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Tl ^ Established in 1891. STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Prices paid for alfalfa in this tVio loot wnnb- ronnrn^ frnm UVUVV HIV A UU V ?f VVIV I Uli^VU 11 Vlll $35 to $20 per ton. The high quotation, $35, was at Hampton, and the low, $20, at Fort Mill. W. M. Eubanks, about 18 years of age, committed suicide by emptying both barrels of a shotgun into his body early Friday morning at his home four miles north of Union. Continued ill health is supposed to have been the cause. Tommie Mitcham, a lau of about 12 years, was drowned at Pocalla Springs, two miles from Sumter, when he fell off of an embankment into the stream about 6 o'clock Friday afternoon. Mitcham and several other boys were fishing at Pocalla. M. H. Hiott, a prominent merchant and farmer of the Round section of Colleton county, sustained a heavy loss last week when one of his barns containing 50 bales of cotton, nine horses and mules, some cattle and hogs was burned. The loss is appaoximately $5,000. Clarendon county must pay $2,000 for the death of Marion Cantey, under what is known as the lynching statute. Tha judg-; ment against the county was af-1 firmed Friday by the supreme court. The action against the county was brought last July by a relative of the man lynched. Gov. Manning has addressed another letter to John P. Grace, mayor of* Charleston, relative to the law enforcement campaign in that city. The governor also sent a list of alleged j i a.^ 1.1 i i wmsKtjy ueaiers 10 uie ^naneston mayor, asking if their places have been raided by the police. Execution of Greenwood Rodgers, a convict in the State penitentiary under sentence of death for arson and the burning to death of George Young in Laurens county, about two years ago, was stayed almost at the last minute Friday by Governor Manning. August 4th was the new date set by the governor for the execution. Many Tax Executions. Treasurer Neil and his assistant, Mr. Parrot, have completed the work of writing tax executions against those taxpayers who failed to pay their taxes before April 1. The tgtal number issued is 1,882, the largest numhpr riplinmipnta nn tho Itnnlrc in several years. It is possible, j however, that in a number of cases two executions or more have been issued against the same persons." For instance, the name of John Johnson Doe may appear in one record, J. J. Doe in another and J. Johnson Doe in a third, although the three be one and the same person. The number of tax executions against persons living in the various nine townships are as follows: Bethel, 63; Bethesda, 172; Bullock's ' Creek, 82; Catawba, 718; Ebenezer, 240; Fort Mill, 142; King's Mountain, 175; York, 2221*-Yorkvilie Enquirer. Many Applicants Were Present. The regular spring examination of applicants for certificates to teach in the public schools was held in Yorkville last Friday and an unusually large number of applicants were present. Among the number standing the examination were Miss Marie Epps and C. H. Windle, two young people of Fort Mill township. tit - & / - \ HE Fj TORNADO IN PEE DEE COST SEVEN LIVES Seven persons were killed, at least 100 were injured and great property damage was inflicted by a tornado sweeping through a section of the Pee Dee Friday afternoon. The town of Manning, parts of Marlboro county. Elloree and the Pond Hollow section of Darlington county suffered most from the force of the storm. In Manning Miss Clara Baggett was instantly killed by the falling roof of the store in which she was employed as saleswoman. In the same block Beasley Davis and a negro porter lost their lives in the collapse of a store. Miss Inez Tart, 15 years of age, and her younger brother, Carl Tart, were killed on the plantation of J. K. Matheson in Mariboro county. Here also an infant was killed. A negro inmate of the Marlboro county home was killed. A part of the business section of Manning was completely demolished. At least seven persons were injured. In Marlboro the county home was wrecked, including sections for both white people and negroes. Eleven were injured. Elloree suffered much property damage but no loss of life. Two churches and a lartre warehouse were blown to the ground. In the Pond Hollow section of Darlington county, near Hartsville, Mrs. Bud Dickson was holding the baby of a neighbor, Clarence Gandy. when her house was blown down about her ears. Woman and child were blown 40 yards and both severely injured. Light tenant houses were blown away in scores and many families found themselves without homes.?The State, Saturday. Mr. D. llCulp Dead. After a lingering illness for the past several months, Mr. Andrew M. Culp died at an early hour Saturday morning at his home on Spratt street. For 40 years Mr. Culp has lived in Fort Mill where he was esteemed by all for his honesty and uprightness. He was born in Lancaster County on the 14th of March, 1846. In 1867 he was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Bailey, who survives him, and from this union were born 10 ?u:i J r ?i _i i?