Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established in 1891. pvrrt upuid annaunrn siiiic nciro nnnnnucu FOR QUICK READING. ( C. C. Wyche, of Spartanburg, * has announced his candidacy 1 for the office of lieutenant gov- J ernor. 1 The president Monday nomi- 1 nated Charles Shannon to be! 1 postmaster at Camden. f The new liquor law has not1 ? been signed by the governor and J T will not be in effect till 20 days , \ after he signs it. I r Union county will probably vote this spring on a quarter million dollar bond issue for the ^ building of good roads. m ^ m Clarence Johnson, a Camden 1 negro, committed suicide a few s days ago rather than face a trial 1 I'nv fnononnrh'nir \trViiolro\r 1?M WMl*IIVpVI *? IIIOIWJ . 1 CaDt. Hansen of a Norwegian t liner, who killed himself while t his vessel was at sea, was buried in Charleston Thursday. t James M. DesChamps of , Columbia, has announced that he | will be a candidate for governor . in the approaching Democratic ( primaries. I The sentence to be electrocuted April 7 against Dock Freeley of ( Anderson eountv has been * v stayed, notice of appeal having * been given. John Smith, who disappeared from his home in Anderson county 35 years ago, has re- f turned and will probably take his family to his present home in Tennessee. The name of W. D. Byrd, a prominent farmer of Laurens county, has been presented to Gov. Manning for appointment 1 as a member of the board of re- j view of the South Carolina tax commission. ' It is announced that the con- 5 troversy over the sale of the * Glenn Springs hotel proporty last December, has been ad- ! justed satisfactorily to all parties ' concerned and that the hotel will ' be operated again this coming ( season by the old company. < L. H. Gunnells. awaiting trial i on a charge of breaking and j entering the James L. Tapp i store, Columbia, escaped from t the South Carolina state peni- i tentiary at an early hour Sunday 1 mnrni n ir RIaa/1 ...w. UIWU IIUUI1UO IUI- I lowed his trail for a time, hut lost it. He had not been re-11 captured at last reports. Teachers Had Profitable Meeting. The March meeting of the Eastern division of the York County Teachers' association, at 3 which about 40 teachers were present, was held here Saturday and was a most interesting and instructive affair, to which was > added very pleasant social fea- i tures through the efforts of the i local Parent-Teacher club. The > greater number of teachers ar- * rived here about 12 o'clock and : c at 12:30 a delightful luncheon * was served by the club which i was enjoyed by a large number c of the friends and patrons of the s school as well as the visiting t ^ teachers. The program as ar- I ranged and carried out was full * of instructive features and it is * felt that much benefit will be 2 the result of the meeting. 1 County Supt. J. E. Carroll was 1 among the attendants upon the c meeting. . t W. H. Coltharp, of Charlotte, f spent several days of this week i with relatives in Fort Mill town- r ship. 3 HE F. Congress Stands by Wilson. . Efforts to keep the United states out of war. which durinpr he past few days has been learer than since the time dcKinley declared war on Spain, eached a climax Friday at * 1 a'/'IaoL* 'v%*" ^ ' . U V.IMV l\ II IICII IIIC VJIIIC 1 t"MIution warning: Americans to ^ ceep off' armed liners, was de- * eated, giving: notice to the ' vorld, especially Germany, that i united congress and a united , rntion was behind President Vilson in the conduct of inte mtional affairs. Doesn't Seek Two Pe'-'.tons. YV. R. Bradfo^-' York, who vrl ...veiuiv electtd clerk to the oint legislative committee on Minting, said Friday that if he should decide to stand for elec.ion to the lower house of the general assembly there would be io question involved of holding wo offices of honor or profit at he same time. "Should I become a member of .he legislature I would, of course, esign the clerkship of the committee on printing." Capt. Bradford said Friday. "I am not iltogether ignorant concerning he law. One or two newspapers lave seemed somewhat exercised jver the assumption, which was entirely of their own making, ;hat 1 contemplated holding a mat in J 1 ivat in inc ic^miaiurt; mill lit till' ' same time retaining the committee clerkship. Nor am I an ] ?mploye of the State printer, as 4 >ne paper suggests. Some of my j friends and 'nigh friends' among .he newspaper men are unduly 1 ilarmed." ' ! Chaplin's Enormous Salary. 1 Unless there is a misprint in 1 the figures, the mathematical 1 movie editor of the Atlinta Journal has figured it out that Charles Chaplin, the comedian, iraws 78 cents every time he ' Jmu's hie hrooiVi i,ntin ? ?... 