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"" . " - ?' The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914. V SI.25 Per Year ?ST*TE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Twenty-seven thousand five hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty seven cents was the total amount spent for liquor through the Orangeburg county dispensaries for the month of November. The annual contest of the South Carolina Inter-collegiate Oratorical association will be held in th^ auditorium of Winthrop college, Rock Hill, on the evening of the fourth Friday in April, 1915. The body of J. C. Whitman, a white man, was found in the vicinity of the Grendel mills, at Greenwood, Monday with his throat cut from ear to ear. He had been missing from his home since Saturday. Charles W. Robertson, formerly a State constable, was shot and instantly killed at Pendleton, Anderson county, Monday afternoon by S. H. Whitlock, a police officer of Pendleton. The exact cause of the shooting was not made known. Aii election has been ordered for December 29 on the question of forming McDuffie county, the county seat of which, if established, will be McCormiek. The proposeel county contains forty square miles and is to be formeei of parts of Edgefield. Abbeville and Greenwood counties. Willie Green, a young negrc who had been working on a special hired road gang in Florence county, was lynched near Cowards Thursday night. From reports it seems that the negro had secreted himself under the house a white resident, who was absent from home. The necrrn <jnifl it was his intention to steal chickens from the premises. Will Miller, an Indian, wa* among those paroled on Thanksgiving Day. He was recently convicted at Lexington, and was paroled by the governor or condition that he leave the State within 24 hours and nevei return. Miller has refused tc accept the parole, saying thai he preferred to complete the sentence and be a free man. The annual meeting of the South Carolina U. D. C. closed Friday at Yorkville. The meeting was largely attended and was said to be one of great pleasure and profit. The most important business before the concluding session was the selection of officers for the coming year. In me. voting xvtiss Alice M. Earle, of Columbia, was elected president. The place for next year's meeting was not decided. Boys Will Meet Saturday. The Times is in receipt of a letter from Farm Demonstrator ,1. R. Blair, calling attention to the meeting of the York County Corn Club Boys to be held in Yorkvilie on next Saturday. At this meeting, it is stated, announcement will be made as to the largest yield per acre, and prizes will be awarded the winners. l'rof. L. H. Beeler, of Winthrop college; W. H. Barton, of Clemson College, and others will will address the boys, and it is expected also that some form of amusement will be provided. It is hoped that every com club hov in York ennntv will nt-fonrl the meeting Saturday. The lot and damaged store 0 building occupied before the recent fire by the Mills & Young company has been sold by the owner. Richard A. Fulp, to J. W. Ardrey and it is understood that bids are being re1 ceived for the immediate re\ building of the storeroom. Mills i & Young will again occupy the \ building. 1 New Governor After January 19. The next important politics I event in South Carolina will b< .the convening of the 1915 seBsior ! of the General Assembly. Rich arc! I Manning, of Sumter, wil ! be inducted into the office of gov ernor, and the present governoi I will, it is reported, retire to prae j tice law in Columbia. The in , J augural exercises will be held a' ,! noon on January 19. The exer cises will as usual attract mucr i attention, and there will be man} visitors in Columbia. Many new faces will appear ii 1 the next General Asscmlilv SJnmi of the best known members die , not seek reelection. The coming session of the lav I makers will, it is believed, be ir i thorough accord with the new . governor's policies and every ef . fort will be made to put througl some progressive measures. Mr ' Manning is expected to sound i . keynote of progress in his inaug ( ural address. Since he was elect ei to office, Mr. Manning ha! . had very little to say politically. > Frank W. Shealy, of Lexing ; ton will be the only "new" off 1 cial, except