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The Fort Mill Times. Eatabliahed in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C? THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 191R " _ v! STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. ? The bank of Calhoun Falls recently paid its depositors a dividend of 18 per cent, on their deposits. T. U. Vaughn, whose case has dragged its way through the courts, is to be taken back to Greenville tomorrow for re-sentence. It has been definitely decided by the several committees that the third triennial meeting of the National association for the study of Pellagra will be held in Columbia October 21 and 22, next. The Rock Hill Steam laundry has been closed, pending bankruptcy proceedings, and Rock Hill citizens have been put to some little inconvenieuce thereby. It is not thought that the plant will be closed for long. Bundy Petty, a negro who lives just outside Gaffney, has a curiosity in a pig which was born on his premises a few days ago. ' The head in every respect is ex' actly like that of an elephant. There were ten pigs in the litter and all are living except the specimen above referred to. The South Carolina rifle team will be picked this week. The team will participate in the national shoot to be held in Jacksonville early next month. The State team will be made up of men from the various companies . who have made the best records during the preliminarv shoots which have been in progress for ^ several weeks. A vigorous fight on prohibition is to be made between n >w and the date of the referendum election on the 14th, by the local option league of the State. The fight will be carried into every section of the State and an effort will be made to show that South Carolina would not be wise to change her system of regulating the liquor traffic. Convicted of Abusing Child. Frank J. Kirby, a one-armed white man who lives in Rock Hill, was tried before Magistrate Glenn of Ebenezer, yesterday morning on the charge of cruelly beating his little daughter. A jury composed of Messrs. Wm. Campbell, Wm. Matth2ws, W. T. Nichols, Wm. Adkins and P. J. Burns found the man guilty of tne cnarge and recommended him to the mercy of the cohrt. Magistrate Glenn sentenced Kirby to pay a fine of $50 or serve twenty days' imprisonment. Owing to the fact that Kirby is unable to do physical labor and is without funds, the sentence was suspended during good behavior.?Yorkville Enquirer, Friday. Killed Wife of Ranist Hattie Smith, widow of Jule ??. Smith, the negro who was shot to death in the court house at Winnsboro in June, was shot to death Sunday in her home two * miles from Blaney. Bloodhounds taken to the scene were unable to take the trail, as a heavy rain fell just as the dogs were put to work. The authorities have some strong clues on which they { expect to take action shortly. The woman was shot through an open window as she was sitting with two other women, singing. A load of shot from a shotgun tore off the top of her head and she died instantly. | r x Ma Will Try Brice This Week. A week of criminal court will begin here today, said the Charlotte Observer of Monday. The most serious case docketed for this week is that of the negro. Wylie Brice, who has admitted attacking little Mary Gordon Query, the 6-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. Z. Query of Berryhill Township last Wednesday and who is now in jail at VV inston-Salem. He is charged with an attempt at criminal assault. The case will be considered by the grand jury and after the returning of a true bill, a time will be set for the trial and Brice will be brought here and arraigned. .Judge Webb will appoint lawyers to defend him. His trial will follow. All this will occur during the latter days of this week. Drowned in the Catawba. Leon Motz, a well known Rock Hi!! young man, was drowned in the Catawba river Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock, and a'though diligent search has since been in progress, up to last accounts the body had not been recovered. O. Motz, a half-brother, who is foreman for the Southern Power company, and Leon were looking after some fish baskets in the river at a point near the Whitner farm, a short distance down stream from the county bridge. Leon was following in the wake of his brother, who was near the center of the river, when his strength failed him and he grabbed a wire holding the basket, but sank. The older brother at tempted to lend assistance, but . on account of the swiftness of the stream at that point was unable to reach the drowning man. Both men were said to be expert swimmers and it was thought probable by some that young Motz was seized with cramp. Mr. Motz was 27 years of age and unmarried. ' "Hamp" Bailes Married. Mr. G. H. Bailes, one of Anderson's most prominent business men and Miss Gertrude Sanders, one of our most accomplished and charming young ladies, sprung a genuine surprise on their many friends this afternoon by getting married. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. B. Sanders, on Greenville street, at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. O. L. Martin officiating. ? Anderson Mail, Auk. 27. Will Oppose Finley. It is reported on reliable authority in York that the newest candidate to announce his intention of running for congress from the Fifth district next summer is N. W. Hardin of Blacksburg. Mr. Hardin is a lawyer and has offered a number of times for political office in Cherokee county. He was an avowed supporter of the governor in 1912, being elected to the house of representatives from Cherokee county in that year. He was defeated for the State senate from Cherokee county in the iast primary.? York News. Jail Becoming Filled. There are seventeen prisoners in the York county jail at present, and since it is nearly two mflnths until the* next term of the court of general sessions, it is expected that all available space in the jail will be filled by that time. With one exception, all the prisoners in jail are negroes. Most of the prisoners are charged with housebreaking and larceny or assault and battery with intent to kill.?Yorkville Enquirer. | LOCAL GRADED SCHOOL I TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY ? The Fort Mill Graded school will open Monday morning, September 6, at 9 o'clock. j The patrons of the school will endeavor to see that their children enroll on the opening day so as to save delay ;n getting! books and being assigned to their proper grades. A notice regarding tuition fees for the ensuing session is printed in this issue of The Times, and patrons will j please bear in mind the fact that the teachers of this school have no authority to change any ruling , passed by the board of trustees, i and these fees must be paid as ordered by the trustees. The superintendent is held responsible for the collection of this fund, so please pay promptly. TL - 1 * x ne courses 01 siuuy ana DooKs required is also printed in this 1 article and the teachers earnest- s ly request the parents to get the books for their children at once, for the child cannot possibly make the proper advancement without books. The teachers al- S so ask for the cooperation of all . patrons in making this term the most successful in the history of the School. J. D. Fulp, Supt. Books for Term. Grade 1 ?Wheeler Primdr, 25c; Wheeler 1st Reader, 25c. Grade 2?Wheeler Graded 2nd Reader, 35c; Progressive Course in Spelling, book 1, 13c; Berry's Writing book No 1, 5c. Grade 3?Stepping Stones to Literature, No. 3, 30c; Milne's Progressive Arithmetic, book 1, 32c; Kinard-Withers Eng. Language, book 1. 32c; Berry's writing book, No. 3, 5c; Progressive course in Spelling, No. 1, 13c. Grade 4 ?Stepping-Stones to 35^.-4tuwd- f v* lLiivrs CinK. language, No. 1, i 32c; Milne's Progressive Arith- \ metic, No. 1, 32c; Progressive . Course in Spelling, No. 1, 13c; Berry's writing book, No. 4, 5c; Primer of Hygiene, 35c; Maury's New Elements of Geography 45c. Grade 5?Stepping Stones, No. 5, 40c; White's Making of South Carolina, 50c; Berry's writing book, No. 5, 5c; Milne's Arithmetic, No. 2,. 36c; Withers-Kinard Eng. Language, No. 1, 32c; Primer of Sanitation, 40c; Maury's New Elements of Geography, 45c. Grade 6?Milne's Arithmetic, No. 2, 36c, W.ithers-Kinard Eng. Language. No. 2, 44c; White's History of the U. S., 40c; Human Physiology, 60c; Snyder's Selections from old Testament, 30c; Payne's Common Words, etc., 22c; Maury's New Complete Geography, 88c. Grade 7?Withers-Kinard Eng. Laungage, No. 2, 44c; Payne's Common Words, etc., 22c; Maurv's New ComnlAiA (t , ^wftiapnj, ' 88c; Milne's Progressive Arith- ( metic, No. 2, 36c; Dugger's Ag- ( riculture, 60c; Thompson's U. S. / History, 65c; Collar & Daniel I's J First Latin. 94c; WatfereeT? Ctyil J Government of U. S. and South C Carolina, 76c. ( High School. { First Year?Collar & Daniell's a First Latin, 94c; Merchant of 5 Venice, 25c; Buehler's Grammar, j 55c; Well's Algebra, 68c; Milne's V Arithmetic, No. 3, 41c; Mont- ( gomery's Eng. History, $1.06; ( Ivanhoe and other narallel rpnrt- - . r ings; Practical High School Spel- } ler (Chew), 30c; Milne's Arith- J metic, No. 3, 41c. ' Second Year Caesar's Gallic ( War, 65c; Metcalfe's Eng. Liter- ^ ature; Chew's High School Spel- t ler, 30c; Well's Algebra, 68c; j| Macbeth, 25c; Clarke's General S Science; Rotsford's Ancient His- V tory; $1.20; Torr's Physical ( Geography, 88c.. ^ Third Year?Cicero's Orations, t 83c; Metcalfe's Eng. Literature; 4 Stephenson's American History, ) $1.50; Well's Plane Geometry, A 75c; Milliken & Gale's Physics, ( $1.25; Chew's Speller, 30c; Addi- j ( son's Sir Roger DeCoverley, 30c. ^ The first bale of 1915 cotton J sold on the Rock Hill market J was brought in Saturday from j the farm of Chas. D. Reid, of j the Mt. Holly section of the, J county. The cotton sold forj C 10 cents per pound. [ ( COTTON CROP LESS THAN 12,000,000 BALES at Drought followed by excessive w rains in the cotton belt during si August caused deterioration ci 3lightlv more than the August al average to the growing cotton fii ;rop. The Department of Agri- tl :ulture Monday announced that ft ;he condition on August 25 was ds >9.2 per cent of a normal. That e: s 6.1 per cent below the July ai condition. st While no official report ex- ir Dlanatory of the cotton figures fi was forthcoming from the de- tl aartment, Leo M. Estabrook, :hief of the Bureau of Crop w Estimates, announced unofficially B Vaof f * * ? 