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^ E.tablUhed to MM. ^ FORT MUL.S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1915, ^ S1!at Per Year. THREE MORE OOURTRIES OR THE VEROE OF WIR Sunday's press dispatches from the Eastern war area stated that three more countries were on the verge of entering the European war. These are Italy, Greece and Roumania. Should Roumania, now that f the Russians are on the bonier, } if not actually in Transylvania, decide to join the Allies, her army will provide the missing link in the chain of troops 1*300 miles low? winding from?the Baltic to the Adriatic. This battle line would be Composed of Russians, Roumanians, Servians and Montenegrins on the one side, and Germans and Austro-Hungarians on the other. The Allies believe Roumania soon will take the plunge. Other developments are expected. Relations between Greece and Turkey have reached the breaking point over the alleged ill-treatment* of Greeks in Asia^Mlhor. Italy is growing restless over Turkey's delay in giving satisfaction for the violation of the * Italian consulate at Hodeida, from which the British consul, who sought refuge, was forcibly * removed. Italy also, it is reported, has agreed that Servia should be granted a port in the Adriatic. Roumania and Greece, it is thought, however, may delay taking up arms until Bulgaria, which is anxious for a part of Macedonia, is satisfied, for a ? hostile Bulgaria on their borders would compel them to divide their forces. ? Will Not Prosecute the Editor. Last April two warrants were sworn out from Governor Blease's office against James H. Moore, editor of the Columbia Record, charging the editor with criminal libel in the matter of fhof nrnt*o oifn/1 l*V U CU11U1 IdlO f? VI t VI tvu. Mr. Moore was arrested and placed under bond of $5,000 to appear and answer the"~charges at the ensuing session of the general sessions court. Two terms of the court passed without Governor Blease with his witnesses appearing before the grand jury to make the cases and the third term since the warrants were sworn out being now proceeding. Governor Blease Thursday sent to Solicitor Wade Hampton Gobb a letter requesting him to nol pros the case. Trade Conditions Lsoking Up. In a recent issue Dunn's Review says of business in the South Atlantic States that "the trend towards improvement is slow but steady and an active spring is expected." Dunn's Baltimore office reports that the colder weather has had a stimu lating etTect on the clothing, underwear and shoe trade and the outlook generally, while among some large employers of labor continues rather unsatisfactory, there are indications of renewed activities. Dealers in building supplies say trade continues dull ^but collections are fair to good. The holiday season has been on the whole satisfactory in retail lines and there is apparent con^ fidence regarding the future. Wants two Cars of Hay. W. R. Timmons, secretary of the Rock Hill chamber of commerce, is in receipt. of a letter from a party who wants two carloads of No. 1 peavme hay, { says The Record. Fort Mill farmi ers having any of this commodity 1 haled and ready for shipment should notify Mr. Timmons at B wee and he will give the parStkelsnL m " York County's Schools. | York county's school children number 18,250, between the apes i of six and 20 years and 8,765, or 48 per cent., of them attend the r schools, according to a recent g census report. The data con- ^ tained in the report relates to ^ the year 1010. and has only re- c cently been made pub!?c= The j distribution, by ape groups, and t the number attending school is ^ as follows: . Total No. In School * 6 to 9 years 5,215 2,499 J 10 to 14 44 6,121 4,261 1 15 to 17 44 3,436 1,496 J 18 to 20 44 3,387 509 1 J ] Paroled Until Rhame is Tried. ( Governor Blease established a !1 new clemency record Thursday ( when he granted at the same time a parole and commuted the 1 sentence of J. A. Biackwelder, * convicted in September, 1914, ( at Lexington, of violating the 1 State banking laws. Black- 1 welder's sentence on two cases 1 aggregating one year were re- ( duced to six months. { He was paroled until that time * when E. H. Rhame, formerly ( clerk in the Bank of Sumter, of ( Sumter, has been tried on the charge of defaulting in the sum 1 of $31,759 to the bank of Sum-1 ter and a verdict returned by a ]1 petit jury. It was mentioned in the paroled papers that Governorelect Richard I. Manning was president of the bank at the time of the discovery of the misappropriation of funds. York Marriages Last Year. Four hundred and eighty-nine marriage licenses whre issued by the probate Judge of York county from January 1, 1914, to January 1, 1915. This is a decrease of 46 over the previous year during which 535 licenses were issued to white and colored couples in the county. While the exact figures are not at han<J, it is a fact that the licenses issued to negroes during the year exceed those given to white persons. Since the marriage license law went into effect in July, 1911. 