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The Fort Mill Times. i - Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., TtHURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915. $1.25 Per Year. jp <% STATE HEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Two cents, instead of five, is now the rate on letters between the United States and the British colonies of Barbadoes and the Leeward islands in the West Indies. In an opinion rendered a few days ago by the attorney general I alcohol for use in the arts, or for chemical or scientific purposes is exempted from the provisions of the gallon-a-month law. Violations of the child labor law in 12 cases have been reported to Commissioner Watson by the factory inspectors. The cases were reported from Greenville, Laurens and Pelzer. Next Monday is the opening day of the South Atlantic baseball league's 1915 season. The opening games will be played with Augusta at Columbia, Columbus at Albany, Charleston at Savannah, and Macon at Jacksonville. , > There was a wholesale raid on the Charleston blind tigers several days ago, a number being put out of business and others removing their fixtures and shutting up shop. The raid was supposed to have been the outgrowth of Gov. Manning's recent talk with Mayor Grace. Governor Manning has reprieved the sentence of Greenwood Rogers, who was convicted of arson during the fall (1914) term of the court of general sessions for Laurens county befere Judge J. S. Sease and sentenced to be electrocuted on October 23, 1914. The best informed cotton mill men of Spartanburg are of the opinion that there is in that county 20,000 bales of cotton that have not been offered, a third of the county's crop. Many are still holding for 10 cents. Practically rone of the cotton nnrchased last, fall for 10 cents has been sold. John T. Roddey, of Rock Hill, is leading a movement to organize in that city a company to engage in the handling of all kinds of country produce and farm products. He has succeeded in securing the interest of a number of business men, and it seems probable that the company will be organized. Mills Go on Half Time. The two cotton mills of the Highland Park company, at Charlotte Monday of this week began operating half time. This curtailment of operations is not due to a lack of orders but to the scarcity of dvestuffs. the output being largely colored goods. The company has enough dyestufTs for about six weeks run but no more is in sight and instead of running full time for a month and half, the management deemed it preferable to run three days in the week to keep the operatives together for three months, hoping by that time to effect some arrangement whereby more dyestufTs will be available. New Liquor Law Effective. The law recently enacted by the North Carolina legislature limiting the quantity of liquor that may be delivered to any individual to one quart every two weeks and five gallons of beer in the same period, became effective Thursday. Express companies at once began returning to shippers all packages not delivered prior to Wednesday midnight BIG KANSAS COWBOY NOW WORLD'S CHAMPION Jack Johnson, exile from his own country, Monday, at Havana, Cuba, lost his claim to fistic fame as the heavyweight | champion of the world. The title was wrested from him by Jess Willard, the Kansas cowboy, the biggest man who ever entered the prize ring and a "white hope" who at last has made good. Johnson, his wife and a little group of friends will sail for Martinique, there to await passage back to France, where Johnson proposes to settle down and lead the life of a farmer. There is no douht that he is through with the ring. Willard is returning to the United States to win the fortune which was denied him Monday when Johnson got $30,000 before the fight started, Willard taking only a small share of the gate receipts. Just what was | hie ohovii tiro O nn f lrnAit?r? mo ouut v uoo iiv/1 rviiwwti. Monday's fight probably has no parallel in the history of ring battles. For 20 round Johnson punched and pounded YVillard at will, but his blows grew perceptibly less powerful as the fight progressed until at last he seemed unable or unwilling to go on. Johnson stopped leading and for three or four rounds the battle between the two huge' men was little more than a! series of plastic poses of white and black gladiators. So it was until the twentyfifth round, when Willard got l: :j-i- ? < uiic ui uia wiueiy swinging, vvina mill, right-hand smashes to I Johnson's heart. This was the beginning of the end. When the round closed Johnson sent word to his wife that he was all in and told her to start for home. She was on the way out and was passing the ring in the twenty-sixth round when a stinging left to the body and a cyclonic right