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The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. F0RT MILL g c THPRSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1915. ' ' 8125 Per YeJ~"' _ STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Violations 6f the regulations of Wofferd College, Spartanburg, ' relative to membership in fraternities are said to be charged against about 60 of the students of the institution. The cases will probably be taken up at a joint meeting of the faculty and trustees the latter part of this week. Hon. R. T. Strom has raised accidentally this year several stalks of pea green cotton, says the Greenwood Journal. The fibre is silky and the lint is long staple. Mr. Strom has probably gone Mr. Brabham, the dyed cotton man of Bamberg county, "one better." _ At the conference in Columbia last week in regard to pellagra and its causes, at which some of the most prominent doctors of the United States were in attendance, there was still nothing brought to light that could definitely place the cause of this! dreadful disease. The Pageland Journal says that there are nine members of Mr. H. B. Sowell's family, and that the total weight of the family is 543 pounds. Of this, he weighs 145, his wife 92, and the seven children the remainder, 306 lbs. They are all in good health. Attendance on the State fair Monday, the opening day, was reckoned at double the normal by the officials who Monday night checked up the admissions. The fair continues through the week and Thursday is expected to be the "big day." The Mallory liner, Colorado, which cleared from Charleston for New .York Sunday night with a cargo of 6,000 bales of cotton, caught fire and was abandoned at sea about 40 out from Charleston port. The captain and his crew of 37 men were picked up by a passing steamer. Labor troubles Tuesday forced the Judson Mills, one of the largest cotton manufacturing concerns in Greenville to close down. Some 850 operatives are affected. Manufacturers of that city say there was a possibility of trouble in 13 other mills near Greenville. Unions it was said was being formed in most of them. The committee appointed to investigate the official conduct of or mayor c. a. urirntn 01 Columbia, made its report to a citizens' meeting at the court house at that place Friday night, stating that they found his conduct "unbecoming his official position." The citizens' meeting by a vote of 84 to 74 refused to adopt the committee's report, v Isenhower Case Next Month. Considerable interest surrounds the famous Isenhower trial to be heard in York next month when the three men will be placed on trial for their lives, charged + with the murder of Sheriff Hood of Fairfield county, one of his deputies, and a negro prisoner. Some of the best legal talent in this immediate section will be engaged in the trial and it will be hard-fought if present indications count for anything. While there is irreat interest v- - _ at York, riot many comments are heard as tc opinions on the guilt or innocence of the three men who are to be tried. Judge Rice, who granted the application for change of venue, will preside. t< Doc Bailey Killed at Lancaster. A special despatch to The State from Lancaster says that Policeman Conner of the Lancaster cotton mill village Monday mornins shot and almost instantly killed Doc Bailey, an employe of the cotton mill. Conner had arretted Bailey some time previous to the shooting on the charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct and Monday morning was set for the trial. When Conner went for Bailev in order to brimr him before the court it was said that Bailey upon seing the policeman approaching:, secured his shotgun and covered the officer with it. He was said to have attempted to shoot the officer, snapping the gun twice which failed each time to go off, Conner pulling his pistol in the meantime and firing three shots into Bailey's body. Conner was arrested. but was released later in the day on bail in the sum of $1,000, granted by Judge Moore. Many Deaths While Trespassing. Making a plea for the conservation of human life Prosi. dent Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern Railway Company, states that during the fiscal year, j ended June 30, 147 trespassers were killed on the tracks of Southern Railway. Mr. Harri! son urges the development of a public sentiment that will put an end to the hazardous practice of trespassing on railway property. "We have prepared a map showing the point at which each trespasser was killed on the Southern Railway during the last year and it looks like a map of the monuments on the Chickamauga battlefield," said Mr. Harrison. "Fully one-third of those killed were school boys, 'hopping' trains, and a large percentage were valuable wageearners, walking on the tracks to and from