1,714 licenses have been issued by Probate Judge Williams?The lorKvme inquirer. Farmer Boys at Clemson. Three-fourths of the scholar- < ships at Clemson college last ses- i sion were held by sons of farm- 1 ers. This fact was brought out < in the annual report of President 1 W. M. Riggs, of Clemson. 1 Irtaobedience to law, Clemson I college maintains 168 four-year 1 scholarships in agriculture for i young farmers over 18 years of age. No appropriation is made to cover the cost of these schol- 1 arships, now amounting to over i $20,000. The cost comes out of i the current income to the college from the fertilizer tax. Must Pay for Paper. ( Judge Geo. Thomas, of Colum- 1 bus, Ohio, recently decided that * if a man accepts a paper that is i sent him he must pay for it. t The decision was rendered in the ? case brought by the Columbus ' Telegram against a man for 1 $2.35. The Telegram had been ( sent to the man's home, and he i had accepted the paper. When i called upon to pay for it he re- ( fused, and the suit was brought. | When Judge Thomas heard the < evidence he instructed the jury | to bring in a verdict for The 1 Telegram. < Judge Thomas ruled that the < old common law principle that | what"a man received and used < he was bound to pay for applied < in this instance. 1 i i Old newspapen tor .stale at Use 1 Times office 4 - Jki, I !?*& '* .. ; - M :ULL PARDONSISSUED ALL PAROLED CONVICTS Forestalling any effort that night have been made by his mccessors to return to prison or service of the remainder of heir sentences, Governer Blease Saturday signed a decree grantng full pardon to all convicts of he State and various counties vhom he had previously granted jaroles "during good behavior." rhe Governor accepted as ap Droximately correct the estimate nade in his office that this blanket pardon would effect 1,500 persons, who had been collectively convicted of probibly every crime on the caleniar. This estimate appeared somewhat hitrh to other State officials, and attaches of the office )f Secretary of State and newspaper men placed the number iffected between 1,000 and 1,200 jersons. Those former prisoners who were paroled upon the jpndition that they never return :o the State, never a train take a 3 rink of intoxicating liquor and )ther conditions, save that of "good behavior" were not affected by this pardon. The official document stated :hat all persons paroled "upon food behavior" by Governor Blease "during the year 1911, L912, 1913 and 1914" were granted full pardon. This decree plainly stated, however, that none others were affected. Governor Blease's greatest act of clemency came without warning. With one stroke of his pen he returned to these former prisoners their rights of citizenship which their convictions for crimes against the State had taken away. Though the exact number given full pardon by this comprehensive document was not fully established. the number was known to be sufficiently large to rive to Governor Blease the dis linction of granting at one time a number of pardons in excess af that ever granted by a chief executive of any State of the Union. Messrs. Kimbrell Enter Business. The secretary of State Friday commissioned the Kimbrell Furniture company, with an authorized capital of $3,000, tc engage in a general furniture business. The business will be ocaiea in Columbia. The petitioners for charter were Walter M. Kimbrell, W. Earl Kimbrell and H. A. Taylor. The Messrs. Kimbrell are both former Fort Mill men, and their many relatives and friends in this township will wish-for them much success in their new enterprise. No News in the Paper. The Nevada Mail says frequently you pick up one of the ocal papers, and after glancing it the headlines wearily, thrust t aside, remarking "Nothing in :he paper today." Did