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The Fort Mill Times. jr ? * i - ' m !-" -? . . I Established in 1891. . FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,1915. $1.25 Per Year ~ -^1* I I I I ? . I - - F STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Contractors who have the job ( of double-tracking the Southern 1 railway between Greenville and 1 Spartanburg have begun their J work. J , , , < I James B. Halfacre has been I appointed auditor of Newberry county to succeed Eugene S. Werts who was recently dismissed from office by Governor Manning. Miss Hattie Sammonds was instantly killed near Greenville Sunday morning when the automobile in which she and two of her brothers were riding turned over in a ditch. There is considerable agitation to form a new county out of a portion of Greenville and Anderson counties. Should such a , nnnntu Ko fnrmpH Willijimston VVUI1VJ uavw) t , would very likely be the county Beat. The Greenville highway commission has begun, active work on the roads of that county. It ? will be remembered some time ago Greenville county voted nearly $1,000,000 bonds for road improvement. A small cyclone visited Greenville Friday afternoon, leaving one man dead, 60 or more houses wrecked or damaged, scores of trees uprooted, wires down and doing other damage of more or less consequence. Governor Manning has granted a reprieve from September 3rd to September 29th to Nelson Brice, Tom Griffin, John Crosby and Meek Griffin, negroes, who Kquo hoon contonfprl tn Hpflth for the murder of an aged man in Chester county several years ago. Many applications for the position of State whiskey gauger to take the place of the late L. M. Fouche, who died several days, ago, are being received at the governor's office. The appointment is to be made about September 1. Agitation is being urged in educational circles, says The State, for the passage of a bill at the approaching session of the Legislature which would provide for the appointment of a State organizer of night schools, similar to those conducted last winter in Laurens and Newberry counties. Announcement was made at Raleigh, N. C., a few days ago that J. B. Duke, the tobacco manufacturer, had decided to make a donation of $35,000 to' the Methodist Episcopal church in South Carolina, of which $15,- j 000 is to go to church extension; $10,000 to home missions, and $10,000 to aged ministers. ^ # m Richland county's new jail ' will be ready for occupancy this week. For many months the county prisoners have been in-1 carcerated in the penitentiary! and in transporting them to and j from the penitentiary during court added to the cares and responsibilities of the deputies. The jail and equipment cost about $55,000. On the face of almost com-1 plete returns published Wednes-! day morning, Sam J. Nicholls, t of Spartanburg, defeated B. A. Morgan, of Greenville, for Congress rfrom the Fourth South Carolina district in the second primary held Tuesday. Mr. Nicholls' majority was given at about 500, with only a few small boxes to be heard from. Blease Will Make Race. | % Gov. Blease makes the positive statement that he will be a canlidate for governor in the cam3aign of 1916, says the New- ( 3erry Herald and News. He j says the demands for him to do ] so come from all parts of the ( State and that they are so strong ( le can not afford to deny this , lemand from his friends who have stood by him so many 1 .imes. Personally he has no ( iesire to make the race or to be governor, because his ambition in that line has been satisfied ( by having served two terms. , But if it is the opinion of his friends that it is his duty to lead ( the people in the fight which is I to be made next year, he can not j give a deaf ear to such a call and he will respond. , To Help Cotton Farmers. Plans for helping the cotton situation in the South were discussed by President Wilson with W. P. G. Harding, of the federal reserve board. The president is preparing to protest to Great Britain against making cotton contraband. Mr. Harding made recommendations for further steps but refused to make them public. One plan 1 i . * unuer consideration is understood to be the sending of an informal commission to England to arrange for the sale of surpluscotton. Ford Plant for Charlotte. 