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whi / "v > J The Fort Mill Times. i . - i < '.'' * . r- * B I, 1 lf, 1 1 1 ' i 1 I, 'T . ' I i i', r Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. ?? ** - ? Bgjfc^? ?mmm* I i i " ' ? ?? ~ SMITH IS RE-NOMINATED; * MANNINQ VS. RICHARDS \ The total vote of the primary y on August 25th was 132,190. Of \this number Senator E. D. Smith received 72,256, Coje. L. Blease received 54,908, L. D. Jennings received 2,400, W. P. Pollock received 1,636. This gave Senator a majority over all of 12,312. In the gpvernor's race John G. Richards, of Kershaw, and Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, will make the second race in the next primary to be held Tuesday. September 8. The vote for the several candidates for the governorship follows: Richards, 26,594; Manning, 25,289; Cooper. 24,983; Clinkscales,#16,963; Irby, 15,289; M. L. Smith, 9.501; C. A. Smith, 5,595; Sims, 2,797; Browning, 1,521; Duncan, 831; Mullaly, 679. For lieutenant governor A. J. Bethea and B. Frank Kelley will make the second race. Bethea had a majority of 4,300 over Kelley. The vote stood Bethea, 50,258; Kelley, 45,959; Hunter, 20,504; Hamer, 14,444. A. W. Jones won over Jas. A. Summersett in the race for comptroller general by a vote of 79,285 to 46,030. For renomination for adjutant general W. W. Moore won over M. C. Willis by 28,000, the vote standing: Moore, 79.965; Willis. 51,445. Thos. H. Peeples was nominated for adjutant general over A. Brice by 5,729, the count being: Peeples, 67,750: Brice. 62,021. In the six cornered race for railroad commissioner Frank W. Shealy and C. I). Fortner will make the second race, the advantage being with Mr. Shealy, who ran some 4,000 votes ahead of his rival. The vote: Shealy, 32,101; Fortner, 28,143, Cansler, 22,630; Wharton, 20,708: Witherspoon, 16,143; Fairey, 10.918. Complete returns from the several Congressional districts of the State showed that all of the present representatives were renominated except Wyatt Aiken, of the Third district, who will make the second race with Fred r\ ? i i? vt % r. uommicK 01 isewoerry. Mr. | Aiken lacked 510 votes of going in on the first ballot. Parcel Post Eliminates Middleman. Officials of the department of agriculture have been testing out the parcel post as a means of marketing eggs and have found it highly satisfactory. The department has shipped 466 lots, consisting of 9,131 eggs, to various parts of the country and upon arrival at destination, only # 327 eggs, or three and one-half per cent, of the total were broken. Ten dozen eggs can be shipped in one container a distance of 150 miles for 4.7 cents per dozen. This includes the cost of transportation and container. South Carolina postal authorities advise that the farmers and farmers' wiees of this State are utilizing the parcel post extensively in selling farm produce direct to the consuihers and excellent results have been obtained. The parcel post system of marketing entirely eliminates the the middleman's profit and divides the profit of the middleman among producer and customer. Will Accept Farmers' Notes. Notes with a maturity of not longer than four months, secured by warehouse receipts for cotton or tobacco, will be accepted by the national treasury department from national banks as a basis for the issue of additional curf rency which may be used to help pick and harvest the cotton and tobacco crops. These notes, according to the announcement of the department will be accept at 75 per cent, of their face value and must be presented through currency provided under the AWrich-Vreehund law. ; ' .i< 1 YORK'S OFFICIAL Cityr S NIKS SUNT CNAlOES State Ticket. For Senator? a Blease. 2,054 ? Jennings 59 Pollock * 21 a Smith 1,905 For GovernorBrowning. 19 Clinkscales... 581 ? Cooper 1,213 ? Duncan 7 Irby 919 J" Manning. 