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The freight depot at Mullins
was; I robbed Sunday night of
eight\gallons of whiskey.
A. J|i. Miller, of Greer, Monday
annoolnced his candidacy for Congress
lfrom the Fourth district.
AboiLt $9,000 is claimed to have j
been Saived the faVmers of Newberry*
bounty through the cooperative
purchasing and homemixingiof
fertilizers this season.
J. C. jWilborn, mayor, has filed
a petition with the secretary of
State tq amend the charter by
changing the name of Yorkville
to York. The vote to change the
name was 125 to 80.
The fertilizer tag tax for the
period from July 1, 1914, to May
18, 1915, was 55 per cent, of the
tax for the same period last
year. Te,x receipts up to May
18, last, were $148,102.
The Carolina Hail Insurance
com par r of Marion, has gone into
tAvr ) mds of a receiver. It is
r^" alleged the company owes its
policy h lders about $16,000, with
insuffici nt cash to settle up.
Gov. fanning, Senator Smith,
Senator Tillman and Adjt. Gen.
Moore willlgo to Washington tomorrow
for a conference with
Gen. A. L. Mills, chief of staff,
regarding South Carolina military
affairs.
The town of Walterboro has
let contracts for the installation
of a sewer system and electric
lighting plant and the extension
of the waterworks system. The
cash outlay is $45,000, bonds for
which wejre voted by the town
some time ago.
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Jeff Sumter, of West Springs,
Spartanburg county, was killed
Monday afternoon by a falling
tree. He^had just cut down a
bee tree and was preparing to
take the hbnev when the acci
dent occurred. His death was
instantaneous.
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Special orders for the cruises
of the divisions of the South Carolina
naval militia have been announced
by the assistant adju- '
tant general. The tug Waban '
has been sent by the United 1
States navy department for the i
use of the militia.
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The anti-tipping law passed hy
the last sessijon of the Legislature
went inlto effect Tuesday.
Any person detected, in this !
State, of tipping any person 5
whomsoever, for any reason, is 1
subject to a hfavyj fine. The per- J
son who receives tine fip will p!- *
so be subject lo prlosecution, and
copies of the hw rmust be uosted '
in hotels and larbelrshops.
That the peole olf South Carolina
remain aim land trust in
the judgment <f President Wilson
was the ^advice contained
in telegrams addressed Monday
by Governor Ma nninW to several
papers of the htorthJin which he
. discussed by reqi jest |the reply of
the German gov^rnmient to the,
note on the sinking of American
vessels.
Generally speaking, the land
in South Carolina is not considered
especially valuably, as com?
pared with that of oth^r Slates. J
The average value of farm lands
in this State is $19.89 per acre,
while in Illinois the average value
is $95.02. But the i^ian who
invests his $19.89 in South Carolina
dirt gets a proportionately
larger return than he does who
buys in Illinois, according to the a
latest census figures. | s
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Receives Appointment.
Capt. Thos. B. Spratt, of the
local military organization, several
days ago received official
notice of his appointment as
regimental quartermaster, a position
which has been held for a
number of years by Capt. Willis,
of Yorkville. The promotion of
Capt. Spratt is in keeping with
the policy of the administration
to advance those men who most
deserve promotion. Capt. Spratt
has been at the head of the local
company for 15 years, having
been elected captain one year
after the organization of the
company by Capt. W. R. Bradford.
Private F. M. Mack received
an appointment as quartermaster
sergeant.
The appointment of Capt.
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opitiLt win eievate 10 tne command
of the Fort Mill company,
First Lieutenant S. W. Parks,
who has also held his position
for the last 15 years and who is
known as one of the State's best
informed militiamen. Second
Lieutenant J. M. White, is in
line for the first lieutenancy, and
a second lieutenant will be
elected along with a captain and
a first lieutenant in an election
to be ordered in a few days.
A Happy Meeting.
There was a happy meeting
of kinsmen on Fort Mill's Main
street Sunday afternoon, when
Mr. W. C. Young, of De Land,
Fla., alighted from the train and
met Mr. A. A. Young, one of
the town's best known residents.
The Messrs. Young are brothers,
and the meeting Sunday was
the first in about 28 years. Mr,
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resident of this place, but has
been in Florida for many years.
In conversation with a friend,
he related that it had been some
forty-odd years since his last
visit to Fort Mill, at which time
the population of the town numbered
a grand total of sixteen
souls. A great part of the present
area of the town was then
covered in woods, and Mr.
Young stated that he had shot
many squirrels from the big oak,
in front of the Thompson Hotel,
which was blown down in last
week's storm.
