The Fort Mitt, Times.
^ Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. ? $1.25 Per Year.
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STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
Five negro prisoners escaped
from Greenwood jail last Saturday
night.
Governor Manning stated Saturday
that he would sign She bi]l
repealing the enactment of the
special legislative act limiting
cultivation in this State of cotton
to one-third of the arable lands,
which will be presented to him
late this week for his signature.
James H. Moore, who has been
editor of the Columbia Record
for about two years, is to leave
Columbia this week to take
charge of the editorial page of
the Knoxville Sentinel. His resignation
from the editorship of
The Record took effect Sunday.
Brooks Guin, a farmer, was
killed Saturday night at 6:30
o'clock by G. A. Long, his
brother-in-iaw, when they met
on the Belfast road, eight miles
from Newberry. The trouble
between the two is of long
standing.
Governor Manning the last
week sent a message to the senate
asking for the general assembly.
to appoint a committee
to examine into the facfthat
there were no records in the governor's
office of the previous administration.
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The United States supreme
court has 'granted permission to
T. U. Vaughn, former superintendent
of an orphan's home at
x Greenville, to prosecute at public
expense his appeal in the supreme
court from the death sentence
imposed upon him in the
South Carolina courts for a grave
offense.
Halcott P. Green of Columbia
was Friday named by Gov.
Richard I. Manning as a special
judge for the term of the court
of common pleas in York county,
beginning the first Monday in
February. The appointment
was made upon the recomrr.enda-1
tion of the supreme court.
The entire plant of the Equinox
Cotton mill, at Anderson, employ
in# between 450 and 500
people, has been at a standstill
since Thursday morning as a result
of the weaving force, con- r
sisting of about 100 persons,
quitting their looms when an
order reducing their pay went
into effect.
Governor Manning has grant
ed a reprieve to Tommy Grice
from February 1 to March 1.
Grice was convicted in Florence
county in October. 1914, on the
charge of criminal assault and
sentenced to be electrocuted on
November 20. 1914. Gov. Blease
granted a reprieve until February
1.
Hugh Byrd was killed on his
farm in the Gilgal section of
Edgefield county by a falling
tree Thursday. Having some
woodland that he desired to
cultivate, he invited his neighbors
to assist him in felling the
trees. He had just cut one tree
and while watching it fall another
tree that was cut near him fell
across his body.
The Anderson Mercantile company
and the Farmers' Supply
company stores at Rjphburg, \
Chester county, were robbed j
Friday night. An entrance was
effected" from the rear. A quantity
of shoes, clothing and can
goods was stolen. There is no
clue to the theft. It is believed |
to be the same party that entered
the store of W. S. Douglas
atBtacbtock a few nights ago.
Catawbas Visit the Governor.
Chief Harris, Ben Harris and
Nelson Blue, three Catawba
brnvp?. were among the visitors
to Governor Richard I. Manning
a few days ago. They were introduced
to the "great white
chief" by Senator Beamguard j
of York countv. "Wp nrp crlarl
to meet you," said Chief Harris.
"We hdVe brought you a present.
Here is a 'pipe of peace/ "
said Ben Harris. The pipe was
made by the Indians on the
Catawba reservation. "Gov.
Richard I Manning, January 19,
1915," were the words carved on
the peace pipe. Governor Man- j
ning thanked the visitors and I
gave them a hearty welcome. 1
"Here is another pipe. Smoke,
this when you are alone." said j
the younger Indian. Governor
Manning assured the Indians
that they will receive kind and
fair treatment during his administration.
"We are just like
children, governor, and we look
to you for everything," saidj
Ben. The Indians were later
introduced to many members of
the legislature.
Nolan Refused to Leave Jail.
Although four men escaped
from the York county jail Thursday
afternoon, the fiifth white
man in the prison refused to take
part in the affair and remained
in his cell, while his companions
made a successful dash for liberty.
The fifth man was Thomas Nolan,
alias "Chicago Nolan," famous
in many States as a yeggman
and an alleged expert at
blowing safes and slipping
through jail bars. Noland was 1
recently paroled by Governor j
tsiease while serving a term in \
the South Carolina penitentiary
and was at once turned over to j
federal authorities to answer to
other charges. He is being held
in York jail to answer to the
charge of robbing the Savings i
Bank of Fort Mill in 1902. Nolan
said he didn't want to go j
and calmly watched the four
other prisoners break jail and
make a getaway. When the jail
delivery was discovered and a
hurried investigation made, No- j
lan was found in his cell writing!
a letter.
The four men escaping were:
Jesse Willman, S. I. Rush, J. R.
