^ 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
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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
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Old newspapen tor .stale at Use 1
Times office 4
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: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.
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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 $4,317,
according to a report issued Sunday
afternoon. Contributions of
foodstuffs are being reported
from all sections of the State,
said the secretary.
As Nathan Allison, 17 years
of age, returned from hunting
to his home in Gaffney Saturday
! he was met at the gate by his
little cousin, Jack Allison, nine
1 years old. The little boy seized
the muzzle of the shotgun and
the gun in some manner was
fired, instantly killing the little
lad. The shot entered his breast
and he was badly mangled and
torn. . .
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At the present session of the
1 General Assembly bills will be
^ introduced proposing to enact in
to law the rules governing the
recent Democratic primary election.
The law, of course, will
' apply to primaries in general,
no matter of what party, and
will apply to congressional and
municipal as well as to State
and county primary elections.
W. D. Metts will be the next
postmaster of Greenville, according
to word received there
from Washington. It is stated
that both senators are willing to
| confirm the appointment of Mr.
Metts against whose candidacy
a determined fight has been made
by J. W. Norwood and others.
; I El 1 1 ?
rui suiiie unie n nas oeen Known
that Mr. Metts was the first
choice of Congressman Johnson.
> A statement of the amount of
State taxes received from the
county treasurers to December
31 was issued ,Friday by S. T.
! j Carter, State treasurer. The
total amount received i$ ,$397,.
172,14, which is 21?i>e^ent. of
the total amount. *nfe total
| State tax is $1,843,037.29. York
county has sent in 65.6 per cent,
of its total assessment. Ander!
son has sent in approximately
16 per cent, of its assessment.
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EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
, IN THIRTY-FIVE CASES
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Thirty-five persons were liberated
from the State penitenitary
and from imprisonment on the
counties' public works or were
restored to citizenship or had
their sentences shortened when .
Governor Blease Saturday iss*l?cf
another batch of pardons, paroles
and commutations of sentences,
in addition to his "blanket
pardon." This number in-w
eluded 18 pardons, 10 paroles
and seven commutations.
The crimes for which these
convicts were sentenced to imn
r l t;nn m ?
r. iui vai jiii^ icrma
included seven convicted of murder,
10 of manslaughter, three of
aggravated assault and one of
slander. The number included
clemency to several men whose
trials attracted high interest in
the entire State.
A full pardon was granted W.
T. Jones, of Union, who was
convicted in February, 1909, of
tne murder of his wife by poisoning,
after a trial replete with
j sensational testimony. This case
has since that time been continuously
before the public. Gov.
Blease paroled Jones upon certain
conditions on Thanksgiving
day. He received his pardon Saturday
from the governor's hand,
having gone to Columbia for the
official papers.
The 1915 session of the General
Assembly convened Tuesday
at noon. The afternoon was
taken up in the election of officers.
No. 9941 REPORT OF THE
THE FIRST NATIONAL
In the State of South Carolina, at the c
RESOU
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts, secured ? ?; unsecured
II. S. bonds deposited to secure circulati
Commercial paper deposited to secure cir
Premium on bonds tor circulation.,
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserv<
Less amouut unpaid
| Ranking house ($ - ); 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
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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
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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.
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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.