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P V " >TV . , x ' - ' ? t The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT KILL, 8. C., TS0ESDAT, OCTOBER 15, 1914. ?,<??mmfc??????m ' i =_ * ? STITE NEWS UR&N8ED M. * FOR QUICK READIRfi H Union county's fourth annua . fair will be held as scheduled or W Octbber 21, 22 and 23, althougl f the fairs in some other countiei have been called off. The executive committee of lh< State Fair association has de cided not to pay any premium! at the coming: fair on any exhib its except farm products, this being: occasioned by the condi tions brought about by the Euro pean war. Reese Hough, a resident oi Cheraw, was instantly.- killec Friday night at 12 o'clock b\ the falling of the town's fin alarm bell. Hough had dis covered fire in a business housi and had taken hold of the hel rope to give the alarm, when th< hell fell 150 feet from the top o: a water tank mangling hin terribly. He left a wife ant several small children. The police of Gaffney on Fri day seized 32 pints of whiskej from the express office, whicl had been consigned to Georgt Haynes, a cripple, who has frequently been charged wit! violating the laws as to dealing in whiskey. Haynes conducts s shoe shop in Gaffney, where the officers say he is dealing ir whiskey instead cf mending shoes. The Jenkins Orphanage banc of Charleston, a negro organi7.a tion composed of negro boys between the ages of 6 and 16, has recently returned to Char leston after spending thret months in London, England. The negroes expected to spenc a year in Europe; but the out ^ break of the war caused them tc ^ return to Charleston earlier thar they had anticipated. Riogling Bros, circus was at tached in Columbia, Friday, or account of a damage suit foi $25,000 filed by Mrs. S. J. Stevens of Columbia, alleging discourteous treatment by circus employes. The suit was filed against the Barnum and Bailey circus a year ago, and the Kingling show was attached or the ground that both circuses belong to the same people. During the first week of the extra session of the Legislature, called to devise some means ol bettering the business conditions of the State, nothing definite was accomplished and little progress was made in either house toward achieving the solutior asked. Though both branches early last week determined fcc refuse consideration to all meaa> ures save those tending to improve the financial situation, the only definite action of the body was taken on measures of local nature. / ~ flrTfijweid. Mr. Charles Ross, a well known resident of Pleasont Valley community, died at his home in that community Thursday morning aftes an illness extending over several weeks. Mr. Ross tfas 60 years of age. He was a successful farmer and was held in esteem in the community in which he lived. He married Miss Lula Wilson, of Port Mill, who with seven children. five sons and two Hunch. tera/survives. Deceased was a member of the Baptist church. *v' Mrs. IQicr Dead. Mrs. Mamie Kizer, wife of Mr. James Kizer. a well known farmer of Steel Creek, died M at her home Thursday night, after an illness of about one week. ..lin. Kizer before mar\ riage was a Miss Bayne. a sister ofMr. J; t). Bayne of Fort Mill, and is survived bv her husband and one child. ' The funeral and burial took place Friday, among the attendants being Mr. J. C. Mmjne and ftuutty of this city. * * * \ The War in the East. j Probably the most important development during the last j 1 week in the European war I i situation was the fall of Ant-1 1 werp, Belgium, Friday. The! 5 seige of the Germans against Antwerp lasted for 11 days1 a during which time the losses on both sides were reported to have 1 " run far up into the thousands. The Belgian troops which de- < ~ fended thb city escaped to the j south when the city was sur" 1 -1 i -1 rcnuereu 10 rne Germans. While it is quite likely that the Allies and Germans have f continued the fighting along the j Aisne river in Northern France f during the last week, very little j ? news of such fighting has been i . given out hv the censors. ? Wednesday's dispatches indi1 cated that the Austrian forces > had assumed the offensive and f had made a determined attack , on the Russians in Alsace, the j latter troops having been driven back for ten or 15 miles with heavy losses to both sides. As a whole the week's news j shows little in the way of adi vantage gained by either of the 3 contending armies, except the 3 capture of Antwerp, which, in i the opinion of military experts, r is considered of great signifii cance. \ Boston Wins Championship. ? The Boston National League team Tuesday copped the world's t L - 11 1 * f- ? ' j twHfiiau fiuuupionsmp wnen. lor . the fourth straight game it de> feated the Philadelphia team of the American league. The scores of the four games were v J-l. 1-0. 