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The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. ^ FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915. $1.25 Per Year. STATE NEWS ARRANGED "FOR QUICK READING. The committee to select. the six live stock markets of the State has announced that Greenville, Greenwood, Ro?k Hill, Columbia, Florence and Charleston have been chosen. The State Supreme Court has denied the petition ot Barnard B. Evans, who asked that he be reinstated as a practicing attorney in the State courts. Some years ago he was debarred from this practice. The South Carolina "Boosters' Special" is scheduled to leave for San Francisco next Friday. June 28 will be South Carolina day at the exposition. Railway officials report that a large nnmber will attend from this State. Bogus Sanders, colored, convicted Saturday afternoon in criminal court at Columbia for the murder of Charles Ellers, white, was late in the dav sen tenced by Judge Rice to death by electrocution Friday, July 16. Between fifteen hundred and three thousand dollars worth of #\ whiskey and wine were seized aboard the gasoline freighter Mary T. Mister, of Charleston, by Charleston constables Thursday afternoon, in keeping with the policy ,of enforcing the dispensary law. At a meeting at Florence Monday of Pee Dee presbytery, held for the purpose of passing on tWfe proposition to merge Chicora College with the College for Women at Columbia, the question was carried for consolidation. This makes four of the necessary siv fhnt hflvp vnfoH in faunr of the proposition. Governor Manning has paroled during good behavior Jim Ford, convicted in February, 1914, in Dillon county, of entering a house with intent to commit a felony and sentenced to twenty years, and Henry Wilson, colored, convicted in Newberry county in March, 1915, of larceny of live stock and sentenced to two and a half years. During the trial in circuit i?f PnliimhiQ Rahir/lou nf "Bogus" Sanders, a negro, charged with the murder of a white man, Judge Rice overruled the motion of the defendants attorney to quash the venires of the grand and petit juries on the ground that the negro race was not represented in their membership, which, the attorney argued, constituted unjust discrimination against his client. State Tuberculosis Hospital. York county physicians have, I says The Enquirer, received the following letter from the State board of health advising them ? of the establishment of a State hospital for the study of tuberculosis: "It is with pleasure that the tuberculosis committee of the State board of health announces the opening of the South Carolina State sanatorium for the treatment of incipient and moderately advanced tuberculosis. The sanatorium is located at State Park, eight miles from Columbia on the CharlotteColumbia division of the Southern railway. At present our ac" commodations are for ambulant male patients. Two patients will be received from each congressional district and two from h. the State at large. Application blanks will be sent to physicians upon request. No patient should come to the institution until notified to report. Applications should be sent to Ernest Cooper, II. D.. Superintendent, Columbia." A Letter From Alabama. Editor The Times: I have had inquiries from a number of my Fort Mill friends concerning farm operations and conditions here. Will you kindly allow me a little space to tell a few facts. The harvest with us ended June 2; made good small grain crop. Cut in a week 230 acres with three six foot Deering binders. There is more sport than labor in the harvest here. We have large level fields, with no stumps, good drivers, clear skies, a cool breeze, pipe well filled with tobacco, heavy grain, and a contented heart. , If fair weather prevails, most of the grain will be hauled into the sheds or stacked this week. Then, I wish you could be here to see the crop threshed. With our steel "Case" machine we thresh from 1200 to 1600 bushels per day. I have seen it thresh six bushels per minute, but can't keep the oats to the feeder fast enough to keep up the Rait. With the exception of the drought. which crippled the oat crop about 10 or 15 per cent, our seasons have been excellent. Some of us have "laid by" our old eorn and are now planting another crop on stubble land. Had a fine rain last night and if it is followed by another soon, we will have some crab grass in the community. I forgot to tell you about my neighbor over the way. He kept six binders running all day Sunday. May 30, and cut more than 100 acres of oats. He had sixteen gallons of beer on ice and a barbecued hog on coals, and of course, these will make a binder cut. " We have ripe tomatoes and will be eating canteloupes within a week or ten days, so come down and we'll spread it on thick for you. P. M. Faris. Pittsview, Ala., June 12. Removal