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E?tabli?hod in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C? THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916. t'l.25 Por Y??r
STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
^ Revenue officers^estroyed two
large illicit distilleries in Pickens
county last week. Two men
who were operating the plants
were captured.
The city of Spartanburg is to
build a new school building in
the northern part of the city
^ right away. The building will
cost about $35,000.
Governor Manning has accepted
an invitation to address
the South Carolina firemen at
their annual tournament, which
will be held in Greenville in
May.
During the first fifteen days of
February, twenty-one men enlisted
for service in the United
States army through the Greenville
recruiting station.
Congressman A. F. Lever has
accepted an invitation to deliver
the address to the graduating
class at Winthrop college on
June 1.
The city of Union a few days
ago voted an additional $25,000
of bonds for the purpose of extending
and improving the waterworks
system. The issue carried,
251 to 20.
The city of Charleston is contributing
something like $30,000
to the war sufferers of Europe.
This is aside from the food and
clothing sent. Most of this money
goes to the Belgians and Germans.
The Bailey Military Institute
of Greenwood, has received 20,000
rounds of ammunition from
- the United States war department,
the ammunition to be used
by the cadets in target practice
during the spring.
E. E. Hall, demonstration
agent of Richland county, last
week, received 7,000 peach trees
which will be distributed among
farmers of that county. The
sprouts were purchased from a
Tennessee nursery and the price
paid was about 21-2 cents each.
The "gallon a month" liquor
bill was ordered enrolled for
ratification Friday night. The
measure invokes the authority
given under the federal Webb
law to prevent wholesale shipment
of liquor into dry counties.
Ed Abbott, a white man widely
known in sporting circles in the
Carolinas, shot and killed a
negro, Ben Twitty, in the western
part of Spartanburg Sunday
afternoon. Abbott immediately
surrendered to Sheriff White and
is in jail. Abbott is said to claim
that he shot in self-defense.
It is announced in mill circles
that the demand for the plain
white goods of the Wallace cotton
mills at Jonesville has become so
great that the mill needs a full
force of help for night work.
As an extra inducement the mill
^ ouera vu give six nignts pay ior
five nights' labor. .
Capt. Chas. Petty, a venerable
' citizen of Spartanburg, a Confederate
veteran and the dean of
the newspaper profession in this
State, died at his home Tuesday
afternoon, after a brief illness.
He was a little more than 8O1
, yeras of age and until within the
last 10 days had been an active
member of the staff of The Journal,
Spartanburg's afternoon paper.
His death was due to a
general physical breakdown, following
an attack of grip.
Teachers' Meeting at Winthrop.
The Eastern Division of the
York County Teachers' association
will hold its next meeting
j at the Winthrop training school
i on Saturday, February 27. The
following program will be car
l ried out:
11a. m.?Call to order by the
president, J. P. Coats.
Prayer.
Music by hiprh school department
of the Winthrop training
school.
Demonstration lessons: In 1st
grade reading, by Miss Withers;
in 6th grade arithmetic, by Miss
Quattlehaum; in 10th grade U.
S. history, by Miss Burriss. All
of Winthrop training school.
A discussion of each lesson: In
reading, led by Miss Russell, of
Winthrop training school; in
arithmetic, led by Miss Stokes,
of Ebenezer school; in history,
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Business session.
Luncheon.
Frank James Dead.
Funeral services for Frank
James, last survivor of the once
noted James outlaw band, who
died last Thursday, were held
Saturday on his farm near Excelsior
Springs, Mo. John F.
Phillips, a former federal judge,
who defended James when he
was tried for murder and acquitted
at Gallatin, Mo., 30-odd years
ago, delivered the funeral address.
The body was cremated, in accordance
with James' last wish,
and the ashes placed in a safe
deposit vault. He said he did
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Will Operate Special Train.
People In all parts of the county
interested in the success of
field day which is to be held at
Yorkville in April, will be glad
to learn that the Southern railroad
has agreed to operate a special
train from Fort Mill, by way
of Rock Hill, to Yorkville and
return for the field day exercises.