you ever stop to think what the phrase "nothing in the paper today" ? neans? It means that in the iay or week just passed that no nisfortune ha3 befailen any one n our city, that no fire has wiped >ut a neighbor's worldly Roods; .hat the grim angel of death has crossed no threshold of a friend; ;hat no man driven by liquor, latred or fear has taken the life >f a fellow-human; that no poor ievil haunted by the past or :he misdeeds of some other, has :rossed the great divide by his >wn hand. So the next time you ?ick up a paper that doesn't announce a tragedy, give a little .hanks instead of grunting because there is no news. STITE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. 1 ?? J. L. Irby, of Kershaw, wiii ; be a candidate for director of the I State penitentiary, according to announcement Monday. W. F. Caldwell, a well known newspaper correspondent of Columbia. and for a number of years in charge of the Chester Lantern has been named as private^ secretary to Lieutenant Governor Bethea. The Carolina & Northwestern railway's passenger and freight depot at Lowryville was burned ! to the ground early Thursday. The blaze was of an unascertained origin. It is thought that the freight depot was robbed and then fired. ^. m. steadman and G. W. Pearce, police officers of Landrum, were found not guilty in the court of general sessions at Spartanburg Friday of the charge of murdering Jesse Henderson, who was shot down in the streets of Landrum on the morning of October 16. That 20 per cent, of the white men of South Carolina of voting , age are illiterate is the estimate made from literacy figures com, piled by State Superintendent J. E. Swearingcn from thirtythree of the forty-four counties in South Carolina, based on the returns nf thp nomnoro ^?lnh rolls. Cash contributions for relief . of the Belgians received by Secretary Holcome, of the Central relief committee, totaled $4,317, according to a report issued Sunday afternoon. Contributions of foodstuffs are being reported from all sections of the State, said the secretary. As Nathan Allison, 17 years of age, returned from hunting to his home in Gaffney Saturday ! he was met at the gate by his little cousin, Jack Allison, nine 1 years old. The little boy seized the muzzle of the shotgun and the gun in some manner was fired, instantly killing the little lad. The shot entered his breast and he was badly mangled and torn. . . _ _ _ At the present session of the 1 General Assembly bills will be ^ introduced proposing to enact in to law the rules governing the recent Democratic primary election. The law, of course, will ' apply to primaries in general, no matter of what party, and will apply to congressional and municipal as well as to State and county primary elections. W. D. Metts will be the next postmaster of Greenville, according to word received there from Washington. It is stated that both senators are willing to | confirm the appointment of Mr. Metts against whose candidacy a determined fight has been made by J. W. Norwood and others. ; I El 1 1 ? rui suiiie unie n nas oeen Known that Mr. Metts was the first choice of Congressman Johnson. > A statement of the amount of State taxes received from the county treasurers to December 31 was issued ,Friday by S. T. ! j Carter, State treasurer. The total amount received i$ ,$397,. 172,14, which is 21?i>e^ent. of the total amount. *nfe total | State tax is $1,843,037.29. York county has sent in 65.6 per cent, of its total assessment. Ander! son has sent in approximately 16 per cent, of its assessment. ' .4<r ' | Bt ? * . MvvJU?- ? EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY , IN THIRTY-FIVE CASES _____ \ Thirty-five persons were liberated from the State penitenitary and from imprisonment on the counties' public works or were restored to citizenship or had their sentences shortened when . Governor Blease Saturday iss*l?cf another batch of pardons, paroles and commutations of sentences, in addition to his "blanket pardon." This number in-w eluded 18 pardons, 10 paroles and seven commutations. The crimes for which these convicts were sentenced to imn r l t;nn m ? r. iui vai jiii^ icrma included seven convicted of murder, 10 of manslaughter, three of aggravated assault and one of slander. The number included clemency to several men whose trials attracted high interest in the entire State. A full pardon was granted W. T. Jones, of Union, who