of Chicora Assured. The Chicora College for Worn en, a consolidation of Chicora college of Greenville and the College for Women of Columbia, will be locoted in Columbia, due to the deciding vote cast Tuesday by Harmony presbytery at its meeting in Sumfer. The presbyteries which have voted for the change from Greenville to Columbia are Bethel, South Carolina, Congaree, Piedmont, Pee Dee and Harmony. The Charleston presbytery will meet today. The Enoree presbytery, comprising several counties around Greenville, voted against the change. Nay Sue Officers for Losses. W. W. Moore, adjutant general, said Saturday that he expected to enter suit against several officers of the National Guard because of property shortages. He said that the officers would be given a chance to make the losses cood hill ihnfr failure fry do so within a reasonable time would cause suits to be instituted on their bonds. It is said that one officer had a shortage of $800. That such action be taken was ordere 1 by the military board.?The State. Encampment Dates Fixed. Annual encampment of the First infantry, National Guard, will be held at Charleston, Ifely 7 to 17, inclusive. This announcement was made yesterday by Adjutant Gen. Moore, after a conference with Col. E. M. Blythe of Greenville. The Second infantry will encamp at some point in the Piedmont section of the State. July 20 to 30, inclusive. RIOT AT WINNSBORO CAUSED DEATH OF THREE A. D. Hood, sheriff of Fairfield : 9 | County, Clyde Isenhower, a j young white man, and Jules Smith, a negro who was to have been tried Monday on a charge of attempted assault, were killed and eight other men were more /%* Inoc ttfAnrtr]n/^ of ! vi itoo ociiuuoiv w uunucu at Winnsboro as a result of art attack upon the sheriff's party as the negro was being taken into court -there Monday morning. Clyde Isenhower, alleged leader of the mob, and a relative of the woman Smith was charged with attacking, Ernest Isenhower, his brother, William Morrrison, a brother-in-law, and James Rawls, late Monday were indicted on the charge of murder as the result of the attack. Clyde Isenhower was shot a I r i* i ? 1 ucau ucaiuc tuc uutR, anu oiltJriil Hood staggered on to the bar where a court official eased him to the floor. Frank Makes Final Appeal. The hearing before Gov. Slaton of the flnal plea in Atlanta Saturday for clemency for Leo M. Frank, condemned to die on June 22 as the slayer of Mary Phagan, unexpectedly was adjourned at 12:30 o'clock until Monday morning at 9 o'clock, when Solicitor Dorsey, who appeared to oppose interference with the death sentence, asked that he be given additional time in which to prepare a written statement or hripf pnuopinnr qII F 9 vvfviiu^ details of the case for submission to the governor and from which to make his argument. It was expected that Gov. Slaton would weigh the case for several days before announcing his decision. The grain crop of Fort Mill township is practically all harvested. Some little yet remains, but this will likely be cut before the end of the week. Threshers are preparing to start out, and the yield of grain is said to be fair. Some fine yields are reported. while others are indifferent. numuer 01 umes, ana pnysicians knew there was no chance of his recovery. J. R. Boulware, a deputy sheriff, received a bullet in the stomach, and was believed to be fatally wounded. Smith was arrested in April and officials fearing an attempt at lynching placed the negro in the State penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping until time for his trial. Sheriff Hood and his deputies, with Smith under close guard, had reached the court house Monday morning when a mob of approximately 100 armed men attempted to seize the prisoner. The sheriff warned the mob to desist but his order was disregarded and some one fired a shot at the negro. The firing immediately became general and lasted for about 10 minutes. Clyde Isenhower died Tuesday night at a hospital at Chester. Of the six others wounded, Earle Stevenson, a young deputy sheriff, received two bullets through the left arm, one severing an artery. A special train was hurried from Columbia immediately after the tragedy and Sheriff Hood and his deputy were taken to a Columbia hospital for surgical attention where Sheriff Hood died Monday night. Isenhower and Stevenson were taken to Chester for surgical attention. Despite his weakened condition from the half-dozen bullets in his body, Sheriff Hood led his prisoner up the stairs into the court room. The negro dropped Jnn/l ^ l ,1?1. i ci :<r Pflles for School Improvement. We hope that some, or all, of the schools of Fort Mill township will "go after" the prizes which are to be given this year by the South Carolina School Improvement association. The amount to be distributed aggregates $2,500 and is divided into three classes as follows: Class One?Twenty first prizes of $50 each and 41 second prizes of $25 each to be given to the 60 schools that can show the nrroofaet o ? A 6>vuwob aiuuuiit \jl niipruvt-'ineni during the given length of time. Class Two?One prize of $100, one prize of $50 and two prizes of $25 each to be given to the four counties that can show the greatest amount of school betterment accomplished through local school improvement associations during the given length of time. Class Three?Four prizes of $25 each to the four local as sociations in the State that can show the greatest results of their work in the improvement of school conditions in their districts during the given length of time. The News of Gold Hill. Times Correspondence. General "Green" has again marshaled forth his legions and from his impregnable barricade is holding the six and one-half million Southern farmers at bay. They are fighting him with every means, from the hoe to the sideshovel, that will augment their destructive power. From the reports of some of our neighbors, one would think the European war a small affair compared with t' e vi ar we are waging on our mn?fr pnmmnn anorrnr kivww WllllllVll W11V1WJ Foy Dickson, formerly principal of Gold Hill school, is visiting friends in this community. Miss Lula Therrell has returned to her home in Pleasant Valley, after a pleasant visit to relatives in this section. We Ha I g Just the ? warm days. I Men's Pa Palm Be< Palm Bei thread, only 2 New lot "Slide we ular styles. g In fact, ai g shirts, uncle | Call on u I Mills & | "Buy i TAKES FIRM STAKil IN NOTE TO GERMANY The second note of the United States to Germany was made public Friday. The note reiterated this country's demands for reparation for the loss of American lives in the sinking of the Lusitania and set forth clearly the earnest desire of the American government that Germon\r oinrmf tr iiiuuj IICI cai auherence to the principles of international law that neutrals be permitted to travel on unarmed ships without being subject to the dangers of submarine warfare. Couched in more friendly terms than it was believed would be used when the unsatisfactory answer t*? the American note of May 13th arrived from Germany, the communication was cabled to Ambassador Gerard for presentation to the German foreign office. The document had the united support of the cabinet. It was emphasized that the note outlined fully the position of the president and his cabinet. The note, it was said authoritatively, leaves room in many respects for a friendly reply, but contains a firm insistance on the principles heretofore expressed by the United States in communications sent to Germany. According to a dispatch from Lancaster, Sheriff Hunter came over to Fort Mill from that place Friday morning: and carried back Will Furr, a white man, who was wanted there for housebreaking and larcency. Furr was placed in Lancaster jail to await trial. ?0 ??@?@? ve Then ?or You things you war dm Beach Suits, ich Caps, only 51 ich Hose in silk 5c the pair. Ties, 25c and 5C 11" Collars in the lything you need rwear, handkercl s for the new go< Young < and Sell Everytl 860e0699?eee8 Billion Bushel Wheat Crop. A billion bushel what crop, the greatest ever known in the world's history, is indicated for 4 the coming harvest in the fore-'cast by the federal crop report-* ing board on the growing winter" and spring wheat crops. Should that enormous quantity be harvested the United States . would have upwards of three hundred and eighty-five million bushels of wheat during the coming year to supply the demand of the warring European nations which are expected to increase rather than diminish. Domestic consumption this year probably will reach five hundred and thirty-five million bushels for food purposes and about eighty million for seeding. Revenue Tax Time Near. Within the next few dnvs Hne tors, druggists, dentists, veterinary surgeons, proprietors of bowling alleys and pool rooms, etc., dealers in tobacco, and many others liable for a special tax levied by Uncle Sam will receive blanks to be filled out be3 fore a notary public or other officer with seal and be returned to the collector of internal revenue, together with the sum assessed against that particular business. In return the dealer will receive a certificate stating that the dealer is entitled to conduct the business stated therein. The tax must be paid during the month of July, else a penalty of 50 per cent, will be added. Card of Thanks. In behalf of the officers and members of the Parent-Teacher club, I wish to exnress to the members of the Fort Mill Dramatic society our appreciation of the fund which they have donated to us for our purposes. Mrs. J as. T. Young, Pres. |0??0O0?00??0? a Here! * ? it for these ? $5 and $6. 5 Oe. 8 and lisle g most dod- 8 in hosiery, || kiefs, etc. gj Dels. g Zomp'y If hing." I