Established in 1881.
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' STATE NEWS ARRANGED
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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