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The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. ' FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1914. $1.25 Per Year
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STITE NEWS ARRANGED
^ FOR QUICK READING.
South Carolina's death rate i
from consumption is 13.5 per
cent., as against a rate for the
entire country of 10 per cent.
Lewis W. Parker, of Green-1
ville, several days ago resigned
the presidency of the Parker j
Mills merger, formed about four j
years ago.
Luther Aldred, of Pickens
county, the last week won first j
prize at the Georgia State lair
for the greatest yield of corn 1
per acre. Aidred produced 22?
bushels.
The treasury department at!
Washington has granted the application
of the Peoples bank of
Chester to be. converted into the
Peoples National Bank of Chester.
dames A. Hunter of Bamberg. |
has announced that he will become
a candidate for superintendent
of the State penitentiary.
The position is to be filled in January
by the general assembly.
C. N. Sapp. former member
of the House from Lancaster,
has been appointed by the gov- !
ernor as a member of the South
Carolina historical commission to
take the place of Jos. A. McCullough
of Greenville.
Congressman D. E. Finley has
accepted an invitation to deliver
an address at the annual memorial
service to be held in the Columbia
theatre on Sunday, December
G, by Columbia Lodge
No. 1190, B. P. O. Elks.
The United States department
of agriculture has authorized the
experiment station at Clemson
^College to prepare the cotton exliibit
for the Panama-Pacific exposition
to be held next year.
This was announced in a letter
sent out by J. N. Harper, of
Clemson college.
Contending that an increase in
the number of spectators at a
legal execution of a criminal in
South Carolina is an added pun-!
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iMiuiem, uLiorneys ior jot* mui- i
loy, convicted of murder in Marlboro
county, have filed with the
supreme court a brief calling upon
the court to hold the State
electrocution law unconstitutional
as to Mai loy.
A. B. Rabb, of Monticello,
Fairfield county, committed suicide
Thursday by shooting himself
in the temple, from which
death resulted in about two
hours. He had been suffering i
for some time with a severe'
nervous trouble, which had lately
affected his mind, and his;
family had been fearing that he \
would try to do himself some1
harm.
The governor has. granted a
pardon to Fred Robinson, convicted
in Spartanburg in May,
191 1, of simple assault and sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 or
30 days on the chaingang. A
parole has been granted to Sam
Abie, convicted in Richland in
May, 1914, of larceny and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
Famous War Hero Dead.
Lord Roberts, hero of the
South African war and retired
held marshal of the British
forces, died in France at 8o'clock
Saturday evening- It was stated
that Iiord Roberts had contracted
chills while visiting the British
troops in France.
Ix)rd Roberts, of Kandahar,
<4# Fretoria and Waterfowl, was 82
years old. His title was derived
from his services in Afghanistan,
especially at Kandahar and from
the long connection of his family
with Waterford.
He was born at Cawpore, India.
September HO, 1822. the son of
General Sir Abraham Roberts.
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"Young Man, Raise Hogs." I
"Raise hogs and grow rich."
This is the advice being handed
out by packers. They know: it
is their business. They are cer- j
tain that big profits are to be .
made in raising hogs during the ,
next few years. Hog prices are
now dragging the depths, lower ,
than they have been in nearly '
two years. Never mind, they
were abnormally high last year, *
owing to cholera, which was j
taking a toll of close to a hun- j1
dred million dollars in pork, toj1
say nothing of the loss to the
future of the industry. The war- '
ring powers have only begun to
buy in this country. They will j
buy heavily from now or *ill the '
war closes?and at the close will 1
come the tremendous jump that
the world's readjustment will
bring. Recall how one of the
packers laid the foundation for
his great business and made
more than a million dollars on
barreled pork at the close of the
Civil War? Look up wheat <
prices and see the figure of i
over $2.00 per bushel that was
reaohod :>t t}n> r?ln?r> r?f flu* 11IB1- !
when the nation began building
and quit burning. Raise hogs,
young men; raise hogs and become
independent! Use brains
and business methods first, but
raise hogs! Give the boy a hog.
or, if he has one, give him
another!?Ex.
Southern Adds Automatic Signals.
The Southern Railway has
nearly completed the installation
of a modern automatic block
signal system between Amherst
and Whittles. Va., 57.5 miles,
and between Atlanta and New
Holland, Ga., 58.46 miles, thus
providing for two important
double-track stretches of the
Washington-Atlanta line, the
same high-class protective fa
cinty which is now in use on this I
line between Washington and
Orange, Va., 84.9. between Danville,
Va.. and Pelham, 9.3
miles, and between Denim and
Charlotte, 95.3 miles, a total of
189.5 miles which, when work
now under way is completed,
will give 300.46 miles so protected
of the 049 miles between '
Atlanta and Washington.
These signals will be so con-1
trolled that they will indicate to
the engineer the presence of a
train ahead, a broken rail, open
switch, or any other obstruction
to traffic. He will know continuously
the condition of the
track for approximately four
miles in advance of his train.
