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i> rr ? T Established in 1891. STATE NEWS ARRANQED FOR QUICK REiDINQ. Charged with failure to enforce the laws prohibiting the sale of whiskey, Sheriff W. W. Huckabee, of Kershaw county, has been removed from office by Governor Manning. The city council of Lancaster has awarded the contract for paving the whole of Main street from the court house square to 1.1 T t. j A J ? me .LiaucasLer iiuu v^iiesi-cr ucpot. The contract calls for the laying of 11,500 yards of sheet asphalt. Governor Manning several days ago issued a requisition on Governor Craig of North Carolina for the return to this State of B. P. Sloan, who is wanted in Oconee county to answer to the charge of disposing of property under mortgage. Rich Williams, a negro, convicted of murder in 1903, and given life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and who escaped from the Charleston chaingang during March, has been captured in Columbia by a member of the city detective force. S. F. Killingsworth of Columbia, grand secretary, announces by authority of the errand master. M. L. Smith, that the South Carolina gTand lodge, I. O. O. F., will meet May 12 in Rock Hill, convening at 9 o'clock in the morning. In compliance with a recently-passed law requiring twice-amonth pay days the Southern Railway has instituted a new system of paying off its shop employees on the 10th and 25th of each month. The law applies only to the companies' shops in North Carolina. Acting upon the recommendation of the board of pardons Governor Manning has granted a parole to Parrott Milam, of Laurens county, who was convicted in the spring of 1910 on tne cnargeoi assault ana oattery with intent to kill, and was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. The total sales of the dispensaries in the 15 counties of the State legally selling intoxicating beverages for the month of March, this year totalled $240,548.23. The total operating expense amounted to $16,433.75. Added to this was $496.30 for the expense of the office of the State dispensary auditor. Two months of anxiety over the sudden disappearance of W. A. Miller, an operative in the Mary Louise mills of Spartanbarg, was followed last week by the discovery of the man's body in a patch of woods near the public road. The body was in the last stages of decomposition, and it is believed that the man had been dead since the * day of his disappearance on February 20. Thomas H. Peeples, attorney . ^ general, Saturday rendered an opinion as to the power of the governor fixing the compensation of constables. It was given at the request of Governor Manning. The attorney general holds, that as a general proposition the governor has the right to fix compensation for constables and detectives, but the salaries of chief constable and deputy constables are fixed by law. wmmmmamjs&xis v ?.* ' .. ^ ~ ; 4 W: "ij -^SV T-tZ\ ' ,i.,, %> ,.1HE F< Vote to Change Name. The town council has published a notice calling an election to be held on Tuesday, May 25, on the question of changing the name of the town of Yorkville from Yorkville to York.' At the same time and place, and under the supervision of the same set of managers, Yorkville school district will elect two trustees of the graded school. The municipal registration books are to be opened from May 1 to May 10, inclusive, for the benefit of voters who may be entitled to register, but who have not yet done so. Carl H. Hart, secretary of the Board of Trade, has been appointed municipal registrar, vice C. A. Boney, resigned.?Yorkville Enquirer. Some More Trial for Thaw. The question of the sanity of Harry K. Thaw will be determined by a jury. Supreme court Justice Hendrick in his decision Saturday granted the application for a trial made by Thaw's lawyers on a writ of habeas corpus. Thaw was in the court when Justice Hendrick announced the decision. His face at once lighted up with pleasure. He was kept busy for nearly half an hour shaking hands and receiving congratulations before he was taken back to the tombs. "It will be good news to my mother" he told newspaper men. "That's all I want to say for publication." Farmers Reduce Cotton Acreage. The farmers of ten cotton growing States will reduce their acreage but 14.5 per cent., according to an estimate issued by Cooper & Griffin, cotton merchants of Greenville. The reduction in the quantity of fertilizer to be used this season is estimated be 35.6 per cent. In South Carolina the acreage reduction is given at 15 per cent, and the fertilizer