1 ~ vivuui, uiiuci ma new ?670,000 anuual contract with 1 die Mutual Film corporation. Chaplin signed up at this 1 stupendous salary after dicker- 1 ing for months with many 1 noving picture companies. His I :ontract with Essanay has just jnded. They paid him more . ,han the president of the United , states receives, but he held out | ?or still more. When they wouldn't come across, Chaplin ;hrew himself upon the open ( narket, with the result that the 1 Vlutual company took him at his ' >wn price. ( Mathematically figured, Chapin's salnrv is- ( 78 cents a second, or j $4.48 a minute, or $268.(X> an hour, or $2,147.00 a day. or $22,884.00 a week, or >670,000.00 a year. Progress of the Chaingang. < The York county chaining * vhich is now engaged in build- ' ng the Yorkville-Rock Hill road, s making good progress, the T vork having been completed to k i point beyond White Hill colored * :hurch. The gang within the S lext few weeks will be engaged n the heaviest work to be en- ' :ountered along the whole road, v ;ince the road-red will be changed o some extent between White ' Till and Tirzah and several steep grades will be reduced. The s oad has been sanded practically * til the way from the corporate * imits of Yorkville to White Hill, * There are at present forty-four * :onvicts on the chaingang, but he terms of several will expire vithin a short while. The chain- * rang camp which is at present * ocated at the county home will jot be moved for several weeks ret. ? Yorkvilie Enquirer. |c V ? f * ORT POST MILL, 3. C? THE NEWS OF YORK COUNTY BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED ! (Yorkville Enquirer, Friday.) A. R. Presbyterian: Dr. Mot".1 'at's canvass at Rock Hill, S. 0 . 'PSI)!tPfi in micinrr tQ -"JWi fii* I V-io -aiifs I VI I liVi Endowment of Erskine. This is jood. The amount at Chester ias been increased to $6,500. Prof. J. L. Carbery who was .ormerly in charge of the mill iemonstration work in Rock Hill ind who left that city little more :han a year ago to take a similar position in Beaufort will shortly *eturn to Rock Hill, from which aoint he will superintend mill iemonstration work throughout :he state. W. W. Dickson, Jr., of VVinnsx>ro, has been awarded a cadet- j ihip at the United States military 1 college at West Point, N. Y., ! which was vacant in the Fifth j congressional district, and John Rainey Saye of Sharon, and Herbert Smith of Lowryville, i Nave been appointed to fill two vacancies in the United Suites naval academy at Annapolis, j VId., which were vacant in the Fifth congressional district. Clover is to have a postoffice i nuilding, construction work on which will begin within the next few days. The building is to erected by Mr. W. B. Stroup on his block on South Main street, [t will be a two-story structure, 1 24x80 feet and will be erected at a cost of several thousand dollars, rhe United States government has leased the building for a period of four years and the postoffice, which is at present located on Kings Mountain street, will be moved as soon as j the new building is completed. (Rock Hill Record, Monday) The A. R. Presbyterian says that Dr. Moffat collected $3,500 for Erskine college during his recent visit to Rock Hill. j Rev. F. A. Lyles, of Pineville, N. C., arrived in Rock Hill yesterday to take charge of the Park Baptist church, he conducting the services fchpre !?? ?* nio-Vit Mr. and Mrs. Chas. R. Weeks and three children will leave next Saturday for their new home in Kansas. The Fort Lawn Telephone exchange was sold at auction this morning at Chester and was nought by E. L. Barnes of this city as a personal investment. Mr. Barnes will take charge at >nce, making the necessary improvements. The exchange has *4 subscribers at present. Mast Pay Strait $5,000. The supreme court of South Carolina on Saturday last afirmed the decision of the York county court in the case 01 Julian L Strait vs. the City of Rock Kill. This case was tried at the November term of the York county Special Judge C. M. Efird. and! ;he jury returned a verdict of >5,000 for Strait. This means that the city of tock Hill must pay $5,000 to >trait. Strait was injured on Oct. 11, 913, while employed as a labor;r on the rock crusher, his left. trm and hand being mangled by >eing caught in the gearings of ,he bin of the rock crusher, so hat the same had to be amputaed between the wrist and the dbow. The attorneys in the case were >unlap. Dunlap and Hollis, for he city and Wilson & Wilson or Strait. ?Rock Hill Record. Cotton was quoted here yestertay at 111-4 cents. .f; -jf -" Mill rRSSAY, MARCH 9, 1916. w?