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Fort Mill Times.
Established yi 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1914. $1.25 Per Year,
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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.
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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
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pj Cotton Sheets 35c, 3 for
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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
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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.
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Rye Seed, $1.40 bu. |
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