reduction 34 per cent. The letter sent out by Cooper &?Griffin announcing the result of their investigations reveals figures which are different from the earlier estimates, but which are probably nearer correct than the estimates which denote a greater reduction in acreage. Editor Appelt Dead. Louis Appelt of Manning, owner and editor of the Manning Times for 30 years, who was serving his fourth term as State senator from Clarendon county, died last Wednesday afternoon at the Columbia Itantist hosnitnl i Mr. Appelt, on his return from Spartanburg last week, where he attended with his daughters the South Atlantic States Music festival, stopped in Columbia for a surgical examination. This revealed so serious a condition, resulting from cancer, as to in dicate an immediate operation, which was performed Monday, with only the very slightest hope of success. Mr. Appelt was 58 years of age. Big Increase in Exports. American exports of domestic breadstuffs, cotton seed oil, food animals, meat and dairy products, cotton and mineral oils in March were valued at $154,156,760 compared with $75,110,776 in the same month a year ago, according to the department of commerce. The total value of exports of these products for the nine months ending with March was $956,623,363 against $891,497,912 for the like period of j last year. 4 ORT FORT MILL, S. C? TH1 PLEASANT VALLEY CLUB TO HOLD FLOWER SHOW (Contributed.) The monthly meeting of the Home Makers' club and School Improvement society of Pleasant Valley was held several days ago at the home of Mrs. J. Z. Bailes, and, as usual, much interest was manifest. As spring has arrived, the improvement ladies are becoming deeply interested in their flowers, being encouraged by the interest taken and pleasure derived from their flower show last year. This year the ladies have resolved to attempt one on a larger scale. Many preparations are being made for the fair to be held the coming fall. The ladies are striving to arouse interest among the young people of the community and to make homelife more pleasant. They have aiiau^cu a not ui CAiuuild vviinjii promise to be interesting. Each piece of work must be the work of the exhibitor and must be made in 1915. Everyone, and especially the boys and girls, are urged to compete. We think that we should onconrage the boy to do this by seeing that he has a piece of land all his own. Also to allow the boys and girls to have chickens and help them to secure pure bred stock; that we organize a sewing club for the girls and appoint some lady to instruct them in sewing; that each lady be a committe of one to plan and help make the Pleasant Valley fair a success. Following is a list of exhibits for the fair; Floral Department. Best chrysanthemum, geranium, fern, dahlia and rose, from this year's plants. The greatest improvements tc yards. Domestic Art. Best embroidered centerpiece. Best tatted centerpiece. Best collection of all kinds oi fancy work. For girls under 16 years of age, by hand: Child's apron. Properly worked button-hole. Hemmed napkin. Hemmed towel. Best collection of plain and fancy work. Household Science. Best quart of canned fruits, pickles, preserves, catsup. Best collection of jellies of the above. Best cake, plain or layer. Best pie and custard. Biscuit, light bread, butter, honey. Best collection of all pantr.\ supplies. The most different ways of preparing corn meal in cooking. Best bushel of corn, potatoes, sweet or Irish, largest pumpkins and tomatoes. Best chickens, Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, R. I. Red. Mrs. J. Z. Bailes, Mrs. T. W. Culp. ** ** mr?. massey t^uip, Mrs. W. P. Norman, Mrs. D. 0. Potts, Committee. A Distinct Loss. South Carolina suffered a distinct loss in the shelving of W. W. Lewis of Yorkville, colonel of the First Regiment National Guard. That Col. Lewis is an able man is proved in ample manner by his success in life; that he is a pure man is attested by his neighbors; that he is an active man is shown by the fact that he is chairman of the board of visitors or trustees of the Citadel. It was a surprise to his friends that Col. Lewis ever gave up so much of his time to a service in which appreciation is not a characteristic.?Columbia Record. The best price offered for cotton on the local market today is 10 cents. Mill .. . [JRSDAY APTiTT ?Q iQKi Dedication of Courthouse. Plans for the dedication of the new courthouse are under more or "less general consideration in Yorkville, and the understanding : is that the event will take place during the first