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The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. . FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1915. ?1 tt i, STATE NEWS ARRANGED | FOR QUICK READING. - 1 J. F. Strain has been appointed a magistrate for Cherokee i county to succeed J. R. Hughes, i resigned. i Senator Tillman was in Brook- ( lyn, N. Y., the last week, and ] while visiting the navy yard went down under the water in several submarine boats. Gov. Manning has made a requisition on the governor of New York for the return to this State of Henry P. Banks, who is wanted in Charleston for bigamy. , Walter I. Herbert, of New- i Derry, recently sold 4a bushel? | of% beans in three days. The beans were raised by Mr. Herbert, and brought good prices on the local market. The Southern railway's big coal handling plant on the Cooper river at Charleston is about completed and will be put into service within a short time. The plant cost $600,000. Letters have been received > in this State calling for a meeting of the Farmers union to be held in Atlant^on September 21, for the purpose of fixing a minimam price for cotton. The home of Postmaster Poul not of Charleston was discovered the last week to have been robbed of several hundred dollars' worth of clothing and valuables. Col. A. H. Dean, of Greenville, has announced that he will be a candidate for Congress from the Fourth congressional district to > succeed Sam J. Nicholls when Nicholls' term expires in 1917. Robt. Rawl, a young married man employed in mill work, has been lodged in jail at Lexington on the charge of attempted criminal assault upon a young lady. ! Rawl denied the charge. T. U. Vaughn, who was to have been resentenced in Greenville Friday for criminal assault, has been taken back to the penitentiary, where he will be held until the next session of the 1 Greenville court, when a jury will pass upon his sanity. Richard White, a negro, is in jail at Ridgeland, charged with throwing the switch which resulted in the ditching of an Atlantic Coast Line freight train at Ferebee Friday night, resulting in the death x>f O. G. Holleman, a brakeman, and the smashing up of 12 freight cars and an engine. Spartanburg's $35,000 public school building was completed the last week and accepted Saturday by the board of trustees. The building contains 12 rooms and an auditorium seating 400. and is said to be one of the most modern in the State. Sam J. Nicholls, of Spartanburg, recently nominated for congress, is a grandson of the late Sam Jones, of Columbia, a Methodist minister. His ma leriiaj grauuinomer was a miss , Fishburne, of Walterboro, and Mr. Nicholls has a large family connection in the lower part of the State. In a fit of despondency, believed to have been brought on by continued suffering from * insomnia, Edward F. Felder, a prominent banker of St. George, who was spending the summer in A8heville, N. C.t with his family, ended his life Monday by cutting his throat with a 'Ml. h _ rORK'S CELEBRATION I WAS GRAND SUCCESS Literally ending in a blaze of glory with the most brilliant dis- 1 play of fireworks seen in York t in the history of the town or i county. York's great home i coming and ehautauqua was > brought to a close Friday night, c says a correspondent of The s State. It is estimated that be- 1 tween 5.000 and 6,000 persons t saw the grand finale in the c fireworks at the graded school s grounds Friday night. Visitors from every section of the State i were present and some of the t native York folk were visiting ( the "old home place" for the t first time in a quarter of a I century. 1 The absence of some expected speakers caused disappointment ( but those on hand came up to i the fullest expectations. Un- ] favorable weather Friday kept 1 many away but those who i braved the dampness were amply rewarded for the effort. ( Friday the address of wel- j come was delivered by Mayor ; J. C. Wilborn while Col. Asbury , rnwarrl crml-n fnr lUn i c?i I . ",,V- * ""LU1 | Gov. Richard I. Manning, Con- i gressman A. F. Lever. Dr. < Henry Nelson Snyder. Col. E. J. < Watson and D. W. Daniel were i other speakers who attracted ; large crowds Wednesday and Thursday. i The chatautjua attractions were 1 of the highest standard and the i venture is not expected to prove I a disappointment financially. In i any event York as a whole is ; well pleased for the White Rose city has been advertised as never before and the town