev- : eral hours of the evening inves- ; tigating the bids and conferring with the bidders. The contract ; for the laying of the water mains was finally awarded to Frank Moore, of Cordele, (ia.. whose bid of $8,-115 was the lowest received. The firm of Porter & : Boyd, of Charlotte, was the next lowest bidder, its hid being $8,718. The bids of the other contractors ranged up to $10,2119.50. The contract for the erection of a steel tank of 100.000 gallons capacity was awarded the Chicago Bridge and Iron company, the contract price being $11,139. This tank probably will he located at a point on Ardrey's hill, west of the railroad station, and is to he mounted on a steel tower 75 feet in height. Both contracts call for the completion of the work by the first of September. H. L. .laudon. of Savannah, (la., has been employed as consulting and supervising engi-1 neer. As to the water mains, it is understood that 8-inch pipe will be laid through Main street, while on the side streets 6-inch pipes will be used. The Catawba a Popular Resort. During the past two weeks the exceedingly hot weather has stimulated much interest in the attractions olVered by oll'ered by Catawba river and picnics and bathing parties have been almost daily occurrences. lalsagasHsasgSHsasEsnasasBgsE 1 Ami a I Mr. Man. arc much n dressed in our "B. V. D." sizes made up in the new will keep you. We have all the New line before you buy, and ; m G jj Our RALSTON and ?= dressers." Ralston and I lq to the men who pride the jjj dressed. Our Spring mod jjj well within the limits of ni Kalstons and Hermans all I TRY A PAIR?S3.50 New Brand new shipment Arrow Collars jnst in. V find they have on these p Let u< E. W. i "v lalsasasasBsasasasasasa^al Timi Campaign Itinera.y Announced. A 4. 1- ?->. nuinjiiinciiif 111 w;i.s uuiue r rt-1 lay that the State Uemocratic executive committee had completed arrangements for the summer campaign and had announced schedules for the meetings of the Congressional and Stato campaign parties. The campaign for State candidates ivi 11 open at Sumter on Wednesday, June 17. while the Senatorial party will hold its initial meeting at St. Matthews on the tame date. The campaign will . lose on Thtnsda.v August 20. iust a few days before the first primary election. The Senatorial candidates will nddress the voters ot York county it Yorkville on Thursday. July 2. The date for the candidates for State utlices at Yorkville is Thursday, August t?. - o Goes to Gaflney School. Fort Mill people generally will i>v nunrMoi in ine announcement from Yorkville that Prof. J. Harvey Witherspoon, formerly superintendent of the public schools of this city, has accepted the supcrin tendency of the schools at (.iatl'ney, and will move to that city from Yorknille in the near future. Mr. VVitherspoon left Port Mill about six years ago to take charge of the Yorkville school, and as a result of his labors there the school has gained a widespread reputation for thoroughness in every department. According to a bulletin issued from tlu? yonsus department at Washington on Monday continental United States now has a population of more than 08,000.000 people while the country with its possessions is peopled with more than 100.000,000 persons, the census bureau announced Monday. Census experts have calculated that the population of continental United States on July I. 101 I. will be 08,781,221. as against 01,072.200 on April lf?, 1010, when the last census was taken. For the United States and its possessions they estimated the population this July will be 1(19,021,992, compared with 101,748,269 in 1910. iaga saga SBSH g2 SHSH ra^sas isem lore amusing and enjoyable > UNDERWEAR. Just rccci\ "Wear-proof Nainsook. Try i Straw Hats r Straws and shapes at reason you won't regret it. Men's Oxfords. HERMAN Oxfords arc righ Herman Shoes are unmistakat smselves on being- correctly lels offer you a wide choice, a good taste: all of them have one are famous, to $4.50 Shirts, Ties, Co of Hallmark Shirts, Cheney 5 Zntch the best dressed men? opular brands. ; help you keep cool this sui Kimbrc /here Quality Reigr ssasssass: .. : IS. 1 $1.25 Per Year. 380 PERSONS PERISH IN RIVER DISASTER Sinking in IK) feet of water within 15 minutes after being; rammed amidships in the upper reaches of the St. Lawrence river early Friday, the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland carried down with her more than 1HX> of her passengers and crew. Of the 1.:>(?? persons on board the liner, only 433 are known to have been saved, making the probable death list 934. Looming up through the river mists, as the Empress of Ireland was lying to. waiting for the fog to lift or day to break, the Danish collier Sterstad crashed bow on into the side of the big Canadian liner, striking her about midway of her length and ripping her side onen clear to the stern. The crash occurred not far from the shore off Father Point, lf>0 miles from Quebec, which the Km press of Ireland left Thursday afternoon hound for Liverpool and 10 miles from this point on the St. Lawrence. In reality therefore, although the liner was heading for the sea and the collier coming in from it. the disaster was not one of the ocean but of the river. Unlike the Titanic's victim's, the Empress of Ireland's victims lost their lives within sight of shorein land-locked waters. Immediately the ships crew i recovered from the shock of the collision and when it was seen that the liner had received a vital blow a wireless call was i sounded. The hurried appeal was picked 'up by the Government mail tenj dor Lady Evelyn and the [Government pilot boat Eureka at Father Point, and both set out to the rescue. So deep was the hurt of the Empress, however, and so fast the inrush of waters, that long before either of the rescue boats could reach the ; scene the liner had gone down. 1 Mr. Osmond Barber, of Barbersville. is the latest Durchaser in this community of an automobile. Mr. Barber has a new I Ford touring ear. 55^5H5asa5asa5a5H5^5B5HfB 1 ents j vhen you are comfortably {3 red a new shipment of all (jj suit and see how cool it jj] able prices. Inspect our In t there with the "good jj] >ly stylish. They appeal ^ as well as becomingly En nd yet all of them are jj] the comfort for which nj nl S a liars. ? 5ilk Tics and the newest sj almost invariably you'll S a nmer. g il Co., | is." ? C /