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H Eetabllshed in 1891. FORT MILL, S. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1915 11.25 Per Year,
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? KESPIOWie MOT GUILTY,
SAID YORKOOURT JURY
After being out two hours, i
the York jury trying Ernest j
Isenhower returned a verdictj
Friday afternoon at 8:30 o'clock
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ui nut guilty. iu c unicr
Isenhower cases were continued
until the April term of court.
Every seat in the York court
" room was occupied when court
convened at 9:40 Friday morning.
Many persons were turned
away by the bailiff because there
was no place to seat them.
The York county court house
auditorium will seat only about
240 persons.
Before former Gov. Blease
concluded the argument of counsel
for the defense, Judge Rice
warned the audience against
making any expression or indi
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canon 01 approval or uisapprovai
of anything that Gov. Blease or
Solicitor Henry might say in
their appeals to the jury.
Although the jury had been
confined in the court room three
days, the members of the jury
appeared quite fresh when they
came into the court room at 9:45.
Former Gov. Blease spoke one
hour and 10 minutes. He did not
inject politics into his remarks,
p but dealt with the fac*;!: \n the
case almost wholly. In conclusion
he told the jury that the
State of South Carolina was
watching them and waiting their
verdict with interest, not because
of Ernest Isenhower or the
law of South Carolina, but because
they w ere anxious to sec
whether the 12 men would uphold
the women of South Caro^
lina.
"Whether or not the law of
South Carolina is binding or is
waste paper was the question
before the jury," declared
Solicitor Henry, who closed the
argument of counsel for the
State. "You must try this case
in accordance with the statute
law nnrl thp tpstimnnv " cairl
Solicitor Henry. "If you disregard
the law, then there is no
safety in this country." Solicitor
Henry spoke about one hour.
In his charge to the jury, Judge
Rice told that body they could
not return a verdict on the
grounds of the "unwritten law."
The indictment was handed to
the jury at 1 o'clock.
After the dinner recess Thursday
afternoon A. E. Hill, solicitor
of the Spartanburg circuit,
opened with argument for the
State, and was followed by A. L.
Gaston of Chester, attorney for
the defense. After Mr. Gaston,
T. F. McDow of York, for the
State, and John R. Hart, of
York, for the defense, respectively,
presented their side
of the case to the jury.
Each side was allotted two
hours in which to present its
arguments.
Conpcisory Law is Ftvtred.
In response to a call issued by
Supt. J. D. Fulp. a goodly number
of the patrons of the Fort
Mill graded school assembled in
the auditorium Friday evening
for the purpose of discussing the ;
advisability of the adoption of
the State's compulsory attendance
law. Quite a number of
% speakers addressed the assemblage,
among the number being
County Supt. Carroll and Representative
W. R. Bradford, both
of whom were most heartily in
favor of seeing the district adopt
the compulsory law. Several
petitions asking the putting in
effect of the law in this district j
have been circulated since the
meeting Friday night and it is
understood that little opposition
to the measure has been encountered
by thoee presenting
the petitions.
DEMOCRACY'S LEADERS S
WILL MEET HI ST. LOUIS;
A press dispatch from Wash-j
ington City says that the Demo- j 1
cratic national convention of C
1916 will be held at St Louis
beginning Wednesday. July 14,
at noon. The Democratic nation- d
al committee chose the conven- ?
tion city and adopted resolutions b
calling for the renomination and
re-election of Wood row Wilson .
as "the trusted leader of national ^
Democracy."
Chicago and Dallas contested
with St. Louis for the honor of
the convention, but St. Louis t
easily led from the start and v
won on the second ballot. When c
the trend of the voting was seen, t
Texas moved that the choice of
St. Louis be made unanimous.
Dallas held second place on the b
first ballot but was displaced by V
Chicago on the second roll call. ^
Dfbtfitinn tn Ns*t in BmL Mill . a
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In a letter to The Times under
date of December 11, State g
Senator J. E. Beamguard says j
that a meeting of the York
county delegation in the Legis- j
lature will be held in the city of
Rock Hill the morning of Mon- ^
day, Decemher20, at 11 o'clock.
