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T ** 1' - Established in 1891. STATE KEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Aiken is to have a progressive weekly newspaper, the Aiken Standard, which will be edited by Walter E. Duncan, to make its appearance about May 1. The Greenville city council has appointed a committee of twelve women as censors of the moving . i i :n ? piuLures <uiu vauuevuie snuw? given in that city each night. According to the opinion of Attorney General Peeples, the code of laws for the State are of i a very doubtful legality, due to the failure of the general assembly to properly attend to some of the technicalities. The estimates of the South Carolina wheat crop are being made up and it is said that $16,000,000 will be derived by the State for the crop. York county leads in acreage, having 6,000 acres sown. Over 45,000 acres are claimed for the State. Major J. L. Coker, founder of Coker college, has just made an additional gift to it of $120,000. This money will be used to build a general service building and to equip a chemical, biological and physical laboratory. Major Coker has given over half a million dollars to the college. John W. Gregory, of Union, has turned down the job offered him by Congressman Johnson and Senator Tillman on the grounds that he is not an expert accountant and feels that he could not fill the place. His work would have been in the internal revenue department and would have carried an annual salary of $3,000. Work was started the last . week on the new hydro-electric power plant at Fishing Creek, Chester county. This plant will generate 30,000 horsepower. It is said that over 1,000 people will be given employment. The work will be pushed through as rapidly as possible, and it will be finished by September 1, 1916. I ? ^ Since the death of J. C. Robbins, the bloodhound pack at the penitentiary has disbanded. There remained three dogs after the death of the leader, Bell, which occurred in the chase of the negro. Joel Green, who mortally wounded Mr. Robbins. Mr. Robbins' brother a few days ago sold the bloodhounds to the sheriff of Fairfield. Robert A. Howard of Fort Huacuca, Ariz., retired quartermaster sergeant, U. S. A., has been appointed by W. W. Moore, adjutant general, as property officer for the South Carolina National Guard. Sergeant Hownrrl will rpiwirl fnr rlntv in Columbia May 1. The last legislature appropriated $1,500 for salary and expenses of a property 1 officer. The first experiments in selling i oofflo ano/>iallv fofl-anorl fnv <Via ! VOVVIV kjpvviwilj AMVVV1IVVI X KJL I 1 1C market were a decided success, said W. W. Long of Clemson college, in charge of farm demonstration work in South Carolina, who was in Columbia Friday. The sales were held at Rock Hill Wednesday and at Greenwood Thursday and they were attended by some of the leading cattle buyers of the tjnited States. Prof. Long says . <: that, in the near future, he will establish four cattle markets in the State, so situated that they will be on the large railroad lines > and of easy access from any part of the State. . ^ ~ <3f. . V. ^ HE F' National Guard Officers Elected. The result of the National Guard elprtinn hpid fiafnv^ov was announced from Columbia Monday. The officers of the first infantry are Col. E. M. Blythe, Greenville; Lieut. Col. P. K. McCully, of Anderson; Majors, i 1st Battalion. R. F. Watson, of Greenville; W. B. Moore, of Yorkville, second. A second race for third battalion is necessary, beipg between J. B. Tiller, of Chesterfield, and Robert McKorrell, of Hartsville. The officers of second regiment are Col. H. B. Springs, of Georgetown; Lieut. Col. J. H. Claffy, of Orangeburg; Majors, first battalion, A. H. Silcox, of Charleston; second battalion, Dibert Jackson, of Columbia, third battalion, J. W. Bradford, of Sumter. Good Job for Webb Moore. W. W. Moore, for several years the president and treasurer of the Wymojo mill of this city, left yesterday morning for Danville, Va., where he takes charge of the Dan River Mills as genpral snnprinlpnHpnf Thic ic one of the most responsible positions in the South and the job sought the man, as Mr. Moore was not an applicant for it. The plant comprises seven different mills, with 95,000 spindles and 3,000 looms, and employs 2,500 people. The mill owners say they looked the conn try over and selected Mr. Moore for the job. Mr. Moore's family will remain here until the end of the school term, and they will then go to Danville to live.? Rock Hill Record. Frank Loses Again. The United States supreme court held that the State of Georgia had denied Leo M. Frank no right under the federal