418 Mullaly _ 42 Richards 579 ? Simms 102 , C. A. Smith 60 q M. L. Smith 98 ^ i r>~ a i'"i uirui. uiivcriiui i Bethea 1,235 ? Hamer 369 Hunter 545 Kelley__ 1,880 For Sec'y of State? c McCown _ 4.025 0 For Comp. Gen'l? j Jones 2.131 t Summersett 1.662 ( For State Treasurer? j Carter 4.040 C For Adjt. GenM? Moore 1,076 Willis .. 2.839 t For Supt. Education? q Swearingen_____ 4,010 ^ For Att'y Gen'l ? Brice 1,932 . Peoples 2.063 s For Commissioner? ( Watson 4,007 For R. R. Comm'r? Cansler.. 719 Fairey ?_ 76 c Fortner 886 j Shealey. 191 j Wharton 185 ^ Witherspoon 2.054 T County Ticket. { For Congress? ? Finley 2,972 r Stevenson 1,018 For House RepresentativesBradford 1,897 ( Cherry 1,591 x Dickson 625 c Glasscock 162 . J uuicuisuu 1,3122 j Johnson 1,572 r Leslie 1,529 t McAbee 77 t Nunn 2,104 Pursley 1,516 Riddle 1,588 f Saye. 1,518 { For County Supervisor? Black 687 c Boyd 2,072 v Clinton 258 F Zinker 951 j For Coroner? 6 Berry. 293 1 Dobson 380 Moore 216 c McGill 671 Sealy 891 Strait- 966 \ Westmoreland 194 Whitener 317 * For Supt. Education? t Carroll ^ 2.432 Cork . 1,546 rj For Probate Judge Williams 2,642 Williford 1,358 ? For AuditorLove - 4.005 For Treasurer? c Neil 3.965 ' For County Comm'r? t Gwinn. 641 tl Jackson 1,495 r 1, m VLatham T 1,396 j Merritt 1,032 c Smith 1,440 n At a special meeting of town ^ council recently the unpaved section of Booth street to White street, a distance of about 300 a feet, was ordered: laid with ? standard cement paving and the contract for the wash was let to jl the Fort Mill Lumber company. ? The stretch of paving from . Spratt street along Confederate street to its end has just been completed by the same com- ~ pany. At this meeting of conn- _ cil the services of the night watchman were dispensed with. ? at least for a tuna. I iTITE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. O F. H. McMaster, State insur- t nee commissioner, has made the t uggestion that farmers organ- s se themselves a mutual cooper- n tive company to insure small t 3ts of cotton held on farms. d George King, the eight-year- t Id son of Mrs. W. L. Mauldin, c f Greenville, was instantly r filed early Sunday afternoon f yhen he stepped on a live elec- \ ric wire. r Capt. Newton A. McCully, p J. S. A., who is a native of a Anderson, has been ordered to a It. Petersburg. Russia, as naval ttache and left San Francis^p p flonday of last week for Yoko- c lama, whence he will travel ( iverland to the Russian capital. \ Tv l: i. i>?ii ? ' i7uniii)(i.uii. manooro ana L^e ( ounties in this State are second s nly to the Delta section of s Mississippi and the adjacent c arts of Arkansas and Louisiana I n production of long staple up- t and cotton, according to a recent r bulletin of the census bureau. An unknown voter of Columbia wrote on the back of his r Itate ticket the words "No t hoice." The election managers c lecided that the "unanimous r 'oter" had really voted for Wat- ( on. Swearingen, Carter and Mc- ( >>wn, because they were unop- ^ >osed. C There* is some danger that the otton caterpillar may do damage ^ n South Carolina, accordiiig to c >i*of. A. F. Conradi, entomolo- r fist at Clemson college. If the >est does get started in this t State it will do much damage, t since late cotton suffers much j nore than the early. <; mi n _ ? ^ j. ne uig opringstein mill at c Chester, is closed down this t veek on account of shortage of g lyestuffs. Secretary H. S. r \dams of the mill says that he c s anticipating sufficient shipnents of the dyestuffs within he next few days that will keep s he mill in constant operation. * * * In order to assist him in per- j orming his duties in the New- [ >erry livery stable, should he i lecide to again enter upon his I vork there, a curry comb was I ;ent by special delivery to the j governor immediately after the j Section with the following card B ittached: "To Cole L. Blease, j Columbia, S. C.:^Compliments I f the Barnwell Democracy." n Exports from South Carolina B >orts