Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T Established in 1891. STATE NEWS ARRANGEDFOR QUICK READING. * The plant of the Camden Brick company, at Camden, was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock on Thursday, the loss being $20,000. The fire was thought to have I ? ? A. i.. 1 1 - * 1 oeen sierieu Dy a swucn engine which had been there a short ^ time before. Receipts from corporations and individuals under the income tax law for the fiscal year ending June 30, as made public bv Commissioner Osborn, show that $102,126.32 was collected in this State for corporation excise and tax and $25,816.08 from individual incomes. While picking: beans from hei garden Saturday, Mrs. J. T. Hance, a' Lancaster county lady, was bitten on the thumb by f large coppeerhead snake. Hei hand and arm turned perfect 1> black from the poison, but witl medical attention she soon begran to improve and at last reports it was thought she woulc recover. Crop prospects in Cheroket county are said to be excellen! at this time. The corn crop ir most sections 01 tne county n practically made, and one or twc more rains will be sufficient t< insure a pood crop throughoul the entire county. Baird Witherspoon, a Lauras tor county negro who was shoi several weeks ago by a negrt named Foster, died Saturda\ from his wounds. Foster hat been out of jail for some tinn on bond but was rearrested. Congressman Jos. T. Johnsoi was given an ovation Friday a Spartanburg in the meeting oi the R. F. I). Carriers. Nex year's annual meeting of the as sociation will be held in Fior ence. John CI. Richards was given i stormy reception by the Rich T land county jmdience Saturday when he declared his intentior to vote for Governor Blease foi the United States Senate. Hi: declaration brought forth hisses cat-calls, whistling, stamping o feet, and some cheers from tin audience. Wednesday and Thursday. Oc toher 21 and 22, are the dates se lected for the Chester count: fair this fall. The managemen is already actively at work, ant the outlook for the exhibition i: particularly encouraging. Cheaper School Books. A new and economical wa; out of the State text bool dilemma which is disturbing tin Georgia legislature at this sessioi is otfered by Dudley M. Hughes congressman from Georgia, in : Dill introduced in the nationa house. The bill provides tha the State official or board ii charge of public instruction ii any State may send to the publii printer at Washington the manu script of any book to be used ii the elementary schools and th< public printer shall print am bind as many of the books a are necessary and supply to th State at cost. Mr. Hughesmadeinquiries am found that the government coul< publish such books at a figur far below the cost of regula firms and that it would be en tirely feasible to have the gov ernment office do the work. Rock Hill's Enrollment. About 900 names had, up t Saturday, been enrolled on th books of the two Democratic clubs in Rock Hill. Two year ago the enrollment reachei 1.900. and about 1.500 vote were polled in the primary. Thi secretaries of the clubs are o the opinion that the enrollmen in the two clubs this year wil not be more than 1,2(X>, whicl doubtless means that about fXX or 1,000 votes will be cast in th< * primary, or probably f>(X) les than were east two years ajro. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Yonjru< and child, of Piedmont, ar Suests at the home of Mrs. R. A oni?ve in this city. ii1: pspfsp? + V ? *" ' \ HT7 TTi A PF BY 7 To Whom This May Come, GREET11 Whereas, sundry and divers , it has heen a number of years sine , and greet and felicitate as has het Whereas, the dull, hot days t felt that healthful recreation is es Whereas, we desire to show I throughout our State and the adjo . community have ever been famou: "r Whereas, not being a selfish ' in Fort Mill, for a time at least?? Therefore, by the power vest* J council, I. A. R. McElhaney, May I 5th of August, 1914, as a holiday within the limits of the town be s people gather together in a place i ing baskets of provisions of every that this be considered an invitati the Stale; that