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The Fort Mill Times. | Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1914. *l as T>?r v.?, VfeHBgHB?BHBHBBI 1 1 STATE SEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Wade Cooper, a young white man who worked at the Union Bleachery, Greenville, was run oyer and killed about 8 o'clock Saturday night by a belt line traction car. The South Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy created this year a scholarship to Winthrop college which covers board and tuition for the full course of four years. There were 31 contestants for f k a nnk a! n wn k ? *1 nrkink tttnn i?tA*% uic ocuuioi snip, win*, ii w ao w uu by Miss Daisy Watson, of Beaufort. County Chairman Dobson, of Cherokee county was on Saturday served with notice by N. W. Hardin as attorney for W. L. Settlemeyer and J. L. Jenkins that they would contest the recent primary election on the grounds that the ballots all over the. county of Cherokee were improperly counted. Settlemeyer and Jenkins were defeated for office in the second primary. Bankers and farmers of Marlboro county have sent a petition to Richard I. Manning, governornominate, requesting that he call a conference of the memberselect of the general assembly, to be held in Columbia, to consider ways and means for giving relief in the present cotton crisis. The governor Thursday granted four paroles. Two were dispensary cases. Mary Woods, _ l*e a i* r\ serving a me term irom Partington for murder, and Billy Williams, serving a 16 year term ^from Edgefield were the others receiving clemency. The need of a compulsory school attendance law is recognized throughout the State, according to J. E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education. He has sent out a letter to well known South Carolinians, asking their opinion as to the nature of the compulsory law to be considered at the next session of the general assembly. He says that the only (difference among the friends of education is found in the terms of the statute. An enthusiastic and largely attended meeting of the Sumter county division of the Southern Cotton congress was held at Sumter Saturday in the court house. Between* 350 and 400 farmer attended, of whom about w> were negroes. There were bankers, farmers, merchants, manufacturers, doctors, lawyers, and other callings represented. A feature of the meeting was the severe adverse and somewhat harsh criticisms of President Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet officers together with some heavy licks struck at the South Carolina and other representatives of Southern States for indifference towards the dire needs of the Southern farmers in the present crisis. Profits for Farm Products. The greatest encouragement that can be given agriculture is profitable prices for farm products. Crop destroying insects have been a stubborn enemy and Jupiter Pluvius has played many pranks on the farmer, but there 13 no pestilence like low prices; they will sap the life-blood of an industry. . It is one of the most pitiful sights in twentieth century civilization to see a farmer after he has raised a crop sit helplessly by and watch the bulls and bears of Europe and America trample over it, and yet if the farmer will only organize and cooperate he can successfully fence out these animals that devastate products after the v I GOVERNOR GILLS EXTRA % SESSION OFLEQISLITORE | Governor Blease on Thursday I issued a proclamation calling the Legislature in special session to consider the question of enacting measures to relieve conditions brought about as a result of the European war. The session is to begin at noon on Tuesday, October 6. The text of the proclamation follows: "Whereas it has been made to appear to me by representations of many of the citizens of the State and by resolutions of organized bodies, representing the j cotton growers of this State that a condit on has arisen within the I last few weeks, whereby the price of cotton has declined to such an extent that it is impossible for this staple product of our State to be sold except at a ruinous loss, and that there is no | way whereby an arrangement or combination can be made to save I fVlP Pnffnt* rreAii-ofo v??x. vUbVVM ? ^ I v/ ?? VI O 1IUI1I UCIII^ absolutely sacrificed, and many of our citizens of this class will become penniless and without further means for the payment of their debts, planting of their crops and the support of their families; and further that the financial condition of the country has become such that at present, and in all probability will continue to be such for some time, that it is impossible to obtain credit on the security of their cotton, except at ruinous and prohibit ive rate, if at all; that this condition is widespread and throughout the entire cotton growing section of the State; and, it being further made to ippear that it is impossible for the working classes of our citi-1 zens to obtain adequate means for the support of their families, dependent upon their labor, and that they are unable to borrow money on account of insufficient collateral or security, unless it be at a ruinous rate; that such condition of credit as exists and lack of confidence that there will be any improvement of affairs in the near future, which is creating despair among them; and it further appears that all classes of our citizens are affected by this condition, which prevails in the State, and possibly it