Army Sandwich 42 Years Old.
In October, 1872, says the
Waxhaw correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer, the quartermaster
of Company A, United
States Artillery, stationed at
that time at Charlotte, issuec}
traveling rations to the men.
Corporal John Parker, who lived
then right near this place, received
his portion which inincluded
a sandwich consisting
of a slice of army bacon between
two thick slices of the army
bread. He went to the barracks
to prepare to leave on an order
to go West and fight Indians.
Alter eating breakfast there
with his wife he told her goodbye
and took from his knapsack
the sandwich saying that he
would not need it that morning
and asking her to keep it for him
until he returned. Mrs. Parker
took the sandwich and vowed
that she would have it for him
when he came home. But he
was one of those who did not
come back. He was killed a few
months later by Indians in California.
Mis widow carefully
kept the sandwich until her
death in 1907, when it fell into
the hands of her daughter, Mrs.
VV. H. Gilmore of this township,
who has it now. Hard and dry
as a stone and yellowed by its
42 years of age, the bread still
retains its freshly-cut appearance
and is remarkably well preserved,
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COTTON LOAN FUND
IS RAISED IN FULL
The country-wide effort to
furnish aid to cotton producers
und find a bottom for the cotton
market came to a successful conclusion
Tuesday night when j
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
announced the completion
of the $135,000,000 cotton loan
fund. In making his announcement
Mr. McAdoo declared the
success of the plan was assured.
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ine secretary s statement
came at the end of a day devoted
to efforts to obtain subscriptions
necessary to complete the $100,000,000
portion of the fund assigned
to banks in non-cotton
producing States. Mr. McAdoo.
Paul M. Warburg and W. P. G.
Harding, members of the Federal
Reserve Board in active
charge of the pool plan, took
active steps to gather in the remaining
millions.
In announcing the completion
of the plan Mr. McAdoo said in
part:
"I am gratified to be able to
announce the success of the cotton
loan fund. Subscriptions for
the entire $100,000,000 of class
a a n - 1
*\ ceruncaies were completed
Tuesday afternoon. This assures
the success of the plan.
To such extent as banks in the
Southern States subscribe to
class B certificates the $100,000,000
realized from the class A
certificates will be available for
loans on cotton at six cents a
pound. Full details of the plan
have been published and it is
not necessary to repeat them
here."
Sell a Bale; Pay a Debt.
Wisdom for the benefit of
many Southern interests is condensed
in the following statement
by the Charlotte Observer:
"It is about time the 'slogan'
was being reversed. Any man
who bought a bale at 10 cents,
and against which bale there
may be a debt, ought to sell it
on the market, whatever may
be the price prevailing, and pay
the debt. The farmer who owes
money to the merchant should
sell a bale and apply the proceeds
to the debt. We believe
the situation could be materially
relieved by the 4sell-a-bale-andpay-debts'
campaign, and that
the time is at hand for it. The
stagnation in the cotton section j
of the State is directly due to
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of the fall business. Upon the
distribution of money through
its sale depends the prosperity
of the people, and when cotton
is not sold and the currency is
not put out in payment, or
partial payment, of local obligations,
it blocks the circulation
of money throughout the entire
community. The money released
from the sale of cotton
passes through all the trade
channels until it finally goes'
back to the farmer. The only
trouble in the cotton communi?
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utrs tuuay is mai mere is no.
cotton money moving."
Effects Many Changes.
Many changes in the organi- j
zation of the national House of;
Representatives will be made
when Champ Clark and "Uncle
Joe" Cannon once more face
each other across the center
aisle at the beginning of the
next congress. The dwindling ;
of the Democratic majority. I
which will drop after the close
of the regular session from 140
to 23, will necessitate a general
shifting of the working order of
the House.
With their slender majority,
the Democrats while able to reelect
speaker Clark and retain
control of the committees^ will
be forced to maintain an almost
perfect organization. Even
with a full attendance in the
House, a shift of twelve votes
would throw the control to the
minority side.
Business- Conditions Improve.
That general business conditions,
both foreign and domestic,
are slowly but steadily
improving is evidenced by reports
that are appearing in all
sections of the country. Confidence
is returning, money is
again beginning to circulate in
considerable quantities, people
are paying their debts and merchants
their accounts and with it
nil
?... tm* price oi cotton is advancing.
The latest news from
the front, according to posted
individuals, would indicate that
the situation in the belligerent
countries is gradually clarifying
in so far as the final outcome is
concerned, and with it all, people
are beginning to look ahead.
Mr. Edward Albes has con-:
tributed a most interesting fullpage
article to the last issue of
the bulletin of the Pan-American
union, -in which he discusses
"The Southern States and Latin
American Trade." Appearing
in this article is a fine picture of
a cotton marketing scene in
Rock Hill.