This train will take the hundreds
of school cl.i'dren from
Fort Mill and Rock Hill and intermediate
points to Yorkville
for the day and it will enable
many to make the trip, whereas
otherwise it would have been impossible.
For Compulsory Education.
It is believed that there will
be a general rush among school
districts in the Piedmont section
of the State to apply the compulsory
school attendance law
passed by the recent General
Assembly. Already there is talk
of the Spartanburg city schools
adopting the law. The Legislature
passed the law but left it
optional with the school districts
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ux me oiai-e as 10 wnetner or not
they will accept it. In the rural
school district a petition of j
qualified electors is necessary to
call an election on the question
but in districts containing towns
of more than 1,500 inhabitants
the school board may order such
elections.
Scores Education Board.
In the course of the debate in
the house Thursday morning on
the bill to grant additional authority
to the State board of education
in the crrantinc of rortif
icates to teachers for the public
; schools, Representative Bradford
of York, submitted the observa1
tion that if the State board was
no more competent, to select
teachers than it had proven itself
to be in prescribing certain
text books now in use in the pubj
lie schools, he congratulated the
judiciary committee on its work
of curtailing the activities of the
board.?Columbia Record. 18th.
WAR NEWS OF THE DAY
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED
Both Germany and Russia
agree there has been a severe
defeat of the Russians in East
Prussia, but they differ with
reference to its actual importance.
Whatever has happened
to the Russian Tenth Army it at
least has been driven back many
miles and one army corps, numbering
40,000, has been badly
cut up. ?
Since the end of January the
Teutonic AJlies, according to
official reports from Berlin and
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Vienna, nave captureu i4u,euu
men. including 71 officers.
Among these are seven generals.
These prisoners include those
made in East Prussia and in fche
fighting in the Carpathians. In
addition 193 guns are said to
have been taK^n.
In the West Zeppelins have
come into action. One has bombarded
Calais, dropping 10 bombs
which killed five people. A
German dirgible, whether the
Zeppelin which bombarded Calais
or another, has dropped
bombs on the railroad running
from Dunkirk to St. Omer, according
to a news agency.
The official statement issued
by the French War Office records
the bombardment of Rheims by
the Germans and the loss of a
considerable number of lives.
At the same time it renorts ad
vances for the Allies in the
neighborhood of Souain between
the Argonne and the Meuse and
in Alsace.
The British Prime Minister has
informed the House of Commons
that the Allied Governments still
are considering methods of reprisals
against Germany for its
naval policy and that he hoped
to announce the scope of the
measures at an early date.
Only 15 men from the American
steamer Evelyn, which was,,
sunk off Borkum Island, have
been definitely accounted for.
They were picked up by a Dutch
pilot ship. Another boat, believed
to contain 13 members of
the crew of the Evelyn, has not
been heard from.
Much anxiety is s^id to exist
at Cuxhaven over the absence
of two large submarines which
are tfwo days over due at their
base.
The Scandinavian Government
representatives are holding a
conference on Germany's sea
war zone proclamation.
The Prussian Diet has appropriated
$25,000,000 to be
used in alleviating the sufferings
of persons afTected by the war.
Died of Hydrophobia.
. Simon McDonald, a resident of
Huntersville, N. C., died Sunday
morning at a Charlotte hospital
of what was said to be the first
genuine case of tabies, or hydrophobia.
treated in that city.
Mr. McDonald, according to
those acquainted with the history
of the case was either bitten
by a dog or only scratched by it.
