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Established in 1881. 39mBB9S9S99MB?RKES9aSSS=S3 ' STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Mrs. Kate S. Fields has been appointed postmaster at" Society Hill. . Dr. A. C. Ligon of Orangeburg, has been recommended for postmaster of Orangeburg by Congressman Lever. Dairymen of Greenville have gwcn nuuee ui an mcrccac in the price of milk from 40 to 50 cents per gallon. Five battleships will be sent to Charleston when the Southern Commercial congress convenes in that city next month. M". A. Black well of Summerton,* has presented Governor Manning with a large turkey for his Thanksgiving Day dinner. According to a dispatch from Columbia, J. W. Powell of that city, will make 500 bushels of sweet potatoes on one acre. M. Goldberg, a pawnbroker o? Sumter, was arrested in that city last week charged with sellselling whiskey. He forfeited a ^ bond of $200. Governor Manning has par^ doned Harry and Walter Wyatt, both convicted in Greenville county of housebreaking and larceny. A parole during good behavior has been granted k Clarissa Gordon, a negro woman. Capt. R. C. Marshall of the United States army, is in Char^ If ston for the purpose of securing a suitable site for the establishment of an aviation school for the United States army signal corps. W. G. Hollingsworth, a resi dent of Abbeville, has brought | suit against the Seaboard Air j Line railway for $40,000 fori alleged personal injuries re-j ceived January 4, 1915, when a passenger train on which the plaintiff was a passenger, ran into an open switch near Whitmire. * . ? ? A unique and amusing feature of the Orangeburg County fair this week will be the election held at the fair grounds for the purpose of choosing the ugliest man in Orangeburg county, and also for his understudy as second in this remarkable contest. The election will be by baliot, every! visitor being allowed one yote. Henrietta Harrell, a negro worn an 24 years old, was found slain in her home near Blythewood Saturday morning. The woman was living alone on the plantation of James McAllister. Her husband had been tenant of Mr. McAllister's, but had recently left because of some dispute over the crop. p A small printing plant is being operated by patients at the State Hospital for the Insane. A small hand press was recently installed and the plant is a part of the occupational treatment for the patients, which is proving a type success at the institution. More than 700 patients are now employed with light work. _ _ ! A O i 1 I u, n. l'l/aici ox opill LiillUUrK, on last Wednesday lost his suit ,jiv- agsinst the Journal Publishing p company of Spartanburg, of whom he was demanding $15,000 because the Journal called him a . negro. Foster, who is superintendent of a large fertilizer comCny in Spartanburg, claimed to ve suffered great humiliation by being called a negro. 'siaM HE F % . A? Boys - Here's a Chance. E. D. Smith, % junior United States senator from South Carolina, has made the following announcement: "I will hold a competitive examination on Friday, November 26, 1915, at Columbia, for the selection of a principal and two alternates to fill one vacancy each at West Point and Annapolis. Applicants desiring to take the examination for either appointment should write me at once at Florence, S. C., for further information relative to the appointment and admission of -cadets to the United States military academy and of midshipmen to the United States naval academy; stating in their letters for which institution they desire to take the competitive examination." Fire Destroys Daniels' Newspaper. For the second time since Josephus Daniels became secretary of the navy in the Wilson cabinet the plant of his newspaper, the Raleigh (N. C.) News and Observer, was totally destroyed by Fire early Saturday in a fire which swept half a* business block, causing a property loss of half a-million dollars. The printing house of Uzzell & Co., State printers, was also destroyed. In the Uzzell plant was a warehouse containing many copies of supreme court reports and North Carolina laws, the property of the State. The loss to the State in papers, paper stock and printing supplies was estimated by the secret: ry of State at approximately $70,000, about 30 per cent, covered by insurance. There are duplicates of all State records lost in the fire. Must Post Trains. A news item of interest to the general public was that issued from Columbia a few days ago 4-1 4. 