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SgtaMUhed Sn-lWlV FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1914. $125 P^T y^-*7
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EASTERN WAR RASES
. WITR0BT DECISIVE RAINS
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Neither Germany nor the allies
yet lays claim to any decisive
outcome in the battle of the
Aisne. where the supreme conflict
of the war, up to the present
time, has long been waging.
The engagement, taken as a
whole, seems to be partaking of
the nature of a siege. Both
sides continue to hold a majority
of their strongly entrenched
positions. The German
lines, for 100 miles, are
described as virtually a continuation
of forts and heavy
entrenchments. Artillery fire
exchanges go on day and night,
and under their cover are sorties
of infantry. Counter attack
follows attack and occasionally
one side or the other gains
gronnd. It would appear that
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nothing out a successiui nanaing
movement could have any
serious effect on either army.
But neither front has been
broken and neither side has
been outflanked.
Rheims appears to be the center
of the most persistent fighting.
It is between the lines of
battle and has suffered heavily.
The Germans are described as
moat anxious to recapture it.
The official announcement issued
at Paris yesterday afternoon
declared incessant German
attacks delivered yesterday have
? been unsuccessful and that the
Germans have been compelled to
retire at more than one point.
The French took many German
prisoners.
The latest official communication
from Berlin, issued last
night, says the Germans have
captured the hill positions at
Ciaonne and occupy the village
of Bethany, three miles outside
of Rheims to the north. This
announcement described theGer'^nans
also as attacking the
strong forts south of Verdun.
Three British cruisers were reported
to have been sunk in the
. North Sea by Gorman submarines.
Two Meet Instant Death.
Mr. John M. Craig, secretary
of the Ed. Mellon Company, of
Charlotte, and one of the most
popular and promising young
business men of that city, and
Mifcs Christine Maxwell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Maxwell,
also of Charlotte, were
instantly killed Sunday night
at 10:45 o'clock when Mr. Craig's
hioh-nowered seven - nnsspno-er
touring- car in which they were
riding was overturned on the
Statesville road, one-half mile
north of Crofts and 10 miles
from Charlotte. Mr. David J.
Craig of Statesville. a brother of
Mr. John M. Craig, and Mr.
W. Hey ward McCabe, Jr., who
were also in the car were both
painfully but not seriously injured,
while John Fingers, the
colored chauffeur, had his leg
broken.
Mr. Craig was soon to be
wedded to Miss Marguerite
Crittendon, of Greenville, Miss.
The announcement of their engagement
had been made and
the wedding was appointed for
October 15.
Far Deserviat Young Women.
Dr. D. B. Johnson, president
of Winthrop, made the interesting
announcement yesterday
that he had received a letter
from Dr. W. Gill Wylie of New
York city, enclosing four $1,000
bonds of the Southern Power
company, for the purpose of
establishing two scholarships at
Winthrop college?one in memory
of his mother, Mts. Juliette
Agnes Gill, and the other in
memery of his daughter. Mrs.
Lucilo Damon Wylie Berg. The
scholarships will of course be
established by the board of
trustees and awarded to deserving
young women. - Rock
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jttMl WCOWL
Trading
in Cotton. \
A widespread development in
turning over the cotton crop has
brought the trade back to the
stage of barter. In many places c
growers pay for goods with cot- s
ton at the rate of 10 cents a x
pound. The market price for j
actual cash sales at Savannah c
has been 8 to 81-4 recently, but ^
in trade prices are always some- j
what more favorable. Some
fertilizer people are taking cotton
at this price in payment for ad- ; j
vances which they have made i j
and for which they hold notes .
maturing now and in the near v
future. In the more advanced j
States, where intensive cultiva-1 ^
tion is at its best, as in South c
Carolina, the average use of ^
fertilizer- is probably a ton a bale. c
At anv rate the South has nrnh. .
ably spent from $75,000,000 to v
$100,000,000 in fertilizers this (
year. t
Richard T. Manning:. Demo-! j
cratic nominee for Governor of ^
South Carolina, estimates that ^
that State alone has probably r
spent $31,000,000 for fertilizing: s
the cotton crop this year. From j.
present prospects a good deal of t
this will be paid for directly g
with cotton at $50 a bale rather a
than with bank checks as usual. N
Livestock traders are also ^
taking: cotton in exchanpre fori6
cattle, horses and mules. An t
enterprising: trader in the Pied- c
mont district of North Carolina j
accepts cotton at $50 a bale, c
agreeing to hold it until 1915 and J
give the grower the benefit of *
any advance that may accrue J
meanwhile. This shows the
liberal spirit which the mer- .
chants throughout the South U
are manifesting in the efforts ic
to enable cotton growers to settle ; c
their debts. The method is being j c
adopted with the implement peo- *
pie, the automobile people and *
various others.? Wall Street ]
Journal. ,
Emergency Statute to Aid Farmers.
