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M^Bs^PIP^ :; X?^'':^*''* ' /: **rv_^^^^/rv;/i;-'irv>^r:-^-,:i:*.^. v-r.- r.v : - 'i-v-" t. '.. 'v^>The Fort Mill Times. Established yi 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1914. $1.25 Per Year, i r STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Thorp were 117 fires in South Carolina during August, according to the report of F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner. The amount of insurance losses reported by the companies totals $95,052.00. Governor Blease Saturday issued a proclamation offering a reward of. $50 for the arrest and conviction of John Jones, who is accused- of ?murdering John Turnipseed in Richland county, February 2, 1912. Commissioner E. J. Watson is in receipt of advices from Charleston stating that the warehouse facilities of tlat city can accommodate 200.000 hales of cotton. The commissioner states thnt n i>nnvfl? of I SsfnTf Charleston included, shows that South Carolina warehouse facilities can accommodate a maximum storage of 900,000 bales of cotton. Of the 205 assistant frame wardens in the State 167 h^ve been recently discharged for ineflicient service bv Chief Game Warden A. A. Richardson. Only .18 of the force were retained, and 56 new assistant wardens have been appointed, irivinjr the State a force of 94 assistant wardens at present. After telling her mother and sisters that she did not care for any dinner Thursday, Eula Smith, the 18-year-old daughter of Mrs. V. S. Smith, of Anderson. disappeared from the house. An hour later she was found in a pool of her own Mood, about ore quarter of a mile from the ^ home. She had committed suicide, using a single barrelled shot gun and death had been instantaneous. 4 The cotton caterpillar has appeared at Qoleville, in Laurens county, and the citizens of that community are asking for relief, otherwise the situation will be dire. The farmers of that section were visited by a severe hailstorm on July 6, and the cotton and corn crop was almost stripped clean of foliage and fruit. The first order ever received in South Carolina, ^ far as is known, from South Africa for cotton seed reached Anderson a few days ago. The order called .for a large quantity of Anderson county's long-staple cotton seed. It is understood that the shipment will go from Anderson to Atlanta, thence to New Orleans and then to the planter in South Africa. Governor please has granted a full pardon to Mrs. Ella Belle Hite, convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill during the January, 11)14, term of court of general sessions for Lexing^ ton county and sentenced to three months on the chaingang and to pay a fine of $100. The chaingang sentence was suspended upon the payment of the fine and upon condition that the woman leave the State never to return. Veteran Teacher Dead. Wm. M. Marchant. the veteran educator who taught the Pleasant Valley school the last session was found dbad in his bed at a Columbia hotel the morning of Saturday, August 29. Death was due to paraiysite of the heart. Mr. Marchant had not been well for some days and a physician had visited him the day before his death! I Mr. Marchant was in his 75th I year. He was a native of I Omngebdrg county, and had H made school teaching his life B work, having taught in various I places throughout the State. He I is survived by one daughter, I Miss Genevieve Marchant. of Columbia Hlsw*:flft SSUM' Helton Arrested in Greenville. A Greenville dispatch of Tin sda>: to the Columbia Reeoid says: "Odlis Heltrn. a white map, who killed a negro several years ago at Fort Mill. S. for which be received a life sentence and was subsequently paroled, was arrested at .ludson mill last night by Sheriff Rector for carrying a pistol. Helton is wanted, in several States, according to I information received bv the sheriff, and an effort will be made to establish pending (charges against the man. H< b ton is said to he wanted in i Columbus, (in., for assaulting a man and the sheriff has learned (that he is want* d in AUavista. Va.. on a similar charge. The sheriff said last night that he had been told that the father of the vomer man attacked by Helton had offered