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T ^ Established in 1891. STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. Since assuming office Governor Manning has exercised executive clemency in 44 cases. ? Sparfanburer county farmers i and business men propose to betfin the operation of a co-1 operative creamery in Spartan burg within a short time. The Columbia Record has made the suggestion that a tax of i 50 cents be placed on every j package of whiskey shipped into Columbia. One of the largest fish ever taken from Little Pee Dee river was exhibited on the streets of Mullins Friday by a man named Gerald. It was a blackfish and weighed 14 1-3 pounds. Capt. VV. H. Coleman formally took charge of the Columbia postoffice Thursday night and later designated T. B. Madden assistant postmaster. All positions in the Columbia office are controlled by civil service. hr IT W Siboc rloon nf VVuL-o Forest (N. C.) college, has ac-! cepted the presidency of Coker college at Haitsville, succeeding Dr. Howard Lee .Jones, who died a short time ago. A party of men representing 1 the DuPont Powder Works has spent several days at Greenville inspecting a site for the location of a powder mill. It is understood a site was chosen near the base of Paris Mountain. Mrs. A. H. Twichell of Spartanburg, wife of the president of Glendale and Clifton mills, was injured, perhaps fatally, at 10:30 Saturday morning when her $5,000 limousine driven by a negro was hit by Southern passenger train No. 9, at Union street crossing. The Chick Springs Company, owner of the resort between Spartanburg and Greenville on the line of the P. N., may be placed in the hands of a receiver. Judge Thomas S. Sease has signed an order requiring the company to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed. On account of an error in the 1 appropriation for the development of the state hospital for the insane, which was provided by the general assembly, the work probably will have to be abandoned for the present year, unless a court decision is secured. The appropriation calls for an expenditure of $100,00ft The trial of Joe Grant, a ne-1 gro, will take place at Edgefield I during the present term of court. A score of years ago Grant, then a barber in Edgefield, killed a white man named Durst, and escaped. He made his way to Har-1 risburg, Pa., and went into busi- i ness, making a considerable sum of money. Death of Fineviiie Lad. James Barnett, 14-year-old son of Mr. William Barnett, a promi- j nent citizen of Pineviile, died Saturday at noon, following a brief illness with pneumonia. 1 ^ The lad had been ill only since Tuesday, his condition gradually growing worse until the fatal termination of Saturday. The youth whose sudden death brought a profound shock to the community in which he made his j home, was a student in the Pinevllle High School; a young man af rare promise and quite popular with his schoolmates. . . ' * V tT'." - HE F EVANGELIST! PLACE- -1 he Baptist C TIM E?hriday, March 3i PREACHER--Rev. of the Blue Mountain, M SINGER-Paul Montg gelist. We extend you a cordial others with you. ! ! ,1 GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL. IJy J. D. Kulp. Siipt. | The following pupils have made an average on all studies of over 95 and are entitled to be on the honor roll: First Grade ? Doane James, George Garrison, James Massey, Henry Kimbrell, Henry Link, Louis McKibben, Tom Thompson, T. W. Kimbrell, Eugene Norman, Faulkner Parks, Arthur Steadman, Glenn Thrower. Sarah Harris, Frances Hoagland, Frances Bradford. Second Grade?Frank Armstrong. Willie Bradford, Inez Wolfe, B. W. Bradford, Jr., Eiiiott Bennett, Elliott Gordon. Cora Massey, John McLaughlin, Hattie Parks, Russell Phillips. Third Grade ? Edith Parks, Amidas Link, Marjie Bryant. Fourth Grade?Mary Moore, Elbert Harkey, Ernest Wagner, Elizabeth Ardrey, Katherine Massey. Fifth Grade?Janie Bayne, Elizabeth Mills, Anna Wolfe. Sixth Grade ? Annie Parks, Cleo Bailes, Elma Bradford, Arthur Young. Seventh Grade? Blanch Moser, Fred Cray ton, Helen Hughes. Eighth Grade?Grace Erwin, Beatrice Parks. Ninth Grade?Ruth McLaughlin. Tenth Grade ?Marjorie Mills, Luther Belk, Jessie Baker, John A. Boyd, William Erwin, Alfred Jones, Robert Erwin. Following is the highest individual grade averages for the month of February: First grade, Henry Link, 96. | Second grade. Willie Bradford, 97.2. Third grade, Edith Parks, 98. Fourth Grade, Elizabeth Ardrey, 96. Fifth grade. Janie Bayne, 97 8-8. Sixth grade, Annie Parks, 96.6. Seventh grade, Blanche Moser, 95. Eighth grade, Beatrice Parks, 97.8. Ninth grade. Ethel Hughes, 92. Tenth grade, Marjorie Mills, 98. Can't Use