Wyatt, and Sam Harper. They
were held on minor charges.
Want to Change Name.
Yorkville, county seat of York
county, will change the name it
has borne since 1790 to York, if
the qualified electors shall so decide
at an election contemplated
by a bill which the York county'
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delegation nas introduced in the!
general assembly.
There was filed with the dele- :
gation a petition bearing 190
signatures. The registration is
217, so that a majority is 109.
The petition asked that the. delegation
procure the passage of an
act effecting the change in
name, but the members of the
delegation took the view that it
would be more equitable and
more in accordance with Democratic
practice to refer the question
to the people of Yorkville
for decision.
Spare the Birds.
It was stated recently in a national
convention that protection
of birds from slaughter would
save to the farmers of the United
States a large part of their
annual crop loss from insect
pests. The same speaker estimated
the annual loss from insect
at something more than
$100,000,000. This game seems
well worth the candle.
UNt GALLON PER SOSTH
IS ALLOWANCE OF BILL
The Boyd whiskey shipment
bill, which has already passed
the house and is likely to pass
the senate, is one of the strictest
measures of the kind on the statute
book? of any of the States.
The bill was introduced in the
House by Representative Boyd,
of Spartanburg:. The measure
was fathered by the prohibitionists
of the State, and principal,
ly by the Anti-Saloon League.
It was drafted in Spartanburg
oy senator uarnsie, at the request
of local prohibitionists.
Under this bill no person will
be allowed to have shipped to
him in South Carolina more than
one gallon per month of any beverage
containing as much as 1
per cent, of alcohol. And in order
to get this one gallon, he
will have to go before the clerk
of court of his county and pay a
fee of 25 cents for a permit allowing
him to have this amount
shipped in. Upon getting the
permit, he will have to send it
to the liquor house, and the paper
will have to be pasted on the
outside of the package or the
transportation company will not
be allowed to deliver it.
The clerk of court will be required
to keep a record of the
certificates issued, and f-n see fr?
to it that no person is allowed to
get more than one gallon a
month. The permit will be refused
should a protest be made
by the wife or children of the
person asking for the permit.
Under the bill, the whiskjy
shipment cannot be delivered to
any person other than the purchaser,
who must appear in person.
The bill also prohibits the
storing of the whiskey in any
clubhouse or place of business or
anywhere else except in the
private home or private room of
the purchaser.
The measure was passed by the
house last week, and now goes
to the senate. The only amendment
which was made by the
house is on permitting dispensaries
to ship whiskey to
branch dispensaries in the same
county. This, of course, does
. not affect the measure so far as
the individual consumer is concerned,
and would apply only in
dispensary counties. Should the
prohibition referendum bill pass,
this provision, of course, would
automatically cease to be of
value because the dispensaries
would pro out of business.
The bill restricts interstate
liquor shipments under authority
of the Webb law passed by congress
a year or so ago.
The Home Paper What Counts.
"It is the home paper, in the
smaller cities, which sells our
goods," said Geo. W. Dodd, representative
of a big Eastern manufacturing
bouse, before a recent
meeting of advertising men in
Atlanta.
"We sell to the merchants in
these towns, and th? live ones
advertise in their home papers.
I can check over the sales reports
right now and show you
which merchants are advertising
and which are not, just by the
orders they send us. I've tried it.
"It's a big mistake for the
'liitle merchant' to think he cannot
gdvertise. Why, the merchant
in a comparatively small
town can reach mnr#* n/\aoiki*?
customers per dollar spent on
newspaper space than the big
fellow in New.York or Chicago
can at the heavy rates made nec'essary
by the big papers' circulation.
His home paper reaches
nearly every every possible buyer
in its territory. Can the big
papers say as much?"
SOME FACTS fBOUT
THE WEATHER LAST YEAR
The year 1914 as a whole was
near normal as to temperature,
although the precipitation was
slightly below the average, due
largely to marked deficiencies in
March, May and June. Abnor
mal thermal and moisture conditions
during March, followed by
j badly distributed rains during
April, resulted in irregular seeding
of spring crops, and vegeta!
tion began the growing season
in various stages of advancment.
| The growing situation was further
intensified by drought and
much sunshine during May, with
the result that the spring season
closed 8.i)0 inches short of the
usual amount of rainfall. With
, continued lack of sufficient and
i well distributed rains and the
hottest weather on record for
J June, together with desicating
heat toward the close of July,
vegetation advanced to midseason
with irregular growth.
Probably the most serious and
destructive thundershowers and
hailstorms that ever visited the
plantations of South Carolina ocin
the Piedmont section on Julv
6 and 7. covering large portions
of Anderson. Laurens, Spartanburg.