to the jaw caused Johnson to crumple on the floor of the ring, where he lay, partly outside the ropes until the referee counted 10 and held up Willard's hand in token of his newly-won laurels. Nr. Link's Father Dead. Mr. Clarence S. Link, of this city, Tuseday afternoon received by telegram the distressing news of the death at Hickory, N. C., of his father, Mr. A. C. Link. Mr. Link left at once for Charlotte, in order to catch the afternoon train for Hickory. From the Charlotte Observer of yesterday it was learned that Mr. Link's death was very sud den and probably was due to1 heart failure. He had always enjoyed good health, but had been slightly indisposed for several days. His illness was not considered serious, however, and his death was a great shock to his home city and section. He was 60 years of age. He had been a resident of Hickory ever since the town was started. His father was the first postmaster of Hickory and he served as assistant under him. He was always active in religious and educational work, in the latter capacity having served six years as a member of the county board of education. He was appointed postmaster at Hickory on August 11,1913. The deceased marrried Miss Mary Etta G. Iiamseur, a daughter of the late William Ramseur, April 16, 1870 and she with three sons and four daughters survive. The funeral was held yesterday at Hickory. ' ( j .. ONLY TWO REGIMENTS OF STATE MILITIA General orders for a reorganization of the National Guard of South Carolina were issued the last week by W. W. Moore, adjutant general, after seven companies and one band had been mustered out of service on account of general inefficiency. There are two regiments left, comprising 24 companies. Following are the companies ordered disbanded by the adjutant general: Company F, First infantry, Woodruff. Company L, First infantry, Yorkville. Company E, Second infantry, Bennettsville. Company F, Second infantry; Edgefield. Company H, Second infantry, Prnnophnror Company K, Second infantry, Darlington. Band, Second Infantry, Anderson. ? Company F, Third infantry, Georgetown. According to the schedule of reorganization, the two remaining regiments will be made up of the following companies: First infantry?First battalion: Company A of Greenville, Company B of Anderson, Company C of Pelzer, Company D of Laurens. Second battalion: Company E of Union, Company F of Spartanburg, Company H of Rock Hill, Company G of Fort Mill. Third battalion: Company I of Camden, Company K of Winnsboro. Company L of Hartsville, Company M of Cheraw. Second Infantry?First battalion: Company A/)f Charleston, Company B of Charleston, Company C of Charleston, Company D of Charleston. Second battalion: Oompany E of Columbia, Company F of of Columbia, Company G of Columbia, Company H of Brookland. Third battalion: Company M of Orangeburg, Company K of Elloree, Company L of Sumter and Company I of Timmonsville. An election for a colonel and lieutenant colonel of each regi,ment and for a major of each battalion will be held April 17. Second Warrant for Nolan. Should Thomas Nolan, the alleged safe-cracker, be acquitted of the charge of cracking the safe of the Bank of Fort Mill more than twelve years ago, when his case comes up for trial at the spring term of the court of common pleas, April 12, he will be re-arrested on a second warrant sworn out by PostoffiCe Inspector Gregory charging him with a robbery at Easley, in Pickens county. This second warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff Brown soon after the commitment of Nolan to the county jail, and it has been stated on pretty good authority that the evidence sustaining the second charge is rather flimsey. Nolan appears confident over the prospects for his acquittal on the Fort Mill robbery charge, and stated to an Enquirer reporter recently that he was confident of his acquittal provided the prosecution followed : J it me cviuence in me case. lie said he had retained no counsel and was not financially able to do so.?Yorkville Enquirer. Marriage Licenses for March. During the month of March twenty-eight marriage licenses were issued by the probate judge of York county. This is one less than the number issued during February. Since the law requiring licensure has been in force, 1,808 licenses have been Issued. ANOTHER BIG VICTORY j FOR RUSSIAN FIGHTERS Monday's press dispatches said that the Russian army, which I took the Austrian fortress of Przemysl, had achieved another great victory. Starting westward from the Galician stronghold immediately after its fall, the Muscovites have now entered the Beskid mountains?a range which connects the Little Carpathians with the eastern Carpathians and forms part of the boundary between Galicia and Hungary? and driven out the Austrians, who