during the year ended J fune 30 aggregated $7,317,444 [ nore than during the preced- [ ng twelvemonth and imports r hrough the same ports exceed- jj *1 the previous total by $773,933. jl "he balance of trade, in other J i - 1 voras, ine excess oi exports IJj ver imports for the year was |j 15.281,111. I ? [ Luther Hawkins, 30 years, B harged with having five living g vives in three States was sen- [ enced in the Greenville court B o serve four years and six B nonths on the chaingang and n ay a fine of $500. Miss Clara jj Irown of LaGrange, Ga., ac- jj ompanied by her father and jj nother, appeared against Haw- Ijj ins. w ?K? 1 r* M uuuui voiviuitt auu ||| re credited with a large part nj f the increase in production of otton in recent years, in the Ej ensus bulletin on cotton pro- H uction in 1913. The crop of Ej 913, as compared with that of G 912, shows a gain in each of E he States with the exceptions E f North Carolina, Oklahoma, ij 'exas and Virginia. ^ You miss a treat if you fkil to E ? the "movies" today at the B lajestae.? Adv. | School Session Begins. The Fort Mill graded schools pened Monday morning under he most favorable auspices and he trustees and patrons of the chool are looking forward with luch interest to the results of his school term. The opening lay enrollment was 241 which rill doubtless be increased during he week. The opening exerises were attended by a large lumber of the patrons and riends of the school many of vhom gathered to greet the lew teaching force. An adlitional teacher has been em>loyed over last year and an idvanced tenth grade has been idded to the standard. Following is a list of the AnoUoMci vwiino wnu are in cnarge ?f the grades* First, Miss Minnie iarrison: second. Miss Susie Vhite; third. Miss Kathleen teter; fourth, Miss Isabelle lrier; fifth. Miss Ermine Brunon; sixth. Miss Mattie Culley; teventh, Miss Gwineth Bratton; eighth and ninth, Miss Bessie Irown; tenth and advanced enth. Prof. J. Pierce Coats; nusic. Miss Blanche Lawrence. More Pay for the Carriers. Carriers of mail on the local oral routes, in common with he carriers throughout the ountry, are watching with nore than ordinary interest the iffotts in Congress of a number >f Southern congressmen to have he pay of mail men increased. An amendment to the Post>ffice Appropriation bill is now lending in Congress providing for an increase of $1,200 a year >f the salaries of all rural careers who serve patrons on what ire known as standard routes, or outes covering 24 miles in exent. There are a laru-p num. )er of routes of this size in this Jtate and as a consequence, Congressmen from the State are loing everything in their power 0 aid in the passage of the imendment which will insure nore money to a very deserving lass of employes of Uncle Snm. Mr. A. B. Withers, of Jackon ville, Fla., was a visitor to Vjrt Mill Monday. 1 ARE IAway any time so* you are getting rei Aim ** ^ Vv * ?~ ^ ? J jji uur m*>v ?>iiiI | Trunks 0 We have just received 3 are in position to offer y< |l durable and handsomely | with you on the trip. 3 I Our pretty line of Fall with the up-to-date stylei | range from $3.25 to $7.0 3| mings and Tunic effects. nl Don't forget we sell H| more than half the work | the garments will be perf ] Just a few more of the | a few more pieces of Pre E. W. | "V GERMANS NEAR PARIS; BOMRS WRECK HOUSES That the French lines are falling back before the German advance is indicated in an "official statement issued Monday by the French war office, which says the progress of the German right wing has obliged the French left to yield ground. Earl Kitchener, British secretary for war, gives in detail the part played by British troops in the operations in Belgium and France. These operations extended from August 23 to August 29. and the British losses numbered about 6,000. The condition and spirits of the British troops at the front were described as excellent