their work. Very few were tramps in thecommonly accepted meaning of the term. "These figures refer solely to persons walking on tracks, swinging on trains, and other wiac uiiruuiiiK on railway property where they have no right or business and do not include persons killed at crossings or | those who for any reason have a right or duty to go upon railway property." Synod Adjourns Annual Session. The Presbyterian Synod in session in Rock Hill the last week adjourned Thursday night after a session regarded as both pleasant and profitable. The place and time for the next meeting was not determined, the stated derk being directed to arrange this detail by correspondence. Resolutions* of appreciation of the hospitality of Oakland Street 'church, Winthrop College and the people of Rock Hill were adopted by a risrng voto. The order for the evening session was a popular meeting in the interest of foreign missions. The Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D., chairman of the foreign mission board, presided. After devotional exercises the Rev. H. F. Williams, D. D., field secretary of the general assembly foreign mission committee, addressed the Synod and a large and deeply interested cengregation. His subject was "Japan" and the address was illustrated with stereoptican views, giving a vivid presentation of the life and scenery of the country. Resolutions were adopted looking to the greater use of The Presbyterian Standard of Charlotte as a channel of communi, cation. j LOCAL BIBLE CONFERENCE TO BE HELO NEXT MONTH The third annual session of the Flint Hill and Fort Mill Bible conference will be held at the two churches beginning: Thursday, November 25, and continuing through the following Sunday. The exercises at Flint Hill will hp ns fnllftvuo1 Thursday, Nov. 25. 10:30 a. m., devotional. 11 a. m., Hebrew Education. Rev. C. A. Jones, D. D. 12 m.. The Soil, the Seed and the Sower. Rev. T. J. Watts I p. m., recess. 2:15 p. m., uevotional. 2:10 p. m., Education and Religion. Rev. C. A. Jones. 3:30 p. m., adjourn. Friday, Nov. 26. 10:30 a. m., devotional. II a. m.. The Failure of Secularized Religion. Rev. C. A. Jones, D. D. 12 m., The Standard Baptist Sunday School. Rev. T. J. Watts. 1 p. m., recess. 2*15 n tr? in rial 2:30 p. m.f The Christian College. Rev. C. A. Jones. D. D. 3:30 p. m., adjourn. Saturday, Nov. 27. 10:30 a. m., devotional. 11 a. m., Education and Christian Progress. Rev. C. A. Jones. 12 m., The Question of Trained Teachers and its Solution. Rev. T. J. Watts. I p. m., adjourn. Sunday, Nov. 28. 10 a. m., Sunday school. II a. m.. Christian Education; The Duty and Opportunity of the Church. Rev. C. A. Jones, D. D. 12 m., The Possibilities of the Country Sunday school. Rev. T. J. Watts. 1. p. m., recess. 2:15 p. m. devotional. Z:3U p. m., the ordination of a deacon. 3:30 p. m., adjourn. At the Fort Mill church the following will be the order of the exercises: Thursday, Nov. 25. 7 p. m., devotional. 7:30 p. m.f The Graded Sunday School in Principle and Practice. Rev. T. J. Watts. Friday, Nov. 26. 7 p. m., devotional. 7:30 p. m., The Local Church Sunday School Enterprise. Rev. T. J. Watts. Sunday, Nov. 28. 7 p. m., devotional. 7:30 p. m., Address by Rev. C. A. Jones, D. D. Germany Ready for Peace? A press dispatch Tuesday from Madrid says that Prince von Buelow, former German Chan celior, will shortly submit to President Wilson and Kin# Alfonso of Spain an outline of conditions on which Germany might be disposed to discuss peace terms. The dispatch gives as authority Prince Camporeale an Italian nobleman, and brother-in-law of Prince von Buelow. Charges Cotton Combine. The national federal trade commission Saturday ordered an immediate investigation of an alleged combination in North and South Carolina and Georgia, ; among the cotton buyers to hold down the price of the staple. It is alleged that the territory has been divided and only one buyer for each district, probably thus killing competetive bidding. Miss Kittie Kirkpatrick, of Statesville, N. C., spent the week-end with her parents in this city. # * # DANIELS' PROGRAM ASKS HALF BILLIOIMN 5 YEARS Official estimates of the navy's part in the administration's billion dollar national defense program have been made public by I Secretary Dar.iels. They showthat within five years it is proposed to srend $502,482,214 on construction of new ships, developmevt of aircraft and creation r. a huge reserve of ammuni*.on and guns for the navy. T'.ie five-year building pro _,iaiu i-uuiempiaies construction | of ten dreadnoughts, six battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers, 50 ! destroyers, 15 sea-going submarines, 85 coast defense submarines, four gunboats, one hospital ship, two ammunition ships, two fuel oil ships and one repair ship. The last of the vessels will be built and in commission late in 1924. The above figures, with the addition of $48,518,128 for completion of ships already constructed or under construction, make up the total of more than $500,000,000 to be expended upon the navy in addition to the regular budget, which approximates $100,000,000 a year. Secretary Daniels will recommend this winter the addition to the navy of 7,500 bluejackets, 2,500 apprentices and 1,500 marines, a total of 11,500 men. With this addition to the personnel it is estimated that all battlesbins nnf mnrp fVion years old, destroyers and submarines built within 12 years, half* of the cruisers and all of the gunboats and necessary fleet auxiliaries, can be manned and an adequate reserve be mainF0??