'Ihe Ford assembling plant is at last a certainty for Charlotte, Manager A. J. Langford of the Charlotte branch of the company authorizing The Observer Monday to make official announcement of the fact. The Hagood Building on East Sixth street will house the assembling plant and likewise the sales offices and all three floors and the big basement will be utilized from the start. The initial capacity at the outset will be 25 complete cars a day but this output will bo increased just as rapidly as conditions will justify. Mr. Finley is Right. Congressman Finley is quoted as giving the cause of the war, "because those people in Europe have forgotten God." And we believe that Mr. Finley has this situation bown about right. It was Dr. Pendleton Jones who said as much in his sermon which he preached in response to a request from the president that we have a peace Sunday and all the preachers be requested to preach peace sermons. Dr. Jones said in substance that it was all a farce. That there could be no peace until the people who were fighting got individual righteousness in their hearts.?Newberry Herald and News. Sidna Alien Estate Sold. A despatch from Bristol, Tenn., Sunday to The Charlotte Observer says that with the sale at public auction at Hillsville, Va., Saturday of the Sidna Allen estate, practically the last vestige of property accumulations that were once me property ot the I "Hlllsville Aliens had passed from I the people bearing that name. The Sidna Allen estate consisted of a handsome mountain mansion and tracts of mountain land aggregating 400 acres, valued at upwards of $50,000. Sold under the hammer, it did not bring much in excess of the indebtedness protected under the deed of trust. The amount due in court fees, attorneys' claims and for agreed judgments for damages on account of the men killed was about $15,000. COTTON IS CONTRABAND, SAYS GREAT BRITAIN Announcement Saturday that :otton had been declared absoute contraband of war by Great Britain came as no surprise to official Washington, according to despatches. Secretary Lansing was informally advise'd by the British Embassy some time ago that this action had been decided upon and that formal announcement was delayed only pending the arrangement of details. This included, it is understood, preparations to protect the market from the effect of the announcement and also tfn understanding between Great Britain and her Allies. While officials would not discuss the subject, it is certain the United States will protest against the British action, citing the previons consistent policy of Groat Britain in holding cotton free of restraint. The result, it is exDeeted. will be to draw out a full explanation of the reasons behind the British change of policy. A long course of diplomatic interchanges undoubtedly will follow before an agreement can be reached, or the question possibly submitted to arbitration. The first direct effect of the British announcement will be simplify the discussion over the orders in council now in progress. Cotton ships have formed a large percentage of the total number of craft held up under the orders, each case involving much informal debate over arrangements for payment by Great Britain for three cargoes seized. Each case, also, became an additional factor in the formal discussion between the two Governments, the United States having steadily maintained that Great Britain was violating the accepted rules of international law in halting commerce between neutrals, more especially commerce in non-contraband goods. It is understood the British plan is to steady the cotton market through actual purchases if that becomes necessary. Probably cotton factors will be commissioned to keep the commodity above a fixed minimum price. Crop conditions this year, it is said, will make it easier to maintain prices because open markets unaffected by the Allies' nnfiAn n w/\ ^ Un?% A abiiuii aic iiiuic Liictn ciuit' lu ui>sorb the entire production. Horse Drowned in Creek. J. M. Porter had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse Saturday morning by drowning. The driver of his wagon and another horse had a narrow escape. Mr. Porter had started a wagon load of coca-cola early for Antioch for the picknickers. The bridge at Hoole's Fork tl 1 1 - recently wasueu away, since which time people have been using the ford. The creek was not out of the bank and after making inquiries the driver, Tommy Johnson, decided it was safe. It appeared as if the creek had washed in the middle and the current was so swift that the wagon was turned downstream and was caught in the abutments of the former bridge. The driver was unable to swim and would have been drowned had not some farm hands nearby heard h'> cry and gone to his assistance. They managed to cut one of the horses loose, but were unable to save the other one. ? Rock Hill Herald. Prof. Moore, of the StatesviHe Female college, was a visitor to FWt Mill Tuesday. EFFORT TO KILL ELECTION QUASHED BY COURT The en banc session of the supreme court, sitting at Columbia, on Saturday dismissed the appeal of John Henry Chappell, a taxpayer of Newberry, asking for an injunction prohibiting the prohibition referendum election, scheduled to be held on September 14: "Upon hearing the argument herein, and upon consideration thereof, we are of the opinion that the injunction be refused, and it is so ordered," stated the court. "The immediate pendency of the election forbids us to reduce to writing the reasons