Mr. Young's visit here was ,
in the nature of a stop-over, he
being enroute to Richmond to
represent his home camp in the
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans. He left
Monday evening for Richmond.
Frank Case Again.
The hearing on Leo M. Frank's
application of commutation of
sentence of death to life imr?risonmpnt
whinh hocran ir?
Atlanta before the State Prison j
Commission Monday morning
was completed late in the day. ,
[t is expected that the commission's
recommendation to the
Governor will be transmitted by
:he last of this week, or within
;en days at the latest, and the |
Governor then will take final ;
iction in the case. No one appeared
to argue in opposition to
Prank's application. The principal
feature of the proceedings
,vas a letter written a few
months before his death by
Fudge L. S. Roan, who presided
it Frrnk's trial, in which he
jought clemency for the prisoner.
DePalma Was Winner.
Ralph De Palma, driving a
Mercedes, won the fifth annual
>00 mile international sweep- ;
itakes on the Indianapolis motor
ipeedway Monday in the renarkable
time of 5 hours, 33 (
ninutes and 551-2 seconds. The ;
rictor traveled at an average i
ipeed of 89.84 miles an hour and 1
let a new record for the race. I
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FOBT MILL, S. C? TH
NOTHING SATISFACTORY
ABOUT GERMAN REPLY
Germany's reply to the American
note sent after the sinking
of the Lusitania was delivered
Saturday to Ambassador Gerard
at Berlin. It does not specifically
answer the American representation
concerning the sinking of
the Lusitania and discontinuance
of present methods of submarine
warfare. These points are left
for settlement in future negotiations.
Germany expresses
regret for attack on American
vessels, which are said to have
been unintentional. Compensation
is offered in cases in which
Germany is shown to have been
at fault, and reference to The
Hague of disputed cases is suggested.
Germany sets up the assumption,
as a basis for negotiations,
that the Lusitania was a British
naval uuAiaary, carrying inounted
guns as well as troops and
war munitions, and that it was
a violation of American law to
carry passengers on her. The
United States is asked what
steps, if any, it has taken to
induce Great Britain to depart
from its policy of cutting off
Germany's importations of food
supply, provided Germany abandons
her submarine attacks on
merchantmen, a settlement Germany
has indicated her willingness
to discuss.
"Chicora College for Women."
Trustees of Chicora college,
comprising now both the Chicora
plant in Greenville and the College
for Women property in
Columbia, issued a statement
yesterday, as the outcome of a
final conference in Columbia, in
which they said that their former
recommendation to the
presbyteries, that Chicora be removed
to Columbia "or suburbs"
and that the name be
changed to "Chicora College for
Women," had been "reaffirmed"
and that the board "hopes and
believes" the presbyteries will
adopt this recommendation and
give the college in its new location
"their enthusiastic and
constant support." The statement
refers also to "a tentative
effort looking to an issue of bonds
with which to finance the co'lege
in its new location" and says
the trustees heartily appreciate
the "encouragement already
given them" in that effort.?The
State, Friday.
Willard is Making Money.
Jess Willard, world's pugilistic
champion, was in Chicago a few
days ago and in reply to a question,
his manager, Tom Jones,
said:
"Well, say, let me tell you
something. Jess is drawing a
guarantee of $1,000 for every
day and his contract calls for
100 days. He is given more
than that when the gate returns
show above a certain amount,
and he has not drawn less than
$1,200 for any of the 11 days he
has been on the road. That, too,
in spite of the fact that we've
run into rain everywhere."
Militia Gets Government Money.
The reorganization of the National
Guard of this State and
the reduction by survey of the
property shortage charged by
the war department against it
from $104,000 to $40,000 was satisfactory,
according to a letter
received Monday by Governor
Manning from the Secretary of
War. The State militia can now
obtain Federal appropriation of
about $40,000 for supplies for
the fiscal year, which has been
held up pending adjustment of
the property shortage.
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URSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915.
Our Negro Population.
A bulletin just issued by the
Bureau of the Census shows that
the colored people of this coun1
try are not loafers, but gainful
citizens. The common theory
in the South that the farms are
being turned over to negroes
who permit them to degenerate
and deteriorate into povertystricken
land is not true, according
to Uncle Sam's statistics.
The census report indicates,
however, that the negro population
is more subject to certain
fatal diseases than tlin whito on.i
that the per cent, of deaths
among the colored people is far
greater than it is in any other
race.
The number of negroes in the
total area of enumeration in 1910
was 10,215,482, forming 10.9 per
cent of the total population. Of
this rumber, the vast majority,
9,827,753, lived in the United
States proper.
The negro population increased
11.2 percent during the decade
from 1900 to 1910, and the white
population 22.3 per cent.