_ ciuiui cii ui wuuni six are living. They are: T. Leeper Culp, M. Thornwell Culp, Mrs. White Baker, Miss Mary Culp and Miss Rosa Culp all of Fort Mill, and M. Russell Culp of Danville, Va. The funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Hafner, pastor of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church, and the interment was in New Unity cemetery. Winthrop's Commencement. / The commencement exercises of Winthrop college will begin with the annual alumnae reunion on Saturday evening, May 29, and continue through Tuesday, June 1. On Sunday morning, May 30, Rev. Dr. McGarity of PUo??lAf f A A. I wiiai iuhc, win picKuii trie annual sermon before the Y. VV. C. A., and the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the evening by Rev. E. C. Dargan of Macon, Ga. On the follownight the annual oratorical contest will occur, in which representatives of the three literary societies will participate. The address to the graduating class will be belivered Tuesday night by Congressman Asbury F. j l,ever, of the Seventh district, j 0 ORT ] FORT MILL, S. C? THU! CHARLESTON POLICE SEIZEJIUCH LIQUOR Nearly 6,000 bottles of beer and an immense quantity of whiskey has been seized by the Charleston police since the law enforcement campaign was be- i gun, according to reports filed by Mayor Grace with Governor Manning. The Charleston mayor, without comment, forwarded the reports of Chief of Police Cantwell, which were in part as fol IU wo. "I beg to advise that three squads and detective department assigned to enforce law have j made 849 raids, confiscating and ! delivering to the county dispensary the following wines, lipuors, etc.: 5,664 bottles of beer, 779 half-ints of whiskey, 310 quarts of whiskey, 5 quarts of wine, 6 gallons of whiskey and one-half barrel of wine containing 27 gallons. In addition to this, 66 kegs of beer were confiscated and emptied in the sewer, 60 were seized and demolished and all gambling has been suppressed,43 places have discontinued the illicit sale and all others have been driven to cover and now resort to the hip pocket practice and only keep sufficient stuff on the premises to supply the immediate demands. They replenish their stock from private residences in the locality under cover, but by continually raiding them they will eventually have to go out of business. This de partment has conscientiously enforced the law and will continue to do so, even though it overtaxes the department by drafting men from the line of protection to the public in its endeavors to enforce the law." Big Wheat Crop Expected. A winter wheat crop of 693,000,000 bushels from 41,263,000 acres sown to this grain last fall was predicted in the May 1 report of the department of agriculture on grain. The estimate shows an increase over that of April 1, due to improvement in conditions since that date. Interest in the May grain report of the department of ncrri^lllflira nontarn/l in tlin tnin I M^tivuibUlV VVJIUViV.U lit tll^ willter wheat crop which was planted last fall on the most extensive area ever seeded with that cereal, but which owing to unfavorable conditions showed on December 1 a condition below the ten-year average. The crop came through the winter fairly well but the Hessian fly was reported in several sections, giving some apprehension. Drought Broken by Storm. A storm of almost cyclonic proportions visited Fort Mill and vicinity Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The wind fllirinor tho cfArm urnc notimnfA/1 v*v?? Iiif, wtiv OW1 III ?* ttO CObilllClWCU to have reached a velocity of 40 to 50 miles an hour. The only damage reported, however, was the disarrangement of the Southern Power company's wires, and the burning out of numerous fuses of the local electric company, as a result of which a number of citizens were without lights Friday night. The storm was accompanied and followed by a downpour of rain which broke a serious drought of four weeks' standing, and which had already become very serious, a large number of fields of cotton not having come up. Oats were: suffering more than anything1 else and the crop in this com-1 munity will be cut short. Card of Thaaks. We taki- this means of thanking the good people of Fort-Mill for the many acts of kindness shown us during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. O. M Gulp and Children. | V. Mill RSDAY, MAY 13, 1915. MANY LIVES WERE LOST WHEN LUSITANIA SANK The Cunard liner Lusitania, sister ship of the Titanic, was sunk Friday afternoon by a German submarine off the Irish coast. The owners of the boat announced tnat the total number of persons on board the Lusitania, including