was convicted in February, 1909, of tne murder of his wife by poisoning, after a trial replete with j sensational testimony. This case has since that time been continuously before the public. Gov. Blease paroled Jones upon certain conditions on Thanksgiving day. He received his pardon Saturday from the governor's hand, having gone to Columbia for the official papers. The 1915 session of the General Assembly convened Tuesday at noon. The afternoon was taken up in the election of officers. No. 9941 REPORT OF THE THE FIRST NATIONAL In the State of South Carolina, at the c RESOU Loans and discounts Overdrafts, secured ? ?; unsecured II. S. bonds deposited to secure circulati Commercial paper deposited to secure cir Premium on bonds tor circulation., Subscription to stock of Federal Reserv< Less amouut unpaid | Ranking house ($ - ); furniture and Due from Federal Reserve bank ; Due from approved reserve agents in otl | Due from banks and bankers (other that Outside checks and other cash items ($ I Notes of other national banks. | Lawful money reserve in bank: Specie i i . ?? I wo^ai-iciiuci :iuies Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer of circulation) Total LIABIL Capital stock paid in Surplus fund Undivided profits Circulating notes . Dividends unpaid Individual deposits subject to check... Certificates of deposit due in less than Cashier's checks outstanding Total STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Cour I, T. B. Spratt, Cashier of the abov the above statement is true to the best < Subscribed and sworn to before me this Correct?Attest: W. B. Ardrey, J. F - 1 9 Finds us considerably disfij After going through panics, various kinds for 30 years w< now and preparing to keep uj least, and wish to thank our solicit a continuance of your p still have some shoes and dry t Vto fi rn V? i r? V* t??yv - ? vitv. mi rt nivii w t aic eiueuiK 1 We have received a new set prepared to fix your watch promptly. * We wish you a happy and pi L. J. IV Now in the Jones Building. WHAT'S AILIH' BLEASE? DISBANDS STATE MILITIA Governor Biesse Monday disbanded the South Carolina organized militia. Thirty-one companies, comprising approximately 2,000 officers and men, ilre*affected. Disagreement between the Governor and rflifitia *and War Department officials on the organization and equipment * ? ? ? ? ? ui uic uuupa wu? given tus lilt' reason for the action. Militia officers Monday night began a movement to prevent complete disorganization. Telegrams were sent to South Caro- . Una members of Congress at Washington Requesting that they use their influence to have the War Department delay asking the return of $200,000 worth of supplies loaned the troops. Governor Blease will retire January 19 and Governer Manning, his successor, will be asked to re-instate the soldiers. While Mr. Manninor haa not yet indicated what action he will take, it was considered certain by militia officers that he would rescind the action of Governor Blease. Governor Blease explained in his order disbanding the troops that the existence of differences between the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy and Adjutant General Moore of South Carolina on one side and himself on the other, prompted him to take this step. These differences, he said, resulted in serious breaches of dis^udine in the ..iiiitia corps. CONDITION OF BANK, AT FORT MILL, lose of business, December 31st, 1914. RCES. $ 71,594 64 J71.73 271 73 ion (par value) $25,000 culation (book value) 17,522 42.522 00 None J bank $1,600.00 $1,838.84.. $ 266.66 266 66 t : tu res 2,500 00 - 1,803 34 tier reserve cities 2,709 01 i above) 1,089 05 ?); fractional currency. 221 99 _ 1,000 00 $3,500.00 500.00 4,000 00 (not more than 5 per cent 1,700.00 $129,968 42 .ITIES. - $ 25,000 00 5.000 00 180 03 37,600 00 40 00 $56,743.51 30 days 6.407.XK , ' 97.00 62,24839 $128,968 42 ity of York, ss: e-named bank, do solemnly swear that jf my knowledge and belief. * 4/S&T. B. SPRATT, Cashier. 9th day of January, 1915. W. B. MEACHAM, Notary Public. !. Mills, J. L. Spratt, Directors. 1 S fured, but "still in the ring." fires, drouths and storms of 5 have gotten kinder use to it > tne fight for another year at friends for past favors, and atronage and confidence. We goods that were saved from ? out at less than wholesale cost, of tools and material, and are ; es, clocks, jewelry and eyes | rosperous New Year. lassey.