Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 04, 1914, Image 1
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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.
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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
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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.
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equirements
in the Primaries ?
: convention has de- ? (
Democratic clubs null * ?
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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 ,
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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 +
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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 "
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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.
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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?.
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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.
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Men's Oxfords.
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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.
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