passengers and crew, was 2,049. Of this number 703 aro L-nnum tn Uowc been saved, leaving the death list numbering 1,34(5. Out of the 188 Americans who sailed from New York on the Lusitania, only 48 are known to have been saved. Latest reports indicate that at least 1,300 lives were lost when the ship went down. So far six hundred and forty-eight survivors have been landed. A hundred persons died while being taken ashore, or in a short time thereafter. Most of the officers, excepting Captain Turner, who reached land, were among the lost. Many were wounded by the explosion of the torpedoes and a hundred ? i juuic? vvt*re picKeu up near tne scene shortly afterwards. The torpedoes struck the ship while the passengers were at lunch. There was little panic, as the ship sank too quickly. But few boats were launched and some of these were capsized in the water, adding to the disaster. Better Pay Up. The time for the payment of street tax, without the penalty, expires on next Saturday, the 15th, according to an ordinance published in another column. ?@??i I Keen ( ? That's what we ** with the many ne ? Just received?1? in both white and g only $ 1.50 each, g Serges at $2.50 tc 1 A new lot of I g Cloth, Crepe de C ft Also new Linens X tan, all new, and p g New All -over L g 30c to 65c the yai g See our new L g only 1 2 1 -2c the y g A few Men s P< g Give us your or ? you, and apprecial I Mills & i "Buy? Tim v FOURTH DEATH SEHTENCE FOR LEO M. FRANK In Atlanta Monday. Leo. M. Frank was resentenced for the fourth time to be hanged for the murder of Mary Phagan, a factory girl. His execution was sel for Tuesday, June 22, bv Judge Hill. When asked by the court if he had anything to say why judgment should not be pronounceei upon him, Frank delivered a prepared statement, hut not once did he refer to the text. He stood erect, with head throwr back, and each word was spoker clearly and distinctly. His statement, in part, follows: "Again I stand before you. Again I can but reiterate that 1 am innocent of the murder ol Mary Phagan. I have absolutely no guilty knowledge of that trag ic occurrence. "I am innocent of this charge and I assert that the record o1 evidence conclusively proves this. No appellate tribunal has evei passed upon this evidence. The only judge that has ever hearc it stated that he had serious doubts as to my guilt. "My execution will not avenge Mary Phagan's death. A life will have been taken for a life, but the real culprit will not have paid the penalty. I will sutfei 1.1 y- ?? yy iui auuuier s crime. Invitations to the commence ment exercises of the College ol Charleston have been receivet in the city. The exercises art the one hundred and thirtieth ol the institution, and will be helc on Tuesday evening, May 18th, in Hibernian Hall. 30? 0? 0?00000C Goods 1 do. Watch this sp w things we have. \ new lot of Ladies' tan, made in the lat Other Skirts in Sh< > $4.75. 3iece Goods. See Ihene, China Silk, \ in blue, Nile green, o trices within the reac .aces and Nets, 18 ; rd. ight Percale for wa ard. aim Beach Suits, onl} ders in any line. ^ te your trade. Young ( md Sell Everyt ES. $1.25 Per Year. CONGRESSMAN FINLEY 1 IS VEjWOPTIMISTIC (York News, Monday.) > When seen this morning by a ? reporter for the York News and . asked for an interview on the ; sinking of the Lusitania by a ? German submarine, Congressman D. E. Fin ley said that he ; realized the gravity of the cif notinn U/x ^ uAvuativii uui IIC UUC5 IIUL SCG I that there is any immediate pos. sibility of war between the ; United States and Germany. ? "Really, I think the situation , presented by the sinking of the , American tank steamer. Gul. flight, is more serious than the situation with which we are now confronted" said Congressman [ Finley. f The legislator said that he r could see but little excuse for . the Germans sinking an American steamer, flying the American ? flag, and loaded with a cargo of f oil. He said, however, that Americans hoarded the British r ship with the knowledge that ? there was a great possibility of 1 attack from a German ship. He 5 said that the passengers knew the Lusitania carried a large j supply of ammunition for Ger? man's enemies and that this , therefore gave the Germans a v i right to attack the vessel, r Congressman Kinley does not see that the American people have any cause for alarm and - thinks that they should look at F the present matter in a very 1 calm light. ) ^ ? ? F Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wylie, of | Greensboro, N. C., are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McMurray in this city. loving I >ace and keep up <|) Palm Beach Skirts ? est styles only, at ? spherd Plaids and 8 our Crepes, Lace Ioiles. and Mulls. 8 Id rose, grey and K of all. I and 36 inches, at @ ists, best yet, and ? r $5.00 each. ? re strive to please 0 ^omp'y I hing." I