The Fort Mill Times.
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Established in 1891. . ^ , WM MILL, 5. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914. ' f1 ^ v
mi STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
In a lengthy communication a
few days ago Senator B. R. Till-1
man from Washington flays
"Bleaseism," and advises the
voters of South Carolina to vote j
for E. D. Smith for United
States Senator.
The final meeting of the State
campaign will be held today at
Greenville. This is the last
regular meeting of the* campaign,
though most of the candidates
will keep plugging until
the polls close on Tuesday, the
25th.
John F. Faucett shot and
instantly killed Will Eubanks, a
negro, in Union Saturday night.
The shooting occurred about
8 o'clock near the .corner of
Pinckney and Academy streets,
a short distance from the home
of the negro. Faucett is a city
mail carrier.
A representative of one of the
largest fertilizer manufacturing
concerns in America stated at
Spartanburg a few days ago that
there is not in this county enough
potash to make 100,000 tons of
fertilizer, while potash for
4,000,000 tons must be had if
the demand is met nefct spring.
Joe Jackson, a Greenville boy,
has assumed leadership of
American League batters. The
Cleveland slugger, with an
average of .356, and Collins,
Philadelphia. with .345. are
ahead of Cobb, the Detroit star,
with .342. Baker, Philadelphia,
is fourth with .338.
At a meeting Tuesday of the
Democratic executive committee
of Newberry county, it was deft*
cided by unanimous vote to allow
the name of Coleman Livingston
Blease to remain on the club roll.
The question as to the Governor's
name remaining on the
club roll arose over a complaint
of his having enrolled as a resiilm^t
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Ubllb U1 f T III U U U1 IIIC tll>^ UI
Newberry, whereas, when residing
in Newberry, his residence
is in Ward 3.
The total enrollment in the 44
counties of South Carolina for
the primary on August 25 is
154,311. The vote in the primary
of 1912 was 140,415. An
increase of 13,896 is noted in the
enrollment for the 1914 primary
over the vote in 1912. In only
two of the 44 counties is the enrollment
this year smaller than
the vote of two years ago. In
Fairfield a decrease of 135 votes
is seen, while in Oconee the enrollment
is 20 less than the
previous vote.
Williamsburg county Saturday
made the biggest demonstration
of the campaign in the interest
of Senator E. D. Smith. The
senator was placed astride a bale
of cotton, on a wagon drawn by
a team of four gray mules and
drawn to the court house square.
In the trail of this were a
pageant of two other wagons,
18 automobiles and eight buggies
and carriages. Each vehicle
was draped with huge lettered
banners with the inscription:
"Vote for E. D. Smith, the
farmer's friend."
Horses Worth $144 Each.
The South Carolina horse is
now worth $144 per head, according
to a report just issued
by the United States Department
of Agriculture, while a
year ago his average value was
$140. There are 85,000 horses
on the farms of ?this State and
^ they are valued at $12,240,000.
# In 1910 the number of horses
, in this State was 80,000 and had
an aggregate value of $10,160.000.
In the entire United States
there are 20,962,000 horses and
they are worth $5Ut9J ,638,000 or
$ft&2?o?ck.
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York's Enrollment.
(Yorkville Enquired.)
The enrollment figures for
York county, published in The
Enquirer immediately after the
closing of the books, were made
up mainly from reports secured
from officials of the various clubs.
The following is made up from
an actual count of the names on
the various rolls in this office,
and although it is not to be understood
that the count is official
it is substantially correct:
Enrollment Vote
Bethel.. 129 112
Bethany , .147 166
Blairsville _T15 103
Bullock's Creek 70 70
Clover .379 302
Coates's Tavern 138 102
Ebenezer 83 68
Filbert 130 ?
Fort Mill 414 442
Forest Hill.. 88 100
Hickory Grove 230 229
McConnellsville 91 119
Newport 66 73
Few Zion 120 ?
Ogden 89 92
Piedmont ? 38
Rock Hill No. 1 721 801
Rock Hill No. 2 628 537
Sharon 125 114
Smyrna 77 90
Tirzah 92 90
Yorkville No. 1 278 419
Rorkville No. 1 310 337
Totals 4539 4408
Items of Local interest.
Fort Mill this week welcomes
Mr. and Mrs. Thos R. Garrison
and children and Miss Minnie
Garrison, of Pineville, who will
reside here in the future, occupying
the Massey house on
Rooth strppf hnnorhfr w^ontlv K\r
Miss Garrison. Mr. B. F. Massey,
Sr., and family who have
occupied the house for several
years, have removed to their
farm in Lower Fort Mill.
Congressman D. E. Finley addressed
a crowd of about 300
Fort Mill people Tuesday evening:
from the stand in Confederate
Park. Mr. Finley
came to Fort Mill from Belair,
where he had attended a picnic
and delivered an address during
the day.