5-4 and .1-1. It is stated that the Indianapolis team of the I Federal League will now issue . a challenge to the Boston team ) and if the latter declines the , invitation the Indianapolis team will lay claim to the championship. , Fort Mill Won Gune. The Winnsboro correspondent of The State Saturday sent that r paper the following account of a fvx)tball game played in that 5 city Friday: I The Mount Zion high school s team was defeated by the Fort t Mill high school in a hotly coni tested football battle by the 3core of 12 to 0. Both sides played good football, Fort Mill ' having the slight advantage by outweighing the Zion lads. The ' features of the game for Winns\ boro were the playing of Half> backs Crawford and Burley, and frhp f?plrlir>or nf Oho?4a? V?*vi?aai?^ Vf* \J(U?1 LCI " ' back Belk for Fort Mill, the i playing of Halfback Hafner, l. who practically won the game ^ if or the visitors. This was the J * ^first game of the season. Why Exports are Light. j Why is it that such a small amount of American cotton is being shipped to England when trade with that country remains | I uninterrupted is a question ( . which cotton men are' being , called upon to answer. Many can not understand why , England should not be taking , a large quantity of cotton from , , the United States, considering , [ the fact that the English mills t . are running and ships continue , i to ply between Aiflerican and * English ports. i In explanation to this a local . exported said yesterday: k "England had about 700,000 bales of cotton on hand when the war broke out. It is taking ! them some time to spin that. The mills are running from 40 . 1 to 60 per cent, capacity, the cur- J tailment of operation being due { to the fact that there is not the \ usual demand for the finished ; goods. They are buying quite a good deal of American cotton as it is."?Augusta Chronicle. Miss Louise Ardrey has been < ill for several days at her home |.j on East Booth street. < Killed in Anto Accident. Charlie Long, the 14-year-old son of Daniel Long, of Ebenezer avenue, was instantly killed Friday evening ahout 6;30 o'- 1 clock, being struck by an automobile driven by Peter G. Karres, a proprietor of the Royal Cafe. > The accident occurred at the corner of West White and Wilson 1 streets. Immediately after the accident : Coroner Black was notified and a jury composed of D. E. Fincher, R. D. Sealy, G. C. Blankenship, A. W. Green, S. II. Blake and W. W. Barr, was empanneled. The body was removed to the undertaking parlors of J. W. 1 McCormick and the hearing was ; adjourned until Saturday morning. Karres was taken to the county jail in Yorkville, pending 1 the verdict of the jury, being carried through the country in 1 the auto that figured in the acci- : dent. ? Rock Hill Herald. 1 Daniel Long, father of the dead boy, was for a time a resi- < dent of Fsrt Mill and is well known here. < Exhibit for Bird Protection. 1 The farmers from all over the \ State are invited and urged ! to attend the free exhibition on bird protection at the State ! fair. October 2G-30. The exhibit will be the first of its kind ever * held in the State, and will be in- ' teresting as well as instructive. J Scientific experts have made a study of the food habits of birds for years, and some of the re- 1 suits of these investigations will * be shown by picture, chart and ! publications. Owing to their feeding habits, most birds are 1 of immense value to farmers. Therefore, birds should be pro- . tected. | One of the greatest enemies to bird life, it is said, is the com- 1 mdn cat. A place will be given | to the cat in the exhibit There also will be displayed models of ' practical bird houses and boxes , which can be constructed for , only a few cents. j Valuable literature on the sub ject of bird