Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>? T Established in 1891. STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Governor Manning has appointnrl rlolnnro foo f a f Via T nf ArnntiAno 1 ru ico iv tiic intci uattviiui Press congress to be held in San Francisco July 5 to 10. The delegates, of whom there are five, will pay their own expenses on the trip. President Wilson has signed an executive order changing the name of Culebra Cut in Panama to Gaillard Cut.- The change was made in honor of the late Lieut. Colonel David DuBose Gaillard, who was borr and reared in Winnsboro. John Pearson, a 14-year-old Greenville boy, has been convicted in the United States court on a charge of counterfeiting, and has been sentenced to one year in the prison in Atlanta. Pearson has been living in a mill village near Greenville. Frank E. Dudley, of Florence, arrived in West Africa the last wppk aft.pp a vnvacp of 34 davs. He has gone on a lumber inspection mission for an American lumber concern and will spend a .year in Africa. The name of Spartanburg Junction, which is near the city of Spartanburg, has been Changed to Hayne by President Harrison of the Southern Railway, in honor of Robt. Y. Hayne, famous South Carolina statesman. It was announced at the State treasurer's office that the fertilizer tax receipts to date this year are 55 per cent, of the sales for the same period last year. To May 3 the sales amount to $135,878.24 as compared with $246,776.94 last year. The total sales for 1914 amounted to $266,060.09. C. Fred Williams, M. D., of Columbia, Saturday took charge of the affairs of the State Hospital for the Insane as superintendent succeeding T. J. Strait, M. D., of Lancaster. The appointment of Dr. Williams to head the asylum was announced several weeks ago by Gov. Man ning. Plans foj- the erection and starting of a cotton mill in Columbia to be operated by the convicts of the State penitentiary are progressing toward completion, and estimates are soon to be asked. The proposed cotton mill had the approval of the last State legislature. Norman Bryant, eight years old, was killed Saturday after noon by Seaboard shifting enengine 419. The accident occurred on the trestle between Cayce and Columbia yards. Bryant was hunting birds' nests i among the beams of the trestle. Johnson Gregory, a white employe of the Lancaster cotton mills, was shot to death Friday afternoon by Gussie Knight in the rear of a pressing club midway of the mill village. Both, it is said, had been drinking and upon a slight provocation began quarreling with the result as seated. Gov. Manning has addressed a letter to the county dispensaryboards in the 15 counties of the State having the system calling their attention to the section of the law "which calls for analysis of liquors to determine their purity." The governor says that he hopes that the boards Are observing this section. HE F American Steamer Torpedoed. The American oil tank steamer Gulfight which sailed from Port Arthur, Texas, April 10, for Rouen, France, was torpedoed at noon Saturday off the Sicily Islands, according to a Central News dispatch Monday. The captain of the Gulflight, according to the same advices, died of heart failure as a result of shock. Two seamen jumped overboard and were drowned. The other members of the crew were taken ofF by a patrol boat. The vessel was towed into Crow Sound and beached. The Gulflight was a steel vessel of 3,202 tens net and was built at Camden, N. J., in 1914. She was owned by the Gulf Refining Company. The vessel was 380 feet long, 51 feet beam and 30 feet deep. She was equipped with wireless apparatus. Negro Preacher Kills Another. A dispute as to who should deliver the sermon at Mount Prospect, a negro church in Chester county, caused a double tragedy on April 25, according to a report filed Saturday with Gov. Manning by J. Henry pnmnpv f nr Dioctor county. As a result of a fight at the church the Rev. John Colvin, the pastor, and Samuel L. Sanders, both negroes, are dead, and the olficers are searching for Eli Sullivan, a negro, who was angered because he was not allowed to deliver the sermon of the day. The inquest was held at Chester on April 29. "This was the most atrocious murder," Coroner Gladden declared in his letter to Gov. Manning, "that has been committed in that community in a great number of years. The Rev. John Colvin and Samuel L. Sanders, the deceased, were among the most reputable negro men in Chester county. It seems that the trouble arose out of Eli Sullivan wanting to preach at Mount Prospect church. That was the motive upon which Sullivan shot Colvin and Sanders." Carolina Won First Place. Haddon Johnson, representing the University of South Carolina, won the first medal in the annual inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest at Winthrop College D?