a picnic dinner be program of which shall be publish To the end that everything \ named below and request that tht Done this 1st day of July. 1 i I Invitations VV. B. Meachai Matthews, Barbecue K. Shannon, Ira ? Sports F. M. Mack. W. A. t Crayton. VV. F. Harris, i Refresements A. O. Jones ? White. J. T. Young. > Program J. L. Spratt, VV. i i ? \ i r t i * i* i ?" ? * * * ' i5. w. ltruarora. :s. a. Hipps. t Music F. E. Ardrey. W. A Transportation?S. L. Meat Barber. (irounds - Fred Nims, Osmt t Tables- R. E. McKibbon, A > Decorations- ,1. B. Elliott, Speakers E. VV. Russell. .1 11 . Finance W. B. iMeacham, Blankenship, L. M. Massey, J. T. Voters Slow in Enrolling. L July lis, just a little more than f two wveks, is the last day for [ enrolling for the primary elec. don. It is hardly expected that . the enrollment this year will be as large as that of two years ago, though there is little reason why t the enrollment should not be _ practically the same. j Up to Monday 265 of the 450 ^ Fort Mill voters had enrolled r though several have since called 3 on the secretary and added their names to the list. The club sec[ retary does not think the enroll? ment, this year will exceed 400. Two years ago there were nearly 500 names on the club roll and _: 442 votes were cast in the pri_! mary. The enrollment book is keptj t I open at the store of the Parks i j! Drug company, with Mr. S. W. s Parks, the secretary, in charge. ! Safest Fourth in History. Statistics compiled late Satur, day showed that the country en>' ! joyed the quietest Fourth in its ( i 1\t IlISLUl.y. B The figures are: 1 Dead, 13 -by fireworks. t>; by . gunpowder, 4; by torpedoes, 2; a j by revolver, 1. 1 Injured. 243?by fireworks, t j 105; by gunpowder, 30; by tor1; pedoes, 5; by toy pistols, 58; by 1 cannon 41; by runaways, 4. c The accidents last year were - 32 dead and 1.131 injured. The 1 record this year, due to the ine creasing "sane Fourth" inoveI inent, is less than half of the s previous year, and shows but a e small proportion of the accidents of a few years ago. when the | use of fireworks was unre* stricted. The figures for Sature day, however, may be somewhat r increased by more complete re- i - turns. Engineer Easterby Killed. Passenger train No. 113, due' ; to pass Fort Mill going north at; r) 11:35 a. m., had a head-on collis-; e sion with a shifting engine going | L. in the opposite direction at 6:13 s o'clock Friday morning at Roys1 ters, two miles of Columbia, in g which Engineer J. M. Easterby, e of the passenger train was caught f between the engines and crushed t j to death. Mr. Easterby's home 1 was at liiacksburg and he was h said to he one of the Southern's [) best engineers. 0. B. Collins, of e Rock Hill, flagman on the train, s sustained painful cuts on the head. The train, fortunately, was running very slow at the e time of the collission and there e were only a few passengers aboard, none of whom were injured. 0 r % ORT ] FORT MILL, S. C., THU ROCLAMAti HE MAYOR OF FORT MILL. S \Q persons have come to me with rei :e our people have laid dull careasi m our wont in past years and. >f the Summer have an enervating sential in such circumstances and. to our neighbors of York and the i ininj? States that the splendid hos 3 is in no manner diminished and. people, we desire that others shall i pleasure which we enjoy every d; ed in me and and with the knowl or of the town of Fort Mill, do hei and do earnestly request that hu: uspended between the hours of 9 s lo be selected by the committee aj kind and sort, together with all on to all our friends throughout tl served and that amusements be fi led hereafter. may be done well and in order. I < ; members of each act promptly, vy 914. A. CO M MITTEES m. Jr., E. Franklin Phillips, A. C G. Smythe. L). G. Kimbrell, J. P. Hafner, W. F. Lewis. W. L. Ferj . T. G. Moser. L. J. Massey, A. B B. Ardrey, L. A. Harris, S. W. F .. Roach. S. A. Lee, H. D. Harkej ham. J. H. McMurray. T. F. Lyt ?nd Barber, T. B. Spratt, T. S. Kii l. A. Bradford, J. N. McAteer, W. D. A. Lee, N. L. Carothers. . \V. Ardrey. B. F. Massey, Jr., 0 Sr., C. S. Link, W. L. Hall, R. P. Youne-. Who