Motor Vehicles. The lower branch of Congress has adopted the amendment to the postotlice appropriation bill offered by Congressman Frank Clark of Florida providing that no part of the rnonev for the delivery of rural mails shall be used for the distribution of such mails by motor vehicles except upon the written petition of a majority of the patrons of the route so served. No Liquor on Trains. The Norfolk & Western Railway issued an order effective last Saturday, prohibiting passengers from carrying containers of liquor into West Virginia or between points in that state. Refusal of persons to give up such possessions, the order continues. will necessitate confiscation of the liquor by the nearest station agent. ? . . Thos. Hall has taken a position with the Southern Power Company at Great Falls. 4 ORT FOBT MILL, S. C., TH0 ^SERVICES. 1' Church. , rd, 7:30 P. M. D. P. Montgomery, member iss., Evangelistic force. ornery, a son of the evaninvitation to come and bring S. P. HAIR, Pastor. WELL KNOWN FINANCIER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Mr. O. P. Heath, one oi' Charlotte's oldest, best known and in his day one of the South's most prominent cotton merchants, committed suicide Monday morning at 11 o'clock in his office at No 211-2 South College street by shooting himself through the head with a 32-caliber Colt bluesteel revolver. Death was instantaneous. Ill health with the added tribulations brought on by financial reverses, are assigned I to account for the act. Twn notes, sealed and addressed to his wife, were found by those who reached the scene first. Their contents were not divulged but it is stated that they related to intimate personal matters such as might be anticipated under the circumstances. The body will be carried to Monroe on the 10:10 o'clock Seaboard train this (Tuesday) morning and the funeral will take place at the Central Methodist church immediately on arrival. Rev. J. C. Rowe of Salisbury assisted by Rev. M. T. Steele of Hickory : Grove and Rev. J. E. Abernethy of Monroe will have charge of the services. ?Charlotte Observer, Tuesday. News of the death of Mr. Heath came to Fort Mill over the telephone early in the afternoon of Monday and proved a great shock to his relatives and many friends in this city. He was widely known throughout this section, especially among the farmers, many of whom had dealt with him during his long career as a cotton dealer in , Charlotte. Mr. Heath was a i brother-in-law of Mrs. W. F. j Harris, of this city, and a great uncle of the children of Mrs. E. M. Belk. His wife was before marriage Miss Annie Lee Potts, a sister of Messrs. 0. W. and D. O. Potts, of the Pleasant Valley section of I Lancaster county. He is survived by his wife, five sons, Messrs. George, Webb. Crawford. Harold and Ernest Heath, and one daughter, Miss Helen Heath. Mr. Heath was 58 years of age and a native of the VVaxhaw settlement of Lancaster county. School Serves Loach to Pnnii# Gold Hill school in Fort Mill i township has introduced an in no- , vation among the schools of the < j county by serving a noonday j | luncheon which is prepared by 4 j girls of the domestic science class j of the school, says the Yorkville j Enquirer. The school children t each day bring articles of food1 4 which are prepared by the domes- 4 I tic science club. The club has 4 an oil stove on which the food is 4 cooked. The children are served 4 at their desks. No time is lost J from the regular school work, j since the food is prepared at re- ( cess and odd periods. Superin- ( tendent of Education Crroll vis- ( ited the Gold Hill school VVednes- 4 day and took dinner at the school. * Cream tomato soup was the dish J prepared that day and about sev- ' enty persons were fed. ( Mill RSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916 i?? ??wmm?mmm?p??mm* YORK COUNTY NEORO ELECTROCUTED FRin?v Israel Goode. n York county ' 1 negro, was elect roomed in the death house at the State penitentiary shortly before noon Fiiday for criminally assaulting a six-1 year-old white girl. He con-i feseed the crime, which took place on December 29, 1915, in the Bethel section of the county. The trial was held at a special term of court January 31, Judge Thomas S. Sease, of Spartanburg, | presiding. He reached the court' house at 10:12 o'clock, the grand i jury retired at 10:45 and at 11:10 j returned a true bill. Until 12:15 the attorneys for the negro con-1 ferred over the defense and then 1 the jury was drawn. At 1:45 the jury retired. Thirty years ago Giles Good, the grandfather of Israel Good, wWs lynched along with four other negroes for the murder of | _ 1 " A A 1 * - * a nine Doy in York county. Nilitary Inspection. The local company of state militia was inspected Tuesday evening by Capt. J. Malcolm Giaham, U. S. A. There were 46 men in line of inspection and they were highly complimented by the inspecting officer upon their excellent training and general military bearing. Capt. Parks has given careful attention during the last two months to his company and the showing which the "boys" made Tuesday makes him feel rather proud of the personnel of his company. After the inspection Tuesday, Capt. Parks entertained his soldiers at the Majestic Theatre. 