The dog also bit two of his
children and shortly thereafter
was killpd This was in I ionnm
. . A *<?W T? HI i/VWIll- 1
ber but no signs of infection I
showed up with Mr. McDonald I
until a few days ago. I
Neither of the children has I
developed any symptoms of the I
disease but both are to be sent I
to Raleigh where they will be I
given the Pasteur treatment. I
It is stated that two other chil- I
dren in the neighborhood were I
also bitten by the dog. They I
will also be sent to Raleigh to |
take the treatment. ,
Mr. McDonald was a native of ,
Rock Hill, and his body was
taken to that point Monday for 1
burial. I
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
BILL BECOMES LAW
The senate adopted without i
objection the report of the free ]
conference committee on the 1
compulsory education bill. The <
substitute, which will become a !
statute upon its being signed by '
the governor, provides that the i
school district is the unit and 1
may in one of three ways accept 1
the provisions of the ??.t, as i
follows: On a petition of a majority
of qualified electors; on <
an election ordered by the county 1
board of education on petition of '
one-fourth of the qualified electors;
or towns of more than i
1,500 inhabitants Ynay hold an
election upon the petition of a 1
majority of the board of trustees
of said school district. i
The bill does away entirely 1
with the "attendance officer,"]
placing the matter of enforce- i
ment of the law in the hands ;
of the board of trustees, who 1
may, however, employ a clerk i
to take a school census. Except :
in agricultural districts, where 1
the compulsory school term shall ]
not exceed four months, the
period of compulsion shall be
for the school term. The act
shall be in full force and effect
from and after July 1, 1915.
Section 11 of the Act, which 1
was an amendment proposed by 1
Representative W. R. Bradford
of York, provides that there '
shall be no tuition, contingent, ,
matriculation, incidental, or ]
other fee of any kind shall be 1
charged or collected for the at- i
tendance of any pupil upon any !
school in the common or public i
school department residing in i
this State adopting the provisions <
of the act. <
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New Law Effective March 1.
But two more days remain for
those liable under the Harrisor
anti-narcotic act to register with
D. C. Heyward, collector of internal
revenue. Up to the close
af business Saturday. 930 druggists.
physicians, dentists and
veterinary surgeons had com
plied with the provisions of the
law, and despite the wide publicity
given the act, there seems
to be a probability that many
will lay themselves liable to not
snly a penalty and fine, but will
be debarred from the legitimate
use of certain drugs coming
within the provisions of the act
unless they file their applications
for necessary blanks within the
next two days.
The law provides that unless
those required ro pay the special
tax and register on or before
March' 1, 1915, they not only
incur a 50 per cent penalty, but
are subject to a fine of not more
than $2,000 or five years' imprisonment,
or both, if they
should have any of the drugs
mentioned in the act in their
possession.
American Steamer Goes Down.
The United States government
was advised officially Sunday
night of the destruction of the
first American vessel on the high
seas since the outbreak of the
European war. American Consul
Fee at Bremen cabled that
the steamer Evelyn and her carKo
of cotton bound for Bremen
had been "blown up" at Borkum,
just otr the German coast,
and that her crew had been
saved. The cause?submarine or
mine was not given in the dispatch.
An investigation, to ascertain
the cause, has been ordered.
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WORK OF 1915 SESSION
FINISHED EARLY SUNDAY
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i The annual session of the
. South Carolina General Assembly
. ended at Columbia early Sunday,
. after an all-night meeting, made
[ necejsary in order to pass bills
. carrying the appropriations for
, the next fiscal year.
Important State-wide legislai
tion enacted at this session included
a law providing for an
election on State-wide prohibition
on September 14 next; a measure
: limiting to importation of liquor
for beverage purposes into "dry"
counties to one gallon a person a
i month; authorization of bond
i issues, not to exceed an aggregate
of $5,000,000, by the
i counties for road improvement;
[ a local option compulsory school
. attendance law, and the creation
- of a commission to study workmen's
compensation laws.
? The session was made notable
. by reason of the fact that three
- different men occupied the
! gubernatorial chair during its
life. They were Cole L. Blease,
who resigned on January 14,
soon after the Assembly con
1- n a . %
veiit-u; l,. dmitn who, as
; Lieutenant Governor, succeeded
r Blease, and Richard I. Manning,
i the regularly-elected Governor,
i who began his two-year term
' January li).
; In a transaction consummated
the last week Oscar T. Gulp pur1
chased the interest of W. J.
Stewart in the grocery concern
of Stewart & Gulp, and the bus
iness will hereafter be known as
the Gulp Grocery Store. Mr.
Stewart retires from the business
to take charge of his large farm
in lower Fort Mill.
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