The purpose of the meeting is to
give those citizens of the county t
who may have legislative mat- n
ters which they would like the o
delegation to pay attention to in u
the approaching session to let e
them be known. Any who feel g
interested in the manner named
are cordially invited to meet the .
delegation at Rock Hill on the
date named above.
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Flial Crop Estimate.
The 1915 cotton crop amounts
to 5,338,588.000 pounds, exclusive
of linters, and is equivalent
to 11,161,000 500-pound bales, t
the department of agriculture c
announced Friday in its final es- a
timate of the season. v
This is 2,300,000,000 pounds a
less than last year's record crop, s
The value of the lint this year,
however, is approximately $78,000,000
more than last year's '
great crop. ?
Cotton was being sold by faro ers
on December 1 at 11.3 cents 8
a pound, while last year on that 8
date they were getting 6 8 cents
a pound. At the higher price
this year the crop is worth $603.260,000,
while last year's crop i
was worth $525,324,000. a
Baby Girl Deserted. $
Likely attracted by a bright i
light and an open door, someone f(
slipped on the piazza of a Columbia
residence Saturday night
and left in the front hallway a
baby girl carefully tucked away f<
in a market basket. The little ?
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lady, not yet a month old, billed p
and cooed and occasionally cried a<
until found. Temporarily she is o!
being cared for at the Door of tl
Hope, while the police seek for 01
her parents. The child was al
beautifully dressed, and along tl
with her was left a bundle of w
clothes. In the basket were
powder and other articles and a 1 p
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Tuesday.
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Aatther County Added.
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By a vote of approximately
four to one, McCormick won its t<
new county fight in Tuesday's;
election.
The name of the new county
will be McCormick county.
The new county embraces por- ^
tions of Abbeville, Greenwood
and Edgefield counties. ; ^
Cotton slumped more than $2 c<
a bale on the New York ex-j
change Monday under an of- n
fenaive bear movement. I a
(TATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.!
Mrs. SaUie J. Wolfe was on
'uesday appointed postmaster at
Isceola, Lancaster county.
Charles D. Jones was on Tues- j
o. ine Killing occurred near
^lion, Hut to using a shotgun
,nd emptying both charges into
lie body of Love.
Dr. VV. N. McPherson, one (f
he oldest residents of Florence
ounty, died Sunday morning
it his home near Claussen. He
i'as a physician before the war
nd served the Confederacy as a
urgeon.
W. A. Barber, a former Coumbian,
who is now a member
f the New York bar, has recenty
received a large fee for legal
ervices, his firm being allowed
, fee of $55,000 as compensation
or services in the affairs of a
irm in bankruptcy.
Fire Monday night destroyed
'immonsville's Methodis church,
handsome brick building which
ost $12,000 and on which only
7,000 insurance was carried,
'he flames caught from a deective
heating apparatus.
Wrap Packages Securely.
One of the prime rerjuisities
ir the handling of Christmas
tail is the securely wrapping of
ackages. Postmaster Massey
sks that the patrons of the local
ffice pay particular attention to
lis phase of their shipping, not L
nly at the holiday season but at
II times. Often packages come i
irough the mails unwrapped and
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*? hiivu vuiiieiiis scauereo.
The packages should be wrap- i
ed in good strong paper. They i
hould be tied with strong twine i
nd tied securely. i
Money should not be enclosed i i
i packages with other articles i
nless the packages are regis- i
Bred. The best way to send i
ioney is to secure a money 11
rder or check or send by11
egistered letter. i
Another matter which is apt; i
> aid in the prompt handling of i
ackages is the placing of the i
tinder's address in the left hand i
turner of the package. I
The name and address of the I
scipient should be written fully I
ad plainly. 1 I
ay elected mayor of Lancaster
ver his opponent John T. Green,
y a vote of 168 to 90.
The State Baptist convention,
n session at Greenville, on Monay
selected Newberry as the
meeting place for 1916.
Notable men from many secions
of the country are this
peek attending the Southern
Commercial congress at Charleson.
A. M. Salley, sheriff of Orange>urg
sounty, Monday sent to the
enitentiary for safe keeping a
legro, McQueen McMichael, who
3 acciispd of nttomnfod nriminol
assault.