the governor, to b< inducted into office. The othe State officers have been holdinj I office for a number of years. i The inaugural ceremonies wil > be held in the hall of the housi . of representatives before th< ^ joint assembly, the supreme cour - participating. I Rock Hill Firm Gets Contract. ??. ? i luciiiiu ui oiewuri cv Jones of Rock Hill, have been awarde< * the contract for grading six an< one-half miles of railway for th< 5 Southern Railway. This worl " is an addition to the double ' tracking of the main line be ' tween Charlotte and Atlanta. * The work to be done consist ' of the construction of 6 1-2 mile: of entirely new line, lying ii ' two stretches, four miles nea Mt. Airy and 21-2 miles nea White Sulphur. The con struction will be very expensiv< | and will give employment to ; I large force of men as the coun try through which the new liw will be built is very rough an< . heavy grading will be necessary tireat improvement in botl grades and curvature will be se [ cured by the construction of tin new line, it is said. > Flint Hill Church. I Dr. Z. T. Cody, editor of th< Baptist Courier, has this to sa? I about Flint Hill church, in las week's issue: "Flint Hill church, in th< York association, is exactly tin | thing our convention speaker; have in mind when in reverence and admiration they speak 01 : the country Baptist church. A1 i1 most all the glories of that idea can be found at Flint Hill. Ii has the history, the achieve ments, the intelligence, the sub stantial character, the good ok ways, the unaffected piety, the 1 the deep religious life, the old old graveyard, the church hous< I that is the best building in th( community and a people wh( find their social and religious II center in the church. Th< church has had a worthy historj ; but it perhaps never in all of its great career did better worl j than it is now doing under th< | leadership of Brother S. P. Hair Its gifts to all objects during it ! fiscal year, that recently closet | were $2,280.14, and these wen 1 f A!I? A * * 1 ' |I1 Ufnyi Iiifiiaici^ U1MI IDUU'U lO HI the objects which Baptists ii South Carolina are supporting The present membership ii 275, and the increase by lettei and baptism last year wen thirteen. The church was or ganized in 1702 and has hat four houses of worship. Th? present house is a brick building erected during the pastorate oj Brother E. S. Reaves, and ii most admirably adapted to thi i work of a country church anc Sunday school." 1 WANTED IN MECKLENBURG, I ARRESTED IN ARKANSAS 5 I V j (Charlotte Observer, Tuesday.) Miss Arpy Boyd, 18-year-old II daughter of Mr. Thomas Boyd . of this county has been arrested r at- Waldron, Ark., charged with . | kidnapping Leona Wilson, the . I three-year-old child whom her t1 father had informally adopted - some time ago. i The sheriff of that county was r expected to leave Waldron for Charlotte with the prisoner i yesterday, but owing to the - [ illness of the child the trip has l ! 1 A A I utrcrii uusipuueu. /\ 5.tr!t*gi"ll!'l tu j this effect was received here last night. The arrest of Miss Boyd is the latest development in the series of melodramatic episodes that occurred here recently. It will be recalled that Mr. Wilson, father of the child, instituted habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Shaw about six weeks 3 weeks ago to secure possession of Leona. Boyd was served on - one Saturday with a summons to - present himself and the child in * court the following Monday. r He appeared but without the ? child. He stated that his daughter, Miss Arpy, had taken 1 the little girl to the home of a 2 neighbor on Sunday and both 2 had disappeared, without his t L'tlAUfl^nrn ikiivvT:vup,t. Judge Shaw allowed Boyd until Friday to produce the child. When Friday came Mr. Boyd , failed to appear. It was stated \ that he was ill, and this proved J to be correct. When he did put e in an appearance he stated that < he had been unable to locate the - child. Judge Shaw sent him to - jail for an indefinite ppoiod, until Leona should appear. After s some weeks his attorney instis tuted habeas corpus proceedings i and secured his release, r In the meantime a warrant r had been issued for Miss Boyd, . charging her with kidnapping, e and a search for her was begun, a A few days ago she was located - and the arrest was made. She q will probably arrive, accomi panied by the child and the . Arkansas sheriff, within a day a or two. p Nailing Christmas Parcels. If the public in mailing Christmoc no r. 1*.