@@?0 nethin HE yv I A handsome L given Free every 100-Piece Limcr given Free the 27 T With each 25-cent purcl them all. They are valua One Set of T ableware To the person holding t the number which is unde sent Absolutely hree at th< Forty-j We will continue giving ? Saturday of the I wenty-S< v holding the corresponding X play dard in our store, a h | One Hu JpT It will be necessary for ; in order to secure one of t If you are not fortunate ^ your coupons and bring tf @ ing the entire twenty-sevei | REMEMBEI jj Mills & tained for vessels on the reserve list. To officer the additional forces of marines the secretary will recommend appointment of an additional brigadier general, two colonels, two lieutenant col onels. six majors, one colonel and assistant quartermaster, 14 captains, 14 first lieutenants, 13 second lieutenants and 22 warj rant ollicers. Additional naval officers would ' be obtained by increasing the number of midshipmen at Annapolis by not less than 250 men. South Carolina Hunting Laws. Mr. A. A. Richardson, chief game warden of South Carolina, has just asked The News to inform its readers with regard to the new game law passed by the last South Carolina legislature. It seems that the sportsman from this State runs risk of arrest and heavy fine unless he provides himself with a South Carolina license before crossing the border. These licenses cost $15.25. This license is necessary even though an invitation has been extended by some South Carolina landlord to come over and hunt on his premises. A violation of this license law on the part of non-residents of South Carolina is punishable by a fine of from one hundred to five hundred dollars. Heretofore 110 license was required and those who received invitations to cross the border and go after game were at liberty to do so. Now one must consult the game warden or clerk of court of any South Carolina town and procure the necessary license, that is unless he 1.1 r 1 cares iu run me riSK oi neinjf searched and seized as a game law blockader. ?Charlotte News. 00?0000 000006 g's Happene RE IT imoges China Dinner week for 26 weeks res China Dinner S( th week. he Conditior at our ?itorf? wo will ismif> r? ble. .ill be awarded each Saturday af he coupon bearing the number c r the Seal on Large Display Car e hour specified, one of these be rwo Piece Dinn< one these sets each week for T jventh week, we will present Ah or nearest number to the one u eautiful ndred Piece Dir you to be in our store each Satui hese beautiful Dinner Sets, enough to secure one of these icm each Saturday at the time si n weeks. It- One Coupon With Each 25 : Young < n the New Store COTTON OINNINQ REPORT SHOWED RIO SHORTME The third cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of Census Bureau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and issued from Washington Monday morning announced that 5,713,347 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1915, has been ginned prior to October 18. This compared with 7,619,747 bales, or 47.9 per cent of the entire crop ginned prior to October 18 last year. 6,793,518 bales, or 49.9 per cent in 1913 and 6,874206 bales, or 51.0 per cent in ; 1912. Included in the ginnings were 54,422 round bales, as compared with 51,239 last year, 49,030 in 1913 and 41,745 in 1912. a r j_ - m - h coming narriage. Handsomely engraved invitations reading as following wpre received in Fort Mill early this week: "Mr. and Mrs. James Parham Jeter request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Kathleen, to Mr. Oscar Thomas Culp, Tuesday afternoon, November the ninth, at one o'clock, at home, Santuck, South Carolina." Miss Jeter was for several terms a teacher in the Barbersville and Fort Mill public schools and enjoys the esteem of a wide circle of friends in this city and community. Mr. Culp is one of Fort Mill's popular young business men and his many friends here and elsewhere will be interested to know of his approaching marriage. id! | IS 1 Set, worth $ 1 2.00 ? , and a complete ? >t, worth $30.00, I? IS. | numbered Coupon. 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