1 * * * tuc icpuri muicated a yield si ;his season of approximately w 11,800,000 bales, as compared sj vith 16,185,930 bales last sea- tl ion. tl Ruling on Fourth-Class Nail. a Effective yesterday, paragraph 01 I, section 488 of the postal laws lVl md regulations is amended to P( ead as follows: M Fourth-class mail shall not be egistered, but may be insured w igainst loss in an amount equal U] x) its actual value, but not to ex- ^ :eed $5 in any one case, on payment of a fee of three cents, not A ,o exceed $25 on payment of a ?ee of 5 cents, not to 'exceed $50 H >n payment of a fee of 10 cents, hi lot to exceed $100 on payment 131 of a fee of 25 cents, in addition Ol ,o the postage, both to be preiaid by stamps affixed, but in- lij lemnity will not be allowed in w :ases of such mail addressed to he Philippine Islands, unless the oss occurred in the postal ser- ^ rice of the United States. th {OFF 1 H Soon the short Si $) will be off to school I for you and you cai at our store. Most e Furniture departmei Traveling Bags?Tr $5.00. Come in ai | t1 or th< g In our dry goods g of Hosiery, Statioi 5 Toothbrushes, Pin g Combs, Brushes, Tc I For th g We have a new ] g est styles, also Colla g penders, Toothpaste g Hosiery, Towels, St We call your special attent g of Lancaster" Gingham, the r g es, blouses and skirts, for 10c I Mills & I " In The Pleasant Valley Picnic. \ Editor The Times: The picnic ; Pleasant Valley last Friday as a pronounced success in .. lite of the weeping skies. The " owd was rather small, only Dout 150 or 200, but all were in ^ ne spirits as we were needing le delightful showers which ?11 at intervals throughout the ^ ay. The two addresses were ^ ^cedent, the dinner abundant id unusually good, and the ring band from the neighborig community of Barbersville * lrnished good music throughout j1 le day. I The first speaker of the day as the Hon. T. G. McLeod. of t ishODVille. Ho snnPo r?T-> tlio * ----- v'11 U1,v* p ibjcct of prohibition, and all jj ho had heard this popular ^ weaker in the past, say that ^ lis was the best speech that j1 lat they had heard him make. c rhile our community is practiilly unanimous for prohibition. j) lr people were perhaps a little iditferent about going to the ^ Mis, and we think that Mr. t cLeod's masterly presentation t( I the evils of the liquor traflic ill stimulate our people to vote i larger numbers to stamp out ^ le iniquitous traflic. The next speaker was the Hon. v . J. Bethea, our Lieutenant j. overnor. He spoke on "The ^ igh Cost of Ignorance." and ^ is address was full of good, p ractical, common sense sug- i( Bstions, and sparkled through- t .x - i 1 * jl witn wil ana numor. Pleasant Valley will be de- li ?hted to have these gentlemen a ith us again. S. E. B. ii Aug. 30, 1915. p Very little cotton picking has ;en done in this section up to w is time. d 0? ?? ?@ 0 set Limmer vacation will 1 . We have made spe 1 replenish your war* especially do we ask nt anrl coo ahv 1i?o ill U1 1 V.A VV U 1 I 1 I IVunks, $2.50 to $16.5 id see these before bi e Young L< department you will lery, Pencils, Powc is, Handkerchiefs, < >wels, Polish, Etc. ie Young I line of ball Hats and rs, Ties, Shirts, Kercl * and Brushes, Combi ationery, Etc. Mothers ion to our New f all Cingham. 10-tade kind. Good patterns fc : the yard. Young C the New Store. 9800 00 0 000083 Si.JdD Per Tear. VANTS TO USE COTTON TWINE IN POST OFFICES Postmaster General Burleson > anxious that manufacturers of otton twine again avail themelves of the opportunity offered y his action in advertising for roposals to furnish either cotton r jute twine for use in tying ogether letters in packages uring the year beginning Noember 1. next. Nearly a million and a half ards will be consumed by the ost office department during the welve months' contract period, t is used in large quantity daily oth in the post offices and upon he railway post office cars. In ounds, approximately two milon four hundred thousand ounds of jute twine, or apirrwirrmtplv i?n? rr,aii?? V.V.J VUV. 1 I I I I I 1U 1 11 S1A undred thousand pounds of otton twine, the former being luch the heavier per yard, will 2 needed. Until last year jute had the reference. Last summer, after he opportunity had been called o their attention by the postlaster general, several large lanufacturers of cotton twine aok an interest and bid for the on tract now in force. Cotton ;on and the Beaumont Manuacturing company, of Spartanurg obtained the contract on erms involving a saving for the ost office department over the nvest bid for j ute of eighty-three housand dollars for the year, 'he South Carolina company las fulfilled its contract to date nd the cotton twine has proved a all respects satisfactory to the ostal service. T. M. Hughes, of Lancaster, ras a visitor to Fort Mill Monay. WOL.j be over and you x cial preparations @ drobe by calling 9 you to visit our g of 1 runks and 9 0; Bags, 95c to g iying. g adies. I find a good line g ler, Toothpaste, 9 dollars, Corsets, g Vlen. I Caps, in the new- g hiefs, Belts, Sus- 9 3, Whiskbrooms, g Wc sell the "Red Rose a >r the new school dress- a lomp'y 1