The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. . FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1915. ?1 tt
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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
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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 .
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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