The Fort Mill Times.
- Established in 1891. ^ FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915. S1.25 Per Year"""
* STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK HEADING.
W. A. Bush was giyen a life :
sentence Saturday at rCdgefield 1
for the murder of Eugene Thurman,
which occurred several
weeks ago on the west side of
Edgefield county.
Hon. John P. Grace has an- ,
nounced his candidacy for reI
election as mayor of Charleston.
Maj. T. T. Hyde entered the
mayorality race several weeks
ago.
A. C. Tolbert, a mill operative of
Greenwood who some time ago
choked his wife to death, was on
Saturday found guilty of murder
and sentenced to be electrocuted
April 2nd.
From information now in hand
it appears that Hickory Grove
school district, in York county,
will have the distinction of being
the first district in the State to
adopt the new compulsory education
law*
W. W. Bradley, of Abbeville,
has been appointed by Governor
Manning as an assistant to the
State bank examiner to audit the
accounts and books of all State
institutions.
During the month of February
the fire insurance companies
doing business in South Carolina
reported 158 fires to the State
Honartment of insurance with a
loss of $85,226.10.
It is stated authoritatively that
a letter was recently received by
a citizen of Hampton county,
k from a relative of the recipient
living in Germany, under the
stamp on the envelope of whiqh
was written, "Berlin is on starvation."
The "gallon a month" act of
the general assembly under the
bill looking to have South Carolina
receive the benefits of the
Webb-Kenyon act has been
signed by Gov. Manning. The
law becomes "effective 20 days
after being signed by the governor.
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The meeting of the Tri-State
Conference of Orphanage Workers
will be held this year in
Yorkville, and the dates decided
upon are April 13 and 14. The
States of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia will send
their orphanage executives to
take part in this conference.
To protect the cattle industry
of the State from the foot and
mouth disease, Gov. Manning
Monday issued a proclamation
quarantining all shipments or
movements "of any cattle, sheep,
swine or other live stock and
goods that may have come in
contact with this disease" from
infected territory.
T'ho inrvr nharnrorJ u/ifh
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termiring the guilt of VV. T.
McClure, William Kay, J. Woodrow
Campbell, Calma C. Kay,
S. Augustus Jones and John
McDonald, charged with the
* murder of Green Gibson during
the exciting scenes at Fairplay
last December, required only 28
minutes to find a verdict of not
I guilty.
* Representative Joseph T. Johnson,
of Spartanburg, has been
selected by President Wilson for
the Federal judgeship in South
Carolina, created by Congress
shortly before adjournment. He
was endorsed by members of the
South Carolina Congressional
delegation. Former Gov. John
G. Evans also had been sugJLBClted.
Roumania to Enter War?
The Roumanian minister of
the interior is credited with the
statement that representatives
of his country made a formal
agreement with Great Britain,
France and Russia for entering
the war with them. Bucharest
advices say ten classes of
Roumanian reserves have been
called out for March 13.
It has been expected that
should Roumanift enter the war
she would do so in the hope
of enlarging her territory at the
expense of Austria. The particular
object is said to be to
obtain Transylvania, which is
largely populated by Roumanians.
A large Turkish force is said to
have been assembled on the
Isthmus near Constantinople to
oppose any attempts landing
parties' advance on Constantinople,
which is now being bombarded
by the Anglo-French
fleet.
Births txceed Deaths.
According to the first monthly
report of the Bureau of Vital statistics
for South Catolina, made
public the last week, York county
shows a greater birth rate or
increase of population than she
does in the death rate column.
According to these figures, there
were 79 births in York county,
making an average of 18.5 per
thousand, while the deaths numbered
58 an average of 13.5 per
thousand.
For the entire State, the figures
show an increase in population,
the birth rate for all being
18.9 and the death rate being
13.4 per thousand population.
These figures are based on the
returns for January, which was
the first month that the law was
in force, and are, therefcre, only
an approximation of the actual
figures which cannot be obtained
until the law has been in effect
at least a year.
Carranza Kust Do Better.
General Carranza was on Monday
informed in a note from the
United States Government that
unless there is an improvement
in conditions with respect to
foreigners and their interests
in Mexican territory under his
control, such steps as may be
necessary will be taken by the
American Government to obtain
the desired protection. The
note is the strongest and most
emphatic docutnent that has
been sent by the Washington
Government to Mexico since the
correspondence with Huerta a
year ago. Carranz^ is warned
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lulu ine unuea states has
viewed with deep concern the
growing complaints made by
foreigners generally against his
Administration of affairs and
now in effect, demands an early
change.
Farmers Should Beware.
Agents for a new variety of
cotton, known as "half and
half." are going about the South
in an effort to interest the farmer,
and, of course, to take his
money. The Agricuitural Department
at Washington has
made a complete investigation of
the merits of this new cotton,
and finds that it has none. The
agents ask $5 a bushel for the
seed and many sales on that
basis have been made. The
Department of Agriculture finds
that the seed is not only not
prolific, but as a matter of fact,
"is inferior to other cotton and
scarcely marketable." Farmers
in this part of the country who
may be approached by the half
and half agents, would do well
to bear this information in
mind. ?Charlotte Observer.
INTERVENTION IN ORDER
SAYS EDITOR WM. BANKS
Discussing- the Mexican situation,
Editor William Banks, of
Hlf? flnllimKl'o P? hoc fUio
to say:
"When the United States drove
the Spaniard out of Cuba, that
country was even more demoralized
than is Mexico today. And
the United States restored order,
banished chaos from the island,
m
aud brought about a condition
which made self government possible.
Why can we not do this
in Mexico?
"As The Record has pointed
out, the revolution in Mexico is
due to the ambition of the peons,
more than slaves, to get such
laws that they may come to own
by purchase their little homes.