Released on Bond.
J. S. Stevenson, who is charged
with the killing of John W.
Hafner in the Bullock's Creek
section last Saturday night, was
released from the county jail
yesterday afternoon on a bond
of $1,000, signed by W. S.
Wilkerson and W. L. Hill
Stevenson has retained W. W.
Lewis and Thos. F. McDow,
Esq., of Yorkville, as counsel
and will very likely be tried at
the next term of court of general
sessions for York county.?Yorkville
Enquirer. May 28.
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40-inch White Lace I
38-inch White Voile,
36-inch Palm Beach i
32-inch Tan Palm Be
Our new 27-inch Iris
only 25c the yard.
36-inch Tan and Wh
Other nice new good
See our new Allover
at 65 and 75c the yard.
Plain Bobinets in Ecr
Everything that is ne
0 ow, and Oriental in both
CjP A bran new lot of La
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x Middy Blouses for be
New Blsck N el vet Ril
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CONSIDER THE EDITOR.
N. N. B. in Exchange.
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vuuoiuci tuc cuitui. nc vvcaieth
purple and fine linen. His
abode is among the mansions of
the rich. Ilis wife has her limousine
and his first born sporteth a
racing car that can hit her up in
forty flat.
Lo! All the people breaketh
their necks to hand him money.
A child is horn unto the wife of
a merchant in the bazaar. The
physician getteth ten shiny golden
plunks. The editor writeth a
stick and a half and telleth the
multitude that the child tippeth
the scales at nine pounds. Yea,
he lieth even as a centurion.
And the proud father giveth him
a cremo.
Behold, the young one groweth
up and graduateth. And the
editor putteth into his paper a
swell notice. He telleth of the
wisdom of the young woman, and
of her exceeding comeliness.
Like unto the roses of Sharon
she and her gown is played up
in flower-scented words. And
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me dressmaker getteth two score
and four iron men. And the editor
getteth a note of thanks
from the S. S. G.
The daughter goeth on a journey.
And the editor throweth
himself on the story of the fare- ;
well party. It runneth a column,
solid. And the fair one remembereth
him from afar with
a picture postal card that costeth
six for a jitney.
Behold, she returneth and the (
youth of the city fall down and (
worship. She picketh and Lo,
she picked a lemon. But the
editor calleth him one of our (
most promising young men and getteth
away with it. And they
send unto him a bid to the wed- .
ding feast and behold, the bids \
are fashioned bv Muntgummery |
Hawbuck, in a far city. I
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ou will find here just
/e call special attentioi
Cloth for only 25c the yard.
a fine quality, for only 20c th
Cloth for only 25c the yard.
:ach Cloth for only 25c the yar
h Linens, in Nile Green, Old F
ite Linen for only 25c the yard
s in Crepes, Lawns, Voiles, etc
Laces in White, Cream and E<
u and White, 36 inches, 25 an
LACES.
w in Laces. All new patterns
White and Ecru. Prices, 5c to
idies* Shirtwaists in both Wbit
?th Ladies and Children 50c an
bbons, Nos. 1 1-2 to 9, all Satir
ce each week. We al
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$1.25* Per Year.
Wilson Warns Mexico.
President Wilson has^ decided
to serve notice on the warring
fnptinnn in Moving fViof
til 4UV4\IW VI l at WUUltlUUS
in that country have become
intolerable and that unless they
themselves compose the situation
soon some other means may
have to be employed to accomplish
the result. The first
intimation of the president taking
this step came in an appeal issued
from the head of the
American Red Cross, setting
forth that "several years of internal
disturbances in many
parts of Mexico have reduced
the people to the verge of starvation"
and urging contribution
to relief funds.
The National weather bureau,
at Washington, issued a bulletin
Tuesday saying that the present
spell of wet weather would continue
through Friday, when fair
and warmer weather was ex
pec ted.
ding notice which the editor
printeth. The minister getteth
ten bones. The groom standeth
the editor off for a twelvemonth
subscription.
All flesh is grass and in time
the wife is gathered into the
silo. The minister getteth his
bit. The editor printeth a death
notice, two columns of obituary
three lodge notices, a cubit of
poetry and a card of thanks.
And he forgetteth to read proof
on the head, and the darned
thing cometh out "Gone to Her
Last Roasting Place."
And all that are akin to the
deceased jumpeth on the editor
with exceeding great jumps.
And they pulleth out their ads
and cancelleth their subscriptions
and they swing the hammer
unto the third and fourth
generations.
Canst thou beat it?
try interesting. In ?
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tose, Blue and Grey, for A
at 8c to 20c the yard. ?
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in Vals.. Torchon. Shad- X
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