1.1 ? ' auyuiK 111ai me aiaie rauroaa commission will insist that the railways post the exact hour of the arrival of trains on the bulletin boards. If the train is two hours late then the first bulletin posted must carry this information. Additional information is to be posted every 10 mifiutes afterwards. The complaint was filed with the commission by C. V. Boykin of Charleston. G&soline Will be Scarce. Gasoline is going to be a scarce commodity in South Carolina before the elapse of very many weeks, according to the president of one of the oil companies. This official had reference to the grade of petroleum product which is designated by the State of South Carolina as gasoline. The South Carolina law requires a more strict analysis for gasoline standardization than is to be found anywhere else in the country. The result is that the people who manufacture what is commonly known as gasoline are not at all anxious to hold on to their trade in this State. The reason, the oil official says, is very clear. It costs too much and gives too much trouble to conform to the South Carolina standard. Why Give Thanks. This is going to be a great Thanksgiving Day. men and brethren, and it certainly ought to be. Half the world is wrapped in the flames of war, and we are at peace with all mankind. Cotton is bringing a fancy price and the boll weevil has not invaded our fields. Woodrow Wilson is president of the United States, and Wall street and the jingoes cannot move him. South Carolina lias gone dry, and the suffragettes in New Jersey have met a Waterloo. ? Exchange. a ORT FORT MILL, S. C., THU GOVERNMENT REJECTS POLICY OF EXPEDIENCY The United States in its latest | note to Great Britain, made public Sunday, covering British interference with American trade since the beginning of the European war, declares that the soI called blockade instituted by the allies against the enemy countries on March 11 is "ineffective, illegal and indefensible." Notice is served that the American government "cannot submit to the curtailment of its neutral rights," I .... .1 ? 1. I dnu u tdiiuui wttn complacence | suffer further subordination of its rights and interests." Ambassador Page, to whom the j note was sent by special messenger for delivery to the London foreign office, was instructed by Secretary Lansing "to impress most earnestly" upon the British government that the United States "must insist that the relations be! ween it and his majesty's government be governed not by a policy of expediency but by those established rules of international conduct to which Great Britain in the past has held the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent engaged in a struggle for existence." Declaring the United States "unhesitatingly assumes" the of rhnmnioninar (Hp irif oorrifir of neutral rights, the note proclaims that the American government will devote its energies to the task, exercising always an impartial attitude. The note, nearly 15,000 words in length, was made public by agreement between the State bepartment and the British foreign office. It carried with it a voluminous appendix, giving the text of the American naval instructions issued in 1862 and a summary and tables showing hundreds of vessels detained by the British authorities since the war began one year ago. Blease Was Busy. York county citizens who were in Columbia during the State fair, say that former Governor Blease was one of the busiest persons in the whole city of Columbia during fair week. Hundreds of people from all sections of the State visited the law office of ex-Governor Blease in the Clark building and he evidently held an informal reception from early morning until late at night. "They swarmed into his office like bees," said a gentleman the other day. ''A number of clients having business with th? governor were in his office while I was there; but they did not have a chaftce to discuss legal matters with him. Scores of York county people who attended the fair stepped into his office merely to say 'Howdy,' and there were numerous admirers there from every county in the State." ? Yorkville Enquirer. Marriage Announced. Announcement cards reading as follows were received in Fort Mill yesterday: "Mr anrl M m O ..... ??v> uiisi ?t niiain" r cmbroke Brunson announce the marriage of their daughter Ermine to Mr. Richard A. Fulp ( on Tuesday November the ninth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, ; Orangeburg, S. C. At home after the first of December. Fort Mill, S. C." Bert Nivens, W. H. Jones and J. S. McKibben are the Fort Mill jurors for the second week of the approaching term of York j court. * Mill KSDAY, NOVEMBE* 11, IS Handles 40,000 Bricks Daily. "Mr. Reeves is probably a truthful man, but when he says there is one negro who can lay 40,000 bricks a day ?well, I am from Missouri, that's all," was the general opinion a few days ago when the statement was made. Laying 8,000 to 10,000 bricks a day is usually considered good work. But Wednesday Gaffney people who were Interested were treated to the s.ght of one man placing in posit'>n on Limestone street approx' nately two score thousand bric'.s. Sid Taylor, colored. ev hrifir layer, kept sev#?