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Prices paid for alfalfa in this
tVio loot wnnb- ronnrn^ frnm
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$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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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X tan, all new, and p
g New All -over L
g 30c to 65c the yai
g See our new L
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? you, and apprecial
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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.
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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