constitution in sentencing him to death for the murder of Mary Phagan. The court affirmed the action of the federal district court for northern Georgia refusing to release Frank on a writ of habeas corpus, Justice Pitney announcing the opinion. Justice Holmes delivered a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Hughes concurred. This decision, it is believed, exhausts all means of fighting in the courts to save Frank's life. His attorney's however, will have 30 days in which to file an application for a rehearing. At the end of that time apparently only the possibility of executive clemency will be between the prisoner and death. Government Furnishes ff?Ry Seed. Hundreds of thousands of packages of seed, provided and distributed at Uncle Sam's expense, are being poured into the mails from Washington City. Each senator and representative is shipping 28,000 packages of seed. mostly vegetables, to constituents in his State. Each packet contains five different varieties, making a total of close to 75,000,000 packages of seed furnished free by Congress to the agricultural constituents annually. . Col. Andrews Dead. Col. A. B. Andrews, 'ifartet vice president of the Southern railway, died at Raleigh, N. C., after a brief illness. He was 74 years old. Col. Andrews was stricken Friday night with an acute attack of pneumonia and his condition grew worse until his death. The funeral was held in Raleigh Monday afternoon. ORT FORT MILL, S. C? THt YORK'S SCHOOL DAY WAS A^BIQ SUCCESS Something more than 100 pupils and teachers of the Fort Mill graded schools attended the annual Field Day exercises of the York county schools held at Yorkvilleon last Friday. The Fort xVlill contingent left on a special train at 8:30 o'clock, going by way of Rock Hill, where the city schools of that town, together with the pupils of several rural schools boarded the train for the county seat. The day was in marked contrast, from a weather standpoint, to the 3rd inst., the day originally set apart for the exercises. Friday was bright and warm and all that could have been desired to make the Field Day exercises successful. It was stated by those who attended that there were something like 3,(XX) school children from the various schools of the county present, and ail were loud in praising the people of Yorkville for the entertainment accorded them. The exercises began with the formation of a monster parade at the station and the march to the school grounds. The parade was headed by the Hickory Grove band, the Yorkville high school military company coming next, followed by the Y'orkville troop of Boy Scouts, after which came the pupils of the following schools: Yorkville, Clover, Mount Holly, Ogden, Flint Hill, Cotton Belt, Filbert, Rock Hill, Dixie, rort Mill, bharon and Hickory Grove, Winthrop Training school, Newport and Ancona Mill, the Tirzah band, the members of which were in full uniform, bringing up the rear. Lunch was served on the graded school grounds. The exercises proper began shortly after noon, when the literary contests were held in the various rooms of the school building, while the athletic contests were held on the recently completed athletic field. Following are the names, with the standing, of the Fort Mill students who won honors in the literary contests: First grade reading, Amidas Link, third. Third grade spelling, William Hafner, tied for i __i n xi l _ secona piace. aixtn graue arithmetic, Winnie Crook, Gold Hill, first. Intermediate girls' recitation contest, Alice Gibson, Gold Hill, first. High school composition contest, Gary Windie, first. In the athletic contest Fort Mill carried off only one honor, that of second place in the running high jump for boys, Heath Hafner being the winner. Cotton Made Advance. The price of cotton moved upward last week on a wave of buying which appeared to have its origin in the growing opti i ? : i i aL _ mism in uusintss circles or me country generally. New high levels for the highest, the trading months were 13 to 17 points over the former week's closing quotations. The clo.se was at a net gain of 12 to 16 points. Reports of improvement in business, speculation for the rise | in the stock market, easy money, accounts of a big business in the American textile trades, the large exports movement and the heavy mill-takings were the; principal features that stimulated buying. Against them were the : favorable weather conditions j over the belt, the fast headway being made with planting and the growing belief that there will be only a moderate decrease in cotton acreage this spring. Mill fRSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915. WAR'S GREATEST BATTLE