protection will be distributed free. County Must Piy for Lynckinf. : A jury at Manning court in the case of Madison Cantley, administrator of Marion Cantley, vs. Clarendon county a few days ago returned a verdict of $2,000 against the county. This case was brought under what is commonly known as the "lynch law" of this State, the constitution and a statute providing for the payment of at least $2,000 to the perspn representatives of anyone taken from the custody of the officers of the law and lynched. The case was one of much interest and closely watched and the jury deliberated for many hours before returning the verdict. But few cases of this character * nave ever been brought in this State and it is probable that this one will be taken to the supreme court. Marion Cantley. the man who was lynched, was charged with assault and battery, and after the preliminary was sent to tile county jail in charge of a magistrate's constable and on the way to jail was taken from the constable and his assistant and lynched near the public road. This happened in June, 1913. Lancaster Fanner Saicides. [ News reached Lancaster Fri- I day of the death by his own | hands Thursday night in the E Unity section of that county of It Robert Whitaker, a prominent E citizen and well known farmer R of that community. Ill health E is assigned as the cause for Mr. I W hi taker's suicide. It is said I that he placed a shotgun to his I temple and pulling the trigger E blew the top of his head entirely r off. He was 23 years of age and E is survived by his Wife and three I children. ? "Then Shall Not Kill." When the Lord commanded, "Thou Shall Not Kill." He did not add, "unless commanded to do so by your government." When two modern armies meet in deathly grapple thousands of human souls are sent to the judgment seat of that same God, who thousands of years ago preached, "Love thy neighbor as thvself " As each soul approahes the bar of that tribunal it is confronted with the guilt of other men murdered, their hands are red with the same blood that flowed from their brother Abel, and the eternal Judge must turn away weary and faint of heart. Hundreds and hundreds of years of Christianity, ages and ages of civilization and progress. Men that were heathens changed to humans, only to be savages again. The lofty strain of culture drowned in the flood of blood, made possible only by the growing intellect of man. The lions fight and tear each other in the forest, the tiger steals softly towards his prey, the hawk drops like a bullet < upon the helpless bird, but n either the lions, nor tigers, nor < hawks, have murder organized, systematized and civilized. ' < Man, alone of all Cod's i creations, endowed with the i iivine form and reasoning pow- < ers, and placed in dominion over < the beasts of the land and the fowls of the air, has used his superior intellect, his genius for government,' and the growth of i centuries in science, to enable I him to kill more of his fellow i men than ever before. "j Better the single ^rarefare be- 1 tween the aboriginal savage than < the masked good will of nations that puts slaughter ahead as a ( profession, and the blood of her , people as the price of aggrand- , izement. Society, with all its i advantages, has brought a cor- i respondir. i increase in the vast- < aess and immensity of its de- < structive power.?Times and j Democrat. j { The best price offered for cot- t ton in this place yesterday was j 51-2 cents. Seed, 24c. t Iatten * Have you seen our Beai fore shown such splendid in assisting you in makinf Special $16.50 values ii Special $14.00 values in ^AU made up in the best range from $12.50 to $7.5( Children's Coats from $7.5 (These tunic effects are t We have almost any size Our $10.00 values jj Our 7.00 values }| Our 5.00 values m Those who have seen on 0| this season by far the best jfl here. Drop in and let our E W. 3 A , . F1NLEY AND JOHNSON SET COTTON HEARING ? t Representative D. E. Finley v secured a hearing before the 8 House banking and currency o committee Thursday in behalf of a his recently introduced bill for n the relief of the cotton farmers tl by the issuance of $500,000,000 1 in currency to be loaned to the ci banks on condition that they re- p loan it to those who -grow cot- ci ton or to the owners of land on ol which