When Governor Colquitt, of
Texas, signed the emergency
warehouse bill a few days ago,
which provides for a system of
State-owned cotton warehouses,
he gave to Texas the distinction
of being the first and only State
in the Union to aid her farmers
by legislative enactment during
the present European crisis. The
Legislature was called together
in extraordinary session to consider
this one measure and the
bill was promptly passed by both
houses by more than the twothirds
majority necessary in that ?
State to enact an emergency law. j
mi
ine emergency Dill became a i
law when signed by the govern- >
or, but it probably will be substi- g
tuted by a permanent statute j
when the Legislature meets in 1
regular session next January. t
The act is of vital importance I
to the Texas farmer, as it will j
enable him to hold his cotton un- j
til it can be* profitably marketed, i
Wheat, corn, oats and other non- t
perishable farm products can be ]
stored, but the law was enacted
primarily to meet the cotton situation,
as this staple constitutes
47 per cent, of the annual agri- (
cultural production of the State 1
and 2f> per cent, of the world's 1
cotton crop is raised in Texas. g
Cobb Leads Bitters. ]
Ty Cobb, the slugging Georgian ?
of the Detroit Americans, batted t
himself into the major league t
leadership last week, according 1
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to figures published Saturday, t
He is now leading his nearest c
rwal in the American League i
by 27 points and the National s
leader by the same margin. The 1
best American averages are: s
Cobb, Detroit, 375; E. Collins, >
Philadelphia, 348; Jackson, f
Cleveland, 347; Hoblitzell, Bos- \
ton, 347. Philadelphia and )
Detroit continue to lead the t
league in club batting with 270
and 255 respectively.
There are said to be more ne- ?
groes going to school in Gaffney t
than white children. 11
WILL PLANT NO COTTON
IN NEXT YEAR'S CROP
Mr. T. Mclver Hughes. Lan:aster's
wide awake real estate
tgent. got hack from Fort Mill
esterday, where he had gone to
nake arrangements for the rent
>f his plantation near that place
or another year. Mr. Hughes
s of the opinion that our farm>rs
are "cotton crazy" and the
esult of his trip shows that he
r dead in earnest. He rented
lis ten-horse farm with the disjnct
understanding, set forth in
vriting, that not an acre of the
and was to be planted in cotton.
[Tie lessee was given the option
if paying the rent in corn, oats,
my or cotton on the basis of ten
ents a pound for cotton. Coton
being so low now, the lessee
vill buy the rent cotton at presint
prices as he cannot afford
o raise it at that price, and deiver
the snme; according to conract,
on October 15, 1915. The
>arty to whom Mr. Hughes
ented will commence at once the
owing of oats and crimson clover
nixed, between the cotton rows,
ising a Cole seed drill. Next
pring when the oats and clover
ire in the "dough" state, he
vill cut the crop for forage polioses.
Then corn will be plantid
in each alternate row where
he cotton had been. When the
orn is laid by in the summer
ieas will be sowed in the middle
>f the row. and in the fall of the
rear oats and clover mixed will
le sown between the corn rows.
Ve are glad that Mr. Hughes
las set this good example to
otton fanners, and if he can
tfford to cut out all cotton next
rear, surely other farmers can
ut one-half. If - our farmers
:ould be brought to a realization
if what diversified farming
neans, they would not hesitate
o do what Mr. Hughes has done.
He says he is not onlv irettimr
lis usual rent, but his l?tnd will
>e built up at the same time,
r .ancaster News.
Nr. Hall Changes Positions.
Friends in this section of Mr.
