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r Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. ?? ** - ?
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~ 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. ;
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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 ^
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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
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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.
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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. \
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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.
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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. <;
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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. *
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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
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voras, ine excess oi exports IJj
ver imports for the year was |j
15.281,111. I
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.,