a reward of $f>0() for tin* man's arrest. "Sheriff Rector talked over long distance telephone last night with an official in Lynchburg, Va.. and an < lfort will be I 111 uuv I" uv-ici lllllll* lilt" I'XIIL'I status oi tilt* case against Helton in Altavista." fv\i!?.tLiii.g Ccnicsl Tomorrow. Con iderable local interest centers in the swimming contest to be held tomorrow between the Boy Scouts of Fort Miil and tin Y. M. C. A. boys of Rock Hill, j The contest is t<> be held at ill* . I KocU Hill Y. M. C. A. swimming [pool near the Victoria mill, in I that city. The Fori Mil! Scouts who will enter the contest wili j be in charge of Assistant Scout Master F. M. Mark, who. with his boys, has made a number of trips recently to Rock Hill to j practice for the event. There will be lour races, two i for the seniors, 13 to li> years of age, and two for the juntas, 13 j years and under. First will be a rch.y race for the senior, in. whkn the winner will b presented with a silver! trophy cup. i'lie'second will be | an -indivi .ual dash of 80 yards j and toe-prize will be a Y. M. C. A. swimming medal. cor the junior teams the races j and prizes will be the same as those for the seniors. The Fort Mill Scouts who will ; compose the swimming teams j [are: Seniors Heath Hoik,* Joe* j Nims, Herbert Baker, Haile Ferguson. Odell Kimhrell. T.inker I I Belk. Juniors % Douglass Nims, S Malcolm Link, Middleton Young, Harry Bradford, Andrew Haf' ner, Robert Young. Vital Statistics Act Now Law. I The Lawson-Harper-McCra\ y vital statistics bill, providing for the registration of all births and i deaths within the State, was j signed by the governor Tuesdaj | ! and filed with the secretary of i State. This bill was one of those that did not reach the .governor until within three days of the adjournment of the general asi sembly, and without his signature would not have become a law. The bill provides that the sec-1 retary of State board of health shall be State registrar of births and deaths, the board of health to establish- a bureau of vital statistics by formulating, promulgating and enforcing the rules and regulations prescribing the method and form of making the registrations. The bill provides also that the State board of health shall provide a fire-proof vault for keeping the records. The State. * j Four Old Dad! i When the European war is ] over the dads of the United 1 States will have to pay - i OOOfor new geographies alone and 1 the cost of new school histories I will be appalling. Cinn and i Company, of Chicago, one of i the largest text book publishers of the country, have made this t < estimate. t Textile <~oiiS3e of Studies. EditorTie Times: W'niiote with admiration the effort thai are hei njr made to s?viuvtit ;t -luss sehools throuph?> tt this station. The best of tea'diiTs arc I ciir.r secured. confo?:ioi and comfortable buildings ar?- rvoia where boinjr built. The school hooks are earefully pre] in red and sold at the lowest prices possible. It i.- with singular satisfaction we ! the steady progress of our common choois. Realizing: that the prosperity, patriotism, and i-rojiuss of our State down 's on the enliuhteninent of (msi* great common people the p *opk \ . o i' lovv our cotton and r , n. who raise our hogs and rattle, supplying us with daily bread, who spin and weave our eotton. thus protecting us from the inckmc ru-ies of the cold and cruel winter, and since our physical welfaie depends to such an extent en the laber and production oi tl*" common people, it a i .oo\? s us to develop and adapt the common schools so that they will he beneficial t<? us along the daily and often weary walks of life. L:f< 's journey nerd rot lie along an unknown trail, for sit.ee he majorit> of us follow i the fo, tsu ps of our fathers we can j i? lit l.v their experi-. ncs; the prol !v ins J at tb*have solved eai assist lis in ferreting out harder mas ?I. .1 lie in front of us. fhe fu th nental laws that ,;ov< ri > d i .e course* of the suc ewful * ,ies who preceded us are hand'd down to us in the text ho .Ks. These we should study as they are adapted to the vocations we are to follow. With the fail r it is the fertility of his soil, the nature and needs of plants, the