1 SOME I j|j You will find at I and Ladies' Midd> and $ 1.00. New lot white ( for only $ 1.00. New white Skir $ 1 and $ 1.25. New Tan Suitin New Shirt waisl Crepe de Chene al Big new lot of I\ new Hosiery, Belt* Special for K Our entire lot of N 8! 1 r oj lows: Dc quality, ? ity 10c. 25c qua 8 quality Embroider | Two Da> I Mills & 1 ln ? . ' . .'* *. <?., i Tim? Teachers' Mseting Saturday. 1 Ti.e M.-.rrh meerinar of ihe, Eastern lii ision of the York C"Unty Teachers' assoei iti ui will 1 ho held in the auditorium of lh*?! Fort Mill school on next Satur-1: day. March I. beginning at : 12:20. Tho lirst thing will hen lunch served hy the Parent-11 Teacher Club. Then will come an address before all the teachers. At 2 o'clock the depart- I ments will meet high school I under Miss DuBose of Fort Mill, i intermediate led by Miss Firesheets of Mt. Holly, and the primary by Miss Mary Owen Graham, assistant superintendent of education of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. Miss Covey will teach the song to he used on field day. Discussions of the plans will be had and questions as to field day will be answered. Supt. Fulp and his co-workers have been very busy for some days making preparations for a cordial reception to the teachers and no doubt this will be one tU,. ?. * 1 ui me must enjoyaoie meetings of the session. Verdict Reduced. VV? M. Dunlap has received j from Judge Bowman an order is-, sued in the ease of C. Cook vs. the Singer Sewing Machine com- ! pany. At the recent term of court a verdict for $750 damage was returned against the company. A motion for a new trial was made. The order by Judge Bowman on the motion is to the effect that unless the parties agree to a reduction of the verdict from $750 to $335 damages within ten days, the motion for the new trial will be granted.? Rock Hill Herald. 30? ?0 i IEW SPI our store a brand ne / Blouses, all the late* Galatea Skirts, the ne^ ts in both plain and I g Skirts, at $1.25. :s in Lawns, Poplins, I t 50c, $ I and S 1.98. /len s and Boy s Hats 5, Shirts and Collars ir lif Aflrl A All AMI vvtjuiitftudy am lew .Embroidery and 3 l-2c. 10c quality, fi lity Embroidery Flor y Flouncing, 23. 50< rs Only, March 8th a Young ( i the New Store is. $1.25 Per Year. NEWS OF YORK COUNTY BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED (Yorkvillc Enquirer, Friday.) The trustees of Oak Ridge school district have sold the fc2,(?(X) bond issue which was ivecntly voted in the district for the purpose of buiiding a home for the teachers of the Oak Ridge school. The bonds were bought by the Peoples' National bank of Rock Hill at ,51-2 per cent. Tom Sherer who was placed in the county jail Tuesday morning on the charge of breaking into the expresss office at Sharon several weeks ago and taking therefrom a package of whiskey, was released on a bond of $f>00 Wednesday afternoon. A surprise marriage of Thursday evening was that of Mr. Frank .Tackson of Yorkville No. G, to Miss .lanie McClain of of Clover, the ceremony being performed at the Baptist parsonage in Clover, by the Rev. M. M. Richardson. Miss McClain is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClain of Clover. Rev. J. H. Booth of Newberry, who came to Rock Hill to conduct a series of services at the Northside Baptist church in that city, died at the home of J. H. Dickert in Rock Hill early Wednesday morning. Rev. Mr. Booth was stricken with apoplexy on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was about 58 years of ape and is survived by a widow and two sons. The remains were taken to his home in Newberry Wednesday for intermont. Roscoe Poteat, a white man was arrested in Yorkville Wednesday afternoon on a warrant issued by the authorities at Morpanton, N. 0., charpinp him with housebreakinp and larceny. CIALS w lot of Misses' g ? t otirl^o ^ nKA 3V OL| IV D, 1V/1 J V/V^ \Cff n "Middy Skirt" g fancy Gabardine, g Vladras, Silk and g and Caps. Also g 1 newest styles. g 1 Thursday 1 I Edgings as fol- I t? n n. i X 'L.. I Z. I -Z-L LJUaiinking, 19c. 30c ?1 : quality, 42c. g ind 9th. (| ]!omp'y 11