NOW BEING FOUGHT I ? ; From such scattering reports i as are permitted from the eastern | front it is becoming more and more apparent that the greatest battle of the war?at least so far as concerns the number of men engaged?is being fought in the Carpathians, along the 115 mile front from Bartfeld, northern Hungary. to Stry. eastern Hnlinio Tk!.. i: 1 , v^u.iviu. jLiuo tine runs mrouRn a difficult mountain region through which the Russians hope to break a way into the heart of Hungary. German war correspondents style this battle the greatest in the history of the world. It is estimated 3,500,000 men are taking part. The German reports say the Russian advance, which a week ago seemed to be threatening the interior of Hungary, has been checked definitely. It is said Russian losses in killed, wounded, sick and prisoners total 500,000. Russian reports throw little light on the situation. Petrograd's recent official statements have mentioned only detached engagements, claiming some J - 1 - iocm successes. Newspaper dispatches from Petrograd are similarly restricted. That the Russians have sustained at least a temporary check, however, is indicated by a statement in the latest official . Petrograd report that bad roads were hindering operations. A Rome dispatch says the belief is general in the Italian capital that Austria will attack Italy, should that country's determination to enter the war become evident. CnAiiinl | jpctiai I For the nex 200 Sn for men and t damaged by v I get them durir Half t and they are s the way and > ^X/hv not hiiv I one- half. 1 Mills & Timi Mills Can Get Dyestuffs. State department officials are prepared to take up with the German government the last step necessary to supply American textile mills with the cargoes of German dyestuffs bought before March 1. The way was cleared Thursday by the announcement that Great Britain had agreed to permit these cargoes under certain conditions to come through from Rotterdam. As the position taken previously by the German government has been that it would permit dyestuffs shipments in exchange for cotton or copDer. some offi cials believed there would be little difficulty in getting these cargoes out of Germany to Rotterdam. The State department will cooperate with the mills' agents in efforts to complete the transaction. Don't be Fooled. According to recent reports, many farmers of York county | are seriously considering plough- ! ing up their oat crops and planting the land in cotton because of the fact that the price of the staple is now around nine cents a pound. The farmers of the State should bear in mind that a good price is always quoted at this season of the year, when nearly all of the crop is out of the hands of the growers, and should not be fooled into putting a large acreage in cotton. They should have learned an unforgettable lesson from last year's experience and should hereafter matte conon ineir surplus crop. Don't let the spectators fool you into cutting your own throat, brother farmer.? Barnwell People. S0? 0? 0? For 1( t ten days we [its of Und< >oys. These suit vater in the recen lg this sale at abc he Regular nmp kamamc vyi A. iVy IVUil ?^U111Ui 'ou will need ligl now, when you c ' ' \ Young < * es. ex-sew!' j"?ssbi will te*^bbhkhh[ Ex-Senatoi.State warehoi? was uueepceu an tended by Mayor haney of Fort Mill to address in this city the of April 30. Senator McLaurii^^R?| is to address the people of Gold Hill the afternoon of the 30th. upon the occasion of the closing of the Gold Hill school. Following is Mr. McLaurin's letter of acceptance: "Bennettsville, April 16. "Mr. A. R. McElhaney, "Mayor of Fort Mill. "Dear Sir:?Tours of the 15th inst. to hand and it will afford me pleasure to accept the invitation to address the citizens of your city on the night of April 30 th. "I am anxious to make our business men and farmers realize the advantages they can secure through the State warehouse system in handling the cotton crop. I have found it impossible to reach them through the press as many will not take -+ time to read long articles on finance, etc. I thank you sincerely for giving me the opportunity to reach the intelligent and progressive community of Fort Mill and vicinity. "Yours truly, "Jrfo. L. McLaurin." Nelson Aldrich Dead. Nelson W. Aldrich, former U. S. senator from Rhode Island, and for years prominent in Re publican political circles, died at his home in New York city Friday. Heart disease was given as the cause of Mr. Aldrich's death. ) Days 1 on 6& vyxi. v srwear 1 s were slightly 0 it fire, but you ? )Ut ? Price ijj Summer is on ? it underwear. ? 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