proper care and feeding of his livestock, the advertising and sale of farm products, it is with pleasure we see the farmer is how being supplied in a limited way with a course of study adapted to the require merits of country life. . Next to agriculture, the most productive source of our wealth conies from the manufacture of cotton. We are fast coming into the lead in this great industry. Our mighty water powers and vast units of electrical energy together with the proximity to the ports of commerce gives us a great advantage in the economical production and transit of our cloth. Since this is the leading industry of the Piedmont section and the pursuit that the coming generation will follow, our graded schools should adopt a curriculum suited to the needs of* our cotton mill boys. They also need to learn the fundamental laws that atl'ect their occupation. Carding and spinning is not a haphazard work, hut one that is tigured with a mathematical exactness. The effect of the dyes on the fiber is not left to the fortunes of luck. The manufacturer knows what will llM r } 1 > OOttt of t ho olotli lia_ fore tlu? bale is unpacked. The dyeing, carding, spinning, weaving, finishing and sale is figured out to a nicety. When an order is received lie knows at once whether or not he can make the cloth for the price offered. Such problems should be studied by mill hoys in our graded schools and not leave them to grope in the darkness of an unknown and unfamiliar task when they leave the halls of learning and undertake the duties of lite. To insure prosperity and contentment to the textile communities, it is imperative that the textile studies be pursued in our graded schools, that the simple, though fundamental. laws underlying the textile trade be mastered. In the days of his y^uth the ;hild should be taught to think of the things he will do when he 4 CRISIS IS fit&GRSD OS ROADS TO PARIS Official reports Wednesday! froip both Paris and London indicate successful movn ments, j at least for the time hcinjr, by 'the allied armies a.eainst tin4'; Oermans. Lomhyi reports that the Itritirh have pushed the op;M)sinjn forces hack ten miles) and that the allies are paininfjj ground on the line of Ourcq and Petit iVlorin rivers. Wounded soldiers who have reached Paris tell of the severity of the Ihrhtin^ in tin4 Champagne country and report heavy losses. With hundreds of thousands of men engaged on both sides, the buttle now in 'full fcwing to the oast of Paris promises to he the most important of the campaign up to the present. (hi the other hand advices re-j ceived from Merlin by the German embassy at Washington say that the Austrian army, advancing on Russian territory, repulsed a violent Russian attack and captured b()0 prisoners.! Reports from the Balkans say that the Turks are concentrating SO.000 men along the Tchatalja. lines outside Constantinople with | a view to opposing a possiblei Russian landing on the Black Sea! coast. becomes a man. In school wo are trained to think. Why not he trained to think the thoughts needed in later life instead of thinking as we would if on Wall j street? The percentage that we: apply to textile problems is asi intricate as those applied to i stocks and bonds. 1 hope that 'those in cliarge will assist the; children from the mills arid farms ' to learn the facts applicable to their occupations, instead of liiuco lureign to mem: that thus* these children will be inspired with a desire and love for; knowledge, that the prestige! and integrity of their community be maintained by an enlightened I and stable people unwavering in their devotion to duty and loydl to the interests and welfare of their country. X. Y. Z. I a ^ l . Alwaj Kimbrel I Specif K Two oars host "ilo 3 S*2.7T) and S)>.() S NVw ko? linn Swoo ?| ( jlootl ( l'n 11,1 id ( liilV ui. r" ; g] only 1 oc per p DI Now shipment Anl jjj (*ranulato<l Sugar, S Another barrel of 1 at bOe 1 ho gal I ? Fresh assort meat ? (1ar Salt at hoc sac \Y hen you hav jjj to eat call up No. 1 pj Cotton Sheets 35c, 3 for E. W.