*I 1 - mo (mi (.cm Will UUStTVC Lilt? following rules they will greatly ? aid the postmaster, facilitate y the handling of packages and I may rest assured that the packages will be given more prompt ? delivery: g Prepay postage fully on all 3 parcels. a Address parcels . fully and f plainly. Pack articles carefully and 1 -wrap them securely, but do not t seal them, as sealed parcels are . subject to postage at the letter vftf a i aiir. 1' Mail parcels early; they may 3 be marked "Do pot open until Christmas." 3 Insure valuable parcels, fee 5 3 or 10 cents. > Written inscriptions such as 3 "Merry Christmas," "Happy , New Year." "With Best Wishi es," and numbers, names or 3 letters for purpose of descripc tion, are permissible additions 3 to fourth-class (parcel post) mail. s Special attention should be j given to tying packages. Don't B 1 wrap your package in a flimsy 1 shopfr ftf nonov onrl H'V _ I ! ...... |/?|n<l (VIIVI tIC ll> Willi it i very small sewing thread and expect it to safely reach its 3 destination. Use good, thick r paper and tie with a strong: ? cord. + 1 Postmasters throughout the 5 country have been notified that , nuts and fruits may be forwarded f by parcel post in sealed pack3 ages. Parcel post packages are s usually required to be unsealed \ but an exception has, been made of packages of fruits and nuts. Teachers Will Meet Saturday. The Eastern division of the York County Teachers' Association will meet in the high school auditorium in Rock Hill next Saturday, December 12th, at 11 o'clock. A good program has been arranged and the meeting promises to he very interesting and entertaining. Among the features will be music by the r.~i?i ? ' ' jMJuuui pupns, auaresses ov Lueco Gunter and Dr. J. R. Miller and the lunch to be served by the domestic science depart-! nient of the high school. An important business meeting will be held, at which the officers of the association will be elected, the time and place of meeting decided upon. etc. At the lirst meetinir* of the county organization, held in Yorkville Nov. 14th, it was decided that owing to the poor train schedule it would be better to divide the association. Each school will be allowed to join either the Eastern or Western section, but the following were suggested for the Eastern division; Newport, Riverside. Catawba, Mt. Holly, Lesslie, Flint Hill, Oak Ridge, Massey, Harmony, Roddey, Wilson, India Hook, Mt. Gallant, Rock Hill, Winthrop Training School, Ogden, Smith's, Bethel, Glendale. Laney, Tirzah, Eastview, Fort Mill. The meeting will be held at 11 o'clock, thus enabling those who wish to come in on the train to do so. Left Only 386 State Prisoners. Three hundred and eighty-six prisoners remained in the custody of the State in the State penitentiary, on the State farms and in the State reformatory when those receiving executive clemency on Thanksgiving day had been liberated, it was officially stated at the penitentiary. Of this number of convicts, 156 were confined within the penitentiary, 63 were on the State farms in Sumter and Kershaw counties, 157 minors were in the State reformatory at Florence, eight were hired to the counties in which thev we~e con victed and two are working at Clemson college. laigsHSSHsasasgSESHsasasasa Price; I BECAUSE OF THE CO low price of cotton has c We are, therefore, force< than manufacturers' cost Special SACRIFICE R i ~ 1 i II ? ? K Ladies Coat Ijjjl Our $25.00 Suits, sacrifice In 44 22.50 BH 44 18.00 44 m 44 15.00 44 K Long Coa ||jj| Our $25.00 Coats, sacrifice Unl 44 20.00 101 44 18.00 44 m 44 i5.oo 44 I nil 44 12.50 44 Kg 44 10.00 44 jji 44 7.40 Misses Ix>ng Cc Cj 44 5.00 44 I Sk Our beautiful stock of }u We have these in all size I Don't fail to visit our C will go fast at these spec E. W. GERMANS OCCUPY LODZ AFTER FIERCE STRUGGLE Lodz, the second town of Poland, lying 72 miles to the southwest of Warsaw, has fallen to the German arms. It was occupied Sunday, according to an official announcement for Berlin. Around this important town a desperate battle raged for days. Countless thousands have fallen in desperate hand-to-hand conflicts and from the shells of