Mrs. D. G. Kimbrell, Boyce
Bennett, Leev Armstrong and
W. J. Steele returned Friday
morning from a pleasant auto
trip through the mountains of
North Carolina, including stops
at Chimney Rock, Bat Cave,
Asheville and Black Mountain.
Southbound passenger train
No. 27 was delayed at this point
several hours Tuesday afternoon
on account of a freight wreck
about two miles north of Rock
Hill.
Mr. T. L. Purdee, a well
known resident of this city, is
seriously ill at his home as a rei
suit of paralysis by which he
was stricken Friday afternoon.
I The Charlotte Brick company,
at Grattan, suspended operations
Monday for several days on
account of a scarcity of coal.
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sikes. of
Albermarle, N. C., visited Mrs.
R. G. Kendrick this week.
Every Democrat of Fort Mill
township should cast a ballot in
next Tuesday's*primary.
Urges People to be Calm.
President Wilson has appealed
to the people of the United
States to remain calm during the
present Euronean wnr rl??
clared the United States' duty to
the rest' of the world to help
during the present crisis.
The president declared the
United States could gain permanent
glory during the present
crisis, provided none lose their
head. He urges that there is
nothing to be done in, the United
States to add to the world's excitement.
President wilson says the administration
is fully prepared to
help out in ail difficulties, and
that there is on cause for alarm.
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What Does
W. F. Stevenson
Stand For?
(Political Advertisement.)
The slip of a decimal point in
last week's advertisement made
the same state that South Carolina's
share of the money wasted
in rivers, creeks and harbors
was $48,000,000.00 when it should
have been $4,800,000.00, and the
statement should be so modified.
In his speeches he stands for
cutting off waste like this, and
for spending: the money on Post
Roads under wise supervision
and skillful construction. He
stands agrainst taxing: the people
as a whole for the benefit of the
.:Au ? ...1? i-i
icw nv;n J5iupuwucift wiiu use Lilt:
Panama Canal, and w^uld not
have so voted if he had been in
congress?and there he differs
from his opponent who voted
against President Wilson's policy
and tried to fasten the burden
of the maintenance of the canal
on all the people while the few
rich ship owners engaged in the
coastwise trade used it free.
His speeches are certainly approved
by those who hear them.
The Chester Semi-Weekly
News says of his speech in Chester.July
25th:
"**This left the floor entirely
to the Cheraw candidate, W. F.
Stevenson, who was given a
tremendous ovation. The crowd
certainly looked like it was for
him as he was followed closely
throughout his speech, which
was over an hour, and was
vociferously applauded."
And the same paper said
editorially on July 28th:
"W. F. Stevenson, candidate
for Congress from this District,
made an impressive speech in
the Court House last Saturday.
Mr. Stevenson is a man of unusual
ability and has had a great
deal of legislative experience
and the voters of the Fifth district
have the opportunity to
elect a man to represent them
in Congress who is altogether
fearless when it comes to doing
and working for those things
that makes for the best interests
of the people generally. Mr.
Stevenson, if elected, will represent
his district impartially with
honor to himself and satisfaction
to his constituents. He is considered
one of the strongest lawyers
in the State and his broad
legal training more thoroughly
equips him to confront the great
public questions that come up in
the National Congress."
A Surprise Marriage.
(Intended for last week.)
A marriage which came as a
surprise to their many friends
was the one last evening of Miss
Margaret Blake of St. Charles
and Mr. James Epps of Gold Hill,
which took place at the residence
of Capt. J. W. Marshall, the
Rev. R. L. Grier of Mayesville
performing the ceremony. The
bride is a daughter of Mrs. DuBose
of St. Charles and formerly
lived in Rock Hill. Mrs. Epps
was on a visit to friends and
relatives in the city and at
Catawba. She is a very attractive
young woman and has a
host of friends who will be interested
in the happy event,
The groom is a progressive young
farmer of Gold Hill.?Rock Hill
Record, Thursday.
All postmasters have received
notice from Postmaster General
Burleson at Washington, to decline
to receive parcel post packages
for mailing to France and
normonir nnfil
uviiuhiij uiii.il iui uivi auviscu
in view of the fact that the postal
administration of these countries
have informed the department
by cablegram that the
parcel post service between them
and the United States is to be
suspended until further notice.
Such parcel post packages for
the countries named as have
been mailed or which may be
mailed inadvertently hereafter
will be returned to the senders
and the postage refunded to the
aandera.
School Time Approaches. H
The graded school of Fort
Mill will open August 31, 1914.
The prospects for this session
are very bright. The indications li
point to an enrollment of 325. ^
I want to again thank the people
for the hearty support they V
gave the school last year, and 1 5
now ask for a continuance of ^
this co-operation during the ap- 1
proaching session.