They may work for generations
and be no nearer to citizenship
than they are today, unless there
be vouchsafed to them a constitutional
government, with cer
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done in Hungary and other countries.
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"The United States has stood i
back and has given Mexico every
chance to work out her own salvation.
The time for intervention
has come. We hope without
the letting of blood, but the
time has come. Something must
be done. There is no war in Mexico,
but starvation, rapine and
the most horrible crimes are
being committed by mobs of men
bearing arms.
"It is anarchy and no man in
Mexico appears strong enough to
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save tne aiaie.
"Europe is embroiled too deeply
to Rive aid, and something
must be done. In the case of
the Boxer uprisings in China,
the nations jointly agreed to
send troops to protect the foreign
quarter in the Chinese cities.
As it is not likely that this plan
can be carried into effect in Mexico,
the president will have to
act alone, perhaps. But he must
act now.
"The newer and better Mexico
would in years to come thank
the United Stales for acting as
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policeman in ner street.
"Intervention is not war. But i
if war with some of the banditti
must come, the United States j
might be better off for a little
spring tonic to clear the system
of some of the fevers of discord
and unrest and contention in
our body politic."
The Historic Boyce Place.
Friends in this section of
Major W. W. Boyce, who with
his family moved recently from
Kock ilill to his old home place
near Pineville, will t>e interested
in the following which appeared
in the last issue of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian:
"This farm is historical. My
father. William Boyce, was postmaster
on the Stage Line from
Charlotte to Columbia and a
letter found in the ceiling when J
I was remodeling our old home,
dated 1851, bears testimony to!
the fact that this place was i
Spring Hill, S. C., years ago.
"I also found that our old j
home "Was built in 1805 by Alexander
Scott, Mrs. John S. ^ouglass'
grandfather, and from
time to time was repaired by my !
father and myself. This winter,
owing to the many modern conveniences
making farm life
desirable, we decided to make I
our home here again and have
remodeled this place considerably.
We moved up yesterday
and the ladies are delighted
with the new home, which gladdens
my heart, for there is no
place so dear to me, besides it is
a good place to live, which you
will see if you will accept an j
invitation to visit us."
Congress Adjourned Thursday.
The Sixty-third congress, first
under complete domination of
the Democratic party since 1895,
ended last Thursday at noon.
It had been in almost continuous
session since President
Wilson's inauguration two years
ago. Beginning with an extra
session "ailed by the president,
April 7, lV?13, the congress has
worked actually 037 days.
Much important legislation
was accomplished, but much
contemplated, some of it hard
pressed by the president and
party leaders, was left undone.
It is the present intention of the
president and his advisers to
give congress a rest. Rather
than force an extra session, they
would leave the remainder *of
| the administration's constructive
aspirations to a new congress
next winter, which, although
under Democratic control, will
have a greatly reduced majority
in the house.
Ancient Printing Press.
The London Printery has on
display in the show window a
printing press which is attracting
considerable attention. This
is said to be the first press
brought to York county, and it
is said that it was made in 1838.
R. M. London, who owns the
press, has lost the history of it,
hut it once belonged to his
father and has been in the
hands of others during its ownership
in this county. The press
is of peculiar construction and
it is worth the while of anyone
passing the London Printery to
give a few minutes to an examination
of it.?Rock Hill Herald.
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WAR NEWS OF THE DAY
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Late despatches from Greece
say the situation there is grave
as a result of the political deadlock
m*er the question of intervention
in the war on the side
of the allies. M. Zaimis, governor
of the National Bank of
Greece, has not yet shown any
indication of being able to organize
a new cabinet to succeed
that of Premier Venizelos which
resigned Saturday because King
Constantino did not appprove
the premier's aggressive policy
for participation in the war.
King Constantine is understood
to desire maintenance of neutrality,
but Athens dispatches
say popular feeling is with Veni
zelos, who has declared that he
and his party will not support
any new government which may
be formed with a policy of
neutrality.
Bombardment of the Dardanelles
by the allies, which is
primarily responsible for the
I situation in Greece, has had its
elfect also on other nations.
London despatches say the Bulgarian
premier has promised a
statement concerning his government's
position, and public
opinion in Italy is aroused,
although there are no indientinns
that this nation soon will change
its policy of armed neutrality.
A Paris newspaper, describing
the recent battle at Notre Dame
de Lorette, says the Germans
lost 3,000 men. and were driven
back after furious night battle.
The fighting in the Carpathians,
which for prolonged and
desperate encounters rivals any
phase of the war, continues
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without a decisive victory for
either side. The Austrian forces
still are on the offensive, an
official Petrograd statemerit says.
In northern Poland the Russians
are still pressing forward
but apparently the resistance of
the Germans has stiffened.
Tuesday's official statement
indicate that there was no fighting
of great importance Monday:
The French claim slight gains
in Champagne and Lorraine.
The Germans assert French attacks
in Champagne were repulsed.
Equipment for Fire Company.
At the reguiar meeting of the
Fort Mill city council last Wednesday
night an order was placed
with a Charlotte firm for a full
equipment of uniforms consisting
of rubber coats, boots, and helmets,
for the use of the local
fire company. When these are
received regalar practices will
begin under the direction of
Fire Chief S. W. Parks. The
fire company has arranged with
a carnival company to furnish
a week's entertainment here in
a short while, a part of the
profits to be used for their benefit.
Chaingang Moves.
The county chaingang, which
has been employed in Bethel
township for sevaral months,
will move tomorrow and establish
its camp on the county
home farm near town. Work on
the Yorkville and Rock Hill road
will begin at once, the first of
which will be done on that part
of the road between the county
home and Yorkville. ?York
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