appears throughout the whole country. "Many of the members of both branches of the general assembly, and representatives of all classes of our citizens, have urged upon me that this state of affairs so existing is an extra i uruumry occasion, demanding such state governmental relief as can be given by the general assembly within the constitution, and that the exercise of every legislative function should be brought into action to afford a remedy for their distress and to : relieve our people, and especially I should the State exercise its power of borrowing money to run the government, without demanding and exacting from the people taxes that have been levied for the present year, or for the next succeeding year, whereby all of our citizens, and especially our farmers and work-! ingmen. should be afforded some relief. "In view of these representations, and of my own investigation into the condition of affairs, I now declare that such an extraordinary occasion exists in the State as require and warrant the exercise of the constitutional power vested in me, in convening j the general assembly in extra session, to consider the present condition and state of our commonwealth. and to pass such laws as it may, within the exercises of its legislative power, as ...:n ~rv 1 J * ? wui ctiioru a remeay ana reiiet to all citizens from the present situation, and which will probably continue for some time. "Now, therefore, I, Coleman Livingston Blease, governor of the State of South Carolina, in ! pursuance of the power conferred upon me by the constitution of the State of South Carolina, and on account of the extraordinary occasion which has occurred, and which is contemplated by the constitution of this State, article 4, section 16, do hereby convene the general assembly of the State of South Carolina ia extra ) MR. 8. E. BAILES NOMINATED i f FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Among the recent nominees of the Democratic party for I membership in the next Legis- f lature, which convenes in Janu- j r ary, is Mr. S. E. Baiies, whose t home is in the Pleasant Valley t section of Lancaster county, s al>out three miles from Fort f Mill. Mr. Baiies has the (lis-11 tinction of having won his f nomination in the first primary, N the occupant of the second seat t I to which Lancaster county is en- r entitled in the House of Repre-1 sentatives having been selected in the second primary last Tues- I day. He is a progressive, well- 1 to-do young farmer who gradu- c | ated a few years ago from Clemson college and has since * employed profitably on his place ;( monir r\F t U ^ a J..nM aa J J- V tii uir illlVilllCCU IllfLllUUS of farming which are taught at ' I the State's great agricultural * and mechanical college. Mr. 1 Bailes is well known and popular 1 in Fort Mill. He is a brother of i Mr. J. J. Bailes of this piace. x He is less than 80 years of age, J ? but is well informed and intelli-! t gent and his% friends are ex- 1 pecting to hear favorable reports < of his service as a legislator. No Bread Famine This Year. | There will be no bread famine , in the United States this year. ( The largest wheat crop in history 1 has just been harvested and ac- s I cording to the United States de- ( > partment of agriculture, the total ( production is approximately 911,- ( 000,000 bushels; nearly 150,000,- I 000 bushels more than any previous crop produced in this country. We have at least two and a ' halt' million bushels of wheat j which are not needed for con- | sumption at home or for seed, c The surplus production of the ^ United States usually goes to Europe, but under present conditions, caused by the European war, this cereal cannot cross the ocean. About 75,000,000 bushels have been taken for export, but most of it is being held at ports of departure. ( . ~ * j York's Storage Capacity. Commissioner Watson has com piled a statement which shows that the warehouse capacity of South Carolina is close to one million bales. The warehouses of York county with the storage Pnnopitv nf nonK lo ?-t?v?a%?of vMpttvav.f vr* v nvii IO C1IUIIIC1 aiCU as follows: "Latta Bros., Yorkville, 2,500 hales; W. R. Carroll. Yorkville, S00 bales; B. N. Moore. Yorkville. 1.500 hales; Patrick Bros, and Smith. Bowling Green. 200 hales; Mills & Young: company. Fort Mill, 1.000 bales; cotton mill at Fort Mill 3,000 to 4,000 bales; John T. Roddey, Rock Hill, 5.000 bales; Fewell warehouse. Rock Hilk 3,700 hales; T. L. Johnson 300 bales. All textile plants in the county are equipped with warehouse facilities. Total independent storage capacity 15,100 bales."?Yorkville Enquirer. Returns From Spain. Mr. John E. Jones, a son of Mr. W. H. Jones of this town-i ship, who left here on the 0th of July, 1013, for Barcelona, Spain, , to engage in the development of an electric power plant in the Pyrenees Mountains, returned home Friday having left Barcelona August 21. The company by whom he was employed has been obliged to suspend operations owing to war conditions in Europe and the inabilitv to r. -r ai ?ccurc luiiusj ior i.ne prosecution of the work. Mr. Jones says that news of the progress of the i war was almost impossible to obtain owing to the strict censorship. session at 12 o'clock m. on the 6th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, 1914, at the capital, in the city of Columbia, for the . consideration of matters herein i above stated, and to pass such laws as in their good judgment may be necessary and proper for, the relief of the citizens of ourSUt*." 