and reinforcements have been sent to more than fill the gaps created by the casualties. A German aviator appeared Sunday over Paris and was engaged in dropping bombs in a populous part of the city. Several bombs failed to explode, according to the accounts, and the only two persons injured were women. Paris is prepared for a siege should the lines opposing the Germans be broken. Enormous stocks of food have been placed in the State warehouses and sheep and cattle in vast numbers have been herded in the Bois de Boulogne. A British official statement savs that of thp 1 900 rr?f?n nnm_ prising the crews of the five German warships sunk in Heligoland only 330 were saved. A Berlin dispatch says that a German army is energetically pressing the Russians in the neighborhood of Allenstein, East Prussia. Mrs. Hattie Mack, Mrs. W. B. Ardrey and Mrs. Elizabeth Belk on Wennesday of last week attended the unveiling of a tablet] at old Catholic church near Chester, in honor of the Rev. William Banks. Mr. Banks was pastor of the church many years ago and was the father of Mrs. Mack and the grandfather of Mrs. Belk and Mrs. Ardrey. sa^gasas^rasmsesasasi YUU (i on? if you intend ta wdy to go back to seho< of "classy" , Suit Cases and I a beautiful shipment of these ou at unusually low prices. E finished and something that y Skirts, Skirts. Skirts has already arrived and i and excellent values which w >0 and we are sure you will s We have these in blues, broi McCall Patterns. cCall Patterns and Publication ; of home dressmaking when ect. >se Pretty House Dresses at 67 tty Summer Dress Goods at gi Kimbre /here Quality Reigni a.?9 rer xear. Bird Likes Fort Niil. The sagacity of beasts and birds has long been known and recognized but occasionally their reasoning is almost marvelous. A case in point was the action of a homing pigeon which recently took up its quarters in the barn of Dr. J. B. Elliott here. A news item regarding the bird brought a letter from B. W. Kendall of Columbia in which he asked Dr. Elliott to release the bird, that it would go to him. Dr. Elliott brought the hivrJ * * ? - ? - * ' \j11 main street Saturday to give it an opportunity to return to its owner, bnt it evidently felt that it had discovered "a better town" and declined to move its habitat even to "the square meal town." Dr. Elliott says that he believes the only way to get it to Columbia is by I crating it and shipping it by I express and he fears that when released there it will return to Fort Mill. | The News of Gold Hill. Correspondence Fort Mill Times. The health of this section is good, I think, and the farmers have been called from refreshment to labor and are very busy pulling fodder. We have been quite busy ourselves, for by the time a fellow eats three meals per day and two or three messes of melon and twelve or fifteen smokes, he has but little time for anything else. The governor has l^?en lasting for the Inst turn *v??? w ..Wv v*? v jviun null he was going straight to the United States senate this year, but it seems now that if he ever gets there it will be by a route circuitous. However, Coley. if you will just take your Uncle Splinters' advice it may be well with you yet. Just run along home pull your fodder, pick your cotton, dig your taters. pinders, etc., curry your mule and get up your Christmas wood and in the meantime your Uncle Splinter will intercede with your Uncle Smith in your behalf and it is possible that he will get you a job as shoe shiner up at Washington, So mote it be! Splinter. !5H5a5Z5a5H5a5aSB5H5g5asaB OINf, I iking a trip or, if g [>l, he sure to see ||| Grips. I useful articles which we [Q| ach article is well made jul ou will be proud to have Ijjj I i we are highly pleased ^ e received. The prices |Uf idmire the pretty trim- s| kvns and black. |3 s. You do away with Cj you use them; besides, K c to $1.48 each and only n) *eat sacrifice prices. 9 J1 Co.,