5. E. Hall will be interested to
enow that he has resigned his
position with the A. and M. colege
of Oklahoma at Stillwater,
x> accept the position of farm
lemonstrator of Richland county,
;hi s State. Mr. Hall has assumed
lis duties in the latter position
,vith offices in the Palmetto
luilding, Columbia. He is now
irrancinc n Rphprinlo
0 0 ? *V/l A novr
;utes for Richland in which he
vill stress the importance of
lowing grain, as do all the experts
sent out by the governnent
and Clemson. W. W. I^ong,
,vho has charge of the demonitration
agents of the State, has
?iven high endorsement of Mr.
dall's abilities as a thoroughly
rained instructor combining
>oth theoretical and practical in
leasing degree. Mr. Hall was
graduated from Clemson college
n the class of 1912. He is a son
>f Magistrate D. K. Hall, of
Pleasant Valley.
Smothered in Pile of Cotton.
Jimmie Dodds. the seven-year>ld
son of Mr. W. O. Dodds, who
ives on Mr. T. T. Lucas' place
iear Liberty Baptist church, was
smothered to death Thursday
vhile playing in a pile of cotton.
Prom what particulars are avail
ible at this hour it seems that
,he little fellow had gone into
he cotton house to play, and
)re8umably had dug a hole into
he pile of cotton and jumped
lown into it, when the light
'eathery cotton slipped over him
md completely cut off the air.
Vfter some time the child's
ibsence was noted, and a search
vas instituted which resulted
inally in the finding of the little
>ody. When found there was
ittle or no sign of life; except
hat the body was warm: but
vhen Dr. A. M. Wylie rushed
o the scene the little form was
old. and all efforts at resuscitaion
were useless. - Chester Reporter
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Farmers Urged to Hold Cotton.
The York county congress,
which was called some time ago ,
to meet at Yorkville for the purpose
of discussing the cotton situation
and to formulate, if possible,
plans to curtail the acreage
of next year's crop, met in the
court house at Yorkville Saturday,
says a dispatch to The
State. A representative crowd |
of farmers and business men J
from all parts of the county were
present, and much interest was
manifested in the proceedings, i
The meeting was presided over (
by J. T. Crawford, president of!
the congress, and M. C. Willis,!
secretary of the organization,
was present also.
A resolution was passed requesting
the fertilizer com- ;
panies to accept cotton at the
price of 10 cents in payment*of
fertilizer notes with the ad- <
ditional request that they hold
the cotton for a period of 90
days.
Another resolution was passed ,
urging the farmers not to sell
any cotton for less than 10 cents,
and to sell only enough at that
price to relieve distress. They
were also petitioned to hold as ;
much cotton as practicable for
12 1 2 cents per pound.
The president was instructed
to attend the cotton conference 1
which has been called b\* Wade i
Stackhouse to meet in Columbia.
A number of other matters were
discussed without resulting in
any definite resolutions being
passed. *
The second annual ArcadeVictoria
Mill Village Fair under
the auspices of the United States
Department of Agriculture, cooperating
with Winthrop college ,
in the demonstration work, will
be held at Arcade Mills, Hock i
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rim, on Saturday. uctober 10th, I
The Great
Walkinj
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"Like Truth Crush
Rise A
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Thursday,
This wonderful cake will
RANGE AIR TIGHT OVEN ai
the above mentioned date, and
ternoon 25 ladies will stand 01
and crush it flat. It will thei
about 5 minutes afterward,
all present.
This is a fine layer cake 6 ii
jelly between each layer. Th
cake is the fact, that it is cook
MAJESTIC RANGE ovens are
HOT COFFEE and BISCUIT
demonstration week, Sept. 21
Also, remember the factory
FREE one set of ware, well w
for a Majestic Range given c
Sept. 21 to 26. Come in any i
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Panama's Big Gun.
Although the boom of the
great gun designed to protect
the Pacific entrance to the
Panama Canal will not reverberate
quite around the globe,
it will be the loudest single
"boom" in the world. This
titanic piece of 16-inch ordnance
which has been shipped to the
Sandy Hood proving grounds is
50 feet long, weighs 142 tons and
fires a projectile about 6 feet
long and weighing a ton.
The discharge of this piece of
coast artillery requires 665
pounds of powder, giving its
projectile a maximum range of
from 22 to 23 miles. Theoretically.
the projectile has power
to pierce two feet of the best
armor plate at its muzzle velocity,
and at eleven miles will
pierce an 11-inch armor plate,
or any side armor afloat.
