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I.. : - . ? IE & The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1914. , 11.25 Per Year. .STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Announcement is made that Capt. .J. S. Caldwell, a well known military man of Charleston, will on January 15 succeed Col. J. \Y. Babb as assistant to Adjutant General W. W. Moore. After canvassing the returns from the recent gener\i election tlif? STiitn hnnvrl of cnnuneecra announced fhat all rt the 11 proposed constitution?". amendments had carried by s'ie majorities. rfohn l McLaurin. the State ..ouse commissioner, took over nine warehouses in Dillon county Saturday, with a total capacity of 12,150 bales of cotton. Certificates of receipts on these-warehouses will now be accepted. The one hundred and twentyninth session of the South Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, convened in the city of Sumter Wednesday. The sessions are being held with the First church, of which Rev. D. Melvin McLeod is pastor. M iss A. Edwards, of Kingstree. has sent to Commissioner Watson's office a sweet Dotato that is "some taters." This im# mense yam, weighing 26 pounds, received the first prize in the Vyilliamsburg county fair. The gigantic potato will be put up in preservative for the permanent State exhibit. Alleging that Thos. B. Felder, an Atlanta attorney and club man, "unloaded" $2,500 of personal stock in the Provident Trust and Security company on him, J. Fraser Lyon, formerly .Tttorney general of South Carolin:i hnc tilnrl ciiif uormncf EVlrtar J..... ...... in the Atlanta courts to recover tin* amount with interest. While playing with a revolver, it is said, in the presence of Miss Belle Foster, S. V. Gulp, a planter of Chester county was accidentally killed by the discharge of the weapon Saturday afternoon near Chester. Coroner ,1. Henry Gladden went out Saturday night to hold an inquest over the body. In a difficulty Saturday in the Tabernacle section of Lancaster county Bayes Steele shot and it was thought mortally wounded .lohn Cnmnhelb The eansp of the shooting was not stated and Steele was not arrested, promis. ing, it was stated, that he would surrender himself in the event of Campbell's death. Three young white men of Florence, A. D. Taylor, J. E. Richtcr and R. S. Harrison, were instantly killed Saturday night, when the automobile in which they were riding crashed through the railing of a creek bridge near Florence and plunged into ten feet of water below. J. W. Wil t' i 1. 1 { ,l.? t ~ JM ?ll, MMII I 11 (III (II lit ! Ill IIK- illllO party, escaped injury. The competitive examination for appointment by Senator E. D. Smith to the vacancy at large in the U.S. naval academy will he hold in Columbia tomorrow, the 27th. The contest is open to all young men of the State, between the apes of 16 and 20 years, who can qualify under academic regulations as to ape and physical condition. Recently there was a burial arranged for in a cemetery at Union, says The Times. The grave had been dug and the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery when it was discovered by a bystander that the new grave had been dug in an old one. Bones and fragments of cothing, shoes and pieces of the casket had been unearthed by the grave digger. A new grave was dug. Mr. Blair Makes Reply. | Editor Fort Mill Times: I notice in your issue of November 12 that Dr. L. L. Campbell, of Clover, has taken" issue j with me in regard to an inter- j view which I had with a correspondent of "The State," and , which was later copied in most of the county papers. In regard to same will say that; | Dr. Campbell has a perfect right < to challenge what I had said ' about the hailstorm district, and 5 U'hnt wr?SJ nvowlrau-n 1 and as welLas 1 remember was \ not printed as I pave it to the i correspondent of "The State." 