1 desire to call your attention ^
again to the importance of keeping
your children in school. T
There is only one childhood for a
each person. '"When this childhood
age is neglected, the indi- ^
vidual will go through life very ?
greatly handicapped. The negro I
has found this the case and he is 11
putting forth every effort to
send his child to school. My t
friend tells this incident: In C
Greenwood a few weeks ago, a
boy was employed to carry water \
to the hands that were working
on the hotel. This boy having
received a card from a friend,
brought the card to the con- I
tractor and asked him to read it *
for him. The boy could not I
read. The contractor did not
have time to read the card just
at that time, and one of the
negro workmen told the boy that
he would read it for him, and he t
did read it. Does not this inci- T
dent speak for itself? Theschool o
is run for the benefit of every v
child in Fort Mill. Be sure you t
get your share. t
Just a word to those pupils t
who have three or more con- J
ditions. You remember that a
you can not go up with more t
than two conditions. Examina- I
tions will be given on Monday, t
August 31 to any pupil who de- t
sires them. 1 shall be in my d
class-room Friday, August 28 r
from ii till 1 nV-lnnlf r? m PIoqoo t>
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see me at this time if you mean f
to take an examination on Mon- s
day. This is necessary in order o
that I may have the questions a
ready for you. I shall be glad t
to talk over the year's work with S
anyone at that time. ^
J. Pierce Coats. ^
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IERE YOU ARE, GENTS,
TAKEYOUR CHOICE
The following is a complete
st of the candidates seeking
fork county offices:
For house of representatives?
V. R. Bradford. W. J. Cherry.
2. M. Dickson, J. S. Glasscock,
L E. Hutchison, S. N. Johnson,
\ F. Lesslie, J. C. McAbee,
i. Gettys Nunn, E. YV. Pursley,
V. B. Riddle and J. H. Saye.
For supervisor?A. L. Black,
Tios. W. Boyd. F. E. Clinton
nd H. J. Zinker.
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ror coroner?u. is. tserry, J.
V. Dobson, D. VV. Moore. W. J.
dcGill, R. D. Sealy, J. L. Strait,
). Whitener and R. W. Westnoreland.
For superintendent of educaion?John
E. Carroll and J. C.
/ork.
For judge of probate?L. R.
Villiams and J. M. Williford.
For auditor- B. M. Love.
For treasurer? H. E. Neil.
For county commissioner?J.
). Gwin, White W. Jackson. Jno.
*. Kirkpatrick, J. F?. Latham,
J. R. Merritt and Joe W. Smith.
The Kimbrell Reunion.
(Intended for last week.)
An event of considerable inerest
was the annual reunion
Thursday of the Kimbrell family
>f this township. The Kimbrells
vere among the first settlers of
his community and have ever
teen respected and loved by
heir friends and neighbors.
?he reunion this year was held
it the home of David G. Kim>rell,
about two miles east of
"ort Mill, and there gathered
ogether 34 of the name to paricipate
in the festivities of the
lay. A game of baseball, sack
aces, potato races and other
ontests were engaged in and a
icnic dinner and supper were
erved. There were a number
>f the family from out-of-town,
.mong whom were Fred Kim>rell
aud two daughters from
iavannah, Ga., and Mr, and Mrs.
Valter Kimbrell and Earl Kim>rell
of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs.
L R. Kimbrell and daughter
rom Rock Hill; Mr. and Mrs.
''rank Kimbrell of Charlotte.
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The War News.
It is extremely difficult to form
an opinion as to what has or has
not been done in the way of real
fighting between the warring
European nations. There are
numerous and varied reports
coming over the wires from the
several seats of war. but so
strict is the censorship over the
messages sent out that one is
little the wiser as to real conditions
after reading the dispatches.
There seems, however.
to have been a number of
skirmishes between the German
troops on the one side and the
uejyiun anu rrencn torces on
the other side, though the loss
of killed and wounded, according
to the reports, has been
comparatively light.
Late dispatches seem to indicate
that Japan is eager to join
in the fight, that country having
sent an ultimatum to Germany
demanding that the latter remove
its gunboats from Kai
Chau, China. Up to Wednesday
morning Germany had made no
reply to the ultimatum.
So far as is known, there has
been but little, if any. fighting
between the navies of the several
countries involved.
Difference in Time.
The outbreak of war in Kurope.
with the messages from various
parts of the continent, have
called people's attention to the
difference in time between those
places and our own. It is possible.
for instance, that some
great event take place in the
afternoon at St. Petersburg, and
yet appear in our afternoon
papers, which could be issued
before the time of the event.
That is easily explained when
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has time seven hours earlier than
our own.
At Berlin the sun rises and sets
nearly six hours before in the
United States, in London about
five hours, in Paris just a few
minutes over five hours, in St.
Petersburg seven hours before,
in Vienna six hours, in Home
not quite six and in Hon# Kon^,
China, over twelve hours before.
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