A reward of $50 for the arrest
>nd delivery to the sheriff of
Florence county of Joe Darby,
vho is alleged to have killed Rosa
lenry near Olanta October 25,
lis been offered by Governor
banning.
Requisition papers for the reurn
to this State of Albert Barnore
have been sent the governor
of Virginia. Barmore. who is
inder arrest at Newport News,
scaped from the Richland chaining.
In Lexington county Saturlay
night, Pat I-ove was shot
,nd instantly killed by Scot Hut_
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NOTHING IN THE LAW
TO STOP DELIVERIES
In reply to an inquiry from
Magistrate R. P. Harris, of Fort
Mill, Attorney General Peeples
has ruled that there is nothing
in the gallon-a-month law to
prohibit the shinment nn<1 Ho
livery of whiskey in this State
to non-residents.
Unable to get hut two quarts
of whiskey each 15 days in
North Carolina, many residents
of that State have for the last
few weeks had their whiskey
shipped to Fort Mill and other
border towns in gallon packages
and coming across the line to
get it. Magistrate Harris had'
been appealed to to put a stop to
the delivery of the packages to
the non-residents, but would
take no action until determining
the ruling of the attorney general
in the matter.
It will be recalled that the
grand jury of this county and
the magistrate at Clover some
weeks ago held up the delivery
of packages at Clover, where
it was said the shipments of
wliiskey to North Carolinians
had grown to be enormous. However,
the ruling of Attorney
General Peeples as given to
Magistrate Harris would seem
to nullify the action of the grand
jury and the Clover magistrate
and there now appears nothing
to hinder the people of North
Carolina from ordering their
whiskey shipped to points in I
Lhis State and securing it.
According to Special Agent
J. M. Taylor, there was ginned
in York county p: o to December
1, this season, 31,997
w-aioc- - ?
VJI against oo,U4i
bales to the same date last year.
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TEMPERANCE LEAOERS
WILL VISIT FORT MILL
At the Fort Mill school auditirium
next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock will be held a meeting
in advocacy of national prohibition,
and a cordial invitation is
extended to every man. woman
and child in the community to
be present. The meeting will be
addressed by two speakers of national
reputation. One of these]
is the Hon. John G. Wooley,.
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t/iutvi, iclwuici , juurnsust and i
reformer. The other is Rev.
George W. Morrow. I). D., one
of the field secretaries of the
Anti-Saloon League of America. !
These gentlemen have been in
South Carolina for several weeks
and have already spoken in many
of the chief cities, including all
of the larger places. They have
everywhere been received by
vast audiences and their messages
have made deep impressions.
A large crowd of Fort Mill people
doutless will go out Sunday
afternoon to hear the speakers.
Must Sell Stock This Month.
That all the county dispensary
boards go out of office on December
31st and can perform no acts
after that date and that there is
no provision made for disposing
of whatever stock of liquors remains
on hand sifte; the close of
the year, is the opinion of Attorney
General Peeples, given to
Governor Manning at the latter s;
request. The opinion is expressed
that the General Assembly
will have to make some provision
lor disposing of the stock
remaining on hand.?Columbia
Record.
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The United States government
has demanded from Austria-Hungary
a disavowal of the sinking
by one of that government's
submarines of the Italian steamship
Ancona, the punishment of
the submarine commander and
indemnity for the Amerirnn riti
zens killed or injured.
The act of the submarine is declared
to be illegal and indefensible.
The United States expects the
dual monarchy to "accede to its
demands promptly."
In Washington official and diplomatic
circles the communication
is regarded as being the most
emphatic declaration to come
from the United States government
since the beginning of the
European war. No attempt is
made to conceal the fact that unless
the demands are promptly
complied with diplomatic relations
between the two countries
will be in grave danger of being
severed.
Steel Creek Farmer Dead.
Mr. E. W. Query, a prominent
citizen of Steel Creek, died Monday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock
from heart failure at his home
in the county. Mr. Query, who
war f>8 years of age, had been
ill for the past six months. His
condition had recently show?',
signs of improvement until the
sudden sinking spell which ended
in death Monday afternoon.
The deceased, who had never
married, had spent practically
his entire life in this county,
having been prominent in its
activities for many years. ?
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