Cherokee and York counties
and entailing a general loss
conservatively estimated at nearly
a million dollars on 51,000
acres of land. Of this amount
York county is estimated to have
lost about $730,000 on about <10,000
acres. In this district, the
hail belt embraced an area of
five by 25 miles northward of
Rock Hill.
Vetoed Immigration Bill.
President Wilson voted the
immigration bill Thursday because
of the literacy test for
admission of aliens. His message
was referred to the house
immigration committee whose
chairman, Representative Bur
nett, will move next that the
measure be passed over the veto.
Much informal discussion
among members of the house
followed receipt of the veto, and
there were many who believed
the two-thirds majority required
to repass the bill could
not be procured. Immigration
bills containing literacy tests
were vetoed by President Cleveland
and by Presfdent Taft, but
both times failed of repassage.
Sank Five Vessels.
Thp tr>ll tnkpn tw tVm ritirnmn
submarine U-21 in its raid late
Saturday in the Irish Sea in the
| vicinity of Liverpool, still stands
'at three ships?the steamers
1 Ben Cruachen, Linda Blanche
and the Kilcoan, the last a small
vessel. The Kilcoan's crew was
landed Sunday on the Isle of
Man by a coastwise steamer.
In addition a German submarine
also torpedoed two British
j steamers in the English Channel
near Havre? the Tokomaru and
the Icarian.
The Irish Sea raider escaped
and shipping interests, confident
she had returned to her base,
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i oruereu a resumption or normal
traffic Sunday.
Gets Important Appointments.
Yorkville people are interested
in learning that W. R. Bradford,
one of the representatives from
this county, is beinc olaced on
a number of very important
committees. Mr. Bradford has
been named as a member of the
committee to investigate the
disappearance of certain records
from the office of the governor
and to arrange for suitable filing
devices to be placed in the office.
He is also a member of several
, other important committees.
I York News.
Revenue Collections Fall Short.
Revenue collections by the
Government in January failed
by $8. 166,427 to meet the month's
disbursement. Receipts usually
are low at this time of the yoar.
but in January 1914, the excess
of disbursements, was only $4,512,262.
Neither customs nor internal
revenue brought in the expected
returns. Customs receipts were
$10,558. 1 93, compared with $23.528,080
in January, 1914, and
$14,890,982 in December.
Internal revenue receipts including
returns from the war
tax were $27,096,155, less by
i $5,0(10,000 than in December,
and only about $2,500,000 more
than in January, 1914. The
estimate of Government revenues
for the fiscal year ending June
30 next contemplated internal
revenue receipts of $32,500 a
month. Officials are hopeful of
' an increase in the next few
months.
Next Meet at Yorkville.
The committee on arrangeI
ment has decided to hold the
next school day program at
Yorkville on Saturday. April 3.
The exercises will consist of
mental and athletic contests.
The pupils will he entered according
to grade in the mental
contests and only one from each
jschool can enter the contest. In
the athletic contests the students
will he grouped according to
size. This will give the small
school an equal chance with the
large schools. - Rock Mill Herald.
I New Spri
I Prices on cotton
thanthev have
years. We hav<
lot of new good
I Come and see w
i?et posted on
Li. %J j\
Now in the Jones Building
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Let Us V
i Fire In;
We repre
of the stro
parties in
Rates too
to take th<
Bailes
District
LEGISLATURE ACTS IN
PROHIBITION MOVEMENT
General assembly last week
passed the referendum bill and
the bill placing stringent restrictions
around the shipment of
liquor into the State. It was believed
that the prohibition bills
would precipitate long debates,
but the Webb law bill went
through the house practically
without opposition and not more
than five hours were spent in
discussing the prohibition referendum
bill.
Having disposed of the prohibition
question, the house has before
it this week the vital matter
of compulsory education. There
is not the slightest doubt about
the passage of some form of compulsory
education law by the
house. The only point in contest
is whether the members will
agree to send to the senate a
Statewide measure or one containing
the local option feature.
The Hawkins bill, a Statewide
measure, and the Harper bill,
have both been made special orders
for debate on Wednesday.
The house will have to choose
between them. The Hawkins
bill was the first choice of educators
and legislators who held a
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I l oiiii'i encc on compulsory education
in Columbia in January.
The Chester Semi-Weekly News
was offered for saie Tuesday
morning1 and was bought by the
mortgagees, S. E. McFaddenand
C. C. Edwards. The price paid
was $1,000.
ng Goods
i ?<H>ds arc lower
hccn in several
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Is at new prices,
hat we have, and
the new prices.
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