Is W. F. Stevenson? (Political Advertisement.) Come to the Congressional campaign meeting at Yorkville July 23, Fort Mill, July 23 at night, and McConnellsville on July 24 at 11 o'clock, and he will tell you. What other public service has this Mr. W. F. Stevenson rendered? Well, in a legislative way he was impressed once with the rottenness of the penitentiary (that was while that place was largely inhabited) and he introduced a resolution to investigate, and the bill passed both houses. He was chairman of the committee. The institution was found to be a political institution, loosely run The result of the investigation was that the superintendent was found $11,000.00, more or less, short and was convicted and pardoned. Of that committee, aside from Mr. Stevenson, only one is now in the flesh, Hon. Thos. F. McDow. of Yorkville. Mr. Stevenson was attorney * KT\: iui me oicilc uis[wusary \>ommission, which by diligent investigation saved nearly a half million dollars for the public schools of South Carolina, and although the commission was confronted and surrounded with litigation in all the courts in the land it never lost a suit, and it won a sweeping victory in the Supreme court of the United States. He was also author of the move to investigate conditions at the State Hospital for the Insane, and the unanimous report of the committee, in which the good name of one of York's girls gifted, talented and pure as the best was not only vindicated but enobled, has been1 more widely commended than I any other State paper probably i which he ever assisted in draw- i ing. VVe need a lot of that kin J of I work at Washington. Give him a chance at it. He doesn't ask for 18 years: he is only asking, for two. (See this column next week.) j First New Bale of Cotton. The first hale of 1914 cotton marketed in the United States, weighing 392 pounds, was sold on the Houston, Texas, cotton exchange Saturday for $500, or $1.27 1-2 a pound. It classed as strict low middling spotted. It came from Lyford, Texas. * Mill USD AY, JULY 9. 1914. .. d ION c. presentations to the effect that ide and joined together to mingle effect upon our people and it is uljoining counties and elsewhere pitality for which our town and share in the pleasures of being ay, now. ledge and consent of the town eby set aside Wednesday, the siness of every kind and nature i. m. and 4 p. m.; that all our ^pointed for that purpose, bringthe members of their families: he community, the county, and ! jrnished throughout the day. a [lo hereby appoint the committees dsely and well. R. McELHANEY, Mayor. . Lytle, Edward White. 1.. S. Crowder. ?uson, W. M. Carothers. W. P. . Sheppard, E. S. Parks, William 'arks, .J. J. Bailes, J. B. Mills, r# le, E. W. Kimbrell, Alexander rkpatrick, YV. B. Hoke. J. Steele, C. W. Eason. . W. Potts. S. E. Bailes. Harris, E. R. Patterson, C. P. About 7 o'clock Saturday afternoon Fort Mill and vicinity was visited by a good, slow rain which was a more welcomed celebration of the Glorious Fourth than any fireworks scheme that could have been devised. It was the first good rain that had fallen here since early in April. There have been some fairly good 1 >cal rains in most sections of the Qounty and field crops generally have not suffered very materially, but right here in Fort Mill and immediate vicinity there have been only two half inch rains and a few light sprinkles in over two months. gs^sBsasBSBsasgsasBSBsasei ffl Tk? Di-? I 1 I i iic vuuicm riace in town ICI1> THESE WARM DAYS EHigh ceilings ai cool and comforta ing extremely pie and profitable to s T Ideal Bargain V I and Lisle Hosiery Oxfords, and a loi merous to mentioi If you want to J E. W. - . ir * . - l i imt i f CHARLOTTE WON RACE; FORT MILL WAS SECOND The Charlotte Y. M. C. A. team won the inter-eity bicycle race Monday, with Fort Mill a close second and Rock Hill some four minutes behind. When the riders passed through Fort Mill, Charlotte was four minutes ahead of Fort Mill and Rock Hill probably 30 seconds behind Fort Mill. Charlotte's lead over Fort Mill was, however, reduced three minutes between this city and Rock