Other illustrations are of a sea
island cotton field, cotton bolls
unmatured and open, wilt-resistant
Texas cotton, a battery
of plows attacking a Mississippi
cotton field, a Georgia cotton
mill in the midst of a cotton
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ueiu, /\ngus Campbell's cotton
picker in operation, and the
cotton docks at Mobile and Galveston.
Election Was Expensive.
Votes in the general election
held November 3rd. in South
Carolina cost more than .$1 each.
Reports filed with the State
board of canvassers by the commissioners
show that the total
vote was approximately 35,500.
The legislature appropriated
$3,000 for the expense of the
general election. An additional
appropriation of from $5,000 to
$7,000 will have to be made to
meet Uie printing bills.
Incomplete returns filed with
the State board of canvassers
inrlinnfn thnt oil nf tUn 1 1
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amendments were
carried in the general election.
Tabulation of the vote will be
completed this week. ? The State.
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Thanksgiving Values to <
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Qj prices only $6.50 to $7.5
Gj than you can make therr
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K) black and white. Also I;
I Beautiful patterns Fle<
Plaid and Persian Silk
price $1.50, now $1.00 tl
New shipment white, 1
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THE CHRISTMAS SKIP
FOR EUROPEAN POOR
With more than 1.200 tons of
Christmas gifts from the people
of America, a Santa Clans ship,
the naval collier Jason, sailed
Saturday from New York for
Europe. A message of Godspeed
from President Wilson was received
by the commander of the
boaf shortly before sailing time.
The docks as the ship cast loose
her lines were thronged with
thousands of school children.
The fifts: tJint tVir? Q<nUo Clo..c
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ship carried were gathered from
every State in the Union. They
included almost everything from
toys and dolls to clothing and
food. So heavy was the rain of
Christmas presents for the children
of Europe that a force of
90 soldiers and 60 sailors from
the navy yard was required to
receive and classify the gifts as
they arrived and repack them so
that an equal distribution might
be made in the several countries
for which they were intended.
A summary of the cargo made
shortly before the sailing showed
the following items:
Fourteen carloads of children's
clothing, five carloads women's
clothing, one carload of men's
clothing, five carloads of toys
and 57 carloads of miscellaneous
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etc., a total of 82 carloads.
War to End in 1917.
The London Daily Mail giver
prominence to a statement by a
distinguished French officer
whose name it can not divulge,
but who it declares is in position
to make such an estimate, that
the Germans will not be driven
back over the Rhine until February
191G, and that peace will not
be concluded before 1917.
Big Lot Dyestuffs Received.
More than $1,000,000 worth of
dyestuffs from Gernjany were
brought into the port of New
York Saturday by the American
steamer Matanzas. The cargo
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by the Matanzas.
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sffer you. Big new shipment
emely iow prices.
Different" Ratine. Somethir
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lists, daintily made up, regula
resses in Copenhagen, navy
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arge assortment Gloves in wo
ece lined Kimono Cloth, 15c c
Shirt Waist patterns, only
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)lack and Persian Rushing, on
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Federal Reserve Banks Open.
After months of preparation
by the Federal Reserve hoard and
by the country's bankers, the 12
reserve banks opened for business
Monday, marking the first
great change in the bnkning system
of this country in the last
50 years.
The 12 banks, designed to take
care of the commercial needs of
the entire nation are located in
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Dusion, inew York, Philadelphia,
I Richmond, Atlanta. Cleveland.
Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, St. Ix>uis, Dallas and San
Francisco.
For the present their duties
are limited largely to rediscounting
of notes, drafts and bills of
! exghange, but as experience is
gained, steps to have them air
their other functions under the
currency act will be taken.
Col. Springs Optimistic.
The following item appeared
in the last issue of the Chester
Semi-Weekly News:
"Col. Leroy Springs of Lancaster
is in the city today. He
is optimistic and soon looks for
a change for the better in the
present day gloomy commercial
conditions. He is uncertain as
to the tinm tVinl ko ?kl..
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to start work again at the
Springstein mill, but the Eureka
mill, which is running night and
day, is caring for the former
mill's employes.
" 'The fact is.' he said, 'we
need more help in the spinning
department at the Eureka and
can give employment to quite a
number of additional people.'
He stated that he had orders
considerably ahead on the white
goods at the Eureka mill."
A Hint to Delinquents.
The fellow who thinks that
the newspaper is able to carry
subscription accounts until after
the war closes has certainly gotten
the thing sized up wrong.
Printers and paper houses expect
their pay when it is due, and the
newspaper man certainly cannot
pay his debts unless his subscribers
pay theirs. Moral:
Make an effort to pay your subscription
today, if it is due. Ex.
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jndreds of New Special |uj|
of the Newest Ladies' JJjjj
ig new. In white, cream {fijl
r $1.25 value, only $1.00. 1ml
and black, sizes 16 to 40. lull
and are much cheaper |jjj|
New shipment in tan, |Cj|
oi and cotton. tjjjl
luality, special at 12 l-2c [S|
few pieces left, regular |{jj
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