% V Baptist Women d.id Fine Meeting. The annual meeting of the Womans* Misoionarv Union of the York Baptist Association, was held with the Flint Hill Baptist church on Friday an.l Saturday. About HO delegates, representing the various churches in the county were present and great interest was manifest. Present as visitors were Mrs. ('. E. Watson, of (iroonvi'le, vice president of the Northern Division. and Mrs. J. R Fizor, of Columbia, corresponding secretary for the Strife. The sessions were presided over bv Miss Emma Dowel 1. of Rock Hill. Two sessions n day were held, dinner being served on the grounds in picric style. The delegates were royally entertained during their stay by the members of the Flint Hill church. Warehouse Damaged by Fire. There was great excitement in the vicinity of the Southern freight station Friday afternoon when lire* was discovered in the warehouse owned by A. O. Jones and located alongside the tracks just south id' the railroad station. Spontaneous combustion is supposed to have caused t lie fire. ! The warehouse is of brick with a metal roof and the flames were 1 closely confined. The local fire department was given an opportunity to test the efficiency! of the chemical engines pur-1 chased about a year ago and with such good eifect that the tire was unde^ control in a very short while. The loss to the owner was mainly in the damage to the roof, as the warehouse was practically empty of anything of value. Second in Use of Fertilizer. South Carolina ranks second , with other States in fertilizer! cbnsumptiotY. Ten years ago the annual expenditure for fertilizer; in this State was $4,49-1,410. Fertilizerjnnchases in South Carolina have increased $10,6(>7,t>()7, or 'J.T7 per cent, during the past: decade. Eighty percent, of the! farms of this few and the average for the United! States is 29 per cent. HI 5BS5 EE SESE i^T^S^d rs Clean and Fr< IPs Grocer] ils, Just Rect e ('lTimi" and "Grime 0 per sack. t Mixed Pickles at 011 W? Ik'WibiWI'lkL.' liili'liliin " v , |m?\ niij^i l 11 I <11 j? nek. rim's Full ( roam ( lie 25-lb sacks, only $1.9( ho best country Molas* on while t hey !asl. S. B. ((1akos and (Y; k while it lasts, e a craving for sound r. We liav.e it. $1. Clover Seed, $6.50 bu. Kimbre i ^here Quality Reigns l MANNING TOPS RICHARDS; BETHEA AND SHEALY Riehare I. Manning of Sumter for governor, Andrew J. Rethea of Columbia for lieutenant governor and Frank W. Shealy of Lexington for railroad commissioner Tuesday were nominated for office by majorities ranging from 1.(1.000 to 25.000. according to practicaliy complete returns. The vote, which went well past the 110,000 mark, yesterday stood as follows:* 1?\y.* .r/. - . i wi m?\ri IIL'I , Manning GS.305: Richards. 40,(><>4. For lieutenant governor, Bethea 05,742: Kelley 40,740. For railroad commissioner, Fortner, 34,(527: Shealy 7(0001. The tabulation shows that Mr. Manning carried 42 of t he 41 counties, including: Kershaw, the home county of Mr. Richards. York and Cherokee counties gave majorities respectively of 200 and 90 for Mr. Richards. Blease Will Remain in Columbia. "That Governor Blease. will establish a law oflice in Columbia after the expiration of his term of office was definitely stated Friday in a report emanating: from Greenwood. Soon after the first primary, a number of reports relative to the governor's future plans were circulated, among which were that he would establish a law ollice at Anderson, and that he would accept a position as attorney for the Southern Railway Co.. ami become a partner of Attorney Ben Abney of Columbia." Columbia Record, Saturday. Gunmen Get Long Teams. Jim Knotts 15 years, Hiram Sykes 12 years, Jesse Helms 12 years and Will Stamey four years at hard labor in the State penitentiary was the sentence of Judge Shaw Saturdav jiftpmnon in the Mecklenburg court upon the four men, who on the early morning of July 18 fired upon without warning and seriously wounded Assistant Chief of Police Neal Elliott and Officer A. B. Moore of the Charlotte police force front an unoccupied house near tlt? Calvine mill of that city. coeat! . ssh at | j Den't. i jived. | s' Bust" Flour ;it K ly 20<* JUT |MMIim1. 3 l ice "20c, 1 his week jjj 0S(% *2')C JMUIIHI. H I) 1 ho sack jjj scs you c\ cr I asl cm I S WtL'OI'k! ^ Iiiiiit mil (?()<)!) I . Rye Seed, $1.40 bu. | :1I Co., I aggggagaasessBjaaasespi lal