has enlisted several thousand ad- ] ditional boosters. Those already ( in line will be more enthusiastic < after having been inspired by ] the wonderful success of York's 1 home coming. I The generosity of Maj. W. B. i Moore made the fireworks pos- i sible. Maj. Moore donated this ; feature to the other successes of j the week. j i Trull Paid Extreme Penalty. \ Charles E. Trull, a young ] white man, convicted at Char- * iotle of the murder of Sydney j Swain, an aged merchant, on s May 1(>, 1 i>14. Friday paid thi I death penalty in the electric ; chair in the State prison at I Raleigh, N. C. Trull had been < twice reprieved by the governor; i once to allow an appeal to the j supreme court, and Lhe second i Lime to allow a special commission to inquire into the condemned man's sanity. Trull made a confession of his | guilt to a clergyman last Wed- ; nesday when he was informed j that all means of obtaining a ' commutation of his sentence had i been exhausted. In his con- , fession Trull is said to have told . the clergyman that he blamed , whiskey, women and evil as- < sociates for his downfall. , < tl . r i tv. maw aeens uivorce. Harry Thaw, through his at- | torneys, has filed a petition in ( the common pleas court at Pittsburg. Pa., asking a (Mfcorce from his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, charging misconduct with John < Francis, of New York. I The petition is very brief, cov- I ering less than one typewritten i page. Thaw alleges that his i wife is guilty of misconduct with 1 Francis in December, 1909, and i in January, 1910, and at various ; other times and places. Thaw ( also declares she deserted him in I July, 1909. The petition contains ? nothing to throw light on the I identity of Francis. < 3ERMANY STANDS READY J TO TALK PEACE TERMS? Washington despatches say the Jnited States will make no fur- 1 her efforts to bring about pence ' n Europe until it has received 1 nformation that its good offices 1 ,vill be welcomed by both sides ' >f the conflict. This was said : authoritatively in Washington ( Friday in official discussion of he message from Pope Benelict, delivered to President Wil;on by Cardinal Gibbons. From the fact that the Vatican s in close touch with Austria, he construction placed by offi;ials on the Pope's message is ' ;hat the Germanic powers would ' je willing to discuss peace at his time. It was stated by those in closest touch with the administration hat similar word will have to be received from Great Britain and ber allies before the president ivill make any further move. President Wilson has made it j dear several times that his orig-1 inal offer of services to bring about peace still stands and that and that he will do everything possible to further the movement. The United States, however, will do nothing likely to endanger its position as a friend to all belligerents, it was said authoritatively. The Pope's message was not made public by this government, but enough of the contents of the message is known to give basis for indication that Austria. ' I GJcrmany and Turkey are not ad- I verse to discussing peace. Body Was Recovered. The body of Leon Motz, the [lock Hill young man who was drowned in the Catawba river i :>n Friday, August 27, was taken i from the stream Saturday shortly i before noon. During the week i the body was in the river it had i floated down stream-some three i miles or more and was found at i i point near the old Watson's i ferry, about one mile south of i die Southern railway's trestle. The body was found by C. M. Warren, a young farmer ol Lower Fort Mill, it having ivashed to the shore and lodged n some bushes. It is understood that when found the lish oasket was still grasped in the young man's hand he having! i>een holding the line when irowned. Mr. Warren notified the Kock Hill relatives of youngi Molz and the body was taken to Kock Hill Saturday for burial. State's First Recall Election. For the first time in the his- i Lory of South Carolina, an order for a recall election has been issued by Governor Manning. The order designates Sept. 28 as the date in which the question ^f recalling C. E. Danner, mayor, and W. F. Marschei. councilman, af the town of Beaufort, will be voted on by the qualified electors of that municipality. This is ane of the few instances in which a recall has been resorted to in towns governed by the commission form. Appalling War Losses. The computations of the l loodv costs of war recently subndtud to the French senate, though said to be based on the best available information, seem to bo excessive. The casualties of killed, wounded and missing among the allies are estimated at 5,463,000, and for the Teutonic allies 9.030,)00, a grand total of about fourteen and a half millions. The ieath list of the allies is believed to have risen to 1,739,000 and that of the Teutons to 3.350.000. