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 |
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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armored cruiser Medjidieh had
been sunk by a mine in the Black
sea off the Russian coast.
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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
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Only relatives and a few friends
were present.
Mrs. Patton has frequently visited
relatives in this city and is
pleasantly known here.
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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
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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.
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