- or eight men busy al> ^ringing the bricks w mm and then he had plenty of time to rest at intervals. This was not a special one-day performance, but he handles an equal number six days in the week. His work created much wonder and amazement among the spectators who thronged the space between the court house and the city hall throughout the day.?Gafiney Ledger. Offers Free School. All the adults of Fort Mill who, in their youth failed to receive the advantages of an education, and who desire to attend a night school, without charge, are requested to give their names this week to Meacham Thrower, at Young's shop. Only those who are desirous of learning will be permitted to attend this school, which will probably meet three nights in each week at some central place. If you are in earnest, we will be only too glad to help you. J. D. Fulp, Supt. Miss Sledge, of Chester, was a guest in Fort Mill this week of Miss Isabel Grier. pCon 1 Ivv c nave Just have the many but come show yoi be convin rank as " S Trade with ? friends at the I Mills & Timi >15 GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL. By J. D. Fulp. Supt. The following pupils have made an average on all studies of over 95 and are entitled to be placed on the honor roll: First Grade? Doane James. Henry Cink, James Massey, Jack Raker, Louis McKibben, Frances lloagland. T. W. Kimbrell, Faulkner Parks, Adelle Sfarnes, Essie Wilson. Second Grade?Willie Bradford, B. W. Bradford, Jr., Elliott Bennett, Ida Louise Carothers, B. C. Ferguson, Jr., Elliott Gordon. Cora Massey, John McLaughlin, Susie Patterson, Hattie Parks. Inez Wolfe. Third Grade ?Margie Bryant, Marion Jones, Edith Parks. Fourth Grade?Elizabeth Ardrey, Katherine Massey, Bertha Moore, Charley Moser, William Hafner. Fifth Grade?Janie Bayne, Anna Wolfe, Frank Jones, Palmer Hudson. Sixth Grade ? Annie Parks, | Elma Bradford, Marion Parks, Allan Parks, John Lester Crowder, Cleo Bailes. Seventh Grade?Blanche Moser. Eighth Grade- William Grier. Ninth Grade Ola Cra.vton, Ethel Hughes. Tenth Grade ? Luther Belk. Jno. A. Boyd, Robt. Erwin, William Erwin, Andrew vHafner, Alfred Jones, Marjorie Mills. Bernice Mills, Mary McLaughlin, Clarence Patterson. The total enrollment for October was 267. Miss Relle Pointer, of Monroe. N. C., was the guest last week of Miss Bess Spratt, in this city. 30? ?0 00 000000 rie A1 the goods, in't time to new things , we will b 1 them. L Lced that o the best yet i us. Come ar 'Big, Busy Store.' Young C i the New Store ES. TO $1.25 Per Year. For School Improvement. The monthly meeting of the Parent-Teacher club of the graded school was held on Friday afternoon in the auditorium of the school house. The programme was very pleasing and consisted in part of a chorus sung by the first grade pupils under the direction of Miss Minnie Garrison, an instrumental duet by Misses Fannie Lewis and Hattie Belk, and a duet by Misses Nell May Ferguson and Lily Epps. "Community Day" was appointed for December 1 when it is expected that the friends and patrons of the school will gather in numbers lor the purpose of doing many things to make the school building and grounds more attractive and comfortable. Negro Shot White Man. E. M. Watkins, general superintendent of the Lancaster Cotton Oil Company, was shot and perhaps fatally injured Saturday afternoon by John Mcllwain, a negro he had discharged Saturday morning. The negro immediately made his escape. Mr. Watkins is a native of Anderson where his mother and two brothers reside. He has been a resident of Lancaster for a month, going there from Augusta. Mr. Watkins was immediately rushed on a special train to a hospital in Rock Hill for an operation. It is said that the shooting was absolutely uncalled for. Mr. Watkins was still Jiving yesterday but his chance for recovery is considered small. , The negro is five feet, five inches tall, black, smooth-shaven and weighs 120 pounds. ong 1 all new. I mention 1 we have 1 e glad to 1 .ook and 1 ur goods | m - (| id meet your g ^omp'yj