3 I As to the hailstorm being a bless- < ! ing in disguise, the idea that I ' really meant to convey was the i spirit in which the people met < the disaster by going ahead and j i planting another crop and sue- j ceeded in making a fair crop of [ \ corn and forage, wherein if they ( ' had lain down on their jobs, ] thinking it was too late to make j a crop and depending entirely ; i I upon the liberality of others, : j ! they would have been in much j j ' worse condition. I have my first ! man to tell that the hailstorm ] i people are in good shape, as I ! ] know they had the experience of ; ' making a crop which was com- < ! pletely destroyed and haven't a ] bale of six-cent cotton to pay a ; debt. If I remember rightly in i my interview I said that I knew , one man who had five acres of peas which would make 20 bushels per acre, and not an average of 20 bushels per acre over the entire district. I also knew of ( some corn (the better corn) that i would make 20 bushels per acre and some peavines that would . make two tons per acre. Now. who the agent was that advised i the people to work out their cot- < ' ton I don't know, as I can't re- < i member my telling any man to h work out cotton unless it was a small plots just for an experiment. 1 What was said about the agent's advice in the article was merely . thrown in by the correspondent, , as I am sure that my advice in < a time like the hailstorm disaster 1 would not amount to a great deal | toward making a bumper crop. In conclusion would say that ] I Dr. Campbell ^s perfectly right : in having challenged my interview, as it would have given the ( outside world the idea that the hailstorm people are in good con- i 1 dition, when they are in distress 1 and -need. J. R. Blair, County Demsonstation Agt. j Sharon, Nov. 21. 1 Prohibitionists are Active. A movement for State-wide , i prohibition, launched the latter part of October at a mass meet- i ing of citizens of Columbia has assumed more definite proportions. the committee appointed at the meeting having named a central committee to press the < matter along and take active management of the campaign. The central committee, which ; will direct the campaign all over I the State, is as follows: I). VV. Robinson, FraserLyon, Dr. E. C. i I Quattlebaum, A. C. Hammond, W. B. DeLoach, L. S. Trotti and Rev. C. E* Burt*. D. D. J. K. Rr^eden is th*? spfrofrnrv t-Vin committee. He will have active 1 charge of the details of the campaign'. The general executive com- , : mittee, working in connection with the central committee, is i another branch of the forces, i i with a representative in each of 1 the counties. The purpose of the campaign 1 is to seeing petitions from the qualified voters of every voting precinct in the State addressed to the incoming legislature^ asking foy the enactment of a law < which will authorize an election on. State-wide prohibition, to be held in this State about the middle of September, 1915, and also for the enactment of stringent laws to enforce prohibition when t voted. % NO AGREEMENT REACHED IN COURT HOUSE MATTER At a meeting: of the court louse commission and the legislative delegation held in Yorknlle Thursday to determine the imount of money to be carried in the county supply bill of 1915 :o furnish the new court house, practically little was accomplished toward a settlement of the vexed e.ucstion. Some weeks ago a meeting was held and the legislative delegation was asked to provide $lf>,000 for furnishing the building. This the delegation refused to do without a statement of the cost of the various items to he used in furnishing H1f. building. At Thursday's meeting the architect of the building attended the meeting and stated that he expected to receives percent, commission 3n the cost of the furnishings. Holding that there was no obligation on the part of the county to employ an architect to suggest furnishings for the building, Representative W. R. Bradford offered to that end a resolution, which was voted for by himself and Senator Beamguard, Rpnrpspnfntivp? T occllo on/1 Cherry voting against the resolution, giving as their reason for so voting that they did not care to embarrass the court house commission. The resolution, therefore, failed. Both Senator Beamguard and Representative Bradford stated that there was no inclination on their part to embarrass the commission, but that they supported the resolution because they did not consider the services of an architect necessary and that to furnish the building without employing one would mean a savinir of several hundred dollars to the county. The resolution follows: "Whereas, it is a fact recognized of every one, that due to the European war, the business and prosperity of this section of the country is seriously impaired, with no immediate prospect t>f improvement, the war promising to lontinue indefinitely, and in view of the depressed financial circumstances of our people, it is more than ever