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The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. FORT KILL, 8. C., TS0ESDAT, OCTOBER 15, 1914. ?,<??mmfc??????m
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? 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.
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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.
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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"
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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
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. 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?
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' 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
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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
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The best price offered for cot- t
ton in this place yesterday was j
51-2 cents. Seed, 24c. t
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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
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F1NLEY AND JOHNSON
SET COTTON HEARING
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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
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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
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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.'
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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."
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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
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