week of July. It was suggested in the town council some time ago that that body take the initiative in the matter; but the idea was not unanimous, and although no definite action was taken, there was a suggestion that it would probably be better to leave the matter of arrangements with the secretary of the "Board of Trade." It is quite probable that there will be a composite programme that will include a Fourth of July celebration, a home-coming and a courthouse dedication. The York county bar will probably arrange the i programme for the dedicatory : exercises, and while The Enj quirer has not been nresented with any specific facts in regard 1 to the matter, it understands that present plans contemplate t a gathering of the bench and bar of the State on the occasion. 1 As yet, however, there appears : to be no definite representative administrative authority in s charge of any part of the proi posed celebration. ? Yorkville En. quirer. Wilhelm Will Intern. ; The German commerce de! stroyer Kronprinz Wilhelm, now ' at Newport News, Va., will be interned for the war in Ameri; can waters at the request of her commander, Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder. Notice of his intention was given officially to Customs 1 Collector Hamilton late Monday. n i | special I For the nex 200 St for men and t damaged by \ get them durii (Half t and they are s the way and > \Y 71 .1 jgj w ny noi Duy i ? one-half. : I Mills & . / Timi DIDTICT C e. oHruoi oa da uunvcn i iuii AT ENON CHURCH MAY 4-5 Following is the program of the York Baptist Sunday School convention to be held at Enon church, in Western York, Tuesday and Wednesday. May 4-5: Tuesday, May 4. 10:30?Devotional and organization. Pres. A. E. Willis. 11:15?Report on delivery of rewards. Teacher training secretary. Address and conference. T. J. Watts. 12:30?Recess. 1:15?Devotional. F. T. Cox. 1 .OA T 1- ?" i.ow-ucner reauing, wun live minute verbal reports. Quiz. T. J. Watts. 3:00?Report on grading and address. R. C. Burts. Conference. T. J. Watts. 3:45?Doctrinal teaching. D. W. Thomasson, J. H. Machen, T. J. Watts. 4:30?adjournment. Wednesday, May 5. 9:00?Devotional. W. W. Lipscomb. 9:30 -Organized class superintendent's report. Address. W. W. Lipscomb. Conference. T. J Wstts. 10:15?Recruits. A. M. Grist, W. B. Timmons, F. T. Cox. 11:00?Home Department superintendent's report. Conference. T. J. Watts. 11:45?Graded lessons. A. E. Willis, H. J. Wood, S. P. Hair. 12:30?Recess. 1:15 ?Devotional. J. H. Machen. 1:30?Cradle Roll superintendent's' report. Acdress. G. E. Smith. Conference. T. J. Watts. 2:00?Teachers' Helps: (a) Preparing; (b) Teaching. J. B. Talbert, J. H. Machen. 2:30?Regularity and punctuality. J. A. Berry, G. E. Smith, T. J. Watts. 3:15? Miscellaneous and adjourn. For 1( t ten days we ] lits of Und< >oys. These suit vater in the recen ig this sale at abc he Regular ;ome bargains, 'ou will need ligl now, when you c Young( ES. 1 $1.25 Per Tear. Will Veto York CouAty Act. Announcement has been made from the office of the governor in Columbia, says the York News, to the effect that the chief executive will veto the act of the last General Assembly to prohibit the operation of motor truck cars owned by non-residents, in York, Clarendon and Aiken counties, without a license of $100 per year for each car. Road officials of York county say that these ^ vehicles do incalculable harm to the roads of the county because they pet stuck in the mud and by their efforts to free the wheels of the machines they dip deep holes in the road, thereby puttinp the roads in .bad shape, as a result of which the county has to spend considerable money. Oar Gold Hill Letter. We are exceedinply sorry to learn that Mrs. Frank Windle is danperously ill at this writinp. Mr. Tate Marks, of Steele Creek, spent Monday in Gold Hill with relatives. Mr. G. C. Blankenship, of Rock Hill, spent Sunday in Gold Hill with his parents, We hope Mr. Blaekenship will find it convenient to visit this community mnrn oin/in V\/\ Knn Uitvu, OillV/C lie 1100 ^Ul" chased himself a beautiful 15-horse power Indian motorcycle of the 1915 model. An interesting feature of our commencement will be the Fort Mill Orchestra. It is thought, by those most concerned, that they will be with us Wednesday and Thursday night, as well as Friday. Hyperion. Gold Hill, April 26. J. E. Bruce, of Winnsboro, was a visitor to Fort Mill yesterday. ) Days | place on sale ? srwear 1 s were slightly g it fire, but you g >ut @ ' Price I Summer is on g it underwear, g :an save about g :omp'y I