When the shell leaves the gun
it is revolving at the rate of
4,000 revolutions a minute and
develops a pressure of 32,000
pounds to the square inch. The
pressure on the rear of the gun
and forward or. the projectile
amounts to 7,600,000 pounds.
The carriage for this gun is
under construction at the Watertown
arsenal, and it is expected
that all will be finished and
the gun ready for shipment to
Panama by next Spring.
Card of Thanks.
Zion church (colored) wishes
to thank the good people of Gold
Hill and Steele Creek for their
kindness in helping to build its
new church. From the kindness
of James' Chapel. Liberty
Hill. Macedonia and St. James'
church in giving us some money,
we have wound up the debt, for
which we are thankful.
John Adams, Clerk.
t Majestic
g Cake
ed to Earth, Will
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Sept. 24.
be baked in a MAJESTIC
t our store in the morning of
I at about 4 o'clock in the afii
two planks 12 feet long '
i rise to its natural height
then be cut and served to 1
aches, by 18 by 15 inches, i
e principal ingredient to this
ed in an air tight oven. All <
i air tight. 5
'S served every day during
to 26, inclusive,
will give you ABSOLUTELY !
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uiui ?u.v/u, witu yuui oruer j ^
luring demonstration week,!
lay, you are welcome. I
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SEVERAL WEEKS' SESSION
LIKELY FORLEGISLATURE
The indications in Columbia,
are that the extra session of the
General Assembly which has
been called for October 6 will
remain in session for several
weeks. The members will have
the right to consider all measures
proposed, and it is expected
that a number of Statewide
measures will be considered before
adjournment.
The big question before the
body will be to secure relief for
the cotton planters of the State.
It is not thought that relief can
be given.
The opinion is expressed in
Columbia that the General As- J
ot IIIUI^ van uo nine to relieve
the situation in South Carolina. , Z
A State warehouse system could
not be put into effect in time to
help this year's cotton crop. An
extention of time for the payment
of taxes would not help the r
small cotton grower or the
laborer.
It will be impossible for the
Legislature to secure a loan to
finance the cotton crop.
It is estimated that the extra
session will cost the taxpayers
about $40,000.
Virginia Outlaws Whiskey Selling.
The Statewide prohibition
forces won a sweeping victory at
the polls in Virginia Tuesday,
returns at midnight showing
that they had won by a majority
of 35.825. This figure will be
increased largely in favor of the
drys when further returns are
received from counties which
were inaccessible. With complete
returns from all the cities
and 44 of the 100 counties and
with scattering returns from
other counties, the total vote
\|fQC 191 7^0 v*. - ? - 4
, ud. it is estimated
that the final total vote will
reach 150,000. 01' this vote the
drys received 77,453 as against
44,618 for the local optionists.
The cities which were expected
to roll up a majority for the
local optionists sprung a surprise
by giving 1,315 for the
drys. Only four cities, Alexandria.
Norfolk, Williamsburg
and Richmond, returned majorities
for the wets. The total
vote cast by the cities was 40,077
of which the drys got 21,146.
Offers Farmers Aid.
Mr. Willard (). Bailes, of
Upper Fort Mill township, former
notary public, comes forward
with an offer which if accepted
should prove of some help to the
farmers in the district of York
COUnty which was devastator! hir
hail some months ago. Mr.
Bailes offers to all those farmers
who call for them 10,000 col lard
plants which are now ready for
setting and which arc said to he
fine for a winter garden. Mr.
Bailes says the roads are good
in his community and he will be
pleased to have the farmers of
the hail district call for the
plants.
South Carolina Farm Statistics.
There are 170.434 farms in
South Carolina.
The approximate land area of
of this State is 19.007.000 acres;
13,512,(KM) acres are in farms and
5,097.000 acres of the land in
farms are improved.
The average size of a South
Carolina farm is 77 acres.
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a ne laniis 01 mis Mate represent
a capital investment of
$392,128,000.
The farmers of this State own
$14,108,000 worth of implements
and other farm machinery.
The value of the domestic animals,
poultry and bees on the
farms of this State is $45,131.
D00.
The average value of a South
Carolina farm is $2,223.
The well developed lnuly of u
male infant, thought to have
been bom alive, was found in an
old well near Gaffney Friday,
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