hundreds of guns. It was evident from the ocpnnntinn of I nrl'/ I w v. r?. v.v??. \?? MJ Hit VICI" mans that the heaviest kind of fighting has been on, for late advices told of a vicious attack and bombardment of Lodz and fighting on the outskirts of the city and, previous to that, of [operations 20 miles west of Piotrkow, which lies considerably south of Lodz and along a line from Glowno, 10 miles northeast of Lodz, to the Vistula River. Lodz long has been an objective point of the German army. It has grown in recent years from an insignificant place to one of the most populous cities in the Russian Empire. In 1910 its population numbered 1415,604 and with this important I nlooa no r? ^ ? jy?av.u cio cx uaac Luc vjreriimus nr" expected to make a strong effort to reach Warsaw. Frank Loses Another Appeal. The supreme court of the United States on Monday refused to issue a writ to review Leo M. Frank's conviction of the murder of Mary Phagan, an Atlanta factory girl. The court's action ends attempts to save Frank's life by its intervention. Attorneys for Frank first sought the writ for review in an application to Justice I>amar. He denied the application. The effort was renewed by application to Justice Holmes, who likewise denied the writ. Efforts will be made now, it is said, to procure a pardon or commutation of sentence from Georgia officials. SESH 5H5H 5Z5E 5E 5E5E SSSBSSB s Slaugh ITON PANIC. The critical i reated a condition which we 1 i to sacrifice a great deal of < EDUCTIONS on our entire si Misses' and Children's Coats. Suits. Chih price r_ $14.98 0 13.75 Our $7.50 Coat! 44 . ... 11.45 " 0.00 44 . . 9.98 4 4 5.00 44 ft 7?; 44 IS. price, $12.62 Chili 44 .... 11.42 U 10.48 Our $4.50 Coats ... 9.08 4 4 3.25 44 7.55 Many at 98 ci 6.55 >ats, only 3.48 You should 2.90 of anything ii irts! Skirts! Skii Ladies' Skirts all now going !S and colors, beautifully mad >1 ? 1 FN - ,iotning department today. ial SACRIFICE PRICES. Kimbre Vhere Quality Reign 3o,595gf.5^B55i Annual Convention Closed Friday. After holding what all declared to have been the most enjoyable session in years the Nineteenth AnnUal Convention United Daughters of Confederacy, of South Carolina, closed at , Yorkville Friday. Officers were elected, but the place for the 1915 meeting was not decided. The officers are: Miss Addie Marion Earle, of Columbia, president; Mrs. J. L. McWhorter, Jonesville; Mrs. .T. D. Holstein, Edgefield; Miss Mary Williams, Yorkville. and Mrs. A. G. Sinclair. Rennettsville, vice presidents. Mrs. Mixson of Union, succeeds Mrs. Chapman G. Milling as recording secretary, and Mrs. Annie Calhoun Ancrum, of Camden, was elected to succeed Mrs. U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, as auditor. Mesdames W. H. Cely, of Greenville, corresponding secretary; M. G. Pevy, of Lancaster, treasurer; T. R. Trinimar, of Spartanburg, registrar, and John Cart, of Orangeburg, recorder of crosses, were also re-elected. Eighty-two Would Marry Him. Col. Jas. T. Roberts, of Anderson, whose mail has jumped by leaps and bounds because of the article in an Atlanta news-* paper, which stated that the colonel would give $2,000 to any person finding him a suitable wife, did not go to Atlanta Friday, and the young woman who came to Anderson for him declaring that she was representing another, returned to the Gate City alone. The woman claimed that her visit to Anderson was in the interest of one of the "400" of Atlanta, and that for making the match she would get the $2,000, which she would spend on her own honeymoon, for she expected to get married also. Col. Roberts received 47 offers of marriage by mail Tuesday and Friday morning's mail brouerht 35 more, one of them hv special delivery. There have come by mail to Col. Roberts exactly 82 offers of marriage and others are likely to follow. HSB5a5aga5a5fB5H5a5BSg5gSg|B itered 1 Tioment has arrived. The Jj! have never faced before jjj our stock at prices less |0 ock of Ladies' Coat Suits, C? dren's Coats, Ijjjl 0 to 11 years) ml s now only ... . $4.50 HI 44 44 3.90 M " 44 2.97 m . 44 44 1.75 Kg dren's Coats, |Jjj| ? to 8 years.) Km i, now only $2.74 4f 1.85 mj| *nts. K see the above if in need n] 1 these lines. p] rts! I at SACRIFICE PRICES. | e up in new tunic effects, m Tkaa.aa Hfll itvaw pi vttj gmillUlllO uni ill Co., I I > "A ?