the duty of those who must make provision for and those who must ex|>end th? public funds, to practice strict economy in discharging their obligations, therefore, "Be it resolved, by the York county delegation to the general assembly, that in making provision for furnishing the county's new court house, we think it advisable that no part of said money shoukl be expended for the services of any architect or any person _oi persons who may suggest or plan what is in his or their opinion the most suitable furnishings for the building." Another meeting of the delegation is to be held in Rock Hill next Mpnday, at which the amount of monev to ho an propriateil for furnishing the building probably will be definitely decided. '"Wumgush." In the American Magazine this new word is? given by Gillette Burgess as one that is very much needed in the English dictionary. Wumgush is defined as An insincere alfection of cordiality; hypocritical compliments. Women's flattery of women; pretended friendship. A feminin$ fib. Do women criticise each other to their faces? Do they find fault with their chocolates, their looks, their clothes, their jests? No, not until the front door is closed; till then they slobber wumgush, so says this same author. And yet, if one man offers another-a cigarette, the tobacco may be called "rotten" without peri) or danger. Men have small use for wumgush; their compliments are profane ridicule and simulated enmity. A man calls his best friend "a damned fool;" a woman calls her worst enemy "my dear. " Wumgush is the frothy foam of society chatter. Wumgush is the sunshine through which fly the wasps of sarcasm. Cotton on the local market yesterday sold for 71-4 cents. Burned to Death in Bed. A telephone message to Fort Mill Saturday afternoon conveyed the information that Mrs. Lizzie Bennett, an aged woman living on the farm of Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick, five miles north of town, had been burned to death in her home. The fire was discovered by a neighbor, W. H. Crnnford. who found when he entered the house that the bed in which Mrs. Bennett had been lying was on fire and she was floor! A .. 4-U- -l-r - - P .1 ' * ?^uu. ns mo Mil lis oi trie oea had apparently burned first it is presumed that fire had popped from the fireplace near the bed and had ignited the bed clothes underneath. 'Mrs. Bennett was a paralytic and was unable to save herself. War Tax on Shipments. Of interest to the public is the section of the recently enacted war tax law as applies to tax on shipments of goods by express, freight or otherwise. This law becomes effective December 1 i and imposes a tax of one cent on j each shipment of goods where transportation charges exceed five cents. Following is the law: "It shall be the duty of every railroad or steamship company, carrier, express company, or corporation, or person whose occu i pauuu is 10 act as sucn, to issue for transportation, where a charge exceeding 5 cents is made, a bill of lading, manifest, or other evidence of receipt and forwarding for each shipment received for carriage and transportation, whether in bulk or in boxes, bales, packages, bundles, or not so inclosed or included; and such shipper, consignor, agent, or person shall duly attach and cancel, as in this act provided, to each of the said bills of lading, manifests or other memorandum, a stamp of the value of 1 cent. First Snow of the Season. The first snow of the season fell in Fort Mill and vicinity Friday morning beginning shortly before day and continuing for | several hours. The snsw melted I almost as fast as it fpll intasassHsagasasHSHsasgsasg I?- Are m Are you ready for jjj Thanksgiving Values to Ri Wearinor Annarel at I Several pieces of the ' and purple. Beautiful ^ Pretty White Shirt W Splindid Wool Ssrge I prices only $6.50 to $7.! than you can make thei K.URZON?One of th black and white. Also S Beautiful patterns Fk Plaid and Persian Silk W price $1.50, now $1.00 I ; jjj New shipment white, 1 1=1! To see our preetty lin ^have better values and | and we are now offerin) You are always welco E. W. Sasasaszsaiasas^Bz UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS QUIT PORT OF VERA CRUZ The Mexican flag again flies 1 over the port of Vera Cruz. : Brig. Gen. Funston and his ' command of (>.000 infantrymen and marines, which landed there ' April 20, last, got under way late , Monday and Gen. Candido