1 ORMER EDITOR OF THE TIMES ELECTEO TO THE LEGISLATURE The Fort .Mill friends of VV. R. Bradford were very much gratiied upon receipt of the election eturns from Yorkvilie to learn hat he had been nominated in he Democratic primary for a leat in the General Assembly rom York county. In the first >rimary held three weeks ago. ill*. Bradford lacked less than 50 rotes of being nominated. In he second primary he was nomilated by a majority of more than 100, receiving 2,000 votes. Mr. Bradford's home is in Fort dill. Formerly he was editor of The Times and in the estimation >f brother members of the fourth state he is considered a strong vriter who is well informed upon iurrent matters. While never laving been a member of a legisative body, he has had opportunity to study and observe the projesses of legislation by reason of its connection in a clerical capacity with the State Senate and vith the Senate of the United States. He is therefore expected o make a useful member of the douse of Representatives. Big Slump in Cotton Exports. The extent to which the European war affected the American cotton industry was lisclosed Monday in the Census Bureau's August cotton consumption report showing that luring August only 21.210 bales >f cotton was exported, while luring August last year 257,172 >ales went abroad. The Sutton school, of which Vliss Alice Armstrong is teacher, dosed a very successful term on ast Friday. Miss Armstrong eft yesterday for her home at 5pencer, N. C. If it 's a surface to be painted, enameled, stained, varnished or finished in any way, there's an Acme Quality Kind to tit the purpose. \ t f ! Massey's % The York Farmers' Meeting. | Pursuant to a call issued the last week by the Yorkville Board of Trade,'-.a-.'large number of farmers and .business fnen from, i all parts of the countyassembledi at Yorkville Thursday to discuss c the cotton situation, and formu- * late, if possible, plans by which * the cotton crop may be market- | ed without a sacrifice in price. 11 J. C. Wilborn, president of the * Board of Trade, stated the object of the meeting and suggested that an organization be formed ( to be known as the York County Cotton Growers' association, * and the association was organ- . iy.pH with 1 T* fV-iti-friK/t 1V.T*, ? wv. .. .?/?. Tf . x . VI MM u VI IUV" Connellsvillc. president, and M. 1 C. Willis of Yorkville. secretary } and treasurer. After a thorough discussion of , the cotton situation it was de- ' cided to ask Col. E. J. Watson to call a meeting of the cotton ( growers from all parts of the ' the State to convene in Colum- ( bia at once. In accordance with * this plan, delegates from each | township in the county appoint- 1 ed to attend this convention. A resolution indorsing the "buy { a bale" plan and urging all nonproducers of cotton to buy a bale at that price and hold it until the * market reached 10 cents was ( unanimously adopted, as was one : urging all the cotton growers to hold their cotton for this price. 1 Mrs. Rachael Culp Dead. 1 Information was received in ' Fort Mill Friday of the death at 1 Mooresville, N. C., Thursday ' evening of Mrs. Rachael C. ' Culp. The deceased was the ' widow of Michael Culp. and was j 75 years of age. Among those surviving is a large number of , relatives in Fort Mill and vicinity. r_n n Iran r< Mea Winter < Fall is the up shabby su home, because time your hom< A little money paints and finis the home bri^ more attractive I some, all winte ACME Qt PAINTS AN] refinish shabby si cost. Expert ad1 by phone or m; you Five Strong House Painting. Drug Stor* ^ V A v* * VMA FARMERS ARE NOW SURE OF AVERAGE YIELDS While the farmers were bowing back yonder in July and \ugust that there would he no :otton made, they have turned ill of their present concern to he availability of a market for hat which will he made. And t is not going to be any sorry 'rop that is turned in this fall, iccording to the opinions of a lumber of leading growers of he county. The prospects for rotton have been increasingly ?ood since the middle of August vhen the weather was ideal for ts rapid and uniform development, a condition on which the production of even a half crop was then predicted. The stalks have been growing splendidly ind the fact that the stands are rather spotted throughout the county has tended to give the plants room for extension and ievelopment. There are in the county some fields of cotton as fine as any that have been seen it this period of the year and the chance is that a much better crop is going to be made than the farmers anticipated. The planters speak in encouraged tones, too, as to the corn crop. While this plant ?llfFprpH alnnnr " VI Itli VUllVMI a blight from the intense heat and Irought that prevailed in June and July and has more or less continued up until September, farmers availed themselves of the opportunity of planting late ?orn when they got their grain 3 IT of the fields and it is the late ?orn that has now such a line prospect. With continued favorable weather, a corn production equal to that of last year or equal, as a matter of fact, to anyaverage year, will be turned out. linting ins Comfort time to touch rfaces in the ' V4 : winter is the e is used most, jj spent now for ?hes will make 1 ;hter, cleaner, \ more whole- r :r long. >5 * < ^ < ij "' A i i; UAL1TY D FINISHES jrfaces at trifling vice at our store, ail. NLet us tell * Reasons for Fall _ Fort Mill, S.C.