* J ? I _t- A f * r riuay nigm. j. a. tsrown, representing Furman University, won the second medal, while A. C. Dick, representing t$e College of Charleston, was given third honors. The contest was declared by all to have been the most successful yet held. The orators were far above the average and the judges had to spend some little time before announcing the winners. The audience taxed the capacity of the spacious auditorium and the orators were lustily applauded when introJ l_ i .1 j uuceu ana as mey concluded. Accident Causes Infant's Death. William Johnson, Jr., a farmer living in the vicinity of Spartanburg caused the death of his infant in a very iwiusual manner. Johnson was chastising his ten-year-old son with a small whip which slipped from his hand and the small smooth handle penetrated the skull of his infant in the arms of its mother killing the child instantly. The father was so shocked at the accident that he fainted and remained unconscious for several hours. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the child's death was due to accident. Johnson, however, was committed to jail to await further investigation. ORT * FORT MILL, S. C., THU BIG VICTORY CLAIMED BY AUSTRO-GERMANS Another big battle has been fought and a great victory over the Russians in the Carpathians is chronicled officially by both the German and Austrian War Offices. The Berlin official statement, telling of this, says: The Allied troops, after bitter fighting pierced everywhere and crushed the entire Russian front in West Galicia, from the Hungarian frontier to the junction of the Dunajec River with the Vistula. This is a distance of about 80 miles. The operations were carried out in the presence of the Austrian commander-in-chief, Archduke Frederick, and under the leadership of the German General von MacKensen. The Austrian official statement describes the victory in a somewhat different way as it announces the repulse of the Russians along the front embracing Malastow (northwest of Dukla,) Gorlice. Gromik and north of these places. Simultaneously, the Austrians forced their way across the Dunajec River, but at what point is not stated. As the Russians occupied ctrnnnrl u fnrtWwirl nAoif inno in I uvi V1151 j xv/i titivu jjv/kiinviia ah I West Galicia, it is beyond question that the losses on both sides have been very heavy. The Austro-Germans report that they captured 8,000 Russians and took many guns and much war material. From the Russian side no word has come regarding thfir version of the combined AustroGerman movement, for which preparations have been going on for a considerable time. Charleston's Deep Well. The Geological Survey has just publised a paper describing an artesian well recently drilled in Charleston. The well was sunk to a depth of nearly 2,000 feet below sea level and at that depth struck water-bearing sand which yielded a natural flow of over half a million gallons a day of extremely soft water, suitable for boiler supply. The water as it flows from the mouth of the well has a temperature of 99 3-4 degrees, which goes to show that the temperature of the earth increases downward. Another interesting phase of this well is that shells of oysters and other marine organisms were brought up by the drills, even ! i.1 L?X1 -r xL. 11 uuwii tu uie ouLtoin oi me wen, all of which, except those found within 75 or 80 feet of the surface, belonged to a species that lived in past ages and are now extinct. Crimson Clover in Gold Hill. The most noticeable features of the landscape in Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township, are the wheat and oat crops, the freshly plowed fields planted in cotton and corn, and more especially the numerous patches of crimson clover, from ten inches to knee high and in full ; bloom. From several of the farmers the reporter learned that they had been advised that because of the war in Europe, it would be well for them to save their crimson clover seed this year, and this they are making arrangements to do. In the Gold Hill section as elsewhere, there is complaint of the spring drought that has 'allowed the ground to get hard and withhold needed moisture from wheat, oats and clover; but generally things are looking well. ? Yorkville Enquirer. r ' * - , "V - * Mill RSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. Not Planting Much Cotton. According to a report from the Pleasant Valley section of Lancaster county, the farmers of that section are not pinning their faith to cotton this year. There are acres and acres of corn, wheat, abruzzi rye 6 feet in height, crimson clover in