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT Gfi SHARON WOMAN A Vorkville special of Monday Lo the Charlotte Observer stated that the wife cf a highly esteemed citizen of Sharon, seven miles west of Vorkville. was the victim of an attempted assault by a negro while the woman was a visitor at the home of her brother who resides on one of the principal streets of the town Df Sharon. The victim was so badly frightened that she is unable to give an intelligent description of her assailant, further than that he wt>?and wore a blue shirt. One suspect has been arrested, but is not believed to he the guilty party at this time. Another that is believed to ho tlw? nm> who committed the crime is being searched for by a posse of several hundred men. Bloodhounds are on the ground from Rock Hill and Gastonia. There is no reason to doubt that if the posse catch the negro that it believes to be the guilty one that he will be lynched, notwithstanding the fact that Sheritf Brown is on the ground and will do what he can to prevent the law from being ignored. Flour Mill for Rock Hill. As was announced in last Saturday's Herald, Rock Hill will soon have an up-to-date (lour and grist mill. Mayor J. C. Hardin today informed the Herald that he would on Monday begin the erection of the building. The machinery has been shipped and Mr. Hardin states that the mill should be in operation by October 1.- The Herald, Monday. 1 Make t jjj /Oj fjote wide crpboard y space-uncluttered 5^- 1 \ |MiUs& BRICE FOUND GUILTY; SENTENCED TO DEATH After a spirited battle by his attorneys to secure a setting aside of the verdict, WylioBrice, colored, was sentenced by Judge Webb Monday to die in 'the electric chair at Raleigh on November r> for criminal assault. 1 1 Sentence was pronounced at I o'clock in the afternoon, following: an argument which was sensational ?n the extreme. On t he one ,de were ranged Messrs. l,v .n. M. Shannonhouse and .1. 1). McCall. appointed counsel for the negro who was convicted Saturday night of attacking a six-year-old white girl, and on the other were Messrs. .lohn A. Parker and William M. Wilson, prosecuting attorneys retained by the friends and relatives of the little girl. The defense contended that the court should accept the plea >f guilty of an attempted assault and impose the maximum sentence of 15 years in the penitentiary. It was argued that there was no evidence which would warrant the verdict which the jury had returned. Judge Webb admitted that the case had given him some concern, but said the matter was one for the jury to determine, with the jurymen was the responsibility and the blame if an untrue verdict had been rendered. Charlotte Observer, 7th. Smallpox in Flint Hill. Several cases of smallpox of a light form are reported to have appeared in the Flint Hill section of the township during the last week or ten days. 3?? ?0 0? ?????? he Wife 1 1%,, . I I, Z ^ < * rA?? is "HOOSIER BEAUTY' The National Step Saver Young < 1 the New Store 900000O 000000 tpx.A'ir A OX X VIUi PROHIBITION ELECTION GOMES NEXT TUESDAY The prohibition referendum election ordered by the last General Assembly will be held throughout South Carolina on next Tuesday, September 14th. It is not believed that the voters of the upper part of the State will turn out in large numbers on account of this section already having prohibition, but much interest is being manifested in the dispensary counties, and it is believed that the vote in the lower section of the State will be heavy. The qualifications for voting in next Tuesday's election are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the county one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector tVers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Mrs. Mattie Frost, a white woman about 45 years of age, was killed when she was run over by a freight train at Killian, in Richland county, last Friday. The woman was returning from a visit to a neighbor, and did not hear the train as it approached. gK3?????0??0 0? Happy I ? Imtlhan "J TfT^r?VI 3 Domp'y |