Hill, and it was the belief of some that Fort Mill would have won the race except for the i fact that the rider for this city I was blocked by an automobile i near the Catawba bridge. The teams left Charlotte at 10 o'clock, each bearing a message from the mayor of Charlotte to President Roddey, of the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce. The race was won by Charlotte, the time being one hour, fifty-three minutes and 21 seconds. Fort Mill came in a 1 ^ ' iiiiuulc aim / seconds later. Rock Hill was last, being: 2 minutes and 45 seconds behind Fort Mill. Sam Templeton finished for Charlotte, Heath Belk for Fort Mill and Lawrence Burrage for Rock Hill. The judges were York Wilson of Rock Hill; Dick Fulp of Fort Mill, and A. L. Fowler, of Charlotte. Nothing happened enroute to the boys, except one of the Charlotte riders rode two miles with a spike in his wheel, and the Fort Mill rider was, as stated, blocked by an automobile. The Fort Mill boys in the race, land the order in which the rode, were: 1st, Clarence Link; 2nd. James Gaston; 3rd. Malcolm Link; 4th, Ernest Patterson; 5th, Alfred Jones; (>th. Heath Hafner; 7th, Chas. Bennett; 8th, Haile Ferguson; 9th, Odell Kimbrell; 10th, Heath Belk. The letter to President Roddey follows. "Dear Sir: As Mayor of the city of Charlotte and in behalf of her citizens I send greetings to you and the people of Rock Hill. Second to my interest in the upbuilding of this city is my interest in the growth and development of the nearby cities and towns. I appreciate the fact that they contribute largely to our development. "This will be handed you by nasa sssa sbsz sa sasa sasasasE Everybody goes t ABREL IT S THE COO] id oceans of ventilatic ible the hottest days, asant, you'll always ihop with us. "his Wpp alues in the Coolest L r, Muslin Uunerwea: ng list of other summ< n. combine comfort and p Kimbre yhere Quality Reign ' C V\ s ^ a' \<w %% 1 $1.25 Per Year. Our Radical Legislature. The following is taken from the Spartanburg Herald of Thursday: The Herald has received from Senator B. R. Tillman a copy of a photograph showing the radical members of the South Carolina legislature of 18(18. Of (18 members of this body, f>0 were negroes or mulattoes. 11 were unable to read <or write and 44 paid no taxes. Senator Tillman writes that he found the picture in Greenville and had it enlarged and framed in order to have one sent to each county, so that the people of South Carolina can see it for themselves. Under the picture, which it is expected will be hung in every courthouse in the State, appears this inscription: "Presented by Senator Tillman to the clerk's oflice in each county of South Carolina as a warning to his fellow citizens of the necessity for white unity. "Lord God of hosts! be with us vet "Lest we forget! Lest we forget!" Sign Your Full Name. In a recent ruling. Governor John Gary Evans, chairman of the State Democratic committee, as to the matter of signing the club roll, said, "I have no hesitancy as a lawyer, in saying that a man, who enrolls his name by his initials, does not comply with the rule of the party nor the decisions of the highest courts in the land." The chairman adds, "I do say that if a man enrolls his full Christian name and his surname and if he has two Christian names and enrolls both Christian names and his surname, there is no power on earth that can prevent that man from voting. He has complied absolutely with the law and nobody can gainsay it. Any other construction would leave the matter open to protest and probably the loss of a vote and therefore I urge our citizens to enroll their full names and take no chances." one or tne participants in the Interstate Relay Ricycle race Charlotte to Rock Hill. "With kindest personal regards and best wishes, I remain. "Yours very truly, "Chas. A. Bland, Mayor." 5a5H5HSa5HS55B555HSn55H5E[G K> i a Pleasant and Prof- 3 " itable to trade here $ L'S LEST PLACE IN TOWN S 1 C )n make our store |j And, besides be- g find it interesting |j D m Q\ Lr TO )ress Goods, Silk ^ r. White Ca nvas [j| sr goods, too nu- ? Ul k B rofit drop in at ? a ill Co., I ' fit