*^? GOVERNOR SIGNS ACT (IUSTINA ? C II ??e'u www lV hi HI NllO n Governor Manning Thursday ' afternoon signed the act outlaw- J iig the Southopstern Under- 1 writers Association from South Carolina. He also approved the ' insurance brokers act. 1 "I believe I am acting in the interest of the |>eople of South ' Carolina in approving this act," : said the Governor in a statement 1 concerning the underwriters < association. ' Representatives of insurance 1 c >mpanies, most of the Jatter being members of the South- < eastern Underwriters associa- i tion, appeared before Gov. 1 Manning Wednesday to urge ( that he veto the act recently 1 adopted which was designed to s prevent the association operating in the state. Edwin G. Seibels of Columbia, who was in attend ance on a conference in New J York regarding the South Caro-1 Una situation telegraphed while the hearing was in progress that the Southeastern had alreadywithdrawn from this state. It was the "senseof the meeting," he wired "that no company could safely do business in the state should the measure become , law." Dad rire in Lancaster. A disastrous fire occurred Monday in the cotton mill village at Lancaster, when six store rooms and a barber shop were completely destroy ed by the flames which, once started, being fanned at the time by a stiff breeze, quickly spread from one building to another with such fury that the combined efforts of the Lancaster fire company and the mill fire department could effect but little i towards extinguishing the fire. pieir^i | Gom 1Rememb< Brand S <?> Shoes An 8 "Piictorial 8 and 1 5c. 1 "Madame I $5-00 9 /^v.l M <? winer i\e a Come to : I Mills & (| f TlMl The Militia Pay Bill. The scale of the annual jny; for officers and enlisted men of! Lho National Guard, as proposed hit* t h/l Kill ? ? ? --- I % ?*_ nun v >r;! uil' t'liijfrffS, || is as follows: I: Maior generals, $8'}0; briga- < :liors, $70(): colonels. $800: lieutenant colonels. $550; majors, i $525; captains, $500; first lieu ( tenants, $300; second lieutenants, i $250. Enlisted men would be paid on the basis of 25 per cent, of the pay rates of the regular < army, a private receiving approximately $45 a year. The maximum number of troops providded for by the lull is 500 for each congressional district, or a total peace strength of approximately 200,000, an increase of 70,000 over the present strength of National Guard. They would form a separate branch of the regular army in time of war when called into the federai service. The act would take effect July 1, 191G. York Boy With Baltimore Team. Oscar Plexico has received a contract for a try-out with the baseball team of the Baltimore Internationals, and will join the club when the players come South for practice the latter part of this month. While a stuaent at the University of South Caroliaa, Mr. Plexico was considered one of the best players on the University team, and in addition was one of the fastest track sprinters in the South. His friends hope that he secures a permanent birth with the Baltimore team.?York News. VVhitefoord Smith, of Lancaster. spent the week-end with friends in this city. $0? 00000000001 ing Slippt e and See Th er, they are the g hoes, and ' * Sta r% .. *? e Detter. I Review" Pattei ; Grace" Corsets w Goods arrivir see us. Young ( i the New Store >808? 80 8 8?8??< * S . - ig ?-S, : $1.25 Per Year. BAKER, OF CINCINNATI, SUCCEEDS GARRISON New ion I >. P.nker, former mayor of Cleveland. has been selected by President Wilson for secret nr\ ?>l war. The selection of Mr. Raker is understood to have been discussed by President Wilson with Colonel House Mondav When President Wilson was making up his cabinet in 1913 he offered the place of secretary of interior to Mr. Baker twice, Mr. Baker then was mayor of Cleveland and declined for that reason. The president and Mr. Baker have been close friends for some time and have corresponded frequently. Mr. Baker is said Py his friends to beinc'o.e sympathy with the president's policies and is known to have had the support of some members of the cabinet for the war office. When President Wilson recently was touring the middle West on his preparedness program he saw Mr. Bake** in Cleveland and had a long talk with him. No Prospects for Peace. Col. E. M. House, who returned Sunday from Europe, is understood to have told President Wilson that he found no more prospects for peace during his recent visit to the capitals of ?i i/vinj;ciriii liailUIIA IUUI1 lit* UlCl on his visit last spring. Population is 101,208.315. Census bureau experts have estimated that the population of the United States on January 1, last, was 101,208.315, and that by July 1 it will be 102,017,302. On July 1 last year they figured the population at 100,399,318. ;rs Here 1 iem. I ;ood Star ? r Brand g I 1155, I V7L H 5, $ I tO ? lg daily. | x>mp'y I