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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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; 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
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, 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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