abundance gathered and to be gathered, burr clover in excellent stands, fine fields of oats and alfalfa, rape and vetch but little cotton. On Marjerbel farm fine enclosed pastures were available for the herd of j 23 Jersey cows, 15 calves. Duroc Jersey hogs and goats. Delivery of milk from this farm has begun and the indications are that the venture will be successful. A season of rain is very much needed just now as there has been none for about 3 weeks except light showers. Whole County Should Speak. During a visit of the editor of The Enquirer over in the Gold Hill section last Friday, several of the citizens of the community mentioned the agitation on the subject of changing the name of the town of Yorkville. They seemed to have a pretty good idea of the animus behind the proposition ; but were not so much interested in the merits or demerits of a local quarrel as they were in the broader view that since Yorkville is the county seat of York, the whole county has a right to be consulted with regard to any proposed change of the name.?Yorkville F.n quirer. The best price offered for cotton on the local market today is 9 3-4 cents. Warm S| Yes, and we ar< 0 you goods in any ? Summer days. 1 In our Furnitun g tors, Screen Doc *2 Rockers. Swings, @ comfort. Why c< ? Oil Stove. Then 0 Groceries? Yes || They're alweys h< ? duce. All of the ] j 1 1 Iv^uick deliveries t Don't fail to see in each week. T many nice new th and see for yours Our June Pictoi Use these Pattei rnclnmpr"? I Mills & TIM] RAILROAD FARES 8ISN JUST AFTER CIVIL WAR An old document which has come into tne possession of S. H. McLean, district passenger agent of the Southern railway, with ' headquarters in Columbia, well illustrates both the crudeness of the forms used in former times by railroads and the expensiveness of railway travel then as compared with the rates of this day, says The State. The document is a correction report on ticket sales, issued by J. W. Robertson, chief clerk. Charlotte & South Carolina railroad, June 19. 1868, to the agent at Winnsboro, S. W. Duvall. It is written in ink on a half-sheet of ordinary foolscap. A ticket to Ridgeway is credited to the Winnsboro agent at $2.50. The present rate from Winnsboro to Ridgeway is 30 cents. A soldier's ticket between the same points is credited at the half rate, $1.25. A soldier nowadays would pay for the same transportation only 15 cents. Tickets from Winnsboro to Simpson, which cost now but 20 cents each, were sold in 1868 at $1.25 each. Mr. McLean received the old document from the present local agent of the Southern at Winnsboro, J. J. Creight, who succeeded his father. The elder Creight was the successor to S. W. Duvall, the agent to whom the report is addressed. William Belk, a student at Clemson college, spent a short while at his home in this city Friday. 80? ?? ?? Weathe e prepared in any of ( line that are serviceal e department you w >rs and Windows, P? etc., in fact, everytf 3ok on a hot stove? ] cooking will be a pie; >! Call on us for fresh ere for you. Fresh v< popular Canned Meat it all times. i our New Dry Good* here isn't space here ii* ungs we have, but )ui elf. All * new goods' rial Review Patterns < *ns and be among o Young C M s *^H . jh^HH ^mmSSB At .fm|mmMM store pany, near Fort Mill Mfg. carried off a 'I'111" T?r>f fn ?Ann f rv + u~ ^ inii i.miMWi*iiMaw!mnr^Mt68sn by prizing the ^ with a helped thef^l^^* v-vyc /n;jjfl|>" \ and candy, jj ,^>..;vi'.' pearance of t < v-' ' <**_ ^ ing stock 3{^M parted it vvi^ 't;- y:^.-S&S <S-~fitted them: 5 ./'Jwl .i" although tained ti.^S were takem^^W^^^MMM made to open the store saf was a failure. The safifl damaged to the extent of fl the knob broken off. T>V "'* bery is considered one boldest ever perpetrate^H town as a street ligh^^fl mg miront otj^^ the thieves^^ time the^B Memorial^^ M Annual Memon^ cises, under the ausp^^J local chapter of the S| of the Confederacy, will be in the auditorium of the Fort 11111 Mill Graded school next Monday jfl afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The exercises at the auditorium will w consist of patriotic songs by the children, an address by William M || Ardrey, and invitations have ^B\ been sent to prominent speakers and it is expected that one or ? more of these will be present to h address the assemblage. The B crowd will then form a line of march to the city cemetery, where the graves of the Confederate dead will be decorated. The public will, as heretofore, -it 1 a-l -* atienu uie exerci3es. T Now 1 J *5*^ Refrigera- ^ , clean Groceries. ? egetables and pro- ?) s and Vegetables. ? > that are coming g to mention tne g 3t pay us a visit ? ' at best prices. ? are now on sale. |) ur many satisfied 8 jomp'y |