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i Established in 1891. , FORT MILL, S. C? THURSDAY. AUGUST 26, 1915. J1.25 Per Year
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STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
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Contractors who have the job
of double-tracking the Southern
railway between Greenville and
Spartanburg have begun their
work.
James B. Halfacre has been
appointed auditor of Newberry
county to succeed Eugene S.
Werts who was recently dis- j
missed 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
county be formed, Williamston
would very likely be the county
seat.
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
have been sentenced to death
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 C/\nf k Pnt?/\l?no ft
All ovutn uaiuiiiia, ui nuiV/ii tpit;,000
is to f?o to church extension; j
$10,000 to home missions, and
$10,000 to aged ministers.
Richland county's new jail I
will be ready for occupancy this
week. For many months the
county prisoners have been in- :
carcerated in the penitentiary
and in transporting them to and
from the penitentiary during
court added to the cares and ret
sponsibilities 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,
* of Spartanburg, defeated B. A.
Morgan, of Greenville, for Con- !
gress ?from the Fourth South
Carolina district in the second
primary held Tuesday. Mr.
Nicholis' majority was given at
about G00, 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 candidate
for governor in the campaign
of 1916, says the New- c
berry Herald and News. He j
says the demands for him to do j
so come from all parts of the c
State and that they are so strong c
he can not afford to deny this ^
demand from his friends who j
have stood by him so many t
times. Personally he has no (
desire to make the race or to be r
governor, because his ambition ^
in that line has been satisfied (
by having served two terms. ^
But if it is the opinion of his t
friends that it is his duty to lead : (
the people in the fight which is l
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 j 1
making cotton contraband. Mr. (
Harding made recommendations (
for further steps but refused to *
make them public. One plan
under consideration is under- J
stood to be the sending of an
informal commission to England
to arrange for the sale of surpluscotton.
Ford Plant for Charlotte. 1
The Ford assembling plant is '
at last a certainty for Charlotte,
Manager A. ,1. 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 ca- J
pacity at the outset will be 25
complete cars a day but this 1
output will be increased just as r
rapidly as conditions will instifv
Mr. Finley is Right. 1
Congressman Finley is quoted t
as giving the cause of the war, 1
"because those people in Europe r
have forgotten God." And we r
believe that Mr. Finley has this f
situation bown about right. It 1
was Dr. Pendleton Jones who 1
said as much in his sermon r
which he preached in response a
to a request from the president s
that we have a peace Sunday
and all the preachers be requested
to preach peace sermons.
Dr. Jones said in sub- *
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stance that it was all a farce. ^
That there could be no peace ^
until the people who were fight- a
ing got individual righteousness e
in their hearts.- Newberry Herald
and News. ^
Sidna Allen Estate Sold. 1
A despatch f rom Bristol, Tenn., r
Sunday to The Charlotte Ob- ^
server says that with the sale at t
public auction at Hillsville, Va., n
Saturday of the Sidna Allen es- n
tate, practically the last vestige 1
of property accumulations that s
were once the property of the h
"Hillsville Aliens had passed from t
the people bearing that name, t
The Sidna Allen estate consisted s
of a handsome mountain mansion a
and tracts of mountain land ag- T
gregating 400 acres, valued at a
upwards of $50,000. Sold under ^
the hammer, it did not bring t
much in excess of the indebted- a
ness protected under the deed of c
trust. The amount due in court *
fees, attorneys' claims and for c
agreed judgments for damages
on account of the men killed ]
was about $15,000. 1
30TT0HIS CONTRABAND,
SAYS GREAT BRITAIN
Announcement Saturday that
otton had been declared absoute
contraband of war by Great
Britain came as no surprise to
ifficial Washington, according to
lespatches. Secretary Lansing
vas informally advise'd by the
British Embassy some time ago
hat this action had been deeded
upon and that formal
innouncement was delayed only
sending the arrangement of
letails. This included, it is
inderstood, preparations to pro;ect
the market from the effect
>f the announcement and also afn
inderstanding between Great
Britain and her Allies.
