Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 17, 1915, Image 1
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
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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 :
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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