had stubbornly held the passes and heights. Brief indeed was Vienna's account that this vantage point, the gateway to the plains of northern Hungary, has been evacuated. It | stated merely that the Austrians were compelled to make the move because of the presence of Russian reinforcements sent to the front from Przemysl. To the eastward in the Carpathians sanguinary fighting is taking place. Both the Austrians and Russians claim victories at various points and the capture of men and guns. In the region of Virawa, Austria asserts that 2,020 prisoners were taken. In northern Poland a cavalry charge in the Suwalki district resulted in a defeat for the Germans, who were driven away with heavy losses in men killed or captured, according to Petrograd. Berlin says Russian attacks near Augustowo were repulsed. Semi-official reports reaching PpfrnorraH coirl fUofr lVv? T1., ?.l. ;I. ?. vv. Wfs WV4 uuiu viiat LUC l ill n 1MI armored cruiser Medjidieh had been sunk by a mine in the Black sea off the Russian coast. If Ii As to when ? drop in our j g what you wan jg niture or Dry < | New I ? Something real ? Crepes and Sheph @ Thirty -six inch T $ 1.00 the yard. ? I arliAo fifir AIIV l_iUVItVyC7) 11 Vt LI 1 ? will please you. 1 @ there?15c and 25 ? We call especia Q Laces and Embroi g 2c the yard. It w I Mills & Dies at Age of 102 Years. Mr. Benjaming Harvey Garrison, the county's oldest and one of Mecklenburg's best known citizens, passed away at his home in Mallard Creek township, 12 miles north of Charlotte, at midnight Friday. "Uncle" Benjamin Harvey, as he was affectionately known throughout the length and breadth of the county, was 102 years old last January and was therefore the oldest citizen in this section of the State. His first presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson and he had voted for each and every Democratic nominee since, with one or two exceptions when ill health or other unavoidable agencies prevented. That he was wonderfully well informed on topics generally and possessed a wonderful storehouse of knowledge particularly of early days goes without saying. For the past year he had been in declining health, although he had been able to be up and about the greater part of the time. He is survived by four children, all of whom are advanced in years.? Charlotte Observer. Of Local Interest. A marriage of considerable local interest was that of last Wednesday night of Miss Lillian Caveny and Charles Otis Patton, both of Rock Hill. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's mother in Rock Hill, and VVf Q g pliaropf K*r n i ?%1 ?? MO VUUA uvvvil^U UJ OI III [Mil l t.y . Only relatives and a few friends were present. Mrs. Patton has frequently visited relatives in this city and is pleasantly known here. 3XS)0 0? 0? 000000 ti Do , where and wha >tores and you t in Groceries, H ilioods. Don't h i "W*V -or Dry new in Lace Cloth, P erd Plaids at 1 5c, 20< VIessaline in popular "Ipswich" Hosiery. Not expensive, but st c the pair. I attention to our col ideries, which we ar ill pay you to see thu i Young C 5???? 0? ? 00000 WIND AND SNOW SWEPT ATLANTIC SEABOARD The entire Atlantic coast from i Florida to Maine was treated j Saturday to the worst Easter weather ever experienced. Wind, snow and rain combined to make the day memorable. The worst previous early April storm was on April 9, 1907. The wind at Long Branch attained a velocity of 75 miles an hour. It reached 60 miles an | hour in New York and six inches of snow fell. Pedestrians and horses were blinded and accidents were numerous. The steamer Prinz Mauritz, which left New York Thursday with four passengers and a large cargo for Haiti, Venezuela and I West Indian ports, was disabled Jn ">/ AC ? J ? ' in lamuuc ou.iu ii. anu longitude 74.56 w. and sent out S. 0. S. calls for assistance. Steamers went to her aid. Reports were circulated that the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friederich had made a dash for freedom from Newport News. The interruption to wire communication made confirmation or denial of these reports practically impossible, but Washington actually was able to get in touch with Hampton roads and received assurance that the German raider was still moored to her wharf. Eighteen trans-Atlantic and six coastwise ships scheduled to leave New York were held nn Among them was the Cunarder Lusitania with a record list of passengers, since the war broke out, on board. Norfolk was partially inundated and citizens were forced to use boats in the sti eets. Many persons suffered minor injuries. ubtl it to buy, just g will find just ? [ardware, Fur- g ul to see our 5 Goods I aim Beach Cloth, ? z and 25c yard. @ Spring shades at @ We are sure it @ ill the quality is @ inter of damaged ? e now selling at g :omp^y I