Aguilar's men took charire of flip nifv ' I The United States transport Cristobal, bearing the first contingent sailed at 1:50 p. m. for home. The Mexicans marched in on ' the heels of the departing troops, but no serious disturbances occurred. Residents of Vera Cruz who had heard of threats made by followers of Villa, and others opposed to Gen. Carranza, that they would resist the occupation of the city by Aguilar's troops, breathed more freely as Carranza's men moved nearer and nearer to the centre of the city. The only unpleasant incident had .o effect on the general situation. Gen. Carranza was quoted by representatives at Vera Cruz as being displeased with the American method of deliveri ing over the city and as having criticisod sharply failure to make 1 ? * c * - ' a luimai irtuisier or tne various departments. The occupation of the Mexican city by United States troops is said to have cost this country 1 ten million dollars. No indemnity is to be asked of the Mexi1 can Government. Remember the Orpnans. 1 The Thornwell Orphanage, at Clinton, has 300 orphans to care for, and every Presbyterian in South Carolina should send a Thanksgiving contribution to aid in caring for them. The low price of cotton is effecting every benevolent, educational and public enterprise, but the cotton is here and will sell for what it is worth after awhile. ; It sold at four and ? half nontc in 1898. However, the orphans cannot wait very long for their daily bread. J. P. Lucas, of Baltimore, Md.. was a guest last week of Dr. S. Spratt in this city. SHSa 5B55 5H5H 5E 5B5H SSSSSZSE : You Re Thanksgiving? We have hui offer you. Big new shipment remely low prices. "Different" Ratine. Somethinj /alues, only 50c the yard. aists, daintily made up, regular Dresses in Copenhagen, navy a 50. These are special values n. e best $1.00 Kid Gloves made, large assortment Gloves in woo ;ece lined Kimono Cloth, 15c qi ; Shirt Waist patterns, only f the yard. black and Persian Rushing, onl DON'T FAIL ie of Long Coats, Coat Suits an pretties garments in this depart g everything in this department me at our store. Come to see Kimbre % Where Quality Reign: SmsasasasaraglisBSBsasa Sad Death in Rock Hill. John Joseph McManus, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McManus, of Rock Hill, and grandson of J, P. Crowder, of Fort Mill, was fatally burned last Wednesday afternoon about t:30 o'clock, death resulting Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon from the residence, beintr condnotoH hv Potr ai?v ,, V. M.W. * . ilU A. Martin. The interment was in Laurelwood. It seems the little fellow was at the home of a neighbor when his clothing became ignited. He immediately ran for homo, falling in the yard. By the time he reached his mother the blaze was over his head and the body had been horribly burned. The blaze was extinguished as soon as possible and medical aid summoned, but to no avail. Mrs. McManus, mother of the the little boy, was prostrated over the death of the child and has since been critically ill. Meets Next in Greenville. The State Conference of the South. Carolina Daughters of the Revolution at Rock Hill came to a close Thursday night, after a most successful session of three days. Most of the officers held over, their terms not expiring. Only three were to be elected .it the session Thursday afternoon. The election for these places resulted as follows: Second vice regent. Mrs. W. B. Ardrey of Fort Mill; auditor. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Rock Hill; assistant historian, Mrs. E. C. von Tresckow, Camden. Greenville was selected as the next meeting place, the conference to be held during the week beginning November 15. next year. Store Robbers Plead Guilty. Three years in the penitentiary was the sentence given in the York Court Monday morning to Jim Ingram. Charlie Garrison and Geo. McGarrity, the three white men arrested for breaking into and robbing the store of the W. H. Hope Mercantile Co. of Rock Hill some time ago. sa5a5H5H5as?JB5H5aga5asgfBl ady - ? ndreds of New Special uj of the Newest Ladies' JQ I new. In white, cream |cj| $1.25 value, only $1.1)0. W ind black, sizes 16 to 40, ]ui| and are much cheaper |}Q] New shipment in tan, ffij 1 and cotton. |}jj| uality, special at 12 l-2c t?J ew pieces left, regular IJnj y 25c the yard. K d Children's Coats. We m ment than #?*/*?* lift at "Hard-time" prices. ill Co.,