for our judgments; that will he done hereafter, and as soon as the circumstances shall permit of it." Former Gov. Cole L. Blease and Frank G. Tompkins of Columbia represented Mr. Chappell and Thomas. H. Peeoles, attorney general, and Fred H. Dominick, assistant attorney general, appeared for the reo rvrvn /4nr?f n ? . -A o^ujiuciibo iiamcu in Lilt; huh. By consent of the court. D. W. Robinson of Columbia and W. B. DeLoach of Camden filed arguments in behalf of the prohibitionists of the State. Attorneys for John Henry Chappell on August 6. this year, appeared before Associate Justice Watts at chambers in Laurens and asked for a temporary injunction restraining the respondents from incurring any expense, paying out any warrants, or from issuing any tickets of election for the purpose of carrying out the proposed proI Arr " I urr ? Soon the short . ($0 will be off to scho< I for you and you c at our store. Most Furniture departm Traveling Bags?1 $5.00. Come in For tl In our dry good of Hosiery, Stati Toothbrushes, P Combs, Brushes, J 1 For t g We have a new g est styles, also Col g penders, Toothpas g Hosiery, Towels, . g We call your special att< g of Lancaster" Gingham, th g es, blouses and skirts, for I Mills & hibition referendum on September 14. this year. The relief asked for was refused by Justice Watts, but he issued an order, returnable before the supreme court on August 20, citing the respondents to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted. Dr. Johnson Elected President. Dr. David B. Johnson, president of Winthrop College. Rock Hill, was elected president of the National Education Association at Oakland, Cal., Thursday by a vote of 479 to 184 for Miss Grace C. Strachan, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Grace C. Strachan, the defeated candidate for the presidency, is district superintendent of schools for the city of New York. She is the woman who led and won the now famous fight for "equal pay for equal work." Modern phases of the education of the youth of this and coming generations were discussed at the congress. This is the third International Congress, Nrf E. A. The address of Mr. C. M. Fite, of Charlotte, at the school auditorium Sundav afternoon woe heard by a crowd which filled the auditorium to the overflowing point. Mr. Fite's talk was for the most part a recital of his life up to the time of his conversion in the ChapmanAlexander meeting in Charlotte some time ago, and closed with a fervent appeal to his friends in the audience to turn from their evil ways. Mr. Fite is well known in Fort Mill and his talk made a deep impression on all who heard him. 9?0 0? 0? 000006 ro sci Summer vacation will ol. We have made sp an replenish your wa especially do we ask ent and see our line "runks, $2.50 to $16. and see these before I le Young L s department you wil onery, Pencils, Pov ins, Handkerchiefs, rowels, Polish, Etc. he Young r line of Fall Hats anc lars, Ties, Shirts, 'Ker >te and Brushes, Com Stationery, Etc. Mothers ;ntion to our New tall Cingharr e no-fade kind. Good patterns 10c the yard. Young < i the New Store ?????????@??e GOVERNMENT MONEY WILL AIDTHE FARMERS. Secretary McAdoo was on Tuesday prepared to extend aid to the Southern cotton growers to enable them to dispose of their product to the greatest ad HOOL.i I be over and you 2 >ecial preparations g irdrobe by calling 2 you to visit our g ^ of Trunks and 2 50; Bags, 95c to g buying. 2 .adies. 1 1 find a good line g vder, Toothpaste, 2 Collars, Corsets, g Men. I 1 Caps, in the new- g chiefs, Belts, Sus- g bs, Whiskbrooms, g i. We sell the "Red Rose jjj! i for the new school dress- Jjf I!omp'y ] | vantage, said a Washington dispatch. The secretary announced that in view of the action of the allies in making cotton contraband he was ready, if necessary to take either one of two courses to help the cotton producer. One of these plans is to deposit $30,000,(XX) or more in gold in the federal reserve banks at Atlanta, Dallas and Richmond to enable those banks to rediscount cotton secured by warehouse receipts made by national and State banks belonging to the reserve system. No interest would be charged on the deposits for the present at least. The other plan is to deposit the gold directly with national banks agreeing to lend the money on cotton at a rate not to exceed 6 per cent. The latter will be used if the object sought can be accomplished with arrester efficiency thereby. Secretary McAdoo declared that if there was co-operation between the bankers, the merchants and producers the cotton situation could be handled with happy results. The German ambassador at Washington Tuesday communicated to the State department a message from his government expressing sympathy if American lives were lost on the British ship Arabic, and asked that the United States delay taking a definite attitude until Germany could be heard from.