cotton is grown. f< Congressman Joseph T. Johnson reinforced Mr. Finley's d arguments and suggested that 1< if there was any question about Is the insufficiency of the gold reserve to back such additional tl issue of currency, the reserve be oi incrsased, or, in lieu of that, the n issue of Aldrich-Vreeland emer- c gency currency be reduced to ti the extent of $700,000,000 or less o to allow for the cotton currency. The two South Carolinians t< held that if the redemption of 7; the Aldrich-Vreeland currency p did not disturb the financial ex- ci _ i* ii ~ pens 01 tne government, the f] cotton currency issued in lieu u thereof ought not to offer any difficulties. ei At the same session of the $] committee Congressman Small, 0( of North Carolina, made a statement in which he expressed the opinion that the banking and currency committee, in view of te the president's assertion that fe there is plenty of currency and the only question is one of F: mobilization, ought to frame a d< bill for the relief of the cotton sp situation if such a measure is m feasible, and if it is not feasible et the committee ought to say so th definitely and give its reasons. ju The store of the Barber Mereantile compaany, about five miles east of Fort Mill, was "e entered by burglars Sunday w night and a large quantity of fi' merchandise was stolen. It is w aaid that the thieves used a w wagon to convey the goods away. The cash drawer in the w 3tore was rifled, but from this in mly a few pennies was taken. w \t last information nothing was ae known as to who the depreda- t)1 :ors were. hi ^smsasasasasasHsasasasi TIftN I i a. tvil^ LIZ ? itiful Long Coats and Coat Suit values in this department and v j a selection. Coat Suits. i blues, blacks, grays and brow .Copenhagen, grays and black. Long Coats. Broadcloth and Serges in the 1 ). We also have an excellent 0 down to $1.25. Skirts. beautiful, made up in browns, b and length you may wish, only $7.50. Our $8.00 vali only 5.00. Our 6.00 vul only 3.50. Our 3.75 val Millinery. .r complete line of Fall Millinei ; values and handsomest hats Miss Coats help you select yoi Kimbrel here Quality Reigns.' jaBBiBBiSiBoiBEBcB ( V . f ?4,?v x ci x ear. Oar Negro Population. The number of negroes in the Inited States proper in 1910 ras 9,827,763 compared with ,833,944 in 1900, or an increase f 993,769, the census bureau nnounced Monday. In 1910 egroes formed 10.7 per cent of le total population, against 1.6 per cent, in 1900. The inrease for the decade was 11.2 er cent, compared with 20.8 per ?nt. among native whites and f 30.7 per cent, among the >reign born whites. The number of negro rural wellers was 7,138,534, forming 4.5 per cent, of the rural popuition. Of a total of 2.953 counties in ie United States there were nly 110 in which there were no egroes and there were 53 ounties in 1910 against 55 counies in 1900 in which 75 percent, f the population was negro. Of the total number of negroes m years of age and over 2,227,31, or 30.4 per cent, were reorted as illiterate. The perentage of illiteracy decreased rom 57.1 in 1890 to 30.4 in >10. The total value of farm proprty operated by negroes was 1,144,181,000 against $499,941,X) in 1900. Deadly Fumes of French Shells. A dispatch from Paris, France, lis as follows of the deadly ef ct of the French shells: "That the fumes of the famous rench 3-inch shells have a most iadly effect in an enclosed >ace is shown by a scene that et the eyes of the French penrating a chateau occupied by le Germans and which they had ist bombarded. Entering the awing room they found a cominy of Wurtemburgians petriid in action. Some were at the indows taking aim . with their ngers still pressing the trigger, hile others were at the tables here they had been playing lmes with cards in their hands hile still others had cigarettes their lips. An officer stood ith his mouth open as if in the :t of dictating an order and all i? corpses looked absolutely 'e-like." gasEBasasasasasaBasasajB imcci B iuilj: a a? We have never be- jQ rill take great pleasure Ju ns, now only $15.00. |Cj now only $12.00. ml euding shades. Prices |jjj t line of Misses' and |jQ| lues, grays and black, ffijl aes only $6.50. ffl ues only 4.50. Kj ues only 2.75. HI *y 9tiy that we have Q{ we have ever shown K rr Fall Hat. 0 m U Co., J - * ?,