While officials would not discuss
the subject, it is certain
he United States will protest
igainst the British action, citing
he previons consistent policy of
Breat Britain in holding cotton
?ree of restraint. The result,
t is expected, will be to draw
>ut a full explanation of the
-easons behind the British
:hange of policy. A long course
>f diplomatic interchanges undoubtedly
will follow before an
agreement can be reached, or
,he question possibly submitted
;o arbitration.
The first direct effect of the
British announcement will be
simplify the discussion over the
irders in council now in prog-ess.
Cotton ships have formed
a 10 roro rvm?nAnfn/yA
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lumber of craft held up under
;he orders, each case involving
nuch informal debate over arrangements
for payment by
Great Britain for three cargoes
seized. Each case, also, became
in additional factor in the formal
liscussion between the two
Governments, the United States
laving steadily maintained that
Great Britain was violating the
iccepted rules of international
aw in halting commerce between
leutrals, more especially comnerce
in non-contraband goods.
It is understood the British
ilan is to steady the cotton market
through actual purchases if
hat becomes necessary. Probibly
cotton factors will be comnissioned
to keep the comnodity
above a fixed minimum
>rice. Crop conditions this year,
t is said, will make it easier to
naintain prices because open
narkets unaffected by the Allies'
iction are more than able to aborb
the entire production.
Horse Drowned in Creek.
J. M. Porter had the misortune
to lose a valuable horse
laturday morning by drowning,
i'he driver of his wagon and
mother horse had a narrow
scape.
Mr. Porter had started a
vagon load of coca-cola early
or Antiofh for t VlO nii?lrnintn?c
w.. ?V(IV |/ivniuvi\ci Oi
^he bridge at Hoole's Fork
ecently washed away, since
vhich time people have been
ising the ford. The creek was
lot out of the bank and after
naking inquiries the driver,
'ommy Johnson, decided it was
afe. It appeared as if the creek
lad washed in the middle and
he current was so swift that
he wagon was turned downtream
and was caught in the
ibutrnents of the former bridge.
[*he driver was unable to swim
ind would have been drowned
lad not some farm hands near>y
heard his cry and gone to his
issistance. They managed to
:ut one of the horses loose, but
vere unable to save the other
>ne. ? Rock Hill Herald.
Prof. Moore, of the Statesville
female college, was a visitor to
tart Mid 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 be done
hereafter, and as soon as the
circumstances shall permit of I
it."
Former Gov. Cole L. Blease
and Frank G. Tompkins of
Columbia represented Mr. Chappell
and Thomas. H. PeeDles,
attorney general, and Fred H.
Dominick, assistant attorney
general, appeared for the respondents
named in the suit.
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 pro
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at our store. Most
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Traveling Bags?1
$5.00. Come in <
For tl
In our dry good
of Hosiery, Stati
Toothbrushes, P
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For t
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g est styles, also Col
g penders, Toothpas
? Hosiery, Towels, ,
We call your special att<
2> of Lancaster" Gingham, th
es, blouses and skirts, for 1
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
nptitinnor clmnM V>/> 3
o,.uuiu iiv/i uc ^;iaiiLtru. |
Dr. Johnson Elected President.
Dr. David B. Johnson, president
of VVinthrop College. Rock
Hill, was elected president of
the National Education Association
at Oakland. Cal., Thursday
by a vote of 179 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 "equai 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,
N, E. A.
The address of Mr. C. M. Fite,
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or ^nanotte, at the school auditorium
Sundav afternoon, was
heard by a crowd which filled
I 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.
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ent and see our lirn
runks, $2.50 to $16.
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onery, Pencils, Pov
ins, Handkerchiefs,
Towels, Polish, Etc.
he Young
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lars, Ties, Shirts, 'Ker
>te and Brushes, Coml
Stationery, Etc.
Mothers
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intion to our New f all Cingham
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10c the yard.
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GOVERNMENT MONEY
WILL AID THE 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 advantage,
said a Washington
dispatch.
The secretary announced that
111 view 01 uie action 01 me 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 $30,000,000
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
Stato 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 greater
efficiency thereby.
Secretary McAdoo declared
that if there was co-operation
llpfwPPn fVlO Konlroxo
chants 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.
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